At the foot of a hillside outside the city wall, the snowy field that should have been empty was now filled with Leng Kui's two thousand troops.

In a tent surrounded by a large army, Leng Kui was having his first negotiation with the general of Northern Yan on the opposite side.

Leng Kui said coldly: "General Tuoba, don't you think your request is too much?"

Tuoba Lie sneered and said, "Since you want to negotiate, you must show your sincerity in the negotiations? What? The battlefield is yours, and you say you don't want to fight? Our 100,000-strong Northern Yan army will play with you?"

Leng Kui said in a deep voice: "You can't ask for too much!"

Tuoba Lie smiled and said: "If you don't want to cede the Wengcheng, you can exchange it for Qin Canglan's head!"

Leng Kui angrily said: "You want me to kill Qin Canglan? Are you crazy or am I crazy?!"

Tuoba Lie smiled slowly and said, "General Leng, why should you be so excited? Haven't you been wanting to kill Qin Canglan for a long time? Wu'an Jun is dead, and if Qin Canglan gets into trouble again, the position of the Grand Marshal of the Army must belong to you, right? Although there is also the Marquis of Zhenbei, he has been in poor health in recent years and has not been to the court for a long time. General Leng, do you want to take a chance?"

Leng Kui glared at him: "Don't try to sow discord among us, Great Zhou!"

Tuoba Lie laughed sarcastically: "Tsk tsk, General Leng, we are all smart people, why are you acting in front of me? If you don't want Qin Canglan to die, would you take away all the food and leave him to starve in Zibo Town? Four days and four nights have passed, why don't we guess whether Qin Canglan is still alive?"

Leng Kui looked at him majestically and coldly.

Tuoba Lie smiled and said, "General Leng, I will only give you three days to consider. If you do not cede these cities to Northern Yan in three days, my Northern Yan army of 100,000 will destroy the city and kill every soldier in the Great Surrounding Pass!"

Leng Kui clenched his fists.

On the way back, Leng Kui rode his horse in front. Thinking of the conditions offered by Tuoba Lie, his expression became a little solemn.

His trusted general rode beside him, glanced at him and asked, "General, are you worried that the Northern Yan army will attack the city in three days? We only have 50,000 troops. If we had known, we would not have given Qin Canglan and Su Mo so many troops."

Leng Kui said: "It's okay, Dou Xiao still has troops. Go to Yaocheng and ask Dou Xiao to bring the troops over."

"Report-Report-"

A scout hurriedly blocked Leng Kui's way.

Leng Kui frowned and glanced at him: "Something happened in Wengcheng?"

Didn't they agree to attack again in three days? Three days was enough time for him to gather the forces scattered in various cities.

The scout said, "It's not Wengcheng, it's Yaocheng! General Dou had someone killed!"

The trusted deputy general was shocked: "What! Who did it?"

The scout said, "A person who claims to be Qin Canglan's granddaughter."

The trusted general frowned and said, "Nonsense, Qin Canglan's granddaughter is in the capital! Someone must be pretending to be her! Doing evil under the guise of the Protectorate Mansion!"

Leng Kui asked, "Where are the troops in Yao City?"

The scout whispered, "He was taken away..."

The trusted general asked angrily, "What does it mean to be taken away?"

The scout shuddered, "That's right... all the soldiers followed her!"

The trusted general clenched his fist and said, "Damn it! That's three thousand soldiers! And one thousand elite soldiers!"

Leng Kui asked in a cold voice: "What about Yunshui Town? Didn't Quan Fei go to support him?"

"General Quan was also killed, and his soldiers were abducted... and Magistrate Sun and General Zhang..."

At the end of his speech, the scout simply didn't have the courage to continue.

What the hell is going on? That fake eldest daughter of the Qin family killed people along the way, killing all the confidants of the Leng family and robbing all the soldiers.

What’s even more terrible is that those soldiers followed her voluntarily.

Leng Kui suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Where are they now?"

The scout said fearfully, "It seems... it went to Zibo Town."

The trusted general laughed and said, "Zibo Town? General, you don't have to worry. They have at most 10,000 troops. Zibo Town has 20,000 Northern Yan troops. They may have already fed all of them by now!"

Zibo Town.

The last body of the Northern Yan soldier was also carried away, and the battlefield was finally cleared.

Liu Ren went back and reported to Qin Canglan.

Qin Canglan said: "The Qin army is coming soon, you go to Liangshan to meet them tomorrow."

Liu Ren was shocked: "Are they really coming? Didn't they say that the Leng family wouldn't let them pass through the city?"

Qin Canglan and You Rongyan said: "It has been resolved."

Liu Ren asked, "No way? Who is so powerful? Who dealt with those idiots from the Leng family?"

Qin Canglan said with pride: "My granddaughter."

…

In the afternoon, Qin Canglan took Su Xiaoxiao to choose weapons.

"Your golden bow is good, but it is only suitable for long-range attacks. You need a handy weapon. Choose one. These are all from my grandfather's private collection."

Su Xiaoxiao looked around at the shelves on both sides that displayed various cold weapons.

She first picked up a red tasseled spear. Her third sister-in-law was good at spears and had taught her some spear skills.

She tried a few moves and they felt pretty good.

She put the red tassel spear back and picked up a nine-section whip. Her fourth sister-in-law had taught her how to use the whip. The whip can be used for both attack and defense and is very flexible. Its disadvantage is that it is not very suitable for close combat.

She came to a row of knife racks again.

Qin Canglan introduced it to her: "A ring-handled sword, with a single-sided blade, suitable for chopping."

Su Xiaoxiao tried two tricks and it was okay.

Finally, Su Xiaoxiao's eyes fell on a long sword that was put aside.

She took the sword and slowly unsheathed it. A sharp, cold light flashed across the corner of her eyes.

Qin Canglan said: "The Tianyuan Sword was created by the previous Emperor Wu. It is three feet and three inches long, with double-sided blades. It is suitable for all kinds of swordsmanship, but its disadvantage is that it is heavy."

Su Xiaoxiao demonstrated a few moves: "I like this weight."

Qin Canglan recalled: "Wei Xu also liked it back then, but I didn't give it to him because he already had the Qingfeng Sword. Emperor Wu's sword doesn't share the same master with other swords."

Su Xiaoxiao nodded and looked at the sword in her hand. It was nothing special at first glance, but the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

Qin Canglan asked again: "Do you want to give your army a name as well?"

This is a tacit acknowledgement that Su Xiaoxiao led the army herself.

Su Xiaoxiao thought about it seriously and said, "Red Shadow, my army is called the Red Shadow Army!"

Qin Canglan smiled dotingly: "Okay!"

Su Xiaoxiao was very satisfied with the name she had given him: "By the way, why hasn't my cousin come back yet? Should I go pick him up?"

Qin Canglan smiled and said, "No need. The rebels in Wancheng are not powerful enough. He can handle them. I guess the reason why he hasn't come back yet is that he must have found out some news in Wancheng. But in a day or two, he and the Qin family army will arrive."

Su Xiaoxiao made a sword flower with her long sword: "That's good."

She has been waiting for this day for a long time.

Once everyone is gathered, the army can march to Wengcheng. She wants to kill Leng Kui with her own hands and fight a decisive battle with Beiyan!

(End of this chapter)