The mistress died of overwork, and after rebirth, she was bad at raising her cubs

Huo Zhanting was guarding the north of the city, and he was able to stop Xinyi's attack.

They began to fight and retreat, and finally stopped and set up camp five miles outside the city.

Huo Zhanting was sitting on horseback, holding a spear, his body covered in blood, whether it was his own or the enemy's.

He looked at Xinyi's troops in the distance, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

"Master, they are not attacking anymore?" Ren Wei had already run to Huo Zhanting's side and asked breathlessly.

Huo Zhanting shook his head and looked at the sky. "So far, I don't know how many tricks they have, and I don't know where they came from. I'm afraid..."

I'm afraid Xinyi is not doing this to rest, but to wait for the next dawn to show her sharper claws!

Ren Wei's face became a little heavy when he heard this, and he said:

"The capital has four gates. Our forces are scattered and our numbers are insufficient. With our master in the north, we can be safe for the time being. But if they attack from somewhere else..."

At this moment, Lu Huaizhu hurried over, holding Feng Yan in his hand.

At this moment, Lu Huaizhu's face was extremely ugly. He raised his eyes and looked at Huo Zhanting and said:

"I brought the person here, but now I'm afraid it's too late."

Huo Zhanting didn't say whether it was too late or not. He just turned over and dismounted, threw the spear in his hand to Li Wu, looked at Lu Huaizhu and Feng Yan and asked:

"What is the relationship between the Fourth Prince and Xinyi?"

Feng Yan's eyes wandered for a while before he sighed and said:

"The fourth prince has half Xinyi blood in his body."

It turned out that the fourth prince's mother had been abducted by the Khan of the Xinyi royal family. She managed to escape later but dared not make it public.

The Feng family was unaware of this at the time, and it happened that the imperial court was holding a beauty contest. In order to marry into the royal family, and also because the fourth prince's mother was extremely beautiful, the Feng family sent him into the palace.

The fourth prince's biological mother had just entered the palace and she offended another noble lady and was demoted to a palace maid. Later, she unexpectedly discovered that she seemed to be pregnant.

If this matter were to be exposed, not only herself, but the entire Feng family would be in danger!

In order to survive, the fourth prince's mother resorted to some tricks and was favored by Emperor Jingren, through which she gave birth to the fourth prince.

Because the fourth prince's mother was weak, no one doubted her claim of premature birth, and the Feng family was able to save their lives.

Later, the fourth prince's biological mother was always worried that the matter would be exposed, so she told the fourth prince to show up less in front of the emperor.

To be on the safe side, the Fourth Prince was simply allowed to leave the palace in the name of praying for blessings.

As for the fourth prince's biological mother, she became ill due to worry and passed away early.

"Please spare me, Lord Zhan. I didn't conceal it on purpose. I just didn't expect the Fourth Prince to be so bold!"

Feng Yan was really scared.

Although he knew about this, he didn't dare to say anything because he was afraid of being implicated.

Furthermore, he really didn't expect that the Fourth Prince would dare to go to Xinyi and take this step!

Feng Yan only felt a chill on his neck and was afraid that he would have to move if something went wrong.

Huo Zhanting took a deep breath, waved his hand, and asked someone to take Feng Yan away first.

Although the whole story is known, it is still a little late now.

"What should we do now?" Lu Huaizhu frowned and looked at Huo Zhanting.

Huo Zhanting pondered for a while and said to Lu Huaizhu:

"I heard that Mr. Lu is proficient in both civil and military affairs. I want Mr. Lu to lead a team to stop them from leaving the capital."

Lu Huaizhu's heart skipped a beat, and he asked nervously, "You mean, you're afraid that they're not attacking the capital, and are going to plunder the neighboring cities?"

Huo Zhanting nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Xinyi people have always lived on nomadic life. Now in late autumn, they came here with such a big fuss. It may not be that they really want to help the Fourth Prince, but to steal food for the winter."

In the past, Xinyi actually often did this.

However, they were all border towns at the time, and most of the borders were well guarded, so even if they tried to rob, they wouldn't be able to get anything.

In addition, Dayong later signed a ten-year non-war agreement with Xinyi, so the border with Xinyi has been peaceful in the past two years.

But Huo Zhanting also knew that in the face of absolute temptation, the so-called contract would be vulnerable.

This time, Xinyi dared to cooperate with the Fourth Prince. She probably thought that Huo Zhanting was no longer a threat, so she dared to tear up the contract. More importantly, most of the cities close to the capital were also very prosperous.

Therefore, if they turn around and attack the neighboring cities, and the defenses of the cities next to the capital are even sparser than those of the capital, then...

Lives are lost and blood is flowing like a river!

Lu Huaizhu listened to Huo Zhanting's analysis and thought of that scene. His usual carefree look suddenly dropped completely, replaced by solemnity and seriousness:

"I go!"

"Okay, I will send you 10,000 troops, and I will also do my best to hold you back here."

Huo Zhanting paused here, and said with a trace of calculation in his eyes:

"The army closest to the capital is the Northern Zhen Army, but even if they come to support us, it will probably take ten days, so..."

Huo Zhanting looked at Lu Huaizhu with a heavy look in his eyes.

Lu Huaizhu laughed, patted Huo Zhanting on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, you are the God of War, but I am not an ordinary person either. It's only ten days."

The two looked at each other and actually felt a sense of mutual sympathy.

In fact, they all knew that ten days was just the best expectation. Perhaps there would be more possibilities, and then ten days would not be just ten days.

Lu Huaizhu was also in a heavy mood. After thinking for a while, he asked, "By the way, where is my cousin?"

Huo Zhanting sighed when he heard this, and looked in the direction of the imperial palace in the capital and said, "The queen detained him."

Lu Huaizhu frowned immediately and couldn't help cursing:

"This queen is really a mean person! She detained my cousin, most likely to use her to contain you."

Huo Zhanting naturally understood.

The Queen had a perfect grasp of the timing; she must have planned this in advance.

Even the cooperation between the Fourth Prince and Xinyi this time might have been within the Queen's expectations.

However, Huo Zhanting still couldn’t figure out what the queen wanted to do, but the only thing that was certain was that no matter what the queen wanted to do, it must be related to him.

Huo Zhanting looked at Lu Huaizhu and said softly, "This battle is over. I am willing to exchange my body for Lan'er. Don't worry, cousin Lu."

If Huo Zhanting could understand it, how could Lu Huaizhu not know it?

Just after hearing what Huo Zhanting said, Lu Huaizhu actually began to like Huo Zhanting a little more.

He didn't blame Huo Zhanting for not entering the palace to rescue people now, because Lu Huaizhu himself knew that the timing was not right.

Whether it was him or Huo Zhanting, what they had gained since childhood was much more than ordinary people.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and ability determines that in the face of a disaster, the safety of an individual is already insignificant.

No emotion can surpass justice.

Lu Huaizhu called his horse, jumped on it, and said to Huo Zhanting:

"We all have our own responsibilities. My cousin is more open-minded than men. She can understand and comprehend. Don't worry, maybe my cousin has her own way to escape from the palace."

Lu Huaizhu has always believed that his cousin is definitely not a woman who is confined to the inner chambers and whose vision is limited to the small world around her.

She is the phoenix soaring in the sky, and the vast blue sky is where she should be.