"But isn't this equivalent to giving up Heavenly Danger City for nothing?"

Mo Yunxi shook his head and said meaningfully: "Yes and no." ”

There are some others behind this, but it is inconvenient for him to be with the current attendants, for them, the less people know about this matter, the better, although he is leaving here, but he has not lost yet, and it is still unknown who will die in the end between him and Xiao Ce.

Lu Changfeng took the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to turn with Xiao Ce and returned to Luoyang together.

Tianwei City chose to close the city gate at the moment, and the people under the city had to temporarily retreat a few miles and camp not far from the city gate.

"Right now, the city is close at hand, for us, it's like picking up something, I don't know what the Second Highness plans to do next?"

At this moment, all the generals gathered in Xiao Ce's commander's tent to discuss the next things together.

When the 50,000 soldiers and horses supported by the King of Luoyang come over, plus some of the people under Qi An, they now have nearly 200,000 soldiers, even if they take the risk of attacking it, they can successfully take the Tianwei City, they are just guessing what Mo Yunxi will do next, Xiao Ce feels that Mo Yunxi will not give up the Tianwei City so easily, if it is really so easy, he is not a member of the Mo family.

Li Hanning also remembered the scene when he saw Mo Yunxi from afar at the city gate this afternoon, his eyes fell on Xiao Ce from afar, and he always felt that he was looking at Luoyang thousands of miles away through him, and when he met by chance at the inn at that time, Li Hanning knew where they would meet this person in the dark in the future.

But even if there is a natural danger in the city, they have five times the strength of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, they have no chance of winning this time, Mo Yunxi is only in his early twenties, what ability can he have to survive in this situation? Unless the variables do not come from within the city, but Xiao Ce came to take the Heavenly Danger City this time, the King of Luoyang also agreed, and even personally sent 50,000 soldiers to come, even if Xiao Sheng has a heart on the Luoyang side and the King of Luoyang is there, there will be no more mistakes, even if there are other rebels watching, no one dares to offend the Luoyang Army at this time.

Cheng An has always been a straightforward person, seeing that everyone in the tent was silent and didn't speak, he still said what he thought in his heart:

"Since His Royal Highness can't guess the mind of the surnamed Mo, don't guess at all, the city is a genuine city, let's fight it down first, and see how they lose this city and explain it to the court?"

Isn't that what they're here for? Why did their Highness hesitate at the most critical time?

Xiao Ce glanced at him, and his eyes fell on the sand table in front of him, he was indeed a little constrained at the last moment, Cheng An was right, the more times like this, the more he should not hesitate and regret it, one step further is the purpose of their expedition this time, no matter what happens in the future, at this moment, take the city first.

"Then the order will be sent down, and the whole army will be on standby tonight, and enter the city with this king to rest."

After receiving Xiao Ce's order, the soldiers said in unison with confidence: "Yes." ”

The 20,000 soldiers under Li Hanning's hands basically stayed by Xiao Ce's side to protect his safety, especially during the siege period, but also to prevent the other party from trying to fight a fish to the death behind his back when he was in a desperate situation.

This siege turned out to be unusually smooth, losing thousands of people who initially attacked the city with ladders, and after thousands of people climbed up the tower, they tore a gap in the guards of the city wall, let some people go down and open the city gate, but when there was chaos around, they did not see the generals who should have appeared here to sit in the city tower.

Xiao Ce dismounted at the city gate, and slowly walked into the Heavenly Danger City under the protection of the others, and immediately asked after a while: "Have you caught Mo Yunxi and them?"

The soldier who knelt on the ground to deliver the letter did not dare to raise his head: "Back to His Royal Highness, under His Highness's attack on the city, he and several generals of the imperial court have fled from the side gate under the cover of other imperial court soldiers and horses, and General Lu has personally led people to chase after him just now when he knows about these." ”

Xiao Ce was clear, it seemed that at this most critical time, Mo Yunxi still cared more about his life, even if he lost a city in this area, he didn't care about anything and didn't care about his own life, and he regarded him as an opponent in vain.

"Call Cheng An over and ask him to bring more soldiers and horses over to support General Lu, Changfeng is still injured, and he can't watch him have an accident."

"Yes."

Xiao Ce looked at the city gate that was a little chaotic at the moment, and the military flag of the imperial court also fell to the ground, scorching most of the firewood in the brazier, and knew in his heart that his defeat of the Heavenly Danger City this time was unexpectedly smooth, but a lonely city was only the beginning.

At night, most of the troops of the Luoyang Army slept in the city, but their military discipline was strict and did not disturb the people in the city, the city lord's mansion where Mo Yunxi lived in the past was temporarily vacant, Li Hanning followed Xiao Ce and them to live here temporarily, Tianwei City could not accommodate so many people, Xiao Ce was already planning to continue to go south with several other generals while the iron was hot, during the day, Lu Changfeng failed to catch up with Mo Yunxi, who escaped from the city gate first, but a cloud-piercing arrow hit the attendant who was an arrow for Mo Yunxi, although he was unwilling, But after all, he understood that the man was the son of the prime minister of the current court, and sooner or later they would meet again on the battlefield, so they had to give up for the time being.

On the side, Feng Zhe was talking around the map: "Our current location is here, and further south, is Liuqu City, although Liuqu City is not rich, but it has always been a place where soldiers must fight, it is because of the minerals here, whether it is weapons or armor cast by iron ore, it is much stronger than ordinary weapons and armor." ”

They also want the toughest armor and weapons, and they can rest here for a while to gain a foothold, and then going south is the best option at the moment.

Cheng An glanced at Lu Changfeng, who was speechless on the side, and couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, is there any movement with the surname Mo now?"

The soldier in charge of investigating the news on the side immediately said: "Not for the time being, but we will continue to investigate." ”

"Newspaper—"

Another soldier with a message broke in.

However, this letter seems to be from Luoyang.

Coincidentally, the good news they sent to Luoyang had not yet arrived in Luoyang, but the letter sent to him by Luoyang had come to his camp.

After Xiao Ce opened the letter, he carefully read the contents of the letter, and looked at the familiar handwriting, which turned out to be written to him by his father himself.

Li Hanning, who had been standing aside, saw Xiao Ce's face change after reading the letter. The other generals in the room, you look at me, I look at you, it can't be that something happened to Luoyang at this time, right?

After Xiao Ce read it, he immediately put the letter and the envelope on the tray.

At this time, only Cheng An dared to ask:

"Second Highness, what does the letter from the King of Luoyang say?"

Xiao Ce walked slowly to the map without saying a word, his gaze did not fall on the Liuliuqu City that they had originally planned to attack, but looked up further north.

"The father said in the letter that he had received the news that the Xiongnu had attacked the north in the past few days, and the eldest daughter of the Hou Hou who had led troops to guard the north of the town had retreated three cities in a row, and if he couldn't wait for reinforcements, he would retreat to Dingyang City sooner or later."

And Dingyang City is further south of the Central Plains.

At present, the situation on their side is different from the Central Plains, the Central Plains are all Central Plains people no matter how they fight, but after the Xiongnu are different, in the eyes of the Northern Barbarians, they are all enemies of the Central Plains, as early as when the Great Liang was not established, the Xiongnu once went south to the Central Plains, and the Central Plains people were miserable.

A general on the side asked, "What does the imperial court mean by such an important matter in the north?" ”

The soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Zhenbei were originally loyal to the imperial court, so the imperial court should send reinforcements at this time.

Xiao Ce frowned and said to them truthfully: "The imperial court chooses not to stand still and not to support. ”

It is indeed like the current style of the imperial court to fall into the well for his own people.

Cheng An on the side was also dissatisfied: "They want to watch the town Beihou die in battle?" ”

Maybe that's what the imperial court meant, or maybe they don't have any extra soldiers and horses to support the north now, after all, for their imperial court, the current Central Plains are already in jeopardy.

Xiao Ce looked down at the rolling map, especially the desolate northern border on the map, and soon said in a deep voice: "My father said in the letter that the affairs of the northern border did not come out in the past few days, and the town of Beihou had already written eight letters in the past month, and the news of going to Chang'an was just suppressed. ”

Or that Chang'an has been suppressing the news, but he has not given her support for a long time.

Lu Changfeng, who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, finally stood up and asked at this time: "Now that the imperial court has made it clear that it intends to give up the northern border, I don't know what the Second Highness's plan is?" ”

After hearing his words, everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Ce, who was standing in the middle.

Xiao Ce was silent for a moment, in fact, his father chose to send this letter over at this time, it also depends on how he chooses, if he insists on going south, even if he lays down the entire Central Plains, then the town Beihou will not be able to hold the northern border, and the Xiongnu will take the opportunity to go south after they are both defeated, but now they are indeed the best opportunity, if Xiao Ce chooses to take these soldiers and horses to the north now, he may not be able to meet it when he comes back, such an opportunity as now.

He didn't speak, obviously still hesitating, but Li Hanning on the side understood how he was going to choose, and at this time he still chose to go his own way, just for the benefit of Luoyang's soldiers and horses, regardless of the future life and death of the people of the Central Plains, if he went south, he would not be the Xiao Ce she knew.

After Xiao Ce sighed heavily, he still made up his mind:

"I'm going to support the North."