The city gate of Xiamaguan City is located at the mouth of a canyon between two high mountains. The city wall is very tall and steep. It is twice as high as an ordinary city wall. In front of the city gate is a vast gentle slope, and close to it

At the entrance, the terrain suddenly becomes steeper, and you have to go through a steep slope of about 20 feet to enter the city gate.

Although this steep slope is not long, vehicles and horses cannot pass through it, so it is called Xiama Pass. In order to facilitate the passage of vehicles and horses, a long approach bridge was later built in front of the city gate. After the approach bridge was completed, the amount of commerce and trade gradually increased.

, Xiamaguan City also became increasingly prosperous and became an important town in the Western Regions.

After King Yuwen and the General Soldier of Chu led their troops into Xiamaguan City, King Zhenxi not only wanted to use King Yuwen's ability to resist the invading enemies, but he was also afraid that King Yuwen would use his troops to gain his power.

After discussing with Wang Jianyi's military advisor, he made the following arrangements. He himself served as the commander-in-chief of the city defense, and handed over all the 100,000 troops who entered the city with the two men to the commander-in-chief of Chu, and placed them on the second line of city defense, taking into account the internal defense of the city.

Among the 100,000 troops and horses in the pass, they were deployed by King Yuwen and stationed at the main city gate, assisted by two generals, Li Zhenshan and Situ Jin. The other 100,000 troops and horses were deployed by General Cheng Guang as a mobile support force.

King Yuwen didn't mind that King Zhenxi used him as his general. He just focused on preparing to improve the city's fortifications to resist the invasion of the Tuban. He first ordered that all the approach bridges at the city gate be demolished and the bridge construction timbers used as rolling logs to defend the city.

Thunder Stone, and also ordered people to prepare a large number of small stones to pile up at the top of the city.

The soldiers thought that to deal with the giant warriors, they should prepare more big rocks. They didn't understand what they were doing with so many small rocks. Although they didn't understand, they still followed the order. Thousands of baskets of rubble were carried up.

At the top of the city.

After everything was arranged, King Yuwen led several of his men to check the defense preparations at the top of the city that day. At this time, a fast horseman came to the city and called the door. The soldiers on the city asked him where he came from and what he wanted. The black man on the horse

The man shouted loudly, "Please report to King Yuwen. I am the fisherman Chen Gengsheng. I have something important to report to you."

After hearing this, Yuwen Haotian at the top of the city quickly looked down the city, and immediately asked someone to open the gate and let people in. He also immediately went back to the city to see the visitor.

After the man in black entered the city gate, he dismounted from his horse and bowed to King Yuwen. Then he stood up and took down a piece of luggage from his horse. They were two large black cloth bundles. He carried the two big bundles to King Yuwen.

He said: "According to the order of the king, our department has managed to rob the target from the Longsheng Escort Bureau in Youjing. Please take a look at it."

At King Yuwen's signal, Meng Kun, the personal guard, stepped forward to take the bundle. After opening it, there was a pile of account books. He took out one and presented it to King Yuwen for review.

King Yuwen took it and looked through the account books. He shook his head and sighed as he read. Finally, he closed the account books and handed them to the guards, saying: "Keep these all in a safe place. Don't lose them." He then smiled and said to the big man in black: "Rebirth."

Ah, good job, I will give your fishing bureau a big credit this time."

The big man in black blushed slightly after hearing this, and shook his head repeatedly: "I dare not, Your Majesty, to be honest with you, this mission almost went wrong. It was only because of your good popularity in the world that I was lucky.

Passed smoothly.”

"Oh, how do you say this?" King Yuwen asked with interest after hearing the Lord.

"After we cleverly took the object from the escort, we repackaged it and lurked in the city for two days before transporting it out. I rode alone with the object out of the city and headed towards Kirihara Castle. I didn't want to be in the city.

On a small road leading to the county seat, there was actually a team of imperial officers and soldiers setting up a checkpoint. I had seen people letting people go after a brief interrogation in the past, so I thought it was just a normal inspection and didn't take it to heart."

"When it was my turn to pass the checkpoint, an officer and soldier came up and asked me what I was carrying on my horse. I said it was just some books. After the officer and soldier touched it through the bag, he immediately became nervous. At his signal, a team

The officers and soldiers immediately came up and surrounded me, and the horses were restrained. I was wondering when the officer and soldiers came up and said to me, please wait a moment, our commander will ask you personally."

"I wanted to resist, but after observing the situation, I wanted to escape without any problem, but it was almost impossible to take away the target, so I had to hold my temper and wait there. After half an hour, a young man appeared

The officer came over with a few people. He dismounted and walked up to me and asked with a smile, "Sir, he is a teacher." I said no, and he added that since he is not a teacher, he did not transport food or money during the war, but he checked it.

There are so many books, so elegant."

"Oh, what does this person look like?" King Yuwen asked curiously.

"This man is in his twenties. He is of medium height and has handsome features. He does not look like a martial artist, but more like a scholar. But from my perspective, I can see that this man has a very fine frame and seems to be someone with martial arts skills."

"How do you think that person's facial features compare with mine?" King Yuwen asked again.

Chen Gengsheng recalled it, looked at King Yuwen again, and said with some surprise: "When you put it like that, I think he is somewhat similar to you. If the king shaved his beard, it would be even more like a retreat.

Could it be that this person has some relationship with the king?"

"Ha, ha, ha, that's not true. It's just that I have heard about this person for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. Ha, ha, keep talking." King Yuwen replied with a smile.

"I answered him at that time that I was entrusted by a noble family in Kirihara City to transport these books. He then walked towards the cloth bag on the horse's back. I thought he was going to open the luggage and check it, so I made it right then.

Preparing for a fight to the death. He may have sensed my intention. He stopped in front of the horse and did not reach out to take the bag. Instead, he turned back and said to me, your nobleman is no longer in Kirihara City. Kirihara City has been occupied.

Occupied by the Tufan people, there is a mountain trail heading north in front of this place, which can be detoured to Xiama Pass in the Western Region. You can go there to find him."

"The officer asked someone to bring another jar. He handed the jar to me and said, "There is a dragon in the north, lurking in the western region. This is the 'Fulong Jar'. Please help me bring this to this noble man."

After that, I asked my subordinates to let me go.

"I immediately left along the road he pointed out to me. I was a little doubtful at first, but after asking around along the way, I found out that it was exactly what he said. So I ran down the horse pass day and night, and the king was indeed here."

He said, turned back to the horse, took out something like a wine jar from a bag behind the saddle, and presented it to King Yuwen with both hands.

King Yuwen took the jar and saw that it was a gray-black, round thing the size of a small wine jar. It was said to be a wine jar, but it didn't seem to be the case. It had no flat bottom and could not be placed flat on the ground, and it had no opening, only one

The small hole was also tightly sealed with clay. After shaking it, it seemed that there was wine or something inside.

King Yuwen didn't understand what it was. It was probably a jar of good wine. He smiled and said, "Fulong jar? It may be a celebration bar for me." He handed the jar to the guard Xiao Meng and said, "Put it here."

Put it away and wait until we defeat the Tufan before opening it for drinking."??
Chapter completed!