Looking at the fierce and extremely fierce offensive and defensive battle from afar, Qingyan couldn't help but sigh.

"Uncle Bai, it seems we are still late."

Bai Yi didn't care much when he heard this, "General, as long as Jinling is not broken, it will never be too late for us to arrive."

"After that being said, King Zheng's work was a bit beyond my expectations. I thought it was the limit for him to gather 20,000 people, but I didn't expect that the rebels were no less than 30,000, and this was open. As for whether he still had a backup plan, it was unknown."

"General, I believe you also know that Huang Quan was not outstanding in siegeing cities and villages under the prince back then, in terms of the skills of defending the city, he can be said to be among the top three in Nan Zhao. If he hadn't been interested in him in his prime and his famous city defense technique, His Majesty would not have put him in this position."

"I understand what you mean, the military book clearly states [surround him ten times, attack him five times, fight him twice.] The King of Zheng has more than 30,000 people under him, which is almost five times that of Xuanwu Camp, so siege is a very correct choice, but this is for conventional opponents. For a clever defender like Huangquan, if he does not have overwhelming troops, he will never be easily destroyed."

"The general clearly understands that Bei Zhi believes that the existing troops of Xuanwu Camp and the mountains of food, grass and equipment piled up in Jinling City are enough for him to ensure that he will not be destroyed in ten days, so we have plenty of time."

Qing Yan shook his head, "Uncle Bai, I said before, we don't know if King Zheng has any backup plan. If he brings tens of thousands of troops from other places, it will be difficult to deal with it at that time."

"What does the general mean?"

"I'm going to enter the city!"

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At the hour of the evening, Qingyan changed into black clothes and headed towards the southwest corner of Jinling alone.

During this period, there were many cavalry patrolling. Because the range of arrows on the city had been calculated, the archers in Xuanwu Camp could only sigh.

Just as a marquis inspected the city defense, a crossbow arrow shot on the marches. At first he thought it was a cold arrow fired by the enemy, but when he caught the tail of the arrow in his eyes, his brow frowned.

When he pulled out the arrow and opened the cloth strip at the tail, he saw three small characters written on it.

‘Tianfeng Guard’

The sect marquis didn't understand why, but he didn't dare to take action. He could only run to Jubaomen to report to Huangquan.

After Qingyan shot the crossbow arrow, he fell into the moat. Because there was no obstruction around him, he had to choose to suffer some pain first.

When Qingyan saw a rope slowly falling from the city wall, he was overjoyed.

Huang Quan held the cloth strip in his hand and stared at the person who quickly climbed up along the rope. After he climbed over the squadron and stepped on the city wall, the former quickly knelt on one knee and said, "Huang Quan met His Highness the Prince."

Only then did the other soldiers realize that this young man with great skills and courage was the prince who stood side by side, and they all bowed and bowed together.

"You don't have to be too polite. Now I am only the deputy general of the army to suppress the rebellion. It's not too late to call this prince after the dust settles." Qingyan stepped forward to help Huangquan up.

"Criminal...General, I don't know why you were so nervous that you climbed up the city tower alone, but something happened in Yuezhou?" Huang Quan asked out the doubts in his heart.

Although as the General of the Fifth-Sense General is definitely much higher than Qingyan, the so-called deputy general of the rebellion army, Huang Quan is still very respectful.

"I'm going to tell a long story short. A few days ago, I learned that the Shanyue rebellion was instructed by someone. After finding out, I found out that the former rebellion was just a trick, in order to transfer General Shi from Jinling. After discussing with him, General Shi decided to lead two thousand cavalry to serve the king first."

After hearing this, Huang Quan roughly understood the story, "Since that's the case, the general only needs to send other people to the city. If you have any mistakes, it will be a big problem."

"General Huang, if I hadn't come in person, would you believe the other people said what they had said before?" Qing Yan smiled helplessly.

He didn't care about the embarrassment on Huang Quan's face and asked in a deep voice: "How are the casualties of Xuanwu Camp?"

"Report to General, today the rebels attacked the city three times, destroyed three enemy well railings, siege one city and hammered one, and killed the enemy unknown. Before the battle of our Xuanwu Camp, a total of 8,132 people were injured by 286 people and 50 seriously injured after fierce battle."

Qingyan nodded slowly, it seemed that the loss was within the range of bear, and this Huangquan deserves to be known for defending the city.

"General Huang, I will now arrive at Taichu Palace as soon as possible and report everything that happened to Your Majesty. I hope you will prepare a fast horse."

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As a side hall, Qilin Hall was used to summon some ministers alone in the past, so compared with Jinhua Hall, the scale and pomp of the scene are far inferior.

But at this moment, top figures gathered in this small hall.

In addition to the elderly Emperor Ling, the chief assistant Xiao Guang, Pingzhang political affairs Zhuge Muyun, Changling Hou Xiahou Sheng, Minister of War Lu Bohao, and of course, there are also the prince who is shoulder to shoulder.

When several people listened carefully to Qingyan's report, they all took a breath.

Unexpectedly, there was such a shocking plot behind the Shanyue rebellion.

"My dear, I have crushed Shanyue's plan this time, and I have made great contributions. When everything is settled, I will definitely give you a great reward." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Ling's mouth, because what Qingyan brought back was the only good news in the past few days.

"It is my duty to share your worries for Your Majesty, and I dare not seek credit." Qing Yan's face was calm, "Your Majesty, how could he ask what happened in Taichu Palace a few days ago? How did he understand the plot of King Zheng?"

Upon hearing this, Shoufu Xiao quickly winked at Qingyan, but the latter seemed to have not seen it.

I sighed in my heart. I thought that the prince was still too young. Even if the father of an ordinary family was betrayed by his own son, it would be uncomfortable, let alone the emperor who was the emperor of the Nine Five.

Seeing that Emperor Ling was silent, Zhuge Pingzhang replied: "Four days ago, Zhao Gen bribed a captain from Jinwu Guard and was preparing to take people to assassinate His Majesty while the latter was guarding the palace. However, this action had long been observed by Shangguan Bailu. Unfortunately, after the conspiracy was exposed, Zhao Gen was rescued from Jinling City by his hawks and dogs."

"In this way, since Zhao Gen can bribe the Jinwu Guards of the Royal Guards, they will naturally bribe the Yulin Army outside the city. I believe Zhao Gen must have made preparations. If the assassination of Your Majesty fails, he will lead his army to attack the city and make a tough move."

Zhuge Muyun nodded slowly, "That's right, as far as I know, there are two side generals of the 10,000 Yulin Army left behind. These two were called sick and recuperated a month ago. After Zhao Gen escaped from Jinling, the two suddenly appeared in the camps of the left and right Yulin Army. Because of their official position, they naturally took over the two camps."

"It is not realistic to want to control the Wanyulin Army with just two partial generals. There must be other hidden stakes buried by Zhao Gen in the army." Xiao Shoufu expressed his opinion.

Finally knowing the whole story, Qingyan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, although I have ordered the fast horse to inform General Shi that there is a change in Jinling, his subordinates are all infantrymen, and it is impossible to rush to help in a short period of time."

Emperor Ling stroked his beard and said, "What do you mean by my dear friend now?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Zhao Gen's troops are now several times more than me, and none of us knows whether he has any backup plan. Therefore, I believe that before he has reinforced and did not notice my two thousand cavalry, he should take the initiative to attack and try his best to capture Zhao Gen to stop this rebellion."

"The prince's suggestion is a magical strategy, but it is also a big gamble. If you win, you will be happy. If you lose, you may be doomed." Lu Bohao expressed a different view.

Emperor Ling waved his hand, "Your dear, why not tell your plan first."

"Your Majesty, there are no other troops in the city except Jinwu Guard and Xuanwu Camp. And as far as I know, there are not many cavalry among the two armies, so this attack camp is carried out by our troops, and it will launch a surprise attack from three places in the north, east and south. If everything goes well, I will be 50% sure to capture Zhao Gen."

"Your Highness, how can you ensure that Zhao Gen must be in the enemy camp?" Shougong Xiao asked the key point.

"Before answering, I hope your Majesty will forgive me for your disrespectful crime."

"I'm sorry, but I'm fine."

Qingyan took a deep breath and said, "Since Zhao Gen dared to invade the emperor and cause trouble, he must be very sure. Moreover, he still does not know that he has led his troops to help. He only thought that the overall situation would be settled if he had broken through Jinling City. However, there were still two princes in the city. If Zhao Gen did not enter Taichu Palace as soon as possible to get the Emperor's Seal and was fled from Jinling by the other two princes, the result of this rebellion would be greatly reduced."

"If either of King Pei or King Wu get the imperial seal and flee to one of the three major legions, he can counterattack Jinling with a shout. Because Zhao Gen has no great righteousness, he will definitely betrayal and defeated."

Lu Bohao asked again: "Why didn't the prince talk about Your Majesty alone? Can't Your Majesty leave Jinling?"

Qingyan did not answer, but the other two ministers and Emperor Ling were silent.

After a while, Lu Bohao realized how naive what he said just now was.

Although the emperor is known as the emperor and lives with the heavens forever, everyone knows that this is just a saying to fool the people. Throughout history, no one has ever heard of any emperor living past seventy years. Moreover, Emperor Ling is already in a very old age. Not to mention riding a horse and running wildly in a carriage, he is delusional.

Thinking of this, Lu Bohao wanted to slap himself hard, because although there was nothing wrong with what he said, if Emperor Ling really pursued it, then his official career would end here.

"Two thousand cavalry dared to raid the enemy's 30,000 camps. They are worthy of being Xuan Ce's son. Just this courage is beyond the reach of the world." Emperor Ling suddenly laughed happily, obviously in a very good mood.

"If your Majesty allows you, I will immediately leave the city and prepare to raid the enemy camp tomorrow night to prevent the night from growing dreams."

"Okay! I'm sure." Emperor Ling smiled and said, "Looking at you like this, I seem to have returned to the Iron Oak Mountain back then, and Xuan Ce was at this age at that time."

When he heard his father, a smile appeared on Qingyan's face, "Your Majesty praised him. I am far from being as good as my father. I just hope that my country of Southern Zhao will last forever and last forever."

"Since my dear puts life and death aside, I cannot do nothing. What is the need for my dear operation in this operation? If there is one, it doesn't matter, I will definitely satisfy you."

Qingyan slowly raised his head and said, "I need a top master. Although I have never met you, I have heard that Li Jian, the commander of Jinwu Guard, is extremely skilled in martial arts."

"Your Highness, Commander Li must not be transferred to you. He is the last line of defense around His Majesty." Shougong Xiao stood up suddenly and thought to himself that this kid really dares to open his mouth.

"Don't misunderstand the Chief Minister. Of course, I know that Commander Li must not leave Taichu Palace, so I want to borrow another person from Your Majesty."

"Who is it?"

"Shangguan Bailu!"
Chapter completed!