Chapter 55—The Battle of the City (Prelude)

On the one hand, the departing army was glad that the Qi army would not continue to fight with them for the city, and they could justifiably eliminate the last royal Chen family in the city, but in fact, this matter also had a bad side, that is, with their current part of the army, they might not be able to pose a great threat to the city, after all, there were originally two armies here, and they could pose a huge threat to the city if they were dispersed. Now that the army has been drastically reduced by half, it is a very good opportunity for the Chen family of the royal family inside the city to find an opportunity to counterattack the departing army. It can be said that the departure of the army of the Qi State from here is equivalent to a great change, an event that may change the situation on the Xuanling Continent.

It was after Wang Yan led the army back to the camp that he immediately discussed with the Empress of Shengde Chen Xinyu and Kong Hong how to deal with the situation in front of them. Kong Hong put forward a different opinion this time, although the 30,000 troops they left the country were still elite, they were still quite different from the army of Qi. Besides, the scouts only reported today that the royal Chen family had set up four cannons at the head of the city for defense. If you choose to forcibly attack the city, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the consequences will outweigh the losses.

Chen Xinyu also has the same idea as Kong Hong, she has already laid out the situation in the city in advance, including important officials such as Tong Meng and Zhao Ling, she has secretly contacted her. and are ready to continue to buy hearts and minds through their position in the officialdom of the city. In the current situation, it is indeed not necessary to rashly send troops to attack the city, but it will directly lead to not very good results. Anyway, now that the Qi army is no longer here, they are becoming less and less anxious. Because of this, Chen Xinyu, as the monarch of the country who left the country, directly issued her order, and directly ordered the army to carry out the strategy of encircling but not attacking.

Since Empress Shengde had also directly given the order, the general who commanded the army had nothing else to say, and he immediately arranged the army to carry out the strategic plan. At this moment, the royal Chen family also learned the news of the retreat of the Qi army, and the soldiers loyal to the royal Chen family within the imperial Chen family cheered for this, but most of the soldiers and officials had already begun to discuss it secretly. At this moment, Tong Meng and Zhao Ling have already secretly connected a huge force organization, cooperating with the secret agents who originally stayed in the city, ready to carry out internal contact at any time.

Zhao Ling had already connected Liu Xian and Ma Yan, the two guards guarding the city tower, to his side, and with the power and connections they had now shown, he had basically taken the soldiers on the eastern side of the city under his command. At the same time, Chen Xinyu once again released the pigeon letter into the city, announcing her latest order. Since the soldiers on the upper floors of the city had secretly contacted the army inside the country, they naturally acquiesced to the pigeon's smooth entry into the city, and not only that, but they also protected the pigeon from being discovered by the gray-clad guards who were loyal to the royal Chen family.

So, less than an hour after the release of this carrier pigeon, the letter from Chen Xinyu on the feet of this carrier pigeon naturally appeared on the desk of Tong Meng, the prime minister of the Chen family. After Tong Meng read this letter, he immediately felt that this thing could not be completed so simply, so Tong Meng immediately ordered his confidant to go and ask Zhao Ling to come here to discuss the specific content of this letter.

The distance between Tong Meng and Zhao Ling's mansion was not very far, and Zhao Ling immediately rushed to Tong Meng's mansion as soon as he got the news. Although now the royal Chen family has begun to strictly order all the spies to be sent out to monitor every official who may be in contact with the departure country. However, due to Tong Meng's confidant, who described the matter very seriously, after thinking about it, Zhao Ling still did not hesitate to risk the possibility of being discovered, and rode out of the mansion to Tong Meng's mansion. Tong Meng invited Zhao Ling into the study cabinet and handed over the letter from Chen Xinyu tied to the pigeon's feet directly to Zhao Ling.

Zhao Ling took the letter and read it, he probably knew the meaning of Chen Xinyu's order now. The content of this letter is actually very simple, Chen Xinyu gave a crucial order to the soldiers in the city, and now the royal Chen family has set up four new firearms on the city tower, these four firearms have not yet shown their true strength, but Chen Xinyu is quite jealous of this, she hopes that Zhao Ling and Tong Meng can find a way to destroy these four firearms, once successful, the army leaving the country will immediately implement the final siege.

After reading this letter, Zhao Ling pondered for a while and said slowly: "Now that we actually have the support of Ma Yan and Liu Xian, it is not too difficult for us to do this. I'm just worried that the withdrawal of the Qi army will still have an impact on us. This also reduces a lot of pressure on the Chen family of the royal family, and it is probably not enough to carry out an attack without casualties with the army in our hands and the army in the hands of the country. I'm wondering, can we simply assassinate the killer and get rid of the secret agents of the royal Chen family around us?"

Tong Meng also agreed with Zhao Ling's meaning, after all, compared to the threat of the Chen family of the royal family, these ubiquitous spies are the ones who really give them a headache, they are all experienced people who have been trained for a long time. Almost no one knows about their existence, it is not too difficult for Zhao Ling to contact Ma Yan and Liu Xian now, the most troublesome thing is actually that once he contacts Ma Yan and Liu Xian now, it will directly lead to these secret agents directly understanding the situation, which directly makes the situation more complicated, and comes to the last moment. That is, don't start going this far until you have to.

Tong Meng and Zhao Ling talked to each other about these relationships for nearly half a day, and at the door of Tong Meng's mansion, there were already a lot of secret agents who were carrying out surveillance tasks here, for the secret agents, the meeting between Tong Meng and Zhao Ling would definitely not be a simple matter, but now that the whole city has been completely curfewed, and the people are not allowed to move around at will on the streets during the day, Zhao Ling made such a move. If nothing happened in this, it was impossible for Zhao Ling, as a high-ranking official, not to know the power of this. As a result, the surrounding royal Chen family spies almost gathered at the door of Tong Meng's mansion. But they didn't dare to act rashly, after all, Tong Meng and Zhao Ling were both high-ranking officials in the Chen family of the royal family, and once they did something that they were not completely sure of, it would be a catastrophe for them. It was precisely because of this concern that Tong Meng did not rush into trouble, but ordered several of the spies to go to the palace and report the news to His Royal Highness.

Unbeknownst to these spies, the fact that the troops of the country were now besieging the city and not attacking it was waiting for a final opportunity, a chance to take the city in one fell swoop without disturbing the people in it. It's a pity that the Chen family of the royal family didn't know that they should surrender and leave the country now in accordance with the will of the people, but intensified their efforts in an attempt to carry out the last counterattack. As everyone knows, now the hearts of the military and the people in the city no longer support the royal Chen family, and the royal Chen family blindly goes against the sky, which will inevitably lead to public anger, and now is the last opportunity.

The secret agents who left the country in the city began to move, taking advantage of the fact that the secret agents of the Chen family of the royal family were attracted by the meeting of Tong Meng and Zhao Ling, and began to visit every house, and each of them kept a large number of hand-copied copies in the hands of each of them, which recorded Chen Xinyu's promise, for the promise of these people, promised that after the army left the country entered the city, all the harsh government and miscellaneous taxes would be restored, and directly carry out all aspects of the plan, restore the status of the city and all kinds of regulations and news, which is equivalent to telling all the people in the city in disguise, it is better to leave the country with them。

These spies did not hide their identities from the people in the city, they directly stated that they were spies from the country, so that they could directly identify themselves. After revealing their identity and status, these people can directly see the feasibility of this.

Each of these promises has invisibly imprinted the hearts of every citizen living in the city, and the emotions in the hearts of every citizen are saying that they have been ignited at this moment, and countless young people with radical hearts have taken to the streets regardless of the danger of their lives, and have begun to make announcements, and even run to tell each other to deliver news. In less than half an hour, the tension in the entire city had begun to burst out.

In less than half an hour, the emotions of all the people in the city have burst out directly, and the people have rushed to tell each other, and even more than 100,000 people have come to the gate of the palace that has left the country and began to announce the news that the city wants to surrender. For a while, there was a huge crisis within the Chen family of the royal family. This is a result that no one could have imagined.

All of a sudden, the city became chaotic and complicated, and even many people knew what was going on. At the same time, with the acquiescence of Ma Yan and Liu Xian, the secret agents who had already prepared for the reception ignited a raging flame in the east of the city. And at this moment, outside the city, Wang Yan, the general of the Leaving National Army, had already led 10,000 of the most elite soldiers, tying a striking red ribbon around their right arm. Wang Yan did not ride his own war horse, but held a large cowhide shield, and the appearance of a short sword and a dagger pinned to his waist. Obviously, Wang Yan wanted to directly serve as the task of the commando leader, and then go to the place where Ma Yan and Liu Xian could master, and attack the city that was now in great chaos in one fell swoop.