"This ...... This ......"

Hearing Xiao Jingcong's questioning, Yan Zixi lowered her head, and immediately swallowed in her mouth, not knowing how to answer.

"Xi'er, raise your head and tell your husband honestly, what happened during my absence? Where have you been and who have you met? Xiao Jingcong's serious and serious appearance really made Yan Zixi feel that he looked a little bit like a prince.

Yan Zixi sighed, knowing that she couldn't hide it, so she told Xiao Jingcong everything that happened today. From how to meet Zhang Huatian to how to meet the two Yuan Xia assassins, they all said.

Xiao Jingcong listened silently on the side, and waited until Yan Zixi finished speaking, and then Xiao Jingcong nodded, "Well, I know, it's okay." ”

Yan Zixi deliberately waited for a while, and found that there was no follow-up, so she asked in surprise: "Jingcong, don't you blame me, aren't you angry with me?" ”

"What's the use of being angry with you? You still went, but luckily I came back in time, otherwise you would have been captured by those two assassins in Yuanxia at this time! Xiao Jingcong gently scraped the bridge of Yan Zixi's nose, and scolded in his mouth.

Yan Zixi stuck out her tongue, then thought of something again, and hurriedly said to Xiao Jingcong: "By the way, Jingcong, although those two assassins are from Yuanxia, they didn't arrest me to go to Yuanxia. ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Jingcong's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked puzzledly.

Yan Zixi thought for a moment and continued: "Those two assassins said that the master of their family is Li Yuanxiao, the crown prince of Yuanxia, Li Yuanxiao came to Northern Xinjiang a few months ago, and they are going to take me to Li Yuanxiao's mansion. ”

"Really? It turned out that Li Yuanxiao, the prince of Yuanxia, had already come to Northern Xinjiang, and it seemed that he had been planning for a long time......"

"Yes, but I'm very strange, why do you want to see me because you are the prince of Yuanxia?"

"Of course, I covet the beauty of this princess!" Xiao Jingcong deliberately eased the atmosphere and said to Yan Zixi jokingly.

Yan Zixi glanced at Xiao Jingcong, "Jingcong, when is it, you are still laughing at me there?" I really don't understand, I'm not a sweetheart, why does everyone want to see me. ”

"Li Yuanxiao is young and promising, he was made the prince of Yuanxia early, and he commanded Yuanxia Yipintang, and the masters of Yuanxia are all under his hands. You just said that the second prince of Beiliang and Zhang Huatian have a correspondence, can you tell me more about it? ”

Yan Zixi nodded, and told Xiao Jingcong the content of the previous letter between Zhang Huatian and the prince of Northern Liang, and Xiao Jingcong also frowned slightly after listening to it.

"This chapter Huatian really has a connection with Beiliang?"

"No, no, Jingcong, I must explain this matter to you clearly."

"Xi'er, what else do you know?"

"It's that Zhang City Lord...... Zhang Huatian is not the villain who colluded with the traitor and the enemy in Northern Liang as rumored, it was Wei Wuji who slandered him, and we all misunderstood Zhang Huatian. Yan Zixi remembered the Zhang Huatian she saw in the City Lord's Mansion during the day, and decided to help others talk, after all, she had promised that Zhang Huatian would tell Xiao Jingcong the truth, and Yan Zixi didn't want to hide it.

What's more, Zhang Huatian is the city lord of Cloud City after all, and it is necessary to let Xiao Jingcong know the position of others.

Thinking of this, when Yan Zixi wanted to continue to say a few more words for Zhang Huatian, Xiao Jingcong pursed her lips and smiled, "Xi'er, I know, it's the same as I guessed." ”

"Huh? Jingcong, you ...... Did you already know? Originally, Yan Zixi thought that he could surprise Xiao Jingcong, who would have thought that Xiao Jingcong was not surprised at all, it seemed that everything was under his control.

Seeing Yan Zixi's surprised expression, Xiao Jingcong shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I was just guessing when I first arrived in Cloud City, but when my husband returned to Beishui City again, it was basically confirmed." ”

"Why, is something happening in Beishui City?"

"Wei Wuji is gathering people in Beishui City." Xiao Jingcong said lightly. Micro book bar

When Yan Zixi heard this, she immediately asked suspiciously, "Wei Wuji is just the lord of a small town, why did he gather soldiers and horses privately?" Who gave him this right? ”

Xiao Jingcong smiled coldly and didn't answer, "That's why I'm sure Zhang Huatian was slandered." ”

"That'...... So what are we going to do now? ”

"This time I have exposed my whereabouts, I am afraid that the two assassins of Yuanxia Yipintang have already reported this matter to Li Yuanxiao, Li Yuanxiao knows that this king is coming, and he will definitely not sit still, I think they should take action soon." Xiao Jingcong's deep gaze reflected Yan Zixi's face, "Xi'er, we have to prepare too, otherwise we will be caught off guard by Beiliang and Yuan Xia, and it will be difficult to organize an effective defense at that time!" ”

"Jing Cong, I understand what you said, but ......" Yan Zixi's eyes looked at the guest room opposite the door, and a trace of worry appeared on her face, "But now that General Sun Li is still seriously injured, we can't let him go, right?" ”

"There's no time, take him back to the barracks for healing." Xiao Jingcong said and looked at Yan Zixi, "Xi'er, for my husband to believe in your medical skills, you will definitely be able to heal General Sun Li's injuries, right?" ”

Yan Zixi clenched her little fist and nodded firmly, "Jing Cong, don't worry, General Sun Li was seriously injured in order to save me, I will definitely do my best to heal General Sun Li and make him better as soon as possible!" ”

"Well, in that case, let's prepare well tonight, pack up, and tomorrow we will meet the mountains and forests ten miles outside the city with the army.

"Jingcong, you brought 20,000 elite soldiers, is the number of troops too small?" Yan Zixi was a little worried, after all, this time he had to face the combined forces of Yuan Xia and Northern Liang, and the other party also had hundreds of thousands of elites, but he was afraid that the 20,000 elite soldiers brought by Xiao Jingcong would be difficult to stop, not to mention that half of the 10,000 elite soldiers were mixed in Yuncheng to prevent the Northern Liang of Yuncheng from being conspired with, and the other half of the towns guarding the south were horns of each other, and Xiao Jingcong's real strength was only 10,000.

Yan Zixi didn't understand why Xiao Jingcong brought 20,000 soldiers and horses here, isn't it better to have more?

Xiao Jingcong seemed to see the doubts in Yan Zixi's heart, so he opened his mouth to explain: "Xi'er, although the imperial court has sent 100,000 soldiers and horses to me this time, do you know that among these 100,000 soldiers and horses, there are only two or three soldiers who dare to use them, and the rest are unusable soldiers. ”

"Unusable soldiers? How so? The more Yan Zixi listened, the more confused he became, he didn't understand what Xiao Jingcong meant by this, as a peerless general, he was ordered to lead the troops to the northern Xinjiang this time, didn't he bring an elite division?

"Xi'er, the 20,000 elite soldiers I brought this time are all my old troops and horses from General Sun Li and General Xiao Yan, and this is the only soldier and horse that my husband can trust at present. The remaining 80,000 are from the military department, and some are under the second prince, these people may stab them in the back at any time, and they must not be requisitioned, as for the rest of the wavering, embarrassed and useful, the husband has sent them to various passes to defend, so the only people who can really command the husband with confidence are only these 20,000 elite soldiers. ”

After listening to Xiao Jingcong's explanation, Yan Zixi finally understood, and now it seems that Xiao Jingcong, the marshal of soldiers and horses, is really aggrieved when he is a peerless general, and he doesn't even have any available soldiers, and he still brings the old department.

"Okay, Xi'er, you've been frightened during the day, so it's better to rest early." Xiao Jingcong gave an order, and served Yan Zixi to sleep. Yan Zixi saw that Xiao Jingcong was about to leave again, so she hurriedly got out of the quilt and reached out to grab Xiao Jingcong's wrist, "Jingcong, are you going out again?" You're not going to leave me alone again, are you? ”

Xiao Jingcong smiled bitterly, gently touched Yan Zixi's head, and replied, "Silly girl, how could your husband leave you alone?" The husband went out to find someone to send General Sun Li out of the city overnight, and there were many people during the day, so he was afraid that the news would leak and cause a big deal. ”

"Oh, I see, I'm relieved. Jingcong, you can go ahead. Yan Zixi shook off Xiao Jingcong's hand, returned to the bed and lay down peacefully.

Xiao Jingcong shook her head helplessly and slowly walked out of the guest room......

……

Early the next morning, Xiao Jingcong took Yan Zixi out of Cloud City and walked to the garrison barracks outside the city.

After coming to the camp tent stationed in the mountains and forests, he saw that General Li, the general of the unified army, was patrolling near the camp tent, and saw Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi coming from a distance, and hurriedly went over to salute the two of them respectfully.

"The last general will see Prince Xiao and Princess Xiao!"

"General Li doesn't have to be polite." Xiao Jingcong raised his hand, and then asked with a serious face: "General Li, during the period of this king's absence, what major events happened in the barracks?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, everything is very smooth, the defenders of Cloud City did not find out that we are stationed here, the brothers have already sharpened their knives, just waiting for your order from Prince Xiao, we will definitely kill the Northern Liang army and abandon the armor, and the army will not be able to form an army!" General Li Hui clenched his fists and said firmly.

Xiao Jingcong nodded, "General Li is eager to serve the country, this king can understand, but now is not the time to send troops." After a pause, Xiao Jingcong stated the stakes to General Li Hui again, "Now that Northern Liang colluded with Yuan Xia and formed the Liang-Xia coalition army, but they did not start a war, if we rashly take the lead in attacking, we will end up with the other party's mouth and trap our army in a passive ......."

"Lord Wang, when did you become so timid and afraid? If the Northern Liang army launches a surprise attack tonight, our army is unprepared, how can we resist it at that time? Li Hui's face sank like water, and his mouth asked.