Although he was fierce, his expression showed timidity.
After all, when I returned to this village, I came to see the widow at night.
If others found out, not only would he be in trouble, but the widow would also be in trouble.
After all, this world is still relatively feudal.
The widow hiding under the quilt did not dare to show her head, and huddled in the thin and worn quilt.
Shi Yi looked at the man, snorted coldly, and released a ball of animal fire to illuminate his hand.
The flame appeared like magic, scaring the man so much that he became incoherent.
He is just an ordinary person. Where has he ever seen such methods?
Especially the animal fire is light green in color, which is very different from normal flames, giving people a weird feeling.
It reminded him of what the old man often said, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"Ghost, ghost, get out. Why are you trying to scare me? Me, me, go, go. I'll burn more paper money tomorrow. Please don't scare me again."
This is mistaking the animal fire for a will-o'-the-wisp, and thinking that Shi Yi is a ghost.
Shi Yi was speechless. He used Overlord Suction on the man and sucked him directly into his hand without any effort at all.
The man rolled his eyes and fainted from fright, and the widow who secretly poked her head out of bed was also frightened and fainted.
This was too weak. Shi Yi couldn't help but shake his head. At the same time, he raised his hand and gave the man a few big mouths to wake him up.
Start interrogating the second prince about the situation there and their arrangements.
Unfortunately, this man knew too little and couldn't find out any useful information.
Since he was the opponent's spy, Shi Yi showed no mercy and killed him directly.
As for the widow, Shi Yi spared her life. She didn't know anything, she was just an out-and-out villager.
This was just a small episode. Shi Yi thought he could collect useful information, but it seemed that he was overthinking it.
We immediately returned to the camp and spent the next period of time on the road.
Until that day, a scout came to report.
"General Qi, Zhang Xianfeng has arrived in Yuncheng and is calling for a battle. The other party has been showing a no-war card."
"Zhang Xianfeng launched several attacks on the city, but they were all repulsed."
Yuncheng is the city at the forefront of the Second Prince's control, and it is also the only way Shi Yi must pass during this expedition.
Shi Yi frowned when he heard this. This is the first battle. How can we fight the subsequent battles?
So, Shi Yi asked the scouts to explain the situation in Yuncheng.
It turns out that Yuncheng was built relatively tall, and the city walls were very thick. Even the city gates were very strong, making it difficult to break through in a short time.
Shi Yi asked someone to take another map and observe it. The map of this world is not as detailed as the previous one. It is all drawn by hand, stroke by stroke, and has no technological content.
It's just that there are some landmarks around the city marked on it, and the drawings are rather sloppy.
Shi Yi didn't care too much, the world was just like that.
Such a map can only be used as a reference.
In this world, the only siege equipment seems to be ladders, which are even more difficult in front of tall city walls.
Judging from the current map, there are high mountains on both sides of Cloud City, and they are very steep.
If large troops want to pass through Yuncheng, they can only go through the city, and there are only two gates in the north and south.
This further highlights the importance of Yuncheng, which is why the second prince took control of Yuncheng first when escaping.
Moreover, Cheng Tieniu's army is heading towards Yuncheng in the past few days. Before that, they were attacking other cities.
After receiving the distress signal from the Yuncheng guard, the second prince immediately withdrew Cheng Tieniu and asked him to lead his soldiers to support Yuncheng.
It's no wonder that when Zhang Xianfeng rushed to Yuncheng, they kept high the no-war card and held firm at the same time.
At this moment, Yuncheng's messenger has arrived at Cheng Tieniu's side.
"Report, Marshal Cheng, Yuncheng is urgent."
The messenger jumped off the horse, knelt in front of Cheng Tieniu, and handed over a letter.
The deputy general next to Cheng Tieniu immediately stepped forward to take it and handed it to Cheng Tieniu who was riding on horseback.
Cheng Tieniu didn't waste any time. He opened it and looked at it. It mentioned the commander sent by the Yujin Dynasty this time.
"Shi Yi? Haha! What a joke. Someone who appears out of nowhere can actually be the commander-in-chief? It seems that there are no generals in the dynasty anymore."
Naturally, he also knew Shi Yi. We had met him a few times before, but we didn't have a deep friendship with him.
In his opinion, Shi Yi is just a pretty boy hired by Huo Qing'er and has no real ability.
If you let such a person take command, wouldn't it be like giving them your head in vain?
He didn't take it to heart and moved on.
His lieutenant came up to him and asked in confusion.
"Marshal Cheng, why do you say there is no one left in the dynasty?"
So Cheng Tieniu told Shi Yi what he said. After hearing this, the deputy general also felt that Cheng Tieniu was right.
At this time, the two people's view of Shi Yi was that Shi Yi was here to get gold, and it didn't matter whether he could win the battle or not.
After fighting a war, he might go back and get an official position. Huo Qing'er is just promoting him.
Therefore, Cheng Tieniu did not take Shi Yi seriously, and the two of them felt lucky that they had chosen the Second Prince's side.
Although, at present, the second prince's side does not have much advantage, but both of them understand that as long as they give the second prince some time, they will fight back to the dynasty sooner or later.
Women are women after all, so where are the men who have greater vision? Where are the men who are more courageous?
In their opinion, the dynasty will be defeated by Huo Qing'er sooner or later, and Shi Yi's arrival is the beginning.
The second prince needs to be visionary, courageous, and have a very deep city. He has already started laying out the plan many years ago.
Cheng Tieniu felt that only such a person deserved the throne.
And he is about to become the founding father of the country. As long as he follows the second prince well and wipes out the dynasty, will his contribution be small?
When he thought of this, he felt a little angry in his heart.
But he didn't know that his contempt for Shi Yi would lead to an irreversible situation later on.
Shi Yi, on the other side, was still advancing steadily.
In his opinion, there must be something fishy going on here if the enemy is showing off the no-war card.
Either the main force has not arrived yet and there are not many defenders inside, so they dare not come out to fight.
Or they are setting up some big conspiracy.
It's just that Shi Yi hasn't arrived in Yuncheng yet, so he doesn't dare to make any judgments.
Instead, they constantly sent out scouts to go to Yuncheng to investigate the situation. It would be best if they could sneak into Yuncheng.
Judging from the current marching speed, it still takes three or four days to reach the vicinity of Yuncheng.
After all, it is a large army, so the marching speed must be much slower.
"Give the order, and the march will speed up."
As soon as his order was issued, messengers immediately passed it on.
Now, if we arrive at Yuncheng earlier, we will be more confident about capturing Yuncheng.
If it's too late and the opponent's main force reaches Yuncheng, it will naturally become more difficult for them to attack.
On this day, the state funeral was completed, and the princess, the princess, and the four daughters Feng Xiaoruduo walked on the streets of the imperial city to relax.
Unexpectedly, I was stopped by someone.
"Hey! Aren't these the down-and-out princess and Princess Ling of our Tears' Beach Country? What? You sneaked into the Yujin Country?"
When the four girls heard this, they turned around and saw that the faces of the princess and the princess changed.
"His Royal Highness, you, why are you? What do you want?"