Jiaohua

Early in the morning, a fast horse passed through the crowded and prosperous Lingdai City morning market and rushed out of the city.

Princess Chiyu quickly got off her horse, and the guards and soldiers at the door immediately came forward to greet her.

Princess Chiyu stepped through the stone gate and heard the noise of smashing and smashing inside, as well as Shang Taiyu's roar from afar.

The huge yard was in a mess, with broken cages all over the ground, lots of bird feathers and excrement, and more than a dozen large eagles chopped in half, lying in a pool of blood.

"Your Highness!" Princess Chiyu stepped forward.

Shang Taiyu was kicking the cage, and it bounced off the stone wall, breaking into pieces, and half of the cage flew towards Princess Chiyu.

Fortunately, Chi Yu was quite skilled and quickly dodged it.

There was a circle of soldiers standing around, as well as several counselors.

Everyone was shocked, but seeing that Chiyu was fine, they remained silent.

Shang Taiyu stopped and stared at the birdcage on the ground with his bloodshot eyes.

Because there is too much information, including going in the east, south, west and north, and each bird has only one fixed direction, so the destination will be written on the birdcage.

It was precisely because of these markings that Ali disrupted the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty’s military intelligence and communication system in just one day.

Last night, the soldiers at the entrance of the former Eagle Star Fort were rescued and sent to Lingdai City after many days of trekking. They brought back Ali's words intact.

"She said that if she captures a point in the future, it will definitely disrupt our military intelligence."

"She claims to have a skill, which is to imitate other people's handwriting."

"She is an extremely rude woman, very proud and arrogant."

"She is cruel and ruthless. She doesn't look like a woman at all. She doesn't have the kindness and virtue that a woman should have!"

"Luckily, she is complacent and arrogant, so we were able to escape!"

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Every word the soldiers said made Shang Taiyu furious.

He tried his best to rush to Lingdai City from Qingji Pass with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but was fooled in the end.

Ah He Luodan once said that Ah Li was quite honest, but she was not honest at all!

  How could she be so cunning?

He also grasped every inch of his psychology!

  What made Shang Taiyu even more angry was, where is the Xia family army now?

What if you are still near Lingdai City?

The military intelligence system was destroyed, and Shang Taiyu was completely blinded.

Even so, even if real intelligence came, would he dare to believe it?

The Han Chinese have a saying, "When the wind blows, every tree and grass looks like an enemy."

Shang Taiyu had indeed been teased to the point that he no longer knew what was true and what was false.

"Your Highness, calm down!" Chi Yu came over. "Such a big anger can't hurt Ah Li at all, it will only hurt your own body! This is exactly what Ah Li wants to see, don't let your loved ones be sad and your enemies be happy!"

Shang Taiyu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "I have been fighting wars all my life, and this is the first time I have been teased like this, and the first time I have lost so miserably!"

Chi Yu said, "Your Highness, the outcome has not yet been decided, how can you say that you have lost? Ah Li has so many tricks because she is short of troops and cannot be on the stage, so she has tried to think of as many tricks as possible. We have not even officially competed with her yet. This time she took us by surprise and suddenly offended us, and we did not react in time, so she got the upper hand. How can we lose?"

Shang Taiyu sneered, pushed Chiyu's hand away, and took a few steps towards the cage in front: "Come up with as many tricks as possible? I'm afraid that she can come up with ten thousand ideas in the blink of an eye. Does she need to come up with as many tricks as possible?"

Chi Yu followed and said, "Your Majesty, anyone can say such things, but you cannot. You are the commander of an army, your spirit cannot be worn down, your will cannot be destroyed. For the sake of all your soldiers, Your Majesty, you need to cheer up!"

Shang Taiyu frowned, his nails digging deeply into his palms.

Chiyu held his arm and said, "My Lord, all the victories you have won in your life were not in vain. You have so many brilliant achievements. You destroyed a province with your own troops and slaughtered millions of people under your blade! You are so brave, but Ah Li, who is less than 20 years old, will cry one day."

As he spoke, Chi Yu looked at Ahe Luodan, Xia Erhu and other counselors.

"It's our turn to fight back. Gentlemen of counsel, if you have any good ideas, please be sure to report them as soon as possible."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a loud and urgent "Report!" outside. As soon as the voice sounded, Chi Yu clearly noticed that Shang Taiyu's arm trembled.

She didn't expect that Ah Li had scared Shang Taiyu like this, and this tremor was directly transmitted to Chi Yu's heart, and she also started to panic.

Shang Taiyu turned around and looked at the soldiers running in.

Ahe Luodan, Xia Erhu and other counselors also looked over hurriedly.

  The entire military intelligence system of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed. Could there be any worse news?

The soldier's face was extremely pale because he ran here at the fastest speed. He knelt down and said, "My lord, something happened! Ali sent five urgent letters to King Qinside in the tone of the lord, saying that Lingdai City was in trouble and needed the help of the army! King Qinside sent 40,000 soldiers to Lingdai City, and they are already thirty miles away!"

Shang Taiyu was startled and took a step forward: "Where are we? Thirty miles away? Really thirty miles away?"

"We have passed the entrance of Eagle Star Fort!"

Shang Taiyu covered his chest and felt a sharp pain.

Chiyu hurriedly supported him: "My lord!"

“Cough, cough…” Shang Taiyu coughed violently, “Forty thousand soldiers and horses, marching in the snow, only to be fooled! But when they saw the tragic situation at the entrance of Eagle Star Fort, they didn’t think they were fooled!”

Aheluodan, Xiaerhu and others also gathered around.

"And Yi Shurong, this idiot!" Shang Taiyu said angrily, "What right does he have to think that I am incompetent? He is so generous to send 40,000 soldiers and horses whenever he wants! Do I need soldiers and horses? I am not richer than Qin Sai De! I have millions of wealth in Lingdai City and more than 200,000 soldiers. Do I need his reinforcements? Does he have a pig brain? My last name must be Shang Tai!!"

Chi Yu looked at his suddenly red face and said worriedly, "My Lord, please calm down!"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Shang Taiyu coughed more and more violently. Suddenly, he couldn't catch his breath, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

Shang Taiyu was sent back to the palace as soon as possible, and Chiyu took good care of him there.

The counselors outside, such as Ahelodan, looked solemn and were silent.

He was beaten repeatedly and unable to fight back, and until now he has not seen any trace of the Xia family army.

A large army was sent from the Jinyue Divine Mountain, ready to defend against the Xia family army.

There were only traces of horse hooves leaving the mountain, but no trace of returning.

After guarding for many days, there was no news from Xia's army.

They had already seen the devastating scene at the entrance of Eagle Star Fort on their way here.

But he was busy rushing to Lingdai City, and Shang Taiyu only left behind a thousand soldiers to clean up the remnants at the entrance of Yingxing Fort.

According to reports, there was not a single body of Xia's army at the scene, and they didn't even leave their weapons behind.

As for the area around Lingdai City, a team of a hundred people has been patrolling day and night these days, but there is no trace at all.

This Xia family army seemed to have disappeared suddenly.

There were more and more rumors among the people, which on the one hand undermined Shang Taiyu's ruling prestige, and on the other hand, they made people deeply afraid of the Xia family army.

Some people even called the Xia family army the ghost army, saying that Ali brought the souls of the dead to avenge Zhi Tu Ren.

I heard that the business of witchcraft priests has increased several times.

And now, the food and drink expenses and material losses of the 40,000 troops sent by Yi Shurong to reinforce must be charged to Shang Taiyu.

After all, it was the problems at the military liaison office at the entrance of Eagle Star Fort that led to the paralysis of the entire Beiyuan’s information communications.

With so many casualties and even the stronghold being destroyed, in the end there will be a huge military expenditure to pay, as well as the blame from the incoming emperor. Who wouldn't be angry?

Shang Taiyu was ill for two days, so Yi Shurong's 40,000 troops were received by his subordinates.

On the second night, Shang Taiyu finally sat up from the bed, and the assassins sent by Princess Qia Chiyu to assassinate Ali returned.

The killers brought back a piece of news. After several days of tracking, they were able to confirm that the Xia family army had left Lingdai City early and headed south.

"Qingji Pass!" Shang Taiyu gritted his teeth, "I will take Qingji Pass!" (End of this chapter)