Chapter 44: Yunqi City
Daqian Dynasty.
With Zhongzhou as the center, where the imperial capital is located, six states were divided around it.
Among them, Yunzhou is located in the northernmost part, connecting with the Northern Barbarians.
...
Three days later.
"finally reached."
Li Dao sat on the carriage and looked through the air, seeing a magnificent city gate appearing in the distance.
There are three big characters written on it: "Yunqicheng".
"Has the young master arrived?"
Jiu'er poked her head out of the carriage and looked at the city gate in the distance with curiosity on her face, because it was the first time she had walked such a long way to a completely unfamiliar place.
"Well, we're here."
Li Dao drove the carriage forward quickly, and soon arrived outside the city gate.
I saw two rows of soldiers checking the information of passers-by in an orderly manner.
When it was Li Dao's turn, the carriage stopped.
A guard guard came up and asked, "How many of you are there?"
"Two people."
"Please let the people in the carriage come out. I need to check their identities."
"Jiu'er, come out."
Not long after, Li Dao and Jiu'er stood together.
The gatekeeper on the opposite side was holding the two people's tooth tags in their hands and looking at them carefully.
A few minutes later, the gatekeeper asked, "Why are you coming to Yunqi City this time?"
Hearing this, Li Dao smiled lightly and blurted out, "Join the army."
Join the army?
Hearing this, the guard guard couldn't help but be startled, and looked up and down at the person in front of him.
After a moment he asked, "You want to join the army? Why?"
Li Dao replied, "Of course it's to make contributions."
The gatekeeper said, "The world is so big and there are so many places to join the army, why come to Yunqicheng?"
Li said, "I don't like the Northern Barbarians."
Gatekeeper, "???"
Li Dao shrugged, "Is there something wrong with my answer?"
"no problem."
The gatekeeper continued, "It's a pity that you are still serving as a soldier when you look like this."
Li Dao said softly, "There is nothing to regret. No matter how good-looking you are, you will still be a pile of withered bones after a hundred years."
"And if you can serve in the military and make great achievements and leave a lasting reputation for yourself, then your life in this world will be worthwhile."
Hearing this, the guard guard couldn't help but said, "That's good, it seems you have read a book."
He returned the tooth tag and reminded him, "If you really want to join the army, there will be a military recruitment in Yunqi City in three days. You can give it a try."
Li Dao looked puzzled, "Do I still need to try to join the army?"
In his impression, in ancient times, if someone joined the army, there would be others who wanted to be a soldier. Even if it went too far, they would be forced to conscript in some emergencies. Why did he come here to give it a try?
The gatekeeper smiled and said, "That's an ordinary army. They recruit people as long as they are healthy and have a clean fortune."
"But this draft three days later is different."
Li Dao asked curiously, "What's the difference?"
The gatekeeper looked proud and said, "Because the general who will be recruiting troops in three days is our Zhenbei Marquis of Yunzhou."
"Who in Yunzhou doesn't know that if you can stay under Zhenbei Hou, you will definitely be an elite soldier, and the treatment will be among the best in Daqian. More importantly, it will be an honor to go out."
"If you want to get a wife in Yunzhou, all you need to do is say that you are a soldier under Marquis Zhenbei, and you won't have to worry about finding a wife."
Zhenbeihou?
Li Dao filtered through his mind and quickly found information about Zhenbei Hou.
Zhenbei Hou was heavy, and he was born in the Shen family, a famous family in the founding of Daqian.
My ancestor was the first-class founding father of the country.
But in the end, the Shen family made the mistake of siding with a certain generation of princes from Daqian to seize the throne. After the emperor of that generation came to power, the Shen family's titles were demoted again and again, and they were almost kicked out of the nobility in the end.
However, in Li Dao's father's generation, the Shen family finally had a dragon.
He was born with extraordinary aptitude for martial arts, and he was familiar with military books and was good at using troops.
After joining the army and fighting hard all the way to this day, he was named the second-class Zhenbei Marquis by the current Emperor Daqian.
Before anything happened to him, there were rumors in the imperial capital that Zhenbei Marquis was about to be promoted to a first-class Marquis.
Some people even say that this generation of the Shen family is expected to regain the honor of being the Duke of the country.
In short, from the perspective of life experience, this Zhenbei Hou can be called the protagonist of life, and he is a first-class figure in the entire Daqian.
Seeing that Li Dao didn't respond, the guard guard said bluntly, "Anyway, I'm right. In three days, the north gate of Yunqi City will recruit troops. You must remember, if you miss this time, you don't know when the next one will be." ."
After regaining consciousness, Li Dao nodded, "Thank you brother for the reminder."
The gatekeeper smiled and said, "What kind of reminder is this? Even if I don't tell you, you will know it soon after entering the city."
Li Dao said bluntly, "That being said, I still have to thank you."
The guard guard laughed and said, "If you really want to appreciate this love, just wait until you become a general and promote me."
"I'm not asking too much, just move me to the city wall. It's a bit too troublesome to guard the gate below."
After saying that, he even made himself laugh.
After all, not just anyone can be a general.
Although the man in front of me looks pleasing to the eye, judging from his temperament, he is just a kid from a rich family.
Judging from his past experience, if this kind of rich boy can persist in training in the military camp, he is already considered to be powerful.
Hearing this, Li Dao smiled slightly and said, "If you have the chance, yes."
The gatekeeper was also chatting happily, "Then I'll wait for you, but don't keep me waiting too long."
"Don't worry, it won't be long."
Finally, the gatekeeper casually checked the carriage and let it go.
Before leaving, he reminded me, "Don't forget."
Li Dao raised his hand and waved it to show that he remembered.
...
Soon, the two arrived at Yunqi City.
As soon as he entered Yunqi City, countless cries rang in Li Dao's ears.
Not far from the city gate, I saw a large number of vendors buying and selling goods along the street, and dozens or hundreds of carriages transporting goods were parked nearby.
"Master, why is this place so busy?"
Jiuer stuck his head out and saw this scene and couldn't help but ask.
Li Dao chuckled and said, "Do you know why this place is called Yunqicheng?"
"Jiu'er doesn't know."
"Yunqi City is the starting city of Yunzhou. When Yunzhou was not yet established, a founding general of Daqian relied on this Yunqi City to continuously expand the territory of Daqian, and finally formed Yunzhou , the starting point of Yunzhou, so it is called Yunqi City."
Li Dao looked at the vendors and continued, "Outward from Yunqi City is Fufeng Pass, one of the seven famous passes in Daqian. It leads to all places north of Daqian. Fufeng Pass is an important military area and ordinary people are not allowed to stay, so this area The traders from the north only settled in Yunqi City, and as time went by, it became a prosperous commercial area in the border fortress."
The Yumen Town he went to was actually considered a commercial town.
But because it is too close to the border and not very safe, most people still prefer to stay in Yunqi City.
As long as Fufeng Pass is not broken, there will be no danger in Yunqi City.
Daqian was founded more than 200 years ago. Since the construction of Fufeng Pass, it has never been attacked once. Therefore, many merchants even use Yunqi City as their base and stay here permanently.
"I see, Master, I understand."
Jiu'er suddenly changed his mind and said, "Master, you said before that you wanted to join the army."
"What's wrong?"
"Then what will I do if you join the army? Do you want to leave me?"
Jiu'er held Yuan Bao with a look of aggrievement on her face.
Li Dao glanced at it and said, "If you don't let go, Yuanbao will be taken away by you."
"It was taken?"
Jiu'er subconsciously looked down and found that he had strangled Yuan Bao's neck, and now he was sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes.
"Ah, I'm sorry Yuanbao, I forgot about you."
Jiu'er quickly let go of his hand and placed it on the wooden board of the carriage.
Yuan Bao lay on the wooden board and took a deep breath, and it took a long time to recover.
When Jiu'er cautiously raised his hand to get closer, Yuan Bao ran away and hid behind Li Dao, his small eyes showing a humanized look of fear.
Li Dao touched Yuan Bao's head to comfort him, raised his head and said, "Your young master, I never said I would abandon you."
"If I really want to leave you behind, I won't come to Yunqicheng."
Li Dao himself had already thought about his future path on the way to the imperial capital.
That is to join the army.
There are three reasons for this choice.
First, he took over the title of Uncle Anyuan from his father and passed it down from generation to generation, but now the title has been reduced.
If there really is an underworld in this world, and if he loses his title, if he goes to the underworld one day in the future, he will most likely receive greetings from eighteen generations of his ancestors in turn.
Although he is said to be a reborn person, according to the conventions of ordinary novels, he should regard the people here as indigenous people and consider himself superior to others.
However, in his last life, he was just an ordinary orphan, and he had no sense of blood and family ties except for a numb life.
But in this life, he has a loving mother who is gentle and partial to him, a majestic and caring father, and a smart and lovely sister.
Compared to the previous life, he lived a more flesh-and-blood life in this life.
To be honest, the last life was more like a dream to him, a boring dream.
Compared to the previous life, he couldn't let go of this life, not to mention that he was still living in this life.
It was precisely because of these emotional reasons that he felt angry about what happened to the people in Taoyuan Village.
The reason is that he has integrated into this era and inserted himself into it.
Therefore, the first reason for joining the army was to get back the title of the Li family, otherwise I would be sorry for my father, and even more sorry for the ancestors of the Li family.
The second reason has to do with his experience after the memory was recovered.
First of all, some nobles from the Prime Minister's Office and the Imperial Capital made trouble for Uncle Anyuan's Mansion.
Although he understands that this is human nature, he also knows that tit for tat is a kind of human relationship.
Only by joining the army, getting back the title, and returning to the imperial capital can we slowly settle accounts with these people.
There was another reason, and that was that he thought that one day he would be able to stand in front of the Daqian Emperor with great power in his hands, and then confess his identity to see how he would react.
Of course, when he really confesses, he will definitely be able to control his own destiny.
I definitely won't pretend to be a person when I haven't grown up yet.
His thinking, which is a hundred times stronger than that of ordinary people, will not make him think so hard.
And the last third reason is also the most important reason.
That's his growth.
The functionality of his system was destined to lead him down a road of bones.
He was able to grow to where he is now so quickly thanks to his experience in the death row camp.
Therefore, the battlefield is the most suitable for him.
In fact, if he had not brought Jiu'er with him, then his first choice after leaving the imperial capital would probably be to look for Wei Yun.
Wei Yun understands his abilities and can cooperate with him to help him grow up quickly.
But with Jiu'er, he has to think about her.
So I chose to come to Yunqicheng.
She can be settled in Yunqi City, while he joins an army near Yunqi City.
Although the early start may not be as fast as with the help of Wei Yun, it is actually not that bad for him.
Even, in a sense, Yunqicheng might actually be more suitable for him.
After all, if Daqian really could start a war with the Northern Barbarians one day.
Fufeng Pass, which is closest to Yunqi City, must be the primary target of the Northern Barbarians, which is also the so-called main battlefield.
If we say that the area outside Changgu Town is suitable for fighting guerrillas with the Northern Barbarians.
Then the main battlefield here is a real meat grinder.
The kind of meat grinder that hundreds or even thousands of people would smash into and only produce blood.
Just thinking about that kind of scene can make Li Dao's blood boil.
After all, in his eyes, this kind of meat grinder is not only not dangerous, but it is more like a duck in water to him.
Thinking of this, he could only say sorry to Wei Yun silently in his heart.
...
At this moment.
A place outside the border gate of Yunzhou.
After Wei Yun reorganized his mighty camp, he prepared to take his men to another place.
The Mighty Battalion suffered heavy damage some time ago, and he needed to go back to the rear to replenish the personnel of the Mighty Battalion.
"Ah!"
Wei Yun was riding his horse when he suddenly sneezed.
Seeing this, Liu Neng beside him couldn't help but joked, "Commander, you are already a congenital warrior and you still get sick."
Wei Yun rubbed his nose, "What happened to the innate warrior? Those are humans too."
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned around and said, "More than a month has passed. That guy from 9527 must have arrived in the imperial capital long ago."
Liu Neng did the math and nodded, "Based on time, even if it's a little slower, it's almost the same."
Thinking of Li Dao, Wei Yun looked forward to it, "I don't know when that guy will come over."
"If that guy joins us, the mighty battalion's combat power will be greatly improved."
Liu Neng couldn't help but said, "Aren't you afraid that the guy won't come and will go to someone else?"
Wei Yun snorted softly, "That guy has a new household registration. His previous relationships are useless. Apart from us, where else do you think he can go?"
Liu Neng, "Commander, just be confident."
Wei Yun looked into the distance and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "I hope that guy can come back soon. It's already a bit restless here."