Chapter 224 Meeting Commander Hu

Li Deshun did not stay with Xiao Yuchen for long. After learning about this situation, he took his people back first.

After he left, Jiang Nanyuan and Bai Ran looked at him and asked, "Achen, what are you going to do next? Are you going to lead your army directly into the capital?"

Or is it one city at a time, one city at a time?"

Over the past year, Xiao Yuchen's private army has reached nearly five to six thousand people, plus the tens of thousands of elite soldiers brought by Commander Hu.

We can definitely go all the way to the capital.

"Let's capture a few more cities first."

Since Xiao Yujing had tried to harm him many times before, he would give him a big gift. Doesn't he want to be the emperor?

I heard that the old emperor was seriously ill and would not live for many days. Xiao Yujing had also become the crown prince. As long as the emperor was gone, he would be the current emperor.

So the moment he ascended the throne as emperor, he led his men into the palace and shattered his dream.

Before this, while the emperor was still alive, he slowly took over all the nearby cities.

When he was sure that the old emperor was about to die, he led the Jin soldiers to the capital.

When Jiang Nanyuan and Bai Ran heard what Xiao Yuchen said, they also agreed with his idea.

Xiao Yuchen took out a map of the surrounding counties and discussed with the two of them where to start conquering them next.

During this time, Xiao Yuchen saw Lin Zhaoye and others coming, so he took them to the study to discuss the matter.

When Lin Zhaoye and Shangshu Wu Yujian learned that Xiao Yuchen wanted to rebel, they were not surprised at all.

After all, they knew Xiao Yuchen's plan since he started to raise private soldiers.

They have been following Xiao Yuchen all the way.

If it weren't for Xiao Yuchen and they weren't where they are now, they would probably have died on the road long ago.

So as soon as they learned that Xiao Yuchen wanted to rebel, the two of them went to Xiao Yuchen to surrender.

No matter whether he succeeds or fails in the future, they will stand firmly by his side.

After all, Lin Zhaoye had led troops in battles before, and discussing tactics with Xiao Yuchen in the study went very smoothly.

They talked in the study for nearly half an hour before coming out.

After coming out, Lin Zhaoye played with two little kids in the yard for a while, and then he left.

As soon as he left, his foot followed him and walked together inadvertently.

About ten days passed in a blink of an eye. One day, Xiao Yuchen and Jiang Nanyuan were sitting in the yard talking when Bai Zhan suddenly came back from outside.

After whispering a few words in his ear, Xiao Yuchen nodded and gave Bai Zhan a few instructions.

"You take your men and guard the yard inside and out. I'm going to the county town."

"Yes." Bai Zhan replied with a bow.

When Jiang Nanyuan heard that Xiao Yuchen was going to the county town, she stood up from her chair. Without her saying anything, Xiao Yuchen knew that she wanted to go with him.

So the two of them said something to Bai Ran and Lin Zhixue, handed the child to them, and then they went to the county town together.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the county town, they saw Li Deshun and the soldiers from the yamen guarding the gate.

When he saw Xiao Yuchen and Jiang Nanyuan coming, he hurried forward as if he had seen his saviors.

"Ninth Prince, you are finally here. My people just sent me news that the large army from Western Qin is almost reaching our county.

We only have a hundred or so soldiers here, but there are tens of thousands of them on the other side! What should we do?

Even though Xiao Yuchen had comforted him before and told him not to worry too much, it would be a lie to say he wasn't worried given the current situation.

He was so anxious that he had several blisters on his mouth.

"You stay here and wait for them to arrive with me."

Seeing that he was so anxious, Xiao Yuchen didn't continue to explain to him. He would know when someone arrived.

No matter how much he explains now, it will probably be of no use.

About two cups of tea later, the sound of horse hooves and shouting came from not far away.

Judging from the number of horse hooves, there must be quite a lot of people coming. It even raised a large cloud of dust, and for a moment they couldn't see how many people were coming from the opposite direction.

When Li Deshun saw them coming, he wanted to pull Xiao Yuchen and Jiang Nanyuan into the city gate to hide, but when he turned around, he saw that they were standing straight.

His eyes were fixed on the direction straight ahead, with no intention of going in to hide.

Since they were not leaving, I didn't feel comfortable leaving. I had no choice but to stand trembling at the door and wait with them.

It was not until those people approached him that he could see clearly that they were a large group of people coming with great momentum.

Li Deshun stood there, his legs shaking.

Although the city gates were closed, many people in the city were also concerned about this matter. When they heard the sound of horse hooves outside, they all became nervous.

Many people even heard the news and moved away if they could, wanting to settle down elsewhere.

Almost all those who stayed had nowhere to go, or they believed what the county magistrate said and believed that they would not burn, kill or loot their county.

Hutongling and a group of people rode over on horseback. When they saw Xiao Yuchen and Jiang Nanyuan standing at the city gate to greet them.

He was so scared that he quickly pulled the reins, jumped off the horse, strode to Xiao Yuchen, and knelt on one knee.

"Master...Mr. Xiao." Commander Hu originally wanted to call him the prince, but when he saw Xiao Yuchen winking at him, he immediately changed his words.

In Western Qin, no one does not know Xiao Yuchen's current identity.

Ji Mingzhe had already informed all the officials in the court of Xiao Yuchen's identity long ago.

Li Deshun, who was standing aside, saw this scene and his eyes almost popped out of his head in surprise.

Who can tell him what's going on? Isn't this the enemy's army?

Why did they all kneel down in front of the Ninth Prince?

Could it be that the Ninth Prince has already betrayed his country? Is he going to join them in the attack on Beirong?

Li Deshun was shocked by his own idea and looked at Xiao Yuchen, wanting to see his reaction.

He then saw Xiao Yuchen walk up and help Commander Hu up.

"Commander Hu, thank you for your hard work. Please follow me into the city first."

When Li Deshun heard what Xiao Yuchen said, his heart broke.

I guessed it right just now. The Ninth Prince really joined the enemy camp, but why?

Li Deshun couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

"Master Li, have your men open the city gate first. I will talk to you about this matter later."

Xiao Yuchen saw Li Deshun standing there in a daze and knew that he must have been frightened by this sudden change.

But it doesn’t matter. The letter Li Deshun sent to the capital has not received any response yet.

That was because he intercepted the letter. The letter did not reach the capital, so naturally there was no response.

But Li Deshun was unaware of all this.