At noon the next day, Douhu returned to the pioneer camp with several of his subordinates, exchanged a few carts of grain for An Ruiqi's approval, and sent the Shadow Guards to repeat their old tricks, so that the traitors hiding in the Qingfeng Cottage had to abandon the cottage and move below the mountainside due to the lack of spices to protect against the cold and humidity in the mountains. Seeing that the scattered cottage brothers led by the Qingfeng Mountain Cottage are about to gather at the foot of the Qingfeng Mountain, the traitors who have lost the iron cover of the cottage are just like ants and vulnerable to attack. Shen Yidao and others were naturally unwilling to be left behind, and he told An Ruiqi that when the cottage people were assembled, he would go back to fight side by side with Zhan Long and others, so he really lacked skills in the matter of forking roads, and advised An Ruiqi to make plans as soon as possible. An Ruiqi originally wanted to stick to the three forks for the time being, work for a day, wait for the enemy's morale to be exhausted, and then blow it head-on, but unexpectedly, thinking that the enemy might attack from that unimpeded fork in a few days, he had to plan a plan for the enemy overnight.

Late that night, An Ruiqi personally led the elite of the vanguard camp, raided the Wei army camp, burned the granary, and threatened that the An family army was coming, which made the Wei army panic.

When the general of Wei State heard this, he couldn't suppress the anxiety and anger in his heart, and without passing the word, he went straight to the camp of the general of Yue Guo and asked: "Two days ago, the general of Chu suddenly left with his troops, and tonight our army was attacked by the Song army, and most of the military food was lost. ”

General Pingyang glanced at him and replied calmly: "General, don't panic, our army has plenty of food and grass for the two armies to share." Even if the state of Chu was treacherous, relying solely on the strength of the Wei and Yue armies, it still had a solid chance of winning against 50,000 people in the enemy's military region. ”

After hearing this, the general of Wei State became angry a lot, he snorted, and continued to ask: "But the army of the Song State is coming, and at that time, the enemy and us are evenly matched, and the An family army has a reputation for being undefeated, it may be difficult to gain the upper hand against us." ”

"If what the general is talking about is the An family army led by Marshal An, the last general advises you not to worry too much, Marshal An is already too busy to take care of himself, even if he wants to come to save his two beloved sons as soon as possible, he is powerless." General Pingyang raised his eyebrows and sneered.

"Is that true? Could it be that the Chu army withdrew its troops for no reason not to avoid a head-on confrontation with Marshal An? General Wei looked at General Pingyang intently, trying to find some clues from his expression.

General Pingyang's face sank and he replied. "I really don't know the reason, but I am willing to take my life as a guarantee, Marshal An is under the control of others, and there will be no threat to us for a while."

"Ming people don't say dark words, General Pingyan, you once said that reinforcements and ambushes will come soon, where are you now? Or is this just your words to coax Chu Wei? After finishing speaking, the general of Wei Guo widened his eyes and showed a fierce light.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the general of Wei, the always calm General Pingyang couldn't help but be angry, he frowned, and replied sharply: "The general is really too deceitful, if there are no reinforcements to clamp down on Marshal An, and there is no ambush I have laid to disturb the Qingfeng Cottage, I am afraid that you and I will already be in a different place!" ”

General Wei seemed to understand what he said, he glanced at General Pingyang meaningfully, and then silently walked out of the camp. The next day, the Wei army left camp without leaving a word.

On the same day, General Pingyang sent someone to send a letter to the reinforcements, and the accompanying guards immediately opened the letter and presented it to the man wearing a brocade robe, the man quickly read it, was furious, and tore it to pieces, and then whispered: "Let Marshal An go forward, and the whole army will go straight to the imperial city!" A little consternation flashed in the guard's eyes when he heard this, and he hurriedly agreed, and hurried to give orders to the army. The well-trained army was ordered to retreat in an orderly manner to the darkness, and if it were not for the traces of the fire on the camp, no one would have believed that half an hour ago there had been an army of 200,000 men encamped there. An Dingguo was concerned about the An brothers, and when he saw that the enemy army was scattered, he did not doubt him, so he immediately spurred his horse and led the 100,000 troops to Qingfeng Mountain to rescue the pioneer camp.

When An Ruixiang heard the news, he was both surprised and delighted, and he was afraid that there would be fraud in it, so he hurriedly summoned all the generals to the tent to discuss.

"There is a reason for the withdrawal of the Chu army, but the sudden withdrawal of the Wei army in breach of contract will inevitably make people suspicious, do you think this will be a plan to lure the enemy?" An Ruixiang asked distressedly.

Everyone was at a loss.

"The commander's concerns are not unreasonable, but the general of Wei is understandable in this move." An Ruiqi replied indifferently.

"What do you think about the prison army?" An Ruixiang asked puzzled.

An Ruiqi smiled lightly and replied: "Back to the commander, the last general expected that the Wei army was probably thinking that it would not be able to fight with our army, so it was better to wait for work and wait for our army to run out of food and grass and surrender without a fight." It's a pity that after last night's battle, they lost more than half of their grain and grass in an instant, and they heard that Qingfeng Cottage had been hoarding warehouses full of grain for many years for emergencies, and they knew that they could not compete with our army. ”

"What the prison army said is very true!" An Ruixiang took the case and said majestically: "There are only 100,000 Vietnamese troops left in the front, if you don't fight at this time, when will you wait!" Obey the order! "The people knelt down on one knee and bowed their hands in agreement." Summoning my generals and joining me to capture the enemy camp! ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Everyone replied in unison with high morale.

"General, something is wrong! The Song army passed through the fork and was marching towards our army! The soldiers reported back to General Binh Duong in a panic.

After hearing this, General Pingyang's heart trembled, and he thought about it: The enemy army is only 50,000, so why bother! Immediately, he sneered and ordered: "Pass the order, the whole army is ready to fight!" Putting on his armor, his broadsword in his hand, and his grip on the reins, he still felt uneasy. Is it because of the prestige of An Jiajun's far-reaching reputation, or because of the recent disadvantages, he faintly feels that in this battle, even if they are outnumbered, they will not be able to defeat the Mandate of Heaven after all......

In the dead of night, the moonlight was unpretentious, and the imperial concubine tiptoed into the imperial study and called softly: "Your Majesty...... Emperor! ”

"Aifei? It's not early, so why don't you sleep in the dormitory? The emperor, who was lying on the soft couch, stood up lazily and yawned.

When the imperial concubine saw him wake up, she hurriedly ran to him, accidentally tripped over the stone steps under her feet, and crashed into the emperor's arms.

The emperor stretched out his hand to hold her, showed a hint of sneer, and said leisurely: "Is the concubine here to give me a hug?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Two blushes appeared on the imperial concubine's face, but her eyes were extremely clear, she grabbed the emperor's sleeve tightly and urged: "How can the emperor still have the leisure to laugh with his concubines...... You'd better leave with your concubine quickly! ”

"Leave? Oh, if you want to leave, you can feel free, and I will fulfill you. The emperor replied nonchalantly.

"Your Majesty...... You...... Why don't you understand the painstaking efforts of your concubines! If you don't leave, you may be in danger of your life! The imperial concubine was so anxious that her eyes were red.

"What did you say?" The emperor looked condescendingly at the imperial concubine kneeling on the ground, his eyes sharp.

"Uncle...... Uncle asked my aunt not to leave the palace these days...... Because...... Because there will be war......" The imperial concubine lowered her head and replied timidly.

"Nonsense! The palace is heavily guarded, where is the war! The emperor held up the chin of the imperial concubine and forced her to look at him.

"Concubine...... The concubine did not lie...... Emperor...... Please believe in the concubine's ......" The imperial concubine replied with a choked voice, and crystal tears slid down her white and jade-like cheeks, making people feel pity, and the emperor was unmoved.

"I only asked you once, what is Uncle Guo's plan?" The emperor asked in a low voice, although his tone was flat, but it did not damage his terrifying majesty of the king.

Uncle said...... Say this imperial city...... ...... change hands" After speaking, the imperial concubine couldn't help crying bitterly. Even people like her, who are ignorant of the world, understand what a serious crime Uncle Rong Guo and the Queen Mother committed. She was reluctant to say anything, fearing that her relatives would suffer because of this, but she also did not want to see her beloved die in vain. After thinking about it, she decided to flee the capital with the emperor, thinking that this must be the best of both worlds, however, she never thought that her sincerity, instead of being able to exchange her sweetheart and her to go away, would lead to a bloody battle.

"I know...... Aifei, you can go back to the palace to rest first......" The emperor commanded indifferently.

The imperial concubine wanted to persuade again, but when she saw the emperor's cold face, her heart ached so much that she couldn't speak for a while......