What was even worse was that Guo Xiuyi was ordered by Tian Bing to stay at a post station at the foot of the mountain forty miles away from the Tianshan sect with a dozen other soldiers who were in trouble. That was the Chufenshui Ridge, which was considered the border of Tuyuhun. To the west was
Tianshan Sect and the Western Regions, and a few hundred miles to the east is Haixi County where Li Ruogu set out to conquer.
Xu Mu and Zhang Mufeng actually practiced martial arts on the top of Zhongnan Mountain and Emei Mountain all year round. Although they felt uncomfortable, their tolerance was much better than Guo Xiuyi and others, so they decided to go up the mountain. Among the group, only Li Jichen and Tian Bing had gone to the Tianshan Sect.
Tian Bing, who was in the main hall of the main peak, was originally a disciple of Tianshan. He left his more than ten subordinates behind and introduced them all the way:
The Tianshan Mountains are huge and vast, stretching for thousands of miles. The Tianshan Sect was built at the easternmost end of the mountain range, six hundred miles outside the borders of Qi State. It was located at the junction of Kangju State and Tuyuhun, guarding the trade route to the Western Regions at the foot of the mountain.
, has always been the guardian of business travelers.
The 600 miles away from the Qi Kingdom is almost an uninhabited desert. There are only a few post stations to provide water sources and point out the direction for the caravans. They are managed by Tuyuhun and Qi Kingdom respectively.
The entire sect occupies a very large area, and is more like a small village or a military station. There are several sections of city walls built according to the mountains. Most of the houses are made of stone and are distributed among several peaks and valleys.
There are also many wooden houses built entirely of wood.
The main hall of the sect is located on the top of the largest mountain. The top of the mountain is covered with snow almost all year round. It is also the highest and most sacred place in the entire Tianshan sect!
Speaking of this, Tian Bing couldn't help but choke up. Most of the teachers and fellow disciples who stayed in the mountains had already disappeared.
For the last twenty miles, we walked close to the mountains. The south was an endless desert, and the tall mountains on the north were barren and barren. How could there be a trace of human habitation? The mountain gate of Tianshan Mountain was built at the foot of a gentle hillside. The gate was built with stones.
It looks like a Quanzhen Mountain Gate twice enlarged. The three characters "Tianshan Sect" are written in red lacquer, which is a bit dazzling. There is no one or horse at the door. The slope up the mountain is full of ruts, and there are blood stains everywhere.
Tian Bing sent six riders uphill to explore the road, and he accompanied He Qizhou and others up the road slowly. As he walked, he said, "Why don't they send two people to guard the outside? Over this hillside, there is a valley for business travelers to rest.
You can replenish water, food, and do some business inside. Most of the Tianshan Sect’s financial resources come from this.”
Six riders went out to explore the road, but seven came back. He Qizhou knew the extra person - Urna! The frowning Urna.
Everyone followed Urna, who was talking as she walked, into the mountain. After walking on a gentle slope for two miles, there was a long downhill road. Below was a valley that was sheltered from wind and sand. There were rows of stone houses in the valley, many of which had their doors open.
There were no merchants, only the two hundred cavalrymen and a dozen or so military students headed by Urhan.
At the north end of the valley is a large mountain. There are two stone paths for going up the mountain. One is a horse-drawn slope with nine twists and turns leading to the top of the mountain, just like the road from Shiqu Town to the West Mountain; the other is a stone step.
It leads straight to the top of a hundred-foot-high mountain, on which a city wall is faintly visible.
Urna told the current situation:
Li Ruogu assigned two hundred people to rush here first, arriving three days earlier than He Qizhou and the others. On the way, they picked up two rebel outposts and found out that there were about a hundred rebels stationed in the Tianshan faction. With the current strength of these troops,
It was enough to cope with it, so he asked Li Ruogu behind him to stop worrying about this place and directly lead the army to relieve the siege of Xining.
After arriving here, I found that there were not many rebels, but there were five to six hundred merchants from the Western Regions. Those people traveled the trade routes all year round. Even the coolies who were coachmen were very skilled, and they were all helping the rebels to guard the mountains!
If you want to enter the Tianshan Sect, this is the only correct way. If you take a detour from other places, you have to walk for at least ten days and climb over several towering snow-capped mountains. It is also easy to get lost in the mountains, so almost no one
Be willing to take the risk and take a detour.
Urhan did not want to make enemies with the merchants. He came forward to negotiate several times, but was shot back by the rebels. He led several masters to sneak attack at night, but was also repelled by the people in the caravan. In the past three days, Urhan knew the thoughts of those merchants.
, but they are unable to convince the other party, and now they have begun to worry about the food and fodder of the two hundred cavalry. They will either attack by force or retreat tonight.
Urhan analyzed that most of the merchants were Persians and Dawan people, and most of their goods were horses. They were persuaded to stay when the rebels came here to supply water and grass after the rebels captured the Tianshan faction. They listened to what the rebels said,
I thought that Tu Yuhun was about to change. If he continued to move forward at this time, he would definitely be plundered by the old king's rout or Qi's reinforcements. He could only wait for King Haijun to overthrow Hunjun and re-alliance with Qi.
It was safe. So when the Hu people saw these Tuyuhun cavalry, they refused to leave the Tianshan Sect no matter what, and became the main force guarding the mountain.
He Qizhou said: "As long as they believe that King Haijun will be defeated, they will help to deal with the rebels on the mountain without us attacking the mountain!"
Urhan said: "That's the reason. It's not that I can't attack. It's just that if I attack by force, I might scare those merchants from entering the Central Plains."
Li Jichen said: "Take me up now to have a look."
Urhan recognized this man as Xu Mu's master and said happily: "Then there is Mr. Lao!"
Climbing up more than 300 steps, a stone wall more than three feet high was built along the mountain ridge, spanning the top of the mountain. On both sides of the stone wall were knife-like cliffs. The driveway and footpath converged to the mountain gate, which was more than twenty feet wide.
Standing on the stone wall were hundreds of people holding powerful bows. Most of them were barbarians, but there were also about a dozen Kangche soldiers.
Urhan did not bring any soldiers, only Li Jichen and He Qizhou, including about ten people, all of whom were masters of six meridians or above. When they approached the mountain gate thirty feet away, someone on the wall began to shout in blunt Chinese:
"Stop! Keep going and shoot!"
"The longbows of these people from the Western Regions are very hard. If we attack both sides, there will definitely be casualties!" Urhan pointed to a few broken arrows on the ground and said. He tried to lead dozens of people to attack under the cover of shields, but there were only a few people.
Being able to break through the opponent's volley, he and three high-level armament hall masters jumped to the top of the city, but were stopped by Shengsheng. There were actually many masters equivalent to the Six Meridians among those Western Region merchants.
"I'll take a look first, you guys wait." Li Jichen walked up a few steps again, and two arrows were shot from the wall toward the stone steps in front of him in demonstration. Li Jichen ignored them and continued to move forward.
"It's really shot!" Someone shouted again on the wall. The businessmen didn't want to hurt anyone, but seeing Li Jichen still walking up slowly, they were frightened and angry, and shot out another arrow. The arrow was carried by the strong wind, straight into the sky.
Pointing to Li Jichen's raised calf. Seeing that the lightning-fast arrow was about to pierce his calf, the arrow paused the moment it touched Li Jichen's robe, and then fell gently on the stone steps.
"Monster! Shoot again!" As soon as the wall's voice finished, three more arrows flew over. Just like the first arrow, the three arrows landed gently on the ground with a "ding, ding, ding". The wall immediately became tense, and dozens of bows were fired.
At the same time, there were people opening their swords and raising axes, as if facing a powerful enemy.
Li Jichen had already reached the peak of the Wind Control Realm, and was only one step away from the invulnerable Golden Light Realm. However, if he resisted dozens of arrows at the same time, it would still consume too much energy, so he did not want to show off and lightly jumped to the cliff on the right.
Then he put one hand on the mountain wall, exerted a little force, and the person floated straight up.
The archers on the wall hurriedly raised their bows and aimed upwards, but they saw that Li Jichen had hit the cliff two or three more times, and he had floated to a height of more than thirty feet away from the steps. He Qizhou knew that this was the magical power of the Wind Control Realm. If the old man was better than this,
Even more relaxed.
Li Jichen did not stop rising until he was forty feet above the mountain gate and beyond the upward shooting range of his feather arrows. Then he stopped, glanced at the scene behind the mountain, and said to the people still on the stone path: "This is where you can enter."
The real mountain gate of the Tianshan Sect, the valley behind the stone wall is very large, and there are at least 2,000 horses and 100 camels in it!"
He Qizhou hurriedly shouted to the top of the stone wall: "We are all Qi people. Do you know that Qi and Zhou are at war and want to sell horses to Qi?"
"Yes!" someone on the wall answered.
"We don't want to steal your goods, we just want to take back the Tianshan Sect. Qi has already sent troops, and Prince Hai's rebellion will be put down soon. You are just wasting time and money by staying here!" He Qizhou shouted.
"Why should I believe you? The cavalrymen at the foot of the mountain are earthy."
"Tu Yuhun's official army is already capable of taking back the Tianshan sect. Do you think the rebels can still win?" He Qizhou said.
"Don't believe them! Most of the people in Tuyuhun have surrendered. Our coalition forces may have captured Xining Royal City. They just want to steal your goods. Otherwise, it has been three days, why haven't reinforcements arrived yet?" There is someone on the wall.
The Kangcheguo officer tried his best to persuade him.
"I'll destroy your Kangche Kingdom when I turn around!" Urhan said angrily. There are many small countries in the Western Regions, and they are between the three major powers of Qi, Zhou and Persia. If they don't bring about their own destruction, none of the small countries will provoke the Three Kingdoms, and the Three Kingdoms will not
They would interfere with these small countries to avoid suspicion from the other two countries, but now that Kang Che took the initiative to provoke and harmed the Tianshan sect, the Urhan general family would not let Kang Che go no matter what.
"What the hell are you? How dare you speak such arrogant words! The Qi State will soon be unable to protect itself!" the officer said proudly. Originally, the Tianshan Sect was a god-like existence in this area, but under the conspiracy and attack of their army, they were still
It all fell apart. Although it was not Kang Che's fault, Kang Che's officers and soldiers looked confident from top to bottom.
Li Jichen, who was still floating in the air, shouted angrily along the mountain wall: "Looking for death!" The sound was like a thunderclap at the top of the city. Li Jichen broke off a fist-sized rock and threw it down casually, looking at the stone towards the famous Kangche officer.
It was flying down, but I couldn't avoid it. Although I used my arms to block my head, my arms were shattered after being hit, and I was still killed!
The barbarians were shocked by the roar and the stones falling from the sky, and they did not dare to aim their bows and arrows at Li Jichen above.
Li Jichen said in mid-air: "The Hexi Corridor is still open, and the rebels on this road have been cleared. You can now
Let’s set off. If the Tianshan faction still dominates our Daqi, I can only treat you as enemies who help the rebels! Your goods will also be confiscated!"