"That's it, City Lord Zhang, since this is the case, this king will continue to think of another way to retreat from the enemy when he goes back. However, in the battle last night, the Northern Liang and Yuanxia coalition forces already knew the reality of our army, and I am afraid that they will go south to enter the palace in a big way, and the city lord of Zhang can prepare as early as possible and strictly defend Yuncheng, and this king will also cooperate with the city lord of Zhang outside the city to destroy the enemy army! ”

"Yes, Weichen will do his best to ensure that Yuncheng is not lost!"

……

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Xiao Jingcong's face has always been very ugly.

Yan Zixi saw Xiao Jingcong's sad look on his face, thought seriously for a while, and then said, "Jingcong, are you still worried because of what Zhang Huatian just said?" ”

"Zhang Huatian's attitude is ambiguous, I really can't believe it, if I entrust my 20,000 yuan in his hands, I will definitely not be able to rest assured." Xiao Jingcong glanced at Yan Zixi worriedly and said his inner thoughts, Yan Zixi naturally understood Xiao Jingcong's worries.

"Jing Cong, I understand what you're worried about, you really can't believe it just by relying on Zhang Huatian's mouth. But didn't he say it too? This time it was Dugu Yunliu, the second prince of the Northern Liang Kingdom, who personally led the troops, you said that if we captured this Dugu Yunliu alive as a hostage, would we be able to break the situation? ”

Yan Zixi's idea is excellent, but it is quite difficult to implement. As the commander of the Northern Liang Army, the second prince Lonely Yunliu is naturally sitting in the middle of the military camp, and the surroundings must be heavily guarded, so it is not easy to get close to him. Even Xiao Jingcong was not completely sure that he would be able to infiltrate the camp of the Northern Liang army and capture the lonely cloud stream alive.

Not to mention that Lonely Yunliu has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and his martial arts are not even under Xiao Jingcong.

Xiao Jingcong expressed her worries, and Yan Zixi was silent after hearing it, is it really a dead end? Xiao Jingcong saw that Yan Zixi had been frowning, so she chuckled lightly and comforted: "Xi'er, don't think about it too much, now we can only take one step at a time." You've been busy all night, and you're tired, so let's hurry back to the tent and rest. ”

"Mmmm......" Yan Zixi nodded, followed behind Xiao Jingcong, and came out of Cloud City to the side of the grove, Xiao Jingcong whistled, and called the war horse that had been released near here, and after a while, a war horse galloped over, Xiao Jingcong helped Yan Zixi to get on the horse, and then went to Xiao Jun's camp......

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After a night of nothing, the next day Xiao Jingcong was patrolling around the camp as usual, and by the way, he went to various passes to inspect to see if there were any spies from the Liang army and the Xia army mixed in. This is absolutely not to be sloppy.

Those Xiao troops may not follow Xiao Jingcong's orders, but they are all Xiao's soldiers and horses after all, and it is their duty to guard the pass against the enemy, so they will not blatantly resist Xiao Jingcong, and will guard the pass with all their lives. After all, if the pass is lost, it is tantamount to dereliction of duty, and if a soldier fails to do his duty, he will be beheaded.

This place in northern Xinjiang is not big, laughing or not, there are more than ten passes in the range, and they are all far away, all the passes are all over the place, even if it takes a day and a night to ride a fast horse, so until it was dark, Xiao Jingcong still did not come back.

Yan Zixi walked out of the tent, looked at the stars in the sky, and muttered Xiao Jingcong's name: "It's so late, why hasn't Jingcong come back?" Could it be an ambush by enemy troops? No, no, no...... No, it won't! Yan Zixi, Yan Zixi, you crow's mouth, bah, bah! Don't talk nonsense, Jing Cong will definitely be fine......"

Yan Zixi gently patted her mouth and smashed her tongue, the night breeze blew from behind, ruffling her hair, Yan Zixi straightened the tip of her nose and sniffed her hair, and found that there was a peculiar smell, how many days has this been without a bath? I lowered my head and sniffed my body, and a thick sour smell came to my face.

"Ahhh......h

Thinking of this, Yan Zixi's eyes wandered in the surrounding mountains and forests, and suddenly she thought that she hadn't seen a river two days ago, there was a small pool of water in the lower stream of the river, and the surrounding vegetation was dense, and it would not be discovered by the patrolling soldiers, but it was a good place to take a bath. Reading the Library

Do it when you think of it! Yan Zixi, who had made up her mind, relied on some impressions left in her mind and tried to walk towards the small river. The river was not far from the camp, so Yan Zixi soon found the river. Going down the river, I saw the pool.

Yan Zixi ran over excitedly, and saw that the sparkling pool surface was blown by the night wind, and the crystal clear river water made Yan Zixi even more happy.

"That's good!"

Yan Zixi squatted down, stretched out her hand and touched the pool of water, and found that the pool water was cold and pleasant, and it was also a good thing to be able to take such a cold bath on this hot night.

Thinking of this, Yan Zixi stood on tiptoe, looked at the woods around the pond, and found that there was no movement, so she came to a piece of bluestone, quickly took off her clothes, threw it on it, and then jumped into the pool with a "plop".

"Whew! It's so comfortable! It's been a long time since I've taken a shower, and I want to wash the dirt and bad luck off my body! Yan Zixi was making a splash in the pool water to herself, indulging and swaying to her heart's content.

But before she could be happy, there was a sudden rustling sound in the woods in the north direction, as if something had broken in.

This sound reached Yan Zixi's ears, Yan Zixi immediately stopped playing in the water, and her body shrank below the surface of the water, and her eyes widened and looked in the direction of the woods to the north.

"The ...... It can't be some kind of beast, right? ”

A terrible thought suddenly rose to my heart, this is still a wild mountain forest, some birds and beasts are also normal, if it is really a jackal, tiger and leopard, it will be troublesome.

Yan Zixi held her breath and stared, not daring to make any sound, and was even about to bury her head in the water.

At this moment, a figure slowly walked from the mountains and forests to the north, the light footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the next moment a man had appeared on the shore!

"Who?!"

Yan Zixi hurriedly covered her body and asked sharply at the person on the shore.

"Hehe, who are you? It is unbelievable that there is a woman in Xiao Jun's barracks, and it is also the barracks of the disciplined Xiao Jingcong! The man standing on the shore curled his lips and smiled coldly, as if a bauhinia bloomed in the dark night.

Yan Zixi didn't answer directly, but looked at the shore by the bright moonlight, and only then did she see the appearance of the man on the shore clearly.

A gorgeous brocade robe, wearing a golden glazed jade belt, the brocade is inlaid with gorgeous gold edges, and the delicate needlework is embroidered with a lifelike brocade flying dragon pattern, which looks noble and gorgeous, and you can know that the identity of the other party must be extremely noble at a glance.

The long black hair is flowing and handsome, gently fluttering slightly with the night breeze, his skin is fair and clean, and his pupils are like thousands of glass lights flashing in his eyes, holding a folding fan, and his gestures are very decent and elegant!