The old Protector took the letter, read it, and began to think about it.
He thought for a while and said: "It's probably the Southern Chu side that has restrained the Wei Dynasty. Otherwise, the Prince of Wei Dynasty would not have captured twelve cities in Daliang. Since he has enough troops to fight back, he would not fight. The Lord is talking about peace."
Yan nodded in response, "It seems so."
He also thought for a moment and discussed with the old Protector, "What do you think, should we negotiate peace with Wei?"
"Of course." The old Protector nodded, "If we continue to fight, we will not have enough food and military pay. This is our biggest weakness. For so many years, we have been completely unprepared. It was not until this year that we hurriedly prepared military supplies. Where can we supply the huge war consumption? ?”
Yan Huisheng sighed. He also knew that even if Daliang continued to fight against the Wei Dynasty, the loss of military pay would not be enough to support the attack on the capital of the Wei Dynasty. He speculated: "I wonder if the crisis in Southern Chu has been resolved. Su Rong couldn't hold back and launched a counterattack against the Wei Dynasty."
The old Protector nodded, "It can't be wrong. Otherwise, why didn't the Crown Prince of Wei not fight? Unless Nan Chu threatened him, there is no other reason."
Yan Huisheng suddenly laughed, "It seems that this time, if we agree to negotiate a peace, we can cut off a piece of fat from Da Wei."
The old Protector also smiled, "If our predictions are correct, the Crown Prince of Wei should have not only sent this peace negotiation letter, but also sent a letter to Nanchu. We are not in a hurry to reply to the letter, we are just waiting for news from Su Rong It is reported that Nanchu and Daliang are negotiating peace with Wei."
Yan Hui nodded and said with a smile, "That's how it should be."
Therefore, Daliang did not kill the messenger, but he did not let it go. He did not reply to Da Wei, so he put it aside for the time being.
And Nanchu was at war at this time.
Su Rong, Zhou Gu and others had been recovering from their injuries for more than ten days. Except for Ye Guixue, Fengling and a few other seriously injured people, the others were almost healed and could at least walk, move and ride horses.
Doctor Zhang sternly instructed Su Rong, Zhou Gu and others not to use force unless their injuries were completely healed. Su Rong, Zhou Gu and others were obedient. Anyway, they now have no shortage of people to lead the charge, and they can also sit in the rear.
Therefore, when they attacked Dingnan City, Su Rong, Zhou Gu, Xie Yuan, Zhang Yun, Ye Guixue and others all sat in the rear. Cui Xingzhi, Cui Yanjin, people from Guishamen, and Zhibai led a large number of masters, and then there were Zhou Shen and Zhou Che led the soldiers to attack Dingnancheng.
When Nangong Zheng and the secret guard masters of the Nangong family around him were following the Wei Crown Prince Yuan Zhao, they actually did not lose much due to the charge of the poisonous medical sect, so they retained most of their strength.
There are also a large number of masters around He Lanjue, but they were never used when Yuan Zhao attacked Heiya Pass.
Now facing Nanchu's 650,000 troops, He Lanjue had gritted his teeth and led his men to fight for three days. Most of the masters around him were dead. When he saw that they were about to be defeated, Nangong Zheng came with 150,000 troops. , he suddenly increased his support and defended the precarious Dingna City again.
But even with the help of Nangong Zheng and 150,000 troops, it only lasted seven more days.
Seven days later, Nanchu finally broke through the gate of Dingnan City and invaded Dingnan City. Seeing that the city was broken, He Lanjue and Nangong Zheng had no choice but to lead the Wei troops in defeat and withdraw from Dingnan City.
Su Rong did not chase the deserters, but quickly took over Dingnancheng.
She was also very tired, "This Dingna City is harder to attack than I thought. I didn't expect that Helan Jue and Nangong Zheng could really defend it. It took us ten days to capture it."
Within ten days, even Cui Xingzhi was injured in Nangong Zheng's hands. Of course, Nangong Zheng's injuries were not serious.
Without Su Rong's instructions, Doctor Zhang and Qin Feng immediately led Lanzhi and Biqing around the injured, applying medicine and bandaging to the injured.
Zhou Gu waved to her, "You go and rest, leave this place to us."
Zhang Yun said from the side: "The princess and brother Zhou Gu both went to rest. They kept changing strategies in order to formulate battle plans. You haven't slept much for many days. Unlike us, you still had a good sleep in turns."
Zhou Gu thought about it, and immediately took Su Rong's hand, "Okay, let's go, and I'll leave this place to you."
Su Rong had no objection, and together with Zhou Gu, they found a place to rest.
Zhang Yun, together with Zhang Mao, Ning Ze and others, cleaned the battlefield, counted casualties, and took over all affairs in the city.
Entering the General Military Mansion in the city, Su Rong ordered people, "Go and boil some hot water. I want to take a bath. Since I was injured, I have even skipped taking a bath. Now that I have won the battle, I have to take a bath first. I feel comfortable all over. Only then can I have two drinks as a reward for the three armies."
Zhou Gu poured cold water on her, "You haven't recovered from your injury. Doctor Zhang is not allowed to drink."
Su Rong turned to look at him, "You are so annoying, why can't you just make me happy for a while."
Zhou Guxiao said, "You are happy enough after winning the battle, right? What's the point of not being able to drink? Later, when you take a bath, someone will put some flower petals in your bathtub. I heard that the wife of the General Military Mansion loves to raise children." Flowers, in a moment someone will pluck all the flowers she raised and give you a bath."
Su Rong clicked her tongue, "People are guilty, but flowers are not guilty. Who did the flowers offend?" After saying that, she smiled and said happily: "Okay, let someone pick it up quickly. If there are too many, you can also soak some petals." bath."
Zhou Gu smiled, "Okay."
The two reached an agreement and entered the courtyard easily.
Soon, someone boiled the water, and someone picked up the petals. Su Rong took a look, what a basket of petals, it showed that the original owner really loved the flower, but in the face of life and death, no matter how great the love was, it was left behind.
It was not unfair for her to grab these flowers.
She asked someone to pour some of the flowers into her bathtub. She got in, soaked in the petals, and closed her eyes comfortably.
At the same time, across the wall, Zhou Gu also poured some flower petals into the bathtub. Like Su Rong, he got into the water and took a petal bath.
So, when Cui Yanjin came over and heard that his cousin and cousin-in-law were taking a bath, he nodded and sat obediently in the painting hall to wait. While waiting, he saw most of the baskets of fresh petals. He wondered, "Are these petals newly picked? What are they for?"
The guard explained, "Replying to Mr. Jin, it was the princess and the fourth prince who had them picked and bathed in flower petals."
"Ah?" Cui Yanjin was stunned, "Are you so particular?"
He said that it was fine for the princess's cousin to be particular. After all, it was her daughter's family, but his cousin, a grown man, also took a flower petal bath. What was this about being particular? Could it be that a man who smells good is more popular with the queen's cousin?
He scratched his head, pinched a petal with his hand, and smelled it, "It has a bit of fragrance."
He put down his hand and asked the guard, "My cousin used to take flower petal baths when he was at the Protector's Mansion?"
The guard shook his head, "Fourth Young Master has never done this before."
"Then what is this now?" Cui Yanjin didn't understand.
The guard said: "Maybe taking a flower petal bath will help get rid of bad luck!"
Cui Yanjin thought that he had killed many people and was stained with a lot of blood, which was quite unlucky. He immediately stood up and said, "I also want to use these to bathe."
As he spoke, he pocketed a bunch of petals with his sleeves, left some for others conscientiously, and immediately went to find a place to bathe.
(End of chapter)
