After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

"Who broke in!" Qin Zehai roared, using his anger to cover up his panic, but this did not make him more confident. Instead, his legs became weaker and his hands shook even more violently.

Wang Fang's legs twitched, and he knelt directly in front of him. "No... I don't know! There were about 5,000 people coming. They approached the city gate and tried to attack the tower with ladders. Our people were caught off guard and lost a lot of manpower!"

Qin Zehai clenched his fist and kicked Wang Fang in the chest. The latter somersaulted down the stairs, covering his wound in pain.

"Useless!" Qin Zehai was furious, staring at Wang Fang as if he were an enemy, his rage almost swallowing him whole, "You don't even know who is attacking the city! What's the point of me keeping you around!"

"Why are you still soldiers when you can't even defeat the other side's 5,000 men? You deserve to lose to the Northern Wei and have your territory occupied by others!" Qin Zehai was so angry that he spoke without thinking.

When Wang Fang heard this, his head dropped to his chest and his expression became uglier than before. If others heard it, Qin Zehai would be in trouble.

But he was just a small team leader and did not dare to offend Qin Zehai, so he would naturally not tell anyone what he heard tonight.

Qin Zehai pressed his eyebrows and exhaled a breath of foul air. After saying the wrong thing, he was shocked awake by himself.

He calmed down and asked, "What is the situation now? Will those 5,000 people really break through the city gate?"

Wang Fang grimaced, propped himself up on the ground and sat up, then knelt down again and replied, "Your Highness, the city gate has been secured. We have urgently dispatched six teams to guard the city gate. The enemy retreated in the face of difficulty and did not continue to attack the city."

Six teams, that's about 6,000 people.

Attacking is many times more difficult than defending. The enemy only has 5,000 people attacking the city, but we have 6,000 people defending the city. It can be seen that there is a huge gap in strength.

Qin Zehai closed his eyes, trying to suppress his emotions and not get angry, and asked again: "How is the battle going?"

Wang Fang wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. "The enemy suffered about a thousand casualties, and our side... suffered more than four thousand casualties."

Qin Zehai's back teeth were almost broken, and his finger bones were cracked.

Wang Fang was shaking like a sieve, really afraid that he would get angry and take it out on himself again.

But this time Qin Zehai held back, instructed that they must defend the position strictly and not allow the enemy to take advantage of any opportunity, and then waved his hand to let him retreat.

Back in the room, Qin Zehai pondered and sat there all night, but he still couldn't figure out who was attacking Liangcheng. Could it be that... the Northern Wei had already broken into Qingshan City and headed straight for Liangcheng?

No, definitely not.

Qin Zehai was still sure of this. He and the major general of Northern Wei had already communicated that Northern Wei would bypass Liangcheng and head straight for Shengjing. In this way, they could preserve more troops, and Qin Zehai would have military power and security in his hands.

The Northern Wei did not fully trust him, but it did not risk wasting its own military strength.

The more Qin Zehai thought about it, the more his head hurt. He still hadn't figured it out by dawn.

When he was feeling extremely worried, Qin Zehai suddenly thought of someone. It was time for him to play a role.

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Xiao Jianting had his arms handcuffed behind his back and was brought in front of Qin Zehai in an escorted position. Not only that, the guard kicked his knee. Xiao Jianting knelt down straight, his knees hitting the cold ground. He seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking.

Xiao Jianting had a painful expression, his mouth tightly pursed, and not a sound came out.

He didn't know what had happened, but judging from Qin Zehai's expression and his attitude towards him, something big must have happened.

He said calmly, "What troubles have you encountered again, my Lord? Why are you taking it out on me?"

Qin Zehai sat upright, his eyes dark. He snorted coldly, "That's right, Young Master Xiao doesn't know yet. Last night, Liangcheng was attacked by an unknown enemy force and suffered heavy losses. Now the whole city is on alert, not even a fly can fly out." There was something else in his words.

Xiao Jianting was really shocked this time. His eyes widened slightly, his mouth slightly opened, and he looked at Qin Zehai in astonishment, "Night attack? And it's an unknown enemy..." He seemed to be thinking about something.

Suddenly, he had an epiphany and understood everything.

Why did the emperor have a group of troops ambushing in Qingshan City to intercept the Northern Wei Dynasty without being afraid of Qin Zehai stabbing him from behind? The reason was the unknown enemy army last night.

Those who attacked Liangcheng at night were also the emperor's men. They cooperated with the people from Qingshan City. One side delayed the Northern Wei while the other side captured Liangcheng.

Xiao Jianting estimated that the one guarding Qingshan was his father, and the one attacking Liangcheng was Qin Junyu.

No matter who it is, the conspiracy of Northern Wei and Qin Zehai is about to be shattered!

Xiao Jianting couldn't hide his excitement, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Qin Zehai caught this subtle expression and immediately stepped forward to interrogate Xiao Jianting: "Do you know something? You must know!"

In Xiao Jianting's eyes, he was no different from a madman.

Xiao Jianting's emotions gradually calmed down. He still had a smile on his face and said calmly, "I don't know, I don't know anything. But the only thing I know is: you are going to lose."

Qin Zehai was enraged. He called Xiao Jianting over to help him analyze the current situation instead of watching him mock him.

Qin Zehai raised his hand and was about to slap Xiao Jianting in the face. At this moment, someone came to report that Liu Luyan brought several team leaders to ask for a meeting, and was very anxious.

Qin Zehai tightened his five fingers, glared at Xiao Jianting, and signaled the guards to drag him to the inner room.

Liu Luyan and three team members asked for a meeting because of what happened last night.

Qin Zehai sat in the main seat and looked around. The expressions on everyone's faces were very interesting.

Liu Luyan spoke first: "Your Majesty, we have found out who attacked Liangcheng last night."

"Oh?" Qin Zehai's heart was hanging. He leaned forward and tightly grasped the tiger head on the armrest. "Who is it?"

Liu Luyan lowered his eyes and did not answer.

Captain Lin answered him: "The one leading the troops is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's personal guard, his name is... called..."

"A Falcon." Liu Luyan added silently.

"Yes, Ah Falcon!" Captain Lin suddenly realized, "This is enough to prove that the mastermind behind the attack on Liangcheng is none other than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Qin Zehai's face was solemn. Qin Junyu? Why was he in Liangcheng? And he brought troops here.

The Queen was keeping a close eye on things in Shengjing. She should have written to inform him if there was any news. How come she didn't receive any news at all? Qin Zehai was puzzled.

Captain Shen also frowned, feeling strange. "Your Highness, why didn't His Highness go to defend Qingshan City and fight the Northern Wei people, but instead turned around to attack Liangcheng! Aren't we in the same camp?"

"Yes!" Captain Li could not hold back. "Since we have extra troops, we should go to deal with the Northern Wei army! What's the point of fighting our own people?"

Liu Luyan didn't say anything. He wanted to see how Qin Zehai would make up a story.