After the Xiheyuan, it was to the first line of the north presided over by Qin Zheng, which is also the reason why Emperor Zheng gave up the five states in the northwest, the West River Yuan is a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, in the face of Xiao Yu's 400,000 army, it is better to concentrate the remaining forces to retreat to the north line of Xilingkou, at least not to exhaust the last troops of the north.

The first line of the Northland, in addition to the natural pass of Xilingkou, still relies more on fortresses. In order to resist the Houjian army, the important towns outside the fortress such as Julu City were abandoned, and the Central Plains were retreated, and a large number of military towns were arranged on the front line of Dayi and Linmian. It's just that these military towns failed to save the fate of Southern Chu, and in the end they were broken by Hou Jian one by one, and Southern Chu was destroyed. After the proprietor drove out Houjian, recovered the five northwestern states one after another, and built the central capital, these military towns gradually fell into ruin, but no one thought that today they would become the last line of defense in the eastern capital.

Outside the Dayi Mansion, Ding Shiguang, the governor of Xihe, who has already existed in name only, Jin Yu, the guard general of the Dayi Mansion, and other civil officials and military generals went out of the city to meet them for thirty miles. In addition, 3,000 defenders were dispatched, and the formation was huge, just to welcome a figure who was going to pass through the Great Yi Mansion.

If it is an ordinary person, even if it is the head of the dynasty, the prince and the prince, he will not send the defenders to greet him, but the battle of the people who came this time is too big, if the defenders are not dispatched, these civil and military officials who come out to greet him will inevitably have no bottom in their hearts. If the Demon King of the Mixed World is in a bad mood and directly asks the soldiers to cut them down, who will cry when the time comes? I don't expect these 3,000 foot soldiers to be able to protect Zhou Quan, as long as they can resist one or two, it is enough for them to have time to escape back to the city.

The three thousand foot soldiers are lined up in turn, and just looking at the surface, they can barely afford the four words mighty and majestic. However, it also depends on Qin Zheng's recent efforts to reorganize the army. Qin Zheng, the governor of the eastern capital who led the military administration of the northern land, did not appear, and the governor of the capital was not in the Dayi Mansion, but in Lin Miancheng, according to the law of Dazheng, except for the deliberations of the five major governors, the rest of the governors of the town and the guards of the town were not allowed to meet privately, and the governors of the capital, the ministers of Xinjiang, and the vassal kings should also avoid suspicion, and Qin Zheng's move was also reasonable.

Twelve thousand horses' hooves trampled heavily on the ground, and three thousand iron horsemen slowly drove towards this direction around a magnificent carriage drawn by four horses. The knights were all dressed in black armor, and there was silence and silence, and there was no sound on the march except for the sound of horses' hooves and the occasional neighing of horses.

A banner of the king of Xiao characters hunted in the wind.

The faces of the three thousand foot soldiers turned pale, if such iron horses rushed forward, could they resist it?

Although he was resentful, he had no choice but to be a vassal king canonized by the emperor himself, even if it was a product of the dynasty, he had to be a head shorter, not to mention that Ding Shiguang, as the governor of Xihe, had to accompany him into Beijing after welcoming this person.

Ding Shiguang, the governor of Xihe, took the lead in saluting and said: "Ding Shiguang, the governor of Xihe, see the king of Xiping County." ”

"The last general, Jin Yu, the chief military officer of the Great Yi Mansion, see the king of Xiping County. ”

"The last general will be firmly guarded to see the king of Xiping County!"

Voices come and go.

The carriage did not stop, and the owner of the car did not show up, and Zhuge Gong, who was driving, said expressionlessly: "Enter the customs." ”

Three thousand iron horses rode through the city without entering, crossed the Great Yi Mansion, and went straight to the customs.

After Xiao Yu was crowned king, he stepped into the Central Plains for the first time as a vassal king.

Xiao Yu looked at the big and small civil and military officials as nothing, and after the car drove away, a three-rank official dressed in a peacock official robe said indignantly: "Where does this move put us?

Ding Shiguang's face turned pale.

But then his face turned pale, didn't Xiao Yu just don't take the imperial court in his eyes? If he put it in his eyes, how could there be a disaster in the northwest today?

When passing by the Great Yi Mansion, Xiao Yu lifted the curtains of the carriage and looked out the window expressionlessly at the Great Yi defenders who seemed to be facing the enemy.

On the head of the city of Dayi Mansion, Qin Zheng, the capital governor who was dressed in armor and was not much different from an ordinary school captain, pressed his hands on the battlements, and calmly looked at the car of the county king who was slowly driving under the city.

Xiao Yu lowered the curtains, leaned against the wall of the car, and closed his eyes to concentrate.

It's April 8 of the next year.

The eastern capital, the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place.

For the people of the Eastern Capital, they have long been accustomed to seeing officials big and small, from the cabinet elders, the governors of the capital, the uncles of the country, to the poor Hanlin of the six grades, and the soldiers patrolling the city, they have never seen anything.

It's just that this time the scene of the world's governor entering Beijing is too big, and it is not uncommon for a second-grade feudal official, but a group of second-grade officials is really rare.

What's more, the world-famous king of Xiping County has to enter the city in person!

Some governors who are relatively close to the eastern capital have entered Beijing one after another, and even some idle princes who have no power in their hands, as if they are in captivity, have also taken this opportunity to come out of the fiefdom to breathe, which makes the officials of the Ministry of Rites who can drink tea and chat on weekdays busy.

Now it is the King of Song who is also the errand of the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time he is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, as a prince, he has no other skills, and the princes who are the most fastidious and pompous are very suitable.

Governors, governors, and vassal kings, or arrogant, or humble, or domineering, or gentle, drove to the eastern capital together. It makes the people of the Eastern Capital feel a little dizzy, but the most anticipated thing is the king of Xiping County who went out from the Eastern Capital, after all, this is considered "his own family".

For a while, because Xiao Yu, the king of Xiping County, was about to enter the city, the eastern capital of the world's best place was surging for a while, and there were people talking about it in the restaurant and teahouse every day, and there were scholars in the capital who were secretly linked, ready to block the road and angrily reprimand him for not seeing a monarch when Xiao Yu entered the city, and asked him why he wanted to be a giant thief of the country. There are also second-rate elites who sneered, planning to see Xiao Yu's jokes. This eastern capital is not the central capital, it is not a place where you can come and leave if you want! There are also many ladies and rich daughters, and they are looking forward to this king of Xiping County entering the city as soon as possible, so that they can see what kind of talented and heroic man can make the northwest change the day.

It's just that the top group of people in the court are silent.

If you don't speak above, you can only guess below, and for a while the storyteller also has a theme. Today is the eighth day of the fourth month, and there are about two days to go, and Xiao Yu will arrive in the eastern capital. At this time, the eastern capital was already full of storytellers regardless of whether it was true or not.

A tall old man wearing a felt hat walked into the Liuquan Building and asked for a table in the hall and poured himself a pot of rice wine.

The old man is already very old, and the wrinkles on his face are stacked like ravines, but the shopkeeper of Liuquanlou does not dare to slack off half a point, and can support such a large foundation in the outer city, not to mention the owner behind it, the shopkeeper himself has already trained a pair of fiery eyes, the clothes on the old man's body look inconspicuous, but if you look closely, you will find that it is embroidered with dark lines, others may not understand what this means, but the shopkeeper is clear in his heart. This is a person in the dark guard, look at this posture, at least he is a big man above the commander. Although the dark guard is not as good as it was back then, it is not something that a small person like him can offend, and it is always right to serve carefully.

At this time, there was a thin old man on the first floor of the restaurant who was telling a story.

said that the grassland war, said that Xu Lin sent troops, said that the flooded army, and finally said that the king of Xiping County and the Qiuye Dao people rode into the central capital.

The old man held the rice wine, and listened to the storyteller's story expressionlessly, but he didn't move for a long time.

It wasn't until the storyteller finished speaking that the old man drank the rice wine in his hand in one gulp. Looking at the gloom outside the window, he sighed lightly: "The eldest prince." ”