The north is bitterly cold and inaccessible.

The Great Wall is divided into three parts: the city wall, the beacon tower, and the Guancheng, of which the Guancheng is the most important, it is the most concentrated defense base on the defense line of the Great Wall, and it is also the main place where the frontier soldiers are stationed.

There are nine stops in the world, headed by Yanmen, Yanmen Pass is the place where General Mengzhong is stationed, and it is also the first gateway to fight against Beimeng.

Mengzhong has been guarding the Great Wall for 17 years, since the first emperor conquered the north, he has been stationed here, and the soldiers under his command have changed several batches, the only thing that remains unchanged is him, the main general.

On the hill outside the pass, a continuous trumpet sounded, and a personal soldier climbed the beacon tower, looked out, and hurriedly turned around to report: "General, the Meng people are blowing trumpets and gathering, and there are at least five or six thousand people in the valley on the left!" ”

The Central Plains people play drums, Yididuo uses horns, it is said that the horns used by Beimeng come from the mountains and seas of the strange beast "Hideous", the sound is as sonorous as hitting a stone.

Meng Zhong put on extremely heavy armor, revealing only his eyes: "Recently, Mengren Koubian has become more and more frequent, do you want to start a complete war?" ”

The adjutant general asked tentatively, "General, do you want to ask the imperial court for help?" It's okay to harass a small group, but if the Meng people come to attack it, I'm just afraid..."

Meng Zhong held a spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear pointed directly at the outside of the pass: "This will be, and the people of Meng will not be able to cross the Great Wall by half a step." ”

This tall, heavily armoured, taciturn man is the most powerful spiritual pillar in the Northlands.

About 5,000 Meng people attacked Yanmen Pass, and while the leading Meng general sounded the horn of attack, Meng Zhong also personally waved drumsticks and beat the war drums.

10,000 cadres stood on the city wall, holding bows and arrows, holding stones, and carrying sandalwoods, waiting for the Meng people on the border of Kou.

"Under the Great Wall, guard my mountains and rivers!"

The battle was imminent, and after leaving behind 300 corpses, the Meng people retreated.

The Great Wall, a tall, sturdy and continuous wall, stands in the north, in a simple and unpretentious way, preventing countless Yidi from encroaching on the Central Plains.

This was true for 5,000 years ago, and it is the same today.

If a large group of men and horses want to cross the Great Wall, unless they fight hard with manpower, no one can say how many men will be lost.

"General, our army has beheaded three hundred and sixty-six people, and has suffered eighty-seven casualties, of which twenty-three are lightly wounded...."

The adjutant general cleaned up the battlefield, and this battle loss ratio, even if it was supported by the Great Wall, was extremely rare.

"Is the pension ready?"

Meng Zhong took off his heavy helmet and took a deep breath, Beimeng has been Koubian many times, but he has not sent a second-grade master, or even a third- or fourth-grade master, only a small group of people, and he can't even form a cloud qi, but he still treats it cautiously.

The lieutenant seemed a little embarrassed: "Ready, it's... It's just some... Not enough. ”

"Running out of money?" Meng Chong's brows furrowed: "Hasn't this year's salary arrived?" ”

.........................

Zhao Yan took the silver and the Zhao family's personal soldiers and left Luoyi and headed to the north.

It was declared to the outside world that in recent years, Beimeng had repeatedly violated the border, and the soldiers guarding the Great Wall were too hard, so the little emperor deliberately took the gold and silver from the internal treasury to reward the border army.

"General, the old master is greedy for the Mo treasury, Your Majesty must also be suspicious of us, this batch of silver is a lot, why don't you run away directly?"

"Robbed the silver and led the brothers straight down to the south of the Yangtze River, and took refuge in the descendants of the Six Kingdoms, with the ability of the general, he must be a guest!"

The soldiers looked at the carts of silver, and they were a little greedy.

The old master was greedy for a lot of silver, and he didn't use it for a tael, so he hid it and didn't enjoy it, and finally died, and he didn't know what was wrong with his brain.

"Get out."

Zhao Yan is a big mouth when he starts his hand, can he talk nonsense?

The troops escorting the silver were only him and his own soldiers on the surface, and I am afraid that there were many people in secret.

The little emperor is just poor, and he is not stupid, how can he rest assured that the son of the criminal minister who has just been found to be corrupt can transport the military salary alone?

"Hey, hey, hey...."

When the soldiers were beaten, they had to laugh, stepped aside, held their knives, and played with their colleagues.

In fact, he is the spy of the Lingyi Guard, the personal soldier of the Zhao family, and the vest he put on many years ago.

Zhao Yan took out a bag from his shirt and thought: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng gave me three bags, the first one to be opened after leaving Luoyi, that is, now." ”

He opened the first bag, and there was a piece of yellow paper with the word "濛" on it.

Zhao Yan: "...."

Fortunately, on the reverse side of the paper, there is a detailed explanation.

"The Meng people colluded with important members of the imperial court, and there may be an abnormality in the north? Does this mean that the Meng people want to invade in a big way? ”

"It's all in collusion with Yidi, this kind of official is still there, and the little emperor's means are still not enough...."

Zhao Yan was suddenly stunned:

"Shouldn't this important member of the court be my father?"

"No, what my father, that's a traitor! Rebels and thieves! ”

Then there was a headache: "Collusion with the enemy country cannot be an individual act, the forces behind it must be extremely huge, even I don't know, maybe it's those people..."

"Lao Tzu has no contact with Beimeng, so he has no burden on me at all."

"If there is a problem with the military salary, this batch of silver is a reassuring pill to stabilize the border army of the Great Wall, it is too important, I go out of the city so aggressively, those people may not dare to intercept and kill halfway."

"The little emperor is not only testing me, but also using me as bait, the guards in the dark can't count on it, I was intercepted and killed, they will only sit on the profits of the fishermen, come out to clean up the corpse and count the silver taels."

Zhao Yan didn't think much about it at all, and now there is only one choice, that is, to transport the silver to the Great Wall in peace.

When I arrived at the Great Wall, it was close to the grassland, and it was convenient to run.

There were no twists and turns along the way, and the mountain thieves and bandits did not see a single one, or rather, except for petty theft, there were no large number of thieves in the whole world.

The exception is the Mengren who don't know how to farm, from time to time a small group of Mengxi riders cross the Great Wall to harass the borderlands, Zhao Yan met three or five Mengqi who were plundering the village, and slaughtered these guys who wanted to do beasts.

"Except for the small group of horses that I met by chance, I was not intercepted? Did I think too much? ”

Zhao Yan was surprised, and saw Meng Zhong and handed over the silver.

On Meng Chong's resolute face, a trace of tiredness could be seen: "General Zhao, is this the silver in His Majesty's inner pocket?" Is it His Majesty's personal army? ”

"yes."

Zhao Yan nodded, maybe there is still his father's silver in it, but there is no conflict, the silver is surnamed Zhao.

"That's good, Your Majesty."

Meng Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, Meng was implementing the tactics of exhausting soldiers, harassing him again and again, each time it was like shopping, throwing down hundreds of corpses, patting his ass and leaving.

In the long run, the soldiers were exhausted, but the salary could not keep up.

And I don't know where the news came from, saying that there are a large amount of silver in the little emperor's book, what terracotta warriors, silver ingots, all of which are full of golden gold, a great contrast, giving rise to dissatisfaction.

You, a little emperor who has always been diligent and thrifty, secretly saved so much money and used it to reward the army for a vacation?

In particular, Beimeng harassed many times, and the soldiers were exhausted, and this mood was even worse.

Gradually, a voice came: "Why do we fight for life and death, but we even have to owe money?" ”

Meng Zhong suddenly grabbed Zhao Yan's wrist and grabbed Zhao Yan and screamed bitterly: "General Meng, what's wrong?" ”

"This silver.... Problematic ......."