In the middle of the night, just as Zhou Gu expected, the 200,000 Northern Hebei Army marched at night, bypassing the mountains and heading for Nanping City, without disturbing the residents or causing any commotion in the other courtyard.
Fengling and Ziye sat on the top of the mountain together, looking at the black Hebei Army that blended into the night. They breathed in secretly, and at the same time admired Zhou Gu's intelligence. His guess was absolutely accurate.
Ziye whispered: "How is it? My young master is right, right?"
"Well, my brother-in-law is really awesome." Fengling felt that he had really underestimated Zhou Gu before, and it was his sister who was more discerning. When she was in Jiangning County, she had taken a liking to Young Master Zhou at a glance and had fallen in love with him so early.
"Let me tell you, my young master has read all the books in the East Palace since he was a child. What about astronomy and geography, a collection of classics and history, military strategies, the way of kings and ministers, and the six arts of a gentleman. In the end, Taifu Qin had nothing to teach, so he let my family
Young Master is a disciple." Ziye was very proud, "If after two years, my Young Master has gone through a lot of experience, he will be no worse than the second Young Master Ye who is famous all over the world."
Fengling tilted her head and looked at Ziye, "It seems that the pressure caused by Second Young Master Ye is really oppressive."
Not only Zhou Gu, but also Ziye beside him seemed to have a sense of urgency.
Ziye scratched her head and whispered: "Isn't it obvious? Miss Qi chose my young master, and my young master has to live up to his expectations. People can't let people say in the future that Miss Qi is clumsy and doesn't choose pearls and jade, and her brain cramps, right? Even for Qi.
Miss, my young masters should all be more progressive."
"That's true." Fengling understood, "I should also work harder, thanks to my brother-in-law this time. Otherwise, I would have no shame in living. I would have drawn my sword and killed myself to apologize."
He patted Midi Ye's shoulder, stood up, and said, "Let's go back."
Midnight looked at him and stood up, "You're going back now? Why don't we follow him and have a look?"
"It's not necessary." Fengling shook his head, "It's useless to look at it. Young Master's troops won't come on Wednesday, and there's nothing we can do about these 200,000 troops."
Ziye nodded after thinking about it and returned to the other courtyard with Fengling.
Su Rong had already gone to bed, but Zhou Gu didn't. Hearing footsteps outside the door, he got up and got out of bed, walked to the door, opened the door, and saw Fengling and Ziye who had just returned, and asked them, "How is it?"
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Fengling immediately lowered her voice and said, "Brother-in-law, you are so amazing. Your guess is correct. Those 200,000 soldiers and horses walked around this mountain."
Zhou Gu nodded, "It's not my god, it's the two hundred thousand soldiers and horses who want to sneak attack Nanping City, so they won't disturb the people, make a noise, and let the Nanping Marquis Mansion notice it, so as not to cause trouble."
"That's also a god. I don't have this ability. I should have been worried earlier." Fengling said.
Zhou Gu smiled and said, "You haven't read as many military books as I have." He waved his hand and said, "Go back to sleep."
After saying that, he closed the door, yawned himself, returned to the bed, lay down next to Su Rong, and closed his eyes.
Fengling and Ziye each went back to their own rooms.
Midnight passed by Fengling's door and grabbed him as he was about to enter the house. He whispered, "My young master wasn't even very clingy to the eldest princess when he was a child. This is the first time I've seen him be so clingy to Miss Qi."
Hey, he almost doesn’t recognize the young master anymore.
If it were in the past, before the two of them were married, the young master would definitely not enter his daughter's home, let alone sleep with anyone else, not even his fiancée.
You know, when he was in Jiangning County, he followed the rules everywhere and didn't even touch Miss Seventh's hand.
Now, I never thought that he would sleep in the same room with someone else.
Fengling looked at him, "Don't you understand this? Only when the person you lost can be regained, will you hold on to it and never let go. My brother-in-law is a smart man. Now that he has obtained the marriage certificate, it is justifiable, so why not just hold on to him forever?
Do you want to pull someone into your arms and not let go? What does it mean to be in the same room? When my sister is healed, do you think he can bear it?"
"Why can't you help it?" Ziye asked innocently.
Fengling patted him on the shoulder and said, "You can figure it out yourself."
After he finished speaking, he closed the door and turned back to the house.
Ziye stood at his door and was stunned for a while before he realized what was happening. For a moment, he felt that he was really stupid, but he also thought that if the eldest princess and his wife got the news, they would be very happy, right? After all, between them,
In my heart, as long as the young master is good, everything will be fine, but it is hard to say for the old prince. After all, he took great pains to train the young master. He was not trained for the king of Southern Chu. There is also the Qin Taifu, who is afraid that he will be angry.
Before dawn, at the darkest hour, the sound of drumming and siege suddenly came from outside Nanping City.
Although Ning Chi and others had already made preparations, they still did not expect that the Northern Hebei Army arrived so quickly and did not even wait until daylight.
He ordered people to light the torches on the city wall, and then ordered Ning Ze to lead people to tie up Zhang Mao and escort him to the city wall. Looking at the dark army below the city, he said, "Open your eyes and see clearly who this is? You guys?"
If you dare to attack the city, I will kill you."
The Jibei Army immediately opened their eyes and saw that the entire city gate was illuminated by the torches on the city tower. There were especially many torches around the tied man, and he could see very clearly.
Someone exclaimed, "He is the legitimate son."
"It's the eldest son."
"It's young master."
The Northern Hebei army immediately went into a panic and stopped attacking the city for a while, not knowing what to do.
The leader was Zhang Mao's second uncle Zhang Cheng. Zhang Cheng's face changed when he saw Zhang Mao clearly. He did not expect that Zhang Mao would be captured.
At this time, someone surrounded Zhang Cheng and asked, "General, what should we do?"
Zhang Cheng's face turned pale and he didn't know what to do!
Someone said: "Don't be fake, right?"
Hope arose in Zhang Cheng's heart and he shouted in a deep voice, "Stop fooling this general with your lies."
"Fake?" Ning Chi sneered, stretched out his hand to pull off the jade pendant from Zhang Mao's waist, raised his hand, and said to Zhang Cheng under the city gate: "Catch it and see if it's true or false."
After saying that, he raised his hand and threw the jade token towards Zhang Cheng.
After all, Zhang Cheng had some skills. He caught the jade pendant on horseback, lowered his head and used a torch to illuminate it, and his face suddenly changed again.
Someone came forward to confirm with him, and his face changed, and he whispered: "This, this is really the eldest son."
Zhang Mao, in General Pingxi's Mansion, occupied both direct and long positions. This plan to attack the city was jointly formulated by Zhang Ping, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Mao and others. He first came to Nanping's Eighteen Villages to instigate rebellion, and then Zhang Cheng came later
, while Zhang Ping had other plans.
But now that Zhang Mao has been captured, what should we do?
Zhang Cheng's expression suddenly changed, but he still refused to give up: "I will listen to what he has to say."
Ning Chi patted Zhang Mao on the shoulder and said, "Say it!"
Then he lowered his voice and said, "It's up to you whether you can ask your second uncle to retreat."
After finishing his words, he added in a low voice, "Whether you live or die depends on today."
Zhang Mao took a breath and said calmly, "Second uncle, it's me."
Just these four words almost made Zhang Cheng fall off his horse. This is really his great nephew.
