When Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang rushed to Xiao Ting's mansion, they were already surrounded by nearly 10,000 Sichuan troops led by Zhang Situ, Yang Zhao, Lu You, Buying and other generals.
Seeing Xiao Xiang's arrival, all the generals came forward to welcome her, and they all stepped in to salute and said: "Your Highness the Princess!"
If Xiao Xiang hadn't come, they wouldn't have dared to attack privately. After all, Xiao Ting was a young master and a royal family member of the Sichuan Kingdom. Xiao Xiang waved his hands to everyone, indicating that they didn't need to be polite, and then asked: "How is the situation here?"
Buying said: "Reporting to Your Highness the Princess, the Young Master's Mansion has been surrounded by us. As long as the Princess gives the order, our soldiers can storm in!"
Xiao Xiang nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "How many soldiers do we have now?"
Buying did some calculations and said: "More than 10,000 people."
Xiao Xiang shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough. Let's continue to mobilize people."
The Young Master's Mansion is not an ordinary minister's residence. There are many servants, retainers, guards, and guards. Among them are many experts. If there is a real fight, the more than 10,000 soldiers on our side may not be able to break through the defense of the Young Master's Mansion.
Buying responded: "Princess, don't worry, we have already sent people to mobilize the troops. It won't take long before people from all walks of life will arrive."
Xiao Xiang praised her, and then she separated from the crowd in front, came to the main entrance of the Young Master's Mansion, and said loudly: "People inside, listen, I am the fifth princess, let the eldest brother come out and talk to me!
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After she finished shouting, there was not even a sound in the Young Master's mansion, not to mention no reply. It was extremely quiet. Xiao Xiang squinted his eyes and snorted coldly, turning his head and said: "As soon as all the soldiers and horses arrive, attack immediately. If
Those who resist can be punished on the spot!"
"Yes!" All the generals responded in unison.
After waiting for about two cups of tea, soldiers from all walks of life arrived one after another. Looking around, more and more soldiers gathered outside the Young Master's Mansion. Lamps, torches, and bright Chinese pine trees illuminated the outside of the Young Master's Mansion.
Like daytime.
Xiao Xiang had no patience to wait any longer, waved his hand and shouted: "Attack!"
Following her order, the generals issued orders to attack one after another. For a moment, there were shouts of killing, and the Sichuan army attacked the Gongzi Mansion like a tide.
Some Sichuan soldiers set up ladders or stacked human ladders and climbed up the courtyard wall, while some Sichuan soldiers hit the gate of the Gongzi Mansion with wooden stakes, causing a deafening roar.
The gate of the Young Master's Mansion is not so easy to open. There are obviously more fixed objects inside. The first people to rush into the Young Master's Mansion were the Sichuan soldiers who climbed the courtyard wall.
It's just that people rushed up quickly and fell down faster. Many Sichuan soldiers had just stood on the courtyard wall. Before they could see clearly what was going on in the Young Master's mansion, countless arrows flew towards them. In an instant, the arrows were sharpened.
The sound of armor breaking became one continuous sound, and the Sichuan soldiers who climbed up the courtyard wall fell on their backs like hedgehogs, or fell headfirst off the courtyard wall, and screams also came and went.
The Sichuan army was not deterred by the fierce counterattack in the Young Master's Mansion. The attacking soldiers raised their shields one after another, withstood the fierce arrows of the opponent, rushed into the Young Master's Mansion, and fought with the guards inside.
As Xiao Xiang had estimated, there were too many spiritual martial arts masters in the Young Master's Mansion. In a head-to-head fight, even if Xiao Xiang had tens of thousands of soldiers, he still wouldn't have a clear advantage in a short period of time.
Seeing that the battle was getting more intense and his side's casualties were getting heavier and heavier, Xiao Xiang subconsciously clenched his fists, turned his head and shouted: "Move troops, continue to mobilize troops, I have to take down the Young Master's Mansion tonight no matter what."
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The generals understood that if they could not break through the Young Master's Mansion in a short time and capture the eldest Young Master Xiao Ting, and let the princes outside the city know about this, they might join forces to enter Zhaoyang City to relieve Xiao Ting's danger.
But I can't afford to take such a risk.
People responded one after another, and each sent their own subordinates to the legion stations outside the city to mobilize their troops. They had just dispatched their subordinates, when suddenly, a Sichuan Army captain galloped over on a fast horse, and arrived at Xiao Xiang and others
After getting close, he got off his horse, knelt down and saluted, and said urgently: "Your Royal Highness, generals, the eldest son Xiao Ting has now left the city. Looking at the direction he is going, it seems that he is heading to the camp of the Hong family army!"
As soon as these words came out, the heads of the generals present buzzed. Xiao Ting actually left the city? How is this possible? The Young Master's Mansion was obviously surrounded by our own side, how did Xiao Ting run out? Could it be that he flew out with wings?
Not successful?
"Why don't you stop him? How many people does he have with him?" Buying was angry and anxious. He rushed towards the captain, grabbed his collar and lifted him up forcefully.
The captain turned pale with fright and stammered: "The eldest son is leaving the city, and the little man... the little man can't stop him. There are nearly a thousand people leaving the city with the eldest son!"
Oops! Buying was sweating. Xiao Ting must have gone to the Bloody Marquis for help. What should we do?
Buying let go of the captain and turned to look at Xiao Xiang. The latter's face was gloomy and her eyes were rolling around. She said quietly: "There must be a secret passage to the outside world in the young master's house. This time, we were too careless.
Already."
On the surface, Xiao Xiang seemed to be surprised by this turn of events, but in fact, it was not the case at all.
Ren Fang frowned and whispered: "Princess, the general just led people to search the eldest son's house not long ago, and no secret passage was found!"
"Hmph!" Xiao Xiang sneered and said casually: "If it's so easy to discover it by yourself, can it still be called a secret passage?" Her casual words didn't sound like much to others, but they made Ren Fang feel confused.
Surprised, he frowned secretly.
It seems that the princess is not surprised that there are secret passages in the prince's mansion. It is very likely that there are secret passages not only in the prince's mansion, but also in the princess's mansion. There are even secret passages in other prince's mansions, princess mansions and ministers' official residences.
The Tao exists.
In this case, how could the princess be so sure that her family was hiding in the palace? Did she hear some rumors in advance, or... Ren Fang did not dare to continue thinking about it. If it was the latter possibility, then the fifth princess
His scheming is terrible.
Xiao Xiang saw Ren Fang frowning and thinking silently, his face still changing, thinking that Ren Fang was worried about Xiao Ting escaping from the city, she smiled slightly and patted Ren Fang's shoulder armor with the riding crop in her hand.
, said: "General Ren, don't worry, what if the big brother escapes to the Blood-clothed Marquis? The Big Wang brother instigated Jin Liren to kidnap the family members of the ministers and ministers of the DPRK. People and gods are outraged, and the heavens cannot tolerate it. If the Blood-clothed Marquis dares to protect the king,
Brother, then he is also unpardonable!"
As she spoke, her face straightened and she said in a deep voice: "Generals, please obey your orders!"
"The end is here!" Everyone trembled and hurriedly bowed to intervene.
Xiao Xiang narrowed his eyes and said in a solemn voice: "Mobilize all our available troops and immediately surround the Hong Family Army's garrison!"
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. The princess was about to attack the Blood-clothed Marquis. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all responded in unison: "General, I obey!" After receiving the order, all the generals turned around and left.
Their respective factions will continue to direct the battle here.
The garrison of Ren Fang's legion was in the same direction as the garrison of Zhang Situ's legion. The two of them also left Beicheng together. On the way back to the garrison, Ren Fang said quietly: "General Zhang, Her Royal Highness seems to have known about the secrets in the Young Master's Mansion for a long time.
There is a secret passage."
Zhang Situ blinked his eyes, shook his head and smiled, and said: "Impossible! If the princess knew that there was a secret passage in the young master's house, she would either send people to destroy it in advance, or set up troops to block the exit. How could it be possible for the young master to escape?"
"When the eldest young master escapes, he will inevitably go to the Bloody Marquis who has the closest relationship with him. Doesn't this give the princess a justifiable reason to get rid of the Bloody Marquis?" Ren Fang looked at Zhang Situ and whispered.
Zhang Situ sighed inwardly, the expression on his face did not change, and he did not directly answer Ren Fang's question. Instead, he changed the subject and asked: "Who is Her Majesty the Princess?"
He asked Ren Fang and was stunned. A princess is a princess, who else could she be? He said blankly: "Yes... she is a princess. What did General Zhang mean by this?"
"Ha!" Zhang Situ smiled, chuckled, shook his head and said: "It seems that General Ren still doesn't understand that the princess is not a princess, but the king. She is the future king of our Sichuan Kingdom. As a minister, I can figure out the king's thoughts.
It’s a taboo, so General Ren doesn’t need to think too much, all he has to do is follow the princess’s orders, this… is the wise way to protect yourself!”
Ren Fang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that Zhang Situ knew how to be a minister. He nodded and said, "Thank you, General Zhang, for your advice. I understand."
Zhang Situ smiled and nodded. After a while, he suddenly spoke again and whispered: "Actually, I also agree with General Ren's speculation just now."
Seeing that Ren Fang was about to speak, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There is no need to answer this sentence, just think of it as me talking to myself."
Ren Fang took a deep look at Zhang Situ and was silent.
Five generals, Zhang Situ, Ren Fang, Yang Zhao, Lu You, and Buying, each returned to the garrison of their own army. Zhang Situ led the first army, Yang Zhao led the third and fourth armies, Lu You led the tenth army, and Buying led
The 6th and 12th legions, together with the 5th, 7th and 8th legions led by Ren Fangsuo, marched towards the Hong Family Army's garrison.
Five generals, with a total of nine legions under their command, can be said to be magnificent, like overwhelming mountains and seas, approaching the Hong Family Army's station from four directions: southeast, northwest, and northwest.
Now, Xiao Ting, who escaped from Zhaoyang, is indeed hiding in the Hong Jiajun camp. Not to mention that Hong Yuetian didn't understand what happened in Zhaoyang City, even Xiao Ting himself didn't understand why Xiao Xiang suddenly
He was poisonous to himself.
After Hong Yuetian personally brought Xiao Ting into the military camp and asked him what happened, Xiao Ting shook his head repeatedly and roared with a trembling voice: "Crazy, that bitch Xiao Xiang is simply crazy. Tonight, she actually
She brought a large army to suddenly besiege my young master's residence. She wants to get rid of me first before inheriting the throne!"