“Your Highness, Lord Zhong is right, you lead the army, we will go first.

An army of more than 80,000 people has no commander, and without His Highness, the advance will be even slower.

The soldiers we brought were transferred from the local areas to Beijing, and their organization and coordination are a little poor. We need someone who can keep the peace."

Shangguan Ziqi didn't agree but he followed him.

For safety reasons, he couldn't let the eldest prince rush in front.

"Moreover, the Third Prince is also at the front line right now, so it is even more inappropriate for you to appear at the border so soon. Let me go and take a look at the situation, and then I will write to you. You can also adapt to the situation." Shangguan Ziqi continued to analyze.

The eldest prince frowned and thought for a moment before nodding.

Shangguan Ziqi discussed with several main generals and made arrangements on how to march next.

Several main generals were trained by Prince Rong, but they had low positions before and were promoted only during this reinforcement.

Everyone follows the lead of Shangguan Ziqi and just obeys the orders given by the coach.

The next day, Shangguan Ziqi assembled 15,000 cavalrymen, and each of them packed five days' worth of dry food in his saddlebags.

Then we advance day and night.

The daily limit of infantry is no more than 80 miles. In comparison, cavalry is like the wind and can gallop more than 200 miles in a day.

As the team moved north, the scenes along the way became more and more worrying.

Fleeing civilians, like fallen leaves, could be seen everywhere, their eyes filled with uncertainty and fear of the future.

In just one year, cities were lost one after another, like a domino effect.

In the cities behind the border, the people had no choice but to pack up their simple bags, bring along the elderly and children, and embark on an unknown journey of escape.

Their faces were filled with reluctance and helplessness, but they had no choice but to seek a glimmer of hope in this chaos.

When the army came rushing in, the fleeing people consciously made way.

They knew that this was an army coming to reinforce them and was their hope.

After the army passed, the people would gather again, passing on faint beliefs to each other.

"Are these the cavalry supporting the front line?" A middle-aged man watched the cavalry pass by.

"Yes, I estimate there are about 20,000 people. I don't know if such a small number of people can stop Canglan's cavalry?" said an old man beside him.

"I heard that it was Ziqi from Prince Rong's Mansion who led the army personally. He is much more capable than Zishu, so he will definitely be able to stop them." Another old man with some experience sighed.

Being displaced is a cruel reality that no one wants to face.

When war ravages their homes, it is estimated that nothing will be left.

I don't know when they will come again.

Everyone has a strong desire in their hearts that Wei can win.

Shangguan Ziqi led 15,000 cavalrymen and traveled during the day and rested at night, and finally arrived at Jinhe City on the seventh day.

According to the battle report he had received earlier, the border troops had retreated to Jinjiang City in front of Jinhe City.

After these days of traveling, everyone was exhausted. They slept in the open air, worked day and night, just to get to the front line as soon as possible.

Zhong Weiliang, a scholar, is now exhausted and limp like a puddle of mud.

As long as he persisted, he also had a heart to serve his country. At the same time, he also wanted to add some color to his career through this expedition, so that he could give Shangguan Ru and her daughter a better life in the future.

We are about to enter the city.

It was noon and everyone needed to replenish their food, and the horses also needed to rest, eat grass and drink water.

This place happens to be next to a small river, with a small hill next to it.

In spring, there is a lot of grass.

"Rest where you are." Shangguan Ziqi gave the order.

The team behind stopped as well.

Shangguan Ziqi arranged two more people to go to the front to investigate the situation.

He took out some dry food and chewed it hard.

Zhong Weiliang limped to the river to wash.

As a result, when he stood up, he lost his balance and one of his feet sank into the sand by the river. He only got out with the help of a soldier.

Came and sat down next to Shangguan Ziqi.

His thighs were already sore from being rubbed that wrapping them with cloth several times didn't help.

"Son, General Chen has followed Prince Rong for many years, so he should be a veteran. The emperor has sent a total of 300,000 troops. Why is it so difficult to fight?" Zhong Weiliang had never been on the battlefield before, so he took things for granted.

"We have few iron weapons in the Great Wei Kingdom, and the weapons of our soldiers are not as sophisticated as those of Canglan Kingdom. Our soldiers are generally short in stature, which puts us at a disadvantage in battle. Our war horses are not as strong as the northern breeds." Shangguan Ziqi said lightly.

Even his height is not very tall, just over five feet.

"If we want to win, we can only rely on tactics." Zhong Weiliang sighed.

He knew everything that Zizi said, but he was just talking for the sake of talking.

"Master Zhong, do you have any good ideas?" Shangguan Ziqi asked casually.

"I can't say I have a good plan because I haven't seen the border map yet. Let's discuss it in detail after we meet up with the border troops." Although Zhong Weiliang had many ideas in his mind, without understanding the actual situation, it was just nonsense.

Everyone had rested enough, the horses had eaten their fill, and were ready to set off. This place was only about ten miles from Jinhe City.

At this time, three riders came running from a distance.

Two of them were sent by Shangguan Ziqi to investigate the situation in Jinhe City.

As the three approached, they pulled the reins of the horses.

"See sir, the Canglan army is fighting with our army and has captured Jinjiang City. They are chasing our army to Jinhe City." The soldier who followed reported as soon as he rolled off his horse.

"What's the situation in Jinhe City?" Shangguan Ziqi asked.

"General Chen has left General Guo with 50,000 men to guard Jinhe City. Most of them are now at the north gate, preparing to go to support them."

"Everyone listen up, get on your horses and set off." Shangguan Ziqi gave the order.

Fifteen thousand men rode forward with great momentum.

When they were almost at the city gate, the guards on top saw that they were reinforcements and immediately opened the city gate.

Shangguan Ziqi took the lead and led his troops through the city without any pause.

There were no civilians on the streets; they must have all fled.

As they approached the north gate, they shouted from afar, "Open the gate."

General Guo, the defender of Jinhe City, had already known that the rebels were coming. From the speed at which they were running, he knew that they wanted to lead their troops directly out of the city, so he immediately ordered the city gates to be opened.

He also led his troops to follow.

He wanted to go to Guan Ziqi to report the current situation but it was too late.

When Shangguan Ziqi led 15,000 cavalrymen to march about ten miles away, they saw many Wei soldiers running towards them.

This is a retreat.

Shangguan Ziqi immediately ordered the cavalry behind him to move to both sides and let the infantry retreat from the middle.

Then continue upstream.

When the retreating soldiers saw so many cavalry coming to support them, they immediately stopped and turned back.

When he ran to the back, Shangguan Ziqi saw the Canglan cavalry chasing the Wei soldiers, hacking and killing them all the way.

Several generals of the Wei Dynasty also led a few small teams of cavalry to block the enemy at the rear to buy time for the infantry to retreat.

Some generals were so blood-thirsty that they did not fall off their horses even after being shot several times, and insisted on attacking the enemy generals.

General Chen was commanding the army to retreat.

Among them, Shangguan Zishu was at the back, facing three enemies alone. Judging from their armor, one could tell that they were mid-level generals.

He was already covered in blood.

Whether it was his or the enemy's was unknown.

The spear in his hand was still waving.

Just as he stabbed an enemy general in the chest with his spear, another enemy general's spear followed.

When he pulled the gun away from the enemy and tried to block it, it was too late; the bullet pierced his lower back.

This scene happened to be seen by Shangguan Ziqi.