Cai Tao spoke righteously and was not afraid of Jiang Yao at all.
In fact, the soldiers who came to send the message for help had long been secretly imprisoned and killed by him.
No one knew that a messenger had escaped from Feishui to deliver the order.
But now, the Water Lung City was surrounded, and no one could leave the city.
Of course, there was no follow-up military order.
Jiang Yao was so furious that his entire body trembled."General Ying is in danger, you…you still care about military orders!”
"Hmph, as a civil official, you shouldn't casually ask about military matters.”
"Military orders are like mountains. No matter what, I can't leave Nan Pin!”
"Please!"
Cai Tao looked impatient. Two guards carried Jiang Yao out.
As Jiang Yao walked further and further away, she was still cursing,"Cai Tao! You have committed a great crime! I…I want to report this to the monarch!"
Cai Tao was furious." Jiang Yao instigated me to disobey military orders. He knows the law and is breaking it. Guards!" Put him in jail!"
"Yes!"
At the border, here, he, Cai Tao, was the law.
If Jiang Yao wanted to report this to the monarch, he definitely couldn't be allowed to go.
Now that Ying Xiao's fate was unknown, Cai Tao had to wait for the exact news before making a decision.
At that time, he would have a way to evade the king's manor's questions.
It was Ying Xiao's military order to let him guard Nan Pin. When Ying Xiao died, he would go and subdue the lung water a few days later.
When this news reached the ears of the monarch, it would be to recover the lost land. Unfortunately, Ying Xiao died in battle.
This was a military merit, but it was not a crime for him, Cai Tao.
Jiang Yao was taken to prison.
Cai Tao blocked all the news.
What he didn't know was that there was another fast horse that had arrived at the Monarch's Residence from the Water Lung City at the same time…
Ying Xiao wasn't stupid.
He already had an idea, but he didn't dare to believe it and wasn't sure.
But this didn't mean that Ying Xiao didn't have a backup plan.
If Cai Tao really didn't come to reinforce him, wouldn't that be sending him to his death?
Thus, Ying Xiao didn't just send a messenger to Nan Pin that day.
He also sent another messenger to ride Ying Xiao's horse and return to the capital.
This horse was given to him by the late king, and it was a fine breed.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the high bridge saddle and stirrupes had not yet been invented.
However, there were still ordinary saddles, which did not affect the riding of the cavalry.
Within three days, the lungs would reach the capital.
Neither the horse nor the man had slept.
They ran back without stopping!
All the guards in the Monarch's Residence recognized Ying Xiao's horse.
When the date red horse stopped at the entrance of the king's manor, panting, the guards were all shocked.
The messenger was covered in battle wounds and in a sorry state. He raised the bamboo slip in his hand and shouted,"Frontline battle report! Frontline battle report!"
The guard was anxious and hurriedly welcomed him in to inform the monarch.
……
At this moment,
Chen Wei was eating.
When he heard the battle report from the front line, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Why is it a battle report?
Usually, Jiang Yao would personally run back and forth to inform him of the matters at the front line.
If Jiang Yao didn't come back, it meant that there was nothing going on at the front line.
However!
This sudden battle report made Chen Wei raise his guard.
"Quickly send it in!"
Chen Wei quickly ran to the main hall.
A young man covered in battle wounds stumbled into the main hall.
In the end, it lay down in front of Chen Wei.
However, he still held the bamboo slip in his hand and refused to let it go.
"Chen Jun…my lord, this is the frontline…war…report!”
After saying this, the young man was exhausted.
That's right, he was really exhausted.
He died under Chen Wei's feet, in the palace of the king's mansion.
But he died laughing.
Having completed the mission that the general had given him, this young man died with honor!
Chen Wei pulled his body, but he no longer had the strength to stand up.
She took the bamboo slip from his hand and said,
This bamboo slip was covered in blood.
However, a line of words was clearly engraved on it:
"Cai Tao colluded with the enemy and surrounded Feishui.”
During the Spring and Autumn Period, battle reports were usually written in such a small piece of bamboo slip, with the simplest words.
Seeing this line of words, Chen Wei understood everything!
Ever since Ying Xiao sent his troops to the border, Chen Wei would take a look at the map of the Chen Nation every day.
Currently, Chen Wei was extremely familiar with the various cities, terrain, and passes within the Kingdom of Chen.
Lung water?
That was the southernmost border of the Chen Kingdom.
It was only fifty miles away from Nanmu.
According to the letter sent back by Jiang Yao, Chen Wei knew very well that Nan Pin was Ying Xiao's camp.
To the north of Nanmu was the grain storage area, Dazhi City.
And to the south of Nanmu was Lungwater City.
"Cai Tao colluded with the enemy?"
Chen Wei frowned. He wasn't familiar with this Cai Tao, but he knew that he was a member of the Cai Clan.
He seemed to be one of Cai Wu's clansmen.
This meaning was already very obvious, there was no need to explain it further…
Pa!
Chen Wei threw the bamboo slip and was instantly furious.
"Men! Pass on my decree!"
The two guards outside the door saw this and quickly ran into the main hall.
"Quickly go to the border and inform Cai Tao to reinforce Feishui and rescue General Ying!”
"If anything happens to General Ying, I will have the entire Cai Clan executed!”
"Yes!"
The two guards were so frightened that their bodies trembled. They rushed out of the main hall.
Ying Xiao's group of date red horses also fell to the ground while panting.
I'm exhausted.
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