Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Chen Xiong immediately ordered troops to be mobilized.

Shen Lanxi rushed into Hailing City, killing his way in and out three times. When she was about to kill Chen Xiong, the one-hour appointment was about to expire.

"withdraw!"

"Yes!"

In order to increase the authenticity of the horse bandits, they took away a lot of gold, silver and food when they left, turned all the way back to the city gate, and after meeting up with the other half of the people who stayed at the city gate, they quickly left Hailing City.

In the blink of an eye, the "horse bandits" disappeared without a trace.

When Chen Xiong's troops arrived, they saw two city gates fallen to the ground. The soldiers guarding the gates were either dead or escaped, and the gates of Hailing City were wide open.

If foreign tribes invade at this time, we will definitely march straight in and defeat them with every attack.

"How come so many horse bandits suddenly appeared?" Chen Xiong asked angrily.

Subordinate: "General, is it possible that these horse bandits are foreigners in disguise?"

Some people agreed, while others expressed different opinions.

"If they are really foreigners pretending to be us, why not take this opportunity to capture Hailing City in one fell swoop?"

"I think it's probably a mob formed by refugees from the previous cities. Those people have no means of livelihood, so they have no choice but to become bandits."

"Makes sense!"

Chen Xiong also felt that it was those damned mobs. Several cities had been lost before, and those unruly people wanted to enter the city to seek refuge, but were stopped outside the city by him.

Now those people are here to take revenge on him!

"Increase the number of troops to eliminate the bandits and dig out their lair and fill it up!"

"Yes!"

……

The horse bandits increased their harassment of Hailing City. Then, the team led by Shen Lanxi was in a stalemate with the horse bandits. The fight was fierce and she was severely injured. The horse bandits temporarily disappeared without a trace.

Zhou Ru'an quickly replied, saying that there was no need to return to the city and that he should continue to eliminate harm to the people and track down the horse bandits.

There is also a subtext: there is no need to go back to the city if you can't find the horse bandits.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed and winter came again.

The imperial edict from the court finally arrived, and 30,000 loads of grain and fodder will arrive in the northwest soon.

Zhou Ru'an was ecstatic. This imperial edict not only contained news about food and fodder, but also commendation for Zhou Ru'an.

Song Daoxi: "Congratulations, Second Prince! Congratulations, Second Prince!"

The imperial edict commended Zhou Ru'an for his wisdom and courage. He kept the three tribes at bay and successfully persuaded Northwest King Liang Shao to surrender. This was a great achievement. He will be rewarded after he returns to Beijing!

Zhou Ru'an was very proud and satisfied, and he felt very proud and high-spirited!

In the past, Zhou Ruyuan had always been superior to other princes, and the emperor had never considered him seriously. Now, the emperor knows that Zhou Ruyuan is not the only one who can fight.

If my father had handed over the military power to him earlier, the position of King of Zhennan would have been his!

My father is so partial!

Fortunately, my father is not confused. Now that he sees that he is better than Zhou Ruyuan, he begins to pay attention to him!

"This is all thanks to your contribution, sir. If it weren't for your advice, my father wouldn't have given me food so easily!"

Song Daoxi reminded him, "Second Prince, 30,000 grains are extremely precious. I am worried that someone will destroy them. We still need to make some plans."

Zhou Ru'an's eyes flashed, and he felt that what Song Daoxi said made sense.

There was the example of the Wei Family Army before. The Wei Family Army’s food and grass were missing for unknown reasons. Even a fool would know that this was not a simple matter!

"What does Mr. Song mean?"

Song Daoxi: "Let our troops go to get the food and grass!"

Zhou Ru'an thought so too and asked casually just to give Song Daoxi face.

"Sir, you have a very insightful opinion. In your opinion, who should we send?"

Song Daoxi said meaningfully: "This is a hot potato~" He changed the subject and continued.

"We'll just find some people who don't need to be trained and who are not on the same page with us, and kick them out to do their job. If something goes wrong on the way... Of course, it's best if nothing goes wrong!"

Zhou Ru'an understood what Song Daoxi meant.

Song Daoxi is indeed the descendant of Guiguzi. He is very vicious when he schemes against others. No wonder they say that whoever gets the descendant of Guiguzi will get the world. This Song Daoxi is indeed a good swordsman!

Qian Feng, Xiao Fang and several other men of the Shen family received the task of escorting food and fodder on the second day, and they set out with a team that day.

Someone reported it to Zhou Ru'an soon afterwards.

"They brought three thousand soldiers, half of whom were female guards!"

When Zhou Ru'an heard about the 3,000 soldiers, he was a little upset, thinking that the soldiers were too many. But when he heard that half of them were female guards, it was nothing.

"Second Prince, should we send someone to follow him?" asked the subordinate.

Song Daoxi immediately spoke out to stop them: "No need, it's better not to have any trace of us interfering in this matter!"

Zhou Ru'an thought about it and nodded. Isn't it just to escort food and grass? If nothing goes wrong, then everyone is happy. If something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with him.

You have to know that those people are all close confidants of the Shen family. They have a history of stealing food and wages from the Wei family army, so it is normal for them to steal more.

If the issue of food and fodder was not so serious, he would have wanted to find someone to rob the food and fodder and kill the Shen family completely.

Half a month later, Chen Xiong, the defender of Hailing City, sent a letter to Zhou Ru'an asking for help.

Zhou Ru'an called everyone to discuss the matter.

"The defender of Hailing City, Chen Xiong, said that Hailing City has been frequently attacked by horse bandits, and asked us to send troops to help them eliminate the horse bandits!"

Zhou Ru'an sneered after reading the letter.

How could a small group of horse bandits pose a threat to a city as big as Hailing?

Song Daoxi had the same idea as him.

"They are just a few horse bandits, not foreigners. Those of us who are guarding the border to resist foreigners have not said anything. Why is he, a general in the inner city, so scared?"

Zhou Ru'an: "Sir, are you saying there is a trick?"

Song Daoxi nodded and was about to speak when a soldier came over to pass a message to Zhou Ru'an.

The soldier spoke in a very low voice, and outsiders could only vaguely hear a few words from the inner house.

Soon Zhou Ru'an's face turned as gloomy as ice. It was really outrageous that women were not allowed to interfere in politics.

"You guys continue with your meeting, I'll be back soon!"

Zhou Ru'an rushed to the inner house.

……

Shen Lanxi has led the crowd to harass Hailing City for more than half a month. During this period, Chen Xiong himself suffered three assassination attempts in succession, each time with only superficial wounds. He is now so frightened that he no longer lives in the city, but directly lives in the military camp outside the city.

Shen Lanxi's power has penetrated Hailing City bit by bit. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Hailing City is already under her control.

Now all we need is a legitimate opportunity.

Chen Xiong took the initiative to bring this opportunity to her.

……

Zhou Ru'an ran back to the inner house and angrily scolded Chen Mianmian.

He thought that Hailing City was Chen Xiong's territory, and keeping Chen Mianmian would be useful in the future. Unexpectedly, he received the news of Chen Xiong's death the next day.

Chen Xiong was killed by horse bandits!

Song Daoxi secretly found Zhou Ru'an and said, "Second Prince, this is a great opportunity!"

After a detailed discussion between the two, Zhou Ru'an decided to lead his troops personally to avenge Chen Xiong and take back Hailing City from the horse bandits!

All the subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment.

Didn't they say Hailing City was captured by horse bandits? How could they talk about taking it back?