Chapter 901: Marriage

Wu Shoubei was on the top floor of the arrow tower.

He stood high and could see clearly.

The heavy cavalry of the Black Armor Army raised their shields to block the rain of arrows and rushed into the city gate like a tide.

He couldn't figure out how to move the huge stone of the city gate even if the drawbridge was lowered?

You know, this huge stone was rolled by hundreds of soldiers and then pulled by oxen and horses. It took a whole day to block the city gate.

Wu Shoubei couldn't figure it out, but he knew that the situation was over.

There were shouts and killings everywhere in the city.

At dawn, the battle was over.

Wu Shoubei was hacked to death by random swords, and his head was cut off to ask for credit.

More than 4,000 of the 10,000 soldiers defending the city died, and more than 5,000 left threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Some even took off their armor and lay down with the people.

The casualties of the people were not many, probably dozens of people died.

When it was bright, Xiao Yu asked people to issue a notice to reassure the people, and the soldiers quietly camped under the city.

There was no burning, killing, looting, and looting as imagined. After a few days, the panic in the city gradually calmed down.

Prime Minister Su quickly sent the county governor to take over Heyuan City. Xiao Yu recruited 10,000 soldiers in the city, left 5,000 soldiers to guard the city, and the army set out again.

Gu Fei followed Xiao Yu to the expedition, and more than a year passed in a flash.

The situation in the world has changed drastically.

The King of An in the north had already swallowed up the territory of the King of Fu, and took one of the three counties in the hands of the King of Dai.

Now, in addition to the capital, the King of An also occupies the land of five counties in the north.

The King of Chu killed the King of Dai and occupied the central, southwest, and northwest, a total of seven counties.

The King of Qi occupied two counties in the north, and a total of nine counties in the southeast and the southern coast. His territory was not much larger than that of the King of Chu and the King of An, but they were all rich lands.

At this point, the world was divided into three parts.

The three forces became stalemate.

Gu Fei returned to the palace and did not follow the war again, because she was pregnant and could only stay at home to take care of the baby.

The princess now refused to let her pay respects, so Gu Fei did not dare to run around. She would either sit in the princess' courtyard or accompany Palace Master Yan.

Gu Fei was idle at home, and she would copy her old textbooks when she had nothing to do.

That day, Gu Fei was chatting in the princess' room, and Aunt Xu came in hurriedly, sent the servants away, and said impatiently: "Princess, I just got a message that Prince An sent someone to ask for marriage for Prince An's son."

The princess was stunned for a moment, "Asking for marriage? Who?"

Aunt Xu said anxiously: "Prince An sent an envoy to ask for our Princess Qing on behalf of Prince An's son!"

The princess was furious when she heard it, "Does Prince An still have shame? His son is over 30 years old, and my Qing'er is not even 16! Prince An's son has married before, and he wants me to be his concubine? Dream on!"

Gu Fei touched the princess' back and asked Aunt Xu, "What did the prince say?"

Aunt Xu shook her head, "I don't know yet, the prince is still meeting Prince An's envoy."

The princess hurriedly said: "Go and ask someone to find out, and report back when the prince has news."

Aunt Xu hurried out.

The princess grabbed Gu Fei's hand, "You said, the prince won't agree, right?"

Gu Fei was not sure whether the prince would agree or not. In this era, women from wealthy and noble families were destined to be used as tools for marriage alliances from birth.

Now that the world is divided into three parts, marrying Prince An is equivalent to a temporary alliance, which is beneficial to the Prince of Qi's mansion.

Madam Xu came back after a long absence and said to the two: "I didn't find out anything, I just know that the prince kept the envoy of Prince An."