Xiao Ruoyuan knew the news that there would be an abnormality in the Xiyan army three days ago.

This news was not reported by the court, nor was it probed by the scouts of the Anxi Protectorate, but Shen Zejing, the assassin of Queensland, told him.

Xiao Ruoyuan did not have any doubts about the credibility of this news, he knew that what Shen Zejing said was true.

Because of his uncle Xiao Houren, Xiao Ruoyuan and Shen Zejing maintained a very close relationship, and naturally knew the Shen family's skills.

With such important information, Shen Zejing will definitely not be joking.

During the two years that Shen Zejing served as the assassin of Queensland, Xiao Ruoyuan and Shen Zejing had a close relationship, and they both agreed with each other's temperament and behavior.

After Peng Mingyi's death, Xiao Ruoyuan was transferred to the Anxi Protector and took over the Anxi soldiers and horses under Zhao Yugang's control. At Shen Zejing's suggestion, after Xiao Ruoyuan took office, he was constantly clearing the dark lines left by Zhao Yugang, and neutralizing Wei Lixin in the Anxi Mansion soldiers.

Now that it has been almost two years, the power left by Zhao Yugang in the soldiers of Anbei Mansion has basically been cleared, and Zhao Yugang's influence has been reduced to dispensable, replaced by a strong Xiao Ruoyuan style.

Xiao Ruoyuan is the deputy general of Xiningwei. Now this Anxi Protectorate, in fact, has inherited Peng Mingyi's style of governing the army, that is, bravely moving forward and shrouding the body in horse leather.

Therefore, whether it is training, dispatching, commanding, or military merits, punishment, and promotion, what is paid attention to is courage and majesty.

According to Xiao Ruoyuan's point of view, as long as you are brave and not afraid of death, you can survive on the battlefield and win victory.

It's just that such a brave government soldier, in Shen Zejing's opinion, is still slightly insufficient. There is more than enough bravery, but there is not enough military strategy.

When Peng Mingyi led the troops, he also had this shortcoming, otherwise he and twenty personal guards would not have died, but his strategy was not as vicious as Zhao Yugang. If Peng Ming had taken a little precautions, how could Xiningwei be in Zhao Yugang's hands today?

Regarding this issue, Xiao Ruoyuan and Shen Zejing also had a discussion.

"Lead the troops with righteousness, and take the troops with strictness. It is a general's order, and the soldier has no disobedience. This is the strategy of the main general to lead the troops. ”

Xiao Ruoyuan said this to Shen Zejing. Volunteers don't do trickery, do they? Since it is a ruse, it is not the right way in the end, how can it succeed in the end?

"There's nothing wrong with that. But tactics aren't all tricks. Victory in war often depends not on the bravery of the soldiers, but on the applicable strategy. ”

Shen Zejing replied like this. The strategy of defeating the enemy and the strategy of victory all involve the mystery of the art of war.

In Shen Zejing's view, the mystery of the art of war and the way of being an official actually have many things in common, especially after Shen Zejing experienced Jingzhao's seizure of the throne and Xining's conspiracy, he felt this point more deeply.

Whether it is leading troops or being an official, what he ultimately desires is peace and stability under his rule. As long as you keep this stream, all the strategies can be used.

As long as there is a righteous heart, it is a soldier of benevolence and righteousness, how can there be a trick?

Shen Zejing's idea was also influenced by his father-in-law Yu Jinzhi.

Xiao Ruoyuan listened to Shen Zejing's words and couldn't help but think thoughtfully. After that, in the process of leading the troops, in addition to being brave, he also paid special attention to the strategy of using troops.

To this end, Xiao Ruoyuan also recruited a group of literati and granted them the official position of personal guard. This move was intended to use them to teach the soldiers of Anbei Prefecture the book of war and the art of war, so as to strengthen the use of military strategies by the soldiers of Anxi Prefecture.

Shen Yuhong, under such circumstances, became a member of the Anxi Protectorate.

Originally, when he followed Shen Zejing to Queensland, he was a staff member of the Queensland Assassin Mansion, but now he has become an official of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and a close confidant of Xiao Ruoyuan.

Teaching military books and military strategies, Shen Yuxian said that there was no pressure at all. His temperament is the most well-informed among Shen Ning's brothers. Plus in charge of the flow for so many years, whimsy? It's definitely not a problem!

Therefore, Shen Yuhong's days in the Anbei Protectorate were very nourishing.

It's just that when he received Shen Yuyi's secret letters again and again, the days of nourishment began to become tense.

There is an abnormality in the Xiyan army, which is not new news. At the end of last year, Shen Yuyi had said about this matter, but now that several secret letters have come from Xiyan, Shen Yuhong knows that the matter is urgent.

At this time, Shen Zeyuan also learned from the mutual market that the big merchants of Xiyan were secretly evacuating Yibang, and it seemed that these merchants had already gotten the news.

Based on this information, Shen Yuhong didn't dare to have any delay, and immediately told Xiao Ruoyuan. Xiao Ruoyuan immediately ordered that the soldiers of Anxi Mansion should be on standby, and if necessary, martial law will be imposed on the Dayong border!

At the same time, Xiao Ruoyuan also sent letters to Zhao Yugang and Xie Tongfu, asking them to prepare accordingly.

Xiao Ruoyuan's letter has only been sent out for two days, and Zhao Yugang and Xie Tongfu have not yet replied, and the scouts of the Anxi Protectorate have sent a message: The Xiyan army has invaded! The Western Yan army invades!

Immediately, the scout's report was more detailed: Xiyan had an army of 300,000, Sima Hao drove the expedition in person, and the army came straight to Mogu Mountain, and the target was Wenzhen and Queensland!

Hearing the scout's report, Xiao Ruoyuan's face sank instantly, and one by one urgent military orders were issued from Xiao Ruoyuan's camp.

Immediately report this military situation to Jingzhao, eight hundred miles urgently, be sure to send it to Jingzhao as soon as possible, so that Emperor Jingxing and the courtiers know about the invasion of Western Yan;

immediately sent a letter to Zhao Yugang, asking Xining Wei to come to the rescue, and at the same time sent an urgent letter to Lingnan Wei to ask Yuan Huan for help;

The Dayong border was immediately under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the area from Wenzhen to Yibang. The Western Yan people stranded in the territory of Dayong must be fully controlled;

As for the soldiers of Anxi Prefecture, they are holding Wenzhen and waiting for the reinforcements of Xining Wei and Lingnan Wei to come!

Speaking of which, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in each of the two capitals of Dayong, and there is no problem in maintaining border security on weekdays, but once there is a surprise attack by a large army, these government soldiers will become cannon fodder.

Their greatest role is to block the invasion of foreign enemies on the front line, waiting for the arrival of the guards.

Now in the face of such a huge foreign enemy army, Xiao Ruoyuan's only thought is: defend to the death! You can't lose Wenzhen no matter what! Otherwise, the Xiyan army drove straight in, and Queensland, Nanzhou, Guizhou and other places would definitely not be protected.

Fortunately, Xiningwei's station is in Queensland, and Xiningwei rushed to Wenzhen in just one day. With an army of 170,000 troops, plus the soldiers of the Assassin Mansion in various states, Xiao Ruoyuan was confident that he would hold Wenzhen and Queensland.

After the military order of martial law was issued, the Wenzhen medicinal herb trading market quickly changed from bustling and lively to deserted.

This process relies on the help of Zhang Jinglun, president of the Wenzhen Pharmaceutical Market Association. After receiving Xiao Ruoyuan's order, the Zhang family quickly united with the remaining seven in the guild, Wenzhen and the drug market in Queensland, and took corresponding measures, and the trade in medicinal materials was canceled, but the drug market was not in chaos.

In particular, most of the medicinal materials needed in the Sanqi and other armies are still under the control of the Wenzhen Medicine Market Guild, and they are also under the control of Yang Pushun, Hu Shi'an and Tang.

In addition to the active actions of the Wenzhen Pharmaceutical Market Guild, Shen Zejing, the assassin of Queensland, also led Queensland officials to prepare for wartime.

All the Xiyan people in Queensland were kept in custody to prevent them from being finely crafted; People who did not have household registration and had just arrived in Queensland were also severely interrogated by the Queensland Assassin to prevent further unrest;

The six Cao master books of the Queensland Thorn History Mansion also do a good job in grain reserves and the evacuation of the people according to their respective official positions.

Although Shen Zejing led Queensland officials to stabilize the order in Queensland as much as possible, the panic of the war still spread irrepressibly in Queensland.

Two things began to arise among the people. One is extremely afraid of the Western Yan army, they began to pack up and prepare to leave Queensland, preferably far away;

The other is to believe that the Anxi Fu soldiers and Xining Wei believe that the Dayong army will be able to stop the offensive of Xiyan, and they would rather die in Queensland than leave their homeland.

In contrast to the situation of these people, some of the Queensland officials began to flee in fear.

For these officials, Shen Zejing showed no mercy at all, and directly imprisoned them, not giving them a chance to leave at all.

It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death, but if Queensland officials flee at this time, it will definitely cause a great panic among the people.

Fortunately, there are those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and there are also those who protect the people. In the Assassin's Mansion in Queensland, not a single official had the idea of fleeing. Yang Buyun and other officials closely guarded Shen Zejing and vowed to protect Queensland with him!

Shen Zejing took such a group of officials to stabilize the order in Queensland, even if the people fled, Queensland was not chaotic!

And at this time in Wenzhen, the scout's report was sent every half an hour, and each time it was more critical than the last!

The army of Xiyan has already left Manshan......

The army of Western Yan has stepped into the territory of Dayong......

The Xiyan army is not far from Mogu Mountain......

As long as Xiyan has crossed the Mogu Mountain, it will be Wenzhen!

Wenzhen is the closest place to Xiyan in Dayong, although it is called a town, but it is the structure of a city.

There are all kinds of military protection facilities such as moats, fortresses, and city walls, and as a border city of Daeyong, it is more reliable than ordinary castles.

The city wall alone is one zhang higher than other cities, and there are as many as five crossbows erected on the city wall.

It can be seen that Dayong has also invested enough money for Wenzhen.

As the Xiyan army got closer and closer, Xiao Ruoyuan and the soldiers of Anxi Mansion became more and more nervous.

"My lord, is there any response from Xiningwei?! Why haven't you seen the Pioneer coming? Could there be a problem? ”

Shen Yuhong couldn't help but worry. Xiao Ruoyuan's distress letter has been sent out for four hours, and it stands to reason that even if the Xiningwei army has not arrived, the vanguard team should have arrived, why is there no news from Queensland?

"Xiningwei doesn't come, Wenzhen is certainly not guaranteed, Xiningwei is also a dead end, how can he not come?"

Shen Yuhong's question, Xiao Ruoyuan also thought about it. Zhao Yugang is a person, Xiao Ruoyuan is very clear. Although it is vicious, it will not fail to come!

Otherwise, how can Zhao Yugang, the general of Xiningwei, survive? rs