Lion City, in the dead silence, a carriage, three cavalry, dozens of elite Lion Kingdom Janissaries rushed out of the city gate, the Lion Kingdom is in the north of the empire, the weather is unusually cold, and the war horses pulling the cart snort from time to time. This is all the dowry for the princess of the Lion Kingdom, a carriage, four maids, and dozens of Praetorian Guards soldiers who protect along the way. During the special period, everything was simple, Su Qin persuaded King Arthur, and the two of them discussed in the study for nearly a day, no one knew what agreement they signed, nor did they know all this willingness, and even the history of the two countries did not record that the princess Weishenme married in such a hurry, so simple, this matter is only known to the parties concerned, but unfortunately they did not mention this matter. Even the two sons and daughters of the later Princess Yushu kept silent about this matter, and this secret has been sealed all the way around, becoming the biggest mystery in the history of the empire.

The heavy snow blocked the north of the empire, this year's winter was unusually cold, the traces of the northern war were still obvious, Dong Zhuo became the northern king of the empire, and the empire also forgave the sins of those remnants of the previous dynasty and the Xiannu clan, and now they have become a warlord in the north of the empire like Dong Zhuo, but now the three parties still maintain the peace of strength. Dijing, this once important town, was only symbolically guarded by a few soldiers, and even the Daming Palace was closed with the palace gate, and only dozens of guards could be seen scattered in detail, Dong Zhuo finally accepted Zhang Yi's opinion, and only sent troops to seal the checkpoints around the imperial capital, and did not occupy the imperial capital. The large Shili blank space was quickly replenished by the Xiliang Army, and now the Xiliang Army is also a strong soldier waiting for the supply of grain and grass. The empire is rich, but the years of war have also made the empire's grain and grass strained.

"Lord Wang. I heard that the Lion Empire in the north has decided to marry Liu Fan in the south. Is there some deception in this? Are we going to send someone to stop this marriage?" Li Zhang knelt opposite Dong Zhuo. Regarding the marriage between the Lion Kingdom and Liu Fan, the most nervous of them is Dong Zhuo, after all, Liu Fan in the south and the Lion Empire in the north are much stronger than Dong Zhuo. The Xiliang Army is brave, but these battles also let Dong Zhuo see the bravery of the Shenwu Army, although most of the Shenwu Army are recruits, but the quality of their generals has thrown the Xiliang Army out of a few streets.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Zhang with a solemn face, his fingers kept tapping on the table in front of him, and he was also very puzzled in his heart. From the beginning of accepting this king of the north, Dong Zhuo has always had doubts in his heart. Liu Fan occupied several of the richest state capitals in the empire, and it can be said that the brawls in both the economy and food production were enough to completely destroy his Xiliang army. The Shenwu Army is indeed a war for many years, and almost all the states under its rule have wars, and it is normal to not be able to move, but if he wants to hold the imperial capital, there is no problem, he wants to give up the imperial capital? Dong Zhuo's mood is even heavier after receiving the marriage between the Shenwu Army and the Lion Empire in the north, no matter what, Liu Fan is one of the strongest warlords in this empire, and the other is the bloodline corps that has a cooperative relationship with Dong Zhuo.

"Lord Wang, I heard that the square horn of Youzhou has also been exterminated. The army was all defeated by a man named Ao Bai with a group of pigtails, and only the three Fangjiao brothers fled alone. Li Zhang poured tea for Dong Zhuo on the side. Gently said to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's complexion changed, and he naturally knew very well what Li Zhang's words meant. Fangjiao's army was defeated, although Youzhou was ruined by him, but Youzhou is still a rich state capital of the empire after all, if the Shenwu army captures Youzhou, then the whole situation will be completely different. Dong Zhuo's heart kept calculating, the main combat opponent of the Shenwu Army at present was still not them, but with the strong soldiers of the Shenwu Army, once they turned around, they would not be able to stop them at all.

"The square horns of Youzhou are originally rogues, and it is difficult to become a big weapon, and it is normal to be eliminated by those elite soldiers and strong generals of the Shenwu Army, but what kind of person is this Aobai, why have you never heard of it? Dong Zhuo has been busy fighting with the Shenwu Army these days, although he has also collected information on other aspects, but after all, he doesn't pay much attention to it, and now a Ao Bai actually killed Fang Jiao, and there is a braided army under his hand, it seems that the combat effectiveness is not bad, this can't help but let Dong Zhuo have an idea, after all, if you send troops from Youzhou, you can directly impact his old nest Liangzhou.

"Lord Wang, this Aobai has always been guarding the Linshan camp in Yizhou, where the Shenwu Army has arranged a large battalion, stationed about 100,000 troops, and the entire army has been in a braid like their commander Aobai, so the entire legion is called the Braided Army. Lord Wang, the combat effectiveness of this army is definitely not to be underestimated, just with an army of 100,000 people, the troops of the square horns were completely wiped out, if it weren't for the heavy snow in the north, I don't think Ao Bai would have lasted so long. Li Zhang said softly in Dong Zhuo's ear: "This Aobai's strength must not be underestimated, his strength is not rumored to be below Luo Cheng and Yuwen Chengdu, and his subordinates are all cavalry, and his combat effectiveness is very strong." ”

"Sir, you said that if this pigtail army marched directly east from Youzhou and attacked our Liangzhou, we would be able to stop him under the current situation?" Dong Zhuo looked at the map with a solemn face and said, just as Zhang Yi said to him, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, and now that the pigtail army has occupied Youzhou, a knife is hanging on Dong Zhuo's head, and this knife is still very sharp, and it may fall down at any time.

Li Zhang glanced at Dong Zhuo, and said to Dong Zhuo in a very solemn tone: "Lord Wang, it's not a question of whether we can block each other, but which of us can block him." There are no less than 10,000 generals under the command of the prince, but how is it compared to Luo Cheng and Yuwen Chengdu? I think the prince should know very well that there are less than ten people in our army who can fight with Luo Cheng and Yuwen Chengdu, and these people are the prince's henchmen and generals, and they cannot be easily mobilized, and how many such generals are in the hands of Liu Fan in the south? The prince has as many as 100 generals, that is to say, if the other party wants to fight with us, he only needs to contain our ten generals, and they can break through our defense line from any aspect. ”

"Lord, I'm not good at fighting, but what is behind this war. But I can tell the prince very clearly. Li Zhang pointed to the map and said to Dong Zhuo: "Lord Wang, please take a look." Now our Western Liang Army controls the northern part of the empire. It seems that we have gained a lot of territory, but our strength has also been seriously weakened, not to mention that we have to divide our troops to garrison the states, we also have to face the attack of our former partners, the strength of the bloodline army is not under us, whether the Li family and the Xiannu clan will have different intentions, we don't know now, if they all oppose us. Lord Wang, there is almost no need to attack from the south, and we ourselves will collapse first. There is also the annexation of states, which is also one of the three major horse-raising states of the empire, as well as the invasion of barbarians, which requires a large number of our troops. In addition, Li Jing, who is entrenched in Yuzhou, is not unavoidable. Although this person's talent is only manifested in defense, but I dare to conclude that this person's real talent is in attack, and he is only forced to defend due to the lack of troops, if he also goes north to attack. Our forces to defend Tiger Pass are far from sufficient. ”

"Lord Wang, behind this marriage is actually war. Li Zhang said to Dong Zhuo with a solemn face: "Lord Wang." The Lion Empire has now gathered a large number of elite soldiers in the border pass, and they have plenty of food and grass, and the morale of the soldiers is high, if I guess correctly, they must want to attack our north, but I am a little uncertain about the time. ”

"Why is this?" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Zhang with a solemn face and asked, he naturally knew that the people of the Tianlong Empire had a terrifying love for the land, Liu Fan, as the Prince Yu of the empire and the next successor to the throne, he would definitely not let the people of the Lion Empire occupy the north of the empire, if the people of the Lion Empire wanted to occupy the north of the empire for a long time, they would definitely fight with the Shenwu Army, but what was the purpose of their marriage now?

"Lord Wang, the combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Army itself is extremely strong, this time their strength is enough to hold the imperial capital and control Sizhou, but they took the initiative to cede the north of the empire, what they want must be a big deal. Li Zhang explained to Dong Zhuo in detail and said: "Lord, the Lion Empire now occupies a large territory in the north of our empire, and the people of the empire love the land The prince should be very clear, if the Shenwu Army wants to rule this empire, it will inevitably regain the lost territory, so Liu Fan is now marrying the Lion Empire, the plan must be not small, Lord Wang, we might as well repeat the entire battlefield, and think about the Shenwu Army Weishenme to give up the imperial capital?"

"What is the reason?Could it be that there is any disgraceful reason behind the Shenwu Army's abandonment of the imperial capital?" Dong Zhuo asked as he looked at Li Zhang with a solemn face.

"Lord Wang, this battlefield has been out of many people's expectations from the beginning, our army went south to fight for the imperial capital, was blocked out of Sizhou, Zhang Rangshili, who occupied the imperial capital, was quickly defeated, and the tens of millions of troops of the eight imperial merchants were also blocked to death, it can be said that the Shenwu army has an absolute advantage in various battlefields, as long as they continue to fight like this, they will definitely be able to hold the imperial capital and unify this empire, they gave up this empire, there must be some special reason, I guess it is very likely to be the mysterious battle about Daming Palace。 ”

"Speaking of that battle, we don't know much about it, but when you say that, I suddenly find out that the Shenwu Bureau must have some special idea when he gives up the imperial capital. Dong Zhuo looked at Li Zhang with a solemn face and said: "They first withdrew from the imperial capital, and if they gave up the north of the empire, they must have the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, he should want to use our Xiliang army as a gun." After they ceded the imperial capital, they should have wanted to concentrate their forces to deal with the war in the south and the east, after all, even if the Shenwu army was strong in combat power, it was absolutely impossible to support it, and their marriage with the Lion Empire must have been to use their liliang to drag down the northern enemy, and then concentrate on liliang to unify the south of the empire, so calculating, really calculating. ”

"Lord, this is not the worst, what I am most worried about now is the mysterious battlefield that happened over the imperial capital, what kind of enemy forced the Shenwu army to withdraw? What kind of enemy made them afraid? Lord, I really can't imagine what kind of people made them afraid. The real horror of the prince is here, they withdrew their troops to the south and threw this burden to us, how should we deal with these people?" Li Zhang looked at Dong Zhuo with a solemn face and said, Dong Zhuo's face also changed very much, it can be said that Li Zhang's every word just fell on Dong Zhuo's heart.

"Lord Wang, the enemy who can make the Shenwu Army fearful, and he is also willing to join forces with the lion empire, the sworn enemy in the north, at all costs. There's only one thing I can think of at the moment. That is a war that threatens the survival of mankind. And there is only one war, and that is the war of human immortals. Li Zhang's words made Dong Zhuo gasp, if Liu Fan knew what Li Zhang said today, he would definitely greatly appreciate Li Zhang, this guy is a talent, just from these limited information, he can deduce such important information, I have to say that he is a very powerful guy.

"Sir, is this true?" Li Zhang's words had a big impact on Dong Zhuo, if it was really the same as what Li Zhang said. So this shijie is really terrifying, what is the concept of the human immortal war, it has completely exceeded the limit of what they can bear. If it was really a battle of human immortals, Dong Zhuo felt a chill in his back just thinking about it, let alone participating in this big war, which was an impossible existence at all.

"I'm at least eight points sure, if it weren't for the Great War of Immortals, there would be no need to withdraw from the imperial capital with the strength of the Shenwu Army, even if they are short of food, but Lord Wang, don't forget that they occupy the richest state capitals of the empire, and their supply of grain and grass is far better than ours. Rajah. They evacuated the imperial capital, and they must not want to disperse Liliang. And at the same time that we boycotted the army, the demon clan and the barbarian clan also boycotted the army at the same time, which has to be said to be a coincidence. And what is hidden behind this coincidence, you and I can't even think about it. Li Zhang's forehead was already covered with cold sweat at some point, and he was already stunned by his conjecture. He really wanted to tell himself that all this was a death illusion, everything was an illusion, but all this was so real, and all the evidence pointed to the war of human immortals.

"Sir, if it's really the same as what you said, what should we do?" Before he knew it, Dong Zhuo's back was already soaked, Li Zhang's speculation was too terrifying, the war of immortals broke out on Dong Zhuo's territory, even if Dong Zhuo's strength was a hundred times stronger, he could only be killed in seconds, and he only now found out that this prince was not so easy to be, especially since he was the northern king of the empire, a prince with real power.

"Lord Wang, if it is really the same as I guessed, our only way is to surrender. Li Zhang's back was also covered with sweat, originally he only planned to talk to Dong Zhuo today about beware of the lion empire in the north, but he never expected that the conclusion Zuihou got turned out to be a human immortal war, he really wanted to tell himself that all this was wrong, but he didn't have any evidence that could overturn the current conclusion, all of this pointed to the one he was most unwilling to face, no, it may be that all mankind is unwilling to face the human immortal war.

"Lord Wang, now this empire is afraid that the only one who can stop these immortals is Liu Fan in the south, and in that mysterious battle, Liu Fan was able to retreat with his whole body, at least it means that his strength is enough to deal with these people, or Liu Fan's subordinates can deal with these people. No matter what, our strength is far from enough, if we want to save our lives, if we want to keep our lives, if we want to keep our throne, now our only way is to take refuge in Liu Fan. Li Zhang said to Dong Zhuo with a very ugly face, he knew that it was not easy to make Dong Zhuo surrender, but this was also a completely helpless thing, the strength gap between them was too big, and the strength of the Liang Army in the west was not enough for the other party to see.

"Is there no other way?" Dong Zhuo's heart was very hesitant, he was definitely not willing to give up the right that he had finally obtained, but this was also a completely helpless thing, if he gave up, there was no way to change the current outcome at all. If it is really like what Li Zhang said, it is a big battle, and they will soon die without a place to bury.

"No, my lord. Li Zhang shook his head helplessly and said: "Lord Wang, Liu Fan will definitely concentrate the main force of the Shenwu Army on the southern demon clan front and the sea clan, the navy of the Shenwu Army has grown stronger and stronger since the first battle in Yizhou, and now its strength is no less than the strength of the empire in its heyday, their navy can fully cope with the war of the sea clan, and within the empire, they only need a partial division to solve all the wars, the war of the prince is not a balanced existence at all, and our combat power is not at the same level as the other party." ”

"If we surrender now, we can at least ensure the integrity of our Xiliang Army, and our surrender will undoubtedly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Army, Liu Fan will definitely not treat us badly, if we wait until the Shenwu Army comes to the door, then it will be too late. ”

"Even if I am willing to surrender, but what about those generals under my command? What do the people surnamed Li and the Xiannu clan think? The Xiliang army is not composed of Xiliang's children, and I don't want the Xiliang army to be scattered like this. Dong Zhuo's tone revealed a trace of sadness.

"Lord, when we continue to suffer from it, we can't decide this war at all, Lord, think about it. (To be continued......)