In the three hundred and ninety-seventh year of the Qi calendar, the beacon fire of the troubled times rose again in the sky of Zhongzhou.

Forty years ago, the new emperor of Qiyang ascended the throne. The twenty-seven-year-old prince Sikong Guliang ascended the throne. This famous king in history was ambitious, with tyranny as his creed and advocating hegemony. Only one year after ascending the throne, he drew his sword in the imperial capital Taiwu Palace, issued the famous "Iron and Blood Edict", and waved his army to the west to point to the blue wolf - Xiqi.

Among the "four pillars" of the Qiyang Dynasty, Long Ying and Tiger Wing were ordered to go on the expedition, and since then, the seven-year "lion and wolf dispute" has begun.

In terms of national strength alone, at that time, Qiyang was the overlord of Zhongzhou who could compete with the Northern Desert Dynasty, and in that era of heroes, the "Four Hallpillars" guarded Qiyang's rule like Haoyue. Under the prosperity of the country, the "Lion Emperor" Sikong Guliang was full of confidence, he firmly believed that he could annex Xiqi in a short period of time, and then relied on Yu Wei to calm the remaining countries, and unify and divide the Central Plains for nearly 700 years. Then the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition expanded the territory to the northern desert and southern wilderness that the emperors of previous dynasties had never set foot in, and opened a prosperous dynasty.

However, history is always embarrassing, just when Emperor Guliang's sharp gun was pointed directly at the entire Zhongzhou, and the iron hooves of the Qi army shook the world, Li Yuanhao, the legendary emperor of the Western Qi Dynasty, was born, turned the tide in a desperate situation, stifled the ambition of the lion, and kept the Qi army out of the capital.

In the Seven Years' War, in a dark age of conscription, war, despair and wailing, no one escaped the fate of sorrow. The losses of the Qi army far exceeded expectations, and even if they annexed Xiqi, they would not have enough strength to sweep away the remaining princes. On the Xiqi side, women were even recruited as soldiers to supplement the seriously insufficient troops. The cruelty of the war made it impossible for the soldiers to even return to their homeland, because the generals were only scribbled and buried. There were countless dead and wounded horses and cooks, and they could not be made up for 20 years after the war......

After a long period of attack, Qiyang was in serious internal turmoil. The "Lion Emperor" was furious, the jade seal shook the will and collapsed, poured the strength of a country, and launched a decisive battle before the last pass of the West Qi, known as "dry bones" in history.

In the battle of dry bones, the sky was dark, and the number of casualties in half a year reached 30% of the casualties in the entire war, and blood was poured into the earth, and the blood was truly shed. Under the frantic attack of the Qi army, the male commander of Xiqi, the female general, and the wolf king personally mounted the horse to kill the enemy, erected an unfailing banner in the smoke of gunpowder, and miraculously held this Xiongguan.

In the Armageddon, the losses finally reached a point that neither side could bear, and the war was like a huge grinding plate, putting the fate of countless people into it and crushing it. Hundreds of thousands of corpses were lying in pools of blood, their faces still bearing the hideousness of the charge, these martyred warriors raised their proud hands high, as if a deafening roar still echoed in the sky of Zhongzhou, and their tired souls walked on the way home......

The cruelty of the war, not to mention the ruins, the success of the king and the defeat of the king can also be said to be little, but after the war, countless corpses and bones were only covered by thin soil, the stench was permeated, and the rats and ants were swarmed...... It can be called the ancient tragedy.

In later generations, a middle-aged swordsman in Qiyang traveled here, splashing tears and clapping his hands to compose songs. The swordsman carried the sword and the pipa on his back, and carried an old yellow dog, his name was Xie Lingfu.

"The dry bone moon is desolate and cold, and the frost is heavy several times;

The man's blood is not cold, and he rides a horse with a hook. ”

A high singing, turning over his hand to take the pipa, five fingers to adjust the strings, the rhythm is loud, and the throat voice is hoarse:

"For ten years, the woman is new and red;

Be a wild ghost in a foreign land, and sing bitter and lonely songs.

……”

In the emotional place, he threw down the lute, hissed and sang, and resounded to stop the clouds:

"You don't see a few people coming back to fight in ancient times, and the bone pillow Tiege is stained with blood;

You don't see the wide-sleeved singing and dancing, the monarch and the minister are drunk, and the lights of thousands of homes are cold and smoking.

Who laughed at me going into battle shirtless,

Who cares if my bones are not returned? ”

Singing to the sky, tears flowing:

"I don't think that high-ranking official will enjoy it, and he will succeed in ten thousand bones;

I laugh at the thin and cool people's hearts and other idle changes, and I have been marrying newcomers for several years.

……”

The bones of hundreds of thousands of generals in front of the Dry Bones Pass, leaning on the wind regardless of friend or foe, have long been forgotten by the ruthless history.

The war finally ended with Qi Yang's retreat, and the scarred wolf was able to breathe. But the decadence when the lion retreated, how could there be a little bit of the majesty when he once went out. And the Xiqi Wolf King was on the pass, watching Xiao Feng sweep across the battlefield, watching the enemy tide retreat, hard as a stone. At the same time, the "Lion Emperor" took the Xuanyuan Pavilion in his hand, looked at the direction of his soldiers' bones, and poured bottles of bitter wine into his mouth.

In the 365th year of the Qi calendar, the war ended, and the lion returned to his hometown without courtesy.

The impact of the war had the worst result, the people in Qiyang were boiling, the people rose up, and the civil strife was out of control.

As a last resort, Emperor Gu Liang sent half of the imperial capital's defenses out, exhausted the little remaining treasury silver, and went to suppress the uprising. In this year, the army of the seven families with different surnames rose up to assist the imperial army and suppressed the rebellion with great difficulty.

This year, the seven families entered Beijing to be crowned kings, and the chickens and dogs in the clan ascended to heaven.

In the 367th year of the Qi calendar, under the devastation of the country, Emperor Gu Liang finally suppressed his ambitions and named the country Yuanding. In the spring of the first year of Yuan Ding, Emperor Gu Liang split the tiger talisman with a sword above the court, showing his determination not to fight again, after that, the court and the opposition went up and down the glass altar to worship the sky, and the emperor went to the "Edict of Guilt" and granted amnesty to the world.

Since then, Qiyang has pursued recuperation, light conscription, heavy social work, and less killing. The people are full of hot soil, their backs are shining on the hot day, but they are also happy, the voices of chickens and dogs are heard, the neighbors marry each other, and the world is peaceful.

……

Thirty years of peace in the world. In the 397th year of the Qi calendar and the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the traces of war disappeared in the flowing water of time, and the long-term recuperation made the national strength of Qiyang expand again. The generals were dissatisfied, and the princes of the seven lords watched secretly and remained silent.

At the same time in the world, the most dangerous enemy was fighting in the north, staring at Qiyang's fat cream; In the great wilderness to the south, the mountain spirits and wild charms also seem to smell the breath of war, and thousands of powerful crossbows have been added to the huge mountain wall...... The world is preparing for war, and the era of peace is finally gone.

The turmoil is coming, and a conspiracy is brewing everywhere, ready to start a war that has been sealed for thousands of years. The rise of the heroes has become unstoppable, and their war songs have risen into the air with the wolf smoke and beacons of generations, and roared with the sound of war drums. In this world, all happiness can only be defended by the sword.