Gucheng, also known as Guchengguan.

The junction of Huayuan, Rouyuan and Ruiyuan.

The geographical location of Guchengguan is very special, the west is facing Hwawon, the east curves the valley into Zuoyuan, and the north path leads directly to Rouyuan.

Overlooking Guchengguan and the surrounding mountains from the peak in the distance, you can see the formation of a "圉" character (pronounced yu), and the word 圉 originally means a place to raise horses, so Guchengguan also has a nickname called Sleepy Horse Valley.

Before the establishment of the Kunlun Dynasty, there were three chaotic ancient dynasties, which had set foot in Ruiyuan since the Chong Dynasty with historical records.

Because Ruiyuan was in the cold for most of the year, it became an excellent place of exile.

Compared to the death penalty and imprisonment, exile is more terrifying, as if the living were sent directly to hell.

It is unknown how many people were exiled by the three ancient dynasties to Ruiyuan over a period of thousands of years, but these exiles survived in this extremely cold land, and eventually formed a unique group known as the Ice Barbarians, who later became the Ruiyuan Yan Clan.

In order to deal with the ice barbarians who would often attack Huayuan at that time, the Kunlun Dynasty chose to build a checkpoint here.

It's just that the level at that time was very simple, just stacked with some boulders, barely able to resist arrows.

Until the late Kunlun Dynasty, the power of the Ice Barbarians was too large, and they had no choice but to build a fortress on the mountain. After thousands of years, as well as the continuous improvement of the place by successive dynasties, it finally formed today's Guchengguan.

When he could see Guchengguan from a distance, Tang Xiaohao began to tell Xiaoling about the history of Guchengguan that he knew, and he spoke in great detail, for nearly half an hour.

After Tang Xiaohao finished speaking, he found that the little bell in the carriage did not respond.

Tang Xiaohao turned around and opened the curtain, only to find that the little bell was sitting in the carriage with an expressionless face.

"Are you alright?" Tang Xiaohao asked nonsense again.

The reason why it is nonsense is because after leaving Hacha City, the little bell was mostly silent.

Little Bell's silence was not because she didn't want to ignore Tang Xiaohao, but because she really didn't know what to say.

If time could really be turned back, Little Bell would definitely not choose to look for that lost memory.

She only now understands that the reason why that memory disappeared was to allow her to be completely reborn.

Ten thousand years ago, Xue Yao sacrificed her life for Feng Heng, and the little bell is a new spirit born from Xue Yao's ruins, which is the continuation of Xue Yao's life.

But the little bell instinctively retrieved all the memories of Xue Yao's past, and it was this memory that was awakened and made her feel confused about the future.

Tang Xiaohao just looked at the little bell, but the little bell's eyes were looking at the side of Tang Xiaohao's cheek, and he deliberately didn't look at him.

After a long time, Tang Xiaohao turned around and continued to drive the candle dragon away: "Although you can already see the Gucheng Pass, it will take at least a day to reach the pass."

At this time, the little bell spoke and asked, "Why do you like to look at me intently when you are fine?"

Tang Xiaohao replied very simply: "Yes."

Immediately, Tang Xiaohao smiled again: "I'm thinking, I must have saved the Jiuyuan World in my last life, otherwise, how could God arrange for you to be my wife in this life."

The little bell suddenly said in a stern tone: "I became your wife, it was just an accident, not out of my own volition, don't say this kind of thing again in the future, do you hear clearly?"

Tang Xiaohao's heart trembled when he heard this, but he still said disapprerovitically: "No matter what the reason, we are both husband and wife, is it good for Ming Media to marry?"

Little Bell said coldly, "Who is the matchmaker? How can you get married? My original identity was just a companion maid in your Tang Mansion. The wife you are marrying is Bao Meng, and she is still waiting for you in Hacha City, after you send me to the territory of Ruiyuan, you have fulfilled your promise to me, and then go back to her to stay together, do you understand?"

Tang Xiaohao was still laughing: "I understand, I hear it clearly, my ice princess, I will."

Peace will send you back to Ruiyuan."

Ice Princess? It's a familiar title. The little bell fell into the memory again, completely ignoring Tang Xiaohao, who was sitting in front of him at this moment, laughing so ugly.

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Guchengguan, halfway up the mountain, Dianjiangtai.

On the table was a corpse dressed in heavy armor, with a dark face, which had long been frozen and stiffened.

Around the corpse stood more than a dozen generals of the Torth Department who were guarding the Gucheng Pass, led by a young general with a snow tower flower tattooed on his armor.

The young general's full name was Khaltsa. Mo Lin, and the body lying there was none other than his elder brother, Harcha, the former general of the Valley Chengguan. Moqi.

Unlike the angry generals around him, Mo Lin's face was full of sadness, and tears were still rolling in his eyes, but he couldn't cry because his brother Mo Qi didn't like to see him cry the most.

When Mo Lin raised his hand to touch his brother's body, he was grabbed by a lieutenant next to him.

The adjutant general said in a low voice: "General Lin, the demonic arts on General Qi's corpse are still there, and the four soldiers who touched General Qi's corpse before had their hands frozen, and they had to be cut off."

Mo Lin withdrew his hand and took a deep breath, trying to keep the tears from flowing.

Mo Lin asked the lieutenant, "Is there an Eagle Book from Hacha City?"

The adjutant said, "Not yet."

Mo Lin said: "It is not a coincidence that Hacha City has suffered a catastrophe, and the Yan clan has chosen to attack when the new clan king succeeds to the throne."

The adjutant general said in a low voice: "I heard that in the days when Prince Gurke succeeded to the throne, he had already surrendered to the Huayuan court, and even the resurrected old clan king also knelt down to the emperor of the current Huayuan court to pay tribute, and the eagle book sent by the new clan king has also written that from now on, Rouyuan has officially become the territory of the Dachang Dynasty."

The adjutant general didn't say any more, but glanced at the people around him, and their eyes were full of anger, and their anger was not because of the complete submission of the new clan king to the imperial court, but why at this time, Mo Qi, the general who guarded Gucheng Pass, died mysteriously.

The lieutenant general was worried that these generals in Guchengguan would link Mo Qi's death to the imperial court.

As ridiculous as it sounds, at this juncture, nothing is surprising that anything happens, and the slightest hint of wind and grass can turn the situation into chaos at the moment, which is manageable.

Mo Lin asked, "How long will it take for the imperial reinforcements to arrive?"

The adjutant shook his head, "I don't know, but the reinforcements sent by the new clan king should arrive today."

Mo Lin asked, "Who is the one leading the reinforcements?"

The lieutenant replied: "Ten thousand households of Burjin Childa."

Mo Lin frowned when he heard this: "That reckless man ......."

The adjutant general immediately said, "Gelda is now the confidant of the new clan king, and he is the one who led people to rescue the Baomeng clan king from the Huayuan Imperial Court."

In fact, these generals in Gucheng Pass, even Mo Qi and Mo Lin, had only heard about Bao Meng's rescue back to Rouyuan and even the series of changes that happened in Rouyuan, and they didn't know the details.

For the soldiers of the Torth Department here, they don't care who the clan king is, they only care about guarding this dangerous level, and always be vigilant against the Ruiyuan Yan clan who are coming to attack at any time.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "The little general, General Childa and the three cavalry captains under his command have arrived."

Mo Lin was puzzled when he heard this: "There are only four people here?"

The soldier said, "General Hui, there are only four people."

The soldier's answer added to the disappointment on the faces of everyone present, who had expected the city of Hacha to send some reinforcements.

Even though it was clearly written in the Eagle Book of the New Clan King that reinforcements would be sent by the imperial court, they still did not trust the imperial court in their bones, and did not trust the Huayuan people who they regarded as foreigners.

Mo Lin immediately led all the generals to meet Gilda.

The reason why Mo Lin looks down on Gelda is that although Gelda is known for his bravery on the battlefield, he relies on a fierce force, relies on the experience gained on the battlefield, and was previously the commander of the war slave army composed of slaves.

Although Mo Lin's body flows with the dignity of the Harcha family

, but his rank in the army is lower than that of Chirda.

Not only Mo Lin, but even Mo Qi, who is the general of Gucheng Guan, is not a high rank, not for anything else, just because their mothers are not from Rouyuan, but from Ruiyuan.

But that's why the brothers were sent to guard Guchengguan - the old king Tuohetai needed to show his trust in the Harcha family, even if the brothers were not pure.

The moment Mo Lin saw Cherda, he just crossed his hands on his chest and saluted, and did not kneel on one knee like other generals.

Of course, Gilda knew that Mo Lin looked down on him, and if he put it in the past, he would definitely scold and question, but after experiencing all this, he learned to understand, so he was extremely indifferent to Mo Lin's unreasonableness.

Gilda's attitude also surprised Mo Lin, who had expected that Gilda would be as angry as before, and would make sarcastic remarks even if he didn't do it.

Merin sensed the change in Gilda, and he no longer seemed to be the reckless man he used to be.

Cerda didn't talk nonsense, and first introduced the three horsemen who came with him, named Urul, Marud, and Alba.

Urul is the sword guard whose shoulder blade was broken by Tang Xiaohao, and he was the personal guard of Zabubo of the Bone Tong Division. Marud was a spearman under Ottus, and Alba was a swordguard under Shandan.

After the duel between the three of Urur and Tang Xiaohao, they admired the horses, and later because Zabubo and Wu were both dead, and Shandan changed from the main battle faction to the main peace faction, Bao Meng transferred the three from the original tribe to his side, and made them become members of the Su Guard.

This time, because he couldn't send other reinforcements, he could only let Childa go, but he couldn't let him go alone. Therefore, the three Urur, who had become the Su Guards, were allowed to accompany him, reflecting Baomeng's trust in Gilda.

You know, it is a great honor in the Tors Department to let the king's guards follow a certain general on the expedition.

It's just that in the face of the so-called reinforcements composed of four people, such as Chirda, Urur, Marud, and Alba, the hearts of the generals of Guchengguan were half cold.

The current predicament facing Guchengguan is not only the arrival of the Yan soldiers in the city, but also the lack of soldiers and food and the bizarre death of the leading general, and the morale of the army is extremely low.

Therefore, Mo Lin did not greet politely, but immediately took Childa to check on the body of his brother Mo Qi.