The regent's spoiled princess wakes up

Chapter 172 The prince has come to Beijing?

"Well, listen." Zhao Shuang handed him the thousand-mile sound-transmitting mirror, and asked again, "Have you heard from the prince during this period of time?"

"No...there is no news about the prince, and the general doesn't know where he has gone." Mao Hu took the bronze mirror and carefully put it to his ear to listen, with a look of surprise gradually showing on his face.

There is nothing special about this bronze mirror, on the contrary, it is rusty, with patina on both sides, very inconspicuous.

But when I put it to my ear, there was a strange sound.

"Princess, this is the sound of the wind of the skeleton." Mao Hu listened carefully for a while with a surprised expression on his face, and then said, "My lord... he may have come near Shangjing."

"Skeleton wind?" Zhao Shuang searched for memory, "I just remembered that every autumn and winter, when the wind blows on the walls of the capital, it will make a strange sound like ghosts, so it is called skeleton wind. Could it be that he really came? Near the capital?"

"Or...the other mirror was just discarded near Shangjing." Mao Hu suddenly rolled his eyes, "Princess, could it be those Beiliang cavalry who brought the thousand-mile sound-transmitting mirror to Shangjing?"

Zhao Shuang shook his head, pointed to the bronze mirror and said, "Listen carefully, there is someone speaking in a low voice, it seems... speaking Chinese. It's a pity that it's just a few words. I've listened for many days, but I can't understand what he is saying say what."

Mao Hu listened carefully for a long time before he took the bronze mirror away from his ear, "I'm telling my princess, I will only hear the sound of the wind from the skeleton."

"Did I hear it wrong?" Zhao Shuang accepted the bronze mirror in disappointment, looked down at it for a moment, and then asked, "Beiliang Kingdom has besieged Shangjing for more than a month, why didn't they attack the city?"

"Back to Wangfei, although the Northern Liang Kingdom's iron cavalry are brave, their number is limited. After they attacked the city twice, they probably suffered too many casualties, so they stopped attacking the city by force." Chest assured, "Princess, don't worry, with the last general and Linghu Kong around, no matter how many Beiliang cavalry come, he will not be able to attack Shangjing."

As soon as the words were finished, a soldier came in and preached, "Princess Wang, General Mao and General Linghu are here."

Zhao Shuang had just ordered Team Xu to send someone to invite Linghu Kong, the commander of Long Xiaowei, but he didn't expect them to arrive so soon.

"General Linghu, please come in." She glanced at the door, and saw a tall armored general walking in behind the soldiers.

"The last general, Linghu Kong, pay my respects to the concubine!" Linghu Kong was not surprised when he saw Zhao Shuang, and bowed politely with his fists clasped.

"Sit down and talk." Zhao Shuang glanced at the soldiers beside him, and two soldiers went down to move a round stool for both Mao Hu and Linghu Kong.

"Thank you, Princess." Linghu Kong glanced at Mao Hu, and the two sat down with their own thoughts.

"I don't know why the princess visited the Huxiaowei barracks late at night and summoned her subordinates to come, why?" Linghukong still remembered the last time she was dragged to the West Street of Shangjing City to assassinate Chen Yang. What kind of medicine is it.

"The two generals should also know that Shangjing is besieged, and all food and clothing in the city are in short supply. Although the city walls are strong, what should we do if we run out of food and medicine?" Zhao Shuang glanced around the hall. In the big tent of the Weijun camp, there were still some melons, fruits and pastries on the table, but now even if there are guests, the table is empty.

Not to mention no refreshments, the tea served by the soldiers only had a few tea leaves floating in it, which was bland and tasteless.It seems that the supplies in the army have also reached the point where they are stretched.

Fortunately, the capital is near the river, otherwise drinking water in the city would be a problem.

"My concubine is right," Linghu Kong clasped his hands and said, "The last general has already written to Marquis Yongchang in the south of the Yangtze River and General Cui in the south border asking for help, but one month has passed and the reinforcements have not arrived yet."

"Marquis of Yongchang in the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhao Shuang frowned, faintly having a bad feeling, "Does he have military power?"

"Could it be that the princess doesn't know yet? The queen mother handed over the military power of the Xuanwu camp to Marquis Yongchang." Linghu Kong said while observing her reaction.

He had known for a long time that the princess and that Marquis of Yongchang were rivals. Now that he heard that the Xuanwu Camp had fallen into Chen Yang's hands, he might not let it go.

"Xuanwu Camp?" Zhao Shuang searched through the dusty memories, and suddenly grasped the armrest of the wooden chair tightly, "I remember... Xuanwu Camp is the direct line of the emperor's brother, how can the queen mother be handed over to outsiders?"

"I don't know the end result." Linghu Kong lowered his head and pretended to be stupid.

There are many small countries in the southern border, and the situation is complicated. Moreover, most of the troops stationed in the southern border are infantry, and they are not familiar with the Northern Liang cavalry. It is understandable that Cui Shang dared not leave his post to rescue Shangjing.

Chen Yang, Marquis of Yongchang, was a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and it was even less likely that he would come to relieve the siege of Shangjing.

Linghukong already knew that they would not come, but there was nothing he could do. Now that he went to the capital, it was impossible to break through from the inside, so he had to wait for reinforcements.

There was a moment of silence in the big tent, then Zhao Shuang asked again, "Reinforcements have not come for a long time, food and grass in the city are tight, have General Linghu and General Mao thought about breaking out?"

Linghukong and Maohu looked at each other, and then Linghukong winked at Maohu, signaling him to speak first.

"The last general once cooperated with General Linghu to break out of the siege, but... encountered a cavalry regiment of unknown origin." Mao Hu showed horror, stood up and gestured, "Both men and horses are invulnerable to swords and guns. Hu Xiaowei suffered heavy losses that time when he broke through the siege, the last general was almost killed by those monsters!"

As soon as Maohu finished speaking, the tabby cat, which was sleeping on the candlestick, suddenly bristled up and rushed into his arms to be comforted, as if remembering something terrible.

"You mean the medicine men corps of Beiliang country?" Zhao Shuang glanced at the skinny cat.

Mao Hu cooperated with Linghu Kong, presumably Linghu led Long Xiaowei to cover on the tower, and Mao Hu led Hu Xiaowei to rush out of the city gate to break through.

The tabby cat and Linghu Kong should have been on the city wall at that time, witnessing the tragedy of that battle.

"Exactly, the last general didn't know what the medicine men were at the time. He sent people around to inquire about the medicine men's corps after he withdrew to the city." Mao Hu wiped the sweat from his brow and hugged his arms Mao'er said, "The last general has lived to be 40 or [-] years old, and he has never seen such a monster before!"

The lights in the hall were flickering, making the shadows behind people sway, elongated on the ground for a while, and erected on the white wall for a while.

"Tell me, what kind of monster is it?" Zhao Shuang glanced at the bearded man, feeling quite helpless, "I have heard about this medicine man corps, but there are some details, and I want to find you and Linghu Kong Prove it."

Looking at Mao Hu's appearance, she originally thought he was a brave general who was fearless, but it turned out that he was soft-hearted and not much more courageous than ordinary people.

"Yes." Seeing her calm expression, Mao Hu felt a little relieved, and said while grooming the cat, "At that time, the last general led the Tiger Guards out of the north gate to face the Beiliang iron cavalry, and then the city gate closed behind the last general. At first Although both of us suffered casualties, we were considered evenly matched, who knows... Who knows, not long after, a strange cavalry in black came to us."

　36 words, today I found that the score has changed.

　　9.4 points, okay, okay, I thought it would drop to six or seven points.

　　The longer I write a book, the more I feel that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)