Chapter 407: Lancheng, Xu soldiers retreat again and again
Chen Zhao staggered back and fell on the stairs. He looked at Jiusu. She was indeed a stranger, not his sister, but he still didn't know what it meant.
"Who are you then?"
Jiusu said: "I am also Jiusu, but I am different from her."
Chen Zhao lowered his head and waited for a long time, accepting the fact. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is her body?"
"No." Jiusu couldn't make any connection. Her current body was her own. The original owner seemed to have left the moment she arrived.
She tried to look for it, but to no avail.
Chen Zhao lowered his head, "If it weren't for you, I would be with her..."
"Chen Zhao." Jiusu interrupted his affectionate words and sneered, "I'm glad you can think clearly and take the right path, but don't pretend to be affectionate. You married such a good person, would you be interested in Jiusu, who is poor and powerless? You will despise her for bringing shame to you. According to your personality, you will divorce her."
Chen Zhao fled in panic.
The night seemed to swallow him up.
Unconsciously, he ran to the Princess's Mansion and lowered his head.
“I want to do good things, too!”
He knocked on the door of the princess's mansion and said a few words to the arrogant gatekeeper. The gatekeeper hurriedly nodded and invited him in. He liked this moment of being respected.
Liang Yu came to Jiang Mansion to report the news.
He clasped his fists and said, "The Crown Prince has sent a subordinate to inform the two adults that they must set off early tomorrow morning, traveling light and as quickly as possible."
In the prince's bedroom, a woman's sobbing could be heard.
Xu Qihuai felt the side of his chest wet with tears. He whispered, "Okay, stop crying. It's not like I won't be able to come back. Besides, isn't it good for your man to go and make achievements?"
Qiu Ying lowered her head to wipe away her tears and complained, "Aren't those your words? They sound like your last words, aren't they?"
"Move to the palace tomorrow and live with mother and wait for me to come back, okay?" Xu Qihuai hugged her and lay on the bed. This was the tenderness between the two of them, but he didn't dare to say it.
In fact, this is the last words.
Before dawn, Xu Qihuai held his son in his arms, played with him for a while, and reluctantly placed him in the cradle, admonishing him, "You are a man, be brave and strong."
Qiu Ying couldn't help but turn around with red eyes. Why did it sound like a last will?
at this time.
In the Jiang Mansion, Jiusu invited everyone over for breakfast. She stood up and offered tea to everyone, "I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I can't go back with you."
Qian Junjie waved his hand and smiled indifferently.
"Oh, it's not a big deal. We are all very happy that you are going to the border to make achievements. Master, don't worry, we are all your strong support."
The third day of marriage.
It's the day to return home.
Jiusu felt bad. Looking at her mother's growing belly, she said, "You must be very careful. If you get bored and want to go out to play, you must bring a hundred or eighty people with you. You can't let others take advantage of you."
She was afraid, she left.
The jackals, tigers and leopards in Shengjing will attack the people she cares about.
"Don't worry about me. I'm really worried about you going to such a far place." Yi Hui held his daughter's hand tightly, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart. "Can you not go?"
Jiusu's cheek was pressed against the back of her hand.
"I have to go."
Yi Hui hugged her and said, "Arrive safely, come back safely, I'll be waiting for you at home, remember to let me know."
We walked in the drizzle, luckily we had a raincoat.
This time they brought an army of 30,000.
Bai Luoxue was already waiting at the city gate. She said seriously, "Jiusu, I want to go too. I want to represent my father to fight in Mobei."
Seeing Jiusu approaching, she clutched the reins guiltily, afraid that she would refuse, so she kept talking.
"Father fell down, but it's not a big deal. But this is obviously targeting our Bai family, bullying us because we don't have a son. I have to go. Jiusu, don't..."
Jiusu handed her a raincoat and saw that she was curled up and looked very scared.
Huh? Is she that scary?
He chuckled and said, "Put on your raincoat. If you catch a cold, you won't be able to fight."
Bai Luoxue's eyes welled up with tears: "Okay!"
Suddenly, among the marching crowd.
She saw a familiar figure.
"Jiusu, I think I saw Chen Zhao."
Jiusu followed her line of sight and looked back. From a distance, it really looked like Chen Zhao. Thinking of what she had said to Chen Zhao yesterday, she wondered, could it be that he hated her?
No, if that's the case.
They will come up with a new plan.
"Zhongqin, send someone to keep an eye on his movements."
The further west you go, the less rain there is.
The wind and sand in Mobei are very strong. During the half-month journey, they lost two cities in succession and have retreated to Lancheng. As the deputy general, Gao Jing is under great pressure.
The general was captured. He didn't die, but his head was hanging on his belt.
"I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
A group of people came into the tent and Gao Jing knelt on the ground.
Xu Qihuai said: "Get up and explain the situation first."
Gao Jing refused to stand. He clasped his fists and lowered his head in guilt. "The sinful general and the king arrived in Mobei City and went to war with the Heavenly Kingdom the next day. Their battle was disorganized and they were attacked from both sides, taking them by surprise. The prince was frightened and fled the city. The Heavenly Kingdom generals, excited, pursued him for three days, but captured him when he was still twenty miles from the next city."
His hands drooped and tears kept flowing.
Thinking of my dead brother, I felt more guilty.
"They threatened the prince's life, so we had no choice but to retreat again and again, finally retreating to Lancheng! Ever since I started fighting with General Bai, I've never fought such a frustrating battle!"
Xu Qihuai asked: "Why don't you persuade him?"
Gao Jing wiped his tears and said, "The general has advised me, but the prince will not listen."
"What's happening in the Kingdom of Heaven today?" Xu Qihuai placed his hands on the wooden table and looked at the map. The black-marked areas were the lost cities, and his eyes turned cold.
This Xu Cairong is really amazing.
After losing four cities at once, will his father still favor him?
Gao Jing laughed at himself, "The Kingdom of Heaven is no longer hiding anything. They have already announced the time of each war. The day after tomorrow, they will attack Lancheng and take the three surrounding cities. We are the lambs to be slaughtered."
Did the State of Xu perish because of Xu Cairong?
He added, "Yi State has already announced that it will annihilate the eastern part of Xu State within a month. Other countries are also eyeing it covetously, wanting a piece of the action."
Jiang Jing took out the imperial edict and said, "From today on, the position of general of the prince will be replaced by the crown prince."
Gao Jing and other soldiers knelt on the ground and saluted. The haze that had been in their hearts for many days was slightly dissipated at this moment. They all looked at the prince expectantly, hoping to win a beautiful comeback battle.
"I pay my respects to the General!"
Xu Qihuai sat down again and said, "I've brought some wine and meat. Tell them to get drunk tonight and fight bravely tomorrow!"
At the dinner table.
Gao Jing asked His Highness again how to deploy the troops.
Xu Qihuai said: "Before tomorrow evening, I will exchange hostages with the prince."
"Ah?" Gao Jing was stunned, and the wine glass in his hand fell onto the plate. He came to his senses, knelt beside him, and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness, as a noble, how can you be a hostage? Let me go!"
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