Guan Luan felt that he was lucky to be assigned to the North City Gate under the Stone Mountain.

As a partial general of the forbidden army, he has a little friend in and out, and he can naturally hear a little bit of rumors. Don't look at these petty officials and officials can't determine the direction of the entire world, but they are indispensable for the exchange of news and the implementation of task arrangements, so it is still very easy to find out what the wind direction is.

After all, sometimes after a drink, everyone is familiar with it, and some words slip out of their mouths. It just so happened that Guan Luan was also a person who could speak well and was more enthusiastic, so he naturally knew some news that others at this level didn't know.

Now that Li Xinchen, or Xu Ling and others behind Li Xinchen, have been tense with the East Palace, it is conceivable that before and after the wedding, it is the time for both parties to tear their faces, and even in the end, if both parties are in a hurry, they may fight directly in Jiankang Mansion.

Guan Luan didn't feel that he had the ability to turn the tide, what he wanted was not to participate in this trend, but to be able to keep himself away from this trend, so when he learned that his task today was to inspect the north gate, Guan Luan didn't mention how happy he was in his heart.

Li Xinchen's 800 soldiers and horses are stationed in Suzaku Airlines, if Li Xinchen wants to go, the south gate must be the best or even the only choice - go at the other city gates, as long as the soldiers and horses don't have time to respond, then even if Li Xinchen successfully runs out, it will still be very dangerous. Guan Luan believes that he can understand this truth, and it is impossible for characters like Li Xinchen to be unclear, so he firmly believes that Li Xinchen will definitely go to the south gate, even if he does not hesitate to fight with Fan Yi.

Even if it is not the south gate, it must be the east and west city gates, in short, the north gate is definitely impossible, how can there be a reason to go against the reinforcements?

So when Guan Luan saw the fire in the city, he was relieved.

The wind and rain in the capital have been held for too long, and the stuffiness of the dense clouds and rain is the most uncomfortable, anyway, now this wind and rain is coming, and it can't fall on your head in the end, so you might as well watch a good show quietly here.

Guan Luan didn't know how many people in the capital would have the same idea as him, but he was sure that there would definitely be many people who had such thoughts. Whether it is troubled times or governing the world, a regime wants to control the whole world stably, and the people above the upper clouds can change back and forth, but what is indispensable is these small officials and generals below, they may not seem important, they are a lot of them, and a brick falling from the streets of the capital can kill a small official, but the more such small officials, sometimes the more able to determine the stability of a dynasty.

This is also why the presiding officers at the upper level often change in a casual manner, but the officials below rarely change, because compared to the presiding officials, as long as they have something to eat, they can follow anyone; Similarly, compared to the chief officer, they have been in this position for ten or twenty years, and they know too well what they do.

Even if Li Xinchen is an unconventional person, if he wants to establish his own stable power in Bashu, he still has to reuse those local officials in the end, you must know that some of these officials are old and even served as officials of Southern Liang more than 20 years ago, whether the master of this Bashu is Southern Liang, Ba Ren, Northern Zhou or now Li Xinchen, their tasks will not change.

I don't know if this should be said to be sad or lucky in troubled times.

So Guan Luan has nothing to be afraid of, as long as he can survive tonight peacefully, then no matter whether the owner of Jiankang Mansion is Chen Ji, Donggong or Li Xinchen, it has little to do with him Guan Luan, because in order to maintain the existing order of Jiankang Mansion, no one will let him get out easily.

"······ Tonight" Guan Luan frowned, looking at the sky in the south that had been burned red by the fire, to be honest, he even had some schadenfreude in his heart. The place where the fire burned was the most famous Wuyi Lane in Jiankang Mansion, and how many dignitaries and nobles went in and out of it, and Guan Luan once stopped at the mouth of Wuyi Lane again and again.

Although he knew that petty officials had the benefits of petty officials, it was impossible to say that Guan Luan did not envy them at all.

Who doesn't have such a dream? It's just a matter of whether it can be realized.

I don't know why, now looking at the flames burning on the other side of Wuyi Lane, Guan Luan has some schadenfreude in his heart, as long as Li Xinchen is not here, then it will not be his turn to be unlucky today anyway!

But soon a smile on his face vanished.

At the end of the street corner, the sound of horses' hooves starts!

The soldiers of the forbidden army at the gate of the city, who were originally lazy, were startled by the sound of horses' hooves, and got up quickly one by one, and at the corner, a galloping figure came into the eyes of Guan Luan.

"Who?!" Guan Luan only felt that his eyelids were constantly jumping, at such a critical juncture, what was the way these people came from?

"General, look!" Without waiting for the general under the city to come up to report the situation, another general stretched out his hand and pulled Guan Luan, "Look outside the city!" ”

Guan Luan's heart chuckled, and he subconsciously turned his head, and suddenly his hands trembled.

Outside the north gate, one side is the stone mountain, and the other side is naturally the wharf and the river, and Li Xinchen came to Jiankang Mansion from this wharf that day.

And now on the river, little by little, the firelight is gradually lit, and with the help of the dim moonlight and this dancing light, Guan Luan can see the situation on the river.

The silhouettes of the warships that he had seen were revealed, and these sailors who followed Li Xinchen to Jiankang Mansion silently aimed their bows at the head of the city, and Guan Luan could even see the outline of the trebuchet and the five-hundred-step crossbow on the bow. Although he was not a sailor general, Guan Luan could also feel what kind of threat these powerful weapons could pose to these people in the city.

In particular, the north gate not only has a land gate, but also a water gate, and even now even the fence of the water gate has not been lowered. After all, this water gate is only to bring water into the inner courtyard of the palace and for ships to transport goods inside and outside the palace, and merchant ships and passenger ships can only be moored on the pier outside the gate, so the water gate is generally not closed for many years.

"General, hurry up and close the water gate!" A general said anxiously.

It's not easy for these boats to get into the narrow waterways, but once you let the boats down, you can't stop them.

However, Guan Luan didn't speak, just waved his hand.

At this time, the two building ships slowly leaned on the dock, and then the footsteps sounded, and a team of soldiers rushed down the warship quickly and controlled the entire dock.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers and generals in the city couldn't help but gasp. These soldiers are very familiar to them, not long ago they once walked through the city gate with great strength and walked on the royal street, but Guan Luan and the others at that time watched them line up, watching them almost shake the entire Jiankang Mansion.