Chapter 726 Arrival at Xiyang Pass

One night passed in the blink of an eye.

When the sun rose slowly from the east the next day, a silver-white stream of light flew past the western border of Daqian.

About an hour later, the speed of this silver-white stream of light began to slow down.

This silver-white stream of light was the Feiyun Shuttle that was speeding all the way from the Daqian Imperial Capital.

After a whole day and night of non-stop speeding, it finally arrived at the western border.

Lu Fan and others stood on the deck in front of the Feiyun Shuttle, looking forward, and it was an extremely magnificent huge pass.

It was like a huge ancient black turtle crawling on the ground.

"Husband, is this Xiyang Pass in front?" He Qing asked curiously, looking at the giant turtle-like pass in front.

Lu Fan nodded when he heard it: "Yes, this is Xiyang Pass."

This was also his first time to come to Xiyang Pass.

However, he could clearly sense the traces of Rong Lie and Lu Xuelong, and the two had reported the details to him before.

So he did not go to Zhenxi City, but came directly to Xiyang Pass.

As the Feiyun Shuttle got closer and closer to Xiyang Pass, all the soldiers guarding the city walls were alert.

Although the Feiyun Shuttle flew from Daqian, no one dared to relax at this critical moment.

This was also an order issued by Lu Xuelong himself.

No matter which direction the flying magic weapon came from, if it approached without permission, Yilu would treat it as an invader and attack it with a siege crossbow.

Fortunately, Lu Xuelong and Rong Lie, who received Lu Fan's message, immediately climbed the city wall and asked everyone to stop guarding.

Under the gaze of extremely curious eyes, the Feiyun Shuttle flew directly above Xiyang Pass.

Then it slowly descended and finally landed on the huge square in the center of Xiyang Pass.

Unlike ordinary cities, almost all the houses and buildings in Xiyang Pass are surrounded by the city walls, and most of the central positions are large and small squares.

These squares are places for soldiers to gather quickly.

Of course, there are also some specially divided areas in the city for soldiers to rest and entertain.

There is a special market, with wine shops and teahouses, and areas for buying various items.

Rather than a market, it is better to say that it is a small town built separately.

This small town is connected to Xiyang Pass, but it is not completely integrated. Instead, it is blocked by the city wall and only one city gate is accessible.

All the civilian monks and caravans for trade are here.

The entire Xiyang Pass is full of soldiers, and no civilian monks live there.

The most luxurious place in the entire Xiyang Pass may be the general's mansion.

Of course, this so-called luxury is only relative. To be honest, this general's mansion is not even as luxurious as some county governor's mansions.

It's just that in Xiyang City, where there are stone houses everywhere, the general's mansion built of stone and spiritual wood seems more or less luxurious.

When Lu Fan and others came out of the Feiyun Shuttle one after another, Lu Xuelong and Ronglie, who quickly rushed here, and more than a dozen captains all came to greet them.

After seeing Lu Fan, Lu Xuelong, Ronglie and more than a dozen captains knelt on one knee to salute.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

After Lu Xuelong and others knelt down to salute, all the soldiers around reacted.

Without any hesitation, all the soldiers also knelt down on one knee to salute, shouting in unison.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

While saluting, they also secretly looked at Lu Fan, the new Emperor Qian, with curiosity in their eyes.

They knew Lu Fan's reputation as a waste, but they also knew that Lu Fan swept through the major dynasties and many Tianjiaos who worshipped the upper sect in the Tianjiao Competition.

He suppressed hundreds of peerless Tianjiaos with his own strength, making hundreds of peerless Tianjiaos dare not challenge him on stage.

In addition, he successively conquered the Tianwu Dynasty, the Dongyuan Dynasty, the Huoshen Sect, and the Chiyang Holy Religion.

Facing such a legendary new emperor, they were all full of curiosity, awe, and deep worship.

After all, such an achievement was too shocking, and no Emperor Qian in history had done it.

And this new emperor had just succeeded to the throne and did it, how could they not be curious and shocked.

Looking at the curious and fanatical eyes, Lu Fan activated his cultivation and said loudly:

"No need to be polite, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone stood up, Lu Fan looked at Lu Xuelong: "Let's go, let's go to the city wall first."

After the voice fell, Lu Fan went straight to the stairs next to him and led everyone up the stairs to the city wall hundreds of meters high.

Looking at the 200-meter-wide city wall and the piles of rolling wood, gravel, hot oil and other city defense items on the city wall, Lu Fan nodded.

Apart from anything else, this cheap fourth uncle is still very capable.

After all, this cheap fourth uncle has been guarding here for decades and has made Xiyang Pass like an iron barrel.

If there was no Xiyang Pass like an iron barrel, the Baifeng Dynasty would have directly invaded the western border of Daqian long ago.

This is why he chose to subdue and control the four cheap uncles after careful consideration.

The military talents of his four cheap uncles are no worse than those generals he summoned.

After all, there are top talents everywhere.

Although the characters summoned by oneself are more trustworthy, the local talents will gradually become loyal characters after being conquered and controlled, and can also be trusted and used.

Anyway, he would not keep the local people he controlled around him, but let them do things.

So he was not worried that they would harm him one day.

Lu Fan led everyone to observe and move forward on the city wall. Every soldier he met by the wall saluted respectfully and curiously peeked at Lu Fan, the new emperor.

Lu Fan did not care about these, and always had a gentle smile on his face.

He was still very tolerant of these soldiers guarding the city.

After all, these soldiers guarding the city were all contributing to Daqian and were meritorious officials of Daqian...

He could get angry with the generals and strong men under his command, but he would not embarrass these low-level soldiers.

After all, fighting to defend the city depends on these ordinary soldiers.

If there were no ordinary soldiers, only a group of strong men under his command, Daqian would definitely not be defended.

So he would not look down on these low-level soldiers just because they were weak in cultivation, or look down on them.

Even when he passed by some soldiers, he would stop and pat their shoulders and say thank you for their hard work.

Lu Fan's attitude also touched the soldiers' hearts, and they became more awed and worshipped Lu Fan.

Xiyang Pass is very large, almost comparable to two-thirds of the imperial capital, so you can imagine how long the wall surrounding the entire Xiyang Pass is.

However, Lu Fan did not leave because of this.

The war was about to begin, so he naturally had to have a detailed understanding of the entire Xiyang Pass.

At the same time, he personally appeared on the wall to inspect, which also played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and inspiring people.

In this way, after walking for nearly an hour, Lu Fan came to the section of the wall facing the natural mountain passage...