Chapter 356 Strange Road

Author: Bei Wei

Xiao Beiheng was sitting in the tent, playing with the Yanque sword, and from time to time he listened to the sounds of fighting coming from the battlefield ahead.

A general walked into the tent and saluted: "Your Majesty, General Zhao Mu fought with Xiao Zhuo's army in the north. The two sides were evenly matched in the first battle, and each suffered casualties."

Xiao Beiheng said with a smile: "Okay, as long as the general can entangle Xiao Zhuo, Xiao Zhuo will be destroyed when we defeat Bai Xiushan."

The war situation was generally proceeding according to his vision. Zhao Mu and his family were under house arrest in the capital, guarded by his confidant Lin Kui. Zhao Mu cared about his wife and children, so he could only lead his army to attack Shengjing. At Baixiu Mountain, Qiang Lin was attacked again.

The general's plan was defeated. There were originally 20,000 defenders on Baixiu Mountain, but now only less than half remained. It was much easier for his army to attack.

When he decided to attack in two directions, he prepared countermeasures that Xiao Zhuo might take.

With Xiao Zhuo's character, he would never passively defend Shengjing and wait for the army to besiege the city. That would be a dead end. What Xiao Zhuo is most likely to do is to use the terrain advantage in field battles to consume his troops, and Bai Xiushan, as the only one to the east of Shengjing,

He guessed that Xiao Zhuo would personally lead heavy troops to defend the strategic location with fewer enemies and more enemies.

He deliberately exchanged flags with Zhao Mu and chose the route to visit Xiushan. Firstly, he wanted to confuse the other party, and secondly, he hoped to confront Xiao Zhuo. Unexpectedly, he encountered Qiang Lin's Xirong army.

He can touch anyone. He has a strong force of 300,000 troops, and his brains are not comparable to those of Xiao Kai. As long as we fight this war steadily and capture Baixiu Mountain first to cut off Xiao Zhuo's retreat, we will definitely win.

The only thing he couldn't figure out was that the Qiang Lin King of the Xirong Army had been defeated and was nowhere to be found, but the defenders on the mountain were still attacking and defending well and making good progress. His army stormed three times but failed to break through the opponent's camp.

He asked the general who came to report the news: "How is the Xirong army's camp doing?"

The general said: "Your Majesty, we are stepping up our attack. The opponent's camp location has been chosen very cleverly. We cannot go around behind them and can only attack from the front. The mountain road in front is narrow, and we can only send 1,800 people at a time. However,

There is already an opening in the opponent's camp..."

In short, there is little progress.

"I didn't expect that foreign barbarians like Xirong also have generals who are good at attacking and defending," Xiao Beiheng waved his hand with interest, "Go and find out who the other general is commanding the battle, and then report back to me."

After all the instructions were given, Xiao Beiheng started to eat dinner.

He was already the emperor, and even when he was marching and fighting, the meals were carefully prepared by the army chef. Accompanied by Queen Su Mo, the couple sat across from each other, and the servants served the dishes, setting a full table.

Xiao Beiheng picked up a piece of beef and looked at Su Mo opposite him, noticing that she had lost weight.

I remember that when he led the Northern Army on the Western Expedition, Su Mo had dinner with him in this way. At that time, he was just the crown prince of Qi, far less prosperous than he is now. But at that time, Su Mo would pick up food for him and force him to drink.

Medicine will persuade him to read the books of the sages. When he is angry, he will turn his back and ignore him. When that happens, he has to find a way to coax her.

Now that he has finally reached the pinnacle of power, he is the emperor, but Su Mo can't even say a thoughtful word. She spends the whole day alone in the tent, either in a daze, or reading absentmindedly, and lowering her head when eating.

Picking up the rice grains with chopsticks and putting them into your mouth one by one, it's like taking medicine. Although the two are husband and wife, they are strangers.

Xiao Beiheng was unhappy, but because there were many servants in the tent, he couldn't get angry and put down the bowl and chopsticks.

Su Mo noticed his movements, trembled slightly, and looked up at him. Her eyes did not have the concern before, but were full of fear, like a servant looking at her master.

"Your Majesty, you only ate half the bowl."

"I've finished eating." Xiao Beiheng waved his hand impatiently, signaling for the servants to remove the dishes.

He knew why Su Mo became like this. She didn't agree with his decisive killing, and she didn't agree with it from the beginning. But he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. Didn't he become the emperor? Didn't she become the queen?

?In order to achieve your goals, isn’t it natural to eliminate all obstacles?

But when he thought of what he had done before, his hands began to shake again. In order to hide from others, he quickly dropped his sleeves and hid his trembling hands in his sleeves. However, his sleeves also shook. Fortunately, no one in the tent dared to speak directly.

Looking at the emperor, no one noticed the fear in his heart at this time.

The general who reported the news before entered the tent again: "Your Majesty, although our army lost more than 2,000 people, it successfully opened a larger hole in the opponent's camp..."

Xiao Beiheng knew that this attack had been repelled again, and was not in the mood to listen to him whitewashing it. He interrupted him directly: "I want to ask you, who is the general on the opposite side?"

When the general saw that Xiao Beiheng ignored the failure and ignored it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The general on the opposite side is...is..."

After a long time, he still didn't dare to say it, mainly because he didn't quite believe the results of the spies' reports.

"Speak." Xiao Beiheng seemed to calmly pick up the teacup and put it to his lips, but his voice was filled with murderous intent.

The general felt a chill on the back of his neck, remembering that Xiao Beiheng was not a kind and generous emperor like his father, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, the information obtained by the spies is that the Xirong army opposite is led by two... Dayan women, who are the dukes of the country.

His two granddaughters, Shen Lan and Shen Yuexi."

"What?" Xiao Beiheng's tea cup stopped at his lips, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, "Shen Lan and Shen Yuexi?"

Su Mo was also surprised. She couldn't hold the teacup in her hand and spilled a lot of tea. She looked up at Xiao Beiheng in surprise.

"Your Majesty, the information is correct. The Xirong Army is indeed commanded by the two of them."

"Got it, stop attacking temporarily." Xiao Beiheng put down the tea cup and looked at Su Mo.

"Momo, if the Xirong army wants to stop me from outflanking Xiao Zhuo's retreat, they will definitely defend this place. Aren't you and Shen Yuexi very close to each other? Now I will give you a chance to persuade them to surrender."

Knowing that Shen Yuexi was in Baixiu Mountain, he immediately remembered the fire that broke out in Xiayuangu. The fire was ambushed by Shen Yuexi and almost burned him to death in the valley. He still has lingering fears when he thinks of the scene of the flying fire. He

Although there are many troops here, I don't know what tricks Shen Yuexi will make. He doesn't want to lose troops here for no reason. It would be a good choice to directly persuade them to surrender.

Su Mo shook her head gently and said, "Your Majesty, my sister-in-law may seem weak, but she is determined. She will never surrender."

Xiao Beiheng said: "Xiao Zhuo has no chance of winning at all. As long as I don't advance rashly and be careful, how can he resist an army of 300,000 people? I have a good life, let you persuade them to surrender. If they don't know what is good and what is bad, tomorrow morning, I will

I will go into battle myself and conquer this mountain. Tonight will be the last time you and Shen Yuexi see each other. Are you going or not?"

Su Mo seemed to be frightened by his words. She changed her hesitation and stood up to bow down and said, "I am willing to go."

"Okay, go see Shen Yuexi right away," Xiao Beiheng closed his eyes, "You know what the queen mother said."
Chapter completed!