The prince is hard to serve

Lu Xi's sudden return interrupted Emperor Yan's birthday party, so it was temporarily suspended.

Kneeling on one knee, Lu Xi raised his head expressionlessly, clasped his fists with both hands, and reported the situation of the battle to Emperor Yan loudly.

And at this time, those ministers who were half drunk and in good spirits, also came to their senses in Lu Xi's passionate and resonant voice, and in an instant, they all knelt down on the ground, bowed to Emperor Yan, and praised him beamingly. Emperor Yan was majestic and mighty, and after he finished speaking, he shouted 'Long Live' a few more times.

Hearing this good news, Emperor Yan, who was not in a good mood at first, was overjoyed. After laughing three times, he raised his hand and waved back. Because Lu Xi's appearance was interrupted, he seemed at a loss what to do. After the dancing girl, Lu Xi and the ministers who were kneeling got up again, and then asked with concern: "Yun Aiqing, Wen Hao and Wen Jin are all okay, is anyone injured?"

Frowning, Lu Xi still didn't dare to hide it, so he replied honestly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, General Yun, the Fourth Highness is fine, only the Second Highness, whose arm was accidentally hit by Xue Yi's hidden weapon and was injured."

With a downcast face, Emperor Yan frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with Wen Hao?"

Lu Xi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, put it down, Your Highness is fine, but suffered a little skin trauma, Old General Yun has already taken care of it for His Highness."

"That's good." After pondering for a while, Emperor Yan asked again in a deep voice: "In this battle, casualties?"

Lu Xi lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are less than a hundred casualties."

After a pause, he smiled again, without concealing his admiration in his words, he said: "Actually, this battle is thanks to the Second Highness who came up with a plan earlier, which disturbed their army's morale and made them fight against each other. There was internal fighting, and then they saw General Xie coming with reinforcements, and there was no hope of winning, so many people surrendered to us, and we almost won without a fight."

Hearing this, Emperor Yan raised his eyebrows and became interested. He asked, "Oh? What did Wen Hao think of?" Let me tell you everything that happened tonight in detail, and it just so happens that I also tell all the ministers present."

"Yes."

In response, Lu Xi organized and considered his words, and then carefully explained tonight's battle in front of Emperor Yan from beginning to end.

In fact, just as Lu Xi said just now, Duke Huai was desperate and Xue Yi was full of confidence. It was supposed to be a very difficult battle, but it ended early before the two sides even made a move.

And in such a way that everyone didn't expect it.

However, this probably depends on the fact that Yan Wenhao knew about this conspiracy in advance, so he had planned it earlier, and later used tricks to take advantage of Concubine Liang——

The time agreed upon by King Huai and Xue Yi was the third quarter of Xu time.

At the time of Xu, Xue Yi had already led an army of [-] in advance, and came to the gate of the city in a menacing manner.

And inside the city gate separated by a wall, Yan Wenhao and Yun Chen have already deployed the imperial guards and private soldiers, each standing clearly, protecting the city gate tightly.

Standing on the high place of the tower, Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling looked down at Xue Yi below and the [-] soldiers and horses surging in the crowd behind him, their faces were extremely serious.

Under the city gate, Xue Yi rode a horse and looked up at Yan Wenhao who was standing on the tower, with a dignified expression. Obviously, he did not regard Yan Wenhao as an opponent that could be underestimated.

The two sides are opposed, and no one moves first.

Yan Wenhao and Xue Yi were observing each other, and they were also estimating each other's strength in their hearts.

It's just a stalemate for a cup of tea.

At this time, in the originally quiet and solemn scene, there was suddenly a sound of arguing at the back of the queue. Such a sound was like a small stone falling into a quiet lake, splashing in an instant. There were ripples, and I couldn't calm down anymore.

Everyone looked at the source of the dispute, and it turned out that Gui Xi was at the end of the line, arguing with a messy-haired woman in a panic.

I saw Guixi's face was ferocious, his eyes were full of murderous intent, he didn't look like he was usually gentle at all, and that woman with disheveled hair and a mess, her gorgeous face was distorted and deformed by anger, her cheeks were bruised and swollen. , but she was the concubine Liang who did not know when she appeared in the army.

As their disputes became louder and louder, everyone in this team composed of people from the rivers and lakes changed their faces, and the various factions also suddenly separated. The men and horses of Yunshanzhuang were surrounded by it.

They heard Concubine Liang say that Gui Xi had already surrendered to Emperor Yan, and that he was still here because of internal response.

Xue Yi turned his head, and after seeing what happened behind him, his complexion suddenly changed, and he secretly scolded Concubine Liang in his heart for not succeeding but failing, and then immediately rode his horse back, trying to stop them and regain the morale of the army.

But as soon as he got off the horse, before he could speak, Concubine Liang turned her head and pointed at him, her eyes were wide open, and she kept asking why she had to cover up Gui Xi and not send someone to arrest him, and then accused him of doing it on purpose Delay in not saving Duke Huai is to kill Duke Huai and replace him himself.

Totally irrational.

Originally, Concubine Liang would not be so stupid and irrational to appear at such an important moment.

However, just now, she almost had an accident.

Concubine Liang was a woman, and she was born as a young lady, so naturally she couldn't go with the army, so when Xue Yi left her at the garrison, he left only a dozen people to protect him, while he led [-] soldiers and horses to leave.

However, among those who were left behind to protect Concubine Liang, one suddenly changed his sentence and wanted to kill her, but that person's martial arts were extremely strong, and he was able to defeat ten with one enemy. When Concubine Liang was hiding in distress, he saw clearly A jade pendant was pinned to his waist, and she had seen this jade pendant on Gui Xi's body.

She recognized it as a token from Guiyun Villa.

With this jade pendant, she confirmed that it was Guixi who sent someone to kill her.

So, after she managed to escape under the cover of the crowd, she was completely dazed, and rode all the way to the city gate, trying to catch Guixi, so that she forgot the occasion.

The Jianghu people present were driven by their own interests, so they were willing to take huge risks and agree to help Duke Huai. If it was Xue Yi, how could they be willing?

Although the two of them are equally infamous, Duke Huai is a prince after all, with the blood of the Yan family flowing in his bones. Yi, the meaning is different.

There is an essential difference between the two of them, no matter their status or status.

So everyone became suspicious and looked at Gui Xi and Xue Yi one after another.

Before the war started, conflicts broke out among them. Everyone was suspicious of each other and doubted each other.

Just as they were confronting each other like this, Xie Jingyu returned with a mighty reinforcement army.

The reinforcements had a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and all of them were elite soldiers. They directly surrounded the [-] soldiers and horses from the outside, making Xue Yi and others into a corner.

Without the advantage in numbers, there was a gap again. In order to protect themselves or their ancestral property, most of the Jianghu people chose to quit one after another. They put down their weapons and surrendered, and soon more and more people surrendered. ...In the end, there were less than 1 people left, and they persisted.

But how can [-] soldiers be the opponent of [-] elite soldiers, not to mention losing their fighting spirit, naturally they will all be defeated soon.

Yun Chen and Lu Xi worked together to capture Xue Yi, while Yan Wenjin captured Concubine Liang who was trying to escape while taking advantage of the chaos, and Xie Jingyu also led people to capture all the remaining party members.

After listening to Lu Xi's words, Emperor Yan still had a smile on his face, but his eyes gradually lost the smile, and there was even a flash of thought in his eyes.

Earlier, he just reminded that the good concubine can be used, and he, the emperor, can use her. In less than two days, he arranged everything so perfectly and seamlessly...

Looking at it now, Yan Wenhao, the emperor's son, is really not simple. Perhaps, for so many years, he has not really seen through and understood him.