According to the past rules, the army will not enter local cities casually on weekdays.
This is also a special consideration made by the imperial court to maintain the order of the city.
After all, the army is large in number, and nowadays, the army is forced to recruit soldiers from the people, and its quality is different.
In addition, there is no ideological construction of loyalty to the emperor and loving the people on weekdays, which leads to the occasional scum of the army.
On weekdays, everyone is in the military camp, and even if these people want to make trouble, they will not find any opportunity.
But once you enter the city, if these soldiers are troubled and disturb the people, it will be a troublesome for both the army and the local government.
Since this is the case, it would be better to separate the two parties from the beginning and not negotiate with each other, so as to avoid these troubles.
Today, the reason why Liu Hongji ordered the army to enter the city was because he arrived in Dunhuang, which means that they were very close to Yumen Pass on the front line!
In this endless Gobi desert, the enemy may not be sure when it will appear nearby!
In order to avoid the enemy from taking advantage of the long journey and running over to launch a sneak attack, Liu Hongji decisively ordered to enter Dunhuang for rest.
When I entered Dunhuang again, things around me were still the same, and there was almost no change from Xiao Han when he passed by here last time.
Dirty city walls, dilapidated streets, and low houses.
Time seemed to be stagnant in this small border town, and there was no change in any way.
And the people in the city didn't mean to be afraid when they saw them.
They just watched the army pass by in numbness, neither excited nor afraid, as if all this had nothing to do with them.
"General Cheng led his army to Yumen Pass five days ago, and there is no news yet! We will rest here for another day tomorrow to replenish the baggage, and set off for Yumen Pass the next day."
In the center of the city, Liu Hongji was temporarily in the county magistrate's office where the central army was located. He didn't bother to take a break. After entering the city, he had already ordered the troops to convene his subordinates and start a pre-war meeting.
Since it was a pre-war meeting, even Xiao Han, who had been lazy for many days, made a rare appearance this time.
However, unlike other generals who were listening carefully to Liu Hongji's orders, he has been busy looking around since he came to the county magistrate's office, as if he was looking for something.
"Xiao Han, what are you looking for?"
Finally, Xiao Han's strangeness caught Liu Hongji's attention. While drinking water, Old Liu lowered his voice and asked Xiao Han.
"No... I didn't look for anything!" Xiao Han saw everyone looking at him, and hurriedly smiled awkwardly and sat down honestly.
Seeing this, Liu Hongji looked at Xiao Han strangely, but didn't say much. He just continued to sternly and issued orders one by one. He waited until the generals had no objection and announced the end of the meeting.
"Xiao Han, wait!"
After the meeting, the generals stood up and left. Xiao Han was going to leave too, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by Liu Hongji and had to sit back again.
"How is it, are you in good health?"
The others left the yamen lobby. In the originally crowded lobby, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji were immediately left.
Seeing this, Old Liu breathed a sigh of relief, deliberately majestic on his face disappeared, replaced by a deep feeling of fatigue.
As the leader of a army, tens of thousands of soldiers placed their lives on him, and Liu Hongji was far from as relaxed and comfortable as he seemed.
Along the way, he had to worry about supplies, he had to take care of military morale and popularity, and he had to guard against the enemy's danger!
More importantly, he cannot show any fatigue and weakness in front of the soldiers, otherwise it will be a major event that will shake the morale of the army!
Even the leader of the army has no confidence. What will ordinary soldiers and generals think in their hearts?
Therefore, only when he was alone with Xiao Han would Old Liu take off his disguise and reveal his original self.
"I'm fine! I'm so good, and it tastes good when I eat it!"
Looking at Liu Hongji, who seemed to be several years old in front of him, Xiao Han felt a little sad at this time.
Outsiders only think that the general is full of glory. Once the order is released, thousands of soldiers will fight for it, and countless enemies will be given their first surrender!
But after all, how many people can bear this huge responsibility?
Xiao Han thinks it won’t work!
Not to mention tens of thousands of people, even the reserve camp of 200 people made him anxious and he had to give all his power to the dog, so he could hide from leisure under the pretext of being sick.
"Haha, it's fine! I really thought you wanted..." Liu Hongji smiled, leaned on the chair, looked up at the beam on the top and was stunned.
Xiao Han rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "Bao, what are you saying bad things? I want to live a hundred years old! No, live a thousand years old!"
"Uh, thousand years old? Thousand years old turtle, ten thousand years old turtle?"
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By the way, since Xiao Han's treacherous plan was exposed, the two long-lived mascots that had been passed down for thousands of years have become disgusting things that even dogs disliked almost overnight.
Now, everyone knows that some people compare you to a turtle or a turtle, just scolding you for being immortal! How can you recognize it with a smile and a polite way before?
If you didn’t pick up the stick, you would hit you on the spot and have a full bloom on your face. It’s all good!
Perhaps, even the turtle and the turtle would never have thought that they had been guests of honor for thousands of years, but one day they were overturned by a boy!
Of course, the worst one is the person who has words such as turtles and turtles in his name.
Now when they go out, they feel that the people all over the world are laughing at them, but their names are given by their parents and cannot be changed.
After a few jokes between the two brothers, the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
When he was free, Liu Hongji asked Xiao Han curiously and what he was looking for just now.
This time, Xiao Han didn't hide it and told Liu Hongji directly that he was curious about why the county magistrate of Dunhuang City had not appeared?
Because he and the Dunhuang County Magistrate were considered old friends, just say that the two of them didn’t know each other before, so when he and Liu Hongji came here, as a landlord, he should come forward to greet him and Liu Hongji,
Why don’t you even show your face?
"Are you looking for the county magistrate here?"
When he heard that Xiao Han was looking for the county magistrate, Liu Hongji immediately looked at him strangely, and then said, "Stop looking for him. He was brought into the army by Lao Cheng and went to Yumen Pass together!"
"Ah? Go to Yumen Pass? Where did he do?"
Now, Xiao Han was really surprised. He didn't expect that Lao Cheng would actually pick up a county magistrate and run to the front line!
Why, he still wants the county magistrate to promote and educate and influence the Tuguhu people for him?
This seems to be not Lao Cheng's style, right? According to Lao Cheng's temper, shouldn't he just chop off the same thing when he meets him?!