After Chen Chu came out of Cai Yan's room, he went straight to the study. As soon as he left Cai Yan's Xinyuan, he saw the bald Dian Wei talking to several iron guards.

"Come on evil." Chen Chu called out.

Dian Wei only realized that Chen Chu had come out at this time, so he hurriedly came up with the iron guards and saluted: "Greetings to the lord!"

Chen Chu nodded and said to Dian Wei: "Follow me to the study!" "Yes!" Dian Wei Yingnuo.

When he arrived at the study, Chen Chu ordered an iron guard and said, "Go and call the messenger to me." The iron guard shouted and left immediately.

Chen Chu sat down before the case table and casually looked through the official documents on the case table.

A moment later, the commemorative officer responsible for conveying the orders followed the iron guard just now to the study.

"Lord!" the messenger bowed down.

Chen Chu put down the official documents in his hand and asked, "There are official documents from the westbound caravan." The messenger immediately escaped from his arms and opened it to check. After a while, the messenger replied, "There have been no official documents from the westbound caravan!" In fact, Chen Chu also knew that there were no official documents from the westbound caravan. The reason for asking this was because he wanted to confirm it.

Chen Chu frowned slightly and ordered: "Let me write to Mr. Wenhe immediately and let him pay close attention to the matter of the caravan in the west!"

"Yes!" the messenger Yingnui said.

Chen Chu said: "There is nothing else, you can go down!"

The messenger bowed to Chen Chu and then left the study room.

Chen Chu left his seat and came to the map frame. His fingers moved westward along a red line, and stopped at the westernmost Pamir Mountains. Chen Chu frowned. At present, the most detailed maps of the Northern Expedition Army only cover the Pamir Mountains in the west of Xinjiang Province today, which is the current Pamir Plateau. This can be regarded as a watershed on the Silk Road. When the Han army was at its peak, it could control the area east of the Pamir Mountains.

"Pangling!" Chen Chu murmured.

...

Since defeating Wusun and establishing the Western Region Chief of the Secretariat Mansion in Kucha, the Northern Army has become increasingly powerful in control over the Western Regions. Four months ago, Zhao Yun, who was in charge of the Western Regions military, and Sima Yi, the Western Region Chief of the Secretariat Mansion, jointly wrote a letter to Chen Chu, suggesting the reconstruction of the fortress built by the Han army at the Pamir Pass to enhance its control over the entire Western Regions. Chen Chu quickly replied to the two, agreeing with their suggestions, and also demanding that the scale of the fortress be expanded to five times the original plan. When Sima Yi saw Chen Chu's recovery, he could not suppress his excitement and sighed: "It seems that the lord is not just trying to control the Western Regions!"

At present, the Pamir Fortress is in full swing, with nearly 30,000 migrant workers working here day and night, most of whom are the people of the Western Regions. The Western Regions are very supportive of the actions of the Northern Expedition Army, at least most of them, and have given strong support. The Northern Expedition Army basically does not have to bear the labor and cost of the Fortress construction.

Ten thousand soldiers of the Sixth Army have been stationed on one side of the fortress. Among these ten thousand troops are infantry and the other two thousand are light cavalry under the army. The leading general was Shen Tao, the former deputy general of the Iron-Bi Guard who performed very well during the Western Expedition of the Northern Army that day. Now Shen Tao is Zhao Yun's deputy general. The Northern Army built a watchtower at the height of the Pamir Fortress to closely monitor the surrounding situation. At the same time, the two thousand light cavalry in the Northern Army are in combat readiness at any time to respond to emergencies. Every two days, the Northern Army will use flying pigeons to contact the headquarters of the Western Expedition Army located in Kucha, so that the chief general of the Western Expedition Army Zhao Yun and the Changshi Mansion can understand the situation of the Pamir Fortress at any time. This Pamir Fortress is located at the western edge of the Western Regions and is far from the rear. The surrounding situation is extremely complicated, and the Northern Army dare not be careless.

The Northern Expedition Army of the Pamir Fortress has set up 33 sentry towers, and the west-most sentry tower is located at the western foot of the Pamir. This sentry tower stands on a hill, which is backed by the majestic Pamir, and is protruding in a gentle terrain. The slopes on all sides are gentle, and there are traces of fires burning on the ground. At this moment, there are almost no weeds or trees here, only many trees that are less than a foot long remain...

The stake. This was not the case here in the past. The Northern Army cleared the vegetation here to prevent the enemy from covering the weeds and bushes as cover. The stake is on the highest point, about five meters high, and people can see the scenery within a radius of more than ten miles. There is a circle of wooden fences around the stake, and there are ditches on the periphery of the fence. These are the simple defense facilities of this stake. The stake has fifty soldiers, and the highest officer is a squad leader, who is responsible for the observation and alert work here.

Before that evening, the sentry guarding the westmost sentry tower of the Pamir Fortress looked at a plain west as usual, while the other soldiers rested in the tents under the guardhouse.

Suddenly, the sentry saw the smoke and dust rolling around more than ten miles west, which was obviously formed by the marching of a large group of people. The sentry was shocked and quickly rang the gong. The other soldiers resting in the tent were immediately alarmed and rushed out with weapons in their hands.

"What's going on?" the captain asked with his head raised.

The sentry said anxiously: "The smoke and dust in the west are rolling around, and a large group of people are approaching!"

The captain was startled and quickly climbed to the sentry.

"Captain, look!" The sentry pointed to the west. The captain looked in the direction he pointed, and indeed saw the smoke and dust rolling around and was still approaching quickly.

"There are at least a few thousand cavalry!" The captain murmured. Then he ordered the sentry beside him: "Prepare to light the beacon! Be ready for the battle!" The sentry immediately conveyed the order.

Dozens of soldiers under the whistle immediately became busy. Several soldiers came to the pile of firewood higher than the people. One of them lit a torch and then looked at the whistle and waited for further orders; dozens of other soldiers came to the fence and drew the strings and arrows to prepare for battle. Each soldier seemed very nervous. Although these soldiers of the Sixth Legion were eager to fight, they had not really experienced the baptism of war.

The rolled smoke and dust were getting closer and closer, and the real body under the smoke and dust became clearer and clearer. The captain stared at it and slowly raised his arms. Seeing this, the soldier who was in charge of lit the beacon immediately brought the torch closer to the pile of pyrene.

It was at this moment that the soldier suddenly heard the captain's urgent voice: "Extinguish the beacon fire! It's your own person!" His tone exuded an excitement.

The soldier who was in charge of lighting the beacon immediately threw the torch in his hand into a bucket of clear water next to him. This was done to prevent the beacon from being accidentally lit. If that were the case, I was afraid that the entire Pamir Fortress army would have tossed about it.

The soldiers squeezed to the fence in the west and looked towards the west. After a while, they saw a familiar flag with two Chinese characters "Zhengbei" embroidered with dragons and phoenixes.

"How could our people come from the west?" A soldier asked in confusion. Then another soldier responded: "Did you forget that General Jiang Tai led three thousand iron wall guards to escort a huge caravan to the west last year?"

A quarter of an hour later, the team came to the hills, and then dozens of people came straight to the hills. These dozens of people were indeed wearing the armor of the Iron Wall Guard. One of them looked extremely fierce. This was Jiang Tai, the deputy general of the Iron Wall Guard. Among these dozens, there was a young man in dark clothes and casual clothes. This person was Li Tai's younger brother Li Jian. At this moment, Li Jian was completely different from what he thought ten months ago. At this moment, they all seemed very excited.

The group came outside the sentry tower, and Jiang Tai said loudly: "Who is the officer of the sentry tower speaking? I am Jiang Tai, deputy general of the Iron Wall Guard under the lord's command!" His voice was a little hoarse.

The team leader who was in charge of guarding the sentry tower immediately came to the door, clasped his fists and said, "I am the patrol officer of this sentry tower, pay homage to the general!" As he said that, he bowed to Jiang Tai, and dozens of soldiers behind him also bowed down.

"No need to be polite!"

The captain stood up and clasped his fists at Jiang Tai and said, "General, according to military rules, the general must check the general's token!"

Jiang Tai smiled and escaped from his arms and handed the iron plate representing his identity into the gap between the fence. The captain respectfully took it and ordered it after checking it...

The card was returned to Jiang Tai and the crime was accused of the crime, "I have offended you, please forgive me!" Then he said, "Open the village door quickly.

Several soldiers rushed up and opened the gate of the village.

The captain led fifty subordinates to Jiang Tai and bowed: "Bizhi led fifty subordinates to pay homage to the general!"

Jiang Tai helped the team leader up, looked up at the battle flag of the North Army flying on the whistle, and couldn't help but sigh.

The captain asked, "General, it's too late now, so why not take a break here for a night!"
Chapter completed!