The Northern Han Kingdom is located in a small country between the Khitan Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the whole country is mainly composed of 12 states in Hedong. The Northern Han Dynasty was in a barren land, but there were frequent wars, heavy military service, and men over the age of 17 were forcibly recruited as soldiers every year, and taxes were indiscriminately levied to pay tribute to Liao, so the loss of personnel in the Northern Han Dynasty was very large, and the total population was only about 500,000 at present.

In the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, Baishui City, the northernmost pass of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Inside Whitewater City, inside the General's Palace.

Ling Duozhi took a sip of tea and looked at his son Ling Tianyun, Ling Tianyun was sitting on his right hand, Ling Tianyun's waist was straight, with a solemn expression on his face, he knew that if there was no major event this time, his father would rush him back to the house, and under normal circumstances, he would say anything in the barracks.

"Yun'er, you are seventeen years old and a man."

Ling Duozhi said with a stunned expression: "It's been eleven years since your mother died, and she is old for your father." ”

"Father." Ling Tianyun felt a sour nose and lowered his head, and a burst of sadness surged into his heart. He felt that his father was not old, only in his forties, and he was in the prime of his life, and he understood what his father really meant to express, but as a courtier, what could he do. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Ling Duozhi waved his hand and continued: "There are many things that my father knows, you don't have to worry, this time I want you to leave White Water City."

Ling Tianyun was stunned, he didn't expect his father to leave Baishui City by himself, Ling Tianyun obviously didn't react, and looked at his father blankly. Immediately, Ling Tianyun had an excited expression on his face, but his eyes revealed a worried look.

"The eagle always has to grow up, and the day when it has to spread its wings and fly, my father has also stayed in this whitewater city for more than ten years, although the emperor is mediocre and unreasonable, and he recognizes the thief as an uncle, but he also has to fulfill the responsibility of a courtier for his father." Ling Duozhi stood up and patted Ling Tianyun's shoulder, a look of encouragement in his eyes.

Ling Tianyun asked worriedly: "I'm leaving, what should you do, I really don't worry about you, those people in the capital, I don't worry." ”

"Don't worry, if those people want to move me, they will do it a long time ago, and it is impossible for the emperor to let Baishui Pass be lost, if Baishui Pass is lost, it means that my Han is also finished, and the Khitan iron cavalry can drive straight in, which of the twelve states of my Han can resist, and the emperor is not a fool. Now that we are short of military generals, those who want to move me must also consider their interests. Ling Duozhi comforted his son.

Ling Tianyun shook his head and said, "I'm still more worried about the people over there," his hand pointed to the north.

Ling Duozhi paced in the hall with his hands on his back, and said calmly: "The people over there have nothing to worry about, although they can't come clearly, but which assassination is not strangled in my hands, for the father is not really old." A fierce color shot out of his eyes, Ling Duozhi, as the general of the town, was not only a brave and good general, but also a person with excellent martial arts, and his hands were stained with the blood of many enemy soldiers. At that time, he was as famous as Yang Ye, another general who was also in the Northern Han Dynasty, and had the reputation of "Southern Yang and Beiling" in the Northern Han Dynasty.

Hearing Ling Duozhi's words, Ling Tianyun felt a little relieved in his heart, but he still had a faint worry in his heart.

"It's just that I'm more worried about your safety, although I am stuck in this inch of the world of Whitewater City, in my territory, maybe no one can hurt you, but I still want you to get out of this world and see the outside world. In the current troubled times, the elders of which family do not want to have a stable world with their children, but as a man, they should go out of this world. Do you understand my intentions? Ling Duozhi looked at his son and said.

"I know, I understand," Ling Tianyun looked at his father, all the worries in his heart disappeared, his heart was warm at this moment, he knew that his father was not a very rigid person, he knew that his father had seen through a lot, in order to protect himself, his father could only let himself go out and go outside to make a fortune, he also knew what kind of predicament his father would face in the future, how much he wanted his father to fight side by side, but he couldn't live up to his hard work.

Ling Tianyun's heart was conflicted, but he couldn't hide his excited and expectant expression, and his gaze slowly became firm.

Ling Duozhi smiled with relief, he knew that his decision was right, his son was still young, there was no need to stick to this small world, and at the same time, he no longer had any hope for the Northern Han. His son may be able to carve out a sky that truly belongs to him.

Ling Duozhi wants his son to leave Baishui City, it is not without a goal, this next month fifteenth, it is Ling Duozhi's father-in-law, Ling Tianyun's grandfather Feng Old Man's birthday, this family is one of the twelve states of the Northern Han Dynasty, the big family of Daizhou, has practiced martial arts for generations, and it is also a famous martial arts family in the Northern Han Dynasty. But not many people know about this matter, let alone the existence of the Ling family's father-in-law.

"Father, you want me to go to Da Zhou after my grandfather's birthday, don't you wait until the end of the New Year?" Ling Tianyun asked his father puzzled. It turned out that Ling Duozhi wanted him to immediately rush to the Fu family in Jizhou, Dazhou, to visit Fu Heng, the head of the Fu family.

"My father got the news, a year ago, the Central Plains 'Sword Saint' Wind Love Knife Hero and the Khitan National Teacher Wanyan Invincible fought in Changbai Mountain, and then the Wind Hero disappeared, and the Khitan National Teacher Wanyan Invincible was seriously injured, and then retreated, and recently the Wanyan Invincible has been injured to the fullest, and he will be out of the customs in a few days." Ling Duotian explained.

"That battle, the world is in turmoil, and it is rumored on the rivers and lakes, it seems that the wind hero won, but I don't know why he disappeared, what did they fight for?" Ling Tianyun asked curiously.

It is said that the wind hero won, and Wanyan Invincible promised that the Khitan would invade the Central Plains within ten years, but what he didn't expect was that during the retreat when Wanyan Invincible was seriously injured, the Khitan Kingdom had changed hands. This promise has become an empty word. Ling Duozhi sighed helplessly, and continued to say solemnly: "After Yan Invincible came out of the customs, because of the disappearance of Feng Daxia, I don't know if he will do anything unfavorable to the Central Plains martial arts people, because my father wants you to rush to the Fu family in Jizhou as soon as possible, because the Fu family is the leader of the Central Plains martial arts family, and Fu Heng, the head of the Fu family, has also had an intersection. ”

Ling Tianyun didn't seem to understand, he still looked at his father suspiciously.

"I know you have a lot of doubts, the person who spread the news of me is a spy sent to the Khitan for many years, and I am the only one who knows about it, although my father is in the Northern Han Dynasty, but the Great Zhou is the orthodox that is recognized, as a Han Chinese, my father does not want his compatriots to be killed by foreigners. It's just that the world is chaotic enough, but chaos is also our own Han people's own business, if foreigners intervene, I believe every Han will do it. ”

"I understand, it's just that the world has been chaotic for nearly forty years, is there really no one who can dominate the world like Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty." Ling Tianyun continued to ask.

Ling Duozhi looked up at the window and sighed: "The world is divided and merged, and it is common for the world to be divided and merged, and it is common for the merge and merge to be divided, maybe this true dragon heaven that can dominate the sky has not yet appeared, or maybe it should be soon." ”

Ling Tianyun was even more puzzled, he didn't understand what this meant by "it should be soon".

Ling Duozhi smiled, he understood his son's character to break the casserole and ask the end, and he would not give up if he didn't understand.

"Half a year ago, the general rivers and lakes suddenly spread a sentence 'The sky descends to the dragon star, and the Huainan Tibetan wind sings.'" I don't know where this sentence came from, so some people suspect that there is a real true dragon son in the world, and it is related to the Huainan Ye family, it is precisely because of this sentence that the Huainan Ye family was wiped out four months ago, and was exterminated by a group of unknown black-clothed people. ”

"Just because of a sentence of Yan, he was exterminated, who is so ruthless." Ling Tianyun exclaimed.