Until Shen Chiyan really saw Huo Wuyou standing in front of him covered in blood and pale, he still couldn't believe it.
"Marquis Lin'an, what are you doing..."
Huo Wuyou was seen wearing a dark coarse linen robe, dressed like an ordinary citizen, but the smell of blood on his body was so strong that it was frightening. The whites of his auspicious phoenix eyes were stained with blood, and his Adam's apple moved up and down uncomfortably. He propped himself up and found a place to sit down, then waved his hand, signaling others to leave.
He didn't speak until he and Shen Chiyan were the only ones left in the room. "After Yunqiao County was captured and I was captured, they put me in prison. Fortunately, the prison in Yunqiao County was weak, and I escaped."
Shen Chiyan looked surprised, but soon he asked in confusion: "But Jiangzhou Prefecture is also heavily surrounded by troops, how did the Marquis of Lin'an enter the city?"
Huo Wuyou replied, "There's an ancient road leading into Jiangzhou, which the Northern Di people also discovered. However, they're not as familiar with it as I am. Last year, when I came to Jiangzhou to investigate a case, I already knew that road like the back of my hand. It's possible to use the natural barriers to evade pursuers."
Looking at Huo Wuyou's injuries, Shen Chiyan felt bad: "Marquis Lin'an should heal his wounds first?"
Huo Wuyou shook his head, propped himself up and stood up, moved to Shen Chiyan's desk, spread out a piece of rice paper, picked up the pen and started writing.
His throat felt itchy and he coughed a few times, only to taste blood in his mouth. However, his hand did not stop and he soon wrote down a lot.
"General Shen, I came here to inform you of this news."
Not knowing what was going on, Shen Chiyan picked up the paper that Huo Wuyou had written on. After just one glance, his face turned pale with shock: "This is..."
"The structure of the chariots used by the Northern Di people for sieges, their common military tactics, the habits of their warhorses, and so on."
He had already memorized the military secrets book that Huo Wuji gave him. During the days when he was defending Yunqiao County, Huo Wuji also told him many of his experiences in Beidi. In particular, Huo Wuji had been a horse slave in Beidi during these years and knew the habits of their war horses best.
For example, although their horses are strong, the grass they eat is not available in the Central Plains, and their war horses are also in a state of lack of grass... Huo Wuji even knows the commands to drive the Northern Di war horses.
The fighting spirit rekindled in Shen Chiyan's tired eyes. With these, there was still hope of breaking through the encirclement of Beidi.
…
Huajing.
When the victory news came from Jiangzhou, Shen Qingtang was in the palace accompanying Xue Zhiyi.
Originally, as an official's wife, she needed the emperor's permission to enter the palace. But now that Jiang Xu has been labeled a traitor, he has also issued many decrees in the name of the emperor. Naturally, he will do everything he can to accommodate such a small matter as Shen Qingtang's entry into the palace. This makes her enter and exit the palace as if she were entering and exiting her own home.
Knowing that Shen Chiyan led his troops to break through the encirclement, Shen Qingtang's days of gloom were finally dispelled.
Not only that, the victory report also brought back news about Huo Wuyou. After two months of uncertainty about his life or death, it was learned that he was in Jiangzhou Prefecture and had come up with a plan to break the siege of the Northern Di.
Reinforcements and food supplies were able to enter the city, and Dayong’s imminent disaster was averted!
"Zhiyi, it's okay, did you hear that? They are all fine..." Shen Qingtang almost cried with joy.
Xue Zhiyi was also stunned for a long time before he came to his senses little by little, and his eyes unconsciously became moist... Perhaps sensing her emotions, the baby in her belly also surged.
She knew that Huo Wuyou would be fine. He would live a long and prosperous life and would not die so easily.
She stroked her already round belly. These days, she had been prepared to lose the child. She even couldn't bear to treat him as a life. She was afraid that she would be unwilling to give him up when she was in desperate situation... It was not until this moment that she felt the reality of the life in her belly.
She called out, "Qiuyun."
Qiuyun quickly responded, "What do you want, Madam?"
"Hurry up and get rid of that abortion drug," she said.
…
These days of anxiety felt like years, but when the good news came, everyone in Huajing was jubilant.
Yangui contacted Huo Wuyou again, and his letters came to him one after another like snowflakes.
Huo Wuyou kept talking about his longing for home and how he was eager to go home. He also talked about how he disrupted the Beidi army by driving the war horses with commands, and then defeated the larger force with the remaining soldiers of Jiangzhou Prefecture. Only then did he realize that the Beidi were just bluffing, because the war horses did not have enough fodder, and the Beidi's fighting power was actually not as brave as it seemed.
After this victory, food and supplies were able to enter Jiangzhou Prefecture, and the remaining soldiers were able to join up with reinforcements. They then counterattacked all the way and reached Yunqiao County.
When the Beidi general guarding Yunqiao County saw Huo Wuyou attacking the city, he was dumbfounded, because he had always thought that Huo Wuyou was imprisoned by him, but he did not expect that the person in the cell was Huo Wuzhi, who looked very similar to Huo Wuyou.
Helian You, who rushed to support, learned about this and sent the general away. He also took Huo Wuzhi hostage and forced Huo Wuyou to retreat.
He thought Huo Wuji was a useless man, but he didn't expect that Huo Wuji would use his left hand to snatch the sword and kill him when he was holding him hostage.
Huo Wuji was not one to give up on himself. Having spent years as a horse slave in the Northern Di, hadn't he endured hardships? He'd secretly practiced martial arts with his left hand every single day, preparing for this moment, to slay his father's murderer with his sword.
After beheading the enemy prince, Dayong's morale was greatly boosted, and they immediately reoccupied the key pass of Yunqiao County.
However, Huo Wuyou was still a little worried because the emperor had already made murderous intentions towards them. In response, Xue Zhiyi wrote back: they had already used some methods to "persuade" the emperor, and Huajing would fully support the border war from now on. There would be no shortage of reinforcements or food, so he could just rest assured.
So this time, the Dayong army was strong and knew the terrain better than the Northern Di people. They quickly defeated the Northern Di people with a whirlwind of force and fled out of Yueling Pass in disgrace.
Not only that, they also occupied several cities in Beidi, and took back the territory that had been disputed with Beidi for a hundred years since the founding of Dayong.
In the golden autumn season, the grasslands in the northwest are all withered and yellow. The northern Di people abandoned large tracts of grassland and fled hundreds of miles to the west. It seems that if they want to restore their fighting power and attack Dayong again, they will have to recuperate for decades.
The people of Yueling Pass had been harassed for a hundred years, and this battle had seen countless casualties. Finally, they saw the Northern Di people fleeing. In the mountains and fields, and in front of the vast expanse of withered graves, smoke curled up, all of which were from the people paying homage to and comforting the deceased.
When they arrived at the burial place of the soldiers who had been killed in the past, Huo Wuyou and Huo Wuji dismounted and kowtowed.
For a long time afterwards, these wronged souls were no longer disturbed by war and finally rested in peace.
On the way back to the capital, the people of Yueling Pass and Jiangzhou sang and saw them off.
On horseback, Huo Wuji said, "If His Majesty saw this, he would surely become suspicious and say that our achievements were too great to be true."
"Let him be suspicious." Huo Wuyou's chuckle was filled with a hint of coldness. "What if his suspicions come true this time? He still has so many lives to live."
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