Stunning Phoenix Emperor

Chapter 70

"Maybe something happened that we couldn't imagine." Su Han replied with a smile, and then said, "Chenyan, what kind of person is Mingyue Gatekeeper?"
"Huh? General Shuirou?" Lan Chenyan thought for a while before saying, "I haven't stayed in Mingyue Pass for a long time, and I have the impression that I am a very decisive and upright person, and he is also good at leading troops in battle. According to my mother, Shuirou The general's ancestor was a nobleman of the Night Illusion clan from the prairie, and later married a general from Dayong. Although the bloodline is now very thin, some diehards in the court still insist on this point. Let it go. If it weren't for Mother's insistence, General Shui would not be able to be the main general of Mingyue Pass."
"A group of old men, don't pay attention to them." Su Hanxiao said lightly, which made the hidden guards beside him feel ashamed.
"The Mingyue Pass is ahead." Lan Chenyan raised her hand, pointing to the faint pass wall in the distance.
"However, it's really strange." Su Hanxiao looked at the golden fields on both sides of the official road, "Look, it should be the time to rush to harvest rice, but the people working in the fields are old people, men and children. Even strong women don't have it... This food is the next year's life for the soldiers of Mingyue Pass and the people of these three provinces!"
"Really!" Lan Chenyan heard the words, took a closer look, and then said in surprise, "It's really strange, the reason why the grassland peoples don't give up on attacking Mingyue Pass every year is because the pass is the most important grain production in the north of Dayong. Base, if these grains go to waste, there will definitely be a famine next year."
"Then there is only one possibility." Su Hanxiao said quietly, "The battle situation at Mingyue Pass has become so bad that Shuirou has to recruit all the women nearby to defend, lest Mingyue Pass is breached."
"Hurry up!" Lan Chenyan was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "We should be able to reach the pass tonight, and everything will be clear by then."
"Yeah." Su Hanxiao nodded, and lashed the horse's butt with force, "Drive!"
The children working in the fields couldn't help but poke their heads around, but they saw a few fast horses galloping away, leaving only smoke and dust along the way.
Lan Chenyan's calculations were very accurate, and sure enough, as soon as it got dark, the group of them had already arrived at the gate.
Su Hanxiao raised his head and looked up at the taller city wall from a close distance, and motioned for a hidden guard to come forward and call for the door.
"Who is it?" someone shouted from the city.
"Imperial envoy!" The dark guard replied briefly.
"It's too dark, I can't see clearly, please rest outside the city overnight, and verify it tomorrow morning!" The city was silent for a while before humanely said.
"How unreasonable is this? Could it be that Tangtang... the special envoy is allowed to sleep outside the city?" The dark guard roared angrily, but fortunately swallowed the words "His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager" in time.
"During the war, the situation is special, please forgive me!" This time the city replied quickly.
"It's no wonder that so many people in the imperial court want this water general to step down. It's not all the fault of blood." Su Hanxiao couldn't help laughing.
The dark guard gave her an embarrassed look, not knowing how to deal with it.
"Above is Lieutenant General Shuichuan, right? I'm Shen Yan!" Lan Chenyan stepped forward and shouted loudly.
"Shen Yan?" The city wall seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then there was confusion, and someone shouted, "Quick, quickly bring a torch!"
After a while, four huge torches lit up at the top of the city. Lan Chenyan dismounted from his horse, walked down the city alone, raised his head to let them see more clearly, and also showed that he was not being coerced.
"Oh, it really is Mr. Lan, open the door!" With a cheer, and after a while, the two heavy closed doors finally opened slowly, but they stopped at the width that only allowed one person and one horse to pass through.
"Lieutenant Shui, long time no see." Lan Chenyan smiled.
"My little ancestor, why did you come here? Does the marshal know?" The middle-aged female general who came out had an anxious look on her face.
"Don't talk about that yet." Lan Chenyan took her hand, leaned over and whispered something in her ear.
"What?" Shuichuan's complexion changed drastically, and he looked at Su Hanxiao not far away, with a look of horror in his eyes, and after a while he nodded lightly and said, "It's a very important time, if I offend you, please forgive me, please Follow the end will enter the customs."
"You're welcome." Su Hanxiao said indifferently.
As soon as they entered the door, there was a shock of "Boom!", and the door was closed again.
"Lieutenant Shui, what's going on here?" Lan Chenyan wondered, "This is the closed door facing Dayong's interior, why is it so tightly guarded? Could it be that there are still enemy troops coming around here to sneak attack?"
"You...Your Highness doesn't know?" Shui Chuan turned around and lowered his voice, but his tone was full of disbelief.
"Know what?" Su Han asked with a smile.
"All ethnic groups in the prairie gathered 30 troops, Chen Bing closed in the moonlight, and eighteen battle reports have already been sent to the capital!" Shui Chuan roared.
"Battle report, I have indeed received it." Su Hanxiao nodded calmly, but before she was about to get angry, she continued, "But the report is that this year's battle situation is the same as in previous years, the scale is not large, and there is no need for the imperial court to send reinforcements .”
"What?" Shui Chuan suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes, as if he had been hit on the head by a huge thunder, and he murmured after a long time, "How is it possible..."
"By the way..." Su Hanxiao seemed to be afraid that the deterrent effect would not be enough, and said, "On the way we came, we once encountered the corpse of a soldier who delivered the battle report. Of course, she didn't have any battle report on her."
"Your Highness is saying that someone intercepted and killed the messenger, replaced it with a fake battle report, and sent it to the capital as if nothing had happened?" Shui Chuan calmed down and said in disbelief, "However, the battle report is delivered by a special messenger, a total of eighteen, How is it possible to intercept all of them through various channels, and then send out fake battle reports with your own hands without leaving a trace?"

(End of this chapter)