Your fiefdom gains one soldier every second, what should you do, Queen Mother?

The next morning, outside Longxi City.

Huang Yan's army arrived on time. Huang Yan, who was on horseback, asked a guard beside him to go up and report the news.

This is really outrageous. The son of a great general has arrived at the city gate, but Wang Yuan doesn't even go out to greet him. Does he really think he is the master of Xiliang?

The guard who brought the news rode to the city gate on horseback, and was about to ask the brothers above to open the city gate.

When he looked up, he saw the heads of Wang Yuan and several of his generals hanging high on the top of the city wall.

The guard was so frightened by this scene that he quickly turned his horse around and rode towards Huang Yan.

"General! Something big has happened! Something big has happened!" the guards shouted while riding their horses.

"What's making you so impatient? If you have something to fart, fart quickly!" Huang Yan said impatiently.

In order to reach Longxi City as soon as possible, they traveled all night. At this moment, he was very sleepy and just wanted to have a good sleep after entering the city.

"Dead! All dead!" The guard pointed at the city gate, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

"What do you mean dead? Could you please explain yourself more clearly?" Huang Yan slapped the guard in anger.

"The Lord of Longxi City is dead! And his subordinates are all dead!"

The guard's words were like a thunder that exploded in Huang Yan's ears, and his original sleepiness disappeared completely, and he became extremely clear-headed.

He and Cao Mengyi looked at each other, and then the two of them hurriedly rode their horses towards the city gate.

After arriving at the foot of the city, Cao Mengyi looked at Wang Yuan with a serious face. A moment later, the army followed.

Huang Yan twitched his lips: "He dared to kill an official appointed by the imperial court. It seems that the murderer is having a very happy time in Xiliang!"

Cao Mengyi quickly shook his head and said, "Impossible. Wang Yuan has more than 30,000 people under his command. What force in Xiliang can kill them all?"

"Just rely on a group of bandits? If the bandits have that ability, then Xiliang would be ruled by bandits."

Cao Mengyi ordered the army to enter a state of combat readiness, and also ordered the guards to protect Huang Yan.

"We can't just walk into Longxi City without any hesitation, or we'll be ambushed!"

Huang Yan held Cao Mengyi's shoulder and said with a disdainful smile: "Why are you afraid of Brother Cao? We have 100,000 Yinglong troops."

"Even if the people inside killed Wang Yuan, what would happen? Our army of 100,000 is attacking the city. Unless the enemy has 60,000 or 70,000 people, what can we do to stop them?"

Cao Mengyi took Huang Yan's hand away and said sternly, "Sir, you have also forgotten our mission this time."

"Destroying the Hu people is not our primary task. What we want is Ying Xuanze's death."

"If we waste too much time and manpower here, and fail to complete the mission, you and I will be held responsible!"

Huang Yan shuddered suddenly when he heard this. If they failed to kill Ying Xuanze, their Huang family would definitely be severely punished.

Thinking of this, Huang Yan immediately obeyed the order and followed the guard team to retreat to the rear of the army.

After ensuring his safety, Cao Mengyi led the front troops forward to press forward, and he also shouted to the top of the city:

"Who is the force inside? I am following the order of the current emperor to lead a hundred thousand troops to Jiarong Pass to support the Marquis of Zhenxi!"

"If you know what's best for you, please open the city gate and surrender immediately. I won't kill those who surrender!"

"But if you still resist, don't blame me for ordering an attack on the city. By then, even if you want to surrender, you won't survive!"

After saying that, Cao Mengyi raised his right hand while looking at the city wall. The 10,000 Yinglong soldiers behind him took out their bows and arrows, and quickly got into archery posture, waiting for orders at any time.

After a while, a voice came from the city wall.

"So you are our ally from the capital. We are sorry for the inadequacy of our reception during this special period. I hope the general will understand."

The person who spoke was Zhang Liang, and Zhang Fei was standing beside him acting as a bodyguard.

As the sky gradually brightened, Cao Mengyi could see Zhang Liang clearly.

"Who are you?" he asked loudly.

"I am the counselor of the Marquis of Zhenxi, and everyone in Longxi City is the Marquis of Zhenxi's subordinates." Zhang Liang also responded loudly.

"The subordinates of the Marquis of Zhenxi?" Cao Mengyi was secretly surprised.

Wang Yuan has more than 30,000 men under his command. If he wants to annihilate them all, that means the Marquis of Zhenxi must also have 20,000 to 30,000 men under his command.

But aren't the main forces of the Marquis of Zhenxi all in Jiarong Pass? Even if he left a few thousand soldiers in Xiliang to barely resist the attack of the Hu people, he would not have the strength to continue to annihilate Wang Yuan's troops.

What is going on here?

Cao Mengyi's eyes turned, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Did you kill Wang Yuan and his army?"

Zhang Liang smiled faintly: "Wang Yuan colluded with the Hu people and wanted to kill my master. My master said that it would be difficult to relieve his hatred if this man was not eliminated."

Cao Mengyi was even more surprised, and his expression was extremely solemn.

If Ying Xuanze knew that Wang Yuan was colluding with the Hu people, then it must be that someone among the Hu captives informed him.

That night, he went to the grassland tribe with Wang Yuan. If Ying Xuanze knew Wang Yuan, he must know Cao Mengyi.

Cao Mengyi took a deep breath. This trip to Jiarong Pass to kill Ying Xuanze might not be as smooth as he thought.

It seems... we can only improvise and kill Ying Xuanze at any time!

Cao Mengyi put away his emotions, smiled and bowed, saying: "Colluding with foreign tribes to invade our territory is a capital crime, so Wang Yuan and his subordinates deserve to die."

"Since Wang Yuan has been killed, could you please let us enter the city to rest for a day? In order not to delay the battle, my army has not rested for the whole day."

Zhang Liang still smiled faintly and shook his head: "I'm sorry, my lord said that the door cannot be opened for anyone to come."

"But since you are here to support the Lord, you can put forward any conditions to us, and we will try our best to meet them."

Cao Mengyi frowned slightly. It seemed impossible to persuade Zhang Liang to open the city gate.

If he didn't want to ensure that the plan was foolproof, he would have wanted to break into Longxi City and cut the subordinates of the Marquis of Zhenxi into pieces.

But in order to be safe, Cao Mengyi gave up the idea.

"Since it is the order of the Marquis of Zhenxi, I will not force it."

"We came here this time to ask Wang Yuan for food and fodder. In order to get to Jiarong Pass as soon as possible, we didn't bring much food with us."

Zhang Fei became furious when he heard this, and Zhang Liang quickly raised his hand to hold down Zhang Fei.

"General, no, leave this to me. Find a scout and have him tell the lord at Jiarong Pass what's going on here."

"Tell the lord that Zifang thinks the people from the court may have bad intentions, so please be more careful."

Zhang Fei nodded heavily, then walked down the city wall to do what Zhang Liang had asked him to do.

"So that's how it is. Since the general wants food, I will give it to him." Zhang Liang nodded with a smile.

When Cao Mengyi heard this, he sneered in his heart. He thought that this strategist was sensible. He must be afraid of his 100,000 troops.

"But please lead the army north immediately and don't delay the battle. I will send people to transport food and fodder to Jiarong Pass."

As soon as Zhang Liang said this, Cao Mengyi's smile froze, and then his face darkened...