From Danzhou to Yunzhou, you need to pass through Shunzhou, Ruzhou, Fuzhou, Xinzhou, all the way to the west to cross the Sangganshui.

Xinzhou is the head of the Tang Weisai Festival. The whole Youyun, if you count the sixteen states with the eyes of later generations, now there are five festivals, in addition to Datong, Weisai Jiedu, there are Shuozhou Zhenwu Jiedu, Yingzhou Zhangguo Jiedu envoy. It's just that the land of the other four Jiedu envoys is not as good as one Li Congjing and Lu Long's Jiedu envoys, which also shows the weight of Lu Long's burden, because it is not an exaggeration to say that half of the defense grassland peoples in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty are in Li Congjing's hands.

It is precisely because he holds half of the responsibility and strength of the defense of the northern territory that Li Congjing does not dare to be careless at all, but he is willing to do anything that is useful for "protecting the border and attacking thieves", even if it costs something. Not to mention the ambition in his heart, it is the responsibility of reality, which makes him have to do so. Now that the Khitan is powerful, the forces outside the Great Wall that can confront the Khitan are being cut off one by one by Yelu Abaoji, at this time, if Li Congjing does not hurry up to form "allies", and make friends with the Youyun Jie Du envoys, once the situation changes, the situation will be difficult.

Looking further away, Li Congjing is now out of the town of Lulong, with the convenience of defending the Khitan and dealing with the border military and politics, and he also has an eight-character policy on how to break the Khitan trend, but whether this policy can be successfully realized, whether it can really make the Khitan chaos after it is realized, or to what extent it can break the Khitan national situation, is currently unpredictable.

In another two or three years, the world will change greatly, and Li Congjing will not be able to continue to sit in the corner of Lulong, and when there is no other person to sit in Lulong, Youyun Defense will have to be handed over to the successor and other Jiedu envoys of Youyun, whether they can block the Khitan horseshoe, or whether they can curb the development momentum of the Khitan, is the actual problem at that time.

Therefore, Li Congjing wants to take advantage of the fact that he is still in the clouds, to make more plans and drop more chess pieces, so as to ensure that this game of chess will not be out of shape and ruin in the future.

This is his vision.

In many cases, it is his vision and vision that determine a man's achievements.

Feng and Sheng's situation was urgent, and Li Congjing was not allowed to stop on the way, and this time he was still nominally "secretly" traveling west, so when passing through Xinzhou, he did not go to see the envoy of Weisaijiedu.

Speaking of which, Li Congjing is also quite related to Xinzhou, Lu Wenjin, who was killed by Li Congjing after conquering Pingzhou last year, was a general in Xinzhou before.

After Xinzhou, Li Congjing and his entourage went to Sangganshui.

In Sangganshui, Li Congjing said goodbye to people. It was none other than the sword who stood out from him and did not distinguish between male and female. Li Congjing went north to Yunzhou, and Jianzi went west, embarking on his way back to the west.

The Sanggan water is turquoise and waveless, and the fish swimming in the river can be seen swimming freely in the clear place, and the scenery of mountains and blue sky and white clouds falling into the water is beautiful. There are fishing boats coming and going on the river, there are people not far from the riverbed, a roadside wine stall and wine flags are displayed, and there are wild grasses flourishing in the four fields.

There is no blood and fire in the iron horses, there are just fishing boats singing at night, and the air exudes a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

The fifth girl went to call a few fishing boats to come over and act as ferries for everyone, but the number of Li Congjing and his party was a little too much, not to mention that his nearly 100 guards, even Jianzi's fellow disciples, also had twenty or thirty people. The fishing boats are not large, and the number is small, and it takes many trips back and forth to cross the crowd.

The fisherman who was called over by the fifth girl, when he saw Li Congjing, all of them with knives, and many people with short crossbows, all of them showed fear on their faces that were covered with wind and frost due to the hardships of survival, and their every move was much more restrained out of thin air. When I got closer, I saw that everyone either had a cold expression, a fierce and murderous aura, like a Shura who came out of hell, as if he would kill someone when he saw him, or they were all in long robes and ancient swords, with extraordinary demeanor, like an independent visitor from the world, none of them looked like normal people, and they were shocked to hold up Artemisia upside down, and they wanted to turn around and run.

The fifth girl was so angry that she stamped her feet, and was about to call her military intelligence officers to stop the boat, when the sword with a long sword suddenly swept out of the riverbed, and the tip of her foot lightly touched the river, and the wild goose floated across the river like a water, and steadily jumped on the bow of the fastest fishing boat.

Then all the fishing boats went back up.

Wang Pu couldn't help but applaud, "Good body!" ”，

Eventually, the men and horses crossed the river in several groups.

Li Congjing picked up a branch from nowhere, tied a thread to the branch, tied a small object into the river, and sat on the bow of the boat.

It is rare to be in a quiet place, Li Congjing is very comfortable, seeing the surrounding scene, he blurted out: "A generation of rivers and mountains are picturesque, and the scenery is chic to autumn." Where is the water immersed in the blue sky, and the cold light shines on each other. The island of Dihuazhou, covering the bamboo fence thatched house. The sails of the clouds are hung high, and the flag of smoke and wine is low. How many six dynasties have risen and wasted, and they have all entered the gossip of fishing wood......"

Jianzi walked to Li Congjing's side, his slender eyebrows frowning slightly, "You can also fish like this?" ”

Li Congjing smiled and said: "Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait." ”

Jianzi's good-looking eyebrows frowned more and more, "Good to speak!" ”

Li Congjing, who was incomprehensible to the sword, was already accustomed to it, shook his head and said helplessly: "Measure the speed of the water." ”

"Measuring the speed of the water?" Jianzi's brows were twisted together, his face full of puzzlement.

"Measure the speed of the water and measure the depth of the water, you can know whether the army can cross the river on foot, and how to choose the landing site for the troop carrier......" Seeing the puzzled look on Jianzi's face even stronger, Li Congjing gave up the plan to continue the in-depth explanation, "It's just a matter of habit, I have long been accustomed to not wasting a moment and a half over the years." ”

Jian Zi understood the latter sentence, he nodded, was silent for a while, and said, "After crossing the river, I will return to Sword Mountain." ”

Li Congjing said that he understood, and then asked with some confusion: "You came out of the mountain to assassinate me because of the pressure of the Khitan army. This time you failed to assassinate me, why don't you go back to the grassland to find Yerod to plead guilty? With your ability, as you said, you still have value and strength, even if Yelu Deguang is dissatisfied, he will not do anything to you, after all, the fault is not you, so you can at least not go against the original intention of protecting Sword Mountain. Now that he has left suddenly, he is not afraid that Yelu Deguang will be dissatisfied and step on the sword mountain? ”

"Serving the Khitan is indeed the safest way to protect Jianshan, but ......" Jianzi glanced at Li Congjing deeply, "After seeing you this time, I understand one thing. ”

"What?"

"I was wrong before. I succumbed to the Khitan military power and gave up the way of a swordsman to act as a killer of others, which is not what I should do. Jianzi said slowly, Fenghua's peerless face was full of seriousness, "A real swordsman, the sword in his hand should be straight!" ”

Li Congjing was dumbfounded and asked, "This time back to Jianshan, if the Khitan army really attacks Jianshan on a large scale, what should you do?" ”

Jianzi looked at the gentle and waveless river, and said lightly but firmly: "I have a sword in my hand." ”

Li Congjing shook his head, thinking that if you had this realization, I wouldn't have been hurt like that before. However, he still kindly reminded: "If the opponent is too strong, the sword will break!" ”

Jianzi seemed to have a plan, or maybe after this "experience" of going down the mountain, he saw through some problems and had more understanding, so he showed a peaceful smile, "The swordsman's sword can be broken, but the swordsman's way cannot be lost." If the sword is broken, it can be reforged, and if the sword mountain is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, but if the Tao is lost, there is nothing, and the swordsman is no longer a swordsman. ”

Li Congjing was a little surprised by Jianzi's ideological realm, and even admired it a little.

He thought of his own life, and he remembered his own way. Isn't the reason why you are yourself because you have your own way, and if you abandon your own way, what is the difference between yourself and other sentient beings? In the world, no leaf is the same, how can people tolerate that they are no different from others?

But admiration is admiration, and the distinction still has to be different.

The people disembarked on the other side and said goodbye.

Jianzi had intended to intercept and kill Li Congjing, but Li Congjing had no intention of killing him, on the one hand, it was because of the strength of the other party, and he might not be able to kill him, rather than taking the trouble to still risk erecting one more enemy for himself in the future, and one more nightmare that he would not sleep peacefully, it was better to let the past go and find a friend for himself. After that, these thoughts were completely lost, but the two had something in common with each other, and they cherished each other.

This can be regarded as not knowing each other.

If a person wants to go far and make great achievements, he always needs to subtract a few enemies for himself and add some friends.

If you don't have a big mind and are calculating, you may also be able to achieve success in some areas that require talent, but you will not become the one who holds the power.

On the occasion of saying goodbye, Jianzi smiled sincerely: "Li Congjing, you are the most interesting person I have seen when I went down the mountain this time, because of you, I have comprehended more things, and my kendo has also improved a lot." Therefore, you can be regarded as the biggest takeaway of my trip, and I hope that we will meet again in the future. ”

When Li Congjing heard this, his face darkened, "Doesn't that mean that I can't beat you now?" ”

Jianzi smiled and said nothing, that demeanor already said it all.

Li Congjing couldn't help but feel sad, sighed that creation made people, sighed, no longer entangled, and asked the last question: "Always say Sword Mountain, which mountain are you from?" ”

Jianzi and the other swordsmen walked away, and his voice floated softly, "Tianshan." ”

Li Congjing was stunned, thinking that there really is a sword gate on Tianshan Mountain? Then I felt that it was wrong, wasn't the Tianshan Mountain called Jinshan at this time, and which mountain did that Tianshan refer to? So, Li Congjing was annoyed to find that although Jianzi said his mountain gate, Li Congjing still didn't know which mountain it was.

Li Congjing shouted at Jianzi's back: "Hey, buddy, are you a man or a woman?" ”

Then he felt a vigorous sword intent that made him shudder.

……

Jianzi is like an episode in Li Congjing's life and life, coming silently, leaving without a trace, after the episode, he still continues to walk on his journey.

A day later, Li Congjing saw Yunzhou City. It is a heroic city full of iron and blood, the whole city does not have a little fireworks, the simple and heavy city structure, the dense arrangement of city fortifications, and the visible defensive equipment make this male city look like an iron-armored beast, as if every breath it takes, it exudes the breath of the golden iron horse.

The sergeants on the city wall were in cold armor, and the faces standing behind the female wall did not have the slightest expression, and their eyes fell on the pedestrians outside the city, cold.

Li Congjing looked at it and sighed, "Such a city defense, impregnable, such a soldier, the tiger and wolf of the world, General Qin is really a good general!" ”

Looking at the soldiers, you can know the generals. In Li Congjing's mind, Qin Shide's face was iron-blooded and heroic, and because of this perception, Li Congjing suddenly couldn't wait to meet this festival envoy. A general who governs the army so purely must also be a pure person.

However, soon, Li Congjing was told that Qin Shide was not in Yunzhou. Regarding Qin Shide's whereabouts, the remaining Yunzhou soldiers chose to keep silent at the same time. In the end, it was the son of a general who had had a few encounters with Li Congjing and had admired him for a long time, and told him Qin Shide's whereabouts.

"General Qin has left the Sanggan Pass to attack the Khitan?" Hearing the news, Li Congjing was shocked.

The other party nodded seriously and silently.

Li Congjing was silent for a long time.

There is a big difference between inside and outside the customs.

What kind of courage and feelings are needed to attack the enemy at the pass, and what kind of pride and heroism are there, how can Li Congjing not know.

In Li Congjing's mind, he couldn't help but think of the picture of Qin Shide leading the army out of the customs.

The mountains and rivers in the Guanai are beautiful, the desert outside the Plug is lonely, and the border barracks are in the barracks, who is ordering troops?

There was a gray-haired veteran, carrying 8,000 male divisions, with his back to Xiongguan, showing his horizontal sword, and rushing towards the enemy outside the fortress.