Chapter 229: Worry
Murong Yu is worthy of being the commander of the three armies in the land of Baiyue back then, although he was alone at the West Gate last night, he also commanded the siege of the South Gate at the same time, and his demeanor was not inferior to the style of resisting the Three Kingdoms Alliance back then.
Traceless also used all his strength to resist the attack of Qingcang Kingdom last night, although he did not take the initiative to draw his bow and arrows, but the consumption of his brain hole also made him feel extremely tired.
Murong Yu is really his fierce rival in this world!
The east gate where Xing Tianze was located can be said to be the most fiercely attacked, and it is also the place with the greatest casualties among the four city gates.
Although they defended Black Dragon City last night, the cost of casualties was nothing more than 1,000 wounds to the enemy and 800 self-losses.
The only thing that can make them happy should be Wen Qian, who received the military order to send troops to Huang Xuancheng.
Although they have not received any news until now, Traceless dares to be sure that Wen Qian will definitely conquer Huang Xuancheng, so even if they are in a stalemate with Qingcang Kingdom, they will have extra chips in their hands.
After Xing Tianze and Traceless freshened up. came to Tao Mingxi's courtyard, and at this time Zhu'er was boiling hot porridge in the courtyard.
Due to Xing Tianze's strict military discipline, all the generals ate the same food as the soldiers.
But he still couldn't bear to let Tao Mingxi eat the army's food with him, after all, it was already very difficult to let her come out with the army, and she definitely couldn't owe him in life.
The sensible Tao Mingxi didn't ask Xing Tianze for any private cooking, but just asked the prince to send someone to temporarily set up a simple kitchen in the courtyard, and the daily food was ordered by her, and then asked a special person to go to the Black Dragon City to buy it and let Zhu'er do it.
"The slave has seen the prince, the son of no trace." After seeing the two of them, Zhu'er hurriedly put down the kitchen knife that was cutting vegetables, came to Xing Tianze and knelt down in front of Wuji.
"Let's get up when it's cold on the ground." Xing Tianze didn't let Zhu'er kneel on the ground for too long: "Is the princess in the courtyard?" ”
"Back to the prince's words, the princess has just fallen asleep for an hour, and she was worried about you all the time last night and couldn't sleep? Before going to bed, he specially instructed the slave maid to boil a little more vegetable porridge and fry a few good dishes, for fear that the traceless boy who would let you drink be hungry. Zhu'er lowered her head slightly and replied respectfully.
Don't look at the fact that she has eaten at the same table as Xing Tianze and Wuji, it is because of Tao Mingxi's order and support, without the presence of the princess, Zhu'er does not even have the courage to face the prince.
"Okay, you can continue to sit for breakfast, and this king will go in and see the princess." After Xing Tianze gave the order, he continued to walk into the house.
"Since Faye Wong is still resting, it is inconvenient for me to go in, stay outside and give Zhu'er a hand and strive to have breakfast as soon as possible." Wuxian put the jade pendant in his hand on his waist, walked to the simple stove, rolled up his sleeves, and wanted to squat down to raise the fire.
Xing Tianze didn't ask him, but it didn't mean that Zhu'er really dared to let Wuji give her a hand.
Hurriedly helped Traceless up from the ground and let him rest to the side.
Just when Xing Tianze pushed the door in, Tao Mingxi had already woken up from his sleep.
"You're back? Didn't get hurt, right? Tao Mingxi hurriedly got up from the bed, and ran to Xing Tianze without even bothering to approve his coat, groping around on his body, as if he was afraid that he would be injured somewhere.
Xing Tianze closed the door with a warm heart, helped Tao Mingxi back to the bed and sat down: "Don't be so nervous, didn't this king come back safe and sound?" I heard Zhu'er say that you didn't sleep well all night last night, so you don't need to sleep for a while. ”
Tao Mingxi didn't say anything when she heard this, just shook her head gently, and hugged Xing Tianze tightly, she thought of countless possibilities in her mind last night, and she was really afraid that he would have something long and short......
Nangong Yuan stood in front of the gate of the city with his hands behind his back, looking at the army that was returning to the camp one after another, and finally turned around and entered the house without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, we suffered heavy losses last night, not only did we fail to capture Black Dragon City, but our army's spirit also suffered great casualties." A general reported with a gloomy face.
"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, it's just that you didn't capture Black Dragon City, you don't have to feel guilty, I know that you all fought bravely to kill the enemy last night, so let's go back and rest first." Nangong Yuan waved his hand lightly.
Several generals originally wanted to say something, but after seeing Murong Yu gently shake their heads at them, they left without saying anything.
"Murong, what do you think about this defeat?" Nangong Yuan looked at Murong Yu who was standing in place, and closed his eyes a little tiredly, but he didn't have any thoughts of blaming him.
As an emperor, he should have the generosity of the world, but it was just a defeat, and there were many places where the Qingcang Kingdom needed to rely on Murong Yu in the future.
"As far as the emperor is concerned, this defeat is not a bad thing, and it is a great good thing for our army." Murong Yu replied very respectfully.
"A good thing?" Nangong Yuan opened one eye and glanced at him: "You can tell me what's so good about this?" ”
"The emperor's expedition to the country of Zhao, from the very beginning, our army has conquered four or five cities and five important military towns one after another, which can be said to be like a bamboo, and the soldiers are flourishing, but it will inevitably make the soldiers have some pride in their hearts." Murong Yu explained slowly.
As the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, although last night's night attack on Black Dragon City did not achieve the expected results, but it heavily suppressed the pampered spirit.
Last night, the three armies fought hard to storm the city, rekindling the blood in their hearts, and turning the three armies of Qingcang into an iron-blooded army that was not afraid of death, avoiding greater losses in the future.
Nangong Yuan listened extremely seriously and did not open his mouth to interrupt Murong Yu's words.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you, Huang Xuancheng was breached two hours ago, and there are less than two thousand surviving soldiers who escaped." When Murong Yu said this, his face was extremely calm.
"What do you say? Huang Xuancheng has been breached? Who broke it? Xing Tianze obviously resisted to the death in the Black Dragon City last night, and we didn't encounter any enemy troops on the road? Nangong Yuan stood up from his chair suddenly, and the sleepiness in his heart disappeared at this moment.
"The only real thought is that Xing Tianze sent a force to avoid the route that met us and bypassed Longhu Mountain, and the time of departure should be about the same time as when we left the army." Murong Yu took a deep breath, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes: "To be able to capture Huang Xuancheng, which has tens of thousands of defenders, so quickly, the troops sent by Xing Tianze must be no less than sixty thousand. ”
There was one more thing he didn't tell Nangong Yuan, when they were retreating from Black Dragon City, Murong Yu clearly noticed that an ambush army was lying on the mountain outside the east of the city.
Murong Yu could think that this was an army in ambush without a trace, but he didn't know why he didn't let the ambush army take action? If it were an attack, the casualties of the Qingcang Kingdom would be even more severe.
Nangong Yuan slowly put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth from the table.