In fact, this shopkeeper also came out of a large family, as the youngest son in the family, he naturally thought about how to expand the family business, so he ran to this city alone. This is also convenient, now that he knows that Xiao Chumo is coming, he reminds his uncle in advance.

The little guy called Hu San was actually from the Hu family and followed the shopkeeper Hu, because he knew some kung fu, so he could be regarded as the most effective person. After hearing the order of the shopkeeper Hu, he answered, hired a horse from the city and set off quickly.

"What's wrong with you? I've been a little worried since I started. ”

In the carriage that was moving, Ah Ye was lying on the small table as usual and enjoying the pastries prepared for him by Yu Panxi. However, seeing that the latter had been frowning since he got into the carriage, he couldn't help but ask.

Yu Panxi seemed to come back to her senses at this time, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just think that although those dried meats are easy to preserve, ordinary shops don't prepare a lot of this kind of dry food." I don't know how much I can buy in the next city. ”

"What's there to worry about, I looked at the map that Xiao Chumo took out before, didn't I have to pass through at least five or six cities later? According to the way you bought yesterday, there are a lot of points to buy in one place! ”

For her words, Ah Ye seemed to be a little unimpressed. He originally thought that something big had happened, but he didn't expect it to be just because of such trivial things.

Yu Panxi just smiled. In fact, she didn't finish what she said just now, worrying about the procurement of dried meat is one thing, and a lot, I don't know why, from the beginning of the army's departure, she has a very bad premonition, always feeling that something will happen.

This army soon arrived at the next city, and Xiao Chumo and Yu Panxi were going to enter the city as usual to buy some things for the soldiers on the border. But before they had even left the place where the army had set up camp, one of them, dressed in a soldier's uniform, hurried into the barracks on horseback.

"General, there is an urgent report!"

Xiao Chumo's eyes froze, because looking at the appearance of this soldier who came to deliver the letter, he knew that he must not have had much rest along the way. If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, he wouldn't have done it.

At the moment, Xiao Chumo couldn't care about any more procurement, so he had to let Yu Panxi enter the city alone, and he called the soldier who delivered the letter back to the main account.

I don't know how long the soldier has been on the road, and after telling Xiao Chumo the news he brought, he fainted directly in the latter's tent. When the soldiers in the army came to bring people to the accompanying military doctors for treatment, they could obviously feel that Xiao Chumo's face was very gloomy.

After Yu Panxi came back, the first thing he said when he saw Xiao Chumo was to ask: "What happened, I just came, the atmosphere in the army is not ordinarily gloomy, is it related to the soldier who delivered the letter before?" ”

In fact, the content of the letter was not revealed at all, and the tense atmosphere in the army was just because of Xiao Chumo's gloomy face. Vice General Xu and the soldiers didn't dare to ask what was going on, so they had to hope that Yu Panxi could go and appease their own general.

"It's not about him, it's about the news he sent."

Xiao Chumo's gloomy and frightening face improved because Yu Panxi came back, but the words he said were obviously a bit of gnashing of teeth.

"Previously, the Nanjin Kingdom had already made a truce with our country, and even sent envoys to ask for negotiations, but now it suddenly sent a large number of troops to attack our borders. Such a backsliding act can only be done by a villain! ”

"What happened?!"

His later words really shocked Yu Panxi.

If you want to say that there was constant friction between the border of Nanjin and Ningguo before, the people of Ningguo are probably accustomed to this news. But now it is clear that they sent people to negotiate a truce, but they suddenly sent troops to attack, which is really incomprehensible!

Thinking that the soldier who delivered the letter before seemed to be coming from the direction of Kyoto, and must have already handed over the news, Yu Panxi hurriedly asked, "What does Your Majesty say about this matter?" ”

If it weren't for Situ Feiyu's decision, this person would not have known Xiao Chumo's route so clearly and directly delivered the letter to him.

Hearing Yu Panxi's words, Xiao Chumo spoke, and sure enough, it was news from the imperial court: "Your Majesty has sent a large number of troops to the border, listening to the description of the soldier who delivered the letter, it should have caught up with our team at this time." It's just that this attack of Nanjin Kingdom was really a little unprepared, and the situation on the border side is probably not very good. ”

The latter sentence, in fact, does not need to be said, Yu Panxi can guess it. After all, after fighting with Nanjin for so many years, there are constant frictions on the border. I finally waited until the other party was willing to negotiate a truce, but I was afraid that the frontier soldiers would let down some of their guards.

In this way, from the very beginning of this war, the situation was already unfavorable to Ning's side.

Yu Panxi knew that Xiao Chumo must be very anxious at this time, but they were originally there to negotiate this time, and although there were many elite soldiers with them, the number was not very large.

What's more, the team was accompanied by dozens of wagons used to carry food, and they couldn't be fast at all, otherwise they wouldn't have been caught up by the army sent by the empress to support them.

"I know you're anxious about the war on the border, and I'm just as anxious. But the more times like this, the more we can't afford to mess around, and we can only wait to join up with the supporting army. ”

Although Yu Panxi has a delicate heart, she is just a weak woman in the end, she can't say much about things on the battlefield, so she can only comfort Xiao Chumo softly.

In fact, the latter understands all the truths she said, but in the end, she still can't completely put her mind at ease, and her brows can't be relaxed.

Although he already knew that Situ Feiyu had sent a large number of troops to rush along this route, Xiao Chumo had no way to stay where he was and wait. So after all the goods purchased by Yu Panxi in the city were delivered, he led the team to continue to hurry according to the original itinerary.

It's just that this kind of travel speed, which is the same as in normal days, now looks a little tormented in Xiao Chumo's eyes.

Fortunately, the troops supporting the imperial court didn't know who was the general, and the speed of the arrival was much faster than previously calculated. Just when Xiao Chumo was about to walk to the next city, he could already see a huge team coming behind him from a distance.

"Stop!"

Xiao Chumo gave an order, and the entire team behind him stopped, waiting for the arrival of the army behind him.

Yu Panxi sat in the carriage, and naturally heard the almost deafening sound of horses' hooves and footsteps outside. She lifted the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, she saw a large black crowd approaching behind her.

It seems that Situ Feiyu has almost sent a lot of troops stationed in Kyoto this time. After all, this is the first battle she fought after she ascended the throne, and she must have seen a beautiful record.