Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1028 Iron Gate Contest
The Fifth Marten underestimated the growth rate of the Blue Bird.

Since entering the realm of deification, whenever Blue Bird fights with masters, he can quickly absorb the experience gained in the battle, integrate it into his own martial arts, and grow rapidly, so he becomes stronger with each battle.

After fighting with a master like the Fifth Diao, Blue Bird's strength has been further improved.

In the second fight, he was already able to fight on equal terms with the Fifth Diao who was in a serious state.

With the support of the red-robed Yin creature, Xu Fengnian used the magic weapon Chunhu to kill all the Penglai tripod-carrying slaves.

Putting oneself in an isolated and helpless situation.

Finally, Xu Fengnian fought against the Fifth Diao alone in order to hone his martial arts.

The two fought to the death, and Xu Fengnian finally won.

The once-powerful Diwu Diao was ultimately unable to withstand the tide of the martial arts world, and ended up with his sword broken and himself dead.

After killing the Lord of Tibing Mountain, Diwu Diao, Xu Fengnian and his party set out to return to Beiliang.

However, because the fifth Diao was killed, Tibingshan would definitely take revenge.

From the Rouran Mountains to the Northern Liang border, the road is almost flat.

If we take this route, we will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the cavalry of the Rouran Army in Beimang.

The only way to be safe is to take a detour through the Ganliang Corridor and then enter the Beiliang border.

On the way, after hearing the news that Zhao Kai, who had tried to assassinate him several times but failed, was about to go to the Western Regions, Xu Fengnian immediately decided to lead people to intercept and kill him.

The so-called bringing people means sending someone to inform the villain to kill Chen Zhibao, White Bear Yuan Zuozong, Red Robe Yinwu, second sister Xu Weixiong, third brother Xu Longxiang, death warrior Blue Bird and eight hundred white horse volunteers.

At the Tiemen Pass between Jiange and Liusha, Zhao Kai and his cavalry were intercepted.

According to the "Spring and Autumn Geography Records", this place was the first place where the Qin Empire established a pass. The cliffs are as if they were cut by an axe and the stone is as black as iron. This place controls a steep canyon that is twenty miles long in the upper reaches of the river. It is an important passage from the western border across the mountains to the eastern border. Whenever the situation of the Central Plains dynasty was initially established, it had to control the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Central Plains soldiers had to pass through this place.

Every time the horse's hooves beat westward, it symbolized the heyday of the Central Plains dynasty, and every time it retreated eastward, it meant the collapse of the separatist regimes in the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period.

In addition to the two hundred brave Yulin Guards, Zhao Kai also brought with him a dozen palace guards wearing yellow belts and carrying golden swords.

There are half young and strong men and half veterans, and they are all very powerful in the world.

There is also the red-robed Dharma King who is deeply respected by His Majesty in the Liyang court.

The most important ones are Zhao Kai’s master, Han Diaosi, the human-cat who left the palace, and his second master, Yang Taisui, the sick tiger.

The reason why Zhao Kai was given such a lineup was to allow him to travel to the Western Regions and make great contributions.

After returning, he was promoted to King of Shu due to his merits, and gradually encroached on Northern Liang, and finally became the crown prince and even inherited the throne.

The two sides will fight at the junction of the three parties.

In this tense and dangerous situation, King Yan stood on a high place and overlooked the entire battlefield.

King Yan's expression was as cold as ever, and he stood with his hands behind his back. "The situation has evolved to this point, can you still hold back?"

"Of course not." A light breeze blew in, and Huang Longshi arrived.

"You are finally here." King Yan knew who was coming before he turned around. Huang Longshi smiled and said, "Since you invited me, how can I not accept the invitation?"

King Yan replied: "Now that you are here, this game will have meaning."

"This will be the second battlefield outside Tiemen Pass." said Huang Longshi.

As Huang Longshi's voice fell, the situation behind the iron gate changed again.

Yuan Benxi, who was supposed to be in charge of the imperial city, led Zhao Gou's last elite troops to appear at the Iron Gate.

Appearing with him was Master Liu Hao, the ancestor of the Liu family who was guarding the Tai'an Imperial City.

When King Yan saw the two of them appear, he said, "Well, you have a way to get Yuan Benxi and Master Liu Hao to come together."

Huang Longshi smiled and said, "Logically speaking, as the Imperial Master, Yuan Benxi controls a secret organization like Zhao Gou, so he should stay in the Imperial City and not move lightly. In fact, all this is thanks to you. You made a plan to severely injure Zhao Gou, resulting in no one available for this Imperial Master. He lost half of his tongue because of me in his early years, and he is very obsessed with it. Before I came here, I deliberately went to Tai'an City and sat in a famous restaurant in the city for half a quarter of an hour before coming to Tiemenguan."

King Yan continued, "Yuan Benxi, who followed you all the way here, saw Zhao Kai being surrounded and killed at the Iron Gate. Zhao Kai's life is related to Li Yang's future plan and cannot be lost. It is reasonable for him to put aside his personal grudges even if he knows that this is your calculation. He should put the overall situation first and show up to support you."

Huang Longshi agreed with what King Yan said, "That's right."

At this time, the situation at Tiemen Pass was greatly boosted by the participation of Yuan Benxi and others, and Zhao Kai's side became more powerful.

However, Xu Fengnian's side showed no sign of discouragement, and the situation between the two sides was at a stalemate for a while.

Huang Longshi saw that Guanxia could not start a battle for the time being, so he said: "Now, there is still some time before the two sides fight to the death, so tell me your thoughts first."

King Yan pondered and said, "Don't you already know what I'm thinking?"

Huang Longshi shook his head. "On the surface, this game was to prove yourself. You care about Xu Fengnian, why can he get the love of Beiliang Princess Wu Su? Why can he become the prince of Beiliang, but you can't. You want to prove to Xu Xiao, and even the world, that you are better than Xu Fengnian. That's why you sent a message to Xu Fengnian, letting him know that Zhao Kai was going to the Western Regions, and thus set up the game of Iron Gate Pass."

"This is a common sense strategy." King Yan said, "Xu Fengnian has eight hundred white horse volunteers and many Beiliang warriors to protect him. I believe that even if Yuan Benxi is there, he will not, let alone kill Xu Fengnian. Xu Fengnian returns to Beiliang safely, and Zhao Kai goes to the Western Regions. This game can only be considered a draw."

Huang Longshi reminded: "But there are two people in the Beiliang camp who are not here. Logically speaking, they should have arrived long ago."

King Yan revealed who the two people were. "You are talking about Xu Weixiong and Chen Zhibao."

Huang Longshi revealed: "They will be the key to your next attempt to seize the position of the Northern Liang Crown Prince."

Prince Yan replied: "My goal has never been to become the crown prince of Beiliang."

Huang Longshi pointed it out, "This statement is indeed correct. Because from the beginning, what you coveted was not the position of the Northern Liang Crown Prince, but the Northern Liang military power."

King Yan did not deny it and asked, "But the situation is fifty-fifty now, and Xu Fengnian's life is not safe. What should I do?"

Huang Longshi said: "Chen Zhibao is grateful and repays kindness. Xu Xiao and Wu Su have done him great favors, but he is also the one who wants Xu Fengnian dead the most. With your wisdom, you should have known his ambition from the beginning."

King Yan affirmed Huang Longshi's words, "Chen Zhibao is indeed ambitious."

"And this ambition will be the key to Xu Fengnian's death."

Near the outside of Jianmen Pass, the elite cavalry of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry who arrived one after another all died here.

Chen Zhibao, holding a spear and plum wine in hand, fought fiercely with Xu Weixiong, who was good at finger-pointing.

(End of this chapter)