A quarter of an hour ago, near the north gate of Lanzhou City.

"Guard Guo, didn't you say that this is an abandoned school ground, why is there a guard station stationed now?" Yun Zhi rode on a horse, looked at the camp with the Ming flag fluttering in front of her, and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Highness, the minister has definitely not deceived His Highness, and the minister has definitely not deceived His Highness. When Chen passed by this place yesterday, this was indeed an abandoned school yard. Guo Guard's defense was a little panicked.

"Then you say, why is there a guard stationed here?" Yun Zhi turned her head and asked.

"Your Highness," Zhang Wuji suddenly said, "Your Highness, please see, the flag of the guard post fluttering in the camp is the flag of the Jinwu Guard, not the local guard. It was about the time when the Jinwu guards returned to the capital from Yiwu and passed through Lanzhou, and it happened that His Majesty was going to receive the Mongol Khan in the city, so he ordered the Jinwu guards to be stationed here for the time being to defend His Majesty. ”

"Is that so? Yes, I remember hearing the imperial brother mention that there was a Shangzhiwei transferred from the capital who happened to pass through Lanzhou, and he was stationed temporarily, and he was originally arranged here. Yun Zhi also remembered something and said.

The doubt was solved, but the problem was not solved. "This school field has become a temporary garrison for the Jinwu guards, so where can I ride a horse?"

"Your Highness, the minister thought it would be better to forget it today." Zhang Wuji said cautiously: "There is no place suitable for horseback riding in the city except for the school grounds of these military camps, but at this time, these military camps are stationed in guards, and they cannot ride horses; His Majesty may not be happy when he receives the Great Khan of Mongolia, and if he hears that His Highness is traveling, he may not be happy. ”

"And didn't Your Majesty promise Your Highness to ride a horse outside the city with Your Highness in a few days? Why rush? ”

"This," in the face of her chosen husband, although she didn't show it on the outside, Yun Zhi treated him differently than ordinary people, if it was an ordinary person, she would definitely start to reprimand, but in the face of Zhang Wuji, Yun Zhi decided to think about it and find a suitable reason.

But just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard the sound of "crunch" and "crunch", and then the north gate was opened, and a gap about two people wide, and a man and a horse rode through the gap at a very fast speed, and wanted to gallop towards the city.

But at this time, Yun Zhi and his party stood in the middle of the avenue on horseback, leaving only narrow gaps for pedestrians to pass through on both sides. When the soldier saw this, he immediately shouted: "Urgent! Get out of the way! Urgent! Get out of the way! ”

Yun Zhi led the guards to evade, but the place where they were was too close to the city gate to dodge, the soldiers hurriedly pulled the reins, although he did not hit it, he himself fell to the ground because the horses under the seat stopped too quickly and could not grasp it for a while.

"Go down and have a look!" Yun Zhi commanded with a little worry. She wasn't worried about delaying the military situation, but worried that Yun Xi would know about and reprimand her.

Zhang Wuji jumped off the horse and wanted to reach out to help the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was anxious and wanted to stand up, but as soon as his left leg stood up straight, there was a heart-rending pain, and he screamed in pain and fell to the ground again.

Zhang Wuji lowered his body and touched it, and said, "Your leg is broken, you have to send it to the bone immediately!" ”

"Then how to pass this official document!" The soldier immediately shouted.

"Otherwise, I'll deliver it for you."

"You?" Pu Bing suddenly became vigilant and looked at Zhang Wuji with suspicion: "Who are you?" ”

"I'm His Majesty's Imperial Guard, look at my waist card!" Zhang Wuji immediately took out his waist card to show him.

Maybe it's because the identity of the imperial guard is trustworthy, or maybe it's because this official document is very anxious, and the soldiers immediately said: "Quick, send this official document to the state government and Lanzhou Wei, just say that there are no less than tens of thousands of lurking in the hills thirty miles north of the city!" ”

Zhang Wuji immediately asked: "Who are these ten thousand people?" Have you already figured it out? ”

"No, they were dressed in all kinds of clothes, and there were all kinds of tents, and although they looked like Mongols, they didn't look like they were from the same tribe, but like bandits gathered together."

He was about to ask something more when suddenly a voice came from his ear. "There are no less than 10,000 bandits lurking in the hills north of the city?" Yun Zhi immediately cried out in surprise, and then said, "Could it be that they are going to besiege Lanzhou City again?" ”

In front of her eyes, the situation during the siege of Ganzhou before instantly appeared, and she immediately trembled. It was the first time she had been on the battlefield, the first time she had seen a murder with her own eyes, and she didn't have time to think about it because of the urgency of the situation, but when the bandits fled, she was very frightened and had nightmares for days. Not only her, but the palace maids who witnessed those situations at that time were so frightened that they didn't dare to go to the toilet at night, and were often awakened by nightmares.

This situation lasted for a few days before it got better, and one of the reasons why Yun Xi stayed in Lanzhou for the Ninth Double Ninth Festival in early September was to wait for Yunzhi not to have nightmares. But at this moment, hearing that there were Mongols lurking in the north of the city awakened the nightmare in her heart.

"Your Highness, the north of Lanzhou City is close to the Yellow River, and the Yellow River is hundreds of zhang wide, and Lanzhou Wei also has a post in Hebei, whether they are bandits or not, it is impossible to attack the city immediately."

"And at this time, in addition to Lanzhou Wei, there are Jinwu guards stationed in the city, and it is absolutely impossible to capture Lanzhou City with only 10,000 people." Zhang Wuji said immediately.

"Yes, you're right, in addition to the Lanzhou Guard, there are also Jinwu Guards in the city, and the Jinwu Guards who belong to the Shangzhiwei are very powerful, and they are foolproof in defending the city, and a few bandits will definitely not be able to beat them." Yun Zhi heard the second half of Zhang Wuji's words, and suddenly said as if she had grabbed some life-saving straw.

Zhang Wuji was about to say anything more, when the soldiers grabbed his clothes and said, "Hurry up and spread this news to the state government and Lanzhou Wei." Now it is only found that there are more than 10,000 people lurking thirty miles north of the city, and perhaps at this time, the documents informing other lurking people are rapidly coming to Lanzhou City from all directions, and they must be prepared. Your Majesty is in the middle of the city right now! ”

Zhang Wuji took the paperwork and was about to hand it to another person to transmit, but the shopkeeper pulled him to the ground and asked him to pass it on in person, as if he only trusted him alone. Zhang Wuji asked Yun Zhi for instructions, but Yun Zhi was still in an abnormal situation at this time and did not answer. Zhang Wuji thought about it, and on the one hand, he asked others to help this shop to find a medical hall to pick up the bones, and on the other hand, he took two guards to pass on the official documents. Of course, when the eyes of this shopkeeper came out, he handed over the two official documents to the two guards and asked them to go to the state government and the Lanzhou guard respectively to transmit them. He thought that he was only away for a short time, and nothing should happen.

But just as he drove his horse away, Yun Zhi seemed to come back from his fear, and said loudly: "No, you can't let the bandits near the city, you must immediately send troops to destroy them!" ”