After the immortal disappeared

After passing through the magnificent south gate of Panlong City, everyone subconsciously took a deep breath.

Finally back!

He Lingchuan traveled all over the country and visited so many places in real life, but only Panlong City has the most unique temperament and atmosphere, making people feel solemn as soon as they walk in.

This majestic city really represents too much and bears too much.

The guards guarding the city saluted He Lingchuan, and a stream of people greeted He Lingchuan.

Almost no one knows that he is here——

Except for foreign merchants.

There was also a young man whose eyes lit up when he saw him: "Congratulations, Commander, congratulations, Commander!"

He also proudly said to his companions: "Commander He gave my shop an inscription!"

What words have been inscribed? He Lingchuan couldn't remember clearly, but he could feel the boy's admiration and enthusiasm.

He felt warm in his heart and reached out to rub the boy's head.

The people of Yuheng City and the senior officials of Panlong City did not like him, but the soldiers and people of Panlong City always respected him as a fighting hero, even though he had been away for so long.

After entering the city, He Lingchuan would look for Zhong Shengguang to return his orders, while Sun Fuling would go to Shuping Academy to handle matters.

The two parted ways for the time being, and He Lingchuan went to the official office.

When I met countless acquaintances on the road, they all greeted him with a smile, warm, sincere and friendly.

Panlongcheng was like this to him, serious yet passionate, stern yet kind.

Entering the official office, Zhong Shengguang waved when he saw He Lingchuan:

"Just in time."

Zhong Shengguang's appearance has not changed much in the past six months, except that he has two more gray hairs on his temples.

He Lingchuan came back to report on his work. Tianheyuan is not the only ranch being maintained in Panlongcheng. If Tianhe Ranch develops smoothly, its experience will be fully promoted in the future.

Half a year later, Zhong Shengguang called him back to the city. He Lingchuan knew that his horse herding career was over, so he gave an especially detailed explanation this time.

In fact, he compiles and reports every month. But this time Zhong Shengguang still sat in the main seat and listened, and there was a bookkeeper taking notes carefully beside him.

After He Lingchuan finished his report, he saw that Zhong Shengguang didn't speak for a long time, so he had to say: "I heard that there was another great victory on the Western Front?"

Zhong Shengguang seemed to have come back to his senses and smiled: "Yes. Although the Red General was not on the front line, our army still captured Baicheng, Tongwei and Puhe. We drove the Xianyou army to the north of Puhe, relying on In this natural chasm, they won’t be able to invade further south in a short period of time.”

He Lingchuan was moved.

In the past year, Panlong City not only regained the formerly occupied wasteland territory, but also made a strong counterattack on Baling and Xianyu, and even swallowed up a large area of ​​Xianyu territory in reverse. Now that Puhe is occupied again, Xianyou's territory will be reduced by half compared to four years ago!

"Also, we have two more allies in the west, and the contract has been signed. From now on, we will cooperate with each other for mutual benefit and jointly resist the enemy."

He Lingchuan immediately said: "Congratulations, commander."

In addition to Baling, there are several small countries to the west of Panlong Wasteland. They were originally coerced by Baling and had a tense relationship with Panlong City.

Now, as the iron hooves of Panlong City's army expand outwards, especially after passing through Xianyu, and conquering two disobedient small countries, the attitudes of the remaining countries towards Panlong City are rapidly changing.

Some are stressed and become more aggressive and angry.

Some changed their tune and tried to establish a good relationship with Panlongcheng.

Panlongcheng helped them figure it out: Bejia, who was far away in the world, couldn't help them, and the country of Xifeng was a lesson learned from the past.

In troubled times, the waist needs to be soft.

The two small countries that joined this time have made up their minds to change their arms.

At this point, Panlong City was slowly surrounded by enemies on all sides.

To the east, it annexed the Xixi Kingdom and transformed it into its own land of plenty and large granary.

To the west, it flexed its muscles by annexing two small countries and improving relations with several of its neighbors.

To the north, it occupied a large area of ​​​​Xianyou Kingdom.

Once its troops and horses are strong, Panlongcheng cannot restrain its instinct to expand its territory and strengthen its military power. Unknowingly, its area was close to half of the Siro Kingdom.

This is more than just a "little place."

Zhong Shengguang is not only the leader of a city.

He Lingchuan sensed greater ambition and planning from him.

But Zhong Shengguang waved his hand: "Where are you going?"

He walked to the wall and poured a cup of hot water for He Lingchuan with his own hands. The latter took it with both hands and drank it in one gulp.

"Why are you sent to Tianheyuan to herd horses? Do you understand?"

He Lingchuan nodded: "Understood. Please let me stay out of the limelight for a while and think about it again."

Zhong Shengguang demoted him instead of rewarding him, and let him go to Tianheyuan to herd horses for half a year, just to calm the anger of other senior officials in Panlong City.

"How do you feel?"

At first, He Lingchuan was unconvinced. But later he looked at the vastness of the grassland and faced the mountain wind blowing the flowers and leaves, and finally he could calm down.

"I have benefited a lot." He Lingchuan said seriously, "What I did in Yuheng City was not only reckless, but also conceited."

"Two things." Zhong Shengguang sat back, "It is indeed a clever move for you to recruit water bandits as road managers, but the people in Yuheng City are not angry, and you failed to guide them properly. It should be noted that soldiers cannot defeat serious dangers and cannot cooperate. The one who cares about the people."

As the commander-in-chief of a city, He Lingchuan certainly had his own strategic considerations when formulating plans. But what the residents of Yuheng City at that time saw was that the murderous bandits of Longchuan not only went unpunished, but also took away the taxes they paid from Yuheng City and took away the hard-earned money from their hard work.

How can this make them feel at ease?

"For the sake of convenience, you even squeezed out Deputy Ambassador Wen. If you can work well with him and let him resolve the people's grievances, the people of Yuheng City will feel less ill-will towards you."

He Lingchuan smiled bitterly.

He deliberately squeezed Wen Daolun away in order to save his life and reverse the situation.

But he couldn't say anything, so he could only say: "Mr. Wen really loves the people as his own son, but I was careless and arrogant at the time."

Later facts also proved that he drove away Wen Daolun, but he could not drive away fate.

He Lingchuan has reviewed the situation many times in the past six months. Is there a better and more rounded solution to this matter?

Of course there is.

But at that time he didn't think much about it. He thought that his starting point was for the good of Yuheng City and Wen Daolun, and that was enough.

"The second thing!" Zhong Shengguang's tone also became stern, "You actually used Yuheng City as bait to lure Fu Shanlie into a sneak attack! You knew that he would come for a sneak attack, but as the overall commander, you actually left the city without permission!"

"What if you didn't have time to rush back to Yuheng City? What if Fu Shanlie had a powerful backhand and knocked on the door of Yuheng City while you were away?" Zhong Shengguang asked him, "Are you 100% sure that you can defeat him? he?"

He Lingchuan shook his head.

There are many surprises on the battlefield, so how can you ever be 100% sure?

"If you face such a consequence, what are you going to do to remedy it? Do you know the principle of 'a handsome man never comes out lightly'? In that case, even the Red General would not dare to leave his post without permission."