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

Zhou Ru'an immediately sent his personal soldiers to take over Hailing City during the chaos, and then submitted a memorial to the court with details.

After taking down a city, Zhou Ru'an's self-confidence swelled to an unprecedented height. He followed Song Daoxi's advice, took advantage of the situation to recruit Chen Xiong's troops, and then spread the news that he had killed the bandits to avenge Chen Xiong.

Of course, this fake news was also planned by Song Daoxi, and the horse bandits really stayed quiet for a while afterwards.

Zhou Ru'an regarded this as a deterrent to the horse bandits by their Zhenbei Army.

"I guess those horse bandits heard the Second Prince's name and fled long ago!" Song Daoxi said seriously.

Zhou Ru'an's men echoed: "Yes, our Zhenbei Army is now a fierce army. The Second Prince's reputation has spread throughout the northwest. Sooner or later, the entire court will know about our Zhenbei Army!"

These words touched Zhou Ru'an's heart. As for this unbelievable success, he attributed it to Song Daoxi's advice and his decisive orders and swift action.

He pondered and said, "Let Shen Lanxi continue to hunt down the horse bandits outside. Make sure to kill them all!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Ru'an had only been happy for two days after taking over Hailing City when his subordinates told him that the food and fodder had run out.

"Second Prince, part of Hailing City's food and grass was borrowed by our Zhenbei Army, and part was robbed by horse bandits. The current food and grass can only support two more days at most. In addition, our Zhenbei Army does not have much food and grass left!"

After Wu Tong reported the news with all his might, Zhou Ru'an's face immediately turned black.

"If it's a big city like Hailing, is this all the food?" When Chen Xiong said this to him before, he thought Chen Xiong was just crying poor, but he didn't expect it to be true.

After realizing this, Zhou Ru'an felt a little sorry for Chen Xiong's death.

It seems that Chen Xiong is loyal to him, otherwise he would not have given him food and grass when he himself did not have enough food and grass.

He was killed by bandits, what a pity!

"Second Prince, we must think of a solution quickly. If we don't have food and fodder, the consequences will be disastrous!"

The Wei family army is a lesson for us. Thinking of this, Zhou Ru'an's face immediately turned cold.

Song Daoxi: "We can borrow some food from Xiling first!"

Zhou Ru'an's eyes lit up, but he was a little hesitant.

I have already borrowed a lot from Xiling before. If I borrow again, will Xiling City still have it? Can I still borrow it?

"The food and fodder allocated to us by the imperial court is already on the way. Once it arrives, we can return it to Xiling City!" Song Daoxi said calmly!

Zhou Ru'an was determined and immediately sent someone to negotiate with Xiling City.

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Qinglong Lake

Shen Lanxi pointed at Xiling and drew a circle, saying: "Our next target is Xiling City! Let our people get ready!"

Che Mingyuan: "General, or a horse bandit?"

Shen Lanxi nodded: "The horse bandits are very rampant now!"

Everyone: “…” Whether it’s rampant or not is not up to you to decide!

In less than two days, horse bandits began to harass villages and towns around Xiling!

Sun Maoshan, the defender of Xiling, had learned of Chen Xiong's death before and had begun to take precautions. However, he did not expect that the horse bandits would really come and his men were unable to guard against them.

Sun Maoshan immediately informed Zhou Ru'an of the news about the horse bandits. Zhou Ru'an had just received food and fodder from him, so he could not take his food and fodder for free.

Those horse bandits were too cunning, so he had to ask Zhou Ru'an to send people to help suppress them.

Zhou Ru'an received the imperial edict of commendation from the court, but he was not happy for two days before he got the news of horse bandits in Xiling.

We must not let the news of the horse bandits reach the capital.

The bandits must die!

"This Shen Lanxi is useless. She can't even be caught by a few horse bandits."

Zhou Ru'an's adviser said obediently: "Girls are girls. I guess she is hiding in some corner embroidering and being lazy right now."

"A woman shouldn't be allowed into the military camp. Allowing a woman into the military camp will only bring bad luck!"

"Second Prince, you should order Shen Lanxi to be dismissed from her position. Keeping her in the northwest is of no use at all!"

Zhou Ru'an was naturally moved when he heard what his adviser said. However, if Shen Lanxi was dismissed now, someone in the court would definitely question whether it was him who did it, which would be bad for him.

Shen Lanxi must die, and must die in public, preferably on the battlefield. Then he can give her the false reputation of sacrificing her life for the country, and he can also have a good reputation for being kind and brave!

"Don't worry about her for now. Let her hide in any corner she wants. As long as she doesn't hinder us from recovering the northwest!"

Although Zhou Ru'an's advisers were unwilling, they had no choice but to agree.

"Second Prince, the court urges us to recapture the city seized by the three Turkic tribes as soon as possible. If we send troops to Xiling now, we will definitely not be able to spare the manpower to attack the three tribes!"

Zhou Ru'an looked at Song Daoxi. He now relied heavily on this person.

"What do you think, Mr. Song?"

Song Daoxi cast a disdainful look at the other counselors, and then said: "First, we must stabilize the internal affairs before we can govern the external affairs."

Zhou Ru'an pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, do you want me to send troops to rescue Xiling?"

Song Daoxi lowered his voice and said, "Xi Ling's garrison commander Sun Maoshan is of average talent. If he hadn't been promoted by the Yue family, he wouldn't have been able to take the position of garrison commander. This time, he came to us for help with just a few horse bandits. It shows that he has no courage at all. It's better for us to defend the city ourselves than to let such a person lead the troops!"

Zhou Ru'an's heart was moved. It was just a coincidence that he had taken over Hailing City before. If Chen Xiong had not died, he would never have thought of taking the initiative to take it.

Now that my father has issued an imperial decree, letting him take charge of Hailing, can he also take over Xiling?

"I understand what you mean, sir!"

Zhou Ru'an hurriedly finished the meeting, returned to his residence, and went straight to the yard where Sun Miaoling lived.

The two of them were in love with each other and made love. At dawn, a carriage came out of Zhou Ru'an's residence and headed straight for the city gate. After leaving the city gate, it headed straight towards Hailing City.

……

Shen Lanxi received a message via carrier pigeon and perhaps ordered her men to withdraw.

The stage has been set, the idea has been given to Zhou Ru'an, now all we have to do is wait!

"Big sister, Kangzhu is about to give birth in the next two days, I want to go back and see her!" Shen Yuanjing whispered.

Shen Lanxi's eyes flashed with surprise: "So fast?"

Shen Yuanjing smiled and nodded softly.

"There's nothing for us to do now, so we can take a few days off. I'll go back with you!"

Shen Yuanjing hesitated and said, "No one is watching here, is that okay?"

Shen Lanxi: "It doesn't matter if these few days are enough!"

She is still very much looking forward to having her older brother's child.

"Big sister, I have discussed this with Kang Zhu and want you to name the child." Shen Yuanjing said shyly.

Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows and said, "You and Kang Zhu are both first-time parents. This child is your first child, so why don't you give him a name?"

Shen Yuanjing smiled and said, "If there is no big sister, there will be no Shen family. Kangzhu and I really want you to name the child!"

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Then I have to think about it carefully!"