Xue Zhen's ease was only momentary, so he sat in the car and asked the sergeant, "Tell me more."

Although his face was still morbidly pale, he was so calm at the moment that it was impossible to tell that he was injured.

"On the third day of the general's departure, Chen Guo united with Zheng Guo and first sent a small group of men and horses to disguise themselves and enter the city on a snowy day, but they were surrounded by General Li; Then the 250,000 army divisions of Chen and Zheng formed a joint siege of Anhua County, and General Liu retreated according to the general's order, and when the news of the general's surprise attack on the two cities of Zhaoyang and Huimao came to Chen State, Chen State withdrew his troops, and the Zheng army besieging the city was naturally defeated by General Liu."

Xue Zhen didn't have much joy, and only asked, "Are you sure that the two countries have withdrawn?"

"When the little one returned, the siege of the county town had been lifted, and General Liu also sent General Li and Wang Er to lead 30,000 people to harass the fleeing enemy."

"What about Zhaoyang and Huimao?"

"General Wen abandoned Zhaoyang and stuck to Huimao."

"Who did Chen and Zheng send to lead the troops? How much do we lose? How much does the other party lose?"

The sergeant answered all the questions clearly, but when he said the battle situation at the beginning, Li Yuejiao could still keep up, but she was not familiar with the Zhenbei Army, so she fainted when she heard it.

She only felt that the battle situation didn't seem to be fierce, so when she noticed that Xue Zhen's expression was becoming more and more solemn, she couldn't quite understand it.

But when she heard the sergeant say how many firearms Chen Zheng Erguo had brought and how many siege equipment he had cultivated in one day, Li Yuejiao immediately understood Xue Zhen's solemnity.

The city wall of Anhua County is very high, there are rivers and mountains, there are many grains, and the city defense is strong, so it is reasonable to say that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But since the other party was able to erect ten pontoon bridges overnight, let half of the 250,000 troops cross the river, and almost dug through three tunnels, it is indeed not to be underestimated.

"I know," Xue Zhen knew in his heart, and Fang said to the sergeant, "Go into the city quickly, let Your Majesty know such good news earlier."

The sergeant answered "yes", mounted his horse again, and galloped away.

After the sergeant left, Xue Zhen looked at Li Yuejiao's deep expression and asked, "What is Madame thinking?"

Li Yuejiao pondered in her heart, and said with emotion: "I'm thinking about how much I can do in one night if I make a pontoon bridge in the Karakutsu Pavilion...... For they also have good craftsmen, but their firearms are not as good as ours."

"Madame knows firearms, too?" Xue Zhen asked with a smile.

"My mother's club has never carried anything behind my back," Li Yuejiao looked at him, "I said it a long time ago, does the prince think I'm talking nonsense?"

Hearing her mention Tang Ying, Xue Zhen's smile turned cold and he didn't answer.

Li Yuejiao knew that her mother was the biggest disagreement between them, so she didn't say much, but only asked, "Will the prince come to Chen Guo early in the morning?"

Xue Zhen nodded:

"I don't believe anything happens suddenly. If Your Majesty really has a mountain collapse, the court will inevitably be torn into two factions, the Yujing City will be chaotic, and the Quartet guards will be afraid to choose a side, this kind of major event will happen, I don't believe it is accidental, and I don't believe that there is no enemy country to provoke it. Now that I have just settled down, they are coming to the city, oh, do you know how long it will take for the 250,000 horses besieging the city to be gathered?"

Li Yuejiao didn't know anything about this, and only guessed honestly: "I don't know, it has to take ten days and a half months, right?"

Xue Zhen didn't laugh at her: "Grain and grass, craftsmen, armaments, sergeants and war horses, determine the method of siege, and then secretly pull out these people and assemble them on the frontier, I'm afraid it will take half a year's work." Madame, do you remember what happened half a year ago?"

Half a year ago, Xue Zhen had just stepped down as the general of the Zhenbei Army, returned to the capital with Chen Guo's birthday envoy, and brought Chen Sanniang and the child back to the Hou Mansion to anger her.

How could Li Yuejiao forget?!

But it dawned on her, "They were ready then?"

Xue Zhen nodded: "Chen Zheng and the two countries made this plan, they should be sure that I will not return to the northern frontier again, and they want to take advantage of the change to prevent a sneak attack, but fortunately, Your Majesty...... When I returned to northern Xinjiang, I read the report of the spies, and I was already guarding against them. It's just that I have been on guard for so long, but I don't want them to hit His Majesty and father-in-law with their minds......

Li Yuejiao's heart finally had a completely different fear of this matter than before.

"No matter what, so, whether the person who enters the game is my father or not......," her lips trembled, and she said incoherently, "They are ...... to attack Your Majesty and provoke the situation in Yujing They are all determined to be the sons of the world, and under the dilemma, they must choose to die?"

No. Xue Zhen thought to himself.

If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ventured back to Beijing.

I will choose not to obey His Majesty's blood edict.

I will also send someone to directly detain King Huai to ensure that the crown prince can ascend the throne smoothly.

Then, when the enemy country comes to attack, I will choose to die in battle and atone for the sin of grace.

Xue Zhen just didn't expect that the choice he made for Li Yuejiao would become the key to quelling the chaos by mistake.

The enemy country and the people who laid out the layout missed Li Yuejiao; And he saw clearly that he was a fateless little lady.

But these words that seemed to be coerced to repay the favor, he couldn't say it to Li Yuejiao.

It was Xue Zhen who just smiled, changed the topic and asked her:

"Madame will never think that I will really leave the safety of Northern Xinjiang and take my wife back to Beijing by myself, right?"

Li Yuejiao didn't know Xue Zhen's thoughts, but she was deeply impressed by the patience of the people behind the scenes.

In the past six months, how many things have changed? The man behind the scenes almost got it done.

She doesn't have the patience and mind to count half a year later, she loves to have fun in time when she is at home, and the only thing that can make her interested in the long term is to listen to other people's stories.

Although Li Yuejiao deeply hated the people behind the scenes for plotting against their own dangers, she also had some admiration.

But of course, the person she admires the most in her heart now is Xue Zhen.

Although he knew early on that the enemy was moving, he didn't have enough time to arrange the incident, but he still managed to make every detail.

Today, the capital is unharmed, the northern Xinjiang is unharmed, and the Jokhang has one more city.

Li Yuejiao compared it in her heart, and felt that Xue Zhen was a little more powerful than the person behind the scenes.

She smiled and said, "I thought that Shizi would dare to leave so decisively, and I should have been a little prepared, but when Shizi was in prison, I felt that I was thinking too much. Now it seems that the prince is really powerful, no wonder His Majesty will reuse the prince and believe in the son."

Her undisguised praise immediately made Xue Zhen's ears red.

He has been studying since he was a child, and he pays attention to the way of a gentleman, and is not used to being praised by others directly.

「…… If it weren't for Madame's rescue, I would have really died in the prison now, if it is powerful, Madame is more powerful." He was a little humble, and praised Li Yuejiao by the way

However, Miss Li pondered again, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Yes, I also think I'm quite powerful."

"......" Xue Zhen was speechless at the moment.

Madame, are you a little immodest?

However, Li Yuejiao didn't realize it at all, it was only because of this battle report that she was angry because of the offensive words that Xue Zhen said to Du Day, and it disappeared.

This man is sometimes annoying, but he is also pretty good when you remove the nasty parts.

She thought about it, smiled a lot, and brought a cup of tea to Xue Zhen:

"In this way, the people of Northern Xinjiang should be even more grateful to the prince, and I also thank the prince for his hard work for my senior sister, my family's craftsmen, and Yuntuan."

Xue Zhen took the tea, and although he drank it all, he still shook his head and said sincerely: "I just made arrangements, and the battle was fought by the four generals and sergeants who defended the city, and I, just chose the wayward general at a critical juncture."

"But the prince of the world is a decisive victory thousands of miles away," Li Yuejiao said firmly, and asked, "It's just our business, why does the prince hide it from his cousin?" He's not...... Do you know?"

Xue Zhen sighed and said, "Uncle Cousin is not a person with many tongues, he has been ...... in the past few years He has been explaining me that there is no evidence, that there should be no groundless speculation, and that he should not be angry with others...... It's just that if things are as you and I suspect now......

Xue Zhen paused for a moment and continued, "Before the matter is resolved, you can't let your cousin know,

Otherwise, according to his nature, he worries that something will go wrong with his body as he accumulates in his heart."

Li Yuejiao was stunned, turned her head to look out of the car, and was caged into the twilight official road, and said with emotion, "Uncle Cousin is a gentleman."

Although Xue Zhen smiled and followed with affirmation, some suspicion flashed in his eyes.

*

This night, Hou Shizi of Anyang and his entourage were resting at the Wangbei Inn.

After arriving at the inn, Du Yang learned from Xue Zhen what Fang Cai's good news was - in order to avoid suspicion, when the sergeant reported to Xue Zhen, Du Tian deliberately let the donkey cart detour first.

He couldn't help but smile and congratulate Xue Zhen: "Zhong Jing is really a pillar of the country."

"Uncle Cousin is overrated." Xue Zhen said.

Li Yuejiao ignored their uncle and nephew's conversation this time, but went straight to her guest room, and didn't need the maid to follow, and sent them all to take care of Xue Zhen.

The maids made a difficulty, the prince of the world doesn't like to let people get close to him, usually when he is at home, he doesn't like to be served closely, let alone them?

But Li Yuejiao didn't care, she just smiled and said, "The prince doesn't need you to take care of it, you just go to sleep, and it's okay to go in a hurry after you have enough spirits?"

Anyway, no matter what they arranged, they just entered the room by themselves and bolted the door.

When she cleaned up and was about to go to sleep, she suddenly heard the window move slightly, and then Chen Sanniang's voice sounded: "Madam?"

Li Yuejiao was overjoyed, and hurriedly put on her clothes and went over to open the window.

saw Chen Sanniang entering through the window, describing it as tiredness from running around for days, but seeing that she was not injured.

Li Yuejiao breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly closed the window, and whispered, "Sanniang is good all this way?"

Chen Sanniang poured her own tea, drank it in one gulp, and said to her, "I'm fine, who is the man who followed you?"

"Du Day, it's Xue Zhen's cousin." Li Yuejiao said.

Chen Sanniang didn't ask much, just took Li Yuejiao's hand and sat on the chair.

"Madam, what I say next will sound ridiculous, but Madame, don't shout, let alone disbelieve," she said solemnly in a suppressed voice, "Governor Jiang went to see the old Marquis of Anyang yesterday, he is Xue Zhen's grandfather's man."

Li Yuejiao was stunned at the moment.

What kind of ridiculous news is this?!