Wu Song said: "I'm afraid it will take at least one day and one night. By the time the Pingliang King's army arrives, this situation will probably be completely over."
Zhao Hao shook his head helplessly: "We have done everything we can, and there is nothing we can do in this situation."
"The Crown Prince of Yue has occupied the imperial capital. It depends on whether the King of Pingliang dares to fight."
Just as Zhao Hao expected, after one night, the entire imperial capital was completely occupied by the army of the Prince of Yue.
At nightfall, the army officially began to attack the palace.
The defenders retreated and launched another round of resistance.
However, by dawn, the palace was completely breached, and many court officials and royal family members fell into the hands of the Prince of Yue.
At this time, King Pingliang arrived with his army.
Moreover, the entire imperial city was surrounded, just like the Prince of Yue did before.
Upon learning that King Pingliang's army had arrived, the Crown Prince of Yue led a small group of troops out of the city and met King Pingliang in person.
The King of Pingliang was promised a high position and generous salary.
After some thought, King Pingliang finally did not accept it.
The two sides fought fiercely.
King Pingliang's 100,000-strong army launched a full-scale siege on the city.
After three days and nights of continuous attack, they were unable to capture the city.
At this moment, for some unknown reason.
In the city, some people actually gathered together and launched an attack on the prince's army, hoping to take the opportunity to seize the city gate and let the Pingliang King's army enter the city.
However, since their numbers are too small and they are not real soldiers, their combat effectiveness is very limited.
Not long after, it was put out by the prince's army.
On the morning of the fourth day, King Pingliang ordered the attack to be stopped.
Because his army suffered heavy casualties.
In three days and nights, the number of casualties alone exceeded ten thousand.
The number of injured people exceeded 20,000.
Half of them were seriously injured and completely lost their ability to fight.
After receiving the order to stop the attack, all the generals came to the central military tent.
"Your Majesty, we cannot stop the attack. Our army has the advantage in manpower. We should seize the imperial city in one fell swoop."
Many generals also nodded in agreement.
Without waiting for the King of Pingliang to speak, the white-haired old staff member said, "Generals, please be patient."
"Although our army has a slight advantage in manpower, the rebels' defense is also an advantage."
"If this continues, our army will suffer huge casualties."
"We have been attacking for three consecutive days and nights, but we have not been able to break into the city. If we continue to attack, it will only increase casualties."
A general officer hurriedly asked: "What should we do now? Are we going to remain in this stalemate?"
The old man said, "Don't worry, General. We will surround them first without attacking them, and then gather troops from all over to help us."
"Once we have gathered enough strength, we will attack the city and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.
This is a good idea.
King Pingliang took a deep breath and said, "If that's the case, then follow this plan. I will issue a proclamation and summon soldiers from all over the country to come to the imperial capital to suppress the rebellion and defend the king."
Anyway, he has the largest and strongest troops.
No matter how many troops he summons, he will always take the initiative.
When the time comes to capture the city and wipe out the prince's rebels, he will still be the one with the most say.
Therefore, he didn't worry about anything else.
Outside the city, when Zhao Hao saw King Pingling's army stop attacking the city, the first thing he thought of was King Pingliang's plan.
He immediately summoned Wu Song and others and said, "It's almost done. Now that things have come to this point, we have basically achieved the result we wanted."
"Get ready and return home tomorrow."
Wu Song said, "Sir, I tried to contact the assassins, and they brought news about the people in Black Cloud Village."
Zhao Hao's eyes flashed: "Oh? How are they now?"
Wu Song said: "When they first entered Yue State, they wiped out several Green Forest Dao forces."
“But it didn’t have much of an impact.”
"Therefore, they followed the next plan made by the young master and headed overseas."
"Now, there are more than 2,000 people gathered."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao smiled and said, "It seems that it is going quite smoothly. However, it is still far from my requirements."
"Send a message to them. If you have any requests, you can make them."
"I will try my best to satisfy them."
A night passed, and the next morning, Zhao Hao led everyone to leave the Yue capital and return along the same route.
After midnight, we finally arrived at the capital of Dagan.
This time, Zhao Hao did not go into the city immediately, but returned to the princess's mansion.
Seeing him come back, Princess Yongning was so happy that she couldn't express it in words.
In her opinion, this trip to Yue State was still very dangerous.
Now that Zhao Hao has returned safely, she is naturally very excited.
“You’re finally back!”
"You don't know how worried I have been during this period!"
"And mom is worried about you too!"
Throwing himself into Zhao Hao's arms, Yongning said excitedly.
Zhao Hao patted her jade back gently and said softly, "It's actually not dangerous at all."
"don’t worry!"
Yongning said, "You must be exhausted. I'll go get some hot water and give you a good bath to relieve your fatigue."
Having said that, he came out of Zhao Hao's arms, turned around and went to make arrangements.
However, he was pulled back by Zhao Hao.
"Where you need to go in person, just let the servants go."
The two returned to the house while talking.
Soon, the maids prepared the bathtub.
After washing up, Zhao Hao changed into clean clothes and then returned to the room with Yongning.
Yongning suddenly asked, "By the way, you just came back, and you haven't entered the palace to see the emperor sister yet, right?"
Zhao Hao shook his head: "No, I'm too tired. Let's talk about it after I wake up!"
Yongning was stunned when he heard him say that.
I wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
Her beautiful eyes moved, and she quickly said, "Let's eat something first, and then go to sleep!"
Zhao Hao waved his hand: "No need, eat after you wake up."
Having said that, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
After a while, snoring sounds began.
He doesn't actually snore very often, he only snores when he's very tired.
This time, the long journey back and forth really made him very tired.
Looking at him sleeping soundly, Yongning sat down beside the bed, his eyes full of heartache.
At this time, in the palace, Jiang Wan'er had already received the news that Zhao Hao had returned.
In addition, he got a rough idea of the situation in Yue State.
It was the people from Qingqi who made the report.
After giving a general account, the captain of the Green Cavalry said, "Your Majesty, if you want to know the details, you should ask Lord Zhao."
Jiang Wan'er nodded: "Okay, I understand, you can go down first."
After everyone left, Eunuch Qu at the side said, "Your Majesty, shall I go and invite Lord Zhao to the palace now?"
Jiang Wan'er glanced at him and immediately shook her head: "No need, just wait for him to enter the palace by himself."
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