"The enemy has retreated. ”

Looking at the army that receded like a tide, Xu Xuanrong looked at the people around him very easily and smiled.

The men standing around her were all thirty or forty years old, but they were not as relaxed and calm as her, and even their faces were full of solemnity and sadness, obviously the situation was not as indifferent as Xu Xuanrong had shown.

At this moment, at the head of the city, Luo He, Bai Junru, Bai Qiuyu and other six ministers are all there, and there are also officials such as Li Huo, Wu Liang, and Zhou Zhi, but none of the army generals such as Li Yilin and Yang Renjie are there.

Seeing Xu Xuanrong's calm appearance, Luo He sighed, as if he wanted to say something, but soon he found that Xu Xuanrong was looking at him with a smile, and immediately closed his mouth and was silent.

However, Luo He was silent here, but Li Huo was not, this guy Xu was not used to Xu Xuanrong's pretense of calmness, and suddenly said coldly: "Wan Yanye claims to have gathered 250,000 people, and the total army of my city-state is only tens of thousands, I don't know if Minister Xu has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

"How many times have the thieves come to commit crimes now?" But he didn't want to, Xu Xuanrong ignored him completely, but turned his head to Bai Qiuyu and asked.

Bai Qiuyu raised his hand when he heard this, and said solemnly: "A total of three times, the first time, Minister Xu used Diaoyutai to weaken Wan Yanye to the four realms and forced him to retreat, and the second time, Minister Xu deliberately tempted him into the city, set up ambushes on the left and right, and repelled it, just the third time, so that Wan Yanye mistakenly thought that the Yanggu army came to help and retreated. ”

With a satisfied smile, Xu Xuanrong glanced at Li Huo and said lightly: "After retreating three times, Vice Minister Li is still puzzled?"

Where would Li Huo have anything to say, so he silently shut up and retreated.

Just as Xu Xuanrong was taunting Li Huo, there were bursts of footsteps from behind, and then he saw Yang Renjie and Fu Feng coming side by side. The breath of these two people is not as good as before, there is a little more smell of gunpowder and war, and the eyebrows between them are not as green as when they just crossed, and they are a little more resolute and hard.

When he got closer, Yang Renjie hugged his fists and said: "Everyone, the gold thieves have retreated, we have killed 3,000 thieves in this battle, and the losses of each battalion are not small, and they have gone back to rectify the soldiers and horses." ”

Hearing this, Duan Li groaned for a few breaths, and suddenly clenched his fists and said, "Dare to ask how our army's losses are in this battle?"

Yang Renjie frowned slightly when he heard this, glanced at Fu Feng, and was about to speak, when a person next to him suddenly smiled: "Military secret!"

Hearing others talking, Yang Renjie and Fu Feng both shook their bodies, only to find that Li Yilin appeared beside them at some point, and suddenly both of them silently wiped their cold sweat, thinking that this guy's sense of existence is really getting lower and lower.

Duan Li was not in a hurry, but turned to Xu Xuanrong and bowed, and said solemnly: "Minister Xu, now that 250,000 thieves are besieging the city, the situation is urgent, this is not the time to be angry, I want to know the current loss, if it is possible, my clan is willing to send 8,000 troops to help the city retreat from the enemy." ”

Li Huo also stepped forward at this time, and said with a big grin: "Our clan also has 7,000 elite soldiers, which can help retreat the enemy. ”

Yang Renjie and Fu Feng's expressions moved slightly when they heard this, and they looked at each other thoughtfully, obviously a little moved.

Half a month ago, Wan Yanye, who had been forced away by Yao Ruoyu, suddenly made a comeback, not only bringing back more than a dozen masters of the Four Realms, but also an army of more than 200,000 people, who completely surrounded Hezhou City and Diaoyu City with a sweeping momentum as soon as they appeared.

In today's city-state, the total number of troops of Yang Renjie, Li Yilin, Fu Feng and other battalions is about 12,000, plus the private soldiers of various nobles and the defenders of the city, there are more than 20,000 if they break through the sky, if it is not for the terrain, they will not be able to fight against such a large number of troops.

After three consecutive battles, the literary army lost 30% of the losses, and only more than 8,000 remained. Therefore, if the elite soldiers of the two clans can join, they will definitely be able to better block the attack of the Jin soldiers.

However, just when Yang Renjie and Fu Feng were excited, Song Kai's voice suddenly sounded: "No need, if even some thieves can't be repelled, what are these people in the military department doing while they are still alive?"

This is very humiliating, Rao is Yang Renjie, Fu Feng and Song Kai are all from the Ministry of Literature and Art, and they can't help but feel a burst of anger at this moment, Li Huo, Duan Li and others are also a little surprised, and they don't understand why Song Kai said this.

The current situation is actually obvious, if the battle continues, the army of only about 10,000 soldiers in the military department will not be able to stop the offensive of more than 200,000 gold soldiers, so the only way is to accept the help of the armies of the two clans, but in this way, the city lord's mansion will definitely lose absolute control of the army.

Therefore, in Li Huo and Duan Ideal, at present, Xu Xuanrong and others have no way to retreat, and they can only agree to the requirements of themselves and others, otherwise they can only wait to see the city of Hezhou broken.

Seeing that everyone looked surprised, Song Kai was as indifferent as ever, suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Xuanrong, and said lightly: "It's already going according to plan, right?"

"Well, in two days or so, it will be delivered to his desk. Xu Xuanrong bowed slightly and smiled.

Song Kai nodded when he heard this, and said lightly: "Be cautious." ”

"Don't worry, Brother Kai, you won't fail. Xu Xuanrong shrugged and smiled pleasantly.

Hearing such a strange statement from the two, everyone around them was puzzled, only Luo He, Bai Qiuyu and others vaguely understood that the two must have a plan in secret.

Just as the two were talking, a flame light swept from the city, whistling and submerged into Xu Xuanrong's hands. Xu Xuanrong held it and rubbed it gently, and saw the flames dissipate, revealing the note inside.

Seeing this scene, everyone around them frowned slightly, this is a spiritual method used by the spiritual master to transmit information, which can be used to wrap the letterhead with spiritual energy to transmit messages, this kind of spiritual method can be used as long as the two realms can be used, so there are many people in Hezhou City who can use it, and I don't know who is delivering the news to Xu Xuanrong.

Unfolded the note and glanced at it a few times, Xu Xuanrong suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, and pursed his lips as if he didn't have anything, and then raised his head and said with a smile: "Everyone, the king of Hezhou has an order, summon me and others to the city lord's mansion to discuss matters." ”

"King Hezhou?" Yang Renjie's eyes lit up and he said happily, "The old demon is back?"

Luo He and the others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this, Yao Ruoyu's dynamics in the Jiangnan area had spread throughout the city with the return of Song Kai and others, so now everyone in the city-state knew that Yao Ruoyu already had invincible super combat power in the five territories, and the return of such a master naturally gave everyone a great sense of security.

At this moment, the Jin soldiers had retreated, and everyone didn't need to worry about these things for the time being, so as soon as Yao Ruoyu's order came, everyone walked down the city as soon as possible and rushed to the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

As soon as everyone walked into the hall, they saw Yao Ruoyu standing next to the city lord's throne with his hands in his hands, holding the table with one hand, looking at the people who walked into the meeting hall with a smile, Wanyan Fuchan and Han Yiqi were standing behind him, looking at everyone with interest.

Seeing Yao Ruoyu, everyone naturally had different thoughts in their hearts, either happy, hesitant, or annoyed, in short, no matter what the mood was, everyone still quickly stepped forward and bowed to Yao Ruoyu.

Among them, Yang Renjie, Fu Feng, Li Yilin and others were all overjoyed when they saw Han Yiqi with a round face, if it weren't for the important things at this moment, they would have rushed up to talk to Han Yiqi.

"Xu Xuanrong, leading the officials of the six ministries, welcomes the return of the king of Hezhou. As the head of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Xuanrong was already the head of the civil officials, so she was also at the forefront of the team and took the lead in speaking.

"Everyone, sit down, Luo Qing, order people to go to the table and chairs, don't let everyone stand and talk!" Seeing everyone saluting with Xu Xuanrong, Yao Ruoyu smiled slightly, waved his hand casually, and motioned for everyone to sit down.

After two months, Yao Ruoyu's momentum after returning was far better than when he left, especially the mastery temperament naturally exuded by his gestures, which made everyone inexplicably have a little urge to surrender.

Feeling this, Luo He, Bai Qiuyu and other followers were naturally happy, but Li Huo, Duan Li and other ill-intentioned people couldn't help but frown secretly.

As everyone sat down, Yao Ruoyu still didn't sit down, he was still standing next to the table, his body was slightly slanted, and he had an indecent posture, but the sword intent that overflowed from time to time in his body made everyone dare not show the slightest slack expression.

Looking around, Yao Ruo smiled foolishly and said: "After leaving for two months, you have governed the city-state well, well, as for the matter of the gold thief's coming, this king already knew about it just now." ”

Li Huo, Duan Li, Luo He and others became more and more heavy when they heard this, Yao Ruoyu before leaving only called himself "I", and there was little momentum between his words, but after he returned, he was like a sword out of the sheath, calling "this king" without half twisting.

"But it's too specific but it's not very clear, hmm," as soon as his eyes turned, Yao Ruoyu's gaze bypassed Xu Xuanrong and quietly fell on Song Kai, and said with a smile, "Minister Song, let you explain a thing or two for me!"

Xu Xuanrong smiled slightly when he heard this, Song Kai frowned slightly, looked up at Yao Ruoyu, and then thoughtfully glanced at Wanyan Fuchan and Han Yiqi who were standing behind Yao Ruoyu, and then slowly got up and said, "Yes." ”

Song Kai spoke briefly, and in a few words, he told Wan Yanye about the sudden leadership of 250,000 criminals, especially Xu Xuanrong's three plans to return the gold thief, and for some reason, he rarely told it twice in a row.

After listening to Song Kai's story silently, Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Song Kai, before coughing and frowning: "Two hundred and fifty thousand?

"That's just a rabble," the feather fan shook lightly, and Bai Qiuyu explained, "According to the spies' report, this 250,000 army is an army formed by Wanyan Wild, the commander of the Sichuan Kingdom of Jin, who unified all the bandits and rogues in Sichuan. ”

Fu Feng was rarely arrogant, and nodded: "Yes, even if it is the same number, the strength of those guys is not weak." ”

Yang Renjie said in a deep voice: "Among them, Wan Yan Ye is the leader, and more than ten four realms are the leaders, respectively leading the thieves under their command, these thieves are all one realm, two realms and three realms, and I don't know how Wan Yan Crazy can combine these guys." ”

Squinting his eyes slightly, Yao Ruoyu looked at Yang Renjie and Fu Feng in surprise, these two arrogant guys would actually admit that the enemy was powerful, it was really rare! It seems that war can indeed change people!