"Wang Shuai, are you looking for the last general?" Pei Shuozhang entered the big tent of the Chinese army and saluted a middle-aged man on the main seat.

The middle-aged man is the commander of this refusal city, Wang Xianben.

"General Pei is here." When Wang Xianben saw Pei Shuozhang, he smiled familiarly: "Sit, you don't have to be polite." ”

The two of them are both generals of the city of rejection, but they are very polite to each other, not as casual as ordinary generals. It's not for any other reason, it's just because the two of them are still relatives when they calculate their identities. Wang Xianben is the maiden nephew of the princess of the Northland, and Pei Shuozhang is the brother of the princess of the Northland.

Most of the ministers and generals under the command of the king of the north are relatives, which is also the only one among the eight kings of the Great Apocalypse. This is also something that cannot be helped, the territory of the Northland borders the most with the Beiyi, and the friction between the two sides is also the most. Every time an outsider is chosen as a general in the army, the cautious King of the North finally weighs it again and again, and considers it in many ways.

If you choose relatives, you have to rest assured, and you don't have to worry about Beiyi's spies getting in.

These relatives outside the military did not rely on their identities to do anything wrong and compete for power and profit. First, it is inconvenient, everyone has met, they are all relatives, who is flying and domineering? There's no need for that. As long as the Northland King clan does not fall, they can be regarded as both prosperous and lossless.

Second, those who can be selected as lieutenant generals and colonels, even if they are relatives, are all considered by the king of the north land himself. There are really some gentlemen, let alone entering the barracks, and they don't even know which way the door of the camp opens, so they just eat and wait for death as a rich boy.

As for the struggle for power, it is even more unnecessary. It is true that there have not been many wars in the past 600 years of the Great Apocalypse, but as long as there is a war, it is basically in the three domains of Beidi, Anxi, and Dingliao. The king of Beidi often admonishes his family that they have the ability to fight with Beiyi, and don't carry a gun in the nest.

Pei Shuozhang sat on the chair carefully, and only sat on half of his buttocks, very restrained: "Wang Shuai, I don't know what to do with the last general?" ”

When Wang Xianben saw it, he didn't break it, and said with a smile: "General Pei supervised the construction of the city of rejection, and it took a lot of hard work. When the marshal returns to the city, he will give advice to the prince and ask General Pei for credit! ”

Pei Shuozhang waved his hand again and again: "This is all within the scope of the end, and it is not enough to worry about." ”

Wang Xianben nodded, and said thoughtfully: "This... There's one more thing to find General Pei... Ben Shuai has just received a warrant from the prince..."

Pei Shuozhang immediately stood up, his expression solemn.

Wang Xianben waved his hand again and again: "General Pei doesn't have to be like this, it's too outward." Sit, sit. ”

After Pei Shuozhang sat down, Wang Xianben stared at his eyes and said word by word: "What the prince means is to give up the city of refusal, lead the people and horses, and withdraw to the original city!" ”

Pei Shuozhang's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't believe it: "What? Wang Shuai, this... Why? ”

The original city is already in the territory of the Northland. If the original city is withdrawn, it means that the hard work outside the northern Xinjiang for many years will be burned, and nearly 100 well-fortified earthen cities will be handed over to Beiyi. More importantly, once Beiyi goes south, it will drive straight into the north and reach the northern realm, and it will inevitably be ruined at that time.

Wang Xianben waved his hand lightly, and the sergeants standing in the tent rushed out of the tent and brought drapes. Now, the two of them were the only ones left in the tent.

"Now it's just you and me, and I'll have something to say. I guess it has something to do with the imperial court..."Wang Xianben said.

Pei Shuozhang's expression was dumb, and he was still immersed in the shock of giving up the city of rejection: "The imperial court... Ordered? But in addition to the Sui Gong, the prince is to the court..."Realizing the gaffe, Pei Shuozhang stopped himself in time.

Wang Xianben waved his hand casually: "The imperial court and Chu Xiang spent three years in Anhui City, pacifying Chu Xiang in one fell swoop, and Chu Xiang's son Ge Cifeng was also defeated and died. Rajah... Can you not be worried? ”

"So the prince thinks?" Pei Shuozhang's words came to his lips, but he didn't dare to say them.

Wang Xianben was a little bolder, but he didn't dare to say it directly, so he could only lip sync to Pei Shuozhang, and Pei Shuozhang's cold sweat dripped down.

"Raise your own respect!"

The feudal officials raised their own respect. This is a matter of the nine clans in any court, and it is not just a family and a surname, but the kind of punishment that is uprooted from top to bottom. It is indispensable to implicate countless innocent people, but no dynasty can tolerate rebellion, even if the law is lax.

Although the three kings of the north have long been uncontrolled by the imperial court, they have not openly rebelled against the imperial court, and there are things to do and some things not to do.

"It's good that you and I know it in our hearts, but I don't dare to spread it!" Wang Xianben waited for Pei Shuozhang to slow down a little, and reminded loudly.

Pei Shuozhang hurriedly shook his head: "The last general won't dare, the last general won't dare." "The officials in the Northland, most of them are relatives and neighbors, and they are all grasshoppers on a rope. If it really happens, no one can run away, who will be afraid of talking nonsense everywhere if their life is long?

"So, what are Wang Shuai's plans?" Pei Shuozhang asked cautiously.

"Naturally, the army is withdrawn, how to violate the warrant of the prince? It's just that... This retreat also has a particular one. If you want to retreat, you must also retreat beautifully..."Wang Xianben stared at Pei Shuozhang's fat face, his eyes were a little meaningful. He knew that Pei Shuozhang was a smart person and could understand what he meant.

Pei Shuozhang cast an inquiring look, and when he saw Wang Xianben nodding slowly, he stood up again, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly with a hint of bitterness: "Wang Shuai, the scouts found that there was a small group of Beiyi troops outside the city. Weekend... The last general, please lead 500 soldiers and horses to destroy the enemy! ”

Whether the soldiers outside could hear it or not, it was necessary to do it anyway.

Wang Xianben also responded loudly: "Okay! General Pei's courage is commendable! However, the Beiyi Army is not a trivial person. This marshal and your 1,000 soldiers and horses go to meet the enemy, I wish General Pei a triumphant return! ”

Pei Shuozhang smiled bitterly, it was impossible to return triumphantly, he would definitely be defeated when he went out this time. Then the enemy pursued the city and attacked it in a hurry. Wang Xianben and his Pei Shuozhang had no choice but to abandon the city in order to protect the people who built the city. When he arrives at the prince, he will definitely not be cured of the crime of defeating the army, and if he is in a good mood, he may be rewarded with a merit of compassion and love for the people, and a degree of progress and retreat.

Out of the military tent, Pei Shuozhang directly ordered his own pro-army soldiers and horses, opened the city gate, and led the troops out of the city in this way, looking for the "Beiyi enemy army".

Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong were standing in the trench outside the city, and before the afternoon started, the two of them sat bored on the ground and chatted. Yi Xiaodao heard the sound of horses' hooves and poked his head out to look out.

"Something is wrong!" Yi Xiaodao said to himself.

"What's wrong?" Bai Xinglong was a little puzzled.

Yi Xiaodao pointed to the thousand soldiers and horses that were gradually moving away: "Do you know what General Pei is going to do with these soldiers and horses?" ”

Bai Xinglong was a little speechless: "How do I know? ”

"This is the North Gate, what is General Pei going to do when he comes out of the North Gate with these soldiers and horses? If you want to go back to the north, the east gate, the west gate, and the south gate should be closer than the north gate! Yi Xiaodao said the doubts in his heart.

As soon as Yi Xiaodao said this, Bai Xinglong also came to the spirit: "Yes, further north is the place of Beiyi." ”

"Are you going to fight Beiyi? But in that case, it won't make much sense for us to build the Rejection City here... So much so that the day and the day change... There must be something strange about this! Yi Xiaodao made up his mind, if the Northern Land had always changed its order, it would be impossible to compete with Beiyi for so many years.

Yi Xiaodao jumped lightly and jumped onto the ground: "Let's go, go and see." ”

Bai Xinglong kicked the iron pickaxe and iron hoe in his mouth, he had done enough hard work these days, and he didn't want to see these iron tools again. turned over and jumped on the ground, his face was a little happy: "Wu Dinggong, do you want to keep up with them?" ”

"Hmmm! But don't be careless, you go to the forest and get a sword, I'll follow first, and I'll leave you a mark along the way. Yi Xiaodao had already rushed out first.

Bai Xinglong remembered Yi Xiaodao's mark and couldn't help laughing.

Yi Xiaodao's so-called mark is to draw a sword, but his painting skills are really average, and when he first saw it, Bai Xinglong thought it was a hammer. It's still painted according to the sword of the white star dragon, and it is not good to draw the scoop according to the gourd.

The two of them took light work and acted separately. Bai Xinglong went to get the sword, and Yi Xiaodao tracked down the Northland Army.

When the rest of the people in the trench heard the movement and looked up, the two were long gone.

Pei Shuozhang led a thousand soldiers and horses to the north, and after about half an hour, he didn't dare to go again. If you go again, you will really meet the Beiyi people. As for his own thousand soldiers and horses, if he meets the Beiyi people, it is not enough for them to have a dish.

"Fight the horse, turn back." Pei Shuozhang turned his horse's head and ordered to return to the army.

A thousand soldiers and horses were all Pei Shuozhang's pro-army, and they didn't hesitate at all about his military orders, everyone turned around and went back, and no one asked why.

But after turning around, Pei Shuozhang made a difficulty, if he went back like this, a thousand people were intact, and he said that he had lost the battle, who could believe it? Even if these Northland soldiers and civilians don't spread the word, it's not good to get the word out.

Give the team a bit of a loss? As soon as this idea arose, it was dispelled by Pei Shuozhang, they were all Pao Ze brothers, and he was unwilling to harm any of them.

"Listen, I'm taking credit for you, you know? When I went back, I said that I met the Beiyi people, and we fought with the Beiyi people, beheaded dozens of people, and both sides retreated! When we go back, we can change our defenses, withdraw our troops from the original city, and we don't have to worry about the rejection of the city, do you hear clearly? Pei Shuozhang shouted at a thousand soldiers and horses.

Everyone nodded again and again, in the past, Pei Shuozhang gave them a lot of benefits, although they were all inconsequential things, but this showed that General Pei was thinking about them in his heart. People's hearts are long, and General Pei lied about some small military exploits for everyone, so naturally no one would make him uncomfortable and expose him.

But just when the front army of the Northland Army turned to the rear army, Pei Shuozhang just slapped his horse and happened to bump into Yi Xiaodao, who was quietly following behind.

The vast grassland, unobstructed, Yi Xiaodao, a big living person, has nowhere to hide if he wants to, more than a thousand pairs of eyes, where can he hide?

When Pei Shuozhang saw Yi Xiaodao, he narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

No matter what the reason for this person to appear here, he must not let it go!

Yi Xiaodao's eyes widened, and his face was terrified. He saw that behind Pei Shuozhang, in the grassland to the north, there was a boundless Beiyi army...