I really became a prince

Just when the Boling Ye family brothers and others gathered to discuss the establishment ceremony of the Zongmen Mansion and the entry of the army into the customs tomorrow, the West Demon Region Pass, which is more than 100 kilometers away, was full of turmoil.

Tomorrow is the day for the prairie horse herding conference, and the venue is the Xijiang Corridor at the end.

At this time, the entire Demon Pass was already full of troops, and millions of troops from the Xifan and Baiyue dynasties had already left Heishui Pass and Niangzi Pass to gather in West Demon Pass.

There are many swords and soldiers, and the neighing of war horses. At a glance, the entire Demon Realm Pass is full of endless troops. It is not an exaggeration to say that soldiers are approaching the city.

Except for the two departments stationed at the East Demon Region Pass, the eight Western Border Departments under Yi Wangfu's mansion have all gathered in the West Demon Region Pass.

The six chiefs and more than a hundred generals gathered on the Xiguan City Tower, silently watching the direction outside the pass, with extremely dignified expressions.

The news that soldiers from outside the pass were approaching the city had already spread throughout the entire Moyu Pass, making everyone in the pass extremely nervous. This scene of nearly 200 million troops gathering on both sides reminded them of the tragic offensive and defensive battles in the past.

Many people worried that tomorrow's horse herding meeting might turn into a siege battle, and there were a lot of discussions about it.

"Oh, I hope everything is safe and sound." An old man said with a worried expression.

"It's just a horse herding meeting. They shouldn't attack the city, right?" A young man said,

"Who knows, the situation on the Nine Sides is changing rapidly. Today, we are talking and drinking together, but tomorrow there will be swords and soldiers facing each other. In short, the Nine Sides is really a place of right and wrong..." The old man sighed.

"Prince Yi now has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and there are natural dangers in his hands. He thinks he can hold it?" one person said.

"Theoretically, there should be no problem...but..." the old man said halfway, but didn't go any further. He just looked in the direction of the East Demon Field Pass.

The meaning is self-evident, because they know that the Bailing Ye family who came with 30 heavy troops also has ulterior motives, and they are probably planning to compete for the position of the Lord of the Western Border.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and when two tigers compete, they often allow powerful enemies from outside to take advantage of it.

"Hey, why can't we work together?" One person murmured.

"Hehe, this is the temptation of power. No one can resist it. Now our western border has become a big piece of fat. I don't know how much we can swallow it in one mouthful..." Someone said again, quite sarcastic mean.

"I don't know what the Imperial Capital of Dali thinks, but it has issued a restriction order on our western border, and the total resident population is not allowed to exceed 300 million. Otherwise, why should we be afraid of aliens outside the customs?" The young man in the lead said a little aggrieved .

"This is just superficial. I heard that the Dali Emperor's Capital also issued a 'troop limit order' to Yiwang's Mansion. The entire Moyu Pass is not allowed to exceed 40 troops..."

"Where did you get the news? Impossible." One person questioned.

"That's right, with the addition of more than 30 troops outside the Eastern Demon Pass, our army strength in the Demon Pass has already far exceeded this number."

"Hey, you guys don't know about this, right? The 30 at the East Demon Region Pass was sent by the Imperial Capital of Dali, so naturally it doesn't count... Now it's only 30, maybe it will be 50 in a while, or even 100 million... "

Many people who don't care much about current affairs can't help but take a deep breath. They all understand what it means when that day really comes, but this is too sensitive, and no one takes the initiative to say it.

The topic ended here temporarily, and everyone fell into silence. After a long time, someone whispered: "Now that soldiers from outside the West Demon Region pass are approaching the city, and there are also large armies standing under the East Demon Region pass, isn't Yi Wang's Mansion very dangerous?"

Everyone looked at this person like a fool. This is already a well-known fact, and the person who said this is really belated.

"Oh, I don't know what Prince Yi is doing now, I'm not in a hurry at all." The old man sighed again.

Now the East and West Demon Region Passes are surrounded by soldiers, and the situation will change as soon as it changes, and it might be a fierce battle, but that Prince Yi stays on Kongtong Mountain as firmly as Mount Tai.

It is well known that Jiang Yi is in Kongtong Mountain, because the pro-military battalion has been stationed at the foot of Kongtong Mountain and has not been moved.

"Perhaps, the lord has already made up his mind..."

After a while, someone spoke up, but the tone was full of uncertainty, as if to comfort himself.

Many people present sighed secretly. For the newly promoted lord of the western frontier—Prince Yi who is in charge of the Dali Wang Banner, these military households and border residents have a deep-seated affection, because it is this Prince Yi transformed Xijiang into a livable land of aquatic plants.

This also allows them and their descendants to have the guarantee of survival, and will no longer be like their ancestors, living without food and without dignity.

"hateful!"

Suddenly, a strong man who had been silent by the side stood up abruptly, with a look of resentment on his face, "If it weren't for this Lao Shizi's military restriction order, I would have joined the army long ago!"

Everyone is sad, these border households with military registration, according to the ancestral precepts of the Dali Dynasty, are not allowed to join the army, do business, or even take a step out of the western border. Only joining the army is the only way out, and it is also their only value.

He has been looking forward to it for countless years, and now he finally sees a glimmer of hope that he can mount a horse and regain his glory, but there is a military restriction order.

Since the western border became a land with abundant water and grass, countless military border residents who wandered around the Dali Dynasty packed their bags and returned to their homeland, but they were basically stopped halfway.

Because some people in the imperial capital of Dali do not allow too many people to gather in the western border, fearing that one day it will become a trend that cannot be lost.

But they didn't understand at all that even at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty when the army was the strongest, no matter how many gunshots the troops in Western Xinjiang had, they would always be facing the prairie outside the pass.

The most outstanding masters of Dali Wangqi never set their sights on the east of the Moyu Pass, but aimed their forces at the prairie outside the pass.

It's a pity that those high-ranking people in the imperial capital of Dali will never understand that only conquering the prairie in the far west is the highest glory of their military households and frontier residents.

Besides, the strong man, after yelling angrily, looked at the towering Kongtong Mountain in the distance, and walked towards the direction of Ximoyu Pass with a look of determination on his face.

After he left, several figures stood up and walked in the same direction silently.

Compared with the native military households and frontier residents, those who came to the western border for business or pleasure, or with other intentions, are all nervously paying attention to the changes in the current situation.

Especially those rich and rich dudes who have already packed their backpacks and are ready to escape at any time.

In an imposing restaurant, many shopkeepers who planned to make a fortune at tomorrow's horse herding meeting gathered here. Despite being nervous, they couldn't hide the excitement and anticipation on their faces.

For them, the horse herding conference was no less than a commercial feast. Of course, there were many risks involved. Once the swords were suddenly raised, they, the businessmen, were likely to die in the chaos.

But seeking wealth and wealth, being able to travel thousands of miles to the western border for their own sake, shows that they pursue wealth more than their own lives in their bones.

"Where are they going?"

On the second floor of the restaurant by the window, shopkeeper Ding with mustache said in surprise.

It was only a short time since he entered the teahouse and sat down, but he saw hundreds of people heading west together.

He didn't pay attention at first, but after realizing that these figures were all young and middle-aged men, he finally noticed something was wrong.

You must know that the restaurant they stayed in can only be regarded as a small street in Moyuguan. In such a small street, hundreds of people passed by within the time of burning incense.

What about the whole demon level?How many young and middle-aged men are heading west?

Sure enough, a shopkeeper who had just climbed up to the second floor said at this time: "They are following the legacy of their ancestors..."

"What legacy?" Shopkeeper Liu, who also didn't know why, couldn't help asking.

The shopkeeper found a table and sat down. He sighed and said, "They have a ancestral motto among the border people with military status. When a foreign army from the border area approaches the city of Xiguan, all young and middle-aged men must be drafted into the army to resist foreign aggression!"

"Impossible. There have been many fierce battles in Western Xinjiang these years, but this scene has never happened before, and I have never heard of such an ancestral motto among the border people with military status." A shopkeeper frowned.

The shopkeeper smiled, and said disdainfully: "Why do you think cats and dogs can be tamed by the border residents with military status? This ancestral precept is also a prerequisite, even if a jackal like the Chi family can be tamed on the surface To deter these military border residents, but it is impossible to make them surrender from the bottom of their hearts..."

"That ancestral precept will naturally not take effect."

"What prerequisites?" Another person asked aloud, and everyone on the second floor of the teahouse pricked up their ears. In their previous cognition, this land in Western Xinjiang was not only synonymous with "bitter cold", but also Also full of mystery.

The shopkeeper stood up, looked at Kongtong Mountain in the distance, and murmured: "The prerequisite is that the Dali Wang Banner re-enters the western border!"

All of a sudden, the teahouse fell into a complete silence. In this way, everything is reasonable.

Now that the Dali King's Banner has reappeared in Western Xinjiang, it also means that the Dali royal family has resumed their oath of "the royal family guarding the country".

In the end, neither the recent Chi Clan nor the previous separatist feudal towns in western Xinjiang will gain the approval of the border residents with military status, because they will only submit to the Dali Wang Banner.

That's why the era of the Chi Clan collapsed so quickly after the Dali Wang Banner reappeared in Western Xinjiang, because in front of the Dali Wang Banner, those separatist feudal towns of the Chi Clan were only crowned with monkeys.

"Hey...haven't you seen that there are more than [-] young and middle-aged men gathered at the foot of Kongtong Mountain, good guy, it's dark at first glance..." At this time, another shopkeeper came up from the stairs and said in amazement .

"And there are still a steady stream of people gathering there, and there are even many women..."

Someone wondered: "What are they doing at the foot of Kongtong Mountain?"

"Because their ancestral training told them that when the war comes, the owner of the Dali Wang Banner will open the arsenal that has been buried for many years and arm them into a real army." The shopkeeper who just came up explained.

Hearing this sentence, a puffing sound resounded on the second floor, but it was a rich and powerful young man who came to play for a while, and he said in a disdainful tone:

"Not to mention whether this so-called Hyogo is real or not, even if it is true, so what if they are fully armed? In front of the alien army on the frontier, all of whom are martial arts, they are simply powerless."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of contemptuous glances.

An old man next to the rich man stretched out his hand and tugged at his master, motioning him to stop talking, because what he said just now was really ridiculous.

"What? I'm not right?" Na Mingzhi said dissatisfied.

"Hehe, it seems that this young master has never paid attention to Xijiang before, let alone these military households and border residents." A shopkeeper laughed aloud.

Then, without waiting for the clerk to refute, he continued: "Before this land in Western Xinjiang was a truly bitter and cold place, but there are still many businessmen traveling thousands of miles on this trading route, and this is one of them... …

Does the young master know that among these businessmen, there is an unspoken rule that is always followed? "

"What unspoken rules?" Your son asked puzzled.

"No matter what kind of caravan, as long as they step into the area of ​​Western Xinjiang, they will choose to hire these military border residents as accompanying guards. It is an unspoken rule that all businesses can follow, and it can even be said to be an iron law. You also said that these military border residents Without the power to bind a chicken?"

Then without waiting for the noble young master to speak out, the shopkeeper said with a pointed smile: "If I read correctly, the young master is from the Li family of Dongya Mansion, right?"

"You can ask the old man next to you. Back then, one of Li's masters was almost wiped out by the military border people who had no power in your eyes..."

Your son didn't believe it at all when he heard the words, but when an old incident mentioned by his father sounded, his expression changed.

That was before he was born, a branch of the Li family was slaughtered overnight, and the murderer is still missing. This has also become a taboo topic for the entire Li family.

He just wanted to ask the old servant beside him in detail, but the old servant gently pulled his clothes off and said in a low voice: "Master, we will talk about this matter later, don't talk too much, these military households and border residents are not superficial. They look so weak, they have their own special inheritance, but they won't reveal it until the last moment."

"That's right, this old man seems to be well-informed. Otherwise, why would the Emperor Dali be so afraid of Xijiang, and even give up his ancestral oath at the cost of infamy, after all, he is afraid of the fierceness in the bones of these military border residents!"

"But now they can't control it even if they want to, because the new owner of the Dali Wang Banner has appeared in Xijiang, and the sleeping beast of the Xijiang military border people is about to wake up..."

Most of the shopkeepers present here are aware of the rumors in this regard, and they all have serious expressions at this time.

After a long time, an elderly shopkeeper said leisurely: "I just don't know what choice that Prince Yi will make..."

"Yes, I heard that the one who is temporarily staying in the other courtyard of the Prince's Mansion in the Eastern Demon Region has come with an order to gather troops from the imperial capital of Dali. I'm afraid that he will soon call up military status and border residents to join the army..."

"Hehe, the order to gather troops? It's a pity that these border residents with military status only recognize the Dali King Banner..."