The little girl clapped her hands happily at first. Her young face showed some longing. She tilted her head and leaned on her grandfather's shoulder: "Grandfather, will father come back to see me after he wins the battle?"

"I haven't seen my father for a long time. It would be nice if we could go to Youzhou to see my father!"

The spicy liquor made Shopkeeper Peng's eyes red: "Wait for your father's letter."

He poured a bowl of wine and just placed it on the table, as if his son was sitting in front of him.

Shopkeeper Peng looked from Sheng'an through his dream at his son who was standing on the city wall of Zhuozhou in the north. He wanted to wipe the blood off his son's body and bandage his wounds immediately.

But Peng Tuojiang held the flag tightly and smiled at him: "Father, I have done a great job!"

Shopkeeper Peng was looking at the wounded soldiers in the pouring rain. They were all unsung heroes with great military exploits, and were sons of the common people who had earned their stripes with their own hands.

The thick and heavy ink of the word "Xi" has endured thousands of trials in the rain, but it is still high and majestic! A red flag is shouting hard in the strong wind!

In an instant, three thousand rain curtains hung silently in the sky. This unfair rain finally stopped in the little girl's thoughts and her father's prayers.

Mu Jinan looked up at the sky, with a little light in his eyes: "The rain has stopped, light the torches and clear the streets."

The Flame-killing Army lit torches one after another, and the tiny dots of fire gradually connected into a red sun, engulfing the dark night of Zhuozhou.

The Youzhou soldiers quickly moved the dead soldiers to the eaves of shops on both sides of the street and cleaned up the dead horses.

They left paths wide enough to ensure that the horses would not stumble in rows when charging at high speed.

Sheng Panzhu, who had already escaped down a street, heard no sound of pursuit from behind. He held the reins of the horse with one hand and looked back at the long street.

Sheng Panzhu signaled the guards to move aside. With the help of the torch that had just been lit, he could clearly see that there was no figure in the distance.

Sheng Panzhu bent over and half-lay on the horse's back in some discomfort. The poison in his body took effect, white foam came out of his mouth, and his limbs seemed to be floating in the clouds.

Sheng Panzhu held on in front of the Zhuozhou soldiers. He looked back again and saw that Mu Jinan had not caught up with him yet.

He overestimated his own calculations and underestimated Mu Jinan's strategy.

Sheng Panzhu began to panic: "I risked losing the West Gate to lure Mu Jinan into the sea. She is not good at water battles. As long as we reach the seashore, I can chase her and kill her. She is not a person who likes to show off?"

As long as Mu Jinan refused to come with him, he would be setting himself up for a dead end in Zhuozhou City.

Sheng Panzhu is now in a dilemma: "Zhuozhou is adjacent to Youzhou in the west. If Mu Jinan led only elite troops here to avoid my attention before, then now I have to open the city gate and wait for the Youzhou soldiers to enter the city."

Sheng Panzhu's eyes were full of light. He ordered the guards to pass on the message: "Go tell Prince Xi that there is a secret at the east dock that she wants to know. It's about Yelu Chang's slave trade!"

Several guards quickly went to pass on the message to Mu Jinan. When they saw that the flag of Prince Xi had been placed on the city gate of Zhuozhou, their voices became weaker.

After listening to their message, Mu Jinan shook off the rain on the bow and arrow. It seemed that Sheng Panzhu knew a lot.

Mu Jinan's lips curled slightly: "So what? It's not worth it to lose sight of the main point. When I occupy Zhuozhou, there will be plenty of opportunities to try the case."

"I will play this game of intrigue and deception with Sheng Panzhu to play a trick on this corrupt and treacherous man!"

Mu Jinan gave a look and Peng Tuojiang arrested the three men.

The three of them stared at each other in amazement. How could this be a sixteen-year-old girl?

She was calmer than Sheng Panzhu.

They thought of Sheng Panzhu's calculated look just now, and suddenly they felt that he was just a laughing stock.

Because Sheng Panzhu escaped from the west gate, he failed to lure the enemy and was trapped by them instead.

Sheng Panzhu waited for a long time but no one came back.

He had vomited many times, mumbling: "This poison is terrible! God damn it! I am trapped by a poisoned arrow."

Sheng Panzhu didn't expect that Mu Jinan could be as patient as those cunning old ministers.

He had already offered such a great temptation, but Mu Jinan turned a blind eye to it.

The rain was still swaying in his head. The fact that Mu Jinan was kidnapped as a slave when he was a child was no secret in the eyes of officials.

He felt that Mu Jin'an was eager to find out the truth and avenge himself, but now Mu Jin'an stopped in front of the city gate?

Sheng Panzhu muttered to himself, "Is she going to wait until tomorrow to let the Youzhou army enter the city? She must have arranged for a large army to support her when she set out from Youzhou."

Several guards brought a doctor to take Sheng Panzhu's pulse.

In order to avoid an ambushes, Sheng Panzhu took a closer look at the doctor's appearance. He found out that he was the doctor he usually used, so he felt at ease to let the doctor take his pulse.

The doctor then told him: "Sir, the poison spreads very quickly. You need to remove the arrow and apply medicine as soon as possible, otherwise the poison will remain in your body and endanger your life."

Sheng Panzhu looked at the doctor coldly, meaning, can you say this in front of the soldiers? What a tactless person! He wanted to cut off the doctor's tongue immediately!

Seeing Sheng Panzhu's sinister expression, the doctor immediately checked his pulse again and changed the subject: "I was confused in my sleep. This poison is just a trace of sleeping pill. As long as you pull out the arrow, you will be fine."

Sheng Panzhu then put away his fierce look. He sat under the eaves of a shop, staring at the long street in the distance, while asking the doctor to pull out the arrow for him.

Sheng Panzhu was thinking about how to defeat Mu Jinan: "With her archery skills, it would be easy for her to shoot me, but she didn't kill me. She wanted to keep me to investigate the case and search for money."

"Mu Jinan, you have won so many times. This time, I will make sure that you will be defeated and lose everything!"

The doctor listened to him cursing and dared not say anything while he pulled out the arrow and applied medicine to him.

The more Sheng Panzhu thought about it, the angrier he became. He was actually trapped in his own city, where he had worked hard to manage every blade of grass and tree, every piece of copper and gold, every ship and every trade item.

After Mu Jinan attacks the city, everything in Zhuozhou will become a joke that he has been planning for many years.

The doctor's movements were very gentle, but Sheng Panzhu still grimaced in pain. He was a civil servant and had never suffered such a serious injury.

Sheng Panzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was in so much pain that his pupils were dilated.

The dark night was forcing him to make a choice. Zhuozhou had only 17,000 troops. No matter in terms of quantity or eliteness, they were no match for Mu Jinan in land battle.

The naval battle he had prepared for long ago was completely defeated before it even began.

Sheng Panzhu was like an ant on a hot pot falling into a quagmire. He lost both games. He suppressed his anger and resentment deep in his heart and maintained a calm and composed demeanor.

To retreat without a fight is to be weak, and he will never surrender!

He has been the powerful official in Zhuozhou for so long. If a little girl wants to defeat him, both of us will suffer.

Sheng Panzhu was biting a piece of coarse cloth in his mouth.

His confidant beside him reported: "Sir, the news has spread to the people, and soon all fifty states will know about it."

Sheng Panzhu leaned against the door and stretched his back slightly. If he couldn't win, he would have to drag Mu Jinan to hell with him.

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