The Northern Han Dynasty was a small country located between the Khitan Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom. The country mainly consisted of the twelve states in Hedong. The Northern Han Dynasty was in a barren land, but wars were frequent and military service was heavy. Every year, men over the age of seventeen were forcibly recruited as soldiers.
Taxes were levied excessively to pay tribute to the Liao Dynasty, so the Northern Han Dynasty lost a lot of people. The current total population is only about 500,000.
Within the Northern Han Dynasty, Baishui City was the northernmost pass of the Northern Han Dynasty.
In Baishui City, in the General's Mansion.
Ling Duozhi took a sip of tea and looked at his son Ling Tianyun. Ling Tianyun was sitting on his right side with his arms upright. Ling Tianyun had his back straight and a solemn expression on his face. He knew that if nothing serious happened this time, his father would
Will he be recruited back home urgently? Under normal circumstances, everything will be discussed in the military camp.
"Yun'er, you are seventeen years old and a man."
Ling Duozhi said with a sad expression: "Your mother has passed away for eleven years, and your father has also grown old."
"Father." Ling Tianyun felt a sore nose and lowered his head. A burst of sadness surged into his heart. He felt that his father was not old, he was only in his forties. He was in the prime of his life. He understood his father.
What did he really want to express, but as a minister, what could he do? He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
Ling Duozhi waved his hand and continued: "As a father, I know many things well. You don't have to worry about it. I want you to leave Baishui City this time."
Ling Tianyun was stunned. He did not expect that his father would leave Baishui City by himself. Ling Tianyun obviously did not react and stared at his father blankly. Then, Ling Tianyun showed an excited expression on his face, but his eyes revealed that
But there was a worried look in his eyes.
"The young eagle will eventually grow up and spread its wings to fly. My father has also stayed in Baishui City for more than ten years. Although the current emperor is ignorant and ignorant and regards thieves as his uncle, my father must do his best.
It is the duty of a minister." Ling Duozhi stood up and patted Ling Tianyun on the shoulder, with encouraging eyes in his eyes.
Ling Tianyun asked worriedly: "What will you do if I leave? I really don't trust you, and I don't trust those people in the capital."
"Don't worry, if those people wanted to touch me, they would have done it a long time ago. Your Majesty will not let Baishui Pass be lost. If Baishui Pass is lost, it means that my big man is also finished. The Khitan's cavalry can drive straight in. I have twelve big men.
Which state can resist, and the emperor is not a fool. Now I am short of generals, and those who want to touch me must also consider their interests." Ling Duozhi comforted his son.
Ling Tianyun shook his head and said, "I'm more worried about the people over there." He pointed to the north with his hand.
Ling Duozhi clasped his hands behind his back, paced in the hall, and said calmly: "The people over there have nothing to worry about. Although they can't come here clearly, any assassination attempt was not strangled in my hands. My father still has nothing to worry about."
There is no real aging." A stern look shot out from his eyes. As the guarding general of one side, Ling Duozhi was both a brave and skilled general and a person with outstanding martial arts skills. His hands were stained with the blood of countless enemy soldiers. At that time,
He is as famous as Yang Ye, another general who guarded Nanbian Pass in the Northern Han Dynasty. He was known as "South Yang Beiling" in the Northern Han Dynasty.
Hearing what Ling Duozhi said, Ling Tianyun felt a little more at ease, but there was still a faint worry in his heart.
"It's just that I'm more worried about your safety. Although you may not be able to hurt you if you stick to this small area of Baishui City, in my territory, I still want you to get out of this area and see the outside world.
In today's troubled times, the elders of any family don't want to be able to maintain a stable world with their children, but as a man, he should get out of this world. Do you understand my intention?" Ling Duozhi looked at it.
said the son.
"I know, and I understand," Ling Tianyun looked at his father, and all the worries in his heart disappeared. At this moment, he felt warm in his heart. He knew that his father was not a very rigid person. He knew that his father had seen through it.
He has learned a lot. In order to protect himself, his father can only let him go out and make a career outside. He also knows what kind of difficulties his father will face in the future. How much he wants his father to fight side by side, but he cannot let him down.
His painstaking efforts.
Ling Tianyun was conflicted in his heart, but he could not conceal his excited and expectant expression. His eyes gradually became firmer.
Ling Duozhi smiled happily. He knew that his decision was right. His son was still young and there was no need to stick to this small world. At the same time, he no longer had any hope for the Northern Han Dynasty. His son might be able to make a career outside.
Create a sky that truly belongs to him.
Ling Duozhi wants his son to leave Baishui City, and it is not without a goal. The fifteenth day of next month will be the birthday of Ling Duozhi's father-in-law and Ling Tianyun's grandfather, Feng. The Feng family is one of the twelve states of the Northern Han Dynasty.
He is a large family who has practiced martial arts for generations, and is also a famous martial arts family in the Northern Han Dynasty. But not many people know about this, let alone the existence of the father-in-law of the Ling family.
"Father, you want me to go to Da Zhou after paying homage to grandpa. Why don't you wait until after the New Year?" Ling Tianyun asked his father in confusion. It turned out that Ling Duozhi wanted him to rush to Da Zhou Jizhou immediately after paying homage to his birthday.
Fu family, go visit Fu Heng, the head of the Fu family.
"My father got the news that one year ago, the Central Plains' Sword Saint Feng Lian Daxia had a battle with the Khitan master Wanyan Wudi in Changbai Mountain. After that, Feng Daxia disappeared, but the Khitan master Wanyan Wudi disappeared.
He was seriously injured and then went into seclusion. Wanyan Wudi has recovered from his injuries recently and will be released from seclusion in the near future." Ling Duotian explained.
"That battle caused great turmoil in the world, and it was spread all over the world. It seems that Daxia Feng won, but I don't know why he disappeared. Why did they fight back then?" Ling Tianyun asked curiously.
"It is said that Daxia Feng won, and Wanyan Wudi promised that the Khitan would invade the Central Plains within ten years. What he did not expect was that while Wanyan Wudi was seriously injured and in retreat, the Khitan Kingdom had changed hands. This promise turned out to be empty words.
"Ling Duozhi sighed helplessly and continued to say seriously: "After Wanyan Wudi came out of seclusion, because of the disappearance of Feng Daxia, I don't know if he will do anything detrimental to the martial arts people in the Central Plains.
My father wants you to rush to the Fu family in Jizhou as soon as possible, because the Fu family is a martial arts family that is the leader of the Central Plains martial arts, and my father and Fu Heng, the head of the Fu family, have also had an intersection. When the time comes, my father will write a book and bring it to you."
Ling Tianyun didn't seem to understand, he still looked at his father in confusion.
"I know you have a lot of doubts. The person who gave me the news is the spy I sent to Khitan for many years. I am the only one who knows about it now. Although my father is in the Northern Han Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty is the recognized orthodoxy.
As a Han, my father does not want his compatriots to be killed by foreigners. It’s just that the world is already chaotic, but chaos is also our Han people’s own business. If foreigners get involved, I believe every Han will do the same.
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"I understand, but the world has been in chaos for more than forty years. Is it true that no one person can unify the world like Taizong of the Tang Dynasty did?" Ling Tianyun continued to ask.
Ling Duozhi raised his head and looked out the window, sighing: "It is common for the world to divide and unite. It is normal for the world to unite and unite. Maybe the True Dragon Heaven that can unify the sky has not appeared yet, or maybe it should be soon."
Ling Tianyun was even more confused. He didn't understand what "should be soon" meant.
Ling Duozhi smiled. He understood his son's temperament of breaking the casserole and asking for the truth, and he would not give up until he found out.
"Half a year ago, a saying suddenly circulated in the world, 'Dragon stars descend from the sky, and the hidden wind sings in Huainan.'. We don't know where this sentence came from, so some people suspect that a real dragon emperor is about to appear in the world.
, and it is related to the Ye family in Huainan. It is precisely because of this sentence that the Ye family in Huainan was exterminated four months ago by a group of unknown men in black."
"Who could be so cruel to have their clan exterminated just because of a slander?" Ling Tianyun said in shock.