The clear blue sky and the wasteland full of frost flowers.
Lin Yi's coalition forces approached the outskirts of Darban City at sunset.
Because the terrain of the entire Dangxiang is particularly high, the sunset time is one to two hours later than in the Southern Dynasties. This may be because the land on which we stand is closer to the sky. The rays of light not far away and the clouds that are not yet darkening appear more vivid.
magnificent.
Under such magnificence, Darban City appears even more majestic and majestic.
In the wilderness along the way, Lin Yi also saw many settlements of Dangxiang people. What impressed him the most was that most of them were tents or earthen walls covered with dried cow dung, as well as various totems and paintings.
Scripture pillars and cairns.
The desolation and tenacity of vitality are best reflected in the territory of Dangxiang.
There is absolutely no connection between the city of Darban, shrouded in the dim light of the sun, and its prosperity and wealth. Looking around, the city behind the towering stone walls is full of shabby tents and overlapping piles of dirt.
A house made of stacked walls.
But in the Dangxiang area, both ordinary people and royal families with astonishing wealth like those prosperous and warm colors. The earthen walls and tents in Darban City are all painted in deep red or deep yellow colors. From a distance,
It looked like countless rosy clouds falling on this city, entangled passionately, and brighter than the lights in the sky.
Darban City was originally built as a city dug into a stone mountain, but now it looks like there is no trace of the stone mountain. It looks like the city is built on a slightly elevated slope, but it is surrounded by
It is a large city, and a large number of rocks and stone piles can be seen everywhere in the flat wasteland that is more than ten miles around. While exuding a completely different atmosphere from the frozen soil plain below, it also always reminds passers-by of the original digging of Darban City.
Chengcheng is definitely not nonsense.
The atmosphere of long history is constantly exuding from these stones and stone piles, which are like wild beasts lurking in the grass.
These stones and piles of stones also have dense totem patterns and scriptures, but what is different from the villages and gathering places seen along the way is that the patterns and runes on these stones are overlapping, and many are even carved.
, traveling through hundreds of years.
But the most amazing thing is not just that. The middle part of the city is always exuding hazy mist and steaming clouds. This is formed by the geothermal hot springs in the city. However, the inner and outer city walls are wrapped in silver.
The cold wind carried an extremely chilling smell.
The outermost stone wall can't even see the true nature of the stone. The outer wall is covered with huge ice edges, like waterfalls that have been suddenly frozen. In the afterglow of the setting sun, there are thousands of different colors.
Color gives people a blurred and unreal feeling.
Those brightly colored tents and houses are always filled with the smoke of gray or black smoke. No one can be seen from a distance, but it clearly gives people the feeling that many people are moving inside. At this time, everywhere in the city has sounded
The sound of the horn.
Xia Baying also deliberately chose the time to arrive in this city. In this dim light, it would not only allow the Tuoba clan's army in the city to see clearly the size of her coalition, but also prevent them from seeing more clearly.
details.
The troops of the Xifeng clan were now dispersed and mixed among the Xiaba clan, the Yeli clan and the coalition forces from the Western Regions. Lin Yi discovered that these armies of Dangxiang had a very obvious feature. They were not as clear-cut as the armies of the Southern Dynasties and Northern Wei.
, there are many characteristics that allow people to quickly determine whose army this belongs to.
In addition to the Xiaba tribe's distinctive clothing, which mostly resembles the color of blood or flames, the Xifeng clan's army, like the Western Region Allied Forces and the Yeli clan's army, all have similar costumes and are mixed in, making it difficult to distinguish them.
Not long after leaving Tianmu Xirang, more than 10,000 Xifeng clan troops were sent back to Xifeng Hongqi's territory by Xia Baying.
This army of more than 10,000 people from the Xifeng clan was used as the identity of the defeated remnants of the Xifeng clan.
According to the messenger sent by Xia Ba Ying to Darban City in advance, the coalition forces led by Xia Ba Ying had defeated the Xi Feng Clan coalition forces in Tianmu Xirang. After the Xi Feng Clan coalition forces abandoned their armor, only one
More than 10,000 remnants of the army fled back.
In fact, she didn't deliberately arrange more details at all, because she just wanted to make a time difference.
Even if the Tuoba clan's spies discovered something was wrong, and by the time the military information was relayed back to Darban City, I'm afraid the battle between her and Lin Yi and Darban City would have been over.
In the dim light, about a thousand steps away from Lin Yi's coalition army, traces of the Tuoba clan's reconnaissance cavalry appeared in the wilderness.
The horses of these cavalry troops were breathtakingly fast, faster than any fast horses of the Southern Dynasty cavalry that Lin Yi had seen. But even though Xia Baying had already sent the message, these Tuoba clan's reconnaissance cavalry still did not dare to
near.
There are natural boundaries between many tribes in Dangxiang, and their armies are not as polite as the armies of the Southern Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if they come for peace talks, if these cavalry armies get too close, I am afraid that the practicing archers in the army will
The color will be reported immediately.
Xia Baying looked at the big city from a distance, and a layer of blurred color gradually appeared on her face, like those icy rays of light, "In your opinion, what is the biggest problem of the party?"
Lin Yi, who was also looking at the city carefully, was slightly startled and turned to look at her: "Are you asking me?"
"You are an outsider, so of course you will see it more clearly." Xia Baying smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "What's more, the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty are still the most powerful countries in the world. When competing with Dangxiang, naturally they will also compete with the Southern Dynasties.
Compared with the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"The biggest problem?"
Lin Yi frowned deeply, and he mused: "In my opinion, Dangxiang certainly has many problems, but the biggest problem you mentioned has not been something I have seriously thought about before. As far as I have seen during my time here at Dangxiang
, the biggest difference compared with the Southern Dynasties is that production is too scarce, and wealth is concentrated in the royal family. The most important thing is that what ordinary people learn and listen to are the myths and stories instilled by these royal families. Although they are obedient, they have lost the ability to change.
Ability, generation after generation is limited to such poverty."
"Only when the people want to advance, the dynasty will be strong. The Dangxiang royal family has been weaving myths since ancient times and asking ordinary people to serve them like gods and Buddhas. It is certainly beneficial to rule, and it is also very easy to accumulate military power in a relatively barren land, but such savings
It is similar to drying up the lake to fish, so it is okay to have a war with the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei in a short time, but if there is a stalemate, it is bound to be defeated. Therefore, in history, even if there are foreigners with powerful military forces like Dangxiang who invade your Central Plains countries, they will still be defeated.
You can only plunder, but you cannot occupy a place and rule it for a long time. This is because the people of your Central Plains Dynasty are different from the people of our Party."
Xiaba Ying nodded and said slowly: "So in my opinion, it is the same. Whether it is Dangxiang or Tuyuhun, if you want to be strong, you must first become a common people. This has nothing to do with production. The territory where my Xiaba tribe is located also lacks production.
, but with one skill, you can still have a steady stream of wealth."
Although Lin Yi already knew Xia Ba Ying, when he heard these words, his eyes shone with wonder again, and his heart suddenly became cheerful, "So you didn't want to talk to Tuoba from the beginning, it's because of Tuoba
The Tuoba clan is the strongest royal family in the party and the leader of the royal family. From the beginning, you wanted to completely defeat the Tuoba clan and use this to change the entire party."
"The Tuoba clan and the Mi Qin clan are representatives of the royal family, so they are destined to be my enemies." Xia Baying turned around, looked at the city, and said slowly: "So this has nothing to do with interests, only with my ambitions.
Regarding this, Tuoba clan and I are destined to fight to the death."
Lin Yi smiled faintly and said: "A three-foot-long freeze will not last in a day. The more you want to break the status quo, the more patience you have to have."
"Being trapped in the world in front of you means that you have not left the world in front of you first." Xia Baying smiled freely. She reached out and pointed at the big city in front of her and beyond, and said: "I have already thought about it. One day,
I will definitely send many young people from the Party to the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty to see the outside world and learn from the thousands of years of inheritance in Middle-earth. They will naturally think about the meaning of life."
"In one's life, one must eventually understand why one is alive."
Xia Baying's voice became softer, but when it reached Lin Yi's ears, it made Lin Yi feel extremely powerful, "For me, conquering cities and territories is meaningless. I understand why I am alive, and I also
I want all party members to truly live. If ten years is not enough, use twenty years. If twenty years is not enough, use my whole life. If I die, there will naturally be people who understand me who will continue to do such things.
"
Lin Yi fell silent.
Of course he understood that the reason why Xia Ba Ying said these words to him was because Xia Ba Ying knew that he understood her true ambition.
But he still felt that it would be too crazy for one person to completely reverse the thousands of years of accumulation and habits of a country.
He also knew very well that he was not actually a crazy person like Xia Baying.
Although he was born as a general, he had been restricted by dogma since childhood and had the teachings of the Southern Dynasty School. The world in front of him was not that broad.
After changing to a new dynasty, he was used to the harsh conditions of the world, but he had no intention of changing the status quo.
"Due to our childhood environment, you and I are not the same kind of people, but I naturally admire you very much." He was silent for a moment, and said softly sincerely: "These words may not be the same as those of the people who left those classic works.
With such courage, you can be regarded as teaching me a lesson."
"I have seen too many ambitious people, and I have also seen too many mediocre people who are doing nothing, but I can't see too much ambition in your eyes, especially for someone with such power like you.
, I am the first person I have met who does not have such burning ambition in his eyes. Moreover, you are indeed a good listener." Xia Baying turned her head, took a deep look at Lin Yi, and said:
"So if possible, I also hope to maintain an alliance with you in the future after these things in Dangxiang are over."
Lin Yi thought about it seriously and did not agree immediately. He just solemnly said: "I will try my best."
Xia Baying smiled and said no more. This was already the best answer for her.