He turned around and helped up Yuan Shuhuai, the commander of the Feiyu Army, who was kneeling on the ground, and said:
"Uncle should know that my father is still obsessed with that damned Second Prince!
Whether I can hold on to the throne of the Crown Prince depends entirely on my uncle!
If the last two cities of Longyin Fencheng are taken away, I am afraid that my uncle and I will lose face in the court!
When will we be able to avenge the eldest princess? "
Yuan Shuhuai nodded and said:
"I naturally know what the prince is worried about!
However, the Longyin army seemed to have used a formation that had never been seen before in this battle!
Also, Prince, please look, these are the arrows they shot, they seem to be more powerful than our double arrows!"
Prince Yuan Xi'ao of Hanlan held the arrow between his fingers with a cold face, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and said:
"Then let's retreat in order to advance!"
Yuan Shuhuai agreed to this matter and left with a fist salute.
The prince is his nephew, but he has a cold face all day long and he really doesn't want to stay with him for long.
He returned to his tent, explained the plan for tomorrow to his deputy general, and ordered his men to conduct a strict inspection and guard the camp at night, and not to be careless!
Yuan Shuhuai tossed and turned, always feeling that something was on his mind, and did not fall asleep until the second half of the night.
He had just taken a nap when he was awakened by a burst of loud shouting!
Before he opened his eyes, he smelled a strong smell of smoke!
He secretly said, "Oh no!"
Yuan Shuhuai hurriedly put on his coat and rushed out, but ran into a soldier who came in to report!
He asked anxiously, "What happened outside?"
The soldier said in panic:
"The food supply has been burned! Marshal, our food supply has been burned!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shuhuai immediately rushed out of the tent and saw thick black smoke rising from the direction of the Yunling official warehouse not far away!
He immediately jumped on his horse and ran towards that place!
However, the fire was so big that the entire government warehouse was engulfed in flames!
Yuan Shuhuai was so angry that he was shaking all over!
The rations for the 100,000-strong army were all stored here, and heavily guarded, yet it was burned by someone?
The Hanlan officers and soldiers guarding the government warehouse knelt on the ground, crying and begging the marshal to spare their lives!
As a marshal, Yuan Shuhuai knew the importance of food and fodder!
Even after torturing the officers and soldiers on duty, no useful clues were obtained!
At this moment, someone shouted:
"The prince has arrived!"
Yuan Shuhuai and others knelt on the ground and saluted.
Yuan Xi'ao sat astride a snow-white horse, glanced at the wounded officers and soldiers, and said casually:
"Hey? Pretty lively huh?
Is it because you neglected your duties that Long Yin's gang of bandits took advantage of you?
Or is there a traitor among you who is betraying you?
There is no need to ask any more questions. Just execute them all!"
A simple and casual sentence cost the lives of more than a hundred people!
This is Hanlan’s cold-faced prince, Yuan Xiao!
Rumor has it that he could not laugh since he was born, and his wet nurses did not dare to look at him when feeding him in the cradle.
When he grew up a little, even his mother did not dare to joke or get close to him.
He is like a thousand-year-old ice. When people get close to him, they feel fear and their whole body becomes cold!
Yuan Xi'ao tightened the reins in his hands, turned around and looked towards the south of the city, with a hint of mockery in his eyes!
Qi Moli, let’s wait and see!
At this time, the Longyin army stationed on the south bank of the Fen River was in an uproar!
Lei Heng entered the tent with an excited look on his face and said:
"Marshal, this fire is really wonderful!
Should we take advantage of their disarray and charge into the city?!"
Qi Moli shook his head slightly, and was about to reject it when he saw Lei Ling rushing in and said with a puzzled look on his face:
"Marshal, Han Lan... has retreated!"
Lei Heng asked in a daze:
"Brother, who did you say retreated? Where did they retreat to?"
Lei Ling glared at him, but said hesitantly:
"The scouts at the front reported back that only the tied-up civilians were left on the city wall, and none of the Hanlan bandits were left!
Some people who escaped from the city gate said that Han Lan had retreated to the city ahead!"
When Qi Moli heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly. He had only burned the Feiyu Army's food and grass camp.
So this means we're withdrawing?
For some reason, he always felt something was wrong.
But even so, Qi Moli immediately assembled the soldiers of the three armies and headed towards the Yunling city gate!
To be on the safe side, he first sent out three teams of scouts to survey the east, west and north of Yunling County.
Make sure there is no enemy ambush and the army enters the city!
Qi Moli, riding on a green-maned horse, carefully looked at the situation in the city.
He saw that the streets were clean and tidy, without a single corpse, which was completely different from what he had imagined!
If it weren't for the occasional sight of panicked civilians fleeing towards the south city gate, it would be hard to believe that this was a city that had just been invaded by the Hanlan people!
Lan Xiangkun, who was running alongside Qi Moli, whispered:
"Your Highness, the one walking towards us is the Yunling County Magistrate."
The Yunling County Magistrate lifted his robe before Qi Moli's horse, knelt on the ground and saluted, shouting loudly:
"Your humble servant, Zhao Wenshu, pays homage to King Mo Ying! Your humble servant has finally arrived!"
Qi Moli dismounted, helped Zhao Wenshu up, and asked:
"Master Zhao, there's no need to be so polite. I'm late!
I wonder what the situation is like in Yunling County?"
Zhao Wenshu said truthfully:
"The lower official is guilty!"
He paused slightly and continued:
"Yunling County is relatively close to Fencheng County in the north, and the Hanlan bandits suddenly launched an attack that day!
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