Chapter 531 Confrontation in the Mountains

Outside Kyoto, the long road winds, forks, and leads in all directions.

Most of these roads lead to various provinces. They are very comfortable, smooth and flat, and can pass vehicles, horses, and animals.

After the roads fork, they are still big roads. If you go further, they will branch again, and then they will branch again, and the road conditions will get worse and worse. Gradually, they will branch into dirt roads, and dirt roads will also branch, which are all kinds of There are houses on the top of the hill. It seems that some people live there.

This is a specialty that every province has. Bandits are called bandits in different places. In Nanchuan, they are called bandits. In Kyoto, they are mostly called bandits.

Of course, times have changed, and bandits are not necessarily bandits. Sometimes they are just called bandits literally. There are also some residents who cannot live in the city or have to leave their identities behind for some special reasons and come to a certain mountain outside the city. Life.

There are mountains outside the city, which are basically the default existence of all provinces. After all, everyone always has to live. In the past few years, the crackdown was more severe. In recent years, Kyoto has not paid much attention to it, so it has survived.

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On the top of the mountain, in a mud house, a man who looked to be in his mid-twenties was sitting at a table. The mud house was simple, but the table was very neat and smooth, as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper.

The man was sitting in front of the table, holding a book in his hand, and seemed to be very absorbed in reading. Until a while later, the sound of birds and beasts suddenly sounded outside the window.

"Chirp, chirp."

This sound disturbed the man, and he woke up from his immersion as if awakening from a big dream. He looked at the little bird on the tree outside the window and frowned slightly: "It's just summer. I don't know why the autumn birds are starting to sing."

Snap, snap, snap.

His doubts were still in the air, footsteps sounded, and a fat middle-aged woman arrived with a bowl of thick soup: "Ping'er, hurry up, drink today's soup."

Hearing this, the man turned his head and looked at the thick soup in the woman's hand. The smell of medicine that hit his face made him turn his head subconsciously.

"Aunt Zhang, don't always add random tonics to the soup."

"Hey, what are you talking about? You are weak. Your father asked me many times when he left to give you an extra tonic." Aunt Zhang didn't care and stuffed the soup into the man's hand, "Quick, drink it while it's hot. It doesn’t taste good when it’s cold.”

"Oh." Aunt Zhang couldn't resist, so the man could only take the thick medicinal soup. He hesitated for a while, and finally drank it all in one gulp with his eyes closed.

"That's right." Aunt Zhang smiled happily, took the empty bowl, and said quickly: "You continue reading, I won't disturb you anymore."

After saying that, Aunt Zhang packed up her things and walked out quickly, while the man looked at Aunt Zhang's back with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

His physical weakness is a congenital defect that cannot be compensated for by external means.

What's more, it's still this kind of ordinary grass and medicine dug from the mountain top for ordinary people to make soup...

"Who are you??!" In his reverie, Aunt Zhang's somewhat panicked voice came from outside the door.

Snapped.

The man was alert and stood up suddenly. Before he could make any extra moves, a young man carrying two swords had already walked in.

"Are you..." Staring at the young man, the man seemed to be thinking, and soon said, "Are you Mark Fan?"

"Li Pingan, the Heavenly Eye, really deserves his reputation." The person who came was Ye Fan. Facing Li Pingan, at this time, there was an inexplicable light in his eyes.

This is the great talent of Kyoto he once said. He is a wise general who has been famous in Kyoto for a long time. He has neither beast control nor martial arts practice, but he is attracted by people just because of his knowledge and foresight. After serving on the front line for only a few years, Received the title of Eye of Heaven.

This celestial eye does not mean that he really has a celestial eye. It is specifically used to describe his unparalleled marching formation and planning, as if he had opened his celestial eye.

In the previous life, the period of great chaos came. Three years after Li Ping'an was born, he followed the King of Liao in Ningdong. During the three years of having him, the King of Liao almost dominated nearly twenty provinces and expanded the small land of Ningdong. Countless times.

He was a very magical person, but he left in a hurry. When the three-year period came, Li Ping'an temporarily returned to Wuzhang Mountain in Kyoto on the pretext of going home to serve as a mourner for three years. The King of Liao sent tens of thousands of troops to escort him, but he did not arrive for three years. , Li Pingan died of illness on the mountain. Ye Fan also heard about it at that time.

"That's right." Ye Fan nodded, with a slight sweat on his forehead.

Regarding Li Ping'an, Ye Fan only had a glimpse. Apart from knowing that he had a colorful Zhiqiu bird, he didn't remember much about it.

In order to find him, Ye Fan searched hundreds of mountains in one day, almost combing through the mountains outside Kyoto, and only then saw Li Ping'an's Zhiqiu Bird here.

"Why are you looking for me?" Li Ping'an was still puzzled, frowning slightly as if he was thinking.

"Chirp, chirp."

After a while, outside the window, the autumn bird chirped again, and Li Ping'an seemed to suddenly understand. Nan Nan said: "Is the chaos of the human race about to begin?"

"It is very likely to start." Ye Fan replied. He came here naturally to seek Li Ping'an's surrender. He did not mince words at this time and said straightforwardly: "I came here because I hope you will return to Nanchuan with me. Help me get started."

"As of now, thirteen people have come to look for me." Li Ping'an replied, glanced at Ye Fan, shook his head, turned around and looked at the other wall, on which was a map of the human race.

Looking at the map, Li Pingan gestured in the air and said:

"I'm not very optimistic about you. Among the many local forces that are ambitious and have certain strength, you are too weak, and your Nanchuan is also too weak. The top is supported by the Mingxin Sect, which spans thirteen provinces, and the bottom is supported by the Mingxin Sect. The southern hegemony is Zhen'e, and it is surrounded by the Cai and Russian emperors in the east and the business family Qiu He in the west. There are strong enemies on all sides, so it is difficult to break through. "

"Your weakness can change over time, and Nanchuan's weakness is not only a lack of current strength, but also many limitations in the future."

The words are simple, but they are enough to show Li Ping'an's views on the outside world.

"Brother Ping'an is right. Nanchuan does have many disadvantages." Since he wanted to recruit Li Ping'an, Ye Fan was naturally prepared and responded pointedly: "But sometimes, disadvantages are not necessarily bad. To a certain extent, that might be a good thing.”

"Oh?" After hearing Ye Fan's words, Li Ping'an's expression didn't change much and he sat down, "I'd like to hear the details."

"Brother Ping'an mentioned the terrain, so let's start with the terrain." Ye Fan replied, also looking at the map, "Judging from the terrain, Nanchuan is a small area with strong forces on all sides. It is indeed very difficult. To break through, the prerequisite is that there are enemies on all sides.”

"To be honest, Brother Ping An, I was the one who facilitated Mingxin Sect's entry into the world. The leader of Mingxin Sect and I have been friends for many years, so the entire thirteen provinces that Mingxin Sect spans are not only not a pressure for Nanchuan, but also a natural barrier."

"You and Master Mingxin actually have such a friendship, but I don't understand it anymore." Hearing this, Li Ping'an raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was still not optimistic: "But the crisis in the north can be solved, but the problems in the east, west and south are still serious. ”

"Zhang Zhen'e in the south was my uncle's former subordinate." Ye Fan pointed to the large piece of land in the south: "My uncle is still here, and he will not have any different intentions."

"North and south can be understood, but what about east and west?"

"Qiu He is seeking wealth. Nanchuan has been saving for a long time. There will be a blowout period in the future. Nanchuan is small and resources will overflow." Ye Fan replied calmly: "He and I are not enemies. On the contrary, we will become friends kidnapped by interests." ”

"In this way...the three parties are all your help." Having said this, looking at the map, Li Ping'an's eyes lit up slightly, and he drew it casually:

"If everything goes well, we will start from Nange and lead the troops all the way eastward to defeat the Cai and Er families. We will have the Mingxin Sect across Zhongzhou as a barrier and Qiu He, a merchant family in the east, as a buffer. We only need to fight with Zhang Zhen If Hubei and Hubei seize the opportunity together, we can conquer the entire twelve southeastern provinces..."

"The human race has hundreds of provinces. Although the southeast is weak, if we hold these twelve provinces, we can still become a powerful force."

"Brother Ping'an has sharp eyes and can naturally see clearly." Ye Fan nodded, but at this time he did not strike while the iron was hot.

People like Li Ping'an are different from Chen Changsheng, who is a wise man. As a wise general who specializes in marching and formation, he is not the kind of person who pursues righteousness, otherwise he would not leave the front line to cultivate acres of land on this five-foot mountain.

He has long planned to be reborn in troubled times, and he also has huge ambitions. If he wants to follow him, there will definitely be considerations.

Solving the terrain problem does not mean that Li Ping'an will simply agree to himself.

Sure enough, after a period of silence, Li Ping'an looked up again, but this time, his eyes were sharp.

"Ye Fan, even if I follow you and everything goes well, the weakness in the southeast will still exist."

"The Mingxin Sect has no intention of competing for hegemony, and it cannot remain a barrier forever. If the situation changes, and it is so weak, it will still be unable to escape the image of destruction."

"The rise of Nanchuan can only be a temporary hero. There seems to be no solution to change all this."

"It can be solved." Ye Fan replied.

"How to solve it?"

Having said this, Ye Fan paused, facing Li Ping'an's sharpness. At this time, thinking of the savings along the way in this life, he felt a little proud in his heart, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"One day the wind will rise, and on the day I become king, all things will be solved."