Between the foothills of the covered mountains, there are several light riders who have traveled for a long time, jumping over Qingliang Mountain, crossing the snow peak, crossing the river, and going straight to Yanmen County.

Xiahou Chun and his entourage of five people rushed to the border non-stop since they left the city.

Before leaving, Song Xiaowan cried and called her mother, she wanted to follow her, so angry that Song Xi blew her beard and glared, and directly twisted the horsewhip, she immediately became everyone's lady, with a shy and timid face.

Xiahou Chun, who was fanning the flames next to him, immediately laughed dumbly, that Nizi really wanted to play and wanted to go crazy.

After secretly meeting a few people in the Song Mansion, Song Xi drove him out of the mansion in a rage.

After everything was over, Xiahou Chun did not stay in Jinzhou for long, and after throwing the self-respecting new school scholar Prince An back to the Wang family, he and Murong Yan continued to go north.

As for the middle-aged swordsman whose real name is Guo Rong, after the major events in his life, he showed an unprecedented smile on his face, although it was a bit far-fetched, but after all, he had a human touch, so he learned the way of sword with Xiahou Chun along the way, especially the way of killing swords that belonged to Taoyuan and the way of flying swords in the sword gate where he lived, he broke it and crumpled it and instilled it to Xiahou Chun, regardless of whether he understood it or not, he only let him swallow it.

But it's strange to say that since he was forced into the threshold of the 'Flying Sword' in Cui's Mansion that day, Xiahou Chun has never made any progress in the way of the Flying Sword, especially for the second realm of the Sword Dao's 'Sword Qi Differentiation'.

Guo Rong threw the purple gui in his hand to Xiahou Chun, his tone was still cold, and he said indifferently: "The sword of King Jin's royal road is not murderous enough, and it cannot inherit the evil qi of the original vein. ”

After Xiahou Chun took the sword, he was about to hang it on his waist with Shan Wanqing, when he suddenly heard in his ears: "Brother Shi, can Murong exchange this Zigui Sword for the Nanke Sword?" ”

He looked back and saw Murong Yan's eagerness, he did not hesitate to offer Zigui, and said with a smile: "Since you like it, take it." ”

After Murong Yan's gaze swirled on the purple cinnamon of the golden sword spike, he asked, "This sword was given to you by the King of Jin, and the little sister will not have any effect if she uses it, right?" ”

Xiahou Chun knew the meaning of her words, and he laughed and said, "You don't really think that this sword alone can command those five thousand light horsemen, right?" ”

He stroked his palms and chuckled, and said meaningfully: "My Uncle Wang, the calculation is very deep, in the name of giving me the power to rule the five thousand light cavalry, and using this sword as a token, in fact, it is to block the mouth of the Taikang Center and prevent someone from chewing the root of the tongue." ”

A smile flashed in his eyes, and he said leisurely: "It is also to show my father and the emperor his heart and bow his head." ”

Tianxin rolled his eyes, "There are so many twists and turns to send something, you royal children are tired enough." ”

Xiahou Chun smiled, he handed Zigui to Murong Yan, she immediately bent her eyebrows, smiled and put it on her waist, took a closer look, and patted it gently, looking satisfied.

In fact, whether it was Nan Kejian or Zigui, she didn't care, she actually wanted to see how much she weighed in her brother's heart.

Xiahou Chun also knows it, his smile is gentle, people are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless, and he is naturally happy to be liked.

Of course, he naturally likes people too.

However, everything should be paid attention to the first come, first come, first come, he once made a promise to a certain girl on the bank of the Weishui River, and the first thing he would do after returning to Beijing was to fulfill it.

Moreover, he wants both fish and bear's paws.

And after he ascended the throne, he would have three thousand concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, and he could marry as many as he wanted.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth drew an arc, like a full moon, raised high.

Looking around, the little bald donkey who knew the cicada automatically skipped by, and the swordsman Guo Rong was a rough man, holding his killing sword all day long, more gentle than his daughter-in-law, and Xiahou Chun had goosebumps all over his body.

However, when his eyes fell on Tianxin, a fairy with ice muscles and jade skin, and the graceful and luxurious Murong Yan, his pores dilated, and his mood became even brighter after the rain.

It's a pity that Cui Fuyu, the eldest lady of the Cui family, who is sincere, naturally failed to ride a horse north with Xiahou Chun, and was persuaded to return to Cui's mansion by the empathetic him.

There is no way, if he really takes the words of the old lady Cui seriously, and takes away the delicate and weak woman, I am afraid that the old man Cui will really rebel.

By the way, speaking of the rebellion, Xiahou Chun's eyes narrowed slightly, and before leaving, Cui Shi gave him a lesson.

On that day, Mrs. Cui was guilty of petitioning, and secretly instigated Qingxu County, Jinzhou to order Li Jin to raise troops, and ordered him to lead troops to attack the capital city of Jinzhou, but in the end, it was found that it was an oolong directed and acted by the head of the Cui family, which was quietly quelled.

As for the rebel leader Li Jin, he should kill his head and apologize according to the law, but Xiahou Chun brought him out of the state government prison afterwards, and after playing it right, he appreciated it very much.

Determined to hand over the 5,000 light cavalry presented by Xiahou Rong, the king of Jin, to Commander Li Jin, and in front of the always kind old prince Xiahou Xu and Xiahou Rong, whose face gradually turned pale, Li Jin was awarded the title of lieutenant, and allowed him to serve as a lieutenant and act as the governor of the capital, and temporarily replace the 5,000 light cavalry of Jinzhou.

As for the people and horses, Xiahou Mo, the son of the king of Jin, had already taken the first step with the light horse, and after Xiahou Chun asked Xiahou Rong, the king of Jin, to give Li Jin a 'grant' warrant, he ordered Li Jin to chase after him lightly, and when he caught up with how to hold the military power in his own hands, it all depended on Li Jin's own ability.

If you drop an idle chess, you can just use it as a waste move, and it is better than nothing.

In fact, Xiahou Chun's original intention was just to show Xiahou Rong's father and son, indicating that Xiahou Chun had no intention of seizing the power of the five thousand light cavalry, but the two Jin kings reacted so much that they had a discolored appearance.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Chun couldn't help but touch his chin, could it be that Li Jin is so special?

Hey, maybe that Li Jin can bring him some surprises.

But he didn't know that in the future, this Li Jin would not only bring Xia Houchun surprises, but also fright!

Of course, that's all for later.

At this moment, Xiahou Chun was thinking about the hole cards in his hand, and a few days ago he learned in a secret report that the Qinzhou army led by Ding Zhongyin, Wang Jin and his son, Hua Yuanhua and others arrived first, and after the starry night galloped to Shuozhou, the border war was no longer a big problem, and he didn't need to worry anymore.

On the other side, from the eastern capital, take Luo down the river, and then float north, from the Zhangshui in Youzhou upstream, Yu Zhuyun, Jiang Weijun and other thousands of light cavalry and the Eastern Capital Naval Division should have arrived in Mozhou, and after it integrates the foot soldiers and light cavalry in Youzhou, it may be able to prepare a division of about 5,000 as the backbone.

There are also Liu Wenzhen, Weng Boying and others formed the 3,000 Tiance Battalion, which must have become a formation, perhaps it has moved north, and after joining the Shuozhou Army, the number of troops that Xiahou Chun can control or influence has reached tens of thousands.

Even if the 5,000 light cavalry led by Xiahou Mo are included, Xiahou Chun's troops are almost 20,000!

Moreover, a single cavalry army can reach tens of thousands.

His eyes narrowed, and his chest seemed to be agitated, the cavalry was not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 were invincible.

Tens of thousands of light horsemen were enough to suppress the rebellion of the vast majority of the displaced people.

On the top of the snow-covered mountain, there are golden eagles hunting Haidongqing, flying in the air to avoid death.

Xiahou Chun, who was in the saddle below, suddenly opened his bow and set up an arrow, and the breath of the fire phoenix came out, and with a whoosh, the sharp arrow pierced the sky, and the scream and wail sounded, and the arrow in the golden eagle fell.

Hai Dongqing's eyes flashed with joy, soaring wings fluttered and fanned, one circled over, and after the eagle's beak emitted a swift eagle cry, it suddenly fell, and went straight to the figure below.

Xiahou Chun laughed loudly, clenched his fists and stretched out his arms.

Then, with a stabbing sound, Haidong's blue-gold sharp eagle claws scratched through the brocade robe, landed on Xiahou Chun's shoulders steadily, and rubbed his slightly dry cheeks.

He smiled and retracted his arm, "Okay, Xiaobai, you can actually be entangled with the golden eagle for so long, and you have grown!" ”

With a twist of his fingertips, the mountain gradually swept by, strung the corpse of the golden eagle that could fall to the ground, and brought it back with a sharp turn.

"Oh, I'll reward you!" Xiahou Chun said with a smile.

Murong Yan grabbed the reins of the horse and said in surprise, "Brother Shi, when did you raise this thing?" ”

As soon as I heard 'this thing', Haidong's green eagle eyes were suddenly sharp, gloomy like water, and seemed to be able to hook people's souls and intimidate people's hearts.

"It's quite spiritual." Tianxin is careless and authentic.

As far as she is concerned, she has even seen dragons, and it is natural that an ordinary bird is not in her eyes.

Xiahou Chun smiled, tore off a letter from under his sharp claws, opened it and looked at it, his face gradually sank, and he frowned silently.

The breeze was blowing on his side, and he knew that the cicada's feet did not touch the ground, and he couldn't believe it, and the speed was the same as that of the horse.

After glancing at Xiahou Chun, he said casually: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiahou Chun shook the note in his hand, the letter was from the black-robed guard, when he was in the eastern capital, he was sent to Shuozhou to inquire about the whereabouts of the old Chen Gong of the former cabinet, and to investigate the military and political emergencies in the north.

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, his deep gaze jumped straight over dozens of lofty mountains and mountains, and reached the pass, and after a long silence, he said slowly: "The black-robed guards under my command have found out that Chen Ge Lao has not been taken captive, and although Shuozhou City has been besieged by the Yunxiao Iron Cavalry, it has not been lost because of the rescue of the Qinzhou Army and the Xiliang general Hua Yuanhua and others. ”

Tianxin frowned and glanced at him, "Since it's all a good thing, why are you still sad." ”

Xiahou Chun lowered his eyebrows, rubbing the thin note, and there was a burning and heartache in his eyes, as well as a trace of irrepressible anger.

He said expressionlessly: "The secret letter informed that when the black-robed guard sneaked into Youzhou, he was suddenly attacked by the Qingluan guard, and the leader Lin Hua was killed on the spot, and most of the more than 100 silver medal guards were lost. ”

Zhi Cicada touched his chin and smacked his lips: "Qingluanwei? Is it the secret guard in the hands of that concubine? Oh, you're having a lot of fun. ”

Murong Yan's face changed: "Could it be that she wants to attack you?" ”

Tianxin patted the embroidered robe, the corners of his mouth hooked an arc, and said jokingly: "Your people were served in a pot in Youzhou, what does this mean?" It shows that it has become a tiger's den in Longtan, and if you go forward, you will definitely die. ”

She snorted lightly and said with a smile: "Maybe you have already dug a big trap, waiting for you to catch turtles in your urn." ”

"Sister Tianxin, you don't have to say a word." Murong Yan said angrily.

After she secretly glanced at Xiahou Chun, she cautiously asked, "Brother Shi, should we go to Shuozhou first or go to Youzhou instead?" ”

Several people looked at each other, and after Xiahou Chun was silent for a while, he said slowly: "Go to Shuozhou, the war in Shuozhou is important, and Chen Ge Lao was demoted because of me after all, if you don't take a look, I don't feel at ease." ”

Murong Yan's eyes were gentle, and the world brother was still the human brother.

Tianxin secretly pursed his mouth and said, "What's the use of you going, can you still block it?" ”

Xiahou Chun's eyes were complicated, as if he could see the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood outside Shuozhou City, and he said softly: "The king is dead, and the prince guards the country." Since I am the prince of Dajing, when I fight the enemy Nankou, I should naturally stick to the front line and guard the country. ”

Saying such a serious thing, Murong Yan became worried again, after gritting her silver teeth, after hesitating for a moment, she changed her attention and persuaded: "Brother Shi, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, life and death on the battlefield are impermanent, far from being comparable to competition, few negligence is missing arms and legs, why don't we think about it again?" ”

The fighting method is the fighting method, and there are masters next to it to escort it, but the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and if you are not careful, you will capsize in the gutter, not to mention that the military policies of various countries are not helpless against the monks, and even the previous thousand cavalry battalions are equipped with bed crossbows, magic arrows and Xuangong and other sharp weapons to hunt monks, how can the Yunxiao military not be prepared?

Maybe in the face of real people, they can't do anything, but just a few Qingdan masters, as long as they give up thousands of light horses, they can hunt and consume the Qingdan realm to death, and even if there are monks in the middle to assist in resisting, maybe they can harvest the heads of a wave of monks at the smallest cost.

Even if you send out a Xuanjia Iron Cavalry engraved with a spell to resist the monk, you don't need too much, as long as you can hunt the Qingdan Realm with a hundred horses!

Knowing the cicada's eyes, he looked at Xiahou Chun with a solemn face, and said righteously: "What Miss Murong said is reasonable, on the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, you will only die in vain if you go to a small Qingdan realm, let's go home." ”

Xiahou Chun glanced at him indifferently, and there seemed to be anger in his chest that needed to be vented urgently, so even his tone became cold, "What, are you afraid?" ”

The cicada's eyelids twitched, and he seemed to be laughed at angrily: "Joke, I'll be afraid?" If it weren't for the fear that you would die on the battlefield, I wouldn't have bothered to bother you. ”

Xiahou Chunpi said with a smile: "If I die, you Buddhism will never be able to return to the Central Plains." ”

Tianxin frowned when he heard this, and Murong Yan sighed in his heart, Brother Shi, if you are so open-mouthed, the only remaining ally will be gone.

Zhicicada disdainfully, "The little monk doesn't believe it, without you Zhang Butcher, you can't eat pork?" ”

Xiahou Chun waved his robe, and his tone was indifferent, "But this palace is the heir to the throne recognized by Emperor Taizong, and even my father will consider my opinion again and again, if I don't allow it, who dares to agree without permission?" ”

He sneered: "Concubine? Or the rest of the princes? Or is it Daomen Xuanzong? ”

The cicada choked suddenly, hated and stopped talking.

He scolded secretly in his heart, if he was determined to part ways with Xiahou Chun, naturally no one could stop him, but after the two families 'broke up', he could no longer find such a good chess piece as this kid.

is a little more noble than the rest of the princes, but the strength is lower than others, and the ambition is ridiculously big, the most important thing is that compared to the Wanning Palace, Xiahou Chun is more easily controlled by Buddhism, and he will not lose his tail.

Murong Yan tugged at Xiahou Chun's sleeve, seeing that there was something wrong with his mood at the moment, and hurriedly signaled him not to speak too ugly.

Xiahou Chun's face was slightly pale, and his mind gradually calmed down, knowing that he was almost carried away by anger just now.

He shook his head, as if he wanted to shake out the anger in his head, he turned his head and smiled apologetically: "Fang Cai's words are offended, and I hope the master will not take it to heart." ”

Obviously, the cicada minded, only to see him roll his eyes, and pouted: "His face has become faster than turning a book, and he is worthy of being a member of the royal family." ”

The corners of Xiahou Chun's mouth twitched, he wanted to spray a few words several times, he forced himself to calm down, and kept telling himself that before leaving, the old monk of Puji also gave a few Sanskrit talismans, and he didn't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, even if it was for the sake of the old monk's several shots, he needed to control his emotions.

His face was straight, and he immediately hugged his fist towards the cicada, and bowed down: "How offended, look at Haihan." ”

"Huh."

The little monk disdained to snort lightly, not appreciating it at all.

Seeing that this trick didn't work, Xiahou Chun grinned at the cicada, and immediately climbed on his shoulder familiarly, half teasing and half joking: "Yo, who is so ignorant of life and death, and makes our cicada master angry, he really deserves a thousand cuts, it is a heinous crime, and he should be killed!" It's time to cut off your head! ”

Zhicicada shook off his shoulder with his big hand angrily, and said angrily: "Miss Murong is reasonable, relying on you and me to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, this is not called guarding the country, this is called seeking a dead end." ”

Xiahou Chun smiled slightly, his eyes drooped, his eyebrows were lowered, and after a little silence, he said softly: "I have no other intentions, I ask for a clear conscience." ”

He paused for a moment and said slowly: "As you all know, a few months ago, I was sent to the Demon Suppression Prison for rebellion, and although I was safe and sound afterwards, the people involved in this incident were either beheaded or had their homes raided. ”

"Before they died, I went to the execution ground to see them, and someone once told me that they were supposed to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and serve the country, but they were killed by me because of the palace change."

Xiahou Chun turned his head and smiled reluctantly, the corners of his mouth were astringent, "So, my trip to the north, in addition to protecting my family and defending foreign countries, is also for.... Expiation! ”

Expiation?

Murong Yan was stunned, and Tianxin's eyes flashed.

The cicada's face was straight, as if he was impressed by him, and looked at Xiahou Chun directly.

His face was as usual, and he looked at each other calmly.

The little monk suddenly smiled, put his hands together, and after reciting a Buddha name, he said with a smile: "The Buddha once said, 'I don't go to hell, who will go to hell', since you have this heart, how can the little monk let you go alone?" ”

Although his tone was calm, he said loudly: "Lord Xia Shi, don't worry, although you kill the enemy on this trip, what danger is there, the little monk will block it for you." ”

His face was full of melancholy, and he pretended to sigh: "It's a sacrifice of life to accompany a gentleman." ”

Xiahou Chun laughed, and didn't want to correct whether it was Xia Shi or Xia Hou Shi, he looked relieved, and waved his big hand suddenly: "Okay, there is a master here, and my Xia someone's life is worry-free." ”

At this moment, the swordsman Guo Rong turned around and said lightly: "If you want to go to the battlefield, you should first learn the 'sword qi differentiation'." ”

Xiahou Chun's face suddenly froze, and he immediately collapsed.

Guo Rong turned a deaf ear, and barely pulled a smile on his face: "Actually, it's not difficult to reach this realm." ”

Several people's hearts moved, and they looked sideways.

Xiahou Chun raised his head suddenly, and said with great joy: "Is this true? ”

Guo Rong smiled inexplicably: "Yes, I only need you to take 30,000 swords from me and make 100,000 swords." ”

Xiahou Chun was stunned.

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Xicheng Pass, because it is located on the ridge of the north of Yanmen County, Daizhou, is also called Yanmen Pass, the pass is built by digging the mountain, the south controls the east of the river and chokes the desert plain in the north, and the clouds go south to block the enemy in the north.

This pass is divided into two east and west, to the left and right to stretch the arm of the momentum to overlook the overall situation, close to the wall, urn city, beacon tower, battlement tower and pillbox and other military fortresses, the pass is surrounded by steep cliffs, the mountain road is rugged, the army can not cross, it is impossible to break with the strange soldiers, so it has the name of "the dangerous peak is thousand, the boundary is broken from the north and the south".

At the right time, the guns and halberds on the tower of Yanmen Pass were like a forest, the beacon smoke was like fire, a burst of Jin Ge iron horse sounded, and the dead pass instantly became restless.

The earth began to shake, the frost and snow that had not yet melted trembled, the horses neighed, and at the end of the sky, there seemed to be black shadows sweeping in layers.

The twilight wind is always sick, and the frost is thick. Tochima neighs at night, and the border tundra pine.

Chunxi 20 years, April, Jimao.

Following Koubian Shuozhou, the Sky Iron Cavalry went south again and approached Yanmen Pass.

This time, Nankou, Yunxiao fought on the east and west fronts, and a total of 30,000 iron horsemen rolled in, which intended to open the gate of Daizhou and drive straight into the Central Plains of Nankou.

The wolf's ambition is obvious.

On that day, wolf smoke was everywhere, and beacon fire was like a torch.

Daizhou shook, Youzhou was in an uproar.