The journey of giving birth to a son

at dusk.

Guard the door of the house.

Xiao Shao dismounted, threw the riding whip to the soldiers at the door, and walked directly to the inner courtyard, with a look of worry on his heroic face.

Xiao Shao's wife, Meng Danyang, heard that her husband was back and rushed to greet her, "Husband, are you back?"

Meng Danyang is twenty-four or five years old this year. He is wearing a pink brocade robe and a silver-white armor inlaid with silver fox fur. He has high peony hair and several gold hairpins stuck in the fluffy bun. , dignified and bright, adding a bit of charm.

Xiao Shao went out this time and didn't come back for more than ten days. He picked up the teacup on the table and drank several glasses of water. He was still thinking about what the garrison told him when he went to Dingbian Town this time, "This time your The task is very difficult. The Tatar army is coming to attack the city. You must stop the Tatars for me. Even if there is only the last person left, you must hold the last line of defense. If the Tatars break through your defense line and endanger Dingbian City, Even Xuanfu City came to see me with his head raised."

Xiao Shao did not expect that he would face such a big challenge just after becoming the defense officer of Fort Mighty!
"We're not the only military fort around. Maybe the Tatars won't come here and will go to other military forts!"

Meng Danyang took Xiao Shao's hand and comforted him softly.

Xiao Shao shook his head. This time is different. This time, the old Khan King of the Tatar tribe passed away. The new Khan King Mandulu is different from the old Khan King. When the old Khan King was here, he just wanted to come here to rob some. Just go back. This Mantulu is an ambitious man who wants to make great achievements. This time he aims to attack the city. If he really invades Fort Mighty on a large scale this time, with just these hundreds of troops, it will probably be very difficult. Hard to hold on to.

Xiao Shao said this, and Meng Danyang also felt a little worried, but all she could do at this moment was to let the maid serve the food and let her husband eat first!

Xiao Shao didn't care about eating, so he put down his tea cup and stood up. He sent the order and officials from more than a hundred households came to the official hall to discuss matters.

Xiao Shao waited in the official hall for a while. The first person who came in was Qianhu Chen Wei. He was about forty years old, young and powerful, and walked with great power.

This Chen Wei was fair in his dealings, highly skilled in martial arts, and deeply loved by military households. Only such a person could deal with the Tatars. Xiao Shao couldn't help but nod.

"Sir, it's almost midnight, call your subordinates over. What's the matter?" Chen Wei asked after saluting.

Xiao Shao motioned for him to sit down first.

After waiting for a while, Wang Qingshan and the others came slowly.

Wang Qingshan was bent over and walked steadily. After coming in, he greeted Xiao Shao and sat down to smoke a cigarette.

Xiao Shao is young and sitting in this position, many people are not convinced, especially Wang Qingshan, who always ignores him because of his age and seniority!
Seeing Wang Qingshan like this, Xiao Shao sneered in his heart, don't you know that death is imminent, what else are you going to do in front of me?

While smoking a cigarette, Wang Qingshan thought, it was so late, what did the defense master ask them to do? Several hundred households on the seats also looked at each other, and some people just looked at Wang Qingshan. Wang Qingshan lowered his eyes and said nothing. Look at Xiao Shao. "Is everyone here?" Xiao Shao looked around and was about to speak when he saw Zhang Yuan running in in a hurry, arranging the messy official uniforms as he ran.

Zhang Yuan had recently taken in a concubine. She was very beautiful. He had just gotten into bed with her at night when he heard the guard calling him. He was very angry and ran over without even putting on his clothes. !

Xiao Shao was naturally very angry when he saw this. This Zhang Yuan was Wang Qingshan's lackey. He didn't pay attention to the tasks assigned to him, always procrastinated, and sometimes even contradicted him.

He was just late, what could he do?
But Zhang Yuan found that today was different. Xiao Shao was furious, "Look at what you look like. You don't have the image of a soldier at all. Zhang Baihu, I have been giving orders for more than an hour. From your home to my Here, even if you crawl, you are here. Not only are you late, but you are also disheveled and look like you. What should we do when the enemy comes? "

When the other officials saw Zhang Yuan's messy bun and disheveled appearance, they lowered their heads and snickered. Some couldn't help but even laughed out loud.

Seeing this, Xiao Shao became more and more upset and worried. He slammed the desk in front of him and shouted loudly: "Why are you laughing? As a soldier in the army, discipline is lax, and you don't even know when death is imminent?"

All the officials were stunned, hurriedly suppressed their smiles, and stood with their heads bowed. Zhang Yuan heard Xiao Shao's reprimand and felt very uncomfortable. He looked at Wang Qingshan. Wang Qingshan coughed all over, and Zhang Yuan stood aside.

When Xiao Shao saw everyone coming, he told what had happened in the past few days when the Tatar army invaded the garrison.

As soon as they heard that the Tatar army was coming to attack the city, everyone panicked! There was a lot of whispering and discussion.

Xiao Shao frowned and glanced at the thousands of households, hundreds of households, and general bannermen who were standing in the government hall in a panic. He saw that most of them were old and weak, or were not useful. When the enemy came, there were not many who could really use it. personal.

Moreover, these people are undisciplined and fight among themselves.

Xiao Shao continued, "I have been in the garrison for the past few days. According to reports from our spies, after Mantulu succeeded to the throne, he did not listen to the Tatar Grand Master's advice to cultivate himself and went straight to Dingding with 10,000 horses. Among the border cities, Dingbian City is the most prosperous and closest to Xuanfu City. If we can capture Dingbian City, we can march straight into Xuanfu City. Even Mandulu is in danger. We are on the only way for the Tatars to reach Dingbian City. Once Mantulu sets his sights on Dingbian City, we will face the enemy head-on. "

After hearing these words, the faces of the officials changed drastically. They all seemed to have seen the Tatar cavalry roaring in, killing people like chopping melons and vegetables. Blood spattered three feet, and they felt cold sweat.

Wang Qingshan pondered for a while and asked: "Sir, Mantulu led 10,000 troops to besiege the city. If he wants to deal with us, there will be no problem. If he wants to break into Dingbian City or even Xuanfu City, this is probably a fool's dream!"

Xiao Shao glanced at him, still speaking in a heavy tone, "If he were an ordinary general, he would not dare to have such thoughts and actions, but this man is very ambitious, and he wants to make great achievements, and he covets a large area of ​​​​our Yan Kingdom. I'm afraid it will Regardless of whether he will choose Fort Mighty as his attack point, we must not take it lightly and actively prepare for war!"

Xiao Shao sighed heavily and said solemnly: "On that day, Liu Shoubei summoned the defense officers of several of our sub-forts to the garrison mansion and solemnly asked us to hold the castle firmly and not let the Tatars break it. The city is still there and the people are there. , the city will perish and the people will perish. Today, I also solemnly entrust you to the brothers. The survival of Mighty Fort depends on you. "

After saying that, he stood up and bowed deeply to the officials with his hands in hand. (End of chapter)