Ye Heng's words were like sharp thorns piercing into Zhou Sisi's heart, she had imagined that with her beauty, as long as she took the initiative, no man could resist her charm. She used a little trick, didn't the prince Li He bow down under her pomegranate skirt?

Zhou Sisi was wrong, and the mistake was to see all men as the same kind of people. Young and beautiful is her advantage, only men who are greedy for beauty will be fascinated by her, of course, they are only obsessed with her beauty;

Ye Heng stated his position, cut off Zhou Sisi's thoughts, and continued: "We are going to go on an expedition in the near future, I suggest that you return to the imperial capital, it no longer makes sense for you to stay here. ”

Zhou Sisi gradually stopped crying, wiped the tears from his face and stood up, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I am destined to be a utilitarian woman who lives for myself, Ye Heng, thank you for your honesty, I was wrong in this life, but I can't turn back." From now on, I won't bother you again. If you need me to do anything for you, come to me in the imperial capital. ”

In the end, Zhou Sisi took a step forward, stared at Ye Heng's eyes, and said solemnly: "Ye Heng, although you have a woman you love, as far as I know, it is not one or two, but in my heart, I have only loved you alone." Whether in the past or in the future, I can no longer let go of others in my heart. Say goodbye today, if you don't come, you won't see each other again!"

From Zhou Sisi's words, Ye Heng heard the decision, and his heart suddenly felt melancholy.

"Ye Heng, hug me again, I'm afraid that no one will warm me for the rest of my life!" Zhou Sisi muttered, slowly leaning towards Ye Heng's chest. Ye Heng didn't dodge, and reached out to grab Zhou Sisi's slender waist.

Ye Heng left and took away all the love of Zhou Sisi's life. Looking at Ye Heng's departing back, she smiled. Ye Heng finally agreed to her request, and her purpose of coming to Pingcheng had been achieved. However, her heart was full of bitterness. She knew that she had completely lost Ye Heng in this life, and she exchanged the only trace of old love in Ye Heng's heart for his support for her.

If you say that the two have no fate, but the world is so big, in the crowd of people, there are you and me, meet and know each other and fall in love; if you say that there is fate, but in the crowd, I see you again, the same charming and beautiful, just slowly let go, slowly abandon, and finally there is no chance to come together.

Zhou Sisi knew that, as Ye Heng said, it was meaningless for her to continue to stay in Pingcheng. Seeing Ye Heng away, she planned to return to the imperial capital immediately. If she hadn't made suggestions behind the crown prince's back, Li He would never have been able to control the situation of the Shuntian Empire by himself.

Early the next morning, Zhou Sisi left Pingcheng under the protection of a group of guards, she walked very low-key, and left in a hurry as soon as the city gate was opened, only Elder Zhou saw her off.

Although Ye Heng received the report that Zhou Sisi went out of the city, he did not go out of the city to see him off. He just let out a sigh, and then he was in full swing to plan the matter of sending troops to Hanzhou.

Everyone fully accepted Ye Heng's strategy, Ruan Hongfeng led the 20,000 troops brought from the imperial capital and the God of War Regiment to attack Linhan Prefecture first, the Pingcheng Army was responsible for logistics support, and the helpers invited by Ye Heng were responsible for intercepting and assisting the army of Linhan Prefecture.

Due to the limited number of people and horses in the Yingtian Empire's attack on Linhan Prefecture, there were not many troops stationed in other places except for the state city of Lintaicheng, which was stationed in a large number of soldiers and horses. Ruan Hongfeng's vanguard swept all the way and approached Lintaizhou.

The main general of the Yingtian army stationed in Lintai City knew his shortcomings, and immediately ordered the army to shrink, abandon the surrounding small cities, concentrate his forces to defend Lintai City, and sent a letter of help, waiting for friendly troops to come, intending to attack inside and outside to destroy the Shuntian army that came to attack them.

After Ruan Hongfeng led the army to surround Lintai City, he did not rush to attack the city, and only sent part of the army to call the battle every day, and the two sides only fought on a small scale, and there were no major casualties, which looked more like training.

The Yingtian army stationed in Linhanzhou saw that the Shuntian army adopted such a tactic, and secretly thought that there was enough grain and grass in the city, as long as it lasted a few more days, the reinforcements from Quanshouzhou arrived, and they would be able to completely annihilate this Shuntian army.

It's just that the wish is good, and five days have passed, and the reinforcements from Quanshou Prefecture are still missing. In fact, it was not that Quanshou Prefecture did not send troops, they sent troops to rescue as soon as they received the letter for help, but they were ambushed on the way, and their army was killed by the joint efforts of the wild wolf cavalry and the elite forces of all parties, with many casualties, and only a very small number of survivors fled back to Quanshou Prefecture. Of course, these people were deliberately let go, just so that they could pass on the news and order the Ying Heavenly Army to send more reinforcements.

The rescue in Quanshou Prefecture was fruitless, and on the one hand, he asked for help from the Chen family, and on the other hand, he continued to organize troops to go to Linhan Prefecture, and all actions were carried out according to the strategy provided by Lin Wenshu for Ye Heng.

No matter how the Chen family tried to do it, they couldn't mobilize the troops loyal to the Yingtian Empire, and the Zhao royal family had already taken precautions against the Chen family, and they would never let them get involved in more troops, so they could only send the troops close to them to Quanshou Prefecture and continue to go north to rescue Linhan Prefecture. In this way, the army of the Yingtian Empire was clearly divided into two parts, most of which converged on the south bank of the Dingjiang River and continued to confront the army of the Shuntian Empire, and a small part continued to enter the territory of the Shuntian Empire through the upper reaches of the Dingjiang River.

The Zhao royal family watched the troops being sent by the Chen family to the north bank of the Dingjiang River without doing anything to stop them, except for coldness, fear. The Zhao royal family didn't expect that the Chen family's hand had been stretched out so long, if it weren't for the outbreak of this war, they would never have dreamed that there would be so many troops with the surname Chen, in case they launched a mutiny, judging from the military strength they showed, it would not be so difficult to overthrow the Zhao royal dynasty.

As more and more troops belonging to the Chen family went north to the Shuntian Empire, the Zhao royal family's fear of the Chen family became less and less, and their attitude towards the Chen family became more and more tough. At the beginning, the Yingtian Empire also provided grain and grass to these northbound troops, and gradually, the Zhao royal family was no longer afraid of the Chen family in the south of the Yangtze River, cut off all logistics supplies, and said to the head of the Chen family: People, you can take it away, but the grain and grass court does not.

Chen Xingyuan, the head of the Chen family, faced the sudden turn of face of the Zhao royal family, and his anger was like thunder, but he was helpless. He also knew in his heart that the reason why he could control the imperial court before was not only because the Chen family was huge, but also because the Chen family controlled a large number of troops of the Yingtian Empire, and some of the troops even before Chen Xingyuan used them, the Zhao royal family did not know that these troops had the surname Chen.

No matter how angry and dissatisfied Chen Xingyuan was, he couldn't watch the troops sent out starve to death. The court didn't care, he could only use the Chen family's strength to provide supplies for these troops, and had to fall into the quagmire of war, and the pit he dug finally jumped off by himself. When Chen Xingyuan slowly realized the seriousness of the matter, the Chen family was already deeply involved and could not extricate themselves.

It was also heartbreaking for the Zhao royal family to make such a cold decision. It's like having a dog at home, taking care of it and drinking, taking care of it, training it, expecting it to take care of the home, but when it came time to use it, the neighbor shouted, and it turned around and ran over and wagged its tail at others. I'm sorry, even if I don't give up, I don't want you anymore, even if the dog food at home is broken and thrown away, I won't feed you anymore! Your cheap master raises you, that's your life, he doesn't care about you, you deserve to starve to death on the street!

The imperial court of the Yingtian Empire didn't care about these troops going north, and the Chen family could only support themselves. Supporting a family and supporting a large number of troops are two different things, even if the Chen family's family background is very rich, it can't withstand such a big consumption! In less than half a month, some people within the Chen family voiced dissatisfaction, because in order to support the war, the family will inevitably reduce the expenses of the members of the family, and most of these people are parasites of the family, and they spend a lot of money on nothing on weekdays, and they suddenly touch their interests, and the pent-up grievances finally broke out, and they began to complain to Chen Xingyuan.

For these rich children who are treasured by their elders, they don't have to work hard at all, they can get the wealth that others can't get after fighting for a lifetime, and the family power is huge, so they don't need to work hard. Their state of existence is to profligate, eat and wait for death, and the life of poverty and luxury not only corrodes their lives, but also corrodes their souls, and what is even more terrible is that even the most fundamental concept of distinguishing between right and wrong has changed. They don't care about the prosperity of the family or the danger of the country, as long as they can live well, they don't care about anything else.

When Chen Xingyuan was in a hurry, these people jumped out to be demons, and they were naturally slashed. However, Chen Xingyuan also knew that these people's worries were not unreasonable, before they crossed the river with a dragon, took Quanshou Prefecture lightly, and went straight down to Hanzhou, invincible, and high-spirited. Now the situation of the war has changed abruptly, no matter how many reinforcements are sent, they will be defeated one after another. Lintai City is like a burning fire, the more troops are added, the more fierce the fire, and the more troops are consumed. The situation in Jiangbei is like a bottomless pit, which will swallow up the army that obeys the orders of the Chen family little by little.

The war lasted for half a month, and the Chen family had no troops to send, so Chen Xingyuan could only hope that they could fight for strength and fight a turnaround. At the same time, Chen Xingyuan asked for help from the organization behind him, telling his dissatisfaction.

Now that the battle situation has arrived, the Chen family can be said to have done their best, and Chen Xingyuan believes that the failure to achieve greater results has a lot to do with the organization's failure to do its best. Now everyone is in the same boat, if you want to go far, everyone must paddle together, relying only on the Chen family's side, the boat will not go far, and it will even spin in place.

The organization behind understood Chen Xingyuan's mood, and while comforting him, he told him that the organization was trying to find a way to expand the results of the battle, so that he must hold on. Moreover, the organization has raised a large amount of grain and grass, which is being transported to Linhan Prefecture and Quanshou Prefecture through secret channels to relieve the pressure on the Chen family in Jiangnan.

After getting the reply from the organization behind him, Chen Xingyuan was finally in a better mood. Originally, he wanted to lead the forces of the Chen family to Linhan Prefecture in person, but he was afraid that the rest of the Chen family would not be able to suppress the Zhao royal family without him in Jiangnan, so he had to send others to the front line with the children of the Chen family.

When the descendants of the Chen family came to the battlefield and were intercepted on the way to Linhan Prefecture, they really understood why they could not lift the siege of Linhan Prefecture after investing so many troops. A large number of elites from the Suncheon Empire appeared out of nowhere, these people were clearly a rabble, and it was clear from their attire that they were not from the same army at all, but a ragtag army of many forces combined.

It is this group of miscellaneous armies that continues to consume the army supporting Linhan Prefecture. To be honest, the high-level leaders of the Chen family didn't believe too much in the news from the army at first, thinking that they were making excuses for their defeats, and even scoffed at them, thinking that they were alarmist.