Military orders were like mountains. A messenger hastily rushed out.

The situation at Shimen Pass was now before them. If they couldn't get reinforcements there quickly, the Xiongnu within the pass could charge out, and they would have no way to defend so many directions at once.

Watching the messenger leave, Jiang Chen finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing Jiang Chen asleep, everyone didn't dare to breathe loudly.

While others could take turns resting, Jiang Chen hadn't had any rest for days.

"Let His Majesty rest well. He has been working too hard these past few days."

After speaking, they carefully draped a felt blanket over Jiang Chen and tiptoed out.

Perhaps because the Xiongnu weren't attacking again, the people outside the city seized the opportunity to desperately transport various needed supplies to the city.

"This time, you go back and rest. We'll take over your defense. It's good to delay them for a little longer."

But the Imperial Guards defending the city shook their heads at these brothers who were proactively offering to replace them.

"We are already at the end of our rope. If we go down to rest now, we probably won't recover for ten days or half a month. Rather than letting you come here to die in vain, it's better for us to stand guard for His Majesty for this last shift."

"You can rest assured that although we are defeated soldiers, we will definitely not let the Xiongnu take Shimen Pass so easily. You should go out and prepare well. After Shimen Pass, their cavalry will be completely unimpeded. Take this time to dig as many pits as possible."

After speaking, they silently counted their supplies, each making their final preparations.

Watching barrels of oil being poured into Shimen Pass as if it were free, those who had just retreated from the city all took one last meaningful look at Shimen Pass.

They understood what means those who stayed behind intended to use to buy them this last bit of time.

"His Majesty had already ordered us to dig the necessary trenches around the area. Now, if the Xiongnu charge out, they will only have one path to face us directly."

Thinking of the preparations Jiang Chen had ordered them to make before, all the soldiers stationed outside the city were now prepared to continue fighting a bloody battle here.

They knew in their hearts that they were the last line of defense for all the people behind them.

As they began to make all the necessary preparations, the messenger had already delivered Jiang Chen's orders to the rear.

After learning of the situation at the front, the leading generals were not surprised and didn't take it seriously at all.

"Isn't it just telling us to speed up and go to the front to support them? The war is so tight at the front, what's the difference between us going up there and sending us to our deaths? Why should we go?"

As he spoke, he kicked the messenger out.

Such grievance made the messenger's eyes turn red.

His Majesty was leading all the brothers in a bloody battle at the front, but these guys were afraid of death and didn't dare to move forward.

Thinking of this, he rushed in again.

"Do you know that once Shimen Pass is broken, the entire north will be completely exposed to the Xiongnu? At that time, the Xiongnu will burn, kill, and loot..."

Before he could finish speaking, the leading man in heavy armor stood up and kicked him to the ground.

"What does it matter to our south if the north is burned, killed, and looted? We only came to support because we couldn't go against His Majesty's orders. It's just that we are too far away and the journey is tiring, so we were delayed for a while. Even if it's His Majesty, could he say anything?"

"Moreover, among all the civil and military officials, how many dare to come and find trouble with our Jiangnan aristocratic families?"

Such an arrogant attitude made the messenger burst with anger.

But before he could speak, the man directly drew his sword.

"Let me tell you, don't be ignorant. I have limited patience now. If you dare to say another word, I will cut you down directly. Anyway, no one dares to punish me."

Seeing this man so arrogant, the messenger had no choice but to retreat outside.

"Brothers, His Majesty is leading the Imperial Guards to fight the Xiongnu at the front, but your general is holding back. Are there any who are willing to go with me to the front to support His Majesty in resisting the Xiongnu!"

Although he was a little hysterical at the moment, these people only raised their heads and then pretended not to hear anything, busying themselves with their own affairs.

Realizing that these guys were probably all birds of a feather, the messenger had no choice but to turn around and quickly rush back in the direction he came from.

After all, this decision of these guys now must be reported back as soon as possible.

But what the messenger didn't notice was that behind him, someone had already taken out a bow and arrow and was silently aiming at him.

"Wanting to run after knowing so much, how naive."

Just as he was about to silence him, the messenger in front seemed to have sensed it long ago and hid directly under the horse's belly.

The arrow hit the horse's butt, but it made the fiery horse speed up.

However, the first arrow missed, but what followed was a rain of arrows.

In order to protect the horse underneath him, the messenger had no choice but to flip onto the horse and use himself to help the horse block the arrows from behind.

Watching this horse leave with the scarred messenger, the general couldn't help but kick the adjutant next to him.

"You bunch of trash, you can't even handle one person. Immediately send people to speed up and stop this guy. His Majesty is at the front, we must not let His Majesty know what I said just now, unless..."

Thinking of that possibility, this guy now laughed sinisterly.

After successfully escaping, the messenger fell into a coma.

If it weren't for the obsession in his heart that made him clench the reins in his hand, he would have fallen off the horse long ago.

However, the fiery horse, without anyone controlling it, took another path that no one had ever taken, and happened to avoid the pursuers who were chasing after him.

When this horse reappeared with the messenger in front of the camp, those who had been sent to chase them were immediately anxious.

"Brothers, this guy got separated from us after informing us. He was probably attacked by the Xiongnu on the way. Why don't we go and meet them?"

The Imperial Guards, who had been amiable and chatting and laughing with them before, directly stopped these guys after hearing this.

"You don't need to worry about the affairs of our Imperial Guards. What you should be worrying about now is yourselves."