Zhao Yun was instructed to lead the army south, to Yumen, and then to the west, into Shanshan, and passed thirty miles north of the mud city. (Du Niang said that Shanshan is Loulan, and I don't know if it's true or not.) ）

King Shanshan had already known the news of the attack on Yiwu and other cities before this, and when he saw the Ming army at this time, he was panicked, but Zhao Yun's 50,000 troops far exceeded Shanshan, and he didn't dare to move, but under the advice of the minister, he sent a few people to follow from afar. As for sending a large number of people to follow, he didn't dare, one word - afraid! I'm so scared!

Naturally, these did not hide from Zhao Yun, but they didn't seem to have achieved their goal, which made him quite annoyed, and he had the intention to turn back and provoke.

Chang Shi Xinbi stopped him and persuaded: "At this time, the intention is too obvious, although these people may not be very easy to use, but just in case, so that Your Majesty's plan will not fail, we might as well continue to move forward and get it back on the next target." The countries of the Western Regions are a whole at this time, and I believe that if they are tense at the end, Shanshan will not be able to escape. ”

Zhao Yun was persuaded to continue westward.

After the iron flow passed through the end, Zhao Yun, under the suggestion of Xin Bi, led his troops around the city for a week, causing the people in the city to panic, and then continued to march westward, hoping to go away.

Exquisite, in the palace.

Queen Uchan Naga Hai sat high on the throne, but her frowning brow, or the faint black around her eyes, showed that she had been doing very badly lately.

"Your Majesty, the army of the Ming Empire has come to our side!"

In the main hall, there were seven ministers, and there were originally eight, but Kantar, hey, don't talk about it. One of them spoke with trepidation about the news he had just received.

Uchan Naga Hai said unhappily: "Even if this is the case, there is no need to be so afraid? If they arrive, will you still tie up this king and hand him over? ”

The man was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "poof", trembling for a long time without saying half a word. In fact, since Guishan came to the east, he has wanted to surrender many times, which has caused the impatience of Uchan Nagahai, and there are not many people who can use it, I am afraid that he has been an ancient man for a long time.

"Your Majesty, Princess Bra has become the imperial concubine of the Ming Empire, and I think that the army of the Ming Empire may not be all bad." Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the other minister hurriedly spoke.

"Not a bad thing?"

Uchan Nagahai was obviously in a bad mood, stared at the minister who spoke viciously, and asked, "You say it's not a bad thing?" Have you forgotten the message from Kantar? The Ming Dynasty wants to annex the entire Western Regions, the entire Western Regions! Now that the army has arrived, and the chariot division has been destroyed, you tell this king that this is not a bad thing? So what's the bad thing? Is it because the king lost his life? ”

All the ministers were shocked by the queen's words, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to answer at all.

"Listen to the king!"

Uchan Nagahai did not let go of their thoughts, stood up, and roared at several ministers: "If the Ming Empire must fight, this king orders you to rush to the front, otherwise, if there is any sign of retreat, this king will steal him into the snake cave!" ”

The Snake Cave, a place of terror and fame, is full of poisonous snakes, and every time the most guilty and evil people will be thrown into it, and they will be devoured by inhuman snakes. It is a taboo in the hearts of all the best people!

On the other side, the Ming army camp.

After Zhao Yun checked the defense at night, he couldn't sleep when he returned to the big tent, and his mind was full of the task of this westward trip. After many years of fighting, Zhao Yun has long since lost his immaturity in the past, but this mission still makes him not very sure.

Harvesting the essence? How do you collect it? Judging from the situation in the past, under the difficult situation of the Kushan attack, there is still no intention of giving in, how can it be easy to surrender? Again......

After thinking about it a lot, in the second half of the night, Zhao Yun fell asleep.

The next day, Zhao Yun still got up early, but Xin Bi keenly noticed that something was wrong and asked, "Dudu, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Zhao Yun was silent for a moment and nodded.

Seeing this, Xin Bi was thoughtful, and after the army set off, he asked in a low voice, "Is it for this mission?" ”

"That's right!"

Zhao Yun glanced at him, and did not deny it, but talked about his worries.

After hearing this, Xin Bi smiled and said, "Du Du was worried about this, but Bi thought it was unnecessary. ”

"How?" Zhao Yun had a headache for a long time, and now he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that he didn't have to worry.

Xin Binnunu pouted and said, "Your Majesty has already dealt with this matter, so you don't have to worry." ”

Zhao Yun's gaze passed through the heavy army, and when he saw what Xin Bi was pointing at, he frowned.

"By a woman?"

Zhao Yun didn't say this, and he didn't dare to say it, because this woman was called Bula, and her title was Concubine Ning. Even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to say it!

Xin Bi saw what he was thinking in his heart and comforted: "We can think of these things, but Your Majesty can't think of them?" So, don't worry, do what we should do. ”

Zhao Yun's brows suddenly relaxed, and then nodded.

Another day, Zhao Yun's troops arrived at the east hundred miles of Jingjue. At Xin Bi's suggestion, Zhao Yun sent his men for the first time and delivered orders to Jing Jue.

"On the orders of the Governor of the Western Army, the King of the Elite is ordered to prepare to greet him, and there must be no mistake!"

The herald was so angry that Uchan Naga Hai almost had a seizure on the spot, but fortunately he didn't have a seizure, because he whispered later: "Concubine Ning Niangniang went back to her hometown to visit relatives this time, and she didn't want to be embarrassed if she wanted to come to the queen, right?" ”

Concubine Ning is not a concubine, Wuchan Najiahai doesn't care, what he cares about is the words "returning to his hometown to visit relatives".

"You mean Bula?"

"Bold!"

The herald shouted violently, and then said with a calm face: "Although the queen is Concubine Ning's mother, but now she is Concubine Ning of my Ming Empire, how can you call her by her name?" ”

At the end, he said: "If you think about the queen's first offense, you won't care, but if you commit it again, you are welcome, and you will report it to Your Majesty!" ”

Uchan Nagahai was too lazy to take a chance, turned around and greeted the palace maid, summoned the second daughter, and ordered the minister to prepare to greet him.

"Dianjin Yiwei, Zhao Yun asks to see Concubine Ning, and please pass it on on your behalf!"

Dian Man's eyes were full of surprise, and he looked at Zhao Yun and said: "Your Majesty has an order, before entering the refinement, you must not see anyone, and please Zhao Dudu don't blame him!" ”

Zhao Yun choked for a moment, and then said: "Right now, there are less than thirty miles away from Jingjue, Yun is here to ask if there is anything we need to do?" ”

"Your Majesty has already made arrangements, and Zhao Dudu can act according to the plan." After finishing speaking, he took out a copy of the letter and said, "Your Majesty's secret order, Zhao Yun will accept the order!" ”

"Minister, take the order!" Zhao Yun was startled and hurriedly bowed.

Zhao Yun took the secret order and retreated. Dian Man went to greet his subordinates and said: "The destination of this trip is about to arrive, I am waiting for Your Majesty's trust, and I am assigned to carry out this important task at this important time, everyone must cheer up and not make mistakes, otherwise even the Nine Clans will not be able to atone for their sins, understand?" ”

"I'll understand!" The guards responded.

In addition to improving the official system, Gongsun Du established the country, and also added grades, from Zhengyi to Congjiu, a total of eighteen grades. Not only that, but the guards were also divided, with a total of nine grades.

The first rank is a guard with a sword, the second rank is a royal attendant, the third rank is a brocade guard, the fourth rank is a guard of honor, the fifth grade is a clear guard, the sixth grade is walking, the seventh rank is lifted, the eighth rank is a guard, and the ninth rank is a guard.

There is only one guard with a sword, and there are only eight guards in front of the palace, and nine people are responsible for guarding Gongsun's body, and they do not leave the range of three feet and one zhang at any time.

Jinyi Guard, mainly responsible for the main hall where Gongsun Du is located, or the guards around more than one zhang and less than thirty zhang.

Honor guards, palace gates and other important palace gate guards, in addition to security, are also responsible for inspecting the appearance of ministers, palace maids, eunuchs and other people.

Qingwei is not sweeping the floor, but is responsible for removing all hidden dangers and impropriety.

Walking, patrolling.

Promotion and guard are the lowest official positions among the internal guards.

The Praetorian Guard, although there is a quality, is actually only an evaluation of the outstanding performers among the internal guards, and there is no fixed number, nor is it fixed who it is, and it is re-evaluated every six months.

Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, is one of the Jinyi Guards. There is also Dian Ping, who is the head of the eight honor guards. The three members of the Dian family all served as internal guards in the palace, which can be said to be Gongsun Du's great trust in them. However, trust is also reasonable, just like Fang Cai, who is full of only three grades, but dares to ignore Zhao Yun from the first grade, because they only have the emperor in their eyes and are only loyal to the emperor.

Soon after Zhao Yun left, the army arrived ten miles east of the Elite City and stopped for a while, while Bula's carriage continued to move forward under the escort of one hundred and fifty internal guards such as Dianman.

"The Elite Queen of the Lower Kingdom has been ordered to come to welcome Concubine Ning back to her hometown!"

A superb minister was stopped more than ten feet away from the frame and bowed to the ground.

The internal guard looked at Dianman, who waved his hand and said, "Everything will wait until we enter the city." ”

The minister had no choice but to return this sentence to Uchan Nagahai.

Uchan Naga Hai was very dissatisfied with this, but in the end, he could only suppress it, lead the way in front, and return to the essence.

After entering the city, Wuchan Nagahai once again sent someone to express his desire to meet Concubine Ning, but was rebuffed on the grounds that the surroundings were not safe and there might be Guishan's spies.

Entering the Exquisite Palace, the guards of the palace hall were brutally expelled, and then the accompanying palace maids were notified to ask Concubine Ning to get out of the car.

Uchan Naga Hai was even more furious when she saw this, but she didn't say anything rationally, but her cold eyes showed great malice. Dian Man didn't care at all, just wandered within one to three zhang of Concubine Ning's body, preventing anyone else from approaching.

Entering the main hall, Dian Man only allowed Wuchan Najiahai to approach alone, and as for the other brothers and sisters of Concubine Ning, they were all stopped outside the three zhangs. (Ancient palaces are very large, especially the main hall, and secondly, the length of three zhang in the Han Dynasty is really small, only seven meters, and now many large houses can have such a width)

"Bula, is this how you treat your mother and your brothers and sisters?"

In the face of her mother's accusations, the bitterness on Bra's face and the joy of reuniting with her relatives in her heart were also diluted a lot.