At nine o'clock on May 27th, Ju Sheng yawned and walked up to the tower of the east gate of Linzi for his routine inspection.

He is the "Dongmen Shouzheng" of the East Gate of Linzi, the capital of the King of Qi, and is also known as the "Dongmenhou". Although the official title also carries the word "hou", this is not a title. To put it bluntly, he is just responsible.

He is just a general guarding the East Gate, but his authority is not small, at least at the Linzi East Gate.

Walking up the stone steps on the inside of the city wall to the tower, Ju Sheng asked someone to bring a chair and a stool and placed them in the open space in front of the gate tower. He immediately lay down on the chair, put his feet on the stool, and yawned.

Watching the defenders under his command change their defenses.

Routine duty is indeed a very boring thing. Only in the first month, when Ju Sheng first became the gate commander here, he was very excited to patrol back and forth on the city wall with his soldiers, but as time went by,

Over time, the freshness gradually faded away.

The reason is that Linzi is really peaceful. Although Ju Sheng heard a while ago that the Wei army was attacking Mount Tai, what does this have to do with Linzi?

Taishan was defended by Tian Dan, a famous general from Qi State, and it was impossible for the Wei army to attack Linzi.

He asked his cronies to bring over a blanket, and Ju Sheng covered him with it, yawning and getting ready to catch up on his sleep.

He is a child of a noble family in Linzi City. Therefore, not only did he become a city gate orderer at a young age, he also married and had several lovely women, especially the concubine he recently took into his house.

I never want to leave again.

He spent the night in that concubine's room last night. No, the two of them spent most of the night, which made him have no energy for his errand today.

Opening one eye and glancing at the rising sun in the east, Ju Sheng yawned and closed his eyes sleepily.

"It's so peaceful..."

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a loud thunderous sound resounded through Ju Sheng's ears.

Immediately, he felt as if the entire city gate tower was shaken.

"What, what's going on?"

Ju Sheng opened his eyes suddenly and sat up in the chair.

"Thunder? Earthquake?"

He thought in confusion.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a strange whistling sound, as if something was piercing the sky and heading towards the city gate tower.

Ju Sheng subconsciously jumped up from his chair and walked a few steps to the wall. When he raised his head, he suddenly saw four or five black objects crossing the gate tower and seeming to fly into the city.

Went.

"What is that?"

Ju Sheng subconsciously ran to the other side of the city gate tower to see what was flying into the city.

At this moment, there was a crashing sound in the city, like the sound of a house collapsing. Immediately, there were faint sounds of panic and crying.

"This, this is..."

Before Ju Sheng could react, Ju Sheng heard another loud bang, and immediately, as if the earth was shaking, he subconsciously grabbed onto the wall in shock.

"Menhou!"

Near the wall on the other side, several soldiers guarding the city didn't know what they saw, and they shouted in panic.

Seeing this, Ju Sheng immediately returned to the wall in front of the gate tower. He saw a soldier pointing his finger in the direction of the river outside the city and shouting in horror: "Monarch, there are boats in the river attacking us!"

At this moment, the rising sun in the sky has risen slightly, and the sunlight is gradually shining on the river outside Linzi City.

At this time, Ju Sheng discovered that on the Zi River outside the city, about two hundred feet away from Linzi, there were more than a dozen huge warships moored. These dozen huge warships were divided into three rows.

They were lined up in a row, facing the direction of Linzi, and I don’t know what they had planned...

"Boom!"

There was another loud noise, and the tower behind Ju Sheng collapsed, trapping several nearby soldiers in the ruins.

Looking back, Ju Sheng had a lingering fear on his face, because if he hadn't stood up just now to check what was going on, he might have been trapped in these ruins by now.

Yes, just as the soldier said, the boats on the river outside the city are attacking them!

"Who is it?!"

Ju Sheng was shocked and angry. He simply couldn't imagine that someone dared to attack Linzi.

This is the capital of their Qi Kingdom!

He squinted his eyes and stared at the warships in the distance. With the light of the rising sun, he could faintly see that the ships on the river in the distance were all flying flags with the word "Wei".

"Wei, Wei Jun..."

For a moment, Ju Sheng felt his mouth was dry and his heartbeat was racing.

You know, this is not just a few decades ago. Ever since the Wei State defeated South Korea, Qi State and other Central Plains countries with one enemy against five, the Wei State has become the object of fear of all the Central Plains countries in the world.

Especially for the Qi State, after all, not long ago, the Wei State sent general Shao Hu to lead the Wei Wu army to attack Mount Tai.

"Wei's warships...how did Wei's warships come here?"

Ju Sheng was stunned, with cold sweat covering his forehead.

At this time, the city guards near him were even more frightened and panicked.

"Wei, Wei is coming!"

"The Wei army is attacking Linzi!"

Seeing that his soldiers were panicking, Ju Sheng gradually calmed down and shouted loudly: "Calm down! Everyone, calm down! Don't panic!"

After being shouted at by him, the soldiers in the city gradually calmed down, but their faces were pale and confused, and they didn't know what to do.

In fact, Ju Sheng himself was quite panicked at this moment, but the responsibilities he shouldered prompted him to calm down and respond calmly: "You, you, and you, please report this matter to the city immediately... The rest of you, do the same.

Be ready to defend the city!"

"yes……"

The soldiers nodded repeatedly and obeyed the order.

At this time, Ju Sheng once again turned his attention to the Wei warships on the river outside the city. He was so nervous that he did not even dare to breathe.

He really couldn't figure out why Wei's warships appeared outside Linzi City.

Linzi's order "Su Chong" was the first to learn of the bad news.

At that time, Su Chong was still sleeping soundly in his arms with his beautiful lady in his arms. He heard a servant from the mansion running towards him and banging on the door in panic: "Master, Master, something bad has happened. Wei Guo is calling."

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"Wha, what?"

Su Chong, who was over forty years old, was still a little sleepy at first. When he heard the news, his face turned pale with fright.

The beautiful lady on the couch was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she kept asking: "What, what should I do?"

Ignoring the concubine who turned pale with fright, Su Chong immediately put on his clothes, walked out of the room, stared at the servant and asked, "Did you just say that the Wei army attacked Linzi?"

"It's a message from someone in your official office, sir. It's said that soldiers under Dongmen Ling Ju Sheng have just reported to the county government that Wei troops are attacking the city outside the city..."

"Dongmen Ling Ju promoted?"

Su Chong frowned.

Of course he recognized Ju Sheng, he was the eldest son of his close drinking friend Ju Song. In fact, he, Su Chong, also helped a lot with Ju Sheng's position as the Dongmen Order.

"The boys from the Ju family would never dare to make such a joke..."

Thinking of this, Su Chong's heart skipped a beat, he pushed his servant aside, walked out of the mansion, and went straight to the mansion of Right Prime Minister Tian Ba.

At this time in Tian Bao's Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Right Prime Minister Tian Bao had already gotten up and was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard.

If the sword is just an accessory for most people in Qi, then Tian Bao is definitely not included. He is a wise man who is both civil and military.

talent.

Just when Tian Tao was swinging his broad sword in the courtyard of his mansion to make the wind rustle, he saw a soldier running towards him in a hurry, saying: "Master, Linzi Order..."

Tian Tabu put away his sword and waved his hand, because he had already seen Linzi Ling Su Chong hurried into the courtyard.

Although Su Chong had a good relationship with Tian Bao, when he broke into Tian Bao's residence without notification, Tian Bao immediately realized that something big must have happened!

Passing the broad sword in his hand to the soldier, Tian Tabu wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, then took a few steps forward and said apologetically: "Master Su, please don't blame Tian for his disheveled clothes..."

Su Chong waved his hand and said quickly: "I am just being reckless... Now is not the time to talk about this. Right Prime Minister, the Commander of the East Gate has just come to report that for some reason, there is a warship of Wei State parked in Zishui outside the city.

The ship is attacking my city of Linzi."

"What?!"

Tian Tao's expression changed drastically when he heard this, he frowned and said, "Master Su, please wait a moment."

After that, he returned to the bedroom and returned to the courtyard after a while. He put a coat on his body and said, "Talking as we walk."

After leaving the mansion, Tian Bao rode on the horse prepared by the servants in the mansion and headed towards the east city gate with Su Chong.

During this period, Tian Bao asked Su Chong what happened, but unfortunately Su Chong only knew this. This made Tian Bao even more anxious and hurried to the east city gate.
To be continued...