Chapter 1 The Team Departs

The team set off.

Eight hundred Snow Sea iron cavalry followed, accompanied by Si Niang, A Ming, and Xue San.

Liang Cheng needed to stay home to oversee things; regardless, Snow Sea Pass had to have someone capable of fighting.

Si Niang followed because after the last expedition, when she tossed and turned in her tent, unable to sleep, Zheng Fan vowed that he would always take Si Niang with him on long trips in the future.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality.

The blind man suffered; he had to stay behind, responsible for a whole bunch of things, acting as the chief steward.

As for Xue San and A Ming, because these two hadn't advanced yet, they had to be taken along when going out, in case the opportunity arose?

Mo Wan was rare, left behind by Zheng Fan, because Mo Wan needed to recover. He was squeezed too hard last night, and it would be difficult for him to be of any use if he was taken along for a short time. Let him stay home and take care of the children. After Sha Tuo Que Shi fell into a deep sleep, Tian Tian also needed someone to take care of him all the time. It was difficult to feel completely at ease relying solely on the guards outside.

The princess was still in the carriage, but she should have been sitting when she came, but she was lying down when she left.

Seventh Uncle drove the carriage himself, and the princess's entourage still surrounded the carriage.

Because there was a carriage, the team's marching speed naturally couldn't be too fast, and it took a lot of days to finally arrive at Fengxin City.

Of course, Zheng Bo wasn't bored; it was like going on an outing. During the day, he could ride out to hunt under the guise of scouting around, and at night, he could sleep in a tent with Si Niang; it was very comfortable.

When he finally saw the city wall of Fengxin City, a person riding a pixiu beast had already galloped from under the city wall. Because there was no prior notice, the guards in front were startled, but they were relieved after seeing the armor on the person and the pixiu beast under his crotch.

The person who came,

Was Li Fusheng.

"Qian'er, Qian'er!"

Li Fusheng was very pure.

Usually, when he was normal, he liked to put his hands in his sleeves, like an old farmer.

When fighting, as long as conditions permitted, he would definitely try to bathe himself in blood like a madman.

But at this time, he was like an elder who felt sorry for his younger generation. Knowing that the princess had an accident, he couldn't wait.

Marquis Zhenbei had seven adopted sons. Except for Qing Shuang, who didn't change her surname, the others all took the surname Li officially, but because the age span was also large, so when it came to the next generation, they often addressed each other differently. The princess called them some "brother" and some "uncle."

Li Fusheng was obviously an uncle.

Seventh Uncle stepped forward and saluted Li Fusheng, saying:

"My Lord, the princess is still unconscious."

The meaning was not to disturb her.

Li Fusheng took a deep breath, but he also knew that he shouldn't lose his temper with Seventh Uncle, so he could only put his hands on his hips and asked very dissatisfiedly:

"What exactly happened, how did it become like this? Earlier, I heard that Qian girl was coming here, and I was planning to ask the Marquis for a few days off in a few days to go to Snow Sea Pass to see her. How did she suddenly become unconscious?"

"My Lord, for the sake of the princess's reputation, let's talk about it after we settle down."

Since the words had been said to this point, Li Fusheng could only nod and wave his hand, saying:

"Then you quickly enter the city. I'll go invite the Marquis to diagnose Qian girl later."

"Yes."

Here, the team entered the city, while the eight hundred cavalry led by Zheng Fan needed to be stationed in the military camp outside the city.

Li Fusheng turned around and directly found Zheng Fan, punching Zheng Fan in the chest.

Zheng Fan hurriedly reached out to block,

"Bang!"

Li Fusheng used a little strength in this punch. Zheng Bo blocked it, but his body also took half a step back.

Seeing this, Li Fusheng laughed and said:

"Good you kid, it's only been two years since you followed me south to the Qian Kingdom, and your skill has improved so quickly.

Alas, it's a pity. If you had practiced martial arts since you were a child, then, tsk tsk."

Talent, it was good talent, and it was definitely good talent. Li Fusheng regarded Zheng Fan as his own family, so he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Zheng Fan.

"It's not too late now, is it?" Zheng Fan said with a smile.

"Hehe."

Li Fusheng reached out, hooked Zheng Fan's shoulder, lowered Zheng Fan's head, put his face close to Zheng Fan's, and said:

"What exactly happened to Qian girl? How did she faint as soon as she got to you?"

"Perhaps there was some accident on the road. Something happened the first night she arrived at my place." Zheng Fan could only answer vaguely, "You also know that the princess has a noble status, and there should be many people staring at her. In addition, there are often monsters and beasts in the Heavenly 断 Mountain Range. Maybe there will be some big goblins or something."

"Alas, that's really strange."

"Yes, by the way, how has Zhennan Pass been recently?" Zheng Fan immediately changed the subject.

"Those grandsons are very cowardly. They make a lot of noise but do little. They just refuse to come out. It's killing me. I really can't wait to attack the city."

"You can't be impulsive. Yupan City isn't as strong as Zhennan Pass."

If Yupan City hadn't been short of food, it would have been really difficult to take it down in the end.

The Yan army was not good at attacking cities, or rather, the cost of attacking cities was too high.

"You kid, I remember that many of the implements used in the last feigned attack on Yupan City were made by your people. Do you have any ideas this time?"

"It still depends on what the Marquis means. I'm preparing for it."

The reason why Xue San was brought along this time was also because if they really wanted to attack the city, having Xue San would undoubtedly be much more convenient.

After all, this time, he came to Jingnan Marquis to help open the back door. You have to show something. Sending gold and silver treasures is useless, so I'll send you a dwarf craftsman master.

"Yes, we must be prepared. Oh, and this time you..."

"I brought wine."

"Then let's drink tonight. After the Marquis sees Qian girl and there's nothing serious, let's have a good drink tonight. To be honest, since I drank the wine you sent, I can't drink any other wine. It's like horse urine."

"Are you short of wine to drink?"

Zheng Fan remembered that he had never missed the offerings to these people during festivals. Si Niang was in charge of these, so there would definitely be no mistakes.

Li Fusheng smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "There are quite a few people staring at my wine. After dividing it up, I don't have enough to drink myself. Let's not talk about this. Since you're here, I'll take you to see the Marquis."

Zheng Fan turned his head and looked at Si Niang and the others, and then followed Li Fusheng into the city.

It could be clearly felt that Li Fusheng's Zhenbei Army had been absorbed by Jingnan Marquis. The most obvious point was that Li Fusheng wouldn't add other titles when talking about the Marquis.

Even the chief general was like this, so there was no need to think too much about the lieutenant generals and ordinary soldiers below.

The order inside and outside the city was well maintained. Because Fengxin City was once the "bandit's nest" of the Situ Yi brothers during the war, and then Zheng Fan personally led his troops to destroy it, so even now there were not many people in the city, but this also facilitated the activities of the garrison.

On the way,

A messenger galloped over to deliver a military order to Li Fusheng.

Traces of a Zhennan Pass cavalry activity appeared in the southeast direction. Jingnan Marquis ordered Li Fusheng to lead his troops to encircle and suppress them.

Ever since General Xue Rang of Zhennan Pass supported a collateral branch of the Situ family to rebuild the Da Cheng Kingdom until now, this new Da Cheng Kingdom didn't have the intention of fighting back to Yingdu to restore its homeland. On the contrary, it seemed very passive, at most sending out small groups of troops to harass and brush up on their presence.

This time, it seemed to be a slightly larger scale, so the military order directly came down to let Li Fusheng personally preside over this encirclement and suppression, and he couldn't let these enemy troops slip away like before.

Military orders were like mountains. Not to mention that the princess was only unconscious now, even if the princess was about to die, it was impossible for Li Fusheng to say half a "no" in front of the military order.

So, Li Fusheng glanced at Zheng Fan, clasped his fists, and immediately urged the pixiu beast under his crotch to leave the city to organize the army.

Zheng Fan took a deep breath and came to the Eastern Expedition Army Marshal's Mansion, which was also the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion.

Du Juan was dead, and Tian Tian was with him,

To be honest,

Whether it was the Marquis's Mansion or not, it didn't really matter. Anyway, Jingnan Marquis was now a lonely man, and there was no difference between the military camp and home.

After making his identity clear, he passed all the way. In the backyard, Zheng Fan saw Tian Wujing.

Lao Tian had always been very resistant to pressure. The so-called mountain and river collapsed in front of him without changing his color was talking about him.

At this time, Jingnan Marquis was wearing a white python robe, standing by the pond, feeding the fish.

Logically speaking, it was not appropriate for him to wear a python robe now, because the title of prince had been cut off, but no one would care about this.

Seeing Tian Wujing,

Zheng Fan took a deep breath and directly knelt on one knee:

"This subordinate pays respects to the Marquis!"

"They all call me Prince." Tian Wujing turned his head and looked at Zheng Fan and said, "They are afraid that if they call me Marquis, I will be unhappy."

"This subordinate still thinks it's more cordial and natural to call you Marquis."

"How are things going at Snow Sea Pass now?"

"Thanks to the Marquis, everything is fine up and down. This winter can be spent quite comfortably."

"Anyway, you won't go hungry wherever you go."

"The Marquis knows that this subordinate used to do small business and was used to living a careful life."

Tian Wujing nodded and sprinkled the remaining fish food in his hand into the pond.

This place was actually the imperial palace of the Situ Yi pseudo-dynasty. Although there were no golden bricks and green tiles, the layout was quite exquisite. When Zheng Fan led his troops here before, he only killed the Situ Yi brothers and didn't learn from Xiang Yu to burn the houses.

Before departure, Seventh Uncle and Zheng Fan both sent letters to Fengxin City. On the way, the main force was dragged down by the carriage where the princess was, but they would also send a single rider to Fengxin City to report every two days. If there were no accidents, Jingnan Marquis should already know what happened.

Tian Wujing looked at Zheng Fan and asked:

"Have you eaten?"

"No, Marquis."

"Have dinner with me later."

"Yes, Marquis."

"Was it you who made Qian girl faint?"

"Uh...this..."

"Do you want me to undo it?"

"Temp...orarily...temporarily..."

"Oh, then I won't undo it."

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I'll try to write more tomorrow, good night.