After capturing Yongcheng, Yunqing did not immediately lead troops to attack Hocheng, but waited for the arrival of 50,000 horses brought by Du Zheng. Fully prepared, Yunqing led 160,000 horses to attack Pickaxe City.

Although Ji Xuan was a waste and couldn't lead the troops to fight, Yunqing didn't relax for a minute. The defense of Pickaxe Castle is known for its solidity, and this siege will be a tough battle. In the same way, once the pickaxe city is breached, it means that the northwest is already in his hands. Therefore, this battle can only be won and not lost. If they fail, there is no place for them in the world.

Yunqing knew that the defender of the city was a general surnamed Xie Li. Yunqing asked Ding Qingyu: "What is the relationship between this Xie Li and Xie Junxiong?"

Ding Qingyu's face was a little solemn, and he said: "It's Xie Junxiong's father, a veteran of a hundred battles. This time, General Xie went out of the mountain, I am afraid that it is because of Xie Junxiong. "My son was killed, so naturally he wanted to take revenge.

Yunqing said: "No matter who defends the city, the city must also be captured. "Unless they're all dead, you can't take half a step back.

Ding Qingyu didn't speak anymore. As Yunqing said, they are bound to win the pickaxe city. If you hit it here, it would be too cowardly.

As it turns out, Yunqing's worst-case plan is not unfounded. The defenders inside the city were heroic, not at all comparable to the soldiers in front of them. In just one day, Yunqing's side lost more than 13,000 people.

Yun Qing's expression was solemn and he said, "No, the local army doesn't have such a strong combat effectiveness. "The soldiers defending the city this time are not only strong in combat, but also very well equipped. In this case, something is very wrong.

Guan Tai nodded and said, "Yes, these soldiers are particularly brave in killing, which is completely different from those soldiers before. "These people are not afraid of death.

The crowd couldn't come out with a discussion.

Ding Qingyu frowned, and seeing that everyone was silent, he hesitated for a moment and said, "General, our people once heard a piece of news, I don't know if it's true?"

Yun Qing hurriedly asked, "What's the news?" He had a premonition that this battle would not be easy to fight, but no matter how difficult it was, he never expected it to be so difficult.

Ding Qingyu said: "I heard before that Ji Xuanfeng raised private soldiers, and it seems that there are no less than 10,000 people. "Whether this is true or not, Ding Qingyu doesn't know. Because he just heard the news and didn't dare to confirm it.

Cui Mo slapped the table and shouted, "That's right." The soldiers defending the city today are not afraid of death, and the local army will not be so desperate. ”

Yuan Ying said: "Raising private soldiers is a capital crime. Ji Xuan also let it out this time. No wonder he felt that something was wrong, it turned out that these were private soldiers raised by Ji Xuan.

Du Zheng frowned and said, "But in this way, even if we can't break through the Pickaxe City, Ji Xuanbu will also be in trouble." ”

Ding Qingyu's eyes lit up and said, "Ji Xuan may have fled from Ho City. "Of course, this is just speculation.

Yunqing's words made Ding Qingyu die down, "Even if Ji Xuan runs away, there is still Xie Li." "Ji Xuan doesn't know how to fight, it doesn't matter if he's not there, the problem now is that Xie Li wants to fight him to the death.

Cui Mo asked, "General, what now?"

Yunqing said: "No matter how much Ji Xuan can, he will raise two to thirty thousand private soldiers at most, and there will not be more." Get rid of these people, and the rest will be easy. "There is no second way, but to attack, day after day.

On this day, the emperor received an excerpt from Marquis Jiang, saying that Uncle Song was missing. The emperor's face turned blue, and the northwest was about to be lost, but he didn't expect Liaodong to be in chaos.

King Jing hurriedly entered the imperial study and said, "Brother Huang, I just got the news that Yunqing has brought an army of 160,000 to attack Ho City. "As soon as the pickaxe city is broken, the northwest will fall into the hands of Yunqing.

The emperor handed the fold to King Jing, and said with an ugly face: "Liaodong is estimated to have an accident." "If Yan Wushuang doesn't catch it, he won't be able to be at peace for a day. For the emperor, Yan Wushuang's danger was greater than that of Yunqing. Once Yan Wushuang announced the news of his collusion to the world, his throne would not be stable.

King Jing's face turned pale and he said, "Brother Huang, what should I do then? If something happens to Liaodong again, the world will be in chaos." "If the northwest and Liaodong are in chaos, the rebellions will definitely emerge one after another, and the imperial court will no longer be able to restrain them, and they will be in danger at that time.

The emperor said, "I want you to go to Liaodong to find your uncle." "Now I go to Liaodong, there is more than one luck. However, apart from King Jing, he couldn't find a more suitable candidate.

King Jing nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Huang, when will you leave?" His face was very refreshing, but his hands were clenched. However, the sleeves were so wide that the emperor could not see them.

The Emperor said, "Set off now." "This errand can only be relieved if it is handed over to King Jing. He and King Jing are brothers, and even if King Jing knows what he has done, he will only stand by his side and will not expose him.

Hearing this, King Jing was very chilled, since he knew that the situation in Liaodong was very dangerous, Yan Wushuang would rebel, wouldn't letting him go to Liaodong now would be tantamount to letting him go to death. But he, a good royal brother, didn't think about his safety. King Jing said, "Brother Huang, I'll go back and get two changes of clothes and leave." "Anyway, I have to go home and talk to Yuchen.

The Emperor nodded, "Yes." ”

As soon as Yuchen lay down to take a nap, he heard King Jing return. Seeing King Jing asking her to pack her clothes, Yuchen hurriedly asked, "Lord Wang, where are you going?" Don't go to the northwest. Yunqing has already broken Yongcheng, and is about to attack Pickaxe City, and going to the northwest at this time is tantamount to death.

King Jing said expressionlessly: "My uncle is missing, and the imperial brother asked me to go to Liaodong to find my uncle." As for the fact that Liaodong may be unstable, he didn't dare to sue Yuchen, for fear that Yuchen would worry.

Yuchen's face turned pale, and he said: "Impossible, my uncle is surrounded by such masters, and there are elite guards, how can he be missing?" In addition, if my uncle is missing, won't Liaodong be in chaos.

King Jing hurriedly explained: "It's not that Marquis Jiang is missing, it's my uncle Song Huaijin who is missing." King Jing was very dissatisfied with this time, and he mentioned a Jian yì when he knew that Yan Wushuang was still alive. said that the royal family was sorry for the Yan family, but it was all the wrong thing that their father did. Emperor Jing Wang Jian rehabilitated the Yan family, and then gave the title of the Yan family back to Yan Wushuang, and he felt that this matter was solved. But his imperial brother refused to agree, and let his uncle go to Liaodong. King Jing intuitively felt that there was something wrong here, but he didn't want to ask.

Yuchen's whole person relaxed, just now she thought that her uncle was missing. But soon she became suspicious again, and asked: "Uncle Guo is missing, you shouldn't let the Song family go to Liaodong to find someone, why do you want to go? You are the emperor's own brother, but the hardest, most tiring and most difficult errands are all for you to do." This is said with great affection.

King Jing was also dissatisfied with the emperor, but he didn't show it to his face, and said: "It's because he is a brother that he is relieved." ”

Yuchen felt that it was not quite right when he heard this, and said: "What do you mean to send you to rest assured? Is it not just to find someone, but also to do other things?" Speaking of this, Yuchen asked with a white face, "Isn't this errand very dangerous?"

King Jing looked at Yuchen's expression, touched her face and said, "It's not dangerous, just go find someone." "No matter how much you can't let your wife worry.

No matter how worried Yuchen was, King Jing packed his things and left.

Looking at the worried Yuchen, Mama Gui persuaded: "Princess, don't worry, the prince will be back soon." ”

Yuchen shook his head and said, "This is not right. Tong Chunlin died that day, and I was a little puzzled when Uncle Song went to Liaodong. Now that Uncle Song is missing, the emperor has hurriedly sent the prince, and I always feel that this matter is not simple. ”

Mama Gui thought about it seriously, and also felt that what Yuchen said was right: "Princess, do you think you want to send someone to ask the Hou Mansion?"

Yuchen smiled bitterly: "No need to go." The people in the Hou Mansion don't know more than I do, and talking too much will make my grandmother worried. I'm just wondering, what is it that makes the emperor so anxious?"

Mama Gui felt that this matter was difficult to do, and it would be easier to inquire if she wanted to know the affairs of the inner courtyard of which house. But for major events in the DPRK and China, they have no channels.

Yuchen said regretfully: "It's a pity that the eldest brother went to the northwest." ”

Mama Gui felt that Yuchen thought too well, even if Han Jianming knew about these things, she would not tell her own princess. Speaking of which, the princess is all good, but she doesn't have a brother to help. As for Han Jingyan, he was directly ignored by Mama Gui. It's not bad if you didn't make trouble for your own princess, and you still count on him to help: "Madam, the wedding of the five girls is not far away, what do you think we can give?" In fact, they had already prepared this, and Mama Gui said this just to divert Yuchen's attention.

Speaking of Yurong's marriage, Yuchen couldn't help frowning and said, "If you want me to say, it's better to retire from this family business." With such a mother-in-law, what good life can I have in the future?" Jiang Hongjin is three years older than Yurong, and he is already twenty and one this year. Mrs. Jiang has a lot of opinions about this, and wants her son to take a concubine, but Jiang Hongjin has no reason. At the end of last year, the news of Yuxi's rebellion spread to the capital, and Mrs. Jiang secretly invited the matchmaker to withdraw from her relatives without telling Jiang Hongjin. But Han Jingyan disagreed, and later Jiang Hongjin came to apologize, and the matter passed.

Mama Gui said: "It's easy to get priceless treasures, and it's rare to have a lover." Mrs. Jiang is not very good, but this Second Master Jiang has a deep affection for the five girls, and it would be a pity if she quit her family. She didn't say anything else. Not to mention the impact of Yuxi's matter on the Han family, just say that Yurong is eighteen years old this year, and if he quits, it will be impossible to find a good family like the Jiang family.

Yuchen said: "Mother-in-law is not good, what's the use of only having a husband's deep affection? Mrs. Jiang hates Yurong so much, and she will suffer if she marries in the future." ”

Mama Gui smiled and said, "Princess, don't all these daughters-in-law come over like this? I think it will be okay slowly." ”

Yuchen shook her head, she wasn't so optimistic. However, not only Han Jingyan is unwilling to retreat from this family business, but even Yurong is unwilling to retreat. is not the sister of a fellow mother, Yurong herself is unwilling to quit her family, and she will not be this wicked person.

PS: Paste the manuscript first, and then revise it in the evening. R1148