Steel Dynasty - Chapter 353

[Chapter 353 The man chasing the hot air balloon]

Jizhou City, Prince Yong’s Mansion.

Chen Xinran raised his head and looked at the strange thing floating slowly from outside Jizhou City. Like him, everyone in Jizhou City has now noticed this thing.

The most important thing is that this thing also dropped a stone with a note tied to it. When the Jizhou defenders opened the note, they immediately found him.

“General Chen, His Highness is drunk. You should come back tomorrow.”

In front of the gate of Prince Yong’s Mansion, the housekeeper of the Prince’s Mansion blocked Chen Xinran out.

Since Jizhou City was besieged, King Yong had been drunk almost every day. Although other generals complained a lot, no one dared to dissuade him due to King Yong’s violence.

Chen Xinran was annoyed when he learned that King Yong was drunk again.

The last time they gave grain and grass to the barbarians, not only did they not get the barbarians to march eastward, but they actually made the barbarians look down upon them more and more.

The barbarians accepted the grain and grass, but they were just laughed at by the barbarians as fools.

Chagatai left, but the barbarians led by Beishan took his place and continued to besiege Jizhou City.

Only then did they realize that they had just been tricked by the barbarians. What Bei Shan wanted was Jizhou City, not some insignificant food and grass.

Seeing that the barbarians refused to retreat and reinforcements were still arriving, King Yong began to drink heavily every day and often punished and whipped his servants.

The servants in the palace are having a hard time during this time.

Looking at the whip marks on the face of the palace steward, Chen Xinran blocked the closing door of the palace with one hand.

He said loudly: “Today I must see King Yong. Now the Qingzhou Army and the Forbidden Army are outside the city. If we want to lift the siege of Jizhou, we must cooperate with each other inside and outside.”

After that, he pushed the door open, regardless of the obstruction of the palace guards. Go inside.

Chen Xinran had a high prestige in the Jizhou army and was Princess Yong’s brother-in-law. He was so forceful that the palace guards did not dare to stop him.

Before reaching the main hall, a burst of singing came to Chen Xinran’s ears, accompanied by the sound of bells, drums and harps.

Frowning, Chen Xinran quickly arrived at the main hall and saw King Yong in the main hall, his face red from drinking.

At this time, the two singers were lying in King Yong’s arms and laughing.

“Your Highness!”

Chen Xinran shouted while standing outside the main hall.

This sudden shout stopped the singing and dancing in the main hall. King Yong glanced at Chen Xinran with drunken eyes and said with a smile: “Why are you here? Are the barbarians coming in? Hahaha, I am waiting for them to come in.” “Come here, get this king’s sword!”

The city was surrounded and there were no reinforcements. King Yong felt a little self-defeating. He then shouted: “What are you waiting for? Go and escape!”

Chen Xinran frowned and shouted loudly. He said: “Your Highness, the Forbidden Army and the Qingzhou Army are currently fighting fiercely with the barbarians outside the city. This is the news sent by the Qingzhou Army, requiring us to observe the battlefield situation and coordinate internally and externally to attack the barbarians at any time.”

“Nonsense, do you think this king is really drunk? ? Jizhou City is besieged, how can the Qingzhou Army deliver the news? Can they still fly in? “

Chen Xinran muttered in his heart, this Qingzhou Army really flew in. ?

He said: “Your Highness, although this matter is strange, it is indeed the news sent by the Qingzhou Army. If you don’t believe that Your Highness and the general went outside, that strange thing is still in the sky.”

King Yong laughed loudly, “Okay, I will Let me go out with you and take a look. If you dare to deceive me, be careful!”

After shaking three times, King Yong followed Chen Xinran outside.

Because the hot air balloon flies very slowly, the hot air balloon has just arrived over King Yong’s Mansion.

Looking up at the thing above his head, King Yong suddenly woke up from his drunken state.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at the strange thing and said, “Did the thing come down from up here?”

“It’s absolutely true, Your Highness, please look, there seems to be someone up there.” Chen Xinran pointed at the hot air balloon and said.

At this time, King Yong took the letter from Chen Xinran, glanced at it, and fell into silence.

“How did this thing fly in the sky?” King Yong muttered.

Chen Xinran also looked confused and shook his head.

“Since there are people above, does it mean that this thing can take me out of Jizhou City?” King Yong was surprised, and he said: “Go and ask them to come down and take me away immediately!”

Chen Xinran heard this and slashed Yong with his knife. The king’s heart was filled with hope. The enemy was in front of him, and the commander wanted to escape alone regardless of the life and death of the people in the city.

He said: “The general doesn’t know how to get them down.”

King Yong lived in fear these days. He ignored Chen Xinran and asked his servants to prepare horses, and he chased after him alone.

As a result, all the people in Jizhou City saw King Yong chasing the things in the sky.

But from the south gate to the north gate, even though King Yong yelled and cursed, the strange thing flying in the sky still did not fall.

Chen Xinran followed King Yong and looked at King Yong who was almost going crazy from the fear of the barbarians.

At this time, he asked again: “Your Highness, the Qingzhou Army and the Jizhou Army are just outside the city. What should we do now?”

King Yong looked at the disappearing strange things angrily and said, “No one can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. You can’t send troops at will!”

After chasing for such a long time, King Yong completely sobered up.

At this time, he felt a little more settled, but at the same time, he began to calculate his own gains and losses.

…

On the official road thirty miles away.

The food and fodder of the Forbidden Army entered the place where the Forbidden Army was stationed in turn.

After the food and grass arrived, Luo Hong heaved a sigh of relief. It was not terrible to have casualties. The most terrifying thing was that there was no food and grass.

“The person in front is Luo Hong, young general Luo.”

Zhan Xingchang came with the Qingzhou soldiers.

After the truce last night, the auxiliary soldiers set up camp overnight, and now the camp has grown to some extent.

“Exactly! Are you…”

Luo Hong clasped his fists towards Zhan Xingchang. He was happy in his heart. There were barbarian cavalry in front of him looking at him eagerly, and behind him there were barbarian cavalry looting grain and grass.

If the Qingzhou Army hadn’t arrived in time, their food and grass would have been in serious trouble, so he was very grateful to the Qingzhou Army.

Moreover, the strong have always respected the strong. Luo Hong looked down upon the weak generals of Dayu, but he only admired the Qingzhou Army.

Now the Qingzhou Army’s combat power once again impressed him.

“I am Zhan Xingchang, the governor of Qingzhou.”

Luo Hong said in surprise when he heard this: “I have admired you for a long time. It turns out that you are the governor of Zhan. I would like to thank Zhan the governor this time, otherwise the food route for the Forbidden Army will be over.”

“General Luo, you are welcome, the barbarians are the enemy. At present, we should fight against the enemy together.” He continued: “I wonder what General Luo Hong’s next plan is?”

Luo Hong was startled and thought that the Qingzhou Army was really quick to talk, and he did not follow the tricks of Chang’an officialdom. , said to Zhan Xingchang: “Originally, I was planning to go directly to Jizhou, but I was blocked by the barbarian cavalry and could not move forward. Now that you are here, our combat power has doubled. It is better to take the opportunity to force the barbarians to retreat and attack Jizhou to relieve Fen. The pressure from the city.”

Zhan Xingchang nodded and said lightly: “But does the general know that the barbarians are coming with artillery this time?”

(End of this chapter)