The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 101
Xidi's 20 troops successfully broke through Xiaoguan, and the pace of eastward advance became faster and faster.

When Bai Zixian returned to the Yingyang Palace from Liyang, it coincided with Qin Wan's idea, that is, to let the people of Yingyang start to move eastward to Liyang, and only leave all the defenders in Yingyang City.

Qin Wan handed Xibao to Miao Jin and asked her to ensure the safety of Xibao.If Ying Yang falls, take Xi Bao to Jiangnan Yuheng to find Wei Hang immediately.She personally sent Miao Jin, Miao Peng's siblings and Mr. Miao out of the city. Before leaving, Xi Bao hugged Qin Wan, and obediently followed Miao Jin into the carriage heading east.

After seeing off Miao Jin, Xiaobai turned into a human figure and drove a carriage: "Boy from the Bai family asked me to take you and Liuying to Liyang."

Qin Wan shook her head, pulled Liuying over and handed it to Xiaobai: "You take Liuying away, she is useless here. I have to stay."

Liuying was stunned: "Mother, what are you talking about? How can you stay in Yingyang City, if His Royal Highness Ning Wang knows that we are gone and keeps you, he will have to skin us."

Qin Wan sighed: "As you said, if something happens to me, Ning will not let you people go. This principle is the same for the defenders of Yangcheng, and I am proving that King Ning did not give up Yangcheng, they will not give up easily. So I have to stay in Yingyang Palace and can't go anywhere."

Liuying desperately shook her head and objected: "No, Ma'am, I'll listen to you for everything else, but this is the only one I can't do."

Xiaobai grabbed Liuying and said with a heavy expression, "She's right, if she leaves Yingyang City, it will severely damage the morale of the defenders."

Liuying glared at Xiaobai: "Master Xiaobai, your mother is confused, and you are also confused!"

"Okay, Liuying, there is no need to discuss this matter, get in the car and go to Liyang quickly." Qin Wan ordered coldly.

"No, if the empress doesn't leave, I won't either!" Liuying insisted.

Looking at Liuying's appearance, Qin Wan suddenly remembered that in that dream, Liuying helped her block Cao Jianxue's sword. Although it was just a dream, Qin Wan still couldn't forget it.She raised her arms and hugged Liu Ying: "You have made up your mind, the battle to defend the city is not a joke, it may be a hundred times more difficult than you imagined."

"With Empress here, Liuying is not afraid." Liuying said firmly.

In this way, Qin Wan asked the civil servants to take the people all the way to Liyang, guarded by the navy led by Lu Ziyi.The Liyang [-] army was urgently transferred to Yingyang, and together with the Yingyang defenders, they were preparing to meet Xidi's army.

It was daylight, and on the wall of Yingyang City, Qin Wan looked towards the west.

She saw the Qujiang meandering and reflecting the rising sun, Qingling covered with snow all year round, Pingchuan [-] miles away from Yingyang City, and the smoke from the Xidi camp above the Pingchuan.

Under Yingyang City, there are soldiers waiting in full battle.The Bei Rong generals led the soldiers to dig the moat outside the city wall. Bai Zixian also ordered the soldiers to strengthen the city wall, repair the four gates and arrow towers of Yingyang City, and strengthen the city defense.

At this time, Lie Xian also sharpened her dagger, ready to fight.

At this time, Liuying held up her skirt and went up to the top of the city: "Your Majesty, look who has returned from Liyang."

Qin Wan turned around and was overjoyed.

Lu Ling climbed up the tower with a longbow on his back, and looked at her with a smile.

"Luling? Didn't you stay with General Lu in Liyang? Why did you come to Yingyang City?" Seeing Luling, Qin Wan felt that the chances of defending the city became better.

Lu Ling smiled softly: "When I followed the waterway to Yuheng, you had already returned to Yingyang with His Royal Highness King Ning. I thought you would go to Liyang when Yingyang was in a hurry, but I didn't expect you to choose to stay, so I came here , to help you."

"Thank you Luling, I really feel much more relieved that you can come." Qin Wan said sincerely.

On October [-]st, [-]nd year of the Liang Kingdom, Xidi's army came to Yingyang City and lined up in front of Ximen.

What Qin Wan didn't expect was that the general who led Xidi's soldiers turned out to be a girl in red uniform.

Holding a scimitar in her hand, she shouted at Qin Wan on the city wall: "Are you the noble concubine Qin Wan of Liang Guoxiang?"

Qin Wan hadn't heard this title for a long time.

The meaning of the girl calling her this way was to remind the city guards that they were guarding the imperial concubine of Liang State, and shake Qin Wan's value among the generals.

Qin Wan replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Yes, I am the noble concubine of Liang State. You are stepping on the land of Liang State at this time. Even if Liang State is dead, this palace will not allow you, a Xidi thief, to trample on Yingyang City. !"

"Heh," the girl said with a smile, "These soldiers of yours are from the Northern Army, right? Why do they want to protect you, the noble concubine of Liang Guo?"

Qin Wan said: "The Kingdom of Liang has surrendered to Beirong, and now it is a part of Beirong. As a soldier of Beirong, it is the responsibility and honor of being a general of Beirong to guard every inch of territory in Beirong. They What is being protected is not the palace, but the dignity of the entire Rong country."

"Oh, Concubine Xiang is indeed as honorable as the rumors have heard, and her words are impeccable." The girl's eyes are like crescent moons, and the corners of her mouth smile even brighter, "I have already promised Brother Su Han that I will take you back and give it to him. Concubine Xiang, pack your bags and wait in the city now."

"..." Qin Wan looked at the girl coldly, and didn't spend any more time talking with her.

Lie Xie told Qin Wan that the girl leading the army in Xidi was named Su Rong, the 33rd princess of Xidi, and the brother Su Han she was talking about was the prince of Xidi, the eighth prince of Xidi King Khan.

It is said that this Sidi princess Su Rong's mother and concubine died early. She grew up in the military camp with her brother Su Han since she was a child.Not only that, she showed a genius ability to lead troops at the age of 12.It took her one year to annex the thirteen small countries around with the Sidi Sirius Camp, and because of her support, Su Han was selected as the heir apparent by Sidi King Khan among nearly fifty princes.

Qin Wan forced herself to calm down, she just had to hold on until Ning Yi came back.

As long as it lasts for 20 days, or [-] days, maybe Ning Yi's vanguard will be able to return to Yingyang in ten days.

Su Rong raised the knife in his hand, and with an order, Xidi's army began to attack the city.

Qin Wan walked down the wall, changed into her palace attire, put her hair back on her head, and stood with the military medical team.

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The shouts of killing outside the city were loud, arrows flew horizontally, and bricks and stones shattered.

The wounded were constantly being carried off the city wall, and new soldiers were replaced.

Qin Wan's hands were covered with blood, and she used needles, thread and spirits to sew up the wounds for the wounded.In the beginning, the anesthetic made by Liuying was enough, but gradually it was too late to use it, and more and more wounded were injured. From the beginning, Qin Wan gave the needle and fought back trembling, and later on, even if the wounded soldier struggled due to pain, she could still Sutures the wound swiftly without any hesitation.

The catapults of Xidi's army arrived at the foot of Yingyang City on the fifth day after the start of the battle. The sturdy archery tower of Yingyang City Gate instantly became brittle, and was full of holes smashed by huge boulders.

Huge crashing sounds could be heard in every corner of the city, accompanied by horrific screams, every burst of loud noise seemed to hit the hearts of everyone in the city.

Although Luling was able to defeat a hundred with one, but facing the 20 Sidi army, the continuous fierce battle also made him exhausted.

Both Bai Zixian and Yuan Ying haven't closed their eyes for several consecutive nights, and Xiaobai is so tired that he can't change back to his human form, so he can only turn into a cat and fall asleep in Liuying's arms.

The military newspaper in the north has been completely cut off, and Yingyang City is like a lonely boat, waiting to fend for itself.

Only when you are in a war do you know its cruelty. It is not a game in which a single hero can change the situation of the battle, but a real fight in numbers.

On the 15th day of the city defense battle, during the break between Xidi's attack, Qin Wan climbed up the city wall under the moonlight, regardless of Liuying's obstruction.

On the city wall, gravel and rubble are everywhere, and short arrows and iron fragments can be seen everywhere. She put her hands on the ground, keeping her body close to the ground, and slowly crawled to a wall with half a wall left, looking through the gap. to the outside of the city.

From this point of view, the scene in front of him was enough to be engraved in Qin Wan's nightmare every night after that.By the trenches below the city, countless corpses of soldiers were piled up like a mountain. Severed arms and limbs can be seen everywhere, and there are also unrepentant heads on the spears, staring towards the north.

Qin Wan suppressed her fear and went back to the military doctor's tent. When she passed among the sleeping wounded soldiers, a young man who looked young called her, "Ma'am... When will Your Highness King Ning come back...?"

Qin Wan covered his mouth with both hands, squatted down and approached the boy, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him softly: "Hurry up, His Highness King Ning is already on his way back to Yingyang..."

Qin Wan helped the boy pull up the blanket, and when he turned to leave, tears could not help but hang down beside his eyes.She looked to the north, thinking silently in her heart: "Ning Yi, when will you come back..."

(End of this chapter)