"You will know if you go and take a look. How dare you mock me? I need to deal with it!"
Long Chen was satisfied, and Wu Chuchu immediately entered the house.
He opened the quilt and saw Dugu Jiali lying weakly with a pillow underneath.
"Carrie...are you okay?"
Wu Chuchu closed the door, and Long Chen went to the front yard.
"Who stipulates that we can't be together? How can I stand it alone..."
Dugu Jiali thinks that the person who stipulates that they can't be together is a jerk, and she can't bear it alone.
Wu Chuchu said helplessly: "There's nothing we can do about it, it's just like this."
Dugu Jiali hugged Wu Chuchu and lamented: "What should I do? I want to be afraid at the same time..."
...
When Long Chen arrived at the front yard of the Prefect's Mansion, He Juntao came up to him and said, "My lord, we are in the study."
Long Chen entered the study and saw the old groom from Li's Liquor Shop.
At this time, the old groom was still wearing shabby clothes, but his face no longer had a stupid expression, and his eyes revealed shrewdness and coldness.
"I've met King Wu."
"sit."
Long Chen sat down, and the old horseman also sat down. He Juntao closed the door and stood guard outside.
"Say it."
Long Chen didn't talk nonsense, and the old horseman simply said: "Please King Wu set a time to attack Yuncheng!"
Long Chen calculated the time and said: "Six days later in the evening, we will start in the middle of the night!"
The old horseman asked: "You will kill people in the middle of the night and the barbarian cavalry will enter in the morning?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "Yes!"
The old horseman stood up and bowed: "I understand, farewell!"
Opening the door, the old groom looked stupid again.
Walking to the front yard, the old horseman drove a donkey cart out.
This time he entered the prefect's mansion in the name of delivering wine to the mansion.
In the study room.
Long Chen picked up the pen and ink, unfolded a piece of paper, and wrote a letter of challenge.
"Send someone to send it to Guancheng and hand it over to Shi Le."
He Juntao accepted it and immediately sent someone to Guancheng.
When the messenger arrived outside Guancheng, the defenders saw the Long family army and immediately beat the war drums.
When they heard the sound of drums in the city, they thought Long Chen was making a sneak attack, so they all immediately climbed up to the top of the city.
The messenger rode to the city gates and looked at the tens of thousands of crossbows, dumbfounded.
"Damn it! How can I carry out such a big battle by myself?"
Taking out the letter of challenge from his arms, the messenger shouted: "I am here to issue a letter of challenge on the orders of King Wu of Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Liang, the garrison of Guancheng, immediately ordered several people to be hanged down.
Xiao Liang did not dare to open the city gate. He was worried that Long Chen would trick him and launch a surprise attack.
The soldier got off the city and walked up to the messenger. The messenger smashed the letter of challenge in his hand.
"King Wu has ordered you to wash your necks!"
After saying that, the messenger sneered and left.
I wanted to hand it to Shi Le personally, but I couldn't get in with this posture.
The soldiers climbed up the city wall on the rope and handed the letter of war to Xiao Liang.
Xiao Liang took the letter of war and rushed into the general's mansion.
Shi Le was listening to the commander-in-chief Li Chenglie's report on preparations for war.
Nowadays, Shi Le consults with Li Chenglie on all matters in the army.
Lu Qichang was suspected because of Zhao Lun's affairs, and coupled with the queen's incident this time, Shi Le became even more alienated from Lu Qichang.
"All the troops and horses that can be mobilized are coming. There are some places where the troops and horses cannot be moved, such as Yuncheng."
Li Chenglie counted out reinforcements for Shi Le with his fingers.
Shi Le knew that Yuncheng was an important town in the north and a bridgehead for Xixia to resist the barbarians. The soldiers and horses there must not be moved.
"The barbarian Shanyu Tuzhi was established by Long Chengen. They will definitely have a hand in this decisive battle."
"Let Yuncheng strengthen its vigilance, Long Chengen will definitely take action against Yuncheng."
Shile had a clear understanding of the situation. In the first two wars, the barbarians did not participate.
In this decisive battle, the barbarians will definitely come.
He could feel that Long Chen's actions contained an element of revenge.
Since it is revenge, then the people from back then must be present, and the barbarians must be present as well.
Li Chenglie said with a hint of regret: "The Yuncheng defenders are all elite..."
It would be a pity if the elite soldiers did not participate in the decisive battle.
Xiao Liang ran in from outside, holding a letter of challenge in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, Long Chengen has just sent a letter of challenge!"
Shi Le's face turned cold, and he took the challenge and unfolded it. The content was very simple, with only eight words:
Nine days later, Bailang Mountain, lead to death!
When other people write letters of war, they usually write thousands of words, talking about benevolence, justice and morality, and then criticize the other party for being unkind and unjust, and then say that they are doing justice for heaven.
Long Chen was better, he only had eight words, and his words were very domineering. Shi Le felt that he had been insulted.
"It's unreasonable, you're going too far to bully me!"
Shi Le tore the letter of war into pieces and cursed: "Bring me a pen and ink!"
Ma Fang immediately brought pen and ink, and Shi Le wrote quickly and wrote a line:
I will accept the challenge. Bailang Mountain will defeat the Long family army again, and I will send you to see Long Ye!
After writing, Shi Le threw the brush to the ground and yelled: "Send to Yangcheng immediately! Give it to Long Chengen personally! Tell him that I will send him to reunite with Long Ye!"
Xiao Liang immediately accepted the letter of war and sent someone to deliver it.
Xiao Liang spent a long time choosing, but no one dared to go. They were all frightened by the Long family army.
"Whoever dares to send a battle report will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"
There was no other way, Xiao Liang could only buy it with money.
After receiving a heavy reward, a brave man finally emerged.
"My subordinate is willing to go."
A tall soldier came out.
Xiao Liang was overjoyed and handed the war letter to the soldier and said, "When you come back, I will reward you."
The soldier took the letter of war, rode a horse, opened the city gate, and galloped towards Yangcheng.
When they arrived at Yangcheng, the soldiers shouted: "I am the messenger from Daxia, here to deliver the letter of war!"
Han Ziping heard this from the city and immediately left the city.
The gate of Yangcheng was not closed, and the soldiers did not dare to come in.
When they arrived outside the city, dozens of horses surrounded the soldiers.
"I am the messenger, you can't kill me!"
The soldier was startled and shouted hurriedly.
Han Ziping chuckled and said: "What's the use of killing you? Come with me!"
The soldiers were escorted into the prefect's mansion, and Long Chen was discussing the strategy of entering the army with Wu Jian.
"Sir, a messenger from Xixia is here, saying he is here to deliver a letter of war."
Han Ziping carried the soldier in. The soldier hurriedly took out a letter of war from his arms. Han Ziping snatched it and presented it to Long Chen.
After opening the letter of war, Wu Jian came over and read the contents of the letter. Wu Jian became furious, pulled out the sword from his waist, and struck the messenger on the head.
"General Wu!"
Han Ziping stopped Wu Jian and advised: "The two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy!"
The soldier was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "General, spare my life, spare your life..."
Wu Jian cursed loudly: "The dog thief Shi Le dares to utter arrogant words when he is about to die!"
"I will definitely kill him to pay homage to the old general and avenge my brothers!"
Long Chen tore up the letter of challenge coldly, stood up and entered the room in the backyard, holding a small box in his hand.
"Take it back and give it to Shi Le."
The messenger tremblingly took the box, hurriedly ran out of the prefect's mansion, mounted his horse, and fled back to Guancheng.
"I must kill the dog thief!"
Wu Jian gritted his teeth and struck the wall with the sharp sword in his hand, causing a streak of fire.
Everyone knows that Long Chen and Wu Jian are from Long Ye's command, and have a bloody feud with Xixia.
"General Wu, the decisive battle is coming soon, please calm down for now."
Han Ziping persuaded Wu Jian to sit down.
Long Chen's tone was cold and he said: "Old Wu, don't worry, let him eat shit for a few more days."
The messenger was so frightened that he peed his pants and ran all the way back to Guancheng, regardless of the fact that it was almost dark.
After entering the city, the soldier fell to the ground. Xiao Liang quickly rescued him and asked, "Has the letter of war been delivered?"
The soldier's mouth was dry and he said in a hoarse voice: "It's been delivered. Long Chengen asked me to give this to the king."
The soldier took out a small box from his arms, and Xiao Liang quickly opened it. He was worried that it was a hidden weapon or something.
The moment he opened it, Xiao Liang was stunned...
The soldiers watching were also stunned...
"Huh? What does this mean?"
Everyone was very curious and didn't understand what Long Chen meant...
