Chapter 880 - Chapter 880: Despicable
Chapter 880: Despicable
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There was a moat outside Lin’an City. The army of the Xuanyuan Kingdom was stationed on the other side of the moat, facing the north gate of Lin’an City.
The 300,000 imperial court troops had only arrived today. General Ye brought people to arrange for everyone to set up camp. Xuanyuan Ce did not have time to rest and immediately summoned the main general here.
“Greetings, Your Highness.”
Cai Yao was originally the general guarding Fenghe County, which was adjacent to Lin’an City. After Lin’an City was occupied by the Wu Kingdom, Xuanyuan Qi immediately ordered him to bring troops to Lin’an City to resist the Wu Kingdom’s army. It would naturally be better if they could snatch Lin’an City back.
Since Fenghe prefecture was relatively close to Lin’an City, he arrived half a month earlier than Xuanyuan Ce.
“What’s the situation in Lin’an City? Have you tried to attack the city in the past half a month?” Xuanyuan Ce sat in the tent that had just been set up and asked two questions in a row.
Cai Yao lowered his head. “I’m ashamed.”
Xuanyuan Ce asked, “What happened?”
“The Wu Kingdom’s army is too despicable!” Speaking of this, Cai Yao still looked angry.
The reason why the Wu Kingdom’s army could easily take over Lin’an City was because the City Lord of Lin’an City and a deputy general were the Yu family’s spies.
After what Madam Yu had done was exposed, Xuanyuan Qi’s men found out that the Yu family had cooperated with the Valley of Heavenly Secrets. In a fit of anger, they settled the old and new scores together and sent all the members of the Yu family to prison. They were sentenced to death.
After knowing that something had happened to the Yu family, the two of them were discussing how to avenge them. Unexpectedly, the Wu Kingdom people with the letter from the Yu family’s master came looking for them.
The Wu Kingdom’s army first quietly broke through Pingyang Pass using the defensive map given by the Yu family. Then, with the City Lord of Lin’an City and the deputy general of the city guard, it was almost effortless to take over Lin’an City.
If not for a smart soldier who sensed that something was wrong and found an opportunity to run out during the night shift, the news of Lin’an being snatched would have taken much longer to spread to Phoenix City.
It was also because it was too sudden that the citizens in the city were controlled by the Wu Kingdom’s army before they could escape.
They weren’t the only ones. The soldiers guarding Lin’an City were also controlled.
“Every time I bring troops to the city, the Wu Kingdom’s army will push the citizens and soldiers of our Xuanyuan Kingdom to the front.”
Cai Yao’s face turned red with anger.
If they really wanted to attack the city, they would have to step over the corpses of the innocent citizens of the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
Not to mention that he could not do that, even if he wanted to ignore it, the other generals would not agree.
Those were the innocent citizens of their city!
Xuanyuan Ce’s eyes turned cold. In order to restrain them, the people of the Wu Kingdom would do anything.
“Your Highness?” Seeing that Xuanyuan Ce did not speak, Cai Yao called out carefully.
The news that Lord Jing’an’s daughter, who had been left behind among the commoners, had married the Bulwark Duke of Great Xia had long spread. He was really worried that His Highness would disregard the lives of the commoners in Lin’an City for that woman.
“Since we can’t attack from the outside, we’ll disintegrate from the inside,” Xuanyuan Ce said in a low voice.
It turned out that he was thinking about a solution. Cai Yao heaved a sigh of relief and asked in confusion, “Your Highness, what do you mean?”
“Don’t we still have people in Lin’an City?” Xuanyuan Ce looked out of the tent. “Go and bring over that soldier who escaped from Lin’an City.”
Cai Yao was stunned and quickly nodded.
Soon, he returned, followed by a young man who was about 15 or 16 years old and wearing ordinary soldier armor.
“Greetings, Your Highness.” Although this was the first time he had seen someone more important than a general, the young man did not show any fear.
Xuanyuan Ce couldn’t help but look at him twice. “What’s your name? Where are you from?”
The young man, who was originally calm, suddenly fell silent.
“His Highness is asking you a question,” Cai Yao reminded him softly.
The young man’s face turned red. “My name is Chu Sheng. I was born and raised in Lin’an.”
As soon as he finished speaking, stifled laughter came from the side. Xuanyuan
Ce looked over. “What’s so funny?”
Chu Feng immediately stopped smiling. “Your Highness, I’m not laughing. ”
Xuanyuan Ce frowned and turned to look at Cai Yao. The latter’s shoulders were trembling from holding back his laughter.
Chu Sheng, isn’t this good?
Chu Sheng? It sounded similar to another word referring to “animal”.
Xuanyuan Ce held his forehead and said seriously, “Alright, it’s just a name. If you don’t like it, change it.”
Chu Sheng’s eyes lit up. “Thank you for the name, Your Highness.” Xuanyuan Ce thought to himself, “When did I say that I wanted to give you a name?”
Chu Sheng continued, “My mother said that she spent a bucket of rice to hire a fortune-teller to name me. The fortune-teller said that I would definitely meet a benefactor in the future with this name. Moreover, the benefactor would help me change my name. It turns out that she really wasn’t lying to me.”
If Xuanyuan Ce still did not realize that he was being scammed, he would be a fool. He narrowed his eyes. “It’s fine if you want me to give you a name. Let me ask you, how did you get out of Lin’an City back then? Since you grew up in
Lin’an City, do you have a way to bring me into the city without alerting the Wu
Kingdom’s army?”
Chu Feng was shocked. “Your Highness, didn’t you promise the king not to go to the battlefield?”
Xuanyuan Ce thought to himself, “They didn’t even fight. What kind of battlefield is this?”
At Nanling Pass.
After a huge battle, the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner.
The joy of victory filled everyone’s nerves. Even though they were already very tired pvprvnnp qtill full of pnm-cm
Most importantly, this time, it was no longer like before. The local army and the imperial court’s army were no longer divided. Everyone cooperated and helped each other wherever they were needed.
The relative efficiency was also much faster.
Xiao Qirui smiled when he saw this scene.
Song Jingchen patted his shoulder. “I’m sending Jiajia back to the general’s residence. Do you want to come with me?”
Xiao Qirui subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he thought of something and nodded and said, “Okay.”
The group chatted and laughed as they left the scene..