The day after Xiao Changqi arrived in Tongzhou, he led his troops out of the city gate to meet the enemy.
After dampening the enemy's morale, the Li Dan army restrained itself somewhat, but then launched a fierce attack on Tongzhou in the following days.
That day.
Xiao Changqi took off his battle robe, which was stained with a strong smell of blood, and casually tossed it to a servant from the general's mansion who was waiting nearby.
"Have the spies who went to Gera City returned?" the man's cold, hoarse voice rang out.
Yuan Qing, who was following behind, pondered for a moment and said, "They should be back soon."
"Defense map." Xiao Changqi stretched out his hand toward Luo Ying.
Many soldiers in the army were injured, so Sun Jianchou stayed in the army to treat and bandage them.
Luo Ying had been carrying the defense map with him these past few days, and upon hearing Xiao Changqi's words, he took out the defense map and handed it to Xiao Changqi.
Xiao Changqi laid the defense map flat on the table, stared at it for a long time, and then ordered, "Luo Ying, you will lead the troops to meet the enemy tomorrow."
Luo Ying knelt down and accepted the order: "Yes, Your Highness."
Yuan Qing hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: "Your Highness, winter is approaching, and the winter clothing and food for the army have not yet been delivered. When the Fifth Prince first arrived in Tongzhou, he wrote to the capital requesting the Emperor to allocate winter clothing and food, but... we have not received any news yet."
Upon hearing this, Luo Ying frowned and said, "What does the capital mean by this? Do they want the horse to run but not eat grass?"
Yuan Qing sneered: "This must be partly the work of our good Crown Prince."
Xiao Changqi said expressionlessly, "If we don't have winter clothes, we'll steal the enemy's winter clothes; if we don't have food, we'll steal the enemy's food."
Yuan Qing: "Does Your Highness mean...?"
"I will personally lead men to infiltrate the city of Gela tomorrow."
Xiao Changqi enjoyed immense prestige in Tongzhou, and the generals always trusted his words implicitly. However, if the soldiers and civilians knew that Xiao Changqi was not in Tongzhou, their morale would likely waver.
Therefore, only a few close friends knew that Xiao Changqi had led his men to infiltrate Gela City; the official story was that the Prince Gan was in charge of the main camp.
Xiao Yan also thought that Xiao Changqi was in the military tent. The grain and fodder issued by the court had not arrived for a long time, and the army's food was running low. So he came to find Xiao Changqi to ask him what he thought and whether it was necessary to collect grain from the nearby counties and prefectures.
However, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the door as soon as they reached the outside of the military tent.
"Your Excellency, the Marshal is currently discussing matters with the generals."
Xiao Yan said in a deep voice, "I have important matters to inform the Marshal."
"Military orders are hard to disobey, please forgive me, Your Excellency."
The guards wouldn't let him through, so Xiao Yan couldn't get in. After taking a deep look at the tent, Xiao Yan finally left.
The soldier told Luo Ying that Xiao Yan had come to see the marshal that morning. Luo Ying nodded indifferently to indicate that he knew, then put on his armor and strode out of the military tent.
At this moment, Luo Feng walked over with several soldiers: "This humble general requests to engage in battle."
Luo Ying frowned: "Your injuries haven't healed yet, why are you running around like that?"
A few days ago, Luo Feng was injured in the shoulder by an enemy general when he went out of the city to fight. He had to lie on the bed for a few days, but he couldn't stay in bed any longer.
"This minor injury is nothing," Luo Feng said nonchalantly.
"Go back." Luo Ying's expression turned serious. "This is a military order."
Luo Feng took two steps forward: "Brother..."
Luo Ying said to the soldiers following Luo Feng, "Take your Deputy General Luo back."
"yes."
Although both Luo Ying and Luo Feng were deputy generals, Luo Ying's rank was higher than Luo Feng's. As the saying goes, a higher rank can crush a lower rank, so the soldiers could only obey Luo Ying and politely invited Luo Feng back.
After Luo Feng left, Luo Ying raised his spear and shouted in a deep voice, "Open the city gates! Prepare for battle!"
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