0p0 Chapter 451: Xining City
Chapter 451: Xining City
On the other side, on the march.
Jiang Yue and Xia Yuanchen led hundreds of troops and marched at lightning speed all the way.
Two hours later, in a valley somewhere, while resting on the road, their army came to a clear spring and relieved their fatigue.
Wu Fei, Xue Wen and other soldiers were running in sweat and had already rushed to the spring in front of them, drinking the mountain spring water in big gulps.
Jiang Yue took out her water bag and drank all the water in one breath.
Wu Fei walked over and refilled her bottle with spring water.
Xia Yuanchen and all the soldiers drank enough water, then walked towards Jiang Yue, looked at their military uniforms, and asked her:
"We need to invade Beiyan territory to explore the way ahead. Do we need to change our equipment?"
How could a general wearing the uniform of Donglin enter the territory of Beiyan?
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yue said to Xia Yuanchen:
"Even if we change clothes, it will not be easy to enter Beiyan. Let's go directly to Xining border."
After Jiang Yue finished speaking, Wu Fei and Xue Wen, who were beside her, looked at each other. The former was confused, while the latter nodded repeatedly.
"Xining Border?" Xia Yuanchen was still thinking about sending a single army in to rescue Princess Xining.
Just as Jiang Yue said, stabilize Xining first and then attack Beiyan.
In fact, he was not quite sure whether Princess Xining alone could really stabilize Xining.
But he believed in Jiang Yue.
"Beiyan has most likely gone to the Xining border right now." Jiang Yue thought of this, and also realized that Princess Xining was temporarily fine.
Beiyan wanted to use Princess Xining, so of course it would go to Xining to seek reinforcements.
She guessed that King Xining would now waver.
She knew that the King of Xining hoped that Donglin and Xining would both suffer heavy losses in a fight, and then Xining would be safe.
"Are you so sure?" Xia Yuanchen was unsure.
Jiang Yue replied: "Although I am not sure, this is the most reasonable guess at the moment. For now, we will go ahead and explore the way. If it is different from what we guessed, then we will explore the way again."
"Okay." Xia Yuanchen listened to Jiang Yue in everything.
After some inner analysis, he thought just as Jiang Yue thought.
The two men, together with their respective troops, galloped towards the Xining border.
As for the Xining border, Jiang Yue had been there twice with Ling Yunxiao and was familiar with the route.
...Xining border, on the city wall.
The Xining garrison commander looked at the Northern Yan army approaching the city from below the city wall, especially the carriage containing their princess. He did not feel dilemma, but was just terrified.
The guard sighed and thought that the princess had a hard life and did not live as comfortably as an ordinary girl from a poor family.
Under the tower, Xiao Jingtian's threatening voice sounded.
"Open the city gate, or I will kill your princess!"
The Xining garrison commander had long received a secret order from the King of Xining not to allow foreign enemies to invade at any time.
Otherwise, they would have to give up their most important border city.
So now, he chose to remain silent.
The King of Xining sent him to guard the pass, and he could not put the entire Xining into danger just to rescue the princess.
Xiao Jingtian ordered his men to shout, but the other party remained silent.
Xiao Jingtian was furious, so he took it out on Singh.
He said sternly to the princess in the carriage:
"Princess Singh, if you don't persuade your father to send reinforcements, I will attack the city!"
He has 50,000 troops behind him.
The rest of his 100,000 troops were also stationed in the border camp, only half a day's ride away from here.
That’s right, after that great defeat, they recruited new soldiers and now, there are very few men on the streets of Beiyan.
Beiyan has had the intention to destroy Donglin for a long time, and now it can't wait any longer.
Xiao Jingtian felt that if it weren’t for Xining, Donglin would have belonged to Beiyan long ago.
He blamed all the sins on Singh.
"You'll never succeed!" Singh was disheartened and didn't want to say anything more.
She turned her head to look at the Xining city wall, and the Xining defender standing tall there, and felt a chill in her heart.
She had been kidnapped by Xiao Jingtian for several months.
She knew that the news had already reached her father, and now that the enemy was at the gates of the city, her life was being treated as a joke.
That's right, she had long been abandoned.
The last time she returned to the country, just as Jiang Yue said, her father did not blame her at all. Instead, he looked at her with admiration.
She remembered the scene at that time. Her father said in front of her that he was wrong and should not have married her to Beiyan.
She should be presented to His Majesty in the East.
The King of Xining had long heard of the brutality of Northern Yan. The reason why he chose to make peace with Northern Yan was because Northern Yan had promised to give them the city near Xining.
A princess is more than just an exchange for a city.
From then on, the two countries formed an alliance, became friendly countries, and divided the land to the east together.
This is the ultimate goal of King Xining.
But later, things changed because her princess turned against the Yan Dynasty, leading to the defeat of Northern Yan.
At first, King Xining blamed Singh and General Lu.
Later he figured it out. Beiyan only wanted to use them. With such ambition, how could it really give its city to them?
So he had no complaints against Singh.
Upon hearing that Northern Yan had been defeated and its army was completely routed, he felt gloating but at the same time was afraid of Northern Yan's revenge.
That's why they chose to let Singh marry far away in Donglin to please him.
And just like that, Singh became the victim again.
When Singh heard that he could not escape the fate of marrying a foreign prince, he was confused and there was only despair in his eyes.
Her father is the king of a country. Even though her mother loves her, she will be disliked if she talks too much.
"Don't even think about succeeding?" Xiao Jingtian was angry. He pulled Singer out of the carriage and slapped Singer hard in the face.
He didn't expect that Princess Xining, who seemed frail, would be so unmoved.
He used all his strength in that slap, and Singh felt a sharp pain on his face, with a few drops of blood hanging from the corners of his lips.
Her face twitched and she couldn't recover for a long time.
The hope in her heart was shattered bit by bit.
Then, Xiao Jingtian threw her to the ground and stepped on her face.
"Do as I say, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"
The Xining defender on the city wall watched this scene and felt helpless.
He understood that once he opened the city gate, the city would be captured.
Beiyan is a vicious wolf. If they compromise, they will die miserably.
So he just prayed secretly:
Princess Singh, I hope you are well.
On second thought, he actually hoped that Princess Singh would die outside the city. Otherwise, if the princess was alive, there was no guarantee that she would take revenge on him in the future.
Singh closed her eyes. She felt that her death was near, and there was suddenly more unwillingness in her eyes.
Xiao Jingtian squatted down and clamped Singh's throat with one hand.
"It's all because of you, you damned woman!"
"What kind of magic potion did Donglin feed you that you are willing to be used by them!"