In winter, Tianlang Lake turned into an ice field again, and the mighty army set off from the Xihai Duhufu and slowly sailed to the Hudong fortress on the other side of the lake.

The original abandoned defense line of Hudong has now been renewed, with the battlements built according to the mountain and stone hazards towering on the shore of the lake, and the rear is an innumerable number of Northern Liang soldiers and city defense equipment, looking down from the clouds it looks like a sea of guns and knives.

Although the military appearance is strict, whether it is equipment or city defense facilities, it shows the atmosphere of a great country, compared with the Xihai coalition army that is about to come to the city, the Xihai side even looks like a ragtag army with a messy banner.

But at the juncture, the morale of the soldiers guarding the town fell to the bottom, and before they saw the beacon fire on the ice field, countless people already had a sense of defeat, even the generals and officers of the army.

The battle outside the Imperial City of Yanjing in August had broken the backbone of Beiliang, and even Emperor Liang knew that the general trend was gone, and he had almost given up struggling.

Although in the end, there were also generals who blocked the surprise attack of Wang Chihu's troops in the snow field, and even found out most of the information of the Xihai Alliance, but this could not stop the raging trend, and the Night Terror Hall won the title of 'No. 1 in the world', which directly became the last straw that crushed Beiliang.

For more than two months, all the families in Hudong Province have basically been in disobedience to the yang and yin, openly calling for resistance to the enemy, but in private they are trying to contact the Southern Dynasty; Not to mention the forces of the rivers and lakes, Tian Wuliang, the Qinglong Society, etc., directly raised the banner of righteousness in various places and began to rebel, counting the tyranny of the imperial court and the lack of virtue of Emperor Liang.

The government and the opposition began to retreat in panic, and the army at the forefront naturally did not have a rainbow of morale, not to mention the low-level soldiers, and even the high-level generals were thinking about how to fight this battle in order to land smoothly and keep the family, rather than how to win.

Northwest side of Anxi Province, Fengyan City.

Fengyan City is located in the northwest side of Anxi Mansion, which is also the narrowest part of Tianlang Lake, less than 300 miles away from the opposite bank, and directly opposite is the Xihai Duhu Mansion, which has always been the main battlefield of the decisive battle between the two dynasties.

There are no civilians in Fengyan City, and the interior is a military fortress, where more than 50,000 people are stationed, day and night to make ordnance, winter clothes and other things, and there is a steady stream of grain and grass in the rear, and the center is the Shuaifu.

The generals who can be called by the name of the Northern Liang are almost all concentrated in the city, the Battle of the West Sea took place twenty years ago, and the officers who participated in the war at that time are now in high positions, and there is actually no shortage of generals in the Northern Liang army.

But Xiang Hanshi and King Zuo Xian died, and no one in the entire Northern Liang was qualified to be in command at all, so that Emperor Liang had to let the crown prince supervise the country, and the imperial driver personally came here to serve as the commander of the three armies.

At night, the Beacon Smoke City was full of wind and snow, and countless soldiers lined up outside the Dianjiang platform, and the light of the torches illuminated the entire city.

Emperor Liang, dressed in armor, stood on the platform with a sword hanging from his waist, and his posture still looked calm with confidence, and he seemed to be fearless of the upcoming battle to destroy the country.

But the high-level generals around him, and the thousands of soldiers outside, obviously had their own thoughts, and they didn't even bother to listen to Emperor Liang's nonsense of agitation and encouragement.

Emperor Liang stood in the wind and snow, and said sonorously for a moment, and found that the whole city was silent, although there was no disrespect, but it also set off no half of the fighting spirit, and there was also a sense of powerlessness between his eyebrows, and finally put aside the words carefully prepared by the courtiers, and said loudly;

"I know that you all think that this battle cannot be won, the army of the West Sea has come to the east of the lake, and it is not certain that this thousand miles of rivers and mountains will change hands next month, and I am inspiring here, like a stubborn loser, trying his best to grasp the last straw, hoping to save these thousands of miles.

"Even my son, the queen, and the queen mother all think like this, and persuading me to resist stubbornly is just to add to the joke, so that I can beg to surrender decently, or prepare for the back road as soon as possible......"

When these words came out, the generals and soldiers who had lowered their heads and had their thoughts in mind all raised their eyes and looked at the emperor who was talking loudly in the wind and snow.

The courtiers and strategists in the back originally wanted to open their mouths to dissuade them, but in the end, they forgot it, after all, the morale could not be pulled up at all, and if Emperor Liang was ready to surrender directly, it would be a good thing for everyone.

But Emperor Liang, as a generation of kings, has thousands of troops and horses in his hands, and obviously has no intention of surrendering without a fight.

Emperor Liang pressed his sword and glanced at the thousands of soldiers, and continued:

"But I didn't agree. Before I ascended the throne, Daliang was attacked by the western frontier every winter, you don't know, you can ask your parents, in the past hundred years, the northwest royal court in order to grab a piece of grain territory, how many times we have been beaten, how many people have we died.

"And after I ascended the throne, I destroyed the Northwest Royal Court once and for all, and incorporated the entire West Sea into the country.

"And the Southern Dynasties. After the establishment of the Dongfang Clan, he never let go of his wolf ambitions, and he was planning how to annex Daliang every year and become the first emperor of the ages.

"Before I ascended the throne, the two countries were at war all the year round, and there was a famine in Yanbei Province almost every year, and those who could eat enough were considered to be masters. After I ascended the throne, I ceased war and negotiated to open up trade routes, and there was almost no war in the past 20 years.

"I know the wolf ambitions of the Southern Dynasty, and the peace talks are just to recuperate and prepare for the coming day once and for all, and the same is true for the Southern Dynasty.

"In the past few decades, I have integrated the West Sea, cleared the officialdom army, and accumulated enough grain and grass to save silver, enough to spend ten years with the Southern Dynasty, and there are countless capable people under my command, and countless shadows have been buried in the Southern Dynasty.

"And what did the Southern Dynasty do? abolished the emperor and cut the domain, causing turmoil in the government and the opposition; The princess forced the palace and tampered with the edict to seize the unification; The vassal kings had different intentions, and there were frequent incidents of assassination and rebellion......

"The empress is indeed accumulating national strength, but you go to the Southern Dynasty to see, from ordnance and city defense to daily food and clothing, how much is stolen from my Liang?

"If it had been placed two years ago, it would have been impossible for the Southern Dynasties to turn the tables around, and the situation has evolved to this point, not because I am incompetent, but because the two countries have their own luck, and it is impossible to unify the world.

"Do you think God is on the side of the Southern Dynasty, but where is God in this world? It's nothing more than man-made. Even if there really is, God chose the Night Terror Hall, and I have to follow the will of heaven to kneel and beg to surrender?

"If everything should conform to the destiny of heaven, our ancestors did not have sharp teeth and claws, nor did they have the physique of tigers and bears, they should be like chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs, and the whole world should be in charge of tigers, leopards, bears and wolves.

"But our ancestors did not obey the mandate of heaven and let others slaughter them, it is because God is unfair, so we have to do our best to find a way to survive, and we have to face difficulties by unscrupulous means......"

Although the current defeat has been decided, this really has little to do with Emperor Liang, it can only be said that providence makes people, and his achievements over the years of his reign cannot be denied.

Thousands of soldiers in Beacon Smoke City were obviously moved when they heard these words, but the sense of despair in their eyes did not subside.

After all, Night Terror Hall is not favored by God, but has become God, relying on determination and courage alone, at most he will bet that 'he may not be able to kill us all', and it is impossible to win.

The emperor pays attention to the divine authority of the monarch, Emperor Liang can say everything that God does not exist and goes against the sky, and he can say everything he can say, seeing that thousands of soldiers still have no morale, Emperor Liang also gave birth to a sense of powerlessness, standing in the wind and snow and sighing softly:

"Everyone is afraid of death, and neither am I. But since I dare to come to Hudong and gamble with my life, I have the confidence to fight with the Night Terror. National teacher, can you show the dew of the mountains and give the soldiers a reassurance? ”

As he spoke, Emperor Liang looked back at the back of the general.

And thousands of soldiers and generals also looked back at the crowd behind.

In addition to the eunuchs and strategists, there was also an old man in a robe.

The old man has a childish face, an old appearance, and his face is not eye-catching, but he has a sense of fairy wind and bones, and there is a small jade plate hanging on his waist.

Originally, the general and the courtiers thought that this person was just an accompanying strategist, but when he heard Emperor Liang call him 'National Teacher', his words were quite respectful, and he couldn't help but be puzzled.

Li Guangxian and Lu Xingjun, who were brought in by the arrested Zhuangding, whispered quietly:

"Who is this?"

"I haven't seen it, but it looks like a high-...... man"

……

Step, step......

After a few words from each other, an unhurried footstep came into everyone's ears, suppressing all the noise.

Even Emperor Liang, who was above 10,000 people, retreated a little, giving up the position in the center of Dianjiangtai.

The crane-haired and child-faced old man walked in front of 10,000 people with his hands in his sleeves, and his gas was quite peaceful, but after glancing at the thousands of soldiers, his words were not very good:

"Why should the Holy One say these heart-wrenching words to a group of people who see the wind and steer the rudder. People are strong in their bones, and they have the capital to reign over the world, so they are obedient like dogs, and your words are the imperial decree of heaven; And without this capital, even if you really dig out your heart, in their eyes, it is just a joke. ”

"You are presumptuous!"

Although most of the people present were indeed ready to see the wind and rudder, it was still a little sad to say it to their faces, and several courtiers nearby immediately began to scold; And the thousands of soldiers who didn't dare to fight the night terrors also showed annoyance.

The old man glanced at the people with unkind faces and asked:

"Are you thinking, I don't dare to fight night terrors, and I don't dare to clean up your bad old man?"

“……”

Everyone obviously thought so, but Emperor Liang was present, so it was difficult to say this.

Seeing that everyone did not respond, the old man said calmly:

"It is human nature to bully the soft and fear the hard, the old man thinks that you don't know the height of the sky, and you don't care, but this is the last time. From now on, if you let the old man see that you are half disobedient and disrespectful, you will know the consequences. ”

Whew~

While speaking, the wind and snow in Beacon Smoke City became significantly bigger.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, the old man standing on the platform of the general, his robe moved with the wind, and his figure slowly rose.

Boom –

The black clouds that crushed the city burst out of the twisted electric snake at this time, and the thunder instantly illuminated the entire heaven and earth, supporting the figure with both hands and sleeves in the air like a god.

Many people present had seen the scene of the night terror hall ascending to the immortal in Yanjing, and when they saw this scene, Fang Cai's displeasure and annoyance disappeared, and only suspicion remained.

The old man was suspended under the thunderclouds, looking down at the stunned thousands of soldiers below, his hands just moved slightly in his sleeves, and on the Tianlang Lake outside the city, an earth-shattering roar sounded:

Boom –

The soldiers at the head of the city turned their heads to look, but saw that the surface of the lake, which had been frozen, was suddenly torn apart, and a crack more than ten zhang wide appeared, like a heavenly curse across the lake shore, and there was almost no end in sight left and right.

"Buzz ......"

The defenders inside and outside the city walls were in an uproar when they saw this scene, and the sense of despair that they were bound to lose was gone at this moment.

After all, this kind of mystical magic is not much worse than the 'gathering sword for the dragon' of the Night Terror Hall, as long as someone can balance the Night Terror Hall, then the North Liang belongs to the defending side, and this battle still has an advantage, and it is not completely impossible to fight.

Emperor Liang has only listened to the old man's advice these days, knowing that the old man is very powerful, and Zhongsun Jin is silent about him, but he doesn't know how powerful it is.

At this time, seeing this scene of stirring wind and thunder, Emperor Liang's eyes suddenly became hot, and he scolded:

"Why don't you meet the National Teacher!"

The surrounding Wenchen generals with frightened eyes reacted and hurriedly bowed to the sky:

"Meet the National Teacher!"

The old man didn't react much in the face of the compliments of 10,000 people, but said:

"You don't have to defend this city, go directly out of the city to fight the Xihai Protectorate, the Night Terror Hall has received the news, and it will come over soon, you don't have to be afraid, the old man alone is enough to deal with it."

“……”

The generals and soldiers present, seeing such a psychic scene, dared to disobey half a point again, and immediately began to assemble......

——

Yun'an City.

Under the light snow, the thousands of streets and hundreds of squares in the capital are covered in silver, Wende Bridge, Wutong Street and other places are still as prosperous as in the past, and Tianshui Bridge is not what it used to be, it was already overcrowded last time, and since I came back from a trip to Guancheng, the whole block was directly exploded.

The first and second in the world are completely two concepts, although the second is also famous in the world, but after all, it is almost meaningful, and most of the eyes of the people in the world are still on the first.

Recently, there are too many people to enter Beijing, and there are many people who yearn for martial arts to buy accommodation near Tianshui Bridge, and there are even traffic jams around, and it is difficult for carriages to enter and exit, so they have to arrange errand servants to maintain traffic order.

And Night Terror Hall originally thought that after going to Guancheng, it would be idle in the future, and it could be done day and night, but after coming back, I found that 'No. 1 in the world' was not as good as I imagined.

In the past, when he was the second, because of his famous reputation, no people from the rivers and lakes came to the door to find trouble, but now that he has become the first person, who else can the people of the rivers and lakes find if they don't look for him?

You occupy the first position, you can't hang the free battle card, don't let people fight, right?

On the first day of returning to Beijing, before he could go back to the house for a hot meal, someone came to the door, saying that he was about to go to Guancheng, and found that Night Terror Hall had become the first in the world, so he turned to Yun'an to challenge.

Night Terror Hall heard Fengguancheng say in Longmen Cliff that there will be many hidden masters coming to him in the future, thinking in his heart that he is such a big murderer, and the person who dares to come to the door to kick the hall, no matter how much he drops, he should be a martial saint, in order to recruit talents for Dawei, he is quite solemn, and he goes out to meet people in person.

The result is good, he looked at it, and the other party couldn't see the slightest bit of domineering breath, compared to Fengguancheng, he returned to the basics, and the miscellaneous fish were not counted, he was completely a high-grade loach, and reminded him that the sword had no eyes, so he let him shoot with all his might.

has already appeared, and the night terror hall can't turn back, so he slapped Nan Xunhe into the river, and finally understood why Fengguancheng fanned Qiu Tianhe out for half a mile - just these three-legged cat kung fu, and I still see my full strength, this can't make you sober up in the water?

After suffering such a loss, the Night Terror Hall also has a long memory, and in the face of countless stunned young people who have come to challenge, they have to arrange for Yunli to be the door god like Fengguancheng, and only those who can survive three moves in Yunli's hands can enter the house.

Many young people in their teens want to practice martial arts, but there is no way to enter, so they kneel the street, and they can't get up when they don't see anyone.

Night Terror Hall can't beat this kind of young man, so he can only continue to learn from the experience of his predecessors, make a ring, let the young man compete on it, and he can fight with him if he enters the top three.

In order to discover good seedlings, the imperial court also gave special support, and Yuhu specially made a 'Qingkui' signboard, placed it next to the ring, and rewarded the first place of the year, and more people came.

In addition, there are also the generals of Wende Bridge, the royal nobles, who brought their sons and daughters to visit, and wanted the Night Terror Hall to accept apprentices.

The Night Terror Hall itself is not as good as the crown, and he has the ability to accept apprentices but confiscates the life experience of apprentices, so he definitely doesn't have this idea now, so he can only refuse these.

He was busy back and forth as usual, and it wasn't until the third day after he came back that Night Terror Hall sorted out all kinds of trivial matters and was barely idle.

At noon, in the new house near Tianshui Bridge, many maids gathered on the observation tower to watch the ring on the other side of the river, and even began to bet on which ranger could win.

The plum blossom courtyard at the back of the house is quite quiet, and the night terror hall that finally sent a prince of Wendeqiao away, returned to the courtyard, and raised his eyes to see two figures sitting in the living room of the main house.

Qingzhi has dressed up as a young woman at home because she is pregnant, sitting upright on the right side of Luohan Hall, with her hands on the cushion of the small case.

The charming Mrs. Wang, sitting opposite in a winter dress, helped with the pulse while still saying:

"Don't worry, although you can't have sex when you're pregnant, you still have a way to serve your husband. I heard the lady of Wende Bridge say, you can ......"

"Huh? Isn't that a bit ......?"

"It's okay, Wendeqiao's lady often ...... like this"

Hua Qingzhi was obviously very studious and listened attentively, but Yu Guang found that after the Night Terror Hall entered the courtyard, she quickly coughed lightly.

Mrs. Wang is very good at observing words and feelings, and when she saw this, she knew that someone was coming, so she stopped talking and looked out:

"Your Highness, are you done?"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang, the life coach, was preaching and receiving a job, it must be difficult to go in and disturb, so she smiled outside the door:

"As soon as Li Guogong left, he just came over to have a look. Do you want the maid to bring some tea and snacks? ”

"Yes, Your Highness is too polite."

"Hehe, then you talk first, I'll take a look elsewhere."

Hua Qingzhi knew that the Night Terror Hall must have heard something, and it was not easy to speak at this time, so she just bowed her head shyly, and continued to be polite with Mrs. Wang.

The Night Terror Hall secretly eavesdropped, and then walked along the aisle and came to the outside of the bamboo courtyard.

Ning Er didn't dare to live with him before, so she chose a bamboo courtyard that was far away, but now that Bai Jin is not running, the location where she lives must be with Ning Er, a courtyard with three rooms, and a place is specially reserved for Yun Li.

Night Terror Hall turned his head to look outside the courtyard, and saw Ning'er wearing a silver fox fur, walking next to the small bamboo forest.

Bai Jin walked beside him, and the outfit was simpler, just a plain white skirt, holding a small dress in his hand, and the couple were chatting:

"It's good-looking, but the child is born, it should be next summer, you make a little padded jacket, I'm afraid you won't be able to wear it."

"Really? Then save it for the winter......"

……

Finding that the night terror hall was falling, Xue Baijin immediately stopped talking and put the little padded jacket back into his wife's hand.

And Luo Ning's reaction was naturally as cold as ever, hiding her little clothes under the fox fur, frowning and saying:

"Why are you here?"

Seeing that the two of them were secretly preparing clothes for the doll, Night Terror Hall was naturally full of happiness in his heart, and responded:

"I happened to be passing by, why don't I go and invite Fan Jiuniang over and guide you?"

Luo Ning was born in the rivers and lakes, and the embroidery is not bad, but it is indeed not as good as Sanniang, who stays in the cloth village all the year round, and these are all learned from Sanniang.

Fan Jiuniang is a contemporary tailor, and she must have benefited a lot if she can learn one or two hands, but Luo Ning understands the temperament of Night Terror, and really invited Fan Jiuniang over, then what she learned is not children's clothes, maybe she has to change into new clothes every day to open the eyes of Night Terror.

For this reason, Luo Ning did not nod, but said:

"No, I'll have time to go over and ask for advice myself."

"Then buy a few more clothes by the way, and ...... her"

Xue Baijin's eyes narrowed slightly: "If you are really idle, come in, and I will help you relax." ”

"Ahem......"

Even though the Night Terror Hall is the first in the world, he still has lingering palpitations about the strength of Tuo Tuo's hand, and he raised his hand slightly at the moment and walked over from the courtyard gate.

Xue Baijin was satisfied, and took the little clothes from Ning Er's hand again, and looked at them carefully back and forth.

There are four courtyards in the house, and I am busy working in the palace, and Yuhu is handling government affairs in the palace, and there are not many people at this time.

Night Terror went around the other courtyards, but found no one, so he came to the Dan room at the back of the house.

There was a faint green smoke in the Dan room, and the medicinal materials that were originally dried were all moved to the house.

At this time, Qinghe was busy working in front of the Dan furnace, and I don't know if it was too unlucky to play games on the boat, and he was woken up by the water, and he also made a statue of the god of the 'god of the north' in the house, and there was an incense altar in front of him, and he would pray and worship every day.

The next room is full of various materials for toy cars, but it looks a bit off.

When the night terror hall came to the door, it could be seen that there was a small stove burning in the house, and the fairy water was fluttering, and Huai Yan was sitting side by side at the table.

Shui'er seems to have been caught by Qinghe as a long-term worker, polishing various parts of the trolley.

The Queen Mother has another errand, she is making small toys out of Qinghe's materials, and there are already a few finished products on the table, such as a fox tail with smooth hair and a small bell with clips......

？

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall was stunned and turned around and walked into the house:

"What are you doing?"

The Queen Mother was bored when she returned to the palace, so she lived here and made torture instruments together at the instigation of Shui'er. Finding that the night terror hall was coming, his cheeks suddenly became embarrassed, and he hurriedly stuffed the mess into his sleeve:

"Nothing...... It is to help Qinghe. ”

Xuanji Zhenren moved to the side a little to get out of the way:

"If you have nothing to do, come to work, so many confidantes, let alone a dozen children, a small car per person, do you want to keep He He busy to death?"

"Hehe, how do I get this?"

"Just follow the drawings."

Night Terror Hall came to sit down between the two of them, and after botting left and right, he picked up the carving knife and the wood, and cut it according to the content of the drawing.

The Queen Mother sat in front of the Night Terror Hall, she must have been embarrassed to take out the things, and she couldn't get a car, so she could only say:

"Why don't you go out and watch the fight, just let Shui'er do these chores, so that she won't have too much energy and mess around all day long."

Xuanji Zhenren originally wanted to leave some thin noodles for her best friend, but when she heard this, she was naturally unhappy, and turned her head and said:

"I don't know who complained to me just now, saying that there is no excitement on the ship these days, and I can't sleep well at night......"

"Where did I say that? I'm talking about not having time to play together, and not doing that kind of thing together......"

"It's all together, if you don't do that kind of thing, what else do you want to play?"

“……”

Seeing that the hand warmer had nothing to say, the night terror hall wanted to interject, but suddenly there was a voice next door:

Boom~

Jingle Bell ~~

It sounds like the lid of a pot flying up and flicking a few times on the ground.

The night terror hall was stunned for a moment, and immediately flew up, landed at the door of the Danfang and looked inside, and it could be seen that Qing He, who was dressed in a red and yellow winter dress, jumped in front of the door with his arms curled up on his chest, two feet away from the Dan furnace.

And the room that was clean just now was filled with white mist, and there was a little medicinal liquid sprinkled on the ground, and you could smell the rich medicinal fragrance.

"Qinghe?"

Night Terror Hall quickly came to him and turned Qing He to look at it, it can be seen that Qing He's eyes were full of embarrassment, and there were some medicine stains on his skirt, so he hurriedly checked left and right:

"What's wrong with the fryer? It's not hot, is it? ”

With Fan Qinghe's technique, the probability of refining the medicine blaster is very small, and it is purely because he eavesdropped on the nonsense next door and didn't pay attention to the heat.

Seeing the night terrors, Fan Qinghe's eyes were embarrassed:

"I'm fine. Well...... It should be that the weather is too cold and the heat is unstable, so I will refine another pot. ”

Night Terror Hall was sure that Qing He was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and pouted on his face:

"Such a dangerous thing, don't do it yourself, I'll come in the future, you will command me to do it."

This was meant to be caring, but there was a voice from next door:

"You're not afraid of boiling water, are you?"

"Shui'er, what are you talking nonsense......"

？

Night Terror Hall feels that the water has not been cleaned up for a few days, and it is indeed a little skinny.

Fan Qinghe also frowned, and immediately wanted to pull the Night Terror Hall to the next door, ready to teach the demon girl who had no family law.

But before a few people could start messing around, there were footsteps outside the courtyard.

Sanniang, who was dressed as a lady of a big family, came to the entrance of the courtyard and looked at it:

"Shocked?"

The Night Terror Hall was about to press the water on the table, and when he saw this, he hurriedly made a serious appearance and turned around:

"What's wrong? Another guest? ”

"Not really, Lord She came over and said that you should hurry up and enter the palace, and the saint will summon you."

"Really?"

Night Terror Hall glanced in the direction of the Imperial City and came to the outside of the courtyard:

"Then I'll go and have a look."

Pei Xiangjun walked side by side, grabbed the wrist of the Night Terror, and after a little consideration, he still said:

"I feel like there's something going on in the palace again. You've been busy for almost two years, and you haven't stopped running around, so you have to rest, right? ”

Night Terror knew that Sanniang cared about him, so he turned around first and hugged Sanniang with her feet off the ground:

"Yuhu can find me, it must be a big deal, and there will be time to rest in the future, not bad for these two days."

Pei Xiangjun also knew this, sighed softly, hugged his neck and lips together, kissed him well, and then tidied up his clothes;

"Got it, go early and come back early."

Night Terror smiled, then flew away in the direction of the Imperial City......

(End of chapter)