At night, the moonlight is as cold as ice, which always makes people feel a little chilled.

In the capital of Damang, a fast horse knocked on the gate of the city that should have been closed at night. The horseshoe on the horse's hooves struck the long stone-paved street, making a series of "da-da-da" sounds, which echoed throughout the capital, especially in the dead of night.

The man on the fast horse held in his hand a letter sealed with fire paint, high above his head, and in the regulations of the Great Mang, it was stipulated that if the post horse entered the city, if the post man put the letter on his forehead, it meant that the world was extremely urgent, and if the post man held the letter above his head, even in the middle of the night, after verifying his identity, he could directly open the city gate and let it go.

Obviously, the importance of this letter cannot be overstated.

The postman had been on the road all day, and his lips were already chapped, so he took the time to remove the kettle from his waist, but when he raised it to his lips, he found that there was not a drop of water left in the kettle.

The postman sighed, hung up the kettle, licked the chapped corners of his mouth with his still wet tongue, and continued towards the imperial city.

A gap has already opened in the middle gate of the imperial city, and a general of the Imperial Forest Army has been waiting for a long time, and before the post guard arrives at the gate of the imperial city, he has not waited to say anything, and the whole person has been planted from the body of the healthy horse.

And the horse under him seemed to have used up the last bit of strength in his body at this time, and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth.

The general of the Imperial Forest Army waved his hand, and the two Royal Forest Army soldiers behind him helped the post soldier to his feet, and then carried him into the palace.

"Your Majesty. "The Imperial Guards General, who had just gotten the letter, knocked on the door of the Imperial Study.

There were no eunuchs and others in front of Emperor Damang's door, but a young woman's voice came from the imperial study. The latest and fastest update" in. ”

"Your Majesty. The letter from Zhongjing City arrived. The voice of the general of the Imperial Forest Army was also a little excited, because he knew that the contents of this letter made His Majesty very concerned.

The woman in the dragon robe slowly raised her head buried deep in the file, her eyes were slightly tired, a few months had already honed her into a qualified emperor in every detail, but she was only a woman after all. The original crystal skin has long been dull at this moment, and it is obvious that it has not been taken care of for a long time.

"Oh?" Ziling's eyes jumped, and she felt that the day she had planned in her heart was coming, and she was waiting for the arrival of this letter almost every day.

"Take it apart and read. Ziling hung up the thin sluice in his hand, his hands were slightly nervous, and he waited for the general of the Royal Forest Army in front of him to open the letter.

The general was the first to see the contents of the letter, but he stood still for a moment when he saw it.

"This ......"

Because there was not a single word written on the letter that was sent to the palace by countless post guards.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty. The general of the Imperial Forest Army instantly felt that his mouth was dry, and his palm trembled a little and lifted the white paper that had been passed for thousands of miles, but was still well preserved, towards Tuoba Ziling.

"It's a blank sheet of paper, Your Majesty. ”

Even Ziling was stunned for a moment, she got up from the huge red sandalwood bookcase, took it, and stared at it for a long time.

Then suddenly she burst out laughing.

"The Han Emperor is still very interesting, a blank piece of paper means not to object, and the implication is to agree, so that there is no handle to fall into our hands, this man is really not simple. Princess Ziling put the white paper in her hand neatly on the bookcase behind her, and then said, "General Xuanda Di Yun has entered the palace." ”

As night fell, the prairie grew darker, and at the end of the sky there was a strong wind, which tore up the black clouds that filled the sky, which were cold and heavy, and from the top of it split many small clouds, and galloped in front of it, swallowing up the stars one by one.

As the vanguard officer of this army, Cao Qingping stood on a gentle hill, and a few miles away, at the foot of the swarthy low mountain, the outline of the frontier battalion was reflected white under the lightning and was clearly visible, and the defenders were only more than 1,000 people.

Cao Qingping stared at the dark clouds in the sky, as if the black mountain peaks were pressed down, and a dazzling lightning bolt streaked through, failing to tear apart the thick dark clouds, and the huge thunder rolled through the low clouds.

A heroic young man drove Pegasus to Cao Qingping's side, he jumped off the horse, and gave a military salute to Cao Qing with a resolute gaze, "General, I'm going!"

He was the youngest officer Cao Qingping picked up, named He Xiang. is only twenty years old, but he is extremely brave, not only does he like it, but even the general is full of praise for him.

Cao Qingping nodded silently, He Xiang turned over and got on his horse, with a wave of his hand, a thousand warriors saluted Cao Qing on the horse, and rode westward, their expressions were cold, the cold light on their helmets was a little bit, and they disappeared into the thick night in a moment.

Cao Qingping was a little nervous in his heart, this was the first time in many years that the Da Mang soldiers took the initiative to attack Han Land, and he was creating history.

For this day, he has been observing the soldiers of this border battalion for two months and preparing for two months, so he is bound to win the first battle of this campaign. There is no room for error.

But for some reason, cold sweat still broke out in the palms of his hands, and even the clothes on his back were tightly attached to the armor, cold and biting.

The horse's hooves were wrapped in cotton cloth and hit the ground with a heavy popping sound, then farther and farther away.

Cao Qingping's eyes did not look at his cavalry, but kept staring at the lights of the border camp.

The cavalry approached, but there was still nothing abnormal, and Cao Xiping's heart finally fell.

The half-meter-high earthen wall can jump over with a slight pull on the reins, and the high-speed charging formation can turn this small border battalion into powder with just one charge, so that the world-famous Lin Jiajun has no power to fight back.

But for some reason, the closer he got to the camp, He Xiang's heart became more and more impetuous.

Because it was too quiet, it was terrifying, and Lin Jiajun, who was known for his quick reaction, didn't even notice it when he was only a hundred steps away from the camp, which was really a little incomprehensible.

Maybe it was really the previous battle plan that worked?

He Xiang comforted himself in his heart like this, always holding a trace of luck, and then struggled to throw out the distracting thoughts in his heart, and slapped the horse under him hard again.

The horse suddenly accelerated again, and the distance of a hundred paces was reduced to twenty paces in a single acceleration in an instant.

The distance was so short that He Xiang could even see the flames in front of the gate of the border camp beating in front of his eyes.

Perhaps it was his natural sharp reflexes that played a crucial role, and at the last moment, his eyebrows tightened, and he subconsciously tightened the reins in his hands.

The horse's speed suddenly slowed down.

However, the robes beside him did not overtake He Xiang's horses one after another, and rushed over with a shout.

And just as the horses were about to approach the earthen wall, a wail suddenly erupted.

The horses that were still on their toes one moment ago, and the horses that were indomitable were already sinking into the ground the next. Then the advance stopped, the horses in the high-speed charge were blocked, and the cavalry were thrown out by the huge inertia and fell into the border camp, but at some point in the camp had already been filled with dense thistles, the cavalry landed, and countless thistles were inserted into the body, and for a time it was bloody and miserable, and the quiet border camp had become a hell on earth the next moment.

Behind the first group of horses that fell into the trap, countless cavalrymen who couldn't stop because of inertia watched their horses rush into the horses that had fallen to the ground before, but they were powerless to stop them.

For a time, inside and outside the earthen wall on the south side, with the border battalion as the center, blood flowed everywhere and wails were everywhere.

The white horse beneath He Xiang seemed to be frightened by the neighing of his companions, and tossed his master to the ground who had been with him for several years.

He Xiang landed on the ground and rolled on the ground and immediately got up, he didn't look at his subordinates around him, but at the man under the low mountain.

The distance was extremely far away, and only a faint shadow could be seen, but even so, He Xiang could still see that the shadow was motionless.

Through the light of the fire in the border camp, Cao Qingping could clearly see that his side had lost hundreds of people at this moment on the battlefield that had not yet started.

Cao Qingping smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt that he was very stupid, how could the Lin family army, which was so powerful that ten thousand people could attack the capital, be so careless.

He was annoyed, but he still stood straight, knowing that he was the only force on the verge of collapse.