Shangguan was angry and old, and Gu Shenwei was surprised to find that the years were so ruthless in a person, more cruel than the most ruthless avenger.

It is estimated that Shangguan Nu is only about thirty years old, but his eye sockets have been deeply sunk into two shadows, and there are two or three clear lines engraved on his forehead, which makes him look older than Dubu Wang, and he often looks around vigilantly, and the whole person is in an inexplicable nervousness.

He had reason to be nervous.

The Central Plains is more complicated and cruel than Jinpeng Castle, when he decided to betray his father and kill the big head god, he never thought that he would be trapped in the officialdom on the periphery of the Central Plains, helpless, and living in fear every day.

Killing his father-in-law, the big-headed god, did win him a lot of benefits, and the Dubu King at that time did not want to openly break with the Central Plains, so he deliberately appeased him, and the officials stationed in the Western Regions of the Central Plains also vigorously wooed him, making all kinds of good promises, and when the Dubu King was ambitious to annex the entire Western Regions and declared the rebel son a traitor, the value of Shangguan Nu immediately plummeted.

The style of the people of the Central Plains is different from that of Jinpeng Castle, they will not immediately abandon the useless, let alone kill them at will, but slowly marginalize them.

At the beginning, Shangguan Nu withdrew with the army to the easternmost country of Loulan, which was only separated from the border of the Central Plains by a desert, and he was appointed as the staff of the Protector of the Western Regions, thinking that this was a prelude to being brought to the Central Plains, so he accepted it calmly, ignoring the ominous signals revealed in it.

The Du Protector left his post, but did not take him away, but said earnestly: "Wait a little longer, you won't get anything in the Central Plains at this time." ”

"I've done a lot of things for the Central Plains......" Shangguan Nu felt incredulous, he couldn't get anything in the Central Plains after paying such a big price.

"I know, but the Central Plains Imperial Court doesn't know, try to think about it from the perspective of the Central Plains, those ministers can't see thousands of miles away, they can only see the final result through official documents, you said that you have done a lot of things, but King Dubu still fell to the North Court. ”

The Du Protector comforted the surprised Shangguan Nu with understanding, "But you don't have to worry, the Central Plains is the co-ruler of the world, and you will never be ungrateful, after returning to the Central Plains, I will try to explain to my boss, and I will transfer you to the Central Plains if necessary." ”

When is it necessary? The Protector didn't explain, and Shangguan guessed that it was probably when he was successfully plotted by the Jinpeng Killer.

The Jinpeng Killer did not come, but every step of Jinpeng Army's progress added a heavy burden to his panic and remorse.

After a year's work, Shangguan Nu was ten years old.

He is still the staff of Wei Song, the current protector of the Western Regions, but it is rare to see this adult, and he can't think of anything else in his hand that can please his boss, and then he realizes that he has given everything too early, to the point of exhaustion.

After the previous Metropolitan Protector returned to the Central Plains, there was no news, and no matter how many letters Shangguan Nu sent to the people, they were like stones sinking into the sea, and he never received a single word of answer.

When he has a little use value again and is remembered by the Metropolitan Protector, he is to be sent to death.

Of course, the officials of the Central Plains would not say it so bluntly, and the task given to him was very simple, to bring a letter to Tongtianguan in the west of Biyu City, and hand it over to the generals there to protest against his harassment of a group of Central Plains envoys.

"Actually, your task is to observe the garrison there, and you are familiar with it, so it is most suitable. The officials who contacted him also pretended to give him a "mission", but it was tantamount to handing him over to Jinpeng Castle.

When Shangguan was angry and reached Tongtian Pass, he found that the object that the Protector really wanted to please was not Jinpeng Castle, but the Dragon King.

Tongtian Pass has just been built less than a year ago, and the meaning of the name is a bit flattering, it is not only one of the two major gateways to the east and west of Biyu City, but also the main way to the North Garden, the so-called "Road to Heaven".

Gu Shenwei is more familiar with this place, and less than a day's journey to the west is the former Gu Manor and the Great Snow Mountain Camp, where he was also sold into slavery.

Escorted by an army of 3,000 men, Gu Shenwei arrived at Tongtian Pass in early May, in early summer, nearly two months after he accepted Beiting's invitation to negotiate.

There are many things that delay time, and the safety of the dragon king must be guaranteed to the greatest extent, Zhong Heng and Dugu Xian have met with the envoys of the North Court more than a dozen times, and the level of the comers is getting higher and higher, and they finally finalize the details.

A prince of Beiting—Dugu Xian confirmed that his identity was correct—was sent to the Dragon Army camp of Shule to be taken hostage, and Jinpeng Fort also issued an armistice order in the name of King Dubu, publicly promising that he would never use a sword or sword during the Dragon King's mission, and even stop all assassination operations, benefiting not only the Dragon King, but also others.

In fact, the castle is tantamount to temporarily suspending the assassination business.

Gu Shenwei set out from Xiaoyaohai and came to Shule from the Northwest Passage, first inspecting the military camp of the right general Shang Liao, and then personally ordering three thousand-strong troops to escort him to Tongtian Pass.

Shang Liao had already established a strong base in the barren area of the southeastern part of the Shule Kingdom.

Little by little, the army was brought in from Xiaoyaohai, and the amount depended on the water supply on the road, as well as the local grain and grass reserves of Shule Kingdom, and the attitude of Beiting.

Shule has died in the country, the influence of the royal family is still there, and the prince of Shule has been in contact with the forces in various parts of the country, these people all support the prince's restoration of the country, and are willing to contribute money, food and horses, but they are unwilling to send people, and no one wants to openly be an enemy of the Beiting cavalry.

The crown prince had already set up several bases in the south, where the occupiers were weak, and secretly hoarded enough grain and grass to feed tens of thousands of people for a year.

If you want the Dragon Army to enter the Shule Kingdom, the biggest obstacle is not the desert and the Gobi, but the North Garden.

Beiting had already regarded Shule as his own, and categorically refused to share it with outsiders, Duguxian personally went out, and after repeated negotiations, he won the right to garrison 8,000 people.

Beiting's idea was that 8,000 people were not enough to pose a threat to the Shule garrison, and once the incident happened, it would be fat meat sent to the door.

Shang Liao is the commander of Shule Fu**, and reminded the Dragon King: "If you want to defeat Shule's Beiting cavalry, you have to have 30,000 people, and it is difficult for only 8,000 people to protect themselves. ”

Gu Shenwei understood the danger of the lone army going deeper, and promised General Right that he would solve the problem in time when he returned from the North Garden, "Build a strong camp, in case the enemy attacks, I hope you can hold out for at least a month." ”

Shang Liao's army of 8,000 people included 6,000 soldiers of the Jinpeng Army who surrendered, most of whom were from the Shule Kingdom, and two trustworthy 1,000-man armies, with the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain and the soldiers of the Xiangji Country as the main body, including the 1,000-man army directly under the Dragon King.

This thousand-person army is still under the command of Wu Zongheng, the deputy commander of the army, after the change of defense in the capital of Kangguo, it drove directly to the Shule country, which is the most stable pillar of the Fu**, from Shang Liao down, so I believe that the dragon king did not send them to the enemy country to die.

Gu Shenwei stayed in the camp for a few days, met with all the generals above the tenth lieutenant, and also met the prince of Beiting who was acting as a hostage.

The prince is one of the dozens of sons of the old Khan, in his thirties, with a proud demeanor, who seems to regard this experience as a private visit to the micro-service, disdainful of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and often pointing.

It seems that he is by no means a dispensable son in the eyes of the old Khan, and his safety guarantee is a little more.

Gu Shenwei did not choose to be escorted by the direct army, but went to Tongtian Pass under the escort of three thousand Shule soldiers, and after a few days of getting along, these soldiers saw themselves completely as the dragon army, neither Shang Liao's free army, nor the prince's revenge.

It came to pass that less than thirty miles from Tongtian, and the soldiers could already see the towering towers, but a coalition of Beiting and Jinpeng Castle blocked the way, demanding that the army return the way it came, and only the dragon king and his retinue could continue to advance.

It's hard to say whose idea was to intercept this time, Beiting may want to test the reality of the Dragon King, and Jinpeng Castle remembers the fiasco of the sea slope, so they have to give the Dragon King a dismount.

The scene was quite a bit of a touch-and-go meaning, and Dugu Xian, who personally sent the Dragon King on a ride, argued with the other party, claiming that the previous agreement had allowed the Dragon King to lead 3,000 people to Tongtian Pass, and then he was escorted by the Beiting cavalry.

One of the sword masters of Jinpeng Castle, who was the leader of the coalition forces, gave a cold answer, "Look, that's Tongtian Pass, you have seen it, this is considered to be reached, and you can go back." ”

Dugu Xian's face turned pale with anger, waving his only remaining arm, asking to talk to the general of Beiting, and a group of Jinpeng killers dressed as soldiers blocked the front and did not allow him to pass.

Gu Shenwei rode over to stop the quarrel, he didn't know the knife master who was blocking the way, looking at the other party's standing posture, the appearance of holding the knife, and the position of several killers behind him, he should be an experienced old killer.

So, he took out his knife the moment he dismounted.

This knife is not particularly ingenious, nor is it launched from the side behind, but it is indeed unexpected, especially beyond the expectations of the sword owner, he thought that the two sides were in a state of truce, and the coalition army had many soldiers and horses, and no matter how arrogant the dragon king was, he would not use force in public, let alone draw his sword without saying a word.

The sword master's hand was still on the hilt, and he fell to the ground, his martial arts were not weak, but once he lost the opportunity without enough vigilance, he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

More than twenty killers drew their knives at the same time.

Dugu Xian was also frightened by the Dragon King's move, and couldn't say a word.

Only one of the people present immediately understood the Dragon King's intentions, and rushed to him, rushing in front of him and saying to the killers: "The Dubu King promised not to use a sword or sword against the Dragon King, which of you dares to disobey the order?"

Many people recognized this person as Shangguan Fei, the son of King Dubu, and the corpse on the ground was still there, and he had to explain this, Shangguan Fei continued: "But the Dragon King has never promised not to kill anyone, the Dragon King is a distinguished guest of the North Court, you dare to block the road and not allow you to move forward, and play games on the words of the agreement, that is to find your own death." ”

For a long time, the focus of the early negotiations was on how to ensure the safety of the Dragon King, and both Beiting and Jinpeng Castle neglected to let the Dragon King make a corresponding commitment.

Gu Shenwei remounted his horse and ordered the whole army to continue to advance.

The Beiting army retreated first, leaving more than 1,000 Jinpeng troops to let the dragon army pass by the roadside.

As soon as Gu Shenwei arrived at Tongtian Pass, an envoy from the North Court arrived, first apologizing for the previous roadblock, and then asking for a supplementary agreement, so that from then on, the Dragon King could not move his sword freely.

The 3,000 dragon army camped outside Tongtian Pass for the night, and returned the same way the next morning, with great excitement, and after returning to the southern camp, the scene of the dragon king's murder was spread.

Rumors are always faster than the fastest horses, and Gu Shenwei has not yet entered the boundary of the North Court, and the deeds of the dragon king killing more than a dozen or dozens of killers in a row have spread all over the grassland.

When Shangguan Nu heard the news, he knew that he had become a gift from Wei Song to the Dragon King.

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