"What? King Anxi was killed!?" King Beidi was shocked and a little unbelievable.
"According to the news from Anxi, it seems that he was killed by Duan Tong, one of the Four Beiyi Mastiffs. He sealed his throat with a knife and there was no time to treat him," the spy replied.
The King of Beidi stood up: "He rushed into the palace and killed King Anxi by himself? Is this martial arts so impressive?"
"It turned out that Duan Tong had been entangled by the old housekeeper and had been killed with a knife, but somehow he got behind King Anxi. It turned out that the person who died was not Duan Tong, but a stand-in wearing his human skin mask. "
Although Anxi and Beidi are somewhat distant from each other now, some information about Beiyi can still be shared.
"Substitute? Who is that substitute? How can you be willing to be his substitute?" The North King was surprised.
"The substitute was later found to be an ordinary citizen in Anxi. He disappeared at night and his family later reported him to the authorities to find out his identity."
The King of the Northland frowned and pondered: "I didn't expect that fellow member to have such unnatural methods. No wonder those people who were arrested back then..."
"Your Majesty..."
A call brought the Northern King out of his thoughts, and he asked, "What else is there?"
"Anxi... Fengcheng threatened to surrender to the Northern Yi, but now the city gates have been opened and people are sent to greet the Northern Yi army..."
The King of the North struck a palm and smashed the Eight Immortals table next to him: "What? Whose idea? How bold!"
The spy was so frightened that he took a few steps back and knelt on the ground: "There is news in the city...it is King Anxi's...last wish before his death..."
The King of the North closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before asking slowly: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"
The officials waiting on the side quickly stepped forward and reported: "There are many soldiers and horses in the city, about 80,000."
"I ordered Jin Xiao to lead 50,000 troops and rush to Anxi quickly to seize Fengcheng before Beiyi!" the king of Beidi shouted loudly, with a voice as loud as a bell.
When everyone heard this, they were secretly speechless.
The King of the North Land has seven daughters and one son. Jin Xiao is the only son. He is simply the treasure of the North Land. Now letting this precious baby lead the army on an expedition is enough to show that the North King attaches great importance to Fengcheng.
And this baby bump was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
"Eat my sword!"
A beautiful figure broke into the room, and the sword in his hand stabbed the Northern Crown Prince, Jin Xiao, on the bed.
Jin Xiao was snoring loudly just now, but when the person came closer, the snoring suddenly stopped, and he arched his waist and abdomen upward to avoid the sword. Then he lay down, rolled out of the bed, and pressed the sword under him.
With a hook of one foot and a slight lift of the other foot, Jin Xiao took this beautiful figure into his arms.
"Oh, I obviously can't beat you, why do you still ask me to attack you every time!" Qianying is none other than the Crown Princess of the North, Pei Meier.
"I said, did you really bring a sword? Are you going to murder your husband or something?" Jin Xiao pulled out the sword from under his body. This time it was not the previous scabbard, but a real long sword.
Pei Meier pouted and said: "What about the real sword? It can't hurt you anyway, so it's boring to hold the scabbard all the time!"
"Next time you do this, we will have to sleep in separate beds! I will have to send someone to search you when you enter my room!" Jin Xiao put the long sword aside, hugged Pei Meier and stood up to change clothes.
"How dare you!" Pei Mei'er seemed to remember something and blushed, then her voice softened: "Okay, okay, I won't take a real sword next time, that's okay, right?"
Jin Xiao had just put on his clothes when an official announced outside the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have an order."
"Speak!" Jin Xiao opened the door, grabbed a steamed bun from the food box held by the maid on the side, and ate it.
"I order the crown prince, Jin Xiao, to lead an army of 50,000 men and march out to Fengcheng. Set off immediately without any mistakes!"
Pei Meier followed out: "Going to Fengcheng? What happened?"
When the official saw the Crown Princess following out, he lowered his head, fearing that he would see something he shouldn't see: "Fengcheng intends to surrender to Beiyi. The prince has an order to capture Fengcheng before Beiyi."
"Bastard! Surrender just because you said you'd surrender?" When Jin Xiao heard this, he threw the steamed bun in his hand on the ground angrily: "Get my armor and weapons! I'm leaving now!"
"I'll go with you!" Pei Meier said quickly.
Jin Xiao glared at her with a cold glare: "We are marching and fighting, what are you doing with a woman like you?"
Pei Meier was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything after Jin Xiao glared at her.
Jin Xiao blinked lightly and suppressed his murderous intent: "Be good, wait for me at home."
The servants brought the armor and weapons, and soon Jin Xiao was dressed neatly, looking really majestic and heroic.
"Let's go!" Jin Xiao grabbed the iron gun and ran out of the palace to the military camp outside the city without even having time to say goodbye to the King of the North.
After leaving the city, Jin Xiao was surprised. Originally, there was only one large camp outside the city. Now, at some point, there were many camps with different flags. There were even groups of soldiers and horses coming towards Guicheng in the distance, with a lot of people and a lot of excitement.
"What's going on?" Jin Xiao turned around and asked his lieutenant.
The deputy general quickly replied: "Your Highness, these are the troops from all sides sent by the imperial court. Not only these, there are already one hundred thousand who have gone to Juyi City first."
Jin Xiao opened his mouth and looked at these soldiers and horses in a daze.
"What are you doing? You're so messed up that you can't even put up a tent?"
"Why are you being so verbose? Come on if you have the ability!"
"What are you making a fuss about? If you're strong enough, go ahead and fight. Don't let this cause too much noise!"
"Do you want to be a guest? Hahahahaha~"
There was a huge crowd in front of them, and the noise in the military camp could be clearly heard even when standing by the city gate.
Jin Xiao said excitedly: "I...I have never seen so many people with Southern and Northern accents! Are they all here to fight against the Northern Yi?"
"Yes, these are all under the command of Zhou Ziru, the Minister of Literature of Daqi. However, Prime Minister Zhou also sent an order. In his absence, the prince, Duke Wu Ding and Duke Zhongyi all have the right to mobilize troops and horses. These soldiers and horses, the princes all Have the right to dispatch.”
"Then dad only gives it to me..." Jin Xiao swallowed it back in the middle of his words. He knew that his father was trying to avoid suspicion.
"Let's go!" Jin Xiao stepped on his horse, picked up his gun, and rushed to his military camp. After a while, 50,000 troops left the military camp in a mighty manner and headed west.
I don’t know if Jin Xiao gave the order in the camp, but these 50,000 soldiers and horses went out in a majestic manner, with everyone holding their chests high and their swords and guns shining, which amazed the other soldiers and horses who were watching the excitement.
Rushing to Fengcheng with Jin Xiao was Huyanlan, the intelligent dog of Beiyi.
He was far away from Fengcheng and originally planned to go to Guicheng, but Duan Tong left privately, which made Huyanlan a little uneasy, so she suddenly decided to go to Fengcheng alone.
"Xu~ Is that the Beiyi army in front? Who is in charge of the army? I want to talk to the general!"
Not far away, a small group of people stopped in the distance and asked loudly.
Hu Yanlan rushed forward and replied: "I am Hu Yanlan. Are you sent by King Anxi? What can I do?"
The leader was the old housekeeper of Anxi Prince's Mansion: "It turns out to be Mr. Huyan. I dare to ask, since I, Anxi, have surrendered to Beiyi, why did I send someone to assassinate our prince!"
The old housekeeper's tone was harsh, and he seemed to be filled with resentment.
Hu Yanlan was startled when she heard this, and then realized that Duan Tong had already taken action. She said slowly: "There must be a misunderstanding about this matter. When I see the prince, I will explain it to King Anxi in person!"
Seeing that Hu Yanlan's statement did not seem to be hypocritical, the old housekeeper relaxed a little: "The prince has..."
Hu Yanlan was shocked: "When?"
"It's almost ten days..."
Hu Yanlan hurriedly turned her head and shouted behind her: "All the troops, move forward at full speed, we must reach Fengcheng within five days!"
"Master Huyan, five days is too late..." the deputy general whispered from the side.
Hu Yanlan drew his sword out of its scabbard, raised it and shouted: "Five days! Anyone who doesn't arrive will be beheaded immediately!"
Tens of thousands of troops roared past, leaving the old housekeeper in a daze. As Hu Yanlan passed by, he asked, "Are there any troops in Fengcheng?"
"There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Fengcheng."
"That's good!"
Hu Yanlan was a little relieved. There were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, which was not too bad. Even if Beidi and Dingliao had any ideas, it would not be a matter of time.
…
Four days later, at the gate of Fengcheng.
"Huhu~ Are all the 50,000 troops here?" Jin Xiao gasped and asked the deputy general beside him.
"The stragglers... whirring... those who ran to death... probably lost hundreds of people." The deputy general also panted heavily and replied.
Jin Xiao nodded heavily: "Okay! Pass the order, rest for half an hour...after half an hour...attack the city!"
"Half..." The deputy general was stunned. He looked at the sun. It was almost noon. He was afraid that it would be too late to light a fire and make food...
"What? Too many?" Jin Xiao glared, so frightened that the deputy general nodded repeatedly and went down to deliver the order.
Half an hour later, the Northland Army had somewhat recovered some strength, and the deputy general came to ask for instructions.
Jin Xiao nodded and was about to go out to fight when a sentinel suddenly rode up from afar.
"Report! The Fengcheng sentry has discovered our troops and the city is heavily guarded!"
The sentinel had just finished reporting when another spy came flying in.
"Report! The Beiyi army has been spotted thirty miles north of Fengcheng, and they are rushing towards Fengcheng!"
The deputy general took a breath and looked at Jin Xiao, who waved his hand to signal the sentry to retreat.
"I will bring 10,000 troops to the north to stop the Beiyi army. General Fang, you lead the remaining 40,000 troops to attack the city and only attack the east city."
On the side, a general who had been silent all this time rode forward: "The last general takes orders."
"Remember, no matter the cost! Even if we use up all 40,000 troops, we still have to capture Fengcheng!"
"Got the order!"
The deputy general didn't dare to speak. When he came to his senses, Jin Xiao had already galloped away to the north. Not daring to delay, he quickly sent an order back, ordered ten thousand soldiers and horses, and followed Jin Xiao.
The siege began.
Countless ladders were erected to the top of the city, and the Northland Army stepped up the ladder with shields raised. Countless boulders and logs were also dropped on the city, and even kerosene and gold soup poured down.
Arrows were flying all over the city, and countless people fell to the ground after being struck by arrows.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The battering ram hit the city gate, and each impact shook off countless dust on the city wall. The battle was fierce.
Jin Xiao led 10,000 northern troops around to the north, ignoring the heavily guarded Anxi soldiers in Fengcheng behind him and the shouts of killing Zhentian in the east of the city.
He stood up on his horse and looked towards the north with high spirits.
In the distance, a black shadow appeared on the horizon. It was a continuous stream of Beiyi soldiers, roaring towards them.
Jin Xiao's eyes were flashing with excitement and madness...
