Dongyuan Castle, outside the city!

This is a castle that is very far from the southeast of Lin Castle, and the first fortified castle that the army of the South Road that raised troops from Watanabe Castle was Dongyuan Castle.

In the dark night, there were sparks outside the city, which was the place where the army of the South Road was camped, but at this moment, the faces of everyone in the main tent were a little not good-looking, and there was even a hint of worry.

The commander of the South Road army is not a military general, but the prime minister Zhao Qidong, who is nearly seventy years old.

You must know that Zhao Qidong is not just the prime minister of Xuanyang Kingdom, he is also the father-in-law of the king of Zhendong, and he is followed by a powerhouse of the Five Realms, who dares to disagree?

It's just that there is no figure of Zhao Qidong and Zhang Zhizhao in the big tent at this moment, which may be the reason why the faces of the people in the tent are gloomy.

"Big brother, isn't it too risky for my father to do this?"

Zhao Minglou, the second son of the Zhao family, finally couldn't help but ask, so that everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Bicheng, the eldest son of the Zhao family.

At this moment, Zhao Qidong is not there, and all the generals are headed by the Zhao family brothers, and among the two brothers, Zhao Bicheng is more stable, and he is also the person who has temporarily replaced the military power specially advised by the prime minister.

It was originally taboo for civilian officials to be in charge of the army, but because of the special status of Zhao's father and son, no one said anything, but at this moment, Zhao Bicheng really didn't know what to say.

"With Steward Zhang's support, there shouldn't be any problems!"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Bicheng could only hope for Zhang Zhizhao, a powerhouse in the Five Realms, and heard him say: "Besides, the city lord of Dongyuan City was once a student of his father, he can't deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestor, right?" ”

"Having said that, who knows what the situation of Dongyuan Castle is now, in case it ......"

Zhao Minglou was still a little uncontrollable, from the once powerful Prime Minister's Mansion to this step of the field, he was already a little frightened, and he always felt that his father should not take such a big risk.

"Well, my father is gone, what's the use of talking about it now?"

Zhao Bicheng is not worried, but he must control the overall situation, if Zhao Qidong really has any accidents, the 30,000 troops outside the city still need him to preside over the overall situation.

"The best strategy for attacking the city is to surrender without a fight, second brother, have you thought about it? If my father could really persuade the lord of Dongyuan City to sacrifice the city, how many fewer people would we die? ”

As Zhao Qidong's heir to the mantle, Zhao Bicheng can understand why his father made this decision.

Because he knew that if he forcibly attacked the city, even if he could capture it, his side would suffer extremely heavy losses.

Zhao Qidong is the prime minister of the entire Xuanyang Kingdom, and his concept that has never changed for many years is the word "benevolence".

Since the city lord of Dongyuan City had a great relationship with him, how could he not give it a try?

"Just wait, I'm sure my father will succeed!"

Zhao Bicheng didn't say anything more, but this kind of thing could not dispel the worries of the generals in the account.

But at this point, they had no other way but to wait.

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Dongyuan Castle, a corner of the north gate city wall!

Burst!

A soft sound came, and then the guards here fell silently, not alarming anyone nearby at all, and the figure of the city defense patrol had just disappeared around the corner in the distance.

Sou!

A black shadow climbed up like an ape, and when he swept up the wall, there were not one figure but two, one of which was lying on the back of the former, looking a little cumbersome.

"Xiangye, are you going directly to the City Lord's Mansion?

A deep voice came out, it turned out that this was Zhao Qidong and Zhang Zhizhao from the outside army, and the city wall of more than ten zhang was naturally unable to stop the powerhouses of the Five Realms.

"Let's go, be careful!"

Zhao Qidong turned his head, first glanced at the big tent Xinghuo outside, and then took a deep breath, in order to reduce casualties, he didn't mind risking his life.

The reason why he entered this Dongyuan City at night is because the current city lord of Dongyuan City had studied literature under the prime minister for three years, and later his cultivation qualifications appeared, so he gave up literature and martial arts.

Therefore, Zhao Qidong is the gentleman of the city lord of Dongyuan City, and he has this relationship, and he believes that if he comes to persuade him in person, he may be able to avoid a siege battle in Dongyuan City.

When Zhang Zhizhao escorted Zhao Qidong directly towards the City Lord's Mansion, what they didn't find was that another dark shadow of the night also quietly entered Dongyuan City from this gap in the northern city.

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Dongyuan Castle, the City Lord's Mansion!

In the innermost room on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion, it was brightly lit at the moment, although there were only two figures sitting and standing, it gave people an extremely solemn atmosphere.

The figure sitting at the table was none other than Guan Xu, the city lord of Dongyuan City.

Although he is a martial artist with the perfection of the four realms, he exudes a trace of bookish energy, and he is a Confucian general who has a great reputation in the entire Xuanyang Kingdom.

When Guan Xu was young, he studied under the Prime Minister's Mansion for three years, but later, for some reason, he became a martial artist, and he was promoted very quickly in the army, and soon sat in the position of the lord of a city.

Some people say that Guan Xu was lucky, he met a doctor from the Middle Five Realms and took a special pill, which gave him martial arts cultivation qualifications, but these are just rumors.

No one really knew why Guan Xu suddenly had a martial arts cultivation qualification, he didn't say it himself, even the people closest to him never knew the real reason.

The gray-haired old man next to him was the chief staff of the City Lord's Mansion.

The old man named Huang Yanting is a martial artist of the Four Realms on the surface, but as for the truth, it is unknown.

"Mr. Huang, what do you think of our victory?"

Guan Xu, who was looking down at something on the table, suddenly raised his head and asked such a question, it seemed that he still knew something about the enemy army outside Dongyuan City.

Dongyuan City is not an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack city like Lin City, and there are only about 10,000 soldiers in the city, while there are 30,000 troops outside the city.

Guan Xu is the city lord who turned from Wen to Wu, so he admires the benevolence and righteousness of Wen Zhi even more, and he also has some ideas in his heart, and he will not remain unchanged just because he is staying in this Dongyuan City.

"Hehe, the city lord is too worried, if you want to say that Prime Minister Zhao Qidong, he is a good hand at dancing and writing, and the so-called essay on rebellion is even more exquisite, but this leading troops to fight is not something that can be won with a casual pen and mouth!"

Chief staff member Huang Yanting seemed to have thought of his words a long time ago, but after he said this, he obviously saw Guan Xu frowning, but he didn't care, and even a sneer flashed in the depths of his eyes.

As the chief staff of the Dongyuan City Lord's Mansion, how could Huang Yanting not know the origin of Guan Xu and Prime Minister Zhao Qidong?

But now, the two sides have set up positions inside and outside the city, and they are about to become enemies of life and death, what else does he have to fear?

"Mr. Huang thinks that the content above the article is true?"

Guan Xu didn't blame anything too much, but asked another key question, and for this question, Huang Yanting was also prepared for a long time, and there was no hesitation at all.

"Naturally, it's a bunch of nonsense, then Lu Mingyang is just angry that he was demoted to the border city, trying to make a comeback, His Majesty the monarch is now in Tianyang City, otherwise how could there be an order to overshadow the national seal to this Dongyuan City?"

Huang Yanting talked eloquently, and heard him say: "The queen mother is conscientious, for the sake of the great cause of Xuanyang Kingdom, but Lu Mingyang still doesn't stop, do you really want to attract Luo Youshan's thunderous blow before you are willing?" ”

This chief staff member naturally knows what Guan Xu and these people are most afraid of, they can not be afraid of the Yan family, but they can't not be afraid of the Xianmen Luo Youshan on the mountain, it is said that this is the real reason for the decline of King Zhendong.

"Alas, no matter what, Zhao Xiang and I are also masters and apprentices, and now that the swords and soldiers are meeting, do you really want to break off the friendship between teachers and students?"

Guan Xu seems to have been persuaded by Huang Yanting, and what he cares more about is the prime minister Zhao Qidong, who has been his husband for three years, if possible, he doesn't want to meet each other.

"This is simple, tomorrow on the wall of the East Gate, the city lord will personally come to the city to shout, if Zhao Qidong can get lost and return, with your relationship, it is not without a happy situation!"

Huang Yanting's eyes flashed with a strange light, of course he knew that this proposal could not succeed, but he also wanted to test Guan Xu's attitude so that he could make further plans.

"I understand Mr.'s temper, it is absolutely impossible for him to compromise now, and this big war is inevitable after all!"

Guan Xu has been Zhao Qidong's disciple for three years, and he really knows the prime minister very well, so he didn't think that he could convince Zhao Qidong.

That being the case, there is no room for relaxation in this war.

"Why not?"

Just when Huang Yanting wanted to say something more, a voice suddenly came from outside the door, which shocked both of them in the room.

Guan Xu stood up directly from the chair, his face suspicious.

"Whether you can avoid this big war and let both sides die less depends on your thoughts!"

There was another sound outside the door, and then the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and two figures entered in succession, and by the door, there was a body lying motionless.

"Sir?!"

Suddenly seeing the somewhat old face, Guan Xu rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

When the two words in his mouth came out, Huang Yanting's eyes next to him couldn't help but flash a trace of anger.

The two figures who came in from the outside were naturally Prime Minister Zhao Qidong and housekeeper Zhang Zhizhao, the latter of the Five Realms Martial Artists, no one in this Dongyuan City could stop them at all.