Stranger and Chen in the Palace

Half a month after Ling Yihao arrived, Ji Heng's 30 troops also arrived at Yucheng Pass.

What is strange is that Xianbei did not advance but retreated at this time, even abandoning the two cities that had been captured before, and retreated to the border of the two countries near Yuezhang Mountain.

Xianbei's 40-strong army confronted Feng Yuan's 60-strong army at a distance, which made the coach Feng Yuan anxious. He quickly held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

In the tent, Feng Yuan explained the situation to everyone.

In fact, it doesn't need him to say, Ling Yichen and the others also understand that the current situation is very unfavorable to their side.

The grain and grass at Yucheng Pass are already tight, and now with Ji Heng's army, I'm afraid they won't even be able to survive this month.If a quick battle is not possible, even if the Xianbei army does not come to attack them, they will retreat undefeated.

The most terrible thing is that it will soon enter the severe winter.The winter here is not so cold, most of the army is not cold-resistant, and there is a lack of supplies for the winter, the situation is quite difficult.

After Feng Yuan succinctly explained the situation, the tent was dull, and everyone's faces were ugly.

Ling Yihao's confidant, Tu Yue, couldn't help but say, "Let's just gather our troops and attack them. Don't we have 60 people and they are afraid of their 40?"

Feng Yuan sighed upon hearing this.

Li Haoru explained: "General Tu doesn't know something. If we want to attack Xianbei, we have to go through Yuekuan Mountain. This Yuekui Mountain is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's really hard for one man to guard against it, let alone us There are only 60 people, even if there are several times more, I am afraid they will not be Xianbei's opponent!"

Tu Yue's face changed a little. Could it be that they can only wait for Xianbei to attack, if Xianbei doesn't come, they will be trapped here to death?

"Perhaps, this itself is a trap." Ling Yichen said in a deep voice.

Everyone's hearts trembled, and if they felt something, Xue Zimo said slowly: "At the beginning, if Xianbei really wanted to capture Yucheng Pass, he shouldn't have sent only 20 soldiers. , Yucheng Pass has already fallen. They originally wanted to wait for our army to gather, and then trap us here, so that they can capture the imperial capital without a single soldier."

Ling Yihao glanced at Xue Zimo, while Tu Yue said angrily, "Grandma, this Xianbei person is too insidious! Why don't we leave."

Feng Yuan shook his head: "If General Ji's people really withdraw, I'm afraid the Yucheng Pass will fall within a month."

"And dispersing troops is tantamount to weakening one's own strength, and Xianbei will swallow them one by one at that time." Ji Heng added.

Tu Yue was a little anxious: "I can't go now, and I can't go if I don't go, so what should I do?"

"Wait." Xue Zimo said.

Tu Yue yelled at him angrily: "Isn't that still waiting to die—"

His voice was already loud, but with such a happy roar, the tent suddenly became quiet.

Tu Yue suddenly thought of something, and belatedly glanced at Ling Yihao, and found that his face had sunk slightly, and couldn't help crying inwardly.How could he have forgotten, his Wang family is very fond of Mr. Xue!Even the prince himself was reluctant to say something serious, but he actually yelled at him? !

Xue Zimo didn't think it was pestering, just smiled and said nothing.On the contrary, Ling Yichen's eyes suddenly turned cold, he looked at Tu Yue sharply, and said coldly, "Or do you have a better way?"

A question made Tu Yue speechless, he closed his mouth embarrassingly, and stood back beside Ling Yihao again.

The party broke up unhappily, and everyone returned their accounts.

Along the way, Ling Yichen said very little, and Xue Zimo knew that he was worrying about food and grass, so he comforted him gently: "Father has already started to prepare food and grass on the day he learned about the military situation, and I believe it will arrive soon .”

Ling Yichen was slightly surprised, he knew that the imperial court would definitely send someone to collect food and grass, but he didn't expect it to be Xue Jingting himself!

With Xue Jingting's abilities, he would surely get twice the result with half the effort. Ling Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I'm naturally relieved to have a teacher. Mo, thank you..."

Xue Zimo laughed: "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for always being by my side." Ling Yichen looked at him and said very seriously.

Xue Zimo smiled and said softly: "Go back and rest quickly, you only slept for an hour last night."

Now Ling Yichen was really surprised.

"How do you know I only slept for an hour last night?"

Xue Zimo said: "I saw that your eye sockets were turning blue this morning. I asked Lian Feng, and he told me."

The corners of Ling Yichen's mouth could not stop rising, did Xue Zimo care about him so much?

He couldn't help but joked: "So, I'm ugly now. What should I do? I'm no longer as good-looking as you, and now I'm even uglier. You won't despise me, will you?"

Xue Zimo was slightly startled, then shook his head and smiled: "I never knew you cared so much about your appearance."

Ling Yichen put away the banter, and looked serious: "I didn't care at first, but when I'm with you, I care."

"Why?" Xue Zimo was puzzled.

Ling Yichen held his hand and said with a low smile, "I'm afraid I'm not good enough for you."

Xue Zimo was startled, and suddenly said: "If one day I lose my face, will you still treat me like you do now?"

This time it was Ling Yichen's turn to be stunned, he didn't expect Xue Zimo to ask him this question.

Seeing Ling Yichen not speaking for a long time, Xue Zimo's heart began to sink.

Is it really just this face that he loves?

Seeing Xue Zimo's slowly icy expression, Ling Yichen smiled.

"I admit that I am indeed amazed by you. Even if I see you every day, I still feel amazed. I think, there is probably no one in this world who will not be overwhelmed by your beauty. How can there be an exception? Mo, you are so good-looking, so kind and talented, how can I not love you. I always think, how can you like me, how can I be so lucky..."

Xue Zimo couldn't help feeling a little hot in his ears and cheeks when he heard Ling Yichen talking about love without avoiding others.

Looking at Xue Zimo who was slightly embarrassed, Ling Yichen felt pity in his heart.

Will his stranger be afraid too?

How could he be afraid that he just admired his face?

Actually, what he didn't say was:

Mo, everything in this world is inferior to you, even if you lose your face, so what, in my heart, you are the most beautiful and the best...

Because you are you!

Because you are my stranger!

You are my whole world, Ling Yichen!

Five days later, Mo Qi, Minister of the Ministry of War, led people to escort the grain and grass to Yucheng Pass.

The food and grass raised this time was much more than Feng Yuan thought.After the flooding of the Fen River, it was not easy to raise so much food and grass in such a short period of time.

According to Mo Qi, when the common people learned of the Xianbei invasion, they gave their all to help. Many people even donated food for the winter, leaving no way out for themselves.

After all, no one wants to be a slave to a subjugated country. If the country is destroyed, the family will also be destroyed!

Seeing so much food and grass, the soldiers were all warm in their hearts. If they didn't repel those Xianbei people who trampled on their homeland and ravaged their people, they would really feel sorry for these folks and elders.

However, even with all the power of the whole country, all the food and grass are only enough to maintain the army for four months.

In other words, they only have four months to...

Xiao Ye also came with Mo Qi, this time it was Xiao Ye who took the initiative to request to escort the army rations to Yucheng Pass.

Seeing Ling Yichen was rather surprised, and he couldn't help asking Xiao Ye who was standing next to Mo Qi: "Why is Master Xiao here?"

Although King Yu has not been brought down yet, he absolutely does not dare to touch Xiao Ye to cause trouble.Therefore, staying in the imperial capital was considered safe for Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye lowered his head and said respectfully: "I want to do my best for Your Highness."

"Oh?" Ling Yichen looked at him with a half-smile, noncommittal.

Xiao Ye smiled wryly: "Of course, it's also to alleviate my own crimes. So many victims of the flooding of the Fen River have died, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. Now it's time to atone for my sins."

For this, Ling Yichen had some confidence. Xiao Ye was not a person with no conscience in essence, he just wanted to climb higher.

In this world, among those who hold high positions, there are a few people who are clean.

"Alright, you've done a good job with Fenhe's affairs. With you here, I really need to rest assured." Ling Yichen said.

Hearing this, Xiao Ye felt grateful.Ling Yichen knew him and believed in him, and he didn't take any precautions because he was once a member of King Yu.I think he, Xiao Ye, was once full of ambition and wanted to plead for the people.But when he really got to the big dye vat of officialdom, he realized how naive he was.Even if you have talent and learning, it doesn't matter if you don't know power and tactics, and if you don't have a backing, you are nothing, you can only swallow your anger and be bullied everywhere.

Therefore, for the sake of his position, he did not hesitate to do things that violated his conscience.

Therefore, in order to protect himself, he had no choice but to flatter the King of Yu and be willing to be his lackey.

He thought he couldn't go back, but it wasn't until he met Ling Yichen that he regained his original intention of being an official.If he made mistakes in the first half of his life, then use the second half of his life to make up for it!

With Xiao Ye's help in logistics, the work efficiency has been improved several times, and everything is orderly and orderly.

Even Li Quan, the number one counselor beside King Jing, had to admit that Xiao Ye was indeed a talent!

When it comes to judging people, Ling Yichen really has a unique eye.

Under the dispatch of Xue Zimo and Xiao Ye, the entire Yucheng Pass is like a high-speed machine, just waiting for a big battle with Xianbei.

However, more than two months have passed.No matter how provocative they were, the Xianbei people decided to stand still. Seeing that the food reserves were getting less and less, even Ling Yichen, who had always been calm, became a little impatient.