Chapter 874 Granddaughter Obsession (First Update)
After the south gate was breached, the remnants of the Han family were routed and fled in all directions. The Jin army did not send reinforcements.
Admittedly, the Jin army didn't care about the lives of the Han family, but the ultimate reason was that the other three city gates had also suffered terrible attacks.
Marquis Xuanping seized the weapons used by the Liang people to launch their initial attack on the city, which made the Jin army's situation even worse.
The Jin army originally had a geographical advantage in defending the city, and could have held the city with only half of its troops. Now, however, they had to deal with the situation with all their might.
Gu Jiao was successfully rescued, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The civilians rescued by Gu Jiao were taken away by Wenren Chong. He found a cavalryman to take them to a nearby clinic, while the rest of the people remained on the spot, awaiting the next mission.
The old Marquis placed Gu Jiao on a small stone stool by the street in the city, and the Black Wind King walked over and sniffed her.
Gu Jiao was about to say "I'm fine" when she glanced at the old Marquis beside her and instead gently patted him with her hand.
Wenren Chong and the other two walked over.
Zhao Dengfeng looked at Gu Jiao and asked, "Little Commander, are you alright?"
Gu Jiao took out her notebook and quickly wrote: "I'm fine."
The three of them frowned.
What's going on?
Why is it written here?
Did you strain your voice from shouting?
The old marquis stood to the side with his hands behind his back and a cold face, a nameless anger rising in his heart, which he could not vent.
Having been in the Yan Kingdom for so long, he has learned quite a bit of the Yan language. He can understand the less complicated parts and can speak a little of it.
He heard these three former subordinates of the Xuanyuan family repeatedly mention a name—Han Ye.
"Send him to arrest him!" Li Shen said.
“I’ll go!” Zhao Dengfeng said. “Your arm is injured, let the doctor bandage it for you.”
Li Shen glanced at his left arm indifferently and said, "It's just a minor injury."
Wenren Chong said, "You two stay here to guard the city. I will go with Lord Zhou to make the arrest."
The old marquis opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke in his not-so-standard Yan dialect: "That Han Ye, is he in his twenties, very young?"
The three nodded in unison: "Yes!"
The old lord pointed to an alley not far away: "I wonder if the one tied up in there is the person you're looking for?"
Zhao Dengfeng hurriedly directed two cavalrymen to the alley to carry out the man who had been knocked unconscious and tied up.
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was none other than Han Ye.
Zhao Dengfeng's lips twitched: "You know Han Ye?"
The old marquis said, "I don't recognize him. I thought he was a deserter."
Everyone: "..."
Gu Jiao nodded seriously and gave the old Marquis a thumbs up.
Big brother, you truly live up to your reputation!
The old Marquis: "..."
Alright, Han Ye has resolved it, but the matter isn't over yet. Zhao Dengfeng said angrily, "There's still a month left with Liu Yi! She was the one who set up that trap just now! She almost killed the young commander, I will definitely catch her! I will tear her to pieces!"
When the three of them arrived at the city gate, they did not see Yue Liuyi, but they heard her arrogant and vicious voice.
She was furious with all of them.
At such a young age, she is so vicious. She must be killed quickly, otherwise she will harm countless people if left alive!
Wenren Chong said, "There seems to be a mechanism under the city wall. Let's go look for it in a bit."
The old marquis remained silent for a moment before speaking again: "Perhaps... it's not necessary."
Several people turned to look at him.
Zhao Dengfeng asked blankly, "You didn't... arrest her too, did you?"
"No, not at all," the old Marquis said.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
That's more like it. You showed up not long after Yue Liuyi left. Is it reasonable to arrest someone in such a short time?
They don't give any real talent a chance.
The old lord said, "I just activated a mechanism in the underground room; she should be trapped inside now."
The three of them: "???"
The old Marquis had been gathering information in Pucheng these past few days, but instead of sneaking into the military camp or the city lord's mansion, he followed a few suspicious-looking soldiers to a gambling den outside the mansion.
Yue Liuyi seized control of the gambling den and turned it into her testing ground for drugs and traps.
The old Marquis has set his sights on Yue Liuyi.
These past few days, I've been tracking Yue Liuyi's whereabouts and have explored almost all the traps she's set up in Pucheng.
"Then, where do we go in from?" Zhao Dengfeng asked.
The old lord pointed in a direction: "It's behind that door."
Yue Liuyi was a dangerous person, so the three of them didn't rely on others but went to investigate the situation themselves.
As expected, they found the secret room and indeed saw Yue Liuyi being pressed to the ground by a huge jack.
Yue Liuyi's leg bones were broken, several ribs were broken, her dantian was completely destroyed, and she vomited blood all over the ground.
She probably never dreamed that she would be ruined by the very traps and mechanisms she had designed.
...
The next step was to formulate the next plan. The Han family still had 20,000 troops in the city, and the old Marquis did not agree to pursue them.
The old Marquis said, "It's easy to take the south gate, and it will be easy to breach its defenses soon. If the Jin army finds itself outmatched and wants to retreat through the south gate, what do you plan to do? Will you let the Jin army go or defend the gate?"
That's right.
This is not Jin territory after all, and the Jin army will not defend it at all costs; at worst, they will withdraw their troops.
It seems the troops here cannot be moved.
Gu Jiao took out her notebook and quickly wrote: "Big brother is indeed experienced and thoughtful!"
The handwriting wasn't great, but the smugness in his voice was practically overflowing!
The old marquis turned his face away with a haughty expression.
Gu Jiao touched her chin. Was her older brother in a bad mood?
The soldiers of the Black Wind Camp and the Shadow Division rested on the spot. Zhou Ren led his men to set up camp and clean up the battlefield. Zhang Shiyong went to collect and deal with prisoners of war. Wenren Chong and the other two returned to their respective posts: some repaired armor, some cooked, and some chopped wood.
Gu Jiao sat on a stone stool outside the tent, looking at the intelligence that the scout had just brought.
The old Marquis sat opposite her, looking at her coldly.
Wearing armor and a helmet, with a dirty face, he looked exactly like a tomboy.
The old marquis's eyes were icy cold. He started shaking his leg, then his left, and after shaking his left, he changed his posture and continued shaking his leg.
Gu Jiao was engrossed in watching, occasionally devising coping strategies in her mind.
The old marquis crossed his arms.
After a while, Gu Jiao still didn't look this way.
He stood up abruptly, walked up to Gu Jiao, and his tall and imposing figure instantly loomed over her.
Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback. Who's blocking my light?
Gu~
Gu Jiao's stomach growled.
She saw the brocade pouch at the old marquis's waist, which emitted an alluring fragrance.
Seeing her drooling, the master frowned, took off the brocade pouch from his waist, and casually tossed it to her.
The pouch contained a few pieces of shortbread and a few walnuts.
Gu Jiao doesn't eat much sesame candy, so she took out the walnuts instead.
Normally, when a young woman receives walnuts, she would delicately hand them to her grandfather, saying shyly, "The walnuts are too hard, I can't open them, please help me, Grandfather."
She's fine, though.
He grabbed two of them and slammed them onto his helmet with a thud!
The image of the old Marquis's beloved granddaughter in his mind was instantly shattered by her!
He shuddered and looked at Gu Jiao in disbelief!
Gu Jiao handed him the cracked walnuts.
Here, would you like some?
The old Marquis: "..."
...
Meanwhile, after parting ways with Daoist Qingfeng, Liaochen used his lightness skill to arrive at the City Lord's Mansion.
He came to kill Gongsun Yu.
However, after he sneaked into the city lord's mansion and searched it carefully, he could not find any trace of Gongsun Yu.
He stood on the rooftop, frowning as he looked at the city lord's mansion, where security had clearly loosened considerably, and muttered to himself, "Strange, where did Gongsun Yu go?"
...
"Your Highness, please be careful!"
In a small cowshed, Mu Qingchen reached out and helped Shangguan Yan, who almost slipped and fell.
Shangguan Yan steadied herself, composed herself, and said, "I'm fine."
Mu Qingchen said, "It just rained, and water seeped into the entrance of the tunnel. The road surface is slippery, so please be careful."
This tunnel is the route that Xuanyuan Qi took with Gu Jiao and Tang Yueshan. After they came out, Xuanyuan Qi did not activate the destruction mechanism, so they can go through it a second time.
Gu Jiao drew a detailed map.
With battles raging on all sides in Pucheng, the Crown Princess led Mu Qingchen and a team of experts to the underground passage to meet up with Shangguan Qing.
Mu Qingchen led the way, and the group, carrying torches, descended into the tunnel. The last person closed the wooden door on the ground.
The tunnel was damp, and Shangguan Yan's shoes got wet after only a few steps.
She couldn't care less about her minor discomfort; her mind was entirely on her son. A day and a night had passed, and she wondered how things were on Ghost Mountain.
The south gate has been captured, and the east gate should also be under attack. I wonder if Gongsun Yu has sent anyone to urge Xie Xingzhou to withdraw his troops.
They don't know that the eldest grandson of the Great Yan Emperor is trapped underground in Ghost Mountain. They won't just stay here and refuse to withdraw their troops, will they?
If Xie Xingzhou really doesn't withdraw his troops, then this passage is their only hope of rescuing them.
Qing'er, you must hold on.
Mother is here to save you.
(End of this chapter)
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