Chapter Eighty-Eight: Collaboration with the Enemy

Luo Qingzhi reacted, watching Mu Chengqian and Xianyun turn their faces away, hesitated a little, but still touched Gao Zhen's hair, patted it gently, and comforted him.

Gao Zhen parted the hugs and looked Luo Qingzhi up and down to make sure she didn't have any injuries before relaxing her clenched hands.

"I'll be really angry if you dare to leave me alone next time."

Luo Qingzhi smiled, "Then, I'm not angry this time."

Gao Zhen didn't answer directly, and Xianyun couldn't help but interrupt the conversation between the two.

"Two, let's stop you and me first, can we get down to business first?"

Luo Qingzhi pulled Gao Zhen aside and asked, "You said just now that you can help."

Xianyun said jokingly, "I thought that you were patronizing Luo Erlang just now, but you didn't hear the words of the old way."

"Daoist, let's be serious." Luo Qingzhi said.

Xianyun nodded, "Okay, let's be serious."

"I will smelt iron, as long as the tools are still there, I can solve the arrow thing."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "However, the amount is so large, it is difficult for you to be alone."

Xianyun said, "Just sharpen the arrow, if you don't consider the beauty, I'll teach you, it's very simple."

Mu Chengqian said, "That's all I can do, I'll go gather the men."

There was a solution to the matter of the arrow for the time being, and Xianyun followed Mu Chengqian and left.

"How's your injury?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

Gao Zhen shook his head, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Does your mother have any other hiding place in Ningzhou?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

Gao Zhen shook his head, "I don't know much about her, except for Huanxilou, I don't know anything else."

"Okay." Luo Qingzhi nodded, "You are still injured, don't be on the front line, go to Mufu."

"No." Gao Zhen refused, "I have to stay with you."

Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "No, if you're here, I'll be distracted."

Gao Zhen was a little inexplicably happy, "Then can I do something?"

Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "You can protect yourself."

Gao Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I'll help you find out the whereabouts of the concubine."

「...... She's your mother after all."

Gao Zhen said: "From the moment she tricked me into drugging you and faked her death to escape, she made a choice, and I also made a choice......

"Okay, then you go, be careful, don't act on your own if you find a trace, come back and tell me." Luo Qingzhi commanded.

On the city tower, only Luo Qingzhi was left, she looked at the beacon fire in the distance, and unconsciously thought of Peng Cheng back then, she shook her head silently, and secretly swore to herself, "You must not become the second Peng Cheng."

Luo Qingzhi summoned Luo Chen, gave him the talisman in his hand, and ordered, "Go to the west and transfer the reserve army of the Pingbei Army, only cavalry."

Luo Chen asked, "Didn't you already ask Wang Mian to go to Jiangzhou for help?"

"A day has passed, and there is no movement, and it must have been stumped."

Luo Chen still hesitated, "However, we have not reported to the military department for the reserve army in the west."

Luo Qingzhi nodded, "I will bear all the consequences, and now, the most important thing is to keep Ningzhou."

「...... Yes."

There was a sound of heavy footsteps behind him, Luo Qingzhi turned around slowly, and Mu Wanning smiled.

"Why did you get up?" Seeing that Mu Wanning's lips were pale, she was obviously unwell.

Mu Wanning said lightly: "I just received the news that the rear is the general of Bagan, who is the opponent I am most familiar with, and I don't want to miss it."

「......」

Luo Qingzhi thought about it and changed places, if this battle was in Yuzhou, she didn't want to hide in the rear alone.

"Well, it just so happens that I don't know anything about him." Luo Qingzhi said.

Mu Wanning was injured in her left leg, she sat down with difficulty, and motioned for Luo Qingzhi to sit too

Under.

The two sat opposite each other, and Mu Wanning casually picked up a wooden stick and began to draw on the ground.

"I've been fighting him for ten years, and he's good at protracted warfare, but the current situation in the city can't be dragged by him."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Mu Wanning said, "You destroyed Puli, he naturally thinks that you are the one who is in command of the army now, and he will also study your past tactics."

"I've always liked to fight fast, to be quick and quick." Luo Qingzhi said.

"So." Mu Wanning said: "He will not go head-to-head with you, he will choose to go the opposite, maybe he will also make a quick attack, or he may cut off our back road and drag us down."

Luo Qingzhi said, "All the exits in the city are guarded, and no one will mix in."

"But what if people were in the city?" Mu Wanning said.

"Oh no, county lord!" Southbound to report.

Seeing Mu Wanning, Nanxing wanted to salute, but Mu Wanning refused, "Say it directly, what's wrong?"

"Several granaries in the city were burned."

Luo Qingzhi and Mu Wanning glanced at each other.

Mu Wanning asked, "Did the arsonist catch him?"

Nanxing said, "I killed myself on the spot."

Mu Wanning sighed, "Forget it, even if you catch it, it's useless."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "How many rich families are there in the city?"

Mu Wanning shook her head, "Ningzhou is a border, and it has never been rich, and the grain is also supplied by Yizhou."

"Is there any fruit?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

"Yes."

Luo Qingzhi said, "Quickly organize people to pick the fruits."

Nanxing was ordered to leave, and Mu Wanning said again: "Find someone to protect a few rich families in the city, don't let everyone rob them."

"Yes."

"It seems that the great general has chosen to drag us to death." Luo Qingzhi said.

"Look, there's someone in the sky!"

Hearing the sound, Luo Qingzhi and Mu Wanning looked up and saw that there was really someone flying over the city tower on a large kite.

"Bow and arrow, give me the bow and arrows!"

Luo Qingzhi and Mu Wanning each held a bow and arrow, and they hit every shot, but the arrows were bald, and there was no way to stop them from landing in Ningzhou City.

The two glanced at each other, and decided the direction of the two very tacitly, Luo Qingzhi went to the city, and Mu Wanning observed the movements of the enemy army.

At this time, there was already chaos in the city, and Luo Qingzhi shouted loudly to let everyone avoid while pursuing the enemy army.

The people sent by the enemy were all dead soldiers, with gunpowder tied to their bodies, and Luo Qingzhi kicked one person away, but he still couldn't stop the detonation of others.

After the loud noise, there was a mess, and many people had already left before they could react to what was happening.

Crying, collapsing, blaming......

When the voice came, Luo Qingzhi's hands trembled, feeling that she was so powerless.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums came, and there was no time to grieve, Luo Qingzhi went up to the city tower, and Mu Wanning said, "They are ready to attack."

"I'll go!" The two spoke in unison.

Mu Wanning said, "I know him very well."

"But you're wounded." Luo Qingzhi refused.

Mu Wanning stared at her and said lightly, "You can't use internal force."

Luo Qingzhi was a little surprised, and asked herself without revealing any flaws.

Mu Wanning leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to say it in the future, so I'll just tell you that I'm His Majesty's person, but you have to be careful of him."

Before Luo Qingzhi could ask more, Mu Wanning picked up the spear and said loudly, "Go south, go out of the city with me to retreat from the enemy."

With the battle just now, the people of the Mu family army were eager to immediately take up their weapons and avenge those who died in vain, and their morale was pushed to the peak.

The gates were opened and closed.

Luo Qingzhi walked up to the city tower and saw the warring parties fighting in front of him.

Mu Wanning is worthy of being in charge of the 100,000 Mu family army

The commander, the range formed by one man and one horse, no one can enter, no one dares to enter.

Luo Qingzhi put her hands on the edge of the wall, unconsciously exerting force, always paying attention to the battle situation.

The morale of the Mu family army pressed forward step by step, forcing the enemy army to retreat twenty miles outside the city gate.

In the distance, the enemy army made up another pair of men and horses, and Luo Qingzhi walked to the war drum and beat it hard.

Mu Wanning turned around, smiled gently, twitched the reins, and took the initiative to rush towards the enemy.

The vanguard master is so brave, the Mu family army is full of blood, they fight, pursue, like hungry beasts, bite the prey and never let go.

Xianyun's bow and arrows arrived in time, and Luo Qingzhi roared loudly, "Archers prepare."

The sharpened bow and arrow are like steel knives, piercing the enemy's body, immobilizing them.

After a while, the enemy heard the drums of retreat.

This battle was won......

Luo Qingzhi ran down the city tower and opened the door to welcome Mu Wanning's return.

The moment the city gate closed, Mu Wanning also fell.

Luo Qingzhi caught her, "General."

Mu Wanning took a strong breath and motioned for Luo Qingzhi to help her up.

Luo Qingzhi supported her, and the moment she helped her back, she felt a piece of wetness.

"Since then, the Mu family's army has been deployed by the county lord of Anning."

After Mu Wanning finished speaking, she took out the Mufu token from her arms, handed it to Luo Qingzhi, lowered her voice, and said, "Keep them, county lord."

Luo Qingzhi shouted, "Come on, go to Mufu to find Dr. Zhixin."

Mu Wanning took her hand and shook her head, "It's useless."

Luo Qingzhi touched her pulse, her eyes were stunned, "You, have you taken poison?"

Mu Wanning didn't answer, didn't look over, and reached out to take his spear.

"I, Mu Wanning, have never failed you."

Mu Wanning breathed in Luo Qingzhi's arms.

Suddenly, there was a cry.

The sound of war drums from the north gradually drowned out the cries of the crowd.

Jiangzhou reinforcements have arrived......

Luo Qingzhi looked at Mu Wanning in her arms, pinched the token in her hand, and fell silent.

The Jiangzhou garrison came on horseback, saw Luo Qingzhi, and reined in the horse and went down.

"The last general, Ouyang Hong, the general of the Jiangzhou garrison, see His Royal Highness the county lord."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "What about Mu Jiajun?"

Ouyang Hong responded lightly, "The Mu family army is involved in collaborating with the enemy, and it has been ...... by my law."

Nanxing was angry, raised his voice, and said, "You are talking nonsense, we are here to defend against foreign enemies, where are we collaborating with enemies."

Ouyang Hong completely ignored the southbound journey, "County Lord, the order personally given by His Majesty will only be carried out."

Nanxing drew his sword and pointed at Ouyang Hong, "You give me evidence."

Ouyang Hong waved his hand, "Someone is coming, detain the Mu Jiajun present."

The two pairs immediately confronted each other.

Luo Qingzhi said, "You dare!"

Ouyang Hong saluted respectfully, "The last general is just listening to orders."

Luo Qingzhi snorted coldly, "After returning to Beijing, I will ask Your Majesty, now, whoever dares to move the Mu family army is against me Luo Qingzhi!"