Chapter 99 The Night Before

"Your Majesty, our people were ambushed by the King of Yan's army here. ��

Yanshan Mountains, on the narrow mountain road leading to Qingfengkou.

The Beidi cavalry team stretched for dozens of miles, and each Beidi cavalry had four horses.

One horse for riding, three for standby, so that they could constantly exchange horses and march quickly.

And it was precisely because of the luxury of having four horses that every autumn hunt, even the cavalry of Dasong would find it difficult to catch up with them.

When they returned with a full load, these horses could serve as transportation.

There were also a large number of cattle and sheep behind the team, which were their rations for the two days of marching.

Once they entered Yanzhou and their rations were exhausted, they could only rely on the things they looted in Yanzhou to fill their stomachs.

Kutu heard this, looked around, and found that this was indeed a good place for an ambush.

Looking down at the valley, there were still baggage carts damaged in the battle, and the dried blood on the stones had turned black, proving the fierceness of the battle that day.

"Hmph, King of Yan, this time I will make him pay tenfold. "A sharp light flashed in Kutu's eyes.

In these years, Beidi has never lost so shamefully.

Although the Yuan family sent troops for the autumn hunt every year, it was just a formality. They plundered to their heart's content and suffered almost no losses.

But this King of Yan made him lose all his face.

This incident has spread throughout the grassland, making him a laughing stock of other tribes.

This time he personally led the autumn hunt, just to capture the King of Yan, chop off his head, use it as a chamber pot, and humiliate him day and night.

"Let's go."

With a loud shout, Kutu whipped forward.

The huge team moved slowly forward along the mountain road again.

...

Zhang Family Wubao.

Zhang Kang was leisurely teasing the starling in the yard. On the streets of Wubao, the children of the Zhang family looked relaxed, and it was completely impossible to tell that Yan County was about to have a big battle.

Compared with the Zhang family, other powerful families were much more nervous.

Their land was handed over to the palace, and their private soldiers were disbanded.

They could only take the old and the young to Yancheng to hide.

"My husband has been in a very good mood these days. What's the good news? "Yuan came over at this time.

Zhang Kang shook his head, "In a few days, the King of Yan will die, and then the Zhang family will have the final say in Yan County."

Yuan and Zhang Kang are husband and wife, and they are also children of the Yuan family, so they have never had a good impression of the King of Yan.

If the King of Yan died, she would be as happy as Zhang Kang.

So he smiled and said, "You said that your father intended to use the Beidi people to get rid of the King of Yan, but when the Beidi people killed the King of Yan, do you think they will attack our Wubao?"

"Definitely not." Zhang Kang blurted out.

After saying that, he realized that he was too sure and would make Yuan suspicious, so he said, "Even if they fight, we have soldiers. There was no trouble in previous years, and there will be no trouble this year. "

Yuan nodded. Every year, the Northern Di cavalry would besiege Zhang's Wubao, but the battle was often not very fierce. Most of the time, Zhang's private soldiers had the upper hand.

It was because of this that she dared to live with Zhang Kang in Wubao instead of Yancheng, which was the focus of the defense of the King of Yan.

After chatting with her husband for a few words, Yuan went back.

At this time, a servant came over and whispered a few words to Zhang Kang.

Zhang Kang nodded, followed the servant out of Wubao, and came to the mulberry field not far from Wubao.

"The king's army will arrive in Yancheng in two days. You let the death warriors in the city prepare. Once the army is stationed outside the city, open the city gate immediately." Tuoba Lie walked out from the branches.

"Yes, sir." Zhang Kang replied carefully.

Now he has placed 800 death warriors in the city. Once they receive the order, these death warriors will attack the city gate and open the way for the Northern Di army.

Then he said: "Won't the king attack other counties and come directly to Yancheng? "

"It's not necessary. The King of Yan has deployed heavy troops in the three northern counties. When they reach Yancheng, the King of Yan will be at ease and tired, which is not conducive to taking Yancheng." Tuoba Lie said.

Zhang Kang agreed. Tuoba Lie's statement was the same as what he found out.

A large number of soldiers from the royal palace left Yancheng in the past two days.

"But the King of Yan is cunning, so you have to be careful to prevent fraud." Zhang Kang now has a psychological shadow.

After all, he has been played by the King of Yan twice.

Tuoba Lie frowned. This time he did not let the Zhang family investigate at all, but went out himself and took spies to keep an eye on Yancheng.

What he was afraid of was being played like the previous two times.

But this time it seems that there is really no problem.

Indeed, some soldiers from the royal palace left. He estimated that there are only about 15,000 people in Yancheng now.

"No matter how many tricks there are, they are useless under the iron hoof of my Beidi. Therefore, the most important thing is to open the city gate. As long as the city is broken, we Beidi can fight ten with one. "Tuoba Lie spoke confidently.

The last time the King of Yan defeated only the vassal army, the real Beidi warriors will scare the King of Yan this time.

After explaining the matter of Zhang Kang, Tuoba Lie disappeared in the mulberry fields.

When he appeared again, he was already in Yancheng.

He also kept a trick for Zhang Kang. Now in Yancheng, in addition to Zhang Kang's 800 dead soldiers, there are also 500 dead soldiers arranged by him.

When Zhang Kang's people caused chaos, he would send his own dead soldiers to take down another city gate to ensure that the army could enter the city.

After his figure disappeared on the street, a person appeared where he had just stood.

It was none other than Chai Wu.

Yan County was shrouded in war clouds, and they, the Yanwei, naturally became busy.

And what worried them most was the Zhang family and this Beidi spy.

So during this period of time, they have been keeping an eye on them.

It’s just that the Zhang family and the Beidi spies seemed to be very confident in their intelligence capabilities. They set up in Yancheng in a swaggering manner, and didn’t realize that they had been targeted.

Perhaps they didn’t expect that the King of Yan attached great importance to intelligence and had already secretly set up control.

In addition to their Yanwei, Tianxianglou also cooperated with them this time and shared the information they had discovered with the palace.

With all kinds of intelligence gathered, and knowing that Zhang Kang had a conspiracy, they naturally focused on tracking down the dead soldiers in the city.

…

The palace.

Zhao Xu was trying on armor. The war was imminent, so he couldn’t hide in the palace and let the soldiers charge.

So he decided to go to the battlefield with Chang Wei to command.

This would greatly boost the morale of the soldiers and increase his prestige in the soldiers’ minds.

“Your Highness, are you really going to the city wall? Swords have no eyes. If your Highness... we don’t want to live either.” Feng’er helped Zhao Xu put on armor, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

She heard about the cruelty of the Northern Di people every day from people in Yan County, and she couldn't help but feel scared.

Luan'er and Feng'er were similar, with no smile on their faces.

They had been waiting for three years, and the King of Yan's brain disease was finally cured, but now they were at risk of losing the King of Yan again.

Although the King of Yan was full of confidence these days, they knew that the battlefield was changing rapidly, and no one could be sure who would win until the last moment.

Putting on armor for Zhao Xu, the two looked at each other.

At this time, Feng'er suddenly closed the door of the bedroom.

The two came to Zhao Xu, and gently peeled off the clothes on their bodies.

"Your Highness, the future of this war is unpredictable. I don't want my body to be ruined by the Northern Di people. I hope Your Highness will have pity."

Feng'er's face was flushed, and tears seemed to flow out of her eyes.

Zhao Xu looked at the two people who looked like mutton-fat jade, and was stunned for a moment.