The smile on Zhang Huatian's face froze slightly, he was silent for a long time, he shook his head, and replied, "I didn't find Princess Xiao's whereabouts...... I'm afraid it's not in the barracks of Beiliang......"

"How so?" Originally, this time Xiao Jingcong was already ready with both hands, on the Yuncheng side, he personally resisted the attack of the second prince Dugu Yunliu, while Zhang Huatian led the light cavalry to explore the military camp of Beiliang to see if Yan Zixi was tied up by Lonely Yunliu.

However, it backfired, Zhang Huatian did not find Yan Zixi's whereabouts in the military camp of Beiliang, in other words, Yan Zixi was likely to fall into the hands of others, and the most suspicious of them was Li Yuanxiao, the prince of Yuanxia.

Xiao Jingcong once witnessed the secret contact between Li Yuanxiao, the prince of Yuanxia, and Lonely Xuerou, and the two didn't know what they were talking about in the house, Xiao Jingcong didn't hide and listen carefully because he was worried about being discovered, so he didn't know what the two of them were plotting about.

However, according to Xiao Jingcong's speculation, it is very likely to be related to Yan Zixi's matter. But right now, Xiao Jingcong couldn't pull away, and he didn't see Li Yuanxiao in the enemy's battle, so Li Yuanxiao should not be here.

Xiao Jingcong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said to Zhang Huatian: "City Lord Zhang, there is something I hope you can help me. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that it doesn't matter, as long as Weichen can do it, he will do his best to smear his liver and brains." Zhang Huatian hugged his fists and said solemnly to Xiao Jingcong.

Xiao Jingcong beckoned to Zhang Huatian, whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhang Huatian remembered them one by one......

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The camp of the Central Army of the Northern Liang.

"Damn, where did Xiao Jingcong get the news that we were going to send troops, so he returned to Cloud City early in the morning to defend."

As soon as he returned to the camp, Dugu Yunliu was furious, and the generals sitting on both sides bowed their heads, and no one dared to touch Dugu Yunliu's moldy head.

The attack could not be carried out for a long time, not to mention the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers, and it also greatly damaged morale, no matter how you look at it, they were defeated. Dugu Yunliu was angry, and those generals could only keep silent, listening to Dugu Yunliu scolding there.

Dugu Yunliu slammed his fist on the desk, causing the generals' faces to change dramatically, and they knelt on the ground one after another.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is angry!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, don't be angry with the dragon body, now that the war is undecided, we still need your wise command, Your Highness!"

Dugu Yunliu swept his eyes at everyone, and raised his hand slightly, "Let's all get up and speak!" The failure to attack Xiayun City this time is the responsibility of this prince, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Hearing Lonely Yunliu say this, those generals let out a sigh of relief and stood up from the ground one after another.

"Tell me how to break through Cloud City and defeat Xiao Jun?" Dugu Yunliu sat back in his position and discussed countermeasures with the generals.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then a fat-headed, big-eared general stood up from his seat, clenched his fists, and said.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince doesn't need to be too anxious, in the opinion of the last general, although the city of Yuncheng is high and solid, but after all, Xiao Jingcong only has twenty or thirty thousand men and horses in his hands, and it is absolutely impossible to support it for too long, it is better for us to surround it without fighting, and let the Xiao army destroy itself!"

Hearing this, Lonely Yunliu had a gloomy face, glared at the general who had just spoken, and snorted coldly: "Surround but not fight? Do you know how many men it would take to completely encircle a big city like Cloud City? 300,000! We don't have more than 100,000 men, so how easy is it to besiege the city? Not to mention that the grain and grass in Cloud City are enough to support a year and a half, and before the Xiao army is defeated and retreated, our grain and grass will be the first to fail! ”

"This ......" After listening to Lonely Yunliu's analysis, the general who had just made a proposal with a smug face immediately lowered his head with a dark face and without saying a word.

"Does anyone else have a plan?" Dugu Yunliu looked around at everyone and asked again.

At this moment, no one dared to stand up and speak, Dugu Yunliu looked at the long-haired general who sat first on the left hand, and asked in a deep voice: "Old General Chen, you are the old general of my Liang, I don't know what is the best way to break the city?" ”

Old General Chen heard Dugu Yunliu point out himself, and when he stood up, he replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Yuncheng City is high Chijian, and Xiao Jingcong is the peerless general of Da Xiao, with him in the battle, I am afraid that this Cloud City will not be able to defeat for a while." ”

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"General Chen, you are also an important minister in the army, why do you want to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige at this critical moment? Could it be that my dignified and good man can't match his mere Xiao Jingcong? Not to mention that this time I want Yuanxia Kingdom to help......" Referring to Yuanxia Kingdom, Dugu Yunliu suddenly remembered Li Yuanxiao, the prince of Yuanxia.

Li Yuanxiao is scheming, if he is willing to help design and offer ideas, there is definitely a way to conquer Cloud City. Originally, the idea of Dugu Yunliu and colluding with Zhang Huatian, the city lord of Cloud City, was put forward by Li Yuanxiao, and at that time, Li Yuanxiao emphasized that it must be disintegrated from within Cloud City and avoided it, otherwise rash siege will only lead to heavy losses.

Dugu Yunliu adopted his opinion, and indeed exchanged letters with Zhang Huatian, the city lord of Cloud City, but what Dugu Yunliu didn't expect was that he had already talked about it properly, and that Zhang Huatian suddenly regretted it halfway, but lost contact even more. Otherwise, with Zhang Huatian, the city lord, as the internal response, wouldn't Cloud City have already been in his pocket?

It can only be said that chess is one move worse, and people are not as good as heaven.

Now seeing that there is no one available in the entire Chinese army's big tent, Dugu Yunliu is very angry, and may have to ask Li Yuanxiao for countermeasures again.

However, the last time Li Yuanxiao came, his attitude made him very dissatisfied, not to mention that he still has a trump card in his hand now, I am afraid that he is not so easy to speak. Despite this, Dugu Yunliu still doesn't want to give up, and there's nothing wrong with trying.

Thinking of this, Dugu Yunliu sent an order to his subordinates, and immediately sent a message to Li Yuanxiao, asking him to come to the garrison camp in Daliang as soon as possible to discuss the countermeasures for breaking the city.

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The letter reached the courtyard of the Yuanxia Prince's Mansion, and when Li Yuanxiao learned that Dugu Yunliu had sent troops to attack Yuncheng and returned defeated, he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart.

"What? Has Xiao Jingcong received the news and returned to Fangyun City? How is this possible? Li Yuanxiao was a little unconvinced, Xiao Jingcong should be looking for Yan Zixi's whereabouts in the northern Xinjiang at this time, how could he receive the news that Daliang sent troops and rushed back to Yuncheng to defend as soon as possible? Could it be that some fine work has slipped into the barracks of Daliang?

Li Yuanxiao doesn't know, but now is not the time to think about this, Dugu Yunliu's 80,000 army is facing each other under the city, if you don't capture Yuncheng quickly, it will inevitably slack, after a long time, the army's morale will be weakened, morale will be low, and even the supply of grain and grass will be insufficient, and it will be really dangerous at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanxiao immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage and prepare to go to the garrison camp in Daliang under the stars.

Yan Zixi, who was sitting in the room sullen and still angry with Xiao Jingcong, saw through the window that Li Yuanxiao was preparing for the carriage to go out, so she hurriedly rushed out of the house, stopped Li Yuanxiao, and asked, "Yuanxiao, are you going out?" ”

Li Yuanxiao didn't expect Yan Zixi to run out, he didn't know how to speak, he just nodded slightly and answered.

Seeing this, Yan Zixi seemed to have guessed something, and asked tentatively: "Yuan Xiao, are you ...... Are you going to the front line to fight? Are you going to deal with Xiao Jingcong? ”

Faced with Yan Zixi's straightforward question, Li Yuanxiao clenched his fist and then released it again, then turned around and walked in front of Yan Zixi, glanced at Yan Zixi, and said softly: "Zixi, don't worry, I'm just going to see the second prince of Daliang, not to fight with Xiao Jingcong." ”

"See the second prince of Daliang? Has the second prince already sent troops? What about Jing Cong, is there anything wrong with Jing Cong? Although she had always held a grudge against Xiao Jingcong in her heart, as soon as she heard that something might be wrong with Xiao Jingcong, Yan Zixi couldn't help but get nervous.

Li Yuanxiao saw that Yan Zixi still cared so much about Xiao Jingcong, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood, but he couldn't show it.

"Zixi, I don't know the specific battle situation yet, I won't know until I get to the Daliang camp, I'm sorry, I'm going to leave for a while, you just stay in the courtyard and don't run around, I'll come back to accompany you soon." Saying that, Li Yuanxiao turned around and wanted to get into the carriage, but was stopped by Xiao Jingcong from behind.

"Yuan Xiao, please, please take me with you, okay?" Tears rolled down from Yan Zixi's eyes uncontrollably, and Yan Zixi tightly pulled Li Yuanxiao's sleeve and pleaded bitterly.

"Zixi, why are you so troubled? What if you really meet Xiao Jingcong? Let's not talk about whether he is dead or alive, even if he can survive unharmed, do you think you can still come together? Li Yuanxiao tried to persuade Yan Zixi to let her give up Xiao Jingcong as soon as possible and die of this heart.

But how could Yan Zixi give up so easily?

Before seeing Xiao Jingcong with his own eyes, before hearing Xiao Jingcong's words with his own mouth, Yan Zixi would never give up even if he resented Xiao Jingcong ten thousand times in his heart.

"Yuan Xiao, I beg you, will you take me with you? I want to meet Xiao Jingcong, even if I see him ruthlessly say those words to me, I am willing. Yan Zixi stared at Li Yuanxiao with teary eyes and said bitterly.

Li Yuanxiao was worried that Yan Zixi's body bones would pass out again because of excessive sadness, so he hesitated again and again, and finally nodded in agreement and agreed.

"Okay, I promise you, but you must listen to me in everything on the way, otherwise when you get to the beam, even I can't guarantee your thoughtfulness."