Chapter 358: The Northern Foot of Kunlun
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In the early morning of the second day, General Lin sent someone to report that the patrol team searched in the direction pointed out by Wu Ming last night, but could not find the body, only found a burnt trace in the wilderness, and some strange props were scattered around.
This made Wu Ming even more vigilant, the enemy was not only one person who played the trick, someone had disposed of the corpse, indicating that there were other enemies nearby.
The enemy is dark and we are clear, and we must be more vigilant on the next road.
However, contrary to Wu Ming's expectations, the next two days were very quiet, there was no abnormal movement, and the army advanced extremely smoothly.
Those soldiers who were poisoned and epileptic were also cured by the medicine that Wu Ming brought back, which made Wu Ming's reputation in the army rise again, but the soldiers treated him like a general of the army, almost on par with General Lin.
There was nothing to say all the way, and two days later the army arrived near the northern foot of Kunlun, which had reached the border pass, crossed this foothill, and entered the territory of the Western Regions, which was the territory of the Xiongnu.
On the way, General Lin, Wu Ming, and Princess Chaoyun rode side by side on horseback and introduced them to the situation at the border pass.
"It was the second prince who led the army in the north to confront the Xiongnu, and the generals of the thirteen cities on the border of the Western Regions were under his jurisdiction. β
Wu Ming sighed: "Will the prince still be at the border? I thought they were all in the imperial city." β
General Lin was silent, looking unwilling to elaborate, which made Wu Ming even more curious.
Princess Chaoyun explained on the side: "The second prince lost when he was competing for the crown prince with the eldest prince, so he was sent to the border, not because he wanted to come. β
These royal secret histories, General Lin naturally didn't dare to talk about them, Princess Chaoyun herself is a royal family, so she can talk about it casually.
The second prince is related to Princess Chaoyun, but listening to her tone, he has no feelings for this brother who has never met.
"I see. β
Wu Ming nodded: "I see that his position as the commander-in-chief of the border pass is also unstable, and when the eldest prince becomes the emperor, the first one will clean him up." β
General Lin coughed on the side: "Childe, be cautious." β
Wu Ming shrugged his shoulders and changed the subject: "When the princess arrives at the border pass, won't the second prince come to greet her, how can I say that they are also brothers and sisters." β
Princess Chaoyun spoke on the side: "I have never seen this imperial brother, he never came to see me when he was in the capital, how can he come now." β
General Lin hurriedly spoke: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the second prince has sent someone to send a message, he has set up a camp on the northern foot of Kunlun, ready to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." β
Wu Ming sighed: "It's about the same, my brother should look like my brother." β
"The second prince set up a camp for me to catch the wind, how could it be ......"
Princess Chaoyun looked puzzled, although she didn't grow up in the palace, she knew the royal affairs very well, and the second prince showed such enthusiasm, in her opinion, something was not right.
The team marched past a mountain peak, and in front of them could already see the towering Kunlun Mountains, towering into the sky, like a natural barrier.
This is the northern foot of Kunlun, the only place for the Central Plains to go to the Western Regions.
Wu Ming looked ahead, and was slightly startled: "What a big barracks!"
At the foot of the mountain in front, the land was covered by a black oppression, and the radius was more than ten miles, and all of them were barracks!
General Lin on the side could not hide his surprise: "Looking at the scale of this military camp, I'm afraid there are 100,000 troops, could it be that the second prince has concentrated the army of the border pass here?"
Wu Ming stretched out his hand and touched his chin: "100,000 troops welcome the princess, this pomp is inevitably too big......
While a few people were talking, a group of fast horses galloped in front of them, and the soldiers on the horses were in bright armor, led by a messenger dressed as a civil minister.
The horse team galloped closer, and the envoy shouted, "Is it the team that escorted Princess Chaoyun to the Western Regions?"
General Lin rode forward: "Yes, I am the commander of the army Li Mian, leading the team to escort Princess Chaoyun." β
When the envoy heard this, he replied: "I am ordered by the general of the chariot to come to greet Princess Chaoyun. β
The general of the chariot cavalry was referring to the second prince, and the envoy looked disdainful and full of arrogance, and did not look at General Lin in the slightest.
He is also fated to do this, as the envoy of the second prince, he is here on behalf of the second prince, so he is naturally much older than General Lin.
General Lin hurriedly rode back to the rear in front of Princess Chaoyun: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the second prince has sent someone to greet you." β
Princess Chaoyun had already heard the messenger's words behind her, she hummed, and then rode her horse to the opposite side.
Wu Ming didn't dare to be negligent and followed closely behind.
Princess Chaoyun came to the front of the queue and looked at the messenger opposite: "I am Princess Chaoyun." β
Princess Chaoyun is of royal blood, and the envoy did not dare to slack off, so she hurriedly dismounted and saluted.
"Your Royal Highness, the general of the chariot is waiting in the camp ahead, please go and meet you. β
Princess Chaoyun glanced at the dense camp in the distance, and then looked at the envoy: "Since you have come by the order of the general, do you have any tokens?"
The messenger hurriedly ordered someone to hand over a letter: "This is a letter from the general, please look at it with Her Royal Highness the Princess." β
Princess Chaoyun took the letter, opened it and looked down for a while.
Wu Ming poked his head out from behind: "Is it true?"
Princess Chaoyun lowered her voice: "I haven't seen the handwriting of the second prince, how can I tell the truth from the fake." β
Wu Ming sighed: "I can't tell you that you still look so carefully." β
"The second prince said that he had left Chang'an for three years and had never seen any relatives again, so he asked me to go and talk about it. β
Princess Chaoyun's voice was very low, and only Wu Ming beside her could hear it: "I don't see anything wrong with the content of the letter, but I have a bad premonition." β
Wu Ming snorted: "I feel the same way as you, do you want to go?"
Princess Chaoyun looked at the company camp at the foot of the mountain in front of her, and frowned slightly: "If you want to go to the Western Regions, you must pass through this pass." β
Wu Ming nodded, the current situation is very clear, no matter what the intentions of the second prince An, his 100,000 army is in charge, and he has no choice on his side, even if he wants to run, he can't run away.
Princess Chaoyun faced the envoy in front and said, "Lead the way, I'll go see the imperial brother now." β
The envoy hurriedly responded: "Your Highness, please wait with me to the border camp first, the general has set up a banquet in the border camp to entertain the soldiers who escorted the princess, and then we will escort the princess to the Chinese army." β
Wu Ming frowned slightly, there was obviously a problem with this arrangement, leaving all the 1,000 elite cavalry escorted outside and letting the princess go to the Chinese army by herself would be tantamount to losing the ability to resist.
Princess Chaoyun also showed a hint of uneasiness on her face, and asked Wu Ming in a low voice, "Do you want to listen to them?"
Wu Ming nodded: "Go to the border camp first, I have a way......"
Princess Chaoyun looked at Wu Ming: "What way?"
Wu Ming smiled, took out the herringbone god from his arms, and shook it in front of Princess Chaoyun: "Li Dai Tao stiff." "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.