Beifeng Mansion Office is majestic, standing like a small fortress in the center of Beifeng City.
It's called Fu Yamen, but it's actually a military camp.
The tall courtyard walls are like a city within a city. The Yulin guards on duty outside the gate are tall and mighty, and the groups of soldiers on the city gate street are closely dispatched.
Everything seemed solemn and solemn, but this solemnity was quickly broken by a voice.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
A soldier wearing the uniform of a messenger came from the end of the street on a snowy wildebeest, coming at lightning speed, attracting side glances from the troops on the street and the guards on duty outside the gate of the mansion.
Riding a horse like this in the city under such heavy snow is considered a violation of military regulations.
However, the messenger did not take this into consideration at all.
When he came to the main entrance of the government office, he immediately got off his horse and shouted loudly:
"Open the door! Hurry up! There is an urgent military situation that needs to be informed to His Highness Wu Yuan! Open the door quickly!"
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The Habayashi guards on duty looked at the other party's anxious expression and were not moved at all:
"Token."
There is a large amount of military supplies stored in the government office, so it is useless to worry. If spies sneak in and these supplies are lost, the consequences will be disastrous.
The messenger gritted his teeth and hurriedly took out a token from his arms and threw it to the guard:
"Here you go, hurry up!!"
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The Habayashi guard quickly and neatly checked the token thrown by the other party, and then waved to open the door.
Before he could return the token, the messenger had already rushed into the government office in a flash.
Behind the gate of the mansion was a spacious stone road. The snow on the road was swept to both sides and piled up. The messengers ran all the way north, crossing the walls of the courtyard, and finally saw a huge school ground covered with snow.
And under the cover of blizzard,
A huge meeting hall stood faintly at the end of the school grounds.
But what shocked the ordering soldiers was,
He could actually vaguely hear some fierce questioning coming from the meeting hall.
Question to His Highness Wu Yuan.
"Now it will take at least one day for the barbarians to completely encircle Beifeng City. Why did Your Highness seal Beicheng?"
"The barbarians are about to encircle. This is the last chance to deliver supplies to the friendly forces in Houting County. Why don't you let me wait outside the city to deliver supplies?!"
"If they are completely surrounded in the city and their supply lines are cut off, what will happen to the 300,000 troops in Houting County?"
"The granary in Houting County was destroyed in the previous war, and the newly built grain warehouse can last for a month at most!"
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Compared with the wind and snow outside, the lobby was noisy.
On one side was the general who looked excited and wore the armor of the frontier army, and on the other was the general of the Yulin Army who lowered his eyes and said nothing.
And in this noise,
No one noticed that no one from the third-party Black Scale Army came.
Of course, they don't have to come.
Because this is not the second military meeting convened by Li Qingyan, but a simple attempt to force the emperor to go to the palace.
It's funny to say,
An hour ago, these people expressed their loyalty at the first military meeting and would obey all Wu Yuan's orders.
An hour later, these people came to the meeting hall to cause trouble.
Because they discovered that Li Qingyan had sealed all the city gates.
The activation formation is sealed.
Both the monster beasts and the high-level cultivators were all blocked in the city.
Unless they dare to walk through the south city gate that was blown open, they won't be able to get out at all.
This made them anxious.
So we came together directly to ask for explanations.
"Your Highness."
On the side of the border army, a middle-aged man who had been silent until now suddenly sighed.
The man's armor-clad Yuan Qi, the commander of the army beside him, proved his second-grade Yuanchu cultivation.
And as he sighed,
The lobby, which was noisy just now, suddenly became quiet at a strange speed.
Obviously, this person is the one who talked about this "forced palace".
The man with the goatee looked at the woman in the hall and said calmly:
"If you can't give a specific reason, the North Gate can only be opened by our own Beifeng Border Army."
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When the generals of the Yulin Guards on the other side heard this, many of them seemed to want to scold, but they all restrained themselves from looking at the heroic woman in the hall wearing dragon armor with red bottom and gold edges.
Their eyes converged and they were silent for a few breaths.
"Drive it yourself?"
The hoarse and deep female voice finally sounded softly, echoing in the empty lobby.
Putting down the file in his hand, Li Qingyan slowly raised his eyes to look at the middle-aged man and asked flatly:
"Commander Qi, how do you plan to attack? Are you going to use your Zhenhua Army to attack the city from the inside?"
Commander Qi's face fell as deep as water when he heard this, and he cupped his hands without giving in at all:
"How dare the general do such a treasonous and unethical thing? Now that the enemy is outside, we still need to be united. We just want to ask His Highness for a reason to seal the city."
Li Qingyan nodded, with no trace of happiness or anger on his beautiful face:
"Okay, since Commander Qi wants a reason, I will give you a reason."
Saying,
Li Qingyan stood up, walked down the steps slowly, and said softly:
"It is true that the barbarians have not yet laid siege to the city, but the barbarian wolf riders are already roaming outside the city. Do you want to transport these supplies through the three hundred miles of snow forest with those wolf riders surrounding you?"
"."silence.
Seeing no one answered, Li Qingyan chuckled and continued softly:
"It seems that you also know this, but since you know it, why do you insist on transporting food out of the city?
"Is it because of the hospitality? They traveled thousands of miles to attack the city in a detour, and the carriages and horses were exhausted, so they wanted to reward the barbarians with this?"
There was dead silence in the hall.
After a group of border army generals looked at each other for a few times, a man wearing a captain's armor came out, cupped his hands, and respectfully replied:
"What His Highness said is absolutely true. The ground supply lines are no longer safe, but why can't high-level cultivators and flying monsters be allowed out of the city? The probability of them being intercepted is very low."
Li Qingyan glanced at the person who made the noise:
"I remember your name is Nie Yu?"
The captain smiled slightly and made a clicking sound when his armor rubbed:
"Your Highness remembers the last general's name, and the last general is frightened."
Li Qingyan turned around and walked two meters in front of the man, then casually threw the file in his hand at the man's feet:
"Colonel Nie, pick it up and take a look.
"Then, explain to me why the flying monsters transporting military supplies are accompanied by your Nie family's wife and children? Why are there a large amount of property on those flying monsters? Why are there two fourth-grade integrated guards!"
"." Captain Nie.
Seeing that the other party was silent, Li Qingyan glanced at the group of generals below who were called imperial border troops and were actually the sect's private army with a cold gaze:
"Forget it, Captain Zhou, Captain Chang, and Lieutenant Liu. There are too many people, so I won't call you by name one by one. You can choose a representative to explain to me together."
After hearing this, Lieutenant Nie didn't blush and his heart didn't beat. He just cupped his fists and said:
"Your Highness, General Dayan Bian will set an example and allow his wife and children to stay, but those guards are all our retainers, and the people escorted out are all distinguished guests of the Northern Sect."
"Distinguished guests from the sect? It seems that they are all cultivators."
Li Qingyan spoke clearly: "Since you are a cultivator, now I will leave you to guard the city."
Captain Nie frowned and said in a serious tone:
"Your Highness, they are not soldiers of the imperial court, and they are all the children of the head of the sect. They have noble status. If they fail again, I'm afraid, Your Highness"
boom!
A beam of energy fell directly from the sky and penetrated the entire lobby, crushing Colonel Nie into a pulp from top to bottom.
The smell of blood instantly spread in the silent lobby.
Li Qingyan looked around, his eyes filled with coldness:
"I am not a soldier, the people of Dayan all have the mission to fight for the country!
"Also, don't think that I don't know that the Xumi Ring containing supplies in your hands has been sent to Houting County through the high-level cultivators who sent the message.
"Put away your petty thoughts. Anyone who dares to speak out about this matter will be dealt with by military law."
After all,
Li Qingyan's eyes fell on the leader, Commander Qi.
Commander Qi raised his eyes slightly, and he felt that the large formation in the sky had locked onto him.
However, he still didn't speak immediately, and calmly looked at the princess whose murderous intention was revealed.
Nowadays, the sect has all its elites, and almost all the high-ranking generals are in the Houting County area. He is the only talker in Beifeng City. If he dies, the sect's one hundred thousand troops will become a piece of loose sand without any organization.
When the time comes, everyone has their own secrets and no one coordinates, it will be very difficult for the princess to coordinate.
Moreover, the consequences of killing a second-grade Yuanchu commander are not comparable to killing a captain.
Want to bet?
Bet this crazy woman didn't dare to kill him, bet this woman didn't dare start an internal fight at this juncture.
The atmosphere between the two powerful Yuanchu men looked at each other, as if it could condense into water.
But in the end, Commander Qi lowered his head and said solemnly:
"Your Highness, what you said is absolutely true. Everything will be subject to His Highness's arrangements."
Under the current circumstances, Wu Yuan, a crazy woman, would definitely dare to kill him.
The life and death of the children of those high-ranking sects was very important. If these people died in Beifeng City, he would most likely be held accountable.
But whichever is more important, holding him accountable or dying directly in this lobby, he will still choose.
There was no other sound, and only the footsteps of the frontier generals returning without success echoed in the entire hall.
Colonel Nie was taken away by one of his old friends.
Li Qingyan was about to send off his direct generals to set up defenses when he saw a hurried figure running into the hall against the frontier generals:
"Your Highness, Your Highness! The Black Scale Army and the Black Scale Army force their way out of the city from the south city gate and attack the barbarian camp!"
"." Li Qingyan's eyes darkened.
(End of chapter)
