Two days after the troops were dispatched, the Chuanxun team sent by the Fengjinjie arrived at Dingyuan Pass.

After all, the return speed of his large team was slightly slow, and he was afraid that Dingyuanguan was worried, and he also wanted to know if there were any other opinions or information on Dingyuanguan's sudden retreat of Chen's army, so according to the old practice of previous expeditions, he sent a small team of men and horses to rush back to Dingyuanguan on horseback and report everything. If Dingyuanguan has other orders or other information reports, you can also know his route and location, and send someone to contact him in time.

It's a pity that for this matter, no one can figure it out from top to bottom in Dingyuan, so everyone has to wait for the return of the whole army of Fengjinjie.

Unexpectedly, not long after this team entered the customs, Lu Dongli and the generals asked about the separation and the situation of the war in detail, and there was a rumor outside that the Xun soldiers came to report quickly: "Commander, this is ...... The team arrived at ......"

Everyone was stunned, there was no reason for the 3,000 people of the Wind Festival to come so quickly.

Fortunately, the herald continued: "It's from the pass, a large group of people. ”

Lu Dongli got up suddenly: "How many people, how far is it?" ”

"It is estimated that there are still about ten miles, and looking at the people, I am afraid that there are twenty or thirty thousand."

Lu Dongli didn't say much, and walked out of the Shuai Mansion quickly, and the other generals looked at each other, and they couldn't hide their surprise, and they followed out together.

Lu Dongli traveled to the highest in Dingyuan Pass? Walk briskly in front of the lookout.

The lookout is set up to observe the enemy's situation, the position is extremely high, so the space is limited, there are only two generals, the action is fast, and the position can be followed by Lu Dongli? Lookout.

Within Dingyuan Pass, it is a thousand miles of fertile soil, a vast plain, a very wide field of vision, and the weather is clear, and the eyes can look farther. Wait for the three of them to board? When looking at the platform, the yellow dust raised by the march of the distant brigade was quite obvious, although it was still impossible to see the banner and armor, but the crowding team was already vaguely recognizable.

The second general was confused: "What's the matter?" It's been a long time since we've been here in such a big group. ”

"Yes, even if there have been previous increases in troops, it is only a team of a few thousand people."

Lu Dongli looked into the distance and said lightly: "It's too far away, I can't see it very clearly, but the people and horses in front of the army, with bright clothes and armor, and gorgeous honor guards, must have come from the capital, but the smoke and dust raised by the march are rising one by one, clear and not chaotic, tens of thousands of horses marching can be so orderly, the royal forest army in the capital, which has never gone through any actual combat, has never experienced any actual combat, and there is absolutely no such elite soldiers." ”

"What does the marshal mean is that in this team, there are honor guards of officials from the capital, but the soldiers and horses are transferred from elsewhere?"

"Where did it come from? Our Great Zhao State can be called a team of elite soldiers, and it is more than enough to count with five fingers. ”

Lu Dongli looked into the distance fixedly, silent.

Although Zhao has never cultivated military equipment, it is not the whole country's army that is in ruins, and there are always a few that can barely be justified.

Although Zhao was surrounded by the sea on three sides and had few threats from foreign enemies, he was inevitably harassed by pirates.

Of course, no matter how powerful the pirates are, at most they will rob and kill the people along the coast, and they will definitely not be able to shake the foundation of the Zhao State, so the Zhao court is not very concerned about this.

However, for generations, in order to deal with pirates, Zhao has really produced a few good generals and a few excellent armies along the coast.

And in the country, in addition to a bunch of incompetent generals who do not work, there are indeed one or two armies, because of the success of many times to exterminate bandits and rogues and several actions to quell the rebellion of the people, and the training is almost the same, and the generals have also achieved military exploits.

Of course, the battles fought by these generals, no matter how big, could not compare to the battles between countries, and in the eyes of the generals of Dingyuanguan, they were just small fights. No matter how great the credit is, it has been covered by the light of Dingyuan Pass's fight against Chen Jun over the years.

Lu Dongli was silent for a while, and finally said, "Send someone to ask quickly, who is here?" Let's get ready first. ”

The two generals should be together, no matter what the purpose of this army is, no matter who is coming, there will always be a will or an order, which needs to be greeted with formal etiquette.

No matter whether the incoming army is to be stationed permanently or suspended, so many people, the point of stationing, food and water, and all settling down are cumbersome and troublesome.

Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent's army has not yet arrived, it is necessary to immediately mobilize the whole army to prepare, so as not to be in a hurry and not cope with it well, and call the officials from the capital to see the joke.

But after the promise, neither of the two generals moved, and after a while, someone hesitated slightly, and said with some confidence, "Dashuai, do you think it will be here to reinforce us?" ”。

This time, I found out that Chen Guo's army was assembled, and they did go to the document asking for reinforcements, but they never got any response.

Therefore, this sentence, the people who say it, and the people who listen to it, actually don't dare to take it seriously.

But, for some reason, each

I felt a little panicked inexplicably, and instinctively wanted to find some reason.

Lu Dongli didn't realize that his face was a little pale, his eyes were fixed on the distance, in front of his subordinates, he had to try to suppress the strange ominous omen in his heart, and said with a forced smile: "Why stand here and suspect yourself, when they come, you will naturally know."

Soon after the Fengjin Festival sent out a news team, he also led 3,000 men and embarked on the road back to Dingyuanguan. Seeing that the Dingyuan Pass is getting closer and closer, the stronger the anxiety and depression in my heart. Although he tried his best to explain himself, maybe everything was just Zhang Minxin's jokes, he still felt uncertain in the end, so when the crazy shouting from afar came, his body shook slightly, his heart was relieved, and he thought with a little bitterness: "It's finally here." ”

Wang Dabao rode alone and rushed desperately, but he could not stand up, the horse neighed miserably, bent his knees and fell to the ground, Wang Dabao rolled off the horse, supported the ground with both hands, and used his strength twice, but he could not stand up.

It can be seen that he has rushed all the way, and in order to increase the speed to the maximum, he has already overdrawn all his strength.

Xiaodao and the other two guards quickly dismounted, helped Wang Dabao up, and asked in surprise: "Dabao, what happened?" ”

Wang Dabao looked for the figure of Feng Jinjie in the crowd with dull eyes, and then pounced in front of Feng Jinjie's horse, and shouted neighingly: "General, run, run quickly, the emperor sent a messenger to kill you." ”

As soon as the words came out, the whole army was shocked and inexplicable, except for the Wind Festival.

At this moment, he didn't even seem to move his eyebrows, but just glanced at Wang Dabao fixedly.

This tall and brave guard, his face was covered with dust and sand, his fingers were faintly bleeding from the desperate grip of the reins and the desperate whip, his face was blank and tired, and his eyes were full of panic and anxiety.

Originally, he was just a cell head in a small county town, and in that dark and dark prison, he saw many miserable situations in the world and injustices in the world, and he was also very accustomed to treating himself as an oppressor.

However, this time, in the face of such a drastic change, he still felt frightened, angry, confused, puzzled, and unacceptable.

Why is it that when a person has endured countless hardships for the country and made endless contributions, the country wants to repay him with death.

Why is it that when a general, who is fighting for the country abroad, brings a body of exhaustion and dust, and returns with glory and merit all the way, a eunuch will come and directly punish him with a killing decree.

The excessive shock and injustice made him have no strength to think, he just shouted desperately: "General, the marshal asked me to inform you to flee quickly, if you go back to the city, he can't save you, and he won't save you, you ......"

Feng Jinjie leaned on the horse's back, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and smiled faintly: "Okay, okay, I know, don't worry, speak slowly." ”

His eyes were soft and warm, even the soldiers who were panicked and couldn't believe all this, and Wang Dabao, who showed some signs of collapse because of his excitement and panic, felt inexplicably calmer under such a calm gaze.

In order to appease everyone's emotions, he is always the calmest and quietest one, just a peaceful gaze, but this moment is natural, through everyone, all time and space, as if at this moment, I saw the truth and the initiator hidden behind the whole thing.

Chen Jun's unusual moves, the sudden holy decree from the capital, the cunning rabbit is not dead, the birds are not finished, but it is unreasonable to suddenly cook a dog and hide a bow, everything is completely connected at this moment.

He didn't know whether to be helpless or sigh bitterly in his heart: "I see, alas, it is really fatal without a perfect intelligence network, Zhao and Chen have such a big incident, but I don't know any news, such an afterthought, being killed by someone, really deserves it." ”

At this time, Wang Dabao was also much calmer, and began to tell the whole process of the shock in a hoarse voice: "Two days ago, we suddenly found that there was a large army in the customs that was marching towards our side, and the marshal sent someone to inquire, and the person who came back reported that he was ......."