The eastern sky is white, and the overnight dew is hanging on the woods and weeds on the roadside, and the air is humid and slightly cool. In this dark and quiet moment before dawn, the early birds chirped in the trees, a few elk chased each other in the wild grass nearby, and a few wild ducks flew around by the stream not far away.

Suddenly, there was a violent tremor on the ground, and the birds were scattering and the elk were desperately fleeing. In an instant, there was a rumbling sound of galloping horses, which was small at first, but in a very short period of time, it was amplified and approached, like ten thousand thunders roaring in unison, and the sound was shocking.

Boom...... The sound is getting closer.

The earth was illuminated, and a cavalry that could not see the end of the end galloped in, white flags covered the sky and the sun, and the silver gold armor shone brightly, dazzling, and surged at an astonishing speed, setting off a gust of wind on the ground, and the weeds and shrubs were uprooted, all of which were sprinkled into the air.

But I saw a person in the middle of this group, with silver and gold armor on his body and the same as the left and right, but he had a straight and upright temperament, and he looked extraordinary, surrounded by a group of silver and gold armor warriors, and the night jade lion under him, and he stood out like a flock in a group of jujube red horses. It turned out that this person was the current prince Sima Shu, who had just received the holy decree and was ordered to guard the pass.

"Your Royal Highness, this time we are really like a dragon diving into the abyss, a tiger entering the mountain, and the emperor has given us so many soldiers and horses, I am afraid that Jia Hou's party will no longer be able to stop us from anything!" Xu Chao, who was next to Sima Shu's left, said excitedly, and the speed of the jujube red horse under his feet was still not half a minute slower.

"Things will not be as easy as we imagined, although His Royal Highness is the general of the expedition to the west, and he supervises all the military horses in Guanzhong, but the troops directly under him are still only 20,000 elites in the East Palace, and the Anxi general Meng Guan and the Yangwei general Li Zhao have long been the henchmen of the Empress Jia, they have been in addition to Yang Jun for the Empress Jia, and the Empress Dowager Yang can make great contributions, but it is not a straw bag. In particular, the general of Na Anxi, Meng Guan, is the most relied on confidant of Na Jiahou. It's a pity that although this person is talented, he is very speculative, and finally found the master of Empress Jia, and he can be one of her dogs with peace of mind!" Liu Bian followed.

It's really easy to be rich, Lin Yi gave enough money, and in less than half a year, he selected and trained a well-trained elite army of more than 20,000 people from the guards of the East Palace, especially this silver-armored cavalry of more than 2,000 people, which was carefully selected, and invested a lot of money in equipment training, and each soldier spent thousands of dollars. However, the money is spent, and the harvest is also huge, everyone has the power of one against ten, and what is even more rare is that these people are very loyal and reliable. Therefore, this time out of the town of Guanxi, these more than 20,000 people all followed Lin Yi on the expedition, and the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled guarded the East Palace, and these 2,000 silver-armored cavalry followed the prince as a vanguard force.

After this night of rapid marching, the silver-armored cavalry behind him was still in order, slightly tired, but there was no trace of panic. Lin Yi was still very satisfied with this cavalry, although he basically spent all his savings for a year when Wang Dun ran the big city. There are not many such teams, only more than 10,000 people, why worry about Xirong's injustice, there is no need for those military horses of the imperial court at all, and he can step on Xirong with the silver armor army of his East Palace. It's a pity that not only does the East Palace have little savings left, but too much expansion of the army will inevitably exceed the bottom line of Jiahou's party. This expedition is related to the future of the Great Jin Dynasty, life and death, so Lin Yi didn't want to cover it up anymore, and secretly trained for more than half a year and all the Silver Armor Army was dispatched.

"What Lord Liu said is exactly what this king intended, then Li Zhao is just a person who fishes in troubled waters, but he doesn't have much ability, so he doesn't have to worry. It's just that Meng Guan is not easy to deal with, this person is nominally the deputy of this king, but in fact he is a senior supervisor placed by Empress Jia next to this king. Most of the 50,000 elite soldiers given by the imperial court were under its control, and the combined total of General Li Zhao and General Jianwei was only 20,000. Although Meng Guan was born poor, he was all-round in civil and military affairs, good at reading, and better able to understand astronomy and stars. But the way of heaven is far away, how can people understand it? If you can't use it for me, you will kill it quickly!" Lin Yi said.

These are all superficial phenomena, with Lin Yi's current cultivation, coupled with the fierce generals of the East Palace, even if Meng Guan and his ilk violate the yang and yin, and secretly make it difficult, it is not difficult for him to pacify this rebellion in the Kansai region with his own strength. What worries him is that Jia Hou's party knew what he meant, so why he didn't stop it, but instead urged him to leave the town and Guanzhong, and did not hesitate to pay the soldiers. They don't know what the plot is, and there must be a way to keep him in check. There are many things that Lin Yi is hiding in Luoyang City, and they are helpless, but once they get out of Luoyang City, they are afraid that they will not be able to help him.

The assassination in front of Tongtuo Street, Lin Yi still had a remnant of sin whenever he thought of it, and he broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't been secretly rescued, I'm afraid I wouldn't have died a few times. The sooner you reach Chang'an, the sooner you can rest assured, so Lin Yi is in such a hurry and sets off with the stars and the moon. As soon as he received the holy decree and said goodbye briefly, he led the two thousand silver-armored light cavalry to set off.

He was so uneasy and uneasy that he set out with light horsemen without waiting for the army to assemble, just to disrupt their plans and take them by surprise. But as soon as Lin Yi left Luoyang City, he felt that he was wrong, no matter how he accelerated the speed of the march, he felt that there was always a dangerous person in the rear who locked him.

After the last incident, they naturally understood the truth, and now that Lin Yi is the commander of the first army, there must be countless soldiers around him at any time, and only the legendary cultivators can threaten him, I don't know where this person came from, why he obeyed the orders of the world, and was willing to be driven by mortals.

I saw that the mountain road in front of me was getting narrower and steeper, and I couldn't help but slow down my horse's speed, and before I knew it, I actually entered a canyon, which was as deep as a letter, and the narrowest place in front of me only allowed two horses to pass in parallel.

"It's really the first male pass in the world, it's really a husband and a wife!" Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't know how much His Highness knows about the allusion to this Hanguguan?" Jiang Tong behind him suddenly asked. This Jiang Tong is really a competent staff, and it can also be said that he is a competent teacher, and he never forgets to admonish Lin Yi at any time.

"According to legend, Yin Xi of the Hangu Pass went out from home early in the morning, stood in Zhan Zilou and saw the purple air in the east, the glow of the ten thousand roads, the observation of the wonders of the sky, ecstatic, shouting 'Purple air comes from the east, there will be strangers through'. Hurriedly ordered the customs officials to sweep the streets, waiting for strangers, and sure enough, I saw an old man with silver hair flowing and a lofty spirit, and rode a green ox upside down to the gate. Yin Xi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and after announcing his name, he sincerely invited Lao Jun to stay here. Lao Jun happily obeyed his fate, and wrote the brilliant 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching" here. This is the allusion to the purple qi coming from the east. Lin Yi replied.

"I don't know what other allusions there are in this Hanguguan?" Ziqi Donglai is known to women and children, I really don't know what other allusions there are, Lin Yi asked very curiously.

"In addition to this purple qi coming from the east, there are also well-known allusions such as this rooster and dog thief, Gongsun White Horse, and the final army's abandonment!" Jiang Tong replied.

"This rooster cries and the dog thief, this king has also heard of it, and he is talking about a guest of Meng Weijun of Qi State, who learned to crow chickens and deceived the door. But I don't know what the meaning of this Gongsun White Horse and the final army abandon the shirt?" Lin Yi asked puzzled.

"This Gongsun Baima is talking about the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was a person named Gongsun Long among the guests of the Junmen of the Zhao Plain, who wanted to travel to the Qin State. At that time, horses in the area of Zhao were suffering from a virulent infectious disease. When Qin learned of this, he posted a notice at Hangu Pass at its eastern gate, not allowing Zhao's horses to enter the pass. On this day, Gongsun Long rode a white horse and came to Hangu Pass, and he was about to pass the customs after passing the Fu Festival. The officer stopped him and said, 'You can pass the pass, but the horse can't.' Gongsun Long was displeased, 'Horses can't pass. The white horse is not a horse, how can you not let it pass?' The official said, 'The white horse is also a horse!' Gongsun Long said, 'Is my Gongsun Dragon a dragon?' The official was stunned by the question. And he said, 'A white horse is fine with a yellow horse or a black horse, but not a white horse or a black horse.' This shows that a white horse and a horse are two different things, and it is also said that a white horse is not a horse, so why can't it be crossed?" Later, Guan Lingzhi told him about the matter and was determined to cure him. Later, Gongsun Long returned from Qin, and on the day Gongsun Long left the pass, Guan Ling deliberately stood in front of the pass. After Gongsun Long was tested, the Guan Ling did not let Gongsun Long pass the pass, saying: "If you want to go out of the customs, please go elsewhere." Gongsun Long said: "Since ancient times, from the Zhao State to the Qin State, this pass is the only way to pass, I don't pass from here, where else can I pass from?" Guan Ling said: "This is Hangu Pass, not the pass you said." Gongsun Long smiled bitterly and said, "Why is Hangu Pass not Guan?" Guan Ling said, "Didn't Mr. say that 'white horses are not horses'?" At this time, Gongsun Long realized that he had met an opponent, but he was afraid that he would miss the way, so he knelt down in front of Guan Ling and begged, and finally passed Hangu Pass. ”

Jiang Tong gushed endlessly, and after a pause, he continued: "The final army abandoned the shirt and said that Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty restored the Hangu Pass and ordered the shirt to be used as a voucher to enter and exit the checkpoint. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che edicted the Magi. At that time, there was a talented person named Zhongjun in Jinan, who was selected as a doctoral disciple at the age of eighteen, and was as famous as the young genius Jia Yi, and was called "Zhongjia". One day, he walked from Jinan to Chang'an, and traveled to Hangu Pass, where the customs officials returned the talisman to him after checking the talisman. He abandoned it. Guan officials laughed at his ignorance. He said that the eldest husband passed the test to make a name for himself, and no longer used this shirt used by ordinary people. Later, the final army was really reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he also served as the ambassador of South Vietnam. When he re-crossed the Hangu Pass, the customs official recognized him and said that this was the child who had abandoned his shirt and passed the pass, and the entourage shouted: "This is the ambassador to South Vietnam, and no nonsense is allowed." The customs official was shocked and hurriedly knelt down to send him out of the gate. ”

"Master Jiang is really good at learning! This Gongsun Baima made this king understand that he can't just play tricks on people, but in the end, he abandoned the shirt but made this king understand that 'don't bully young people to be poor, there will be a time to take off'!" Lin Yi said very appreciatively.

"Your Highness is really gifted and intelligent!" Jiang Tong said excitedly.

"It's Hangu Pass ahead, and we'll rest for an hour after passing the pass!" Lin Yi shouted to his side, he really couldn't wait to see these monuments.

"Your Highness, don't rest here!" a familiar voice came from Lin Yi's ears, and it turned out to be Chen Wu, who was pretending to be a small soldier, to convey it to him.

"Why not? Although it is peaceful now, there are thousands of guards in the pass all year round, so there must be a lot of grain and grass left, and the soldiers just happen to make a fire here to cook, and the horses can also eat grass and rest!" Lin Yi replied very puzzled.

"Your Royal Highness doesn't know that although this pass is the throat of the thoroughfare to go to Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east, it is one of the holy places of Taoism. This place is a rare treasure of feng shui, there are many spiritual things in heaven and earth, but it is also the place where dirt and dirt are hidden, the person behind us has been secretly following for many days, and he has not been able to get off the phone, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to start here!" Chen Wu said with great concern.

"Wu'er, what you said is true, it's just that this gentleman is hard to chase after him, and this king has already given an order!" Lin Yi was also very annoyed.

"In this case, as long as His Highness doesn't leave me half a step, and there is a large army to help, no matter how high that person's cultivation is, he won't dare to act rashly!" Chen Wu could only comfort.