This is a month.

In the years of the sword soldiers, especially when the two countries were at war, a month may not be enough for an army to march, but in the eyes of Yang Mu and others, it is incomparably long.

Because, every day of waiting means that the situation in Cangguo is a little more uncertain.

Yang Mu had already sent two Jinyi guards to Shengguo to inquire about the situation, and at the same time sent Shen An, with a few people, disguised as scattered people, and fled back to Cangguo in several ways to bring the news back.

"At this time, there should be news, right?" Yang Mu stood on the hillside, looking into the distance, a little worried.

From the cave country to the Cangguo, it is enough to go back and forth for twenty days, according to the normal situation, Shen An has already arrived in the Cangguo country with the edict at this time, and then turned back.

But now it's been almost a month, and there is still no news.

This worry lasted until five days later, when Shen An had already returned from several members of the Jinyi Guard, with heavy injuries.

It turned out that now not only the border between the entire Sheng Kingdom and the Cang Kingdom has been blocked, but even the junction of the Dong Kingdom and the Sheng Kingdom is also heavily guarded.

Even the Jinyi Guard, who inquired about the news, still lost half of his personnel when he was good at disguise.

"How is it at home? Is there a mess? Yang Mu asked.

Shen An shook his head and said: "When the slaves returned to Cangcheng, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had already had a premonition, and they used the military talisman to send down the edict, so that all the four major legions went to the border, and the newly recruited soldiers were also incorporated into the major legions, and everyone was waiting for them. ”

"What about the common people?"

"The people are all right, one by one they are enthusiastic, everyone shouts to protect the family and defend the country, spontaneously organizes drills, and asks the army to fight to the death with the Shengguo army."

Yang Mu nodded, it seems that the efforts he has made in the past year have not been in vain, the people have finally struggled out of the death line, the days have been able to ensure food and clothing, and they are about to run to a well-off, Sheng Guo's invasion at this time has of course caused resistance from the whole people.

Then, it should be the credit of reading and literacy, the teachers sent to various places, and the school that has just been put into use for a long time, is not only the role of teaching boring knowledge, but also a powerful propaganda tool, the ancient Chinese loyal and patriotic thoughts, has gradually penetrated into the hearts of the people.

"What about the nobles?"

"Noble ......" Shen An had a strange look on his face, and said: "The reaction of the nobles is even more irritable than that of the common people, and all families and clans donate materials one by one, and organize families to help the court transport goods. ”

“……”

Yang Mu was also a little speechless, it stands to reason that there is a contradiction between the court and the nobles of Cangguo, but at the same time, it is also a community of interests, once Cangguo is broken, it will be difficult for those nobles to escape.

If Sheng Guo is familiar with the situation in Cangguo, he should send people to contact the nobles, especially those old nobles of Zheng Di, if there are enough interests, those nobles are really likely to raise their hands to welcome.

But apparently, Sheng Guo was too proud to ignore this.

In addition, after the economic rise of Cangguo, the major nobles obviously benefited, so they did not think of taking the initiative to join Shengguo.

"Your Majesty, the slave has another thing to report, which is great news!" Shen An's eyebrows were slightly happy, and he said: "When the old slave arrived in the palace, Concubine Nuo had already given birth to Lin'er, a little prince. ”

Little Prince!

Yang Mu's spirit was shocked, and he was overjoyed.

Concubine Nuo gave birth to a little prince, which not only means that he is a father, but also has the role of stabilizing the hearts of the people in China.

Especially at this time, Yang Mu is not in the country, once there are any unfavorable rumors, what do those soldiers think, who are they fighting for?

Now that there is a little prince, you can calm people's hearts and let those front-line soldiers know that even if the emperor dies outside, there is no need to worry about chaos in the country, and with the little prince inheriting the throne, everyone can still fight for the royal family of Cangguo.

"Any other news? How are the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother? What was the situation at home when you left? Yang Mu hurriedly asked.

"The servant was seriously wounded at the time, and after the report, he was in a coma in the palace for a few days, and when he left, he ...... When I left, I saw that the queen mother was very haggard, almost out of order, and now all the affairs in the country are taken care of by the two prime ministers, and when the slaves left, several generals had already gone to the frontier to prepare for war...... Oh, by the way, the queen mother wrote a letter for the minions to hand over to His Majesty. ”

Shen An said, took out a blood-soaked bamboo tube from the inside, and handed it to Yang Mu's hand.

Yang Mu glanced at Shen An in a daze, and sighed: "Fortunately, you and all the soldiers should go down to deal with the wounds, if you have any doubts, I will call you." ”

"Yes, the minions are retired."

Shen An responded, then dragged the wound, and with the support of several little eunuchs, went down to rest.

Yang Mu opened the bamboo tube and took out a letter from it.

There is only one line of words on it: State affairs are normal, concubines are unhindered, guard the territory and defend the land, and wait for the husband to return. The king should be a rock, and the concubine should be a reed, and the reed is as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer.

……

At this time, Cangcheng Palace.

In the Zichen Palace, the Queen Mother and the Queen sat behind the bead curtain, Kong Shangxian and Fan Hongji, the two prime ministers, and the officials of the twelve ministries gathered together.

After some serious discussion, the empress, as the mother of a country, issued an edict to gather the whole country to defend against a strong enemy, defeat the Sheng army, and welcome back to His Majesty the emperor.

That's right, it's to welcome back the emperor.

When Shen An and a few people returned to Cangguo with scars, they did scare the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother half to death, and after hearing that Yang Mu was safe, they were a little relieved and urgently convened several important ministers to discuss matters.

The emperor is outside, and in the face of the southern invasion of the Sheng Kingdom, only a war can solve the problem.

The 12 divisions were in emergency operation to raise military rations and military supplies, build weapons and equipment, and recruit soldiers on a large scale.

The four major legions all played the banner of "resisting aggression and welcoming back Your Majesty", and led the army under their command to the frontier, because Yang Mu left a secret edict to the queen before leaving, so after all frontier matters were sent to Cangguo, major decisions were approved by Yuling Palace.

And the Qilin Army, which only a few high-level people knew, was also withdrawn from high-intensity training and stationed in Xinzheng County.

Xinzheng County, that is, the former Zhengcheng, since Cangguo received Zheng Guo and Shen Guo, all the administrative regions in the country have been divided, and the official names have been changed, the old called Zhengcheng, Huangtian City, Kangcheng, etc., are all renamed counties, such as Huangtian County, Xinkang County, etc., and the city as the suffix only refers to a city.

As the ace of the Qilin Army, there are more than 10,000 cavalry horses, plus substitute soldiers and auxiliary personnel, a total of nearly 20,000 people, so many people of course can not be stationed in the city, so they chose a slightly higher station outside the city and set up camp.

In order to hide people's eyes, the Qilin Army was stationed within a radius of five miles, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach, and old chariots were specially placed outside the camp, making people mistakenly think that this was a chariot army.

The generals of the Qilin Army also sent more than a dozen exploration teams to explore the surrounding terrain and conduct exercises and training for this battle.