Chapter 100 Imperial City Defense

There is a small piece of Shahe Prefecture between Luzhou and the imperial capital. The wind and sand in the state are fierce, the yellow sand is all over the sky, and the flying sand and stones are like evil. During the Jingyuan Dynasty, Shahezhou was called Quanzhou. From the birthplace of the snowy mountains in the far north, the Rilana River mes and flowed here, accumulating a rich river grassland. Therefore, water transportation and cattle and sheep animal husbandry were developed, and it was rare to breed a fertile grassland in the south of the north-south dividing line composed of the Jilana River and the wilderness and the mountains. At that time, the Jingxuan Dynasty built the emperor in the east of Quanzhou, which was inseparable from the richness and beauty of this place.

But more than 300 years ago, Emperor Jinglan, the founding emperor of Fanyang, sent troops all the way up. Although there was a hard battle, he was invincible. When he arrived in Quanzhou, he faced the strongest army of the Jingxuan Dynasty. Huangfu Jinglan resolutely fought a decisive battle, and the war burned in every corner of the narrow Quanzhou. In late autumn, the grassland of Quanzhou is withered and yellow, and the autumn grass seed fat is plump, burning at a little. Fortunately, the wind was gratifying. A big fire burned Quanzhou from west to east into dark scorched earth, and also burned the last force and barrier of the Jingxuan Dynasty.

In order to maximize the fire, Huangfu Jinglan threw tens of thousands of pounds of sulfur powder and fire oil all the way, and the fire with choking black smoke did not even let go of the grassland mice under the ground and turned into ashes. The Quanzhou grassland and the Longxiang army stationed in Quanzhou were almost burned down, and the plump grassland was not as written in the poem. The next year, after Huangfu Jinglan changed the imperial capital of Jingyu to Xiangquan City, the capital of the emperor of Fanyang, but that spring, a piece of charred earth and ashes did not sprout a new bud. The earth is covered with black ashes and the remains of Bingge, and the choking smell of sphite and fire oil is still fresh.

So His Majesty Jinglan simply used this land adjacent to the imperial capital as a martial arts arena, allowing the imperial army to practice their iron hooves. For 300 years, the grassland formed by the alluvial of Fengmei River Bay has turned into a piece of sand. As soon as autumn, the north wind hit, and the black sand dust was raised high, covering the sky and the sun, and the wind roared as if The devil cried.

About 200 years ago, after an imperial land survey record, Kan public opinion changed the name of this place to Shahezhou, and Quanzhou, which had the reputation of "small fire away from the original" at that time, was completely turned into historical dust.

As a throat place adjacent to the imperial capital, however, Shahezhou, the size of the county, has 10,000 defense armored in the imperial capital city, all of which are tough horses with fast knives and good horses - Shahezhou is too flat and without any obstacles, and its footpower is not comparable to the galloping horses. This is also the only exception of Fanyang, which is not popular with cavalry.

Some day ago, Mengyang's iron horse entered Fanyang. As the city defense elite armored to defend the imperial capital, they were all nervous. The knife was sleeping in the pillow saddle, guard against all the abnormal movements that may threaten the imperial capital. Later, Mengyang withdrew, and the city defense soldiers who had no meritorified looked at the Canghai Yanzi Army and other military departments receiving awards. They could only shrink their hands and joke, "Fortunately, Mengyang people withdrew before the wind. If they want to delay for a period of time, they will be so cold that they can't even hold their knives tightly!"

The only advantage of the defense armor in the imperial capital is that it is sufficient to supply, rich in materials, and only one day and one night from the imperial capital! After the beginning of winter, the imperial capital specially transferred a group of warm-bodied soju and meat-style armored warriors, which can also be regarded as the comfort of the imperial capital defense force that had made no achievements in the war with Mengyang.

At night, the whistle wind outside the military tent blew black sand everywhere, like a grinding disc crushing bones.

The mud stove was lit in the tent, and a copper pot was put on the stove. A bottle of new soju from the imperial capital was boiled in the pot. Several newly replaced Jiashi rubbed their hands around the mud stove and waited for the wine to be hot. Smelling the smell of wine from the mud seal, the armors were going to drip down.

"The wine from the top this time is really not bad. It's just the right time to come. It's going to snow, and there's just wine to warm up!" A Dunshi Jiashi looked at the warm wine in the pot and said.

"Humph, the big head has been taken away by Cang navy and Ao Yu. Isn't it a comfort to give us so much wine? I'm afraid we are unbalanced!" The youngest young man of these people said unconvincedly.

"That's right, and it is said that the defense of our imperial capital is the elite of the empire. I think it's a ball! It's not even a big battle. How can you make contributions and get promoted?" Someone clenched his fist and echoed.

A white-bearded old man stabbed the charcoal fire in the mud stove, sucked his nose, and said hoarsely, "You can't say that the Cang navy and Ao Yu have established a long shot, but you haven't heard that the Cang navy, the old general Li Siam and Aoyu's general Yang Yu, both died in battle. Listen, they are both prestigious. Old general, if you don't say it! I guess when you descendants joined the army, your ears were full of the deeds of these old generals... The defense army of our imperial capital is indeed elite. Whether it is training equipment or supplies, the military department is incomparable! But when it's time for us to go up and work hard, then Fanyang is in danger and about to subjugate the country!"

"The second uncle is right! The era when warriors are not needed is the peaceful and prosperous era suitable for the common people. There is no need to work hard. How good is it for everyone to go back to their respective families to marry their wives and have children? You young people are uneasy. When you reach our age, you will know that plainness is the truth.

The short armored man smiled and said, "Maybe it's too young, but there's nothing to do for a day without a fight. It's too bad to live the same life as waiting for death! After joining the army for so long, I really want to see what a war looks like!"

"The wine is ready! Come on, take them out and warm up!" The young man stretched out his hand to lift the mud seal and was slapped on the back of his hand by the oldest man.

The young man saw his second uncle's angry eyes and said with a smile, "Well, it's the next generation who is ignorant!" Second uncle, please first, second uncle first!"

The man called the second uncle suddenly grinned, "How can there be no meat when drinking!" Look what this is?" With that, he took out a pickled sheep's thigh from his arms and weighed it up and down in his hand, "It's enough for our brothers to have a good meal!"

"Meat! The top is still pinched and hasn't been sent. Where did the second uncle get it? The short man exclaimed.

"The boss sent someone to send supplies, and the general transferred a few brothers to move the goods. I also followed and came back with the leg of the sheep to relieve the brothers! This year, there are still white chickens, all of which are marinated, enough for our whole city defense forces to eat for a winter!" He pulled out his waist knife and cut the leg of the sheep. After everyone got their hands, he took out the jar of wine from the copper pot, opened the mud seal, poured a bowl, smelled deeply, and sighed, "I'm really willing to give up! This kind of good wine, the whole Fanyang military department, only our imperial capital defense army can drink it!"

The younger Jiashi grinned and said, "The court gave us delicious food. How can there be a feeling of fattening pigs and slaughtering them again? It's better to be a soldier than to swallow vegetables at home!"

"prospery!"

The elder who chewed the leg of lamb suddenly lowered his voice, "Have you heard of it? Our city defense forces don't fight much. How can they drink good wine and eat good meat than the border garrison?

Looking at a pair of concerned eyes around him, he was satisfied with the feeling of being in focus: "We have someone covering us, do you know? The Cang Navy has a prestigious Li Siam, and the proud and highly virtuous General Yang Yu. Who is on us? Why is our imperial defense force more comfortable than the soldiers under these two old generals? It's because our backer is so big that these two old generals have to obey!"

"Who? Second uncle, don't tell the customs!" After being short, he couldn't take his eyes off it, and he didn't know that the wine in the bowl was about to pour out.

"The person covering the defense of our imperial capital is Huangfu!" The elder looked at the robes around him and nodded deeply.

"Huangfu? Isn't that the royal family? Isn't our Fanyang all from the Huangfu family? Oh, my good boy!"

"Yes, the defense army of our imperial capital is actually the private army of a prince. What does the prince want to do to raise the army? If you use your brain, you will stop talking. If you go on, you will have to drop your head and kill the nine clans!" The elder stopped talking and poured the remaining wine in the jar into his own bowl, eating and drinking deliciously, leaving a few late-life faces to look at each other.

The wind outside the tent is fierce, the mud and coal in the tent are getting warmer, and the aroma of wine and meat is overflowing. Coupled with a chewy topic, this is a comfortable day.

Just as several people were eating and drinking happily, the curtain of the military tent was roughly lifted, and the commander with a strong beard broke in like a leopard. The leopard's eyes looked around, with a stingling expression, and his hand pressed on the knife around his waist and rushed murderously.

Several Jiashi were shocked and quickly turned over and stood up straight, swallowing the wine and meat that they could still swallow in the future.

The short armored man shouted with a sad face, "Uncle, are you going to kill us? It's all your fault for telling the truth!"

"Shut up!" Wu Chang shouted loudly and flew forward to kick the warm wine jar. "Are you still drinking at this jugnum? Drink to death!"

"The general has an order, all the city defense soldiers wear armor and knives to get on the horse, gather in the martial arts arena, and those who are wrong will be killed!" After leaving this urgent sentence, Wu Chang ran out of the military account.

Several frightened Jiashi looked at each other and had not yet recovered.

Fortunately, the elderly man who was called the second uncle saw a big scene. He slapped the back of the head of the dwarf armor, stared with round eyes and roared, "What are you stunned? The action is so sharp! Don't you think there is no war? Here comes the opportunity!"

At this time, the rapid footsteps outside the account and the horse hissed through the fierce roaring north wind.

Several of them were still complaining in their accounts that they had no achievements, and suddenly felt that it was great to live a comfortable life all the time.

Shahezhou martial arts arena.

Pang Zhun, the captain of the defense army of the imperial capital, stared at the armored men who were quickly gathering, clenched the silk and brocade book with the seal in his hand, and his gloomy eyes were hidden in the shadow of the helmet.

Desp> Despite the strong wind, the deputy lieutenant beside him still lowered his voice, "Your excellency, must be so urgent?"

Pang Zhu glanced at him and said, "It's not too slow." With that, he clenched the brocade book in his hand, and his nails were deeply embedded in the meat.

"But my lord, the defense army of our imperial capital shall not be mobilized at will for no reason, unless the emperor is in trouble or has a holy edict..."

"Holy Oracle? Ha ha, does your majesty really know the defense force of our imperial capital? Pang Zhun sneered, and his face was colder than the piercing cold wind. "The defense army of the imperial capital has only had 10,000 cavalry and soldiers in the city. Do you know how many armors there are in Shahe Chau?"

"I don't know!"

Pang Zhun stretched out three fingers, more than in front of the deputy general, "30,000! There are a total of 30,000 people in the defense army of the imperial capital!"

"But we only have 10,000 supplies. How can we feed 30,000 Jiashi?" The vice general exclaimed. As the second leader of the defense army of the imperial capital, he couldn't even figure out the number of people under his command!

"The entry and exit of these two thousand people was made up by the second prince! Do you understand?"

The vice general was shocked.

"The defense army of the imperial capital is not too much to say that it is the private army of the second prince! Why is it that every time there is supplies and equipment, our inconspicuous defense force in the imperial capital can always get it before other armies? Pang Zhun said coldly.

"The 150,000 Cang navy in the southwest has the domineering and arrogant Li Siam, the arrogant general Yang Yu, and the Yanzi army that has just resumed weaving is in charge of General Yan. Who do we have? His Royal Highness the second prince who is expected to sit on the throne!" Pang Zhun clenched the knife around his waist and said in a low voice, "Wh if you can be the next General Yan of the Royal Hall depends on this battle!"