Lu Cijian thought for a moment before saying, "He probably thinks we were sent by Xie Jingxuan to monitor him. The Chu King's rebellion just happened, and we just happened to come here by chance."
It's hard for him not to overthink it.
In short, let's see how things go first.
This is, after all, the territory of the Prince of Jin, so they shouldn't interfere too much, lest the misunderstandings deepen.
Jiang Yimian nodded, but didn't think about it any further.
It's just a small misunderstanding and won't have any impact.
She only hoped that Prince Jin would seriously consider what she had said.
The Prince of Jin arranged a rather large courtyard for them. Although he suspected their intentions in coming to Weizhou, he didn't make it too obvious and still treated them as honored guests.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Lin Yan'an patted Aguzan on the shoulder and said in a friendly manner, "Prince, I live in the room next to yours. If you need anything, just come to me."
After all, he's a newcomer, so he needs to take good care of him.
Aguzan gave him a strange look, hesitated for a long time, and finally shut his mouth.
Forget it, why should he bother arguing with an idiot?
Now that he has entered Weizhou City, he should get on with his own business and at least make sure he leaves alive.
If Weizhou City falls, he cannot stay here to wait for death.
At this moment, inside the study.
Xie Yi listened to Prefect Chen's words while staring at the letter in his hand, without saying a word.
Prefect Chen simply said, "Your Highness, I believe those people were just passing by and had no other intentions. As for the method Lord Lin mentioned, I think it's feasible."
"Why don't we let Zhao Zuoling give it a try?"
It's also their fault for being careless at the time and not taking those river bandits seriously; otherwise, they wouldn't be in such a dilemma now.
Xie Yi didn't answer, but looked up from the letter in his hand, frowned and said, "Let's take another look. So many big things have happened in the capital recently, Xie Jingxuan might have some suspicions about me."
"Whatever. As long as these people don't harm the city's residents, let them monitor us."
When he left the capital, he had nothing, so it was only natural that Xie Jingxuan trusted him. But now, Weizhou is completely under his control.
It's hard to guarantee that Xie Jingxuan won't regret letting him leave the capital back then, especially after the Chu King's rebellion.
Judge Chen hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Xie Yi continued, "I know Lin Yan'an's method is feasible, but now is not a good time."
Those Xiliang people have been stationed outside the city for a long time, and recently they have become somewhat restless. I guess they are about to make a move.
Only after we withstand this siege can we catch our breath and deal with those river bandits.
Otherwise, the people sent there will just be wasting their lives.
Those river bandits are always vigilant. If they discover that the people they take away are not right, they will kill them without hesitation.
They had to sneak up on the bandits' hideout in time, otherwise, the people they sent there would be wasted lives.
For now, we can only temporarily appease the river bandits and focus our attention on the Xiliang army outside the city.
Upon hearing this, Prefect Chen immediately frowned and said, "Then what should we do now? If those Xiliang people really attack the city, how long can we, the city's defenders, hold them off?"
The soldiers guarding Weizhou City haven't been on the battlefield for a long time; how could they possibly compare to the Xiliang people outside the city?
Moreover, with those Xiliang people so well prepared, if they launch a full-scale attack, it's hard to say how many days Weizhou City can hold out.
Thinking it over, he simply said, "Your Highness, I will immediately issue orders to alert the city guards."
Xie Yi quickly reassured them, "There's no need to be so pessimistic. These Xiliang people are stationed outside the city, which means they are prepared for a protracted war with us. They will only wear us down slowly."
Perhaps they won't act so soon.
As long as those Xiliang people are outside the city, they won't have any food supplies, and those people won't be foolish enough to fight them to the death. They can just wait it out.
Weizhou City cannot afford a war of attrition.
*
Night fell quickly, and Jiang Yimian lay in bed unable to sleep at all. Her mind was filled with thoughts of the Xiliang people outside the city, the vicious river bandits, and Lu Cijian's unusual behavior.
It only made her more and more awake.
So she decided not to sleep any longer, got dressed, and sat up in bed.
I opened the window, just about to see the night view, when I suddenly heard a series of urgent bugle calls.
Accompanying this was the flickering of candlelight throughout the mansion.
The palace, which had previously only had a few lanterns lit up, was suddenly brightly lit.
She didn't care about anything else and quickly pushed open the door and went out.
Lu Cijian happened to come out of the house and saw her, saying only, "It must be the Western Liang people attacking the city."
The two walked straight out of the Prince's Mansion.
Because the palace was filled with servants coming and going in a panic, no one paid any attention to the two of them leaving the palace.
The two arrived at the city gate without any hindrance, only to hear deafening shouts from outside the city, accompanied by various screams and the thunderous sound of boulders hitting the ground.
Just as the two were about to go up the city wall, they were stopped by someone.
Judge Chen was covered in cold sweat and his legs were trembling. He had just come down from the city wall when he saw the two people in front of him.
He immediately said, "What are you doing here? Go back right now! This is no place to joke around; people could die here. Leave now!"
As he spoke, he tried to push the two of them outwards.
Jiang Yimian could only sigh helplessly, "We're here to help."
Judge Chen, however, was full of suspicion. One was a princess, and the other was a civil official; neither of them seemed like people who could be of help.
The situation upstairs is in complete chaos right now. If these two go up there, wouldn't that just make things worse?
Or are these two deliberately trying to cause trouble? That's even worse.
He quickly spread his arms wide, blocking the two of them, and said with dissatisfaction, "No, you can't go up there. I'll be here watching you today and I won't let you go up and cause trouble."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a voice came from behind him.
"Let them come up," Xie Yi said, frowning.
Judge Chen hesitated for a moment, then saw the two men in front of him go up the city wall one after the other.
As soon as they went up, they saw a dark mass of Xiliang people slowly moving towards the city wall.
Not far away, many catapults were continuously hurling boulders at the city wall, making a series of "thump-thump" sounds as heavy objects landed.
Even more arrows rained down on the soldiers on the city wall.
In an instant, screams filled the city walls, and many soldiers fell to the ground.
Although someone quickly filled in the missing part, Jiang Yimian only frowned slightly.
These people from Xiliang were indeed well-prepared, and their offensive was quite fierce.
Looking at the city's defenders, they were indeed somewhat flustered.
Xie Yi said sternly, "See? This is not a place for you to cause trouble. This is a battlefield. I don't care what Xie Jingxuan sent you here for, at least don't interfere with us."
"No one will protect you on this city wall. If you don't want to die, get out of here now."
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