Chapter 615: Wasted Effort
Zhou Jingyuan took a few quick steps and was the first to reach the city wall. He shouted to Gao Lizhu below the city, "Who are you? Tell me your name!"
When Gao Lizhu heard someone on the city wall speak to him, he immediately put on an arrogant look and said, "I am Gao Luo State's Crown Prince Gao Lizhu. Hurry and call out your generals guarding the city."
Zhou Jingyuan snorted disdainfully and shouted angrily, "You bold lunatic, how dare you provoke war without reason and invade our Daning? If you have the good sense, withdraw your troops immediately, otherwise my lord will repay blood with blood and tooth for tooth!"
Gao Lizhu was stunned by the scolding. She looked Zhou Jingyuan up and down, and seeing that he looked weak and frail, she couldn't help but sneer.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to this prince like that? Go back immediately and call out the person in charge of your city. I need to discuss something with him."
"I am the magistrate of Anyang County. Feel free to speak your mind."
"Are you the county magistrate? I thought it was some great general guarding Anyang City, but I didn't expect it to be a pale-faced scholar."
Gao Lizhu laughed heartily, her eyes full of contempt, her words revealing unquestionable arrogance, and continued,
"Alright, since you're in charge, listen carefully. Our four nations' 300,000-strong army has surrounded Anyang. If you open the city gates and hand over Princess Anyang, we promise not to harm the people in the city. Otherwise, when the city is broken, no one will be left alive!"
Zhou Jingyuan was furious when he heard this. "How dare you covet my Princess Daning? If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
"Who are you trying to scare, you pretty boy? Why are you being so rude to me? If you dare to touch me, my army of hundreds of thousands will immediately crush your Anyang City!"
Seeing Gao Lizhu being so arrogant, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but sneer, "Although our Anyang City is small, it is strong and our soldiers are brave. How can we take it down just by saying it? If you don't believe me, just try it. I'll let you taste the power of our Tianlei again!"
"That's right. As a citizen of Daning, even if I die in battle, I will never allow the enemy to trample on our homes and enslave our people!" Zhou Jingyuan also echoed fearlessly.
Gao Lizhu was startled and looked in the direction of the sound. When she saw Chen Qingqing, her eyes widened and her heart beat faster.
Oh my god, there is such a beautiful woman in the world, I have never seen such a beautiful woman in my life!
This is not a human at all, she is simply the legendary fairy!
Seeing him standing there speechless for a long while, Zhou Jingyuan shouted, "Leave now, or I'll shoot you!"
Gao Lizhu was almost frightened out of her soul by this shout, and quickly came to her senses, wiped the saliva that had not yet flowed out of the corner of her mouth, and waved her hands repeatedly.
"No, no, no, please don't shoot. I want to ask if this girl is the Princess Anyang, who is admired by everyone?"
Chen Qingqing snorted coldly, "It's your aunt. If you don't want to die, get out of here quickly, or don't blame me for being rude!"
"I've heard so much about you. Princess Anyang is indeed worthy of her reputation."
Gao Lizhu's heart was pounding with excitement, and she was imagining how to get the stunningly beautiful Chen Qingqing. He continued to persuade her with a smile on his face.
"Princess Anyang is a wise woman. As the saying goes, 'A man of insight is a wise man.' If you give up resistance and submit to Gaoluo, our soldiers will not touch a single blade of grass or tree in Anyang City. Otherwise, we will definitely destroy Anyang City!"
"Aren't you afraid of your tongue being blown away by the strong wind? If you haven't had enough of the thunder, just come at me!" Chen Qingqing didn't want to waste any more time talking to him. She shouted to everyone around her, "Archers, get ready!"
The soldiers beside him strung their crossbows, ready to shoot at any time.
"When two armies are fighting, envoys are not killed. Don't break the rules." Seeing that persuading you to surrender failed, Gao Lizhu's face turned cold. "Since you are so stubborn, then wait for death! When my army enters Anyang City, don't regret it!"
After saying this, he quickly turned his horse's head and galloped away, fearing that he would be shot like a hedgehog if he was too late.
"Princess, the emperor's reinforcements have not arrived yet, and these hundreds of thousands of enemy troops are at the gates of the city. I'm afraid I can't handle them." Zhou Jingyuan's eyes were filled with deep worry.
Chen Qingqing frowned. Anyang's rapid development in recent years has attracted the covetousness of other countries.
Even if she doesn't fight now, she won't gain any benefit.
More than twenty days have passed since she learned that the four countries were heading towards Anyang. If her predictions were correct, Chu Jiuqing's reinforcements would arrive within three to five days.
"Don't panic, Lord Zhou. Tell the carpenters and blacksmiths to work overtime to make crossbows. Let all the soldiers take turns to rest and be ready to defend against the enemy at any time. I believe it won't be long before the King of Chu's reinforcements arrive."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Chen Qingqing didn't dare to be careless. She had to prepare enough equipment, no matter what, it would take a few days.
Back in the tent, she opened the space and bought all kinds of poisons and flamethrowers.
As long as you think it is useful, put it all in the space for future use.
Gao Lizhu rode back to the military camp and recounted what had happened to Xi Yuelei and others.
Barag sneered disdainfully as if he had expected this. "If you had the time, you could have taken Anyang long ago. Why are you still talking nonsense? You're just taking off your pants to fart. It's a waste of time!"
"That's right. I thought that with his eloquence he could persuade the enemy general to surrender and take Anyang City without a single soldier. But in the end, it turned out to be a widow meeting a eunuch and it was all in vain." Nangong Jin also took the opportunity to mock and ridicule Gao Lizhu to vent his dissatisfaction with Gao Lizhu.
Gao Lizhu snorted disapprovingly, "Stop your sarcasm. To be honest, although I failed to persuade Anyang to surrender, I discovered an important piece of information during this trip. As long as we follow the plan, Anyang City can be captured without any casualties."
Xi Yuelei's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Gao, please tell me quickly, what is the good idea?"
Barhu and Nangong Jin also widened their eyes and looked at Gao Lizhu.
Gao Lizhu glanced at the two of them with contempt, "Since you all want to know, then I will tell you that Anyang has no generals to defend the city. There is only a weak pretty boy and Princess Anyang in charge of the situation."
"What? You saw Princess Anyang?" Xiyue Lei's eyes almost fell to the ground. "Brother Gao, quickly tell me, what does Princess Anyang look like?"
"Yes, it is rumored that Princess Anyang is extremely beautiful, isn't that true?" Barhu stretched his neck and swallowed his saliva.
Nangong Jin's expression also became excited. "Brother Gao, please tell me quickly, is Princess Anyang really as the legend says?"
Seeing the obscene expressions of the few people, Gao Lizhu shook her head and smiled, "She is more than stunningly beautiful. It is not an exaggeration to describe her as a beauty that can shame the moon and flowers, or even make fish sink and geese fall. To put it bluntly, she is loved by everyone and flowers bloom when she sees her. You guys would pee in a hurry when you see her, and dogs would stare blankly when they see her."
"Oh, isn't that a fairy!" Xiyue Lei almost drooled all over the floor. Since ancient times, beauties have been paired with heroes. Only he can be worthy of such a stunning beauty...
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