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Chapter 796 The end of the veteran and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty

Xiaoshan is located to the west of Qinghe County in the Tang Dynasty, towards Chang'an.

That night, there was a military camp at the foot of Mount Wei, consisting of more than ten military tents. There were not many people there. Painful coughing sounds kept coming from one of the military tents. It is hard to imagine that such an old man who keeps coughing would be the number one person in the Tang Dynasty's military.

Xu Shi was already very old, and the wrinkles on his face and the lung disease that got worse day by day all proved this, but he did not allow himself to fall, especially at the critical moment after the master ascended to heaven. .

He is the Great General of the Tang Dynasty and the de facto leader of the military. For most of these years, he has been in the Zhennan Army because the hot and humid climate in the south is good for his health.

Xiaoshan was hundreds of miles away from the Zhennan Army, but slightly north. The annoying lung disease recurred again, and the old general's chest felt like a broken drum, causing all the guards in the camp to feel pain.

"General, urgent military situation!"

"The army of the Golden Horde is moving south!"

"The Xiling Temple decrees that the world will attack the Tang Dynasty!"

There was dead silence in the military tent. Wang Jinglue, who was known as the invincible one who knew his fate, looked ugly, and Xu Shi's old face lost the smile.

A voice sounded in the torrential rain. Wang Jinglue raised his head in panic. Did he recognize this voice? The Judgment Seat of Xiling actually came in person! Did you appear in front of him to intercept and kill Wang Jinglue?

He returned to the majesty and calmness that a military leader of the Tang Dynasty should have. After looking at Wang Jinglue, he said in a deep voice: "You will return to the Zhennan Army immediately."

Only then did he know that the general had vaguely seen the direction of fate before, so he asked him to return to the Zhennan Army, which was actually to avoid this shocking battle.

"After Master ascends to heaven, General, you will be the most important spirit of the Tang Dynasty. If I don't personally take action, wouldn't it be too disrespectful to you?"

Xu Shi looked at the quiet Ye Lin and said slowly: "I always thought that you people would not risk your wealth to kill me, and I never thought that it would be you who would do it yourself."

A loud and thunderous sound suddenly sounded in the night mountain.

Wang Jinglue, who was running away, suddenly turned around. He could clearly feel the aura of General Xu Shi, and the aura was getting darker and darker.

After the rainy night in Chunfengting, Wang Jinglue joined the army and has been under the command of General Xu Shi ever since. Over the years, he had served the general like a nephew. He had been accustomed to being alone since he was a child, and began to like the noise of the military camp. He even felt that General Xu Shi was like his father.

"There are only a few people in the world who are qualified to kill me. The Master of the Xiling Temple, the God of Judgment, the 23-year-old Cicada of the Demon Sect, the Sword Saint Liu Bai, and those young people walking around the world..."

The veil on the sacred chariot was heavily veiled. Even in the dark night, one could still see the tall figure shining brightly inside. It was Xiong Chumo, the headmaster of the Xiling Temple.

"If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape even if you run away."

There are clouds tonight, no night, and the sky is pitch black.

A huge chariot appeared after crushing the rubble of the forest.

There was a tremor in Xiaoshan Mountain, and the rocks collapsed.

When he thought about the end of the man he regarded as his father, he subconsciously knelt down in the rain and shouted heartbreakingly: "No!"

Not long after Wang Jinglue left Xiaoshan, Xu Shi put on his military boots and armor carefully, then walked out of the military tent, looked at the mountains and forests in the night, and slowly squinted his eyes.

Xu Xin appeared in front of Wang Jinglue and said coldly: "Why don't you get out!"

Wang Jing slightly raised his head in shock, but this emotion only appeared for a moment. He then decisively turned around and ran towards the north.

He will not return to Zhennan Army. He wanted to return to Chang'an City as quickly as possible.

He wanted to tell the people in Chang'an City.

General Xu Shi is dead. The terrifying strong man who killed the general is heading towards Chang'an City, and Qinghe County...has rebelled.

Xu Xin looked at Wang Jingluo's retreating figure and suddenly appeared in Xiaoshan under the night rain.

Xu Shi's old figure fell to the ground, coughing on and off, and he was about to feel cold.

On the other side, Xiong Chumo, whose guards were either dead or injured, and who also had a broken left hand, looked extremely vigilant when he saw Xu Xin.

"Xu Shi, you have always been wary of the academy, but if there is no master and no academy, what does your Tang country mean?"

After Xu Xin's words fell, Xu Shi closed his eyes unwillingly, and Xu Xin looked at Xiong Chumo again and said coldly: "The master of the temple has returned from the South China Sea and wants to regain power. If you don't want to be Dog, then behave well."

"Leave Qingxia and the army to my command. As for Chang'an City, it's up to you..."

After Xu Xin gave these instructions, he disappeared in front of Xiong Chumo. The seriously injured headmaster of Xiling looked at his back and clenched his fists, but in the end he could only let go.

He had no confidence in defeating Xu Xin, let alone in such a serious injury situation. Of course, the more important point is that he is afraid of death.

Xu Shi died, Xiong Chumo continued to go south, and in the east of the Tang Dynasty, in the land of Qinghe, a earth-shaking change was in full swing.

Qinghe County is located in the southeast of the Tang Dynasty. It is rich and culturally prosperous. It has cultivated many important figures since ancient times. Among them, the Cui, Chen, and Song clans are especially the leaders, and they are called the seven surnames of Qinghe County.

The seven major surnames in Qinghe County are actually seven clans with a long history. They were famous in the world even before the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Even the great priests of Xiling Temple came from these seven clans.

Thousands of years ago, the Tang Dynasty gained the support of its master, established the country with iron cavalry, and swept the world with military force.

The Xiling Temple secretly ordered all countries to join forces to fight against the Tang Dynasty, but it still could not prevent the birth and rise of this superpower.

Under such circumstances, the land of Qinghe, which was still outside the southeastern border of the Tang Dynasty at that time, under the strong protection of the seven gate clans, faced the pressure of Chang'an City without being humble or arrogant, and always maintained its political and economic independence.

This situation lasted until more than ten years later, when the Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry made a northern expedition to the grasslands, continuously defeating the barren tribes that made the people of the Central Plains change their minds, and even finally succeeded in forcing the barren tribes to leave the grasslands and move to the cold regions of the far north.

The battle of Huang Ren's escape to the north raised the prestige of the Tang Dynasty to an unprecedented level, making the Tang Dynasty the true overlord of the world. The seven major surnames in Qinghe County also decided to surrender.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Tang Dynasty was in dire straits. There were many annexed counties and states that still needed to be digested, and the people needed to recuperate.

The surnames in Qinghe County are very prestigious in the world, so the Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty, who once devoted his entire country to hunt down and destroy a certain part of the grassland because a small village was massacred, adopted a soft policy towards Qinghe County and made this matter a National policies are recorded in the imperial edict.

In the early years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the academy in the south of Chang'an City had just been built, and the number of students enrolled was very small. Most of the officials selected by the imperial court passed the imperial examination. The culturally prosperous Qinghe County gained the greatest benefits from the imperial examination.

In those years, tribal students from Qinghe County continued to enter Chang'an through the imperial examination. Nearly half of the candidates for each subject came from Qinghe County. All the officials above the court in Chang'an City and key positions in various monasteries were also transferred to Qinghe County. It is controlled by the seven major surnames in the county.

And because of the national policy determined in Emperor Taizu's edict, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty treated Qinghe County with great courtesy, and they often entered into marriages. There was even a situation where three consecutive generations of queens came from Qinghe County's surname.

At that time, some sages were worried and said that if things continue like this, they really don't know whether the Tang Dynasty will be the Tang Dynasty with the surname Li or the Tang Dynasty with the Qinghe River. The floating clouds will block the sun, which is terrible.

But facts have proven that the Tang Empire, which conquered the world with a sword on horseback, could not be conquered just because of civil affairs. In the early years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, successive emperors all inherited the behavior of their ancestors and sat on the dragon throne. As for governance, the hand in his sleeve firmly holds military power.

(End of this chapter)