Lin Xiuming took 20,000 cavalry and arrived at Yancheng in less than a month, unlike the last time, this time they marched much faster.

Coming to the south gate of Yancheng again, Lin Xiuming felt a lot of emotion in his heart, last time they ran to Yancheng in a hurry, they were even ready for defeat.

As a result, after entering the city, he found that the other king of the north had already packed up the 300,000 army of the barbarians, and the 70,000 soldiers he brought were just porters.

Looking at the opening of the south gate of Yancheng and the people coming and going on the road, a soldier said next to Lin Xiuming: "General, how do your subordinates feel that Beijun doesn't seem to be like a war broke out at all?" ”

Hearing the soldier's words, Lin Xiuming fell silent.

The last time they came to Yancheng, the gate of Yancheng was closed, not to mention people on the road, and it was difficult to see even a mouse.

Why does Yancheng look calm today? There is no serious atmosphere of war time at all.

Could it be that they are too late again, and the war is over again, right?

Could it be that the 20,000 people he brought with him became a corpse removal team again?

At this moment, a strong man dressed in black and red, and a man dressed in blue coarse cloth appeared at the city gate.

At this time, the man in black and red clothes spoke: "By the order of the King of the North, the lower official has been waiting for the general in Yancheng for a long time. ”

After hearing the man's words, Lin Xiuming immediately got off the horse and walked directly in front of Qin Yushan and Li Rui, who had seen the two of them in Yancheng last time.

Qin Yushan often helped the Northern King pass the word, so Lin Xiuming was also somewhat familiar with him, knowing that Qin Yushan was a very important grandmaster by the Northern King's side.

Lin Xiuming said politely at this time: "Lord Li, Senior Qin, didn't you say that the King of Beixian led an army of 200,000 to the south, why does it seem that the entire Beijun is calm now, and it doesn't look like there is a war at all?" ”

Li Rui said with a smile on his face: "General Lin, the King of Beixian is indeed going to lead an army of 200,000 to the south, but the prince has put the battlefield in Tianguang City this time, so Yancheng looks calm." ”

Lin Xiuming said: "So that's the case, I thought the war was over. ”

"By the way, I was ordered by the imperial court to bring some food and cold materials, this is the material list, you can count it."

"After you finish counting the supplies, if there is no problem, I will take the 20,000 cavalry behind me directly to Tianguang City to assist the prince in resisting the army of the King of Beixian."

Hearing Lin Xiuming's words, Li Rui glanced at Qin Yushan beside him, he was obviously waiting for Qin Yushan to speak.

Qin Yushan said at this time: "General Lin, the prince asked the subordinate to tell you that the 20,000 troops of the imperial court should stay in Yancheng, Yancheng is the second line of defense against the barbarians going south, it is very important, and it needs to have a person with courage, strength, strategy, and ......."

Before Qin Yushan finished speaking, Lin Xiuming immediately interrupted and said: "Stop, stop, Senior Qin, I know what the prince means, I will take the 20,000 soldiers behind me to station in the place where I came to Yancheng last time." ”

Seeing that Lin Xiuming was so sensible, Qin Yushan didn't say anything more, and at this time, Li Rui said with a smile on his face: "General Lin, if you have any needs, you can directly send someone to find this official, and this official will definitely find a way to meet you." ”

Lin Xiuming said: "Then it's troublesome Lord Li." ”

Then they stopped talking too much nonsense, Lin Xiuming once again led the army to the camp where they came to Yancheng last time, and saw that there were still traces left by them after they were stationed before, Lin Xiuming was full of emotion.

He knew that he didn't have any after he came to North County.

The imperial court might as well send him to fight against Dawu.

When I came to Beijun, I couldn't get any military merits, so I could only stay in the barracks every day.

At this time, one of Lin Xiuming's henchmen asked in a low voice, "General, is it possible that we really want to be stationed here?" The imperial court has finally issued a military order to us, asking us to assist the northern king to resist the barbarians going south, if you let the imperial court know that we have been in the rear, staying in Yancheng, and not even seeing the barbarian soldiers, I am afraid that there will be many officials in the imperial court who will impeach you at that time. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiuming smiled, and then said: "The imperial court did ask us to assist the Northern King to defend against the barbarians, but the military order also said that after we came to Beijun, we must obey the dispatch of the Northern King, and it was the Northern King who asked us to stay in Yancheng, of course we must obey the Northern King's orders." ”

Hearing this, the soldiers behind Lin Xiuming thought about it and felt that there seemed to be some truth.

But let them stay in the barracks all the time, how can they stand it, the 20,000 soldiers sent by the imperial court to Lin Xiuming this time happened to be the cavalry among the 70,000 last time.

The last time they came to North County for so long, they didn't do anything, they stayed in the barracks every day.

In order not to have a conflict with the Northern King, Lin Xiuming did not let them run around, these soldiers did not feel so boring when they were fighting, they were as if they were imprisoned in the barracks.

They were locked up for so long last time, and not long after they returned to the capital, they were going to be locked up in the barracks again, to be honest, the soldiers had something unacceptable in their hearts, it was better to let them go to the battlefield and kill the enemy.

Although most people don't like war, not everyone is greedy for life and afraid of death, who are the 20,000 people Lin Xiuming bring? It's the elite of Great Xia!

They were all killed on the battlefield, and many of them even participated in the war that destroyed the Chen State that year, and they were locked up in the barracks and not let them do anything, and they would only be more irritable in their hearts.

At this time, one of Lin Xiuming's henchmen couldn't bear it and said, "General, you don't plan to let us stay in the barracks all the time, do you?" ”

Lin Xiuming thought about it for a while, and felt that it didn't seem like a matter to lock up these soldiers all the time, so he said: "During the period of stationing in Yancheng, you can enter Yancheng to relax after the drill, but General Ben wants to remind you that if anyone commits something in Yancheng, General Ben will not remember the old feelings and directly hand you over to the Beiwang Mansion to deal with." ”

Seeing that Lin Xiuming agreed with them to enter Yancheng and relaxed, the soldiers immediately said in a high voice: "Yes, General!" ”

Although you can't go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, as long as you can enter Yancheng to eat and drink, it's better than staying in the barracks every day.

The soldiers were very happy that they finally did not have to be locked up in the barracks every day like last time.

……

Meanwhile.

Dawu Dynasty, Lizheng Palace.

A middle-aged man with gray hair, but who looked to be only thirty or forty years old, was standing in front of the hundred officials and speaking to the Martial Emperor, at this time there was only his voice in the entire hall, and his voice was still echoing in the hall.

"Your Majesty, twenty years of foreign wars have caused hundreds of people to be displaced, their wives and wives have been separated, and now the people are already boiling with resentment, and if it continues, Dawu is in danger of overturning!"

"In the past, Dawu's foreign wars were only against some small countries, but the Great Xia Dynasty is a thousand-year-old dynasty, even if they have continuous internal contradictions, the military strength of Daxia is still not far from Dawu, even if it is a sick tiger, as long as his teeth are still sharp, we should not provoke."

"I beg Your Majesty to restrain your belligerent heart and send an envoy to Great Xia as soon as possible to sign a contract with Great Xia to end the war!"

(End of chapter)