Lin Ziyi picked up the envoy who was delivering the message and said angrily: "Where is she!"
Seeing Lin Ziyi's anxious look, the envoy sneered and said: "If you want your wife to survive, withdraw your troops ten miles away, and then go to the city gate early tomorrow morning to sign a declaration of defeat and lead your troops to leave! Otherwise, I will kill your wife."
wife!"
Lin Ziyi's eyes were full of anger, but when he remembered that Xia Jin was in their hands, he had to let go.
The envoy tugged at the folds of his clothes, snorted coldly, turned around and left in a swaggering manner.
Seeing his appearance, Mu Gu gritted his teeth and said, "General, my subordinates are now bringing people to rescue the general's wife!"
Lin Ziyi raised his hand to stop, took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and turned to look at the people under the city in the distance. Lin Ziyi ordered: "Withdraw the troops ten miles away!"
"General! We cannot withdraw our troops easily, otherwise it will only make Ning Zhaoping push forward and become even more arrogant!" Qijian said angrily.
"Ning Zhaoping, this shameless villain, dared not face the enemy head-on and allowed the common people to be used as human shields. Now he has captured the general's wife. It is really unreasonable. General, please give the order. Your subordinates will sneak into the city now and fight their way out!
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"Count me in!"
"And I!"
In the military camp, all the generals volunteered one after another.
There are no cowards in the Black Tiger Army. What's more, they dared to kidnap the general's newlywed wife. How could they endure it!
Lin Ziyi curled his lips and smiled softly instead of getting angry. There was even a hint of doting in his smile.
Even he couldn't understand Xia Jin's fire control skills. How could Ning Zhaoping trap her?
After all, she was the only one who had escaped from his hands twice.
"You retreat for now, I, the general, will have my own way to deal with it!" Lin Ziyi said calmly.
Seeing that the general was not nervous at all, everyone looked at each other with confusion in each other's eyes. However, they naturally trusted the general unconditionally.
Since the generals have given orders, they will obey them!
At this moment, on the tower of Lincheng, Ning Zhi saw that Lin Ziyi's army had indeed withdrawn, and he couldn't help but be happy.
"This method really works! Go and tell dad the news, so that the trouble will be solved soon!" Ning Zhi looked at the subordinate beside him and said.
"Young Master, it's a little early to say win now. Lin Ziyi is full of tricks, so we'd better be careful!" Zhang Bai advised.
"Lin Ziyi's newlywed wife is in my hands, what other tricks can he pull out!" Ning Zhi said disapprovingly.
"Go and notify Dad and ask him to return to the city. You have agreed that as long as I win this competition, you will give me the position of city lord. You can't break your promise!" Ning Zhi played with the red sandalwood string and looked excited.
Zhang Bai glanced outside the city and said: "Young Master, as long as the city gate is opened, those people will find a way to get in. If they go out, they may cause a riot!"
"Now that we have a better handle, let the people go back to the city!" Ning Zhi said casually.
"Then my subordinates, go and open the city gate right now!"
"Tell dad to come back quickly, complete the handover procedures as soon as possible, hand over the city seal to me, and then he can do whatever he wants!" Ning Zhi waved his hand and said impatiently.
Zhang Bai sighed softly, bowed and stepped back.
The city lord only had a son, but he was naughty by nature. The city lord said that if he could make Lin Ziyi retreat this time, he would give up the position of city lord to him, so he came up with a bad idea and let the people be used as human shields.
Fortunately, the city lord is not in the city. If he were, he would probably be able to break his legs.
He felt that it was inappropriate to capture the general's wife this time, but it was difficult to persuade him. He could only hold it in, and then quickly left the city to find the Lord of the City and clean up the mess!
The city gate opened and the people hurried into the city. The scene was chaotic.
Twenty miles away, the spies came back on horseback and ran quickly to the camp and reported: "General, the people have entered the city!"
Lin Ziyi curled his lips, "Whether we can capture Lincheng depends on tomorrow!"
All the officers and soldiers looked at each other in confusion. They didn't understand what the general's intention was. He couldn't possibly be planning to attack the city regardless of the safety of the general's wife!
In this case, wouldn't the Black Tiger Army be an army of bachelors again?
Everyone wanted to persuade him, but seeing how confident the general was, he held his words back, and then all looked at Mu Gu.
Mu Gu is the general's personal guard and the person who knows him best.
After leaving the camp, all the soldiers gathered around him.
"Mu Gu, go and persuade the general. Don't give up the life of the general's wife just because of winning or losing a battle!" a soldier advised.
"My lady is still pregnant!" another soldier said.
Mu Gu coughed lightly. As the only insider of Xia Jin's fake pregnancy in the army, for a moment, he didn't know how to explain it.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The general is confident and has already thought of a way to deal with it. We have been with the general for so many years, so we should trust him! Do you think the general is the kind of person who ignores his wife and children just for the sake of war?"
These words spoke to their hearts. The general valued friendship and would be responsible for taking care of the families of those who died in the army to the end.
It was because of the death of the deputy general that he suffered from heart disease. Everyone saw this in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts.
It is precisely for this reason that every soldier of the Black Tiger Army dares to risk his life to follow him to the death.
How could such a person not care about the lives of his wife and children?
In the evening, Zhang Bai went out of the city and rushed to the broken tea stall outside the city. He bowed and reported: "Lord of the city, the young master has captured the general's wife and used the general's wife to hold Lin Ziyi hostage and withdraw his troops. All the people in the city have returned to the city!"
Ning Zhaoping added some firewood to the stove, and his wrinkled old eyes reflected the light of the fire, revealing a trace of fierceness.
"Bastard thing!"
"Lord City Lord, please return to the city quickly! My eyelids keep twitching, and I always feel that something bad is going to happen!" Zhang Bai advised.
Ning Zhaoping stood up, lifted up the boiling water, and poured it into the teacup filled with tea leaves. The boiling water soaked the tea leaves, causing the wrinkled tea leaves to unfold.
Ning Zhaoping picked up the tea cup, put it on the table, and said calmly: "These shriveled tea leaves need to be cooked in boiling water to unfold into their original shape and emit a strong aroma of tea. The same is true for people!"
Zhang Bai was confused when he heard this, "Lord City Lord, I don't understand your intention!"
Ning Zhaoping chuckled, "Do you think Ning Zhi can be the city lord?"
Zhang Bai shook his head, "Not suitable!"
"Then let him know that he is not suitable!" Ning Zhaoping showed a ruthless expression.
Zhang Bai looked at Ning Zhaoping, then at the tea leaves in the cup, "If we lose this battle, Lincheng will not be able to stay!"
Ning Zhaoping snorted coldly and growled: "I have no intention of keeping you!"
Over the years, the emperor had sent troops to attack from time to time. He was exhausted mentally and physically, and the people in the city were also panicked. He had long since wanted to live this day.
However, due to some reasons, I had to hold on.
Now that Lin Ziyi is here, it is a perfect opportunity!
