Chapter 310

Hanyang Pass, Garrison Commander Xu Zhongxing stood on the city wall, gazing into the distance.

At the end of his line of sight, a sea of banners broke through the fog, and countless iron cavalry were coming toward Hanyang Pass, the military aura like a mountain!

Xu Zhongxing's pupils shrank slightly; such military aura was completely beyond his expectations. Hanyang Pass had a garrison of fifty thousand; if it were the original garrison, it might still have such military aura, but when the commandery was established, many elites were taken away by Chen Dao and Yue Jinshan, and now the military aura was not as good as before. Without piling up thirty or forty thousand people, I fear it would not be possible to form such military aura.

There are also ways to conceal or exaggerate military aura, and although this army in front of him is marching and there is a possibility of showing off before the pass, it basically represents the strength and morale of this army.

Beside him, Fan Donghe's expression was solemn, and after a moment he said, "Truly an army of tigers and wolves!"

A Mobile Corps Commander said, "Fortunately, they can be used by the imperial court now; with them blocking the west, our days will be easier."

Fan Donghe made a 'heh' sound and said, "Easier? That may not be so. Wolfish ambition, even if restrained for a moment, will sooner or later be exposed."

That unit soon approached, and ordinary soldiers could also see the large 'Wei' character on the deep green-based banners.

The unit was entirely cavalry, with more than three thousand riders, all in green armor with red decorations. Although it was a normal march, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the killing intent was soaring!

When the unit arrived not far outside the pass, it changed direction and did not enter the pass, but bypassed the city. The relevant documents had already been sent to Hanyang Pass, so all the generals in the pass knew that this was the army escorting the Dingxi Military Governor, Wei Yuan, to the capital to meet the Emperor.

Xu Zhongxing suddenly said, "When he traveled west alone, I didn't even know such a person existed. I didn't expect that now he actually has a cavalry force no weaker than the Nine Armies; this is less than a year!"

"Hmph, maybe it's just a bunch of fancy decorations. If it weren't for our elites being transferred, we wouldn't be bad either!" a Captain said unconvinced.

Fan Donghe glared at the man fiercely and continued to observe the cavalry unit, frowning more and more as he watched: "The military aura is a bit strange; with so few people, how can there be such strong military aura? It's strong to the point of being outrageous."

Xu Zhongxing's eyesight was far superior, and he said slowly, "Because there are many, many Dao foundations inside, perhaps eight hundred, perhaps one thousand. The military aura is concealed, so it's a bit unclear."

Fan Donghe was startled, "So many!? Where did he find so many Dao foundations? Could it be that all the Dao foundations in the entire Shattered Domain have gone to him?"

The cavalry had already bypassed the pass city, and looking at the large 'Wei' banner that was moving further and further away, Fan Donghe said, "Raising a tiger to cause trouble! Why did the King seal him as a Military Governor? Truly muddled!"

Xu Zhongxing glared at him fiercely, and Fan Donghe only then realized he had spoken out of turn. Fortunately, they were all brothers who had fought side by side for many years, and no one should report it secretly.

In the cavalry formation, Wei Yuan sat upright on a green colt, moving forward slowly, without feeling any bumps at all. At this time, the army was connected by military aura and formed a single entity; the marching speed seemed slow but was actually fast, and being a cavalry unit, it could run hundreds of miles in an hour.

Wei Yuan could feel that as the distance from the Azure Void Realm Stone became more distant, the ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains gradually returned to silence, the Dao power continuously declined, and his whole person gradually became weak.

Cui Yu beside him felt something and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It doesn't matter, just a little weak."

Cui Yu sighed, "If you ask me, we should have mobilized the entire army; why be so low-key? In Jin Capital, there are many people waiting to find trouble for you."

Wei Yuan said, "These troops are just right now; if there were more, perhaps the Jin King would regret it. Wanting to find trouble for me, hehe, I fear it's not that easy."

Cui Yu said, "We have a traitor in our realm. Now that you leave the Azure Void, you will become weak; this matter has already spread in Jin Capital. Many young people there are thinking of fighting you to become famous and take the opportunity to suppress the momentum of our Grand Void Palace. I think we should thoroughly purge the inside when we return this time."

Wei Yuan shook his head: "No need. There are so many people now, and there will be more and more in the future; there will always be people who mix in, and there will always be people who leave us. Let it be."

Cui Yu turned his head and said, "There is one more thing; this time you didn't leave any positions for your fellow disciples of the Azure Heaven Hall when distributing official positions, and they are somewhat dissatisfied in private."

Wei Yuan said, "They came late and were left idle by me for a period of time, basically doing nothing, so how can I give them positions? Don't worry about them; there will be many battles in the future, and when they have merits, there will naturally be enough positions. How is the situation in the north?"

Cui Yu said, "The Liao tribe moved south in large numbers, the Western Jin front collapsed, and it was only after re-enabling the Ying King that the situation stabilized. They retreated thousands of miles in one breath, and the main force of the Liao tribe was able to free up their hands to attack the northern mountain gate with all their strength. Most of the combat power in the palace has been transferred to the north, and I heard the situation is not optimistic. At this time, the Jin King is holding an autumn hunt, also wanting to boost morale."

"Autumn hunt..." Wei Yuan knew that this was the main event of this trip.

Thousands of iron cavalry marched day and night, running more than one hundred thousand miles in a month, changing from hot and humid to cold and dry along the way, and finally a deep gray giant city appeared in front of Wei Yuan: Yingdu.

The capital of Western Jin, Ying, was initially just a small border town. After the Lu family gained the country a thousand years ago, contrary to everyone's expectations, they set the capital in the small city of Ying, which had only ten thousand people at the time.

Ying is located on the edge of the northern grasslands, and at that time it was only a few hundred miles away from the nearest Liao tribe grassland, and the Northern Liao iron cavalry could kill their way to the city wall in one charge.

In the hundred years that followed, generations of Jin Kings slept on their weapons and waited for dawn, killing the Northern Liao back ten thousand miles all the way, establishing the current territory of Western Jin. Since then, generations of Jin Kings have been muddled or diligent in governing; at the furthest, Yingdu was thirty thousand miles away from the border, and at the closest, it was only two thousand miles.

The northern mountain gate of the Grand Void Palace is also located on the northern grasslands, and the relationship between Western Jin and the Grand Void Palace is sometimes close and sometimes distant, but overall they still watch over and help each other, acting as each other's wings.

After hundreds of years like this, Ying has changed from a small city of ten thousand people to a giant city of two million people today, becoming a famous city of Great Tang.

Yingdu West Gate, the afternoon sun shone through the windows of the city tower, shining into the building, making the room warm. The garrison general responsible for the rotation leaned on the back of the chair, his eyelids gradually becoming heavy.

Suddenly a horn sounded, and the general was startled, instinctively jumping up, enemy attack?

A small soldier rushed into the city tower and shouted, "General Lin, there is military aura! The speed is very fast!"

General Lin grabbed his sword, rushed to the city tower, and looked into the distance. Sure enough, a military aura appeared on the horizon, rushing straight into the clouds, with killing intent soaring. General Lin had been through many battles and had only retired from the northern border due to injuries this year, being transferred to the capital garrison. He was experienced and could tell at a glance that it would take twenty thousand Liao barbarian raiders to form such military aura.

But although they had just experienced a major rout and retreated thousands of miles, the front line was still ten thousand miles away from the capital; how could the Liao cavalry suddenly appear near the capital?

The military aura moved quite rapidly, and the army below finally appeared in the field of vision. General Lin used all his eyesight and finally saw the deep green and red-decorated armor, as well as the 'Wei' character on the military banner.

He suddenly remembered something, took out the military register, searched quickly, and his tense face finally relaxed, scolding the soldiers beside him: "Making a fuss! That is the banner of Military Governor Wei! Blowing the horn without seeing clearly, scaring me to death!"

A majestic voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Why blow the alarm horn?"

He looked back and saw a general with dark skin and a square face standing behind him, majestic without being angry. His body immediately straightened, saying, "Greetings to the Right Protector! Returning to the General, it should be the army of Military Governor Wei; the people below didn't see clearly and blew the alarm horn by mistake."

The square-faced general came to the front of the city and looked at the rolling iron cavalry, his pupils shrank, and he said slowly, "As expected of the border army, truly an army of tigers and wolves!"

General Lin was stunned and said, "Border army? They are not on the register?"

The square-faced general said, "Think about their position; if this isn't the border army, what is it? This Wei Yuan..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

A moment later, the gates of Jin Capital opened wide, and thousands of iron cavalry rolled into the city. General Lin stood at the city gate, watching the riders gallop past him, only feeling the killing intent, thick as substance, rushing toward him, making people suffocate.

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The small officer beside him quietly stuck out his tongue and said, "My God! How many people must have been killed to have such heavy killing intent!"

General Lin said, "Otherwise, how could they have wiped out Marshal Yue's ten thousand iron cavalry?"

"Ah? That's them?" The small officer was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth.

General Lin nodded and said, "These are all newly affiliated; don't provoke them if you have nothing to do."

The small officer smiled bitterly, "How many guts does this little one have to dare to provoke these gods of slaughter?"

General Lin only then felt relieved. However, he knew that there were many bold people in the capital.

Wei Yuan handed over the entry documents, and the large cavalry army was led to the military camp. Ying City also had walls built outside the city walls, circling out several guard cities. The guard cities were equivalent to large-sized barbican gates, with military camps inside. The large army Wei Yuan brought was stationed in the military camp, and he himself could take one hundred personal guards to stay in the post house in the capital, waiting for the Jin King's summons.

After a thousand years of operation, the capital was very prosperous; although the front line suffered repeated defeats, there were banquets everywhere in the city.

A mansion was brightly lit, and a painting pavilion half-suspended over a small lake was in the midst of a banquet. Most of the people at the banquet were young, all dressed in gorgeous clothes, and one could tell at a glance that their backgrounds were extraordinary.

There were three seats at the head, and in the middle was a young girl; she couldn't say where she was beautiful, but the more she looked, the more she wanted to look; it was the Princess Ningguo of Zhao Guo.

The young man on the left had a green flood dragon embroidered on his robe; he was the fifteenth son of the current Jin King. The young nobleman on the right had a deep momentum, and the skin on his face faintly revealed precious light, surprisingly having extraordinary cultivation. Being able to sit beside the Zhao Guo Princess, his background was naturally extraordinary; he was the heir of the Cheng King.

Except for these two, those who could drink with Princess Ningguo were naturally all prominent in background.

There were still a few empty seats at the banquet, and at this time the waiter shouted loudly: "General Wang of the Right Protector of the Imperial Guard has arrived!"

A square-faced man walked into the painting pavilion; although he was not wearing armor, his military style was very eye-catching. He first bowed to the fifteenth prince and then sat down at the banquet.

Everyone at the banquet was familiar with each other, and a nobleman said, "General Wang, I heard that the Western Region barbarian Wei entered the city today, scaring the city gate garrison into blowing the alarm horn by mistake. Is this barbarian Wei really that powerful?"

The square-faced general said, "It is truly an army of tigers and wolves."

A nobleman snorted and sneered, "No matter how much ability this guy has, if he dares to offend Princess Ningguo, this nobleman will at least have to learn the unique skills of the Grand Void Palace!"

This nobleman spoke without restraint, and the expressions of the people at the banquet were somewhat subtle.

The atmosphere among the nobles of various countries is quite open, and the royal family is even more so; there are many people who are unrestrained, and there are many princesses who have seen countless people before they are twenty.

On that day, the Zhao Guo diplomatic mission was hijacked by the horse bandit Zhan Tian Gang, and Princess Ningguo was humiliated; such news naturally spread faster than flying sword messages. Everyone didn't care about the princess being humiliated; anyway, they just treated it as being bitten by a dog, or choosing an unpleasant guest by mistake because they drank too much.

What everyone talked about with relish was that the horse bandits finished the matter between breaths from getting on the carriage to getting off. There are many people in the capital with eyes reaching the sky, and everyone knew the true background of the Zhan Tian Gang, so naturally they knew who dared to drill into the princess's carriage.

In addition, Feng Lin, who lost his official position due to poor protection, insisted in prison that the horse bandit did indeed do the deed, and he heard the sound outside the carriage, so this matter became a joke and anecdote, spreading throughout the Western Jin officialdom as Wei Yuan was sealed as Military Governor.

Wei Yuan's iron cavalry had not yet entered the capital, and the name of the 'Three Shots' had already spread throughout the capital.

(End of this chapter)