The main city of the Hou Dynasty, Guangyuan City, is undercurrent, and a war is about to break out. However, Wang Dalu's hometown, Wolong City, is still quiet, peaceful, and prosperous.
The streets and alleys are still crowded.
These people in Wolong City knew that their city lord, Baron Wang Gang, was going to attend the triennial court meeting and would return safely soon. They had no idea about the situation in the court and were only concerned about their current lives.
It is obvious that Wang Gang is a lord with an excellent reputation, and although his son Wang Dalu has been away for three years, allowing the people of Wolong City to live in peace for three years, Wang Dalu's name is still taboo in everyone's conversation.
None of the people wanted to think of, let alone mention, Wang Dalu's name.
Only the brothel and flower shop are looking forward to Wang Dalu's return every day.
The "three-year return" agreement that Wang Dalu left behind when he left three years ago seems to everyone to be just a delusion. That demon king should never appear in Wolong City.
"Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation!"
"Drive, drive, drive."
A cavalryman appeared on the main road of Wolong City, holding Ling Yu and shouting urgently, running all the way to the city lord's palace at the end of the main road.
Pedestrians on the road gave way one after another, staring blankly at the cavalry going away, all a little frightened.
Although he didn't know what big event was about to happen, he heard the words "urgent military information" from the cavalry's mouth and knew that there might be intruders around Wolong City.
Most of these people have never left Wolong City in their lives, but they also know from the merchants who pass by Wolong City that wars and attacks are raging in the Eastern Wasteland. Neighboring imperial courts often attack each other, burn, kill, loot, and massacre cities to silence them.
In the past, their baron Wang Gang was not afraid here, but now they are catching up with their city lord to go to the great court. What should they do?
Panic continued to set in, and hawkers hawking along the street closed their stalls and went home to avoid the disaster.
Most of the people gathered in small groups towards the gate of the city lord's mansion. They wanted to know what happened.
The city lord's palace was heavily guarded and there was no panic at all due to the enemy's situation.
Nie Zi, the old housekeeper in the hall, asked the dozen or so big men behind him.
"Who is leading the troops in the Hou Dynasty?"
"It's Baron Wu Yong from Glory City."
"oh?"
Nie Zi already knew before the king left that the Hou Dynasty would send troops to attack Wolong City. He thought that one of the five viscounts might come, but unexpectedly only one baron came.
He knew that Wu Yong from Glory City had relied on Li Ziguang's power and was made a baron by Marquis Li ten years ago. His cultivation had reached the level of embryonic cultivation, and he was a timid person who tended to follow the crowd.
The old housekeeper thought for a long time and asked again.
"How far are they from here and how many men and horses do they bring?"
A subordinate replied.
"Within a hundred miles left, there are six thousand men and horses."
"but......"
Nie Zi heard his subordinates hesitate and asked hurriedly.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"They arrived within a hundred miles of us yesterday, but today they only traveled more than twenty miles. It's really strange."
As soon as Nie Zi heard the shouting, he quickly asked a tall man among the people to lead everyone to defend Wolong City, while he hurried out of the city.
"Report!"
At the gate of the Deacon's Mansion in the North District of Nanshan, a guard who claimed to be from Wolong City had something urgent to report to Mr. Wang, the Deacon of the North District.
Li Jinbao summoned the soldier who reported the news. Seeing him kneeling on the ground and shaking a little, Li Jinbao asked him a few questions.
Although the soldier who claimed to be from Wolong City answered his questions very well, Li Jinbao always felt that something was wrong.
He hurriedly asked people to fetch the old men Li Meng and Jin Lie from Wolong City.
After Li Meng and Jin Lie came in, they confirmed that this soldier was indeed a guard of Wolong City.
Hearing this soldier say that Wolong City was in danger and that 20,000 unknown enemy troops surrounded Wolong City. He and others broke through the siege and came to deliver the message. Only he survived among the 100 people.
Li Meng and Jin Lie were shocked when they heard that 20,000 enemy troops were surrounding Wolong City, and hurriedly asked Wang Dalu for instructions to send troops for reinforcements.
However, Li Jinbao stopped the two of them from their impulse and asked his servants to take the guard who reported the news down to have a good rest, while he went to the back mountain alone.
Now that Old Turtle and Nanshan City City Lord Lu Yu are not here, he is the only one with the highest cultivation level in Nanshan, and he has only reached the peak.
All their wealth is tied to Wang Dalu, so they should act with caution.
When Li Jinbao came to the mountain behind the deacon's house, he saw thirty or forty monks sitting cross-legged. The energy fluctuations on these people's bodies flickered in and out.
Wang Dalu slowly opened his green eyes and looked at Li Jinbao, knowing that he would not disturb him if he had nothing important to do. Li Meng and Jin Lie were standing not far behind Li Jinbao, and the anxious look on their faces was clear at a glance.
Wang Dalu looked at the serious Li Jinbao and asked hurriedly.
"What's wrong? Did Dad and Old Turtle's trip to Guangyuan City not go well?"
Li Jinbao looked at Li Meng and Li Meng who were not far behind him, shook his head at them to show that they were not in a hurry, and said to Wang Dalu again.
"Everything is going well with Mr. Li and Mr. Wang. However, today a soldier claiming to be from Wolong City urgently reported that Wolong City was surrounded by unknown enemy forces and was in danger. He asked your Excellency to send rescue."
Wang Dalu was also shocked after hearing this, but he quickly suppressed his inner eagerness, calmed down, stared at the expressions of Li Jinbao and Li Meng Jinlie behind him, and said slowly.
"I guess that soldier must be from Wolong City, otherwise the two of them would not be so anxious."
Wang Dalu said, pointing at Li Meng and Jin Lie, and said again.
"There is doubt in your eyes. Do you have any doubts about the soldier and the information he provided?"
Wang Dalu saw the look of surprise on Li Jinbao's face and smiled.
"Let's go, we must discuss countermeasures no matter what."
Wang Dalu walked by, and Li Jinbao bowed to Wang Dalu with a joyful voice.
"good!"
At the deacon's house, Wang Dalu did not question the soldier who reported the news again, but discussed how to rescue him.
In his opinion, no matter whether it was fake or not, there were enemy troops in Wolong City. However, what puzzled him was how his father's shrewdness would not leave any backup to deal with the crisis after he came to Wolong City.
However, the soldier's intention was that Wolong City was in danger and urgently needed his own rescue.
"My lord, hurry up and send troops to help. The master is not in the city at the moment, and the people in the city are in danger."
"Yes, sir."
Li Meng and Jin Lie, two old men from Wolong City, kept urging Wang Dalu to send troops to rescue.
Li Zhaocai was also on the sidelines eager to persuade.
Wang Dalu looked at Li Jinbao and Lu Mi who were still sitting and asked.
"What do you two mean?"
Li Jinbao did not rush to answer first but let Lu Mi answer.
Lu Mi thought for a while and saw Li Meng, Jin Lie and others looking at him anxiously.
"Sir, I think no matter whether it is true or not, I still need to send a team of people there."
Lu Mi has never been to Wolong City. He often listens to his father Lu Yu telling him about the people and things of Wolong City, and he admires the city lord Wang Gang. Uncle Wang Gang must have a back-up plan before leaving. This rescue
It was probably the enemy's strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, with the purpose of weakening the strength around Wang Dalu so that he would be in danger again.
But if he expressed his thoughts and stopped the two old men from Wolong City, Li Meng and Jin Lie, from rushing to aid Wolong City, he would definitely offend them, and the gain would outweigh the losses, so he proposed to allocate part of his troops.
When Lu Mi arrived, he had brought three thousand city defense troops from Nanshan City to obey Wang Dalu's orders. This was also what his father, Baron Lu Yu, told him before leaving Nanshan City.
Li Jinbao agreed with Lu Mi and wanted Wang Dalu to send a group of soldiers to Wolong City.
"How many available troops do we have on Nanshan now?"
Li Jinbao replied.
"Sir, according to student statistics, there are more than 600 elite soldiers on Nanshan, more than 5,200 at the martial arts level, more than 1,800 at the martial arts level, 308 at the Wuzong level, and 308 at the Duyuan level in the back mountain.
Forty-three people, in addition to the three thousand Nanshan City soldiers brought by the leader Lu Mi."
Wang Dalu calculated it in his mind and immediately gave the order.
"Let Li Meng and Jin Lie take eight Duyuan Realm, fifty Wuzong, and one thousand soldiers as vanguards to Wolong City to rescue the siege. He will lead the remaining troops to arrive later."
"Subordinates take orders!"
Li Meng and Jin Lie took Wang Dalu's arrows and hurriedly left to mobilize their troops. They set off within an hour.
Li Zhaocai also wanted to go, but Wang Dalu sent him to the foot of the mountain and led people to inspect the surrounding areas of Nanshan to control the key roads and guard against Xiaoxiao.
As dusk grew darker, a carriage drove into a Nanshan mountain road.
Wang Dalu looked at the man in front of him and asked suspiciously.
"Why do you want to help me? You have always regarded me as your enemy in the past."
"I have said that it is my duty. My Lord is trapped now. If you can rescue me a little bit in the future, please give me a helping hand. I would be very grateful."
"According to what you said, there are four thousand warriors from the Hou Dynasty lurking fifty miles north of Nanshan. The leaders are a viscount with a Ningxu Four Zhang realm and an old slave next to Li Ziguang who has a Ningxu Six Zhang realm."