Qiu Luoxue saw the mystery in Xu Zhonghangxin, mainly because they had agreed on a signal. She took the letter to the desk and took out a medical book, the contents of which could be used to crack the code in the letter. But there's one thing missing besides medical skills.

"Imperial Doctor Xu has a jade hairpin in his hand, it should be yours." Qiu Luoxue asked Wu Xianchu.

"Well, it's mine." Wu Xianchu replied.

"Look at the style of that jade hairpin, it should still be a pair, and the other one should be in your hand." Qiu Luoxue said again, not a question but an affirmation.

Xu Zhonghang kept holding the jade hairpin, and Xu Zhonghang said that it was a token of love between him and Wu Xianchu. Once, she saw the style of the jade hairpin and felt that it was a pair. Since it is a token of love, the other one must be in the hands of the woman.

"That's right." Wu Xianchu said as she went down the jade hairpin from her head, and she always carried this.

"Lend it to me."

Qiu Luoxue took the jade hairpin from Wu Xianchu's hand as she spoke, and began to unlock the information hidden in the letter. The head of the jade hairpin has a small round hole, which is just the size of a word.

Wu Xianchu watched curiously as Qiu Luoxue compared the jade hairpin to her heart, not knowing what she was doing, but she didn't bother.

Because it was an agreed signal, Xu Zhonghang also paid special attention to the format after writing the letter, and the key information happened to be written at the very end of the horizontal and vertical tail of the jade hairpin. Qiu Luoxue also finds keywords in a horizontal and vertical way.

It's just that, for the sake of more secrecy, these key words are all uppercase numbers, which are actually the number of pages and lines in a medical book. Only when these two are figured out can the encrypted information be truly cracked.

In the evening, Xia Zimo and Xia Ziyan were still discussing military strategy, it was not easy to hold on for ten days, without using the art of war, as long as the number of people was strong, they would not be able to win this war at all.

"How's the casualty count today?" Xia Zimo asked.

"The soldiers of the first camp have already lost a third, and it feels like the first line of defense will not last long. After all, there are too many rebels, and our side is tired of coping. Xia Ziyan replied.

Xia Zimo frowned, at this rate, the first line of defense can only last for three days, and the situation of the second and third lines of defense will definitely not be too good.

"No, if we go on like this, we can't wait until reinforcements arrive." Xia Zimo said.

"yes, we still have to find a way to restrain them." Xia Ziyan said that although he knew this, he had not yet found a breakthrough to solve the current crisis.

Xia Zimo thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a way, saying, "First of all, we must consume their troops." On the main battlefield, the two sides are in a big battle, and in terms of consumption, it must be our fastest. But we can set up a secondary battlefield, select a group of capable soldiers, go around to the rear, and raid the barracks. And, at night, when the rebels are resting, we can send people to attack the rebels' barracks. Take advantage of their unpreparedness in order to consume the fighting power of the rebels in the shortest time and with the smallest casualties. ”

Xia Zimo's method is a good idea, but it is not easy to select such a group of capable soldiers.

"These soldiers are not only highly armed but also have their own judgment. Will it be too late to form such a team now? Xia Ziyan voiced his concerns.

"I'm afraid the only one who can meet this condition is the shadow guard." Xia Zimo said, "It shouldn't be a problem in terms of manpower, but it's not easy to choose a shrewd general." ”

Xia Ziyan also thought of this question, but he quickly recommended himself: "If the imperial brother has no other candidates, he can let the younger brother go."

"No, it's too dangerous." Xia Zimo immediately refused.

Xia Ziyan smiled lightly and said, "Brother Huang, although you are not as good as your brother in governing the country, but when it comes to martial arts, your brother seems to be better."

"You haven't compared with me, how do you know I can't beat you?" Xia Zimo asked rhetorically, the atmosphere between the two brothers was very harmonious.

In the end, they finalized the plan and formed two capable raid squads, one for the day raid and the other for the night raid. The team members are all well-trained shadow guards, and the person in charge is Xia Ziyan.

The two squads combined were composed of a total of fifty men, and during the battle, they were sent in groups of five, with a maximum of twenty men at a time. After the main battlefield starts, find a way to go around the barracks and raid the soldiers left behind. The requirements given to them are not to fight and to preserve their strength. In this way, the raiding detachments alternately consumed the combat power of the rebels during the day and night.

After finalizing the candidates, Xia Ziyan planned to leave. Going out of Xia Zimo's imperial study, he met Qiu Luoxue.

"Ziyan, don't leave yet, I have something important to tell Your Majesty, you can listen to it together." Qiu Luoxue said.

"What's important?" Xia Ziyan asked as he turned around and went to the imperial study with Qiu Luoxue.

"Your Majesty, I know where King Chen is hiding." Before the autumn snowman arrived, the voice had already arrived.

"Where?" Xia Zimo asked.

"The Zheng family in Annan City." Qiu Luoxue replied, and after speaking, she asked again: "I don't know if the emperor still remembers the counterfeit money case I dealt with in Annan City, it was King Chen who was manipulating behind the scenes at that time, so he has a certain amount of power in Annan City."

As soon as she mentioned this, Xia Zimo remembered, and he said, "I really didn't expect him to hide in Annan City."

"Yes, after all, the capital in Annan City is too close to arouse suspicion." Qiu Luoxue said.

Chen Wang's choice also reveals the true meaning that the most dangerous place is the safest place. If it hadn't been for Xu Zhonghang's letter this time, they would definitely not have thought of it.

"Now that you know where people are, it's easy to do. Immediately sent troops to raid the city of Annan and capture King Chen alive. Xia Ziyan's mood was a little radical.

Xia Zimo waved his hand and said, "It's not appropriate." Killing a King Chen won't solve the problem at all. After the 600,000 rebels were left without owners, each of them became kings, and it was even more troublesome to clean up. It is better to take this opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop, so as not to fight again in the future. ”

"I think so." Qiu Luoxue agreed, and she said: "However, we can't completely let King Chen go like this, we still have to send people to monitor him, so that his every step of the plan is under our control, and the battle in the future will be much easier."

Xia Zimo thought for a while, felt that what Qiu Luoxue said made sense, nodded and said, "It makes sense." There are still our shadow guards in Annan City, and I will send someone to contact them immediately. ”

"If Your Majesty sends someone to Annan City, you can go to a person named Zhang Sheng, when I was in Annan City, he was my deputy, and now he is the county commander of Annan City. I am very familiar with the things in Annan City, and it will be helpful. Qiu Luoxue said again.

Zhang Sheng is a highly talented scholar that Qiu Luoxue knew in Connecticut City, when Qiu Luoxue was demoted to Annan City, Zhang Sheng followed, during which he was Qiu Luoxue's master, and his ability to handle government affairs was also very high. After Qiu Luoxue left Annan City, she asked Zhang Sheng to make a county order.

After a busy night, the second day came again. The fighting on the main battlefield continues, and it is still fierce. At the same time, the battle of the secondary battlefield began. On this day, two teams set out from the capital, one was a raid team led by Xia Ziyan, which penetrated deep into the enemy's belly and consumed the rebels' strength.

The other group, led by Han Shan, went to Annan City to join the shadow guards in the city and monitor King Chen's every move. Their team could not reveal their identities, so they disguised themselves as fleeing refugees.

Wave after wave of attacks began, and countless wounded and dead soldiers were killed. The day passed, the night came, the next day was the same scene, and the next day was the same.

It was not until noon on the fourth day that the situation changed, not for the better, but for the worse, and the first line of defense was finally broken by the rebels. Government forces retreated to the second line of defense and continued to fight.

The people in the city were panicked, and in the past, the people of the capital would talk about gossip and talk about some entertainment topics with great interest. Everyone still gathers in the teahouse, but there is no cheerful expression on their faces. I got together to dispel my inner fear through the crowd. But when I looked at everyone, I realized that everyone had a worried look on their faces.

"I heard that ......" someone still spoke, but the voice was low, "The first line of defense outside the city has been breached. ”

This news is no longer news, everyone knows it, but they don't want to admit it. But admit that it's all true, the rebels are getting closer and closer, which means that death is getting closer and closer to them.

"Could it be that the emperor is going to be defeated?" Someone asked.

"Don't be so discouraged, you just broke through one line of defense, aren't there two more?" Someone comforted himself.

But his words did not bring comfort to the people around him, and everyone knew that breaking the first line of defense would bring him one step closer to breaking the city.

That's the end of the conversation. Everyone drank tea silently and listened to the sound of war drums outside the city. Wounded soldiers are constantly being sent back, and new soldiers are constantly leaving the city. Looking at their busy figures, the people drinking tea in the teahouse were a little overwhelmed.

Xia Zimo stood on the city tower, watching the rebels get closer and closer, with a solemn expression. If a general's subordinates do not have enough soldiers, it will be difficult to win the battle.

Although he was anxious, he could not retreat. Not only could not retreat, but in order to motivate the soldiers, he made a bold decision to go into battle himself. He didn't think much about it after making this decision, grabbed his sword, led his escort, and went out of the city to meet the enemy in person.

He rode his horse into the main battlefield and slashed his enemies with his sword. On the battlefield, he has no mercy, but is fast and accurate. Only by quickly eliminating the enemies in front of you can you survive.

His figure of swinging his sword to kill the enemy is particularly handsome in the sun, and the king's innate domineering and sharp blade are integrated, making the enemy fearful. Xia Zimo has also been trained by shadow guards since he was a child, so his martial arts are not weak, and he is still easy to defeat these soldiers on the battlefield.

If you combine the scenes of him and Nie Yuan killing the enemy, you will find that his ruthlessness is no worse than Nie Yuan. Raise your sword and kill the enemy on the battlefield. There is danger, but there is also a feeling of exhilaration.