Hidden in the court

Seeing this, the deputy general and the military supervisor had no choice but to invite the soldiers to eat and rest on the spot.

The sun sets

Chen Ju could no longer stay, so he said to the King of Shule: "It's almost time, you don't have to stay any longer, goodbye."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the royal court. The King of Shule saw that he could not delay any longer, so he made up his mind and gave an order: "Stop them!"

For a moment, the servants around stood with their swords drawn, and more than a hundred people rushed in from outside the door.

Chen Ju saw the scene and naturally understood what was going on. He immediately drew his sword and pointed it at the King of Shule.

"you dare!?"

What he didn't expect was that the King of Shule did not laugh arrogantly, but bowed to him again.

"I have no such intention. Please do not blame me. I was forced by the Kingdom of Kucha and I had no choice but to obey. Please rest assured, I will never hurt you. When the Kucha army retreats, I will send someone to escort you back to the country."

This statement is still believable, the key is that Shule really didn't have the courage to kill Chen Ju. As a result, Chen Ju no longer had the intention to risk his life.

The general was trapped, but the army outside the city didn't know it yet. Only the deputy general and the military supervisor felt that something was wrong, but they didn't think much about it and just thought that the general was delayed by something.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Kucha received a letter from Shule asking for help, and learned of Shule's plan to ask Kucha to attack the northern army from both sides. The King of Shule also noted that the letter should be burned after reading it.

The King of Kucha smiled and burned the letter, then summoned his generals.

"Gather three thousand cavalrymen and keep a close eye on the Shule Royal City. Wait until they start fighting with the Northern Border before you send out your troops."

"Yes."

The King of Qiuci had a simple idea. Didn't Shule have 3,000 soldiers? Then you guys fight the Northern Border first, and I'll attack after that. 3,000 vs 3,000, it's no problem to defend the city for two days, right?

In this way, Chen Ju was trapped, the King of Kucha received the news but did not send troops, and Lu Peng hijacked the intelligence and rushed over. As for the third scout, no one knew where he was buried in the yellow sand.

That night, the soldiers on the Shule city wall suddenly felt the earth shaking.

"There are enemies!"

By the time the soldiers on the city wall reported to the Shule royal court, Lu Peng's army had already joined forces with Chen Ju's troops.

At this time, the King of Shule thought that the army of Kucha had arrived, and was amazed at their marching speed, and rushed to the top of the city.

Outside the city, Chen Ju's deputy general and military supervisor had also learned the news that the general was trapped in Shule City. They were filled with righteous indignation and wished they could break in immediately to rescue Chen Ju.

Lu Peng was also very angry. He rode alone to the foot of Shule City and yelled at the people on the city wall in a language they could understand: "Release my envoy from the northern border immediately, otherwise in half an hour, I will destroy your country and your race!"

The King of Shule, who had just climbed onto the city wall, heard Lu Peng's shout and immediately looked down at the city.

Seeing that the general dared to come to the city alone, the King of Shule began to think about it. In the end, he realized that he could not afford to offend him.

"Don't blame me, General. This is a misunderstanding. We will release him immediately."

When Lu Peng heard the Chinese spoken by this person, he was stunned and asked, "Are you the King of Shule?"

"It is Xiao Wang. This is a misunderstanding. We will release him immediately. Please do not blame me, General."

"You'd better give us a proper explanation, otherwise... humph!"

The King of Shule had no other choice but to swallow his anger. He originally wanted to not offend either side, but now that his conspiracy had been discovered by the North, he could only throw dirty water on Qiuci.

What else can we do? Stand with Qiuci? Shoot the general under the city to death with arrows, and then go back to kill the one in the royal court. Isn't this courting death? This time, the Northern Border is on a diplomatic mission to the Western Regions. I'm afraid the next time we come, we will recover the lost territory...

Thinking of this, the King of Shule looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and then shouted to Lu Peng in a crying voice.

"General, you don't know, my king... I really have no choice! The Celestial Empire is far away, and the powerful enemy Qiuci is right in front of us. It was the King of Qiuci who sent me a letter asking me to detain the Celestial Empire merchants, and now he is forcing my country to assassinate the envoys from the northern border. Qiuci is strong and my Shule is weak, so I have no choice but to obey. But I have admired the Celestial Empire for a long time, and I really don't want to be hostile to the Celestial Empire, so I designed a plan, pretending to detain the angel, but actually wanting to return it to the Celestial Empire after Qiuci retreats. Please investigate!"

The King of Shule spoke with tears in his eyes and shouted heartbreakingly. It must be said that it was very contagious and many Shule soldiers on the city wall were moved.

If Lu Peng hadn't still held the letter from the King of Shule to Qiuci in his hand, he might have believed his lies.

According to his guess, the King of Shule was most likely to call Qiuci and then push the matter to Qiuci. However, he didn't expect that he would come now, so he had to say this to get rid of himself first.

Facing such a two-faced country, Lu Peng felt that there was nothing to say. Now as long as Chen Ju could come out safely, no matter what he said, Shule was already on Lu Peng's kill list.

"Well, just barely."

Within half an hour, the gate of Shule City opened a crack, and Chen Ju swaggered out with a dozen guards and translators.

Chen Ju was stunned when he saw Lu Peng.

"Why are you here?"

"Go ahead and I'll tell you later."

Lu Peng ordered Chen Ju to retreat and looked at the King of Shule on the city wall.

"The angel has shown hospitality to my little prince of Shule. What do you think, General?"

Lu Peng ignored him and took out the letter in his hand. He sneered at him and said, "This is the letter you sent from Shule to Qiuci. I want to know, if I didn't come today, and it was the army of Qiuci that came, what would you do?"

Upon hearing this, the King of Shule turned half pale.

"Oh, a king like you who talks nonsense all the time, a fickle country, and a shameless nation, where is the trustworthiness and honor?"

Lu Peng shouted with a voice as loud as a bell, and the only one who could understand him, the King of Shule, was so angry that his face turned green, but he didn't dare to get angry.

After Lu Peng finished shouting, he immediately turned his horse around and galloped back.

When the King of Shule saw this, his mind, which had been dazed by anger, finally regained some clarity. He realized that he was going to flee back to fight, so he shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Shoot, shoot quickly!"

The sound of swishing through the air sounded behind Lu Peng, but it was too late. Lu Peng's men were already a hundred meters away. Given Shule's military equipment, even if they were high above, few people could reach them.

Lu Peng didn't even look back, allowing a few stray arrows to hit the armor on his back, leaving a few shallow white marks.

At this moment, Chen Ju had already learned the truth from his son's explanation, and was immediately furious.

"Fuck you, you're looking for death. How dare you lie to me?"

Looking at Shule City in front of him and Lu Peng rushing towards him, Chen Ju raised his foot and kicked Chen Xing.

"Why are you standing there? Bring someone to pick them up!"

"Oh…"

Chen Xing immediately mounted his horse and rushed out with a few riders.

Chen Ju looked behind him and saw a familiar figure.