Before Zhou Chen had time to say a few words to Jian Shiyi, something suddenly happened outside the city.
"Your Highness, the rebels are attacking the city again."
The rebels were defeated by the cavalry led by Zhou Chen before. In less than half a day, they began to attack the city again, and this time the scale of the siege was larger than the last time.
"Go and have a look."
Zhou Chen took the lead and came to the edge of the city wall, and then he saw black shadows approaching from the distance. From a rough look, there were at least tens of thousands of troops.
Zhou Chen was not surprised to see so many rebels. Although this world is an imaginary history and the benchmark should be the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it is very different. At least in terms of the population of China, it far exceeds that of the ancient Wei Dynasty.
During the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, otherwise it would have been impossible for any rebel army to gather tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops.
However, Yongcheng now has 10,000 cavalrymen from Zhou Chen, 3,000 men brought by Shiyi, and several thousand men brought by General Gan. In addition to the original defenders, there are more than 20,000 men in total.
Even if you face an enemy several times your own, it will definitely not be a big problem if you only defend but don't attack.
"How long can the food and grass in the city last?"
Zhou Chen asked, but several of the garrison generals didn't say anything. It was Yang Shao who said, "Your Highness, Yongcheng has been besieged for many days, and there is no food left in the city."
Jian Shiyi said: "Master, we still have some food left, but we can't hold on for long."
General Gan said instead: "Your Highness, we have brought a lot of rations, but with so many people and the people in the city, we probably won't be able to last for a few days."
"It's enough to last for a few days. The military advisor will soon lead troops to support us. Order us to go down and defend the city with all our strength."
Zhou Chen looked calm, not worried at all. Although there were tens of thousands of rebels, in his eyes, most of them were mobs. If he didn't want to cause serious damage, he would have led his cavalry to defeat them with confidence.
But the lives of soldiers are also lives. If it is not necessary, he does not want his soldiers to take risks. In comparison, the losses of defending the city are much smaller than those of frontal battles.
After all, it is easy to defend a city but difficult to attack it.
Without any warning from either side, the rebels immediately beat drums and began to attack the city. Zhou Chen stood on the city wall and commanded the soldiers to defend the city.
This siege battle lasted for more than two hours. As evening approached, the rebels finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to withdraw their troops.
After the battle, all the soldiers were exhausted and began to clean up the mess. After confirming that the enemy troops had retreated, a group of troops went out of the city to clean up the battlefield outside.
Zhou Chen also stayed on the city wall until night before returning to the governor's mansion in the city to rest.
"Master, take a shower."
As the commander-in-chief, Zhou Chen did not have to go forward to fight, but he still took the lead and participated in the battle. Although he was not injured, his body was covered with blood.
So when Shiyi saw it, his eyes turned red, and he hurriedly fetched water to clean Zhou Chen.
"Don't worry, I'm not injured, it's all other people's blood."
Zhou Chen did not refuse Shiyi to clean him, but instead enjoyed her wiping him.
Yan Shiyi held back tears. Although Zhou Chen was not injured, she really saw the horror of war today. She was not injured today, which does not mean that she was not injured before.
Today's war had a great impact on her, but Master had lived like this most of the time for more than ten years. She didn't know how Master survived.
After all, the tears couldn't be controlled and slid down her cheeks.
Zhou Chen raised his hand, gently wiped away her tears, and said softly: "Don't cry, we are so beautiful on the 11th, it won't look good if we cry."
Nao Shiyi's voice was low: "Master, I am just a useless disciple. I cannot share the burden for you. If I can be like my senior brother and sister, I can share your worries for you."
"Don't say that. Everyone's division of labor is different. They can go to the front line to fight. You are also of great use to me. As long as I think of you worrying and praying for me in the rear, I will have a strong feeling on the battlefield.
I have confidence that I will definitely give you the good news, and I must go back to see you intact. Your position in my heart cannot be replaced by anyone else."
Hearing Zhou Chen say such words in vain, Shiyi was stunned for a moment. She never thought that her status in the master's heart was so high, that she would still miss her even on a dangerous battlefield.
She, this moved her very much.
"Master, Yongcheng can definitely be defended."
Zhou Chen immediately laughed: "Eleven, you are questioning my ability. I don't take these rebels seriously at all. I just don't want to sacrifice more soldiers, so I am preparing to wait for the military counselors and others to lead the army.
Convergence for encirclement and suppression, so there is no need to worry about this issue at all."
Seeing Zhou Chen say this, Shiyi felt relieved. She didn't know much about the battlefield. Although she knew that her master was always invincible, she had no idea in her heart.
"Two days at most. Two days later, these rebels will be destroyed."
Just as Zhou Chen said, two days later, when the reinforcements led by Xiao Yan and others arrived, they cooperated with Zhou Chen's cavalry and quickly defeated the large rebel army with great force, forcing the rebels to flee in embarrassment.
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The rebels who surrounded Yongcheng were in danger from all sides, but within a few days, most of them were destroyed by the Nanchen King's army.
On the one hand, the Nanchen royal army is indeed strong, at least in Beichen, it is the only royal army. But on the other hand, it also shows how good and bad Beichen is today. Not to mention the difference in military strength, the vassals in various places
The kings acted independently and had no intention of helping each other. They simply regarded themselves as small kings, just like the princes and kings of the previous Zhou Dynasty.
In other words, Nanchen Wangjun is a hard worker, playing the role of a firefighter all day long. Without Nanchen Wangjun, Beichen will disperse sooner or later.
On this day, Zhou Chen was dealing with the funeral affairs of Yongcheng. This rebellion turned the originally prosperous Yongcheng into a war-torn place, and the people were also killed. Although the rebels were defeated, they still wanted to
Restoring past prosperity will not happen overnight.
The most important thing is that the officials in Yongcheng have suffered a lot, and everything must be restored slowly.
As King Xiao Nanchen, Zhou Chen is now the person with the highest status here. Even if he doesn't want to take care of it, many things still require his personal intervention.
Hong Xiaoyu suddenly ran over in a hurry: "Master, Yang Shao rebelled, took junior sister hostage, threatened us to prepare a carriage for him, and was heading out of the city."
Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows and stood up.
"Let's go and have a look."
But halfway through, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to grab something. When Hong Xiaoyu saw Zhou Chen's actions, his expression was very shocked.
Zhou Chen saw Yu Shiyi being held hostage by Yang Shao in front of the city gate, and then watched him walk out of the city step by step. A carriage had been prepared for them outside the city.
A large group of people surrounded Yang Shao, but no one dared to take action, because the person he was holding hostage was Shi Yi. Everyone in the Nanchen King's army knew that Shi Shiyi was the most beloved disciple of King Xiao Nanchen. Yang Shao's death was not a pity, but
But the girl couldn't be harmed in the slightest.
Arriving in front of the carriage, Yang Shao asked Liu Changshan, who had been rescued by him, to drive the carriage, while he held Niao Shiyi hostage to confront Zhou Chen and others.
"Your Highness, I won't hurt her. You can follow me. When we get to Nanxiao safely, I will let her go."
Zhou Chen said coldly: "Yang Shao, if you dare to hurt her in the slightest, from Biluo to Huangquan, I will definitely take your life myself."
Although he knew that Yang Shao would not hurt Yang Shiyi, he still felt very uncomfortable when he saw this scene.
Yang Shao said in a deep voice: "Yang Shao had no choice but to do so. Your Highness, I have offended you."
Zhou Chen shouted: "Bring the horse."
Yang Shao and the others got on the carriage, and Zhou Chen followed behind on horseback.
One was in front and the other was behind. In order to get to Nanxiao as quickly as possible, Yang Shao and the others had been working hard. Zhou Chen was not too anxious and followed them leisurely.
Anyway, he knew that Shi Yi would be fine. In this case, it was better to enjoy this trip to Nanxiao and live a world of two. This was an opportunity they had not had before.
A day passed in the blink of an eye, and Yang Shao and the others finally couldn't stand it any longer and stopped in a remote place to rest.
"Yang Shao."
Yang Shao took out the grain from the carriage and was about to give it to Shiyi when Zhou Chen, who was not far away, suddenly shouted loudly and he looked at Zhou Chen reflexively.
The next moment, Zhou Chen took out a small package from his arms, shouted "take it", and then threw it over.
Yang Shao was nervous at first, but when he saw that Zhou Chen just threw a package over, he took it easily.
"What's this?"
Zhou Chen said coldly: "Untie Shi Yi's rope, this is her favorite pastry."
With a look of astonishment, Yang Shao took the cake thrown by Zhou Chen and sat down next to Yang Shiyi.
"He actually carried your favorite pastries with him. He didn't even want to eat them all the way down, but kept them all for you. Miss Yang, he really has you in his heart."
Jian Shiyi also looked surprised. He couldn't help but look at Zhou Chen who was sitting dozens of steps away, unsure of what Yang Shao said.
"He is my master."
Yang Shao emphasized again with great certainty: "No matter what it is, he has you in his heart. Otherwise, why would he, a high-ranking king, take risks alone, go to Nanxiao with you, and take your favorite pastries with him?"
As he spoke, he untied the rope from Jiao Shiyi's hand: "I can help you untie the rope, but I don't want you, Miss Jiao, to mess around. You understand what I mean."
With her hands freed, Nao Shiyi took the package handed over by Yang Shao, opened it and saw that there were indeed a few pastries she liked to eat, which shocked her heart and made her eyes turn red.
Liu Changshan, who was pointing a knife at Shiyi, suddenly understood when he saw this scene.
"Oh, Zhou Shengchen, Zhou Shengchen, it turns out there is such a thing. Your crime is not much worse than my crime of treason."
Everyone in the world knows that in order to relieve the fear of the royal family, King Xiao Nanchen made a vow not to marry and have children. If he breaks his promise and the emperor finds out about it, he will definitely suspect that he has other intentions and he will definitely be jealous.
After all, the hundreds of thousands of Nanchen King's troops were a hundred times more dangerous than Liu Changshan.
Jian Shiyi didn't listen to what he said at all. He just stared at the cake blankly, with red eyes, picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, and ate it with tears in his eyes.
Yang Shao looked at this scene and said: "It seems that not only he has you in his heart, but you also have him in your heart."
Yao Shiyi emphasized again: "We are just masters and disciples."
"Whatever you say."
"You still have something to eat. My master hasn't eaten all day. You still have some food left. Give me some, master."
"It's such a deep relationship between master and disciple."
After eating the food, Yang Shao took Yang Shiyi on the road again, with Zhou Chen still following slowly behind.
After running for another day, he finally reached the river. Yang Shao used two small boats, one in tandem and began to cross the river.
Arriving at Jiangling on the border of Nanxiao, Yang Shao immediately let go of Shiyi and ran away with Liu Changshan.
Zhou Chen quickly walked to Kao Shiyi's side and took Kao Shiyi to look up and down.
"Is everything okay?"
Jian Shiyi shook his head and said, "It's okay."
Zhou Chen said in a low voice: "This is the important military town of Nanxiao. Be careful and speak naturally. Follow me."
After the two of them walked a certain distance together, Jian Shiyi said apologetically: "I was the one who caused the master trouble."
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Then you are wrong. In fact, if I wanted to, I had many ways to kill Yang Shao and save you on the way here, but I didn't do that."
Nao Shiyi looked at Zhou Chen in astonishment and puzzled.
"Master..."
"I'm telling the truth. I thought about it at the time. I have been fighting for Beichen and the people all these years, and I have hardly had much time to relax. This time I have a rare opportunity to come to Nanxiao, and I come with you.
, for me, this may be a good journey.”
"ah?"
Yan Shiyi was really confused. From what Zhou Chen said, it was not that he was forced to do anything but that he came here deliberately by borrowing Yang Shao's hand?
Zhou Chen smiled and did not explain in detail on the street.
"The news that we are here will probably be known to the people in Nanxiao soon, but you don't have to worry about our safety. I have an old friend here. Let's go stay with him for a few days. We haven't seen him for many years.
He got it."
Shiyi was worried at first, but seeing that Zhou Chen didn't care at all, he was also infected.
"Master, do you still have friends in Nanxiao?"
"Well, let's go."
Zhou Chen took Yu Shiyi to Longkang Academy. The gentleman at Longkang Academy was really a very interesting person.
Longkang Academy is located in a remote mountain behind Jiangling City. Zhou Chen and Yang Shiyi walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the foot of the mountain here.
Just as they were about to enter the mountain, a student who came down from the mountain saw the two of them and greeted them very politely: "Master, are you going up the mountain?"
"Yes." Zhou Chen nodded.
"Young Master, you have to go faster. The gentleman in this academy has a bad temper and won't allow anyone to come in after sunset. It's okay for you to sleep on the mountain, but your wife will suffer the consequences."
After hearing this, Mao Shiyi was stunned, with his head lowered and his face slightly red, but he couldn't help but smile.
Zhou Chen thanked him, looked at Nao Shiyi who was secretly happy, smiled casually, and then continued to take her into the mountain.
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