"We did recover a horse bandit in the place called Kuroki Village, and most of them remained in Helinburg, which is close to one of the four major military horse farms in the Empire. When the Emperor* team was defeated, the horse bandits took the opportunity to rob a lot of horses and forage." Ling Yun introduced to everyone.

At this moment, the Kuanglan Army had temporarily stopped marching, and the generals listened carefully to Ling Yun's introduction to the situation of the bandits.

"Well, since that's the case, please ask Ming Yang and Zi Jin. You two will go there again. I will allocate you three thousand cavalry, which should be enough to deal with the powerful horses and bandits nearby. At the same time, you will be given five thousand military and civilians and two thousand large trucks to transport supplies. If possible, I will send troops to pick up the grain." Lei Dongfeng said.

"Here!" Jing Zhan still had his true nature, without any nonsense, and saluted.

"It is only a temporary measure to collect grain from the powerful indigenous people. Can you please confirm who to send to the imperial capital to contact us?" Li Ruoxi asked.

"This is an important task. If you go to someone, you may feel that the British Marquis thinks that I don't pay attention to it. Moreover, the situation in the imperial capital is complicated and difficult to make a decision. In fact, I know that it is best for me to go by myself, but I am also afraid that our army will lose its attack on Central and South during this period." Lei Dongfeng hesitated.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about Lei Army. The people in Anyang Mansion are talking too much, but I didn't tell you in detail. In fact, you can be the imperial capital now. The Westerners are newly defeated. Although Duan Yichen saved Ars, I think Ars is a person and his attention to Princess Emily. I may argue with the senior officials of the coalition forces because of Emily's affairs. Otherwise, he would never send Emily to you, and even be determined to die. Now that he is unable to die, he must investigate the reasons. This may involve countless secrets of the Western coalition forces. Once Ars pursues it, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the coalition forces. This is one of them. Secondly, if I were Jose, I had tried my best to gather such troops and food and supplies in Wanghai Mansion, I would never have planned a place like Longyang for battle. You must know that Longyang's fall was entirely because of the traitor.

And the reason for being caught off guard, if such a strong city is really defended, there will be 50,000 troops enough to withstand 200,000 elite troops. Even if Jose takes it away, there will be enemies on all sides, and except for a broken city, he will not get more benefits; thirdly, Jose is now looking at the sea, and may not necessarily want to gain a fortune. I think he may be going south, but it will be difficult for him to convince the army. However, the forces within the Western coalition, especially some Holy See personnel, may want to enter the imperial capital and control the center of the empire, so he is waiting for a reason." Li Ruoxi analyzed, and became more excited as he spoke, and began to enter a state of selflessness. His little face became more and more rosy. Although Lei Dongfeng and others heard it seriously, they looked at her worriedly, fearing that her body would not be able to support it. Roland next to him was nervously holding her delicate body.

"And, sir, you have the Shangfang sword given by the British Marquis. You don't have to be like the commanders of other legions. You need to apply before entering the imperial capital. You can go to see you first and then explain. Wouldn't it be a waste of resources if you don't use these convenient conditions? Just enter in a low-key manner and not attract others' attention. Of course, this is difficult, but it's better than reporting first and waiting for approval, and I don't know what year or month it will be delayed." Li Ruoxi continued.

"Miss Li's idea makes sense. If Jose really wants to take Zhongnan, he would not give up here easily. Moreover, this is a place of battles. They are rootless Ping, and they can treat Zhongdu as the rear. Jose's purpose can only be the imperial capital and the provinces in Jiangnan. Along the imperial capital Zhili provinces, the imperial army has begun to deploy defenses. Even if Jose wants to attack the imperial capital from the sea, Taizu wants to build the imperial capital, and set up 48 various cities along the coast. There are crossbows and stone catapults on it without seats, and thousands of soldiers can be used. If Jose wants to go to the sea, the losses will be even greater. Therefore, I also think that Jose should be more likely to go straight to Jiangnan. It's just that if he doesn't suffer in the East China Sea, those Western barbarians may not be willing to give up their minds to seize the country." Zhang Ce said.

"Does Jose still want to cut the river and control it? What an arrogant Western coalition!" Lei Dongfeng said.

"Greed makes people lose their minds, and rights make people crazy. What's more, I traveled west. The land there was barren and the farming was backward. I just had enough to make a living every year. In addition, the so-called Vatican blindly fooled the people, and the nobles bullied tenant farmers and serfs. The conflict was serious and the economy was on the verge of collapse. Their invasion of our empire this time was not just to plunder wealth, but the fundamental purpose was to divert the internal contradictions of themselves." Xu Huanzong sighed. After all, he was a mature man, but his analysis was exactly the same as Lei Dongfeng and his friends.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll go to the imperial capital in person. I won't go back to Longyang for the time being. With senior Sima here, and you assist and the army to fight against the army, you should be worried. Moreover, Wang Huaiyu's army has also made an appointment with our army. Once the war starts, we will help each other. At the very least, you can retreat directly to Tongguan. With that hardship, you can't attack Jose's 100,000 troops." Lei Dongfeng said.

"Then I'll go with you, brother." Jiang Zhuying said.

"Well. Jiang Yatou has a wide connection in the imperial capital, but it is legitimate for her to accompany you." Old Taoist Lin Qingping interrupted.

"Well, so, I'm passing the order that when the Jiang army and I are not around, we will temporarily take over the position of commander of the army with Li Yan Division of the Second Cavalry Division. We will help us, and we must work together with the Sima army and serve the empire with all our hearts." Lei Dongfeng said.

"Here." Li Yan and Zhang Ce hurriedly said.

"Zhuying, Mu Tong, Brother Dao, and Miss Luo Lan, you four will follow me." Lei Dongfeng said.

"Dare not obeying!" everyone bowed.

In fact, Lei Dongfeng agreed to go to the imperial capital so firmly, but it was for himself. After all, there were too many questions that had covered his heart, which had affected Lei Dongfeng's choice of future paths. Some things had to be faced and had to be figured out and solved by himself. This trip to the imperial capital may be the beginning of the answers revealed.

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On May 3, 999, the imperial capital was in power.

The country in May is at a time when the light is shining. On both sides of the wide Zhili Avenue outside the city, wild flowers are dotted with green trees, and ships are constantly coming and going on the canal in the distance, and there are even more pedestrians on the road. If it weren't for the mixed people, no one would have felt the war, and it turned out to be by his side.

"Brother, the imperial capital is ahead." Jiang Zhuying said excitedly, which was looming in the distance.

After all, she is only a twenty-year-old girl. She has never come back since she left the imperial capital with Guan Zhongyun’s Potian Legion two years ago. Now she has returned to her hometown, and now she is feeling a little happy and even more timid.

"What a majestic city!" Lei Dongfeng murmured. For Lei Dongfeng, who had only seen computer stunts in film and television works in his previous life, such a city with a radius of more than a hundred miles is simply a miracle of human architecture.

At this moment, the country is actually more than ten miles away, and from this perspective, it is already rising and falling, and you can’t see the edge of the city wall at a glance.

In such an era where hand-made is the main one, with a small amount of hydraulic power and simple steam machinery, it is a miracle to have such a strong city.

It is said that this strong city was built by Taizu, who commanded the generals to build brick by brick, tile a thousand years ago. Of course, over the past thousand years, governments have been constantly repairing and expanding, so the Jiangshan City built by Taizu can stand firm.

However, what Lei Dongfeng didn't know was that when the city was built, Zhang Chen and Zhang Qishi, a great scientist under Taizu, used a lot of technology from the era under the instruction of Taizu, such as the advance light of hollow bricks and the early launch of cement, all of which provided basic guarantees for the construction of this city.

"What kind of national strength does this require to be built? What a huge empire!" Lei Dongfeng sighed secretly, and he looked forward to the imperial capital that was about to arrive and had a deep sense of belonging.

Anyone who loves his own nation and his country will find it difficult to resist the pride and recognition brought by this strength, and it is better than a hollow description of thousands of words.

"What's wrong with my brother today? This is not the first time you have come to the imperial capital..." Jiang Zhuying said strangely.

"Uh, it's nothing, I'm just a timid person." Lei Dongfeng touched his head and smiled awkwardly, but knew that he had lost his composure just now.

"I think Brother Lei wants to see who is in the imperial capital." Luo Lan said with a giggle.

"Uh, don't talk nonsense, where did I get the best of my beauty!" Lei Dongfeng suddenly felt a little angry. He brought Roland here entirely to establish his own intelligence network in the imperial capital, and even to fulfill his promise and to completely separate from the organization. After all, the headquarters of the organization is hidden behind this vast imperial capital city.

"Sister Roland, don't be too funny. Brother is also busy with war, so he is like this." Jiang Zhuying said.

"Girl, you're really outward." Roland smiled, and saw that Jiang Zhuying's pretty face turned red, and then he stopped talking.

"Let's hurry up and strive to enter the imperial capital before lunch." Lei Dongfeng said.

"Here." Everyone hurriedly said, and a group of eleven horses rushed towards the imperial capital.

This time, Lei Dongfeng came to the imperial capital. In order to act in a low-key manner, he kept the light chariot simple. In addition to Jiang Zhuying, Li Ruoxi, Lin Qingping and Luo Lan, he only brought four elite soldiers of the Kuanglan Flying Cavalry, including his own personal guard Wang Jiantang and the young Gao Jianfei.

The reason why Gao Jianfei was brought by his side was that Jiang Zhuying wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to meet the British Marquis and ask the British Marquis Zhao Huicheng to teach the essence of Lei Dongfeng and Gao Jianfei's 18 Spring Breeze.

The other two were the ones who followed Lei Dongfeng to interview.

At noon, Lei Dongfeng and others finally arrived at the Ximen Baihu Gate in Jiangshan City.

Jiangshan City is more than a hundred miles in circumference, and there are 48 large and large city gates, among which the most important twenty-eight paths correspond to the twenty-eight constellations in the sky. The four main gates are named for the four sacred beasts in the ancient empire, namely the main stars of the four sacred beasts in the east, west, south and north. The white tiger is the main killer. In the myth of the empire, they are the seven constellations in the West: Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Ju, and Shen, so they are representatives of the West, and the other three gates are mostly like this.

Only the largest main gate of the South Gate is not Xuanwu Gate, but the champion gate, which means to be the soldiers of the Han family and be brave enough to be the three armies.

When Taizu set up the city gate like this, he followed the opinions of Zhuge Wuhou and Taoist Priest Yu Yang. Taizu once said: The territory of the empire should be like the stars in the sky, shining everywhere.

The White Tiger's Killing God against the West is a reflection of Taizu's ambition to conquer the West.

Unfortunately, after a thousand years, the West 6 has finally begun to develop, and now it has used all the power of the Great 6 to invade the empire. If Taizu knew about it, he would not know what he would think.
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