fifth form

Chapter 1820 Road Attack
The river in Henan County is the Yellow River, and this area includes Hedong County, Henan County, and Henei County.

If you go upstream along the Yellow River, you will get closer to Luoyang City.

The area of ​​Beijun is flat, and the official road is wide because of the march. However, due to the Yellow River floods and other reasons, the roads in Henan County are often washed away, and the high mountains and steep cliffs also make the official roads narrow and crowded.

If you have to drive your own horse and cannot get on the official road, this is a long journey that stops countless people.

Even when traveling on official roads, only monks can handle long and bumpy drives.

Zhang Xuezhou had to admit that Du Zhou was very capable, and the coachman he sent to drive the carriage was just the right strength. Not only did he have great endurance, he also had a good ability to drive the vehicle.

“These two horses are extraordinary!”

In addition to the coachman, the two horses pulling the carriage were of excellent quality, even better than the mounts that the new emperor had been given in Luoyang.

"Lord Dongfang, the horses we have raised in Henan County have been fat and strong over the years. Many of them are exotic species and can bite people very fiercely. Even when we get close to them, we have to be careful," replied the coachman Zhang An.

"Does Du Zhou manage horses?"

"Lord Du Zhou is in charge of everything, even horses!"

Zhang An replied, and Zhang Xuezhou understood Du Zhou's situation.

Being able to control everything means being able to control nothing. The power is not implemented and one can only do so here and there. The other party is most likely a clerk who is responsible for recording and reporting.

You can see the end of this kind of official at a glance, and it is normal to have some small thoughts when you have the ability.

But one cannot gain a foothold in the imperial court simply by having ability. Without nepotism and powerful groups, even if one enters Chang'an City and becomes an official, he will still be a marginal figure.

Zhang Xuezhou himself was also one of the marginalized people, but he aimed at the target and kept climbing up, which allowed him to get close to the new emperor.

Thinking of Du Zhou, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but think of himself.

Friends will become estranged if they haven't seen each other for several months, and the feelings between husband and wife will fade if they don't see each other for a long time. It is also normal for an emperor and his ministers to forget each other after not seeing each other for too long. Especially since the new emperor has many ministers around him and there is no shortage of people like Zhang Xuezhou.

“I seem to be able to do anything!”

The frustrated Du Zhou is another portrayal of Zhang Xuezhou. People like him are numerous.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, not knowing whether recruiting Li Shaojun could please the new emperor again.

It would be fine if Li Shaojun knew how to refine the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill, but the key is that he doesn't know how to refine it. He even has trouble refining ordinary pills and only knows how to refine some external pills.

Recruiting Li Shaojun is one thing, but having Li Shaojun's crimes exposed and causing trouble is another.

Zhang Xuezhou just felt that life was hard to endure.

If he is unlucky, it would not be surprising if he were implicated, let alone getting close to the new emperor.

"We must discuss this with Li Shaojun when he arrives in Chang'an City. This guy is bold and smart, and he will cooperate well. Let's see how to overcome this difficulty!"

Zhang Xuezhou originally wanted to inquire about the Shengsheng Creation Pill at Dongtianmen, but he heard Yuanshi Tianzun also mention the Shengsheng Creation Pill at Zixiao Palace.

Jinxia Yuanjun, who is good at biotechnology, is unlikely to be proficient in top-level elixirs. The Shengsheng Zaohua Pill that the other party possesses is most likely a distributed item, just like the advanced medical indicators that Xijing City gives to major families.

The spiritual treasure mentioned by Yuanshi Tianzun is most likely the person who refined the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill or possessed the recipe for the pill.

If one wants to truly refine the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill, one needs to seek help from the source. If the source is difficult to reach, the only ones left are Zheng Wukong, Chunyu Tiying and others to think of a way to see if they can create some kind of super tonic.

It is a small matter that Zhang Xuezhou's head cannot be cured, but it is a big matter that everyone loses their heads. Even if he is expelled from Chang'an City by the new emperor and loses his close relationships, it is not worth it.

"You blind men, you dare to stop Lord Dongfang from carrying out His Majesty's urgent decree? You are so bold!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang An have the same last name, which allowed him to chat for a few more sentences before he fell into the process of organizing his thoughts as he traveled through the worlds.

When Zhang An shouted, Zhang Xuezhou quickly came back to his senses.

Zhang An had previously said that there were robbers on the official road. Zhang Xuezhou originally thought it was just a courtesy, but he didn't expect that there were really robbers.

To be honest, he hasn't encountered robbers for many years. For one thing, the places Zhang Xuezhou went to were either remote, or he was traveling at high altitudes, or he was accompanied by a great cultivator.

The people who dared to rob on the official road could not be those wild barbarians in Lingnan, but most likely monks with certain strength. The carriage stopped at a high speed, and he opened the carriage curtain, only to see that the official road had been crossed by people and rocks, making it impossible for carriages and horses to pass.

Zhang An held the horsewhip in his hand, and his right hand had already reached for the long sword at his waist.

He shouted loudly, and just as he finished speaking, the wind came.

Zhang An only had time to turn his head before a feather arrow pierced through his ear.

The sound of the ear piercing the rosewood carriage frame rang in Zhang An's ears. He reached out and touched it, and half of the ear flesh touched his palm. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, knowing that he had run into a tough guy today.

"Get down!"

"My four generals, the robbers are in the jungle thirty feet ahead of us!"

When Zhang Xuezhou's voice came, Zhang An couldn't help but shout out quickly.

"Bah!"

The shouts of pulling bows and shooting came from the rear, and another soldier pulled up his mount and jumped over the crossbar.

Zhang An was very powerful, and these soldiers were obviously not ordinary people either. They discovered the ambushers at the first moment and launched a direct counterattack.

"Well you thief!"

There were curses coming from the locals in Henan County, the sound of gold colliding, and a hail of arrows falling.

Zhang An swung his long sword and chopped wildly, causing the feather arrows made of bamboo and wood to fly everywhere.

There were more screams coming from more than thirty feet away.

"Lord Dongfang, we have four military commanders..."

Zhang An looked into the distance and saw four soldiers charging forward and backward, while those with swords and those who were good at shooting coordinated their attacks. In the blink of an eye, several robbers in tattered clothes died under swords.

He was just about to excitedly announce the good news when he saw the soldier holding a knife in the front was hit by a scimitar that came from nowhere, and his head flew high into the air.

This made Zhang An swallow back his words.

The sergeant squad was selected from the elite regiments of Nanyang City, including powerful military positions such as captains and guards.

These people are people who have actually fought on the battlefield, not just ordinary soldiers in service.

Even though these people's cultivation was lower, Zhang An did not dare to win against these military cultivators.

But within a few encounters, a man of this strength had already lost his head.

"You actually used the curved swords of the Xiong country. There really is a spy among you. It would be fine if you, the unruly people, occupied the mountains and became kings, but you actually teamed up with the Xiong country people to attack and kill important officials of the imperial court. You are a bunch of traitors who sell out your country for personal gain!"

There were also guards on horseback wielding long swords and hacking back and forth.

His loud shout scared off many ragged bandits and also allowed everyone to see clearly the tall and strong man with a machete who was attacking among the bandits.

The other person was wearing a bamboo hat and had his face half covered, leaving only a pair of cold and dazzling eyes.

The scimitar for cutting heads flew around in his hands like a butterfly. The method was different from normal fighting, which made the soldiers with long swords hack back and forth. Even with the help of the charge of the war horses, they were exhausted from parrying.

The reddish glow on the long sword clearly proved that this guard sergeant was not a weakling, but was instead suppressed by the strange and bizarre scimitar.

"Kill...them, or...you will all...die!"

The master from the vicious country who concealed his identity spoke in a very dry and loud Chinese voice, urging the many people who had become bandits.

His swordsmanship was strange, and he had some hidden cards that he had never used, but as he fell into this preset trap, it was clear that his opponent was well prepared.

The hidden threat lies in the shooter a hundred steps away.

All generals on the battlefield need the cooperation of soldiers, and King Zhanshan is no exception. As long as these refugees and bandits can give a little help, he has the opportunity to quickly defeat his opponents, even if it means risking his life to disrupt the enemy.

But what disappointed the masters of the evil country was that his advice had little effect. Those who had become bandits were dissatisfied with the injustice under the rule of the court, but few of them were willing to become traitors who collude with the people of the evil country.