After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1399 Going Out of the City to Provide Support
"When Zhen Qianhu and his men killed the enemy troops who were lying in ambush near Daheng Prefecture, they found the carcass of the carrier pigeon and obtained the distress message while searching the houses along the pigeon's flight path."

Carrier pigeons follow fixed flight routes, and the pigeons will stop along these routes.

There are houses along the route, and people will feed the pigeons so that they can continue flying to the next house until they deliver the message to the recipient.

However, the enemy had cut off the pigeons' resting routes, and all messages from various prefectures to the capital city were intercepted.

Letters sent from the capital to other places were also intercepted.

"Eighty percent of the Wei people in Daheng Prefecture have fled to the capital city and Beixiong Prefecture, but there are still more than 30,000 Wei people who are unwilling to abandon their homes and businesses and have been holding out until now. General Qian, the commander of the city's defense, has requested support to help transfer these more than 30,000 Wei people."

After telling Jiang Dalang about the situation, the Prince of Ye said, "Dalang, you are extremely capable in guerrilla warfare. I hereby order you to lead a group of elite troops to Daheng Prefecture to conduct guerrilla warfare against the enemy and assist General Qian, Commander Zhen, Commander Xiaoling, and Commander Zhao in transferring the Wei people to the capital city."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Dalang was somewhat annoyed, for: "General Liang had already issued the military order for those fleeing the ravages of war to come to the capital city. What are the people of Daheng Prefecture doing? Since they have chosen to defend their family property to the death, then they should defend it to the death. Why..."

"Commander Jiang!" the Prince of Ye interrupted him: "You are a member of the Wei army, representing the imperial court. No matter what, since the prefecture under your jurisdiction has asked for help, we must go and rescue it."

"Your humble servant obeys!" Jiang Dalang bowed, accepted the order, and then glanced at Qi Shitian, Lord Yan, and Qu Tongzhi before saying, "I humbly request the Prince of Ye's protection for the Mushan Weapon Manufacturing Workshop!"

"Lord Yan, Commander Jiang is scolding you." Qi Tianshi said deliberately, dissatisfied with Jiang Dalang's overprotective attitude towards Qin Xiaomi.

Lord Yan wasn't stupid; he pretended to be mute and didn't respond.

The Prince of Ye hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I will protect the Mushan Weapon Manufacturing Workshop for both public and private reasons. This is the property of the imperial court, and no one can touch it."

"Take the joint letter of 'Leaving the City,' muster the troops, and head to Daheng Prefecture." The Prince of Ye handed him a joint letter of 'Leaving the City,' stamped with the seals, signatures, and fingerprints of himself, the Qi envoy, and the government troops, along with some tokens.

"This humble general obeys!" Jiang Dalang took the joint letter, military documents, and tokens, then took his leave.

After mobilizing the troops and collecting weapons and other supplies, they met up with Minister Zhaoqian and headed towards the west gate of the city.

He left the city overnight, but was only allowed to pass after being thoroughly inspected by Vice Commissioner Jiang.

Before leaving the city gate, Jiang Dalang went to see Si Pei.

To record the Wei people's dejected return to the city, Si Pei deliberately camped out at the west gate. His tent was a deluxe version, conspicuous and easy to find.

"Young Master Si Pei, I am Commander Jiang. I have important business with you!"

Si Pei was roused from his sleep by the noise and was furious. But when he heard that it was Jiang Dalang who had come to see him, he rushed out of the tent. When he saw Jiang Dalang, he was excited: "Heavens! It really is Commander Jiang who came to see me! What is it that made you come all the way here in the middle of the night? Don't be shy, just tell me. I'll help you if I can, and if I can't, I'll help you find a powerful backer and lend you a hand!"

Si Feng wanted to die: "Brother Pei, don't talk big."

Are you out of your mind? You agreed to something without even asking. What if that guy surnamed Jiang wants you dead?

After hearing this, Jiang Dalang sincerely bowed to Si Pei and said, "I have received orders to leave the city to carry out military duties and can no longer take care of the Mushan Weapon Making Workshop. I would like to ask Young Master Si Pei to temporarily set up camp outside the Mushan entrance and record all matters concerning the Weapon Making Workshop, so as to deter those who want to harm the Mushan Weapon Making Workshop with your status."

"Is that all? Leave it to me!" Si Pei swore, "I, Si Pei, swear by the ancestors of the Si family, I will protect the Mushan Weapon Making Workshop with my life and prevent those villains from causing trouble, otherwise my Si family will be wiped out!" Si Feng: Ahhh, you madman, if you want to die, just die yourself, why are you using the entire Si family to swear an oath!
"Thank you." Jiang Dalang also made a promise to Si Pei: "When I return, I will tell you in detail about the blitzkrieg against the enemy royal family, and I will also show you the red-gold token that the Eastern Desert royal family has planted inside their flesh."

"It's a deal!" Si Pei was excited and couldn't wait to see the token of the Eastern Desert royal family, but Jiang Dalang still had military duties to attend to, so he could only hold back: "Come on, I'll see you off."

Si Pei pulled Si Feng along and instructed the Si family servants: "Take all the cooked food, dried meat, cakes, and salt, oil, sugar and meatballs for Commander Jiang and his men to eat on the road. We'll make another batch."

Si family servant: Young master, you've almost donated all of your private granaries, and you still want to donate our food rations? Do you want everyone to starve to death?
However, the servants of the Si family still brought all ten sacks of cooked food to the Wei army.

Zhao Qianhu didn't stand on ceremony at all and immediately had his soldiers accept the gift: "Young Master Si Pei, thank you!"

"No need to thank me, take care! Return in triumph, utterly annihilate the enemy, and make sure they never have a next life!" Si Pei shouted as he saw off Zhao Qianhu and his men.

Si Fengzhen wanted to perform a ritual for him, but he also subtly reminded him: "Brother Pei, people's hearts are unsettled during wartime. Don't be superstitious or supernatural. Besides, Master Xun is only highly skilled in medicine, not invincible in magic. Those are all unfounded things. You should just learn something practical."

Si Pei retorted: "The most important matters of the state are sacrifice and war. I followed my master to learn sacrifice, how can that be considered impractical? It's extremely practical, it can be used on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, Qingming Festival, Winter Solstice, and the Lunar New Year!"

Si Feng was almost deafened by his shout and hurriedly took a few steps to the side.

"Still complaining about me, huh!" Si Pei was dissatisfied, but stopped arguing with him and continued to say to Jiang Dalang and the other Wei soldiers who had already left the city gate, "A triumphant return!"

Jiang Dalang and his two thousand soldiers left the city overnight, making quite a commotion and waking up Wei Min, who was camped at the city gate, waiting for Li Wenhu.

"What are these Wei soldiers up to?"

"Could it be that the enemy troops we encountered have caught up with us, and they've gone to fight them?"

"Good heavens! We have to get into the city quickly, or we'll be shot to death by arrows!" Li Hui was terrified and didn't want to suffer from being hit by arrows again.

"Waaaaah, Mother, Mother, I'm scared."

Boom boom boom!
"Silence! Silence! The enemy hasn't attacked. Commander Jiang and his men are on their way to fetch the Wei people from Daheng Prefecture to the capital city to escape the war!" Commander Tang ordered the gong to be struck and the announcement made. After shouting this more than a dozen times, the Wei people finally calmed down and stopped panicking.

The Wei people were relieved: "Thank goodness we didn't go to Daheng Prefecture! Daheng Prefecture isn't safe either; they're fleeing to our capital city for their lives!"

Si Pei shouted at the city gate: "Now you know you're lucky, huh? Then behave yourselves and stop causing trouble for the Wei army!"

"Have some shame! Otherwise, I'll record your stories and use the power of my Si family to spread your shameful deeds throughout the Great Wei, making you lose all face!"

The Wei people outside the city, especially the elders like Li Hui and Li Ersiwu, were furious at these words, but they were afraid of Si Pei's family background and dared not do anything to him, so they could only keep quiet.

The next morning, Si Pei and his servants moved to the open space to the right of the entrance to Mushan and built his deluxe camp there.

Workers, patrolmen, and deliverymen all looked at him curiously as they passed by.

"Stop looking! I am here at the invitation of Commander Jiang to record all matters concerning the Mushan Weapon Making Workshop. So, those who want to seize weapons while Commander Jiang is out of the city, or those who want to force their way into the workshop, give up your plans! If you dare to use underhanded tricks, I will record them and make you the object of the world's scorn!"