Chapter 284: North of Daliang (Part 1)

"Just picked it up?"

Chen Chao looked at the guardian envoy with some suspicion. He didn't quite believe that such a thing existed.

That was something he had been looking for for a long time, but he still couldn't find it. How could it be just randomly obtained by the guardian?

It seems to be in line with that sentence, the so-called things that you long for, others may have them at your fingertips.

The guard looked at him and said calmly, "I'm not lying to you. I picked it up casually. I think this thing seems to have something to do with the broken knife in your hand, so I brought it to you to see. Of course, if you want to talk about luck, I'll do it." The best thing about this trip is not to pick this up.”

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you pick up the money?"

This was meant as a joke, so the guard naturally ignored him and just said to himself, "I solved a matter by accident. If I hadn't solved the matter, in fact, after I find you, I will send you out to sea. Do something else."

Chen Chao asked doubtfully, "Going to sea?"

The guard thought for a while and said, "It doesn't matter what I tell you now. You can probably understand it as another Wanliu Meeting, but it is also different. At least you are not qualified to participate in the previous realm. After stepping into the Sea of ​​Bitterness Realm, , have just qualified. On the isolated island overseas, many sects outside the country will send their disciples to participate, targeting some demon clans. The allocation of certain resources will be determined through competitions. Of course, you also know that the imperial court has always been responsible for these aspects. We are at a disadvantage. If Wanliu Club hadn't had you and that girl, we wouldn't have won the championship."

Chen Chao was silent for a while and suddenly asked, "Isn't the imperial court hiding its clumsiness in these aspects?"

In fact, Chen Chao had noticed this question when he saw the court's attitude towards Fangwai these few times, but he never had a suitable opportunity to ask. Now that he had this opportunity, he wanted the other party to solve his doubts.

The guard envoy looked at Chen Chao and smiled without saying a word.

Chen Chao frowned slightly.

The guard then smiled and said, "There are some things. It's hard to say what they are. You can see it, and they can see it too. But I can tell you that in today's world, it must be rare for the people of the world." The world is not as good as it is today in the past hundreds or even thousands of years. Of course, all these changes are closely related to our Emperor. "

Many monks outside the country felt that the current position of Emperor Liang was unfair, and there would definitely be objections from both the government and the public, and there would be no shortage of them. However, it seemed that in the eyes of the guardian, the Emperor of Liang was a rare hero and a wise king. , I don’t care about what happened in the past.

And there are many people like the guardian envoys in the Liang Dynasty.

The fact that the Emperor of Liang was able to sit on the throne for more than ten years without any so-called rebellion in the country can actually explain a lot of problems. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the opposition forces are accumulating. One day when they feel that their power has been When there is enough, it may be a prairie fire.

On that day, what Emperor Liang faced was no longer the so-called tinkering, but a major riot from all over the dynasty.

Chen Chao thought for a while, then changed the subject and asked, "Is there any master who is proficient in blacksmithing in the imperial court?"

The Liang Dynasty has been fighting against the monsters in the north, and weapons are naturally a top priority. There should be many officials proficient in forging at the Ministry of Industry. Chen Chao asked this question because he wanted to know if there were any highly skilled forging craftsmen who could Repair the broken knife in your hand.

The guard noticed Chen Chao's purpose and did not dwell on it. He just said, "It doesn't matter that the officials from the Ministry of Industry repair ordinary swords. They just want to repair the broken sword in your hand. They even want it to be restored after repair." It's best not to have any hope that it will be the same as before. Even the most senior official in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce who is best at repairing such weapons does not have this ability. "

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows. He originally planned to return to the divine capital immediately, but now that the guardian said this, he became a little hesitant.

The guardian envoy said, "Have you ever heard of Jianqi Mountain?"

Chen Chao was startled and nodded subconsciously.

The first time I heard about Jianqi Mountain was

In those ancient legends, after meeting Yu Xiyi later, especially after seeing the extremely sharp weed, I had a relatively good understanding of Jianqi Mountain.

The reason why he is interested now is actually because Xie Nandu left the capital of God with him this time, and the place he went to was Jianqi Mountain. The news that came later made it very clear that this talented girl ended up in Jianqi Mountain. Shan took away a total of nine flying swords, all of which were the best flying swords second only to the Centennial Sword.

"Don't they only make flying swords?"

Chen Chao knew that there was no one in the world who was better at flying swords than Jian Qi Shan, but that was just a flying sword, and what he had in his hand was not a sword.

It's a knife.

The guardian seemed to know Chen Chao's concerns and said, "What's the difference between swords?"

It seemed that Chen Chao had never thought about such a thing before the guard envoy asked this question.

"I've heard of sword-wielding, and I also know that the killing power of a swordsman is unparalleled in the world, but sword-wielding, isn't it... a little weird?" Chen Chao looked at the guardian envoy in front of him with a strange expression and some hesitation.

The guard smiled and said, "When you have reached a higher level of practice, even if you are a martial artist, you can naturally wield a sword if you are willing."

As he spoke, Chen Chao suddenly felt that the broken knife on his waist began to tremble, as if it was about to break out of the sheath. He subconsciously held down the handle of the knife, but a huge force kept pushing the broken knife out of the sheath, and finally Chen Chao resisted for a long time, but still couldn't stop it. The broken sword came out of its sheath, showing some sharpness.

The guard envoy praised, "What a good sword."

As he spoke, the broken knife in the scabbard seemed to lose its life and fell off the sheath again.

"One thing that foreign monks often say is that warriors are vulgar and do not understand the true meaning of the Tao. But in fact, when they are in front of a successful martial artist, they have to be very alert. As for the so-called Taoism, It’s just the movement of Qi, and it’s the same for me, the warriors, to return to our original nature.”

The guardian spoke slowly, which was regarded as instruction.

Chen Chao joked, "Sir, this statement is really... rare."

Chen Chao swallowed back the words shameless wisely.

The guardian glared at him, but was not angry at all. He just brought the topic back, "Over at Jianqi Mountain, since we are very familiar with flying swords, I thought it would not be difficult to reforge and repair your broken sword. However, What price you have to pay, I don’t know.”

Chen Chao frowned and said, "I heard that the sword cultivators who went to get the sword did not face any difficulties."

"The monks in Jianqi Mountain are interested in forging flying swords. They have forged too many flying swords, but they can't use them. What's the use of putting them in the mountain? Naturally, they want to give some away. As for why they don't make things difficult, Probably because the sword cultivators they selected are very talented. Such sword cultivators usually have great achievements. With the flying swords they forged, Jian Qi Mountain will naturally become more famous. Another one, have you heard that story about being bullied by outsiders? When they were at Qi Mountain, these sword cultivators who had come to pick up swords became a great help to them. Oh, it is said that there are still several sword immortals in the world who took their swords from Jian Qi Mountain. "

A sword cultivator can be called a swordsman if he sets foot on it and forgets his worries.

"The girl you like went to the mountain to get the sword a few days ago. Do you think that the mountain owner just looked at the dean's face and allowed her to take away so many flying swords? But he also took a fancy to her talent. This is all. It is very likely that she will be a female swordsman in the future. If you really get married to her in the future, I guess your life will not be too easy. "

Outside the country, a definite relationship between monks was called a Taoist couple, but in the Liang Dynasty, people still liked to use the term "marriage" to describe this relationship.

The guard changed the subject and said, "But warriors like us don't have to be indifferent to sword energy."

Chen Chao was thoughtful.

The guardian didn't give him much time and continued, "But now,

I’m afraid you need to come to your senses first,”

Chen Chao asked, "Why?"

The guardian looked at him and said softly, "The war in the north is quite tense, but it is almost over."

Chen Chao looked at him with some curiosity.

Then he remembered Song Lian, his previous commander at the left guard.

"Commander Song sent him?"

The Daliang Dynasty has always had wars with the demon clan in the north, but this time, it may be the most brutal one since the Daliang Emperor came to the throne. Even warriors like Song Lian were transferred to the north. This shows how cruel the war is. If you want to Surviving in such a war is indeed not an easy task.

Chen Chao had true feelings for Song Lian.

The guardian glanced at Chen Chao and said casually, "Don't worry, the guardian's Yamen has not received news of his death in battle."

Chen Chao relaxed slightly. For some reason, he was actually thinking of the woman who made a living by washing clothes.

The guard envoy looked to the north and said with emotion, "Your Majesty still went to the north."

Chen Chao suddenly raised his head.

This matter had been widely spread before, saying that Emperor Liang was determined to personally conquer the country, so countless courtiers throughout the city were very worried about it.

There were even countless court meetings where courtiers remonstrated to death.

But if the Emperor of Liang could be swayed by other people's opinions, he would not have chosen to raise an army in the first place.

"But this matter involves too much, and even His Majesty just went to the north alone without any fanfare."

Chen Chao was about to speak but stopped.

In the entire history of the Liang Dynasty, I am afraid that His Majesty the Emperor has never acted like this.

Seemingly sensing Chen Chao's worries, the guard said softly, "Don't worry. For someone like His Majesty, even if he goes to the north alone, there will be no problem."

When he said this, Chen Chao saw many other things in the eyes of the guardian. There were many emotions that Chen Chao had never seen before.

Very complicated.

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The territory of the Liang Dynasty has always been more than ten thousand miles. From north to south, the Great Wall stretches across the sky and the earth, blocking the north and the south. In the north is the demon tribe that has been entrenched for millions of years, and in the entire south, all the way to the South China Sea. , whether it is the large overseas islands or the so-called fairy caves, they all belong to the Liang Dynasty in name.

It's just that the current Daliang Dynasty has a smaller territory than the previous secular dynasties.

In that humiliation of the human race, all 30,000 miles of Mobei were lost to the demon clan. Countless people were treated as blood food of the demon clan. The Chinese state was destroyed. The human race almost ended its existence. Although they later saved their lives, in fact, in the eyes of countless human races, It was just lingering on. In the previous dynasty, the being who sat on the throne almost bowed to the demon clan. Every year, a large number of people were sent to the north by their king to feed the demon clan.

It was not until the dynasty collapsed and the world changed hands that the Daliang Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne and established the Daliang Dynasty. All this changed. The wars in the early years of the founding of the country were actually because the Emperor Taizu Gao cut off the blood and food supply of the monsters. Of course, for this matter, the soldiers who died in the northern border were even more than the people who were sent to the monsters.

At that time, countless people were considering whether it was worth it or not, but the Emperor Taizu Gao didn't care about it. He knew very well that if he didn't insist, the Daliang Dynasty would just become the second puppet of the previous dynasty, and they didn't want to do it.

Although the temperaments of the emperors of the Daliang Dynasty in the following generations were different, they were almost the same in dealing with the monsters. Until the emperor of the previous dynasty, he actually had a little more concession in the face of the monsters. If the Daliang Emperor, who was still a vassal king at that time, didn't raise troops, maybe in today's world, the efforts of the emperors of the previous generations of the Daliang Dynasty would have gone to waste.

So the Daliang Emperor was able to sit on the throne, and there was no reason for this.

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Now the Great Wall in the North is much taller than when it was first built. The stones used in the overall construction are not ordinary stones, but hard ores mined from special stone mines by the court. Then, the officials of the Ministry of Works continuously forged them before they were transported to the North to build the Great Wall.

If it were not for this, ordinary stones would definitely not be able to withstand the attacks of the monsters.

On each piece of stone, the name, official position and native place of the forger would be meticulously engraved. If there was a problem when the monsters invaded, the forger would definitely be killed immediately.

Only in this way can the Great Wall of Mobei still stand on the vast plains of Mobei for so many years.

Earlier today, the demons had a brief attack in front of a section of the Great Wall in the northeast of this Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles. The general who was in charge of guarding this section of the Great Wall at that time was named Wanshi. He was born in a military family. Three generations before him were all soldiers serving in the Northern Army. In his generation, because of his good talent, he was enlightened early and honed his skills here. In just a short period of more than 40 years, he has already stepped into the Sea of ​​Bitterness and became a general in the army, responsible for guarding this not-too-important section of the Great Wall.

After discovering that the demons were attacking the city, he quickly reacted and organized his soldiers to shoot and kill many of the demons with the crossbows on the top of the city. Wanshi, who had originally planned to face a fierce battle, suddenly discovered that the demons retreated like a tide after just testing. Although he was puzzled, Wanshi only reported the enemy situation to the Great Wall and ordered the soldiers to be on guard and then gave up.

After doing all this, Wanshi sat down on the tower and wiped the blood with his hand. He was exhausted after days of fighting, and now he was relying on his spirit to hold on.

Not long after he sat down, the deputy general came over with a worried look on his face and asked softly, "General, why did the demons retreat so decisively today? According to their temperament, even if they knew there was no chance in the past, they would have to try it out, at least spending half a day. Today, it seems that something is wrong."

Wanshi nodded, rubbed his shoulders, and sighed, "I know it's not right, but I don't know what the demons are thinking, but there was no response from the main general's platform. I think they had expected it. I'm afraid they are planning a big move."

At the end, Wanshi's voice became much quieter, as if he was covering up something.

The deputy general raised his eyebrows, became more energetic, and said with a smile, "I remember that I heard that a cavalry had left the city in the southeast, but I don't know where it went, nor who led it."

This kind of news actually comes every day on the Great Wall, but the less they know about it, the bigger the matter is. Just like that cavalry, it is said that when they look at it from a distance, they can feel the murderous intent like a thick cloud, which makes people breathless.

Fighting on the Great Wall for a long time will naturally be tainted with some murderous intent, but such murderous intent means that all the people in that cavalry are veterans of hundreds of battles.

Such a lineup and such a combination are not common in the Daliang Northern Border Army.

Wanshi smiled and said, "The war has come to this point, and the demon tribe is behaving very strangely, which means that we are really going to make a big move."

Speaking of this, Wanshi's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he said softly, "It's just that the general's health seems to be getting worse recently."

Thinking of the white hair on his temples when the general came here to inspect and boost morale a few days ago, Wanshi's face became a little ugly.

The general has been getting older in recent years, but in the past two years, his health has indeed been visibly getting worse.

As the pillar of the North, as long as the general is still in the North, the morale of the North will not fall.

No matter how hard it is, it doesn't feel difficult.

But how long can such days last?

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ade, underestimated the difficulty of writing the final chapter.