CHAPTER XXXI

"Shizi, these witch soldiers don't seem to have the slightest morale. I have 10,000 horses, but give me 5,000 horses, and I can defeat them all in half an hour!" said Richie, pointing to the witch soldiers.

Fan Yi smiled slightly, naturally believing it. Now, though, he's already seen it. It's not that the Xiling soldiers are not good at fighting, but they are arrogant and lascivious, and the speed of corruption and degeneration is too fast.

Speaking of which, these Xiling soldiers were originally good at fighting and powerful.

But when he arrived in a place like Han County, it is not surprising that the Emperor Taishang, who has been in office for almost ten years, has become such a wretch.

It's like, in the beginning, the Mongols crisscrossed Europe and Asia, how powerful? But it was only a few decades later, less than a hundred years ago, that they were beaten by Han soldiers armed with wooden knives and bamboo guns.

Even in Kangxi's time, there was not much combat power left in the Eight Banners. The green battalion of the Han people became the main force of the war. In the last years, even the grain bags could not be moved.

The other nomads who invaded the Central Plains by various dynasties have been corrupted and degenerated in just a few decades.

It is not surprising that these witches, in this Han County, have become like this in more than ten years.

I don't know, what happened to the witches in the two states of Lingqin? If they all become like this, Fan Yi even has a plan to directly kill Hanzhong and recover Lingqin!

"Don't be careless, among these people, there are some fierce people......" Fang Ping said: "Beware of these people taking risks!"

More than ten years, after all, is too short to wear down the will and courage of most people. But. After all, there will still be some people who are still unruly.

These people are in the collective. Maybe you can't make too strong a voice. But if some people. If you are unwilling, you can make that dangerous blow and assassinate Fan Yi, this kind of thing still has a good chance.

Fan Yi listened and chuckled. Don't say that the son of a daughter can't sit down, and how tightly guarded he is.

Even if there is really an assassin killed in front of him, are you powerless in this world?

It's just that. It's good to keep this pride in your heart. After all, Fang Ping was a good word of advice, so he smiled with his chin: "Thank you Fang Jun for reminding ......"

In the winter of the eleventh year of Changping, the general Fan Yi, the son of the general, sent troops from Yangping Pass to capture Han County. It's only been five days!

The powerful families of Han County went to meet one after another. Fan Yi comforted them one by one and gave them a heavy reward. Recruit outstanding talents from these noble families at all levels to enter the shogunate as officials.

These heroes also know each other, and they don't wait for Fan Yi to hint. He took the initiative to hand over the army in his hand. There are 30,000 of them.

In addition to the vassals of the Xiling people who were rebelled, these powerful own slaves have all raised an army of more than 10,000 people.

Even. It's not the rabble that Fan Yi began to imagine. Instead, it was built with a banner and a golden drum, and the training was decent.

This made Fan Yi sigh greatly, this Lingqin land is indeed where the border county is located. The place where the generals have gone out through the ages. You must know that when the Xiling people invaded, many scholars from Lingqin and Qin were well-dressed. They all fled into Hanjun.

Otherwise, just one Han County. Where is there so much talent?

Now, Fan Yi has accepted Hanjun. It is equivalent to accepting a large number of well-dressed elites from Lingqin and Qinzhou.

In Chengzhou, we also have to find ways to limit the power of those powerful clans. However, Han County, the location is important, and the credit for the achievement is even greater, and even the future war zone is located. This can't be too harsh on these Han county heroes.

I don't want to leave a too mean impression on the elites of the two states of Lingqin.

You must know that in Middle-earth, most of the knowledge and most of the talents are in the families of the nobles.

For example, the unlucky Li Zhi, who occupied Chengzhou before, slaughtered the Haoqiangshi clan, and as a result, the power under the director could not be established. Almost all levels of government are paralyzed......

Fan Yi, how can he not repeat this mistake. However, the strength of these powerful clans naturally still has to be limited.

It's just that that's all for later!

Now Fan Yi feasts on these newly recruited talents, and his heart is happy.

Seeing the talents in the seat, all of them are natal luck, and the lowest is red, at least they can be ordered by the county. The golden ones are able to hold prominent positions in the county.

Even if the most conspicuous one is Fang Ping, there is also one named Zhang Yuan. Luck has the color of gold and blue, which is at least in the phase.

At this moment, Fan Yi was happy and full of ambition. There is even a feeling that Tang Taizong has taken the imperial examination, and all the heroes in the world are in my place.

And just when Fan Yi was full of ambition, the hard-pressed Fang Xiang led an army of 30,000 through the reckless mountains.

He was reincarnated in the home of the Golden Wolf King, and also awakened his memories a few years ago.

Over the years, he has made many meritorious deeds, and in the war with the Sassanids, he has made a great name.

However, until now, he was still just one of the many sons of the Golden Wolf King. Even if it's just the best of the best!

Who makes the Golden Wolf King's current body is still so strong, he can eat half a sheep in one meal, and in one night, he can be lucky with ten beauties.

This made Fang Xiang not see the slightest hope of getting ahead!

Fortunately, he and the White Emperor of the West have made an agreement, and the White Emperor of the West will hope that he will become the lord of Middle-earth.

However, he is only the Lord of Middle-earth......

In the years of the Golden Wolf Palace, Fang Xiang's knowledge has already been too extensive. Middle-earth is just a couple in the world. There are few places that can be compared to Middle-earth, but they are not nothing.

Anyway, he's back in Middle-earth now, but maybe it's in the Black Wolf King's tent, and it's too much. was jealous of the Black Wolf King, so he was given such a task.

When Fang Xiang accepted it, he was still full of confidence. One bite rejected the Black Wolf King's offer of 50,000 troops.

In Fang Xiang's mind, Fan Yi was able to rely on an army of 30,000 to cross the natural danger and conquer Chengzhou.

And he only fought a mere Han county, and it was enough to have an army of 10,000.

So although now speaking of which. He had an army of 30,000 under his command. But in reality, only 10,000 were soldiers. And the remaining 20,000 are just auxiliaries to transport their baggage.

The moment of departure. Fang Xiang is so ambitious. He even fantasized that he would make meritorious deeds, build up his prestige step by step, and it would be best to inherit the throne of the Black Wolf King, and finally sweep the entire Middle-earth......

However, when he sent out his troops, he walked in this ramp for more than ten days. Whether it was himself or the arrogant Xiling army under him, they had already begun to complain.

Accustomed to galloping on a war horse, coming and going like the wind. Chase the wind and electricity in the endless desert. Now, however, it is in the midst of the high mountains, twists and turns, and deep and steep paths.

It was like walking in a narrow and deep cave.

Everywhere there are deep river valleys and cliffs. In many places, there is no way out. It can only be repaired and glued, that is, on the cliff face, driving wooden stakes. Lay out the planks and walk......

An accident, even a man and a horse fall off the cliff, it happens several times a day.

What's worse is that. This ramp is almost 500 miles long. And under this danger, Fang Xiang led the army. A day's march is only more than 20 miles.

The road was only one or two hundred miles, but it was not a combat attrition. but it has reached five or six hundred. Most of them fell to their deaths......

This makes those warriors of the West Spirit even more. Complaining bitterly. Perhaps, they are not afraid to fight the enemy on the battlefield. However, such a useless one, just falling to death under the cliff, made every Xiling soldier full of fear.

Especially think about it, they have to march on this road for more than 20 days. Everyone has a sense of collapse.

"What are you afraid of? Fan Yi was able to lead an army of 30,000 and attack Chengzhou from Wuxia against the current. He walked for half a year on that 700-mile road. I'll only be here for a month or two at most...... It doesn't make sense, he can do it, I can't!"

Looking at the bottom of the cliff, the valley of the Bao River is full of strange rocks, and the surging water flowing in it.

Fang Xiang told himself like this, this may be the biggest motivation for him to persevere!

"It's a pity that there is no sailor in this Black Wolf Royal Court...... Otherwise, wouldn't it be much more convenient to transport troops by ship......"

Although it is a little whimsical, it is not so easy to march in this Bao River. However, wouldn't it be better than walking on the plank road above this cliff?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a whining sound from the mountains in the distance, and the mountains responded. Then the wolf howl continued to sound, and it was incessant.

Fang Xiang's face turned pale: "It's hateful, when I was a god back then, I had already killed this beast!"

This Bao River has a great relationship with a famous beauty in ancient times. Legend has it that the beauty who captivated the country and the city grew up on the bank of the Bao River.

Back then, the ancient ghost king, in order to win this beauty. personally took the six divisions of the Son of Heaven to climb over the mountains, enter the country of Bao, and seize Baoxi.

And along the way, the biggest trouble did not come from the resistance of Bao Guo. Rather, it comes from the wild wolves in the mountains of this area......

At that time, there was absolutely no human population between the mountains of Qinzhou and Han County. Only the huge wolves, even the bravest hunters, only lived in the villages on the edge of the Qinling Mountains.

There were so many wolves that they were overflowing, and they even ate almost all the animals in the Qinling Mountains. Even the wolves in the mountains are very hungry, and often come down the mountain to rob cattle, sheep and even humans.

Even the army of the Spirit Ghost King, so murderous, could not stop the covetousness of these wolves. even asked the ancient ghost king with the bloodline of the gods to personally kill the wolf king who also had the bloodline of the gods, so that he was able to lead the army over the mountains.

Since then, the wild wolves in the Qinling Mountains have declined. It's not as rampant as it once was.

However, the wolves in the Qinling Mountains are still extremely powerful, which makes people talk about it.

Half of Fang Xiang's manpower was lost by falling off a cliff and dying, while the other half of his manpower was killed by the wolf's mouth......

"Damn glutton......" Fang Xiang scolded in his heart, if he had known that the guy's wolves would bring him such a huge amount of trouble. In the past, when he was a god Fang Xiang, he should have killed him a long time ago!

Gluttony, one of the four murderers of antiquity. The others are 梼杌, Qiqi, Chaos......

Han Qi was in the Southern Wilderness Holy Mountain, but Qi Qi was in the vast area between the Holy Mountain and Chengzhou.

Chaos is in the sea beyond the Southern Wilderness, and gluttony. But he didn't expect that he would be in the reckless mountains between Han County and Qinzhou......

"Is this the mouth of the valley?" asked Fan Yi.

"Yes!" Zhang Yuan said, pointing to the tunnel carved out of the cliff in the distance, "That's the so-called stone gate!"

The entrance and exit on the south side of the Baochu Road is called Baogukou. The exit to the north is called the mouth of the valley. And after the ghost king laid down the Bao country, he widened this praise slope. Even between the mountain cliffs, a stone cave dozens of meters deep is dug out of force, which is the valley mouth of Baogu.

"As long as you guard this stone gate," Fan Yi smiled lightly: "I'm afraid that even if there are 100,000 troops, they can't kill it......"

The stone gate is only a foot wide, as long as there are hundreds of defenders, guarding with bows and crossbows, aiming at the entrance of the cave. I believe that no matter how many troops there are, they will never want to kill from this place.

Of course, through the Qinling Mountains. The passage connecting Qinzhou and Han County is naturally not just such a one.

However, relatively speaking, this ramp is still easy to walk. The other roads are even more difficult. And Taniguchi is also precipitous, as long as you send a heavy garrison, the enemy wants to kill in, it is really like a dream!

However, the strategy now was to kill and injure the Xiling army as much as possible and weaken their power. You can't block it at the mouth of the valley. It is necessary to release the Xiling army, and then block the way back, and annihilate them all.

"Count these witches lucky," Fan Yi smiled faintly: "Otherwise." They didn't even have a chance to break out of the valley. Richie, it's up to you to fight this battle!"

"Yes!" Li Qi bowed down and received the order: "The last general, you will definitely live up to the hope of the world!"

"Zhang Yuan. You're in charge of assisting Richie. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Yuan showed a hint of joy. With his younger siblings, he fled to Han County. I don't know how much I suffered along the way.

After arriving in Han County, Fan Yi had already led a large army. Recovered the entire Han county. And as soon as he asked to see this prince, Admiral Tiance, he was valued by Fan Yi!

In Zhang Yuan's view, the son of this great general really lived up to the high expectations of their father and son. is really heroic, magnanimous, and really has the bearing of a human master.

Perhaps, there is really a chance, with the army of Middle-earth, one day, to kill back to Lingqin and drive out all the Western Spirit Witches.

And now, it's even more proven. This is Fan Yi, the son of the world, giving him this opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Fang Ping has already assisted the prince to defeat Han County, which has not only proved his strength, but also made enough meritorious achievements.

And he Zhang Yuan has not made an inch, this time it is clear that Fan Yi specially gave him a chance to make meritorious contributions. He must grasp it well, so that he can occupy a place in the Tiance Mansion full of talents in the future.

Only in the future will we be able to expand the family!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be grateful to Fan Yi. If it weren't for such a generous lord, how could he win the hearts of all the people in the world?

Fan Yi smiled slightly, and just pushed the boat down the river. Anyway, he couldn't have personally sat in this Baogukou. Naturally, he wants to return to Tianhan City to sit down. In this way, it is easy to respond to the Quartet.

Although it is unlikely that the Xiling army will be killed from other paths, it does not mean that there are none. The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, first for their own invincible, and then for the enemy to be victorious.

Fan Yi personally sat in Tianhan, which was the army of Xiling, and unexpectedly killed from other roads, and even broke through the interception. At this time, you can also deal with it calmly.

It's not like Jiang Wei's gang also had the idea of luring the enemy to go deeper, but he put the main force far away to Gansu. So that the army is empty, but it is taken advantage of by people's tricks!

Yingchang, thousands of miles away, is bloody tonight. At the very least, it's a miserable storm!

Bands of cavalry broke into the city, torches swaying in the drizzle, and horses' hooves alarmed the entire people of Dongyu.

It's just that every house closes the door for shelter, and there are still people in some neighborhoods who secretly send people to look at the walls of the fangs.

The bloody killing purge lasted for a day, and no one thought that Fan Zhen, who wanted to appear as a mild face. This time, he raised the butcher knife mercilessly.

Since Fan Zhen came to power, he has saved the turmoil. Take the imperial court over the river. Continuation of the rule of the Dongyu court.

The development of the southern wilderness solved the southern frontier wilderness that had plagued the imperial courts for thousands of years, and expanded the land for thousands of miles.

It was also a northern expedition to the Central Plains, although it was unsuccessful, but it also dealt a big blow to the arrogance of Qingyang Dao. Shengsheng robbed millions of people, and Jiangzuo relied on it to become rich and strong.

His son Fan Yi sent troops to capture Chengzhou, and then went down to Han County. Almost half of the world!

If it is said. This is martial arts. Then the cultural aspect is not inferior.

At that time, the three states of Jiangzuo were not valued by the imperial court. Regarded as a savage place, a place of exile.

However, since Fan Zhen was the governor of Yunzhou. Later, he was the governor of the three states, and now the general of the imperial court. However, in less than 20 years, it has made these three barbaric states, with a population of less than 10 million, and the combined taxes are less than that of Jiangbei, and now there is even a trend of surpassing Jiangbei!

Since coming to power, the population has increased. In the past 20 years, if you add the newly recovered Chengzhou and Han counties. Then the population of the Dongyu Imperial Court has almost reached 20 million. There are four million households. That's about 5 million dollars a year in taxes. Almost two-thirds of what it was when Dayu was in its heyday!

Such a great achievement, it stands to reason. It is not an unreasonable thing for the court to confer a knighthood.

But, then again, since ancient times, high merit has not been rewarded. If it is a different time, the Dayu court is in its heyday. If there are really courtiers who have made such great achievements, then the emperor can only be given death!

But now the situation is different, the lord is weak and the minister is strong. As a general, Fan Zhen invited himself to be the king - although this is said to be the county guard of Chu County. General Anbei Yu book on the table.

But in the eyes of the government and the opposition, with the relationship between these two people, it can be said that Fan Zhen is naked to ask the court for a prince!

And at any time, this is the case. Conferring the title of prince and giving nine tins, that is a signal that you want to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne.

Although said. Emperor Changping had just died. The new emperor was two years old and succeeded to the throne. It's less than a year away. Now, it is the eleventh year of Changping......

It has not yet reached the new year. Only after the beginning of the year is the new year. At that time, the yuan will be changed to determine the era name for the new emperor.

Although the emperor is only a child, twenty years is not too long. The old ministers who are loyal to the Dayu court, although there are not many, but there are still some.

What's more, the political forces that opposed Fan Zhen were still rallying around the new emperor.

This is a big force, and I originally thought that Fan Zhen was just a temptation.

After all, when Yu Shu was on the table, Fan Zhen was still training in Stone City, and he did not sit in Yingchang.

In the eyes of those who oppose it, this is Fan Zhen's weak heart, and there is no absolute certainty that he can get through. So take advantage of your absence, and make a temptation.

Therefore, after Yu Shu was listed, although there were many people who followed the trend on the table. But opposition forces from all walks of life also jumped out......

And the general Fan Zhen never made any movement, which boosted the arrogance of these people.

Until today, when Fan Jing returned to Yingchang with a thousand cavalry, everything changed.

The gates of the city were closed, and the whole city was opened. Anyone who jumps out to oppose these days is among those who are killed.

Whether it is a high-ranking official in Jiuqing or a prominent official in the Taiwan Pavilion, they are indiscriminate and killed......

Such a thunderbolt method frightened almost everyone. Those who did not jump out to oppose it naturally rejoiced one by one.

But if you stand in the wrong team, at this time, you can't stop worrying at home. Afraid that the sound of horses' hooves sounded, Qiu Ba, who was like a wolf and a tiger, broke in and raised his butcher knife......

"Commander, the thirty-five families on the list, a total of 2,120 people, all of them will be killed!"

"Okay!" Fan Jing was a little intoxicated in his heart, and even immersed in this atmosphere of being in power, life and death.

Those former high princes and giants are now just poor worms crying and begging for mercy in front of them, or nothing more than bloody corpses.

It's a good feeling to hold a long knife in your hand and dominate the world!

But Fan Jing soon realized that this was not the power he had, but only the general Fan Zhen who temporarily handed it to him!

A kind of fiery fire burned in the heart, and the ambition that had never risen before, at this time, was on fire in the heart.

Maybe the Wuxia Dragon King that day, the future son of heaven, was himself!

This bold idea came out of his life, and Fan Jing was frightened. Then it is like a seed planted in the heart, but it cannot be stopped from taking root and germinating.

Everyone is surnamed Fan, why can't I ......

It's just that Fan Jing didn't find out at all. With the killing of his own pleasure, when he is full of ambition. A trace of red-black evil qi and resentment was constantly entwined, consuming the trace of lilac dragon qi.

With that, all the thirty-five families were killed. This lilac dragon qi let out an unwilling wail and completely collapsed.

At this moment, Fan Jing felt like a stick on his head, and his mind became blank. (To be continued......)