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Chapter 119 Chen'er is a man capable of creating miracles

Mu Zixuan didn't understand military affairs, but she wasn't stupid either. She knew that Yancheng was a fortress that blocked the barbarian army from moving south. If Yancheng still existed, the barbarians would have to take a long detour to move south, and it would be impossible for them to reach Anping City so quickly.

There is only one situation in which barbarian cavalry could reach Anping City so quickly: if Yancheng has fallen!

The thought of Yancheng falling and Lu Chen's fate unknown made Mu Zixuan feel like her world was collapsing.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the courtyard became very oppressive and gloomy.

Although Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou were supporting Mu Zixuan, they themselves were already almost unable to stand.

If something really happens to the Northern King, what will happen to the women in their palace?

Just then, Chu Yuqin snapped out of her reverie and immediately asked the maid, "Has Captain Mu confirmed that they are barbarian cavalry?"

Chu Yuqin couldn't believe that Lu Chen had gotten into trouble like that.

Lu Chen is a person with a predestined affinity for immortality. Since he is confident in staying in Yancheng, he should be very confident in holding Yancheng for a period of time until the imperial army marches north.

How could Yancheng have fallen so soon!

Perhaps that cavalry wasn't barbarian cavalry, but rather the imperial cavalry.

The maid said, "Captain Mu has already ordered the city gates to be closed, and all the soldiers in the city are ready for battle. However, he did not say that it must be barbarian cavalry. He only said that the cavalry came from the north and was most likely barbarian cavalry, and told the princess to be prepared."

Mu Xingping is Mu Zixuan's second brother. He originally didn't plan to tell Mu Zixuan about this, as he was worried that she wouldn't be able to handle the news.

However, Mu Xingping still sent someone to inform the Northern Prince's Mansion. He thought that if Mu Zixuan knew sooner, it might give her some buffer time, since it was not yet confirmed that the cavalry that went north was the barbarian cavalry.

If Mu Zixuan were to be told only after it was confirmed that something had happened to the Northern King, she might not be able to handle it.

Upon hearing the maid's words, Mu Zixuan's face turned even paler.

At this moment, Zhou Youyou's tears involuntarily slid down her cheeks. "Waaah, could it be that His Highness has already...?"

Chu Yuqin then said, "Zixuan, don't worry, I'll go and see for myself. Have you forgotten that Chen'er has a destiny to become an immortal? He won't be in trouble so easily. Even if Beijun really falls, he can't possibly be in danger."

Upon hearing Chu Yuqin's words, the women realized what was happening.

That's right, their prince has a destiny with immortals, how could he die so easily?

Thinking of this, Mu Zixuan breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she was still very worried.

At this moment, Chu Yuqin walked directly out of the courtyard. Seeing Chu Yuqin leave, Chu Qingli quickly got up and followed her.

Chu Qingli felt this was a great opportunity, so she said on the way, "Sister, if something really happens to the Northern King, will you leave Beijun with me?"

As soon as Chu Qingli finished speaking, Chu Yuqin immediately said, "Chen'er will be alright!"

Hearing Chu Yuqin's certain tone, Chu Qingli assumed that Chu Yuqin was unwilling to accept reality, so she didn't say anything more.

She thought to herself that Chu Yuqin would soon have to accept reality, so there was no need for her to rush.

With 300,000 barbarian troops marching south, Yan City had at most 50,000 soldiers. It was obvious to everyone that the Northern King could not hold out, yet Chu Yuqin still had faith in him.

Chu Qingli found it somewhat laughable.

She desperately wanted to know what kind of spell the Northern King had cast on her sister, making her believe so much that the Northern King could stop the barbarian cavalry from marching south.

After leaving the courtyard, Chu Yuqin went to Ma Peng to fetch a group of horses and headed straight for the city gate.

Chu Qingli quickly grabbed a batch of horses from the Prince's mansion and followed.

Soon the two arrived at the city gate. By then, the city gate of Anping City was completely closed, and the catapults on the city wall were ready.

Chu Yuqin and Chu Qingli leaped up to the city wall in a few steps. When they saw that it was Chu Yuqin, Mu Xingping immediately walked over and said, "Greetings, Madam Chu."

Chu Yuqin quickly asked, "Captain Mo, what's the situation? Has it been confirmed that they are barbarian cavalry?"

Because they were in front of soldiers, Chu Yuqin still addressed Mu Xingping as Commandant Mo to avoid being discovered that he was a member of the Mu family.

Moreover, this is Anping City, which is closer to the core area of ​​the Great Xia Dynasty, so we need to pay more attention to these small details.

Mu Xingping frowned and replied seriously, "It's not confirmed yet. The enemy seems to be all heavy cavalry, and they're all wearing black armor. I've never heard my father mention that the barbarians have such cavalry before."

Mu Xingping had no experience in direct combat with the barbarians, but Mu Changtian had told him a lot about them, so he knew a little about them. However, this was the first time he had heard that the barbarians in the north had heavy cavalry in black armor.

The barbarian tribes of the grasslands lacked iron tools, making it difficult for them to build a heavy cavalry force. Therefore, Mu Xingping still could not be certain that the other party was indeed a barbarian.

Just as Mu Xingping was speaking, dust suddenly billowed in the distance, and a soldier immediately alerted him, "Captain Mo, Madam Chu, they're here!"

Chu Yuqin immediately turned her head to look at the cavalry that was heading straight for Anping City in the distance.

Chu Yuqin and her group left Yancheng before the Black Cavalry went there, so they were unaware that Lu Chen still had a heavy cavalry force under his command.

This led them to misunderstand the approaching cavalry, believing that Xuan Yuanchen and his men were barbarians.

Fortunately, Mu Jingwu was also in Xuan Yuanchen's team, so clearing up the misunderstanding was easy.

Just as the garrison of Anping City was ready for battle, the black cavalry suddenly stopped, and only one man on horseback headed straight for the city gate.

As the man approached, some soldiers on the city wall quickly recognized him. "It's Captain Mo! Great, not the enemy!"

"Could these be the prince's cavalry?"

"When did Your Highness acquire heavy cavalry? When we left Yancheng, Beijun only had a few hundred light cavalry, right?"

"Yes, where did Your Highness obtain these heavy cavalry?"

"Could it be the imperial heavy cavalry?"

……

The soldiers on the city wall relaxed instantly when they saw it was Mu Jingwu, but Chu Yuqin did not relax. She still frowned and looked at Mu Jingwu.

There were no heavy cavalry in the North Commandery, so the sudden appearance of several thousand heavy cavalry is suspicious.

Given the current situation, the possibility that Mu Jingwu has already surrendered to the barbarians cannot be ruled out.

We need to continue to observe the situation.

At this time, Mu Jingwu arrived at the foot of Anping City.

Then he loudly proclaimed, "A great victory at Yancheng! The Northern King led the Northern County soldiers and slaughtered 200,000 barbarians and captured 100,000 in one night! The King has sent me to welcome back the Queen!!!"

Upon hearing Mu Jingwu's words, the soldiers on the city wall were stunned.

Two hundred thousand barbarian soldiers were slaughtered overnight?!

They even captured 100,000?!

This……

Is this even possible?

Even Chu Yuqin was stunned.

She knew Lu Chen must have been confident to choose to stay, but she hadn't expected this outcome at all.

Just then, Chu Qingli, standing beside Chu Yuqin, murmured, "Impossible. How could Beijun possibly have such strength? This sounds fake. The people below the city wall must be spies sent by the barbarians, deliberately spreading false information to try and get you to open the city gates."

Chu Qingli had been thinking that after that good-for-nothing Northern King died, she would take her sister and leave Beijun to live a carefree life. But now she was told that not only had Yancheng not fallen, but Beijun had also defeated the barbarian soldiers, and it was a crushing victory. This shattered her illusions in an instant. How could she accept this result?

Besides, this news doesn't sound real at all.

The situation in Beijun is well known to everyone in Daxia. Moreover, when Chu Qingli came to Beijun, she also heard that the imperial court had only sent 70,000 troops north to provide support.

Leaving aside whether the 70,000 troops could reach Beijun in such a short time, even if they did reach Beijun, the total number of soldiers there, including those from Beijun, would only be a little over 100,000.

Do you think a few hundred thousand soldiers can defeat three hundred thousand barbarian cavalry?

If we can only hold off the barbarians and prevent them from moving south, there might still be a sliver of a chance.

But how could anyone believe that such a feat of killing 200,000 barbarians and even capturing 100,000 was unprecedented in the history of the Great Xia?

However, no sooner had Chu Qingli finished speaking than a Jinyiwei commander on the city wall said, "I believe what Commander Mo said. The Prince is the chosen one. What are a mere 300,000 barbarian soldiers? To the Prince, they are nothing but chickens and dogs!"

No sooner had the commander of the Imperial Guards finished speaking than another soldier chimed in, "That's right! Barbarian soldiers are nothing in front of the Prince. What Captain Mo said must be true!"

Hearing the soldiers' words on the city wall, Chu Qingli was extremely astonished. Although her face showed no change in expression, she couldn't believe that the soldiers of Beijun thought so highly of the Northern King.

Isn't the Northern King a useless piece of trash?

These soldiers actually said that the 300,000 barbarian cavalry were nothing but clay chickens and dogs in front of the Northern King?

What should we say about the Northern King being the chosen one?

What kind of spell did the Northern King cast on these soldiers?

This reminded Chu Qingli of Chu Yuqin, who also seemed to have been bewitched.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Xingping said directly, "Open the city gates!"

Mu Xingping knew his elder brother well. Even if Mu Jingwu really betrayed the Great Xia, he would only choose to go to other dynasties, not to join the barbarians with whom they had a blood feud. Moreover, there were still members of the Mu family in the city.

Upon hearing Mu Xingping's words, the soldiers opened the city gates without hesitation.

Chu Qingli thought to herself, "What a bunch of hopeless idiots. They'll regret it when the heavily armored cavalry outside comes in."

However, she did not intend to interfere in any way. To her, this was an opportunity. If the heavy cavalry outside really broke in, she would take her sister and leave Beijun.

For her, escaping was not a problem.

However, what Chu Qingli had imagined did not happen. After Mu Jingwu entered Anping City, the black cavalrymen were still in the same place.

Instead of attacking, they turned south, seemingly on guard.

At this moment, Mu Xingping and Chu Yuqin came down from the city wall to greet Mu Jingwu.

After Mu Jingwu entered the city, Mu Xingping hurriedly went over to him. "Brother, is what you just said true? Did the Prince really kill 200,000 barbarian soldiers? And capture 100,000 barbarian soldiers?"

Mu Jingwu said, "It's true, it's all true. After you left, a heavy cavalry force of 50,000 men came to Yancheng. It's said that this heavy cavalry force was secretly built by the Prince, and the Prince also brought out a mysterious weapon with tremendous power. At most, only a little over 10,000 of our soldiers in Yancheng died this time!"

Upon hearing Mu Jingwu's words, Chu Yuqin immediately thought of the mysterious weapon in Lu Chen's hand that could instantly kill ninth-grade martial artists and grandmasters.

If Lu Chen had even more terrifying and powerful weapons, then dealing with the barbarians wouldn't be too difficult.

But when did Lu Chen train a heavy cavalry unit?

She knew absolutely nothing about this.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard is one thing, but this is an army!

A heavy cavalry force of 50,000 men requires a lot of resources, and the royal palace must provide these soldiers with resources, but Chu Yuqin did not see any expenditures related to this.

Mu Xingping tilted his head and glanced through the city gate at the heavily armored cavalry in the distance. Then he asked, "Brother, are those heavily armored cavalrymen the prince's men?"

Mu Jingwu said, "Yes, they played a significant role in this battle. These Black Cavalrymen are incredibly powerful; they could easily take on a hundred men."

Mu Xingping asked curiously, "Why did Your Highness send so many heavily armored cavalry to pick up my sister and the others?"

Mu Jingwu glanced around and then whispered, "The prince is worried that if the south finds out about the prince's victory, they will take my sister and the others to the south, so he deliberately sent me with five thousand heavy cavalry."

Although Mu Jingwu did not explicitly state who he was guarding against, Mu Xingping instantly understood Mu Jingwu's meaning.

Doesn't "south" refer to the capital?

Now that the Northern King has defeated 300,000 barbarian cavalry, his fame has soared. In addition, he has tens of thousands of heavily armored cavalry under his command, making him the de facto strongest military vassal king in the Great Xia Dynasty. The imperial court cannot help but be wary of him.

In order to make the Northern King obedient, the imperial court will most likely send someone to bring the Northern King's children to the capital as hostages.

After hearing Mu Jingwu's words, Chu Yuqin also felt that Lu Chen did the right thing and should indeed send someone to bring Mu Zixuan and the others back to Yancheng in time.

Chu Yuqin then said, "You guys talk first, I need to hurry back and tell Zixuan and the others about this so they won't worry."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Yuqin mounted her horse and immediately rode towards the temporary palace.

Seeing this, Chu Qingli was slightly taken aback.

She then quickly followed.

After catching up with Chu Yuqin, Chu Qingli immediately asked, "Sister, do you really believe what that man said is true?"

As Chu Yuqin rode her horse, she smiled and said, "I know you'll doubt that this is true, but in fact, Chen'er is someone who can create miracles. You'll understand when you go to Yancheng with your sister."

This……

Chu Qingli had nothing to say.

She felt that Chu Yuqin was terminally ill.

(End of this chapter)