There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 420
The officers and soldiers of the Liao Army were unhappy, but in the lobby of the city's Yamen, Su Xian and others were immediately worried. General Hu Yan was more cautious than they expected.

He has fifty thousand troops under his command!

But still so careful.

The current situation seems not to be optimistic. Do we want to continue like this?
It is not impossible to continue to waste it, which is equivalent to "occupying the city and defending it". This is the safest way to deal with the enemy.

But this is not what Su Xian wants.

He has great ambitions. He wants to swallow up his army of [-] in one go...

In the quiet lobby of the Yamen, Su Xian and others did not speak. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The only sound was that of Tan Ma going back and forth to report the news. Their footsteps and reports echoed from time to time in the eerily quiet lobby.

outside the city gate.

General Huyan sat firmly on the imperial chair, feeling relaxed and content, neither arrogant nor impetuous. He also ordered people to make milk tea and ate it with gusto with some side dishes.

Behind the Grand Master's chair, the lieutenants looked at each other in disbelief and hesitated several times, trying to persuade General Huyan to enter the city as soon as possible, but no one dared to take the lead.

A little further behind, a total of [-] soldiers gathered, occupying a large area. They were too far away from General Huyan, so they didn't have much scruples, and began to complain in private.

Those words of complaints passed through the mouth of the scouts and passed into the ears of General Huyan.

But he remained unmoved and only ordered that if anyone dared to whisper to each other and discuss in private again, he would deal with it according to military law!

The complaining Liao army officers and soldiers immediately shut their mouths tightly.

The lieutenants looked at each other and completely gave up the idea of ​​persuading General Hu Yan to enter the city.

Just like that, time passed by minute by minute.

General Huyan never had any intention of entering the city and continued to work under the city wall.

Suddenly, a scout came quickly to report that Prince Hunxie had arrived and wanted to see General Huyan.

"Oh? Prince Hunxie? Nalan Festival?" General Huyan was stunned for a moment, put down the half-drunk bowl of milk tea, and after thinking for a while, he asked:
"Has Princess Ruyi come here?"

"Never!"

"That's it, let him come over."

"..."

After a while, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded a young man dressed as a scholar from the Central Plains, walking slowly and arriving soon.

General Hu Yan had already stood up, took the initiative to greet him, and said with a salute:
"The last general, Hu Yanxiong, pays homage to the son of King Hunxie."

"General Huyan, no need to be polite, please get up."

Prince Hunxie turned his probing eyes away from the Liao soldiers and exchanged polite greetings with a smile.

A beautiful folding fan in his hand kept shaking, and his behavior was elegant. No matter from every aspect, he was the prince of Hunxie, Nalanjie.

But he is actually a fox with a thousand faces.

In the remote courtyard outside the city, Qianmianhu carefully scrutinized Nalan Jie's face, and finally disguised himself into his appearance.

After gagging the Nalan brothers and sisters and stuffing them under the bed, Thousand-faced Fox once secretly sneaked back to Youzhou City and learned about Su Xian's new plan.

He did not disturb Su Xian and others, but quietly withdrew from the city, ready to help in secret.

Who would have thought that [-] Liao cavalry troops were approaching the city. General Hu Yan, the commander of the Liao army, was so cautious that he never entered the city.

Seeing this, Thousand-faced Fox thought that he happened to be Nalanjie at this time, and perhaps he could use this to confuse General Huyan and push him into the urn.

So, the Nalan Festival disguised by a thousand-faced fox came here...

He didn't want to waste time. After a brief greeting, he asked directly with a calm face: "General Huyan, why are you staying outside the city instead of entering the city? What's the reason?"

"..."

General Huyan frowned secretly. Nalanjie was not his superior and had no control over him, but speaking to him in such a tone was really unpleasant.

The reason why he got up to greet him was simply because of Nalanjie's identity as Prince Hunxie.

But if Nalan Festival doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and intervenes in major military affairs, General Huyan will no longer be polite, and simply keep silent, and don't bother to talk to him.

Thousand-faced Fox was not angry when he saw this, because the Nalanjie he was pretending to be was a gentle gentleman who would not get angry easily. He was good at speaking truth.

As a result, the Thousand-faced Fox shook his folding fan, shook his head and analyzed the pros and cons, talking about a lot of specious truths, and kept talking.

"Your Majesty, please come back. This is not the place where Your Majesty should stay."

General Huyan put his hand on his forehead, his head hurt very much. He had heard before that Prince Hunxie liked to argue with others in order to talk about truth.

He didn't think anything of it before, but now he understands.

He was just a rough man, and those big principles were really uncomfortable for him, so he couldn't help but chase people away, and his tone was no longer so polite.

Thousand-faced Fox saw that this trick didn't work, so he changed his words and said in a deep voice:
"General Huyan, actually I am here because of the entrustment of my sister-in-law... Princess Ruyi. Princess Ruyi ordered the general to enter the city immediately. There should be no delay. If I miss the important event of the princess, you can't afford it!"

"..."

The "sister-in-law" mentioned by Qian Mian Hu, Princess Ruyi, refers to Nalan Yan.

Nalanyan is the commander-in-chief of the Liao army who sneaked into Daliang. Every Liao army in Daliang must obey her orders.

When General Huyan heard this, his face turned serious, he bowed his hands and said:
"The last general dare not delay the important affairs of the princess."

Qianmianhu was secretly happy, and thought that Nalanyan's name was easy to use, so he should have pretended to be Nalanyan at that time, but Nalanyan was a woman, so it was not easy to pretend.

Not only Thousand Faced Fox was secretly happy, but the deputy generals and ordinary soldiers in the Liao Army also began to feel excited. They could not wait to enter the city to rob property and women.

However, just when everyone was happy, General Huyan said in a deep voice: "However, the army is no better than elsewhere. Just based on the prince's two words, I am sorry that I will not be able to obey my order!"

"..."

Uh……

Thousand-faced Fox and the Liao army officers were all dumbfounded, and then had different thoughts.

"Hu Yanxiong, Princess Ruyi is the commander-in-chief appointed by Your Majesty. All Liao army soldiers who enter the Liang Kingdom obey the orders of the Princess. Do you dare to disobey and be disrespectful?"

The thousand-faced fox suddenly widened its eyes and roared sharply.

General Huyan took his time and bowed with his fists again:
"Naturally, I don't dare to disobey orders. However, whenever the army is mobilized, there are orders! Just relying on the prince's empty words, please forgive me for not being able to obey orders."

"Unless Princess Ruyi arrives in person, or the prince comes holding the princess's talisman, the army must not move rashly!"

"..."

Hearing these words, the generals of the Liao army were extremely disappointed. It seemed that their hopes of entering the city tonight were dashed.

General Huyan was very proud. He expected that the Thousand Faced Fox did not have Princess Ruyi's command talisman, and also expected that Princess Ruyi would not appear, so he dared to say such things.

However, the next moment, both General Huyan and the Liao army soldiers all stared at the Thousand Faced Fox's hands with wide eyes.

The Thousand Faced Fox's left hand was slowly raised and inserted into his clothes. Judging from his movements, it was obvious that he was taking something out of his pocket.

General Huyan's brows jumped and he stared closely at the Thousand-Faced Fox's hand, a bad premonition welling up in his heart.

(End of this chapter)