The desert is lonely

Late at night, Wuxu Pass in Yanzhou, Jinguo.

A hurried war drum sounded in the desert howling wind, the wind howled, but the drum beat more intensely.

When the soldiers of the city wall heard the sound of the drums, they quickly lit many torches, and without shouting loudly, groups of soldiers who had been awakened from their dreams hurriedly climbed the city wall with their weapons.

A pawn carried a spear on his shoulder and ran quickly up the city wall. Suddenly, he saw the old captain who was staring at something again, so he asked:

"Captain Wu, what's going on?"

When the captain heard the voice of the pawn, he turned his gaze back from the drum tower in the distance.

"Enemy attack!"

Wuxu guards the general's mansion.

The general of Wuxu, Sima Chang, was awakened by the rapid sound of the drum and sat up suddenly. Listen closely, and the drumming continues. Hurriedly put on his armor and picked up his helmet and walked out of the room.

As soon as I left the room, I heard a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard, coming quickly in this direction.

When Sima Chang walked out of the courtyard, he saw a group of soldiers in armor with torches in their hands running towards him.

As soon as the leading soldier saw Chief Sima, he hurriedly said before he had time to salute.

"General Qiyu, the enemy is coming!"

Sima Chang didn't stop and walked towards the outside of the mansion.

"Where is the enemy? How much is coming to the army? ”

The soldier followed behind him and hurriedly replied.

"It has not yet been ascertained who the soldiers and horses are, and there is news from the repulsion team outside the city that there are no less than 100,000 pioneers!"

Sima Chang's pace quickened.

"Probe, report again."

The soldier should have been, and then a soldier behind him quickly ran away.

Since the general's mansion was some distance from the city wall, after leaving the palace, Sima Chang rode his horse and ran towards the city wall.

Coming to the city wall, a group of people and horses quickly climbed the city wall.

When the first guard saw that Sima Chang was coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"Meet the general, the army has been assembled."

Sima Chang nodded in response, and came to the battlements to look out into the darkness ahead.

Although the mountain peaks in front of him could not be seen in the distance, the rumbling sound in the distance could be heard, and the sound of war drums on the drum tower had stopped, and the rumbling sound in the distance was the sound of the enemy's soldiers and horses trampling on the ground and being repeatedly echoed by the valley.

At this time, the scouts outside the city endured the loud bang, covered their ears and looked at the people and horses in the valley, and then fled from here.

Soon two horsemen came running from a distance, and after checking that the city gate behind them was opened, they quickly climbed the city wall and came to Sima Chang.

"General, Haoguo is coming to attack millions of enemy troops! It is less than fifty miles away from Wuxu Pass! ”

Sima Chang looked startled and looked back at the scout who was kneeling on one knee.

"Coming to the army of millions!? Less than fifty miles? ”

Then he shouted to the guard: "Order the front team to hide, and the guards outside the city will all withdraw to the city!" All troops on alert! Prepare to take on the enemy! ”

The soldiers will shout yes.

"Yes!"

"Ordered the report to hurry up to the Metropolitan Protectorate to report to the Governor, Haoguo's million-strong army is coming, and quickly send troops to support!"

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Yanzhou is the frontier of the country, and most of the land here is covered by desert.

There is no city inhabited by ordinary people in Baili Prefecture, only Yanzhou Metropolitan Protectorate and three border gates.

It was sunrise, and the sun in the east was like a red egg yolk, and the fiery red light from the yolk shone on the distant clouds, which seemed to be burned.

On the sand dunes not far away, a horse galloped in.

Due to the sunrise and scorching sun, the horses galloped wildly, rolled up wisps of yellow sand and flew and were blown up by the strong wind.

The picture is as beautiful as a sand painting;

Early in the morning, he rode a fast horse to the Duhu Mansion, and in order to avoid being stopped by the guards and entered this place, he shouted loudly all the way, "Wuxu Pass Emergency Military Situation!" "When I arrived at the Metropolitan Protectorate, I turned over and dismounted and took out the token.

A team of guards in front of the capital protection mansion came to the front with weapons, and after seeing the token, one of them quickly led him into the mansion.

Li Hao, the governor of Yanzhou, and his concubine were still sleeping in each other's arms, but they were awakened and sat on the chair with their eyelids drooping, holding a cup of tea and looking at the scout who was kneeling on one knee in front of him.

The scout saw that the Metropolitan Governor Li Hao was still drinking tea slowly after hearing his urgent report, so he hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor! ”

Li Hao put down the teacup and said leisurely: "You go back, and when I report to the court, I will lead the army to support." ”

When the scout heard this, he became even more anxious.

"The Metropolitan Governor, there are only 80,000 guards in Wuxu Pass, and millions of troops from Haoguo. How can our army log to the court to reply to the letter! Please think twice! ”

Li Hao stood up angrily and threw the teacup to the ground, and the teacup shattered.

"Pontus needs you a little scout?! How can reinforcements be dispatched without an order from the court? ”

The scout's broken teacup splashed with tea, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

Li Hao saw that the little scout was still not leaving, so he roared angrily.

"Why don't you go back quickly, let Chief Sima guard Wuxu Pass! If the enemy army of Haoguo breaks through the Wuxu Pass and invades my Yanzhou territory, let him come to see him! ”

The scout stepped back.

On the side, Li Hao's guest Wang Hou saw the scout leaving, so he opened his mouth to persuade.

"Governor Dadu, the military situation is like fire and water, this is not the time to settle accounts with Chief Sima! If the military situation is delayed, it will not be easy for the old lady in the DPRK to deal with it! ”

Li Hao snorted coldly and sat back on the chair, and the maid added another cup of tea in time.

"How could the Governor of Pontus not know?"

Wang Hou asked, "What does the Metropolitan Governor mean?" ”

"Let Sima Chang hold it first, and then send troops to support him when he can't hold it, and then take credit after he is treated!"

Wang Hou secretly scolded Li Hao in his heart for having no brains.

"The governor of the capital is witty, but Haoguo has a million troops, and my Yanzhou defenders are only 300,000, so in order to protect everything, it is better to send reinforcements to the DPRK first to avoid future troubles?"

Li Hao touched his beard, which was better than nothing, and nodded after thinking about it.

Wang Hou saw him thinking about it, and he couldn't help but think in his heart that if the capital of Jinguo let a young and inactive second-generation official like Li Hao sit on one side, the Jinguo would be almost over.

Soon, he rode out of the capital again.

The cavalry quickly crossed the dunes and flew away, the flag on the bamboo basket behind him waving in the wind.

He didn't rest all the way through the post station, but just let the post man take the horses and get on the horse again and leave.

Along the way, he changed horses without changing people, and two days later came to Jian'an City, the capital of Jinguo.

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Tsu Imperial Palace.

Treasure and Temple.

"Your Majesty, this is the auspicious Rui presented by Bi County, Chengzhou."

In the Baohe Palace, a man over half a hundred years old wearing a crown of virtuous people with a tuft of white beard was talking to someone on the throne.

This person is the scholar of Wenhua Pavilion University of Jinguo, and Li Changshan, the head of the hundred officials of the cabinet, who handed over a strange stone to the imperial eunuch.

The person on the throne is the current lord of Jin, Yang Hongtu.

The young emperor, who was no more than twenty years old, couldn't help but feel a burst of joy when he saw the strange stone presented by the eunuch.

I didn't expect that within a few days of becoming the emperor, there were countless auspicious gifts in the country, isn't this just a sign that it is God's will to succeed to the throne? !