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Chapter 1335: Nan Xiao's Trip, Madam

Before Zhou Chen had time to say a few words to Shiyi, something strange happened outside the city.

"Your Highness, the rebels are about to attack the city again."

The rebels were previously defeated by the cavalry led by Zhou Chen. Less than half a day later, they started to attack the city again, and the scale of the siege this time was larger than the previous one.

"Go and see."

Zhou Chen took the lead and came to the edge of the city wall, and then he saw black shadows approaching from a distance. From a rough look, there were at least tens of thousands of troops.

Zhou Chen was not surprised to see so many rebels. Although this world was a fictional history and its counterpart should be the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were great differences. At least in terms of the population of China, it was far greater than that of the ancient Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Otherwise, it would be impossible for any rebel group to gather tens of thousands of troops.

However, Yongcheng now has Zhou Chen's 10,000 cavalrymen, the 3,000 men brought by Li Shiyi, the several thousand men brought by General Gan, plus the original garrison, which adds up to more than 20,000 people. Even if facing an enemy that is several times larger than themselves, it will definitely not be a big problem if they only defend and do not attack.

"How long can the food and grass in the city last?"

Zhou Chen asked. Several generals of the garrison remained silent. It was Yang Shao who spoke up, "Your Highness, Yongcheng has been under siege for many days. There is not much food left in the city."

Shi Yi said: "Master, we still have some food left, but we can't hold out for long."

General Gan said, "Your Highness, we did bring a lot of food, but with so many people and the civilians in the city, we probably won't be able to hold out for a few days."

"It will be enough to hold out for a few days. The military advisor will soon bring reinforcements. Give orders to defend the city with all your strength."

Zhou Chen looked calm, not worried at all. Although there were tens of thousands of rebels, in his eyes, most of them were a mob. If he didn't want to suffer serious losses, he would be confident that he could defeat them by leading his cavalry.

But soldiers' lives are also lives. Unless necessary, he does not want to let his soldiers take risks. In comparison, the losses in defending the city will be much smaller than those in a head-on battle.

After all, it is easy to defend a city but difficult to attack it.

Without any warning from either side, the rebels started attacking the city by beating drums. Zhou Chen stood on the city wall, commanding the soldiers to defend the city.

This siege lasted for more than two hours. Towards dusk, the rebels could no longer hold on and began to retreat.

After the battle, all the soldiers were exhausted and began to clean up the mess. After confirming that the enemy had retreated, a team of people went out of the city to clean up the battlefield outside.

Zhou Chen also stayed on the city wall until night before returning to the governor's mansion in the city to rest.

"Master, please wash yourself."

As the main general, Zhou Chen didn't need to go into battle, but he still led the way and participated in the battle. Although he was not injured, his body was covered in blood.

So when Shiyi saw this, his eyes turned red and he hurriedly fetched water to wash Zhou Chen.

"Don't worry, I'm not injured, it's just someone else's blood."

Zhou Chen did not refuse Shiyi's cleaning, but enjoyed her wiping him.

Shi Yi tried hard to hold back her tears. Although Zhou Chen was not injured, today she truly witnessed the horror of war. Not being injured today does not mean that she had never been injured before.

Today's war was a huge shock to her, but her master had been living like this most of the time over the past decade or so. She didn't know how she managed to survive.

In the end, I couldn't control the tears and they rolled down my cheeks.

Zhou Chen raised his hand, gently wiped away her tears, and said softly: "Don't cry, our Eleven is so beautiful, it will not look good if you cry."

Shi Yi said in a low voice: "Master, I am useless and cannot share your burden. If I could be like my senior brothers and sisters, I could share your worries."

"Don't say that. Everyone has a different division of labor. They can fight on the front line. You are also very useful to me. As long as I think of you worrying about me and praying for me in the rear, I will have strong confidence on the battlefield. I will definitely send you the victory report and make sure I return to see you intact. Your position in my heart cannot be replaced by others."

When Tu Shiyi heard Zhou Chen say this, she was stunned for a moment. She had never thought that her status in her master's heart was so high. Even on the dangerous battlefield, he still missed her. This moved her very much.

"Master, Yongcheng will definitely be able to be defended."

Zhou Chen immediately laughed: "Eleven, you are questioning my ability. I don't take these rebels seriously at all. I just don't want to sacrifice more soldiers, so I am ready to wait for the military advisor to lead the army to join the encirclement and suppression. So, there is no need to worry about this problem at all."

Seeing Zhou Chen say this, Shiyi felt relieved. She didn't know much about the battlefield. Although she knew that her master had always been invincible, she had no idea in her mind.

"In two days at most, these rebels will be destroyed."

Just as Zhou Chen said, two days later, when the reinforcements led by Xiao Yan arrived, they cooperated with Zhou Chen's cavalry and quickly defeated the rebels with a swift momentum, forcing the rebels to flee in panic...

The rebels who had put Yongcheng in danger from all sides were mostly wiped out by King Nanchen's army within a few days.

On the one hand, the Nanchen King's army is indeed strong, at least in the Northern Chen, it is a unique royal army. But on the other hand, it also shows how mixed the Northern Chen is today. Not only is the military strength poor, but the princes in various places are independent of each other, with no intention of helping each other. They simply regard themselves as small kings, just like the princes of the former Zhou Dynasty.

In other words, the Nanchen Royal Army is a miserable bunch, playing the role of firefighters all day long. Without the Nanchen Royal Army, the Northern Chen would have fallen apart sooner or later.

On this day, Zhou Chen was dealing with the aftermath of Yongcheng. This rebellion turned the originally prosperous Yongcheng into a war-torn place, and many civilians were killed. Although the rebels were defeated, it would take a while to restore the former prosperity.

The most important thing is that a lot of officials in Yongcheng suffered losses, and everything needs to be restored slowly.

As the Little King of Nanchen, Zhou Chen is the person with the highest status here. Even if he doesn't want to be in charge, many things still require his personal attention.

Hong Xiaoyu suddenly ran over in a hurry: "Master, Yang Shao has rebelled and held my sister hostage. He is threatening us to prepare a carriage for him and is heading out of the city."

Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows and stood up.

"Go and have a look."

However, halfway through the walk, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to get something. When Hong Xiaoyu saw Zhou Chen's actions, his expression was very surprised.

Zhou Chen saw Li Shiyi being held hostage by Yang Shao in front of the city gate, and then watched him walk out of the city step by step. A carriage had been prepared for them outside the city.

A large group of people surrounded Yang Shao, but no one dared to take action, because he was holding Miss Shiyi hostage. Everyone in the Nanchen King's army knew that Miss Shiyi was the young Nanchen King's most beloved disciple. Yang Shao's death was not a pity, but Miss Shiyi could not be harmed in the slightest.

When they arrived in front of the carriage, Yang Shao asked Liu Changshan, whom he had rescued, to drive the carriage, while he held Li Shiyi hostage and confronted Zhou Chen and others.

"Your Highness, I will not hurt her. You can follow me. Once we arrive safely in Nanxiao, I will release her."

Zhou Chen said coldly: "Yang Shao, if you dare to hurt her in the slightest, I will definitely kill you myself, from heaven to hell."

Although he knew that Yang Shao would not harm Shiyi, he still felt very uncomfortable when he saw this scene.

Yang Shao said in a deep voice: "Yang Shao had no choice, Your Highness, I am sorry."

Zhou Chen shouted, "Bring the horse here."

Yang Shao and his companions got on the carriage, and Zhou Chen followed on horseback.

One was in front and the other was behind. In order to get to Nanxiao as quickly as possible, Yang Shao and his companions were riding at full speed. Zhou Chen was not too anxious and followed behind them leisurely.

Anyway, he knew that Shi Yi would be fine. In that case, they might as well enjoy this trip to Nanxiao and spend some time alone together. This was an opportunity they had never had before.

In the blink of an eye, a day passed and Yang Shao and his companions finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped in a remote place to rest.

"Yang Shao."

Yang Shao took out food from the carriage and was about to give it to Shi Yi when Zhou Chen, who was not far away, suddenly shouted. He reflexively looked at Zhou Chen.

The next moment, Zhou Chen took out a small package from his arms, said "catch it" in a low voice, and then threw it over.

Yang Shao was nervous at first, but when he saw that Zhou Chen was just throwing a package to him, he took it.

"what is this?"

Zhou Chen said coldly: "Untie Shiyi's rope, this is her favorite pastry."

Yang Shao took the pastry thrown by Zhou Chen with a look of astonishment and sat down next to Li Shiyi.

"He actually brought your favorite cakes with him. He didn't even want to eat them all along the way, but kept them for you. Miss, he really has you in his heart."

Shi Yi was also surprised, and his eyes involuntarily looked at Zhou Chen who was sitting dozens of steps away. He was not sure what Yang Shao said.

"He is my master."

Yang Shao emphasized again with great certainty: "No matter what, he has you in his heart. Otherwise, why would he, a high and mighty king, take the risk alone to go to Nanxiao with you, and bring your favorite cakes with him?"

As he spoke, he untied the rope in Xi Shiyi's hand: "I can help you untie the rope, but I don't want you to do anything reckless, Miss Xi, you understand what I mean."

With her hands untied, Xian Shiyi took the package handed to her by Yang Shao, opened it and saw that there were indeed some of her favorite pastries inside. This shocked her and her eyes turned red.

Liu Changshan, who was pointing a knife at Shiyi, saw this scene and immediately understood.

"Oh, Zhou Shengchen, ah Zhou Shengchen, so there is such a thing. Your crime is not much different from my crime of treason."

Everyone in the world knows that in order to dispel the royal family's fear, Prince Nanchen swore a vow not to marry or have children. If he breaks his promise and the emperor finds out, he will definitely suspect that he has ulterior motives and will definitely be feared.

After all, the hundreds of thousands of Nanchen King’s troops are a hundred times more dangerous than Liu Changshan.

Shiyi didn't listen to what he said at all. She just stared at the pastries blankly. With red eyes, she picked up a piece, put it in her mouth, and ate it with tears.

Yang Shao watched this scene and said, "It seems that not only he has you in his heart, but you also have him in your heart."

Shiyi emphasized again: "We are just master and apprentice."

"Whatever you say."

"You still have food, right? My master hasn't eaten for the whole day. You still have some food, right? Give some to my master."

"What a deep bond between master and disciple."

After eating, Yang Shao took Shiyi on the road again, and Zhou Chen still followed slowly behind.

After running for another day, they finally reached the river. Yang Shao used two small boats, one in front and one behind, to cross the river.

When they arrived at Jiangling on the border of Nanxiao, Yang Shao immediately released Li Shiyi and ran away with Liu Changshan.

Zhou Chen walked quickly to Xi Shiyi's side and pulled Xi Shiyi up and down to look him over.

"Is everything okay?"

Shi Yi shook his head and said, "It's okay."

Zhou Chen whispered, "This is Nanxiao's important military town. Speak carefully and naturally. Follow me."

After they walked for a distance together, Shiyi said with an apologetic look on his face: "It is my fault that I have caused trouble for Master."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "You are wrong. In fact, if I wanted to, I had many ways to kill Yang Shao and save you on the way here, but I didn't do that."

Shi Yi was stunned and looked at Zhou Chen in confusion.

"Master..."

"I'm telling the truth. I thought about it for a while. I've been fighting for Northern Chen and the people these years. I hardly have time to relax. This is a rare opportunity to come to Nanxiao, and I'm coming with you. For me, this may be a good trip."

"what?"

Shiyi was really confused. From what Zhou Chen said, he was not forced to do so. Instead, he came here intentionally with the help of Yang Shao?

Zhou Chen smiled and did not explain in detail on the street.

"The news of our presence here will probably be known to the people of Nan Xiao soon, but you don't have to worry about our safety. I have an old friend here, and we will stay with him for a few days. It happens that we haven't seen him for many years."

Shiyi was worried at first, but when she saw that Zhou Chen didn't care at all, she realized that she was also infected.

"Master, do you have friends in Nanxiao?"

"Well, let's go."

Zhou Chen took Shiyi to Longkang Academy. The gentleman at Longkang Academy was really a very interesting person.

Longkang Academy is located in the remote back mountains of Jiangling City. Zhou Chen and Shiyi walked for more than half an hour before they arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Just as they were about to enter the mountain, a student coming down from the mountain saw them and greeted them politely, "Sir, are you going up the mountain?"

"Yes." Zhou Chen nodded.

"Then you better hurry up, sir. The teachers in this academy have bad tempers and won't allow anyone to come in after sunset. It's okay for you to sleep on the mountain, but your wife will suffer with you."

Hearing this, Xi Shiyi was stunned. He lowered his head, his face slightly red, but he couldn't help but smile.

Zhou Chen thanked her, looked at Shiyi who was secretly delighted, smiled freely, and then continued to take her into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)