Chapter 591: Emperor Lai gave in

What was different from before was that after Zhao Wu finished speaking this time, a hundred archers came out of the night army behind him in a row, one by one holding a golden scale bow and aiming at Emperor Lai. As long as Zhao Wu gives an order, even if those ministers of the Lai Kingdom are there, they will not want to save the Lai Emperor. After the arrival of those ministers, in a blink of an eye, Zhao Wu's attitude changed greatly, from the previous respect to the current toughness.

The tail feathers of the golden-scaled arrows are always telling the people of Lai that they can't act rashly. Ning Xiang and many ministers of the Lai Kingdom frowned one by one, and under Zhao Wu's demonstration by force, they couldn't help but worry about the safety of their monarchs. At this moment, although they had fully understood the purpose of Zhao Wu's trip, they still did not know the current situation, like Zhao Wu's subordinates, who was the host and who was the guest.

"Marshal Zhao, so mighty," the resolute meaning in Zhao Wu's eyes, Emperor Lai saw it very clearly. After exerting pressure on each other, they didn't expect to force Zhao Wu to use force so quickly. But thinking about it in another direction, this seems to be the only way Zhao Wu can think of. In any case, the other party has a showdown, and Lai Huang must make a decision as soon as possible.

"You have won the award, Ben Shuai is just telling the truth. ”

"Good to tell the truth," Emperor Lai agreed, glancing at the ministers, and seeing that no one dared to speak, his heart became more and more dissatisfied.

"Marshal Zhao, since you know that this emperor is the conquering night country of the Fengluo Heavenly Nation, don't you know that if the emperor agrees to withdraw the army, it is very likely to offend the Luo Heavenly Nation?"

"I believe that with the wisdom and wisdom of the king, it is not difficult to give Luo Tianguo a reasonable explanation. ”

"Marshal Zhao came here this time, thinking that it is necessary not only for the emperor's withdrawal order, right?"

"The king is Shengming, the subordinate came with 50,000 soldiers, and he didn't bring much rations along the way, so the minister hoped that during the withdrawal of the army from Lai, the monarch could help the lord and his subordinates solve the problem of food and salary. ”

"It seems that Marshal Zhao still wants the emperor to go with you!"

"The ministers thanked the Holy Majesty first. ”

"Isn't the marshal afraid that once the emperor is freed afterwards, he will send a large army to attack the Night Country?"

"As soon as your army withdraws, presumably the Mongolian army will not stay for long. As soon as the Mongolian army leaves, the danger of the night capital will be solved, and at that time, the king blames the subordinates for the crime of offense, and wants to raise troops to crusade against the night country, and the subordinates are willing to accompany them to the end. ”

"Marshal Zhao is so confident that he is not worried about the Mongolian army's reluctance to withdraw?"

"Whether the Mongolian army withdraws or not, as soon as the king's holy decree arrives and the Lai army leaves, they will see for themselves. ”

"Marshal Zhao's name is like thunder, and it really deserves its reputation when I see it today," After talking alone with Zhao Wu for a period of time, Emperor Lai has fully realized that Zhao Wu's courage is outstanding, there are generals who command the three armies, and there is also the power of deterring hundreds of officials.

Looking at the whole world, I am afraid that there are few talents who can compare with Zhao Wu. In today's Lai Palace, Emperor Lai knows that there is no subordinate who can compare with Zhao Wu, but unfortunately Zhao Wu is a foreign minister. No matter how much Emperor Lai is thirsty at the moment, he will only turn into a sigh in the end.

"Ning Xiang, quickly prepare a hundred carts of rations for Marshal Zhao, and the emperor will personally accompany Marshal Zhao to the eastern border. ”

"The dragon body is shengwei, don't leave the palace hastily. Ning Yuancai listened to it for a long time, and after hearing Emperor Lai's decision to go to the eastern border, he finally understood the current situation, but obviously didn't agree with Emperor Lai's decision.

"Could it be that Ning Xiang has a better way?"

"Even if the king agrees to withdraw the troops, can't he go with them?" Ning Xiang was speechless for a while, and his tone softened a lot.

"If the emperor doesn't leave, do you still want the 50,000 night soldiers to stay in the Lai Palace with the emperor?" Emperor Lai directly explained the current situation with two questions, and at the same time wanted to see if Ning Xiang had any high opinions.

Under Emperor Lai's tactful and majestic questioning, Ning Xiang understood the holy will, and wanted to help Emperor Lai solve the crisis but couldn't think of a way. In Ning Xiang's opinion, if he really wanted to forcibly fight against the night army, it would only put Emperor Lai in danger, and Ning Xiang naturally did not dare to put Emperor Lai in danger.

"Don't say anything to the emperor, but go and prepare military rations quickly," Emperor Lai saw that Ning Xiang was slow to speak, knowing that Ning Xiang would not have any good way to solve his problems, so he had to look at Zhao Wu again, "Marshal Zhao, let's go." ”

"The gentleman's bearing is admired by the ministers, please go first," understanding what Emperor Lai meant, Zhao Wu saw that the big thing had been accomplished, and no longer hesitated, and immediately made a gesture of invitation to Emperor Lai. Based on the identity of Emperor Lai, Zhao Wu always had to maintain etiquette. In any case, a contest between the two sides ended up with Zhao Wu winning, and of course Zhao Wu did not win easily.

Not long after, when Zhao Wu accompanied Emperor Lai to the palace gate, Ning Xiang sent the jade seal of the country according to Emperor Lai's instructions, as well as the military talisman for transferring troops and generals, and the Son of Heaven to ride. Since Emperor Lai agreed to withdraw from the army, he didn't do much to make a plan, and before leaving the palace, he directly issued a holy decree and ordered people to be sent to the Night Country as soon as possible, and gave Xu Bufan, the commander of the Lai army. So when Emperor Lai and Zhao Wu arrived at the border, there might be news from the Lai army.

Not long after Zhao Wu left Laidu with Emperor Lai, Ning Xiang transferred a hundred carts of military rations from the treasury according to the instructions, and followed closely behind the night army, accompanied by many ministers. If Emperor Lai does not return to Lai Du for a day, they will follow him for a day. As for the royal family in the palace, after getting the news that Emperor Lai was taken hostage, the concubines cried and were extremely worried, and the princes were busy.

If there is anything unexpected for Emperor Lai, there will naturally be some changes in the country of Lai. However, due to Emperor Lai's usual prestige, those princes did not dare to act arbitrarily.

Outside the palace, because no civilians died at the hands of the Night Army, many civilians gradually calmed down after a great panic, and many people already knew the identity and purpose of the Night Army. Now because Emperor Lai was held hostage by the night army, rumors spread in the city, and it was rumored in many places that Emperor Lai was forcibly escorted by the night army, so it caused great panic.

Fortunately, there was also a minister who stayed behind to maintain order in the city, and although the rumors could not be suppressed, there was no confusion. Zhao Wu's raid on Laidu came quickly and went fast.

A few days later, the night army escorted Emperor Lai to the eastern border of Lai Kingdom, in a small city called Xiancheng, and Emperor Lai temporarily succumbed to the city lord's mansion.

On the first day they arrived in Xiancheng, Emperor Lai's holy decree was successfully delivered to the territory of the Night Kingdom and handed over to Xu Bufan, the marshal of the Lai Kingdom. At that time, the armies of the two countries were approaching the city and were about to attack the night capital, and the situation was very critical for the night country.

After 200,000 of the 700,000 troops were divided to surround the Yedu, the remaining 500,000 troops gathered under the city pass of the Yedu, and while besieging the Yedu, the commanders of the two countries prepared to attack from the north gate of the Yedu.

The 500,000 army spread out under the city, and the length of the horizontal queue could not be seen, and the night army on the city pass was trembling, and the generals were full of sadness. It is conceivable that once the coalition forces attack, within a quarter of an hour, the Beiguan will be lost, and at that time, the coalition troops will enter the city at night, and there will be a river of blood in the night capital. At such a critical moment, the defenders of the city did not see reinforcements arrive.

So, after the marshals of the two countries in Monlay sent people to persuade them to surrender, the night generals in the city who originally planned to hold on to them shook their hearts one by one. With such a disparity in strength, they had no idea of fighting at all.

On the other hand, the reason why the marshals of Mongolia and Lai went to persuade them to surrender first was because of the relationship between Zhao and Wu, and the marshals of the two countries knew that there were 250,000 night troops waiting not far from them, and with the 100,000 reinforcements of Lei State, the total number of night troops was more than half of their troops.

Now that the Night Army and the Lei Army were not far from them, the commanders of the two countries were worried that if they could not break through the city pass in time, Zhao Wu would outflank them from behind with a large army. Although the two coaches obviously felt that even if the night army and the Lei army behind them came over, they still had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, but the two were still very jealous of Zhao Wu.

When the commanders of the two countries persuaded the soldiers defending the city to surrender, the night army and the Lei army were separated, but they were indeed not far from the coalition army. The reason why the two armies did not arrive as soon as possible was because they were still waiting for Bai Shuilian's military order.

It has been half a month since Zhao Wu left, and there has been no news during this period, and it was not until yesterday that Bai Shuilian received news from Zhao Wu and knew that Emperor Lai had ordered the withdrawal of the army. It's just that when Emperor Lai's holy decree will arrive and whether it can work, Bai Shuilian is not clear for the time being.

At present, the coalition army wants to attack the city, but it has not been seen for a long time that the holy decree of Emperor Lai has arrived, calculating the expected arrival time of the envoy of Laiguo, Bai Shuilian can't help but be anxious, but in any case, Bai Shuilian can't mess with herself, she still has to choose to believe in Zhao Wu.

In the past half month, Bai Shuilian has made too many efforts to stabilize the morale of the army. At the same time, Bai Shuilian has to try her best to have a good relationship with the commander of the Lei army, and now that the opinions of the two sides have been agreed, the Lei army will give full support to the night army according to the plan.

Since it was uncertain whether Laiguo's herald would be able to arrive at the battlefield on time, just in case, according to Zhao Wu's orders, Bai Shuilian was ready to fight, and only hoped that when they arrived at Chengguan, Chengguan would not be breached by the coalition forces.

While Bai Shuilian was calming the hearts of the army and preparing for battle, the commanders of the two countries were now paying attention to the movements of the night army and the Lei army behind them after persuading the city guards to surrender.

"Marshal Xu, the main force of the Night Army and the Lei Army are stopped ten miles behind our army, presumably they must be planning to interfere with our siege from our rear when we are attacking the city with all our might, will it cause us trouble when the time comes?"

The person who asked the question was the commander of the Mongolian army, "Wan Longyi", Wan Longyi, who was upright in his life, had always been strict in governing the army, and governed the army in an orderly manner, but he was slightly deficient in strategy, so after cooperating with the suspicious Xu Bufan, he never made the idea of attacking the city as soon as possible.

"Marshal Wan Yuan doesn't have to worry, although our army has divided part of its forces to defend the other gates of the night capital, the troops in each place are not weak. If the main force of the Night Army and the Lei Army dare to attack from behind, we can completely divide some of our forces to deal with them. When the time comes, when all the troops from other places are transferred, they can fight to the death. ”