"This... General, I don't know why no one came to inform you. But what I know now is that outside our mansion and outside the barracks, there are soldiers of the Celestial Empire, and it can be seen that if we have any rash thoughts, we are afraid that we are putting ourselves in danger. The deputy said with a frightened expression.

In fact, from the time Cai Yang, the deputy commander of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, entered Haibalan City with 400,000 infantry, the defense of the city had already changed hands. With the arrival of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, all this has become even worse, and they have really become real puppets.

Although on the surface, the treasury in the city was still in their hands, it could be seen from the black-clad cavalry that appeared densely outside the treasury that they were only acting as temporary custodians. In other words, if they don't do anything, everything will naturally be fine, but if they dare to open the treasury, they will not be able to take anything inside, because those things do not belong to them in the first place.

This is a fact, a fact that everyone knows, but no one wants to expose him, like the emperor's new clothes, unable to find out. Because the result of the pick-up is likely to be your death. And judging by the strength of the troops in the city now, they must be the ones who die.

This truth is understood by the adjutant general, but why does Matvey not know it? It is precisely because of this that he sent troops to put Utkin under house arrest, fearing that this person would say something that should not be said at this time, intensifying the contradictions between the two sides.

It's true that Matvey is a general, and he is indeed not as good as an old ghost like Utkin in terms of playing with his brain, but this does not mean that he is stupid, on the contrary, some things can still be seen very clearly. The army of the Celestial Empire is clearly not good at coming, and it is said that a strong army is a strong force, and the current initiative has long been lost.

Weak countries have no diplomacy, and the best thing to do before their power is inferior to that of the Celestial Empire is to shut up. No matter what the other party does, don't stop it, don't stop it, as long as you don't make a move, the other party won't find a reason to deal with you, so even if there is a war, the cause will not be on you.

Matvey thought very clearly, it was all because he was a general, and all this was drawn from the comparison of forces between the two sides. It's just that he couldn't imagine how bold the Celestial Empire was, in his own country, even coerced Utkin to go to the city of Prince Ivan, what did they want to do? Is it really arrogant to think that the Rus' country must be inferior to the Celestial Empire? Or is it arrogant that a country that has only been established for less than a decade dares to provoke the two princes of Rus'?

If the Celestial Empire helped Prince Ivan deal with Prince Anatoly, then there was still a chance. After all, two against one, no matter how the odds of winning are very great, but on the contrary, with one enemy and two, where did the Celestial Empire find the confidence?

These questions just flashed through his mind, because they weren't what he was supposed to care about. Now Matvey's most important question is about Utkin. The two were originally wearing a pair of pants, no matter what problems occurred with Hai Paulan, and no matter how many Celestial Empire troops entered, as long as the two were together, they could prove to each other, and it was easy to explain what happened. But now that Utkin is gone, leaving him alone, then some things really can't be explained.

After thinking about it, Matvey asked the deputy general a little nervously: "By the way, Lord Wu was forced to leave?" ”

"It's not." The adjutant general shook his head and replied in a very firm tone, "From the people we sent to monitor come back, Lord Wu is happily leaving with the commander of the Second Legion of the Celestial Empire. The two of them still talked and laughed, not like they were coerced. ”

"Hey." Hearing this, Matvey lowered his head slowly. Yes, maybe if you were yourself, you can leave Hai Paulan City, and you will be so happy. It's just that Utkin left and left himself alone, so who should explain his innocence? With the weight of Prince Ivan's suspicions, I'm afraid he won't give himself a chance to explain at all.

Matvey lowered his head, with a bitter expression, looking in the eyes of the adjutant general, he couldn't help but have an idea: "General, I'm afraid that the current situation will not give us a chance to explain at all, even if this is the case, it is better to..."

"Why not as good as what?" Hearing that the lieutenant seemed to have some other way, Matvey jerked his head up and asked.

"Why don't you talk to the Emperor of the Celestial Empire?" The lieutenant general said with a cautious expression.

"It's not going to work." At the sight of such an idea, Matvey's head shook like a wave drum. Since ancient times, the integrity of generals has been far stronger than that of literati, perhaps because they are accustomed to seeing life and death, and have long put it out of the way; Or maybe it's because they think about things in a simpler way and like to start from the beginning.

It's like Matvey, as soon as he heard that he was going to talk to the Celestial Empire, he knew that he was going to talk about surrender, of course, his first reaction was to refuse, and as for what to do after refusal, he actually didn't have a charter in his heart. Now he was even more troubled by why Utkin left like this, and what did the Celestial Empire mean by deliberately leaving himself in this city? He is not afraid of death, but the key is that he still has 50,000 brothers in his hands, what will he do with the lives of these people.

While Matvey was still thinking about why Utkin was allowed to leave Hybalan City, this man was now riding on his horse, and he was talking about some affairs of the Rus Kingdom to Huang Zhong, the commander of the Second Army Corps beside him.

Don't look at Utkin's current interest, when he chatted with Huang Zhong, it was an honorific title and an admiration. But in fact, he wished that the person in front of him would die immediately.

Just like General Matvey's thoughts, as soon as the Celestial Empire army entered the city, he knew that something was going on. In particular, the headquarters of the Sixth Legion, which had always been very laborious to defend the city, immediately launched a strong counterattack as soon as the Dragon and Tiger Legion appeared, and crushed Peter's army in one fell swoop, and slaughtered it on the battlefield. He knew that everything that had happened before was just a façade of feigned appearance.

In other words, the army of the Celestial Empire has been acting, and it has not been fully engaged in the face of Peter's army. All they wanted was for them to allow reinforcements from the Celestial Empire to enter the city of Haibalan and enter the territory of Rus'.

It's just that the time to see the real side is a little late, and after Utkin understands everything, the battle situation is no longer under his control, and as the Celestial Empire army enters the city more and more, they have finally become deaf ears. What's more, Matvey was even worried that he would talk nonsense impulsively and would go to the emperor of the Celestial Empire to theorize, so he put himself under house arrest. It is really a shame to let the rank of a subordinate who is inferior to himself be imprisoned.

And just when Utkin was still thinking about how to deal with Tomatvey's suppression, the commander of the second legion of the Celestial Empire came, saying that he hoped that he could lead the legion to march to Great Rus City through Adan City, so as to achieve the goal of helping the second prince.

The argument is very good, help the second prince to open up another front, in order to achieve the shortest possible time to defeat the eldest prince Anatoly. But God knows who would believe such an excuse, especially after seeing the Celestial Empire's army enter the strength of the Hybolan, Utkin has no illusions.

It's just that knowing this, Utkin didn't refuse, but agreed to it, and said that he was willing to follow the army, and said that with him, many things would be less troublesome.

Regarding Utkin's request, Commander Huang Zhong agreed without even hesitating, and said that it was so good, which made Utkin have a little more discussion about the nearly fifty-year-old general in front of him, who had a kind face, and the Celestial Empire would face a major defeat if he used such a person as the commander of the army.

If your Celestial Empire wants to take the opportunity to seize the territory of the second prince, then don't blame them for striking first.

Thinking like this, Utkin and Huang Zhongmian came together with a discordant heart, and introduced a lot of the situation of the Rus Kingdom along the way, and it seemed that he had nothing to talk about, but in fact, he was really not idle for a moment, and he was always thinking about how to do something that could inflict heavy damage on the Second Legion.

Prince Ivan took precautions and arranged 500,000 heavy troops in Adan City a long time ago, to prevent some problems and accidents that might be caused once Haybalan fell. At that time, some people said that the second prince was too careful, but when they knew that this was the opinion of the national teacher Feradimir, no one said anything.

Now it seems that Jiang is still very old, and Fera Dimir has arranged this hand in advance, so with 500,000 people, it is simply a very difficult, even impossible task to capture the city defended by 500,000 people.

Decided to attack the Second Army through the city of Adan, Utkin is now thinking about how to inform the past of the matter, inform the defender there Mikhail to know, so that he can take some precautions as soon as possible.

This is also the reason why Utkin intends to get closer to Huang Zhong, in his opinion, this person is quite old and easy to fool, as long as he convinces this person, he will have the opportunity to arrange everything.

Utkin deliberately deepened his feelings, and Commander Huang Zhong seemed to believe in him very much, so much so that he made an ecstatic decision, that is, to arrange for the deputy commander Pei Yuanshao to go to Adan City with him to fight the front battle, contact the feelings of the two armies, and also make advance preparations for the stationing of the army and the grain and grass.

Regarding Huang Zhong's opinions and ideas, Utkin was naturally a hundred applauds in favor, he was still thinking about what kind of excuse he needed to get in touch with Adan City one step ahead, but now that the opportunity was delivered to him, how could he not grasp it.

After he swore that he would be able to complete the task well, Huang Zhong arranged for Deputy Commander Pei Yuanshao to accompany him to leave the barracks with Mr. 50,000 troops and go straight to Adan City in front.