In the south of the north, when the final battle of the Zheng-Song War was about to begin, the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty had already set off for the border between the two countries, Mianchi City.
The king of the Great Zhou Dynasty personally paid a farewell visit to Tang Shiqi and Gucheng, and told them that it would be best to reestablish diplomatic relations with the State of Yan. But if it doesn't work, it won't lose the national prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The implication is self-evident.
War or peace, in the eyes of the king of Zhou Dynasty, was just an insignificant choice.
Among the seven major kingdoms in the north, the national power of the Great Zhou Dynasty swept the other six kingdoms.
Even the state of Qi could not compare with Zhou Dynasty.
Only one thing, the Great Zhou border wall in the northern frontier blocked the barbarians from the extreme northern wasteland from going south. It was already an existence that the other six countries could not match.
If the Great Zhou Dynasty had not built the Great Wall in northern Xinjiang and blocked all the barbarians in the extreme northern wilderness from the Great Wall, how could the other six countries have the leisure to engage in civil war?
If people have no external troubles, they will have internal worries.
The same is true for a country.
Among the countries, only Zhou Dynasty and Wei State had a direct confrontation with the barbarians. And only those who have been at the Great Wall know how difficult it is to guard the Great Wall.
Not to mention the bitter cold at the border, the cycle of mobilizing troops back and forth to guard the border is often more than ten years. In other words, guarding the Great Wall, it would be better if he married a wife and had children before going to the Great Wall, but if not, if he died on the Great Wall without other siblings, he would definitely die.
Moreover, at the Great Border Wall, if you want to live there, you must have a military rank. In other words, no matter whether the soldiers guarding the border have wives in their hometown or not, if they want to find another woman on the border of the Great Wall, they must at least be a centurion.
There are so many centurions on the Great Wall, but there are very few women on the border of the Great Wall. Yes, they were either local aborigines or prisoners after being exiled. As for those who made mistakes while serving as officials in the imperial court and were demoted and exiled to the border of the Great Wall, any of the slightly beautiful female family members were not snatched up by the family owner and given to the generals at the edge of the town? Only in this way can they find a chance of survival in such a bitter and cold place.
There is no need to think about the direct family members of the lower-level officers, and the only choice is for the generals at the edge of the town to pick the rest. The remaining ones are all maids from humble backgrounds, and their appearance is hard to describe.
To take a step back, even if the Northern Rangers go to the Great Wall to experience, few can last more than three years. In Bai Ze's words back then, "This is a fucking place for people to stay"?
After Bai Ze left Jixia Academy, Xie Xuan took him all the way north, to the Great Wall on the border, to the Far North Wasteland, and showed him the aurora, the most spectacular sight in the north.
It was also during that trip that Bai Ze met Wu Shuang, a talented girl from Vulcan Mountain.
It's just that the person who led Wu Shuang to practice at that time was not Lu Jianxiong, but Wu Shuang's master, the Vulcan Mountain swordsman who Bai Ze called the fairy sister, Gong Shuqing.
At that time, Baize left the Great Wall at the border, and Gucheng had been transferred back to Haojing. Soon he took up the post of General Zhenxi, taking charge of the military affairs of the eighteen counties in the western border of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The existence of the Great Border Wall was not only the northern gateway to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the gateway to the northern countries. As long as the Great Wall does not fall, the barbarians will not be able to move even half an inch south. And if the Great Wall falls, no country will be able to survive alone.
Nowadays, the situation in the northern countries is that the machinery of war has started to operate. It is not that simple to stop it.
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At the same time, Yunhai Xianmen.
Bai Ze has been practicing in the Siji Cave for more than a month.
During this period, he fed on Bigu Pills and studied the secrets of the Immortal Sect on the stone pillar almost day and night. It's hard to have a real sense of the passage of time in the mountains. During the training period, except for Supreme Elder Dai Yongde who occasionally wandered into the cave and was discovered by Bai Ze, only the sword spirit could accompany him and say a few words.
But after all, Sword Spirit has a cold temper. He only comes out occasionally to walk around and look at the secrets of the immortal sect recorded on the four stone pillars in the cave. Basically, he doesn't pay much attention to Bai Ze.
On this day, someone suddenly came from the clouds and landed in the square.
Dai Yongde raised his eyelids slightly, looked at the person who came, and said in surprise: "Wanggui, why are you here?"
Yun Wanggui bowed to Dai Yongde. His Taoist robe made him look stunning, and he looked like a Taoist monk.
"I've met the Supreme Elder," Yun Wanggui said.
"You don't have to be polite." Dai Yongde smiled and said, "If you are not staying at Tianzhu Peak, why did you come to me when you have time? Could it be that the head brother has something to explain?"
"Actually, it's not the master's arrangement." Yun Wanggui looked confused and hesitated: "Uncle, can I ask you something?"
"Inquiring about something?" Dai Yongde was stunned for a moment, and felt even more strange in his heart, "I don't know what the matter is, but you can actually ask me to come here."
"It's not a big deal." Yun Wanggui said, "I just want to ask, my junior brother has been practicing in Xianmen Cave and Tianfu Land for more than a month. How is the progress of his practice?"
"Why do you ask this?" Dai Yongde said, "He went to the Four Pole Cave. Not to mention one month, even three months, he may not be able to complete the secrets of the Immortal Sect recorded on the four stone pillars. Shu Shenwu understands. What, you have something to do with him?"
