Chapter 57 Stealing Home
In March, Lord Mo led an army of 300,000 and a group of martial arts masters to leave Beijiang City.
One hundred thousand soldiers and two generals at the level of martial arts masters were left behind to temporarily guard Beijiang City.
Yan Chengyun, Mo Ruyan and other family members of the King Wu's Mansion, as well as the people of Beijiang City, watched Lord Mo and his companions leave, their eyes filled with worry, uneasiness, and a hint of expectation.
Lai Yang stood at the highest point of the Prince Wu's Palace, watching Lord Mo leading an army of 300,000 to leave in a mighty manner, and silently wished him success.
After Lord Mo and his companions left, Beijiang City returned to peace, with occasional battle reports coming in from the front lines.
Fortunately, they have not heard any bad news from the front line so far.
"Good news! Great victory! In half a month, the Mo family army successfully captured a city and annihilated 10,000 enemy troops in one battle."
"The Silver Armor Army launched a surprise attack on the enemy camp and beheaded the enemy general. Celebrate!"
"The prince divided his troops to cross the river, the Silver Armor Army went around and outflanked them, the noble families in the city opened the gates and surrendered, and then we conquered another city!"
Only one month had passed since Lord Mo led his troops south, and good news from the front line had been coming into Beijiang City one after another, making everyone in Beijiang City rejoice.
They seemed to see hope for the future, but they only regretted that they had to guard Beijiang City and could not follow the prince south to fight bloody battles on the battlefield.
Yan Chengyun and Mo Ruyan managed the affairs of Prince Wu's Mansion in an orderly manner.
Yan Chengyun would keep a copy of every message sent back from the front line. She even enshrined a Buddha statue in her room and specially asked a master to consecrate it. She would pray to the statue every day, praying for Lord Mo's safe return.
She knew very well that Lord Mo would have a narrow escape from death on this journey.
Although her husband is the most powerful king of a different surname in Dayan, her royal brother is by no means an ordinary person either.
Obviously, both of them were important people in her life, but they were fighting to the point of life and death, and she could do nothing about it.
The royal family is ruthless and the emperor is unrighteous. No one has been able to escape their fate since ancient times.
Although Lai Yang did not deliberately try to understand the battle situation on the front line, he often heard the storyteller's narration when he was listening to books, and he knew something about it.
He still lived a quiet life as usual, sometimes helping the patrol troops of Beijiang City to deal with some thorny problems, sometimes accompanying Mo Ruyan to travel around, and sometimes going to the brothel alone to listen to music, drink wine, and enjoy the graceful dance of beautiful women, but he only did so for free and never took the initiative to give tips with a penny.
He never took the initiative to travel with others, but he was very popular in Beijiang City. Firstly, it was because of his relationship with Prince Wu's Mansion, and secondly, it was because he did not have the airs of a big shot and often helped to take care of people in need.
If he had not offered advice to Prince Wu's Palace, countless more people would have starved to death or frozen to death in the winter.
It is also because of his existence that the idle people in the Northern Frontier City, the sons of noble families, and the wealthy businessmen no longer dare to bully ordinary people at will.
The painful and heavy lesson of the Li Dao Sect is still vivid in our minds.
Time slips quietly between fingers.
More than half a month has passed since the last battle report, and there has been no new news from the front line.
Normally, news should be sent back at least once every half a month, but now there is not even a letter.
The atmosphere in Prince Wu's mansion became somewhat uneasy and heavy.
At this moment, the rumbling sound of war drums and horns in Beijiang City suddenly rang out, and everyone's face changed drastically.
People who were born and raised in Beijiang City knew very well what this sudden horn sound meant.
The barbarians are attacking!
At this moment, hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops gathered outside the Great Wall. They were carrying various siege weapons and formed a black mass.
They wanted to take over Beijiang City in one fell swoop while Lord Mo was away.
Once Beijiang City falls into the hands of the northern barbarians, the nearby people and cities will suffer.
The army left behind in the city quickly assembled, and two generals at the level of martial arts masters also stood on the top of the city wall with solemn and stern expressions.
Even though Kemmerdar was dead, they were still able to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege the city in such a short time, and the number of troops was even larger than the one Kemmerdar had brought before.
However, these are not the most important things. There are still 100,000 troops in Beijiang City and there is enough food and grass. It is no problem to hold out for a few months.
What made them uneasy was who could make most of the tribes in the northern grasslands submit in such a short time.
Suo Yingzhuo? Although he was smart and good at using strategies, his hybrid bloodline was there. Without absolute strength, the northern barbarians would never truly recognize his status. This was one of the important reasons why Lord Mo dared to use him as a pawn to lurk beside Kemmerdar.
Without giving them much time to think, the barbarian army launched a charge amid the thunderous sound of drums, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The people of Beijiang City set up various weapons to defend the city, including bows and crossbows, catapults, and boiled fresh gold juice (manure water).
In the distance, four people stood in front of Suo Yingzhuo, one of whom was the barbarian general who had led the army before.
There are three others whose martial arts aura is not inferior to that of the Barbarian General, and they are all sixth-grade martial arts masters.
The Barbarian General looked at the three men with fear in his eyes. These three men appeared in their tribe a month ago and used cruel means to control the leaders of several of their tribes and forced them to surrender.
Now he ordered them to gather an army of 300,000 to attack Beijiang City.
Little did they know that there were still 100,000 soldiers guarding Beijiang City. Even if they had 300,000 soldiers, they might not be able to capture Beijiang City in one fell swoop.
Even if they take the city by force, there will be heavy casualties, and they will eventually become fish on the chopping board of others.
"Sir, if this continues, even if many of our people die, we will never be able to capture Beijiang City."
Suoyingzhuo looked at the tragic battle in the distance and couldn't help but speak.
"Let's go, it's our turn to take action." A sixth-rank martial arts master among the four spoke up.
They found out that Lord Mo had taken away most of the combat power of Beijiang City, and the strongest ones left behind were only two martial arts masters.
As long as the four of them work together to kill the two, taking over Beijiang City would be as easy as taking candy from a sack for them.
They would never have imagined that in addition to the two martial arts master generals guarding Beijiang City, Lord Mo also had a hidden trump card.
Most of the spies they sent were dealt with by the secret guards of Prince Wu's Palace, so they didn't know that there was actually a terrifying and powerful man in Beijiang City.
The four martial arts masters climbed up the ladder in a few moves and stood on the wall of Beijiang City. As soon as they appeared, they turned into killing beasts on the battlefield, taking a life every time they attacked.
"Masters of martial arts! They are masters of martial arts!"
"Damn it! Four martial arts masters appeared at the same time. When did these barbarians become so powerful?!"
"We must not let them open the city gates. We must stop them even if we die!"
"kill!!!"
Soon, two martial arts masters from Beijiang City appeared and shouted angrily:
"How dare you massacre my Northern Frontier City soldiers! Die!"
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