Chapter 501: Tiannan, Haibei, each on its own side
The scene that should have been greeted by ten thousand troops, but there was no one at all, and within a radius of ten miles, there was not a trace of human traffic.
Princess Ling was furious, holding the hand of a palace maid, she could no longer maintain her dignity and virtuousness, and shouted with a gloomy face: "Xiao Suzi, you roll over to the palace!" ”
A little eunuch was frightened, knelt on the ground with a puff, and howled: "Niangniang, the slave deserves death!" When the vanguard army went to explore just now, it was clearly said that there were still cavalry, who knows...... Who knew it would ......"
He didn't dare to say the rest of the words, and he lay on the ground shivering, and after a while he could even taste fishy, and the soil beneath him was wet. Apparently frightened incontinent.
"Out of breath! Drag it away! Don't stain your mother's eyes. The head of the inner palace on the side, a thirty or forty-year-old eunuch was very good at observing words and feelings, and found that Princess Ling's face was getting more and more ugly, so he immediately asked the guards to drag people away.
The little eunuch wailed as if he had killed a pig, but after a moment there was no sound. I don't know if I was stunned, or I was disposed of.
Princess Ling took the Praetorian Guards with her on this trip, she never expected that she would pounce on the air, and after a big thunder, she looked at the army raised by the company camp, her breath was still a little chaotic, and her eyes were cruel: "Let people check immediately, the army dared to pull out the camp without an order, and it was too bad to look at the saint and the palace." ”
"Yes, the old slave girl will send someone over." The governor got the order and let the masters of the previous Praetorian Guard set off on fast horses.
However, it is obvious that it will not be able to catch up with the distant army, and even if it catches up, not to mention a few Praetorian Guards, even the tens of thousands of defenders near the capital combined, they may not be able to compete with the troops who are marching and fighting, and they are basically seeking their own death. Princess Keling understood that the Bai family army would definitely get the news in advance, so she would evacuate before she came, making it clear that she would confront the imperial court.
While it is still too late, it is necessary to let the army return in time, otherwise it will drag on for more and longer, and in the end, once they join forces with Ji Ketian and others, it will be even more difficult to deal with.
Princess Ling's expectation was good, Bai Jiajun did receive a secret report. As the disgust of the military power in the court, it has long been noticed, and the other generals of the Bai family have secretly observed since the holy drive back to the palace, and then received the general's flying pigeon transmission, according to one of the two sets of plans discussed by the general and the military advisor Bai Qingze before, that is, the one when the last resort, the bottom of the kettle was drawn, and the army retreated, leaving only two thousand elites, waiting to see the direction of the wind.
As soon as Princess Ling's men and horses left, a team of people lurking in the grass appeared, and then whistled, and after a while, a team of fast horses galloped over, and the horses behind them were dragging two unconscious men, led by the military advisor of the Bai family's army, Bai Qingze. He pulled the reins and said to the elite soldiers below: "Are the people gone?" ”
"Strategist, all of them have gone back, and they are really what you expected, it is the white size of the spirit princess...... Phew, the ambitious woman came in person, a hairless eunuch with the holy decree, and finally they left in disgrace. A lieutenant pulled out the weeds on his head and stretched, "I'm tired of Lao Tzu, I've been lying here for two hours, just to wait for them, but the military advisor is really good, and you have snatched all the credit." ”
After the lieutenant finished speaking, he mouthed Nunu, the man who fainted on horseback.
Bai Qingze glanced at him, he didn't know what he thought, he sighed, his calm face was more solemn, fortunately he and the general had already made arrangements, in fact, when he didn't receive the flying pigeon's message, he was already thinking about waiting for the opportunity to move, but the result was really expected, Princess Ling returned early, and the general did not return for a long time. He had no choice but to let Bai Yan arrange to lead the large army to withdraw to the deep mountains and wait for the general.
"What about these two spies?" The lieutenant general had already flown on his horse and drew his broadsword with a bang, looking like he wanted to kill people as quickly as possible.
Bai Qingze shook his head lightly, "Put people down near the post station, and whether they will die or live when they go back depends on their own creation." ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone quickly disappeared as they came.
The capital is unpredictable, the wind is surging, and a few people who rushed back from southern Xinjiang are completely unknown, but they can also guess probably, along the way, they hurried up all the way, and finally arrived at the town near Beijing, worried about being wanted by Bai Qingxue's people, and several people were extra careful even if they were dressed in disguise, and they were all sleeping in the villager's house to avoid people's eyes.
On this night, a few people had just arrived at the resting place, and before they had eaten their meals, the door suddenly rang.
Ji Ketian glanced at the disgust, the latter shook his head at her, and then he whispered in a disguised voice: "Uncle, we don't need anything for the time being, you can rest early." ”
Who knew that the other party did not retreat but advanced, and Yili and Cheng Zinuo immediately entered the state of preparation for war, surrounded Ji Ketian and Yue'er in the middle, ready to go, and prepared to meet the enemy.
As a result, a strange bird chirped outside, and it was not clear why she was disgusted with her shoulders, and she made a short cry before Cheng Zinuo was in trouble, and quickly got a response from the person outside the door.
"It's my people." Disgusted to see that everyone was surprised, he explained in a low voice, and as soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open.
The candle flame was faint, and the people who came were the same as them, dressed as villagers, but they were extremely ordinary from head to toe, but their mouths were warm and their temperament was extremely elegant. ”
"Strategist, don't come unharmed." He stepped forward and gave him a high-five, but his mood was completely relieved, and he was able to find this place to prove that the army had gotten rid of the spies of the Spirit Princess.
This disguised person was Bai Qingze, he took off his hat, pulled off his beard by the way, met everyone under the recommendation of disgust, and then sat around the candle flame, telling the situation in the capital one by one.
Hearing that his father resigned and was almost seriously ill, Ji Ketian made some progress and frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Bai Qingze smiled and said: "Miss Ji don't worry, I asked my subordinates to pay attention to the situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I heard that they were going back to the ancestral hometown of Lord Ji, and they met a caravan on the way and walked together, and the other party should be a caravan from the Northern Barbarians." I have to say that the treasure knife of the master is not old, he let his family and caravan disperse, not to mention the imperial court, it is difficult for our people to track down. ”
It must be a renunciation. When Ji Ke heard about the Northern Barbarian caravan, there was already speculation.
With the help of Bai Jiajun, Ji Ketian quickly contacted the departing cultivators, and they were about to go north, but fortunately she came one step earlier, and Ji Xue was about to say goodbye to the Ji family. But looking at Jixue, the tip of her nose was sore, and she took the other party's hand and didn't speak.
"Okay, Xiaoxue and Lixiu are going to leave sooner or later, just in advance, let's send them here." Ji Cheng pulled the old mother and said to the inseparable pair of daughters, but his voice was choked, not as calm as he said.
The old lady is very old, and she was not going to go to Beiban this time, but she couldn't help but cry when she thought of her granddaughter going away to a foreign country.
The separation is imminent, and there is a lot of sorrow and sorrow.