Li Ming's army rested on the spot for two days, and then led by the 100 guides left by the Tianteng tribe, slowly marched towards the hinterland of Tuhu. Since the main army of the Jichang tribe had been completely wiped out, they could no longer pose any threat to Li Ming. Li Ming and the others walked slowly along the way and arrived at the border of the Great Zhou half a month later.

Due to Ximen Hu's prior arrangements and arrangements, all the garrisons and military and civilians on the border have been relocated. Ximen Hu personally led his own trusted troops to welcome Li Ming. Under his leadership, this army of more than 80,000 people entered the transit of the Great Zhou and drove towards the hinterland of the Great Zhou.

Although Ximen Hu was under one person and above ten thousand people in the Great Zhou, he still did not dare to let his opponents know about the fact that Li Ming's army crossed the border. Therefore, all the people they were traveling along the way were desolate and remote areas, and even some people were driven away by Ximenluo in advance. It seems that in order to allow Li Ming to pass through the Great Zhou smoothly, Ximen Hu did do his best.

Since I had to choose a road, Li Ming and his team actually circled a big circle in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After a month of walking and stopping, they finally saw the first line of defense in the Mengyin border - Buguiguan.

Bugui Pass is in the center of the canyon of two adjacent high mountains. It stands on the mountain with a dangerous terrain, but it is a key defense site for a man to serve as a pass. With this pass, many attacks of the Great Zhou army have been successfully blocked, but now, Li Ming is facing the problem of how to pass this pass.

It is obvious that the alien army he led could not make the officers and soldiers guarding the pass relax their guards, and Li Ming really did not want to use force to force the pass to seize the pass. This would not only make fewer border soldiers, but also cause great trouble to his subsequent operations in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the first thing Li Ming thought of was to accept the military power of the border.

When Li Ming escaped from Nanguo City, the imperial edicts, seals, fish talismans and other things that Li Song gave him to prove his identity and authority were still preserved by him. Therefore, with his title of loyal and brave king and the position of regent, there should be hope to take Mengyin border for himself. When Li Ming took office as regent, Mingyang City and Zezhou were occupied by Li Jiao, it was impossible for the messenger to reach Mengyin border without going through Mingyang City. Except for the passage of Mingyang City, the rest of the places are full of mountains and primitive dense forests. Although the Tang Dynasty has been developing for more than a thousand years, there is still a large part of the country that has not been developed. It is very difficult to pass through these deserted areas. Li Ming had tried many times at the beginning, but he returned without success. Therefore, if Mingyang City is still in the hands of Li Jiao, Li Ming's plan would be very likely to be realized.

Li Ming made a decision in his heart, so he did not let the troops continue moving forward. He stationed the Da army from the other party's sight, and then secretly discussed in the base car with Lin Long for a long time.

In fact, although it was already the spring of the following year, although there was still thick snow on the ground, Li Ming and Lin Long quietly left their tent in the middle of the night, wore white tights, carried all the necessary things behind them, and quietly touched Buguiguan.

Compared with Li Ming and Lin Long, the cliffs on both sides of Bugui Pass were nothing. Under the twinkling starlight in the sky, the two of them successfully crossed the cliff on one side, bypassed Bugui Pass, and then ran towards the shaded city not far away.

The Mengyin City was the first place Li Ming arrived after coming to this world. Here he left his gentle and sweet memories, and it was also here that he began his life in this space. Therefore, Li Ming had a special feeling for this city, especially when he passed by the razed mountain, he was filled with emotion. The scene when he was teleported here began to reverberate in his mind one by one.

The walls of Mengyin City are no longer difficult for Li Ming. After leaping past Lin Long, the two of them headed straight for the Marshal's Mansion.

The current commander of the shaded border is Ke Ba. He was once the commander of the Imperial Guard. Although Li Ming had never seen this person, he still knew Ke Ba very clearly. This was a very loyal general, so Li Ming still had great confidence in being able to convince him.

Taking off the white clothes on his body outside the familiar Marshal's Mansion, Li Ming changed into the prince's court robes, and then crossed the high wall to the front yard. Lin Long began to shout loudly: "The imperial edict is here, and the shaded border marshal Ke Ba comes to receive the edict!" The voice was clear and high, and it hovered over the Marshal's Mansion, awakening everyone in the mansion from his sleep.

Suddenly, the marshal's mansion was panicked, and the awakened people ran out of the room wearing clothes and watched each other at a loss. The soldiers who were patrolling the night rushed towards the direction of the sound, surrounding Li Ming and Lin Long. However, seeing the clothes on Li Ming made them not know what to do for a moment.

Ke Ba was also shocked when he heard this voice. The contact with the imperial city had been interrupted for nearly a year. Although he had tried all kinds of methods, he still could not break through the strict defense of Mingyang City and the steep natural dangers in other places. Therefore, he did not know anything about the imperial city. Now he heard that an imperial edict had arrived, so why didn't he be surprised? With surprise and doubt, he hurriedly dressed neatly and ran to the front yard, and happened to see Li Ming and Lin Long surrounded by soldiers.

The clothes on Li Ming made him feel a little surprised. The style of kimono is only worn by the royal family, but now it is worn on someone he doesn't know at all, which makes him even more confused.

Ke Ba rushed forward, pushed the soldiers away and came to Li Ming, looking at him in confusion, not knowing what to say. Logically speaking, he should kneel down to receive the order at this time, but the yellow robe on Li Ming made him deeply suspicious.

"Bold Ke Ba, you don't kneel down to accept the order when the imperial edict is coming. Do you want to rebel?" Seeing Ke Ba standing there hesitating, Li Ming's face sank and he started to shout. At the same time, Lin Long took out the imperial edict in his arms and spread it, shouting at Ke Ba again: "The imperial edict is here, Ke Ba kneel down to accept the order!"

Although Ke Ba was full of questions, he still didn't dare to act rashly when he saw the imperial edict in Lin Long's hand. When he heard Lin Long say this, he hurriedly knelt in front of her and shouted long live.

This imperial edict is actually Li Ming's appointment letter. In order to win over Li Ming and to let Li Ming share his worries, he handed over all the military and political power to Li Ming. Therefore, if Ke Ba could not find any reason to refute, he would not stop Li Ming from accepting the border army.

After Lin Long finished reciting the imperial edict, he handed it to Ke Ba for verification. Of course, Ke Ba, who often received imperial edicts, had to take it over and watch it carefully, but to his regret, he could not see any flaws in the imperial edict.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ming showed his seal and identity fish talisman. Ke Ba's questions disappeared a lot. Although he didn't understand how Li Ming, as the regent, came here through many levels, nor did he understand why Li Ming had to come out to receive the imperial edict by himself in the middle of the night, he, who had always been loyal to the royal family, still recognized Li Ming's identity and took Li Ming respectfully into the hall.

After warming by the warm stove for a while, Li Ming looked at Ke Ba who was standing next to him and smiled: "Marrior Ke is loyal to the emperor, which makes me happy. I cannot contact the marshal for such a long time. Many ministers in the court think that the marshal will have a strange intention, but the emperor and I are very relieved about the marshal. The marshal was promoted by the former emperor himself. I believe he will experience the great grace of the emperor. Haha, when I saw it today, the marshal did not disappoint the marshal and the monarch."

Then, he waved his hand to interrupt Ke Ba's answer and continued, "The main purpose of this time is to be the rebel Li Jiao. You also know that now he has occupied six states in the north. These six states are like a high wall to completely separate the north and south of our Tang Dynasty. If the Great Zhou took the opportunity to attack, the marshal would probably face the enemy alone. Therefore, I am always thinking about what to do."

"After the discussion of this king and the ministers in the court, it was unanimous that in order to pacify Li Jiao, we must first communicate with Da Zhou, and then remove the worries of Da Zhou, so that we can attack Li Jiao's army with left and right. For this reason, I went out of seclusion in the past few months to send a mission to Da Zhou to this important thing."

Hearing Li Ming say this, Ke Ba's whole body shook and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Xiao Guan Lumei, I don't know that the prince passed by us. I deserve to die."

Li Ming smiled slightly, stood up and helped Ke Ba up, and said, "You can't blame you for this matter. In order to prevent the forces such as the Great Zhou or Li Jiao from being unfavorable to me, no one knows my whereabouts this time. Only after persuading the Emperor of the Great Zhou through great hardships, they sent troops to send me back. However, the marshal doesn't need to know about the agreement with the Great Zhou. After I discuss this matter with the emperor, I will decide whether to make it public."

Ke Ba hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty has killed the young generals. Ke Ba absolutely has no intention of spying on the secrets. Please rest assured. However, since the prince is back, can those soldiers of the Great Zhou go back? By the way, where are those soldiers? Why didn't I get a reward?"

Li Ming laughed and said, "It's not that Marshal Ke is surprised. The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are still standing outside the Bugui Pass. In order not to cause misunderstandings, I will go to the Pass to find the Marshal first."

Speaking of this, he suddenly occupied it, looked at Ke Ba and raised his voice, shouting, "Ke Ba obeys the order!"

Ke Ba was stunned, then came to Li Ming and knelt down, shouting: "My minister Ke Ba waited for the prince's instructions."

"From now on, I will take over all the affairs of Mengyin border. This is the case before I leave. Ke Ba and all my subordinates are under my command. After I leave, I will hand it over to Ke Ba again. Have you heard?" Speaking of this, Li Ming's whole body suddenly exuded a forcing momentum towards Ke Ba who was kneeling in front of him.

Hearing Li Ming's order, Ke Ba instinctively wanted to raise his head to defend, but seeing Li Ming's sharp gaze and aggressive aura made him lose this courage. In desperation, he could only whisper to agree.

The next day, at the summoning of Ke Ba, Li Ming announced the order to receive the Mengyin border in front of officials and generals. All the officials present were extremely surprised by this order, but seeing that Ke Ba did not show any objection, they could only keep their questions and dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Next, after Li Ming initially established his position, he went outside the pass with Ke Ba and led Li Ming's 80,000 army to mongyin City in a mighty way. Although he knew Li Ming's identity, he still shocked Ke Ba as he saw so many alien troops pouring into the Bugui Pass. Looking at the strange-shaped appearance of the soldiers in front of him, strange weapons and strange mounts under his crotch, Ke Ba almost suspected that he had entered the territory for himself. The appearance of these people in front of him was like a devil's rebirth.

Seeing Ke Ba and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty around him, Li Ming hurriedly explained: "Marantor Ke, don't think too much. This is a condition for me to exchange with the Great Zhou Kingdom. These people in front of me are a very small race within the Great Zhou Kingdom. Because of their strange appearance, this race often clashes with the nearby Great Zhou people, and thousands of people die every year. But this race is brave and good at fighting. Therefore, other races in the Great Zhou Kingdom suffered heavy casualties in each conflict. However, as a race in its own country, these people are innocent and they never provoke others. Therefore, the Great Zhou government cannot do anything to them. When I was on a mission this time, a new round of conflict between them had just ended, so arranging them to the Tang Dynasty became an additional condition for reconciliation with the Great Zhou Kingdom."

After listening to Li Ming's explanation, Ke Ba suddenly realized, and at the same time, he looked at those people and began to feel pity. At the same time, he hurriedly sent a military order to convey Li Ming's explanation in a timely manner.

Li Ming lived and rested in Mengyin City for three days, and then under the escort of Ke Ba's 20,000 soldiers, he led his 80,000 soldiers toward the inland area. Along the way, due to the opening of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, the strange-shaped soldiers led by Li Ming did not encounter much trouble. After walking on the northern land in the snow for ten days, he finally arrived at the suburbs of Mingyang City smoothly.

In order to stop the rebellion of General Liu Mi, the defense direction of Mingyang City was purely facing the north. Therefore, for Li Ming, Mingyang City, which appeared in front of him, is an insurmountable obstacle. Compared with the Bugui Pass of Mengyin Border, Mingyang City's city pass is taller, more steeper, and more insurmountable. It is impossible to attack Mingyang Cheng with more than 30,000 combat troops in Li Ming's hands. Even if it is added to the 300,000 army of Mengyin Border, it will be difficult to work for a moment. You must know that Li Jiao arranged all his 150,000 main troops and 100,000 local troops here in order to prevent the army of Mengyin Border. Now, if Li Ming wants to lead the army in rushing in, it is more difficult than climbing the sky.

Taking this into consideration, Li Ming led the army to retreat more than 30 kilometers, found a place to station the 80,000 people he brought to the Mengyin army in a military camp, and ordered the local military officers to provide them with supplies according to the standards of regular troops. Next, he summoned his subordinates to gather in his camp.

According to Li Ming's idea, he first wanted to settle the 80,000 desert residents, and then he and Lin Long crossed the cliffs on both sides while it was dark and returned to Biquan Island alone. The 80,000 soldiers brought back by Li Ming were originally intended to protect him, but after entering the Tang Dynasty, they had no use. Li Ming no longer needed their protection. On the contrary, their strange appearance attracted Li Ming a lot of trouble. Therefore, before opening up Ming Yangcheng, he did not plan to let these people advance with him. Under the protection of the soldiers at Mengyin border, it would be most appropriate to let them protect the 200 trucks.

However, Li Ming could not fully trust them, so he wanted to keep the personal guards, leading these white people on the one hand, and monitoring them on the other hand.

"Absolutely not possible. We must guard the master!" After hearing Li Ming's decision, the leaders who were personally responsible for the team were excited and jumped up from the stool and started shouting loudly.

Li Ming smiled confidently, raised his voice a little, and said to his noisy subordinates in front of him: "Actually, I can't bear to let you leave, but there is no way, you must stay. So, you convey my order, who can cross the cliffs on both sides of Mingyang City in one night, so he can go back with me, but if you don't have the ability to cross, you will stay here for me."

Hearing Li Ming say this, the noisy voice suddenly disappeared. The leaders of the team looked at each other one by one, and no one could say anything against each other. They had also visited the cliffs on both sides of Mingyang City. They were towering into the clouds and extremely steep. Not to mention people, even monkeys could not climb up. Among them, except for Li Ming and Lin Long, who are also very skillful in light skills, there is probably no third person who can overcome this natural danger.

Seeing that his subordinates had no voice, Li Ming smiled proudly and said, "How is it? No more words? Since that's the case, let's ask me to do it. Remember, the things on those 200 cars were transported back with great effort. We did not discard them along the way. I don't want to go to the Tang Dynasty and have something to do. Those things are the hopes of our Biquan Island. You must be in prison. Okay, you all go down and bring the swallow here by the way."
Chapter completed!