in the sound of swallows

Chapter 193

The Gu family army outside had no intention of attacking the city again, but stopped their flags and drums, as if they were resting, and Shen Guiyan continued to send people out to inquire about Gu Chaobei's whereabouts.

"Your Majesty! There's news!" The spies came back within a day of leaving, and said happily, "I seem to have discovered the emperor's whereabouts. It's just thirty miles north of Yecheng. A large number of troops are heading towards Yecheng. Come!"

"What?!" Shen Guiyan stood up happily: "In other words, the emperor is really okay?"

"Yes, the army's banners are all patterned with yellow dragons, and the small ones can see them clearly."

It must be a sneaky march, trying to wipe out Gu Chaonan's army?A stone fell to the ground in Shen Guiyan's heart, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

"The emperor is fine, then Gu Chaonan is undoubtedly a traitor!" Deputy General Zhang also clapped his hands happily: "In this way, I will be a teacher of justice, and my morale will definitely be high!"

Nuo'er also clapped her hands and circled around the side of the eldest prince's wheelchair. Ming Sigui pressed down on the top of her head with one hand, and couldn't hit anyone with her small hands and feet. She screamed and made everyone in the room laugh.

Xu Zhuangzhou didn't smile, he just looked at Shen Guiyan, and said softly: "Thirty miles away, spies from the city can go there, why didn't the emperor send a letter back?"

Shen Guiyan was taken aback for a moment, then looked back at him with some surprise.Deputy General Zhang paused with a smile, thought for a while and said: "If the general remembers correctly, this son belongs to Mrs. Gu Chaonan..."

"Brother." Xu Zhuangzhou replied with a smile: "And he is the younger brother who has always had a good relationship with her since childhood. It's just that his temperament is different, so he didn't follow her to seek the world."

One sentence made Vice General Zhang very nervous, and quickly stood up to protect Shen Guiyan and the First Prince: "Since the relationship is good, why is your Excellency not outside the city, but in the city?"

Xu Zhuangzhou looked at Shen Guiyan, who looked calm, and answered, "He was recommended by Grand Master Zhou."

Master Zhou taught her knowledge of books and etiquette since she was a child, and she is also a person with the world in mind. Shen Guiyan trusted him, so she listened to his words and kept Xu Zhuangzhou by the eldest prince's side.

"That's right, I was entrusted by Grand Master Zhou to protect the eldest prince." Xu Zhuangzhou rubbed his nose and said with a light smile, "But because of his relationship with my sister, it is inevitable that he will be misunderstood. Grand Master Zhou also wanted to protect this relationship." , take advantage of it.”

Vice General Zhang didn't understand, and turned to look at Shen Guiyan. Shen Guiyan nodded with a smile: "No matter how cruel Mengdie is, she will never attack her younger brother. Master Zhou must have considered this before letting him come. General Zhang need not be nervous."

He didn't want to understand the words, but since the queen said that there is no need to be nervous, he put away his posture and continued to sit on the side, after all, he still had an injury on his shoulder.

It's just that I still have precautions in my heart, blood relationship, how can anyone help outsiders against their own sister?

Shen Guiyan also had the same doubts in her heart, so she didn't intend to listen to Xu Zhuangzhou's words, but let the spies continue to inquire.

She couldn't open the city gate without seeing Gu Chaobei's face, so if someone pretended to be the emperor's personal soldier, it would be of no use.

After waiting for a day, when the spies came back to report, the sound of horns could already be faintly heard outside.

"Gu Chaonan is going to attack the city again?" Shen Guiyan frowned.

The spy cupped his hands and said, "It's the emperor who fought with General Gu. The two armies fought a mile outside the city, and the battle was fierce."

Shen Guiyan's eyes turned red, she immediately got up, put on her cloak and headed for the tower.Deputy General Zhang followed behind, eager to see the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, from a distance, General Gu's troops are stronger." Deputy General Zhang said, "Blue is Gu, yellow is Emperor, there are more blue and less yellow, which is not good."

The spies also came back and said: "There is a signal smoke ahead for help. I have never seen the emperor personally marching. The vanguard battalions of the two sides are fighting fiercely."

Gu Chaobei really came back, otherwise who would come against Gu Chaonan?Shen Guiyan was so excited, she quickly looked at Deputy General Zhang and said, "Order troops, go out and help."

"Yes!" Deputy General Zhang immediately went down from the city tower, ordered five thousand soldiers, brought fine bows and crossbows, and opened the city gate.

The people in the distance were still fighting fiercely, and no one wanted to take the opportunity to come to Yecheng. Shen Guiyan was completely relieved and waited for news from Deputy General Zhang.

The defenders were red, and they entered the yellow and blue, helping the yellow to eliminate a lot of blue, and then the red suffered heavy damage and became less and less.

Shen Guiyan was a little anxious, but at dusk, Deputy General Zhang returned to the city with a group of remnants. There were no pursuers behind, and the yellow and blue sides retreated to their camps.

"How's the situation?" Shen Guiyan asked anxiously after helping Deputy General Zhang.

Vice General Zhang said: "I have injuries on my body, so I couldn't rush forward, but the emperor's personal soldiers seem to be weak in combat power, and the general has not seen many of them. The leader of the army is Vice General Liu who is with the emperor, whom I know."

If anyone knows it, it is more certain that it is the emperor's army. Shen Guiyan gritted his teeth and said, "I am too cautious today. Now that I have seen it clearly, I will do my best to help the emperor encircle and suppress the Gu family army tomorrow!"

"Your Majesty, there are [-] defenders in the city, how many do you want to send out?" The general of the reinforcements clasped his hands and said, "There are not enough people and morale is insufficient, but if more people go there, the city will be empty, which is not a good plan."

"Morale doesn't necessarily depend on the number of people." Shen Guiyan thought for a while and said, "Do you have a lot of armor? You can give me a set."

What?Deputy General Zhang was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, are you going to the battlefield?"

Shen Guiyan pursed her lips, shrunk her neck slightly, and said in a low voice: "I am also very afraid of death, but if the generation of girls goes to battle to kill the enemy, the morale of our soldiers will definitely be high, right?"

Yes, that's right, if the queens are all in armor, the morale of the defenders will be high, and in order to protect the queen, they will fight the enemy more bravely, which is beneficial and harmless to oneself.

However, this queen empress does not know martial arts, how can she go to the battlefield?
"Tomorrow, I will take Xu Zhuangzhou with me." Shen Guiyan said earnestly: "It is good that he is by Ben Gong's side to protect him, and I will not rush ahead in spite of himself, just to boost morale and follow auspiciousness." It’s the same as things, it’s fine to enshrine at the back.”

It is really a helpless move, otherwise the defense of the city and the reinforcements will not be able to have both.

Deputy General Zhang said with some disapproval: "Now Yecheng is guarded by the empress, if the empress is in danger..."

"It won't be too dangerous." Shen Guiyan smiled: "The emperor is still here."

As long as Gu Chaobei is around, she won't be hurt.

As for Xu Zhuangzhou, he just took the opportunity to pull him out for a walk. If he was really on her side, he would definitely protect her. If he had second intentions, he would be eradicated in advance so that he would not be harmful to the eldest prince.

The most important thing is that she has selfish intentions, she wants to see Gu Chaobei earlier, this is the real reason that makes her not hesitate to take risks.

Vice General Zhang compromised, and planned to send 5000 people to take the empress out of the city for rescue tomorrow. In order to protect the empress, he specially let the empress take a chariot behind the tail of the army. In this way, even if the situation is unfavorable, there is still a chance for the empress Return to Yecheng.

The baskets under the city wall are all ready.

Shen Guiyan went back at night and coaxed the eldest prince to sleep, and then arranged her luggage, took off her hair full of jewels, tied it into a neat bun, discarded all her silk, and put on a black armor with red borders.

Looking at the mirror, he seemed to see Gu Chaobei in a trance, he was dressed in military uniform, smiling at himself like a ruffian: "Yan'er, miss me?"

Thinking about it, she really wanted to tell him face to face, Sijun makes people grow old, so why is it too late for Xuanche to come.Every time she was told to wait for so long, and there was no news every time, this person is really bad!

Maybe we can see it tomorrow?

As the morning light faded, the defenders had slowly left the city. Shen Guiyan followed at the end, listening to Vice General Zhang's repeated exhortations: "The empress must not see the emperor's heart, you must be at the end of the line."

Before, she had always had a bad mood towards her, but now she was chattering like a nanny in the palace. Shen Guiyan laughed, nodded in agreement, and got on the chariot.

According to Vice General Zhang's arrangement, her safety is guaranteed. It was only when she went to the battlefield that she realized that there were all people in front of her, and all of them were her own people. There was no sign of the emperor at all.

After all, the yellow soldier and the blue soldier gradually faded away, and there was still a long distance between them. Even if she jumped up on the chariot regardless of the queen's image, she could barely see the yellow dragon pattern.

The battlefield is cruel, but the soldiers at the front protected her extremely well.It was also probably because she was behind, today the red defenders were extraordinarily fierce, they rushed all the way into the blue army camp, and almost swallowed the blue army together with the yellow army camp.

Before she could see enough, the soldiers in front drove her chariot quickly and ran back with her.

"What?" Shen Guiyan looked back anxiously: "Haven't you called gold to withdraw your troops?"

The reinforcement general next to him said in a deep voice: "According to the agreement, if our soldiers are killed or injured over a thousand, we will send the empress back to Yecheng."

No way, she didn't even see Gu Chaobei's shadow, and she was about to go back.

"Thanks to the Queen's Majesty, today our soldiers are brave and have killed many enemies." The general smiled and said: "Madam, let's go back first."

After going out for a while, nothing happened, Shen Guiyan sighed endlessly, and went back to discuss with Deputy General Zhang: "I went to see it today, and tomorrow I will send someone to discuss with the emperor first, and attack together, there must be a [-]% chance of winning."

Deputy General Zhang waved a letter in his hand: "The emperor sent a letter saying that the empress is not allowed to take risks with her own body. In the battle outside the city, the defenders of Ye City do not need reinforcements."

Feeling warm, Shen Guiyan took the letter over and looked at it. It wasn't the emperor's own handwriting, it should have been written by someone in his busy schedule.

He is also on the battlefield, why does he think that she is the only one who is in danger?Shen Guiyan touched the letter paper and smiled, "Okay, I will only go to the city gate to watch the battle tomorrow."

Vice General Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's very good."

I haven't played vigorously these two days, maybe the emperor is accumulating strength, waiting for the final blow tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)