Haotian really didn't expect that the matter would become such a big deal. At the beginning, he conservatively estimated that only Dugu and other senior generals, or at most dozens of pairs of people, would participate. Who knows that he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the people. According to the news
After the news spread, more than 50,000 soldiers from Dingzhou signed up to participate, not to mention those from other places. The wives they married were either lovers who had stayed in Hetao before, or soldiers who had moved south from the army.
The women rescued from Yangzhou Road were so huge that Haotian, who was originally planning to hold a collective wedding in seven days, had to postpone the time. Otherwise, the groom-to-be would not know how busy he would be.
"I heard that Kipchak Khan's dowry has just passed through Jiayuguan, but they are faster and can reach Dingzhou in four days at most." Long Zheng said with a smile.
Zheshan Songbang was shocked: "Kinchak Khan? Rouran Khan? Why does he prepare a dowry?"
Long Zheng smiled and said: "Princess Yinling, the younger sister of Kipchak Khan, will soon become the wife of Feng Shuai, one of our five generals in Hetao. Haha, Kipchak is also a dominant force on the prairie. I don't know.
What is his dowry?"
Zheshan Songbang asked in confusion: "Princess Yinling actually wants to marry Feng Shuai? Aren't you and Rouran in a hostile relationship? How could this happen?"
Long Zheng said nonchalantly: "What does the hostility between the two countries have to do with a woman? Besides, their wedding will be hosted by the hostess herself, so who dares to have any objections."
Fu Bo said very strangely: "A woman can actually have such a status in Hetao. This is unimaginable in our Western Region. Where we are, women are the most beautiful trophies at most. A group of men actually kneeled down and worshiped in front of a
It’s incredible to be proud of a woman’s knees.”
Long Zheng's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Fu Bo with cold eyes. All of Long Zheng's soldiers, including Long Zheng's soldiers, actually put their right hands on the handle of the knife. Fu Bo felt a tremor in his heart, it felt like
It was the unspeakable fear of being targeted by a venomous snake. He really didn't understand how he could arouse such huge murderous intent in everyone just by saying a word.
Zheshan Songbang said quickly: "General Long, the words of the Fubo Kingdom are not malicious. He has never been to Hetao before and is not aware of the situation here and the reputation of Princess Jingbei. Please forgive me for any offense."
.”
He was someone who had been to the Hetao, and he also knew the position of God's will in the Hetao. The unabashed murderous aura emanating from Long Zheng and his soldiers made even a weather-beaten wise man like him extremely fearful.
He had no doubt that Long Zheng would suddenly draw his sword and kill Fu Bo, even if Fu Bo was the king of the caravan.
Long Zheng's right hand on the handle of the knife slowly released, but his expression was still very unkind: "Master Fubo, I will warn you first. Our mistress is the most noble goddess in Hetao, and she is the third person in Hetao.
She is an existence that cannot be insulted in the hearts of more than 10 million people. Like the Lord, she is the sun, moon and stars hanging high above our Hetao Road. You are very lucky. I am the general here today. If it is Commander Xin and others
Here, hum!"
After saying that, Long Zheng ignored Fu Bo and others and left with his soldiers.
When Long Zheng walked away, Fu Bo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said happily: "National Master, thank you. What is going on with their Mistress of Heaven's Will? Isn't it just a casual talk?
Well, how come a good person suddenly turned against him?"
Zheshan Songbang said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down. Lord, on Hetao Sanlu, Qin Tianyi is an incredible existence. She is the married and childhood sweetheart wife of King Jingbei Haotian, and King Jingbei obeys her every word.
.Since King Jingbei joined the army, she has been by his side. As everyone knows, King Jingbei’s team was composed of a thousand garrison troops from the Qingyun Clan. The senior officials of the military and political parties in Hetao respected her even in Jingbei.
Above the King of the North. Not only that, because the King of Jingbei is away at war all year round, she is in charge of all affairs of the Three Roads in the Hetao, and she has extremely high prestige among the people of the Hetao. If you dare to say anything bad about her here,
I guarantee you will be dead. To put it in a nutshell, she can decide the domestic and foreign affairs of the Loop, and she is what the people of Loop 3 want."
Ting Hecun said in disbelief: "National Master, she is just a woman, not so powerful."
Zheshan Songbang tried his best not to sound rude: "The king mainly doesn't believe it. You can just ask an ordinary citizen."
Although Ting Hecun was a little skeptical about Zheshan Songbang's words, he also knew that Zheshan Songbang was not the kind of person who made empty promises. Loulan Guoshi, who was famous in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, would never make up nonsense.
"Our mistress, she is a real fairy. When the mistress came to us that time, I squeezed in to take a look at the old woman. She is much more beautiful than the fairies in the sky."
"The mistress is the kindest goddess in the world. She never puts on airs and is very approachable. That time it was at Old Man Zhang's house next door. The mistress even had lunch with the old man Zhang and his family. Oh, the mistress is so noble.
It’s really unimaginable that people can actually eat such rough food.”
"The mistress is a good person. Once we see her smile, no matter what difficulties we have, they disappear in an instant."
"I want to be a soldier and protect my family and country with my mistress. However, my mistress said that I am still young and must wait until I am sixteen years old before I can join the army. That will have to wait two years."
The last words were spoken by a tough-looking young man. Looking at his melancholy expression, Ting Hecun had no doubt that if God let him commit suicide, he would wipe his neck without hesitation.
"Don't worry, Princess Jingbei is modest and generous. She will never make things difficult for us. Our main trouble this time is the military in Hetao. We have been dealing with them for so long. Everyone should understand that they have nothing to do with the Qingfeng Empire.
Soldiers in the past are different, and they are also fundamentally different from Sashan Rouran." Zheshan Songbang said comfortingly.
Ah Liushu said in agreement: "The military in Hetao is really difficult to deal with. They don't know what fear is. No matter what difficulties they face, they never think of compromising. And they don't pay as much attention as the Qingfeng Empire did in the past.
In vain, they don’t seem to talk about benevolence, justice and morality at all, they only know how to pay blood debts with blood.”
Zheshan Songbang shook his head: "It's not that they don't talk about it. Their benevolence, justice and morality are only for their own clansmen, not outsiders. Look at General Long, they are the most typical ones."
Mo Xing suddenly had a premonition: his decision to form an alliance with the Hetao was probably a wrong decision. However, there was a voice in his heart that constantly guided him forward. No matter what difficulties he faced, he could not give up. Because of this, he came from
With the voice from the bottom of their hearts and Zheshan Songbang's persistence, decades later, Mo Xing and Zheshan Songbang became immortal legends in Loulan and even in the Western Regions and Central Continent. The Six Kingdoms of Loulan also became the seeds of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions.
The mass wedding held in Hetao caused a sensation not only in the three districts of Hetao, but also in the Qingfeng Empire and the three major aristocratic families. It was also a collective shock. Of course, there were mixed reviews.
At the beginning, the three major aristocratic families and the imperial court thought that this was Haotian's wedding, so they all prepared to send envoys to congratulate them. However, after learning the truth of the matter, Tiandu Shengjing and Yizhou Song family withdrew.
The Qinchuan Li family also canceled their official mission. However, Li Xiaomo came to congratulate him in a private capacity, which completely made up for the Li family's rudeness. On the contrary, Gao Li received Fu Ruoshui's Flying Pigeon Biography.
After reading the book, a delegation of more than a hundred people actually rode a naval warship all the way south along the edge of the East China Sea Road, from Dahe to Hetao. It’s just that the journey is long, and it has not yet reached the mouth of the river. It will take at least three days to do so.
Arrive in Kezhou, Hetao.
The envoy sent by the Zhang family in Huaishui is Zhang Jiwei, a new general of the Zhang family. Under Zhang Cangxiong's deliberate promotion, this young general who rose to prominence in the Battle of Pennsylvania has become the most popular among the younger generation in Huaishui, even faintly
He suppressed Zhang Jishi, who had been positioned as the prince of Huaishui. When the Hetao military was rejoicing, the Zhang family sent not Zhang Jishi, who was the first person of the younger generation, but Zhang Jiwei, who had a good relationship with the Hetao, which vaguely showed that the Zhang family
The internal division has begun to split. However, no one is sure about Zhang Cangxiong's intentions. After all, King Weiyuan of Huai River, who has been in the southeast for twenty years, is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Is Zhang Cangxiong preparing to replace Zhang Jishi's status as heir apparent? If this is the case, there may be a huge coup in Huai River. As soon as Li Xiaomo arrived at Yinfeng Castle, he received news that Zhang Jiwei was on his way to Hetao.
After listening to his brother's analysis, he eagerly hoped to immediately mobilize troops to garrison in the southeastern area of Qinchuan. If a coup happened in the Zhang family, then he could just pick up a piece of cake.
However, Li Xiaomo stopped Li Xiaoran's idea. In his opinion, with Qinchuan's strength reduced, the Zhang family's rule in Huai River would do more good than harm to the Li family. If the Zhang family really fell into chaos due to civil strife, then having great righteousness
The royal court and the Holy Sect of Paradise who were crippled by the Loop will definitely be overjoyed. However, the Li family is restrained by the Song family in the west and threatened by the Loop in the north, so it is impossible to move away. Besides, Haotian is Zhang Cangxiong's son-in-law, no matter who he is.
The idea of taking Huai River is to challenge Haotian, the largest warlord in Qingfeng Empire. Although Li Xiaomo believes that as long as the Li family can hold Yinfeng Castle, they will not be afraid of the pressure of Hetao. But for the Zhang family,
It is not a good thing to provoke a powerful neighbor like the Loop.
"The Hetao has many elite soldiers and brave men, but both the military and the government are warlike, tough, and murderous. There is no need to have a head-on conflict with the Hetao unless absolutely necessary," Li Xiaomo said as he warned.
Li Xiaoran nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry. I have already ordered my soldiers not to provoke the Hetao without reason, and the Hetao is also very disciplined. Their scouts have never approached the control area of my garrison. Their patrols are only routine every day.
If you can, patrol the border area three times."
"What do you think of the combat quality of the soldiers in Hetao?" Li Xiaomo is also half a soldier and is very concerned about this.
Li Xiaoran pondered for a moment and said with a solemn expression: "Brother, most of the people I have come into contact with are their soldiers left behind in the interior. The most elite army in the Hetao is Haotian's southward army, followed by Situ Lie's Yumenguan garrison, Spring Sword Reward
The Jiayuguan garrison and the Li Xiaofen garrison in the Yinfeng Mountains on both sides of Wangjin Ferry are again the soldiers left behind in the interior. Although their frontier troops and the inland garrison often exchange defense areas, the combat quality of the inland garrison is still slightly inferior to that of the frontier army.
.But even so, the military discipline and demeanor they showed are completely comparable to the garrison of my Yinfeng Castle. Brother, you know, my garrison here is the most elite in our territory second only to the Red Eyebrow Legion.
"
Although Li Xiaomo had already prepared this in his mind, he was still a little frightened. Four years of fighting in Hetao, coupled with the emergence of numerous generals, naturally honed an elite army. Frowning, he then asked: "What is Dingzhou?"
This is Li Xiao's defense area, what about this person?"
"I haven't met him often. Ten thousand of his 50,000 soldiers are stationed on the north side of the Yinping Ancient Road in Huangzhou, and the remaining 40,000 are stationed in Dingzhou. This man looks gentle and calm, but he is iron-blooded and tough on the inside. He looks kind and gentle, but
But no one can figure out what is going on in his mind. He is exactly the same as his old boss Feng Jing. This person is very disciplined in his military training, but he is low-key and doesn't like to appear in public.
The person who produced the knife." Li Xiaoran sorted out his thoughts and said.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaoran then added: "Except for Li Xiao, brother, when you go this time, try your best to pay attention to the famous five young men in Hetao. These five people are the adopted sons and daughters of Princess Qin Tianyi of Jingbei.
, although they are young, everyone is talented. In the past two years, they have often led their troops to train in the south of Dingzhou, and I have had a lot of contact with them. They are extremely talented, and they have vigorously cultivated them. It is difficult to say how many years they will have.
After that, will there be one or two more engraved letters of worship?"
"Five Young Masters? Well, I know this. Back then, they followed Bian Zhongxi out of Jiayuguan and severely damaged Sashan's 30,000 elite troops with 5,000 cavalry. Even Crassus, the rookie in Sashan's army, was killed. Later, 10,000 cavalry were killed.
Leaving Yumen Pass in the north, severely inflicting heavy losses on Qiu Ming at Jinchuan Haizi, and beheading Prince Nadong of Qiu Ming. These people really need attention. Alas." Li Xiaomo sighed with a bitter smile.
Li Xiaoran naturally knew why Li Xiaomo was so depressed. A few years ago, the Hetao was not taken seriously by the Li family. But just a short time later, the strength of the Hetao has risen to the first place in the empire. When the Li family looked at the Hetao
, they can only look up. In the past few years, the Li family has been strengthening the city defense of Yinfeng Castle. It is because the Loop is getting stronger and stronger, and the Li family has to take precautions.
However, after the Song family's robbery and the ravages of the Bliss Holy Cult, the Li family's strength has been weakened a lot. At the same time, the Hetao has become more and more courageous and growing. Now the Hetao does not need to look at anyone at all.
Li Xiaoran himself can be regarded as one of the most respected generals in Qinchuan, but he is so wary of guarding a place in Hetao, let alone Bian Zhongxing and others above Li Xiao.
"Brother, don't worry. Hetao has always valued friendship and has never broken trust with others. The relationship between our Li family and Hetao is quite good. You have joined hands with them to fight against the enemy many times. They have to give us some face. As long as we
What we did is not too outrageous, and the Loop will not fall out with us. Besides, as long as the Yinfeng Castle is defended, the Loop will be powerless against us." Li Xiaoran said comfortingly.
Li Xiaomo smiled bitterly again. When did the Qinchuan Li family, which was so famous for a while, fall to this level? Another meaning of Li Xiaoran's words is that if Yinfeng Castle is damaged, Qinchuan will definitely lose his life.
Because he had enough contact with the border defense generals in Hetao, Li Xiaoran himself was so unsure of himself. It was obvious that Hetao was indeed ahead of the Li family in terms of military affairs.
He sighed melancholy: "Second brother, we know how powerful the Hetao is, but some elders in the family don't think so."
Li Xiaoran was surprised: "Brother, what do you mean?"
"Some people think that the growth of the Hetao has greatly threatened our family's status. But the time is not yet ripe, so they said nothing." Li Xiaomo said in a very cryptic way: "In short, you must be careful here. As long as Yinfeng
As long as the castle is still in our hands, the six states of Qinchuan and Chuan are as stable as Mount Tai. But if you lose it here, we will not be able to stop the Hetao attack in the field."