Wei Dong, who returned to Xiguan, after several days of medicinal herbs, pills, and his own Liangyi Realm cultivation, his body's injuries were considered to be good, but because there were still many serious wounds that had not yet healed, he was still a little weak.

Just two days ago, Wei Dong remembered that Emperor Qiandi had entrusted him with a secret letter to his father.

"Dad, are you still thinking about the secret letter?" Wei Dong thought that his father was on duty today, and thought that he would come and see if he had nothing to do, and he was idle anyway.

"Xiao Dong, why did you come up, the wind is strong on the city wall, be careful of your body, your injuries have not healed yet, don't be infected with the wind and cold again. Wei Chang, who had been stunned, stood on the wall of Xiguan and looked at the west, until Wei Dong called himself to come back to his senses.

"Dad, you forgot, I'm now the Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm, and our Wei family's sons are not so squeamish. ”

"That's the same, come over and have a drink with my father. Wei Chang raised the wine in his hand and motioned for Wei Dong to come over.

Wei Dong smiled helplessly: "Dad, you just asked me to pay attention to my body, which is called me drinking! I remember that you are forbidden to drink alcohol at night." ”

Wei Dong said this, but the pace under him did not stop.

Wei Chang looked at Wei Donglai and showed a rare smile these days and said, "Didn't you say it yourself, they are all great masters of the Liangyi Realm, what are you afraid of." As for drinking, what's wrong with me making an exception to drink once, I'll see which rabbit cub dares to chew his tongue. ”

Wei Dong smiled and took the wine in Wei Chang's hand and drank two sips deeply, the authentic burning knife, one word is fierce, the necessary materials in the army, every time before the war, the soldiers have to drink two sips to double the strength.

The father and son looked into the distance and were speechless for a long time.

The wind on the city wall is relatively strong, and the banner is hunting, but it can't blow the figure of the guards.

The flames swayed in the wind, constantly melting the falling snowflakes, but they could not warm the cold moon in the sky.

Bands of soldiers patrolling the city walls walked back and forth at neat steps until the next group of soldiers who changed the guard came up.

The sound of the 'creaking' gate was accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, representing a group of scouts who were about to brave the wind and snow to get out of the customs.

Wei Dong didn't speak, but Wei Dong knew that his father must have something on his mind.

Ever since Wei Dong showed Emperor Qian's secret letter to his father, it has been like this these days.

Wei Dong still remembered that when his father read the secret letter that day, his originally stretched brows furrowed slightly, forming ravines.

That kind of expression even Wei Chang had never seen when facing the Moon Army.

After reading the secret letter, his father then burned it, and the letter was gone, but Wei Dong could see that his father's heart seemed to be pressed against a huge stone.

Wei Dong, who originally wanted to open his mouth to ask, was waved slightly by Wei Chang, signaling that Wei Dong didn't need to talk much.

Wei Dong naturally didn't insist, he just thought that his father was also worried for a while.

But I never thought that in the next few days, my father would often stand alone on the wall of Xiguan, looking into the distance, and watching like this.

I don't know what Wei Chang's worries are, and I don't know what the secret letter is written.

But Wei Dong looked in the direction of the Yueshu Kingdom, and then looked at the resolute faces of the soldiers, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In this troubled era, especially the soldiers on the front line, who can know whether tomorrow will be life or death.

Maybe tomorrow they will fall in a pool of blood and never get up again, or maybe the day after tomorrow, this is the responsibility they carry, it is small, insignificant, thousands of soldiers and some people have fallen and no one even knows their names, only an unknown tombstone.

No one knows when it's going to be a head, but there will come a day when everyone is holding on.

Wei Dong knew that it was precisely because of this group of thousands of soldiers who received meager military salaries, wore cotton clothes that were not thick, and disregarded the persistence of life and blood, that there was a night and night song in the rear.

"Little winter. After a long time, Wei Chang took a sip of wine and called Wei Dong.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"Have you ever been to the Moon Country?"

Wei Chang suddenly asked this inexplicable word, which made Wei Dong a little confused.

Wei Dong shook his head, "I've only heard of it, I haven't been there, but I grew up with you, and most of the time I spent guarding Xiguan with you." ”

Wei Chang sighed and said: "Yes, how many generations have come down this time, think about how many generations have come down this time, think that when I was as old as you, I also followed your grandfather to guard this in Xiguan, and my Wei family has been fighting on the battlefield for generations since the time when my ancestor followed Emperor Taizu to fight the world, sticking to one side." I once asked your grandfather if it made sense to do this, the Wei family has been guarding here. Your grandfather will understand it after he says it. Xiaodong, do you think it's right for Dad to let you guard Xiguan?"

"The child doesn't think that his father's approach and grandfather's approach or even the ancestor's approach are wrong, and the territory he has laid is his own. My Wei family doesn't guard Xiguan, as well as the Wang family and the Li family, someone has to come after all, so why can't it be my Wei family. The child thinks that a man dying on the battlefield is a better destination than dying in bed. Wei Dong looked at Wei Chang's eyes and said seriously.

Wei Chang nodded with great satisfaction, and handed the wine to Wei Dong, "You're right, why can thousands of soldiers die, but my Wei family's sons can't die." Honor, wealth, and rights are all available to my Wei family, but my Wei family is also more worthy of these returns, how many years has Yueshu ever crossed the Xiguan? How many people in my Wei family have lived a long life and enjoyed 10,000 years? How many years have passed, this Xiguan is closer than the family in the capital. ”

Wei Dong was deeply touched by this, his grandfather died on the battlefield back then, and he didn't even have a last word.

This is also the place where Wei Dong grew up, whether it is age, experience, or cultivation, it can be said that Xiguan has witnessed a lot.

"Dad told you, this past Daze Mountain is the blazing base camp of Dad's old opponent Hanyue State, and further west of Hanyue State is actually no different from my Daqian, it is also a fertile land, and the westernmost moon capital is the capital of Xiyueshu. Wei Chang pointed to the moon in the west and said.

"And then further west?" Wei Dong asked, puzzled.

"Further west is the endless sea, but the sea area over there is different from the sea area of our Daqian Haizhou, you can go to the sea to fish and catch shrimp, it is more terrible than the sea area of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is a dead sea, the boat can not pass, the bird can not fly. The north and south are endless mountains, the same as Nanshu, so if the Yueshu Kingdom wants to get more land, it can only choose to go east. Wei Chang is very familiar with telling Wei Dong one by one.

"What about beyond the sea?" Wei Dong took a sip of wine, handed it to Wei Chang and continued to ask.

Wei Chang drank the rest of the wine, thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know, no one has ever gone out, and even if someone has gone out, they have never come back." As far as is known, there is only an endless ocean. It is said that the deep sea is full of huge waves, unpredictable weather, and sea fog that can be lost if you are not careful. ”

"Dad, you are so familiar, have you ever been to the Moon Warrior Country?"

"Hahahaha, if I've been there, do you think I'll still have my life back, and you kid?"

"Hahahaha, that's true. ”

Next, the father and son chatted on the city wall, all the time talking about some military information.

Wei Dong said his opinions and asked Wei Chang, and Wei Chang talked about a lot of things that Wei Dong ignored, of course, the focus of Xiguan's theme was more about Xiyueshu.

According to Wei Chang's analysis, the strength of the 200,000 army of the Xiguan defenders actually doesn't need to be so passive, and they can also fight very aggressively.

Like the blazing Moon Army, if you hit the Half Moon City, you can also retreat with your whole body.

Even as long as the great cadres are willing to let the grain and grass and the source of troops keep up, they can even consider directly taking the national capital of Yueshu, but it can't, the main reason is not only that the Northern Wei Dynasty and Southern Shu are eyeing each other, but there is also a more important reason.

It is the geographical location of the Yueshu Kingdom, although the Great Qian and the Three Kingdoms have traded with each other over the years, the main ones are the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Shu.

The Yueshu Kingdom is located in the west, separated from Daqian by Daze Mountain, the Western Regions, that is, the desert outside the Guan, two natural barriers, destined that ordinary merchants will not come and go, the cost is too high to outweigh the losses, there have always been only a few.

It is precisely because of these two factors that, putting aside the factors of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Shu Dynasty, even if the Great Cadres poured their national strength into the Western Yueshu, it would still be useless.

In 50 or 100 years, another country will emerge to compete with the cadres on its own.

Because the people's hearts will never be satisfied, it is because the politics and economy of the great cadres are too far away from the Yueshu side to cause effective cultural influence and cannot be assimilated, and after there is no restraint, this is the biggest factor that arouses people's greed.

Today, the Yueshu Kingdom is destroyed, tomorrow it may be Wang Er who will be the emperor, and if it is destroyed again, the day after tomorrow may be Li San as the emperor, so the great cadres will always lose more than they gain when they fight the Yueshu Kingdom.

Unless there is one point, the Great Cadres are really strong enough to influence the Xiyue Garrison State when their economy, culture, and politics are enough to influence the Xiyue War.

It is really difficult to connect Xiyueshu to build roads, build cities, open mountains, immigrate, garrison, open prefectures, and establish schools outside the customs and Daze Mountain, and transfer part of the economic and cultural center here.

Even if it is feasible, this can really be regarded as a foolish man moving mountains, not a matter of one or two years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hundred-year plan.

Wei Dong thought about it, according to the current situation of Daqian, he can indeed only stick to the east side of Xiguan and block the Yueshu Kingdom outside, and there is no need to do futile consumption, because according to what his father said, it is just a waste of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

"Is there really no way to do it?" Wei Dong asked unwillingly, because if this is the case, wouldn't the Wei family and tens of millions of soldiers have to stick to this place for generations, and in the long run, what is the difference between painting the ground and being a prison.

I can accept it now, and the guards can accept it, but what about in the future?

Can Wei Dong guarantee that future generations will think the same way?

When the cadres gradually become stronger and the people are rich, who wants to let their children come all the way to the border to eat military rations that will cost their lives?

It's hard to imagine.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Wei Chang naturally knew what Wei Dong thought, Wei Chang said with a smile: "Yes, there are two other ways that can allow me to avoid military disasters forever, one is to destroy the country in Xiyue, in the real sense." ”

The cold wind blew, and even Wei Dong, the Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm, couldn't help but shudder, and then thought about it was unrealistic, and said with a wry smile: "Impossible, even if a person slaughters Bai Qi in his second life, he can't do this thing to destroy the Heavenly Dao, that's a country, how is this possible." Dad, did you make it?"

Wei Chang shook his head, "That's naturally impossible, I'll just talk about it." ”

"The impossible thing is not a way, and there is another way, I think it is feasible for my father. Wei Dong continued to ask.

"There's another way...... Think for yourself, Dad is tired, go and rest for a while, you should go back and rest early. ”

Wei Dong, who was still waiting for his father's next words, stood in place with a stunned expression.

Wei Dong didn't even think about it for many days, he racked his brains and didn't understand it, and asked Wei Chang several times, but Wei Chang just didn't say it, and gradually Wei Dong forgot about it.