"County Lord?" The guard looked at the gold medal in his hand for some reason, and looked at Bu Tong with some disbelief, "Where did the county lord come from, what are the nobles in Kyoto City doing in Yanmen Pass?" ”

There was no half of temperature in Butong's voice, and he was even a little impatient,

"Go and give it to Zhu Hongcheng, and he will be able to tell you where I am the county lord."

The man looked at Butong and his party not like a madman who was talking nonsense, and whispered a few words to the person next to him and went to the door, Chun Tao looked at the crimson sunset in the west, and stepped forward with some worry and whispered,

"Miss, this garrison lord can't be illiterate and can't recognize the county lord's mother?"

Butong took a deep breath of dry air indifferently,

"Yanmen Pass is guarded, and the generals of the five grades will not be so closed and ignorant."

The five products of the big man, that is, all the imperial edicts will be copied, even if Zhu Hongcheng is in Yanmen Pass, the news is closed, things in Beijing will inevitably be known, now the ups and downs in the city of Kyoto, who is the prestigious Changping county lord, he will never know.

Sure enough, within half a cup of tea, there was a commotion in the mansion, and a tall and stout man walked out quickly with a few sergeants dressed as lieutenants, and walked carefully to Butong,

"This is the county lord's mother?"

Butong nodded,

"Good luck to adults, first time we met, I'm Butong."

Zhu Hongcheng's greasy and rough face instantly became flattering, "I have long heard that the county lord Fengshen is handsome and extraordinary, how did the thousand-year-old mother come to this Yanmen Pass?" Hurry in and rest. ”

Bu Tong didn't say anything polite to him, and raised his feet to go in,

"Now that the Beiliang army is pressing, I'm afraid that even adults will be miserable."

Zhu Hongcheng immediately wrinkled his face when he heard this,

"What Niangniang said is that the reinforcements have not arrived, and the Yanmen Pass is only 5,000 guards, and the ministers are really powerless, so they are calling the deputy generals to discuss countermeasures, and the county lord is resourceful, and he helped His Majesty to quell the rebellion before, and he must have come to this time because His Majesty must have a holy oracle."

Bu Tong followed Zhu Hongcheng into the hall, but unexpectedly saw two more lieutenants here, it seems that when the guards came in to deliver the news, these people were indeed deliberating, but these two people did not come out with Zhu Hongcheng to greet the "county lord".

It's very special, Bu Tong glanced at these two people more, but found that these two people were full of gloom, and they still didn't let go when they saw Bu Tong enter the door.

"These two ......" Bu Tong deliberately opened his mouth to ask Zhu Hongcheng, which was intended to be tempted.

Zhu Hongcheng was even more arrogant and domineering, pointing directly at the two people, "Bold, seeing that the county lord Chitose dares to be so arrogant and slack." ”

Someone immediately chimed in behind him,

"That is, General Xu and General Xiang have been arrogant for a long time."

"Chitose arrived, refusing to greet him, so arrogant!"

"What should you be guilty of disobeying your lord before, and now you are arrogating the county lord!"

……

The two people who were accused were suddenly a little angry, and the slightly older lieutenant general spoke angrily,

"We don't care what Chitose is, as the guard of Yanmen Pass, I swear to live and die with the checkpoint, this is my last border city, how to retreat lightly, the generals led the army to attack and rescue without sleep, but you want to leave Yanmen Pass and retreat and flee when the enemy army has not arrived, how to be worthy of the trust of Your Majesty and the people."

Zhu Hongsheng looked at Bu Tong by his side, and he was even more confident, "Dare to talk nonsense!" The county lord Chitose is here, and His Majesty will have a holy seizure. ”

Bu Tong found a place to sit down, looked at the expectant eyes of others and waved his hand,

"Don't look at me, Your Majesty is seriously ill, and now the crown prince of the court is in charge of the country, and the palace is just coming to see the situation in Yanmen Pass, and there is no holy decree to bring it."

Ignoring the disappointed appearance of General Xu and General Xiang, Zhu Hongsheng continued to flatter, "County Lord Chitose, the Beiliang Iron Cavalry army is pressing, and we only have five thousand guards stationed, which is really impossible to resist. ”

The implication is that the retreat is to protect the people and sergeants of this Yanmen Pass, Bu Tong sneered in his heart,

"It's not right, Yanmen Pass is the largest fortress in the northwest, and it has always been stationed at least 20,000 strong soldiers, and the city is full of soldiers and civilians, why is there only 5,000 left now?"

Zhu Hongsheng immediately knelt down on Butong's side in pain, "The county lord doesn't know, a few years ago, the traitor Mu Hewen tossed and eliminated a lot of soldiers here, and he still had time to make up for the men and horses in the future, so he left Yanmen Pass, and took away a lot of soldiers again, and then the army pressed the border, and some of the timid ones did deserters, and now there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses left, and his subordinates also want to hold Yanmen Pass, but they are really powerless." ”

Bu Tong said "oh" for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at the two generals on the opposite side holding their swords tightly, and he also knew it in his heart.

"It turned out that the three princes rebelled, and they also brought sergeants from Yanmen Pass, I thought that this was the territory of the commander, and everyone only wished the commander's order."

General Xu, who had just spoken, couldn't help but scold in a trembling voice again,

"Nonsense! There are obviously 10,000 soldiers in the city, and everyone else was killed by you because of speaking for the three princes, Zhu Hongcheng, you have been in Yanmen Pass for many years, killing innocents in vain, slacking off in military training, exceeding taxes, and the people are struggling to make a living! Regardless of whether the three princes are rebellious or not, he is bent on consolidating the garrison and strengthening the army, what is wrong? But you regard him as a thorn in your side, and you are in trouble everywhere, why use him as a pretext now! ”

These words shocked Bu Tong, and once again confirmed what Mu Le said, Bu Tong turned his head to look at Zhu Hongsheng,

"What do you think?"

Zhu Hongsheng said with a look of understanding Butong's meaning, "The county lord has fought against the rebel Mu Hewen, the rebellion is true, the rebel almost washed the Nanguo Mansion in blood, the county lord naturally knows that the person's cruelty and treachery, these two people have always intended to explain for Mu Hewen to get out, their hearts are clearly revealed, they must be involved in the rebellion, and they are really traitors!" ”

A hat was buttoned so powerlessly that General Xu Shen's whole body trembled, he was almost speechless, and the younger one spoke to General Shen,

"The disaster of the chaos in the rebellion palace of the county lord must be the people who cherish their family and country, I wish the lord as a guard of a pass, the number of virtual guards, and before resisting a single soldier, he will abandon the city and flee, is this what a guard should look like?"

Butong spoke again,

"Lord Zhu, do you really want to run away without a fight?"

Zhu Hongsheng beckoned the people behind him to step forward, "Take down these two rebels and rebels for me!" The county lord Niangniang, there are still 30,000 people in Yanmen Pass, and 5,000 soldiers and horses will definitely not be able to protect these people, so it is better to take advantage of the fact that Beiliang has not yet attacked the city to keep more people, not to mention that now that the county lord is here, there must be no mistakes.

Bu Tong bowed his head,

"But what about after the Yanmen Pass was lost? This is the last barrier in the north, once the Beiliang enemy army steps through the Yanmen Pass, the army of the generals who come to the rescue will meet the enemy head-on, and there is no half a minute to arrange the troops, and how many people's lives will be buried when the Beiliang army moves south? ”

Zhu Hongsheng was a little stunned,

"Does the county lord mean that he wants to abandon the lives of the 30,000 people in the city?"

Butong got up, and the loose turban fell, revealing a peerless face,

"My lord's words are wrong, there is no conflict between protecting the people and defending Yanmen Pass."

Zhu Hongcheng finally understood Bu Tong's intentions, and his eyes became cold, "What the county lord means is to send us five thousand soldiers to death at Yanmen Pass!" ”

Bu Tong looked him straight in the eyes,

"It's not to send you to death, but to complete your mission in Yanmen Pass! If Lord Zhu insists on being a deserter, then the task of guarding this checkpoint can be handed over to others, but none of the sergeants at Yanmen Pass are allowed to take it away. ”

Zhu Hongcheng has lost all his disguises, and the whole person looks extraordinarily dark and ferocious.

"The county lord seems to have made some mistakes, although you are the county lord of the town, but this Yanmen Pass, or the official is in charge, all military and political affairs are decided by the official, the judgment of the county lord is not in line with the importance of Yanmen Pass, and it is difficult for the official to obey."

Bu Tong looked at General Xu and General Xiang who were suppressed by several adjutants,

"I'm a little disappointed, I originally wanted to let Lord Zhu go, but I didn't expect the adult to be so unappreciative."

Zhu Hongsheng squinted at Bu Tong, "What is the county lord's mother going to do?" Leaning on this little maid behind him or this mute coachman to take over the Yanmen Pass? ”

The ridicule in the words was undisguised.

Butong sighed deeply,

"The survival of the family and country is here, and there is no room for delay, I wish you, my lord, I am afraid that you will not have the opportunity to repent......"

When he spoke again, it was a killing order, "January, February, kill!" ”

Two black shadows fell out of thin air, Zhu Hongcheng felt bad and hurriedly pulled out his knife to block, but he was not an opponent at all, and his throat was already cut in the second move, and he reached out and killed a deputy general who helped Zhu Hongcheng by the way.

The two bodies fell to the ground with a bang, which also shocked this group of numb and panicked people, and the people who suppressed General Xu and General Xiang also unconsciously let go of their hands, and General Xu suddenly burst into tears, and half-knelt down to salute Butong,

"County Lord, you are finally here, Yanmen Pass has fallen into the hands of those people, and we are really going to follow them for ten thousand years."

Bu Tong gestured to the general to help him get up, and walked to the main seat and sat down.

"This palace is not to go to Yanmen Pass to wander around, what I want everyone to do is to defend Yanmen Pass until the reinforcements arrive here! There are still people who want to be deserters, and the two on the ground will be the end, do anyone have any objections? ”

There was silence.

Bu Tong nodded in satisfaction,

"In this way, Yanmen Pass will be taken over by the palace, General Xu will be the commander, and General Xiang will be the deputy commander, if any of you do not listen to the arrangement, you will be dealt with by military law on the spot, and you don't have to go back and forth to the palace,"

General Xu and General Xiang immediately listened to the order, "Yes." ”

Bu Tong thought about it and added,

"In the end, the people are innocent, send a small team of people to organize the evacuation of the people, if anyone wants to stay and jointly guard Yanmen Pass, it will be under the unified command of General Xiang."

Butong got up,

"The Yanmen Pass must not be lost! Even if we only have the last arrow left, even if we throw stones and spears, we can't let a single Beiliang person set foot here! ”