"General Lu, General Lu?"

Looking at the tired veteran in front of him and the army behind him, Yu Hualong, the general of Tongguan, stepped forward in disbelief.

"Whew.... Whew...."

Lu Xiong was still panting, although he had horses to travel during the rapid march, it was not easy to ride for days, especially because he was old and exhausted.

But it was all worth it, the most important thing for these soldiers was to understand why they were fighting, and after this rapid march, these soldiers were more tenacious, so that they could go to the battlefield and kill the enemy.

Lu Xiong looked in the direction of the royal car and couldn't help but show admiration on his face.

"Ahem..."He turned to Yu Hualong and bowed, and said: "The old man is a little stunned, Your Majesty and the army are here, and please ask the general to switch it, let me wait to rest for a while in the pass, so that I can make a transfer, recuperate and then go to Bishui Pass to fight, and level the Xiqi rebels, it will trouble the general." ”

"Old .. The old general's words are serious..."Yu Hualong looked around, just saw the imperial driver, his face was moved, and said: "The army has arrived? Your Majesty is also here? Why is there no news?"

"Nonsense. Lu Xiong said angrily: "Is there still a general who abandons the soldiers in the middle of the road? As for Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here to see you off, although it is a little far away..."

Yu Hualong was just speechless, it was just a little far, and he would send hundreds of miles to the front line!

Lu Xiong laughed and said: "The old man thought that His Majesty would send him a hundred miles at most, but he didn't expect it to be sent to Tongguan as soon as he sent it, and he hoped that the general would arrange it, and if he wanted to finish this journey, His Majesty would return to the court. ”

"This is not a good arrangement...."Yu Hualong frowned and said: "Don't hide it from the old general, I only learned the news of Chaoge's dispatch of troops three days ago, and I haven't had time to prepare it in a hurry, I'm afraid that I will snub Your Majesty, and I blame the herald, I'm afraid that I will delay for a few days, and I don't know if I saw some female goblin on the road." ”

"And the heralds are not to blame. Lu Xiong muttered: "Three days, it really only took three days to march from Chaoge to Tongguan, and it is not a lie to travel a hundred miles a day..."

"Did you come from a three-day hurried march?" When Yu Hualong heard this, his eyes were round, and he hesitated: "In three days, he rushed from Chaoge to Tongguan with a large army, this.... It is worthy of His Majesty, who proposed that the soldiers are so fast, even the march is so fast, how can he stop my big merchant soldiers?"

"Yes, Your Majesty uses soldiers like a god, but the commander of this Western Expedition is an old man, and the old man can't embarrass His Majesty. Lu Xiong laughed and said, "But the army has now reached its limit, and I ask the general to arrange for entry as soon as possible." ”

"But..."Yu Hualong's face was embarrassed, and he said: "The customs have not been completely rectified, and the people have not been strictly interrogated. ”

"There's something wrong with it... It's not in a hurry. Lu Xiong nodded, I heard that hundreds of people were arrested in Bishui Pass, even if they were caught by mistake, there are probably not a few people in Xiqi who have gone deep into the territory of Dashang, and there must be one here in Tongguan.

"I'm not going to enter the customs for the time being. At this time, Zishou suddenly came down from the royal car, came to Yu Hualong, and said: "The army is camped outside the pass, and I and the soldiers of the three armies are not allowed to enter the pass, so I will rest for one night first, and then talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Your Majesty?" Lu Xiong was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The soldiers of the three armies marched day and night, and when they arrived at this Tong Pass, they were not allowed to enter the pass to rest, but I was afraid that there would be complaints!"

"Yes..."Yu Hualong also said hurriedly: "Although it is safer for the army to camp outside the pass, and no one dares to enter the military camp to assassinate, but the emotions of the soldiers must be taken into account..."

He didn't expect that the king of Xu, who had always shown himself as a wise and martial artist, would be greedy for life and afraid of death at such a juncture, but he was safe, but the army was suffering.

Zishou smiled slightly, and said: "Could it be that the two generals think that the army is more important than my safety? ”

"Your Majesty..."Not to mention Lu Xiong, Yu Hualong didn't care about stepping forward to dissuade him.

"Alright, this is a military order!"

Zishou put away his smile and shouted in a deep voice: "Whether it is the army or you Tongguan, you have to listen to my orders, Lu Xiong listens to the order, and quickly orders the soldiers of the three armies to camp and rest outside the pass!"

"Minister. Minister... Yes!"

Lu Xiong had no choice but to accept the order, he was not Wen Zhong, he had the golden whip given by the previous king, nor was he Yang Ren, his mouth was sharp, he was stupid, and he couldn't resist the stubborn temperament of the king.

Yu Hualong is the same, Lu Xiong, as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the secretary of the military department, and the marshal of the Western Expedition can't dissuade the king of Xu, he is just a general soldier, and he can't do anything at all.

In less than half a day, the camp outside the customs has been completed.

"Divide a thousand people to take turns to keep vigil!"

Looking at the camp, Zishou gave orders again.

"Is there still an enemy outside Tongguan?"

"This is also a vigil?"

"Could it be that there are a lot of jackals, tigers and leopards here?"

"Wouldn't it be enough to raise a fire?"

This is clearly a not-so-flattering military order.

Your Majesty...

Looking at the soldiers with complaining faces, Lu Xiong was helpless, but also had a worse evaluation of this army.

After Zishou selected a thousand lucky soldiers, he went to the Chinese army's tent to play by himself.

Marching day and night, the fatigue is someone else's, but he himself is very comfortable, he has slept on the road for too long, the night is long, and he is not sleepy at all.

"Your Majesty!" said one of them.

"Huh?" Zishou looked down and saw that it was Lu Xiong, who had been extremely entangled all the way, and asked, "What's the matter with the old general?"

"Minister...."Lu Xiong said: "The army came day and night, tired, obviously arrived at Tongguan but could not rest, and had to keep vigil, the minister felt that it was really a little inappropriate, if His Majesty thought that it was necessary to send someone to guard, just only a voice from General Yu, you can send the soldiers and horses in Tongguan..."

"Okay!" Zishou smiled and said: "This is the army of the Western Expedition, you are the commander of this army, the soldiers and horses of Tongguan are the soldiers and horses of Tongguan, and the two soldiers and horses are not subordinate to each other, so why intersect?"

"Your Majesty... Said yes. Lu Xiong gave up his hand, and there is some truth in saying this, the most taboo in the army is scattered and scattered.

"Since the old general is here, why don't you play chess with me?"

"This..."

"Come on!" Zishou took out the chessboard pieces, he was playing when he went out, so he naturally brought all the equipment.

"Yes..."Lu Xiong had to respond: "It's just... Isn't Your Majesty tired?"

"I'm not tired!" Zishou set up the chessboard with great energy, and slept all the way on the road, how could he be sleepy?

"Come on, old general, you come to hold the black, down!"

"Yes!" Lu Xiong pinched a black spot, and suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.