Fifty miles outside Luoyang City, the mountains and gorges are on the sky.

The Disaster Elimination Building was ordered by the eunuch to intercept and kill, but was stopped by Yuan Cao and the others.

Between the wars, they sent Xiang Ji away in their own way and said goodbye to him.

Although the time in the imperial city is short, the three of them have a lot of experiences and gains, and they also have friendship with each other.

At this point, Xiang Ji finally embarked on the road to Liangzhou, and he was greeted by a unknown situation.

The sun is in the sky, and the golden glow is blazing.

The yellow sand is rolling on the long official road, and the road ahead is boundless.

Xiang Jipan sat in the wing, closed his eyes and rested; Zhen Lian looked at the medical book by herself, her eyes occasionally looked at it secretly, and she took it back after a glance, not knowing what she was thinking.

It wasn't until they crossed the valley pass that the rear guards finally caught up, and they were also blocked by the manpower of the disaster elimination building, and their original duty was to escort Xiang Ji to Liangzhou, so naturally they couldn't delay.

"Lord Right Supervisor, this time I will go to Beidi County and Lingzhou County, and I will return to Luoyang after I am escorted to my post."

The first person knocked on the door of the wing, did not lift the curtain, only stood outside the door to ask for instructions, and informed the destination.

"Thank you." Xiang Ji still closed his eyes, only bowed his head lightly, and with a flick of his fingers, silver two flew out, wrapped in true qi and evenly fell into the hands of each escort.

Thank you, Lord Right Supervisor, for your reward! Everyone suddenly looked happy, their waists straightened, and their spirits were refreshed, and even the guards patrolled a little more attentively.

Seeing this scene, Zhen Lian couldn't help blinking, revealing a subtle look.

"Beidi County, Lingzhou County, this Qiang rebellion, is it really that simple?

No matter how tempting the Ghost Tribulation Immortal Gong is, it is also extremely difficult to cultivate, and I am afraid there is another reason. ”

Xiang Ji's heart was secretly moved, thinking about the information of Beidi County, the Yang Mansion had already sent these things earlier, and the news was very complete.

There are 3,122 households in Northland County, with a population of 18,637, and there are six counties under its command; Fuping County, Niyang County, Yiju County, Lian County, Shen County and Lingzhou County, which will be appointed.

This rebellion was a rebellion of the Qiang people concentrated in Beidi County, Jincheng County, and Heguan County, and even wanted to unite with the Xiongnu to fight against the weakened central rule after several years of corruption and disorderly government, and completely break the frontier defense line of the Eastern Han Dynasty and drive straight in.

Of course, there is also a faint influence of the Great Rakshasa Sect in the Western Regions behind this, which gives these people the confidence and hope of unity.

After all, the contemporary Great Rakshasa can be said to be really unprecedented, visiting the Emperor's Mausoleum to seize the elixir, breaking the twenty-seven limits of the previous sect masters, and at least being able to live to be fifty years old, and the more alive the stronger, the closer the more terrifying!

The great rakshasa sect masters of all dynasties can win the top ten thrones in the world at the age of twenty-seven, so if this generation lives to be fifty years old, how strong will it be? No one dared to think about it.

In addition, the exploitation and oppression of the Qiang people by the officials of Liangzhou has never stopped, and the more they rebel and exploit, the more ruthless they will be, and the more ruthless the exploitation, the more they will naturally rebel, which has become a vicious circle, and it needs a person with prestige in both the Qiang people and Liangzhou to reconcile and pacify them.

And when he left the border of Sizhou, there was a head catcher from the Dragon Guardian Villa in the post station, and new information was sent in the dust.

"Lord Right Supervisor, there's new information coming from the station." The silk sent by the captain of the guard was collected by someone sent by Luoyang Academy.

Xiang Ji took the information and looked through it, and found that the situation in Liangzhou had changed again, and some other small clans had also joined in under the arch fire of the Qiang people, wanting to get a piece of the pie in the frontier of this decadent dynasty.

In their opinion, the world of the Han Dynasty is already in turmoil, and there is no difference between it and the building will collapse. Who is looking for death in a stable period!

Just yesterday, the Jincheng County government opened its mind and decided to recruit troops to quell the rebellion and govern Qiang with Qiang, after all, the rebellion was only partial; What I didn't expect was that the recruited volunteer army composed of Qiang and Xiaoyue people who were sent to quell the rebellion mutiny rebelled against the Han Dynasty governor in Lingju and joined the rebels.

The leader of this rebel army was enlightened in a dream, and called himself the 'Yiyin Messenger', and led the crowd to kill the captain of the Han Huqiang, escalating the situation; What made Jincheng County even more troublesome was that the two rebels joined forces, raising the banner of the manifestation of the god Yiyin and expelling the invaders, and wanted to unite and unite all the other Qiang people, and the momentum was very strong.

This alliance meant that the rebels took control of the southwestern part of Liangzhou and continued to encroach on the surrounding areas, and it became easier to unite with the Xiongnu.

Yi Yin, on the other hand, is the founder and ruler of Qiang mythology, who once led his people to repel invaders and establish a capital; The rebels call themselves Yi Yin, and the meaning is self-evident.

This is not the same as Xiang Ji's impression, the huge rebellion after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the difference is in the scale and banner, the follow-up rebellion has never had any Yiyin divine descent to speak, this area of Liangzhou can only be said to be a rebel professional household, can be the ancestor of the White Lotus Sect in later generations.

After the change in Jincheng County, they could only ask for help from the strongest military force in Beidi County, and their position as the county guard was not earned, but bought by bribing eunuchs.

Zhang Rangyan, the middle servant, gave him the position of Jincheng County Guard; And since he spent a lot of money to buy officials, he naturally has to intensify his efforts to get it back after taking office.

Driven by this kind of thinking, it is not surprising that Jincheng County has fallen into today's situation.

In the border station, looking at the smoke and dust of Xiang Ji's carriage and horse, an old Taoist slowly stood up and watched him leave.

The old man's face was clear, but his right eye was green different from ordinary people, and he held a bamboo cane in his hand, standing in the wind.

"Hey, your apprentice is really amazing, he still has the breath of a great heavenly demon on his body, according to that guy's temperament, he hasn't possessed his body yet, do you need this seat to go to him to have fun, and he will be an old friend for a while?"

Suddenly, from his right eye, the possessed Great Heavenly Demon Yuan Shen came out of consciousness, and he was keenly aware of the breath of his old enemy.

The Great Heavenly Demon Yuan Shen is partly on that Xiang Ji, but the situation is very strange, and there are two other forces that are stopping it.

But these Heavenly Demons don't say it, he deliberately does this, pointing out the danger of Zhang Jiao's apprentice, magnifying its difficulties without saying the solution, just to bewitch and stimulate this host for his use.

It's a pity that Zhang Jiao was sober-willed and not bewitched, but responded calmly, "Heavenly Demon, you have been defeated, defeated by the Great Heavenly Demon."

Therefore, when you see its breath appearing on the mountains and rivers, you are afraid.

And now, you are constantly bewitching and pulling, are you seeking my help again, my refuge? ”

As soon as these words came out, the Heavenly Demon Yuan Shen laughed strangely, "Okay, you are a horn, but you have bewitched this seat, it is true that you lost to the Great Heavenly Demon in the past, but you are not it, the difference is too far and too far, and you still hope to defeat me like him and resist unity?"

This seat is attached to you because there is a common enemy, the living Emperor Star, the Son of Han Dynasty.

And this seat is still that condition, you practice the Heavenly Demon Slayer Method, this seat helps you settle these natural disasters and human grievances, but the contemporary Han Emperor must die, and this seat wants his Yuan Shen. ”

That being said, the Great Heavenly Demon Yuan Shen's heart was secretly moving, and it was naturally impossible for an old demon like him

Just put the real purpose out like this, and the words are only half the story.

His real goal is to possess Emperor Hong, devour Ziwei Life Grid and replace it, and turn the Demon Star into the heart of the Supreme Demon Emperor!

The heavenly demon becomes the emperor, and the eternal life will last!

In the face of such bewitchment, Zhang Jiao smiled, he didn't care about these, not even his own life.

Long-cherished ideals, heavier than their own lives, although there has been death since ancient times, dedication can be a song!

He slowly pulled out the yellow scarf with one hand, tied it to his forehead, his eyes became calm, and he looked at the eternal and unchanged Cangtian Dao, "I never wanted to defeat you, but to subdue you and use it for me."

For me, for the yellow sky, sweep away the obstacles of decay in this world, and put an end to the chaos in this world.

As for the Son of Heaven, as for me, they are just a drop in the ocean among all living beings.

Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?"

Bang!

With a cyan thunderbolt falling from the clear space, there was no longer a figure of Zhang Jiao in the field.

After a long time, an old man in a purple gossip robe hurried over.

"It's weird, the heavenly demon fluctuates and is restrained, and there is no demonic energy leaking out?

Is it suppressed by some kind of artifact, or is there really anyone in the world who can resist its possession? ”

The person who came was the contemporary Heavenly Master in Luoyang City, who had calculated the traces of the birth of the Heavenly Demon Yuan God all the way to come here, but found that things were not the same as he thought.

Could it be that the demon Yuan Shen of that day has been imprisoned for so many years, and the reason is that he has changed his personality and cooperated with others to deal with his nemesis, the contemporary Han Emperor?

At the same time, the area where Beichi County and Jincheng County are connected is full of smoke and dust.

Two miles to the left of this area is the endless mountain range, the terrain is strange and treacherous, and the Qiang people are too much to guard against.

Woo~

There was a trumpet blowing, but the road was empty and untouched on both sides.

However, the sound of the trumpet sounded as if it would never be broken, and then the same trumpet sounded in all directions, and the sound rose one after another, east and west, far and near, sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

Although there is no trace of the enemy, there are 100,000 unjust ghosts, crawling out of the deepest part of the eighteen layers of hell at the same time with endless grievances to reappear in the world.

"The Qiang people are here again, what kind of evil art are they using, so difficult to prevent, don't they really get the help of gods?"

The county guards in the city frowned, these days have been unfavorable for even the war, and the morale has been constantly falling, I don't know why the war between the Qiang people is very strange, once they fall into it, they can't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and there are all kinds of resentful spirits and evil spirits appearing, as if heaven and earth are against them.

"My lord, reinforcements from Northland County are here!" At this moment, someone came to report and brought good news.

The county guard suddenly showed his joy, walked up to the city wall and looked into the distance, and suddenly saw a sea of flags coming closely, fluttering in the breeze, which was very spectacular.

The war army belonging to the Northland County appeared on the distant horizon all over the mountains, with a clear banner and a huge momentum, and the ranks of thousands of people did not hear the slightest sound of noise.

"But my lord, what if they know about what we have done and cause great trouble?" At this time, Jun Cheng showed a worried face, even if they solved the urgent need in front of them, their next days would not be comfortable.

The county guard shook his head, "Remember, small mistakes can be made by everyone; What can be settled by spending a little gold and silver is not called a thing. ”

"If it's a small mistake, then what is a big mistake?" Jun Cheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, they were not just as simple as exploiting the Qiang people and digging a mausoleum, but they really poked out a big basket.

Without scolding, the county guard just lightly pressed his hands to the city wall, and stared at the Qihaidao with a faint gaze, "If someone finds out, it will be a big mistake." ”

On the border of Liangzhou, on the official road to Beidi County.

Xiang Ji thought about it again and again, and decided to take a detour, according to the temperament of those eunuchs and disaster elimination buildings, there would be no ambush on the official road.

And Wang Fu's henchman Duan Cheng has a lot of connections in this land, his grandfather was the protector of the Western Regions, and he made many contacts in Liangzhou, plus now the rebels are in turmoil, so it is natural to avoid some troubles.

The escort of the car received the order, and soon set a new route, immediately changed direction and left the avenue, and walked onto a remote path.

Xiang Ji released Xunfeng True Qi outside, the acupuncture points around his body opened, and the three hundred and sixty-five stars corresponded to the extraterritorial galaxy, continuously absorbing the power of nature to transform the true qi and enveloping the ten zhang range of the carriage.

Suddenly, a group of guards felt as light as a swallow, doubled their marching speed, and rushed to Lingzhou County in Beidi County with a tiger cart.

In less than three days, they came to Lingzhou County.

The forest is withered, the mountains and rivers are turbid, although it is not a poor mountain and bad water, but it is not much better, but the life of the people in the county is acceptable, and there is no fear of the soldiers who come, but they look at it curiously.

The county seat is adjacent to Anding County, and the army has been in operation for several days, and there are not many officers left behind, but they did not slack off after knowing that Xiang Ji was coming to take up his post.

The escort took out the edict and official seal to prove his identity, and then he passed the checkpoint and was able to enter the county office.

Xiang Ji also walked out of the car with Zhen Lian, and his eyes were different, the soldiers here were all strong and mighty, exuding an aura of iron and blood, completely different from the armor soldiers he had fought against, these were murderers who had been fighting on the frontier battlefield all year round.

At this moment, a square-faced man in iron armor walked out of the county office, and after seeing Xiang Ji, he didn't say a word and saluted, "Sima Fang Mian of the Northland Army, I've seen the captain!" ”

Governor of Beidi County, this is the official position that Xiang Ji went to Liangzhou to promote, and behind it is naturally Yuan Shao's favor and the operation of Hongnong Yang and Luoyang Academy.

By Yulin's right supervisor and Beidi Governor, the former ranks 600 stones, and the latter ranks 1,000 stones, so it can also be regarded as a promotion, but Liangzhou is a place of war on the frontier, so it is naturally not as happy as Yulin's right supervisor, and it is difficult to say what is gained or lost.

"I'm new to the Northland, and I'm not familiar with the Northland, so it's not good to be reckless, and I still need to rely on you to act, so please get up." Xiang Ji glanced at the soldiers around him, and when he saw that they all moved with Fang Mian, he understood that this person had a high status in the Northland Army, and he was more popular with the military, if he wanted to quickly master his own troops, he needed help; Immediately, he stepped forward, helped Fang Mian up with a smile on his face, and patted him on the shoulder.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of the surrounding soldiers moved slightly, which seemed to be different from those who came to take office before, those young people in the past were arrogant, and they almost engraved the words "gilded bastard" on their faces.

Jun Sima Fang Mian also breathed a sigh of relief, it is good to be a master of judging the situation, what they are most afraid of is the kind of young and vigorous new officials who don't understand and have to pretend to understand, and force others to make stupid mistakes with them, but the current situation is much better than they think.

It seems that this dragon and tiger is on the list, and this little overlord really has some ability.

"Go in and say, Fang Mian, you can tell me about the current situation in Northland County, I have a good preparation, as for all of you who are left behind, I

I also brought some things from Luoyang, not to mention precious, but some food and gold, silver and cloth, so you can share them together. ”

Xiang Ji smiled and instructed the accompanying guards to open the carriage and move the boxes inside one by one. At this moment, the fragrance is still the same, and the eyes of everyone who are watching are lingering.

I can't help but have a good impression of this newly appointed lieutenant, and as soon as he comes, he will give money and benefits, and he will not command blindly, isn't it much better than those people before?

The so-called high score, Xiang Ji can establish a good image in one fell swoop, and it is also the blessing of the previous straw bales.

"Thank you for the reward! Don't you obey your military orders? Seeing this, Fang Mian also carried people in a sedan chair, and everyone stepped forward with a smile to share the profits, everyone didn't take much, basically average, it could be seen that the military discipline was acceptable, so Xiang Ji also nodded with satisfaction, and naturally had other thoughts, at the moment, this Beidi County is still relatively stable, no wonder there is still enough strength to send troops to rescue Jincheng County.

And the county guard of Beidi County is not only from the Huangfu family, but also a fierce man who has risen step by step, which is naturally different from the official of Jincheng County.

Walking into the main hall of the county government, Fang Mian did not procrastinate, and directly told what happened in Beidi County and Jincheng County in the near future, and they were also speechless about the situation that Jincheng County failed to recruit troops and was besieged.

Xiang Ji also probably understood, now his subordinates are led by the Qiang people, and the rest of the small clans follow, but they are just seeing the wind and making the rudder, once the Qiang people fall into decline, they will immediately rebel; Therefore, the current policy of Beidi County and other places is to concentrate on fighting the Qiang people and forcing those small clans who follow to turn against each other, and after the siege of Jincheng County is lifted, the first area to be attacked is Longxi County and Heguan County.

And his official position as a lieutenant has also changed compared to the Western Han Dynasty, in the past, Gyeonggi Sanfu or the county near the border, in addition to the Taishou also inherited the Qin system of the captain, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty changed the lieutenant to the lieutenant, the lieutenant is in charge of the military defense of the county, its governance is different, the official subordinates, in the county and the Taishou equally, there are times to do the Taishou duties.

The county commander was originally the deputy of the county guard, focusing on assisting the Taishou in the military aspect, but because the military defense of the border county was too heavy, it was often necessary to divide the border county into several defense areas, so it was not possible to rely on the county commander alone, so many border counties set up department captains in different defense areas, similar to the commander of the military division in modern times.

However, in the current Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of the governor changed, and in the sixth year of Zhongxing Jianwu, the capital test was cancelled in the inland county, and the capital was omitted, and his position was concurrently held by the Taishou, and only in the border counties continued to maintain the capital and the capital of the subject country, or when there was an extreme situation, it was temporarily established, so the border commander of the capital ranged from 600 stone to less than 2,000 stone.

The Captain of the Northland is the military attache of the Northland County, with an officer of 1,000 stones, leading an army alone, and also a battalion of soldiers and horses.

Fang Mian belonged to this battalion, which had four hundred men; Originally, there were other battalions, but they were transferred to support Geumseong-gun.

And what made Xiang Ji have other ideas was the killing of Captain Huqiang, which is a bit intriguing, if he can do that position, it will be very good.

There are two subordinate officials of the Qiang Guard, Changshi and Sima, both of whom rank 600 stones, and there are Qiang Guards who are engaged in Protecting Qiang, and most of them are transferred to the border county Taishou and Du Wei.

In addition to supervising the various tribes of the Qiang people, they also often fought in coordination with the Qiang soldiers to defend the border fortresses; One captain of Huqiang is more than 2,000 stones.

There are also official positions similar to those of the same rank, such as the general of the Xiongnu and the captain of the Wuhuan school; The imperial court also seems to pay more attention to the Western Regions and the Xiongnu, and they are equipped with deputy positions of "deputy captains", while the captains of Huqiang and Wuhuan do not have deputy positions.

The very important intention of setting up the Qiang Guard Captain was to prevent the Qiang people from communicating with the Xiongnu. With the expulsion of the Xiongnu forces from Hexi by the Western Han Dynasty, this task gradually ceased to be heavy.

In view of the fact that the Qiang people do not belong to each other, monitoring the movements of the Qiang people is to prevent the various tribes from forming enemies and rebelling together. As soon as there is a disturbance, it can be guarded to prevent the Qiang people inside and outside the Sai from colluding with the chaos. By the time the contradictions between the Han and Qiang in the Eastern Han Dynasty intensified, the captains of the Qiang Protectors became more and more intensified in their military conquests, and the captains of the Qiang Protectors repeatedly led heavy troops on their own, and also commanded the local county guards and captains to cooperate with the conquest and slaughter of the Qiang people who resisted.

"Now that this position is vacant, it's kind of interesting."

Xiang Ji took a deep breath and began to look at the maps of Beidi County and Jincheng County, considering whether he could be involved.

And the way to act may also follow the rules of the emperor in the past, to suppress it, to take it in name, and to lure it.

In 161, the Eastern Han general Huangfu Gui suppressed the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou and defeated the leader of the Xian Lingqiang, Lingwu. Later, the Qiang people admired his prestige and surrendered one after another. Huangfu Gui not only managed the army in a proper manner, but also rectified the corrupt officials in Liangzhou and stabilized the situation in Liangzhou.

The reason for the rebellion is nothing more than that life can no longer go on, and there is no benefit, so it is natural to start from it; The most important thing is to find the common interests of both sides, and naturally no one wants to rebel casually.

But this is just an idea of his, not perfect and mature, after all, he has never really dealt with government affairs.

The geographical location of Liangzhou is very important, if you can make a contribution here, you have your own foundation; On the contrary, if this place is lost, the land of Sanfu will face the threat of the Qiang people; When the land of Sanfu could not resist being abandoned, Hongnong-gun in the land of Gyeonggi became the front line of the war; When Hongnong County was also forced to give up, the Jingshi Luoyang had no way to avoid it.

"Lord Commander, the county guard is now leading troops to support Jincheng County, if you want to frustrate the prestige of the Qiang people, do you want to participate in your new official appointment? At this moment, most of the results have been achieved, and it is a good time to show up. ”

Fang Mian spoke softly, showing kindness in his words, this was an opportunity for the defenders of Northland County to get to know the new captain.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiang Ji nodded, "What you said is reasonable, in this way, one hundred of the four hundred people in the camp will be sent to Jincheng County with me to support, and you will go with you; The rest of the sergeants and the guards I brought with me will stay in Lingzhou County for the time being, and it will be okay for them to stay for a few days and then go back. ”

Hearing this, Fang Mian couldn't help but smile, he understood that Xiang Ji was not the kind of person who took credit alone, and was willing to take him and other soldiers to work in front of the county guard, that would be an opportunity.

He immediately bowed and walked out of the county office to mobilize people, but in a few moments, an army of 100 people wearing armor and holding spears was assembled.

Roar!

Xiang Ji raised his hand and waved, and the black tiger turned into seven spirits suddenly jumped out, howling and howling, destroying trees and stones, and his body was one foot tall, carrying Xiang Ji on his back, scanning a group of soldiers and horses.

Wow! The horses avoided it, and there was a natural fear and awe of the black tiger.

When the soldiers saw Xiang Ji riding a black tiger and rushing to the front, they couldn't help but roar.

"Garrison in the Northland, send troops to Jincheng!"

Xiang Ji raised his hand and grabbed it, took the banner of Beidi County, and walked head-to-head towards Jincheng County.

The 100-strong army in the rear immediately followed and followed.

Outside Jincheng County, the Qiang people had already engaged in a confrontation with the Northland army that had arrived.

"Expedition team, release the arrows! The shield army pressed forward, and the spearmen stood up! ”

Jun Cheng waved the command flag, and the formation changed in an instant, the archers threw arrows together, and the shield soldiers pushed

Entering, the spearmen advanced in a roundabout way from the right flank, directly connecting with the Qiang people under the rain of arrows.

Laugh at! A swift sound of breaking through the air sounded, and thousands of iron-tired bows were raised into the sky, and at the same time they fired a dense array of arrows like flying locusts, which climbed into the sky along an arcing trajectory, and then turned around and fell downwards like rain.

Several long arrows smashed down at the same time as the wind whistled, and in an instant the rolling crowd was nailed to the ground, a series of breaking sounds and blood splashing, the arrows pierced through the leather armor worn by the Qiang people, pierced the skin, cut the blood vessels, drilled into the muscles, and finally stuck into the bones.

The Qiang man who was hit by the arrow couldn't help but be driven by the momentum, and his whole body was forced to rise high, like a broken flower and leaf that couldn't help himself in the wind, volleyed up and threw it into the air, and before it landed, the skin on his body had already turned purple and black, and his breathing and heartbeat stopped at the same time, and he couldn't die anymore.

"Form a battle array, please ask the ancestral spirit to appear!"

The Qiang people did not panic, they all cut their wrists with knives, sprinkled blood on the ground, and at the same time danced the ancient sacrificial dance, chanting in their mouths, and communicating with the ancient spirits.

Suddenly, the wind rose in the sky, and the dark clouds obscured the sky, so that the sun could not fall, and it was dark.

There was one black mist after another in the cold, carrying some figures from illusory to solid, cold and cold, and there was no life fluctuation on their bodies at all, like a cold puppet.

Looking closely, these people are wearing black armor, revealing a pair of cold and faint eyes, beating like ghost fire, and a large piece of black pressure walks out, like the soul of the once dead reappeared, turning into a yin soldier to help the younger generations fight.

"Snake Formation, break these bells and whistles for me!"

The Beidi county guard calmly commanded, and the formation of the flag also shrank into a square shape, and the shield and spearmen took the team, and the arch guards were guarded, but they saw that the spears were numerous, the blades were better than the snow, and the formation was strict, firmly resisting the impact of the Yin soldiers.

At this time, Xiang Ji led his troops to come, looked at each other from a distance on the peak, and looked at the place where the two armies were handed over and killed.