royal robes

Chapter 626

Murong Yanchao gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you can't leave at this time. If Zong Xin catches up, aren't you afraid?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Zong Xin won't come after me. That's why I didn't announce my decision last night." Li Jing sighed: "Everything is over. As expected, Zong Xin won't take any advantage here. I will treat my shortfalls as poor management, and I will not blame you. Now that the Tang army has assembled at the East Gate, I just came here to tell you."

Murong Yanchao knew why Li Jing didn't say his decision last night. Although he knew that he would retreat, if he said it last night, the two of them would definitely turn against each other.But at this time, I don't even have the courage to turn my face.

Sure enough, he was scheming, Li Jing's grasp of the battlefield situation and the enemy's dynamics was very clear, and it could even be seen that Zong Xin would definitely be overwhelming the situation today.It's just that he didn't say anything, he just wanted to find a chance to get out of his body.Cooperating with this kind of old fox was my biggest mistake. If I stayed in Xuzhou City and didn't provoke anyone, I wouldn't end up where I am today.

Murong Yanchao really regretted starting this war. Not only did he get no benefits at all, but his eldest brother Liu Chong's army was wiped out. He would also suffer this fate.

"Your Majesty, it's too extreme for you to do this..." Murong Yanchao said: "Won't withdrawing troops at this time force me to die? The opponent has an army of 4, and we have less than [-]. how to spell?"

"I don't care about this." Li Jing said: "After this battle, the widow has already suffered heavy losses. I originally borrowed troops to you to gain some benefits, but it turned out that your useless elder brother couldn't fight 8 people against 1 people. Win, but also wiped out the whole army, I raised Xuzhou for nearly half a year, and the army was ambushed, and Wu Yue took advantage of the fire in the backyard of the Tang Dynasty. I have paid too much, and there is no return at all, what do you think I should do?"

Murong Yanchao said: "Your Majesty is right, but isn't it unethical for you to do so?"

"Yes, I admit that it's not moral to retreat before the battle. But I can't give up the whole country for the sake of morality, right? The people of Tang Dynasty are counting on me, and I can't abandon them for the sake of small morality." Li Jing said: "This time I'm not a villain, and I treat you with the utmost benevolence. I really can't help you when I'm in trouble. You don't have the right to say that I'm being unreasonable now, because I've paid too much for you, and it's just that you don't live up to it. "

Murong Yanchao knew that it was useless to talk too much, so as not to hurt his friendship, if Xuzhou City was destroyed, he would have to ask for his protection.But Li Jing was not wrong, he borrowed troops from him. Although he didn't fight in the first battle, Li Jing must have suffered a high loss, which Murong Yanchao did not deny.

Just retreating at this juncture, isn't he afraid of Zong Xin's ambush or pursuit?There are [-] people and no bounds, so I don't know how many soldiers Zong Xin sent outside Xuzhou City. If there are not [-] soldiers here, where are the remaining soldiers?It must be to ambush Li Jing.

Murong Yan smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, the last sentence. Do you think Zong Xin will let you go easily? Don't forget how the troops you sent out to ask for reinforcements were ambushed. If you withdraw now, you won't be afraid of the people here. Will the soldiers catch up? Even if the soldiers here don't catch up, aren't you worried about an ambush outside the city? Are you sure there are [-] Zhou troops outside the West City now?"

Li Jing said: "General Murong, don't worry, let's do this... I will act as a bait. If the Zhou army outside the west city dares to chase after you, you can send troops from the east of the city, and we will attack from front to back. Soldiers are most afraid of being attacked by the enemy, and they will definitely be wiped out." Zhou Jun. If there is an ambush, how about we just retreat to Xuzhou?"

Murong Yanchao also heard that Li Jing would leave Xuzhou City even if he took the risk.There was no other way, he had to leave, otherwise he would be trapped to death in Xuzhou City with him.It is impossible for Zong Xin to attack the city directly, but after being trapped to death, the food will be eaten up in a short time, and it will be strange if he does not starve to death by then.

Of course, Li Jing had reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, but there was absolutely no need for Li Jing to take this risk with Murong Yanchao.After Xuzhou was defended, Li Jing didn't benefit at all. Instead, he had to lose money and soldiers. This kind of loss-making business would not be done by a fool.If Murong Yanchao is an upright person, it’s okay, if he helped him this time, he will definitely help himself next time, Li Jing might think about it, but for a villain like Murong Yanchao... even if Li Jing tried his best this time Pay, and when Li Jing is in trouble, he will not send a soldier to help.

Of course Li Jing wouldn't help him guard Xuzhou, he had already prepared to leave, Zong Xin was giving himself the last chance, if he didn't leave now, he might never be able to leave again.

Li Jing said: "General Huangfu, order to open the east gate, the troops must gather and go back to Huainan first."

"As ordered."

A group of people walked down the tower slowly, and Murong Yanchao was left on the wall, gnashing his teeth angrily, but there was nothing he could do.Originally, it was Li Jing's own soldier, and no one could control him whether he wanted to leave or not.Li Jing left here, fearing that Xuzhou City would be breached in less than ten days and half a month.Murong Yanchao didn't blame Li Jing for being cruel, but he could only blame Liu Chong for being useless. 8 people fought against 1 people, and the entire army was wiped out. The biggest defeat in history happened to him.

As soon as Li Jing got off the city wall, he suddenly rushed out from the Da Zhou barracks and ran towards the Xuzhou city gate. If it was an ordinary horse, Murong Yanchao would never be worried, but this man was riding Zong Xin's mount White Wolf. This is amazing.

"Let the arrow~!"

Murong Yanchao gave an order, and the archers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and shot arrows, and the rain of arrows covered the sky and covered the ground.

"Roar~~!" The white wolf suddenly let out a roar, and the arrow on the top was directly bounced off, and he escaped the arrow loss without opening the protective energy at all.The power of that roar just now made people unbelievable. Murong Yanchao was sure that he could do it, but as a wolf, why should he?
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Li Jing and Huangfu Jixun who turned around were also dumbfounded.Everyone knew that Zong Xin's nineteen wargs had thick fur and were invulnerable, but they had never heard of these wolves having this ability.With a single roar, the incoming arrows were missed, and the range was so large, if nineteen wargs roared at the top of the city wall at the same time, the archers on the wall would all be shocked to the point of bleeding...

Xiaobai continued to run, and in a blink of an eye, he was outside the city gate. Then the people behind Xiaobai lightly stepped on the back of the wolf and jumped up, onto the crenel of the city wall.

"Your Majesty, Xiaomin is back."

Huangfu Jixun and Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, this person is Dugu Xingye, not Zong Xin... In fact, Zong Xin's martial arts is lower than Huangfu Jixun and Murong Yanchao, but they were really frightened by the scene just now I'm afraid it was Zong Xin who killed him.Although they don't know what they are afraid of, they are afraid, and this is a kind of fear for no reason.

"Xingye, what did Zong Xin say?"

Dugu Xingye said: "My brother-in-law is sinister and vicious, and his methods are simply outrageous. He deliberately spared the Second Highness Li Hongmao's life and let him return to Huainan alive. The purpose is to let him report to His Majesty that Tang Jun was ambushed by him. Of course this That is to say a word to His Majesty, so that His Majesty will retreat in the face of difficulties. If you deploy heavy troops outside the city today, you will be able to turn against General Murong in an open and honest manner. It is expected that you will leave with Tang Jun through the east gate. But in fact, my brother-in-law has no intention Let go of the Tang army, only [-] Zhou troops stationed outside the city, there are [-] Zhou troops and Zongxin's cavalry hiding outside the east city, as long as you lead the troops to leave, these [-] Zhou troops will rise up and attack No one can escape at that time. Because the east gate of Xuzhou is the way to survive, those soldiers will run desperately to the east gate of Xuzhou, and have no intention of fighting. It will be a one-sided massacre, and not many people can escape back to the east gate of Xuzhou alive. Zong Xin also joked that His Majesty wanted to act as a bait, and when the Zhou army pursued, General Murong would go out of the city to meet the enemy. Let alone me, even General Murong would not believe this kind of excuse."

Li Jing was so angry that he almost spurted blood, Zong Xin's methods were too vicious.They thought he only wanted Murong Yanchao's life, but Zong Xin lacked support and planned to wipe out the entire Xuzhou city.Dugu Xingye just ran over from Zhou Jun, so it was impossible for him to hear the conversation between Li Jing and Murong Yanchao, that is to say, Zong Xin could almost guess who was between them, how could this battle be fought?
"What... what to do? There are still [-] troops in ambush. If they really fall into the ambush, it will be over. Does Zong Xin really want to kill me too? I have nothing to do to him."

Dugu Xingye curled his lips and said: "So, Zong Xin didn't stop me from coming to inform His Majesty. If His Majesty withdraws from the East Gate, the entire army will definitely be wiped out."

Li Jing didn't doubt Dugu Xingye's words, because this kind of situation is very likely to happen, not to mention that the opponent is Zong Xin, he may really trap the entire Xuzhou to death.If this is the case, it will be bad. Now there is no way to deal with Zong Xin.

It is really not easy to deal with Zong Xin, unless there is a top expert willing to assassinate Zong Xin, Zong Xin's current martial arts is not very high, try to kill him when he can kill him, otherwise when his martial arts is higher, even the assassin The chance is gone.

Dugu Xingye is definitely a good player, his martial arts are quite high, and he is Zong Xin's eldest brother-in-law, if he is willing to attack Zong Xin, he may be [-]% sure to hit him hard, and then take his chance Life, if you still can't die, make another sword.

But unfortunately, Dugu Xingye is Zong Xin's eldest brother-in-law, if they don't have this kind of relationship, there is no way for him to get close to Zong Xin.A person as powerful as Zong Xin is sure of his own safety, otherwise he would not have stayed by Guo Wei and Song Yan's side all the time. With the protection of these two father-in-laws, and Zong Xin's original martial arts is also excellent, it is estimated that It is impossible for anyone to assassinate him.

Li Jing really had no other choice now, fortunately Dugu Xingye came to report to him, but now there is nothing he can do, if he comes later, it is not helpless but dead.

(End of this chapter)