"Mom, don't drag me, I won't go...I want to stay."

Li Wan freed her wrist from Mrs. Li's grasp, lowered her head with displeasure and said, "Cousin is clearly here, why are we running away?"

It was almost noon, and the mother and daughter hid in an alley near the North City Gate, both dressed as ordinary peasant women.

Seeing that there was no one around, Mrs. Li turned her head and said, "If you don't run now, you won't be able to escape if the city breaks down."

"Could it be that my cousin can't beat King Qi?" Li Wan retorted unconvinced.

Mrs. Li waved her hand: "Whether you can fight or not, I, a mother, can tell at a glance. Your cousin's army has even given up the camp outside the city. Now the whole army is guarding this lonely city, and there is no food. With so many people, there will be no food in a few days..."

She was still waiting for a detailed explanation, but when she saw Li Wan lowered her head sullenly, she changed her mind and said, "Is there something you can't bear to part with? Did you have a good time walking in Buxi in Leshan?"

"No..." Li Wan lowered her head.

"Nonsense," Mrs. Li pointed her finger at Li Wan's forehead, "I'll yell at your mother, it's no wonder that you can hide your dim sum yelling from my mother... Forget it, run away now."

Li Wan asked: "Are we really going to leave our cousin and sister-in-law and run away?"

A carriage came from afar and stopped at the entrance of the alley.The coachman looked around, and when he saw Mrs. Li, he nodded and stretched out three fingers.

The two guards muttered there, and Mrs. Li became nervous and urged repeatedly: "Hurry up and open the door, we are going out of the city."

"We all call women, so it's not ashamed to run first," Mrs. Li sneaked around the alley, looked around, and waved back, "Come on."

Qiang Lin turned his head to the secret guard and said, "You escort Madam and Miss to the master's residence."

"Uh……"

Mrs. Li raised her hand again and pushed her head back, scolding: "I don't have any tutoring at all, how can I talk to men casually."

Song Zhen said behind him: "His Royal Highness, the enemy army is now alone and is in a desperate situation. We just need to defend the city and prevent the food transport team from passing through, and the city will naturally have internal chaos in three days, without any effort."

Last night Xiao Zhuo's army stormed the camp of King Qi's army, not to defeat King Qi's army, but after breaking through the defense line of King Qi's army, the whole army entered the city.

Xiao Zhuo gently shook his head and said: "Now that the two armies are at war, he will not believe anything. After this battle, I will write a letter to him and... King Qi."

The dark guards escorted the carriage away, and Qiang Lin was patrolling the north gate of the city. The sound of war drums and shouts came from outside the city in the south, and a famous dark guard came: "Commander, Xiao Beiheng, the son of King Qi, is leading an army to attack the city."

He came to the front of the car, before asking, Li Wan poked her head out of the car window and said, "General Qiang, what a coincidence, I'm Li Wan."

Mrs. Li was taken aback. What was wrong with her daughter, and she declared her identity when she came up?

When Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Kai were dueling in front of the two armies, Xiao Kai told the fact that Xiao Zhuo was an illegitimate child, but Xiao Zhuo didn't believe it either.He thought Xiao Kai was using words to mess with his mind.

The two guards said: "Commander, this lady said that her in-laws are outside the city, and she wants to go out of the city to see."

"Didn't you say 20 taels? Why is there an extra charge?" Mrs. Li complained, and then sighed, "Let's just leave it at that, get in the car."

Everyone went down the city wall, Shen Yuexi and Xiao Zhuo returned to the mansion together, Xiao Zhuo wrote two letters, one to Xiao Beiheng and one to Xiao Ming, and asked the envoy to send them out of the city.

Shen Yuexi said to Xiao Zhuo: "Husband, why don't you tell him the truth?"

Xiao Beiheng nodded and said: "That's fine, let's withdraw the troops and return to the camp."

Qiang Lin rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment: "I'm not married... But madam and miss, you should not leave the city. Now the enemy army is forming an array to attack the city, if you encounter disorderly troops on the road, you will be in trouble."

As soon as she raised her hand to push Li Wan's head back, Qiang Lin had already recognized it, and said in surprise, "Aren't these Mrs. Pingyanghou and Miss. Why are you leaving the city?"

Seeing that Xiao Zhuo did not agree, Xiao Beiheng smiled and said, "Could it be because you are afraid?"

His allegiance is to Shen Yuexi, but Mrs. Li is also Shen Yuexi's aunt, and Li Wan is Shen Yuexi's cousin, so he can't let the two of them have an accident.

Qiang Lin asked, "Where are the master and King Zhao?"

Li Wan poked her head out again, and said to Qiang Lin: "General, I heard that Ling Tang is in the north of the city, so Madam Ling must be there..."

"In-laws? The north is full of Xirong people. Are you married to Xirong people?" A guard asked in surprise.

The messenger entered the account, submitted the letter and left on his own.

Li Wan came to the alley helplessly.

Qiang Lin was puzzled. Although the people of Dayan could live in peace with the Xirong people, as far as he knew, there was no marriage between the two races.

Xiao Beiheng was discussing with Song Zhen in the tent, and when he heard the letter, Xiao Beiheng smiled and said: "It must be the order to let the envoy come in."

The envoy came to the camp of King Qi's besieged city and said to the guards, "Here is the letter from King Zhao."

The only thing she was worried about was that last night, a fire in Yuangu burned all the food and grass.Now the city needs to supply 6 people with food and grass, which cannot be supplied for two days at all.Xiliang's grain transportation team had just left, and even if the Xirong settlement in the north of the city helped, it would not last for a few days.

Qiang Lin led the dark guards to the south city wall in a hurry, and saw rows of sergeants holding strong bows and crossbows waiting for battle, Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi stood side by side.Below the city, the tens of thousands of Qi king's army were densely packed like dark clouds, and Xiao Beiheng was shouting loudly while jumping on his horse and whipping his whip in front of the battle.

"What's going on?" Qiang Lin asked.

The mother and daughter got into the car and came to the gate of the city. The guards stopped them and asked, "What are you going to the north of the city for?"

Now that King Qi's army is besieging the city, the people in the city generally don't go out if they have nothing to do, and there are not many pedestrians on the streets.

Xiao Zhuo said to the left and right: "Song Zhen understands the advantages and disadvantages of each other. He adopted the strategy of encircling and not attacking, which made our army mess up. This is a good move."

"They're all on the walls already."

While shouting, Qiang Lin led the dark guards to patrol past here and came to check.

"The north of the city is the territory of Xirong, and it is impossible for Xiliang's food transport team to go there," Song Zhen said, "We just need to hold this side. Now that King Qi is injured and lying in bed, we don't have to rush to attack."

Another guard pulled the one who was speaking, pulled him aside and said, "That lady is a bit like King Zhao's aunt..."

After being recognized, Mrs. Li can no longer tell lies.But she didn't want to admit that she wanted to run away, so she rolled her eyes and thought of a reason.

Shen Yuexi said: "What my husband said is, let's concentrate on defending the city first."

Mrs. Li didn't respond to him, and reprimanded Li Wan in the car: "Why are you laughing... You don't look like a lady, have you forgotten everything your mother taught you?"

"We only besiege the south of the city, what if there is a food transport team in the north of the city?" Xiao Beiheng asked.

Xiao Zhuo looked at the triumphant Xiao Beiheng with complicated eyes, moved his lips a few times, but did not make a sound.

"Xiao Zhuo, you set up a poisonous plan to ambush me, but the heavens are not stopping me. I am here, let you down." Xiao Beiheng pointed at Xiao Zhuo with a whip, "Now your whole army is trapped in the city, Food and grass have run out, so begging for mercy quickly is the best policy."

Mrs. Li poked her head out of the car window and said to the guard: "There is an in-law in the north, let's go and visit, hehe."

The sergeants in the city were all ready to fight, but they were very puzzled when they saw that King Qi's army had withdrawn their troops and returned to the camp.

Xiao Beiheng stretched out his hand to open the letter, and said with a smile to Song Zhen: "If you really want to hand over the letter, Xiao Zhuo must come in person. Actually, he only sent an envoy."

Song Zhendao: "From the subordinate's point of view, it should not be a letter of surrender."

When he knew that Prince Qi's father and son were ambushed in Xiayuangu last night, and both of them almost died, he knew that Xiao Zhuo had seen through his plot.With Xiao Zhuo's ability, how could he surrender so easily.

"It's not a surrender letter, what could it be?" Xiao Beiheng picked up the letter paper.

After reading a few lines, his smile disappeared from his face, drops of cold sweat leaked from his forehead, and even the hand holding the letter trembled.


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