Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1107 The war situation has changed!

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yuansui heard a very light sigh, as if the sound of raindrops cutting through the air in the distant sky.

Is it me, or——?
He was silent for a while, but did not delve into the issue. He just glanced at the cold and quiet tent. In the wind and rain, the tent was wet and limp, like a madman who had lost all his strength and life due to the rain and wind.

Xiao Yuansui turned around and left without saying a word.

With each autumn rain, the temperature around and the warmth in people's hearts gradually dropped with the continuous drizzle day after day. However, a little uneasiness and anxiety slowly rose in the hearts of some people in the military camp.

These are the Shi family’s troops.

This group of people had originally joined forces with Xiao Yuansui. Although they were under his command, they were actually just surnamed Shi in their hearts. The life and death, honor and disgrace of Shi Yutao and Shi Yuxin were closely related to them. To them, losing a general from the Shi family was like half of the sky collapsing. But now, Shi Yutao had been captured by Shentutai for several days, and Xiao Yuansui and other generals had no intention of rescuing him. The longer the time dragged on, the slimmer the hope of rescuing Shi Yutao, and the more uneasy they became.

So, they went to Shi Yuxin in groups to ask for battle, but they were all suppressed by Shi Yuxin.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder if General Shi was angry because General Xiao Shi had gone into battle without permission and no longer cared about his life or death?

Seeing everyone anxious and yet brave enough to ask questions, Shi Yuxin's expression was very calm. She was silent for a long time and said calmly: "Since the battle, the life and death of my brothers have been tied to me. You are anxious, but I will be more anxious than you."

"That--"

"But now is definitely not the time for us to act rashly. If we rashly go into battle again, it would be as foolish as when he went into battle without authorization. If we are defeated or even captured again, we will be courting death."

Hearing this, several generals fell silent.

Among them were those who followed Shi Yutao into battle in order to gain military merit, and later fled back in a panic. At this moment, facing Shi Yuxin's calm and dark eyes, they felt as if their skin, flesh and bones had been seen through, and they could only retreat tremblingly. Shi Yuxin said calmly: "It's not that I don't care about his life or death, but now, there is really no better way than to wait for the other party to get anxious. After all, they lost a princess."

Everyone looked at each other, and someone couldn't help but ask, "But, if the other party doesn't move, then we will just keep waiting?"

Shi Yu thought to himself, "Xiao Yuansui said that within three days, there will be a result."

"..."

"But there are only two days left, so we just need to wait for the result."

"...?"

Everyone became more and more confused, and couldn't help but whisper to each other: "We can wait for only two or three days, but can't the people at Hulao Pass wait?"

"Yes, Yuwen Ye is not an easy person to deal with."

"If they get the upper hand, we will be helpless..."

In this anxious but helpless mood, time came to the third day. Just as everyone guessed, but beyond everyone's expectation, Yuwen Ye at Hulao Pass really did not move his troops, and remained calm without revealing any flaws. However, urgent news came from Luoyang -

There are changes in the war in Dongdu!

It was not until the urgent report was rushed through the camp and into Xiao Yuansui's tent that everyone suddenly remembered that they had only focused their attention on Hulao Pass, on Shang Ruyi who they had captured, and on Shi Yutao who was captured alive by Shentutai, and had actually overlooked that the real battlefield had always been in Luoyang!

Prince of Qi, Yuwen Cheng, had been besieging Luoyang City for several days. Moreover, because Yuwen Ye had stopped the 100,000 reinforcements led by Xiao Yuansui at Hulao Pass, and had almost occupied the eight capital cities near Luoyang, the city was intimidated and no soldiers came to support. Therefore, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the city was captured.

The problem, however, is time.

After all, Luoyang City was the Eastern Capital that Chu Yang had managed for many years. The city was strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even without any reinforcements, Liang Shide's defenders in the city were able to block Yuwen Cheng's attack alone.

But things are far from that simple, and the problem is still about time.

Although the walls of Luoyang City blocked Yuwen Cheng's offensive, they also blocked all their external actions, including the acquisition of food. After Liang Shide occupied Luoyang, he also occupied Huiluo Warehouse to the north of Luoyang City. But this time, before Yuwen Cheng attacked the city, he was forced to close the city gates and fall into defense before he had time to transport back too much food. The food was consumed over time, and people in Luoyang City almost reached the point of cannibalism. If no more food was transported in, I am afraid they would fall into chaos before Yuwen Cheng could capture the city.

And just last night, after a whole day of siege, Yuwen Cheng returned to the camp, feeling that the Eastern Capital was in his pocket, so he got drunk and fell asleep in triumph. But taking advantage of the quiet night, Liang Shide suddenly sent a group of people to break out of Luoyang City, and also broke out of the layers of encirclement he had set up outside, and headed towards the north.

There, it’s back to Luocang.

Upon hearing the news, Xiao Yuansui let out a long sigh, without showing much surprise on his face. Hua Ziying and Shi Yuxin, who had rushed over after hearing the news, looked at each other. Shi Yuxin suddenly understood something and said, "The general said before that there would be a result within three days. So this is what he meant?"

Xiao Yuansui looked at her and said calmly: "The real battlefield has never been in Hulao Pass, but in Luoyang."

"..."

"Before I led the troops north, I reminded Liang Shide to transport more food into the city, fearing that Yuwen Ye would cause a crisis when attacking Luoyang in the future. But he didn't believe it and only thought that his defenses in the eight pass cities were enough to resist Yuwen Ye. But he didn't expect that—"

At this point, he frowned.

At the beginning, the reason why he did not persuade Liang Shide about this matter was because he was indeed confident in the Eight Passes of Luoyang, and he did not believe that anyone could almost clear the Eight Passes in such a short time.

Yuwen Ye was even more brave and courageous than he thought and knew.

Even scarier...

Shi Yuxin seemed to have thought of something, but she immediately took a deep breath and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Xiao Yuansui lowered his head and took another look at the battle report, then said: "We are heading south this time for the battle in Luoyang. If Liang Shide really can't defend Luoyang, then we will be completely defeated."

Hua Ziying said: "General, are you planning to--"