(The Once Upon a Time in Great Qin series is a prequel story, with a chapter appended to each volume.) Similarly, the story between each chapter of "Once Upon a Time in Great Qin" is coherent, and friends who like it can pick it up and watch it. ）

Preface:

"Where is this?"

"Yumen Pass."

"But I see that this place is clearly unremarkable, and there is nothing legendary at all."

"Because it's the people who are extraordinary, not the barriers themselves."

"People? Who? ”

"Jiang Xiaoshu."

"A strange name."

"His person is much stranger than his name."

"What kind of person is this?"

"A person who has never existed in the past, and may never be in the future."

"Can you tell me about it?"

"This is a very long story, and its beginning starts from the Yumen Pass in front of you......"

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In the middle of the night at the beginning of the first month of the month, dark clouds covered the moon, and outside the Great Qin Yumen Pass, it was already snowy.

The wind in the cold and bitter land of the northwest is the sharpest knife that pierces the heart of everyone here.

Huge snowflakes swept across this desolate and reckless land, and the ground was a strange and indescribable dark brown, the true color of the wasteland? Or is it soaked in a sea of blood? Or is this the gateway to Shura's hell?

It seems that the heavens are also touched by the bloody aura here, and they have no choice but to rain heavy snow to dispel the remnants of the wisps of grievances here.

"Boom...... Boom Boom ...... "The sound ......of horses' hooves came from the sky. The sound of the horse's hooves was very strange, there was only one syllable at a time, as if it were the sound of a horse's hooves, but the sound was so great that it seemed like only one horse could make it.

Could it be that there is still such a horse team in this world, so well-trained that even the sound of the horses' hooves is meticulous and in tune? Or, a giant war horse ten zhang high outside the Guanwai wants to step through the northwest gateway of the Great Qin Empire in one fell swoop?

What kind of team is this?

"Boom...... Boom Boom ...... "The sound ......of hooves is near......

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Liangzhou Yumen Pass, is the border of the Great Qin Dynasty and the nomadic country "Wild Wolf" outside the Saiwai, in the northwest of the Great Qin Dynasty's forces, on both sides of the towering mountains and cliffs, easy to defend and difficult to attack, such as a sharp sword inserted into the territory of the barbarians outside the Saiwai, it is said to be a place where soldiers must fight, since two years ago the leader of the wild wolf Tuoba Zhi declared war on the Great Qin Empire, the war here is not stopped, as if it is endless, every year I don't know how many warriors of the wild wolf and the elite of the Great Qin fold under this city, and this place is therefore gloomy and terrible all year round, the cold wind gusts.

There was once a poet who wrote a poem for Yumen Pass, saying that "why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, and the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass." "Very apt.

It was not wartime, but all the soldiers gathered in the observatory were all pale and gloomy.

"This, is this the gang of barbarians who have brought troops to commit it again?" Tonight's patrol soldier Wang Xiao'an asked his boss tremblingly, he was the first person to discover the sound of horses' hooves and report it.

"I'm just afraid that although the sound of hooves is not as huge as when thousands of horses galloped during the war, it is majestic, menacing, and so weirdly neat, and its sound is not much better than the charge of a thousand horses." One person next to him replied that he was the commander of the personal guard Zhao Gang.

"Do you want to ask Kannai for help?" Lao Li opened his mouth to ask the commander, Lao Li was an old pawn of Yumen Pass, a veteran who was blind in his left eye and his face was full of scars, he hoarsely throated, and continued to speak:

"I, Li Ding, have been in Yumen Pass for 20 years, and have experienced more than ten major battles, and the number of barbarians who have been hacked to death is no less than their hands, and the sound of hooves of thousands of troops and horses is not the first time I have heard it, and I have never heard such a strange hoof sound."

"yes, yes, I'm afraid it's a monster, right?" Many people next to him seconded the proposal.

"I have long heard that there are many monsters in their barbarians, and what I heard today is true, I am afraid that the one who rushed to the front of the pass is a vicious beast with a body of more than 100 feet." Those who believe in ghosts and gods speak their mouths.

"I see, let's avoid its edge for the time being...... "The cowardly and cowardly two trembled.

"What? Retreat to Kannai? Your kid received Daqin's military salary, even if you want to die today, you have to die at Yumen Pass, retreat from battle, Lao Tzu is the first to cut off your head! "The grumpy man is gearing up, as if he is going to slap his uncompetitive comrade......

All of a sudden, the crowd quarreled......

"That's it." The commander finally spoke, interrupting everyone's discussion:

"Li Ding, Wang Xiao'an, the two of you go to watch and report the situation at any time; Zhao Gang, go get my token and pen and paper, and we will ask for help from Guannai; The rest of the people, gather the officers and men of their respective battalions, and prepare for battle! ”

"Yes!" The people took the command and departed.

Everyone left, Meng Shu looked up at the sky, only to see dark clouds covering the moon, and the sky was like a pair of huge black hands, slowly pressing towards the lonely Yumen Pass on the wasteland.

"I've heard Jiang Shangshu of the military department mention this sound of horses' hooves, could it be that person who came in person? But how is this possible? Meng Shu muttered to himself, closing his eyes and pondering......

"Boom...... Boom Boom ...... "The sound ......of horses' hooves has reached not far from the city.

"Who's coming?" Meng Shu let out a loud shout.

The sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly.

The crossbowmen on guard in the city were tense, and the nerves of every defender were tense, and if they didn't agree with each other, a bloody battle was about to break out!

Meng Shubian looked at the uninvited guests under the city at the same time - it turned out that this was a horse team, but there were only more than thirty people in total, the leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, extremely majestic and tall, with a square face, bright eyes, resolute eyes, looking around, the essence of light burst out, but the eyebrows and eyes faintly revealed a little tiredness, and the facial features were deep, which was completely different from the people of the Central Plains; Wearing a crown made of wolf head, the wolf's eyes were inlaid with two gems, the wolf's wolf kiss protruded from his forehead, the right side of the fangs was empty, and there was a blood hole, like the third eye of the wolf, intended to choose people to eat, and the upper fangs on the left side glowed coldly in the night; He was dressed in a black coat and a blood-red cloak; The crotch of the war horse is pure black color, but the four hooves are as white as snow, this horse is majestic and majestic, wearing gold armor, after stopping, it stands proudly under the city, and has never even hit a nose.

Next to the man was a beautiful woman of an alien race riding a silver-armored horse, who was supposed to be his wife. Dozens of people in the back are dressed in black clothes everywhere, covered with iron armor, and cross iron armored war horses. Quietly standing on the spot.

"Look at this spirit, as well as his wolf crown, and the divine horse under the crotch 'dark clouds and snow', it is really the wolf lord Tuoba Zhi who is close to him, and his wife Nalan Linglong is beside him, and the soldiers behind him are naturally the wolf lord's personal guard 'Iron Wolf Rider', I have heard that the 'Iron Wolf Rider' is well-trained, and it is the leader of the cavalry in the world. So what do they want to come here late at night? Hey, no, they didn't bring blades, it's ......." Meng Shu thought for a while, and asked:

"Tuoba Zhi, why did you break into my Jade Gate late at night?"

I saw the beautiful woman Nalan Linglong turn her head and talk to Tuoba Zhi for a few words, then turned to the city head and said:

"Your Excellency, but the guard of the Jade Gate Gate, the general of Meng, the general of the border Meng?"

"This barbarian queen still speaks the Chinese dialect? No wonder they didn't bring nine interpreters with them on this trip. Meng Shubian was slightly surprised, and replied, "It's exactly below."

"General Meng, our visit to Yumen Pass this time is to enter the pass to seek peace.

"Summation?"

"Yes, I don't know if General Meng has received a message from the Guannei and let us enter the Guan."

"I have never ...... the information about your entry into the customs!" Kannai message. Meng Shubian was interrupted in the middle of speaking, and turned his head to see that it was Zhao Gang who he sent to Guannai to send a letter for help.

"How did you come back?" Meng Shubian frowned slightly. You must know that it takes a day to go to Dunhuang, the nearest city, from Yumen Pass, but in less than an hour of incense, Zhao Gang, this kid, ran back.

"Report, report General Meng, it's not me who arrived...... Dun, Dunhuang," Zhao Gang ran all the way from the commander's mansion, and said breathlessly: "It's a father-in-law from Dunhuang, who bumped into me and knew that I was reporting the news, so let me lead the way and take them to Yumen Pass to command the embassy, saying that there will be important news to you, and now I am commanding the embassy to wait for you to come over."

"Tuoba Zhi Wolf King, you wait a moment, I will return later." Meng Shubian bowed his hand to the wolf lord and others under the city, and secretly told the soldiers on the city tower not to relax their guard, and hurried all the way to the commander's mansion.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, the commander of Yumen Pass made Mengshu listen to the order", after the eunuch returned from Mengshubian, he took out the holy decree and read it aloud:

"The wild wolf barbarian Tuoba Zhi intends to ask for peace with my Daqin, I am gracious to the heavens, thinking that the people of the two countries are suffering from the war, and the barbarian lord is sincere, and he takes the initiative to take the blame, and hereby allows Tuoba Zhi and his wife and cronies to enter Beijing, and the pass guards along the way will all be released, and there must be no mistake, so I here."

"The minister takes the order." Meng Shu knelt down and received the holy decree and ran back to the city wall, ordering the defenders to open the city gate and let Tuoba Zhi and his party enter the customs.

After the pass was opened, Tuoba Zhi pulled the reins, and the group entered the pass in a mighty way, when passing through the "Yumen Pass" plaque, the wolf lord seemed to be unwilling to look up at this plaque, and he couldn't help but think of the price he paid to take off this plaque - the good heads of 100,000 wild wolf warriors and more than two years of war, but the people got nothing, and they were displaced...... Tuoba Zhi couldn't help but grit his teeth, his fists clenched, and Queen Nalan next to him noticed his move, reached over and patted his big hand to show relief.

"Boom...... Boom Boom ...... ......"The palpitating sound of hooves faded away, heading towards the pass.

"Whew", Meng Shubian breathed a sigh of relief, this time the wolf lord entered the customs at night, and he was bent on not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, and finally dealt with the matter, but he turned to think to himself: "But if you want to make peace, send a minister and envoy, if it is said that in order to express sincerity, Tuoba Zhilai can still be said in the past, but even the queen is brought to risk herself, is it really just to let the queen act as the nine translators?" It's a strange thing......"

In the distance, the soldiers began to discuss: "Finally, we are still suing for peace, and our brothers finally have a few years to live in peace......

The earth in front of the Jade Gate is still a strange dark brown, the sky and the earth are as black as ink, and the goose feathers and heavy snow are still falling......

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(Why did the wolf lord Tuoba Zhi take the initiative to go to war but entered Beijing to seek peace?) Why did you bring your weak wife? What is so special about his wife Nalan Linglong? If you want to know the future, and watch "The Snow Will End" Daqin's Past No. 2 "Yulinbao Night Talk")