"The defenders didn't say anything," the assistant replied.
"Did you say when it will open?"
"I didn't say anything," the assistant shook his head again: "The defenders on the city wall just asked the people below the city to disperse quickly and not to crowd under the city. They didn't say anything else."
Now the Eastern Barbarians have reached the north bank of the Yellow River. If they cannot enter the city, it will be dangerous if the Eastern Barbarians cross the river.
Luo Lan couldn't make up his mind either. He looked at Jin Feng and asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
Just as Jin Feng was about to speak, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance.
Several horses galloped towards the city gate, and the people along the way gave way.
"Sir, isn't that Qin Zhen?" Da Liu pointed to a few people and said, "Why is he locked out too?"
"Once the city gates of Jinchuan are closed in an emergency, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant must give orders to reopen them. The capital city will definitely be more troublesome, and your Majesty may need to order it himself."
An escort said: "Although Qin Zhen is a member of the Royal Forest Army, he can't open the city gate at will, right?"
"The yamen servant said before that the door would open at three o'clock. He was definitely not just saying it casually."
Da Liu turned around and asked: "Sir, let me prepare everyone. If Qin Zhen calls for the city gate to be opened, shall we follow in?"
"Okay." Jin Feng nodded.
Da Liu turned his horse's head and ran out, urging the escort to pack up and prepare to enter the city.
"Sir, can Qin Zhen ask the city gate to be opened?" Luo Lan asked.
"Qin Zhen is the son of the commander of the Royal Forest Army and the commander of the Red Armor Camp. The people guarding the city are their people. If he can't open the city gate, we have no chance." Jin Feng said helplessly.
The escorts were all ready, but Jin Feng saw Qin Zhen riding over.
"Mr. Jin, do you have any extra tents? Lend me one. When we came out, we didn't expect that the city gate would be closed and we didn't bring any tents."
"Da Liu, bring two tents over here."
Jin Feng turned his head and said something, and then asked: "Qin Dutong, what is the situation now, why is the city gate closed?"
"Why else? Those civil servants knew that the Eastern Barbarians had arrived on the north bank, and they were afraid of death." Qin Zhen said.
"They didn't know that before?"
"I don't know. Your Majesty has been hiding it all this time, otherwise things would have turned upside down."
"No wonder." Jin Feng suddenly realized.
Jin Feng was still puzzled when he saw the government officials going to inform the people to evacuate.
According to what Luo Lan said, the emperor had long known that the Eastern Barbarians were coming, and asked Luo Lan to inform him to come to the capital to discuss strategies to retreat from the enemy.
Under normal circumstances, people around the capital should have been notified to evacuate long ago, but they didn't.
Instead, they waited until the Eastern Barbarians arrived at the city before the officials took action.
It turned out that the emperor was hiding this from the civil and military officials.
"Then when can we enter the city?" Jin Feng asked.
"Feng Lianchao said so stupidly that it won't open until tomorrow morning."
"Who is Feng Lianchao?"
"It's that coward on the city gate!" Qin Zhen cursed: "Standing on the city wall, you can see for dozens of miles. Where are the Eastern Barbarians? They are so scared that they don't even dare to open the city gate!"
"Capital, Feng Lianchao is deliberately trying to embarrass you. Even if you can't open the city gate, you can put a hanging basket down and pull us up, right?"
One of Qin Zhen's men said angrily.
"Feng Lianchao is a member of the Feng family. He has long been jealous of our commander's Red Armor Battalion. Now he finally has a chance to embarrass the commander. He is willing to put up the hanging basket."
Another subordinate was also very angry.
When Jin Feng heard this, he sighed silently in his heart.
The Ninth Princess and Qing Xinyao both said that the Royal Forest Army is the most elite team in Dakang. Now it seems that there are also factional disputes within this elite team.
"Shut up, both of you!"
Family scandals should not be made public. Qin Zhen felt very humiliated by his two subordinates, so he quickly scolded them.
Although Jin Feng was dissatisfied with Qin Zhen, he did not go out of his way to ridicule him. He smiled and ordered Da Liu to inform the bodyguards to camp in the open space next to the official road.
"Qin Dutong, tent!" Da Liu came over with the tent: "Do you want me to send someone to help you set it up?"
"No need," Qin Zhen hugged Jin Feng and said, "Thank you sir."
After that, he took his men and tent and left.
The sky gradually darkened, and the aroma of rice wafted from the escort position.
There were five or six dishes placed on the small table in front of Jin Feng's tent.
Luo Lan knelt down beside Jin Feng and carefully helped Jin Feng pick out the bones in the meat.
A few dozen steps away, Qin Zhen and his men were gnawing on teeth-piercing pancakes, feeling very uncomfortable.
He was the majestic Commander-in-Chief of the Chijia Camp and the emperor's confidant, and he was even worse than Baron Qingshui.
It's okay if he can't eat well. What's even more embarrassing is that he only borrowed a tent before, not a bedding, so he could only sleep on the ground.
Although it is spring now, it is still very cold at night.
"Du Tong, how about I ask Jin Feng to borrow some quilts?"
A subordinate asked in a low voice knowing that Qin Zhen couldn't save face.
"It's not like I haven't slept in the wild, so I can't die after one night!"
Qin Zhen said angrily.
After saying that, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became, so I simply threw the pancake away and got into the tent.
At the escort camp, Jin Feng and others also saw Qin Zhen's dilemma.
Luo Lan is in business after all, and he pays attention to being friendly and making money. He hesitated and asked: "Sir, how about I have someone send some food and bedding to Qin Dutong?"
"No, they want to borrow it themselves." Jin Feng shook his head.
Although he would not take the initiative to ridicule Qin Zhen, let alone post it.
Jin Feng spoke, but Luo Lan didn't know what to say and lowered his head and continued to help Jin Feng prepare the dishes.
After dinner, Jin Feng went to bed early, but in the middle of the night, he was awakened by the sound of horse hooves.
Riding on horseback in the middle of the night, something must have happened.
While Jin Feng was getting dressed, he asked towards the door: "Lao Ba, what's the matter?"
"Sir, he is not one of ours." The guard guarding the door replied, "Someone has come to find Qin Dutong."
"Qin Dutong?"
After Jin Feng heard this, he felt relieved.
He looked up at the moon and found that it was still early, so Jin Feng put on his clothes and walked out of the tent, preparing to take a rest and come back to sleep.
But when he came back from his convenience, he found Qin Zhen standing outside his tent with an anxious look on his face.
"Mr. Jin, something happened!"
"What's wrong?" Jin Feng's heart suddenly pounded and he blurted out, "Did something happen to Wuyang?"
Since Qin Zhen ran over, the matter must be related to him.
The biggest possibility is that it has something to do with the Ninth Princess.
"Sir, how do you know?" Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment.
"I guessed it," Jin Feng asked anxiously, "What happened to Wuyang?"
"I just received news from the Secret Service in the city. Half an hour ago, the capital suddenly fell into chaos. A group of people appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the courtyard where His Highness is!"
Qin Zhen said anxiously: "The fight has already begun!"
"How do they know the location of Wuyang?" Jin Feng became anxious upon hearing this.
"There are spies from various families everywhere around the capital. Your Highness must have noticed someone when he fired a loud arrow a few days ago!" Qin Zhen said.