MTL - Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child-Chapter 642 turning point
Chapter 642 Turning point
Facts are indeed as Yu Yanyou expected, the number of Chen Guo soldiers stationed in Xiajia Village is very small.
The Eastern Expedition Army took Xiajia Village with little effort.
Immediately afterwards, they used Xiajia Village as their base and began to march towards the surrounding villages and towns.
One battle followed another, and more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The villages and towns near Xiajia Village were recovered one after another, and the morale of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was greatly boosted. Tang Guixi struck while the iron was hot, and launched an attack on Hengcheng in one go.
Although Hengcheng is a small place, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, taking advantage of its geographical advantages. It is an important place rich in products and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The number of soldiers of the Chen Kingdom army stationed here is very large.
This also means that the next battle of the Eastern Expeditionary Army will inevitably be very difficult.
The fact is true.
Tang Guixi led troops across the river to attack from the front, while Xiao Juan led another group of troops across the mountains to attack from behind.
They cooperated with each other in the front and back attacks, and they still failed to break into the city after fighting for half a month.
The battle situation has reached a stalemate.
The food and grass of the Eastern Expeditionary Army will not be able to support it if it continues to be consumed like this, but if you give up at this point, it will be tantamount to wasting all previous efforts.
Tang Guixi was so anxious that she couldn't sleep for several nights.
However, the world is impermanent, and the turning point happened in the early morning.
When the sky was getting dark, the gate of Hengcheng suddenly opened by itself!
A Chen Kingdom scout walked out with a scholar on his back.
The Chen Kingdom scout put the knife on the scholar's neck, the scholar trembled, and shouted at the Eastern Expeditionary Army in front of him.
"The two armies are fighting without killing each other! We are here to negotiate!"
Xia Haisheng looked at Tang Guixi, and after getting her permission, he ran forward holding his shield.
The two sides negotiated at a distance of one foot.
Xia Haisheng: "We have nothing to discuss with you!"
The scholar had obviously been instructed a long time ago, he said as if reciting a text.
"The general of Chen Kingdom said that their people have found your lair and are now launching an attack. They will soon take over your lair. You have only two options now, either rush back immediately to save people, or Just stay here and spend it with them."
Hearing this, Xia Haisheng's expression changed dramatically.
This expedition almost exhausted all the troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and now all the old and weak women and children left in the camp in the mountains.
The most important thing is that the princess is still there!
If the mountain camp is attacked, those people will definitely not survive.
Xia Haisheng forced himself to be calm: "Why should we believe your words?"
Scholar: "They said, your lair is hidden deep in Mount Mang."
Xia Haisheng really panicked now.
Their camp is indeed hidden in the depths of Mount Mang!
What Chen Jun said is true, they are not cheating!
Xia Haisheng hurried back and told Tang Guixi about it.
Tang Guixi is also very anxious.
But she knew that even at times like this, she couldn't get herself into trouble.
She forced herself to calm down and quickly analyzed the situation.
"Since they already know where our camp is, they don't have to tell us about it at all,
But now they have put this matter on the surface and forced us to retreat immediately,
This can only mean one thing—
The situation in Hengcheng is even worse than we expected. Chen Jun should not be able to hold on any longer.
They came to negotiate with us because they were forced to do so.
This is a rare and great opportunity for us, and we cannot let it go. "
Xia Haisheng: "What about Princess Kejun?"
Tang Guixi quickly made a decision: "Go and tell King Lang County about this matter, and ask him to take someone back to save them. I will stay here and continue to attack. I must take this Hengcheng!"
After fighting for so long, they are almost out of ammunition and food. If they retreat, it will be tantamount to wasting all previous efforts. This is not only a major blow to morale, but also puts the Eastern Expeditionary Army in danger of running out of food again.
The current strategy is to capture Hengcheng to solve all the crises faced by the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
Xia Haisheng led the vanguard team to drive overnight, bypassing Hengcheng, and found Xiao Juan and others hidden in the mountains and forests.
Xiao Juan learned that Niao Niao might be in danger, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.
They rushed back without stopping.
When they rushed back to the camp in a hurry, what they saw was the wooden house that had been burned into ruins, with messy footprints and blood on the ground, and many corpses lying on the side of the road.
Seeing such a tragic scene, Xiao Juan felt that the blood in his whole body was almost frozen.
His brain was buzzing, he couldn't hear what the people around him were saying, and walked towards his and Youyou's residence together.
Walking becomes running.
At first, he was still lucky, but when he saw that the wooden house where he and You Niao lived had been burned to ruins, the last bit of luck in his heart was also extinguished.
"Curly, curly!"
Xiao Juan's eyes were red, and he strode into the ruins of the wooden house, desperately searching inside, trying to find the trace of Ling Ling.
Luo Pingsha, Meng Xizhou, Yannanguan and others also scattered in all directions, searching carefully in the camp to see if they could find any survivors.
Those corpses were also gathered in one place by them.
It turned out that these corpses were all from Chen Country.
Luo Pingsha informed Xiao Juan of this matter.
Xiao Juan immediately had great hope in his heart.
If all the dead were from the Chen Kingdom, it meant that the Chen Army not only failed to attack the camp, but was killed by Yu Niao and the others.
Then Yu Niao should still be alive!
They are not in the camp now, probably in hiding.
Xiao Juan immediately took out the quiver he was carrying with him, lit the fuse, and a small arrow shot out and exploded in the sky with a loud bang.
This sound was particularly abrupt in the silent mountain forest.
The birds nearby were frightened and flapped their wings and flew away.
In a cave not far away, hundreds of people crowded densely, and they were all old and weak, women and children.
They were living in the camp as usual, but they never thought that there would be a surprise attack by the Chen army two days ago.
Fortunately, Yu Youyou reacted very quickly, and she immediately gathered everyone together.
She led everyone to retreat while fighting, and the girls who learned archery from her before played a huge role at this time.
They carry all the bows and arrows they can use on their backs, regardless of whether they can shoot or not, in short, they shoot first.
Finally they escaped from the camp and hid in this cave.
They have been hiding here for the past two days, eating wild fruits when they are hungry, and drinking mountain spring water when they are thirsty.
Others are fine, but you are particularly uncomfortable.
She doesn't know what's going on. Recently, she has a big appetite and eats a lot more than usual, but these two days she can only rely on wild fruits to satisfy her hunger, and her stomach is really uncomfortable.
But she couldn't say it out loud, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
Shen Xu noticed that her face was ugly, and asked concerned: "Is there something wrong with you?"
Yu Niao waved her hand to show that she was fine.
Just then, they suddenly heard a loud bang.
Everyone was taken aback.
They thought it was Chen Jun coming again!
Only Yu Niao jumped up and shouted in surprise.
"Ah Juan is back!"
(end of this chapter)
