Chapter 179 Summer in the West

What Lin Wangbei didn't know was that at this time, any imperial court worshipper in Jiankang City would no longer be a frog at the bottom of the well.

When the distress signal to the army under his command was raised on this ship according to his thoughts, in the extremely distant Tuyuhun, Achai Chen, who controlled hundreds of thousands of troops, was standing in the wind and snow, waiting for someone to arrive.

In the past month, Xia Baying's rule over the party has been very solid, and in fact, to Achai's jealousy and sometimes ridiculousness, sometimes luck and timing have played a decisive role in ability and dedication.

Lin Yi's arrival accelerated the process of Xia Ba Ying's unification of the party, but Xia Ba Ying established the dynasty as "Xia", and the biggest reason why she was able to stabilize the dynasty she established so quickly was because the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty had no strength to manage the party and Tuyuhun affairs.

The Southern Dynasty was messed up by the Demon Sect, the monarchs and ministers were not in harmony, and it was not easy for the border army to ensure food and grass by itself, not to mention that the states and counties of the Southern Dynasty were all panicked.

As for the Northern Wei Dynasty, it seems to be even worse.

Previously, the Demon Sect defected, and many Northern Wei troops also defected to the Southern Dynasty with him, and the garrison of the Northern Wei Dynasty's border was already incomplete, not to mention that the Demon Sect was controlled by the descendants of Emperor You, and then killed again.

Under such circumstances, not to mention that Xia Ba Ying only consolidated her dynasty in Dangxiang and Tuyuhun, even if she sent troops into the Southern and Northern Wei dynasties, the Southern and Northern Wei dynasties did not have the extra strength to pacify the western border.

Therefore, in the past month and more, even the arrogant literati of the Southern Dynasty seem to have tacitly recognized this dynasty that rose to the west.

In addition to the Southern Dynasties and Northern Wei Dynasties, they have even used Western Xia to describe this emerging dynasty of Xia Ba Ying.

In the history books of the past, a new dynasty had to pay the price of war for the tacit approval of other dynasties, especially the Southern Dynasty, which was tacitly recognized by literati.

A war forced these existing Middle-earth dynasties to recognize that this emerging dynasty was not much different from their own.

But this dynasty of Shaba was an exception.

Her timing is unique.

As agreed before, after Xia Ba Ying established her own dynasty, she guaranteed certain interests for Achai Chen, and now Tuyuhun has naturally been incorporated into her dynasty territory, but what makes Achai Yan herself incomprehensible is that she did not interfere too much in Tuyuhun's rule.

Compared with before, the current Achaizhen even has more actual control in Tuyuhun.

The point was that Ling Bing's incident had alerted him enough, and he knew that Xia Ba Ying definitely didn't trust him.

So he couldn't figure it out.

He pondered the reason for many things, and he couldn't help but think about it as he waited for someone to arrive in the snow.

The wind and snow are getting stronger.

At this time, the sea area around the Star Continent where the Demon Sect is located is warm like spring, but this place is still cold in the middle of winter.

Although he and thousands of cavalry were stationed on a sheltered hillside, the snowflakes continued to fall, and his and the cavalrymen's clothes and helmets were completely white.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he heard the sound of warning arrows in the snow, and he realized that three riders had appeared on the path on the edge of the cliff covered with wind and snow in front of him.

Looking at the three figures that seemed a little lonely, his brows slowly frowned.

The trails on the cliffs are so rugged and dangerous that even the caravans who travel to and from them will be in awe of them enough to stop walking in the middle of winter.

However, the three riders walked in the wind and snow, and their posture seemed to be very leisurely.

After the tea time had passed, the three riders came to the bottom of the hill where he was, and then the three riders abandoned their horses and walked towards him.

The three riders were dressed in ordinary black cotton robes and bamboo hats, and they couldn't even see their faces for a while.

In terms of momentum building, the army is definitely much stronger than ordinary cultivators, and Achai Zhen has no interest or wants to waste time to make the other party reflect more momentum. He said sarcastically from afar: "I'll wait for you here, you can be faster."

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"Some people don't have to wait, some people do. One of the three people wearing bamboo hats laughed and said, "Of course we are the kind of people who deserve the general's wait." ”

After saying this, this person didn't seem to want Ah Chai to have more unhappy emotions, he raised his head, supported the bamboo hat he was wearing on his head, and revealed most of his face.

His facial features are obviously very handsome, his beard is shaved cleanly with a knife, and in terms of appearance, he is definitely a beautiful man in Jiankang City, but it is an unruly and wild look, which makes him look extremely rough.

This kind of person seems to only appear in the kind of liquor store that horse thieves often go to, and there will definitely be one person who will pull out his knife and cut if he doesn't agree with him.

He only showed most of his face, but many of the people standing quietly behind Ah Chai changed slightly.

They knew the man.

In fact, they have seen this person for many years in many military newspapers and many reward orders, and in the past twenty years, the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted this person's head very much, because whether it was to Tuyuhun or the party, or even to the Southern Dynasties, many ordnance, refining materials, and even valuable heavy armor manufacturing secret drawings flowed out through this person's hands.

"I didn't expect it to be you. ”

Ah Chai Chen's brows gradually relaxed, but his eyes narrowed slightly, "Qi Shenfeng, one of the three great masters of the Northern Wei Dynasty, no wonder the Northern Wei Dynasty has spent so many years and so much strength that has not been able to catch you, it turns out that it is because you are their person, it is really a good show of snakes and rats." ”

The general laughed. The man's expression remained unchanged and he said with a smile.

"Then these other two guests, could they be the other two of the three great masters of the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Achai's gaze stayed on the other two people.

"Not really. ”

Qi Shenfeng shook his head, he restrained his smile and said, "If they are all members of the family, it is easy to arouse suspicion. They are the subordinates of General Guanlong. ”

After he said this, the other two people took off the bamboo hats, and then bowed to Achai.

The two faces exposed under the bamboo hat are at least ten years apart, the one on his left is a man in his thirties, and the man on the right looks to be at least forty years old, and his temples are a little gray, but the posture of picking bamboo hats and saluting is almost the same, and although both of them have peaceful faces at this time, there is naturally an aura of killing iron and blood between their eyebrows.

This kind of aura is familiar to everyone, and only that kind of general in the army can have.

Tuyuhun and Dangxiang were both border barbarians for the Southern Dynasties and Northern Wei Dynasty, but as the most important general of Tuyuhun, especially the general who had never been content with Tuyuhun, Achaizhen was no stranger to these two people.

"It turned out to be the Qi Army Division and General Zhou. He was a little surprised, and then replied with a serious salute and said, "I thought that three people were too little, but now it seems that three people are enough." ”

"Since the general is satisfied, then I will get straight to the point. ”

Qi Shenfeng is a famous Dakou in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but at this time, his identity is above these two generals in the army, he arrived not far in front of Achai Chen, and said very directly: "I know that the general was a person from the Demon Sect before. ”

Ah Chai Zhen didn't feel surprised, but the corners of his mouth showed some self-deprecating looks, and said, "What else do you know?"

"I also know that the general now commands more than 400,000 troops in Tuyuhun, but 60,000 of them are not in the Tuyuhun army. These 60,000 troops were raised by you as if you were frugal with the rest of the 300,000 troops. This army is the most well-equipped army in the entire Tuyuhun, not only equipped with the ordnance of our Northern Wei Dynasty, but also equipped with many firearms of the Xiaba people. ”

Qi Shenfeng said with a smile: "These 60,000 troops only explain your direct orders, in fact, when you led the army and the party, you didn't take these 60,000 troops with you, as long as you give an order, the imperial city of Tuyuhun will be conquered by your 60,000 troops at any time." ”

"You know a lot. Achai said.

He was not surprised this time, because he knew very well that many of the powerful weapons in his army came from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and many of them were the handiwork of this Northern Wei Emperor.

"So in fact, you have been aware of the Demon Sect since many years ago

In the layout of Tuyuhun and the party, but you are just pushing the boat with the current, you just do what he wants, and then one day, you will pick the fruits he left behind?" The self-deprecation at the corner of his mouth became even stronger, he shook his head, and then said: "But it's no wonder that even the Demon Sect is a pawn that you laid out many years ago, and we are just pawns of the chess piece. ”

Qi Shenfeng laughed, his smiling face looked even more arrogant and hateful, it was the kind of smile that could easily attract people to use knives against him in the mixed wine recipe of dragons and snakes, and his words even made people a little can't help but be rude, "It doesn't hurt if the general thinks so." ”

"But all this time, you seem to have only secretly adjusted the world, never showing your face openly, and never revealing your identity. Ah Chai Zhen also sneered, and said, "What is the reason for you to openly identify yourself, it is the woman named Helan Heiyun, a former subordinate of the Demon Sect?"

"Creatures that are too powerful will always be feared and hostile, just like the dragons of the ancient times. Even if it lives deep in the mountains and doesn't want to cause trouble, many powerful cultivators always want to slay dragons. Although we are indeed related to Emperor You, when we think about the You Dynasty back then, we always don't want to bring up the old things, and we always don't want people to associate us too much with that dynasty. Even if you want to really rule the world, you can change the name, and why mention it again, it's just that the times force it, and now you have to mention it. ”

Qi Shenfeng looked at him and said, "No matter what the general thinks, the key depends on how the general is prepared to choose." ”

"You don't come to me if you don't have to, I want to know what situation you're facing and what you want me to do. Achai looked directly at him, his voice slightly cold.

"At this time, the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty decided that we were the common enemy of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and whether or not he reached an agreement with the Southern Dynasty, he seemed certain that the Southern Dynasty would not invade the Northern Wei Dynasty on a large scale during this time. ”

Qi Shenfeng said: "He has mobilized the border army to attack Guanlong. ”

"What, since your Guan Longhe clan is far more than the strength on the surface, can't you solve this trouble?" Ah Chai Zhen looked at him with a strange gaze and said: "If you can even use the Demon Sect, according to me, you don't need to use me at all, what is the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty?"

"Using the Demon Sect and entering the Northern Wei Imperial Palace, we didn't accomplish what we wanted to do. Qi Shenfeng's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said lightly: "But even so, in fact, if it is only for cultivators, it is not a big deal for us, but the key is that the killing of millions of armies is not something that only cultivators can decide. And without the second Demon Sect, no one would be able to face and deal with such a large number of troops. ”

"So you want my hundreds of thousands of troops to join forces with you and crush the army of the Northern Wei Emperor. ”

Ah Chai looked at him intently, his expression even more weird, "But I don't want to negotiate terms with you first, I want to know first, whether the Demon Sect is still alive?"

Qi Shenfeng nodded and said, "He's still alive, and he's getting stronger and more difficult to control." ”

Ah Chai sneered: "Even you find it difficult to control, or you can't control it at all in the future." ”

Qi Shenfeng laughed with emotion and said, "General, you think very thoroughly, the truth is that whether you can control it depends on whether you can stand with us." ”

Achai felt that this sentence was very empty.

But Qi Shenfeng also seemed to be very clear, he looked at Achai Zhen and said, "You should also understand that since we can make a demon sect appear in the world, we can also let a second demon sect appear in the world." ”

He paused, looked at Achai Chen, and said slowly, word by word: "Unless the general can refuse the temptation to become very powerful." ”

Before Achai Zhen could reply, he had already continued, but at a faster pace, just stating some facts, no longer deliberately tempting.

"I don't think the general will refuse such a temptation, general, I'm afraid you should also think clearly, Xia Baying has never interfered in your side of the matter, she just wants to borrow your hand to clean up Tuyuhun, after your family is dominant, she will rarely trouble, she can take over your clean Tuyuhun as long as she cleans you up in the end, this is only a matter of time, unless you really turn your head and serve her as king. ”