"General, what should we do now? If the Living Yama and the others get impatient and raise their arms to attack the city, our current forces in Fenggusha City are not enough to resist."
"What do you mean, what to do? Knowing the situation is tense, why don't you quickly send someone to bring Mo Ye and that young lady here! We may not recognize them, but surely Yuwen Sheng would recognize his wife?"
Since he wants to find a wife, why not just give him a wife back?
"But... but that girl... she's gone! Sima has dug three feet into the ground in the camp, but still can't find her."
Upon hearing this, Yang Gu immediately became alarmed: "Wasn't she said to be seriously injured? How did she escape? Could she have been taken away?"
"It's possible he was taken away or ran away on his own, because Sima lost something deadly... The same goes for you. This is corroborated by the military doctor. He woke up after being ambushed from behind, and his clothes and identity had all been switched."
"What? Something's missing? What does that have to do with me?" Yang Gu asked, puzzled.
The subordinate couldn't bear it and said, "Your century-old ginseng was given to that girl by Sima to nourish her body. After she disappeared, not only was Sima's sacred medicine stolen, but your old ginseng was also taken away..."
Yang Gu nearly choked on his breath after hearing this.
He gritted his teeth: "That bastard Mo Ye! Since the person is missing, just kidnap Mo Ye, the culprit, and deal with him. I don't care anymore!"
Knowing that the general was just saying things out of anger, the subordinate hesitated and said, "How about we explain to the people below that someone is missing?"
However, Yang Gu sneered and said sarcastically, "Then go and try it. See if Yuwen Sheng will give up so easily if you can't hand over his wife. Even if she is really missing, she was lost in our hands. He won't retreat until we find her."
His subordinates were also emboldened: "If all else fails, we'll just fight the Ye Kingdom head-on. It's not like we haven't defeated the Ye Kingdom's army before."
"There's no other way but to do this." Yang Gu's brows remained furrowed with worry, unable to relax.
He thought to himself, that was in the past; now Yuwen Sheng's army is probably completely different...
After a stalemate of about half an hour, Mo Ye and Chong Ji arrived together. At the same time, the North Gate and the area outside the city were filled with Julu troops, forming a direct line of attack on the South Gate. Once the enemy launched an attack, they could attack from both sides and join forces with the central army inside the city to storm the city.
Upon seeing Mo Ye, Yang Gu's eyes widened, and he stormed forward angrily: "You brat..."
However, Mo Ye's expression was even more unpleasant than his.
His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and a sinister venom appeared on his face: "Alright, I don't want to hear any more lectures or complaints now. What did you mean by what you just sent someone to say? Yuwen Sheng's wife is named Zheng Quchi?"
When Mo Ye first heard about this, he found it utterly absurd and even quite funny, and he did indeed burst into laughter.
Thinking about what Yuwen Sheng had done to Zheng Quchi, if Zheng Quchi really was his wife, he could only say that Yuwen Sheng was... utterly insane.
Seeing his intimidating expression, Yang Gu immediately cowered, but he still stubbornly asked, "Yes, yes, have you found the person yet?"
Clenching his teeth, Mo Ye quickly climbed the city wall. He saw Yuwen Sheng and his troops below forming a fan-shaped blockade in front of the city gate. Torches illuminated the surrounding area, and flames soared into the sky. The vast and mighty enemy army crowded outside the city like a dark cloud.
He tossed his cloak over his shoulder and shouted down at Yuwen Sheng, "Yuwen Sheng, say it again, who is your wife?"
The moment Yuwen Sheng looked up and saw Mo Ye, he unexpectedly recalled the scene of him carrying Zheng Quchi away at the edge of the cliff. The scarlet light in his eyes was gradually swallowed up by the darkness, leaving only a bottomless storm of aura: "Give Zheng Quchi back."
Meeting his gaze, Mo Ye immediately realized one thing: Yuwen Sheng was right; he had indeed come to ask for someone.
Moreover, that person was indeed Zheng Quchi, who used the alias "Sang Xuanqing".
But it was precisely because this was confirmed that Mo Ye found it even more incomprehensible. He even wondered if Yuwen Sheng had some kind of delusional hallucination that made him think Zheng Quchi would marry him? He actually married Zheng Quchi?
Previously, he had always believed that Yuwen Sheng deliberately used this as a pretext to carry out a legitimate and justifiable invasion and punitive expedition against Julu Kingdom.
Mo Ye had always known that Zheng Quchi harbored secret feelings for him. He didn't believe that Zheng Quchi would willingly marry him, and that Yuwen Sheng, a heartless monster, shouldn't lower himself to marry a peasant girl with no background.
After thinking it over, he felt that the whole thing was complete nonsense.
"Hahahaha—you son of a bitch, if she really were your wife, would this be how you treat her? You'd chase after her to finish her off if she didn't die?"
His vulgar language did not arouse Yuwen Sheng in the slightest, but his last sentence enraged Yuwen Sheng: "Shut up!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're angry? That's really rare. Haven't you, Yuwen Sheng, always been a monster who only knows how to laugh? So you can have other expressions on your face?" Mo Ye mocked in an exaggerated manner.
After a moment of focused attention, Yuwen Sheng regained his composure. He gently stroked the mane on the horse's back with his snow-white fingers: "Mo Ye, if you don't want things to get out of hand, you'd better hand her back. This is my only well-intentioned reminder."
Mo Ye was not someone who could be easily threatened. He smiled coldly and pulled a short woman wearing a cloak from his body. She was obviously very weak and her steps were unsteady. With such a strong pull, she almost fell to the ground.
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