She was roughly pushed in front of General Qian by the soldiers. In the chaos, no one knew who made the move, but Sheng Qiyue's fur was violently knocked away, revealing her beautiful face, which was extremely pale and bloodless.
"It turns out to be such a beauty." General Qian's eyes lit up and he sighed, "No wonder Prince Da Mo risked such a great risk to come here. Lu Yanzhou is really good at hiding."
The more he looked, the more itchy he felt. He couldn't help but want to do something indecent, so he reached out his hand towards Sheng Qiyue in an indecent manner.
"Now that you have fallen into my hands, I will definitely love you dearly, haha!"
Sheng Qiyue bit her lip tightly, trying hard to ignore her inner nervousness and pretend to be calm.
"Marshal, think carefully. The army is in a state of decline right now. If you indulge in revelry in front of all the soldiers, what will they think of you? Will they question your leadership and authority? Will they still willingly follow you?"
General Qian subconsciously looked around, and sure enough, apart from some people who were ready to make a move, there were also some people who shook their heads and showed disapproval.
Even General Wu did not approve of his approach.
"Marshal, you can't do that. We've lost the city, and the most important thing now is to find a way to take it back. If His Majesty knew that the Marshal was enjoying himself regardless of military affairs, I'm afraid we would all be punished."
He looked at Sheng Qiyue with a stubborn face, thought of Lu Yanzhou's contribution on the battlefield, sighed, and said to General Qian.
"Lu Yanzhou left, and he is very likely to join the Mo Dynasty. Let's think about how to deal with it first."
General Qian reluctantly turned his gaze away from Sheng Qiyue and said, "Send an envoy to tell Jimo Yuan that if you want..."
He paused, thinking of the name he had just seen on the letterhead, and continued: "Sheng Qiyue is in our hands. If you want Sheng Qiyue to live, return the city that has occupied us."
Soon a soldier took the order and went out.
General Qian stationed his five thousand remaining soldiers in Fenglin City. It was autumn, and the maple leaves were as red as blood.
Sheng Qiyue was placed in a secret passage and was under strict guard. General Qian ordered his men to set up a tight net around her.
"Will anyone come?"
"Of course," General Qian said. "If we give up the city, even the prince of a country will have a hard time explaining it. As long as Jimo Yuan cares about Sheng Qiyue, he will definitely find a way to rescue her. He has sent people to keep a close watch on her, and he won't let even a fly go."
He gave Sheng Qiyue a lewd smile and said, "Don't worry, little beauty. Once everyone who came to save you is dead, I will definitely put you in the camp and let you give birth to a few big fat boys for me!"
Sheng Qiyue looked at him with disgust. She didn't know what medicine they had given her. Now she felt weak all over and had no strength at all.
General Qian admired the beauty for a while longer until someone called him from outside, and then he left the cell. It turned out that the person who brought the message to Da Mo had returned.
"What did Jimo Yuan say?"
"He said he could lead the troops out of Stone Realm City, but he wanted us to send Sheng Qiyue to the gate of Maple Leaf City."
General Qian's heart tightened: "How many troops did he bring?"
"It's dark and I can't see clearly, but there are at least 10,000 soldiers..."
Ten thousand! General Qian's face was gloomy. "Give me my halberd. I will go meet him. Five hundred of you will guard the cell. The rest of you will follow me."
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Lu Yanzhou managed to escape the pursuit with his two children, but he was injured. He applied medicine to the wound with an expressionless face, and took the two crying children to find Jimo Yuan.
The soldiers of the Great Mo Dynasty pointed their weapons at him. While waiting, he thought about many things and regretted that he was selfish and didn't want to let Sheng Qiyue go, which led to her being imprisoned.
The thought of what she might have been through tormented him.
Jimo Yuan was analyzing the battle plan with Shen Shaoyan when he heard a soldier report that Lu Yanzhou had arrived. He was startled and asked, "Are you sure it's Lu Yanzhou?"
"Absolutely true." The soldier looked at him strangely. "He brought two children here, saying he was looking for their...biological father."
Biological father!
Jimo Yuan and Shen Shaoyan looked at each other, then hurried out, leaving General Xi with a confused look on his face. He scratched his head.
"Strange, could it be that Lu Yanzhou's two sons are not his own? Doesn't that mean he's cuckolded?"
The deputy general's eyes sparkled: "General, Lu Yanzhou came to see the Seventh Prince. Is this to prove that the child is his?"
General Xi slammed the table and said, "Let's go out and take a look!"
Outside, Jimo Yuan and Shen Shaoyan saw Lu Yanzhou in such a mess that they had a bad feeling. They rushed forward and asked, "Where's Qiyue? Did something happen to you?"
Lu Yanzhou handed the two children over silently: "Qiyue was captured by the Xirong people. I want to rescue her."
Jimo Yuan's heart sank when he heard this: "I thought you could take good care of her..."
If he had known this, he would have gone to Xirong again to snatch July back, no matter what the cost.
Shen Shaoyan clenched his fists and wanted to pick a fight with Lu Yanzhou, but suddenly a child was stuffed into his arms. His anger was pent up in his chest and he became speechless.
"This is, this is my son?!"
Lu Yunyao was scared and burst into tears when she saw her father letting a stranger hold her.
“Daddy, hold me, Daddy, hold me, I want mommy, mommy…”
Jimo Yuan also had a child stuffed in his arms. When Lu Jiuqing heard his brother crying, his mouth pursed and he wanted to cry too.
Jimo Yuan's hands trembled as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He looked at Lu Jiuqing, who looked exactly like him, in shock: "Is this my son?"
Lu Yanzhou didn't want to explain anything further and said, "It's just as you think. I like these two children very much. If I weren't forced to do so now, I wouldn't want to give them to you. Qiyue is still waiting for me to save her. You take good care of them."
"Wait, I'll go with you!" Shen Shaoyan put down the child in his arms.
Jimo Yuan: "I'll go too."
General Xi, who was watching the fun, was shocked when he heard this and hurried out to dissuade them.
At this time, the envoy of Xirong arrived. Jimo Yuan said that he could withdraw the troops back to the city, but they had to hand over Sheng Qiuyue first.
Lu Yanzhou and Shen Shaoyan led two hundred elite soldiers to sneak into Maple Leaf City from the side. Jimo Yuan's army was at the gate of the city. General Qian stood on the city wall with a halberd in his hand and looked around. In the moonlight, the city was pitch black and his face was gloomy.
Jimo Yuan rode a tall horse and said, "Hand over Sheng Qiyue, or I will destroy Maple Leaf City overnight."
General Qian said condescendingly, "You may ask me to hand over Sheng Qiyue, but you must return the city you have seized from our Rong Kingdom."
"I can return Stone Realm City to you, but you must first let Sheng Qiyue out. This prince wants to see her safe and sound."
"No rush." General Qian said, "You retreat twenty miles first, then come over alone. We will hand over the city in one hand and the host in the other."
Jimo Yuan sneered, "If you don't show Sheng Qiyue to me, is it possible that she is not in your hands at all, and you are trying to blackmail me? If so, my fifty thousand soldiers will not be easy to deal with."
General Qian only had 5,000 defeated soldiers. When they heard that the Great Mo Dynasty still had 50,000 troops, the soldiers turned pale, their legs trembled, and some even chose to flee.
Five thousand versus fifty thousand, how can we fight? Fighting is courting death.
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