Zhou Xingyun had a fantasy that he, a general who had experienced hundreds of battles, went to work as a soldier at the grassroots level. This was like playing a game, practicing a large number with a magic outfit, putting on a newbie outfit, and running to a novice village. Pretend to be a rookie, and then do all kinds of cool things...
Just thinking about it makes me feel so happy!
To sum up, when the soldiers at Xuanwuguan mistakenly thought that Zhou Xingyun was a "newcomer", he kept a very low profile and concealed his identity, and retreated obediently. Then he sneaked around to the back of the reception hall, jumped out of the window without leaving the door, and lurked. Enter the reception hall.
"Hey, what are you doing sneakily? Did you do something bad?"
Mo Nianxi saw Zhou Xingyun sneaking into the living room like a thief, and she couldn't help but curiously asked him what he did when he went to the latrine? Why did he climb through the window when there was a door?
"How could I, a kind person, do bad things?" Zhou Xingyun hugged the black-haired girl naturally and said, "Let's go, they have been waiting for me in the living room for a long time."
Zhou Xingyun and Mo Nianxi appeared in the reception hall. The Xuanwuguan generals sitting on the chairs stood up and bowed to Zhou Xingyun.
Immediately afterwards, Han Qiumiao began to introduce the officers in the living room to Zhou Xingyun. In addition to the general Huang Puzhong who guarded Xuanwu Pass, there were also five captains of ten thousand who were responsible for commanding the army.
Zhou Xingyun looked at the six people silently and felt that they were very ordinary and did not have the aggressive general aura.
Of course, this may also be because Zhou Xingyun has experienced too many storms. He has seen the pressure of ancient and modern masters, and the momentum of the six generals in front of him is naturally not a problem.
In other words... the impact of the Northern Territory Priest Qingtian Bear seems to be slightly stronger than theirs.
After a brief introduction, Han Qiumiao went straight to ask about the situation at Xuanwu Pass. After all, when they set off from the Wulin Alliance camp, they received news that Huang Feng Kingdom had sent troops...
"Your Highness Princess, according to the information we have received, Huang Feng Kingdom is sending about 70,000 troops this time. Three days ago, 5,000 advance troops arrived in the wilderness twenty miles outside Xuanwu Pass. They did not continue to approach Xuanwu Pass. Perhaps We are waiting for the large army."
"How many troops can we mobilize?"
"The total number of border guards stationed in the north is 36,000. Now adding the reinforcements sent by the princes from the northern towns and the 2,000 personal guards of Marshal Zhenbei Cavalry, we can mobilize about 43,000 troops. .”
"What response measures are currently being taken at Xuanwuguan?"
"We have dispatched 3,000 people to be stationed at Xuanwu Pass for 12 hours on a day and night shift basis. In addition, we have 3,000 scouts patrolling outside the pass. Once we find any changes in the enemy's movement, we will rush back to report." Huang Puzhong replied in an orderly manner. Maybe that's why Zhou Xingyun thought this person was very ordinary.
Huang Puzhong has a calm personality and behaves in a well-behaved manner. He is not a warlike general.
Let me tell you something, it’s good to have this person guard the level...
Recalling the time when the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor rebelled and asked Sister Nangong to guard the city gate, that heroic feat of attacking the city... Not only did she lose the city, but she herself was taken over by Zhou Xingyun.
Zhou Xingyun and his party first arrived at Xuanwu City and had many things to do. Han Qiumiao learned a little about the situation at Xuanwu Pass and learned that the enemy soldiers had not yet attacked, so he signaled Huang Puzhong and others to arrange a place for them.
Xuanwu Walled City is actually a garrison camp, which is full of square military barracks. Each barrack can accommodate more than a hundred people.
Two thousand people from the Zhenbei Cavalry Regiment came, and Huang Puzhong handed over the twenty-three empty barracks in the right corner of Xuanwu City Walled City.
Zhou Xingyun made arrangements by himself.
Ever since, Zhou Xingyun and others began to clean the residence...
Huang Puzhong suggested that his subordinates help, but Zhou Xingyun declined politely. After all, the members of the Yanji Army were all girls, and it would be safer for the girls to organize the barracks at their homes by themselves.
Finally, Huang Puzhong told Zhou Xingyun and Han Qiumiao that he lived in the barracks in the upper right corner of Xuanwu Walled City and that if there was any problem, they could send someone to him.
Huang Puzhong arranged the residence of Zhou Xingyun and others, and left with the deputy general of Wan Fu, without disturbing the Zhenbei Cavalry Regiment to clean up the barracks.
"What do you think of Marshal Zhenbei Cavalry?" As soon as the six of them left the residence of the Zhenbei Cavalry Regiment, one of them asked.
"It's not bad. You are making a difference at a young age. What do you think?"
"To put it bluntly, I am quite disappointed with him. Maybe my expectations for him were too high."
"Like you, I feel that Marshal Zhenbei Cavalry can assist the Emperor in seizing the throne, annihilate the forces of the Emperor's Sixteenth Son, and then pull down Master Qing. He should be a powerful hero, but when I contacted him today,
I always feel that he is very ordinary, even a little... frivolous."
"Yes, when Her Royal Highness the Princess asked us, he kept being rude to the black-haired girl next to him. If he were a soldier under my command, I would definitely slap him awake."
Zhou Xingyun certainly did not expect that when he thought Huang Puzhong and others were ordinary and ordinary, the other party also thought that he was ordinary and ordinary.
"Don't judge people by their appearance. There is no real person under a great reputation. Yun Zihou can become the favored son of the court in just two or three years, holding both civil and military positions. He is definitely not an ordinary person. And... Zhong
Cang, you should be careful with your words, Qingtian Xiong is a traitor."
Huang Puzhong corrected him sternly, lest his lieutenants accidentally say something treacherous in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
"Yes, General Xie reminded me." Zhongcang responded in panic. Qingtian Xiong was once the Northern State Shepherd, and they were used to calling Lord Qing. Now Qingtian Xiong is a rebel, and if he calls the wrong one in front of Han Qiumiao, then he will
What a waste.
"Come back, general, don't you think the behavior of Huang Feng's vanguard troops is very strange? They camped in the wilderness twenty miles away from Xuanwu Pass for three days. Do they really have to wait for the large troops in the rear?"
"It's indeed strange." Huang Puzhong nodded thoughtfully. Normally, if the Huang Feng Kingdom wanted to invade the northern border of the Central Plains, their vanguard should come to put pressure on the soldiers at Xuanwu Pass.
The main task of Huang Feng's vanguard troops was not to attack Xuanwu Pass first. They were to create an atmosphere of troops approaching the city, put pressure on Xuanwu Pass, and make the soldiers stationed at Xuanwu Pass realize that Huang Feng's troops were invading the Central Plains, so that the soldiers stationed there would be in high spirits.
Tight.
Here's the weird part.
If Huang Feng's vanguard troops want to put pressure on Xuanwu Pass, causing the soldiers stationed there to eat poorly, sleep poorly, and be in fear every day, then they should get closer to Xuanwu Pass.
Just imagine, if the leading troops of Huang Feng Kingdom camped in a place visible from the Xuanwu Pass Observation Tower, the soldiers stationed in the pass would always worry that the other side would attack. The living area would be filled with an atmosphere of panic and uneasiness, and the soldiers would suffer physically and mentally.
Suffering, morale will also decrease.
However, Huang Feng's leading troops camped twenty miles away from Xuanwu Pass. In this way, the soldiers stationed in Xuanwu Pass could sleep peacefully.
"Maybe there is a big problem in Huang Feng's country, and their army has no time to invade the Central Plains."
"If this is really the case, then the world will be in trouble. Unfortunately, it is all your wishful thinking..."
Huang Feng's leading troops did not approach the city, but adopted an offensive posture to put pressure on the soldiers at Xuanwu Pass. Is it really because of domestic problems that caused their hesitation?
It means yes, it means no.
Before the start of the Four Seas Heroes Martial Arts Conference, all forces gathered in Leshan City, and envoys from the Huangfeng Kingdom contacted the Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe.
After some deliberations, Huang Feng State, Da Xiang State, and the Eagle Tribe reached an agreement, that is, during the Four Seas Heroes Martial Arts Conference, Da Xiang State and the Eagle Tribe cooperated with Huang Feng State to put pressure on the Central Plains royal family.
As Han Qiumiao analyzed previously, the Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe only need to transport grain and grass in their own country and arouse the vigilance of the Central Plains court, so as to put pressure on the Central Plains royal family and make the people of the Southern Palace and the West Commandery Prince fearful. We dare not deploy troops at will to support the northern border.
However, Huang Fengguo's original plan went wrong, so that their vanguard stopped twenty miles away from Xuanwu Pass and was confused...
Huang Feng Kingdom's original plan was as follows. Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe took the lead in transporting their country's military grain reserves to frontier towns, making the Central Plains royal family aware of the unusual movements outside the western and southern borders.
When the above two news reached Xuanwuguan, the vanguard of Huang Feng's army came to the city and put pressure on the soldiers of Xuanwuguan.
When the soldiers at Xuanwuguan learned about the situation in the western and southern territories, and saw the vanguard of the Huangfeng Kingdom in front of them, they naturally became frightened. They mistakenly thought that the Huangfeng Kingdom, Daxiang Kingdom, and the Eagle Tribe were planning to jointly invade the Central Plains while the Central Plains was holding a martial arts conference.
In this way, the soldiers stationed at Xuanwu Pass naturally understood that the foreign forces outside the western border and the southern border were all eyeing them and were ready to move, and they were in an isolated and helpless situation.
Huang Feng's kingdom had not yet begun to attack the city, but they had already started psychological warfare. It could be said that they had made sufficient preparations.
However, Huang Feng Kingdom's vanguard should have received news four or five days ago that Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe were transporting armaments and supplies domestically to indirectly contain the Central Plains forces.
“Haven’t the messengers from Daxiang Kingdom and Eagle Tribe sent news yet?”
"General Qi, there is no news yet."
"What a delay! What do they think this march is?"
General Huang Fengguo, who was the leader of the vanguard, was very angry. Their vanguard had arrived outside Xuanwu Pass three days ago.
According to what the three parties had discussed earlier, both the Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe should send messengers to take action at this time.
However, the Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe have not sent messengers for a long time. What is going on?
Just when Huang Feng's generals were feeling impetuous, a messenger from a large army came to the vanguard after a long journey.
"Report to General Muter, the Marshal has sent a secret order."
"Send it up quickly!" Muter shouted excitedly, thinking that Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe had finally started to take action.
However, when he opened the secret letter and read the contents clearly, Muttel immediately yelled, "This is unreasonable! Daxiang Kingdom and the Eagle Tribe are really a bunch of weaklings!"
The content of the secret letter is nothing more than that both Daxiang State and the Eagle Tribe broke the contract and refused to cooperate with Huang Feng State's actions, so Muter's vanguard troops should not act rashly for the time being.