Tomorrow will be the eighth day of the lunar month.

The city of Juyanzhou, an important military town that had choked the key points that ran through the northern part of the city and the Central Plains, still stood firmly in the bitter cold wind! Night had just fallen, and all the streets and alleys in the city were already silent and deserted!

On this night, many families in the city coaxed their children to the hot pit early in the morning. They thought they would sleep in it for a good night's sleep first—or stay until tomorrow morning, and drink a big bowl of long-awaited Laba porridge while it was hot!

The torches that kept swaying at the top of the city generously cast their light without a trace of heat onto the border soldiers who wore cold "iron clothes" and stood tall on the city walls!

These soldiers guarding Juyan Prefecture, each of them has a warm belief in their hearts: because the north is majestic Helan Mountain, in the harsh winter season of every year, the city of Juyan Prefecture is actually not particularly cold......

And the one who gave the soldiers this "warm faith" is standing alone on the towering tower with the flag waving and the twilight getting thicker!

It was a middle-aged man in a green coat. At this time, he was gently stroking a small part of his gray beard, and stared intently at the mountains in the distance outside the city, as if thoughtful......

Behind him, in a somewhat leeward corner, there was an attendant, cloaked in his hand, who was waiting there at a distance......

Standing alone and pondering for a long time, the middle-aged man in green clothes sighed: "Every time I climb the city tower and look at this—what a beautiful splendid river and mountain, it can remind me to never forget it—we are shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the land and guarding the border!"

He is the first person living in the city of Yanzhou today, the commander of the "Yongjing Army" who lives in Yanzhou.

Yutai Hongmou was originally just a civilian official who served in front of the emperor. It's just that he has always had great ambitions - because he greatly admired the demeanor of those famous generals in ancient times, he usually liked to study military books and strategies. Later, he took the initiative to ask Ying, wanting to lead troops to fight on the border and eliminate border troubles for the imperial court......

In the encounter in the Wild Wolf Valley 15 years ago and the battle of annihilation of the Baihe River 10 years ago, he managed the army in a good way and strategized properly, and as a result, he achieved brilliant results in those two battles! Since then, the reputation of the Wild Wolf Valley has risen and he has become a trump card for the Middle-earth court to quell the border troubles.

In the past decade or so, the border areas under the rule of Juyan Prefecture have not been peaceful.

The majestic mountains that Lord Tantai has been looking at for a long time are Helan Mountain, which is more than ten miles north of Yanzhou City. At the northeastern foot of Nahelan Mountain, a considerable force of the Baiqiang people has risen! They have repeatedly invaded the borders of Juyan Prefecture to burn, kill, and plunder, and they have caused a lot of trouble......

For this reason, three years ago, Yutai Hongmou was ordered to lead his Yongjing army and go here to defend the border with Jing'an - and the focus is to prevent the Baiqiang people on the other side of Helan Mountain!

After taking office, the talented and courageous Yutai Hongmou carried out a drastic restructuring of the existing border soldiers and horses in Juyan Prefecture - dividing them into multiple parts, often conducting drills, and taking turns to fight against the enemy. At the same time, he also ordered the construction of many small fortified cities along the frontier line, each for the garrison of troops and for the accumulation of grain. The practical effect of this is that it can greatly reduce the cost of border defense!

Last year, based on a detailed investigation of the enemy's situation and the surrounding terrain, the Hongmou built the Chifeng Fort Fortress and the Deer Hunting City in a favorable position approaching Helan Mountain, so that these two places formed a horn with Juyanzhou City. At the same time, he used both grace and power to recruit the neighboring Xiqiang tribes to come and join him, so as to achieve the goal of isolating and disintegrating the Baiqiang people.

Juyanzhou, which has experienced many vicissitudes, has a new look because of the arrival of Lord Hongmou of Tangtai.

The twilight was heavier, and the bitter cold wind over the city was tight. Sensing a chill, he turned around and ordered the attendant behind him to put on his cloak.

The entourage named "Li An" hurriedly stepped forward to serve......

After putting on the cloak for Lord Tantai with his hands and feet, the corners of Li An's mouth twitched—he was about to say something he had heard about at dusk, but in the end he held back.

At the moment when he was about to walk down the tower, he inadvertently glanced back at the outside of the city, but suddenly found that in the vast night, a rider was riding from the northwest avenue!

Yutai Hongmou suddenly wondered: Who was the person who came? What was the purpose of his hurried arrival in the night?