"We held it! We held it!"
After confirming that the Northern Liang army had indeed withdrawn, cheers were heard on the city wall and the defenders shed tears of excitement.
After half a year, without any support from the court, they finally defended the city of Anding.
Soon the news of the entire Beiliang's retreat spread throughout the city.
All the people in Anding City poured into the streets, and cheers swept across the city like a wave.
"The Northern Liang barbarians are running away!"
"Long live General Mu! Long live Lord Pei!"
For the past six months, these people have been living in fear, fearing that one day the city would be breached and they would be massacred by the Northern Liang. But now they have finally been saved and can sleep peacefully.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd and someone shouted.
"General Mu is here, Lord Pei is here."
The crowd made way for a path, and Mu Xiong and Pei Yun were seen coming down the city wall side by side, followed by a group of generals.
The people on both sides knelt down like a tide, and everyone kowtowed heavily.
"Thank you both for protecting Anding City and us!"
"Fellow villagers, please stand up quickly."
Mu Xiong hurriedly helped an older man up, and Pei Yun also helped up several elderly people.
Other people stood up one after another.
Mu Xiong looked around and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, in the past six months, you have demolished your houses to serve as logs for us, and you have been starving to save rations for the soldiers."
"As a general, it is my duty to defend my country. I want to thank you for sticking with me until now."
Everyone listened to Mu Xiong quietly, and a sense of pride rose in their hearts.
"Beiliang retreated today, and the greatest credit goes to those men who died in battle with hunger, and those comrades who used their bodies to fill the gap."
"I will erect a monument to the heroes in the city so that those who died in the battle can find their way home and their souls can return to their hometown."
Upon hearing this, everyone shed tears silently again.
Afterwards, Mu Xiong took Pei Yun and others back to the general's mansion.
"Sir Pei, Beiliang has retreated. What are your plans?" Mu Xiong asked.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Of course I'm going back to Ruifeng County. What about you, General?"
Mu Xiong said: "The war between the imperial court and Northern Yan is not over yet, I might go to Yuzhou."
Pei Yun's face showed admiration. After defending the city for half a year, Mu Xiong was exhausted. He didn't expect that right after Beiliang retreated, he didn't take a good rest but rushed to Yuzhou without stopping.
He is truly loyal to the court.
When Mu Xiong said this, he kept looking at Pei Yun. Pei Yun understood what he meant and wanted him to follow him.
Pei Yun pretended not to understand. The order given to him by the court was to support Anding City, and now he had completed the mission.
If the entire dynasty could not defeat Northern Yan with all its might, Pei Yun felt that bringing these 1,000 men with him would not be of much use.
The clay pot bombs had been used up, and the alcohol in the malls and online had been sold out. His 1,000 men were insignificant among the army of hundreds of thousands.
It was a stroke of luck that we were able to defend Anding City this time. If the Yongzhou people refused to flee and we had to attack by force, we could have rushed to the city wall after paying a heavy price.
If the 50,000 troops of Beiliang follow closely behind, it is hard to say whether they can defend Anding City by then.
Therefore, he didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters of Yuzhou again, so he decided to go back and see how the musket was doing first.
Seeing that Pei Yun didn't respond, Mu Xiong smiled bitterly. Since the other party was unwilling to go, he naturally wouldn't force him.
"Brother Pei, what do you think of my daughter?"
Mu Xiong changed the subject.
"The daughter is so heroic and brave, and she is as good as any man." Pei Yun praised.
"So do you like her?"
Pei Yun was a little confused. Is it so direct?
Would it make the old general unhappy if he said he didn't like her? But it didn't seem like he liked her that much either. Although Mu Lan was pretty and had long legs, he had only known her for a short time after all.
Pei Yun has now become disenchanted with beautiful women. After all, Xiao Zhiruo is the most beautiful woman in Shudu, and Leng Qingqiu is also a great beauty picked out of thousands, not to mention the top-notch woman like Chen Yanyu.
Therefore, Pei Yun didn’t feel much when he saw beautiful women now.
But he didn't want to offend the old general, so he nodded slightly.
Mu Xiong laughed, "My daughter is so proud and arrogant. She is already 22 years old, but she still has no one she likes. She has taken a new look at Lord Pei. It turns out that Brother Pei also likes her. How about you become my son-in-law?"
Pei Yun was speechless. The adult became the younger brother, and now the younger brother was going to become the son-in-law.
General Mu, are you serious?
"General, I already have a wife."
Mu Xiong was stunned. He had never asked Pei Yun and thought that he was single. He didn't expect that he already had a wife. That was a pity. He, Mu Xiong, was a general, so it was impossible for his daughter to be a concubine.
It seems like we are not destined to be together.
"General, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
Pei Yun saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and thought it was better to get over it first.
"Brother Pei, I don't know if we will see each other again after this separation, take care!"
Mu Xiong stood up and gave Pei Yun a hug.
"Take care, General!"
Pei Yun also hugged Mu Xiong. Although he had not even spent ten days with him, Pei Yun truly admired this old general.
After saying goodbye to Mu Xiong, Pei Yun gathered his men and prepared to go back.
"Pei Yun, you're leaving."
Mu Lan got the news and hurried over.
Pei Yun nodded and said, "Miss Mu, I'll give you the drone."
Pei Yun stuffed the drone into Mu Lan's hands and said, "If the tablet runs out of power, you can come to the Qingyanshan Qianhu Office in Ruifeng County to find me, and I'll replace it for you."
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