August 15th.
Zhu Yuancun, who was far away in Qi State, prepared to capture Langya by cooperating with the inside and outside.
The Emperor of Qi learned that Longshan was defeated by the Qin army half a month ago. The Qi soldiers were so frightened that they retreated one after another. They were even more panicked due to lack of food and grass.
Seeing that the Qin cavalry captured one city after another in just a few days, and now even approached the outside of Langya City, he ordered all the remaining troops to gather in Langya to defend the capital.
This Mid-Autumn Festival night in Langya City was extremely solemn. Except for the patrolling soldiers, the streets were deserted. The doors and windows of every house were closed for fear of being robbed by the Qin army.
The two armies faced each other in front of the formation, but the Qin army was not in a hurry to attack the city. The Qi soldiers stood on the tower for a whole day and night, feeling sleepy, hungry and exhausted.
Seeing Sun Tianchan leading the Qin army half a mile away from the city tower, making pots and lighting fires, cooking meat soup, and drinking freely, the Qi army almost lost their composure.
The people of Qin even sang the homesick ballads of Qi. The singing reached the ears of Qi Bing, which made Qi Bing even more emotional.
Inside Langya Capital City.
Zhu Yuancun and others, who had been lurking for a long time, put on their armor and met in the east of Langya City, preparing to go to the east gate to open the door for the Qin army.
But at this moment, a figure of a thin girl appeared on the lonely long street.
Yuan Haoyu and others took a closer look and teased Zhu Yuancun: "Uncle, your little sweetheart is here to see you."
Zhu Yuancun frowned: "What are you talking about? You hide yourself first, and I'll tell her to go home quickly."
After that, he took off his armor again and walked quickly towards the girl.
He got to know the girl while he was lurking in Qi State. The two of them met for the first time by fate. The girl's name was Jiang Yuan. One time when she went out, her purse was stolen by a thief. It was Zhu Yuancun who recovered it for her.
The two got acquainted, and Zhu Yuancun lied to her and said that he was from Zhou and came to Qi to do business and temporarily lived in the east of Langya City.
The accents of Zhou and Qin were almost the same, so Jiang Yuan didn't doubt it.
But now, what is she doing out here in good condition?
Zhu Yuancun didn't think carefully and showed up to stop her.
Seeing that Zhu Yuancun was safe and sound, Jiang Yuan quickly told him anxiously: "The Qin army is just outside the city and will attack sooner or later. Why are you still running around outside?"
Zhu Yuancun asked: "What about you, why are you running around?"
Jiang Yuan was shy and anxious: "I, I'm worried about you."
Zhu Yuancun tucked her scattered hair behind her ears: "Don't worry, I can protect myself. You should go home and stay with your parents."
His eyes couldn't help but look at Jiang Yuan.
Her clothes tonight were extraordinarily luxurious, completely different from what she wore when she toured Langya with him before. From the first glance, she looked like a wealthy woman, so she must have concealed her true identity.
Jiang Yuan stuffed a gold ingot into Zhu Yuancun's hand: "Okay, you promise me to hide well. If the Qin people really want to take your life, just give them money and surrender. A Zhao, you must live well." .”
Zhu Yuancun did not shirk. He put away the gold nuggets and said, "Well, you go home first. I will definitely look for you when the war is over."
The Qin army has strict military discipline and will not loot, burn or kill. Naturally, he does not need to worry too much about Jiang Yuan's safety.
Half an hour later, the Qin army was suddenly ready to go and arrayed in armor. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Qi army, Zhu Yuancun led Yuan Haoyu and others to kill the east gate. In less than a stick of incense, the east gate was opened wide. The Qin army suddenly Rush in.
Yuan Haoyu wiped the blood from his face and asked Zhu Yuancun out of breath: "Uncle, shall we attack the Qi Palace now?"
Zhu Yuancun: "Well, let the army not disturb the people and go straight to the palace."
The Imperial Palace of Qi State.
Three hours later, Zhu Yuancun did not expect to see Jiang Yuan again, but inside the palace!
The Qi generals were struggling to their death, but they were all snatched away by Zhu Yuancun. He walked into a palace carrying the plunder, and a woman attacked him from behind with a knife, which he easily defused.
When Zhu Yuancun and the woman saw their faces clearly, they were shocked:
"Ateru?"
"Jiang Yuan?"
"It turns out you are a Qin thief! You have lied to me for so long, you should die!"
Zhu Yuancun stood still and allowed Jiang Yuan to stab him with the knife. Jiang Yuan was confused and was kicked to the ground by Yuan Haoyu who was following Zhu Yuancun.
"Jiang Yuan." Zhu Yuancun knelt down, held her chin and looked at her, "You are Princess Jiang Yuan of Qi, right?"
The famous royal beauty of Qi State, the third princess Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan, whose true identity was revealed, stared at him fiercely:
"You are not A Zhao at all, you are Zhu Yuancun, and you are the Zhu Yuancun who deserves to be cut to pieces by Qi Ren the most! You lied to me! You used me! These days you are just pretending to play in Langya , let me show you the way so you can draw a map!"
"I thought you were some kind of proud man who has won many battles, but you turned out to be a villain using such despicable means!"
Fortunately, she was still worried about Zhu Yuancun's comfort, so she ran out of the palace just to see him when her life was at stake. Unexpectedly, unexpectedly...
Zhu Yuancun took back his hand: "A soldier never tires of deceit. A Zhao is indeed the nickname given to me by my sister. Even without you, I can still draw the Langya map. I really just played with you in those days."
"Jiang Yuan, the State of Qi has been destroyed."
Jiang Yuan threw away the dagger in her hand in despair. She raised her chin and hit Zhu Yuancun's gun head hard. Zhu Yuancun grabbed her hair and threatened her with a dry voice:
"You want to die?"
Jiang Yuan: "I would rather die for my country than surrender to a bitch like Yan Xiu!"
Zhu Yuancun threw her away: "If you want to die, I won't let you die so easily. After all, in your eyes, the Qin Army has done all kinds of evil, and no woman wherever they go can escape the claws of the Qin Army. You want to die so much, I will find another way to help you."
Jiang Yuan was so frightened by his words that she remained motionless. Zhu Yuancun took advantage of this moment and slapped her on the back of the neck. Jiang Yuan fainted in his arms and was picked up by him.
"The order goes down and no one in the palace should be killed indiscriminately. Everyone in the Qi royal family must be captured alive."
…
Langya was in chaos, but Xijing was filled with joy on this Mid-Autumn Festival night.
A few days ago, Yan Xiu learned that Ren Huai had coerced the captured royal family members of Zhou State to return to Xijing to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In order to give Ren Huai a clean break, he specially ordered a night banquet in the palace and invited all the officials.
This Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is of great significance. The remaining royal members of the Zhou Kingdom will meet Yan Xiu as prisoners. At the banquet, Yan Xiu will officially declare the demise of the Zhou Kingdom and all its territories will be classified as Qin.
I hope Scarlett will be very busy these days for this grand banquet.
Even in her busy schedule, she took Zhenzhen and others to learn a snack called "mooncake" with Zhu Ya.
As soon as Zhu Sijia brought out the mooncakes that she had baked after countless failures, they were snatched away by the little sisters. Zhenzhen asked her while eating them:
"Mom, we've all finished eating, and His Majesty doesn't have anything to eat. He won't be angry, right?"
"No." Zhu Sijia put down the empty porcelain plate, "If he wants to eat it, I will cook it for him later. Let's go back to the palace to change clothes for the banquet."
Du Xian shouted loudly: "Yes, yes, let's go quickly. I heard that Uncle Chiayi has gone through these few months of experience and is now even more handsome!"
