Realm of Power

Under the gloomy sky, a long team moved slowly towards the west. Looking around, they were all Central and Bian people who had been in trouble. Bai Wufeng stopped his horse by the roadside, took off his water bag and drank water. The situation was worse than before. He thought it was even worse. When he realized that the direction was towards the wilderness to the west, people began to appear in the team.

"Why are you going west? That's the territory of the Western Barbarians?" Someone noticed the abnormality and whispered.

"You're not going to sell us all to the Western Barbarians as slaves, are you?" Some people made horrifying speculations

"It's hard to say, otherwise why don't you let us go home?"

All kinds of noises gave Bai Wufeng a headache. He used to kill people and establish his authority with just one breath. Now he is heading west, looking at these embarrassed civilians, and then using the knife on these unarmed civilians. I feel aggrieved and panicked inside.

"How could you do this? How could you sell them all to the Western Continent?" "Who doesn't have a wife, children, or someone at home to care about? Don't you feel ashamed? When you get to the Western Barbarians, your situation will be worse than that of the grassland people. "An old man even jumped out and pointed at Bai Wufeng's nose and cursed. Several Yanzhou cavalry rushed forward fiercely and were about to arrest the old man, but they were stopped by Bai Wufeng.

"Who is this old man?" Bai Wufeng bowed slightly on his horse,

"I am the local school inspector Li Keyan!" The old man was so righteous and righteous, completely disregarding his own life and death.

"Inspector? Li Keyan!" Bai Wufeng was stunned for a moment. He tightened his grip on the handle of the knife, but then let it go. He looked at the old man stupidly, and his whole body trembled with excitement. Li Keyan, as long as Being from the northwest, who doesn’t know Li Keyan!

Yanzhou is also a part of the northwest. It is rumored that this old man has a somewhat frightened character. It seems to be true. In such a situation, who would dare to jump out? The heads of the people killed in the front are rolling, and there is no blood on the blade. After wiping it off, he dared to jump out and point at people and curse. This old man is really not afraid of death! The loose scholar robes hold up a strong character. Those who can become school inspectors are all very famous scholars in the region. Bai Wufeng didn't know that among these Central and Bian people, there was actually Li Keyan. This was the most famous person in the whole country. There are famous figures in the northwest, and they are also figures that Bai Wufeng admires greatly.

When Bai Wufeng first entered Yanzhou, he once wanted to get a place to become Li Keyan's disciple through family connections. However, since Bai Wufeng was only an outside branch at that time, such a precious place was naturally reserved for the core of the Zhang family. My son, I have always felt sorry for Bai Wufeng.

I didn't expect to see Li Keyan in person under such circumstances today. Not to mention that Bai Wufeng was stupid, even the people around him were a little stupid.

"They are all ordinary civilians. Please don't embarrass them." Li Keyan looked at Bai Wufeng with a solemn face. The scene of this man slashing Huang Lin with a knife flashed in his mind. He clenched his fingers suddenly and said sternly, "If your Excellency really If you are short of money, just sell me. My name is Li Keyan and I am from the Li family. As long as you write to the Li family, they will definitely give you money."

"Sell Li Keyan!" Bai Wufeng looked at the old man's thin and lanky face and couldn't help but move slightly. He was really strong and strong. No wonder he was demoted from the imperial capital to the northwest at the age of thirty. After thirty years of ups and downs, I don't know. How many students from the northwest have been sent away. They may not be prominent in the northwest military circles, but they are truly Optimus Prime-like in the northwest literary circles. More than half of the scholars in the northwest regard themselves as Li Keyan's disciples.

"Sir, our number is too small. If there is a commotion, I'm afraid..."

A subordinate also came over and said, his eyes falling on Li Keyan, and there was a hint of fear. Offending Li Keyan would be tantamount to offending the entire Northwest scholar, as well as countless Northwest students who have entered the imperial government system. It is really... Not cost-effective,

Although he has lost his sense of identification with Zhongbia, but personally speaking, Li Keyan is also a great scholar who has to be respected. He single-handedly supported the Northwest academic affairs and worked hard to send batches of Northwest candidates to Zhongbia. He was the first civil servant in the northwest of the Asian Empire, and he was known as incorruptible in terms of reputation. It is said that as a school inspector, Li Keyan was also a member of the Li family. Logically speaking, Li Keyan was also a member of the Li family. Although he was considered wealthy, Li Keyan spent all his money and goods to support poor students. As a result, one of his two sons had no food to eat during the famine year. He ate too much Guanyin soil and couldn't pull it out. He was so pregnant that he died of it. Because he secretly borrowed money from someone to support his family, but when the time came and the money was not paid, Li Keyan had one of his legs broken alive. He has already declared that he has severed the father-son relationship with Li Keyan.

Moreover, Li Keyan is still a member of the Li family. The person in charge of wilderness intelligence now is Li Yuehua, the little princess of the Li family. This background has to be taken into consideration. Bai Wufeng can kill Huang Lin with one stroke, but he cannot attack a great scholar from the northwest like Li Keyan. knife

And judging from the current situation, it is unrealistic to bring back all the hundreds of thousands of Central and African people. Bai Wufeng's previous idea was too naive, thinking that these Central and African people could be brought back from the grassland people. If he is rescued, the other party will definitely be grateful to him. In addition, most of his homeland has been destroyed, so he will naturally follow him wholeheartedly. However, in fact, that is not the case at all. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Libyan people were saved, but the other party They don't appreciate themselves at all and just want to go home immediately. This is the nature of the Central and African people.

Most of those who left secretly had families. Even if they were forcibly detained, their hearts were not there.

On the contrary, the remaining ones did not escape, but their families were really destroyed. The prairie people raided, looted, burned and killed countless people along the way, and also destroyed countless people. There were many ruins along the way, and most of the houses were in ruins. Not even a single building that could protect them from wind and rain was intact. No village can be found. For these people, the world is really wide. But there is no place to stand. Even if you go back, it will be a dead end. These people will really follow Bai Wufeng. After thinking about this, Bai Wufeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said, "Okay, pass on the order and stay." Feel free to go as you please. If you are willing to follow us, please continue. If you are not willing, you can leave. Don't chase after us."

"My lord is wise." The subordinate nodded excitedly. They are all from China. Looking at these compatriots who are in such a state of embarrassment, their hearts are always tangled, so the cavalry below are also suffering. Now that the higher-ups ordered to let him go free, there was a burst of cheers.

"I don't care about you, stay or leave of your own free will."

The Yanzhou cavalry began to disperse. Even if they saw someone running away, they would no longer pursue them. Once they lost their restraint, the large queue of hundreds of thousands of people dispersed at once. The Yanzhou cavalry of more than a thousand people could not take care of them at all. Seeing that the armored Yanzhou cavalry had given up on the outside line, there were only a few dozen people trying to escape at first, but by the time they set up camp at night, hundreds of people were fleeing. The next morning, 30,000 to 40,000 people had already escaped. All the way to the west, the team was separated. It was only a hundred miles, but they walked for a day and a night. When they arrived at the border of the empire, looking at the long queue that had become much thinner, Bai Wu Feng could only shake his head and smile bitterly. There were too many people gone. He re-counted the number of people and found that there were 67,453 people, which meant that less than one-third were left.

Why doesn't Inspector Li leave?

Bai Wufeng looked at Li Keyan who was riding a thin horse and asked in a serious voice. After all, Li Keyan was old and could no longer walk last night. Bai Wufeng asked someone to give him an old horse. He thought that Li Keyan would He left immediately, but he didn't expect that when he broke camp and left, this Li Keyan came out again, which really surprised Bai Wufeng.

"My old wife died in the war, and my son doesn't recognize me. I have nowhere to go. I have long heard that there is a Falcon Empire in the west. Anyway, I am an old and decrepit body. I can't live for a few days. It's better to go and have a look. It's considered as a dying day." "Go forward and open your eyes." Li Keyan's wrinkled old face was full of calmness. He tied up his white hair casually with a simple and overly knotted wooden hairpin. His long clothes were wide and wide. The robe was even more flowing in the wind, and he said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of your Majesty's jokes. When I was young, my biggest dream was to one day be able to travel to the end of the world with my sword, to see distant places, to see this world, to see Does this sky have an end? Unfortunately, this wish has always been difficult to realize. I never expected that I would become so crazy as I get older! "

"That's fine. Since Inspector Li has this idea, there may be some unexpected surprises."

Bai Wufeng laughed loudly, whipped his horse, and headed forward, which was the border of the empire. For a person like Li Keyan who was full of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, if he knew that there was Li Yuehua of the Li family and the most noble Princess Mingyue of the royal family in front of him, he would only I'm afraid I won't be able to say such cool words.

Bai Wufeng led more than 60,000 Central Asians to cross the border and entered the empire. He did not know that he had stirred a hornet's nest, nor did he know that behind him, the entire northwest grassland tribes had been swept away like a storm. Come

Thousands of prairie cavalry spread out westward along the land like a big net. Soon, most of the scattered Central Asians were discovered by the prairie people's scouts. In the dawn light, the prairie cavalry rolled up. The smoke and dust felt like it was blocking the sky and the sun for a moment.

Yeluguda stood on horseback on a grassy hill, with his short, strong hair blowing in the wind. He wore a cross-shaped collar helmet on his head. He looked into the distance with dignified and ruthless eyes. He stopped his horse and said, A subordinate galloped from the front on horseback and jumped off his horse ten meters away from Yelugu. He looked very excited and reported

"My lord, I caught you!"

"Oh," Yeluguda's eyes swept over him like a knife, and he flashed a cold feeling like a wolf discovering its prey. The army has been marching into the west for a day and a night, with Baiji's three remnant troops as guides. Logically speaking, it should be almost done. He steadied his horse with his feet, looked at this subordinate, and asked in a solemn voice, "Do you know the identity of the other party, how many troops there are, and where are they going?" "

"The other party claims to be the Mingyue Yanzhou Army, with only a thousand people, and there are six to seventy thousand Central Asians following it." The subordinate reported with a solemn look. After receiving the news that the prey had entered the wilderness of the empire, Yeluguda's face He was silent for more than ten seconds, his eyes just staring at the mountains and ravines ahead, Empire! It's no wonder that someone who can defeat the three tribes of Baiji with a thousand cavalry can be anything but an empire! Although I don’t know what this so-called Mingyue Yanzhou Army is, there is no doubt that the empire is behind this army.

"What should I do, young patriarch?" The tribal leaders all looked at Yeluguda. There was a murderous aura spreading in the silent air. A hundred thousand troops had already arrived. Did they choose to stop just because the other party fled into the empire? The second report about Mingyue Yanzhou Army came ten minutes later. This was another intercepted Central Bian army.

One of the cryptic messages made Yeluguda's eyes narrow into a thin line.

"What, you're not mistaken? Mingyue means Princess Mingyue, and the Yanzhou Army is the remnant of Yanzhou back then! Are you sure that's what you mean!"

There was a look of astonishment on Yeluguda's face, and the other tribal leaders also had expressions of disbelief. Didn't Princess Mingyue of Zhongbia declare her death? As for the Yanzhou Army, when the army was trapped and killed, some fish slipped through the net. However, under such circumstances, it is completely another matter to connect the two pieces of information together. "It is certain that there are The Biya people recognized one of them. He was a member of the Yanzhou Army back then, and the two were from the same hometown, so what they heard from the other party was this. "The cavalryman who sent back the news said loudly

"Young patriarch! Regardless of whether it is true or not, it must be killed. We must not allow the people of Zhongbia to have a glimmer of hope." The chiefs of more than a dozen tribes said in unison at this moment. The life and death of the emperor of Zhongbia was unknown, and the royal family was even more confused. No one who is weak dares to stand up. As long as given time, China and Bia will be the internal As a result of the internal strife and division, the Yelu family will be invincible when they go south. But if Princess Mingyue is really alive and has raised a Central Bian army with the Yanzhou Army as the core, once the news reaches Central Bia In the hinterland, one can imagine the shock and impact it has on the Central Asians.

"Okay, everyone move forward. Even if we cross the border, we must find them!" Yeluguda took a deep breath and raised the riding crop in his hand.

"Move forward!" All the tribal chiefs issued orders. The advance of one hundred thousand prairie cavalry was like a huge wave. The mist was still floating on the ground. The war horses rolled up white masses like whirlpools. The wind and clouds met, like The storm-like fierce cavalry, the dense rumbling sound resounded across the earth, followed by the cavalry galloping,

The earth is like a chess piece, and the swift black lines of the prairie cavalry are rushing towards the west with great momentum. The sun has just half of its face revealed from the clouds. The light dark clouds are like a layer of black yarn, and the low morning fog has dispersed. In the hazy morning light, black lines emerged from the edge of the grass. The dark and messy expanse stretched to infinity, with several huge queues like a sea of ​​war horses. (To be continued.)