Lin Quan said that he would be fine under the protection of the army, and he had also understood that as long as he surrendered in Xirong, he would be fine, and he would be entertained by good students. As long as the court gives the ransom at that time, he can be released.

Yuan Lihua still babbled a little, and then took out the talisman she asked for in the afternoon, and said to Lin Quan: "Husband, I hope this talisman can make you turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble." ”

After Lin Quan collected it closely, he said to Yuan Lihua: "There is a virtuous wife like you waiting for me at home, why am I reluctant not to come back, Lihua, you can rest assured, I will definitely come back safely." ”

Yuan Lihua nodded and took the initiative to blow out the candle.

The next morning, when Lin Quan got up, Yuan Lihua had already prepared breakfast, and after Lin Quan ate, he went out to say goodbye.

When the auspicious time came, Lin Quan and the others set off from Changting and went to the Tianshan camp.

Although Lin Quan was a little reluctant in his heart, there was no way to give up, and now, he could only do his best to fulfill the saint's wish, and then return as soon as possible.

Lin Quan didn't think that the saint would be able to conquer such a large western country, he thought that it would be good to be able to occupy a thousand miles at most. If you're lucky, you'll be able to hit 3,000 miles.

Now that the division is famous, there are supplies from all countries in the west, if the west knows that they have led wolves into the house, then they will naturally deal with the imperial court, and if the imperial court is difficult to supply, then the army can only withdraw.

Lin Quan thought about the map of all countries in his heart, and thought that if they could reach the imperial capital, it would be thousands of miles away. Next, there is the Di people. And the army should be withdrawn to the fief promised by the prince, so that it can be managed.

If a horse farm and granary can be established there, then within twenty years, the imperial court will have a solid rear, and it will be easy to conquer Xirong.

Of course, it is still the same as before, and the successors of this empire should be manipulated to fight each other, and strive to get them to come to help, so that the court can profit from it.

Lin Quan thought that Yue Lihua had said that if the imperial court was willing to believe in their gods and let them take charge of the sect and crown the emperor, then they would give the imperial court a name, let the saint become the ruler of the world, and the people in their sect would also assist the imperial court.

Lin Quan naturally wouldn't listen to this suggestion, this saint is the Son of Heaven, and no one needs to prove it. It is even more impossible to crown the saints, at most they can be named as national teachers, which is the biggest concession.

"Husband, are you thinking of a strategy?"

Lin Quan nodded, and Chen Jingjing said with a smile: "Husband, you think about it slowly, but don't be in a hurry about this matter, take your time." ”

Lin Quan nodded, looked outside the carriage, and thought to himself that he didn't know what the scenery of Xirong was. Isn't it as beautiful as the Central Plains?

Along the way, they were entertained by county officials, and Lin Quan did not refuse to give gifts, and accepted them. He, the marquis, has no money, no land, and family life, so he is counting on this.

This way to the west, when they arrived at Lingzhou City, it was already dark, Lin Quan and they finished dinner, they heard the prefect say that three days ago, Xiangguo Gong and his party had passed.

So Lin Quan couldn't stay in Lingzhou for long, so he hurried up the next day and went to Tianshan Pass.

When he arrived at Tianshan Pass, it happened to be the second day of the seventh month, Lin Quan looked at the continuous Tianshan Mountain, protecting the Central Plains like a moat, and sighed in his heart, if there was no Tianshan Pass, Xirong and the Central Plains, I don't know how many times they fought.

The construction of the Tianshan Pass is different from that of the Central Plains, on both sides of the Tianshan Pass are two cylindrical towers, and the top is a cone, which is full of exotic customs.

These two towers are made of large stones, and there are iron sheets wrapped in iron sheets, so even if the trebuchet stones are smashed on them, it is difficult to hit these two towers.

In the middle of the two towers, is the city wall of five zhang high, in front of the city wall is the urn city, there are two urn cities in Tianshan Pass, one large and one small.

These two urn cities were built when the Central Plains were occupied later, specifically to deal with Xirong.

Entering the pass, they are all stone houses, these houses are in the shape of towers, with arrow holes, and the doors are heavy wooden doors wrapped in iron sheets, and the strength is a little smaller, and they may not be able to push them open.

Street fighting has long been considered in this city, and even if the outside is breached, with these houses, the imperial army can still entangle with the enemy.

Lin Quan looked at the dense military supplies in the pass, as well as the orderly people, and couldn't help but sigh, this world's No. 1 Xiongguan really deserves its name.

Chen Jingjing looked at the main road separated by the city wall, couldn't help but be curious, and asked the soldier who led the way: "Do you still need to build this city wall in this pass?" ”

The soldier told Chen Jingjing that the inside of this city wall was for merchants. The Wei Dynasty did not build it at that time, and almost let the spies open the city gate, so the Wei Dynasty built this city wall, and there are broken dragon stones on both sides of the city wall.

Chen Jingjing went up to the city wall curiously, looked at the avenue inside the city wall, the endless stream of merchants, and the hawkers on the side, and couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect that there would be a cave in this Tianshan Pass." ”

Lin Quan told Chen Jingjing that this was the previous city of the Chen Dynasty, and all transactions were made in such a surrounded city, but because Tianshan Pass was not big, it was just a street.

Chen Jingjing didn't look at it much, and when she arrived at their residence, this was also a small fortress-like house, covering an area of about one acre, with a high-speed rail fence, and then the house was three stories high, and there were defense towers on both sides, and the interior of the room was decorated with Xirong style, especially the spiral staircase in the hall, which made Chen Jingjing very curious to walk up and down.

The guards told Lin Quan that this building was five or six hundred years old, and when the Central Plains took away the Tianshan Pass, the general felt that the buildings of the Tianshan Pass were convenient for defense, so he did not demolish them.

After the Yu Dynasty took over Tianshan Pass, the same was true, except for repairs, the appearance of this building was not changed.

Lin Quan nodded, and walked around the house with Chen Jingjing and others, Chen Jingjing walked around excitedly, went to the central balcony, looked outside and said: "Husband, I originally thought that Xirong lived underground, and covered a few bricks on his head, but I didn't expect their building to be so exquisite." ”

Lin Quan told Chen Jingjing that this was only for their nobles to live in, and he heard Yue Lihua say that many people did not have a house, that is, they dug a hole in the ground, and then covered a roof with stones on it, which was considered a home.

After hearing this, Chen Jingjing sighed and said: "It turns out that the people of Xirong are living so miserably, husband, we are also guilty of hanging the people." ”

Lin Quan snorted and looked at Le Qiong, Le Qiong was not interested in the house, but she dared to be interested in the armor in the house.

This armor was actually made of two whole iron plates, smooth as a mirror.

The armor statue held a big sword in both hands, looking at the big sword, Le Qiong looked at Lin Quan, Lin Quan nodded, Le Qiong removed the armor's hands, and then held the hilt of the sword, and pulled out the big sword with a spit of internal force.

Le Qiong waved it a few times, then put the sword back, and said to Lin Quan: "This Xirong man's sword is really heavy, if the strength is a little smaller, and the internal force is a little weaker, you can't swing this sword." ”

Lin Quan said that this should be used immediately, this horse will hit up, and it will be cut down with a sword, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't stop it.

Le Qiong nodded, looked at the sword on the wall, also danced, and sighed: "This Xirong sword, the light is very light, and the heavy is heavy, it really looks like I have seen their swordsmanship." ”

"Sister Qiong, this is an opportunity, don't worry."

After walking around, it was almost time to eat, and they sat at the long table for the first time, and some of them were not used to it.

"With such a long table, how can they pick up vegetables."

Chen Jingjing sighed, when they arrived at Tianshan Pass, they seemed to have arrived at another place.

Soon after the lights went out, Chen Jingjing said to Lin Quan: "Husband, what's wrong with you and Sister Lejia?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Husband, when my mother said that she was still a daughter, I didn't believe it, but that day, when I took her pulse, her body was indeed as usual, so I believed it."

"When, will you be able to get this out of the pulse?"

Seeing that Lin Quan was making fun of herself, Chen Jingjing gently hammered Lin Quan's chest and said to Lin Quan: "Husband, don't ask, but if this continues, when are you going to recover your strength?" ”

"Don't worry, after so many years, I have the same skills now. Now it's my turn to make a move, and there aren't many opportunities. ”

"Husband, something is better than nothing, we protect you, and we may not be able to protect you all the time, if your martial arts are restored, then we can rest assured."

Lin Quan thought about it and said to Chen Jingjing, let's wait until this matter is over, don't be in a hurry now.

There was no more speech all night, and the next day, Lin Quan was woken up by the sound of drumming, he got up and looked out the window, it turned out that it was the soldier who had started training.

Lin Quan also changed into the military uniform sent yesterday, and in the barracks, no matter how military he went, he had to wear a military uniform.

Lin Quan had breakfast and went to the Junrong Yamen of Tianshan Pass, which was unique to Tianshan Pass.

The head of the military yamen is the minister of the military army, and the chief is the commander of everything in this Tianshan Pass, and he does not listen to anyone except the saint who obeys the orders.

The Minister of Military Rong sat in the main seat of the council hall, Xiangguo Gong sat in the guest seat on the side, and Lin Quan, under the leadership of the servant, sat next to Xiangguo Gong.

Next is the patriarch of the Di people, and after the people arrived, the minister of military Rong said to Xiangguo Gong: "Now that the reinforcements of the imperial court have been gathered, I don't know when Su Shuai will set off." ”

"We'll leave tomorrow."

The minister of the army took out the map, pointed to the map and said: "Set off tomorrow morning, in the afternoon, you can cross the canyon and arrive at the city of Ace in the Duchy of Sophia, and when you get there, the city lord will prepare food for Su Shuai and you." ”

The Minister of Military Rong continued to say how Xiangguogong's army should go along the way, and what city to receive supplies.