Nan Guozhen was on the Youzhou city tower with a death wish, waiting for Emperor Xian's army to attack the city. To his surprise, Nan Guozhen had been waiting on the city for a whole day, but Emperor Xian's army had not yet come to attack the city. Nan Guozhen was confused and puzzled. He calculated that Jianghuang's army would arrive in Youzhou City today after setting off from Jiangcheng. Could it be that the old thief of Jianghuang was playing some trick.
It was getting dark, and Emperor Xianjiang's 100,000 troops had not yet appeared. For the sake of safety, Nanguo Zhen ordered two sentries to go and investigate.
Two hours passed, and the two sentinels came back on fast horses. Nan Guozhen didn't have time to wait for the sentry to dismount, so he quickly walked up to him and asked, "How is the enemy situation ahead?"
"Enemy situation? Back to King Youzhou, we have not found the army of Emperor Xianjiang for ten miles." The two sentinels replied.
"What? No enemy troops were found for ten miles?" Nan Guozhen asked in disbelief.
The two sentinels were also puzzled as to why the Emperor's army could not be seen for ten miles. Could it be that the Emperor's army had the art of invisibility?
Nan Guozhen was still worried. He wanted to go to the front to find out what was going on, but was stopped by the generals. "No matter whether there are enemy troops ahead or not, please don't go there alone to inquire. King Youzhou is our king. How can we take this risk?" Old General Yuwen said.
"Yes, yes, the King of Youzhou is our king, how can we let our king go into danger." All the generals responded one after another.
"I'll do it! This time, I'll go to the front to investigate!" A child who was half a head taller than Nan Guozhen responded loudly.
All the soldiers took a closer look and saw that this child was none other than the son of old General Yuwen - Yu Wenyan. All the generals know that Yu Wenyan, the son of veteran General Yu Wen, is extremely powerful at a young age, has great martial arts skills, has sword-like eyebrows and tiger eyes, and is a natural-born general. I also heard that Yu Wenyan was so favored by the Crown Princess that even though he was only eight years old, he was honored as a general and guarded Youzhou Mansion. I was surprised that he was here today.
"Yan'er, stay in the city while you are still young." Veteran General Yuwen advised.
"Yes, Xiaowu, it's my brother who wants to go." Yu Wenyan's second brother Yu Wenyan said.
Veteran Yuwen has five sons in total, all of whom are brave and good at fighting. Yuwenyan is the fifth in the family, so he is called "Little Five".
"No, when the child grows up, the child must go. The child must protect this city and contribute to the king of Youzhou." Yu Wenyan insisted.
Although General Yu was reluctant to let his son go to the front to investigate, Yu Wenyan insisted on going, so General Yuwen had to let him take the risk once.
Yu Wenyan clasped his fists and said goodbye to everyone, flew onto the horse, whipped the horse, and galloped away.
There was silence in the vast wilderness, with no lights or human figures, let alone the Emperor's 100,000-strong army.
Yu Wenyan wondered if Emperor Xian's army was hiding. He quietly dismounted his horse, tied it to a big tree, and patrolled around under the dim moonlight.
The surroundings were still silent, only the chirping of insects and frogs were heard, and not a single ghost was seen. Yu Wenyan was depressed. No matter how hidden the Emperor's army was, it was impossible not to make a sound. Moreover, the distance between Emperor Jiang's army and Youzhou City was more than a hundred miles away, and it would take three days at the fastest to reach there. Youzhou. Then they must be tired and hungry, so they would have to set up camp first and set up a campfire to cook something to eat. If this is the case, it is impossible for the surroundings to be so quiet and there is no fire yet. There is only one possibility, that is, Emperor Xian's army has not reached Youzhou at all.
Yu Wenyan was sure that the Emperor's army had not reached Youzhou City at all, so he began to feel more comfortable. He simply lay down on the lawn to rest with his head in his hands and a piece of nine-tailed grass in his mouth. He murmured, "The cunning Emperor Jiang loves to bluff."
Yu Wenyan actually fell asleep after resting, and slept until dawn before waking up. When he woke up, he suddenly remembered that he was here to inquire about information. King Youzhou, his father, and the generals must be worried to death if they don't return that night. Yu Wenyan immediately rushed back to report.
Just as Yu Wenyan thought, Yu Wenyan's absence all night made all the generals in the city very worried, especially the old general Yu Wenyan who was restless all night. Youzhou Wang Nan Guozhen also stayed up all night. Yu Wenyan was not only his minister, but also his brother who grew up playing with him.
General Yan is back!
General Yan is back!
Father, 'Xiao Wu' is back!
When all the soldiers saw Yu Wenyan coming back safely on his fast horse from afar on the high tower, they all cheered and shouted!
"Open the city gate quickly!" Nan Guozhen ordered.
The soldiers immediately opened the city gate to let Yu Wenyan enter the city. Nan Guozhen asked anxiously, "General Yan, how is the situation outside the city?"
"Going back to King Youzhou, we didn't find Emperor Jiang's army ten miles outside the city. General Yi stayed overnight last night, but we didn't see Emperor Jiang's army. General Yi Mo speculated that Emperor Jiang was just bluffing. What about a hundred thousand troops? Damn, that's it. To scare us." Yu Wenyan replied.
"Perhaps the Emperor's army has not yet arrived in Youzhou, so we still cannot take it lightly these days." Nan Guozhen replied with a solemn expression.
The generals nodded in agreement.
"Old General Yuwen, how many troops do we have? How many bows and arrows? How many weapons?" Nan Guozhen asked about the equipment before the war.
"There are 10,000 archers, 30,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, 5,000 elite soldiers, and 5,000 old and weak soldiers. The total is exactly 50,000. With 10,000 bows and arrows, the total number of weapons is only 20,000." Old General Yuwen replied.
Nan Guozhen said worriedly, "Fifty thousand soldiers and 20,000 weapons are too few. If the army attacks the city now, we can't let our soldiers fight with bare hands, right?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. There are currently few blacksmiths in Youzhou City, and we can't produce so many weapons at once. If that doesn't work, we can only use stones instead." Old General Yu Wenyan responded.
Nan Guozhen sighed, "Now this is the only way."
At this time, Nan Guozhen deliberately yawned. Seeing this, veteran general Yuwen persuaded Nan Guozhen to go back to Youzhou Mansion to rest. Nanguo thought for a while and said, "I am really sleepy after not sleeping all night. I will not go back to Youzhou Mansion. This is close to the residence of Senior General Yuwen. I will go to Senior General Yuwen's mansion to rest for a while!"
Old General Yuwen said "hey" and led the way.
When they arrived, Nanguo Zhen saw that he and Senior General Yuwen were the only ones left in the mansion, so he solemnly asked, "Old General Yuwen, what do you think is the victory of our 50,000 soldiers against the Emperor's 100,000 soldiers?"
Veteran General Yuwen was suddenly startled and said for a long time, "There are countless."
"What? There are countless..." Nan Guozhen was so frightened and so sad that he almost couldn't stand still.
Although Nan Guozhen had never been on the battlefield, he also knew that 50,000 soldiers would be difficult to fight against the 100,000-strong army of Emperor Xian, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope that he could defeat Emperor Xian's army. Even if the chance of luck is slim, he must be willing to take a chance. Now General Yuwen replied that he had no chance of winning. His heart, which had been floating in the air, suddenly fell to the ground and broke after hearing General Yuwen's words.
"Old General Yuwen really has no chance of winning?" Nan Guozhen asked again unwillingly.
"The odds of winning are unless Mr. Hou is resurrected. When he was alive, Mr. Hou tried to defeat the Emperor's 100,000 soldiers with 50,000 soldiers. Even though he defeated himself, he suffered heavy injuries." Veteran General Yuwen replied.
Veteran Yu Wenyan's words hurt Nan Guozhen even more. Nan Guozhen couldn't help but take a step back, thinking that it was a fact that his father was dead. How could a dead person be resurrected? "Could it be that we can only wait to die?"
Veteran General Yuwen sighed and said helplessly, "Didn't King Youzhou realize that there are no servants in the old minister's mansion when he entered the house just now? The old minister dismissed them all and just wanted to reunite them with their families before he died!"
Nan Guozhen suddenly remembered that there was indeed no servant waiting on him when he entered Yuwen Mansion.
Nanguo Zhen sat down in panic and unwillingness, slammed the table next to him, and said angrily, "Why did God let traitors take over to destroy my country, Great Southern Kingdom, and now he wants to destroy our Youzhou City..."
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