I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

At this moment, Empress Chen Qingyun had no idea of ​​the situation outside the city.

She had just put away the memorials from the capital and was about to go out when she saw Qiuyue running in in a panic.

Chen Qingyun stopped and looked at Qiuyue walking towards her nervously, thinking: "Could something bad happen again?"

"Miss, the Northern Barbarian Army is preparing to besiege Anding County. Let's evacuate quickly!"

Qiuyue was extremely anxious.

If anything happened to the empress in Anding County, none of them would be able to take responsibility.

Chen Qingyun's face suddenly showed some worry, and he asked in a low voice: "Where are the Six Towns Army?"

"The Six Towns Army has almost completely withdrawn from Anding County."

Qiuyue replied.

Chen Qingyun frowned slightly and asked, "How many soldiers are there in the city?"

Qiuyue said: "Less than two thousand!"

"What about the Northern Barbarian Army?"

Chen Qingyun took a moment to calm himself down.

"There are tens of thousands of them."

Qiuyue's face was full of anxiety.

"With so many northern barbarian troops heading south, why wasn't there any intelligence informing us in advance?"

Chen Qingyun was immediately furious and blamed the Six Towns Army for their incompetence.

"Your Majesty, calm down. I have ordered the Tiger Army outside the city to come to reinforce as soon as possible."

Having said that, most of the main forces of the Huwei Army are currently stationed a hundred miles away from Anding County. So a round trip would probably take most of the day.

At this moment, the Northern Barbarian army outside the city was only twenty miles away from Anding.

The situation is not optimistic and the war is about to break out.

After all, Chen Qingyun is of noble status and the emperor of Great Yan. He cannot become a prisoner of the northern barbarians.

At all costs, the Empress' safety must be ensured.

"Miss, let's leave the city now, maybe we can still make it in time!"

Qiuyue even said this in a pleading tone.

But Chen Qingyun was not so nervous. At this moment, she was thinking about another person in her mind.

The empress did not reject Qiuyue's words, and also ordered her entourage to leave Anding County for the time being.

Nothing is more important than the safety of the Empress.

A moment later, without even packing their bags, they arrived at the gate of Anding City.

But at this moment, the city gates were tightly closed.

"Please open the city gate."

Qiuyue hurried forward and said.

"The northern barbarian enemy is coming, the city gate cannot be opened, you should return to the inner city quickly."

The officers and soldiers refused.

"We are..." Qiuyue was about to reveal her identity but was stopped by Chen Qingyun.

Chen Qingyun looked around and knew that now was not a good time to evacuate.

There is no telling how many Northern Barbarian cavalry are outside the city now. If we rashly leave the city, it may be more dangerous than staying inside.

"Let's go back."

Chen Qingyun ordered in a low voice.

She turned her head and watched the Anding Army anxiously and busily preparing for defense.

The current empress can only place her hopes on the officers and soldiers of Anding County and Jiangzuo.

"One, two, three, pull!"

The officers and soldiers shouted loudly, and then pulled the cannon up the slope with all their strength.

Looking at the things they were pulling, Chen Qingyun couldn't help but be stunned.

"What is it then?"

Chen Qingyun was very confused.

Could it be that Jiangzuo is going to use those things to defend Anding County?

What is that big iron pipe on the wheel? Is it some new weapon?

Chen Qingyun became more and more curious and even wanted to climb up the city wall to find out what was going on.

At this moment, a familiar voice was suddenly heard.

"Siyue, why are you here?"

Chen Qingyun looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jiang Zuo anxiously walking down from the city wall.

Jiang Zuo was sweating and panting at this time. He quickly persuaded Chen Qingyun, "Siyue, go back first and don't come out. If there is any emergency, I will definitely send someone to protect you."

Chen Qingyun stared into Jiang Zuo's eyes and said with some concern: "I heard that there are tens of thousands of northern barbarian troops outside the city. Can you really do it?"

"Don't worry, even if the city is breached, I will escort you out of the city at the risk of my life!"

Jiang Zuo's words were extremely firm.

This doesn't have to be so tragic...

As long as the Anding Army can hold out for an hour or two, reinforcements will arrive.

However, there are only a few thousand elite soldiers in Anding County now. Facing the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, can they really fight ten of them alone?

"You must take care of yourself."

Chen Qingyun could only hope that Jiang Zuo was safe.

"Don't worry, you must stay in the mansion and don't go anywhere."

Jiang Zuo reminded again.

"Master Jiang, please come over here."

Someone on the city wall was heard shouting loudly.

"I'm going first. Siyue, take care of yourself too."

Jiang Zuo walked up to the city wall.

Anding County barracks, six military camps.

A man hurriedly came to Wang Yingjie's tent and leaned over to say, "General Wang, Jiangzuo needs help."

"What help? What happened?"

Wang Yingjie had just taken a short nap and had no idea what was going on.

"The Northern Barbarian Army is going to attack Anding City."

The subordinate reports this.

“The Northern Barbarian Army attacks Anding?

Wang Yingjie suddenly opened his eyes wide and frowned.

"The situation is critical. General, please give the order. Should the Six Towns Army break out or defend the city together with the Anding Army?"

The subordinate inquired.

"How many soldiers and horses does the Northern Barbarian Army have?"

Seeing his subordinates so anxious, Wang Yingjie also felt a little uneasy.

"Fifty thousand! And they are all elite soldiers."

The subordinate said.

"Why would these grassland people suddenly attack Anding County for no apparent reason?"

Wang Yingjie was extremely puzzled.

"I guess they heard that our Six Towns Army had withdrawn from Anding, so these grassland barbarians took the opportunity to attack."

"How many people are there in their Anding Army?"

Wang Yingjie asked.

"There are only about 5,000 people who can actually fight. The difference in strength between the two sides is huge. General, why don't we lend a hand?"

The subordinate said.

After all, if Anding County were to fall, the situation of their Six Garrison Army would be extremely dangerous.

Wang Yingjie thought for a moment and whispered, "Help them. No, no, no, let them fight first. When the situation is not right, we will break out. You go and respond to them. The Six Towns Army will definitely support you."

At this moment, our friendly forces are in trouble, but we remain as still as a mountain.

He had been unhappy with Jiang Zuo for a long time. Thinking of how Jiang Zuo had ordered the Six Towns Army to evacuate Anding County earlier, he couldn't help but secretly curse him for what he deserved.

If the Six Garrison Army was in Anding County, the Northern Barbarian Army would never have been so bold as to attack the city.

Even if the city was breached in the next second, Wang Yingjie was confident that he could lead the remaining troops of the Six Garrisons Army to break out of the city.

After all, these two thousand soldiers are the elite cavalry of the Six Garrisons Army. They have fought with the Northern Barbarian Cavalry countless times. Even if the Northern Barbarian Cavalry surrounded them, Wang Yingjie was confident that he could break through successfully.

"Sir, after all, Jiang Zuo is now the commander of the Six Garrison Army. If he knew that we were pretending to obey but actually disobeying him, would he punish us in the future?"

I am very worried.

Wang Yingjie sneered and said, "Isn't Jiang Zuo very capable? This time I want to see how he can defeat the enemy with a smaller force. Haha, it would be best if Jiang Zuo died in battle, and then we can take over the defense of Anding County..."

"Report any news from the front at any time."