Chapter 435: Zhou Fei Offers the City to Surrender
After everyone shouted that enough was enough, Zhou Fei ordered his troops to be organized and prepared to welcome Xiao Jingyun into the city.
At this time, Xiao Jingyun had already received the news. Shen Qiang followed Zhu Meng's soldiers and rushed out, and naturally stayed behind halfway through the charge.
Soon Shen Qiang was brought to Xiao Jingyun, "Your Highness, please quickly send troops to chase Zhu Meng. He will gather at Heishui Bridge fifty miles away."
Xiao Jingyun waved his hand, "No hurry, no rush, Heishui Bridge goes north to Dalin State, a flat plain. I think Zhu Meng wants to run away."
"Your Highness, there are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city. They are under the command of my younger brother Ge Zhuang in Nage Village. Your Highness can attack all night long, so it is easy to get them." Shen Qiang cupped his fists.
After hearing this, Xiao Jingyun nodded, "This is a good idea. We have nearly 200,000 troops, so it is easy to attack Jizhou."
Xiao Jingyun was just about to go down and prepare to attack Jizhou City, when he saw someone running in in a hurry.
"Your Highness, the four gates of Jizhou City are open, and the defenders inside have come out, but they are all kneeling on the ground. The leader said that Zhou Fei would respectfully invite you to enter the city."
Upon hearing this, Jamel Xiao was also a little confused.
Liu Rumei, who was next to him, reacted very quickly, "Your Highness, it was probably the defenders in the city who saw Zhu Meng running away and knew that the situation was over, so they surrendered to the city."
After hearing this, the two princes Liu and Zhao beside them also nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I think Miss Liu is right."
"Although they surrendered the city, we cannot take it lightly. It is better to be careful."
Xiao Jingyun nodded and said to Zhou Quan beside him, "Be sure to keep an eye on these leaders and don't let them take advantage of the loopholes."
"In addition, our army will advance into the city to control various city gates and key roads, and then let the surrendering troops enter."
After everything was arranged, Xiao Jingyun put on his horse and came to the front of the two armies' formation.
Sure enough, as Tan Ma said, from a distance, he could see the flames blazing into the sky outside Jizhou City. All the soldiers put their weapons on the ground in front of them, holding torches high in their hands and kneeling on the ground.
In front of the soldiers were several generals.
The leader was none other than Zhou Fei.
Seeing the arrival of Prince Xiao Jingyun, he, Bai Xiu and others quickly knelt down and shouted loudly, "The guilty minister Zhou Fei."
"The sinner Bai Xiu."
"Welcome to the Crown Prince."
Xiao Jingyun nodded with satisfaction, jumped off the horse, quickly stepped forward to support Zhou Fei and said with a smile, "General Zhou, please get up quickly."
"Generals, please wake up quickly."
After Zhou Fei stood up, he clasped his fists again and said to Xiao Jingyun, "Your Highness, your Highness is the one who framed Zhu Meng for killing General Ge Cun. We were deceived by him and became your enemy. Please forgive us, Your Highness."
Xiao Jingyun was quite surprised when he heard this. Although he thought that it might be done by someone within their ranks, he never expected that it would be Zhu Meng who did such a thing.
Thinking that such a person had commanded the army of Dacang for several years, Xiao Jingyun still felt a little scared.
"Your Highness, please allow us to lead our troops in pursuit and capture Zhu Meng alive to avenge General Ge." Zhou Fei and others shouted again.
After hearing this, Xiao Jingyun waved his hand, "General Zhou, don't be anxious."
"According to the report from Tan Malai, Zhu Meng has assembled at Heishui Bridge. After passing Heishui Bridge and going five hundred miles to the north, you will reach Dalin Kingdom. I think Zhu Meng will go to Dalin Kingdom."
"As long as he goes to Dalin Kingdom, things will be easier to handle. I will have a way to ask Dalin Kingdom to kidnap Zhu Meng and bring him back to us."
Zhou Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Your Highness, is this really true?"
Xiao Jingyun nodded, "Don't worry about this, of course I have a way. The Prince of Dalin is the disciple of a supreme Taoist. This supreme Taoist is in my hands. I can just ask him to write a letter and it will be done."
"Okay, great, everything will follow His Highness's instructions."
Xiao Jingyun looked at everyone present and said loudly, "Everyone wants to tell you some good news. The Great Tu Kingdom and the Dalin Kingdom have withdrawn their troops and have withdrawn from our country. The war is over."
After hearing Xiao Jingyun's words, the soldiers present cheered. Hearing these cheers, Liu Rumei's eyes became moist. It can be seen how much everyone hates war.
"Your Highness, please come to the city to rest." Zhou Fei and others stepped aside and respectfully invited Prince Xiao Jingyun to enter the city.
Jizhou City was a peaceful scene, but a hundred miles away, Chen Xiaobei was frowning.
They pitched several tents around the intersection.
Of course, in this age, it is commonplace to pitch a tent and live in the wild.
So no one will doubt what they are doing.
Chen Xiaobei's heart was very nervous, not knowing whether this kind of waiting and waiting method would get the results he wanted.
Huang Ying could obviously see his worry.
They stayed by his side silently all the time, just clinging to each other, no one said a word.
Just then there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by Liu Tie's voice, "Brother Xiaobei, are you asleep?"
Huang Ying straightened up consciously and kept a certain distance from Chen Xiaobei. Chen Xiaobei stood up, opened the door curtain and walked out.
"Brother Liu, I'm here!"
"Brother Xiaobei, the secret whistle that the prince withdrew just now said that there is a carriage parked in an inn fifty miles away from here."
"It is said that the driver was two men, and there were two women in the car, one of whom had her hands and feet tied."
Chen Xiaobei became excited when he heard this, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly..."
Liu Tie waved his hand, "No, I'm here to tell you that's not what I mean, but based on the distance, they will arrive at this intersection around noon tomorrow, so everyone has to be more vigilant tomorrow."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaobei nodded vigorously, "Brother Liu Tie, do you think I was a little hasty in asking the prince to withdraw the secret sentry? If there hadn't been that order, maybe they would have rescued Hong Yu today."
Liu Tie smiled, reached out and patted Chen Xiaobei on the shoulder, "Brother Xiaobei, you are overthinking. They are not sure whether it is Cui Hongyu, so how dare they take action without permission? So you are right to ask the prince to evacuate the people.
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Liu Tie's comfort made Chen Xiaobei feel a little relieved. When he returned to the tent and saw that Huang Ying had fallen asleep leaning there, Chen Xiaobei felt a little distressed.
Huang Ying not only ran back and forth chasing Cui Hongyu, but also went into the city with Shen Ziyan to rescue her senior sister. It can be said that she has been busy these days.
Chen Xiaobei stepped forward and gently picked Huang Ying up, placed him on the bed, and then covered him with a blanket.
When Huang Ying was dazed, she felt the warmth of Chen Xiaobei and stretched out her hands to wrap around his neck.
"Brother Xiaobei, hug me and sleep together."
Chen Xiaobei's nose felt inexplicably sore, and finally he gently leaned down and lay down next to Huang Ying, and the two fell asleep clinging to each other.
The next day it was dark and bright.
Chen Xiaobei was awakened by the sound of chaotic footsteps. He quickly got up and got out of the tent and looked outside. He saw many people hurriedly coming from the direction of Jizhou City.