At the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the territory was very extensive.

The founding monarch of the Great Qi Dynasty liked to canonize small border countries, and many capitals and guards did not send a single soldier to guard it. For example, the Wusi Zangdu Division is the canonized Tubo monk official, the northeast Wei is the canonized Jurchen leader, and the northwest Shazhou Wei, Handongwei, Chijin Mongolian Wei, and Hami Wei are all canonized Xiliang princes.

When the strength of Daqi was strong, these canonized princes and nobles could still be respectful, obey the will of the emperor of Daqi, pay tribute every year according to the regulations, and even leave protons in Kyoto.

As the Great Qi gradually declined, Kyoto's control over these frontiers became weaker and weaker, and even the protons sent were not the eldest sons who could succeed to the throne, and most of them only had a layer of symbolic meaning.

Some powerful vassal states not only did not offer supplies, sent protons into Beijing, but even carried out small-scale harassment on the border of Daqi.

Subsequently, the Jurchens went to war against the Great Qi, and the sphere of influence in the northeast shrank further. Although the Great Qi had many victories in the war against the Jurchens, they ignored the Western Liang.

The prince of Xiliang, who was entrenched in the north and the west, was seriously divided internally, and many forces took turns to come to power, and they had long been out of the sphere of influence of Daqi.

Taking advantage of the Jurchen battle of the Great Qi, Xiliang quickly occupied the Hetao, and from then on, the Ming Dynasty withdrew from the Monan region and basically shrank to the interior.

For nearly 100 years, the two sides have been at odds with each other, occupying the territory of Daqi on the grounds of grazing, and the overall has approached the northern section of the Great Wall.

Xiao Wenbin, as a general, was stationed in Ningxia Town, which was the front line against Xiliang, and relied on the natural danger of Helan Mountain to hold on to the northwest sides. Relying on the Yellow River to the north, it can continue to launch attacks on the Hetao area.

In recent years, unlike other fronts that have been losing and retreating, Xiao Wenbin has been sticking to Ningxia, and the town of Ningxia at this time is like a spike inserted in Xiliang.

Although there was not much fighting this year, Xiao Wenbin had already strengthened his belief, and he asked his superiors to plan to go down the river after the year, storm the Hetao Plain, and regain the lost territory in one fell swoop.

At this time, there was an accident in the army, counting the time for the post station to transmit the message, the time for losing contact was at least seven days!

Moreover, the letters sent by the second brother a few times ago vaguely mentioned that he and the left and right lieutenant generals had different views on the war, and even fought hard, so it seemed that the situation was really critical.

Xiao Wenjun knows that the second brother Xiao Wenbin has a straightforward personality, is brave and good at fighting, and is a good general, but he is extremely unkind to people.

In terms of qualifications, he has followed his parents to join the army since he was a child, and although he is young, he can be regarded as an old qualification in the front line. In terms of combat exploits, the hundred-man cavalry team led by him has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, and has been qualified for promotion early on.

Before, his superiors also used his young age as an excuse to cut off his way to promotion. The backhand put his military exploits on the heads of his cronies. The most important thing is that when he figured out that the emperor didn't want to see the Xiao family, he was even more unscrupulous, wanting to put him in the position of a hundred households forever.

Until Xiao Wenjun appeared, she made great contributions in front of the emperor three times and twice, to a large extent, reversed the status of the Xiao family, and Xiao Wenbin also followed the tide and won the Wanhu Marquis who should have belonged to him.

When Xiao Wenjun and Wang Jiuyuan rushed to Ningxia Town in a hurry, they found that this border town was full of strange atmosphere, which was much stranger than the town on the edge of Taihu Lake.

Because of the proximity to Xiliang and the turmoil on the border, those rich landlords had already sold their property and fled to the south. Only the local ordinary people remained, counting on being able to live one day at a time.

Xiao Wenjun and Wang Jiuyuan are both dressed in red, compared with the people's patches and plain clothes, as soon as they appeared, they became the most eye-catching existence in the entire Ningxia town.

As soon as the two arrived in Ningxia, they all received the news from all sides of their eyes.

Not surprisingly, when the people in the town saw Xiao Wenjun and the two, they were reluctant to get close to each other as if they had seen a plague god, even if the two took the initiative to talk to each other, they all waved their hands and refused, and no one answered.

The situation here was too abnormal, and it was immediately decided not to go directly to the camp in the north of the city for the time being, but went straight to a medicinal herb shop in the west of the city.

The owner of the pharmacy is an old man in his late teens, surnamed Cui. This person has to be strong in his life, when Xiliang attacked Daqi like a bamboo, and approached Ningxia Town, he did not flee from the town like other people, but had the ambition to live and die with Ningxia.

It's just that Ningxia Town is the place where he was born and raised, and he has grown up here for many years. Even if one day, Xiliang really invades the city, I am afraid that he will not leave, this may be the unique feelings of the older generation.

Although this place is not the property of the old king, it has some personal relations with them, and for many years, it has been sending some news to Kyoto.

Wang Jiuyuan took out the token and handed it to Xiao Er, and said, "Please report to the shopkeeper Cui, and say that Wang Jiuyuan of the Kyoto royal family asks to see him!" ”

The shopkeeper's face was full of defensiveness, and he checked it several times before he reluctantly agreed, and said quietly: "Wait a minute, Childe, I'll go and report to the shopkeeper." ”

During this period, many people who came to buy medicine looked at the eye-catching two people secretly out of the corner of their eyes, and once they met Xiao Wenjun's gaze, they turned their heads and looked uncomfortable.

Xiao Wenjun didn't think so, and she noticed a lot of abnormalities in her eyes and ears: it stands to reason that the price of medicinal materials in this kind of border town should be much higher than that in Guannai. However, the price it offered only earned an extra passage fee compared to Kannai.

After a while, Xiao Er walked out of the backyard, although his words were polite, but in his eyes, there was a look of disgust: "Prince Wang, our shopkeeper can't say it." ”

Just as the two were about to leave, three dusty young men suddenly broke in from outside the door, looking left and right, Xiao Wenjun could see at a glance that both of them were a little injured.

I saw one of them, took out a prescription and a handful of broken silver, and looked anxious: "Xiao Er, Sanqi, peach kernels, safflower and strychnine!" Grab it for me according to the prescription! ”

"Brother Dong, what are you?" Xiao Er was obviously familiar with these three people, and hurriedly accosted him.

"Leave us alone, you hurry up and grab the medicine according to the prescription!"

"Okay! Brother Dong, wait a minute! As soon as Xiao Er's voice fell, he moved quickly.

"Three-seven, two-two! Peach, five dollars! Nux, one or two! ……”

"These medicines are all medicines for healing injuries, and this recipe is somewhat similar to my family's ancestral Golden Sore Pill! Especially this strychnine, it is poisonous, and ordinary doctors will not use this kind of medicinal herbs! ”

Xiao Wenjun vaguely heard Xiao Er's muttering when he grabbed the medicine, and couldn't help but joke softly. It's just that Xiao Wenjun Jiuyuan has eaten behind closed doors, and he is too lazy to take care of this idle matter, and is ready to go out to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as they went out, a strong murderous aura instantly enveloped Xiao Wenjun and the others.