Spring is coming, but summer is not coming.

In the imperial city of Zhongzhou, the high walls and deep courtyards are sparsely populated, coupled with the unfavorable Southern Expedition, there are blood-stained palaces from time to time, compared with the outside world, it seems more clear and no warmth.

Outside the heavy iron door of the ghost prison, in a side room used by criminal officials to rest, two people were talking, one of whom was Xu Zhenyan.

With the support of the Jiang family and the secret efforts of Wen Shoufu, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, Xu Zhenyan already had a certain right to speak in the Criminal Division, and he had already begun to make some friends and confidants in the palace.

Nian Qingchen, the official of the Ministry of Rites who was talking to him at this moment, was one of them.

"Are you sure Lin Xi has already appeared in Yanlai Town?"

"The maid who served in the imperial study that day was my man. She had heard with her own ears some conversation between the Holy One and the Great Offerings. Nian Qingchen, who belonged to the protégé of the Xu family, looked at Xu Zhenyan who was younger than himself, but he didn't feel a little frightened, and said calmly as much as possible: "The news can't be wrong." ”

Xu Zhenyan said coldly: "Does the Holy Lord have any statement?"

"The saint was originally in a very bad mood, but under the persuasion of the great worship, he shouldn't have done anything. Nian Qingchen said: "Because Lin Xi is going to the southern border pass." ”

"To the south at such a time?"

Xu Zhenyan's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing some needle-like cold light, and sneered: "Want to find Wenren Cangyue and Xu Qiubai for revenge? Could it be that his body and cultivation have all recovered? Even if Qingluan Academy provides him with various elixirs, at most, he can only reach the Dao National Scholar Rank, even if it is Xu Qiubai, he is already a cultivator at the peak of the Great Teacher, if he wants to take revenge, it is simply looking for his own death, no wonder the Holy Lord will let it go." ”

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Lin Xi has been missing for a whole autumn and winter, plus a spring that is about to pass.

However, because he has faintly become the bottom-line existence of Qingluan Academy and Zhongzhou Imperial City, at least in Yunqin, any big force has forgotten his existence.

On the day when Xu Zhenyan and Nian Qingchen, an official of the Imperial Rite Division, were talking about Lin Xi, three extremely majestic black and gold carriages gathered again at the crossing where they had gathered last time.

Lin Xi appeared. ”

"It's a normal thing. ”

"But Qingluan Academy is still dormant, this is not normal. ”

The old man in the three majestic black and gold carriages began to talk again.

This is indeed an abnormal signal. ”

"The news of Vice President Xia's poor health seems to be true. ”

"So?...... The world inside Gu Xinyin Town, outside Lin Xi Town, and Qingluan Academy is going to be handed over to Lin Xi?"

"It seems impossible... But by all the signs right now, that's exactly what happened. ”

"So?"

"No matter what the reason is, since Vice Dean Xia and Xiao Mingxuan have chosen this way, they must have their reasons, so I won't interfere. ”

"I'm not going to interfere either. ”

"I agree. ”

Silence returned to the three majestic black and gold carriages, and then the sound of wheels as heavy as giants walking, and the three carriages that could decide many things in this world parted and left.

From the news of the failure of the Yunqin Southern Expedition to the Aojiao Mountain at the Dragon Snake Border Pass to the news of Lin Xi's appearance to the Zhongzhou Imperial City, many things have happened in the entire Yunqin Empire these days.

Emperor Yun Qin issued a conscription order, and throughout the empire, a large number of conscriptions began.

A large number of Yun Qin ministers who had been in important positions since the time of the emperor wrote to resign because of the retirement of the Huang family and the fruitless death of Liu Zaoze in the matter of the Ministry of Rites.

The town defenders from all over the country rushed to the southern border one after another, and did not blame Hu Piyi's unification army for the defeat, but still let Hu Piyi lead the army, which is probably where most officials in Yunqin rarely maintain the same opinion with Emperor Yunqin.

Because of the Great Mang Imperial City, the order to recover Qianxia Mountain has been clearly given.

And during this period of time, the more than 100,000 reckless army commanded by Wenren Cangyue had launched no less than 20 battles, and the Yunqin army could not stand firm. The Chinese army of Damang has recovered and crossed the demon mandala, and as expected by Zhantai Qiantang, under the condition that the Chinese army commanded by Hu Piyi is crippled and cannot compete head-on with the Damang army, the remaining total number of more than 100,000 troops in Yunqin who penetrated into the northern border of Damang has suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

Even if Yun Qin already has some follow-up troops to join, the number and combat power of the reinforcements joining Yun Qin cannot be compared to the number and combat power of the Damang army to eliminate the Yun Qin army, so at this moment, the battle situation in the entire northern border of Damang has reached the point where some small forces are intercepted and held in exchange for most of Yun Qin's escape and retreat to Qianxia Mountain.

There was no good news on the battlefield of the Southern Expedition, only a constant stream of bad news coming back to Yunqin.

As the days passed, many forces lost their specific traces of Lin Xi again.

Because Qingluan Academy still seemed to remain silent about Lin Xi's appearance, and Lin Xi went all the way south, only alone, without using any party's forces.

If this person is like a lone wolf, like a rogue, and does not come into contact with people, then even if it is a powerful force, it is difficult to grasp his specific trajectory.

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With the passage of time, the main army of Da Mang was only five days away from Qianxia Mountain.

In the twilight, a 3,000-strong Yunqin army suddenly blocked the main road for the Damang army to advance.

Three thousand people faced the 70,000 Damang main army, which was not at all in the same order of magnitude, and there was no hope of victory at all, but in the face of the overwhelming Damang main army, this Yunqin army still silently chose to stick to the battle.

A 5,000-strong elite cavalry quickly circled around the flank of this Yunqin army and began to attack this Yunqin army that occupied the high ground next to the main road.

At the same time, Damang's forward battalion of 3,000 men and equipped with an arrow army and a heavy armored army also started the attack from the front.

In less than ten stops, the flanks of this Yun Qin army could no longer withstand the pressure and showed signs of collapse.

However, at this moment, at the front of the Great Mang's army, an unusually tall horse appeared wearing one-piece black and red armor, like an iron-cast war horse.

Above the war horse, there is a figure wearing black and red armor and a long indigo cloak, like a cast of iron.

This iron-cast, unusually strong figure, obviously not satisfied with such a battle situation, looking at this stubbornly delaying the pursuit of the main army of the Yun Qin army, he let out a heavy cold snort.

In his cold snort, a forward general in front of him had a pale face, and with an order, he first rushed forward with a three-pronged spear as the color of magma, and at the same time, on the two hundred chariots in the vanguard army, two hundred heavily armored sergeants wearing the Damang main battle Dare Demon armor stood up, jumped off the chariot, and then began to rush towards the Yun Qin army in front.

The battle quickly turned into a one-sided slaughter.

In the first ten stops, this Yunqin army only ushered in the deaths of a few hundred people, and in the next ten stops, the Yunqin army of 3,000 people had only the last dozens left.

The dozens of Yun Qin soldiers on this pile of corpses had exhausted their strength, and in the face of the butcher knives slashed around them, these Yun Qin soldiers who were no longer able to resist just stared fiercely at the iron-cast demon god-like body in the Great Mang Army, and spit out a mouthful of spit.

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Qianxia Mountain Chiba Pass, General Chen Gong looked at the wasteland under the mountain with a pale face.

Of course, he couldn't see how the Yun Qin army that was blocking the main army of Da Mang like a mantis arm blocked the car was going to die heroically, but the constant military information let him know that such a thing was happening at this moment, and he also knew very clearly that the exhausted remnants of the main army of Yun Qin under the command of Hu Piyi were only a day's journey away from the main army of Da Mang in the rear.

Even if this day's journey was at the expense of many Yunqin soldiers, in the face of some reckless troops who still had the ability to run long distances, such a distance was still not enough, and there would still be many Yunqin soldiers who would fall on the way back to Qianxia Mountain.

Most of the reinforcements in the rear have not yet arrived, but in the past few days, some of the Yunqin scattered troops that have been killed and scattered have appeared more and more.

At this moment, in Chen Gong's line of sight, there was a remnant of Yunqin with nearly a thousand people, retreating towards Chiba Pass.

This is completely a picture of defeat that is unbearable for the Yunqin people.

This remnant army of nearly 1,000 people, almost everyone has wounds on their bodies, and almost all of their armor is solidified with thick blood, and in the entire team, there are only more than 100 war horses, carrying some soldiers who are so badly injured that they can't even straighten up. The strength of these people seemed to be close to the limit, and on the way to the march, some of them fell, and some of the sergeants who went up to support them even fell themselves.

A cavalry army that rushed out from Chiba Pass had already met the remnants of this Yunqin army and began to pick up all the sergeants of this remnant army on their horses.

Chen Gong and all the sergeants on the city wall of Chiba Pass looked at this picture with an extremely heavy mood, and they knew that maybe in a few days, when they saw most of Yun Qin, it would be like this.

The remnants of the army began to enter the customs, and the names of all the sergeants and the army to which they belonged began to be registered one by one.

Chen Gong and several generals had also already descended from the city tower and approached the remnants of the army, which even had a rancid smell on their bodies.

For some reason, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong... At this moment, the experienced Qianxia border army guard's breath stopped violently, and he had already reacted, something was wrong!

There is no problem with the army to which this remnant army belongs, the clothes on the body, and even the wounds don't even look like there is any problem, but this remnant army... The vast majority of people seem to be stronger than the average sergeant!

At the moment when his breath was stagnant and he hadn't given any orders, one of the remnants straightened up and raised his head.

The man, who had previously seemed to be very withered, was not conspicuous in the remnants of the army, but now he stood up straight, and when he raised his head, his body appeared incomparably taller, heavier and harder than steel. Even the blood stains on his body seemed to have turned into extremely hard armor.

Chen Gong's gaze was irrepressibly condensed on this person's body, he saw this person's face, and then he couldn't believe it, he opened his mouth in shock, but he couldn't make a sound for a while.

(The third watch is sent, and I will accompany Tiantian to see Thailand tomorrow, so the rhythm of tomorrow's three watches will be slightly slower by one day, and tomorrow's two watches will start, and then the day after tomorrow will continue to continue the three watches, and strive to storm all the way to the end of the month, fight)