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"Xu Ji, shouldn't you explain it to me?”
Li Eryi looked at Xu Maogong with a gloomy face. He was really angry. He originally thought that he could be saved, but he did not expect that after a night of trouble, the reinforcements would finally run away!
After a night of high tension, Li Er was now hungry, tired, and sleepy. He was extremely frustrated. He wanted to kill the general of the reinforcements!
However, he could not catch that general now, so he could only vent his anger on Xu Maogong. Who asked Xu Maogong to not guess correctly!
Xu Maogong was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground. Although the Great Tang did not practice kneeling, Xu Maogong had committed the crime of deceiving the sovereign, so he had no choice but to kneel.
"Your Majesty, this subject is guilty!" Xu Maogong knelt down and pleaded guilty.
Actually, Xu Maogong was also quite wronged. If it was really according to his guess, Lin Chen had an army of 100,000. Perhaps Lin Chen would really attack at dawn.
But he didn't. Even if the Turks were exhausted, they still had no chance of winning against two hundred thousand with ten thousand. Even if they did, they would suffer heavy losses.
Lin Chen was so smart. He would not do such a thing that would hurt the enemy and himself.
Li Er looked at Xu Maogong, who was kneeling on the ground and admitting his guilt, and sighed helplessly. He wanted to punish Xu Maogong, but in this situation, he could not punish him. Otherwise, his morale would be even lower.
But letting Xu Maogong go like this made Li Er feel aggrieved.
Just as Li Er was thinking about what to do, Qin Qiong spoke.
"Your Majesty, this subject has a plan that might be able to resolve Your Majesty's dilemma.”
Li Eryi was overjoyed." Does Minister Qin have any good ideas?" Tell me quickly."
"Yes." Qin Qiong clasped his hands and pointed at the Turkic army below the city."Your Majesty, the Turkic army is already exhausted after a night of fighting.”
"This subject is willing to lead a group of men to charge out and draw the Turkic army away. General Cheng and General Yuchi will also lead a small group to protect His Majesty in the chaos.”
"The Turkic army is exhausted and panicking, so they definitely won't notice Your Majesty.”
When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he said," This plan is too fast. Your Majesty, please issue an edict. I will definitely protect Your Majesty to the death!"”
"I swear to protect Your Majesty!" Yuchi Gong also cupped his fists and said.”
"I am deeply gratified by the loyalty of the three beloved ministers, but isn't this plan too risky?”Li Er hesitated.
"Your Majesty, I've thought of it!"
At this moment, Xu Maogong suddenly spoke with an excited expression,""Your Majesty, I have guessed the true purpose of the reinforcements!”
"You guessed it again?" Li Er did not dare to believe Xu Maogong. However, in the current situation, he had no choice but to believe it.
"Tell me about it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Maogong stood up and smiled confidently." Your Majesty, what Marshal Qin said just now enlightened me.”
"I guess that the reason why the reinforcements failed to save His Majesty was because they did not have enough troops.”
"Think about it, Your Majesty. The Great Tang army is scattered across the various prefectures and counties. It will take some time to gather the reinforcements.”
"The reinforcements just now must have been a small portion of the army that arrived first. A large number of reinforcements are still behind.”
"When the army arrives, they will definitely save His Majesty!”
When Li Eryi heard this, he was a little excited." Then when did you think the army would arrive?”
"If I'm not wrong, the army will arrive tonight at the latest!" Xu Maogong smiled. If it took too long, everything the reinforcements had done would be meaningless.”
"Your Majesty, you can order the entire army to be on alert and prepare to charge out of the city at any time! Together with the reinforcements, they could defeat the Turks!”
Hearing Xu Maogong's words, Li Er frowned and did not say a word. He was considering whether Xu Maogong's guess was accurate.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin came to Xu Maogong's side and whispered,""Bull nose, are you confident? If you guess wrongly again, you will lose your life.”
Xu Maogong smiled confidently." I won't be wrong this time!”
"Your Majesty, you can order all your soldiers to stand guard on the walls, exposing them to the sight of the Turkic army. This way, the Turkic army will definitely be on high alert.”
"This day and night of torment will definitely tire the Turkic army out. At that time, it will be even easier to break through the Turks.”
Li Er saw that Xu Maogong was so confident and could only agree." Alright, we will do as you say."”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. If you guess wrongly again this time, I will punish you for your crimes and will not let you off lightly!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xu Maogong cupped his fists and bowed. At the same time, he prayed silently in his heart that he had to guess correctly this time. Otherwise, he would really lose his life.
Xu Maogong had guessed one-third of the time. The reinforcements would indeed come tonight, but they still had ten thousand soldiers.
On the other side, Lin Chen had been guarding the Secluded Mountain for the entire night.
At this moment, the sky was alternating between black and white, and their vision was very dim.
At the front gate, An Lin's Turkic army had already returned to their camp. After a night of torment, the Turkic soldiers were completely exhausted, and the soldiers guarding the camp had almost fallen asleep standing up.
Lin Chen took in all of this." Hehe, it's time.”
"Eighteen Cloud Cavalry, follow me to An Lin in secret!”
"Yes, sir! My lord!" The Eighteen Cloud Cavalry let out a cold voice.
Lin Chen waved his hand." Let's go down the mountain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chen and the Eighteen Cloud Riders climbed down from the secluded mountain like phantoms.
They were all highly skilled in martial arts and moved extremely quickly. The Turkic soldiers had no way of finding them.
Soon, they arrived inside An Lin.
"Quick, scatter the kindling on the trees. The more, the better!”Lin Chen urged.
"Yes." The Eighteen Cavalry of Clouds and Clouds took out the kindling they had prepared and quickly sprayed it on the trees.
After about four hours, An Lin had scattered the kindling over a large area, leaving only a small area untouched. This was the escape route that Lin Chen had left behind for the people in the city.
After everything was ready, Lin Chen stomped on the ground and climbed up a big tree.
This tree was very close to the city wall. Lin Chen drew the bow and arrow on his back and tied a letter, a brocade bag, and the personal jade pendant that Li Xiu Ning had given him to the arrow.
Then, he drew his bow and arrow, aimed at the mast on the city wall, and fired.
Whoosh! Pa!
The arrow accurately hit the mast, and the sound scared the soldiers on the city wall.
"Enemy attack! Everyone, be on alert!"
Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Gong immediately protected Li Er." Your Majesty, be careful!”
After waiting for a while, Li Er realized that there was no sign of the enemy. He looked at the arrow on the flagpole." What's that?”
A soldier ran over, took the arrow, and presented it to Li Er." Your Majesty, please take a look."”
Li Er was the first to see the jade pendant. He was shocked at first and then hurriedly said,"Quick, hand it over. That is Princess Ping Yang's personal jade pendant!”
When Qin Qiong heard this, he hurriedly took it and presented the letter, brocade bag, and jade pendant.
Li Er took it and looked at the jade pendant again." That's right, it's Princess Ping Yang's!”
He excitedly tore the letter open and read it.
"Your Majesty, it must be Princess Ping Yang who is discussing with you the strategy to defeat the enemy tonight!" Xu Maogong smiled.”
After reading the letter, Li Er sneered." Indeed, but it's completely different from what you guessed!”
"Look for yourself!" With that, Li Er threw the letter to Xu Maogong.
When Xu Maogong took the letter and read it, he was on the verge of tears.
Who exactly is this person? Couldn't you have sent the news earlier?
My life is over!
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