Ye Qiu's original intention was to go south through the Song Kingdom, and then enter the Zhongsheng Shenzhou to inquire about the news of the Dragon Clan, but the old man in the technical building said that there was a divine dragon in the east, so he could only change the route to the east.

The old man in the technical building was right, with his current strength, not to mention that he couldn't find the dragon clan, even if he really found it, it would be impossible to snatch Ma Fengchi, so what he had to do now was to cultivate, and then look for the dragon to devour, only by constantly improving his strength could he do what he really wanted to do, and he could protect the people he wanted to protect.

Therefore, for many people, cultivation may be just a hobby, just an ideal, but for Ye Qiu, it is a responsibility.

Since devouring the divine dragon in the Zhao family's captivity, Ye Qiu's realm has not only been directly raised to the third order of the Spirit Sect, but also inherited the new skill "Burning Heart Palm", coupled with the help of the Yuan Spirit Crocodile and the Dragon Imperial Jue, in just two months, he has raised his level to the fourth order of the Spirit Sect.

It can be said that with such a cultivation speed, there are not a few people in the entire continent, and with Ye Qiu's combat power, few powerhouses of the same level can defeat him.

A Spirit Sect less than twenty years old, a young man with terrifying combat power, put it on anyone, it is enough to be proud, but Ye Qiu knows very well that this is far from enough.

According to the footsteps of the two, it would take another half a month to leave the Song Kingdom and enter the territory of the Zhao Kingdom, but Ye Qiu soon found that the closer he got to the border, the more deserted he became, and he could even see the horror and worry in the eyes of these Song people.

If he was somewhere else, seeing this situation, Ye Qiu wouldn't think much about it, but in the Song Kingdom, he had to think about it, because this situation often only happened before the war.

The entire Holy Ruins Continent knows that although Donghao Divine Prefecture has been divided by the six major empires, throughout the history of the entire Holy Ruins Continent, among the five major Divine Prefectures, only Donghao Divine Prefecture loves peace the most, and in the past hundred years, there has never been a single war in the entire Donghao Divine Prefecture.

Especially the Song Kingdom, although it is located at the junction of the three major Shenzhou, Donghao Shenzhou, Northern Shenzhou, and Zhongsheng Shenzhou, it has gotten along very well with Zhao State in the east, Chu State in the northeast, Yunxue Empire in the north, Fengcheng in the west, and Jiangcheng in the south.

It is precisely because of this that the Song Kingdom has become stronger and stronger in recent years, although the territory is not large, but the population has been recognized as one of the largest countries on the entire continent, it can be said that the word war will never appear in the hearts of the people of the Song Dynasty.

But now, it seems that this state of peace is about to be broken.

The two walked into a restaurant, which was originally a restaurant with excellent business, but at the moment it became extremely deserted, with only three or three guests coming in and out, and they were all local people.

Seeing Ye Qiu and the two outsiders, the shopkeeper was obviously stunned, ran up with a teapot and plugged in the table, and asked, "Guest officer, are you eating or staying in the hotel?"

Ye Qiu said with a smile: "The restaurant must be a place to drink, as for staying in a restaurant or eating, it depends on whether your wine here is good enough." ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Guest officer, your luck is not bad, that is, today, if it was in the past, the good wine of the small shop will definitely not be left at this time." ”

Ye Qiu was puzzled: "Oh, how is it different from the past?"

The shopkeeper arrived at two cups of black tea and sighed: "Guest officer, you don't know, I heard that there is going to be a war here, so many people don't come to us as soon as they hear the news. ”

Ye Qiu frowned and said, "How can you fight?"

At this time, a man with a shiny face came up with two pots of wine and said: "I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard that Zhao State has already ordered 200,000 troops, so he will set up camp on the border, and when all the Zhao people leave Song State, they will launch an offensive." ”

Ye Qiu was puzzled: "Haven't you Song Guo and Zhao Guo always been good friends, why would Zhao State suddenly want to attack Song State?"

The man with a shiny face pointed to the stool, Ye Qiu nodded, and the man sat down and said: "How can we ordinary people know about national affairs, but if we really want to fight, it is we people who suffer." ”

Ye Qiu nodded, he had seen the war on the border between the Yunxue Empire and the Nanyang Empire, and he had seen those homeless homeless people, he had a deep understanding of this, the national war, whether it was won or lost, it was the people who suffered.

Ye Qiu asked, "Since we're going to fight, why are you still staying here?"

The man looked up at the objects in the restaurant, and said slowly: "Reluctantly, this is all the hard work left by the ancestors, and it is so lost, I feel distressed." ”

Ye Qiu nodded, and didn't say anything more, this kind of thing is really powerless for him, and it can also be said that it is none of his business, at this time, the shopkeeper came over with two plates of appetizers, put them on the table, and said apologetically: "Guest officer, I'm really embarrassed, because of the border matter, many people have run out, and good wine can be found, so it will be a little difficult to find this good dish." ”

Ye Qiu smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

As he spoke, he took a wine glass, poured a glass for the old man in the technical building, and poured a glass for the oily restaurant owner before pouring it for himself.

At this time, there was a neat sound of horses' hooves outside, and Ye Qiu couldn't help but look out, but there was a screen window in front of him, and he couldn't see anything.

The owner of the restaurant explained with a smile: "These are all troops going to the border, during this time, there are more than 100,000 troops who have been transferred to the border one after another, and if you want to deal with the 200,000 troops of Zhao State, you can resist it for a while." ”

He suddenly let out a long sigh and continued, "After all, I still hope that there will be no fighting. ”

As he spoke, he raised his wine glass and drank it all, and then asked, "The guest officer is not like the people of the Song Kingdom, nor is he like the people of the Zhao Kingdom, where is this going?"

Ye Qiu smiled and said, "Go east, wherever you go." ”

The owner of the restaurant frowned and persuaded: "I think Gongzi should go east, these two countries are at war, and it is not a joke to fight." ”

Ye Qiu smiled and said, "Thank you boss for your kindness, it's just that I have something to do and have to go to the east, so I have to continue to go east." ”

The owner of the restaurant stopped talking, got up and said: "In this case, the boy tries to avoid the battle line as much as possible, but it really can't work, so find a place to hide, and it's not too late to continue to rush when the matter is over, after all, you can stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood." ”

Ye Qiu hugged his fists, and the restaurant owner said: "It's rare to have such a good chat with the son, these glasses of wine, even if I invite the son." ”

After the restaurant owner left, Ye Qiu asked: "Haven't Song Guo and Zhao Guo always gotten along very well, and I haven't heard any contradictions between the two countries in recent years, why do you suddenly say that you will fight?"

Only then did the old man raise his head, put the melon seeds in his hand on the table, clapped his hands, then took a sip of the wine glass, smashed his mouth and said, "Do you remember the greedy wolf I said last time?"

Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "This matter has something to do with them?"

The old man nodded, "Since they put their hands and feet in the Yunxue Empire, they must not let go of the six countries of Donghao Shenzhou, the Song State and the Zhao State have been friends for generations, and now they suddenly want to fight for no reason, naturally there are third-party forces involved in it, and those who can do this, except for the greedy wolf, I really can't think of any other forces." ”

Ye Qiu frowned and asked, "What kind of force is this greedy wolf?"

The old man narrowed his eyes and recalled: " You have seen the dragon clan, this greedy wolf, the same as the dragon clan, and in addition to the dragon clan and the greedy wolf, there are Dancheng, Mingfeng Pavilion, Yanyulou and a total of ten major forces, these ten forces have been handed down since ancient times, with deep roots, and have reached the point of being unshakable, of course, time is the most ruthless weapon, some forces have gradually declined under the washing of the long river of years, and have been pressed down by some emerging forces, but as the saying goes, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and almost all of these forces will have a few strong people to suppress the formation, and they can barely squeeze into the top 100 families on the mainland。 ”

The old man paused for a moment before continuing: "And the greedy wolf is a very hidden existence, I have dealt with their wolf master before, but I don't know much about this force, legend has it that they are all composed of a group of bloodthirsty and warlike strong men, with war as the dominant idea, I always feel that only war can change the fate of this continent, in order to make the entire human race stronger." ”

He suddenly sneered, "Anyway, they are all a bunch of self-righteous guys, and they always think that with them, they can dominate the entire continent." All day long, under the slogan of 'Top 100 Holy Ruins, I am the only greedy wolf', swaggering and deceiving everywhere. ”

Ye Qiu nodded and made a note of the force of greed, but the old man said, "These things don't matter to you now, and you don't need to understand them." ”

The old man grabbed the melon seeds on the table again, got up and said, "This wine is really good, but it's a pity that there is no hot pot, so it's okay not to drink it." ”

Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smile, the hot pot of our Yunxue Empire, people who have eaten it can't forget it, don't care about the Song people in the south, or the Nanyang people in the west, even if it is an immortal in the sky, it is no exception, it is really not wrong at all.

Early the next morning, Ye Qiu and the two left the restaurant and continued to walk eastward, along the way, there were constantly people of the Song Kingdom going west, dragging their families with their mouths, and they were very busy.

By the time the two of them walked to the border, it was already the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and during the process, they passed through many villages and towns, all of which were empty and desolate, compared to the desert seen in Xiyuan Shenzhou.

Sometimes, they would also meet one or two armies, all of them hurrying to the border, and they didn't care much about the old and young who did not flee east, but went east and west, and some kind-hearted ones would remind them, but they would soon rush to the eastern city.

After the two entered the border, they did not directly crash into the camp of the Zhao army, but avoided the army of 200,000 to the south, and when they passed through a small city that symbolized the friendship between the two countries, they encountered an army of the Song State, which was not many in number, only about 100 people, but they were obviously wounded, presumably they had just experienced a small battle.

This small city originally had more people from Zhao than from Song, but now not to mention the people of Zhao, there are not even people from Song, and in the huge city, there are only about 100 soldiers who stop and repair.

A white-robed general stood on the east city wall, looking at the east official road expressionlessly, he was waiting, waiting for the people of the Song State to enter the city, this is the order conveyed by the imperial city, even if they die, they can't leave a single person of the Song State on the border of the Zhao State.

Zhao has withdrawn all the Zhao people to Zhao State, but Song State has not received any news, so until now, many people of Song State are still in Zhao State, these few days, people have been entering the customs from here one after another, and every time they open the city gate to greet them, Song State's army will seize the opportunity to attack the city, although the number is not large, but it makes them a little difficult to parry.

This huge city is guarded by a few of them, and they all know very well that this city will be lost sooner or later, and they will die here sooner or later, they only hope that before this city is lost, before they die, all the people of the Song Kingdom can be sent into the pass.

Under the scorching sun, the air on the official road seemed to be burning, blurring the vision a little, and then a caravan slowly approached.

The caravan got closer and closer, and soon appeared under the city wall, and a woman walked out of the carriage, holding a sign, and said loudly: "Min Shi, a person from the Northern Snow City of the Song Kingdom, has returned from the Zhao Kingdom, please let the general go." ”

A young soldier ran to the white-robed general's side, holding a booklet, and nodded, "There is indeed such a medicine merchant in the list. ”

The white-robed general looked at the booklet, then at the caravan below, and then at the official road behind the caravan, before he said loudly: "Kaicheng." ”

The closed city gate opened, and the caravan began to enter the city, but the caravan was only halfway through, and countless figures suddenly appeared on the empty official road, and the next moment, the shouts of killing sounded, and countless cavalry troops rushed madly.

The white-robed general on the city tower did not change his face, he seemed to have known about such a situation for a long time, waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "When you go out of the city, you must keep these people out of the city." ”

As soon as the words fell, the forty cavalry soldiers who had been waiting in the city suddenly rushed out from both sides of the city gate, and then crossed the drawbridge, and after missing the medicine dealer, they no longer moved forward, but drew their spears on horseback, and then lined up to block the caravan.

On the city tower, the white-robed general waved his hand, and the remaining soldiers directly took bows and arrows, stepped forward, and arrows rained down on the cavalry on the official road outside the city.

Outside the city, among the cavalry of only forty people, one of the cavalry stepped forward, pointed forward with a spear in his hand, without any words, and rushed forward first, and at the same time, the cavalry around him also followed one after another, and the forty cavalry rushed towards each other like a "man" word.

The next moment, the two cavalry armies collided together, the other horse's army was actually separated from it, it was a blink of an eye, the two cavalry army collided with each other, and nearly a hundred corpses suddenly appeared on the official road, and none of the forty horsemen who left the city survived.

It was also in such an instant, and the caravan had already crossed the drawbridge and entered through the city gates.

The white-robed general upstairs snorted coldly: "Get up the bridge and close the door." ”

On the castle tower, eight burly soldiers stepped forward to wrap the rope that lifted the drawbridge around their arms, and slowly lifted the drawbridge, and at the same time, the city gate began to slowly close.

And at this moment, a horse in the enemy army suddenly rose into the sky, behind which was a pair of snow-white wings, and the long knife in his hand suddenly waved, and it was directly cut off an iron chain of the drawbridge, and the four soldiers who were pulling this iron chain ran directly towards the city wall, fell from the city tower into the city wall, and died on the spot.

The four soldiers who were pulling another chain were taken out by the drawbridge, one smashed on the drawbridge, vomiting blood and died, and one smashed under the city wall, and the whole body smashed directly into the hard earth, and there was no movement, and the two smashed into the moat and survived.

It's a pity that the two soldiers didn't have time to draw their sabers at their waists, and they were rushed by two horsemen,———— and it was also such an instant, the caravan had already crossed the drawbridge and entered through the city gate.

The white-robed general upstairs snorted coldly: "Get up the bridge and close the door." ”

On the castle tower, eight burly soldiers stepped forward to wrap the rope that lifted the drawbridge around their arms, and slowly lifted the drawbridge, and at the same time, the city gate began to slowly close.

And at this moment, a horse in the enemy army suddenly rose into the sky, behind which was a pair of snow-white wings, and the long knife in his hand suddenly waved, and it was directly cut off an iron chain of the drawbridge, and the four soldiers who were pulling this iron chain ran directly towards the city wall, fell from the city tower into the city wall, and died on the spot.

The four soldiers who were pulling another chain were taken out by the drawbridge, one smashed on the drawbridge, vomiting blood and died, and one smashed under the city wall, and the whole body smashed directly into the hard earth, and there was no movement, and the two smashed into the moat and survived.

It's a pity that the two soldiers didn't have time to draw the sabers at their waists before they were rushed by the two horsemen,————

At the end of the spring of the twenty-sixth year of the Song Kingdom, the eastern border that had not experienced the war for nearly a hundred years began, and the first war began, the Zhao State led the entire 200,000 troops, and the border city of the Song State was connected to the city in just half a month, and the city was seventy seats, covering an area of more than 300 miles.

Later, the Song State sent a general to protect the country, led the army of 100,000, and the retreating defenders from north to south, and built a city and a pass

At the end of the spring of the twenty-sixth year of the Song Kingdom, the eastern border that had not experienced the war for nearly a hundred years began, and the first war began, the Zhao State led the entire 200,000 troops, and the border city of the Song State was connected to the city in just half a month, and the city was seventy seats, covering an area of more than 300 miles.

Then the Song State sent a general to protect the country, leading the army of 100,000, and the retreating defenders from north to south, building a city and establishing a pass, opening a front that was thousands of miles long, only to block the 200,000 troops of the Zhao State.

In the summer of the same year, Ye Chun carried a silver spear on his back, Ye Xia carried a long knife, and walked into the capital of the Song Kingdom, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him in person.