The northern border of Daqian has always been ruled by the local gate lords, who on the one hand are vassals to the imperial court, and on the other hand, they have a great deal of autonomy, although they are not vassal states, but they are better than vassal states.

After the Northern Yan provoked a war this time, the gate lord forces in the north died down and remained silent, as if they had completely disappeared, ignoring the war in front of them.

The Great Qian Imperial Court was unable to mobilize the northern army in Wangchuan City, and could only watch as the army on the border of the town and the troops drawn out of the pass fell into the quagmire of bloody fighting with the Northern Yan people.

Now, with Jiang Chen's strategy, Daqian has finally managed to recover some situations with difficulty under the condition of absolute disadvantage, but the tremendous pressure facing the northern border is still not optimistic.

In order to completely drive the ambitious Beiyan people back to their hometowns, on the one hand, it is necessary to make the court work together, completely abandon the illusion of peace talks, and go all out to meet the enemy.

On the other hand, it requires the full cooperation of the people of the entire northern territory to unite with the outside world, and only by meeting these two conditions can the cadres survive this catastrophe.

The reason why Han Yuyang said that they could not retreat to Wangchuan City was precisely because the gate lords in the north did not trust the army of the imperial court, and they also did not trust the Qishan Iron Cavalry who served the imperial court.

Those northern magnates could not accept the military horses of the imperial court, so they could only camp on the plain outside Wangchuan City, but this kind of terrain was a nightmare for defensive warfare.

There are also many people in the army who hate the northern gate lords, they are desperate on the front line, these bastards who hide in Wangchuan City to eat and drink spicy food, but they put on an attitude that they don't care about themselves, and everyone will be angry to the root of their teeth.

After Jiang Chen learned the truth, he said to Han Yuyang: "The Shen family in the north seems to be very problematic, as Shen Xueying said last time, they seem to be in collusion with the Xuanyan Mansion that intends to subvert the imperial court. ”

"Find a chance, I will definitely meet this Shen family to see if they are humans or ghosts."

At the mention of the Shen family, Han Yuyang immediately frowned and reminded: "The Shen family and Qishan have never had anything to do with each other, but there is one thing you better know in advance. ”

"Oh? What's up? Jiang Chen heard that Han Yuyang's tone was a little aggravated, and it seemed that this matter must be very important.

"Two years ago, Shen Qingsheng, the third son of the Shen family, passed by Qishan, but disappeared halfway and has not been heard from since, which made the Shen family furious, they thought that Shen Qingsheng's disappearance was related to our Qishan."

"However, under the premise that many investigations have been fruitless, and the emperor mediated from the middle, the two families of Beijing and Qishan have not become hostile because of this, but since then there has been almost no contact between Beijing and Qishan."

"Although before that, the two families had not interacted with each other."

Jiang Chen nodded, "It turns out that there is such a thing, so although they can't come up with any evidence to prove that Qishan is responsible for Shen Qingsheng's disappearance, they are actually secretly hostile to Qishan?" ”

Han Yuyang replied: "Sort of, whenever the Shen family meets our Qishan disciples outside, they are all polite and thoughtful, and they are harmonious, but the feeling when they come into contact with them always makes people feel very uncomfortable." ”

"Especially the way they look at you, it's not just a simple politeness."

After learning about the Shen family from Han Yuyang, Jiang Chen became even more interested in this largest gate valve family in the northern realm.

He felt that the incident of two years ago must not have passed, for the people of the Shen family, after all, it was the family that broke off a close bloodline, maybe these guys surnamed Shen were polite on the surface, but secretly they were deliberately targeting Qishan.

You must know that Xuanyan Mansion is targeting Qishan everywhere, and is deliberately trying to provoke the relationship between Qishan and the imperial court.

The next day, Jiang Chen decided to go to Wangchuan City alone to see what this city controlled by the forces of the gate lords was like.

It is said that the people in the north have a vulgar personality and have no cultivation, and the local folk customs are very strong, and there has always been a prejudice among the people who value literature over military force, but in this period when Daqian and Beiyan started the war, they did not show a tough style.

Jiang Chen walked in the street market of Wangchuan City, which is very different from the capital of the Great Qianwang, with a very strong northern scenery, which is completely different from the eastern border.

"Come on, come on, don't miss it, I'm here to open all the magic weapons, specially invited the world's famous craftsmen to forge by hand, it can be said that the iron is sharpened like clay, indestructible!"

A person from the rivers and lakes was shouting loudly, holding two white swords in his hands, such a scene would never be seen in Jinyang City.

No one was allowed to use knives and guns at the foot of the Imperial City, even if it was only allowed to sell these weapons, but Wangchuan, the largest city in the north, seemed to be accustomed to such scenes.

The townspeople were in a hurry, probably because of the constant fighting, and the relaxed smiles were rarely seen on the faces of the people, replaced by solemn or worried looks.

"Eh, this son, I see that you are thin and thin, you must be a scholar, right?"

The man selling the knife stopped Jiang Chen and said, "Shouldn't a scholar like you come to Wangchuan, everyone is martial here, otherwise you can buy me a knife to defend yourself, so that you can be safer." ”

Jiang Chen glanced at this guy and said lightly: "This Wangchuan City is not a Longtan Tiger's Den, what do I need a knife for?" ”

"Little brother, that's not what you said, you must be a newcomer, and you don't know the current situation in the north, not to mention that the Northern Yan army is close at hand, and it may be killed at any time."

"In this city alone, there are also many bandits and bandits who are rampant, and if you want to avoid these threats, you can only protect yourself."

The man vigorously recommended the knife in his hand to Jiang Chen, as if he felt that Jiang Chen should be a person who was easily fooled.

As a result, Jiang Chen sternly refused, he even dealt with a Northern Yan general like Xiao Tong with his bare hands, and he used a knife in time?

He smiled without saying a word, and turned away in the mockery of the man's dissatisfaction, this Wangchuan Castle is indeed a bit interesting, everyone's personality is very flamboyant, and it is also very strong.

However, this was only the beginning of Jiang Chen's understanding of the current situation in the north, and he wanted to know what kind of life the people in the north were living under the frequent wars.

"Stop! You stop for me, you can't escape in this Wangchuan City! ”

Suddenly, there was a noisy chase from far and near, and Jiang Chen turned his face to see that a group of people were chasing a burly man with a body as strong as an ox.

The brawny man running in front of him was as tall as a hill, and he knocked over several stalls in succession, and ran like an unstoppable mad bull.

The people of the originally crowded street market quickly retreated to both sides like a tide, making way for these people.