novelones Chapter 446 Meeting the Northern Liao spies
Chapter 446 Meeting the Northern Liao spies
Jian Yu reported all the situation at the general camp to Beixiu Yan.
When he learned that Mu Zheng, the king of Northern Liao, was personally going on an expedition, Bei Xiuyan's eyes darkened, and his fingers twirling the pen hung in the air, letting the ink from the tip of the pen slip onto the paper and smear on the delicate handwriting.
"If we say goodbye today, it will be a battlefield when we meet again in the future." It was a joke back then, but I didn't expect it to become true today.
Mu Zheng, it's time to see your true capabilities.
Beixiu Yan put down his pen, retracted his thoughts, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and sneered: "It seems that life in Bei Liao is really difficult. The King of Bei Liao personally led the troops to go on an expedition."
Beixiu Yan's calmness failed to calm Hong Xi's shock and fear at all. He leaned on the door frame and said with a sad face: "The cavalry of Northern Liao King Mu Zheng are best at fighting in the open grassland, and their spears are sharp. , it attacks quickly and is difficult to win in a head-on confrontation."
"If it's so powerful, how should we deal with it?" Although Xiao Ruohan didn't understand marching and fighting, he still felt that the situation was serious.
The face of Beixiu's banquet was calm and calm, only an imperceptible edge flashed across his eyes, "Let all the troops retreat to the city and defend the city."
Bei Xiuyan pointed out a strategy to defeat the enemy. Since the opponent is good at fast attack operations, avoid his advantages and focus on his weaknesses.
When Hong Xi heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened up, and he couldn't help but clapped his hands, "Your Majesty is really smart. Beiliao is really not good at attacking cities. Then we only need to stick to Beijing City and don't take the initiative to fight. They will seem to be fooled." An eagle with wings, no matter how powerful it is, can't use it."
Xiao Ruohan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Tomorrow the grain collected by the governor from the south will arrive. Our city has thick walls and sufficient grain, and we can drag them to death."
At this time, Jian Yu, who had been standing quietly aside, suddenly spoke up, "Now the military camp is in charge of King Wucheng. King Wucheng is eager to perform meritorious service and return to the capital. He is afraid that he will not want to withdraw the army to the city and spend more time in Bei Liao."
Xiao Chenyan's plan was naturally clear to Beixiu Yan. He curled his lips and sneered, saying in a cold tone: "That's not up to him."
Beixiu Yan quickly wrote a secret letter on his desk and handed it to Hong Xi, "Get it to the post office tomorrow and have them send it to the Regent's Palace in Kyoto."
"Okay." Hong Xi took it with a smile.
In the early morning of the next day, Hong Xi and Xiao Ruohan delivered the letter to the post house together. On the way back to the city, they deliberately slowed down to enjoy the snowy scenery along the way.
Xiao Ruohan had grown up in the south, and this was the first time he saw such a scene covered in silver. He looked around curiously, his eyes as bright as stars.
"The snow scenery outside the city is so beautiful." Xiao Ruohan pointed to the white snow-capped mountains in the distance and couldn't help but admire it.
"The scenery is beautiful, but the people are even more beautiful." Hong Xi tilted his head and smiled, taking off his cloak and covering it on Xiao Ruohan, "Don't freeze."
Xiao Ruohan was annoyed that he was teasing her again and was about to get angry, but when she saw him giving the cloak to her, her whole body felt warm.
The cloak was thick and soft, carrying Hong Xi's body temperature. Xiao Ruohan's face turned crimson, and he said in a voice as loud as a mosquito, "Thank you."
For a long time, Hong Xi didn't respond.Xiao Ruohan raised his eyes and saw him staring blankly at the figure of a girl not far in front of him. He immediately became annoyed, "What are you looking at?"
"The girl in front looks so familiar." Hong Xi's eyes were clear and he was thinking quickly about where he had seen this person before.
"Could it be one of your sweethearts?" Xiao Ruohan said angrily, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the girl's face and said in surprise, "That's the maid from the Governor's Mansion."
"That's right." Hong Xi no longer looked as dishonest as before, and said in an unusually calm voice: "Her sneaky appearance is not normal. Let's follow her and take a look."
While talking, the maid had already entered a restaurant.Xiao Ruohan and others also followed in and saw her going up to the second floor and entering a private room.Hong Xi asked Xiao Ruohan to wait at the entrance of the stairs. He took out the saber from his waist, tiptoed and slowly touched it, squeezing his eyes and peering through the crack in the door.
Inside, a man seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He was wearing a bamboo hat that covered most of his face, leaving only a portion of his chin exposed.The maid carefully took out a letter from her arms and handed it to the man with both hands.The man reached out to take it, revealing the Uteng bird tattoo on his wrist.
People from Northern Liao!
Seeing the tattoo, Hong Xi immediately judged the identity of the other party. In order to prevent the important information of the Governor's Mansion from falling into the hands of foreigners, Hong Xi made a prompt decision, kicked open the door, and slashed through with his knife.
The man wearing a bamboo hat was not weak in martial arts, and he picked up a stool to block the cold blade.
With a "pop" sound, the stool was split into two pieces. Taking advantage of this gap, the man in the hat quickly stepped to the window and jumped down.
Hong Xi chased after him and started fighting with the man below.
When the maid saw this, she was about to run away. Xiao Ruohan stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve. Unexpectedly, the maid was also a practitioner, so he cut off the sleeve with a knife and jumped down the stairs.
Xiao Ruohan chased her out of the restaurant, and the maid turned around and threw out a dart, which flew straight towards her throat.
At the critical moment, Hong Xi pulled Xiao Ruohan over, and the dart flashed cold light across Hong Xi's face, and was deeply nailed into the pillar next to him.
The fight attracted many people to watch. Xiao Chenyan, who happened to be patrolling the city's defense, saw this scene and leapt over from his horse.
He raised his hand and pulled out the dart from the pillar, and saw the Uteng bird pattern on it.
Hong Xi was already at a disadvantage here. The man in the hat knocked him down with a palm, and quickly disappeared into the crowd with the maid.
Xiao Ruohan knew that the matter was urgent and didn't care much. He shouted to Xiao Chenyan, "Those two people are spies from Beiliao. Don't let them escape."
Xiao Chenyan waved his hand, and Jun Wu led his soldiers and immediately chased after him.
He stepped up the steps, doubts flashing in his eyes, "Miss Xiao, why are you here?"
Here, Xiao Ruohan helped Hong Xi up from the ground, her eyes flustered. She came to the North secretly with Beixiu Banquet this time, and she didn't know how to answer.