"What did he say?" Zhang Xing was still cold.

Li Ding was silent for a moment, and could only explain in a low voice amidst the growing cries around him:

"He said that I killed Gao Taoist priest with a trick. King Xiongtian must be extremely angry with me. Moreover, I did use this method to take Gao Taoist priest's property as trophies this time. I am suspected of buying the hearts of the West Route Army. There are so many people around you.

Clerks, there are young smart people, there are older people with Dongdu qualifications, all of them want to be leaders. They will definitely tell you that Li Ding will connect the three counties of Wu'an and the three northwest counties to fight Bai Hengqiu in the future.

At that time, if I defected, the consequences would be disastrous...and then your documents will arrive."

"So you came here to show your loyalty, or to demonstrate?" Zhang Xing was still cold.

Li Ding said nothing.

"Li Si." Zhang Xing stared at the other party and sighed. "That's it, you still think I talk too much? What will you do when you lead the army outside and I am inside? I can guarantee to suppress the inside, and you can guarantee to suppress it.

Live outside?"

Li Ding became increasingly embarrassed.

Zhang Xing, however, did not let him go at all. Instead, he shook his head: "Actually, it's okay. If it were the other way around, and you became a force on your own and had to lead an expedition, I would stay behind to guard you. I'm afraid that you

If you stay at the front line, you will think that I am going to rebel, so turn around and kill me!"

"How can I cut you down?" Li Ding finally said angrily. "If that were the case, I'd be afraid that everyone would have to put a dragon robe on you, and in turn do justice to me."

Zhang Xing shook his head, and then responded solemnly: "Li Silang, let me tell you clearly, don't take this kind of thing seriously. Now that you have joined the gang, I will naturally give you the order according to what we said when we were traveling in the east capital.

If you are a soldier, you have the opportunity to go on an expedition thousands of miles away, but you have to be able to grasp it yourself! You must know that if the military talks about favors, big troubles will occur, but in politics if you don't talk about favors, big troubles will happen instead.

A good relationship is itself a good political move."

Li Ding lowered his head for a long time, but still seemed unconvinced: "Are we going to deal with Wang Chenxun?"

"Why deal with him?" Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "Are there still fewer people like this? If one person goes away and another one pops up, you won't be able to say that you are right again! Just control yourself."

"If you really deal with him, I can't agree." Li Ding sighed. "Otherwise, how can I gain a foothold in the military?"

"Since I want to use you to clear up thousands of miles, how can I make it impossible for you to gain a foothold?" Zhang Xing looked at the other party again, his expression full of confusion. "Can you tell the difference between good and good?!"

Li Ding, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable and embarrassed at being looked at, and even turned his head to dodge.

In this way, the two of them continued to stand on the top of the city, watching the funeral procession in the city and the burial outside the city. After struggling for a long time, they left.

The next day, Zhang Xing and Li Ding abandoned their troops marching into Youzhou, and together with Niu He, they led Jia Yue's first battalion and Qin Bao's white cavalry to the north, and went to Luoshan to wait for a while. After two days, Li Ding arrived here.

Liu Heifu, the forward battalion of the 11th Battalion under the command of the sub-supervisor, had already arrived, and according to military orders, he crossed Luoshan directly and entered Anle County.

On the fifth day of April, the soldiers and horses of the Sixth Battalion under the command of Xu Shiying also arrived at the foot of Youzhou City and garrisoned. Bai Yousi also replied and immediately headed north.

After Zhang Xing and Li Ding heard the news, they no longer hesitated and immediately crossed Luoshan and entered Anle. On the eighth day of April, they came to the pass at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, also known as Thudao Ridge, where nearly fourteen troops had gathered.

Camp, Liu Heicu, and Hou Junshu crossed Thudao Ridge early and officially entered Beidi.

It was at this time that a visitor came from the north.

"Hei Siming, why are you here so slowly?" At the gate of the valley military camp, Zhang Xing smiled from a distance when he saw the visitor.

Hei Yan, who was equipped with a straight knife and a white wolf tail, also turned over and dismounted from a distance to laugh: "I still want to ask, how can Chief Zhang be so fast?"

The two sides smiled, and each came forward to greet and greet each other. Neither of them was in a hurry to talk about the current stakes. They just reminisced about the past while going to the camp. Zhang Xing talked about the rapid development of Hebei, and Hei Yan talked about the rapid development of Hebei.

He focused on asking about the dragon stabbing in Luolongtan, and then also talked about their affairs.

It turns out that spring comes late in the North, and March is the time for the Black Emperor's Grand Ceremony and spring plowing. Heiyan and others also went to Heishui for the ceremony, and also discussed with Da Siming about the summer and the gang's attack on You.

When we were in Guangzhou, it turned out that the gang actually went straight to Beidi.

In the final analysis, the help was too fast.

"This is the achievement of becoming a dragon." When he came to the camp, Hei Yan took a stool and sat down outside the military tent. "The momentum is unstoppable, the momentum is unstoppable."

Zhang Xing, who was sitting opposite, also laughed: "If you want it, you must first have the ability of a real dragon."

Heiyan nodded, but did not continue chatting. Instead, he was somewhat thoughtful, as if he was planning a sentence. The gang elites surrounding him and the White Wolf Guards who came from the opposite side also became a little nervous.

"Hei Si Ming." Zhang Xing's expression remained normal and he took the initiative to ask. "I'm a little curious about something... In the past two years, I heard that the White Wolf Guards and Liucheng were fighting. In the past two years, Mrs. Lu also killed Hachigong.

The Fourth Duke of the North has almost been sorted out, but why haven't you taken down Liucheng, and Mrs. Lu hasn't taken down those guards in the north either?"

"This can't be explained clearly in one sentence." Heiyan was interrupted from thinking and smiled bitterly. "It's because they are a little wary of each other and don't want to use all their strength to break the ancient rules, but the winter in the north is longer, so fighting

There are times when the war comes and we are tied up, including here in Liucheng. It’s not like we haven’t thought about taking down Liucheng before, but there were times when Liucheng had its back against Youzhou and we couldn’t do it..."

"I see."

"As for what happened with Mrs. Lu, I'm afraid Chief Zhang has to go to Heishui in the north to ask for orders."

"We must go." Zhang Xing responded seriously. "Actually, I plan to let Li Ding and Li Longtou lead the army. I will go north personally. My wife Sanniang also wants to meet Da Siming. She is fast and should be very good.

I can catch up soon."

Hei Yan nodded, and then suddenly asked solemnly: "Does Chief Zhang have to take all the Northland?"

"That's right." Zhang Xing responded frankly. "Since the Gang seeks to dominate the world, how could it possibly give up on the Northland that is right next to it? Personally speaking, I was born in the Northland, and since I established the Gang to fulfill my lifelong ambition,

How could we not include our hometown? Isn’t this human nature? Hasn’t Hei Siming thought about it?”

Hei Yan hesitated for a moment: "If that's the case, what is Chief Zhang going to do with our Demon Guards?"

"First, I will never use the word "disposal" to deal with Dangmowei. I was born here, and the two families have always been in harmony. Naturally, I hope that the two families can merge." Zhang Xing immediately responded. "Second,

As for how to merge them, that is exactly what I want to say when I go to see Da Siming... Of course, if Hei Siming is accompanying me along the way, we can naturally discuss it first."

Heiyan fell silent again, and after a long time he spoke again: "I really can't say much about important strategies, but Chief Zhang, I am still the newly appointed commander of the White Wolf Guard, and I must make a guarantee for you for the White Wolf Guard.

…”

"Before I came back from Da Siming, I only captured Liucheng and Luobocheng... As long as the battle groups scattered everywhere take the initiative to leave these two places, our army will not pursue them." Zhang Xing then added. "I hope.

The brother of White Wolf Guard took the initiative to contact Tieshan Guard for me, and we can control the situation together."

Hei Yan finally had nothing to say and stood up after a while: "In that case, we should do it quickly rather than later. I wonder how many people Chief Zhang will bring?"

"Thirty riders are enough." Zhang Xingduan sat still, explained for a moment, and then looked at the person next to him. "How about, do you want to go with us?"

The person who was asked was Jia Yue, the leader of the gang. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "That's what I meant."

"Then let's go." Zhang Xing finally stood up.

However, Hei Yan was a little uneasy at this time: "Chief Zhang, do you want to bring more people? Didn't you say there are three hundred cavalry and white cavalry? There is also a grandmaster named Niu?"

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Xing waved his hand and said. "I went to Heishui in the North to meet Da Si Ming. Do I still have to worry about my safety? But I took a step back and said that there was no good result in the end. I turned my face. I don't believe Da Si either.

I will be detained on the spot; on the other hand, if I brought Tabaiqi and Niu Da leader with me, I turned my back, and the Demon Guard wanted to keep me, how could I still jump out?"

Heiyan had no choice but to nod.

Having decided on the strategy, Zhang Xing and his party set off immediately... They really set off immediately, with ten cavalry generals, ten cavalry clerks, ten cavalry staff officers, plus Zhang Xing, Jia Yue, and Qin Bao, who was really worried about accompanying them.

, and Heiyan chose to leave ten people to assist in contact, while he and twenty white wolf guard warriors accompanied him... Both parties were only in their early fifties, and one person and two riders set off directly.

Obviously, Zhang Xing's candidates and supplies have been prepared long ago.

In fact, as early as in Luoshan, there was an episode between the documents...Xu Jingzu was determined to accompany him, but seeing this, Feng Chang, who was originally not prepared to risk going north to enjoy the customs of the North, changed his mind and took the initiative

Looking for a companion, he ended up behind the mountain. For some unknown reason, he was infected with the cold again.

Of course, Xu Jingzu is still leading the team.

Back to the front, from the moment he entered Thudao Ridge, Zhang Xing knew why there was this name and that legend, because the passages in the entire mountain range seemed to have been cut by random knives, although there were collapses and washouts, and vegetation blocked them.

, cannot conceal the simplicity of this strange landform.

Especially the many stone layers in the middle are neatly cut, and there are high and low cliffs on both sides.

The only possibility that Zhang Xing could think of was that there were experts above Grand Master who were cutting roads in this mountain with their true energy, or there were even people like real dragons and gods who were cutting the terrain directly in the air.

From this perspective, it is no wonder that Thudao Ridge is as famous as Hongshan, both are direct manifestations of the extraordinary power of this world.

After walking for a while, they came to an intersection. The road ahead was washed away by a flash flood. The people of Bailangwei were familiar with the road and tried to compact the broken soil before passing. Qin Bao and Jia Yue also went to help. It was at this time that Zhang Xing noticed the road.

The stone monument exposed on the side.

He walked over and looked at it carefully.

But it is a pity that, like Lu Sidao, he also read speciously.

"These are ancient characters." Heiyan explained briefly. "It is said that they were written when the Black Emperor and the Red Emperor were fighting for supremacy... It is said that at that time they could only be engraved on stone tablets and copper and iron."

It turned out to be bronze inscriptions... Zhang Xing suddenly realized, no wonder he could see many glyphs, but couldn't recognize many of them.

However, did the writing in this world also evolve step by step from Oracle? Why not let the sage who created the writing directly understand Xiaozhuan or regular script?

When Zhang Xing thought about these things now, he no longer had any fear or uneasiness, but instead had a somewhat interesting and scrutinizing mentality.

Hei Yan, who was standing by, continued to explain, probably saying that this text should be a record of a certain military expedition that Black Emperor sent troops south from here to compete with those two men. It recorded the number of troops sent, the date, and the name of the tribe they would follow.

According to the number, there are several real dragons clearing the way, and then the divination says good luck and so on.

Very typical type of bronze inscriptions.

"How many real dragons are there to clear the way?" Zhang Xing looked at the knife-cut roads around him.

"Some people indeed say that these roads were not opened by the ancestors throwing knives, but by the Supreme or the real dragons under the Supreme." Hei Yan put his hands behind his hands and smiled. "After all, although most real dragons were rare after the Battle of Hongshan
To be continued...