"Your Majesty, please calm down. General Song failed to guard the city gate and died unjustly. Your Majesty, please do not destroy the dragon's body because of a useless person." Lord Bin Wang said lightly. At this moment, the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor was so angry that he killed his own soldiers.
, it’s really... Mud can’t hold up a wall.
The eyes of the Sixteenth Prince were bloodshot with anger, and he pointed his index finger at Han Qiumiao: "Venerable King Bin! You can help me take off her head!"
Venerable Bin Wang is one of the Seven Destined Martial Arts of Fengtian City. He was the thin old man who attacked Rao Yue with young girls, middle-aged men, and fat women when he attacked Zhou Xingyun at Jianshu Villa. It was Venerable Bin Wang who joined forces with him.
"Back to the Emperor, I am 50% sure that I can take off Princess Yongming's head. However, there are many elite warriors around Princess Yongming. If I leave the Emperor, I'm afraid..."
Of course, Lord Bin would not say in front of the Sixteenth Prince, "I can't do it!", so he changed his perspective. I can kill Princess Yongming in the midst of thousands of troops. The question is, what should you do? If I leave
Tower, who will protect you?
"..." The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor fell into silence. After all, Venerable King Bin was right. At this time, he lacked expert guards around him. It was good before, with Nangong Ling watching over him, but now...
Thinking of Nangong Ling, the Sixteenth Prince was a little confused. Logically speaking, Nangong Ling had always done things efficiently and never failed in killing people. Why did he fail yesterday?
Moreover, with Nangong Ling's martial arts, even if the city gate fails, she should be able to escape. You know, out of the 8,000 rebels stationed at the capital city gate, more than 4,000 people have withdrawn from the high wall of the residence area, and Nangong Ling cannot
Possibly killed in battle...
If the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor looked carefully at the sea of people and found Nangong Ling tearing up meat buns and feeding Zhou Xingyun lunch, he would probably be so angry that he would suffer internal injuries.
Just as the Sixteenth Emperor was meditating, a deafening shout suddenly sounded outside the high wall. Hundreds of thousands of people in the capital saw Han Shuang dancing the royal flag and shouted slogans in unison...
In troubled times, there is no justice for thieves! The rebel lackeys get out of the capital! The innocent souls are in heaven! The tyrant emperor will not die a good death!
The loud force overturned the whole place, like thunder falling, making the high walls of the mansion area tremble.
The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor, who was sitting on the city tower, was immediately alarmed by the majestic power, and kept retreating with a pale face. The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor did not expect that the people of the capital would dare to gather a crowd to demonstrate under the high wall gate...
"Your Majesty, they are just a bunch of rabble, and there is no need to pay attention to them." Venerable King Bin gave the advice in a serious way. He could see that the Sixteenth Emperor was frightened by the public opinion.
It's right to think about it. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in front of his house to demonstrate, which would make anyone feel scared. If hundreds of thousands of people in the capital charge and attack the city regardless of life and death, the Sixteenth Emperor really can't say whether his army can hold it.
.
"Your Majesty is right! They are just a group of unarmed rabble! We don't need to be afraid of them!" The Sixteenth Emperor comforted himself. He did not believe that the people in the capital could risk their lives to become cannon fodder and help Han Qiumu attack the city.
"Report! The enemy is forging weapons outside the high wall gate!" A lookout soldier discovered the New World and hurriedly reported to the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor.
"What?" The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor didn't know what was going on and quickly looked in the direction of the watchman's finger.
It turned out that thousands of strong men directly carried stoves, craftsmen's tables and other things outside the high wall door and started building them in full swing.
"They want to lure us out of the city?" The Sixteenth Emperor was very confused. Unarmed men are not scary, but when they put on armor and take weapons, the situation is different. Even if they build a set of wooden armor to attack the city, they can
pose a serious threat to the rebels.
Did Han Qiumiao make equipment in front of him to lure them out and destroy their craftsmanship?
Obviously, the rebel officers and soldiers were all confused. No one could answer the doubts in the Emperor's Sixteenth Son's mind as to why Han Qiumi wanted to build armor and weapons outside the city gate...
On the other side, Zhou Xingyun was lying in his wheelchair, looking puzzled at thousands of strong men, wielding hammers and clanking iron outside the high-walled door.
"Zhiqian, what tricks are you trying to play?"
"Ah la la, it's not the right place to explain. Let's talk about it when we go home." Xu Zhiqian started to tell the story again, but she had to sell it, otherwise the enemy spies would listen to her, and her plan to create a mystery would be completely defeated.
"Then let's go back." Zhou Xingyun followed Han Qiumiao to Gaoqiang, just to join in the fun. He had no intention of sleeping outside the Gaoqiang gate.
"You have to resign to Her Royal Highness the Princess." Xu Zhiqian reminded, lest Zhou Xingyun leave without saying a word and make Han Qiumiao unhappy.
"I will..." Zhou Xingyun's energy gathered in his Dantian, and then he condensed his voice into a line and transmitted the message into the secret: "Qiu Miao, we are going back first. If you need my help, let Xunxuan, Shuangshuang or Muya pass the order."
Since the people in the capital were scolding the sixteenth son of the emperor, after hearing Zhou Xingyun's words, Han Qiumiao could only turn around and nod to him to indicate that she understood.
Zhou Xingyun was injured and really needed to recuperate. Han Qiumiao had no intention of letting him follow him today, but this guy still had a conscience and knew he cared about her, so he followed the team...
Putting pressure on the Sixteenth Prince and making him make mistakes cannot be accomplished in one day. Han Qiumiao estimated that it would take at least three days.
It can be said that everyone is betting on time and the time it will take for the northern rebel army to arrive in the capital.
Fortunately, the season chosen by the Sixteenth Prince to rebel was not suitable for marching. Now in early spring and February, the snow in the north has just begun to melt, and the infantry's travel speed is several times slower than in summer.
If the Sixteenth Emperor's son rebelled in early summer, it would take more than twenty days for the northern troops to reach the capital.
It is true that if the sixteenth son of the emperor postpones his rebellion plan until summer, when Han Qiumi and Zhou Xingyun have returned to the imperial city, he may not be able to find a chance to occupy the capital.
Wei Suyao, Ning Xiangyi, Mo Nianxi, Qin Shou and other friends accompanied Zhou Xingyun back to the Zhou Mansion first.
Han Qiumiao was protected by the leaders of various sects. Even if the Lord of Fengtian City came out with the Seven Destiny Martial Arts, he probably wouldn't be able to hurt her, so... it would be safer to keep an eye on Zhou Xingyun.
Zhou Xingyun is a troublemaker who makes no one feel peaceful wherever he goes. Instead of staying with Han Qiumiao, it is better to take good care of Zhou Xingyun. After all, he is injured. If the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor sends someone to assassinate him, Zhou Xingyun may be in a worse situation than Han Qiumiao.
Danger.
"Zhiqian, now that there are no outsiders around, you can tell me why you need to build equipment outside the city gate."
On the way back to Zhou Mansion, Zhou Xingyun was full of curious questions.
"Okay. Actually, I want the Sixteenth Prince to see that we have enough armor and weapons to arm the people of the city. Only in this way will he be afraid and feel a lot of pressure!"
Xu Zhiqian said naively, unarmed strong men wearing commoners could not pose a threat to the rebels, but soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp blades were another matter.
On the city tower, the sixteenth son of the emperor saw the young men outside the city gate, all of them empty-handed, so naturally they were not afraid, so they smelted iron and made weapons outside the city gate to let the rebels understand that as time went by, they would gain more and more
Lots of weapons.
"Can we really arm the people of the city?" Zhou Xingyun was very shocked. If they really had enough supplies to arm all the strong men, then Han Qiumi would not need to be polite to the Sixteenth Emperor and just attack the high wall directly.
"It's not possible." Xu Zhiqian explained naively that building weapons under the city gate was just a deception.
There was a fierce battle with the 6,000 rebels led by Qi Yuan a few days ago, and they captured the capital gate yesterday. After the confrontation between the two armies, a lot of weapons and armor were naturally left behind.
Some of these weapons and armors can be directly recycled, some need to be repaired, and some are completely scrapped...
Xu Zhiqian ordered people to dismantle the completely scrapped weapons and armor, take them to be forged outside the city gate, and then show them to the rebels, randomly pieced together piece after piece of armor that seemed complete, but was actually unusable.
In this way, armors that appear to be intact will be transported away batch after batch under the eyes of the rebels.
After being transported away, the armor was dismantled into fragmentary parts and sent back to the high wall gate for forging and piecing together, over and over again...
The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor learned that Han Qiumiao was working day and night, constantly making armors, and every hour, a thousand finished armors were completed...
A rough calculation shows that in one day, 12,000 people can be armed. If we wait another three to five days, Han Qiumiao's tens of thousands of horses will be equipped with a set of armor!
The sixteenth prince of the emperor must have been extremely anxious when he learned of the situation.
The originally only 8,000 quelling troops suddenly expanded to 30,000 to 40,000, and with the cooperation of more than 10,000 imperial city guards, could he still hold on?
Realizing this, the Sixteenth Emperor will definitely try his best to take corresponding actions before Han Qiumiao is completed. Wang Yushi only needs to find an opportunity to make remarks and encourage the Sixteenth Emperor to go all out to induce him to make a decision.
"You are indeed full of evil." After listening to Xu Zhiqian's speech, Mo Nianxi couldn't help but give Zhou Xingyun a thumbs up and praised her. She is a talented and sinister woman who deserves her reputation.
Why was Zhou Xingyun praised instead of Xu Zhiqian?
Because what Mo Nianxi was praising was the nicknames Zhou Xingyun helped Xu Zhiqian give, "talented girl with a dark belly" and "talented girl with a big belly", not Xu Zhiqian's strategy.
"Curse you!" Xu Zhiqian pouted aggrievedly.
"Reflect!" Mo Nianxi turned her hands at a 45-degree angle and ejected the little cute creature's curse to Zhou Xingyun. Then she pulled the corner of his sleeve with one hand and pointed at Xu Zhiqian with the other: "She cursed you."
"...Why do I think you framed me?" Zhou Xingyun looked back at Nian Xi who was pushing the wheelchair.
"I don't have it..." Mo Nianxi acted coquettishly, putting her hands on Zhou Xingyun's arms, her delicate body resting on his back, and then...
"Take off!" The black-haired girl loves to play. Everyone saw her kicking her feet hard, and the wheelchair slid forward like it was equipped with a jet...
"Hey, hey, hey! Do you know that you can easily get into a traffic accident if you play like this?"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I will be the last in wrestling. I will always be with you, hahahaha..." Mo Nianxi smiled happily, then pushed harder and harder, and the speed of the car went up to another level.
"Hehehe, it's quite fun." Rao Yue snickered faintly, thinking that later she would imitate the black-haired girl and play with Zhou Xingyun in a wheelchair.
"Why are you...waiting for us!" Mu Hanxing, Wei Suyao and others hurriedly caught up.