The scenery of the north is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.
Zhao Changhe, who always had no poem in mind when he needed it, had the whole poem echoing in his mind over and over again while he was riding his horse across the sky this time, without missing a single word.
Of course it’s because the author is the person I respect the most, but also because at this moment, my mood is similar.
Every time after seeing her evening makeup, I would unconsciously slow down my heart. No matter how tense or anxious the atmosphere is, she always has this magic.
Qinghe and Langya, the journey was hurried, seemingly flying in the sky, but in fact there was no leisure time to see the mountains and rivers below. This time out of the capital, the speed was obviously the same, but the heart was much more peaceful, sitting on the black horse, I felt like looking at the scenery, and the poem came into my mind.
Such a vast world, such beautiful mountains and rivers.
The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for it.
Zhao Changhe didn't know who in the world could be called a hero. Not to mention comparing him to the lyricist, even compared to the emperor in the lyric, no one could be even slightly close.
It was once said that the world of martial arts was disappointing, and only Yue Hongling reflected the dream in his heart.
But if we look at Yuxu Li Shentong from the perspective of Jianghu, each of them can be considered as a high-profile figure, and Jianghu is not bad. However, when looking at the world, their vision suddenly feels lower, so the world is more disappointing than Jianghu, and the Jianghu in memory becomes more beautiful.
Fortunately, Tang evening makeup still exists in the world, both in the past and now.
The Four Symbols Sect, which has transformed from a demonic sect to a state religion, has also shown a positive trend. Xia Chichi is determined to do what his father could not do and restore peace to the world; Zhuque is also thinking about managing internal troubles and fighting foreign invaders. Although the current court is weak, lacking money, food, soldiers, officials, and everything else, it has begun to have a kind of vitality, a kind of power that everyone is united in moving forward towards the same goal.
What Jianghu, what world, the old generation's chaotic world list is a thing of the past, even the blind are considering re-ranking it...
Let’s look at today.
Wuzhui hovered in the sky between Hangu Pass and Tong Pass. Zhao Changhe looked down at the guards at Tong Pass, who were gradually increasing their numbers, with a cold expression.
After each family rebelled, they obviously quickly formed separatist territories based on their respective geographical locations. Just as the Wang family occupied the entire Qi and Lu lands, the Cui family occupied Hebei, and the Yang family occupied Henan, the Li family also controlled the entire Guanzhong. The watershed between the Li family and the Yang family were these two passes.
The distance between the two passes is actually very close, and you can see both ends at the same time when looking down from the sky.
The area west of Tongguan is the Li family's territory, and the area east of Hangu is the Yang family's territory, with each family occupying one pass.
The two families were originally allies but not one. Each family still had troops deployed to guard against the other, but neither of them had heavy troops stationed. Ever since the Yang family was persuaded to withdraw by Cui Wenjing, the Li family was still very sensitive. They did not need to know what decision Yang Jingxiu had made. They only needed to know that the Yang family did not fight the Cui family as promised during the Battle of Langya, and they knew that something had changed. So they increased their troops in Tongguan and strictly guarded it.
Correspondingly, the Yang family's troops arrived at Hangu, facing the Li family. Of course, at this time, they could not be called Yang family's troops in theory, but it was too early to reform, and the army here was still managed by the Yang family, including logistics supply.
On the surface, this is a confrontation, but in reality, the Yang family is at a disadvantage. First of all, because Hangu Pass has been abandoned for a long time, it can no longer be considered a strong pass. The pass city is not complete and is not on the same level as Tongguan. This is very close to Zhao Changhe's cognition in the present world. This is determined by geography. The culture of any world will lead to a similar inevitable trend. Secondly, the Yang family has never had a strong desire to secede or even compete for hegemony. Its preparations cannot be as strong as the Li family, which has been quietly accumulating strength. There is a big gap in military strength and food. It is not realistic to rely on the Yang family to hold on. Once the pass is broken, it will go straight to Luoyang.
Fortunately, the Li family took a detour north of Taihang Mountain and attacked the capital directly, but was ambushed. The Suzaku suffered heavy losses from the raging fire and was unable to organize a new attack for a while. But their own strength was not that important. What was important was that they were mixed with the Hu people. The loss of those light cavalry by the Hu people was not a serious injury, but it was still a dark cloud pressing down on the north, making people breathless.
Before leaving Beijing, he received news from Sanniang outside the Great Wall.
Batu was defeated and lost all the small tribes that had been attached to him. They then attached themselves to the Great Khan Timur. Only his own War Lion tribe was left. They suffered heavy casualties and fled in panic. They were driven all the way to the northwest desert. It was extremely miserable in the snow and ice. I don't know how they got through the twelfth lunar month.
Batu was miserable, but he was originally stationed in the frontier between the northern and southern deserts for everyone, and that was not just the Yanmen barrier - you have to know that the location of the capital is also a typical front line, and Xia Longyuan's presence here already has a strong sense of the emperor guarding the country. This time Xia Longyuan is gone, Batu is gone, and Guanzhong has become a place where wolves are invited. It can be said that the Yanmen defense line alone is almost meaningless...
The only consolation is that Batu is not dead after all. No matter how miserable the War Lion Tribe is, it still exists. As long as they are not frozen to death or starved to death, they will be a thorn in Timur's side, making it difficult for him to attack southward without restraint.
After all, it was snowing and icy. It would be fine to launch a surprise attack on Batu, but it would be too difficult to really attack the dangerous Yanmen Pass or cross mountains and ridges to attack the capital. No one could withstand being stabbed from behind by Batu again.
From the current perspective, it will not be long before spring comes, and Timur's actions will be more focused on forcing Batu to death, and then waiting for the spring to come before heading south, which is the correct military approach. The various wars in the past few months are very contrary to common sense, and no one will do this all the time.
Sanniang's trip to the north was extremely timely, otherwise Batu would have been killed and the War Lion tribe would have perished, and the situation everyone was facing would have been much more difficult. Now it has become a brief respite, just in time for the new dynasty that has just experienced great turmoil to take a breath, digest the results of Langya's victory and the Yang family's retreat, and let the nearly paralyzed capital city regain vitality.
It also allowed Zhao Changhe and Zhuque to leave Beijing and do what they had planned.
Zhao Changhe stared at the torches above and below Tongguan for a long time, resisting the urge to go down and kill everyone. Finally, he kicked his horse and continued to head southwest.
Huang Yan still had to keep the tacit agreement he had always talked about. If you can massacre Tongguan, others can also massacre other places, then it would be a mess... The other party's masters are no less than his own, in fact, there are more. He had violated the tacit agreement before, which was just skirting the edge. In theory, he was really a person on the Earth Ranking... This kind of skirting the edge can only happen once, and it can't happen again.
It is not necessarily true that Hangu is weak. At this time, Yangyang is in Hongnong, not too far away... Maybe what the Yang family can do will surprise the Li family.
Miaojiang is far away, and even if you fly, it will take a long time, and Wuzhui also needs to rest and eat. Zhao Changhe did not force it, and at nightfall, he rode his horse to Xiangyang.
This was also their own territory. When Lü Shiheng was killed, it was Tang Wanzhuang's people who came to take over the governorship, and some of the city defense duties were still handled by the Blood God Cult. Xue Canghai did not take all of them with him when he led his people north, and a small number of them stayed behind to form a branch.
Zhao Changhe originally planned to just rest here for one night before leaving, but he didn't expect that he would encounter new events even while passing by.
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PS: Transition chapter at the beginning of the volume.
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