In the first year of Tiansheng, the end of December winter.

In the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the sky is high and the clouds are wide.

This year, the sky outside the plug is blue-gray and dead, and the sunlight is hidden in the depths of the thin puff, looming and fluctuating; The clouds are warm and smooth, the sky is warm and plain, like a bottle of water-blue porcelain enamel, and at the bottom of the glaze, a pale incense ash is slightly exposed.

At this moment, the sky is suddenly bright, a round of rising sun, sprinkled all over the north, reflected on the spine beast of Jinyang City Tower, can vaguely distinguish it is a gilded horse, four hooves in the air, radiant and flying; The Jinyang Wangcheng under the twilight is like a lion standing proudly in the northern frontier, with a clear and clear yellow shadow, towering majestically in the desert and the sea.

The sun has finally broken free from the shackles of the earth and is about to leap out.

As a northern Xiongzhen, the city wall of Jinyang City is in an east-west trend, wide on the east and west sides, long on the north and south sides, long and wide, like a long dragon, spanning the northern border of the Great Zhou Empire; The city wall is as high as ten zhang and seven feet, and is one zhang and four feet wide, divided into two layers inside and outside, and the urn city between the two layers of city walls is equipped with countless fire-breathing and water-filling mechanisms, as well as countless ordnance, such as thunderbolt cars, Wuhan Iron and Steel cars, eight-ox crossbows, stone throwers, yaksha rings, etc.; There are ten city gates in total, four in the north and six in the south, the east and west ends are connected to the mountains, and the mountains are with the river. The terrain of Jinyang City itself is significantly higher than that of other city gates, and besides, the city gates are all outside the range of the opponent's bow and arrows...... Not only that, there are wells dozens of feet deep in the pass, all of which are drawn from mountain springs, which continuously supply the inner city and ensure the continuous supply of water to the royal city.

Jinyang, known as the "first pass in the north", lies horizontally at the intersection of secluded and two states, which is the only way for Jingbei Iron Cavalry to conquer Rouran; The terrain in the north of Jinyang is flat, fertile for thousands of miles, six towns in the northeast are lined up, and three mountains in the northwest are clustered, which can be described as "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open", and it is worthy of the reputation of "Jingbei Wangcheng".

The long wind in the north of the Saibei is sassy, striking from the north of Yandang Mountain, the wind has a large smell of weeds, sand and war horses, and underneath, there is also a faint touch of sour,—— is the smell of blood, from the captive, but also from the good men who have been carrying Congrong under the Jingbei tent.

The weather in Jinyang is said to be a cold winter, but compared to the winter in the imperial capital, there is no difference. On the border plug, from the city tower to the far away, only to see the grass withered and yellow, the wind blows, and then a large piece of miserable white color falls. The river has long since dried up, and there is occasionally a little stagnant water, which is also connected with the silt and decayed grass in the dark, which condenses into a pickled ice gravel hidden under the aquatic weeds, and only when the wind passes, will it flicker with a very faint light.

In the distance, the sun rises, the sky is suddenly bright, and the large clouds are also moving fast, and the right people are still on the top of the mountain, and they have pressed to the city in a blink of an eye. The remnants of Yandang Mountain, rolling over the past, like a green black dragon, have been winding and circling to the blue-gray sky, especially not to the end, over the mountain is the boundless desert, leaving desolation in vain.

Jinyang, known as the fortress of northern Xinjiang, is also the royal city of Jingbei, almost half of the city is a military membership, and its style of government is naturally very different from that of the counties of Gyeonggi; Due to the large scale of the royal city, there were also a large number of civilians living in the city, as for the grain shops, rice shops, pawn shops that sold daily goods, as well as wine shops, tea houses, goulans and other facilities that ordinary cities had for recreation, there was no shortage of goods, and there was a wide variety of goods, which were overwhelming.

At first glance, the majestic Jinyang border city is a "Great Zhou Shangjing" that stands proudly in the northern frontier of the empire, integrating majestic, prosperous, solemn and solemn.

When it is close to New Year's Day, Jinyang Wangcheng pheasant moat Lianyun, Fang City towers, from Pingkang Fang to Shengping Fang, it is just located on the central axis of Wangcheng, and Qin Wanggong is close at hand, it is the most prosperous area in the whole Jinyang City.

At this moment, the street is full of traffic, people come and go, all kinds of fish and dragons juggle, swallowing swords and spitting fire, competing for beauty, which is amazing; At the intersection of the sill road, it is a crossroads of the north-south thoroughfare, along both sides of the street, there are shops, there are restaurants, tea houses, grain stores, cloth villages, there are small shops that display ceramics, jade, hoarding gold, silver, iron and other things...... In addition to these shops used to attract tourists from all over the world and do business to support their families, the delicacies on the wine stalls, such as donkey meat roast, haggis soup, noodle fish and fish, Amy cake, sugar glutinous baba, wontons, rice noodles, Disanxian and other snacks, are even more irresistible aromas, permeating the sky over the royal city.

For a time, in Pingkangfang, the flow of people was surging, and the sound of shouting was endless, and it was a group of joy and happiness.

At that time, most of the shops in Pingkangfang had not yet opened, but the shopkeepers of each household hung their banners high early and took flags one after another, almost obscuring the sunlight that sprinkled into the entire wide alley.

On the street outside, more than a dozen caravans had already gathered. As soon as they saw the flag being hoisted, they immediately became noisy. The men wielded small cowhide whips, drove up the camels lying on the ground, counted the containers, called to their companions, and shouted in foreign accents, one after another, endlessly, and a grand occasion of gathering from all directions.

"Huh, you know what? Our King Qin is coming back soon. ”

"No, it won't. It's only been a few months! Anyway, I have to come back after the New Year! ”

"It's true. Haven't you noticed that there are obviously more cavalry patrolling the city gate these days than usual? There is absolutely no mistake, it must be that His Royal Highness King Qin is coming back. ”

"Really."

"But how did I hear ......that after His Royal Highness the King of Qin arrived in the capital, he was imprisoned by the imperial court; Moreover, I also heard that the army is spreading wildly, saying that the Son of Heaven announced that the King of Qin entered Beijing, called a reward, but in fact they have bad intentions, and their purpose is to trap our king in the capital and get him out of control of the Jingbei Army. ”

"That's it! I also heard that the generals threatened that if the imperial court did not let the King of Qin return to the north one day, the Jingbei Iron Cavalry would drive south and go to Beijing in blood! ”

"Nonsense! Who is His Royal Highness King Qin?! Just with the gang of goods in the capital, they also want to trap our king, it's a big joke! ”

"That's right!"

Before New Year's Day, there are many taboos, because it is a year of hard work, so many streets in the city open very late, only the area of Pingkangfang, is still bustling, lively, especially the flow of customers in the wine shop teahouse, not decreasing but increasing, more prosperous than before.

At this time, I only heard that above a wine shop, the voices of people were boiling, crowded with countless dignitaries and northern heroes, and occasionally the shadows of a few young girls, adding a little red sleeves and fragrance; Today, in the wine shop, the seats are full, regardless of men, women and children, and whether they are high or low, they are all talking about the same topic,—— "King Qin returns to the north".

This is indeed exciting news.

The news of "King Qin's return to the north" spread ten, ten to hundreds, and within half a day, it spread throughout the entire Jinyang City at an astonishing speed like thunder.

Xiao Changling, the king of Qin, the son of Taizong, the nobles of Tianhuang, the commander of Jingbei, commanded 400,000 iron horsemen, sat in the north for more than ten years, dominated the three states, looked at the eagle, and looked at the world; As the youngest vassal king and hero in the history of the Great Zhou Empire, he went to the frontier with the respect of the king of Qin, crossed the Guanshan, the king's banner was directed, and the long sword pointed to, an army destroyed a country, an army fought the grassland, and an army set the rivers and mountains.

Since then, the Central Plains has been unified, Xiao Changling has split the soil and sealed the domain, awarded the great Sima, the general, the captain, the Shangzhu country, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, the three states, the command of 400,000 troops, the refusal of the north to capture between the wind and snow, the crown of the world; However, since ancient times, the brave and slightly shocked the master is in danger, and those who cover the world are not rewarded, Xiao Changling has full wings, proud of the four seas, the Jingbei army looks down on the heroes, and supports the army with self-respect, which naturally arouses the fear of the royal family, and the government and the opposition look sideways, everyone regards Jingbei as a demon, and fears Jingbei like a tiger.

As the king of Jingbei who is in today's world, vertical and horizontal, has a mixed reputation in the temple and military circles, and is full of reputation, Xiao Changling, the twenty-seven-year-old king of Qin, can be said to have all the things that can be owned except for the emperor's throne, the throne, military power, honor, Hongji, and hegemony, in the three northern states, in this land, he is a well-deserved king, his order, is the holy decree, even more weight than the holy decree, turning his hands into the clouds, covering his hands for the rain, taking the sun and the moon into his arms, and accepting the heaven and the earth.

Now, the king of Jingbei has finally smashed the cage of the royal family, broken free from the shackles of the court, returned to the mountains, and entered the sea; However, when he came back this time, he no longer seemed to be alone, not only as the commander of the Jingbei Army, but as a new identity, he returned to Jinyang ,—— "Tianzhu General"!

At the head of Jinyang City, Wang Qi hunts.

A gale wrapped in blood rain, in such a stormy day, with the yellow sand flying outside the Saiwai, blowing through Jizhou, blowing through Youzhou, blowing through Bingzhou, and sending it to the head of Jinyang City hundreds of miles away, if the wind and sand accumulate thicker, maybe it can blow across the grassland.

There will be no such long wind in Beijing, which can cross the Gobi Desert and send infinite heroism. The wind in Beijing can only blow the willows, open the canopy, and send the fallen leaves all over the ground into the Jinming Pond, which is far less powerful than plugging it up.

Outside Jinyang Pass, the Jingbei army was frequently mobilized. The four forward divisions are all cavalry columns - Tiefutu, Black Cavalry, White Horse Yicong, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry; The six divisions of the Chinese army are mainly ironclad troops, and the infantry and cavalry are mixed into its two wings - Yanshan Battalion, Huben Battalion, Hussar Battalion, 3,000 Battalion, Fifth Army Battalion, and Shenji Battalion; The three divisions of the rear army are all infantry troops - infantry, Modao team, and platoon soldiers.

Guancheng enemy tower, under the royal flag, Jingbei Shuangbi stood side by side, as the "leader of the famous generals" in the Jingbei army, the hussar general Su Yi and the champion general Hu Kun, at this moment are all wearing military uniforms, pressing the sword with their hands, standing at the head of the city, looking into the distance, and the main general of a cadre guard is listed behind him.

These two famous generals in the Jingbei Army have the same handsome faces as Xiao Changling, but they have lived in the border for a long time, and the skin on their hands and cheeks is already dark and shiny, and the two pairs of eyes are more and more shiny; Rong Ma and the army, who have followed the King of Qin all the year round to conquer the south and the north, can feel the sturdy bodies under the two pairs of bright light armor without removing their armor.

Su Yi's body was like iron and stone, staring at the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, covering the sky and the sun,—— which was the trajectory of the Jingbei army's foot cavalry.

The two generals looked solemnly and did not move.

At this moment, a lieutenant general behind him stretched out his hand and pointed out of the city.

"General, the rebuke is back."

Sure enough, on the vast Gobi Desert, a pillar of smoke and dust was raised; Jingbei reprimanded the horse and galloped, and in a blink of an eye, it soared to the city, and the horse was drunk.

"Newspaper—"

He turned over and dismounted, galloped up to the tower, lit the flag in his hand, and fell to one knee.

"General Qiyu, the forward of Tiefutu has come to report, the king is driving, and he has arrived in Zhuo County!"

"Zhuojun?!" General Hu Kun frowned, and then waved his hand: "Explore again!" ”

"Yes!" The rebuke was ordered to retreat.

After the rebuke retreated, Su Yi pondered for a moment, "Get the map!" ”

So, the army and the adjutant general took the map and quickly unfolded. Su Yi looked at the map carefully, his fingers slowly drew from Zhuojun to Jinyang, and only after a long time did he raise his head and speak in a deep voice.

"Tiefutu is a powerful horse in the army, and the king himself is a superb horseman...... It seems that the king's convoy will arrive in the royal city the morning after tomorrow. ”

"I think it's about the same." Hu Kun nodded.

Then, Su Yi lowered his head slightly, and after just a little thought, he issued a military order very decisively.

"The decree is that from now on, the whole city of Jinyang will be under martial law and shall not be relaxed. The guards and the main battalion commanders divided their troops to guard the city gates and main roads, changed the password three times a day, strictly checked all the people who entered and exited, allowed to enter and not to leave, and those who trespassed without permission were immediately killed! ”

"Yes!"

The army and the adjutant general and others rolled up the map and turned to leave; Su Yi took a long and deep breath, and the two sharp eyes like swords coldly stabbed into the hot sun in the eastern sky, and the chill on his face became more and more intense.

"Strange?! The imperial court actually magnified the king back, could it be that our majesty's conscience has found out! ”

Before the words fell, a gust of wind swept over the city, and the king flag hunted soundly, and in the center of the banner, the emblem of the word "Xiao" was eye-catching.

Hu Kun smiled coldly.

"Brother Mingshuo, the king is a master of chess, and he knows the way of the game, I think this ......, the king must have played a big game of chess with the emperor."

The wind rose suddenly, and Jingbei Shuangbi was silent.

The vast Gobi, the flat sand is reckless, and the sky is blue. Thousands of miles of sky, there is a north wind roaring, and there are harrier eagles circling; The long smoke is lonely, the desert wolf smoke, the sound of horns on all sides, the golden agitation, the royal city of Jingbei - Jinyang in the north, stands majestically in the sand.

……

Jizhou, Zhuo County.

An elite iron cavalry that left the Yongpyeong garrison in Gyeonggi without the permission of the imperial military department, a full 3,000 heavy armored cavalry troops, marched north from the imperial capital of Gyeong-eup; Three thousand iron horses, hang the "Xiao" word Wang flag, play the Jingbei flag, along the way through Taihang Mountain, take the Jingzhou Road, from Yunzhou into Jizhou, slowly to Jinyang Wangcheng.

Along the way, the twelve guards of the Jingying who should have come forward to block the northward march of this iron cavalry were silent one by one, and there was no symbolic contact, so that these 3,000 iron horsemen were on the entire Gyeonggi land of the empire, as if they were in a no-man's land, the horses' hooves were like thunder, and the king's flag was like the wind......

This iron horseman, black helmet, black armor, spear, saber, man and horse armor, a big axe hanging under the saddle, a black iron mask, countless pairs of sharp eyes, through the layers of cold armor, flashing with an incomparably terrifying murderous aura.

- Iron Float!

- Three Thousand Iron Floating Massacre!

This is the 3,000-heavy armor "Tiefutu" that entered Beijing with Xiao Changling, the king of Qin, a few months ago, and returned north this time.

In the middle of the cavalry of the 3,000 Tiefutu, a very dazzling carriage of the vassal king was clustered, surrounded by large banners and horses, and the wheels were rolling and speeding on the spacious official road......

The front curtain of the carriage hangs still low.

When those black lines appeared on the vast Jizhou Plain, gradually, gradually, under the glow of the red sunset, became clearer and brighter; And the king's carriage driving in the center, there are only more than four or five riders nearby, especially standing out from the crowd.

Suddenly, a fierce sound of horses' hooves tore through the silence of the canyon, as if several fast horses were chasing each other, approaching from afar; I saw that the general Yang Fang rode a horse alone, with a spear at the flat end, and stood tall when he was less than 100 steps away from the front line of the cavalry driven by King Qin's chariot.

"The King—"

"Speak."

The curtain did not move, but a cold sound like a snow-capped mountain floated out of the carriage, without any ups and downs, nor any fluctuations, only the silence and coldness like a thousand-year-old ice lake.

"King Qiqi! Ahead is Zhuo County, should we go into the city to rest? ”

Yang Fang clenched her fists and lived like a year.

"No need."

Through the thick curtain, the cold voice just now floated out of the car again, which was much more cold than Fang Cai, just like a newly unsheathed Jingbei blade, flashing with bright knife light, cutting on General Yang Fang's dark face, faintly scratching blood marks.

With a gust of north wind blowing, the curtain slowly rolled up, and when the curtain was opened, the clear and arrogant demeanor of the king of Jingbei was at this moment, with the help of the slight glow of the sunset, like a lifelike figure on the painting, presented in the field of vision of the Jingbei Iron Horse, the posture of the hero was unobstructed, and the king's demeanor was magnificent:

In the carriage, Xiao Changling, the king of Qin dressed in white, was cold and solemn, sitting in a precarious position, his hands were always flat in front of his knees, his body seemed to be loose, and he did not move; Xiao Changling's sitting posture is as majestic as a tower, with the awe-inspiring momentum that the lord of Jingbei and a generation of heroes can condense, the majestic posture, the arrogance of Lingshuang, and the ambition of swallowing the sky; And the king of Jingbei under the gaze of everyone has a handsome figure, thick black hair, a clear face, under the heroic broken sword eyebrows, inlaid with two pools of quiet eyes like a frozen lake, the facial expression is lonely and indifferent, and a cold smile is outlined under the lips, no, it is a sneer......

Such a demeanor and such a bearing will finally live up to the name of the white clothes of the year!

"Lone has long said that when there is no military order, the army must not disturb the people; How can you break the rules by yourself if you set your own military rules! …… General Yang, you go and pass on Gu's message, so that the whole army will march lightly, bypass Zhuojun, and we will go back to Jinyang directly. ”

Xiao Changling's voice was still as cold as ice, calm as water, and there was no trace of waves.

"Yes, King!" Yang Fang replied with a gun.

After a while, Xiao Changling got up, walked out of Wang Yuan slowly, and stood quietly in front of the wheel, with his hands behind his back; His face was calm, not the slightest moved, just staring at the sunset in the vast twilight, the afterglow of the sunset, sprinkled on his face that was not angry and self-assured, as if smeared with a layer of light gold and clear halo, more and more set off the resolute face of the king of Jingbei.

The sunset entered his eyes, Xiao Changling's gaze was gloomy, cold, and fierce, and after a moment of silence, he looked back at the endless Three Thousand Iron Floating Slaughter under his command, and the corners of his lips unconsciously lifted upward, revealing a suffocating smile.

"Quickly send five hundred horsemen and gallop to Jinyang......" Xiao Changling said.

Yang Fang rode his horse and listened.

"Tell the lonely people, I'm Xiao Changling...... Went home. ”

"Yes!"

……

Outside the plug, the wind is strong. The wind blew the man's sideburns; As the sun sets, a generation of heroes stands tall and jade, and their white clothes are fluttering.