Zhang Cheng was really undecided for a moment. He knew clearly that if his elder brother Zhang Ping were here, with Zhang Ping's ambition, let alone one of his sons tied to the city wall, even ten of them would attack the city without hesitation.
He is not his elder brother.
He is just his eldest brother's brother. At the same time, Zhang Mao has always respected his second uncle very much.
Could he really order an attack on the city regardless of his identity? Then would he still be alive?
Zhang Mao is the legitimate son, and he does not have the right to disregard his life or death. Once he really disregards his life and death and orders an attack on the city, even if he does nothing wrong for his elder brother's great cause, it will be criticized for his cruelty and disregard for family ties.
If his eldest brother really succeeds in the future, once he starts fighting for power, this will become a source of attack that he will never be able to erase.
So he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Stand still for now."
Two hundred thousand soldiers and horses immediately obeyed his orders, and no one attacked the city again.
Zhang Cheng ordered his cronies, "Go forward, negotiate with Ningchi, and ask him how to release the eldest son. Tell the Marquis of Nanping not to think too hard, but to defend the city. Once our Jibei Army is surrendered, allow him to come to the Duke's Mansion."
The position is much higher than that of a mere prince."
A confidant should be.
When Ning Chi saw that Zhang Chengzhen had withdrawn his troops and stopped attacking the city, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhang Mao: "Your second uncle is really good to you."
Zhang Mao didn't say anything, not because his second uncle was nice to him, but because his identity was that of an uncle and nephew, and he didn't dare not care about him, otherwise he would be in trouble in the future.
Ning Chi could guess a thing and waved to Ning Ze, "Take him back to the house and keep him under good supervision."
Ning Ze nodded, waved his hand, and escorted Zhang Mao away.
When the group got off the city wall, they heard Zhang Cheng sending people to negotiate with Ning Chi. He opened his mouth and smashed a big hat from the Duke's Mansion, making people gasp.
Ning Ze whispered to Zhang Mao: "Your second uncle is really willing to let the Nanping Marquis Mansion surrender in order to save you, and he even opened his mouth to give such a great title."
Zhang Mao said nothing.
Ning Ze looked at him, "You won't regret it, what are you thinking about? I'm telling you, you can't escape from my hands. If I can't even hold you in check, I might as well not live.
Already."
He is the person who is most afraid of death. If he can say this, he can guarantee that he would rather not sleep and stay awake, but he will also keep a close eye on Zhang Mao and never let him escape.
Zhang Mao shook his head, "My second uncle is concerned about me, but I'm afraid that someone else won't be concerned about me. This Nanping City will be at a stalemate for three days at most. Are you sure that reinforcements will come after three days?"
"Yes!" Ning Ze didn't know either, so he asked, "Who wouldn't care about you?"
"My concubine brothers." Zhang Mao said: "It is impossible for my father to let my second uncle attack Nanping City by himself. It is planned that he will be followed by his concubine brothers. Every one of my concubine brothers wants me to die.
."
Ning Ze scratched his head, "This is troublesome. Will your second uncle listen?"
"Yes, the Zhang family are all cold-blooded. What does family affection mean? As long as someone takes the blame with my second uncle, my second uncle will no longer care about me." Zhang Mao said: "Even if I have always been nice to him, he has been nice to me.
."
Ning Ze's head got bigger, "What should we do?"
Zhang Mao didn't know and shook his head, "Three days is the maximum grace I can get for Nanping City. The rest is up to you to think of something."
Ning Ze looked at Zhang Mao and saw that he didn't look like he was lying. He immediately worried about his life again.
"After all, I don't want to die, so you don't have to doubt me." Zhang Mao said: "After I die, my mother still has a young son, and my father also has many sons.
My father taught me strictly, so my mother has nothing to do with my affairs, and for this reason, she is not actually close to me. This is the main reason why I chose to seek refuge with Su Rong."
The implication is that there is no one in the Zhang family that he can't bear to leave, and no one in the Zhang family can bear to leave him.
Ning Ze could only say: "Okay, if you can get through this, I will put in a good word for you in front of Miss Seven."
No matter what Zhang Cheng's cronies said, Ning Chi refused to surrender. Instead, he persuaded Zhang Cheng to retreat. Zhang Cheng was furious, but there was nothing he could do against Ning Chi for a while.
Zhang Cheng never saw the Marquis of Nanping, thinking that the rumors were true. The Prince Ningchi was already in charge of the Marquis of Nanping's mansion.
He ordered 200,000 soldiers to camp under the city, and then, together with his cronies, discussed countermeasures on how best to enter the city and bring Zhang Mao out.
However, all the hidden stakes in Nanping City had been eradicated by Su Rong. He could not contact the hidden stakes, and Zhang Cheng was helpless.
Fengling sent secret guards to pay close attention to the movements of Nanping City. He was relieved to learn that Zhang Cheng attacked the city and then withdrew his troops. After all, he was hampered by Zhang Mao, the hostage.
At dawn the next day, Su Rong woke up and was helped by Lanzhi to wash her up. Zhou Gu then carried her to the table and had breakfast.
Fengling and the two of them sat at the same table at midnight. Fengling informed the two of the current situation in Nanping City, and then said his own opinion, "Zhang Cheng is Zhang Mao's uncle after all. He was worried about Zhang Mao and did not attack the city forcefully."
, However, I guess that someone will definitely be unable to sit still and will definitely encourage Zhang Cheng to attack the city. Nanping City can only last a few days."
Zhou Gu took over and said, "Three days at most."
Fengling immediately said, "If it's only three days, it won't be enough. I'm afraid Master Zhou will not be able to make it in time with his 100,000 troops."
According to the letter sent back by Fei Ying, the journey from his location is at least seven days.
"Zhang Yun is on the border of Nanping. If he is trusted, he will definitely not let Zhang Mao or Zhang Mao, and will definitely advocate an attack on the city." Zhou Gu said: "This person is the most ruthless person in General Xi's Mansion in Pingbei, Hebei."
"Zhang Yun, that bastard, it was because of him that my sister was almost killed by Nangong Yu." Feng Ling's teeth itched with hatred, "But now, Zhang Yun's whereabouts have not been found. I don't know where this grandson is hiding.
."
"That's him." Feng Ling said: "He won't let Zhang Cheng's soldiers hold him back."
Fengling felt worried, "It would be best to find him in advance, but now I can't even touch his shadow. It's like that person has disappeared from the world."
Zhou Gu brought the chicken soup in front of Su Rong and said to Fengling, who looked ugly: "Arrange people to guard the rear of the 200,000 Northern Hebei Army, and we will definitely be able to defend Zhang Yun. As long as Zhang Yun is not allowed to get close to the Northern Hebei Army, we can delay it for two more days."
day."
Fengling nodded, "Listen to your brother-in-law, this is the only way."
Su Rong didn't interrupt until she finished a bowl of chicken soup, then she spoke: "Fengling, go and take Fei Ying out in person to find Zhang Yun. I have met him. He has a faint agarwood smell on his body.
He was probably ruthless, killed too many people, and was very happy to worship the Buddha."
