princess is everywhere

With a "bang", the black-painted courtyard door closed behind Xu Mu.

Xu Mu turned his head and looked at the closed courtyard door, feeling as if he had been kicked out, and couldn't help showing a bit of helplessness on his face.

Seeing her coming out, the accompanying soldiers hurried up to greet her, and took Mo Yu to ask her if she would go back to the camp immediately, but when she raised her eyes, she was taken aback, and the words on her lips changed immediately: "General, you are..."

Xu Mu quickly realized that he raised his hand and wiped it on his lips with the back of his hand, only to see that the back of his hand was stained with bright red—of course it wasn't some lip gloss, and Anyang was quite careful in dressing up as a man in the army these days. I didn't bring anything like makeup powder.Therefore, the red spot on the back of Xu Mu's hand can only be blood, which was bitten by Anyang just before she was kicked out.

The lip was bitten, but Xu Mu didn't notice it at the time. It wasn't until she wiped off the blood with the back of her hand that she felt a bit of numb pain on the bitten lip... She licked her lip, and tasted a little bit on the tip of her tongue. There was a faint smell of blood, but his mind turned back to a moment ago.

"General, shall we go back now?" The soldier asked cautiously after waiting for a while.

Only then did Xu Mu come back to his senses, and finally took another look at the closed courtyard door, then took Mo Yu's rein and turned up: "Let's go." After speaking, he was about to urge the horse to leave, and pulled the rein But suddenly he paused, and then put on a serious face and ordered to the accompanying soldiers: "No one is allowed to say what happened just now, do you understand?"

The soldiers had followed Xu Mu for many years, so they were naturally obedient, and responded to the words one after another.It was only when Xu Mu rode away first that they turned their heads and looked at each other, winking and laughing.

Xu Mu didn't look back, didn't see the soldiers winking behind him, and didn't look back at the dark courtyard gate.But this time after leaving her, her heart seemed to be filled with something, and she was no longer as empty as when she left the capital.She just wanted the horse to run faster, and if it was faster, she would be able to take the army to Dingzhou immediately, put down the rebellion, and come back to pick up her little princess.

With the sound of hoofbeats, they soon drifted away and disappeared outside the door.

Anyang behind the door waited again, then opened the door and looked out.It's a pity that Mo Yu ran too fast, and when he opened the door, he couldn't see anything, and even Xu Mu's back had already disappeared at the end of the street.

Anyang looked at the empty street outside the door, feeling a little empty in his heart for a moment, reluctance and sadness finally swept his whole chest—she didn't want to stay, she wanted to be with Xu Mu, just like she also accompanied her through the war once, Experience life and death.

But no, she is now the eldest princess of Anyang, a weak woman who has no strength to restrain a chicken.Even though the battlefield of countering the rebellion is not dangerous, Anyang knows that as long as he follows her to the battlefield, no matter where she is, she will affect Xu Mu's mind.Xu Mu would worry about her, and worry about her, and the battlefield was changing rapidly, so she couldn't distract her in the slightest.

So she can't follow, she can only stay in Lucheng, waiting for her here.

Wait for her to triumph, wait for her to return to Beijing, wait for her to get married.

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The soldiers around Xu Mu knew about Princess Anyang's joining the army, but naturally the news would not be spread.Therefore, Anyang's departure did not have the slightest impact on the counter-insurgency army, and even because of Xu Mu's return, the army moved faster.

Lucheng was not far away from Dingzhou, and after a few more days, they finally arrived at the city of Dingzhou.

Xin Wang's son is not good at fighting, so this rebellion is like child's play.At the beginning, the news of Wang Xin's rebellion was sent back to Dingzhou. Before the imperial envoy with the imperial decree had time to rush to Dingzhou to inquire about the crime, the son of Xin Wang who got the news first, directly rebelled.Then he took half of the private soldiers left by King Xin and the Dingzhou garrison who had been bribed long ago, and began to attack the surrounding cities.

Expand the territory first, then gain a firm foothold, or directly attack the capital in one go... These are the usual methods of raising troops and rebelling, and it is not wrong for the son of the king to follow the routine.

However, he was still too young, and he didn't know that the emperor had already taken precautions against Dingzhou, so all his plans were aborted at the first step.

Prince Xin led 3 men and rushed left and right for more than a month. As a result, the left and right cities were already on guard. After the city gates were closed, it was not something he could take down in a short time.He fought back and forth but failed to defeat Dingzhou. The only result of his hard work for more than a month was to take down two small cities, and forced some young and strong men to join the army, barely gathering 5 people.

Of course, Prince Xin would not expose his strength so straightforwardly, so he claimed to have 20 troops under his command——Xu Mu couldn't help laughing when he saw the news, and he laughed that Prince Xin would not even lie, After all, the territory of Dingzhou simply cannot make up 20 young adults.

After reading the military newspaper, the atmosphere in Xu Mu's camp has become much more relaxed, and the generals are all gearing up for meritorious service.

Xu Mu was naturally happy to see the high morale, but he still reminded: "The tall buildings in Dingzhou City are solid, and if Prince Xin insists on closing the city, it will not be easy to conquer it. You must not be greedy for success."

Everyone was stunned, and they took orders one after another, and after listening to Xu Mu's careful arrangements, they led their troops away.

The war against the rebellion started soon. Although Prince Xin could not attack the city, it was much easier to defend behind closed doors.He ordered people to seal the city gates, prepared a lot of rolling stones and wood, and used various methods of boiling oil and boiling water to build Dingzhou City into an iron wall that people can't talk about. turtle.

Facing Dingzhou City like this, Xu Mu had no choice but to try to consume the defense materials on the tower, and then let people take turns to attack day and night.Sometimes bluffing, sometimes sending troops to attack violently, and going back and forth exhausted the opponent.

This is the case with siege warfare, which is either overwhelming or steady, time-consuming and uncertain.

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It was only the beginning of March when Xu Mu led the army, and it was April in a blink of an eye.

The sound of the golden drum outside Dingzhou City is endless, but Lucheng, not far away, is in full bloom.

Lucheng is not far from Dingzhou, and it will take two days to arrive at a fast pace, but perhaps the son of Xin Wang's attacking skills are really too poor, and even at the beginning of the army, he failed to capture any big city, so Lucheng, which is not far away, is not nervous .When the imperial court's anti-rebellion army arrived in Dingzhou and trapped Prince Xin's son and Dingzhou rebels in Dingzhou City, the people of Lucheng didn't take this rebellion so close at hand.

In April, the spring is just right, for outings, or hunting on horseback, the young men and women in the city are always full of ways to entertain themselves.

After Anyang was left in Lucheng by Xu Mu, she didn't go out much. Firstly, she didn't know the place well, and secondly, she had no interest in playing alone.On the contrary, I went out by chance two days ago, and accidentally found a few peach blossoms that hadn't yet bloomed, so I picked a lot of them back in a moment of surprise.

The newly bought maid in the house thought that Anyang picked all these peach blossoms to make rouge, but Anyang found a master to teach her how to make peach blossom wine on a whim.Anyang, who was brewing wine for the first time, was really in a hurry and had to work for several days before brewing a few bottles.

The eldest princess wiped her hands, looking at the newly sealed jugs in front of her, she was satisfied.

Seeing this, the servant girl stepped forward and asked, "Miss, do you want to bury the wine?"

Ordinary brewed wine is buried in the ground, one year, two years, or even ten years or eight years, until the wine becomes mellow and delicious.However, Anyang just had nothing to do to brew these bottles, and he would not stay in Lucheng for a long time, so he waved his hand and said, "No need."

It was only two days ago that Anyang sent the guards to inquire about the news, and they knew that the war in Dingzhou had fallen into Jiaozuo, and it might take some time for Xu Mu to take down the iron turtle.She thought that if time passed, maybe when Xu Mu came back, she would be able to welcome her with the peach blossom wine she brewed herself.But after thinking about it, if you really have to wait that long, it's quite frustrating.

Just as An Yang thought of Xu Mu here, there was a guard rushing over there.

The servant girl was very tactful, and when she saw the guards coming, she immediately resigned and left without touching the bottles of wine on the table.

Anyang saw that Jinwei seemed to be happy, but he waited for the people to leave before asking: "What's the matter, but what news did you hear?"

To be honest, it is actually not easy to inquire about Dingzhou's suppression of the rebellion in Lucheng.One is that there is a war over there, no one goes there, and the war is not so chaotic that some people bring their families to Lucheng to escape, so there is naturally little news.Furthermore, Lucheng has always been very peaceful, and the people were not very vigilant about this rebellion, so naturally they did not pay much attention.At most, there are only some scholars who are concerned about current affairs, and they often talk about it and say some news that they don't know the truth of.

The news that the eldest princess's guards heard were all true, because they always got the news from the government, and now the guards said to Anyang with a happy face: "Your Highness, the city of Dingzhou is broken, and the rebels surrendered."

Anyang was also a little surprised when he heard the words: "So fast?!"

No wonder Anyang was surprised. The guards only brought back the news of Dingzhou's tight defense two days ago. At that time, they said that it would be wasteful. As a result, Dingzhou City was destroyed in just a few days. I was really worried about it, and even spent time making wine here, so I was prepared to stay in Lucheng for a long time.But just after her wine was bottled, she was told that Dingzhou City was broken? !

The guard was equally surprised when he first got the news, but now he has calmed down and explained: "General Xu sent people to attack the city. When the defenders on the city were exhausted, someone took the opportunity to open the city gate. Welcome the army into the city."

An Yang guessed it as soon as she heard it. Most of the people who opened the city gate were arranged by her imperial brother. At this time, both inside and outside should cooperate to open the city gate, which is simply giving credit to Xu Mu——she suddenly regretted it. So easy to follow.

Thinking about when Xu Mu would come to pick her up, Anyang was overjoyed, but when he looked up, he saw that the guard hadn't left, so he asked, "What's the matter, what else is there?"

Seeing Anyang's expression, Jin Wei knew what she was thinking, but he still had to pour some cold water: "Your Highness, there is one more thing. After Dingzhou City was broken, the rebels had surrendered, but Prince Xin ran away when the city was broken." Yes. General Xu still has to track down Prince Xin's whereabouts, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while."

When Anyang heard this, he was really discouraged, and lazily waved his hands: "Okay, I know."