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The Sickly Scion's Petite Wife Is Sweet And Cool-Chapter 880 - : Despicable
Chapter 880: Despicable
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There was a moat outside Linβan City. The army of the Xuanyuan Kingdom was stationed on the other side of the moat, facing the north gate of Linβan City. π£πππ―π°π·πποΌππ³π¨
The 300,000 imperial court troops had only arrived today. General Ye brought people to arrange for everyone to set up camp. Xuanyuan Ce did not have time to rest and immediately summoned the main general here.
βGreetings, Your Highness.β
Cai Yao was originally the general guarding Fenghe County, which was adjacent to Linβan City. After Linβan City was occupied by the Wu Kingdom, Xuanyuan Qi immediately ordered him to bring troops to Linβan City to resist the Wu Kingdomβs army. It would naturally be better if they could snatch Linβan City back.
Since Fenghe prefecture was relatively close to Linβan City, he arrived half a month earlier than Xuanyuan Ce.
βWhatβs the situation in Linβan City? Have you tried to attack the city in the past half a month?β Xuanyuan Ce sat in the tent that had just been set up and asked two questions in a row.
Cai Yao lowered his head. βIβm ashamed.β
Xuanyuan Ce asked, βWhat happened?β
βThe Wu Kingdomβs army is too despicable!β Speaking of this, Cai Yao still looked angry.
The reason why the Wu Kingdomβs army could easily take over Linβan City was because the City Lord of Linβan City and a deputy general were the Yu familyβs spies.
After what Madam Yu had done was exposed, Xuanyuan Qiβs men found out that the Yu family had cooperated with the Valley of Heavenly Secrets. In a fit of anger, they settled the old and new scores together and sent all the members of the Yu family to prison. They were sentenced to death.
After knowing that something had happened to the Yu family, the two of them were discussing how to avenge them. Unexpectedly, the Wu Kingdom people with the letter from the Yu familyβs master came looking for them.
The Wu Kingdomβs army first quietly broke through Pingyang Pass using the defensive map given by the Yu family. Then, with the City Lord of Linβan City and the deputy general of the city guard, it was almost effortless to take over Linβan City.
If not for a smart soldier who sensed that something was wrong and found an opportunity to run out during the night shift, the news of Linβan being snatched would have taken much longer to spread to Phoenix City.
It was also because it was too sudden that the citizens in the city were controlled by the Wu Kingdomβs army before they could escape.
They werenβt the only ones. The soldiers guarding Linβan City were also controlled.
βEvery time I bring troops to the city, the Wu Kingdomβs army will push the citizens and soldiers of our Xuanyuan Kingdom to the front.β
Cai Yaoβs face turned red with anger.
If they really wanted to attack the city, they would have to step over the corpses of the innocent citizens of the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
Not to mention that he could not do that, even if he wanted to ignore it, the other generals would not agree.
Those were the innocent citizens of their city!
Xuanyuan Ceβs eyes turned cold. In order to restrain them, the people of the Wu Kingdom would do anything.
βYour Highness?β Seeing that Xuanyuan Ce did not speak, Cai Yao called out carefully.
The news that Lord Jingβanβs daughter, who had been left behind among the commoners, had married the Bulwark Duke of Great Xia had long spread. He was really worried that His Highness would disregard the lives of the commoners in Linβan City for that woman.
βSince we canβt attack from the outside, weβll disintegrate from the inside,β Xuanyuan Ce said in a low voice.
It turned out that he was thinking about a solution. Cai Yao heaved a sigh of relief and asked in confusion, βYour Highness, what do you mean?β
βDonβt we still have people in Linβan City?β Xuanyuan Ce looked out of the tent. βGo and bring over that soldier who escaped from Linβan City.β
Cai Yao was stunned and quickly nodded.
Soon, he returned, followed by a young man who was about 15 or 16 years old and wearing ordinary soldier armor.
βGreetings, Your Highness.β Although this was the first time he had seen someone more important than a general, the young man did not show any fear.
Xuanyuan Ce couldnβt help but look at him twice. βWhatβs your name? Where are you from?β
The young man, who was originally calm, suddenly fell silent.
βHis Highness is asking you a question,β Cai Yao reminded him softly.
The young manβs face turned red. βMy name is Chu Sheng. I was born and raised in Linβan.β
As soon as he finished speaking, stifled laughter came from the side. Xuanyuan
Ce looked over. βWhatβs so funny?β
Chu Feng immediately stopped smiling. βYour Highness, Iβm not laughing. β
Xuanyuan Ce frowned and turned to look at Cai Yao. The latterβs shoulders were trembling from holding back his laughter.
Chu Sheng, isnβt this good?
Chu Sheng? It sounded similar to another word referring to βanimalβ.
Xuanyuan Ce held his forehead and said seriously, βAlright, itβs just a name. If you donβt like it, change it.β
Chu Shengβs eyes lit up. βThank you for the name, Your Highness.β Xuanyuan Ce thought to himself, βWhen did I say that I wanted to give you a name?β
Chu Sheng continued, βMy mother said that she spent a bucket of rice to hire a fortune-teller to name me. The fortune-teller said that I would definitely meet a benefactor in the future with this name. Moreover, the benefactor would help me change my name. It turns out that she really wasnβt lying to me.β
If Xuanyuan Ce still did not realize that he was being scammed, he would be a fool. He narrowed his eyes. βItβs fine if you want me to give you a name. Let me ask you, how did you get out of Linβan City back then? Since you grew up in
Linβan City, do you have a way to bring me into the city without alerting the Wu
Kingdomβs army?β
Chu Feng was shocked. βYour Highness, didnβt you promise the king not to go to the battlefield?β
Xuanyuan Ce thought to himself, βThey didnβt even fight. What kind of battlefield is this?β
At Nanling Pass.
After a huge battle, the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner.
The joy of victory filled everyoneβs nerves. Even though they were already very tired pvprvnnp qtill full of pnm-cm
Most importantly, this time, it was no longer like before. The local army and the imperial courtβs army were no longer divided. Everyone cooperated and helped each other wherever they were needed.
The relative efficiency was also much faster.
Xiao Qirui smiled when he saw this scene.
Song Jingchen patted his shoulder. βIβm sending Jiajia back to the generalβs residence. Do you want to come with me?β
Xiao Qirui subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he thought of something and nodded and said, βOkay.β
The group chatted and laughed as they left the scene..