Half a month later.

After a long journey, the elite of the Northwest Frontier Army came to the city of Pingyang County.

It's just that.

Although the Northwest Frontier Army was menacing, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army did not choose to attack the city directly, but found an excellent place to temporarily garrison and camp.

In fact, it was not that he didn't want to attack Pingyang County, but that the army had just arrived here, and before that, he hadn't had a good rest for ten days.

After a long journey, the army was tired.

In this state, how can you fight?

If you want to capture Binh Duong County in one go, this is simply impossible.

Although the Northwest Frontier Army is a first-class strong army in the world, it also takes into account the actual situation and observes the basic laws when leading the army.

Now, his soldiers are very tired, and if he wants to attack the city at this moment, it is simply giving people heads, and his own men are sent to death.

Naturally, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army would not do such a stupid thing.

Even if his heart is anxious.

Even if he really wanted to eliminate the Beizhou Xu clan in the shortest possible time.

But.

At this moment, we must also be patient.

It is necessary to wait for the Northwest Frontier Army to rest and recover its strength, fighting spirit, and morale before it can start its operation.

In addition, the Pingyang county town in front of them, although it is not as important as Beizhou City, but that is the administrative status, in fact, the terrain of Pingyang County is more dangerous than Beizhou City, this place is the gateway to Beizhou, and it can be regarded as a Xiongguan.

Easy to defend but hard to attack!

If he really chooses to attack with real swords and guns, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army silently estimates in his heart that even if the Northwest Frontier Army under his command is elite and does not lose tens of thousands of horses, I am afraid that he will not be able to successfully take this Pingyang County.

Moreover, this is still the Xu family's lack of preparation, and there will not be too many defenders in Pingyang County, if the other party arranges tens of thousands of horses in Pingyang County, even if all these people in his hands are piled up, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture the city in front of him.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to collect the information of the Xu clan and find out the arrangements for the Xu clan's garrison in this Beizhou land, so that he can respond in time according to this information and choose the best way to pacify the Xu clan.

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In fact, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army did not have any irritability in his heart, even if the Xu clan could dispatch troops in time, in his opinion, the Xu clan would also be defeated.

After all, he still has a killer weapon in his hand, and that is the Galaxy Sword Saint next to him, the Qin Shui Clan.

With this presence, if the Northwest Frontier Army encounters something more troublesome in the siege battle, with the help of the power of this Star River Sword Saint, with his super martial arts strength, he can also directly occupy a city wall, thus giving the Northwest Frontier Army a chance to appear quickly.

It's just that what makes the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army a little strange is that Pingyang County on the opposite side is particularly calm, and he was allowed to show off his power outside the city like this, until the camp was completely fixed, and the Xu clan did not even send any army to test it.

It's as if they didn't exist.

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Pingyang County, Xufu Annex.

Naturally, the Xu clan did not exist when the northwest frontier army outside the plain county did not exist, but at this moment, the Xu clan was more concerned about another matter.

Xu Zhenyuan, wearing a bright yellow robe, sat on the main seat, looked around, looked at his second son Xu Jia, and asked:

"What is the situation on Lao Qi's (Wei Fang) side, why did he suddenly announce the retreat, did he say that when he would be able to get out of the customs?"

There is also a reason why Xu did not take certain actions against the Northwest Frontier Army, that is, after receiving the news that the Northwest Frontier Army was going to conquer Beizhou, Xu immediately responded and dispatched a large army to Pingyang County.

However, an accident happened.

Wei Fang suddenly announced that he was going to retreat for a short time.

Then, in the eyes of everyone who did not understand, he entered the secret room and began the retreat.

Now, although Xu Zhenyuan has been supported by all aspects of Beizhou City, he has opened the government and established himself as the king, known as the "King of Great Summer", but many discerning people know that although Xu Zhenyuan is the king of Xia, in fact, he is the father and the son.

The real backbone of the Xu family is Wei Fang.

And not him Xu Zhenyuan.

This is because the reason why the Xu clan can have today is entirely because of the achievements of the Wei side, he first took advantage of the civil unrest to occupy Yan County and Pingyang County, and then seized the opportunity to defeat the rebel armies outside Pingyang County and occupy a vast territory.

In the end, he also went to the barbarian grassland to plunder, and got an elite cavalry for the Xu family, as well as countless materials, which made the Xu family the first wealthy family in Beizhou.

In the next time he turned against the state pastor's mansion, it was also because of Wei Fang's strong martial arts that the Xu family successfully succeeded.

It was under this circumstance that Xu Zhenyuan established himself as king.

Now, although he is the king of Xia.

But I also know that now the foundation of the Xu family is basically laid by Wei Fang, and he is just a superficial speaker of the Xu family, and when he really wants to encounter some major things and needs to make a decision, he has to ask Wei Fang to take the idea.

It's just that.

At this moment, when the elite soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army were approaching the city, the Wei side suddenly retreated, which made Xu Zhenyuan very uncomfortable.

To be honest, although he was also very ambitious before this and wanted to make the Xu family go further, it was just to make the Xu family the first wealthy family in Beizhou, but he never thought that the Xu family would be able to have the foundation of the Northwest family, let alone that the Xu family could occupy the land of this Beizhou state.

Standing up as a king has never thought about it.

Therefore, in the face of the situation in front of him, Xu Zhenyuan felt a little at a loss, which was beyond his ability.

Hearing this, Xu Jia shook his head vigorously and said:

"I just came over there, and the young master is still in retreat, and there is no sign of going out."

When Xu Zhenyuan heard this, he shook his head in some disappointment, and discussed countermeasures with the senior management of the Xu family again.

It's just that, in the end, they didn't negotiate any good results, so they decided to take the most conservative approach:

Gu Hu is not moving!!

Let the other side attack the city.

This is the least fallible way to make mistakes.

Just wait for Wei Fang to get out of the customs and then counterattack.

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Late at night.

Northwest Frontier Army Battalion.

At this time, the soldiers who had been running for more than ten days had already rested in their tents, and the entire northwest frontier army camp was extremely silent, and only some soldiers who were on duty tonight were patrolling, guarding against possible emergencies at night.

In the central tent of the Northwest Frontier Army, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army and the Star River Sword Saint Qin Shuisu did not sleep, as if they were silently waiting for something.

After a while, a series of footsteps approached, and then a man dressed as a native of Beizhou entered the central tent.

The man glanced around, and his gaze was fixed on the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army.

Swish!

He threw something at once, threw it to the other party, and then bowed slightly, and said to the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army:

"Hidden Dragon Agent, Zhang Huairong has seen His Excellency the Commander."

The person who came immediately took the initiative to report his identity, he was a secret agent planted by the Great Qi Imperial Court in the land of Beizhou, and at this time he came to the Northwest Camp, naturally to report some detailed information about the land of Beizhou to the commander of the Northwest Border Army.

After all, the Great Qi Empire has been established for hundreds of years, although over the years, because of the catastrophe, the people in the Qi Empire have been miserable, and the beacons are everywhere, and now it is already a crumbling scene.

But.

After all, the Great Qi Empire was strong and brilliant, at that time, the Great Qi Imperial Court's control over the civil and military officials was naturally tight, and a certain generation of emperors in order to strengthen the Great Qi Empire's monitoring of the civil and military officials, and specially set up the Qianlong Pavilion to monitor the world with hidden dragon spies.

Hidden dragon, hidden dragon in the abyss.

Even if this northwest place belongs to the border of the Great Qi Empire, but the Great Qi Empire has been operating for many years, and there are hidden dragon spies lurking here.

Now, since the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army wants to conquer Beizhou, he naturally has to use all the forces that can be used.

At this time, he naturally remembered the secret agents of the Great Qi Empire in the northwest.

In fact, with his identity, he couldn't use the power of these secret agents at all, and in the entire northwest land, only the true henchman of the Great Qi Empire, the eunuch who guarded the town, was qualified to use this power.

It's just that now this town guard eunuch is suspected of falling in Beizhou City, life and death are unknown, and the power of the hidden dragon spy has actually been completely dormant, unless the Great Qi Emperor appoints another town guard eunuch, he can use these hidden dragon spies again.

It's just that this time, although there is no new eunuch to come to the northwest, Qin Shuisu is here, his identity is much more noble than that of the eunuch, he is a talent that the emperor of the Great Qi Empire attaches great importance to, and he is also the husband of the three princesses of the current royal family, and he is a real relative of the emperor.

And these hidden dragon spies, in the final analysis, are just the house slaves of the emperor of the Great Qi Empire, since Qin Shuisu is the son-in-law of the Great Qi Emperor, and now is a special moment, he shows his identity, so he can naturally instruct these hidden dragon agents to contribute to this operation, which is why there is this scene now.

Moreover, the hidden dragon spy in front of them is not an ordinary character, but a member of the Zhang family in Beizhou City, that is to say, the Zhang family, which has been rooted in Beizhou for hundreds of years, is not only a wealthy family in the northwest, but also a hidden dragon agent of the Great Qi Emperor.

It can be seen from this that when the Great Qi Empire was strong, how tightly the control of all forces in the territory of the Great Qi Empire was, and the local emperors like the Zhang family were willing to serve the Great Qi Emperor, and there were countless hidden dragon spies with identities like the Zhang family.

This is also a means for the Great Qi Empire to control the power of all sides.

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At this moment, Zhang Huairong was quite excited when he saw the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army in front of him, and he knew that the opportunity for Zhang's rise might be coming.

Zhang, as the hidden dragon agent of the Great Qi Imperial Court in the northwest, was glorified because of this identity, but he was also imprisoned by this identity.

Because it is a hidden dragon agent, there is a secret and intimate connection between the Zhang family and the Great Qi court, and with this relationship, as long as the Zhang family has been working for the Great Qi court and does not betray the Great Qi court, then they can always get the protection of the Great Qi Empire, and the family can continue forever.

However, as a spy of the Great Qi Empire, it is also a confinement, and it is also a layer of locks, and the Zhang family is also a wealthy family in the northwest, and the ambition to expand the family is also very strong.

It's just that as a hidden dragon agent of the Great Qi Empire, this layer of identity determines that the Zhang family can only keep to themselves and be a small wealthy family in this Beizhou land.

Otherwise, if the Zhang family is too strong and has too much influence, it will unconsciously be concerned by many wealthy families, in this way, no matter how secretive the Zhang family is, if it continues to be concerned, one day, a certain wealthy family will find some clues and reveal the identity of the Zhang family's hidden dragon agent.

In this way, the Zhang family will not be able to mix in the circle of the wealthy families in the northwest, although the Great Qi Empire is a royal family and a family to rule the world together, but the two are both cooperative and confrontational, but in some aspects, it can be said that they are distinct.

Zhang Zhang's family, as a wealthy family in the northwest, is willing to be a lackey for the royal family of the Great Qi Empire, which is actually a betrayal, this matter is really about to break out, but for the Zhang family, it is a matter that is not pleasing to both ends, at least, many wealthy families in the northwest will not accept the Zhang family, the lackey of the Great Qi royal family.

will definitely reject the Zhang family, and even suppress it in secret, which is very uncomfortable for the Zhang family.

So. In order not to expose their secrets, even if the Zhang family has strong expansion ambitions, they have to be patient, otherwise, if they are really discovered by other wealthy families, what awaits the Zhang family will inevitably decline, even if there is the support of the Great Qi court, the Zhang family will also decline.

Because, in this northwest land, although the real ruler is still the Great Qi Imperial Court, if many wealthy families unite against the Zhang family, even if the Great Qi Imperial Court stands behind its back, the Zhang family has no way.

However, now Zhang's opportunity has also come.

Since the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army has decided to conquer the Xu clan in Beizhou, and the Zhang family, as a hidden dragon spy who has been lurking for hundreds of years, has now been activated by the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army, after this time, there is no need for the Zhang clan to hide his identity.

After the Northwest Frontier Army wiped out the Xu clan, the Zhang clan took advantage of the situation to help the Northwest Governor stabilize the situation in Beizhou, so that a large number of Zhang's children could take the opportunity to enter the military and political departments of Beizhou, and they could also occupy the power vacuum and territory left after the fall of the Xu clan in Beizhou.

In the long run, even if the Zhang family cannot become the top wealthy family in Beizhou, it will inevitably make great progress, at least not as it is now, only as an inconspicuous wealthy family in Beizhou.

At the very least, there will be a place in this northern state and control a certain right to speak.

The commander of the Northwest Frontier Army took the thing thrown by Zhang Huairong and looked at it carefully, it was a dark-colored token, on which was carved a lifelike flying eagle, and underneath, the symbol of the Great Qi royal family was depicted.

This token, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army, naturally knows that this represents the identity of the person in front of him:

Great Qi Hidden Dragon Secret Agent.

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