Xipingguan.

This level was newly built by Zhou Zhan's people, located in the westernmost part of Hexi County, and the purpose was to block the southward invasion of the snowy people; The checkpoint is 100 miles long, a bit like the Great Wall of China in ancient China, about 5 miles wide, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops stationed.

The 80,000 iron cavalry now stationed here are led by three generals, one is the main general Lei Yan, and two are the deputy generals Guan Cheng and Quanjing; The three of them are all generals under Zhou Zhan, their martial arts are superb, and the cavalry is even more powerful, and the 80,000 elite horsemen under their command are all the elites of Hexi County, and they have been stationed here for many years, deterring the people of the snow region from daring to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

There is not a single common man in Xiping Pass, all of them are military important places, Lei Yan attaches great importance to it, there are 500 sergeants standing guard every other mile, observing the situation in the west, and there are countless beacon towers, lookouts, and other communication utensils.

Ji Ying came here with an army of 25,000, Lei Yan immediately went out of the city to meet him, and when he heard the bad news from Ji Ying, he was shocked and very angry!

"Phew! You and other thieves dare to invade the territory of my Hexi County and seek death! ”

Lei Yan immediately drew his sword and roared: "Guan Cheng is stationed at the city pass, and the whole well immediately gathers 50,000 elite iron horsemen, who are going to recapture the royal city and rescue the prince!" ”

Ji Ying was shocked: "General, no, they are now threatening the life of the prince, let's go, don't we only have to disarm and surrender, the general thinks twice." ”

Lei Yan said angrily: "The prince has been captured, what are you thinking about?" ”

On the side, the deputy general Quan Jing hugged his fists and said: "General, this matter must be considered in the long run, if the general leads an army of 50,000 to leave Xiping Pass, then the people of the snow region will definitely go south, their current strength is at its peak, and they have to guard against it." ”

The people of the snow region have not gone south for several years, and there are many clansmen, and their strength has increased greatly, which lei yan knows, but. Zhou Zhan fell into the hands of the thief, how could he stand by and watch.

Lei Yan calmed down, slowly looked at Ji Ying, and said coldly: "The prince has been captured." What are you doing? ”

Ji Ying cried with a sad face, explained a lot, talked about the process of the bloody battle, and the power of the three-bow bed crossbow, of course. Wang Xu didn't say anything about the part where he brought Zhou Zhan to the city wall.

In fact, Ji Ying and Lei Yan's official positions are the same, and they are not subordinate relationships, but Lei Yan has always been domineering, and there are 80,000 iron horsemen under him, so Ji Ying naturally has no courage to speak.

Ji Ying said: "General Lei, our top priority now is to discuss how to rescue the prince, and then destroy the thief!" ”

"Humph!" Lei Yan snorted coldly, then turned around and walked towards the tent.

Ji Ying and several lieutenants glanced at each other, and then quickly followed.

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Half a month. Gone in a flash.

In the early morning, the golden sunlight shines on the ground through the cracks in the windows.

Wang Xu opened his sleepy eyes, reached out and rubbed his somewhat sore eyes, got up and stretched, Xiangyue quickly walked over at this time and dressed him.

Zhang Xue has been pregnant for nearly eight months, and the delivery is imminent, Wang Xu is afraid of touching his stomach when he sleeps, so. They have never slept together, Zhang Xue lives in the harem, and Wang Xu sleeps in the wing room at the back of the main hall, which can also be said to be the study.

After breakfast. Wang Xu came to the top of the main hall, and many civil and military officials and county orders from various counties were already waiting here. As expected by Han Shuhua, as soon as Wang Xu's edict arrived, all the county orders expressed their surrender and took the initiative to come to Wangcheng to show their sincerity.

There are a total of 44 cities in Hexi County (excluding Xipingguan). That is to say, there are forty-four counties; There are a total of 41 county orders that came today, and the three counties near Xipingguan have not surrendered, because Wang Xu did not send the edict there at all, and it is too close to the officers and soldiers to manage.

After the county commanders saw the salute, Wang Xu said with a faint look: "Among you, can there be Ji Ying's cronies, but can there be Lei Yan's internal response?" If so, stand up now, and the king will forgive him! ”

The county commanders immediately fell to the ground in fright, shouting that they were wronged, but no one dared to admit what Wang Xu said.

"Hehe, this king is just joking, get up." Wang Xu said with a sudden smile. Immediately, he picked up the sex book that Ye Xiong gave him last night, which included the identity and background of these county orders, etc., all of which were handled by the general banner of Hexi County.

The forty-one county orders are all talents selected by Zhou Zhan through the imperial examination, and there is no doubt that none of them have anything to do with Ji Ying's army, because Jin Yiwei has already investigated.

However, Han Shuhua had already said a few days ago that even if there are no cronies of officers and soldiers, then a county order must be found to kill them, and the purpose is naturally to kill chickens and monkeys! Let all the county commanders know that Wang Xu is in charge of their fate, and for those who rebel, there is only one way to die!

Looking at the county orders standing in the main hall, Wang Xu gave Han Shushu a look, and Han Shushu immediately understood, and said: "King Yuwen, the humble position has been investigated, and one of these county orders is Ji Ying's relative. ”

Wang Xu's eyes suddenly sank, got up, came to the hall angrily, his eyes swept over the faces of all the county commanders, and said: "You have heard it, who is this person, please stand up, this king has always been virtuous, and he will never be embarrassed by him, but if he is reported later, then don't blame this king's subordinates for being ruthless." ”

All the county orders were so frightened that they knelt down again, "King Wen spares his life..."Some people even began to tremble in fear, but after waiting for a while, no one stood up, because these people were innocent, how could there be any relatives of Ji Ying.

Wang Xu turned around and said, "This king will give him another chance, who is this person?" In the end, Wang Xu raised his voice. Will all the prefectural orders again scared to the side of the body.

Waited five minutes...

Wang Xu looked at Han Shushu and said: "Shushu, it seems that this person is stubborn, so please give him to this king to find out, and this king will never let it go!" ”

Han Shushu said: "King Yuwen, this person is the county magistrate of Zhongyuan County, Wu Xingming, he is Ji Ying's brother-in-law!" ”

Wu Xingming was struck by lightning, and immediately shouted: "King Wen, the little one is wronged, the little one has no relationship with Ji Ying, and he has no kinship, he is wronged..." ”

Wang Xu suddenly turned to look at the person who was pulled out, and said with a cold eye: "This king has given you three chances, but you didn't cherish it once, and now you are identified by Mr. Calligraphy and Painting, and you are still quibbling, which is really hateful." ”

"King Wen, the small one is not, the small one is wronged..." The county magistrate cried out in mourning.

Wang Xu didn't care about this, waved his sleeves, and shouted: "Come on, pull this person out and cut it off!" ”

The two Yulin soldiers ran in in a hurry, picked up Wu Xingming and dragged him out, this move frightened many surrounding county commanders into a cold sweat, and they didn't dare to look up.

"King Wen, a small wrong...."

"I've been wronged..."

The voice of the county order became smaller and smaller, and then "Poof! With a bang, there was a complete silence outside the main hall. (To be continued.) )