In the middle of the night, the bright moon is in the sky.
Outside Changchun Gate, the eunuch on duty was dozing off, but was awakened by the sound of footsteps.
Seeing the visitor heading straight to Changchun Gate, several eunuchs reminded each other and prepared to stop him.
"I am Wu Hong... please report to the Emperor immediately the urgent military situation in the northwest!"
The eunuch on duty wanted to ask, but the visitor's words blocked all the questions in his mind.
The urgent military situation in the northwest must be conveyed as soon as possible even if the emperor has gone to bed at this moment.
The eunuch on duty did not dare to neglect, and ordered Wu Hong to be led into the Changchun Gate, while he rushed to the sleeping hall.
Arriving at the door of the dormitory, the eunuch on duty went inside to report the situation.
"Empress...Empress!"
In the palace, the palace maid whispered.
Although they were looking for the emperor, the maids did not dare to call directly and had to go through the queen to wake him up.
Yesterday, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, after the family dinner, Zhao Yanxun went to bed at the Queen's place.
Although Zhao Yanxun has super perception, in order to sleep peacefully, he turns off his super perception at night, otherwise he will wake up at the slightest movement.
Maintaining the same perception as ordinary people, the low voice of the palace maid outside still made him open his eyes.
Of course, Xue Baoyun also woke up.
"What's the matter?" Xue Baojun half raised his body and looked at the palace maid outside through the gauze curtain.
The candles flickered, the lights were dim, and the palace was hazy and quiet.
"Reply to your Majesty, Manager Wu Hong has come to report that there is an urgent military situation from the northwest!"
Hearing this, Xue Baojun looked at Zhao Yanxun and said: "Your Majesty... Since it is an urgent military situation, I will wait for the Emperor to get up!"
Zhao Yanxun had no intention of getting up. He was still lying on the bed, thinking about some urgent military situation.
"What time is it?" Zhao Yanxun asked casually.
Xue Baoyun was in a deep sleep and naturally didn't know what time it was, so she didn't leave at all.
"Replying to the Emperor, it's past the first moment of the Yin period!"
At the beginning of Yinshi, around three o'clock in the morning, an urgent military situation came out, which made Zhao Yanxun even more surprised.
"Tell Wu Hong to come in and report!"
"According to the order!"
The maid who made the report withdrew, and Zhao Yanxun also sat up from the bed, but had no intention of getting out of bed.
After thinking for a while, Xue Baoyun said: "Hold the lamp!"
Several palace maids in the dormitory immediately took action after hearing the order.
The original two candles were quickly increased to more than a dozen, making the lighting in the hall much better.
This is also because the third-level system is not powerful enough and household appliances have not been updated. Otherwise, a lamp can solve the problem.
Soon, Wu Hong was led outside the dormitory and saluted Zhao Yanxun through the gauze curtain.
"Kowtow to the Emperor!"
This was Wu Hong's first time reporting the situation in this way. Based on the concept of "see no evil", he did not stand up after kowtowing.
"What urgent military situation?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, a military report came from the Northwest Governor's Office. The Qianhu Station stationed in Shixiabao, Tianshan County, wiped out a group of Western barbarian spies, killing 121 enemies and capturing 13 alive!"
Good guy, are you going to start a fight with the Western Barbarians?
Zhao Yanxun was very worried. In his opinion, the battle between the two armies would have to wait until at least next year.
After all, it will take several months to get rid of the zombies. Winter is coming by then, which is not a good time to fight unless the Western Barbarians are desperate.
For a time, Zhao Yanxun thought a lot and quickly calculated the situation at home and abroad.
Originally, he had many things to give instructions, but when he thought that it was already midnight, he had just killed a group of Western barbarian spies, and there was no need to call the courtiers over to discuss the matter.
"Send a message to the Northwest Governor's Office and ask Laurent to commend the garrison of Shixia Fort, and then ask them to try to interrogate those captured alive!"
"According to the order!"
"Go for it!"
"yes!"
Wu Hong left, and silence returned to the dormitory.
Sitting aside, Xue Baoyun sighed: "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the soldiers at the front are still fighting hard. It's really hard work!"
After glancing at the queen, Zhao Yanxun lay back on the bed and said, "I thought I could live a happy life for a few more days, but it seems I was delusional!"
Lying down next to Zhao Yanxun, Xue Baoyun said softly: "With the Emperor here, those barbarians can't be cruel!"
"They are not trying to be cruel, they want to live...so they will try their best and fight until death!"
"They want to live, but they want us to die, so it's better for them to die!"
Listening to these words, Xue Baoyun looked worried.
From the time she married Zhao Yanxun to now, she has actually not lived a comfortable life.
During the feudal period, I was worried about zombies and my husband's accident in battle; the cavalry crisis was even more worrying, after all, it was a flagrant rebellion.
Even after becoming a queen, Xue Baoyun had to worry about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, deal with a lot of things in the harem, and raise her own children...
Hugging his wife close to him, Zhao Yanxun said calmly: "Okay, don't worry too much, I will support everything... just go to sleep!"
Xue Baoyun didn't say any more, but hugged her husband tightly, which made her feel more at ease.
The candles in the hall were extinguished, the couple fell asleep one after another, and everything became quiet again, as if nothing had happened.
But thousands of miles away in the northwest, Luo Lun and others who received the order were extremely busy at the moment.
First of all, the tentacles of the Western Barbarians have crossed the group of corpses and touched the edge of the Jin army's defense area. This is something that deserves alarm.
Will the group of people discovered tonight have any accomplices?
Regardless of whether there is one or not, the various health stations stationed in the northwest must carry out strict inspections in the defense area and be sure to nip problems in the bud.
Therefore, Luo Lun quickly drew up a military order and had people send it to the garrison stations immediately.
"That's it, I'm afraid it's not enough!" Gao Yongfa, the governor of Longyou, reminded.
Lauren frowned and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
Gao Yongfa replied: "If we are stationed in various guard posts, we can only strictly inspect the defense area. The search scope is too small!"
"so what?"
"So I thought I could let the imperial army go north to search and expand the scope of the search!"
"Let the Imperial Guard be dispatched?" Laurent read.
He had never thought about this before, but now that he was reminded by Gao Yongfa, he suddenly had an idea.
Nodding, Luo Lun said: "After dawn, I will report to the emperor!"
The Forbidden Army was not under Lauren's control, so he could only advise the emperor, but could not contact the generals of the Imperial Guard privately.
At this time, Yan Jianzhang, the commander of the Northern Territory, said: "Go to the Xiongnu to find a translator. We must hurry up on this matter, otherwise we will not be able to interrogate him even if he is captured alive!"
Luo Lun said: "Well... we really need to hurry up. We haven't found anyone yet, and it's hard to explain to the emperor!"
Before that, Zhao Yanxun had the idea of talking to the Western Barbarians, so he had already ordered a translator.
As for the translation, we could only find it from the Huns, after all, they had the most contact with the Western Barbarians.
But under the current situation, it is no longer realistic to want to be on good terms with the Western Barbarians. After all, they have already sent troops to the Jin Dynasty.
In the room, the three people discussed other matters. After everything was arranged, they returned home.
The three of them are all over fifty, so staying up late at night would definitely not be a good thing physically.
There will definitely be more things to do tomorrow. In order to have sufficient experience, they must have a good rest.
Senior officials can arrange their rest appropriately, but those working below will have to be extremely busy.
The conveyance of military orders to dozens of garrison stations and the disposal of prisoners of war in Shixia Fort will keep the order soldiers busy at least tonight.
The transmission of such large-scale military orders cannot be accomplished due to telephone communication restrictions, not to mention that not all garrison areas have telephones.
