Heavenly Dao Formula

That is Jinxia City.

Gong Sheng reined in his horse with a "wow", and squinted at the gray city not far away. Judging from the security at the top of the city and the flow of people entering and leaving the west gate, it is indeed somewhat unreasonable. At least he noticed that the four watch posts were watching his movements. In less than a quarter of an hour, there were obviously many more heads shaking on the city wall. According to his experience of visiting Jinxia in the past, the guards of the government would not have such a quick response, especially since his subordinates had already displayed the Shenzhou military flag, the other party would not be on guard.

As the capital of Shenzhou, the number of people entering and leaving Jinxia City is too small. This is not a major business city, but it will not wither to such an extent.

Sure enough, something happened in the city.

"Lord Captain, all the scouts have returned." Adjutant Lu Honghua approached him with his horse.

"Well, did they find anything?"

"Everything around is safe, and there are no signs of enemy activity, but—" the adjutant said in a low voice, "There are a large number of camping signs on the outskirts of the Western Wall. Judging from the scope, it is estimated that there is an army of tens of thousands of people."

"A large army? Stationed outside Jinxia City?" Gong Sheng glanced at the other party, "Shenzhou has no large army other than us. Even if they are enemies, they will only choose to stay in the city, and they may run outside the western wall. "

"what do you mean……"

"It should be a camp for temporarily housing the refugees who escaped from the city. The message from the messenger is correct. It seems that Jinxia City was indeed attacked by pirates."

When the news reached the Shenzhou army garrison, the commander-in-chief, General Qing, was skeptical at first.

After all, the smoke had not yet risen, and the entire southeast was calm; the reporter was also in a state of distress, and there was only one message, and he didn't even carry the government's seal, which was really unreasonable.

Once the army moved, it would cost money and silver. If he rushed to Jinxia City and found that it was a false alarm, wouldn't his name as a general become a joke?

However, the attack on the capital is unusual and cannot be treated as a joke.

Therefore, this task was handed over to Gong Sheng, the captain of Yang Wei.

General Qing ordered him to lead a light cavalry unit to Jinxia City for support as soon as possible, while the forward marched slowly. If this matter is verified to be true, it will not be too late to dispatch the Chinese army to fight against the bandits.

Therefore, the thousand and five hundred Qingqi became the first troops to arrive at the capital of Shenzhou.

"However, judging from the situation of this city, it doesn't look like it has been attacked." The adjutant pondered, "Even if the courier was delayed for a day and a half, it would only take less than three days. When did the local government become so capable? To deal with the pirates, you can take care of the fleeing refugees, and you don’t forget to clean up the traces of the camp afterwards... I remember that the local prefect was a purely civil servant, right?"

"If you ask him this question, don't you know?" Gong Sheng asked enthusiastically. He didn't want to take care of the refugees' affairs. There are at least two things that can be confirmed at present-one is that the West City Gate is still under the control of the government; the other is that the pirates really exist. What do you want most about being an officer in the military? That is of course a military achievement, and suppressing bandits and peace bandits is a great achievement. For an army stationed in the hinterland of Daqi, such opportunities are not common.

He waved his hand to the back, "Come on, let's enter the city!"

"Here!" All the soldiers responded in unison.

...

However, what Gong Sheng never expected was that his team was stopped by the guards at the door.

This is simply unreasonable!

The government sent people to ask the Shenzhou Army for support. Now that the reinforcements are here, they won't let them enter the city?

Who gave them this dog gall! ?

"Get out of the way!" Gong Sheng yelled, let the soldiers who opened the way retreat to the two sides, and rode his horse towards the city gate himself, "I am Captain Yang Wei of the Shenzhou Army, entrusted by the prefect to rescue Jinxia City, you wait Hurry up and give way, so that the army can pass!"

"Have you heard what the captain said? If you are sensible, get out of here!" Lu Honghua followed to cheer for her boss.

But the five guards remained unmoved.

They stood in a line with long guns, blocking the road into the city.

"His Royal Highness has an order. Teams with more than 30 people need to be notified before they can enter the city after obtaining permission." One of them said clearly, "My lord, have you seen the tent on your right? Please cooperate with us." Register."

"His Royal Highness?" Gong Sheng laughed angrily. When will it be the Princess' turn to speak in Jinxia City? Could it be that all the officials in the government are dead? He raised his long knife, raised his hand and put the knife edge in front of the opponent, "I repeat: I was ordered to rush to help this place, and the military order must not be violated. If you insist on not giving in, then don't blame me for sending you on the road."

"This is an order from Her Royal Highness, and we are also following orders." The leading guard didn't change his face.

Even in the face of a knife hanging overhead? Gong Sheng secretly marveled that such soldiers are rare.

But he was the face of the vanguard of the Shenzhou Army, and there was absolutely no reason why he was stopped by a few guards.

To him, killing people was nothing more than a simple matter.

Gong Sheng exerted strength with both arms, and slashed at the opponent's head!

"Look at the arrow!"

With a soft shout, a flying arrow shot out from the city and hit Gong Sheng's chest——

The arrow was extremely fast and powerful, even if he was wearing armor, he would probably be injured if he was shot.

"Hey, how brave!" Gong Sheng had to withdraw the long knife and block it on his chest. He only heard a bang, and the arrow broke when it hit the blade, and his palms felt numb.

So much strength!

"How dare you plot against the dignified Captain Daqi, everyone, draw your sword!" The adjutant shouted loudly, and was about to lead the team to break through the city gate, but the archer's next scolding gave her a little hesitation——

"His Royal Highness Princess Guangping is here, who would dare to make a mistake!?"

"His Royal Highness... is here?" Not only Lu Honghua, but also the cavalry under her commanded a commotion.

At this time, the guards guarding the gate of the city slowly retreated to the gate, giving way to the main road.

I saw a young woman riding a tall horse and wearing a red robe and white silk, escorted by a group of black-clothed alchemists, walking unhurriedly in front of Gong Sheng.

After hearing the news that the Shenzhou Army was approaching, Ning Wanjun immediately took countermeasures. On the one hand, she asked Xia Fan to negotiate with Wang Yi'an, on the other hand, she changed into a military uniform, crossed the inland river, and entered the city first from the north gate, trying to catch up with Wang Yi'an. Block the Shenzhou army at the gate of the city before it can pass through the west city wall.

This is the Princess Guangping who was entrusted here?

Gong Sheng sized her up for a while, then hesitantly put down the long knife, arched his hands towards the woman, and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen Your Highness before. If there was any collision and offense, I hope His Highness will forgive me. But why does Your Highness Princess stop me? Your Majesty There is a military order, you must immediately—"

"Meet with the government immediately to discuss a strategy to suppress the bandits?" Ning Wanjun said indifferently, "You are too late. Most of the invading pirates have been wiped out two days ago, and the few remaining bandits are still chasing and suppressing. The reason why I set up a card at the gate of the city. As for the prefect and others you want to see, unfortunately, they died in this disaster."

"What...what did you say?" Gong Sheng was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. The prefect...is dead? "What about the other officials?"

"Above rank six, few survived."

There was a bang in Gong Sheng's head. Doesn't this mean that the entire government of Jinxia City has been eradicated?

He felt a chill behind him, if this news spread to Gyeonggi, the court would be shaken by it!

No, no... If such a big mess really happened, how could Jinxia City be safe and sound now? The bandit disaster that can kill all the officials in a city should be a disaster at the level of riots, but the situation in the city does not seem to be the case.

"Your Highness, the matter is of great importance, and I must confirm it!"

"Of course, we can go to the Jinxia Mansion to discuss in detail." Ning Wanjun nodded and said, "But you can only bring a few people into the city."

"What's the meaning of this?" Gong Sheng immediately protested, "They followed me all the way to help Jinxia, ​​and they need to rest and recuperate. You can't let them stay outside the city, can you?"

"Rest and recuperate?" Ning Wanjun's voice lowered, "You really don't know what will happen when an army stationed in the suburbs enters the city for a long time? Don't forget that the royal family of Qi Kingdom have all experienced in the frontier army. The people of the city have just gone through a turmoil, and I don't want them to suffer another round of harassment. You—see what I mean?"

The two stalemate for quite a while, before Gong Sheng had no choice but to give in. Although this move would cause some dissatisfaction among his subordinates, for him, finding out what happened in Jinxia City as soon as possible is the most important thing at the moment.

After he whispered a few words to a personal guard, he led his adjutant and ten subordinates and followed the princess into Jinxia City.