The smoke and rain were hazy, covering Handan with a thin veil, and the tall black city wall meandered down, firmly protecting this majestic city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the capital of the Great Qi Emperor, the first good place of the Son of Heaven, it was originally the capital of the previous dynasty, the economic powerhouse, the great river and the Yangtze River converge here, the Kyushu trade route gathers here, for thousands of years, countless literati and ink writers have bent their waists for this, and have written countless moving chapters.

Especially after the Great Qi Lidu here, the entry of countless powerful people has made people with lofty ideals in the world move when they hear the wind, and I don't know how much love and hatred are born here, drunk and dreaming of death, and singing every night, which is the most true portrayal of this city.

But now, the city is no longer as prosperous as before, on the fifty-meter-high city wall, potholes and gravel pits can be seen everywhere, black smoke and dust rise from under the city, several tall buildings and cars have been buried in the fire, only the remains of a few flames mark his former existence, countless corpses spread all over the open space under the city wall, the red earth and the black city wall are connected together, giving people an inexplicable beauty.

Zheng Shuangcheng, the new commander of Zhaowu, silently looked at the Huaiwang camp connected in the distance, his brows were furrowed, and the adjutant Song Xiaofeng whispered behind him: "Dutong, although our army repelled the attack of the rebels in this battle, but the middle guard army suffered heavy losses and was almost removed, the general soldier of the left guard army Zhang Bo intended to lead the army to surrender to the enemy, although it was discovered in time, but the entire left army was almost all implicated, and it was not credible at all, and the rest, the right guard army defended the water gate, which cannot be easily mobilized, although the Praetorian Guard army was elite, but it needed to maintain the stability of the city, and it could not be reckless, So, if the rebels fight again, we will have to use those militias!"

Hearing this, Zheng Shuangcheng hammered the city wall with his right hand, and said hatefully: "Jiang Baiqi, this brute, the first emperor treated him like a parent, and he was very favored, and now he trusts him even more, and appoints him as the general of the Southern Army, what a trust, but when King Huai called, this beast watched from the wall, and did not move, and his wolf ambition was clearly revealed, hum, if there were these five thousand guards of the Southern Army, how could this city wall be guarded so hard!"

It's no wonder that he is angry, you know, although this Daqi martial arts is extremely prosperous, everyone knows some crops, but there are not many people who can cultivate internal qi, because practicing martial arts is extremely hard, practicing Sanfu in summer, practicing Sanjiu in winter, standing on horse piles, practicing moves, are all things that test perseverance, and on the contrary, most of those who can practice martial arts are rich families, otherwise how can there be poor and rich martial arts, ordinary people can't afford the huge cost of practicing martial arts!

Born in wealthy families, most of them are a little pampered, how can they stand the hard work of practicing martial arts, so although when Daqi recruits soldiers, they will open up to those who have internal qi, but it is good to be able to recruit hundreds or thousands of people at a time!

Otherwise, with the national strength of Great Qi, there would not be only ten armies, which would have expanded long ago and hit the grassland!

You must know that the strength of this army is not only because all of them are warriors with internal energy, but because these people are all trained as officers, only 5,000 elites in peacetime, and can be expanded on the spot in wartime, up to 50,000, which is an important weapon for Daqi to deter rivers, lakes and grasslands.

Just one title can show that Daqi attaches great importance to these ten armies, and the commanders of other armies are called general soldiers, but only the commander of the army is called general, and the difference between the two is several ranks.

What's more, it is the second army of the north and south that guards Handan, which is the most important, it can be said that the one who can sit on the general of the north and south armies is definitely the henchman of the emperor's henchmen, and it can be said that he is famous in the world!

But it is just such a person who is deeply trusted by the emperor, at this critical moment, he is watching from the wall, ignoring the danger of the imperial capital, and living up to His Majesty's love, this kind of behavior is even more hateful than King Huai for a loyal minister like Zheng Shuangcheng!

"Dutong, Jiang Baiqi is hateful, but the matter has come to this point, no matter how much abuse is useless, the most important thing now is how to hold Handan and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!"

Song Xiaofeng took out the battle report and handed it over, with a worried face, "Even if we launch the militia, they have never been on the battlefield, although they are usually trained, it is difficult to block the attack of the two armies of Hei Yu and Chiyan, I'm afraid, if this continues, within three days, Handan will not be able to hold it!" And the closest reinforcements to us will arrive in at least five days, and this is the best result of not blocking the road!"

Zheng Shuangcheng took the battle report, read it carefully, and then slowly put it down, he looked at the tired soldiers around him, and said: "Transfer the right army over, let these soldiers go down to rest and rest, over there at the Water Gate, let the militia temporarily take over, there should be no problem in a short time!"

As he spoke, he took out half of the tiger talisman and handed it to Song Xiaofeng, saying, "Go and come back quickly, later, I still have to go to meet the saint and narrate the military situation, and I have to hand it over to you here!" Song Xiaofeng hurriedly took it, saluted, and said,

"I understand, Dutong, then I'll go first?"

Zheng Shuangcheng waved his hand, and did not reply, he sighed imperceptibly with worry on his face, he naturally knew that this kind of defense was just a matter of breathing, if there was no accident, three days later, it would be the time when the city was broken.

"Could it be that I will be destroyed in a hundred years after 200 years?"

It's not that he's afraid of death, to be honest, since he took over the position of the commander of Handan, he didn't think that he would be able to live, but he died and died, but he couldn't pacify the rebels for His Majesty, so that His Majesty wanted to kill the villain, he was really unwilling to do this!

"Of course not, Zheng Dutong, Daqi will not die because of this, on the contrary, it will continue for thousands of years again, and now it will also create an eight-hundred-year peaceful and prosperous era!"

A clear voice sounded from behind Zheng Shuangcheng, he looked back, Yan Bin, who was dressed in a strong suit, stood with a smile, Zheng Shuangcheng subconsciously pulled out the knife and shouted, "Who are you?"

The soldiers next to him woke up like a dream, they grabbed their weapons and surrounded Yan Bin, Zheng Shuangcheng breathed a sigh of relief, it was really too weird for Zhao Li to appear, he didn't notice it at all, people with this kind of body style are at least the top masters of Ning Yuan's high level, such characters, in the rivers and lakes, are also a handful.

Therefore, although it was a little strange for him to appear here, Zheng Shuangcheng didn't want to be his enemy easily, so he asked, "Your Excellency, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"Literally!" Yan Bin smiled slightly, "Let me introduce myself, my surname is Yan, and my single name is a Bin character, I am the contemporary commander of the ancient relics, and I was ordered by the gods to go out of the mountain to assist the Holy Emperor!" And offer the elixir of life!"

"Immortal Pill!" Hearing the last sentence, Zheng Shuangcheng was slightly startled, and then, he was a little angry, and he said: "Although Your Excellency is strong in force, I, Zheng Shuangcheng, am not something that can be played by you at will!"