Chapter 278 didn’t say that Hailing was captured by horse bandits? How can we talk about taking back the word?
Chen Xiong immediately ordered to mobilize troops.
Shen Lanxi rushed into Hailing City and killed three in and three out. When she was about to reach Chen Xiong, the one-hour agreement was about to come.
"Withdraw!"
"Yes!"
In order to increase the authenticity of the horse bandits, they took away a lot of gold, silver and food when they left. They turned all the way back to the city gate, joined the other half of the people who stayed at the city gate, and quickly left Hailing City.
In the blink of an eye, the "horse bandits" disappeared without a trace.
When Chen Xiong's soldiers and horses arrived, they saw two city gates lying on the ground. The soldiers guarding the city gates were dying and running away. The gate of Hailing City was wide open.
If a foreign tribe invades at this time, they will definitely march straight in and attack with precision.
"Why did so many horse bandits suddenly appear?" Chen Xiong asked angrily.
Subordinate: "General, is it possible that these horse bandits are disguised as foreigners?"
Some people echoed, while others made different voices.
"If it is really a foreigner pretending to be a foreigner, why not take this opportunity to capture Hailing City in one fell swoop?"
"My subordinates feel that it is probably a mob formed by the refugees from the previous cities. Those people have no livelihood and can only become bandits."
"That makes sense!"
Chen Xiong also felt that it was those damned mobs. Several cities had been lost before. Those unscrupulous people wanted to take refuge in the city, but he stopped them outside the city.
Now those people are here to take revenge on him!
"Increase our troops to destroy the horse bandits and dig out their lair and fill it up!"
"Yes!"
……
The horse bandits increased their nuisance to Hailing City, and then Shen Lanxi took the lead. The team led by her was in a stalemate with the horse bandits. They fought you back and forth, you advanced and I retreated. She was hit hard and the horse bandits temporarily ran away. ended without a trace.
Zhou Ruan quickly responded to the message. He did not need to return to the city and continued to eliminate harm for the people and track down the horse bandits.
There is also a subtext, if you can't find the horse bandits, you don't have to go back to the city.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and winter came again.
The imperial edict finally came belatedly, and 30,000 dans of grain and grass would arrive in the northwest soon.
Zhou Ruan was overjoyed. This imperial edict not only contained news about food and grass, but also a reward for Zhou Ruan.
Song Daoxi: "Congratulations to the second prince, congratulations to the second prince!"
The imperial edict commends Zhou Ru'an for his wisdom and courage, keeping the three tribes at bay, and successfully persuading the northwest king Liang Shao to surrender. This is a great achievement. He will be rewarded after he returns to Beijing!
Zhou Ru'an was so proud that he felt elated and high-spirited!
In the past, Zhou Ruyuan had always dominated all the princes, but he had never been in his father's eyes. Now he also let his father know that Zhou Ruyuan was not the only one who knew how to fight.
If his father had handed over the military power to him earlier, then the position of King Zhennan would be his!
My father is so partial!
Fortunately, my father was not confused. Now that he saw that he was better than Zhou Ruyuan, he began to take him seriously!
"This is also thanks to my husband's credit. If it weren't for my husband's advice, my father would not have given me food and grass so easily!"
Song Daoxi reminded: "Second Prince, thirty thousand grains and grass are very precious. I am worried that someone will sabotage them, so I still have to make some plans."
Zhou Ruan's eyes flashed, and he felt that what Song Daoxi said made sense.
There was an example of the Wei Jiajun before. The Wei Jiajun had no food and grass. Even a fool knows that this is not an easy matter!
"What does Mr. Song mean?"
Song Daoxi: "Let our soldiers and horses go to get food and grass!"
Zhou Ru'an thought the same way, and asked Song Daoxi casually just to give Song Daoxi face.
"Sir, you really have great insights. In your opinion, who should I send?"
Song Daoxi pointed out: "This is a hot potato~" He changed the subject and continued. "Just find something that doesn't require training, is not of the same mind as us, and kicks you out to run errands. If something happens on the road... Of course, it's best if nothing happens!"
Zhou Ruan understood the meaning of Song Daoxi's words.
Song Daoxi is indeed a descendant of Guigu, and he is very vicious when it comes to scheming people. No wonder it is said that the one who wins the Guigu Successor wins the world. This Song Daoxi is indeed a good sword!
Qian Feng, Xiao Fang and several other men of the Shen family received the task of escorting grain and grass on the second day, and they set off with a group of people that day.
Soon after, someone reported it to Zhou Ruan.
"They brought three thousand soldiers and horses, half of them were female guards!"
Zhou Ru'an was still in a bad mood when he heard that there were three thousand soldiers and horses, because he thought he had too many soldiers and horses. After listening again, half of them are female guards, so that's nothing.
"Second Prince, should we send someone to follow you?" his subordinate asked.
Song Daoxi immediately stopped him: "No need, it's best not to have any trace of our involvement in this matter!"
Zhou Ruan thought for a while and nodded, wasn't he just going to escort the food and grass? If nothing goes wrong, everyone is happy. If something happens, it has nothing to do with him.
You must know that those people are all close associates of the Shen family. Anyway, they have already had a history of stealing food and salary from the Wei family's army. It is normal to steal more.
If the food and grass matter hadn't been too involved, he would have wanted to find someone to steal the food and grass and kill the Shen family completely.
Half a month later, Hailing City guard Chen Xiong sent a letter asking for help to Zhou Ruan.
Zhou Ruan called everyone to discuss matters.
"Hailing City Guard Chen Xiong said that Hailing City is frequently attacked by horse bandits and begs us to send troops to help them eliminate the horse bandits!"
Zhou Ruan scoffed after reading the letter.
How could a small horse bandit pose a threat to a city as big as Hailing?
Song Daoxi had the same idea as him.
"They're just a few horse bandits, not foreigners. Those of us who guard the border to resist foreigners haven't said anything yet. Why is he, a general in the inner city, so afraid of being like this?"
Zhou Ruan: "Sir, are you saying there is fraud?"
Song Daoxi nodded and was about to speak when soldiers came to deliver a message to Zhou Ruan.
The soldier spoke in a very low voice, and outsiders could only vaguely hear the words "inner house".
Soon Zhou Ruan's face turned as dark as ice. Women were not allowed to participate in politics. It was really against the grain.
"You continue to discuss the matter, I will come as soon as I go!"
Zhou Ruan hurried to the inner house.
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Shen Lanxi has led the crowd to harass Hailing City for more than half a month. During this period, Chen Xiong himself was assassinated three times in succession. Each time, he suffered only superficial injuries. Now he is so frightened that he does not live in the city but directly outside the city. military camp.
Shen Lanxi's power has penetrated Hailing City bit by bit. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Hailing City is under her control.
Now there is only one legitimate opportunity left.
Chen Xiong took this opportunity and presented it to her.
……
Zhou Ruan ran back to the inner house and furiously scolded Chen Mianmian.
He thought in his mind that Hailing City was Chen Xiong's territory, and keeping Chen Mianmian would be useful in the future. Unexpectedly, I received the news of Chen Xiong’s death the next day.
Chen Xiong was killed by horse bandits!
Song Daoxi secretly asked Zhou Ruan: "Second Prince, this is an excellent opportunity!"
After a detailed discussion between the two, Zhou Ruan decided to personally send troops to avenge Chen Xiong and recapture Hailing City from the horse bandits!
A group of subordinates looked at each other.
Didn't you say that Hailing City was captured by horse bandits? How can we talk about taking back the word?