Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1092: Success or failure depends on people’s hearts

Seeing this scene, Shentu Tai sneered and immediately raised the long spear in his hand: "Go!"

So, he put the long spear in his hand against Shi Yutao's throat and pulled the reins at the same time, actually dragging Shi Yutao and his horse back with him. Moreover, when Shentu Tai started to trot, the horse named Liehuo also started to trot after him, which frightened Shi Yutao so much that his face turned pale and he almost screamed out.

After all, Shentu Tai's lance was still against his throat, and the two horses were only connected by this lance. If he didn't use enough force, his neck would be pierced!
But after running for a while, Shi Yutao felt relieved a little.

No matter how they ran, no matter how the two horses bumped, no matter how the distance between the two people was sometimes closer and sometimes farther, Shentutai's arm and the long spear in his hand were always as steady as a rock. They didn't even touch Shi Yutao's neck, but they didn't move away at all. He kept him firmly under his control from beginning to end.

Shi Yutao's heart gradually sank.

It was not only because he was captured, but also because he discovered that before this, no matter his battle with Shentu Tai in front of Hulao Pass, or Shentu Tai's prowess in protecting Yuwen Ye on the north bank of the Yellow River, or even just now, when Shentu Tai captured him from the army, the opponent never showed his true ability. The fact that his hands could be so steady showed his true strength!
Thinking of this, Shi Yutao completely lost all thoughts of resistance and escape, and was dragged back by Shentutai in astonishment and even a little depressed. The soldiers around him were all stunned by the short but fierce battle just now. For a moment, they were unable to react and watched their General Xiaoshi being captured by Shentutai, who had descended from the sky, and was about to walk out of the range of their army.

Finally, a few people reacted and shouted, "General!"

The shout also woke up the other people around. Some of the people who were closest to him saw that the long spear in Shentutai's hand was against Shi Yutao's throat and was entangled by the reins. They were afraid that it would be difficult to attack, so they picked up their swords and started to make a move.

At this moment, Xue Lin and others immediately rushed forward. Before the enemy soldiers even had time to make a move, they felt a flash of cold light in front of their eyes.

Suddenly, several streams of blood rushed into the sky and splashed onto the yellow earth.

The people around him were frightened and hurriedly retreated several steps, leaving a large space for Shentu Tai. He no longer relied on stability, and pulled his wrist back. The long spear directly pulled his palm back and handed the reins to him. He immediately tightened the reins and shouted, "Go!"

Immediately, the raging fire followed him across the Sishui River. Xue Lin and others stood on the river bank with their horses and swords drawn, keeping a close eye on the enemy troops who were ready to make a move but did not dare to act rashly. Only when Shen Tutai and Shi Yutao had run to the gate of Hulao Pass did they immediately turn their horses around and follow them across the river.

After a while, everyone entered Hulao Pass and the city gate closed heavily behind them.

Hearing the "boom" and feeling the light disappear behind him, Shi Yutao suddenly seemed to wake up again. The oppressive feeling of crisis made him nervous again. He hurriedly grabbed the axe in his hand, but he was surrounded by Shengguo soldiers. In addition, Shentutai pulled the reins in his hand suddenly, and he almost fell off the horse. He could only hold the bridle of the horse tightly: "You——"

Shentu Tai got off his horse and walked up to him: "General Xiaoshi, come down."

"..."

Shi Yutao didn't say anything, but just gripped the axe in his hand tighter, gritted his teeth, and glared at Shentutai.

Shen Tutai smiled faintly and said, "Now that we are here, it is useless for you to struggle. Why don't you just treat it as a visitor here? For the sake of your sister, we will not embarrass you."

Hearing this, Shi Yutao's expression became even uglier: "My sister..."

"Yes, it's for your sister." At this time, a graceful figure walked down from the city wall nearby. Everyone looked up and saw that it was Shen Wuzheng.

He gathered all the troops that Shentutai had taken out just now, and then climbed up the city wall, staring intently at the battle on the other side of the river. He didn't come down until Shentutai miraculously brought Shi Yutao and his men back to Hulao Pass unscathed. He nodded to Shentutai, then looked at Shi Yutao and said calmly: "Sister Ling has captured our Princess Qin. In order to get the Princess back safely, we must have something in our hands that can threaten Sister Ling."

At this moment, Shi Yutao finally understood why Shen Tutai had come back and wanted to capture him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "How did you know?"

Shen Wuzheng said slowly, "I heard about this news a long time ago, so I sent people to pretend to be General Shi's subordinates to report that she was going to bring Princess Qin to Hulao Pass, just to provoke her."

Hearing this, even Shen Tutai was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment: "General Shen, are you saying——"

Shen Wuzheng said: "The person that General Shi actually sent back to deliver the message has probably just arrived at Xiao Yuansui's camp now."

"..."

"I thought that as a female general, Xiao Yuansui's men might not all obey her. Seeing her achievements, I am afraid that some people will not accept it and will come to challenge her before she and Princess Qin arrive here to gain military merit and surpass her. If they can capture one of the other generals, it will be a threat to Xiao Yuansui."

After saying that, he glanced at Shi Yutao, whose face turned pale in an instant: "But I didn't expect that the one who came was her brother."

"..."

"This is a pleasant surprise."

Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

No one expected that Shen Wuzheng actually took advantage of the fact that the general who captured the Princess of Qin was a woman and set up this strategy. He just released the news one hour in advance, and this time difference allowed them to capture an important general of the other side and use it to play a game with Xiao Yuansui and Shi Yuxin.

Shen Tutai stared at Shen Wuzheng for a long time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, saying: "General Shen is indeed a brilliant man."

Shen Wuzheng smiled faintly.

Although he seemed very calm, he was the only one who felt a cold and wet feeling on his forehead when a gust of wind blew past him. It was all the cold sweat that had just flowed out. Seeing Shang Ruyi being captured, he felt like he was falling into hell. The only thing he could imagine was this extremely dangerous situation with almost no chance of winning.

He said: "This is just my idea. Whether it will succeed or not depends on people's hearts."