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    Time flies, more than a month has passed, it has entered late April, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.  During this period, Tie Heng's life was quite peaceful. He attended classes and studied peacefully during the day, practiced hard at night, and occasionally cooperated with his senior brothers to earn some extra money. He was quite happy, but the killer he had been wary of  There was no reappearance, and it seemed that the employer had given up on his assassination.

    Looking at the situation in the world, from mid-February to the end of April, the imperial army's northern expedition achieved a series of impressive achievements. A letter of victory was sent back to Beijing and then sent to various state capitals to boost the morale of the people.

    The Northern Expedition Army won complete victories in several battles with the grassland coalition forces, beheading hundreds of thousands of people. Several nomadic tribes, mainly the Huns, suffered heavy losses. Several of the large tribes became the main targets of the Northern Expedition Army.  Not only did they lose a large number of men, but even the few cattle and sheep livestock were left after successive wars. The grassland coalition army had no way to survive and had to choose to move north, trying to hide in the depths of the prairie to avoid the danger.  The vanguard of the northern expedition army!

    While the Northern Expeditionary Army was pursuing and fighting fiercely, it was detaching cavalry units to raid all over the grasslands, plundering horses, cattle and sheep for military supplies, and launching a large-scale purge of tribes that refused to surrender. The lush grasslands were once again soaked in blood.

    This is a tragedy for the nomads living there, but for the people of the Darong Dynasty, especially the people living in northern Xinjiang, they will no longer have to worry about the threat of robbery and death for a few years.  Because the nomadic tribes on the grassland may usually be hospitable herdsmen, but sometimes they will transform into bloodthirsty bandits.  Whenever they thought they had an opportunity to take advantage of, or were short of food or slaves, they would go south to rob property and people, treating the hard-working farming people as prey, and their cruelty and greed were even more heinous.  But this time, it was just their retribution.  Not only the people in the north were celebrating and exhilarating for the victory achieved by the army, but the people of the entire Chinese Empire in China were cheering for it, which could be said to be a universal celebration.

    There were also discordant tones in this process. Several major local separatist forces knew the true purpose of the imperial court's actions. Naturally, they would not sit back and wait for death. At the same time, they sent troops in an attempt to contain the imperial court's troops and resources and disrupt the entire Northern Expedition plan.

    The King of Liao in Yunzhou in the northeast was under the heaviest pressure, and the Northern Expedition had the greatest impact on him. He did not find any excuses and directly dispatched more than 100,000 cavalry to fight several battles with the imperial army. Both sides  There were countless casualties.

    King Su of Xinzhou, who was far away, also mobilized his army, but he was obviously not as eager as King Liao. His army was intercepted by the main force of the Western Border Army in several directions, and finally turned into a stalemate.  .

    Except for the Yushen Sect, the remaining three sects of the four major sects did not have the courage of the princes and kings to completely break with the imperial court. Although they also mobilized troops, they were all focused on defense. There were even rumors among the people that they had already  After secretly negotiating with the imperial court, he intends to submit to the imperial court.

    Among the major forces, the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly King Ning.  He was much smarter than the other two princes and kings. When an emperor listened to the villain's slander and resorted to military violence, all loyal ministers in the world should stand up to protect the country and the country. He also set an example by sending out all the troops.  .  The imperial court spread the word throughout the world, recounted King Ning's crimes, and ordered a crusade against the rebels.

    There is no room for reconciliation between the two parties and they can only use force to solve the problem.  King Ning's huge fleet and the imperial navy headed by Jin Linwei fought fiercely in the East China Sea and on the Longjiang River, refusing to give in to each other.  On land, eastern Yuezhou and western Haizhou have turned into battlefields, with hundreds of thousands of people fighting there. King Ning relied on several strong fortresses and the favorable terrain of dense water networks to firmly block the attack of the imperial army.  With the pace, even the Tiger Guards could not easily achieve a breakthrough. The two sides had been winning or losing each other for more than a month.

    People will die in wars. More than half of the county soldiers in Fuzhou were sent to the Yuezhou front line. After several fierce battles, the casualties were heavy.  This also led to Tianfeng City finally having an atmosphere of war. Walking on the street, you can often see the coffins of wounded soldiers and fallen soldiers. There are more and more people holding funerals in the city, and the cries and lamentations almost become  The recent main theme has been played, and the faces of pedestrians are also covered with sadness.  What's more, because they were worried that Fuzhou was too close to the front line and that King Ning would send troops to attack, many people evacuated their families to other state capitals to avoid possible military disasters.

    In addition, the commercial activities in the market have also been depressed a lot. The main reason is that Longjiang, the most important waterway in the south, has been blocked. King Ning has cut off the land trade routes, and even sea trade has been suspended.  Now it is not just Ning Wang who is losing money, the entire southern region's business has been affected. A large amount of goods cannot be transported out and are backlogged in the warehouse. The daily economic losses are astronomical, and will soon have an impact.  In the northern states, many businessmen and gentry were already complaining, and people's hearts began to feel uneasy.

    ?King Ning¡¯s move was very unique. Although he had no choice but to kill the enemy by a thousand and damage himself by eight hundred, it hit the court¡¯s fate.  The imperial court is currently deploying troops in several places and is under great financial pressure. It relies on decades of accumulation to barely cope with it, but it will not last long.  Now that Prince Ning has come and dealt such a devastating blow, the imperial court is even more stretched. As long as the emperor does not want to lose all his money, he must deal with a powerful enemy in the shortest possible time. But this is obviously unrealistic.  The Tatar coalition is still playing hide-and-seek and running in circles on the grassland. Even a few separatist forces cannot easily deal with it.  Then the only thing left is to withdraw the troops obediently and give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely solve the serious problem in the north. But can the emperor be willing to do this?

    This issue has been the hottest topic in Kunyuan Academy recently. Everyone is concerned about the future direction of this war. Many people are worried that the imperial court may not be able to hold on, because everyone understands from many aspects that the imperial court has shown signs of fatigue.  Of course, Prince Ning and the others would definitely not be much better.

    Tie Heng is also very concerned about this, but he has no time to think about these things now. He is rushing through the mountains in central Yuezhou under the scorching sunshine.  In front of him and behind him were two senior brothers, Gongsun Bian and Dong Liang, as well as more than twenty sixth-grade seniors from the school.

    It is undoubtedly a dangerous thing to run to the crusade army camp in eastern Yuezhou at this time, but the three brothers cannot disobey their orders.  Many senior officers in the Fuzhou County barracks paid a lot of money to ask Feng Shiyou to refine weapons and armor for them. Some of them were sent to Yuezhou, and the refined equipment had to be sent to them. After all, these magical weapons were  There are secret activation spells, and there are also some unique functions that require familiar people to operate and demonstrate.  Just like that, Feng Shiyou took more than ten days of leave for the three disciples, and then sent the three brothers here with a wave of his hand.  On the contrary, Zhang Ruize and Lu Daqian, because of the recent intensification of open and covert fighting, Feng Shiyou stayed by his side after learning about it, and asked them to learn to live in harmony, which saved them a hard life.

    As for the twenty-odd sixth grade seniors, most of them are students from the Bingwu Branch, and the rest belong to the Fa Dao Branch.  They are considered to be some of the top students in this class. The college specially graduated them early, and the government also arranged public positions for each of them. At this moment, they are no longer students, but officers of the Fuzhou County Barracks.  They were going to report to the army camp for the crusade against King Ning, and they happened to be on the same road as Tie Heng and others. They walked together so that they could take care of each other, so they traveled together.

    "Huh, this sun is almost drying people out." A young man on horseback was sweating profusely and couldn't help mumbling, and then shouted again.  "I asked Gao Pengfei, should we find a place to rest for a while before we continue our journey? The sun is scorching now, it is the hottest time of the day. We have been walking for more than an hour. If we continue like this, we will definitely suffer from heat stroke."

    Gao Pengfei is the best-achieving and strongest among the graduates of the Military and Military Branch. He also holds the highest military rank. He is a cavalry military academy and was equivalent to a company commander in Tie Heng's previous life.  The others were much inferior to him, most of them were uncles, and two were from poorer backgrounds and only got a very long military position, so Gao Pengfei seemed to be the leader, or chief, of these people.

    He looks relatively mature, not like a young man in his late teens or early 20s. He looks several years older than the others, which makes him feel more stable and reliable.  Moreover, Gao Pengfei was tall and burly, his appearance was quite majestic, and he had a military temperament.  The martial arts he practiced obviously focused on strength, which can be seen from the big hammer he hung next to the saddle.

    At this time, he was also sweating profusely. After listening to the shouts of his companions, he looked at the conditions of the others and saw that many people were looking at him eagerly. Apparently they all wanted to rest. He finally exchanged words with a girl next to him.  With a look in his eyes, he nodded in agreement.  "Okay, since everyone is tired, let's find a shady place to rest. When the sun is over, we can continue our journey."

    Hearing what he said, everyone cheered and went into groups to find a place to rest in the shade of a tree.  Tie Heng followed the two senior brothers to find a big tree, tied the horses to the trunk nearby, and let them graze on the ground with their heads lowered. Then he sat down under the shade of the tree, leaning against the thick tree protruding from the ground.  Tree Roots, the three brothers all let out a long sigh of relief.
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