Time passed little by little, and August came in the blink of an eye. In order to welcome the Eighth Prince, Jiuyuan County did not make many moves. The main thing was to train soldiers and infiltrate Xiliang.
If you want to defeat Xiliang, you need to understand Xiliang!
Tupo City, as Prime Minister Li's palace in the northwest, changes its appearance every once in a while, with tall city walls and numerous guards.
In the palace, Li Xiang took Wu Yating to stroll in the garden. Wu Yating's belly was getting bigger, which meant that he would be a father in ten months!
Prime Minister Li did his best to protect Wu Yating. Three thousand guards guarded the outside of the palace. He originally planned to call in some Daqian women to take care of her, but he was worried that some people would take risks. With a wave of his hand, Prime Minister Li recruited three thousand women from Xiliang and transferred five women to Wu Yating. Hundreds of people came to protect Wu Yating.
The people inside and outside the palace are all from Xiliang, and the raw materials used in the kitchen are grains and vegetables grown by Xiliang themselves, with nothing from the outside world.
Except for the people in the Xiliang headquarters, no one else knew about Wu Yating's pregnancy. Even Zhang Qingyun and Li Xiang didn't tell her.
People from the non-headquarters outside the pass slowly moved to the inside of the pass this summer. The rolling mountains separate the outside and the inside of the pass. In August, the weather in the pass can be described as hot. The weather outside the pass is just right. By the end of September, the weather It's about to start getting cold.
People who thought they would never be able to enter the pass again kowtowed and knelt before the discovery of Xiliang City when they returned to the pass.
When they return to the northwest, are they still far from their hometown?
People from outside the customs came to the customs to supplement the shortage of manpower in some places, and developed while resisting the vicious beasts.
Everything developed as Li Xiang thought, without any big discrepancies.
A maid quickly walked up to Prime Minister Li and whispered in his ear: "My lord, Lord Liu Zhen and people from the Li family sect in the imperial capital want to see you!"
When Wu Yating saw the maid visiting Li Xiang, she knew that there was nothing important and these people would generally not trouble Li Xiang.
"It's important!" Wu Yating said softly to Li Xiang.
"Yes!" Li Xiang stood up and ordered the maids on the left and right: "Protect the mistress!"
"Yes!" The maids on the left and right are not ordinary maids. Each of them is a master, and they are all at the top level. When necessary, they can protect Wu Yating like a dead soldier.
"I'll come back and visit the garden with you later!" He said softly to Wu Yating, and then Li Xiang strode towards the main hall.
In the main hall, Liu Zhen stood aside with an old man. Next to them was a group of soldiers dressed in black. Their temperament could not be concealed. The leader was a middle-aged man with a restrained aura.
"This is the black guard of the Li family!" The old man next to Liu Zhen sent a message: "The black guard is the exclusive force of the Li family. They come out of the army. Each one of them is a top-notch expert. They are a very good team of the Li family. Important troops!"
"In other words, is it true that the city lord is a descendant of the general Li family?" Liu Zhen's heart burned with gossip: "Those Xiliang cavalry were also trained by the Li family? That's not right! If the Li family has such troops, they shouldn't It is placed in the southeastern fiefdom, what is it used for?"
The old man shook his head slightly: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was not trained by the Li family. According to the intelligence, Li Xiang is the seventh son of Li Zhen. The family sent him to the East Palace to provide support for the Li family to the East Palace and to pass on some information when necessary."
"Later, due to some reasons, Li Xiang was thrown out as a scapegoat to ward off the crime. He should have died. Later, because his father Li Zhen was not killed, he was just driven outside the customs. There were forces of the prince's lineage outside the customs and should be accepted. Unfortunately, among them Something happened, and Li Xiang was thrown into the coldest place outside the Northwest Pass, where there was no one.
No one knows how he survived. The next time he showed up, a large number of big men from Xiliang headquarters gathered around him!"
The old man said some things that ordinary people cannot understand at all. This is the intelligence organization passed down by their Liu family for thousands of years. Even if they lose control of the intelligence organization now, they can still easily get whatever they want to know. This is their The rights of the Liu family.
The black guard who was with him in the main hall was also full of thoughts. When he saw this palace, his first thought was that Prime Minister Li was rebellious. Only royal people could live in such a palace, but Prime Minister Li lived there.
Then he laughed self-deprecatingly, now Li Xiang is not from Dagan, but from Xiliang.
Their Daqian system could not be applied to Li Xiang. He wanted to see what kind of demeanor the Seventh Young Master who practiced martial arts behind him was like now.
He actually beat the colorful tiger Li Anlan, Luo Tiansheng, the Great Wall Guard and others until they were unable to fight back.
When Li Xiang came to the main hall, he saw the leader of the Black Guards stunned for a moment, and then looked at Liu Zhen and the strange old man!
Everyone below saluted one after another. Prime Minister Li nodded and looked at the black guards first: "I wonder if you are here, what can I do?"
The leading middle-aged man took a small step forward: "We are here under the command of Marshal Li Zhen. We would like to ask Lord Li Xiang to lead his army to the grassland to attack the grassland people together!"
"Attacking the grassland people together?" Li Xiang blinked: "This is a problem between you Dagan and the grassland people. What does it have to do with me, Xiliang?"
"Isn't City Lord Li also a Dagan man?" The middle-aged man looked at Prime Minister Li in surprise.
Li Xiang narrowed his eyes, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze. The cold murderous intention made several people below stand up, even the old and middle-aged people.
In the eyes of the old man, a big bloody wolf came out of Li Xiang's body, looking at them with its cold eyes, as if if Li Xiang made a move, it would rush out and tear their souls apart!
In the eyes of middle-aged people, Li Xiang is like that fierce tiger descending from the mountain, so aggressive that he dare not contend with it.
The Seventh Young Master has really changed, not only his body, but also his aura. The previous Seventh Young Master was overshadowed by the other young masters because of his lack of talent.
While others were living and drinking, the Seventh Young Master entered the palace as an errand under the arrangement of his master. Not only was he rich and powerful, but he had enough food and clothing, and with the glory of his family, he would marry a wife in the future and live an ordinary life.
In the Li family, he is a dispensable person with a very low sense of presence.
But now, with that murderous aura, I am afraid that more people will die in the hands of the young master than their team killed.
"I don't like beating around the bush. If you have something to say, say it directly!" Li Xiang said coldly.
The middle-aged man saluted Li Xiang again: "Black Guard, Li Heiqi has met the Seventh Young Master!"
"Don't call me Seventh Young Master. I have been expelled from the Li family. You can call me City Lord Li or King of Xiliang!" Li Xiang leaned on the throne: "If you have anything to do, tell me straight to the point!"
Li Heiqi chuckled and said seriously: "Marshal Li Zhen asked his subordinates to come here to ask you, King of Xiliang, if the imperial capital is willing to issue an imperial edict, will you be willing to obey?"
"I am being ordered to be safe?" Li Xiang pointed at himself and laughed and said: "I, Xiliang, am free outside the customs. Why should I accept your order to be safe? I remember that Daqian used to give orders to some thugs. Those individuals He happily dismissed his subordinates, ran to the imperial capital with a few personal guards, gave him a random position, then turned around and found a crime and dragged him to Caishikou to hack him to death!"
"Do you think I, Prime Minister Li, am such a fool? I own one-third of the land in the northwest. Under my iron cavalry, I, Prime Minister Li, can capture it whenever I want."
"Why don't I leave my position as King of Xiliang and follow you to the pass to suffer the anger of those bastards?"
Li Xiang refused Zhaoan outright. As he said, occupying such a large piece of land and not developing it well, he went to an imperial capital with no foundation to be slaughtered by others?
With the imperial system, doesn't Li Xiang think that his future development will be worse than that of Dagan? If he can't beat Dagan, he can't go to the northwest?
This is his confidence!
Liu Zhen and the old man watched quietly from the side. It was a good thing that they didn't let me issue an imperial edict!
Li Heiqi's face didn't change much, as if he wasn't the one being criticized: "City Lord Li doesn't have to reject it so quickly! If the Imperial Capital recognizes your current status and territory, you only need to send someone to the Imperial Capital on your behalf. Just offer it to the court on the side."
"Of course as a price, you can't be king and you have to pay taxes!"
Li Xiang is sitting on the throne, which is a bit attractive. If his identity is legal, the civilians and some of his subordinates will not find secret places to rebel against him!
"My lord, I have a question that I would like to ask Commander Li, but I don't know if it's okay!" Liu Zhen took a small step forward and said respectfully to Prime Minister Li.
"You ask!"
Liu Zhen nodded and looked at Li Heiqi: "Commander Li, I don't know if there is any explanation in this imperial edict whether the city officials under the lord's rule will be managed by the lord and I, or by officials appointed by the imperial capital.
There is also the formation of the army. Currently, we have an army of 300,000 in Xiliang. If we accept the imperial imperial edict, will these soldiers be disbanded, distributed to various places, or will they continue to be in charge of our city, Xiliang?"
"Lord!" Liu Zhen faced Li Xiang: "This is the problem of my subordinates!"
Li Heiqi pondered for a few breaths: "Now that the imperial edict has been issued, various places should be managed by the imperial officials. Of course, the officials in front can also stay. Regarding the army, the imperial court has regulations on the number of troops in various places, but you, City Lord Li..."
"Okay!" Li Xiang was not interested in continuing to listen. He didn't want anyone to come over and give him eye drops: "If these are the conditions for your imperial edict, then forget it. I, Li Xiang, still like to be more free.
If you really want to give me peace, my condition is that you recognize me, Xiliang, and we, Xiliang, recognize that we belong to you. We will not pay tribute to you, and you do not need to give us anything. Both parties will not interfere with each other and develop on their own."
"This is my condition!" Li Xiang said and looked at Liu Zhen: "City Lord Liu, who is this next to you?"
"Back to my lord, this is my father, Liu Taiji!"
"Old Taiji has met the King of Xiliang!" The old man deliberately said loudly: "I came here this time to contribute a treasure to the prince!"
"Treasure?" Li Xiang was a little curious.
Liu Taiji stretched out his hand, and a wooden box about two meters long appeared in his hand. Several people in the hall couldn't help but look at it. It was a space treasure, something that first-class masters have. What caught their attention was the wooden box.
Liu Taiji held the wooden box with both hands: "This treasure has been passed down for more than two thousand years, and it has always had a suitable owner. A few months ago, the prince passed by the humble house, and the treasure sounded to itself, so the old man shamelessly came over with the treasure to contribute to the prince!"
The old man said and slowly opened the red wooden box. The process was very ordinary, but Li Heiqi's eyes never left the wooden box. The material of the wooden box depends on a kind of spiritual wood, Xiaomu. Xiaomu is a very top spiritual wood.
Wood can preserve spiritual treasures and spiritual objects so that they will not lose their spirituality over time.
A gilt sword hilt appeared. It was a long sword about 1.5 meters long. The outside was gilt and there were various primitive patterns on it. You could vaguely see people farming, weaving, building nests, making fires...
Liu Taiji held the long sword in both hands: "This long sword will only reveal its edge when it is pulled out!"
Li Xiang signaled to a guard on the left. The guard walked down quickly, holding the long sword in both hands and strode back to the throne. Li Xiang stood up and held the long sword in one hand. The sword was a bit heavy, probably as heavy as his
One-tenth the weight of the nameless black sword.
Holding one hand on the hilt of the sword, Liu Taiji looked at it nervously. This long sword was not that big. The Liu family was just keeping it for them, waiting for the owner of the long sword to come back!
Li Xiang pulled it lightly, but the sword did not come out. He gradually increased the strength and pulled it out again. When more than half of the strength was used, the look of expectation in Liu Taiji's eyes disappeared.
Li Xiang failed to draw his sword!
I go!
Li Xiang's temper got worse, black domineering Qi surged, and the strength of his whole body exploded. A pair of beautiful eyes opened deep in the sword, and she looked around. The originally blue sea and sky were now shrouded in black Qi.
She waved her hand with silver white energy and rushed towards the black energy. The silver white energy merged into the black energy and disappeared. The power of all kinds of evil spirits to ward off the changes could not expel these. Isn't this black energy evil?
Buzz!
There was a light on the scabbard, and the disappointed Liu Taiji opened his eyes wide. The sword had just moved!
Humph! Fight with me?
Li Xiang used all his strength, and the long sword began to loosen, moving out bit by bit, revealing the silver-white sword body inside.
Qianying inside saw more and more black energy. This black energy was not evil. She could also feel the sword being pulled out. The person who pulled the sword said: "He is also a recognized person.
The spirit of the long sword exerted resistance, but it was still being pulled out. Qianying looked at more and more black energy in the sky, and someone could actually pull out this long sword with brute force!
There were dense dark clouds over Tupocheng, as if something bad was about to happen. Wu Yating raised her head and looked at the sky. Wasn't the sky clear just now?
The blood wolf on Chen Huaihe's body jumped into the sky, and streams of black gas emitted from the Xiliang soldiers, making the giant wolf's body become extremely huge.
Roar!
There was a roar that could not be heard by ordinary people. The giant wolf opened its mouth and ate the purple thunder clouds that were growing in the sky. The dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, as if they had not appeared, leaving the people below confused.
imperial capital
puff!
An extremely handsome young man spit out a mouthful of blood. He felt as if something was being taken away, and that thing was asking him for help!
