Chapter 41: Wuling Pass

The merchant ships continued their voyage to the northwest, stopping not much along the way, except for a brief resupply and rest in the coastal towns.

Finally, after seven days of sailing, the merchant ship came to Qincheng in Liangzhou, and Qincheng continued to walk two hundred miles northwest to the source of the Han River, Ala Snow Mountain.

After arriving in Qincheng, there were only eight hundred miles left from Wuling Pass, and the rest of the distance could only be taken by land, Luo Chen and the others got off the boat, changed horses, and continued to run in the north direction.

The further north he went, Luo Chen found that the land became more and more desolate, and from time to time he saw the yellow sand in the sky, and the towns and villages he encountered on the way became fewer and fewer.

Finally, after two days of hurrying, Luo Chen and the others came to the front of Wuling Pass.

Wuling Pass is a city made of stones, tall and heavy, and there are traces of wind erosion on the city walls.

As the most important border pass in the northwest of the Great Wei Dynasty, Wuling Pass can enter the grassland in the north, and the countries in the Western Regions can be connected to the west.

Therefore, there are many and complicated people in Wuling Pass, not only the Great Wei people, but also the countries of the Western Regions and the grassland people, which also makes the commerce and trade of Wuling Pass extremely developed, and there are all kinds of commodities from various countries.

Luo Chen stood in front of the Wuling Pass, looking at the high city wall, the flags on the city wall were flying, the armor was numerous, and Luo Chen even saw more than a dozen god-breaking crossbows on a city wall.

The God-Breaking Crossbow is a kind of crossbow that can shoot third-rate martial artists, it is extremely powerful and flies extremely fast, if more than a dozen God-Breaking Crossbows are fired in a salvo, even if it is a second-rate early stage martial artist, one will have to hate on the spot if he is not careful.

However, the Godbreaker also has great limitations, it is large in size, slow in rate of fire, and complex to operate, requiring five people to operate at the same time for each launch.

Therefore, the god-breaking crossbow is generally erected on the city wall and is mostly used to defend the city.

At this time, it was noon, and the arrival of Luo Chen and the others quickly caused exclamations and riots among the people who were queuing up to enter the city.

The reason for this is mainly because of the strength of Luo Chen and the others and their mounts, their thirteen in-stream martial artists, they are eye-catching wherever they go, not to mention that the black scale horse and black cloud horse under their seat are too impactful.

These people at the border have seen a lot of good horses, but it is the first time that they have seen a few heads taller than ordinary horses, such as the Black Scale Horse and the Black Cloud Horse, especially the three black scale horses in front of them, which are even more unheard of.

Luo Chen walked all the way and even saw some merchants staring at the three black-scaled horses with burning eyes.

Luo Chen didn't care about these ill-intentioned eyes, if someone really dared to fight the idea of the black scale horse, he would let these people know what regret was.

Luo Chen walked past the people queuing up to enter the city, and walked directly to the city gate, he didn't pay attention to the rules of queuing up to enter the city, the rules are for those ordinary people to abide by, he took a large group of martial artists, he didn't believe that any soldiers dared to come up and block the way.

What's more, Luo Chen came this time to ask for an explanation, and he didn't want to be low-key, he just wanted to tell some people that he had provoked people who shouldn't be messed with.

Sure enough, when Luo Chen and the others walked to the city gate, two soldiers were about to come over, but they were stopped by an older officer, and Luo Chen and the others entered the Wuling Pass unimpeded.

After seeing Luo Chen and the others enter the city gate, a soldier looked at the officer: "Chief, why don't you stop them for inspection?"

"Hmph! Their group of people are all in-stream martial artists, and they are almost half of the number of in-stream martial artists in our general's mansion, and the horse under the seat of the young man in the lead is also a fierce beast. ”

The officer knocked on the soldier's head: "Beast! In the entire Wuling Pass, only the general has a beast mount."

These people are either from wealthy families or from the martial arts faction, and you dare to stop such people? I am afraid that you will not die on the battlefield at that time, but you will die at the gate of this city without knowing it. ”

The two soldiers glanced at each other, swallowed, and stopped talking.

"Okay, you two are here first, there are so many martial artists in Wuling Pass today, I will go to the General's Mansion to report. ”

The officer said, climbed the war horse next to him and entered the Wuling Pass.

After Luo Chen and the others entered the Wuling Pass, as soon as they came out of the city gate, there was a guy in a green coat and a small hat who ran over from the crowd next to him: "The little one has seen Young Master Luo!"

"Oh, you know me?"

"Acquaintance! The villain is a guy from Zhao's shopkeeper's firm, and he came to greet the people of Ziwu Mountain Villa on the order of my shopkeeper. ”

"How did your shopkeeper know that we were in Wuling Pass today?" Luo Chen wondered.

"Back to Young Master Luo, my shopkeeper doesn't know, he just guessed that the people from Purple Mist Mountain Villa would arrive in the next few days, but he didn't know exactly what day, so he let the little one wait at the city gate for the past few days. ”

"Well, Shopkeeper Zhao has a heart, where is he now?"

"My shopkeeper is waiting at the Yuelai Inn now. ”

"Okay, take us there. ”

"Yes, Young Master Luo, please. ”

After saying that, the guy hurriedly led the way in front.

Luo Chen walked on the street, watching the people coming and going on the street, full of exotic people in strange costumes, and warriors carrying weapons.

The shops on the street are also full of exotic atmosphere, and the shops such as Persian mansions, jewelry stores, warehouses, and armory shops stand on the street. The most popular of them is the Western Regions Wine Shop, where many hotly dressed Western Regions girls shuttle through it, performing singing and dancing for the guests.

Li Yuxi looked at the hotly dressed orchid in the wine shop, blushed and said, "Why are these women so shameless, they actually show their chests in public." ”

"Haha! You don't understand this! This girl from the Western Regions is so bold and enthusiastic, and this is also the custom of people's dress. Lige laughed.

"Huh! a bunch of bad embryos. Luo Chen, hurry up and close your eyes, don't look at it!"

Li Yuxi said, reaching out to cover Luo Chen's eyes.

Luo Chen dodged Li Yuxi's outstretched hand and rolled his eyes: "How can you see the road when you close your eyes!"

After speaking, regardless of Li Yuxi, who gritted his teeth, continued to move forward.

Panda Inn, a separate courtyard of rooms.

"Zhao has seen Young Master Luo, but I didn't expect Young Master Luo to come over in person, this time Zhao messed up the matter, and caused Young Master Luo to run over in person, please forgive Young Master Luo. ”

Shopkeeper Zhao gave Luo Chen a deep salute.

Luo Chen hurriedly helped Shopkeeper Zhao up: "Shopkeeper Zhao filtered, I can't blame you for this matter, and ask Shopkeeper Zhao to explain the incident in detail." ”

"Yes, Young Master Luo!"

Then, Shopkeeper Zhao told what had happened, and what he said was basically the same as asking people to bring back the news.

After listening, Luo Chen said: "So, this deputy general has taken a fancy to our two BMWs, and then wants to swallow all the horses privately?"

Shopkeeper Zhao nodded:

"Yes! As far as I know, although the current situation in this Wuling Pass is tense, it has not yet reached the point where it is necessary to requisition civilian horses, and the General's Mansion has not issued a corresponding notice. ”

"Who is this lieutenant general, and what is his strength?" Luo Chen asked with a frown.