Inside the Castle Lord's Mansion.

The heterogeneous phase of the tenth generation of cultivation rose and fell, and after the overlord of Western Chu appeared with a sword box on his back, someone in the sky slapped the thunder with his hand, and there was a sudden sound in an instant.

In the city lord's mansion, which originally tightened the curtains, the candle flame suddenly ignited spontaneously without wind, illuminating the mansion as bright as day, ten people surrounded shoulder to shoulder, suspended together, with the overlord of West Chu as the center, the heavy curtains were rolled, and the lotus opened the second.

After a deafening thunderclap -

Suddenly I woke up from a dream.

Those ten people were like dreamy glass in the blue sky and white sun, invisible and inaudible.

The City Lord's Mansion was empty, and there was nothing left.

In addition to the broken porcelain all over the floor, cracked lamps.

The previous drop of blood taken from the arm of His Royal Highness had all risen and turned into smoke, and there was no trace of it.

Xiao Buyi and Qi Shu's faces were indescribably shocked.

......

......

Xiguan, thousands of miles away.

It is different from Tunku Su Dao.

The scale of the beast tide here is not large, there are still only three thousand.

After Ren Pingsheng broke through the realm, the white ape that caused great trouble to the western barrier was no longer an existence that gave Yuan Zhongzhong a headache.

Even if Ren Pingsheng did not break through the realm, the headache would not be Yuan Zhongzhong.

It was Jiang Qingyi, who had just become the real governor of the Western Barrier.

Jiang Qingyi was dressed in a simple and somewhat dull green armor, standing in front of the wall drum of the high platform of the west wall, pressing his hands on the head of the high platform, full of spirit.

He has an old sword with the same temperament on his waist, which is the "young phoenix" enshrined by the swordsmith in the Luoyang Palace, and the name is a little feminine, because this sword has been cast sixteen years ago, and it was originally given to the owner of the Fengxian Palace, so it has been hidden in the sword niche of the Fengxian Palace over the years, which looks a little old and ancient.

Now it was given to Jiang Qingyi by Li Yu, and then he came to Xiguan.

Luoyang's reinforcements have arrived, and sixteen Jiupin realm masters from the Luoyang Palace have helped Xiguan.

Coupled with the number of 40,000, almost half of the number of the sixteen-character battalion in Xiguan is in charge, and Xiguan is like an iron plate under such a strong defense.

Jiang Qingyi took a deep breath and looked at the tall and thin swordsman beside him.

Ren Pingsheng broke through the nine grades and advanced to the realm of the grandmaster with the posture of the Great Perfection of the Sword Dao.

A sword cut off the head of the besieging white ape, and immediately turned the tide of battle.

If it weren't for this, under the repeated harassment and warfare of the beast tide in the Western Regions, Xiguan would definitely spend a lot of effort if he wanted to drag the support of a large number of sixteen-character battalions and Luoyang masters.

"Newspaper—"

"The beast tide of the Western Regions has arrived at the Beacon Red Earth, and the Beacon has fallen into a death battle!"

"The number of beast tides in the Western Regions is more than 150,000! Attack the city south!"

"Qi Liang's second god general Wang Luo is seriously injured!"

"The three Dao realms, including Xining Dao, have begun to transfer troops, the number is unknown, more than 100,000, ready to fight to the death with the demon clan!"

One after another news of the Beigusu Dao Fengsui came from the rear of the Ethereal Slope military camp, first into the ears of Yuan Zhongzhong, and then into the hands of Jiang Qingyi, the western barrier as the front line, it is necessary to know the enemy's movements at the first time.

Jiang Qingyi narrowed his eyes.

The beast tide that had been harassing for a long time, each time it lost less than half of its weight, and then it all retreated.

In recent days, it has not appeared at all.

In the days when the beast tide disappeared, the news that the demon clan was pouring south spread to the Xiguan military camp.

Jiang Qingyi was thoughtful.

No wonder......

The Western Regions have mobilized all their forces to attack Fengsui.

Since he chose to break the city, the western barrier was naturally placed in the position of being watched on the wall, and even the three thousand beast tides in the Western Regions tried to find some opportunities in the threat to Xiguan, but they didn't bother to try.

It's just that these demon clans underestimate their own courage too much.

Jiang Qingyi has been famous for a long time.

In the past year, the bones of demon beasts sent by the Western Regions to the mouth of the Western Barrier have been sent to their swords, not to mention 10,000, but also 8,000.

Jiang Qingyi stepped on the demon clan in the snowy region step by step to get to the current position, how could he leave the demon clan with a completely safe back road?

The enemy advances and I retreat.

The enemy retreats, and I advance.

Your demon clan won't beat me.

That...... Then it's time for me to hit you.

"Pass my orders. ”

The Qingjia Confucian general, who was holding his hands on the head of Xiguan City, said in a slow voice: "Send three battalions out of the customs and follow me to the Western Regions." ”

Behind him, there were many more figures.

Xiguan is a monolith.

Or rather, the previous Xiguan.

The current Xiguan is no more.

In order to guard against the large-scale beast tide in the Western Regions and take precautions, even Yuan Zhongzhong had to accept the forces mobilized by the Northern Wei Dynasty.

So...... Xiguan's blood is no longer pure.

When a person's blood cannot be kept pure, it is inevitable that there will be mixed thoughts.

This group of officials from Luoyang, most of them are supported by Jiang Qingyi, and under the general trend of "Southern Qi and Northern Light Clothes", countless children of the Han families in the Northern and Southern Dynasties have taken Qi Shu Jiang Qingyi as a monument.

Yuan Zhongzhong didn't want to see this scene.

He hopes that Xiguan will be a pure Xiguan, and will not be mixed with the same set of officialdom in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

However, Yuan Sizhi didn't say much.

As long as Jiang Qingyi maintains his own purity, then it doesn't matter if the people used under him are mixed, and the art of controlling people is not simpler than practice.

Although Jiang Qingyi's sword path is still immature, the skill of controlling people is no longer immature.

After he finished saying "go to the Western Regions", his tone paused slightly.

This Confucian general has a calm demeanor, the tips of his eyebrows are soft, the bottom of his tongue is full of spring thunder, and his speech speed is extremely slow: "Who is in favor of? Who is against?"

There was silence.

Two of them had ugly faces.

One person was like a sticky antworm, standing restlessly, at this moment his hands were wrapped in his sleeves, he bowed respectfully, and said in a difficult voice: "I think it is ...... Inappropriate. ”

Jiang Qingyi let out a frustrated sigh, this time with a little doubt.

He knew the man.

It was a former member of the Ministry of Engineering of Luoyang Sixth Division, who got a great opportunity some time ago and was promoted to the governor of Thunder City.

This time, Xiguan dispatched, and the thirty-six cities of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the ten neighboring cities dispatched governor-level supervisors.

Thunder City is located at the junction of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Plains, adjacent to Xiguan, which is not too far apart.

The female city lord of Thunder City seemed to be reluctant to go far away, so she sent this soft-spoken "Wailang of the Ministry of Works" to participate in the battle of the Xiguan fortification.

Guo Youzhi narrowed his eyes, word by word, and repeated seriously: "I think it is ...... Inappropriate. ”

He took a deep breath.

In fact, even if he became the governor of Thunder City, his words didn't add much weight.

The city lord of Thunder City, in the eyes of outsiders, is really not a city lord of great talent, drinking and having fun all day long, burning the piano and cooking cranes, and wasting his time.

It's just that Guo Youzhi knows that after Liu Rushi closed the door of the City Lord's Mansion, he completely changed his appearance.

That city lord's cultivation method seems to be more mysterious than most of the members of the Senluo Dao Hall in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guo Youzhi has seen a few shots from Liu Confucius, I am afraid that he is only one step away, and he will reach the nine-rank level of Yuan Li's out-of-body body.

It must be known that this woman was a world-famous Oiran in Luoyang, and she did not have half of her cultivation.

It's only been a few years, and it's already the difference between the clouds.

Guo Youzhi didn't know what had happened to this woman.

But the lord of the city is like this, and there is no reason why he should not hide it.

Liu Rushi treated him very well, and when he got the creation of Thunder City, he was the first to hand it over to Guo Youzhi to deal with, if Guo Youzhi could see it, he could take it, and if he couldn't see it, he would give the opportunity to others.

The false name of the governor of Thunder City is not big, but it is much stronger than that of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Works.

It's just a springboard.

Guo You knows it and is grateful.

He took a deep breath.

When he came to Xiguan on this trip, he always had an ominous premonition.

"Lord Jiang. ”

Guo Youzhi first said the first sentence softly, and then after that, he thought about it for a long time.

"Xiguan can't afford to lose. ”

He knew what kind of person Jiang Qingyi was.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a genius.

Under a series of brilliant achievements in defeating the demon clan in the Western Regions, the entire Xiguan was obedient to this young Qingjia Confucian general.

In front of him, there was the old department of the white-robed prince of Xiguan, who was desperate.

Later, there were those two people from the Luoyang Palace who secretly supported them.

Such a pile of resources is superimposed, and he is a genius in his own right, what reason is there not to shine?

With a "phoenix chick" on the waist and demon bones on the soles of his feet, what reason is there at this moment not to pursue the beast tide that is retreating in front of him?

Guo Youzhi gritted his teeth and said: "I think that the poor are not chasing." ”

"The withdrawal of troops from the Western Regions seems to be directly attacking Qi Liang, if there is a backhand, Xiguan is ambushed, how should we deal with ourselves? ”

Jiang Qingyi snorted.

"The three battalions are divided into three roads, upper, middle and lower, and the master of the field will be, you, you, you, follow me out of the customs. Jiang Qingyi's tone was as always, not domineering, but it was impossible to refuse, and he pointed to the three main generals in the field, including Guo Youzhi.

"Do you have any comments?"

Jiang Qingyi first asked the three people, and the three generals who were boiling with fighting spirit had been waiting for a long time, and they took the order, each leading a battalion, going down to the city tower, and preparing to go out of the customs to gather the army.

In the end, Jiang Qingyi left the two people who looked ugly at the time.

It was Guo Yuzhi who spoke out against it directly, and the person who remained silent was called Dong Yun.

Ren Pingsheng held the sword in his arms from beginning to end and did not say a word.

Dong Yun and Guo Youzhi's faces were ugly.

Jiang Qingyi glanced back at the vast snow line outside Xiguan, and said calmly: "This battle must be fought. ”

"Not in his position, not in his politics. Qingjia Ru lowered his eyebrows and said slowly to the two people behind him: "You are not in my position, I don't know how much pressure this position will face." Xiao Chongding of Fengsui can defend the city, but I can't. ”

"Xiguan is waiting for my next big victory. ”

"Luoyang is waiting for the news of my triumph in killing the enemy. ”

Jiang Qingyi rubbed his numb face and said, "The Northern Wei Dynasty urgently needs a figure who can carry the crown to stand up and take over the position of the white-robed vassal king, so I have it." ”

"South Qishu, North Light Clothes. ”

He smiled a little self-deprecatingly and said, "I only think this sentence is a joke." ”

Lanling City can hide Qi Shuxue for so many years.

But not in Luoyang.

Why?

Qi Liang was raising the sword, storing the sword in the sheath, and then unsheathing it at the last moment.

Therefore, Qi Shu can recuperate, rest, and have one way to retreat.

The chess pieces in front of Qi Shu are the entire Qi Liang Nineteen Dao, and they are the biggest victors since the Spring and Autumn Period.

And Jiang Qingyi has only one way.

He was a river crosser in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

You can only move forward, not backward.