When the ordered generals left with their respective soldiers and horses, Xia Fan also took the thirteen princes and other brothers and brothers, plus the 50,000 troops, and set off for Xuantian Cliff again.

After going on the road again, although there will still be many important cities and towns ahead, they have not encountered any strong resistance, and almost before they arrived, the cities in front of them have already heard the news and sent people to surrender.

It can be seen that Shen Zhong's death still has a great impact on the entire Shenmu Kingdom, which is equivalent to breaking the backbone of the Shenmu Kingdom at once, no wonder he knelt down directly.

From the mouth of the avatar, Xia Fan also heard something about the changes in the situation of the Shenmu Kingdom.

Since Shen Zhong himself was very young and a cultivator at the same time, and he might have other considerations, although he had many concubines, he did not have any heirs until now.

As a result, after he was killed, the entire capital of the Divine Eye Kingdom was in a heated debate over who would take over the position of the head of the Divine Eye Kingdom.

Originally, Shen Zhong's way of obtaining the position of the lord of the country was not very glorious, but now that he is dead, some ministers feel that this is an opportunity to set things right, and they begin to nominate the people they support to inherit the throne.

There are more people, there are naturally more ideas, and there are as many as four or five people who are qualified to be the lord of the country, so the contradiction arises, and then it becomes a fight, which also makes the recent storm in the capital of the Divine Eyes Kingdom, which is dizzying.

In addition to being at a loss, the local officials who were outside the herding area were more worried and afraid.

At the time of the national crisis, there was still infighting, which was not a good thing in any way, so many officials were worried and desperate about the future of the Shenmu Kingdom, and after thinking about it, they chose to surrender.

If Shen Zhong didn't die or he had an heir, then many officials might risk their lives to fight Xia Fan. From this point of view, Shen Zhong's death did solve a lot of trouble for Xia Fan.

Since there was no decent resistance, Xia Fan's marching speed had of course accelerated a lot, but he came to Xuantian Cliff two days later, and thus he could be regarded as completely opening up the line from Yunhuan Lake to Xuantian Cliff.

For Xia Fan, after doing this, the things that need to worry about him are over, as for how to capture the remaining territory of the Shenmu Kingdom and how to stabilize the situation in the court, he is not ready to do it himself, except for handing over to his generals, the rest will be done by the Thirteen Princes.

Since he has made up his mind to cultivate the Thirteen Princes, of course Xia Fan will do it to the end.

It's just that before Xia Fan really put down all the important military and political affairs and became the big shopkeeper, three not very good pieces of information were sent over.

One is that the Holy Dragon Kingdom blatantly sent troops and began to openly invade the Shenmu Kingdom, claiming that it was Shen Zhong who died, Long Xiaoshu was very distressed, as his fellow disciples, in order to help the Shenmu Kingdom stabilize the court situation as soon as possible, he had this last resort, and when the situation of the Shenmu Kingdom was stable, and at the same time, he also killed Xia Fan to avenge Shen Zhong, he would return the land to the new Lord of the Shenmu Kingdom.

This kind of high-sounding but full of loopholes came out so clearly, making Xia Fan really admire the brazenness of the emperor's disciples.

In this regard, Xia Fan certainly would not sit idly by, and he also thought in his heart whether to simply lead his troops to destroy Long Xiaoshu, and thus incorporate the Holy Dragon Kingdom into his own power map.

The second was sent by Lu Chuan, saying that Geng Qingping, the general of the Han Dynasty, brazenly jumped across the border under the banner of suppressing bandits, so he resolutely counterattacked.

It's just that Geng Qingping's offensive is fierce at present, and Lu Chuan is about to be unable to resist, so he has to ask Xia Fan for help.

Xia Fan had long known about the small actions of the Han Dynasty on the border, but he was just focusing on the battle in front of him, and he really had no time to pay attention to it.

The third is the information sent by Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong, saying that the Han Dynasty sent Cao Shiping, the left minister, to Baocang Province, it seems that the drunkard does not mean to drink, and the sword is directed at Yong'an County, so they want to launch the previous layout in advance and ask him for advice.

Compared with the first two pieces of information, Xia Fan was most concerned about the last one, because at this time, Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong were in Yong'an County. Zuo Prime Minister Cao Shiping is menacing this time, is it hard to guarantee that he is not going to them?

"Looks like we're going to have to make some big moves to take the pressure off them. Xia Fan secretly calculated in his heart.

Soon Xia Fan had an idea, secretly sent a message to Jinsu and instructed him, and then flew straight to the Gravel River.

There is no water in the gravel river, only large and small gravel. I think that there used to be a large amount of river water flowing here, so much gravel was brought from the upstream to settle here, but then I don't know why the river stopped, so only a dry river channel with a width of more than ten miles and a length of more than a thousand miles was left and the gravel that could be seen everywhere.

The river was also part of the border between the Blue Jade Kingdom and the Han Dynasty. In the past, it was definitely where birds don't, but now there are more than a million soldiers and horses fighting here, and the two sides are naturally Lu Chuan, who has already served Xia Fan, and Geng Qingping, who came to "suppress bandits" by Liu Xingchen's will.

Geng Qingping had nearly 100,000 cavalry under his command, and his attack power was quite extraordinary.

Lu Chuan knew that he would definitely suffer a great loss if he fought in the field on the plain, so he tried his best to put the battlefield in this gravel-covered river.

In order for cavalry to exert its due combat power, it must at least have enough space for war horses to gallop, which is obviously not possible in a place like the Gravel River. Lu Chuan's move forced Geng Qingping to give up his advantage in cavalry, and could only rely on the infantry to advance slowly.

Although Lu Chuan asked Xia Fan for help, the situation was not so bad that it was about to collapse, at most, he was now at a disadvantage.

The reason why this is the case is not that Lu Chuan, a general, is incompetent, but that the generals in his hands are not very powerful.

When Lu Chuan just rebelled, he did have a strong elite soldier in his hand, and Lan Haolin at that time was like a flower, but when Lu Chuan was about to destroy Lan Haolin, he didn't want the Shenmu Kingdom to send troops brazenly, resulting in Lu Chuan's fiasco.

After that defeat, although Lu Chuan regrouped, the combat power of the soldiers in his hands was not as good as before. Although he later formed an alliance with Xia Fan, Xia Fan took the route of elite soldiers in the early days, so he gave him a lot of the remaining soldiers and horses, so that his strength improved.

But don't forget, Xia Fan's selection of the remaining soldiers and horses is actually not very good, and it can't be said that they are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Even if Lu Chuan has the ability, it is impossible for such soldiers and horses to be reborn in a short period of time. Later, the Shenmu Kingdom invaded the border again, and Lu Chuan naturally led his troops to resist, fighting back and forth, and the elite soldiers in his hands consumed a lot.

Even the soldiers and horses that Xia Fansai gave him have been honed in the continuous battles, and their combat power has improved, but overall, Lu Chuan's combat power has not increased much.

In the previous attack on small countries such as Yunhe, Cangge, and Abte, Lu Chuan did not rely on how good the soldiers and horses in his hands were, but more because of the number of people.

Because of this, when it was necessary to face the army of the Han Dynasty led by Geng Qingping at this time, when the numerical advantage became less obvious, the relatively weak combat strength of Lu Chuan's soldiers and horses was completely exposed.

Fortunately, Lu Chuan has fought for many years and knows very well how to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, so he can barely maneuver.

Although the situation is quite passable, Lu Chuan knows very well in his heart that it is already in danger. If no reinforcements arrive, the situation may collapse at any time.

In this regard, Lu Chuan's original subordinates, like blood stabs, Wei Zhong and others couldn't help but have some discussions and complaints in private, and even suspected that Xia Fan was simply not saved when he saw death, and wanted to get rid of them with Geng Qingping's hand, otherwise why Lu Chuan's request for help had been handed over for so long, but there was no response until now.

Lu Chuan naturally understood the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, but he was quite calm and restrained, and at the same time suppressed their grievances.

Although he was also anxious at this time, Lu Chuan did not have any resentment towards Xia Fan, let alone suspect that he wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of himself, because with Xia Fan's strength, if he really wanted to kill himself, there would be no need to be so troublesome, and it would be easier to do it directly.

"General, the brothers are about to be unable to withstand it, the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty have already crossed the middle of the gravel river, if they advance further, the battle line will easily collapse, and when the time comes, the army will be defeated like a mountain, even if they want to retreat. A general with a bloody face hurriedly walked up to Lu Chuan and said in a low voice.

"What do you want to do?" Lu Chuan looked at him with cold eyes.

"No, let's leave. This person lowered his head and said: "After we took refuge in Xia Fan, we destroyed so many small countries for him, and fought here for many days, we are worthy of him, and now we retreat, no matter where we go, at least the general still has the capital to live and live." If there are no soldiers and horses at all, how will you gain a foothold in the future?"

"So you're still doing it for my good?" Lu Chuan sneered.

"General Mingjian. The general also felt that there was something wrong with Lu Chuan's tone at this time, but when it came to this, he had no way to take it back, so he stubbornly said: "Please think twice, general." ”

"If you really want it for my good, you shouldn't say such disturbing things to the army, but you should go back to the front line and drive the enemy back with your soldiers and horses. Lu Chuan glared at him and said, "He Feng, when you followed me to charge into battle, you were hit by more than ten arrows, and blood flowed wildly, but where is the courage to still rush and kill?"

"General, I'm ......" He Feng was excited and ashamed when he heard Lu Chuan talk about what happened back then, and suddenly stood up and said: "Please look at it, general, I'll drive back the gang of dogs from the Han Dynasty." If...... I have a mistake, and I ask the general to go to the generalissimo and ask why he didn't save him when he died!?"

After saying this, He Feng gave a military salute to Lu Chuan and left in stride.

"This man is still a little bloody, no wonder you will protect him. As soon as the words started, Xia Fan had already appeared in front of Lu Chuan.

"Meet the Generalissimo. Lu Chuan hurriedly saluted. He didn't know that Xia Fan was coming, and of course what he said just now was not deliberately said to Xia Fan, but he really didn't want He Feng to go the wrong way, otherwise he, as a general, would have to kill him to stabilize the army's heart.

(End of chapter)