Chapter 137: Retreat to Huaicheng
Yes, the reason why she took Pingzhou with a thunderous force was just to cheer up the embattled Qin army, and now Qin Mochen's troops are in Dongli Imperial City, and Emperor Dongli is anxious to send people to sue for peace, which is the best example of boosting morale. And the reason why she will govern and improve Pingzhou is just to pave the way for the future and test the water in Pingzhou. If Pingzhou really can't be saved, then there is no pity.
"But the princess..."Chen Baixing suddenly wilted like a deflated ball, "Is it really impossible to keep it?" ”
"Yes." Gu Qingwan said abruptly, "You can take a look at this information first." She handed the fold in her hand to Yue Thirteen, and asked Yue Thirteen to hand it to him. Chen Baixing didn't know about her pregnancy, so she could only temporarily wronged him first.
Chen Baixing took the fold indifferently, and when he saw the contents clearly, he couldn't help but look at Gu Qingwan dumbfounded. And Gu Qingwan's nonchalant nod verified the authenticity of this matter.
He closed his eyes a little weakly, closed the fold and nodded heavily, "Okay, the last general will go down and order the whole army to retreat." ”
"Let's go." Gu Qingwan said softly.
"The princess should also evacuate quickly, the Xiyu army is about to attack." Chen Baixing's expression was solemn.
"Got it, you go down and get ready first."
"The last will be retired." Chen Baixing bowed, and the moment he turned around, his nose was sour and he almost cried.
Can he say that he already has feelings for Pingzhou? Giving it up now is as heart-wrenching as giving up your own child. But this is also a helpless way, just now the princess gave him a share of the fold said that Dongli and Xiyu secretly married, Dongli sent a county lord to marry the old emperor of Xiyu as a concubine, the old emperor was dizzy, he listened to the jade concubine for everything, and actually sent her to the front line, and her purpose seems to be to fight for the princess, because she seems to be familiar with everything about the princess. As long as I think of someone who has been secretly watching the princess, it can't help but make people feel frightened, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the safety of the princess is the most important thing.
What's more, the intelligence said that Yu Guifei seemed to have mastered the defense map of their Qin family's army. No wonder their defenses were broken again and again today, it turned out that there was a traitor in the Qin family's army!
The order to retreat was given quickly, and almost like a low tide, the Qin army disappeared from the battlefield. However, at about the same time, Ning Jue entered Pingzhou City with soldiers and horses.
The city was eerily quiet, and there was nothing on the main street except for a few soldiers who had been killed in battle.
"Receive." Ning Jue raised his hand and asked the people behind him to divide into several roads, not letting go of any corner, and doing his best to search for clues left by the Qin family's army.
"Hehe, it seems that the Nine Emperor Princes can still be ruthless! If it had started like this a long time ago, maybe he would have already won the princess of Mobei. Concubine Yu rode to Ning Jue's side and said with a smile: "If it goes on like this, it will not be far from the heart of the Nine Emperor Princes to conquer the beauties." Hehehe..."
"Shut up." Ning Jue's voice was low, and she looked at her warningly, "Concubine Yu Guifei should do her own thing, and you won't have to worry about the affairs of this prince." ”
"Hongu thinks we're grasshoppers on a rope?" Yu Guifei raised her eyebrows and said.
"This prince is different from you. Also, not all women are sluts who only seduce people like you! Ning Jue looked at the jade concubine who was deliberately approaching him with disgust, and said sarcastically.
This sentence is not groundless, this jade concubine had used this trick to deal with Ning Liucheng before, and she happened to be seen by the old and dizzy emperor, so she ran to the emperor's side crying and crying, saying that Ning Liucheng bullied her and wanted to take her by force. The old emperor was furious at that time, and threatened to execute Ning Liucheng immediately, or the West Palace interceded with the ministers, so the old emperor did not kill the killer, but he still rewarded Ning Liucheng with fifty rods, beat him half to death, and lay on the bed for two months. Poor Ning Liucheng was injured and had no one to take care of him, the West Palace was absolutely impossible to count on, let alone the old emperor, or his younger brother, who was disliked everywhere, secretly went to medicine him at night and took care of him.
Now Concubine Yu wants to use the same means to make him suffer, dream! How could this woman be comparable to his bail?
"Report, Qi Qi Nine Emperor Princes, the city is empty, the Qin family army is nowhere to be seen, and the grain, grass and weapons are all gone." One of the guards stepped forward and said.
"What?" Yu Guifei exclaimed, "Impossible! The Qin family's army retreated suddenly, and there was no time to move those things, they must still be in the city! Look for it again, you have to find it anyway! ”
It doesn't matter if Gu Qingwan is not caught, what's the use of giving her an empty city, these people don't want to eat their grain and grass.
Ning Jue frowned deeply, ignoring Concubine Yu's madness, he felt that Pingzhou City was really a little quiet, "Why is the city so quiet?" ”
Ning Jue's words also made Concubine Yu suspicious, it stands to reason that they have taken back Pingzhou, even if the people in the city don't come out to greet them, at least they are not silent. It's a little incredible.
The guard who delivered the message looked at Ning Jue's serious face, then looked at his impatient face, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Returning to the Nine Emperor Princes and Guifei Niangniang, I asked a family of people below, and the people said... It is said that the Qin family army had already begun to retreat to Huaicheng, and the Qin family army had asked the people before that if they were willing to leave with them, they were taken away, and those who were unwilling to leave stayed in the city, and some food was distributed to them. ”
The guard paused and continued, "Therefore, most of the people in the city followed the Qin family's army, and those who were left behind were those who were older or dragged their families. ”
"Well, this prince knows..."Ning Jue was interrupted by a shrill voice before he could finish speaking.
"What do you say? Do these Diao people still know that they are the people of Xiyu? Go, go and arrest the rest of the Diao people, this palace will definitely not let them go! Concubine Yu gritted her teeth and said.
Why? Why should even the hearts of the people be towards Gu Qingwan, that slut! She's the enemy who has taken their city!
"This..."The guards looked at Ning Jue hesitantly, if they went to arrest the people, it would definitely cause resentment and anger among the people, and I was afraid that it would be bad at that time.
"What is this? This palace just wants them to know their identity, since they are born as Xiyu's people, they must also be Xiyu's ghosts when they die! A little bit of grain and grass has subdued them, so what is the use of such a people? Concubine Yu said angrily.
"I'm afraid it's not right?" Ning Jue frowned and looked at Concubine Yu, "The people are not wrong, they just want to live better." "Although it is indeed a shame for their people to follow the Qin family's army, it also shows that their emperor is mediocre, doesn't it? Such a big irony, he really wanted to let the high emperor know!
Concubine Yu hooked her lips and said sarcastically: "What does the Nine Emperor Princes mean is His Majesty's mistake? Aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will know and punish you if you turn your elbow outward? ”
"You know best what this prince means, concubine. Also, don't use the emperor to suppress the prince, not everyone is afraid of him. Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, this prince just hopes that the concubine will think twice. "Ning Jue is undeniably authentic.
"Think twice? Hum! Concubine Yu snorted heavily, "This palace just wants to let that group of traitorous people know, because of their stupidity, let the rest of the people atone for their sins!" ”
After that, she took out the jade pendant on her waist, turned her head to the guard behind her and said, "This is Your Majesty's jade pendant, seeing this thing is like seeing Your Majesty!"
The guards behind him saw the jade pendant in the hand of the jade concubine, and knelt down one after another to wait for instructions. Except, of course, Ning Jue.
Concubine Yu didn't care about Ning Jue's attitude, let alone Yu Pei, even if His Majesty was in front of him, he wouldn't move more.
"This palace now orders you to arrest all the remaining people in the city, and this palace will personally deal with them!"
The soldiers kneeling below all looked at Ning Jue in unison, and the revenge of the Jade Guifei with obvious meaning was a little creepy, and they hoped that the Nine Emperor Princes would be able to stop her.
Ning Jue frowned, and said disapprovingly: "Concubine Yu, the people are innocent, even if you are angry, you can lead the troops to attack Huaicheng, the people are powerless, and this prince feels that this method is inappropriate."
"What? Could it be that the Nine Emperors want to disobey the emperor's orders? Concubine Yu raised her eyebrows and shook the jade pendant in front of Ning Jue.
Ning Jue was not mistaken, it was indeed the emperor's jade pendant. He was a little angry in his heart, the emperor had never liked and loved a woman so much, even if he spoiled them before, it was only a favor in terms of money and reputation, and he had never given his jade pendant to others like he did now.
Is the emperor really fascinated by ghosts? Isn't it old and confused?
Yu Guifei looked at Ning Jue and didn't speak, and raised her eyebrows proudly, "Don't you go quickly, are you waiting to be dealt with by military law?" ”
"Yes." A group of guards swallowed their saliva and searched from house to house, at this time what they hoped most was that all they found were empty houses, this time they really hoped that all the people would evacuate with the princess of Mobei. However, there were still more than 200 people left in the city, most of whom were old people, women and children, and they were all huddled together when they were captured.
"Take them all, cross the river, and attack Huaicheng!" Yu Guifei said loudly.
"What do you want to do?" Ning Jue's voice was sharp, and he had a bad premonition.
"What? Since the Nine Emperor Princes were incompetent and failed to catch the princess of Mobei in person, the palace had to go out in person. This palace doesn't believe it, this time Gu Qingwan can still grow wings and fly out? Hehehehe..."
"Are you crazy? They are the people of Xiyu! "If he didn't know the purpose of the Jade Guifei before, but at this moment he definitely guessed it.
Hu Shengxuan wants to use the people in Pingzhou City as hostages to force them out!
"Hongu is not crazy! The palace is only for the sake of more Xiyu people. These people can sacrifice for Xiyu, and they are also worthy of death. The corners of Concubine Yu's mouth hooked up a cruel smile, "I can exchange this group of cheap lives for a noble princess of Mobei, this palace believes that not only other people, but even this group of people will be grateful to this palace!" ”
"Hu Shengxuan!" Ning Jue gritted his teeth and glared at her, if she dared to do something to hurt the people, he would definitely not let her go!