No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 481 Persevere for three days!

A mere [-] reinforcements confronted Gao Yu's elite soldiers at Pingshan Fort. This news made He Ruomuti, who was unable to attack the city again outside Jianling City, frowned.

"What do you think of General Wu?" He Ruomu asked Wu Yi who was sitting at the bottom.

Wu Yi frowned slightly and said, "I have received news that the regent has left Qingzhou, and the regent must be in Yanzhou now."

He Ruomuti looked at him and said: "But now, there are no other reinforcements in Yanzhou."

Wu Yi frowned deeply, this is indeed a problem.Xie Yan would definitely not leave Yanzhou alone, but so far none of them has received news of reinforcements entering Yanzhou.After all, it is easy for a few people to hide their tracks, but it is not so easy to hide an army of tens of thousands or even 10,000+.

Even if there is, the closest one will probably take some days to arrive.

So, what is Xie Yan doing now?
"Could it be that Xie Yan is in Pingshan Castle, but he just didn't show up?" Wu Yi asked.

He Ruomuti sneered and said, "General Wu thinks that Xie Yan can break through the defense of Pingshan Fort with his own strength?"

Wu Yi shook his head and said, "I have no such intentions. It may not be easy for 2 people to break through Pingshan Fort, but it may not be impossible with Xie Yan here.
.If the Yanzhou army deliberately shows weakness and takes advantage of Gao Yu's unprepared troops to attack..."

"What does General Wu mean?" He Ruomuti looked at Wu Yi and asked.

Wu Yi said: "I would like to lead the troops to Pingshan Fort and intercept Xie Yan's reinforcements."

"Absurd!" He Ruomuti said angrily, "Now that the siege of the city is critical, General Wu wants to send troops to Pingshan to defend a place that doesn't need you at all? Xiao Wang just sent more troops to Pingshan Fort two days ago, and now the general I want to go too. Can there be so many soldiers and horses in that small place?"

He Ruomuti was in a bad mood after being unable to attack the city for the past few days.

It's not that he can't bear this inconvenience, but he can see that Wu Yi has no intention of helping Gao Yu with all his heart.

As he said: He and Gao Yu are not the same person, he has his own purpose.

Wu Yi said, "Prince, I'm sure Xie Yan is in Pingshan Castle right now."

"So what?" He Ruomuti said coldly.

Even if Xie Yan could fly over Pingshan Fort, could reinforcements also be able to?
If Xie Yan came to Jianling alone, would he be afraid that he would fail?

Wu Yi said: "It is true that Xie Yan alone cannot break through Gao Yu's defense, but we can take Xie Yan down."

He Ruomu was taken aback when he heard this, and looked up at Wu Yi as if to determine whether he was joking or serious.

Wu Yi's demeanor is calm, but his brows are full of solemnity. It is obvious that he is not joking.

"Not to mention that Xie Yan is in the army, and there are not many master guards around him. It's just that he is superior in strength, how does General Wu plan to take him down?" He Ruomu asked.

Wu Yi said, "I have my own way."

He Ruomuti smiled, with a bit of disapproval between his brows, "General Wu is serious? Could it be that he didn't want to confront Yue Yanghou with a knife, so he made such a joke with Xiao Wang?"

Wu Yi said: "I would like to issue a military order."

The smile on He Ruomuti's face gradually disappeared. He was very handsome, completely different from most Gaoyu people with darker complexion and rough appearance.

But once his face turned cold, he also possessed a majesty that made people bow their heads.

"The general is serious?"

"Naturally." Wu Wu said in a deep voice.

He Ruomuti sneered and nodded, "Okay, how many people does the general plan to take?"

Wu Yi looked up at him and said, "3000 people are enough."

The cold frost on He Ruomuti's face dissipated a little, he nodded and said: "Okay, Xiao Wang will wait for the good news of General Wu."

"Thank you, Eldest Prince." Wu Yi cupped his hands.

When Wu Yi got up to go out, He Ruomuti turned his head and asked the attendant beside him, "What do you mean by Wu Yi?"

The attendant lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid Wu Yi is unreliable, so please be careful, Eldest Prince."

"Of course I know he's unreliable." He Ruomuti said coldly, "He's from the Cao family in Qingzhou, how could he really be used by Gao Yu? If Cao Mian successfully conquers the world, he will be our enemy, and sooner or later he will be our enemy." We need to meet on the battlefield. But... no matter what he thinks, it is enough for us to win Chixia Pass without any effort."

"Father Wang is right. People in the Central Plains just like to fight in the nest, and we just benefit from it."

"What the eldest prince said is true." The attendant hesitated for a moment and said, "Wu Yi seems to be in a hurry to deal with the Dasheng regent. Could it be that he has a grudge against Xie Yan?"

"For his master." He Ruomu said: "No matter what he thinks, it's a good thing someone dragged Xie Yan for us. By the way, how about the battle in Qingzhou?"

"Just received the news that the Dasheng imperial army is still confronting the Cao family in Fengling Mountain. The Cao family has mobilized 20 troops in Qingzhou, and it seems that they are preparing to come to the north."

Hearing this, He Ruomuti couldn't help frowning, and said: "To the north? Yanzhou is adjacent to Qingzhou, and the Cao family wants to take Yanzhou first? Yanzhou has been agreed, and it belongs to Gao Yu."

"To the south of Qingzhou are Huizhou and Xinzhou, and further south across the river is Shangyong. There is Luo Yun in Shangyong, as well as the Wuwei Army and hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in various places. The Cao family may not dare to pull Luo Yun's tiger beard. "

He Ruomuti chuckled, "Speaking of which, I'm also a little curious. Did the Cao family go crazy and choose to rebel in Qingzhou?" Even if he wasn't from the Central Plains, he could tell that Qingzhou was not a suitable place to raise troops. .

"Eldest prince doesn't like the Cao family?" The attendant asked puzzled, "Then why did the eldest prince and the eldest prince agree to cooperate with the Cao family?"

He Ruomu said: "What does it matter to us whether the Cao family can seize the country? We only need to take Yanzhou, and it will be even better if we can take Liangzhou."

People in the Central Plains have a saying that is right, you have to eat every bite.

Gao Yu's current strength is not enough to get his hands on the entire territory of Dasheng and take over the Central Plains, but if he can take advantage of the chaos to encroach on Yanliang and Liangzhou.In time, they can join forces with the Qi people to win Suzhou and Jiazhou.

Even if it can't take over the Central Plains in the end, it can make Gaoyu a powerful country that can't lose to Dasheng.

"The prince said so."

He Ruomuti thought about it, and suddenly remembered something, "Why is there no news about Cao Mian in the secret report these days?"

The attendant was stunned for a moment, and said: "Xu Shi...still in Yingzhou?"

He Ruomuti stood up, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Since Wu Yi already knew that Cao Mian was spoiled by the second lady of the Luo family in Yingzhou, how could it be that Cao Mian is still in Yingzhou? Is he staying in Yingzhou as a prisoner? "

As soon as these words came out, He Ruomuti suddenly stopped talking, walked back and forth in the big tent, and said: "Let someone quickly check the news of Cao Mian, and in addition, send someone to watch Wu Yi to see what he wants. What are you doing!"

"Yes."

"There is also Jianling, no matter what, we can't wait until the arrival of Dasheng reinforcements. We must attack within three days!"

"Yes!"

In Jianling City, Jiang Yan heaved a sigh of relief watching the soldiers and horses gradually receding outside the city.

The guards next to the city were already too tired to open their eyes. As soon as the fighting stopped, many of them sat under the wall and closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Jiang Yan patrolled around the tower and encouraged the soldiers on duty before turning around and going down the tower.

Walking to a deserted place under the city tower, he looked around before quietly yawning.

His eyes were red, obviously he was sleep deprived and overworked.

"General Jiang." Jiang Yan turned and walked towards the General's Mansion in the city, but at the corner of a street, he heard a voice calling himself.

Jiang Yan turned his head to follow the sound, and saw a fair-faced and delicate girl sticking her head out of the corner and waving at herself.

Jiang Yan looked around vigilantly, and then set his eyes on the boy, "Miss calling me?"

At this time, the people in the city were so frightened that they hid at home and did not dare to go out. Such a little girl suddenly appeared here, obviously she was not an ordinary person.

The girl nodded to him and said, "Come here."

Jiang Yan stood motionless, and the girl reluctantly took out a token and shook it at him.

Jiang Yan's expression changed slightly, and he walked up to the girl in a flash.The young man stared sharply at the girl in front of him, "Who is the girl? Who sent you here?"

Luo Junyao looked at Jiang Yan with a smile and said: "General Jiang has worked hard, my surname is Luo, Luo Junyao."

As the deputy general of the Zhen Guojun, Jiang Yan doesn't even know who his general's wife and princess regent are.

only……

"How do you prove it?" Jiang Yan asked.

There are many people in the world who know Luo Jun's name, but not many know what Luo Jun looks like.

Luo Junyao was a little helpless, and said: "The general's willingness to approach me proves that you have trusted me? Or, let me check this for you again?"

Luo Junyao stuffed the token in his hand to him, and Jiang Yan quickly sent it back respectfully, "The last general dare not, but I didn't expect the princess to appear in Jianling. The prince..."

He thought that the prince would definitely send a messenger to come, but he didn't expect that the person who arrived would be the princess regent.

Luo Junyao said apologetically: "Ayan has already arrived in Yanzhou, but...you probably have to hold on for another three days."

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he said, "The prince is here? That's great!"

"I just saw that the soldiers are quite exhausted defending the city. Will General Jiang be able to defend the city for three days?" Luo Junyao asked.

Jiang Yan nodded, and said seriously: "Princess, please rest assured, the general will wait to defend it to the death!"

"Thank you." Luo Jun shook his head.

Jiang Yan looked at Luo Junyao, "How did the princess come into the city?"

Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "This morning, he climbed the wall from the south."

Jiang Yan's expression was concentrated, and he cupped his hands and said: "I made the princess laugh."

For a living person to climb the wall, it is obvious that the soldiers guarding the city made an oversight.

Fortunately, it was our own people who climbed up, if the enemy...

Luo Jun said: "It's not the Zhen Guojun, and I reminded them." She left a note for the soldiers guarding the city, but the person in charge may not dare to report it.

"I will remind Marquis Yueyang at the end, will the concubine go back to the general's residence with her subordinates offline?" Jiang Yan said.

Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "No need, you don't need to worry about me, I will find a place to stay by myself. By the way, don't tell others that you have seen me."

"Yes." Jiang Yan cupped his hands, and when he saw Luo Junyao was about to leave, he quickly stopped her.

Luo Jun shook his head and looked at him, "What else do you want to say?"

Jiang Yandao: "I didn't see Wu Yi when we attacked the city today. Our people in Wu Yi's army sent a message that Wu Yi left the army with a team at noon yesterday and headed southwest."

"Understood." Luo Jun smiled and waved at him, jumped onto the wall behind him, climbed over the wall and disappeared.

Knowing the exact time when the reinforcements arrived, Jiang Yan seemed much more relaxed on the way back.

He was not worried that the reinforcements would not be able to arrive on time. The king regent promised that since he had promised to guard for three days, the siege of Jianling City would definitely be lifted after three days.But now he only needs to find a way to persist for these three days.

In the General's Mansion in the city, Jiang Guanmu who was walking out met Jiang Yan who was coming in.

"General Jiang."

"Master Hou."

Jiang Guanmu cupped his hands and said: "It's hard work, General, go back and rest quickly, I'll go to the gate tower right now."

Jiang Yan nodded, and didn't mind too much the other party's delay.

After thinking about it, he reminded Jiang Guanmu of the situation at the South City Gate.

Naturally, he would not say that the soldiers guarding the city were not dedicated, but that the soldiers worked too hard, and that they could arrange more people to take turns at night.

Jiang Guanmu naturally complied, bid farewell to Jiang Yan and went out.

Jiang Yan watched Jiang Guanmu's back as he left the door before turning around and preparing to go back to his room to rest.

"I've seen the general."

Not far away, a handsome young woman walked over holding the girl's hand, her appearance was very graceful and submissive.

Jiang Yan knew that this was Jiang Guanmu's family, so he took a step forward and said, "I'm disturbing Madam, please forgive me."

The woman said softly: "The general is serious. If the general needs anything, just ask someone to tell the concubine. The general is a guest. If he is negligent, the marquis will definitely blame the concubine."

"Thank you, everything is fine." After all, Jiang Guanmu's family member, Jiang Yan didn't want to deal with him too much.

After exchanging a few words of greetings, he handed his hands and said goodbye, only after walking a few steps did he vaguely remember: Mrs. Yueyang Hou seems to be in Shangyong, and this female family member should be Yueyanghou's concubine.

He was really a little tired, so he walked towards his guest room without thinking too much.

Whether it's a wife or a concubine, it's Yue Yanghou's own business, he really doesn't need to think too much.

"Ma'am, this general is so unreasonable." The girl who was supporting the woman said with some dissatisfaction, "You came to greet me personally, but he left after a few perfunctory words."

The woman lowered her eyes and said quietly: "I'm not Mrs. Hou, why would such a dignified general take me seriously?"

"Ma'am, don't say that, Lord Hou treats you wholeheartedly, and Lord Hou will be sad if you say that." The girl's mouth was as sweet as honey, and the woman was coaxed by her to put aside the sadness just now, and said: "You will say Coax me with good words."

The girl said: "I'm not coaxing you. Could it be that Master Hou treats you badly?"

Thinking of her lover, the woman couldn't help showing shyness.

"Of course Lord Hou treats me very kindly, but it's a pity..."

The girl rolled her eyes and said: "Madam, don't worry, if Lord Hou has made great achievements in defending the city this time, the imperial court will definitely reward him. At that time...maybe he will be able to obtain a prestigious status for Madam."

The young woman's eyes brightened slightly, and she hesitated, "Is it okay?"

"Of course, Lord Hou has to think about the young master and young miss even if he doesn't care about you." The girl said, "It's just that General Jiang is someone who guards the national army. I heard that he is under the command of the regent king." Well. I just hope he won't take the credit of Lord Hou."

"Yes." The young woman lowered her eyes thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)