The sudden sound of horses' hooves made the whole Xizhou nervous, and Mora and Zhang Kuishan rushed to the city gate as soon as possible, and were relieved to see that there was no conflict. If King Gaochang sent troops to come, Xizhou would inevitably have a fierce battle, which they did not want to see.

When I climbed the tower and looked down, there were not many people, only a few hundred, all of them were cavalrymen in leather armor, led by a burly man, who was negotiating with the guards on the tower before.

"Who's coming?"

Zhang Kuishan asked the guard, and the guard hurriedly spoke: "They claim to be the army of the Tang Dynasty, and they say that they are here to protect the envoy. ”

"Why are there so few people in Datang's army?" Zhang Kuishan muttered in a low voice.

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and he didn't dare to let people in rashly when he couldn't see the specific situation below, and shouted downstairs: "It's late today, let's enter the city again tomorrow." ”

Hou Junji, who was outside the city, heard the voice of a Han man, and immediately took two steps forward and said loudly: "I am Hou Junji, the general of the right guard, and I am ordered by His Majesty to lead the army to protect the eldest grandson. When he arrived in Huaiyuan Town, he learned that the town's defending generals were escorting Changsun Wuji to Xizhou, and at this time he had already guessed that it should be the generals of Huaiyuan Town who were talking on the city tower.

Hou Junji has always been arrogant and domineering, even Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chi Jingde are not looked at by him, and he is naturally unceremonious in the face of a small border town general.

That Zhang Kuishan said that he was also a high-minded and arrogant person in Huaiyuan Town, and when he heard that it was Hou Junji, the general of the right guard, downstairs, he planned to verify it and let them into the city, but when he heard Hou Junji speak unceremoniously, he didn't put himself in his eyes at all, and suddenly felt unhappy.

"It's dark today and you can't verify your identity, so let's camp outside the city first and wait for your identity to be verified tomorrow before entering the city."

Hou Junji was furious when he heard this, and he couldn't verify his identity when it was dark. It is obviously a prevarication: "What a big courage, the little side general dares to stop the general outside the city, if the eldest grandson has a mistake, he will make your head fall to the ground!" ”

Zhang Kuishan said lightly: "Lord Eldest Sun is resting in the palace, don't worry about you." After speaking, Hou Junji, who no longer paid attention to the clamor outside the city, went straight down to the city tower and went back to rest, he knew that the Xizhou defenders would not dare to ask Hou Junji to camp outside the city and wait for a night, but he didn't want to be angry.

After Zhang Kuishan left, Mora really sent someone to verify the identity of the troops outside the city and let them into the city.

"Where is the Tang general who just spoke to me?" As soon as he entered the city, Hou Junji asked unceremoniously.

He was even more ignorant of these Xizhou generals. In the past, he led his troops to conquer the countries of the Western Regions many times, in his eyes, these generals of the Western Regions were all his subordinates, and the defeated generals were not worth mentioning, if His Majesty hadn't listened to the prince's new advice and did what captive strategy he would have led the army to destroy Gaochang.

Although Mora was also very dissatisfied with Hou Junji's attitude, he did not dare to ignore him like Zhang Kuishan, Hou Junji's murderous reputation was even greater than Li Jing in the Western Regions.

"General Zhang has returned to the Xizhou Palace, I should arrange for General Hou and the sergeants to rest first."

"You can help me arrange for my sergeants to rest, and I'll go to the Xizhou Palace. Begonia, you go with me. In an ordered tone, he asked Mora to arrange for his sergeants to rest, and Hou Junji didn't feel anything wrong, but the Xizhou generals standing behind Mora had a bad face.

Begonias were mixed in with the sergeant and were not discovered until halfway through. Hou Junji had no choice but to take her all the way, and Fang Cheng, who helped Hou Junji choose a sergeant, was also reprimanded and fined for three months, and Haitang felt quite sorry.

Zhang Kuishan is not without brains, after he returned to the Xizhou Palace, he told the eldest grandson Wuji the news that Hou Junji led his troops to support, and told him what happened at the gate of the city just now. The eldest grandson Wuji naturally knew Hou Junji's character, and after appeasement, Zhang Kuishan sat in the hall and waited for Hou Junji.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Hou Junji to come to the palace with Begonia.

Hou Junji didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the eldest grandson Wuji, and hurriedly saluted the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Lord eldest grandson." ”

Haitang, who followed behind, smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Eldest Sun." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled slightly: "General Hou has worked hard all the way. ”

After taking a closer look at the begonia in military uniform, he said unexpectedly: "Begonia is also here?" ”

"Yes, I'm also here to protect Uncle Eldest Sun, if those assassins dare to come again, I will definitely catch them!"

Looking at Begonia's serious expression, Eldest Sun Wuji laughed heartily: "Haha." Well, there are begonias to protect the eldest grandson and uncle. Uncle Grandchild is not afraid of assassins. "Begonia's personality is not at all different from Hou Junji, she treats people well and sincerely, and has no scheming.

After listening to Begonia's words, Hou Junji shook his head helplessly and said: "Begonia came secretly in the team, and I found out halfway that I had to bring her with me." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji knew Hou Junji's worries about Begonia, and said with a smile: "Xizhou is quite stable now, don't worry too much." ”

"I heard that Lord Changsun was assassinated by a Turkic assassin on the road, and His Majesty was furious and worried. I was specially ordered to lead troops to protect Lord Changsun, but when I arrived in Huaiyuan Town, I knew that the adults had come to Xizhou, I was worried about the safety of the adults, so I came in the starry night, but I didn't expect to encounter a small general's difficulties outside the city, and it was my Tang general. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji could hear what Hou Junji meant, nodded and said, "I already know the matter." It was General Zhang from Huaiyuan Town, and he was the one who escorted me all the way from Huaiyuan Town to Xizhou. Now that Gaochang is not peaceful, he is also worried that someone will cheat the city and enter Xizhou, which is not good for Xizhou, and General Hou does not have to be familiar with him. How many men did Your Majesty let you lead this time? ”

As soon as Hou Junji heard it, he knew that the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to protect Zhang Kuishan, but he didn't show it.

"How can I be like that young general, this time Your Majesty asked me to lead eight hundred elite horsemen to protect the adult."

"Eight Hundred Cavalry ......"

Eldest Sun Wuji frowned, he originally thought that if Hou Junji brought more people, he could let him go to support Yanqi, and if there were only eight hundred cavalry, it would not be of much use.

"Lord Eldest Sun is worried about Yanqi?"

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded: "As soon as Yanqi loses the Turks, he will definitely take the opportunity to go south, and Ju Wentai will also free up his hands to deal with Xizhou." ”

"Since Xizhou is temporarily stable, why don't you let me bring someone to support Yanqi." Hou Junji asked tentatively. Li Er just asked him to lead his troops to protect the eldest grandson Wuji, if the eldest grandson Wuji didn't open his mouth, he would naturally not leave to go to Yanqi without permission, if the eldest grandson Wuji agreed......

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a moment and said: "Forget it, the news that Gaochang sent troops to attack Yanqi must have also reached Chang'an, Your Majesty will definitely send a large army to come, we still hold on to Xizhou to wait for the army, it is useless for eight hundred cavalry to support Yanqi, it is better to stay in Xizhou to prevent Ju Wentai from raiding." ”

Hou Junji was unwilling, he was confident that even if there were only 800 cavalry, he would be able to fight with the Gaochang army.

"General Hou is in a hurry at night, let's rest early, and other things will be discussed tomorrow." (To be continued......)