I should marry the traitor

Chapter 76: Come on, follow me and snatch the emperor!
It was inevitable that Shi Ming was placed under house arrest.

If An Xinlin was a little more ruthless, he could even kill Shi Ming and the troops in that battalion directly. After all, it is better to kill the traitor by mistake than to let him go.

And the reasons are ready-made. The loss of the granary is enough to make anyone die a thousand times.

But An Xinlin did not kill them. Although An Xinlin had the thickest demon blood in the world, his emotions were richer than those of ordinary mixed-bloods.

She didn't want to kill Shi Ming. She was very comfortable and accustomed to using Shi Ming. Besides, it was not necessarily Shi Ming who did it.

"What should we do now? Should we go knock on the door and borrow food?" asked the Origami King. She was in charge of counting wealth in the city and knew which wealthy families were likely to have food in stock.

We didn't move against such people before because there was no need to do so as there was plenty of food and grass. But now...

An Xinlin examined the Xiliang Army's camp map, tapping his fingers lightly on the table and said:
"Wasn't it Dong Bai's plan to rob the city of its food?"

"How long can we last after the looting? It's enough for 70,000 troops."

"And if the people in the city can't survive, the Zhongshan County City will fall on its own without the Xiliang Army having to attack."

When the Origami King heard this, he looked unhappy: "With so many of our people dead, is it true that Jizhou cannot be taken over? Are we going to spit out even the Zhongshan County that we have obtained?"

An Xinlin knew that it would be difficult for the Origami King to accept this result. After all, as long as he occupied Zhongshan County City, he would be able to take over at least half of Jizhou by the beginning of next spring.

If we can take over half of Jizhou, we can fulfill our promise to the Origami King and it will be no problem to allocate a piece of land for the Northern Di to recuperate.

Now that victory was within reach, asking the Origami King to give up would be more painful than killing her.

"I know the king will be unhappy, but do you think we can really eat in Zhongshan County without food?"

"Oh, who knows? Maybe Lord An got scared before the battle even started and ordered his men to burn the food and grass?"

An Xinlin was not angry after being scolded by the Origami King. Instead, he said with a smile: "I am not afraid of Dong Bai, but I don't know if the King will be afraid?"

Hearing this, Yuan glanced at An Xinlin with some doubt and said, "If I were afraid, I wouldn't have come."

"Then how about you do something with me, my king?"

"You don't sound like the governor of Beishuo, but more like a mountain king."

"So will the king do it or not?"

"We have to go out of the city to meet the enemy despite our inferior numbers. You have to give me a reason?"

"Seize the emperor!"

An Xinlin said decisively, pointing his finger at Buyingtu and said:

"Dong Bai's arrangement is indeed very good. This is the only option left for us."

"We can't survive the winter, and staying in Zhongshan County is just courting our own destruction."

"The only choice is to retreat back to Beishuo through the opening left by Dong Bai."

"But why did Dong Bai have to leave a loophole for me to retreat?"

An Xinlin looked up at Yuan, confidence and pride on his face: "Dong Bai has soldiers, and so do I. You asked me if I am afraid of Dong Bai, why don't you ask if Dong Bai is afraid of me?"

Why do they surround three sides and leave one side open? Of course, they are afraid that the trapped beasts will fight and cause heavy casualties.

Even those who play games know that when killing someone, the blood loss from chasing down an enemy who is fleeing in panic will definitely be less than that from killing someone who is fighting back desperately.

Besides, An Xinlin is not a trapped beast. Even if there is a shortage of food and grass, the defenders in the city are still elite and can fight their way out of the city.

In An Xinlin's judgment, Dong Bai obviously didn't want to fight with her. After all, Dong Bai only wanted to maintain her authority. It was not in Dong Bai's interest to fight to the death with An Xinlin here. You have to know that there are more heroes in the world than just the two of them. Apart from anything else, Yuan Shao was eyeing Bohai County. If they really fought here and both suffered losses, this birdman would come to pick peaches.

Therefore, retreating from Zhongshan County is the best option for both Dong Bai and An Xinlin. Who wants to be taken advantage of after a life-and-death fight?

But An Xinlin just didn't want to leave in such anger.

It is true that retreat is the best option, but she already has sunk costs. Almost all of her 3,000 Black Armored Army soldiers were killed, and several thousand Beishuo Iron Cavalry also died. She was unwilling to retreat like this.

Of course, another very important reason is that she tricked the Origami King.

She turned five thousand Beidi people into military rations, and she would be unable to conceal this matter once she returned.

If he could fulfill his promise to the Origami King, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, in order to get a piece of territory, the Origami King could only swallow his anger.

But if An Xinlin were to give up on what he promised now, that would be a big trouble.

This matter will be exposed when he returns, and by then, the Origami King and An Xinlin will have a falling out.

In the future, An Xinlin should not think about going south to purge the emperor's court. The war in the north is enough to keep her busy for the time being.

Therefore, in order to have military rations... and allies in the future, she must continue to paint a rosy picture for the Origami King, at least to let the Origami King see hope.

"Dong Bai's greatest advantage is that he can control the princes by holding the emperor hostage."

“It looks useless, but it’s not.”

"If the emperor is lost, it won't be us who should be anxious, but Dong Bai."

"If Dong Bai wants to lead the army in person, she will have to pay the price of losing the emperor."

"If she can snatch the emperor into her hands, Dong Bai will either lose her troops and generals to get the emperor back, or the people will lose their morale and the court will be unstable."

"Then she will be the one who should be anxious!"

Dong Bai's greatest status is that of the queen, but the queen led the emperor to the army in person, and in the end the emperor was snatched away by An Xinlin.

This is great fun.

It would be fine if the second prince Li Tianzhu was still alive. He could support a puppet emperor and continue to rule the country behind the scenes in the name of the emperor's sister-in-law.

But Li Tianzhu had no idea where he was hiding, so what else could Dong Bai do? Could she just support a member of the royal family to be emperor and then marry again?
Is there a second-hand queen in the world? A queen lasts forever, one will last forever, right?

Origami King nodded and said:

"That's a good idea you have."

"I also know that it would be much easier if I could snatch the emperor back and give Beidi a fiefdom for them to recuperate."

"But all this is premised on your ability to snatch the emperor back."

"That's a hundred thousand Xiliang troops, how are you going to grab them?"

"So the king's ability to command troops is really not good enough." An Xinlin shook his head and simply insulted the Origami King: "Why do you think we are going to fight an army of 100,000?"

"If Dong Bai dares to lead an army to besiege the city, I will charge the camp with my cavalry!"

"Can she still have an army of 100,000 everywhere?"

(End of this chapter)