Master Duan sat down weakly, his hands shrunk in his sleeves couldn't stop trembling, and suddenly they bounced up suddenly, staring at Zhou Chunliang in front of him, and asked as if there was still a glimmer of hope: "And then?" ”

"Then..."Lord Zhou's head was lowered, as if he didn't want Lord Duan behind the case to see his panic, "Then, the man at the head said that they ran out of Chaotian Pass, and the barbarian entered the pass as early as a month ago, and it was not until two days ago that the city pass was opened to let the people out of the city. ”

"You're lying" Master Duan seemed to have noticed the problem, and said eagerly, "How could the barbarian enter the customs a month ago, how could it be?" Even if the Northwest Army is completely destroyed, as long as the city is not out, it is no problem to defend it for ten years. ”

Lord Zhou's head was lowered and almost touched the ground, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, according to what the man said, Wu Youfang, the Taishou of Chaotian Pass, abandoned the city and fled, and the barbarian entered the pass without spending a single soldier."

When Lord Duan heard this, it seemed that the last bit of strength in his body had been drained, and he sat down on the chair, his face as pale as paper, and looked at Zhou Chunliang speechless for a long time. It wasn't until Zhou Chunliang called the adults several times in a row that he gradually came back to his senses.

Duan Liangzhou was speechless, his mind was full of many tragic things after the grassland people entered the customs, burning, killing and looting, bloody slaughter for thousands of miles, and the population of Northwest Province did not exist for ten years, etc., which frightened him so much that he sweated like rain and his face was like gold paper.

"My lord, the top priority is to take precautions as soon as possible, so as not to prevent the grassland people from going south to attack the city" Zhou Chunliang looked at the Jiedu envoy who had lost his mind, and almost burst into tears. The original little caution in his heart was well hidden by him at this time, but on the contrary, he showed the worry and fear of his boss in a timely manner.

"Yes, yes, yes" Jiedu finally cheered up the spirit, "You immediately send people to the three counties of Shanyang, Lianyun, and Dafeng, and urge the soldiers and horses of the three counties to gather here as soon as possible." Once the Lord recovered from the panicked state, he immediately showed the wisdom of the first leader, "Also, this official immediately sent a letter of eight hundred miles to the imperial capital to explain the current critical situation. ”

Lord Duan took a deep breath, looked at the Weiyang County Guard who was still kneeling under the case, and sighed in his heart that if it weren't for this person's delicate handling of things, I am afraid that he would have missed such a major military situation. At that time, the grassland cavalry will be in the city, and Weiyang County will be poorly prepared, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Thinking of this, Lord Duan also disappeared in his heart because of the little mustard who had not recruited troops effectively before. "In addition, send spies to the north to find out the movements of the steppe people. After more than a month of retreat, now that the city is opened, there must be a plan. ”

Lord Duan said many arrangements in one breath, which made Zhou Chunliang speechless in shock, and sure enough, none of the old foxes were fuel-efficient lamps. However, seeing that the festival had made the lord hand over many arrangements to himself, he also knew that today's goal had been achieved. I was happy in my heart, but I was silent on the surface, "My lord, General Luo on the right side of Longyou, do you have to send someone to tell me?" Zhou Chunliang thought about it for a while, and decided to remind the envoy of Jiedu: "If you wait for the adult's excerpt to enter Beijing, and then transfer to General Longyouluo, I'm afraid it will be too late." ”

Jiedu made Duan Liang and Lord Zhou take a deep look at Zhou Chunliang, and his opinion of him in his heart was raised a few points, because he was indeed negligent in this matter, if Luo Shiquan really didn't know about the fact that the grassland people had entered the customs, and rashly led his troops to rush to Chaotian Pass, in case he was ambushed by the barbarians, the consequences would be unimaginable, "Lord Zhou is thoughtful, it should be like this." ”

Zhou Chunliang lifted the hem of the official robe, straightened up, and then said: "Your Excellency praises falsely, and the lower officials will go and arrange the orders of the adults one by one." ”

After Zhou Chunliang withdrew from the study, Master Duan rubbed his forehead and sighed: "Eventful, eventful." ”

If Lord Duan only relied on Zhou Chunliang's words to firmly believe in the fact that the grassland people had entered the customs, it would seem that he, a frontier official, was a little reckless. But Lord Duan has been up and down for decades, and although he has doubts in his heart, it does not prevent him from issuing several orders one after another, and besides, these orders were originally what he was going to do. Moreover, Lord Duan also believed that Zhou Chunliang was also the guard of a county, and he would never dare to lie about such a major military situation under his nose. Of course, the "homeless" mentioned by Lord Zhou, he must still ask in person. It's just that Lord Duan hasn't waited for the "wanderers" to come to see him, but the spies he sent to Chaotian Pass a few days ago have finally returned, and the news he brought is exactly the same as what Lord County Shou said. In this way, the last trace of luck in the depths of Lord Duan's heart was gone.

With Zhou Chunliang's return to the county guard's mansion, in order not to panic the people in the city, a series of orders were secretly issued. Although the people didn't know what was going on, the people patrolling the city on the streets of the city were obviously diligent, and the inventory of entering and leaving the city gate was also strict, and the entire Qixian City in Weiyang County was in a solemn atmosphere.

In the room of an inn in the city, a large jug of wine was warm on the table, and the aroma was tempting. Liao Chonghai, the big man at the table, glared at Li Yihuan opposite and shouted; "Fourth, don't chirp the girls, it has to be hot to drink, and it doesn't take much effort."

Li Yihuan glanced at him and sneered: "Then don't go down to a bowl and shout that it's really fragrant." That cold wine also tastes good, you should go."

Liao Chonghai sneered: "Hehe, I'm not in a hurry to get on the fire, this wine is about to boil, you still don't let me move, who is not in a hurry."

Li Yihuan was unmoved, so he didn't hear it, and continued to use a slender iron rod to slowly stir the fiery red charcoal fire, so that they could burn quickly in the room, so as to dispel the cold of early spring in the room, after all, there was still a person among them who had not recovered from his injuries.

It has been more than a month since the first battle in the Northwest Grassland, and although the young Chen Xun was injured in many places that day, fortunately, it was not too serious, and now it is fine. The young man looked sad, looking at the appearance of the fairy city now being loose on the outside and tight on the inside, the festival envoy who was sitting here and the county guard Zhou must have put their reminders in their hearts, plus the opening of the Chaotian Pass, the spies of Daxing must have returned one after another, and the matter of the grassland people's entry into the customs must have been confirmed, and the next thing is to see how to deal with it.

"Looking for a boy, listen to the eighth uncle, or you go back to the capital with us, there is a mess here, and you can't intervene" Liao Chonghai rubbed his hands, looked at the wine jug in the middle of the table, and said angrily. He didn't think so deeply, he always felt that there was going to be a war, and it was not a matter to leave the young man alone on this northern border.

"This is still a human saying" Li Yihuan snorted, got up and lifted the wine jug with his hand, and filled a bowl for Liao Chonghai. Then he sat down, poured a cup with a pot, tasted it lightly and said: "Xun'er, the affairs of the Northwest Army are definitely not over, why don't you go back to Beijing with us, so you can take care of it." Li Yihuan thinks a lot, now that the war is about to start, there must be people in the DPRK who resent Li Yannian's confusion, which led to Chaotianguan falling into the hands of the grassland people, and it is a foregone conclusion that Beijing will investigate Li Yannian's matter. In Li Yihuan's view, those adults in the court can't do anything else, but this kind of thing of falling into the well is a matter of being caught, that is, "making something out of nothing", and it will not be impossible. Therefore, Chen Xun went back to Beijing with them, and if someone really looked for something without opening their eyes, they could also cover them one by one.

Chen Xun shook his head, his smart eyes were a little depressed at this time, and after thinking about it, he said: "Now that the war is about to start, I am afraid that no one in the DPRK and China will be able to concentrate on investigating the matter of the Northwest Army, but I will pursue it."

"So, Xun'er, you have to go back to Beijing with us, what can you find out here, and after we go back, we will have a relationship, maybe we can find something." Li Yihuan persuaded again, he was distressed that the young man had suffered a lot when he had been out alone for so many years, but he didn't want him to continue to suffer. If you can bring him back this time, even if it will fool him once.

Chen Xun obviously knew his kindness, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Fourth uncle, now I am the only remaining seedling in the Northwest Army, if I can't find anything on this front line, what else can I find out when I return to Beijing?" ”

Li Yihuan originally wanted to persuade Chen Xun with the fact that the Northwest Army's lone seedling could not have an accident, but when he saw the boss Baijia scholar waving his hand, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.