The third night after the first battle in Xizhou finally passed.

In the Langcheng General's Mansion, although the second prince and the treasurer slept late last night, the two still got up early in the morning, because they had a hunch that the king of Gudi would definitely send a messenger to Langcheng this morning to convey the order to transfer troops.

Not surprisingly, the Gene People will soon launch a second attack battle, and the first line of defense to the west of the Ancient City, Gu Xicheng, is undoubtedly the first target that the Gene People will capture after entering the territory of the Ancient Land.

Although there were twenty legions stationed in Guxi City, ten of them were newly recruited recruits, and the five legions of the third prince were defeated and returned, so morale was undoubtedly very low. Therefore, once the gene people attack, the ancient west city will not last long, and the gene people will take advantage of the victory to attack the ancient city.

The second prince and the treasurer agreed that the king of Gudi would mobilize at least five legions of Langcheng to the ancient city for reinforcements.

Before the first war, the two thought that the king would mobilize at least five corps of Langcheng to defend Guxi City, but the king of Gudi did not do so, and the reason for sending messengers to Langcheng to convey the reason was to preserve the strength of Langcheng's legions, because Langcheng's legions were the strongest in combat and should stay in the last critical moment to play, in addition, the king of Gudi was still wary of the king of Nandi.

However, the day after the fall of the West Earth, the king sent a messenger to Langcheng to convey the order that the Langcheng army was still on standby, and the reason of the ancient land king this time was that the Langcheng army would be used in the final battle of the ancient city.

If the Langcheng legion is transferred to Guxi City, not only will the fatigue of soldiers and horses be too far away, but the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and that small city will no longer be able to accommodate more corps garrisoned, once the logistics supply line is cut off by the gene people, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are in Xidi City, it will not be able to hold it.

Because Haidong had the telegraph of the expeditionary force, and the Qizhou Chamber of Commerce was always well-informed all over Xizhou, the second prince and the treasurer regarded Haidong as the most reliable source of information. Haidong immediately made a detailed report to the second prince, the treasurer and other army commanders on the situation of the four fronts in the first battle.

The Langcheng Legion gained a lot of combat experience and lessons from the information of Haidong, and the second prince and the legion commander all believed that the chariot of the genetic people was not only lethal but also fast, and if they just stuck to the city, they would definitely be beaten passively until they were all wiped out, and the Xizhou Legion could only win by learning the combat experience of Nancheng.

To this end, the second prince wrote a letter to send a messenger to his father, listing the combat experience of Nancheng, and requesting permission for the Langcheng army to build fortifications in advance in the hilly area outside the west gate of the ancient city, once the gene people attack the ancient city, the Langcheng army will fight sniper warfare and movement warfare outside the ancient city according to the experience of Nancheng.

The second prince and the treasurer waited in the General's Mansion until noon and there was no sign of the messenger, because they had not slept enough for several days, and they felt tired and unbearable after eating Chinese food, so they took a rest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them lay down on the bed, they heard the guard outside the door report: "Second General, Lord Joiner, Your Majesty's messenger has arrived!" ”

The shouts of the guards outside the door were not loud enough to frighten the sleepers, but to the second prince and the treasurer it was like hearing a thunderclap, and they suddenly jumped out of their beds to meet the king's messenger.

Five people hurriedly walked in from outside the door, and the second prince and the treasurer who walked in front of them recognized him at a glance, he was originally a leader of the guards in the inner courtyard of the palace. But the four people behind him were all unfamiliar faces, and the second prince and the treasurer believed they had never seen each other before.

There is no doubt that the leader of the guard in front of him is the king's messenger today, and the four people behind him are the messenger guards.

This situation puzzled both the second prince and the treasurer, because the communication between the king of Gudi and Langcheng had always been guarded by special messengers and messengers, and the guards of these messengers were all the top masters in the army, and they were not only super strong in combat, but also had the same trust of the king as the messengers, and had the loyalty to die unyieldingly.

In order to prevent information from being obtained by the enemy in the middle of the way, important information is often transmitted orally by these special messengers, and in the event of an accident on the way, these messenger escorts will take over the duties of the messenger to complete the mission.

However, at such a critical time, the king uncharacteristically changed the messenger, and the messenger guards were all strangers.

Although he knew the second prince and the treasurer, the messenger was not only not happy but a little flustered when he saw the two, and he did not say a polite word, but hurriedly took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to the second prince.

According to the rules, anyone entering the General's Mansion must leave their weapons with them to the guards outside the door, so neither the courier nor the four guards were carrying any visible weapons at this time.

Because of the anomaly of the messenger this time, and the fact that the four guards behind him were all strangers, the treasurer's eyes paid special attention to the every move of the four people, and saw that they looked nervous, and one hand was inserted into one pocket of his shirt and pants, intentionally or unintentionally.

The second prince opened the letter and looked at it, and there were only two lines of words in it: "Order the second general of the Langcheng Army and the treasurer of the army to rush to the palace of the ancient city to discuss the important affairs of the military aircraft. ”

The second prince glanced at it and then handed the letter to the treasurer, because the messenger who sent the letter today behaved abnormally, and the four messenger guards were suspicious, the treasurer not only read the content of the letter but also carefully checked the signature, handwriting and seal of the letter, and nodded to the second prince after confirming that there was nothing suspicious.

The treasurer then looked at the messenger with a sharp gaze and said, "Why did Your Majesty send the five of you to deliver the letter today, and where are the original messengers and guards?" ”

Without thinking, the messenger said, "Report to your lordship, because Your Majesty's messenger has another mission!" ”

"What mission?" The second prince asked angrily, at such a life-and-death moment, the father actually temporarily changed his messenger, could it be that there are more important people and things than himself and the Langcheng army at this moment?

The messenger looked a little flustered and stammered: "Report to the second general's army, the last general doesn't know." ”

"The four brothers behind you have never seen Ben before joining the army, who are they?" The treasurer asked, because the person who could act as the messenger's guard should be the core guard of the inner courtyard of the palace, and the treasurer was an important minister by the side of the king of Gudi before Langcheng took office, but he had never seen the four people in front of him.

The messenger seemed to be prepared, and said calmly: "Report to your lordship, they are all newly selected palace guards by Your Majesty. ”

The second prince waved his hand angrily and said, "You go back and tell Your Majesty that this prince and the army will set off immediately after arranging military affairs, and they will definitely rush to the palace before dark." ”

"Yes!" The five messengers turned and left.

The second prince sat down in the room with a displeased face, the treasurer glanced at the letter again, and said with his eyebrows locked: "It is understandable that Your Majesty summoned us into the palace at this time, but it is a bit abnormal to suddenly change the messenger today, did the second prince just pay attention to the four people behind the messenger The expression was very nervous, one of their hands was stuck in the pocket, and the treasurer thought that there were weapons such as hidden weapons or short guns in the pockets. ”

The second prince was shocked, stood up and said, "Brother Treasurer thinks they want to assassinate the two of us?" Arrest them back for interrogation! ”

"I can't ask why I was caught, their posture is to be ready to fight hard at any time, and if they are caught wrong, it will be a crime of killing their heads." The treasurer advised.

The second prince looked at the treasurer with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that someone in the palace has been rebelled by the undersea people?" But my fourth brother's ten corps had already been transferred back to the ancient city to garrison outside the city, and he would know about something in the palace as soon as possible, so why didn't he send someone to inform me? ”

"Therefore, it may be normal for Your Majesty to change messengers, but now is a time of war, just in case, the prince will immediately summon the commanders of all legions to come here for a meeting to arrange the military affairs after the two of us leave Langcheng, and in addition, transfer two cavalry regiments to the ancient city with the two of us. If the seamen start a second battle, Your Majesty should transfer at least five of our corps to defend outside the ancient city. "Treasurer Road.

The second prince nodded in agreement.

Kapok and the father and daughter of the King of Nandi are in the King's office discussing how to deal with the imminent second all-out attack of the Gene Humans.

At this moment, a guard wearing body armor and a helmet outside the door walked in and said to Kapok: "Lord, the king of Gudi sent a messenger to bring you a letter, and the messenger originally insisted that he must see you and hand over this letter to you in person, but I refused. ”

Although the messenger from the ancient city repeatedly asked to meet Kapok to deliver the letter, according to the death order given to several of Kapok's personal guards when Yagu was leaving, no outsiders were allowed to come into direct contact with Kapok. What's more, these guards had personally experienced the battle in the palace of the King of the Ancient Land, and they were wary of the King of the Ancient Land, so they flatly refused the request of the messenger of the Ancient City.

It is also reasonable for the King of Gudi to send a messenger at this time, but when Kapok Zi took the letter and read it, he was a little surprised, because King Gudi did not directly ask the expeditionary force to support the ancient city, but asked Kapok Zi and the military advisor to go to the palace of the ancient city today to discuss the matter of the war of resistance.

The father and daughter of the king of Nandi were unanimously opposed to Kapok going to the ancient city because it was too risky and unnecessary.

The king of Nandi said angrily: "This king of the ancient land does not know what An's heart is, the war has begun, and the battle situation is very clear, now the most important thing is to refer to the experience of Nancheng to prepare for the second life-and-death battle with the genetic people, if he really has any major things, he can say it in this letter, why does the prince need to go to the ancient city to negotiate with him in person?"

"No matter what, the prince can't go to the ancient city, even if the king of the ancient land doesn't have any bad intentions, but I'm afraid he will be ambushed by the gene people along the way." Princess Nanling's tone was even more resolute.

Kapok himself didn't want to go to the ancient city to do any more useless adventures, so he said to the guards: "You tell the messenger and ask them to go back and tell the king of the ancient land, and this envoy will take time to go to the ancient city to meet him." ”

At this time, the guards sent a telegram, which was sent by Langcheng Haidong.

The telegram read: "The king of Gudi ordered the second prince and the treasurer to enter the palace to discuss matters, and the second prince and the treasurer were worried that something would happen to the palace guards, so they specially led two cavalry regiments to the ancient city together. ”