Crossing the Dragon King Pass means that the land that the Shadow Guard caravan led by Jiang Chen passed under his feet at this time no longer belongs to the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but has entered the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasty's old enemies, the Hundred Sects Alliance, and thus it is equivalent to stepping on the enemy's land, making anyone in the caravan, including Jiang Chen, more vigilant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The original spacious and flat official road under the feet has disappeared, only the curved path formed naturally by the trampling and crushing of the feet for many years is left, which has a lot to do with the comprehensive national strength between the two big forces, although the Han and Tang Empires are alone, and the whole world is the enemy with their own strength, but the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties has its own confidence, the 300,000 miles of rivers and mountains in the Han and Tang Dynasties almost occupy half of the vast land of the human world, and the hundreds of millions of soldiers of the people will prosper the vast country, even said that looking at the entire human world, only the Han and Tang Empires had such national strength and dared to play like this.

Although the land of the hundred sects is one of the major forces in the human world today after the Han and Tang Empires, the land of the hundred sects is still too far behind the incomparable national strength of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the land of the hundred sects is also a behemoth with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, and it also controls hundreds of small countries within the land of the hundred sects, but because of the checks and balances between the hundreds of sects in the Hundred Sects Alliance, it is always difficult for the Hundred Sects Alliance to integrate its own strength, but even if it is integrated, it is difficult to compete with the Han and Tang Empires.

After struggling for seven or eight days on the potholed and very difficult roads in the inland of the Hundred Sect Alliance, Jiang Chen led the Shadow Guard caravan under his command to finally enter their entire destination, the territory of the Proud Coming Country. The country of Aolai is not far from the border line between the Alliance of Hundred Sects and the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is a country that is not big or small within a radius of thousands of miles, and it is a country under the control of the Alliance of Hundred Sects, although the country of Aolai is not the largest under the framework of the Alliance of Hundred Sects, but it is also one of the very few most special powers, of course, they are powerful and the national political system of the Han and Tang Dynasties is completely different, the identity and status of the country of Aolai are special, because the territory of the country of Aolai is located in one of the powerful sects of one of the seven holy gates of the land of the hundred sects today, the emperor is near, as the place where the holy gate is located, the country of Aolai has naturally obtained countless benefits, one of them is to directly make the status of the Aolai Kingdom rank in the forefront of these counties under the control of the Hundred Sects, even the royal family of the Aolai Kingdom has the right to speak is not comparable to the royal families of other different counties, and secondly, in the political and military and the national tribute, the Aolai Kingdom has great privileges. And because it is the place where the Holy Gate is located, the national security of the Aolai Kingdom is also directly protected by the Holy Gate, it can be said that as long as the royal family of the Aolai Kingdom dies by itself, as long as the land of the Hundred Sects is not destroyed, it is possible to always exist, of course, the only disadvantage is that the national autonomy of the Aolai Kingdom has been compressed to the extreme, for the Aolai Kingdom, the royal family is no longer the only master of the country, although such a thing is almost similar in every country, the state power is controlled by the sect, but the Aolai Kingdom is more thorough。 Of course, none of this has anything to do with Jiang Chen now.

The only thing that impressed Jiang Chen was that the military strength of the Aolai Kingdom was that it was above other counties, in fact, the actual population of the Hundred Sects Alliance was very small, and most of the population was concentrated in these counties under control, and the population of hundreds of counties of all sizes together exceeded hundreds of millions, although it seemed like a lot, but the average score of hundreds of countries became very small, and Aolai Country, a country that is not big or small, has a total population of only three or four million, but the domestic army has a standing army of nearly one million, except for the old and weak, women and children, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a soldier for all the people, such a country, although the burden of millions of standing troops, but this million army is also very elite, not much worse than the standing army of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and its domestic martial arts are not weaker than the Han and Tang Empires, which practiced martial arts for all people.

This kind of thing makes Jiang Chen secretly admire, except for the Han and Tang Dynasties and this Aolai country, there is no longer a third one in the world, fortunately, this Aolai country is just a small and small county, although a million standing army seems to be a lot, but according to the size of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Han and Tang Standing Army is 13 million, and the reserve is no less than 50 million, and the number of one million is at most just the number of standing troops in a Xiongguan, Jiang Chen is really worried about such a martial arts atmosphere, if it is not for the size of the Aolai Kingdom in front of the Han and Tang Empire, it will only exist like an ant, even if it is only one-tenth of the population of the Han and Tang Dynasties, that is definitely a big trouble for the Han and Tang dynasties, and maybe it will even shake the foundation of the Han and Tang dynasties because of the war with such an impossible existence, and it is not impossible.

Of course, even if Jiang Chen worries about it now, it is useless, because what Jiang Chen thinks is only based on assumptions, and all Jiang Chen can do at this time is to sit in the carriage and look through the gap in the curtains.

The road conditions here are also much better, and from time to time there will be some local troops patrolling back and forth to mobilize around, Jiang Chen looked at these sergeants, and secretly compared the Han and Tang sergeants in his heart, and felt that the difference between the two was not very big. Obviously, the country itself is a strict state machine, when Jiang Chen's shadow guard caravan appeared on the official dirt road facing the city gate, the eyes of more than a dozen local garrisons guarding the city at the city gate have already gathered on the caravan under Jiang Chen's command, each of these soldiers has a sharp momentum, although the martial arts cultivation of these soldiers themselves is not very high, but it is also obvious that the few people who survived the battle on the battlefield, let Jiang Chen also feel in his heart that the million army of the country of Aolai is because of its proximity to the border of the Han and Tang Dynasties, a considerable number of these people have participated in the war against the Han and Tang Dynasties, and they can be regarded as an army with considerable combat experience, which is much better than many standing armies in the Han and Tang Dynasties. This couldn't help but make Jiang Chen frown slightly.

Sure enough, it was not surprising that the caravan was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city when it was approaching the city gate, and it was this Black Dragon Battalion General Banner Envoy Meng Wu who was riding on a horse in front of him at this time.

This is a small city on the border of Aolai, the height of the city is not high, that is, the height of three or four chapters, and it has also looked very old and even a little bit of disrepair, in fact, it is nothing, although the people of Aolai are still martial, but it may be that the martial arts are too much, so that although one of the seven holy gates sits here, the economy of Aolai is not developed, but barely maintain the size and equipment of the army, so that the people will not starve, the annual surplus is relatively limited, so that the barbarian royal family has no spare money to repair the border city。

But although it is a small city, the defense is not slackened at all, although it is not as good as the general requirements of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the soldiers on duty at the gate of each city can not be less than fifty people, but the soldiers at the gate of this small city also have a full squad of troops, no less than twenty people, and the one who came to the caravan to inquire is a strong man who looks like he is in his forties, and his martial arts cultivation is not weak, at least reaching the peak of the third layer of martial arts.

Meng Wu is naturally not easy to publicize when he has a task, he turned over and dismounted, and came to the strong man who looked like the captain against his will, and said with a smile: "This military master, we are serious businessmen from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the customs clearance documents are very complete, and please let the military master go." ”

The squad leader didn't even look at Meng Wu, but turned to look at the caravan up and down, with his back to Meng Wu, which made Meng Wu very unhappy, but there was no way, it was because Meng Wu's current identity was just a member of the caravan, not a prominent Shadow Secret Guard Bannerman.

At this time, the team leader looked at the luxurious carriage where Jiang Chenneng was, and his eyes lit up, and he pointed to the carriage and asked Meng Wu, "Who is in that carriage, and what kind of goods are being transported in this caravan?"

Meng Wu's heart was sudden, but he covered it up very well, and said with a smile to the captain: "Master Hui, the one sitting in this carriage is our eldest son, this is the first time to come out with the caravan, and I don't know what bacteria or what I don't know, or ask me, this caravan is carrying goods unique to the Han and Tang Dynasties, some tea, porcelain, and all kinds of ready to be transported to the capital to sell, and please let the military master go." ”

The squad leader glanced at Meng Wu and the others, sneered, and asked Meng Wu, "Why should I let you go with me?"

Meng Wu obviously understood what this squad leader meant, took out a bulging money bag from his cuffs, stuffed it into the squad leader's hand, and then leaned over the squad leader's ear and said: "The goods in our caravan, Lord Xiao Nanchen is still waiting to receive the goods, and the military master also understands that don't let us be embarrassed to explain, so we can't eat and walk around, I'm afraid it's not good for the military master." ”

"Little King Nanchen?" The squad leader's face changed when he heard King Nanchen's name, and he became very unnatural, and said to Meng Wu with a smile: "How can you be embarrassed Mr., Mr. has pleased, and I will have a few words of kindness in front of King Nanchen when I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Meng Wu smiled and said, "Definitely!"

Then the squad leader weighed the money bag in his hand and returned to his team on duty, and the soldiers around him had also been released, and the caravan composed of shadow guard sergeants under Jiang Chen's command slowly entered the small city through the city gate, and Jiang Chen also glanced at him through the gap in the curtain when he passed by the squad leader's side, although it was only a glance, but just this glance made Jiang Chen frown, although it was only for a moment, but he suddenly discovered from the trace of the squad leader's inadvertently released that this person was hiding his cultivation, and it was not at all the cultivation of the triple peak of martial arts that Jiang Chen talked about at the beginning, but the master of the Martial Dao Sixfold Martial Generals Realm, even Jiang Chen's Martial Saint's perception was successfully deceived, which made Jiang Chen a little surprised.

"Is there fraud?" At this time, Jiang Chen's first thought, but soon Jiang Chen denied such an idea, the reason is still perception, if it is really fraud, the city gate must be surrounded by ambush soldiers, but Jiang Chen did not feel that there are too many soldiers in the death beating, although Jiang Chen's perception of the martial saint was wrong just now, but this is not Jiang Chen's perception is wrong, he still has considerable confidence in his keen perception ability.

The caravan soon entered this small city, and there were not too many pedestrians in this small city at this time, because after all, it was already night, and it was human instinct to rest at sunrise and sunset, not to mention the already underdeveloped border town, which was even more understandable, after settling the caravan in a post station specially accommodating the accommodation of past caravans, Jiang Chen walked out of the post station under the leadership of Li Mu and walked towards the center of the city, in Li Mu's words, it was a secret contact point of the shadow guards here, with the intelligence support they needed very much now。

Walking on the bluestone-paved road, the two soon came to the contact point that Li Mu said.

"Pawnshop?" Jiang Chen looked at a brightly lit shop in front of him with a "dang" flag floating, which made Jiang Chen frown slightly, even Li Mu beside him had a dignified face.

Outside the store, Jiang Chen said lightly to Li Mu: "I have a bad premonition. ”

Li Mu also nodded and said: "There is a murderous aura, a very strong murderous aura, and even a bloody aura, but it is very light and light, almost inexorable." ”

Jiang Chen snorted and said, "Let's go in and take a look, maybe there are some interesting things, or there are some friends waiting for us at this time, we can't live up to the kindness of these friends." ”

Li Mu also smiled and said, "Childe is right, it's not good to make friends wait too long." Even so, Li Mu still put his hand on the ring-headed sword on his waist, and he could draw the knife to fight at any time.

And in a dark corner not far away, a person showed a mouthful of white teeth, a sneer, which made people shudder, and at this time, Jiang Shen seemed to feel something, and suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of this corner.