The Jin army was the first to enter the city, relying not on the well-armed and brave soldiers, but on the most direct bribe.

No one knows how the King of Jin got in touch with the defenders in the city, only that he spent a lot of money, in short, one night around four watches, a team of Jin soldiers quietly climbed the city wall, joined with Neiying, and quietly changed the flags on the wall, and the people inside and outside the city were not disturbed.

The incarnation army was not in good shape, since Xijing was surrounded, they seemed more reckless at first, frequently went out of the city to fight, and after repeated defeats, they could not retreat, and when defending the city, they did everything they could, as if they never knew how to calculate.

After watching from afar and seeing the madness of the Descending Army, Shan Yu said to everyone: "I originally expected the city to be destroyed within a month, but now it seems that twenty days is enough. ”

It happened to be on the nineteenth day, when the morning sun was rising, and the wolf flag of the He Rong Department and the Xuanwu flag of the Jin army fluttering on a small section of the city wall in Xijing were seen.

There was no surprise inside and outside the city.

The king of Jin ordered the siege of the city, and immediately after, the armies gave the same order, and the equipment threw boulders without stopping, the ladders slowly pushed towards the city walls, and the crossbows fired upward volleys......

Everything is the same as the scene during the first siege, except this time, the soldiers are all determined to win.

The resistance of the descendant army lasted only a short time, and in some places there were not even decent guards at all, and the sudden shock of the enemy flag flying at the head of the city caused a huge shock, and the defenders collapsed in an instant.

The gates were opened, and the incarnation army poured out like a tidal wave, not to fight, but to flee for their lives.

He Rong's cavalry had been waiting for a long time, and they could not help when attacking the city, nor did they want to take this risk, and it was their advantage to chase the dead and defeat, so a big battle began, gradually spreading from the west to the distance, reaching hundreds of miles away.

It would take five or six days for the fighting to be completely over, and for the besiegers, victory would be in hand from the moment the flag was raised.

Shan Yu was ecstatic, and in the afternoon of the same day, when the battle situation had calmed down a little, the first army had entered the city, he summoned the king of Jin, praised him, and said in public that he would marry his other sister to the king of Jin.

This is not enough, at night, Shan Yu a few members of the love will return, Shan Yu is drunk, and after the wine is hot, he pulls the King of Jin and the other five people to bow to the moon and call each other brothers.

Shan Yu never entered the city, and the celebration banquet was held in the big tent, except for those generals who were chasing the defeated army, all other important people attended.

Xu Ji and Zhang Shiyu were also there, witnessing the favor of King Jin.

Zhang Shiyu couldn't hide the jealousy in his heart, and whispered to Xu Ji: "Your sworn brother is now sworn with Shan Yu, will you be able to match Brother Shan Yu in the future?" ”

"Well, one day I think I've lived enough, so that's what I call it." Xu Ji smiled, there was no jealousy in his heart, he just watched, with a hint of appreciation, throwing away hostility, everything Shan Yu did made him admire, and secretly recalled that if he had such a means at the beginning, there would be no need to abdicate, and he would not even have such thoughts at all.

Xu Ji was particularly concerned about King Jin's reaction.

King Jin made the first contribution, for a person who has just surrendered, this is a happy event, or it may be a disaster, will attract the fear of the new master, at the beginning, the king of Jin is very cautious, and even a little restrained, all the credit is attributed to his own generals, especially the strategist Liu Youzhong.

But Shan Yu's excitement and enthusiasm are so real, when it was time to bow after drinking, King Jin finally let go, and after getting up, he could laugh heartily, he could speak some He Rong language, and he could talk to the new "brother".

Zhang Shiyu misunderstood Xu Ji's gaze, thinking that he was as jealous as himself, and sighed: "You can still laugh, your two wives will soon be caught, if you are lucky, you will die under the knife and gun, if you are unlucky, you will be captured alive, and die in front of you, how to die is difficult to say." ”

Zhang Shiyu shuddered, after all, there was a person who was his own sister.

"You're right, I shouldn't laugh, and when Shan Yu finds out that the Golden Saintess and the princess are not in the city at all, he will think that I secretly designed it."

Zhang Shiyu was stunned, "Not in the city?" How is this possible? How do you know? ”

"If the Golden Holy Maiden guards the city and gets the help of Cao Shenxi, it will never be so unruly."

"Maybe the Golden Holy Maiden lost her position and was killed by the Incarnation Army along with Cao Shenxi."

Xu Ji sighed lightly, "In that case, the Golden Holy Maiden is dead, and the princess's life is also difficult to protect." ”

Zhang Shiyu was silent for a while, "I still hope that the two of them can escape—can they really escape?" Where can you escape? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, he didn't know, and even if he knew, he wouldn't say it.

The celebration banquet lasted until the second half of the night, and people kept sending news, especially the soldiers who entered the city to search, and sometimes they caught the ringleader, and sometimes found a certain treasure...... There is no news of the incarnation of the king's siblings and Princess Fangde.

Shan Yu originally wanted to catch the princess, whether she was dead or alive, she would be burned to ashes and buried in He Rongpingshan, as the pinnacle of the entire celebration banquet, but he couldn't do it, so he had to end the banquet and raise the reward again.

Back at his residence, Chang Yanzhi was also very concerned about the safety of the Golden Saintess and the princess, and as soon as he saw Xu Ji, he asked, "Childe, is there any news?" ”

"Nope." Xu Ji knew what Chang Yanzhi was asking.

Chang Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, "I hope they can be safe." Alas, the Descendant Army is so vulnerable, which is very different from when Childe was there. ”

"The enemy forces were also very different then than they are now."

"It's still disappointing, I don't know those Wu people...... Alas. ”

"Have you heard that any Wu people have been captured?"

"Not yet, but I can't find much news, and now it's so messy, maybe there will be an explanation tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"I don't think so."

"Huh? What does Childe mean? ”

"Sleep, sleep, the country is broken, Kyushu has fallen, it's better to sleep, out of sight and out of mind." Xu Ji took advantage of the drunkenness and fell asleep.

Chang Yanzhi had never seen Gongzi so excited, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then gently covered Xu Ji with a blanket and sighed silently.

Ignoring the bustle outside, Xu Ji slept until the afternoon before waking up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of eyes like copper bells in Changyan.

"When?" Xu Ji sat up, rubbed his eyes, and there was a smell of wine in his mouth.

"It's afternoon."

Xu Ji yawned heavily.

"I heard the news that the Golden Saintess and the Little County Lord were not in the city, and they left long before He Rong's army attacked."

"Really?"

Chang Yanzhi's excitement weakened by three points, "Isn't Childe surprised?" ”

"Accident." Xu Ji rubbed his eyes again, "Tell me in detail." ”

"I don't know the details, I only heard that the incarnation army defending the city is only a part, and a part of it has long been taken away by the Golden Holy Maiden, and I don't know where it went, and the little county lord was also taken away."

"There must be a lot of people taken away by the Golden Holy Maiden, how can no one know where they went?"

"This ...... I do not know. ”

"He Rong's cavalry captured a lot of prisoners of the Descendant Army before, why didn't they confess the truth?"

"This ...... I don't know, I'll ask again. ”

"Forget it, it's useless to ask...... No, it's not in vain at all, you ask, and the more people you ask, the better. ”

"Yes." Seeing that Gongzi suddenly became anxious, Chang Yanzhi was a little confused, but he didn't ask carefully, obeyed the order, and asked all the familiar and unfamiliar people for details in the stumbling He Rong language.

When he came back after running a long circle, Xu Ji was no longer there.

Xu Ji was summoned to the big tent.

No matter how late he slept or how much he drank, by the next day, his face was never tired and full of enviable energy, and this time was no exception, but the excitement of last night had disappeared, revealing a bit of gloom.

In front of him stood more than a dozen Lord He Rong, speaking one after another, just listening more and talking less, once they spoke, they would be questioned with anger.

Lord He Rong retreated to both sides, and more than a dozen Central Plains generals came in, and they knelt down to reply, even more panicked.

"Rumors...... It seems to be true, the Golden Holy Maiden did leave Xijing with the Descendant King and part of the troops, and she didn't know where to go. One of the generals spoke.

"How many people did she take?" Shan Yu asked coldly.

"It is said that ...... It is said to be between 30,000 and 100,000. ”

"How is that possible?" Shan Yu was furious, "So many people went out of the city, and you captured so many prisoners before, and no one saw them?" ”

Most of the captives were He Rong's cavalry, but the Central Plains generals didn't dare to argue at this time, so they had to say: "The Golden Holy Maiden didn't take all the people away at once, but in the name of transferring troops, she sent them out one by one, and she herself and the descendant army sneaked away quietly one night, without leaking the news." It seems that she has been planning for a long time, not just to escape ...... He Rong's army. ”

"What about Princess Tiancheng?" Shan Yu asked loudly.

"It is rumored that when the princess arrived, the golden saintess had already left the city, and the princess stayed for one night, and was also sent out of the city early the next morning to meet the golden saint."

"What's left in the city?"

"It's also the Incarnation Army."

"How many?"

"There are at least 100,000 people, and the specific strength will take a few days to ......"

Shan Yu stood up abruptly and shouted: "Three days, within three days, I want to know the whereabouts of the descendant army and the princess, even if they flee to the sky, I will chase them back!" ”

The generals of the Central Plains kowtowed to the order and quickly exited the tent.

Shan Yu was extremely angry, and walked up to several other Central Plains people, staring at them one by one.

Zhang Shiyu couldn't bear it at first, and hurriedly defended: "I don't know anything, really, I don't know at all." Asked Xu Ji, he ...... He told me last night that the Golden Lady and the princess were not in the city, and that he might know something. ”

Xu Ji was betrayed like this, and it just so happened that he was also the most suspicious person in Shanyu.

"You, it's you, you know that people have fled......"

Xu Ji was still calm, and said: "Shan Yu should remember that I once reminded you: The Golden Holy Maiden should not be dead in Xijing. ”

"You deliberately informed me in advance, but it made me no longer suspect that this is a trick of your Central Plains people." Shan Yu no longer believed any of Xu Ji's words.

"The truth is often not good, and I have said that."

Shan Yu stared at Xu Ji, and for the first time since they met, he showed signs of losing control.

Xu Ji could continue to defend himself, but he gave up, because Shan Yu was no longer a person who could be persuaded at this moment, but he didn't dodge, and met Shan Yu's gaze without blinking.