Shanhan Pass is the first pass of the Shanhan Corridor.

The Tianyong Pass is the last pass in the Shanhan Corridor.

More than ten days have passed since the players used their flesh and blood to forcibly break through the Shanhan Pass ten days ago. During these ten days, the new army of Yancheng, who had been transferred to [Soldiers], was either on the road or fighting.

The thrilling and continuous battles make players feel really excited. In addition, players can be resurrected for free in special missions, so they can charge forward even more recklessly.

Anyway, you can be resurrected for free after death, and the resurrection pool is constantly updated with the progress of the task, so players don’t need to start again from Yancheng after death.

So when the player sees another checkpoint, he instinctively picks up his weapon and charges forward.

"He Ao, He Ao, where are the people? Get out quickly, Paratrooper No. 1 requests to land!"

"Brother Niu, when you return to Yancheng, you must learn a palm technique that drops from the sky. It would be a pity if you don't learn it!"

"Kill, brothers, kill them hard, kill them hard!"

"I am so powerful now, I feel like I am not far from the realm of self-cultivation!"

"The Death Squad One is ready, the Death Squad One is ready, waiting for the commander's order!"

"Don't fight with me. I'm about to enter the realm of self-cultivation. Give me a 1v1 chance. Thank you!"

The players picked up their weapons and rushed towards the Tianyong Pass, howling. After seeing this scene, the soldiers guarding the Tianyong Pass sentry tower blew the horn. The archers on the city wall heard the horn and quickly bent their bows to attack the players who were ready to charge.

"The enemies at this pass are dressed a little differently!"

"Brothers, this is a bit strange. The soldiers at this pass don't look like barbarians. Why do they dress and look like people from the Imperial Shang Dynasty?"

"I don't care who he is. Anyone who stands in my way will die. Kill, kill, kill, kill!"

"Charge! No matter if they are barbarians or not, we should defeat them first!"

For the players, no matter whether it is the barbarians or the Imperial Shang Dynasty, they do not have much sense of immersion. Although the players are now nominally the new soldiers of Yancheng of the Imperial Shang Dynasty, if there are rewards or equipment exploded by killing the NPC of the Imperial Shang Dynasty, they will rush forward without hesitation, waving their weapons.

As players, they only know about the tasks and rewards, and the rest is not within their consideration.

Of course, if the game launches the [Faction] gameplay, most players will definitely choose to join the Imperial Merchant Dynasty without hesitation.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"The barbarians are attacking, shoot, shoot!"

Seeing more than 300 players armed with weapons and wearing barbarian clothes attacking the city, the enemies on the city wall responded quickly. They bent their bows and shot arrows. A round of arrows fell from the sky, covering the entire group of players.

The arrows were coated with paralyzing potions. Except for a few players in the self-cultivation realm who were wearing barbarian clothes and could use their spiritual energy to block the arrows, the rest were immediately paralyzed when they were scratched by the arrows and fell to the ground, losing their ability to fight.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the last pass was so high, He Ao immediately used Mo Gong·Tian Jiang, preparing to imitate the previous methods and take down Tianyong Pass.

"You barbarians, with only a few hundred people, dare to invade the border of our Di Shang. Do you really think that there is no one in our Di Shang?"

"Slaughter our imperial merchants and their people, and grind their bones to dust!"

A slightly vicissitudes of life voice echoed in everyone's ears, accompanied by the sound of crushed bones and scattered ashes. The originally clear sky was suddenly covered by dark clouds. In the sky filled with dense dark clouds, lightning and thunder continued to move, with flashes of lightning.

The Thirty-six Taoist Tiangang Methods: [Drive away thunder and lightning].

Such a huge noise instantly intimidated the players who wanted to charge. He Ao, who was about to send Niu Bu to the opposite pass, looked up at the lightning constantly moving in the sky, his mouth opened so wide that an egg could be stuffed in.

"What the hell, what kind of trick is this?"

"Fuck, this BOSS is too scary, it directly summons lightning!"

"I was thinking that this special mission was easy and that we could break through the barrier just by charging. I didn't expect the difficulty of this BOSS to skyrocket!"

"The style of the painting suddenly changed. The previous ones were all historical themes, but now they have become fairy tale themes. What kind of strength does this method of directly summoning lightning have?"

"Damn, I almost forgot this is a fantasy game, not a historical game!"

Dark clouds covered the sky, lightning and thunder streaked across the sky, and the player was completely stunned. Su Mu, who was standing behind the player, saw this scene and immediately rode forward, shouting, "Sir, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Su Mu's shout did not stop the lightning from falling. When a bolt of lightning killed a player, Su Mu leaped suddenly. The milky white righteous energy around him turned into a breeze, dragging Su Mu in the air.

"I am Su Mu, the angel of the Imperial Shang Dynasty. Who are you and why don't you listen to my advice?"

"Angel Su Mu?"

A slightly vicissitudes of life voice came from the Tianyong Pass: "The soldiers under your command are wearing barbarian animal clothes, holding curved swords, and their lapels are on the left. How can they be soldiers of our Imperial Shang Dynasty?
Moreover, the emperor of the Imperial Shang Dynasty had long since stopped taking part in government affairs, so why would he send an angel?"

"Nonsense!"

"I am Su Mu, the angel of the Imperial Shang Dynasty. On April 17, 1037 of the Imperial Calendar, I was sent by the Emperor to the Northern Frontier to recall the Northern Frontier Zhenbei Army. How dare you question me?"

"Questioning an angel is like questioning the emperor. Can you bear this sin?"

At this point, Su Mu, who was dragged in the air by Haoran Chengfeng, raised his right hand high. He shouted loudly: "Open your eyes wide and look carefully. Don't be stubborn and continue to intercept the angels!"

As Su Mu finished speaking, a milky white ruler suddenly appeared in his hand. The ruler had sharp edges and various Confucian works appeared on it.

As Su Mu swung the ruler in his hand, Confucian classics rose into the sky and sank into the dark clouds above. In an instant, the originally dark cloud sky began to shatter, and the wandering lightning disappeared completely.

Confucian magical power: [A wake-up call]!
After being rescued by Niu Bu and having his seal broken by Guo Xiaoding, Su Mu returned to Yancheng to recuperate for more than half a year and slowly began to show his side as a great scholar.

The dark clouds in the sky disappeared in an instant, and the generals guarding the Tianyong Pass were in doubt:
"The angel who was sent to the Northern Frontier in the year 1037 of the Imperial Calendar?
You said you went to the Northern Frontier thirty-seven years ago?"

The year 1037 of the Imperial Calendar was thirty-seven years ago. When the generals guarding the Tianyong Pass heard Su Mu say that he was on a diplomatic mission to the northern border thirty-seven years ago, they were naturally shocked.

He never expected that he would meet the angel from thirty-seven years ago.

"Of course." "You said you were sent as an envoy to the northern border thirty-seven years ago, why did you return only now?"

Hearing this, Su Mu couldn't help but feel ashamed: "I was betrayed by the thieves and captured by the barbarians in the northern border. My body's spiritual energy was sealed. It was not until last year that I was rescued by the Northern Frontier Zhenbei Army."

At this point, Su Mu paused and sighed heavily: "The Yancheng Zhenbei Army of our Imperial Shang Dynasty went to the northern border eighty-four years ago to guard the barbarians. Now all 30,000 Zhenbei soldiers have died in the battle, leaving only a few hundred people struggling to hold on."

"Zhenbei Army"

"Eighty-four years ago"

Hearing this, the generals guarding the Tianyong Pass were filled with disbelief. These young and vigorous barbarians wearing barbarian clothes and with black hair were actually the Zhenbei Army from eighty-four years ago?

How can this be?

This group of invading barbarians, each of them is full of fighting spirit and vigor. They all seem to be young men who have just come of age. How are they related to the Zhenbei Army from 84 years ago?

Even though a person's appearance can be disguised, this kind of spirit cannot be disguised.

Seeing that the generals in Tianyong Pass were half-believing and half-doubting, Guo Xiaoding also stepped forward and introduced himself: "I am General Guo Xiaoding, the commander of the Zhenbei Army, and I hold the title of General Zhongwu!"

"Since you are guarding the Tianyong Pass, you must be a military commander of our Imperial Shang Dynasty. What is your official position now? Why are you only guarding the Tianyong Pass while the other passes in the Shanhan Corridor are still occupied by the barbarians?"

"What position do you hold? I am just an idler. I just couldn't stand the barbarians slaughtering the common people at will, so I gathered some warriors, cleared out the barbarians on the border of Yongzhou, and occupied the Tianyong Pass."

Idle clouds and wild cranes?

Taoists go down the mountain?

Guo Xiaoding immediately stood in awe: "Fellow Daoist, you care about the people of the world. I admire you. It is the duty of our Zhenbei Army to stop the barbarians. However, I am incompetent and was defeated by the barbarians in the northern border. I am hiding in the small Yancheng and unable to protect the people of Di Shang!"

Daoist friend is a name for the disciples of the Taoist school. If a Taoist disciple enters the court, he or she will naturally be addressed by his or her official title.

If they are hermits, they are addressed as fellow Taoists.

Fellow Daoist Wu at Tianyong Pass listened to Guo Xiaoding's self-blame and looked at the white-haired Guo Xiaoding with only one eye left. He believed it a little. He came to the city wall and revealed his formation. He glanced at Chu Zhongxing and others, focusing on Guo Xiaoding, Su Mu, Xu Zhiyuan and the veterans of the Zhenbei Army. He was silent for a moment, still a little bit unconvinced of Guo Xiaoding:

"Since you are all from the Zhenbei Army of my Imperial Business 83 years ago, you are naturally military strategists. Please prove yourselves."

Prove that you are a military strategist?
When the players heard this, they couldn't help but complain.

You are the bank, prove that you are yourself!
"You are so vigilant, fellow Taoist. This is the right thing to do!"

A black shadow of a black bird suddenly appeared behind Guo Xiaoding. The shadow of the black bird was lifelike, and its eyes looked at Fellow Daoist Wu, full of pride and silence.

The mysterious bird of destiny descends and gives birth to Shang.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Shang Dynasty, through their practice of "civil and military strategies", could all condense the phantom of the black bird.

When the shadow of the black bird appeared, Fellow Daoist Wu, who was guarding the Tianyong Pass, no longer had any objections. He immediately opened the city gate, then rode a creature that looked like a donkey but had horns like an antelope, and came to a mile away from Chu Zhongxing and the others.

"This is the demon beast Lu Xun, it has a gentle temperament and is good at rock climbing. It can climb steep and dangerous rocks as if it were flat ground."

Guo Xiaoding knew Chu Zhongxing very well. When he saw Chu Zhongxing staring at Lu Xun, he immediately explained to Chu Zhongxing in a low voice.

Lu Xun Chu Zhongxing nodded. He looked at the players who were constantly retreating. He wanted to pop up a message about "Lu Xun" to the players, but after a moment of thought, he directly controlled all the players, muted them, and started the "story CG".

In Yancheng, Northern Frontier, with Guo Xiaoding's favor, Chu Zhongxing can let the player do whatever he wants, but now is the first time to come into contact with strangers, it is better for the player to watch the plot honestly.

"The Yancheng Zhenbei Army that conquered the northern border eighty-four years ago!"

“This is truly something I have never heard of or seen before!”

Watching Guo Xiaoding and others approaching, Wu Tingyou, who was riding on Lu Xun, fixed his eyes on Chu Zhongxing. He looked at Guo Xiaoding and Su Mu with a puzzled look, as if asking who Chu Zhongxing was.

"This is the commander of our Zhenbei Army!"

"General Chu inherited the will of Cheng Li, the commander of the Zhenbei Army. He led his new army and killed thousands of barbarians. We were able to break through the barbarians' siege and come here, all thanks to General Chu's command."

Guo Xiaoding praised Chu Zhongxing wildly, and Wu Yanyou's eyes were on this group of players again. Not until they got closer did he see that these players wearing barbarian costumes did not look like barbarians, but looked like real people from the Imperial Shang Dynasty.

"Yancheng is an isolated city with a shortage of supplies. We fought our way here and many of our clothes were destroyed. We could only wear the barbaric clothes and be naked."

This time, it was Xu Zhiyuan, the Xu Ji official who had been silent the whole time, who explained. Xu Zhiyuan bowed to Wu Yanyou and introduced himself: "Fellow Daoist Wu, I am Xu Zhiyuan, the Ji official of Jixia Mausoleum in Yongzhou. If you have anyone from Jixia Mausoleum under your command, you can ask them!"

"Jixia Lingjiguan? Xu Jiguan?"

Hearing Xu Zhiyuan introduce himself, Wu Yanyou, who had been suspicious, was stunned. He looked at Xu Zhiyuan carefully and then sighed:
"Xu Jiguan, who loved his people like his own children and improved Tibetan barley so that countless Yongzhou people could have enough to eat, is well-known to everyone in Yongzhou. I heard a few years ago that Xu Jiguan was killed by barbarians and lamented that this was a disaster for Yongzhou. I didn't expect to meet Xu Jiguan again."

"Looking at the state Xu Jiguan is in now, he must have suffered inhuman torture from the barbarians. Quick, quick, come on, invite Xu Jiguan. I will order my subordinates to prepare a banquet to entertain Xu Jiguan and the Northern Zhen Army."

The faces of Guo Xiaoding, the commander of the Zhenbei Army, and the angel Su Mu were not as useful as Xu Zhiyuan. After Xu Zhiyuan introduced himself, Wu Yanyou immediately greeted Xu Zhiyuan and the Yancheng Zhenbei Army warmly.

“Improved Tibetan barley?”

Chu Zhongxing kept this sentence in mind. In the farming books and farming treasure "Qimin Yaoshu" given to him by Xu Zhiyuan, there was no record of Tibetan barley.

"Tibetan barley should be the grain eaten by ordinary people. I once asked Xu Zhiyuan for a grain staple food that contains spiritual energy, but Xu Zhiyuan clearly told me that he had never studied it."

Chu Zhongxing followed Wu Yanyou and entered the Tianyong Pass. After he entered the pass, he immediately controlled the players to line up in an orderly manner and enter the Tianyong Pass.

Tianyong Pass is the last pass of the Shanhan Corridor. The entry of Yancheng Town's Beijun Army and the New Army into this pass means that they have broken out of the siege from the northern border and returned to the Imperial Shang Dynasty.

The architectural style of the pass is exactly the same as that of the northern Xinjiang, and everything is based on adaptation.

However, it was so ordinary, with nothing special about it, but after Guo Xiaoding and Su Mu stepped in, their expressions fluctuated violently.

Chu Zhongxing could even read all kinds of complicated emotions from their faces. (End of this chapter)