royal husband

That night.

Ying Zihui looked at the moon outside the window, his eyes were full of unconcealable ambition.

God is helping me, if I can win the first battle in Zhuzhou, or even become famous in the first battle, my father will definitely change my opinion, and at some point, the crown prince will be mine.

now.

Ying Zihui was very glad that he was able to come to Zhuzhou at this time, otherwise he would have missed this rare opportunity for nothing.

Ying Zihui's confidant clasped his hands and said, "Prince, the news has been sent back, and soon the emperor will know that you are also in Zhuzhou to fight against the enemy with Li Shizi and the others."

"Okay." Ying Zihui nodded in satisfaction, and then asked in a cold voice, "What happened to King An?"

Speaking of Ying Ziheng, Ying Zihui couldn't agree more.

Obviously he is the eldest prince, the eldest son, but Ying Ziheng took all the benefits, how could Ying Zihui not be angry.

The confidant saw that Ying Ziheng's complexion was not good, and immediately informed Ying Zihui of the news he had just received, "No, but Wang An's concubine and side concubine seem to be pregnant."

"So fast?"

Ying Zihui frowned suddenly.

Because in Ying Ziheng's view, among his many brothers, the most difficult to deal with is Ying Ziheng who once sat on the throne.

Don't look at Ying Ziheng's position as the crown prince is now being taken away, but his mother's family is too strong to hold him back, and there is also an uncle who is the right minister. If he wants to restore it, it is only a chance.

It was precisely because of this that Ying Zihui was so defensive towards Ying Ziheng, and even buried a lot of nails around Ying Ziheng.

The confidant nodded, "Yes."

No, I can't let Ying Ziheng have a child, otherwise he will be even more difficult to deal with.

Thinking of this, Ying Ziheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Send a message back and tell Zheng Yan to get rid of the child."

Zheng Yan is one of Ying Zihui's aunts. Ever since she entered Prince An's Mansion, Ying Ziheng has loved her deeply. At the same time, Zheng Yan is also the first person Ying Zihui arranged to be around Ying Ziheng.

The confidant said, "Eldest Prince, is this too risky? After all, only Zheng Yan on our side can hear important news inside Prince An's Mansion."

"How can you get tiger cubs if you don't enter the tiger's lair." Ying Zihui stood with his hands behind his back, without any intention of changing his mind, "Before I get the crown prince, Ying Ziheng can't have any heirs anyway. As for Zheng Yan, she will see We're going to do it."

Zheng Yanneng has always stood firm in Prince An's Mansion, if he had no means, Ying Zihui would not believe it if he was the first one.

"Yes, this subordinate will send a message immediately."

the other side.

Ying Yuan made no secret of his doubts about Ying Zihui, "A Jin, Ying Zihui's coming here at this time is too weird, and he has never been to Zhuzhou, how could he know that there are mobs in Zhuzhou? I think he must be Came for you."

The continuous drought in Zhuzhou has long turned into a barren land, so when Ying Zihui came, Ying Yuan guessed that Ying Zihui's trip was probably to get Li Jin's support, and to add more money for himself to win the crown prince. Bit of chips.

"He won't succeed."

Li Jin shook her head with a pun.

Ying Yuan said solemnly, "That's right, but I think he will come to pester you again. After all, he is a person who can do whatever it takes for his own benefit. A Jin, you should try your best to deal with it carefully."

"Okay, I'll remember."

Li Jin gently stroked Ying Yuan's hair in a funny way.

Li Jin naturally thought of what Ying Yuan was thinking, but now that Ying Yuan said it so directly, Li Jin couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.

……

The next day dawned.

Because of the inexplicable arrival of [-] soldiers, the entire Zhuzhou exploded, and they all speculated that there was a war in Zhuzhou.

Lan Mingzhou himself seemed to have expected that things would turn out as they are now, so he had someone post a notice, directly disclosing the news that the Qianluo army was about to attack, and he had to live around Zhuzhou City. The villagers immediately moved into the city.

In an instant, the people of Zhuzhou were dumbfounded.

Although they were only vaguely guessing, how could they be calm now that the bomb was down, and there were even many people who were carrying their burdens and were preparing to leave Zhuzhou for refuge.

There are many people who choose to stay and advance and retreat with Zhuzhou.

Because Zhuzhou is their root, how could they just watch their ancestors' foundation being destroyed like this.

yamen.

"Prince, the last general has already said that your method is not feasible." Facing Ying Zihui's series of tactics on paper, Bai Yifei directly vetoed them, leaving no face for Ying Zihui.

Damn old man.

Ying Zihui gritted his teeth and said, "General Bai, what I think is obviously a good idea. You deny it so repeatedly, don't you think it's because you want to monopolize the battle?"

Bai Yifei replied neither humble nor overbearing, "The eldest prince is careful, the general will fight on the battlefield for decades, and still need to cheat at this time? The general can tell you right now that your method is not feasible. If you force it, It will only cause the soldiers under him to die in vain."

"General Bai, that's just your conjecture. I've tried the method I just mentioned. How could it be useless?"

Ying Zihui still insisted that he was right.

Bai Yifei said unhappily, "Prince, what we have to do is defend the city."

If someone who was familiar with Bai Yifei saw him at this time, they would definitely see that he was angry now.

"I know about defending the city, but as the old saying goes, attacking is the best defense." Ying Zihui answered back, "Why can't we attack first? Wasting troops on defense?"

"Eldest Prince, you have some brains. Things cannot be generalized. Zhuzhou has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is simply unnecessary for us to send people to make a surprise attack."

Bai Yifei's temper was not good in the first place, seeing that Ying Zihui was still as stupid as eager for quick success, Bai Yifei was not polite anymore.

Bai Yifei's son, Bai Xiansi, also said politely, "My father is right, eldest prince, your method is really stupid."

Ying Zihui didn't expect the two of them to say such a thing, and suddenly choked.

"you……"

Bai Yifei interrupted, "Eldest prince, please put the overall situation first and put away those petty thoughts that shouldn't be there. Otherwise, if something happens, you won't be the prince because you are the prince. Just be polite to you."

"Bai Yifei, do you want to rebel?"

Ying Zihui was so angry that he even spoke out about rebellion.

Bai Yifei's expression sank and he said, "Our father and son can't afford to rebel or something, the eldest prince must not slander us, no, at the end of the day, he decided to report the eldest prince's words and deeds today to the emperor, and let the emperor decide."

When Ying Zihui heard that Bai Yifei was going to perform, he immediately panicked, "Uh...General Bai, I'm just talking, you don't have to be serious."

Bai Yifei was unreasonable, "Prince, I'm not being serious, I'm being wise and protecting myself. If there is an accident, what you said is invited to go, and people outside will misunderstand that our father and son are rebelling. Wouldn't our father and son be wronged?" die?"

"General Bai, you have misunderstood me. I really just said that by accident. Besides, we are the only ones here who won't spread the word."

Ying Zihui felt unreasonable.

It was obvious that they were still seeing each other just now, but after a while, he was at a disadvantage.

"Whether there is a misunderstanding, the emperor will decide for himself."

Bai Yifei was clearly uncompromising.

"Bai Yifei."

Ying Zihui was so angry that his veins were popping out, but Bai Yifei was like a rock, he would not accept hard and soft, no matter what Ying Zihui said, he would not compromise, and he was determined to play.

Ying Zihui was unlucky enough.

Originally, Li Shiyun asked Bai Yifei to come here to prevent Li Jin from doing something that would affect the morale of the army at a critical moment. After all, Li Jin's identity is the son of Prince Dingbei, and the real number two in the Dingbei Army. Speak, and they won't stop listening.

But Bai Yifei is different, if you don't have enough reasons to convince him, even if it is Li Shiyun who is talking to him right now, he will not compromise.

Didn't think so.

Ying Zihui was the first to experience Bai Yifei's stubbornness.

It's too late, it's too soon.

A soldier in charge of the investigation rushed in, "No, no, Qianluo... 15 troops have arrived from Qianluo, right at the gate of Zhuzhou City."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

No one at the scene expected that Qianluo would send 15 troops in order to win Zhuzhou.

Li Jin's expression also became serious.

Isn't it 15?How could it be [-]?Could it be the consequence of me spreading the news in advance?

Let's not mention 15 or [-]. In his previous life, Li Jin had heard that Qianluo had gone to great lengths to capture Zhuzhou. If Lan Mingzhou hadn't fought to the death and defended Zhuzhou, it is very likely that Zhuzhou would have been moved to Luozhou long ago. Take it away.

There is definitely a problem with Qianluo's painstaking efforts to seize Zhuzhou. If there is something special about Zhuzhou, it is saltpeter. Did Qianluo people discover saltpeter?

Li Jin's mood immediately became heavy when he thought of this.

If it was true as he thought, Qianluo's purpose was saltpeter, then they could only win this match, not lose. If Qianluo hadn't been allowed to create a meth, then what was waiting for Great Xia would be a catastrophe.

"I want to see for myself whether there are really 15 troops."

Bai Yifei stood up abruptly, and strode towards the city wall with great strides, his eyes full of solemnity.

Although Bai Yifei couldn't guess the purpose of Qianluo, it was a fact that Qianluo sent 15 troops to deal with a city, and there must be something tricky about it that he didn't know.

"Dad, I'll go too."

Bai Xiansi hurriedly followed, with the same serious expression as Bai Yifei.

"A Yuan, let's go up too."

"Ah."

Following Bai Yifei and his son were Li Jin and Ying Yuan.

"Prince, then we..."

"Go and see."

Although Ying Zihui was very dissatisfied with Bai Yifei, he wanted to see for himself whether Qianluo really sent 15 troops to attack Zhuzhou.

soon.

When Li Jin and others came up to the city wall of Zhuzhou City, the first thing that came into view was a neatly assembled 15 army.

What is even more frightening is that these 15 soldiers are not miscellaneous soldiers, they are all well-trained elite soldiers, and their current army is only [-], and the enemy is more than twice as many as them. Can you hold Zhuzhou?