The heavy snow for several days finally stopped at this moment, and everything in heaven and earth was dead silent, only the countless remnants of snow left behind, like a touch of snowy light, were neatly spread among the mountains, leaving no dead ends.

After the snow, the cloudy clouds were gradually opened a little gap, and the faint sunlight projected down from it, shining on the white snow, melting into snow water all over the ground, wetting the originally dry soil on the mountain, and complementing the fragrance of the grass.

The snow is not cold, and the snow is cold.

Although at this time, the cold air is still raging, but it is much milder than the heavy snow in the previous days, and the current rolling cold snap; However, such mildness will not last long, and the winter of the first year of the Great Zhou Tiansheng is destined to be a cold winter.

The biting wind and icy snow still could not hide the majesty and majesty of the imperial capital.

As early as a few days ago, three knights from the border pass rode into Beijing one after another, bringing a deafening message to the court, the world, and His Majesty the Supreme Emperor: The eldest princess has entered Beijing; The temple in Shangjing, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly set off a storm when it learned the news, just like when King Qin entered the court, shaking the court and shaking the world!

In these three days, the newspapers of the various roads in Gyeonggi were like countless snowflakes, through the channels of Zhongshu, Menxia Province and the Imperial City Division, a steady stream of newspapers were sent to Beijing, sent to the imperial study, and sent to the desk of the Great Zhou Tianzi; Even if she is as wise and wise as Xiao Changyao, she has to face a reality, Pingyang, she still came after all, and she still has to face this sister in the end.

For Xiao Changyao, who is Pingyang? She is not only her own sister, the unique eldest princess of the Great Zhou, but also a generation of female marshals who holds 300,000 soldiers of the Zhenxi Army, swept away the Western Yan with her own strength, and made the Western Barbarians and Hu fearful. All in all, in Xiao Changyao's imperial concept, whether it is Xiao Changling or Xiao Yingxue, the army under their command has always been loyal to them personally, not to their own emperor, the only difference is that Xiao Yingxue is a woman, and her threat to Jiangshan Sheji is far less than that of Xiao Changling, who is the king of the domain.

In Xiao Changyao's own words, the military power belongs to me, and I did not ask my courtiers to hand over the military power, only I took it back; Everything you have today is what I have for you, and if one day I want to take it back, it is only right, because all this belongs to me in the first place......

Today, the imperial city, in front of Yongning Gate, is solemn and solemn, highlighting the grandeur of "the first national capital in the world"; It was a cold winter, but the killing atmosphere inside and outside Beijing was a hundred times more condensed than the frost and cold wind in this winter.

In the gray sky, revealing a little clear, the Shangjing City under the black clouds, the tall city wall, the heavy city gate, the majestic palace city, under the reflection of the winter sun, more and more brilliant and atmospheric.

At this moment, the gate of Yongning Gate was wide open, and a long red carpet was laid in the middle, and countless royal forest soldiers stood on both sides, and there were about hundreds of people, they were dressed in gold armor, holding spears in their hands, and they were lined up straight and straight; The bright golden armor, under the reflection of the sky and the remnant snow, is even more golden and dazzling.

Near the open gate of the imperial city, only half a mile away, there is an arched bridge made of fine white marble stone; Under the bridge is surrounded by a moat, the water is wide, but the water flow is not turbulent, it is rumored that this is the capital water veins converge here, and finally formed this moat, and the water bridge is built to suppress the water dragon.

In front of the stone bridge, there is a large square with a wide field of vision and extending in all directions, where the crown is full of vermilion and purple; More than 30 officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, all wearing Liang Guan, wearing Xuanduan robes, all the same color of the Great Zhou official uniform, under the leadership of Ye Zhenggao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Shen Ying, the secretary of Honglu Temple, Eguan Bo belt, stood neatly and neatly, lined up in the center of the square.

The lineup of courtiers of nearly forty people, basically based on the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, among them, there are many old men with gray temples and talented officials to the fifth grade, and there are also four high-grade officials who have a bright future in the year of their establishment, and there are many ministers of the dynasty who are full of vermilion and are listed among the scholars and doctors......

These high-ranking officials and ministers in the imperial court are standing on the square in front of the imperial city at this moment, looking into the distance with all kinds of eyes, perhaps expectantly, or nervously, or looking through the autumn water, waiting for the talented and powerful female marshal, and the iron-blooded army under her command, to set foot in the capital division.

The whistling north wind, blowing like a knife, cut the faces of those nobles, and there was a pain that penetrated the bone marrow; There were several elderly ministers in the front row, blown by the cold wind like a knife, and their faces full of vicissitudes were full of solidified wrinkles. It can be seen that their mood is like the wind in this winter, gloomy to the extreme, heavy to the extreme.

"Da, da, da......"

Suddenly, at this time, the flat earth, somehow, suddenly vibrated like a surging tide, rolling from far and near; In an instant, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, one after another, rumbled along the direction of the distant official road, and it was getting closer and closer, closer and closer, and gradually, the sound of thunderous iron hooves naturally converged in one place.

Suddenly, I saw the end of heaven and earth, hulala, and nearly a thousand black and inky flags emerged, as if dark clouds fell from the sky, rolling back and forth on the grassland, rolling out countless hunting sounds.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and two thousand field light horsemen, with their armor shining and waving their flags, passed through layers of dense forests, stepped through the billowing smoke and dust, and looked up, the cavalry column of 2,000 people, like a large silver iron stream, came into everyone's eyes.

I only heard that the war horses were snorting in a low voice, and the black flags were flying wantonly in the cold wind; The hundreds of royal forest troops at the gate of the imperial city, and the two thousand cavalry who came from afar, across the white overpass, were far away, just like the black and white two sons playing on the chessboard.

The golden-armored royal forest army under the Yongning Gate looked curiously at those well-armored border army iron horses, although they had traveled for so long in such a bad wind and snow, but they did not let the military prestige of the iron cavalry on the opposite side be reduced in the slightest.

The armor they wore was hand-forged by the craftsmen of the Ordnance Division, and even in the faint winter sun, it could still reflect the silver light of a long sword, and a bunch of white tassels were sprinkled on the heavy iron helmet, extending to the nose, protecting the entire face and covering the expression on their faces.

This light cavalry wearing silver armor and wearing helmets is the personal guard rate of Xiao Yingxue, the eldest princess of Pingyang, who once broke 30,000 Xiyan Wuben armor soldiers with 1,000 elite soldiers, and beheaded Sima Xiangkai, the first strong brigade of the Western Army ,—— "Ganzhou Battalion".

Outside the stone bridge, two thousand Ganzhou battalion light horses, Qi Qi held the reins of the horse, such as a white stone carving, riding a horse and standing, standing still.

"Scatter—"

With an order, the forward two hundred light horsemen, on the left and right wings, scattered in array, in just a short moment, outlined into a circular military formation, one hundred horses in the center, one hundred horses divided left and right; The 1,800 cavalry behind the army, according to the ratio of 30 percent of the archer cavalry and 70 percent of the trapped cavalry, were reorganized and spread all over the territory under the jurisdiction of 20 miles from north to south and 100 miles from east to west on the Le Plain.

"Let-"

Suddenly, in such a moment, the A formation in the front row of the Ganzhou battalion faintly opened a gap, and the more open it became, it became bigger and bigger, like a roaring wave in the sea, wave after wave, slowly flowing in all directions.

At this time, I saw that on the opposite side, more than ten horsemen took the lead in riding horses and galloping out, raising clumps of dust under their hooves, out of the range of the iron cavalry of the brigade. And the more than ten knights, without exception, are all female soldiers in military uniforms, each of them is in the prime of life, slender posture, but not like ordinary women, when the window is cloudy, the mirror is yellow, but put on heavy armor, knighted tall war horses, in a group of old men gathered in the barracks, crawling and rolling, in the battlefield full of corpses, one horse in the lead.

Speaking of which, these female soldiers are all the eldest princess's personal soldiers.

As we all know, the eldest princess Xiao Yingxue has been a heroine riding a horse and a sword since she was young, and now she is a prince with 300,000 male soldiers. Because of this, those who know the eldest princess know that by the eldest princess's side, there are few maids waiting on weekdays, only female guards who are guards, these people are personal soldiers in their spare time, and they are cavalry in wartime.

Surrounded by more than ten female soldiers, a tall "peach blossom horse" slowly marched out of the military formation, its coat color, white lined with red, a piece of snow white, with a touch of bright red spots, at first glance, it is a good horse; And the owner of this peach blossom horse is the eldest princess of Pingyang, who is heroic and has a long sword and a horse.

The ceremonial officials in the square raised their heads one after another at this moment, and the eldest princess they saw was still a woman, and it was clearly a female Rakshasa who had just returned from hell.

They saw that today's eldest princess was not wearing armor, but only a light black power suit, wearing a pair of iron bracers on her forearms, a pair of deerskin boots under her feet, a sword called "Flying Frost" hanging from her waist, long black and bright hair, tied up in a high bun, and the rest of the hair poured down like a waterfall along the graceful lines of her back.

It is rumored that the Empress Zhang Xian of the first emperor, that is, the mother of His Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qin and the eldest princess,—— Dugu Yuanji, herself has a bit of the blood of the Xianbei family in the north, so the facial features of the eldest princess are still relatively upright and angular.

In addition, over the years, she has been in charge of the military and guarding the border as a woman, and her skin, which was originally as soft as cream, has long been sunburned by the sun outside the gate, and she has lost the charm of a woman; Looking at her two sharp eyebrows, there is a pair of eyes that are as cold as pearls in the North Sea, and there is a strong murderous aura in the eyes, as if they can pierce everything.

Xiao Yingxue rode on a peach blossom horse, her nose bridge was high, her thin lips were slightly pursed, and in her deep eyes, there was no trace of a woman's original charm and affection, but only the heroism and fierceness of a handsome woman in the west.

"Drive!"

At this moment, Xiao Yingxue pulled up the reins, gently clamped the horse's belly with her legs, and subconsciously accelerated the speed of the horse, and she took the dozen or so female soldiers behind her, walked through the long red carpet, and walked to the square in front of Yongning Gate, and then pulled the reins of the horse and resolutely stood on the horse.

Looking from afar, Xiao Yingxue, who was sitting on a horse, played with the horsewhip in her hand, her whole body was slightly thin and tall in the light of the sky; This legendary female marshal who commanded an army of 300,000 was staring at the people in the square with cold eyes at the moment.

Seeing the eldest princess stepping forward, the two officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, Ye Zhenggao and Shen Ying, immediately greeted her, came to Xiao Yingxue's peach blossom horse, and made a big salute in a dignified manner.

"Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess!"

"See Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess!"

Behind Ye and Shen, more than 30 officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple waved their sleeves and saluted Xiao Yingxue in unison.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yingxue, who was dressed in black, sat on her peach blossom horse, her face was as cold as snow, she just raised her eyebrows slightly, and answered quietly, quite a heroic demeanor among women. "Two adults, you don't have to be polite, I am in armor, I can't get off the horse and salute, I hope the two adults will forgive me."

"How dare you, the princess's prestige is like thunder, we are the officials of the sword and pen, and I dare to be rude!" Ye Zheng lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows, and said very humbly.

"Princess, I am here to welcome His Royal Highness back to Beijing and invite the princess to enter the city." Shen Ying saluted again and spoke slowly.

Xiao Yingxue nodded indifferently, "Well, I know." ”

……

It was almost noon, and the gate of the imperial city had been open for a long time.

"Click, click, click......"

It was at this time that a loud roar, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, rose out of thin air from the official road in the distance; For a while, I saw that the sky above the entire wide official road was full of dust that covered the sky and the sun.

And this sudden sound, from far to near, uniform, with a strong penetrating force, even the earth trembled.

That's right.

It's the sound of iron hooves!

The fierce iron cavalry and the fierce soldiers swept through the land of a horse and a flat river, and trampled on the rotten dust of the world; This is an unprecedented shock, like the sound of thunderous hooves, as if to shake this majestic Shangjing. A loud bang brought a group of roaring Jingbei tigers.

In the thin air, there seemed to be a permeating, desolate, tragic cold, which rushed straight to the back of everyone present; At this moment, the sky and the earth were completely immersed in a solemn atmosphere, silent.

Whether it is the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, or the 2,000 cavalry of the Ganzhou battalion, at this moment, all of them are holding their breath; Especially Ye Zhenggao and Shen Ying, the two important ministers, they don't understand that the eldest princess's 2,000 cavalry has arrived, so where do these horses' hooves come from?

Moreover, even if Ye and Shen are powerless Wenchen, they can also hear that these sudden iron hooves are firm and sonorous, even more murderous than the light cavalry of the Ganzhou battalion, who are these people? Could it be ......

At the moment, everyone was motionless, staring at the incredible, unforgettable, and extremely shocking scene in front of them-

They saw that an endless tide of black iron rage, whistling and sweeping, rose from the horizon, flashing with an incomparably cold luster, like a cold light on the tip of a knife, cutting into the depths of everyone's eyes; But see, this black iron rage is rolling from the sky, and it is getting closer and closer to the imperial city, and it seems that it is going to devour everything.

Gradually, everyone saw the figure of the black tide, which was a group of sturdy riders, black helmets, black armor, spears, sabers, all wearing large axes, all of them wearing iron masks, covering their rough faces.

It is the Iron Floating Slaughter, it is the Iron Floating Slaughter of Xiao Changling, the King of Qin, and it is the Iron Floating Slaughter that has killed countless people!

One hundred.

Two hundred.

Three hundred.

A full three hundred iron floats.

The horses' hooves burst, the heavens and the earth shook, such a formation is obviously not something that ordinary cavalry can create, only that Jingbei iron cavalry can grind out a bloody road in this peaceful and prosperous Qingping era.

Just ask the whole world, who dares to stop before the Jingbei War Horse, and who dares to stop before the blade of Tiefutu, and bear the raging anger from the 400,000 army, the answer is yes, no one.

Since the Iron Floating Slaughter has been dispatched, the King of Qin, who is powerful in the world, is naturally here; Looking at the entire Great Zhou, apart from him Xiao Changling, except for this generation of heroes who made 400,000 iron horsemen obey his words, who else has such courage and talent?

Surrounded by a group of iron horsemen with long spears like a forest, a fluttering white coat rode a horse to the dust.

Back then, this white-clothed Xiao Jiaerlang also led the now commanding Jingbei army with such a chic and uninhibited demeanor, crisscrossing the world, forcing hundreds of thousands of Southern Chu elites into a desperate situation, driving the invincible Great Chu into the abyss, and expelling those savage steppe wolves from Northern Xinjiang, creating an immortal glory......

Now, he's here again.

Xiao Changling rode on a horse, dressed in white and wearing a long sword, and his handsome and unparalleled face showed off his grace and heroism even more; He was dressed in white and snowy, wearing a black coat, riding the "Salu Purple", behind him, there were three hundred blood-devouring Tiefutu, two generals one left and one right, Yang Fang holding a gun, and Long Xifeng saber.

The cold north wind swept Xiao Changling's big wind, and the hunting sounded.

In a trance, Xiao Changling's gaze gradually became a little foggy, as if it was covered by a layer of mist, and the iron and stone heart that had been cold for a long time also appeared a moment of softness; And Xiao Changling's eyes, from beginning to end, did not move away from the woman opposite, his own sister, the pillar of the town and country who was as famous as himself.

This is the first meeting between the two world-famous commanders and a pair of brothers and sisters whose blood is thicker than water, after more than ten years of separation.

Looking at his proud younger brother, Xiao Yingxue's cold cheeks finally showed a sincere smile.

"Ahu, you've lost weight."

A thousand words in my heart, after all, it comes down to this few sentences.

Xiao Changling also smiled.

"Sister, long time no see."

I don't know how long it took, the suave Qin King Xiao Changling bowed his hand slightly on the horse, and under the two sword eyebrows, there was a pair of bright eyes.

"I heard that the eldest princess returned to Beijing, and Lonely, she specially led Tiefutu to greet her. Sister, please see, this is the lonely Tiefutu, the spear of my Jingbei Army. ”

Yu Yin fell to the ground, Xiao Changling turned his horse's head and squinted at the soldiers behind him.

"I haven't seen the eldest princess yet!"

King Qin gave an order, and Yang Fang and Long Xifeng stepped forward.

"The last general Yang Fang, the last general Long Xifeng, have seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!"

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess—"

The sound of iron cavalry shouting violently resounded inside and outside the imperial city, and the scene was magnificent.

The icy and snowy Shangjing reflects the majestic posture of countless Jingbei boys, and also reflects the heart of a hero, lonely but not lonely.

……

At the end of Yangguan, there was no trace of the general's expedition, only the remnants of the neighing of horses in the past, which echoed over and over again.

Looking to the east, the mountains and rivers are full of empty thoughts, but this situation remains the same.