(The third chapter was uploaded in the wee hours of the morning and will not be included in tomorrow's update. Two chapters tomorrow.)
The Liyang Dynasty had two anomalies. One was Xu Xiao. Even though he had become a king with a different surname, the soldiers under him still liked to call him Great General. Another one was Gu Jiantang. Although he had not been conferred the title of King or Vassal, he had been the Minister of War for more than ten years. Most of the generals had addressed him as Great General in private. Now, he had become the only person in Liyang who had a rank of First Class Merit. At the border of Liao and Liao, he was still known as Great General. After the Spring and Autumn War came to an end, Gu Jiantang, whose military achievements were slightly inferior to Xu Xiao's, was undoubtedly more favored by the nobles of Li Yang's old faction and the new nobles of the dynasty. After Xu Xiao's death, the well-deserving leader of Li Yang's army left the capital and took charge of the entire military and politics of the Northern Lands. Whether it was the authority in Gu Jiantang's hands or his reputation in Li Yang's court, both rose sharply. Even the dullest officials in the capital knew that General Gu Jiantang, who was far from being called an old official, would become a pillar of support for three dynasties. It was only a matter of time. Don't forget that Gu Jiantang was also an expert who had entered the martial arts rankings. With his strong body and great energy, it would be too easy for him to last another twenty to thirty years. Therefore, the saying that border generals were envied did not apply to Gu Jiantang.
After Gu Jiantang took over the Liao, the eastern front of the Liyang Dynasty, which had eaten up countless soldiers' salaries and silver, was said to be impregnable. Everyone in the Liao border army followed Gu Jiantang's lead. Especially before Great General Gu resigned as the Minister of War, Great Peace City had some objections to the bottomless Liao soldiers' salaries. After Gu Jiantang left the capital and went to the north, although Gu Lu, which had lost its backbone, started to fall apart, the court's support for the eastern Liao border army became greater and greater. Originally, the court would be hesitant about the rewards for the soldiers at the border, dragging it out and reducing it if they could. Now, it was unobstructed and not reduced. With such a general, the Liao border army had a new look and a rare morale. There were even rumors circulating in private that Great General Gu might be able to go one step further. Since Xu Xiao was a Great General, he was. Xu Xiao had been a pillar of the country, and he was also one. Then, since Xu Xiao was a king with a different surname, why couldn't he, Gu Jiantang, be one? Who in the world didn't know that the court was wary of Beiliang, but trusted Great General Gu?
The morale of the eastern front was high, especially after the northern barbarians brazenly split up their troops. Almost all the generals of the two Liao had gone to the general's tent to ask for battle. Since the northern barbarians clearly bullied the weak and feared the strong and decided to attack Beiliang first, why did they dare to challenge us with only two to three hundred thousand soldiers? Were they enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of our eastern front army? But whether it was the old subordinates who had followed Gu Jiantang during the Spring and Autumn War or the "outsiders" of Gu Lu who had been steadily rising in the two Liao, none of them were able to make the general nod. In the end, many generals were even chased out of the tent by the general, who didn't get tired of them.
It was about to be winter. The two Liao were bitterly cold, and the coldness was bone-chilling. On the official road leading to a Wu Castle, the leader of the cavalry was a man wearing a slightly old and expensive fox fur coat. Under the fox fur coat was an iron armor that was still as bright as new after many years. Behind him were two hundred elite light cavalrymen who were familiar with archery and horses. The man was no longer young. His hair was white, but at a glance, there was no trace of fatigue or lethargy on his body. One could even clearly recognize his iron-blooded temperament that was full of hard edges. It was hard to imagine that a man who was almost fifty years old and had been an official of the capital for more than ten years still hadn't lost any of his sharpness in the officialdom. On the contrary, those ten years of hibernation were like ten years of sharpening a knife. The more you sharpened it, the sharper it became.
It must be known that the old fur coat he was wearing had extraordinary significance. Back when the Zhao family ruled the world, the late Emperor of Liyang rewarded them according to their merits. Countless civil and military officials were promoted and rewarded with wealth and mansions. However, only three people were bestowed with fox fur coats by the late Emperor. At that time, the only civil official who received this honor was the youngest Grand Secretary in the history of Liyang, the blue-eyed Zhang Julu. The only generals who had helped the Zhao family conquer the world with a blade and a spear were Xu Xiao and him!
After he gave the talisman knife Nanhua to that interesting young man, he only had the most ordinary frontier army battle knife as a pendant. However, no one dared to deny that he was the number one expert in blade techniques in the world. Unlike the top swordsmen of Jianghu who each had their own style, the people who used the blade in the world, even those who were crowned with the title of grandmaster, seemed to be miles apart from this person. No wonder Wu Ping said that he alone occupied half of the world's blade intent.
A group of travel-worn riders entered the official road from a small path in the west. Behind the man were two young military officers with similar appearances. One of them frowned slightly, while the other, younger, smiled knowingly. In the entire Liao, only that girl and that madman dared to block the road like this. It couldn't be helped. One of them was their father's most beloved daughter, while the other was half a son and half a son-in-law. These two military officers with real power at the border were not the sons of the aristocratic families in the capital who came to Liao to gild their names. They were able to obtain their positions and military power today because of the military merits they gained from climbing through piles of corpses on the battlefield. Gu Donghai and Gu Xishan were sons of the most influential families in the Liyang Dynasty. However, these two young men had started out as ordinary soldiers. After they were promoted to military officers, even their superiors didn't know their true identities. It wasn't until they became military officers in charge of military affairs that they were able to enter the sights of the high-ranking generals of the two Liao. At that time, they were still the sons of the Minister of War. Only then were they recognized by the generals who were familiar with the capital's officialdom.
The man and woman of the cavalry naturally rode side by side with Gu Donghai and Gu Xishan, without any sense of unfamiliarity.
Gu Xishan rudely said to that guy, "Madman Yuan, you came empty-handed? You're not paying attention, kid? Aren't you afraid that your future brother-in-law won't pay attention to you? "
The young swordsman called Madman Yuan grinned, revealing a mouthful of cold, snow-white teeth. He gestured with his chin at the woman beside him, "What's there to pay attention to? This time, your sister almost burned down Wild Goose Castle in Jizhou! Gu Xishan, your family sells vinegar, right? You're such a big vinegar jar. With her ruckus, the entire Liao can smell the vinegar. "
The woman smiled but didn't say anything.
Gu Xishan laughed and said, "You should be content. If it was anyone else who dared to do this, wouldn't the man's thing be castrated to go with wine? Not to mention the women of Wild Goose Castle, even if it was a princess or a princess, she would go up and slap them. This time, she was just giving people a hard time. You should be burning incense to thank the gods! "
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