In the winter of the seventeenth year.

"The saint saw the gift, lasted two years, the new city was finally completed, two feet high, twelve miles long, set up four gates, three in the north and one in the south."

"In the holy order, the outer city is shaped like a 'mountain', the inner city is like a 'convex', the horse road is connected, you can bring a hundred thousand, this Cheng Beijiang Xiongguan also, the minister arrogants, steals that the Xiongguan is isolated in the north, 'Beigu' is the name, the minister recruits the army in the border people, but the establishment is not clear, the mutual market is newly opened, and the profits are abundant. This year, the Rouran, Tatar, Turkic and other tribes attacked and harassed several times, although they were all defeated by General Pan, but the Northern Liangbian army also suffered more than 10,000 casualties. The minister looks at the border army and is good at defending, not a long-term plan, and intends to cultivate war horses at the foot of Tiele Mountain, build a good fighting iron horse for the saint, turn defense into attack, and rush behind the enemy, in order to wipe out the northern chieftain and exchange for the peace of the Great Wei Dynasty. Chen Zhenyuan took the clumsy Jing, the eldest son Qingxiao, the eldest daughter Qingluan, and the youngest son Qingxuan to bow their heads for a hundred years. ”

Li Mingyue opened Li Zhenyuan's report in the Qinzheng Hall of Chang'an City, both pleased that Zhenyuan did not bear the grace of the saint and built the city, and sighed that this brother has a unique vision, living up to the trust, can see the disadvantages of the northern army, the northern army is good at defending, although relying on the mutual market can be exchanged for horse breeds, but not good at breeding, so the war horse is lacking, the training is insufficient, and it is not good at running.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Biyu approved: "What Aiqing said, I know that the name of the city is Beigu, which is very suitable for my heart, and the army of 100,000 is built, and the name is given iron clothes, and the war horse armament is all allowed to be Qing's will."

In the secret letter replied, Li Mingyue agreed with Li Zhenyuan that the army of Beigu was only controlled by the Son of Heaven, and it was for the Son of Heaven's personal soldiers, and the royal sword was specially given as the basis.

Eighteen years ago.

Li Zhenyuan recruited a total of 100,000 displaced people, herdsmen and people of the Eile ethnic group, established an iron-clad army, and put the horses at the foot of the Tiele Mountain, and implemented a system of military and civilian unity. The army is divided into three battalions on the left, the middle and the right, taking turns to drill and tuntian, and the income from the mutual market, all of them are used for armaments, most of the people of the Ele people enter the northern lonely city, and the rest of the people still live in the belly of Tiele Mountain, in addition to taking care of the cultivation of war horses, but also because some of the tribesmen are accustomed to the freedom of nomadic life, they are unwilling to enter the city, and the bearded Han Tiege is among them. Pan Shuang led the defenders in the pass to retreat to Beiliang Pass, and Pan Shuang and Zhenyuan made an appointment to watch and help each other, and work together to defend the northern frontier.

Affected by the Battle of the Snowy Night, the iron-clad army was gradually equipped with a repeating crossbow, an iron-tired strong bow, a three-edged halberd, a standard war knife, and the men and horses were covered with armor, and they were inspired by the tactics of the grassland cavalry, of which 20,000 Chinese troops were equipped with three birch javelins, black-clothed iron armor, coming and going like the wind.

Zhenyuan is a day by day to carefully experience the mantra taught by the madman, although he did not understand all of them, but also practiced diligently, and benefited a lot, but also picked out the mantra and knife technique in the easy to understand, teaching the whole army training, in order to strengthen the physique, enhance combat effectiveness.

At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter every year, tens of thousands of troops are sent out, raiding Mobei, all the way to war, plundering Rouran, Tatar, Turkic and other tribes, with the goal of eliminating the combat power of Hu Cai, and not in love with war, to practice the formation in actual combat, to temper the soul of the iron-clad army with blood, before the heavy snow closes the mountain, return to the northern lonely city through the Comb Jade River.

Zhenyuan's youngest son, Li Qingxuan, has followed his father and brother out to fight since he was seven years old, although he is young and weak, he has also been sharpened in the battle formation, not to mention that he is now a twelve-year-old boy. This year's battle out of the pass was led by the eldest brother Qingxiao, with only 10,000 iron-clad Chinese troops, eight hundred miles from north to south, and even once rushed to the tribe only fifty miles away from the Turkic Khan's tent.

This 10,000 iron-clad Chinese army is the soul of the whole army, the generals above the centurion are all Ele people, well-equipped, disciplined, the five people who survived the battle of the snowy night are now all ten thousand commanders, Yuan Suli of the army is one of them, strong martial arts, loyalty, the Chinese army people have watched the Qingxuan brothers grow up since childhood, and have always been treated with the courtesy of the tribal leader.

On this day, they arrived at the Soyu River, Qingxiao ordered the main force to return to the city, Qingxiao Qingxuan brothers, Yuan Suli and more than 100 clansmen returned to Tiele Mountain Horse Farm with the plundered war horses, and saw Uncle Tiege, and after the handover, he drank with Tiege.

"Uncle Tiege, has the caravan that entered the customs this year come back?" Qingxiao asked.

It turned out that although the North Lonely City was open to the market, the team of the people of the Le people entering the customs and merchants was not canceled, and Zhenyuan arranged for Tiege to take the people into the customs to buy some books, clothes, wine and food, so that the people in the belly of the Tiele Mountain could live a good life without entering the city, and they were also in Jinling, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Runzhou and other places quietly set up grain and oil firms, and sent henchmen to be stationed all year round to operate, so that the young Ai in the clan could enter the customs to read and learn calligraphy, and transmit information.

"I've been back a long time ago, young leader, this is the book that the leader wants, you can take it back to the city, but there is still no information about the person in the painting, and there is also news from the master of the Tang Gate, and their carriage and horse shop have not inquired about the person in the painting in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Well, I'll send back the news", and everyone drank with Old Tiege for the night, and returned to the city the next day.

"Uncle Yuan, next time you go on an expedition, you must take me with you, this time I won a thousand-commander sword, and my father no longer dares to underestimate me," Qing Xuan personally killed a thousand-commander in this expedition, excited and inexplicable, chirping all the way, so unhappy.

"Good, good, my little leader, good knife skills, strength is rising", Yuan Suli has doted on this little leader since he was a child, and he has been treated like a parent and child all the way, and he hopes that this child will grow up as soon as possible and become a real warrior.

Zhenyuan's two sons and one daughter have followed their father to practice martial arts since they were young, and Zhenyuan has taught all the crazy people, especially the knife technique, which has never stopped for several years, and has already practiced proficiently.

The group let the horses gallop, faced the wind and snow, flowed across the Soyu River, and galloped towards the direction of the North Lonely City.

"There is someone in front, Qingxiao suddenly clenched his fist with his right hand, and smacked lightly, receive", more than 100 horsemen immediately stopped reining and resting their horses, drawing crossbows and drawing knives on guard.

I saw that under a few poplar trees not far away, about ten people gathered, each with a sword and a sword, eight black-clothed masked men with swords surrounded two young men in white with swords, two young people stood with their backs, blood splashed in white, and several people were lying around, not knowing whether they were dead or alive, and it was obvious that they were fighting sometimes.

Seeing the iron horses, the two sides couldn't help but stop and confront each other, secretly vigilant.

"Hey, who are you," Qing Xuan had his brother and clansmen to protect him, without any timidity, and pointed his horsewhip at the man in black.

"The idea is to tie your hands, come and ride is the system of the Great Wei Border Army, and solve it together," one of them gestured with his right hand at his neck, and suddenly several people jumped up and slashed at Qing Xuan and them.

Li Qingxiao and Yuan Suli saw that the situation was not good, and they raised their crossbows and shot, "Duh, Duh, Duh", the iron arrows broke through the wind, and the four black-clothed men moved in the air, raised their waists and jumped high, avoiding the crossbow arrows, at this time, there was nowhere to borrow force in the air, and with the help of gravity to fall, one person saw that he was going to split Qingxuan under the horse, and at the same time blocked all the young man's retreat, and strived to kill the enemy with one sword.

As everyone knows, the iron-clad army has always been well-trained, although Qingxuan is young, but he is also iron-blooded, and he has been practicing martial arts for many years, not afraid at all, kicking the stirrup with both feet, only advancing and not retreating, "Zheng" pulled out the war knife, regardless of the knife, the blade quickly wiped the neck of the person, and it was completely the same way of playing.

With a "huh" sound, his left foot stepped on the horse's head, and he blocked the knife and jumped back with his strength, and the rest of the people in black were the same, obviously cherishing their lives.

"Bow", Qingxiao shouted, more than 100 people drew their bows and shot several rounds, suppressing seven or eight black-clothed people, but they were moved and dodged; , draw the knife and stand in formation, put out an attack formation, Qingxuan takes the lead, knocks the war horse, the knife borrows the horse's momentum, the wheel knife is chopped, the momentum of the war horse is not enough, the martial arts of the people may not be as good as the man in black, but they have been on the battlefield for a long time, the momentum is strong and heavy, the man in black is strong in martial arts, the leader leans back, avoids several war knives, and cuts off four horse legs with a knife, the commander of the thousand men Fan Maha planted the horse headlong, the wrist of the man in black shook, the long knife rotated like the moon in the palm, and then wiped it on the neck of the Brahma Maha, but brought out a spark, only splashed a few drops of blood, the original iron-clad Chinese army was heavily armored, this knife was cut off the iron neck, the end was thrilling and abnormal, the Brahma Maha was also strong, and a carp was straight, stop the waist and hug the opponent, and then you have to fall backwards and burst your brain. The man in black exhaled, shook his clothes, shook the Brahma Maha away, turned around and palmed, and struck it out more than a foot away, and the Brahma Maha spurted out a puddle of blood and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the two white-clothed men took the opportunity to jump out of the encirclement, one of them picked up the wounded and jumped towards the Qingxuan queue, and the other jumped up with his sword and exchanged hands with the black-clothed leader.

The man in white pinched it with his left hand, and the long sword in his right hand was rounded, and the whistling sound rang out, and five sword flowers were conjured, and the tip of the sword sneered, stabbing towards the man in black.

"Returning to the Nine Swords?" the man in black moved several times, and the long sword bell blocked several times, "You are from the Hidden Sword Villa?"

"Hide your head and shrink your tail, it's not my race, look at the sword," the man in white didn't answer, sword after sword, the speed was very fast, and the ground was marked by the sword qi, and where it passed, the flowers and grass were broken, but it failed to hurt the man in black at all.

"It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the nine swords are hidden, the ninety-nine are one, and one sword will break the martial arts of the world, it seems that it is nothing more than that, look at the move," the black-clothed leader has a fist in his left hand, a long knife in his right hand, and the long knife breaks the wind, from top to bottom, slashing and stabbing, and the man in white returns to the sword to guard the middle palace, and after a hundred moves, it gradually loses its support.

Seeing that the people in black did not chase after themselves, they only surrounded the people in white in the middle, Qing Xuan saw this, shouted "Big brother, save the man in white", "gun", Qingxiao ordered, and suddenly more than 100 spears with white birch rods flew out, but all of them were blocked by the black-clothed personality.

"Bow and crossbow suppression, don't get close", Qingxiao has already helped the injured Brahma Maha onto the war horse.

At this time, after a round of attack, the man in white in the circle was held by the long knife of the man in black, and he was hit in the chest with a palm, and blood suddenly spurted out.

"This is the Falling Moon Palm of the Stargazing Platform, who the hell are you?" asked the man in white as he fell to the ground, his eyes fixed on each other.

"No, how are you?" another man in white rushed to pick up his fallen companion.

"Hmph, this seat will let you die to understand, this seat is one of the seven star lords of the stargazing platform, Xu Mengyang, the master of the Tianji star, hmph, I think the Tibetan Sword Villa can protect you? This seat has been tracking you two for more than a month, so I'll send you on the road today." ”

Xu Mengyang looked at his left palm for a long time, turned his head to look at Qing Xuan and the others, and laughed: "Don't think that you are fast horses, I can't help you, take advantage of the good mood of this seat, go back to the city as soon as possible, just a few grasshoppers, you are not worthy of dirtying the treasure knife of this seat." ”

Qing Xuan was furious, pulled out the crossbow and shot, Xu Mengyang suddenly lifted his body and jumped, like a ghost, in the blink of an eye in front of Qing Xuan's horse, Qing Xiao saw it on the side, was shocked, hurriedly stretched out his left arm, and pulled his younger brother's belt to his horse, with a loud bang, Qing Xuan's war horse was hit on the head by a palm, and immediately fell to the ground and died, blood sprayed all over the face.

Although Qing Xuan didn't speak, he was also surprised, but Xu Mengyang looked at his left palm with a smile on the spot, and everyone didn't see how he attacked and how he returned to the same place.

Li Qingxiao immediately took two steps forward and said loudly: "We have no intention of interfering in your affairs, but it is inappropriate for your faction to bully the widow with too much, and the younger brother is rude, but the crime is not to death. ”

"Iron Cloth Army, Array," Qingxiao drank, Yuan Suli and the others had already taken off their iron shields, drew their war knives, and prepared for a battle.

"Traveling in the twilight of the North Sea, the green snake in his sleeve is bold, and the three drunken Yueyang people don't know, and a sword leaps over Dongting Lake. Good boy, worthy of my big Wei man," a sloppy old man lay on a poplar branch, holding a huge wine gourd and pouring wine into his mouth.

"Who?, roll down this seat," Xu Mengyang shouted, and the long knife in his right hand flew out of his hand and slashed towards the top of the tree.

The old way did not avoid it, waiting for the long knife to reach the neck, the little finger of the right hand flicked lightly, and the long knife actually returned the same way, inserted into the ground, and did not reach the handle.

As soon as Lao Dao turned over, he fell from the tree and fell to the ground, still drinking, shaking the wine gourd, as if he had drunk dry.

Everyone was stunned, wondering if they were mistaken, Lao Dao actually fell down directly, not jumped.

Yuan Suli took a fixed look, the first one jumped off the horse, untied the wine bag from the horse, and walked forward quickly, "Immortal Chief, is it you?" After that, he handed the wine bag to Lao Dao.

"Who are you, rough guy?"

"Immortal Chief, twelve years ago, in the pine forest at the western foot of Cuiwei Mountain, I met you with the leader of Zhenyuan, we are all the way out," Yuan Suli was overjoyed, there are crazy people here, with friendship, the two young masters can be safe.

"Oh, yes, you are the clansmen of Brother Zhenyuan. ”

"Qingxiao and Qingxuan have seen the immortal chief," the two Qingxuan brothers stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed, and more than 100 iron-clad soldiers all dismounted and saluted.

The man in white who fell to the ground struggled to get up, saw the back of the old man, seemed familiar, knelt in front of the old man, looked at the old man carefully, frowned suddenly, and shook his head again.

"It's not fair, you bastard boy, you don't honor your parents in Tianhuang Lake, what are you doing here?"

"Immortal Chief, who are you? Do you know the kid?" Bu Ping shook his head, this unkempt and unkempt crazy Taoist in front of him, he couldn't think of who it was even if he wanted to break his head.

"If you have no ambition in your life, you will not be free, and once you return to Wei, you will be like not tying a boat. It's not fair, your father served me to grow up, and when I get old, I will have a son, and my name will be taken by me," said the old man lonely.

The long wind rises, blowing away the fluffy and messy hair of the old road, the old road is long, regardless of clothes, and he is a chic and graceful character.

"Ah, who are you....?" The man in white who was unjust thought of this, and finally remembered the identity of Lao Dao, so he got carried away, lay on Lao Dao's dirty feet, hugged Lao Dao's left leg tightly with both hands, and cried.

"Lord Xu of the Stargazing Observatory, right? ”

"Presumptuous," Xu Mengyang pulled out a long knife from the ground, his left hand was palmed, his right hand pulled out the shadow of the knife, his left hand was a style of "the falling moon shook the love of the river tree", and his right hand was a knife "You can also pick the stars with your bare hands", all of which were killed.

"Falling Moon Palm, the Star Picking Knife is nothing more than that, not to mention that your kid hasn't practiced yet, let's go together," Lao Dao actually stood in place and didn't move.

Seeing this, the rest of the people in black were worried that the old Tao would have something to fear, it was definitely not a bluff, and they had no time to take care of the morality of the rivers and lakes, so they drew their long knives together, rubbed their bodies, and the ten people led by Xu Mengyang attacked the crazy people from different angles.

"It's uneven, look carefully, the river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers and forests are like hail," the crazy Taoist read while reading, and at the same time waved his fingers, the same move as Liu Buping, two fingers pulled out five sword flowers, with the fingers as the sword, the feet did not move, the fingers stabbed, everyone looked at the eyes, only felt that the moves were round, the movements were light and soft, and there was no slightest confrontation, the air was in a trance, and the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, like a light rainbow after the rain, and it was gorgeous.

Ten people from the stargazing platform, the three who rushed to the front snorted, fell down heavily, a blood hole in the left chest, it was obvious that the person had died in the air, and the rest of the people were spurting blood, Xu Mengyang's hands trembled, his left palm was pierced by the sword qi, and his right hand couldn't even hold the knife steadily.

"Withdraw," Xu Mengyang gave an order, the man in black picked up the corpses of his three companions, and quickly retreated north, the madman didn't seem to do his best, judging from the formation, he killed the three people on the stargazing platform with a light and clever move, and severely injured the rest of the people, which was jaw-dropping.

The North Lonely North Gate was opened, more than 100 horsemen rushed into the city, and went to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, there was already a goalkeeper, Qingxuan couldn't wait, and shouted at the door: "Dad, we're back", Zhenyuan laughed, ran out quickly, and took over the young son who jumped up, "I heard that General Gao came back and said that the kid killed the commander of a thousand people, let the father see." ”

"I've seen my father," the eldest son is more than twenty years after all, and he saluted calmly.

"Ah Xiao has a good command of the army this time, and he is the chief of the North Earthquake, huh?" Zhenyuan saw two young men in white behind his eldest son and an old man drinking wine, "Immortal Chief?", Zhenyuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing down with the respect of the marquis.

Liu Buping was not surprised, and the other young man in white frowned slightly.

"Come in, please come in, Zhenyuan is like a doorman, holding the old man's hands, leading the way in front, if there is no one around, he leads the madman into the inner hall. ”

"Two, please," Qingxiao was the eldest son after all, and his surrogate father invited Liu Buping and his companions in.

"Hou Ye Li, the kid is polite," the two white-clothed men arched their hands.

Li Zhenyuan didn't think it was wrong, turned his head to listen to the statement of his eldest son, and hurriedly healed the wounded, so he turned his head and smiled and said: "The two of you are also servants of the wind and dust, let's drink a glass of hot wine together to ward off the cold," his right hand pleased.

Everyone was not polite, entered the inner hall, saw that the wine and food were prepared early, did not wait for the invitation, went straight to the seat, drank wine and ate meat, and the wind was whirling.

The iron-clad march, the war food is more raw and cold, the people in white flee all the way, it is rare to eat, and the crazy people are even more rare to eat a full meal.

The house prepared hot water early and let everyone wash, Zhenyuan personally waited for the madman to enter the inner room to change clothes, carefully groomed and sorted out the beard for the madman, and waited for the madman to put on a new cotton robe, and then let him drink tea in the study.

The mad Taoist washed all the dust under Zhenyuan's waiting, and after dressing up with his heart, he was a graceful and suave beautiful man, with a long body and a very white complexion, if it weren't for a few fine lines at the corners of his eyes, he would look like a beautiful man in his twenties.

"Immortal Chief, the mantra martial arts you taught me have benefited me a lot over the years, and it has greatly increased the combat power of the Iron Cloth Army, and I thank Immortal Chief on behalf of the whole clan and the whole army. ”

"The carving insect skill is not worth a sigh," although the crazy Taoist is like words, but the heart is warm, Hu Lu Zhenyuan was given the surname of the country, and is currently in a high position, is the first person in northern Xinjiang, but he can be consistent, just with this pure heart, it is rare, and it is also the town to guard the northern orphan, train the iron clothes, and resist foreign insults with the lives of the whole clan, which is worthy of the admiration of every person of the Great Wei.

"Immortal Chief, this is your album, for more than ten years, I and Tang Ao's master have been inquiring about news in Guannei and Saibei, but we have never received a trace of information from the person in the painting, and I have failed to live up to your trust and trust. ”

The crazy Taoist took it, "Brother Zhenyuan, I know you have done your best, in the past ten years, I have traveled all over Yanran Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, from the northern Xinjiang to the Western Regions, and even sneaked into the stargazing platform several times, and fought with its landlord Xiao Wuchen several times, according to him, I don't know who Lu Qi is, I am determined to return to Jiangnan with the poor road, to meet an old friend, more than 20 years, if there is still no information, alas, maybe it is the destiny of heaven." ”

"Leader, the boy in white is invited," the outsiders reported, although Zhenyuan has become the Marquis of Zhenbei, the people of the Ele tribe still like to be called the leader.

Zhenyuan and the madman walked hand in hand to the inner hall, and the young man in white had also been washed and put on clean new clothes.

"Hey", this young man is so familiar, Zhenyuan frowned lightly.

"Master Hou, please retreat. ”

"Childe, this is not necessary, all of you are my closest relatives, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, on a snowy night, a line of gorge north, a thousand horsemen savior," the young man said in a voice, as if reminiscing.

Zhenyuan was shocked when he heard this, and waved his hand: "Qingxiao, close the door." ”

"Minister Li Zhenyuan has seen His Royal Highness the Prince," Zhenyuan finally remembered his identity and knelt down to salute.

"Hou Ye, please get up quickly", it turned out that one of the young men in white was Li Shouyi, the prince of the dynasty, who had not been seen for more than ten years, and Zhenyuan did not recognize it because of the wind and dust all the way.

"This is Liu Buping, the personal guard of the Emperor of the Qinzheng Palace. ”

Liu Buping had tears in his eyes, staring at the madman.

Li Shouyi took out a small seal of mutton fat white jade from his arms, pressed it lightly on his left hand, and a pattern of "returning to the wind and dancing snow, the bright moon is beautiful" appeared in front of him, and the word "bright moon" was hidden in the pattern.

Zhenyuan was shocked, this is the secret seal of the private seal agreed between him and the Emperor of Great Wei, and no third person in the world knows that the prince is visiting with the seal, and something big will happen.

"Hou Ye, within the year, I led the naval army to conquer Dongyue, I think you have already learned, after the triumph of the holy car, my father ordered me to stay in Dongyue with his own army to deal with the aftermath, a month ago, I heard that my father was assassinated on the way back from Jingzhou, the king of Dongyue, and after returning to Beijing, the old disease recurred, so he was bedridden and very worried. How did the Liu guard suddenly bring the seal, bring the gold paint secret letter, the oracle must be opened by you personally, the Liu guard is the personal guard of the father, the first master of the interior, has never left the father and the emperor, but now it is thousands of miles away, I know that the matter is big, when even if the East Palace pro-army more than 100 horsemen ride all the way north, just out of the border, they are chased and killed by the people in black all the way, these people are strong in martial arts, surrounded and intercepted, do not let me and so on into the city market, the outpost barracks, we wait and fight and retreat, so the formation of doubts, around the pass, originally wanted to rush to the north of the lonely city at full speed, all the way to the fast horse to transmit, how to the other party in the Guan, outside the gate chaotic stone forest, a line of gorges and other places set up ambushes, more than 100 warriors died, we can only go west around hundreds of miles, over the snow mountains, across the comb jade river to find you, presumably the news scout was also intercepted and killed. Liu Guards and I sneaked all the way, and were finally discovered by more than a dozen people in black, and God was fortunate to meet Immortal Chang and Brother Xiao Xian Zhongkun. Li Shouyi took out the secret letter from his arms and handed it to Zhenyuan with both hands.

Li Zhenyuan took it again, bowed to the south three times, and opened the secret letter:

"Zhenyuan my brother, I personally conquered Dongyue a few years ago, even more than 50 cities, Kejing Prefecture in October, after entering Jing, I obtained a number of letters from the lord of Yue, but I unexpectedly found that Dongyue, Rouran, Tatar, Turkic, and the second son of the emperor had made an alliance in the last year, and conspired with the Great Wei. I coincided with his meeting, first went to the east of Vietnam, and the momentum of the joint attack of the north and the south was broken, but the external troubles were easy to resist, and the internal strife was difficult to prevent. The second son of the emperor is righteous, the king of Jin, the garrison Wuwei, the jurisdiction of the northern soldiers and horses, actually fornicating with the enemy, coveting Jiuding, he has been operating in the north for more than ten years, and he is afraid that the border army will not obey my orders, and they are all his private army. Today, I am old sores and new wounds, I know that time is running out, I am afraid of the day of Bintian, it is the time when the foreign captives and internal troubles arise, although the southern army is numerous, the whip is beyond reach, although the Beijing soldiers are fierce, a drop in the bucket, only the younger brother holds 100,000 iron clothes, it is worthy of a war, I hope that the younger brother will not forget the love and righteousness, help defend one, resist foreign insults, Jingqing Yu, Kuang Fu Dawei. Brother Mingyue is unique. ”

After Zhenyuan finished reading, he wept and wept, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to read it quickly, both shocked and sad, drew his sword and cut off the desk, and scolded: "The erector is dare." ”

When the people in the courtyard heard the sound, they drew their knives and shouted, "Leader."

"It's okay," Zhenyuan quickly opened the door, "beat the drum, and pass the generals above the commander to come to the lobby to discuss matters, quickly." ”

After the three-way drum, the generals gathered.

"Everyone, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Dynasty," Zhenyuan asked Li Shouyi to sit in the center.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince," everyone saluted.

"The saint is ill, the prince has sent a message, Rouran, Tatar, and Turkic have formed an alliance, and the three armies will be on alert from now on", Zhenyuan did not say anything about the emperor's second son, for fear that the news would leak out.

"Father, in this battle outside the Guan, Uncle Yuan and I ran for eight hundred miles, and rarely encountered the main force of the enemy cavalry, we were very surprised, these Hu cavalry actually let our army go straight into the army alone, until the king's tent fifty miles away, now I think about it, it is not that our army and horses are fast, but that their main force is not in the tribe at all", Qingxiao said with doubts in his heart.

"Not only can we avoid the attack of our army, but also can gather troops without being noticed by our army, we must know the march route of our army in advance, Qingxiao, quickly recall all the soldiers of the iron-clad right battalion under Tiele Mountain, and return all the horses and grain to the city, and order Tiege to lead the people to return to the mountainside quickly, block the entrance, and not be called. ”

"Ordered. Qingxiao knew that it was not trivial, the arrows shot out, and the generals didn't know why.

"Yuan Suli, Gao Cheyu, Tie Moqi, Zhou Guiren, the four of you quickly lead a team of 10,000 people, increase the defense of the four gates, prepare more arrows, rolling stones, and sprinkle thistles within thirty miles outside the city according to the training method, and immediately enter the state of combat readiness, and the north gate is not allowed to enter unless ordered to prevent the enemy from mixing into the city in advance, and at the same time order the four gates to be closed from today, and the mutual market is suspended."

"Ordered. ”

"Qingluan, you take ten clansmen from the house to Beiliangguan, bring a prayer note for your father, and ask General Pan to come with his wife to catch up on the old days, saying that he has obtained a lot of good horses and jades outside the pass this year, and at the same time to discuss the marriage between the son of the Pan family and you, please make sure he takes the time to appreciate the light. ”

"Father, I want to go too", Qing Xuan was very unhappy when he heard that there was nothing to do with him.

Zhenyuan didn't take care of the young son, "Ah Luan, your task is very important, if you do it well, you can reach an army of 100,000, you will set off immediately." ”

"At the end of this year, the heavy snow is about to close the mountain, Hu Qi can not come out, I still have a few months to prepare, next year when the ice and snow melt, I am afraid it will be the day of Hu Qi's pressure.

"The two brothers, Brahma Maha and Brahma Maji, each led 10,000 men, and camped on the eastern high ground thirty miles north of the city. ”

"Order," said Brahma Maha, whose left hand was still wrapped in a bandage, and his right hand was against his chest.

"The two nephews of Xiaoxian and Xiaozheng, each leading 10,000 people, camped on the high ground on the west side of the city twenty miles north of the city, and formed a corner with the Fanjia brothers, watching and helping each other. ”

"The fathers and elders of the clan, the iron-clad soldiers, Hu Qi is here, there will be something to ask for, this battle is related to the life of the world, the orthodoxy of the dynasty, I have been waiting for a long time to admire the grace of the saint, and I will repay it with death", Zhenyuan saluted the generals.

"Repay the country's kindness, fight to the death", the generals have been bleeding all the year round, and when they heard that Hu Cai was coming, they did not panic, they each saluted and retreated, and they all went to prepare for the troops.

"Your Highness, the priority of the moment, the troubles of foreign races are not enough to fear, 100,000 iron-clad troops will fight to the death, the Hu people are profitable, and if they can't fight for a long time, they will retreat. His Royal Highness should return to Kyoto as soon as possible, face the saint, make arrangements as soon as possible, and use the authority of the saint to force the northern army not to go out of the pass, and the minister is not afraid. His Royal Highness is stationed in Beijing, inheriting the throne, and in the name of orthodoxy, the southern army is transferred to the north, the northern army is moved to the south, and the north and south are replaced.

"Okay, I'll go back to Beijing with Guard Liu immediately. ”

"Just in case, please bring three hundred iron-clad Chinese army guards to accompany you", Zhenyuan waved his hand, "The last general Tie Yun, swear to protect His Royal Highness back to Beijing", there is already a pro-army general Tie Yun stepped forward, Tie Yun is the son of Tie Ge, and is the commander of Zhenyuan's pro-army.

After everyone retreated, Zhenyuan saluted the mad Taoist, "Immortal Chief, I have something to ask for, and I ask you to agree." ”

The madman was silent.

"Immortal Chang, I have two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is temporarily the leader of the Iron Army, the eldest daughter has promised to be married to the young master of Beiliang Pan Lang, only the youngest son Qingxuan, twelve years old, is still a young boy, I implore the fairy to take him south, and I will make you a boy who serves tea and water in Cuiwei Mountain. ”

The mad Daoist shook his head and said, "The poor Dao is still too busy to take care of himself, I'm afraid he won't be able to respond." ”

"Father, I'm not going, I'm going to stay at home," Qing Xuan heard that he wanted to go with the madman, and a hundred people were unwilling, and his eyes were full of tears.

Zhenyuan knelt on his knees and kowtowed several times, "No, kneel down and kowtow, Immortal Chief, it's not that I prefer the younger son, but the eldest son is the commander of the Chinese army, and the eldest daughter is married to others, and she can't get out of it for the time being. ”

The mad Taoist knew that Zhenyuan had prepared for the worst, this was to leave a little hope for the Ele family, and seeing Zhenyuan so loyal to the country, he couldn't help but sigh, "That's it, the poor Dao agreed, just follow me to eat and sleep, but it's not as comfortable as being a prince of the Hou family." ”

"The dog has been in the army since he was a child, and he is tired and tired, but he is a young man, he doesn't know the height of the sky, Zhenyuan only asks him to be safe, there is nothing else to think, my clan has a lot of savings in the pass, even if he has some accidents in the future, he deserves to be a rich idler. ”

"Alas," the madman sighed.

"Xie Xian is long-grown," Zhenyuan kowtowed again, Qingxuan had already burst into tears, and had to kowtow with his father.

"Ah Xuan, this is the sword given by the first emperor, and now it is given to you by my father, I hope you will keep in mind the iron bones of the people of the Hule people, the blood shed for the country in the northern lonely city, and the glory of the whole clan of Hulu, loyal and patriotic, respectful of teachers, and worthy of being called a good man of the Hulu family. ”

"Father," Li Qingxuan burst into tears.

"For my father, I only hope that you will follow the immortal chief to learn martial arts, travel the world, fight and mature in the rivers and lakes, and become a man who stands up to the sky, if he is lonely and unharmed, you can also return home, and your father and brother will drink with you when the time comes," Zhenyuan handed over the golden dart token of the Tang Gate to Qing Xuan, and repeatedly instructed the clan where the several industries in the customs are, who are they, and how to contact Yunyun.

Li Qingxuan nodded and kowtowed a few times to his father.

After sending away the madman and the young son, Zhenyuan sat alone at the table, "Rouran, Tatar, and Turkic are feuding with each other, attacking endlessly every year, and even having the iron-clad army for more than ten years favoring one over the other, winning over and attacking, and intensifying the contradictions between the three tribes, what kind of interests are the benefits, and what means can make the three tribes join forces and commit crimes together? It's not that I'm cowardly, but now this situation is weird, I'm afraid it's not as simple as the letter says." ”