Prince Han Sien

Chapter 117

Facing Ji Huai's sneer, Han Si'en just gave him a slight sideways glance, and asked casually, "What does the Fifth Prince mean?"

Ji Huai sneered twice, and replied lightly: "It's nothing interesting. The sound of bells and drums means that the city gate is closed at this moment. There are enemies outside the city. It depends on the luck of those who stay outside the city. Can it last until General Liu sends people to come to the rescue? However, according to the usual practice, the governor of Xijiang will visit the city gate to reassure the people."

Xijiang guards were stationed in the barracks, and the sound of bells and drums was both a reminder and a call for help.It's just that whenever the Western Xinjiang defenders came, almost the nomads of Xirong had already left with the stolen things.

The army guarding the border cannot cross the border between the two countries, or they will take the initiative to provoke a war between the two countries.Xirong is located in a desolate place, and the people are barbaric. Forced by hunger, they have always been eyeing the fertile land of the Great Zhou. They are happy about the war, because they may be able to rob a city and alleviate the famine.

As for Da Zhou, even if he was bullied to the door, the group of literati and military officials in the court were arguing over whether to fight, whether it was peace or war.The emperor felt a pain in his head when he heard it, but there was no emperor's final will at the border, so he could only watch helplessly, and could only expel them on his own territory, instead of daring to send troops easily.

When the emperor finally made up his mind, the turmoil at the border was over.People in Dazhou like to be comfortable, and when they find that the border has restored the peace and tranquility of the past, they will let go of these small troubles.

Over time, Bianguan and Chaotang got used to such small fights.Of course, there are always people who are so uncomfortable, and there are countless angers in their hearts, but they can only be held in the bottom of their hearts.

Han Sien looked at Ji Huai with a smile that was not a smile, his brows and eyes were quite relaxed, but this time he said something a bit cold: "Why do I listen to you, the fifth prince, as if you are trying to provoke me, the purpose is to make me and this The governor of Xijiang is right. Could it be that I have a bad reputation, and the fifth prince thinks that I am the one who kills wherever I go?"

Ji Huai felt the feelings of others facing Han Si'en face to face. He endured the anger in his heart, spread his hands, tried to keep his face calm, and said helplessly: "I just want to see how you deal with the border affairs, Mr. Han. I didn’t understand it very well, and even seemed to have deep doubts, so I came here to answer it, without any other intention. Han Shizi, you always do things as you please, and you never consider other people’s feelings, so why should you think about it now.”

Han Sien's brows were cold, and he said lightly: "Whether I have misunderstood your fifth prince, you and I know very well. I always do things based on my own mood, but I will also do things according to the rules and regulations, so the fifth prince Your provocative method is useless to me. But if you don’t understand these things, fifth prince, what you say as a prince will be more effective than us people.”

Han Si'en thought that Ji Huai was really an interesting person. He sympathized with those who had been robbed, but he didn't want to show up and provoke the dissatisfaction of the governor of Xijiang and some soldiers, but instead turned his ideas on himself.

Ji Huai was blushed by Han Sien's last two words, and he said coldly: "Han Shizi said that he acted in accordance with the rules and regulations, so in your eyes, can I, the prince, force others to send troops without purpose? "

Han Sien walked up to Ji Huai, and after a long time, he smiled. He thought, no wonder Ji Huai always lagged behind Ji Luo, he was too indecisive.This is the difference between him and Ji Luo, he doesn't have the courage to break the boat.

If Ji Luo faced today's situation, Han Si'en thought that no matter what, that person would definitely expel those who dared to make a fuss, and might be reprimanded by those ministers in the court who didn't dare to make trouble, but At least the emperor was satisfied.

Ji Huai valued the emperor's opinion of him, the courtiers' opinion of him, and the frontier generals' opinion of him.However, he can be said to have nothing now, so what if he got the opinions of those generals who are united with some courtiers in the court, no one would put a treasure on a prince who has no power.

Thinking of this, Han Sien snorted. He looked at the guards around and said, "Call all the guards from the capital, and let's go to the city wall to join in the fun."

They traveled to the western border by order, and there were more than 1000 guards. Compared with tens of thousands of troops, it was not enough, but it was still useful.

The guard immediately followed Han Si'en's words, but Han Si'en left slowly without looking at Ji Huai's criss-crossed face.

Bai Shu hurriedly followed him and said in a low voice, "The city walls are also dangerous. Those nomads sometimes shoot arrows. Be careful."

Just as Han Sien wanted to hum, to show that he knew, Bai Shu then said, "But you don't have to worry, I will protect you." His tone was very solemn and happy, but Han Sien thought of the last time Bai Shu The book guarded his own situation, his five fingers were injured, and the blood dripped into the rain, staining the ground and the rainwater inside the potholes red.

Han Si'en's heart suddenly felt heavy, he walked away without saying a word, and Bai Shu followed him step by step.

They lived some distance away from the city defense. Someone prepared a sedan chair for Han Sien. As we all know, Han Sien can't ride a horse.But standing in front of the sedan chair, Bai Shu had already pulled a horse over and said, "You and I will ride there."

After saying this, without waiting for Han Sien to object, he got on his horse and pulled Han Sien up again.Feeling the stiffness of Han Sien's whole body, Bai Shu whispered, "I won't throw you."

Han Sien squinted his eyes and looked ahead, without saying a word.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Bai Shu rode forward.He always thought that Han Si'en was a very gentle person, he said he was not worried about the situation ahead, but he must be worried in his heart.

If you go there in a sedan chair, you will definitely delay your trip, but Han Sien doesn't know how to ride a horse, and of course no one dares to share a horse with him.So Bai Shu pulled him up.

Han Sien's body was tense all the time, facing the wind, he was thinking, where did Bai Shu see that he is a gentle and soft-hearted person?It's inexplicably funny.

Along the way, Tianmenguan city is still very leisurely. Although the streets are deserted compared to the past, there are still people.

The people in the city looked surprised when they saw the masked Han Si'en and Bai Shu riding a horse. They had heard about this ugly son from the capital.What they wondered was what the prince wanted to do.

What do you want to do?Han Si'en felt that he wanted to kill someone right now.

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All the way to the city gate, Bai Shu jumped off the horse, and then helped Han Sien off the horse.Han Sien's movements were clumsy and unfamiliar, but no one dared to talk too much at this moment.

Zhao Wen, governor of Xijiang on the city wall, was depressed when he saw Han Sien's iconic mask.Zhao Wen's age is still in the middle age, he has been active all these years, and he hopes that the governor of the border will be able to serve for two more years, and then he will retire from here safely and return to his hometown in a good way.

When Han Sien came to Xijiang, he was very worried. Those military officials were reckless, and they were timid by nature. The arrival is also very worrying.

Fortunately, Han Si'en went straight to the Xijiang military camp and ignored him as the governor so much that he didn't say hello at all.Although it seemed that he was too useless as the governor, Zhao Wen still breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

When the barbarian from Xirong came here today, Zhao Wen's eyelids kept twitching, and he didn't know what he was worried about. Now that he saw Han Si'en coming, he finally understood.

His eyelids are reminding himself that the evil star Han Sien is coming.

Zhao Wen was very disturbed, but he still walked down the tower, and welcomed Han Sien and Ji Huai up the tower.Bai Shu followed closely behind Han Si'en, Zhao Wen glanced at him and felt familiar, but he didn't take it to heart.

The tower is so tall that you can see far away.Outside the city of Tianmenguan, there is a very open place, with open space on three sides, which is very easy for those who came to invade to escape.

Xirong is desolate, but they have high-quality leather there. Sometimes when the two countries are not so tense, they usually trade goods in private.

A piece of good leather from Xirong can be exchanged for a bucket of ordinary grain.

Han Sien looked at the Da Zhou people who were locked up outside the city not far away. They ran towards the city wall in a panic. Behind them were people from Xirong who were dressed in exotic styles. Bows and arrows, some of them still have loops made of reins in their hands, throwing them over can catch a slow runner, and there are also fast runners, who are valued by the people behind them, shoot an arrow on the leg, and never Can't run.

These Xirong people sometimes captured some Dazhou people, and then asked their families to exchange them with silver and grain.

Food and goods are not as important as wealth and life, and the people of Dazhou probably understand that as long as they can hold on and run to the city wall, they will be completely safe this time when the Western Frontier Army comes to rescue them.

Han Sien sneered, and then said: "Go and open the city gate."

Zhao Wen was stunned for a moment, and said, "What?"

Han Sien stroked his mask and said coldly, "I said open the city gate?"

Zhao Wen raised his beard a few times, and finally he flatly refused: "This is not good, the city is full of ordinary people, and the city gate is opened. If these soldiers enter the city, who will bear the responsibility?"

Han Sien finally put his eyes on Zhao Wen because of Zhao Wen's words, and he said: "You, the governor of Xijiang, are very interesting. There are only a few hundred people from Xirong outside the city, and the defenders in this city are all More than three thousand, every time you lock the city gate like this and wait for the defenders stationed in front to come to rescue, saying that you are greedy for life and afraid of death is to think highly of you."

"You..." Zhao Wen couldn't hold back his face when Han Sien said this in full view, he shook his sleeves and said coldly: "I have been in this western border for several years, have I ever been greedy for life and afraid of death, just This pass is an important pass between the two countries, outside the city are the people of Dazhou, and inside the city too, if something happens and the inside of the city falls, who can take the responsibility."

"The city fell?" Han Si'en was laughed at by these few words, he looked at Zhao Wendao: "In your eyes, how vulnerable is the army of this Great Zhou? Stolen?"

Zhao Wen wanted to say something else, but Han Si'en lazily raised his hand and said: "Okay, I understand what you mean, you, the governor, dare not let people open the city gate to intimidate others, but I dare. The door was opened by my son. If something goes wrong, I will take the responsibility. So, don’t let me say it a fourth time, open the city gate. You don’t have to go out for the guards in the city. Let you see if these guards brought from the capital can protect the people outside the city."

Zhao Wen was startled by Han Sien's cold and lazy tone, at this time Bai Shu had already shouted downstairs: "The guards of the capital obey the order, the son is ordered, open the city gate."

The guards in the capital naturally obeyed Han Si'en's words, the guards in Xijiang didn't open the city gate, they opened it themselves.

These people in the capital have never been on the battlefield or killed the enemy, but their momentum is not inferior.

When the city gate was opened, the people standing on the city wall clearly saw that the chaos outside the city had stopped.The people of Xirong were obviously surprised that the city gate, which had always been closed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, dared to open it at this time.

A man who looked like a big Zhou said a few words to a man riding a tall horse, so he pointed to the tower without hesitation, and said a few words with gestures.

The tall man looked towards the tower, and when he saw Han Sien, he waved his hand, stopped the people behind him, and then rode forward alone.

When he was not far from the guards of the capital, he looked up at Han Sien.This man had a beard all over his face, and he couldn't tell what he looked like. His upper body was bare, showing a strong upper body, and there was a scary knife wound on his heart.

Zhao Wen said angrily from the side: "It's an insult to the gentleman, it's really an insult to the gentleman."

At this time, the man from Xirong under the city tower drew out the arrow behind his back, raised his bow, and shot straight at Han Si'en.Accompanied by the sound of arrows whistling, the man laughed loudly: "I heard that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty sent an inspector with an ugly face and dared not see others. I will come to see you today. How invisible."

Facing the arrow that was coming straight at him, Han Si'en didn't even move, he was still standing there lazily. When the arrow entered the city wall, Bai Shu gently grabbed the arrow.

Then with a slight flick of the finger, the arrow feather broke and fell under the tower, making a muffled sound in the silence.

At this time, the sound of iron cavalry came from a distance, and it was the Xijiang army coming.But the person downstairs didn't care at all, he looked at Han Si'en and Bai Shu, and said unhurriedly: "Master Inspector, we will have a long time in Japan."

After saying this, the man turned around and left slowly. Then he waved his hand, and those people in Xirong scattered around, and quickly slipped away.

Before leaving, the man looked back at Han Sien again, and then he rode his horse and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

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When Bai Wenhan rushed to the city gate with the defenders of the western border, the injured people outside the city were slowly walking towards the city.The gates were thrown wide open, and some people were injured, but no one was killed or anything was lost.

Looking at the guards coming from the capital outside the city, Bai Wenhan immediately understood what happened. His face was slightly hot, but he still stepped forward and said, "Where is the prince?"

The guard of the capital said: "The prince said he was a little bored, so he went to the governor's mansion in Xijiang."