When the Dog Emperor Falls in Love
Just as Ren Xuan was about to retort, he saw the goose letter on the commander's desk light up.
Light blue characters appeared in the air.
Qin Shu was as straightforward as ever: "Ren Xuan, are you done with that?"
Ren Xuan hesitated for a moment, but finally gave up his idea of delaying the matter and taking a break.
He replied, "Just finished fighting and burying the dead."
Three breaths after he finished speaking, as expected, new work came immediately.
Qin Shu: "Lu Xingchuan said the emperor's uncle has disappeared and suspects he has taken his men to Liyang Town. I can't contact the emperor's uncle or Qin Xuan. Take a few good men and search in the direction of Liyang. Be careful of foreign tribes."
Ren Xuan frowned.
It seems strange that we lost contact at this critical moment.
He responded swiftly, "I'll take my men to find Prince Jin. War is raging on all sides, and the overall situation is paramount. Your Highness doesn't need to be distracted."
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Inside the central army tent, Qin Shu was obviously still a little irritated.
He flipped through piles of military newspapers and finally threw aside the latest military intelligence in his hand.
The military report landed on the table with a thud. Qin Shu said in a deep voice, "Tell Xiao Jingxiu not to ask for reports on everything! He is the commander of the army. Can't he make decisions on his own?!"
Seeing this, Lu Xiyun brought over a cup of warm tea and said, "Calm down."
The young man half-jokingly said, "I kind of understand uncle. Uncle Wang is really a real worry, and you've worked really hard."
Qin Shu took the cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.
Lu Xiyun glanced at him and asked, "Are you still angry with Uncle Wang?"
Qin Shu said coldly: "It was the emperor's uncle who wanted to kill me first."
Lu Xiyun thought for a moment, "My aunt told me everything. That day at Zhengde Gate, I don't think Uncle Wang was just watching you kill me. He probably just didn't know what to do. After all, it was all Uncle Wang's fault."
He thought for a moment, then told the truth: "My aunt asked Uncle Wang to tell your fortune, and the result... is not good."
Qin Shu raised his eyes slightly: "What?"
Lu Xiyun shrugged and brushed it off lightly: "It's not important."
He raised his eyebrows and said, "With Uncle Wang's level of fickleness, do you believe his divinations? I don't believe them anyway."
Lu Xiyun changed the subject: "Although... Uncle Wang is not good at fortune-telling——"
He paused and said, "But he's even worse at fighting."
Qin Shu said with a sullen face: "Not funny."
Qin Shu was obviously worried to death, but he was trying hard to appear calm. Lu Xiyun could see it clearly.
He leaned closer and finally got to the point: "How about I take someone with me?"
Qin Shu put the empty teacup back on the table, was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Be careful."
Lu Xiyun responded and turned away decisively.
Qin Shu stepped out of the commander's tent and watched the figure pass through layers of tents, through the fluttering commander's flags, until it disappeared under the distant sky.
He looked up and saw smoke rising from all directions.
The flags are like a forest, and the sound of arrows is urgent.
The entire capital area seemed to be tightly grasped by a huge invisible net, and even the sound of the wind was filled with anxiety and solemnity.
There are wars everywhere, the mountains and rivers are in turmoil, and the flames of war are raging.
It seemed as if the heaven and earth were engulfed in raging fire in an instant.
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Ren Xuan galloped on his horse all the way towards Liyang Town.
He instinctively sneaked all the way, but just as he approached the outskirts of the town, the scene before him almost made him fall off his horse.
Several overlapping and staggered array barriers were erected on the outskirts of Liyang Town, with talisman lights running across the area, like walls of light, protecting the town.
Ren Xuan's eyelids twitched. Didn't we agree on providing covert and appropriate support?!
The renowned Lu Family's Wen Formation is free to use! Qin Xuan, you call this "moderation"?
Ren Xuan glanced at Lu Shian beside him.
Lu Shian cleared his throat and coughed guiltily: "...The situation may have changed, let's talk about it after we go in."
This time, the ambush at Changyuanling is bound to fail.
Ren Xuan suppressed the urge to beat Lu Jie, relied on Lu Shian to lead the way, touched a hidden array center of the array, and quietly passed through the array.
In the Liyang Town garrison, Qin Xuan saw Ren Xuan come in and showed a rare look of surprise: "General Ren?"
Ren Xuan bowed and spoke succinctly, "We have been unable to contact Prince Jin. I have been ordered by Your Highness to come and find his whereabouts. Does Your Highness have any leads?"
Qin Xuan's tone turned serious: "Come with me."
He walked over to the wooden table and spread out a slightly scribbled topographic map. He placed his fingertips on several red circles and said, "The aliens are fully aware of our troop deployments. They know I'm in Liyang, and they even know Uncle Wang is among the reinforcements."
Qin Xuan paused and looked up. "Not only that, the inquiry talisman in this town is completely ineffective. Even the basic transmission of intelligence has been cut off."
Ren Xuan frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, do you think someone leaked the secret?"
Qin Xuan nodded: "But it is impossible to check it all at once."
Qin Xuan raised his eyes to look at the numerous formations outside the town and said in a low voice: "Right now, relying on the Lu family's formations, we can temporarily keep the alien races at the periphery. But——"
He lowered his voice a bit, as if suppressing the annoyance and anxiety in his heart: "Uncle Wang... I was unlucky. I was surrounded by foreigners."
Ren Xuan's brows twitched slightly, sensing something was amiss.
Qin Huaizhang - I was not ordered to come to provide assistance.
Qin Huaizhang's group of people were brought out by Qin Huaizhang himself. Even people like Qin Shu and Lu Xingchuan could only rely on guesswork to infer their location.
In this situation, how could intelligence be accurately transferred to the hands of aliens?
Ren Xuan looked at the map and said, "Your Highness, are there any abnormalities in the alien race's marching routes?"
Qin Xuan frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"
Ren Xuan's tone grew more serious. "Prince Jin led his troops out of the camp without permission. Even His Royal Highness Prince Xiang couldn't accurately confirm his location."
——How did this information, which doesn’t exist at all, get leaked?
Ren Xuan's eyes turned cold, and he whispered, "Your Highness, we have to consider other aspects. Word spirits, formations, and craftsmanship are all possible."
Qin Xuan reacted instantly, his eyes glaring. "If it's not a leak, then it's even more dangerous."
The aliens have other means to know their every move.
After a long while, Qin Xuan spoke calmly: "No matter what, saving Uncle Wang is the most important thing."
Ren Xuan listened and sighed inwardly.
Don't think about saving, think about redeeming.
With Qin Huaizhang's level of ability, it would be impossible for him to lead his men out of the siege on his own.
There is a high probability that he has been pinned to the ground and rubbed by aliens.
However, since the alien race deliberately mobilized troops to surround him, it meant that they knew Qin Huaizhang's identity, so keeping him alive would not be a problem.
Ren Xuan gathered his thoughts and said, "Your Highness, if the foreign race mobilizes like this, the prince will probably not feel good about it. We have to consider the bargaining chips."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside.
Qin Xuan immediately stepped out of the guard post.
Across a dense array of formations as dense as a moat, one could see outside Liyang Town, flags with white backgrounds and phoenix patterns fluttering in the wind, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen making a great noise and bustle.
The foreigners on horseback threw more than a dozen captives from the Dagan army onto the open space in front of the battle line like throwing sacks.
Qin Huaizhang was hunched over on the ground, his clothes soaked in blood, his arms tied behind his back with thick ropes, and he looked in a miserable state.
Amidst the daunting battle formation, a lone rider stepped forward, sword drawn. "Your Highness, the Prince of Han, if you continue to retreat, I will use your men to break through the enemy lines."
Qin Xuan's face was calm. If the outer formation was really withdrawn in the midst of the siege, not only Qin Huaizhang, but all the Liyang people, reinforcements, and even themselves in the town would be buried together.
He said calmly, "The formation cannot be withdrawn. You and I both know this. No need to test the waters. Just make some conditions."
The foreigners outside the town naturally understood this.
The King of Di narrowed his eyes, a hint of sarcasm on his lips: "Conditions? You can't decide."
He raised his voice: "I want to take the pass, tell Qin Shu to come and talk to me!"
King Di whipped his horse whip, his voice shaking the surrounding fields with a chilling air: "One stick of incense is the limit. If not, I will use your men to break through the enemy lines!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Xuan's face instantly darkened.
Foreigners, King Di, Chongguan, and Qin Shu.
When these four words were strung together, an indescribable sense of absurdity arose, making him almost feel a sense of confusion in time and space.
The bloody accounts of the destruction of the country and the extermination of the clan in the previous life are being brought up again, weighing down half of the history books.
Ren Xuan only felt his head buzzing.
I give up.
While the Dog Emperor is seriously in love, the King Di next door is seriously replaying his counterattack script!
As soon as King Di had Qin Xuan contact Qin Shu, the town's inquiry talisman became usable again. Sure enough, it was all the work of the foreign race.
Ren Xuan followed Qin Xuan back to the garrison, and seeing Qin Xuan seriously sending a message to Qin Shu, he couldn't help but feel helpless.
In this kind of situation, no matter who you arrest, it will be useless, and it will be useless to ask anyone.
He knew the answer in his previous life.
Back then, the Di tribe robbed Da Gan's delegation and demanded that Qin Shu give up Suiguan.
The imperial edict only replied with one sentence: Nanyue insulted the Han envoy, and nine counties were slaughtered to avenge it; the King of Wan murdered a Han minister, and his head was hung at the Northern Palace as a warning.
"You dog emperor, I don't talk about conditions, I only talk about revenge. If you dare to touch my people, I will slaughter your country and exterminate your clan."
Ren Xuan remembered what happened afterwards very clearly.
The two countries went to war, and the Dagan cavalry swept across the grasslands and massacred thirty-three cities of the Di people.
Blood flowed like a river and wailing was like the tide.
Just as Ren Xuan expected, not long after, the inquiry talisman in Qin Xuan's hand lit up again.
A simple and crisp reply appeared on it——
"I've sent reinforcements."
"Brother, this is war."
Qin Xuan stared at the string of words for a long time. Then he overturned the small table in front of him, causing the talismans to scatter all over the floor.
He gritted his teeth and growled, "That's Uncle Wang!"
But the next moment, the inquiry talisman that Qin Xuan was using to contact Qin Shu suddenly went dark.
The communication was cut off again.
Ren Xuan's eyes turned cold, this was not right.
If King Di wanted to negotiate terms with Qin Shu, how could the communication be cut off at this time?
Ren Xuan seemed to have suddenly realized something and asked in a cold voice, "Your Highness, did Prince Jin contact you before he came to help?"
Qin Xuan nodded.
Qin Xuan was stunned, then suddenly realized - the inquiry talisman.
Ren Xuan subconsciously pressed the sword at his waist, and his heart was also chilled.
The key still lies in the inquiry talisman. It is very likely that aliens can eavesdrop on the inquiry talisman!
But if the alien race could manipulate the inquiry symbol at will from the beginning, then what's the point of fighting this war?!
With unilaterally transparent intelligence, how can we not win? What are they waiting for?!
Suddenly, Ren Xuan felt like he was splashed with cold water.
His heart suddenly tightened - they were waiting for Qin Shu!
What they were hunting was not Qin Huaizhang, not Liyang Town, or even the defense line of the capital.
King Di didn't want to negotiate any terms with Qin Shu at all!
King Di wanted to find Qin Shu's location through the inquiry talisman.
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