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Li Heng continued, "The way to break this formation is not wrong, if you want to rush through, you must do so, otherwise, tens of thousands of lives will be taken. There is another way, but it will take a while, if they lack food in the army, then this formation will self-destruct."

"We won't be able to wait that long. Prince Ning has already sent out his troops, but when they reach the capital city, I couldn't even take down the Qingyang City. I'll be mocked by them."

Murong Yanhe said, "Then we can only attack together tomorrow and tear this damn array apart!"

Li Heng shook his head and did not speak further. He thought to himself, how can you guys win like this? I'll find a chance to hide behind it tomorrow.

Geng Yuedong then explained to her the situation in Clear River Town. Geng Yuedong found it hard to believe, "Logically speaking, I should have gone to rescue them, but since the Emperor has not given the order, if I were to transfer troops on my own, those people would grab hold of my weakness and say that it's a problem. Let me think about it!"

When Yue Gang came, he was filled with hope. He thought that Geng Yuedong would immediately go back and fight after hearing the news, but he never expected that she would be so cautious when doing things.

Qiu Li pushed the wick of the lamp to say to Geng Yuedong: "General, let's go back first. The reinforcements will not be slow, the later we go, the better it is!"

Geng Yuedong rubbed his forehead, "I'm afraid that they are the ones who are ambushing us along the way, since we do not have many men, and the returning soldiers can only treat their enemies and not cure them, if we want them to retreat, we have to think of another way, but the Emperor did not give us an order, how could I dare to charge?"

Qiu Yue leaned on the side of the door and muttered, "Wanting to plunder his lair is not something that can be done in one or two days, to go to Tung Hook's Royal City would take at least a month of marching. Forget about the environment, just the food and supplies is a problem, this is not feasible."

Geng Yuedong knocked his head, "That's right, this is indeed a problem, but we can't stop them from fighting in the back, the battle will never end, it's such a headache!"

"Let the edict go!" In any case, the Emperor must agree to come back for reinforcements in the end. Otherwise, when they defeat the Iron Army, the Emperor won't even have a last resort to rely on. " After Qiu Li finished speaking, he arranged the brush and ink, Geng Yuedong considered for a moment and wrote the report that requested for reinforcements.

Five days later, the emperor received the memorial. Although Geng Yuedong used the fastest horse, he was delayed in the military for a day, so when the emperor found out about the situation, Ning Wang's horse was already at the foot of the city.

Everyone in the capital was anxious. The Emperor was worried about both internal and external troubles, so he appointed Prince An as his envoy to negotiate with Uncle Ning. The Prime Minister Guo was in charge of negotiating peace with Ning Wang.

The Emperor held Geng Yuedong's imperial report, and immediately approved. No matter what, Zhou successfully rebelled a thousand miles away, and the Donghu People was about to reach his nose.

When Geng Yuedong received the reply, he immediately called for reinforcements, leaving five thousand people to guard the city, while he himself led the troops back for the night.

"How far is it from Qinghe Town?" Geng Yuedong asked as he slept on the stretcher due to the cold wind after travelling for two days in a row.

"There are only three days left before he will arrive. He has already sent someone to deliver the message. General, you should take a good rest." Qiu Li explained as he walked.

Geng Yuedong closed his eyes, feeling uneasy. He waved his hands to ask the team to stop, and went down to inspect the terrain himself.

"This is Ma Jiahe, right?"

Qiu Yue replied, "Precisely!"

"Did the people from the Stone Bull Camp say that Ning Wang's men were going to come to the capital at the Cypress Lake?"

"That's what I said."

"So are Ning Wang's men here yet?"

"This... Not yet. "

"Go investigate immediately! The great army will set up camp here. We will make our decision after we have investigated thoroughly! " Geng Yuedong finally thought of the reason why he felt so apprehensive. It turned out that he had forgotten to investigate the movements of Prince Ning's troops.

On the third day after she set off, news of Geng Yuedong's reinforcements reached Zang Qu's ears. He only passed the news to Ning Wang, but did not send any troops to stop them.

Originally, Li Heng wanted to lead his troops to block them, but Murong Yanhe was very cautious of him and did not want him to leave the camp on his own accord, so he could only think of other ideas to leave the battlefield.

This formation was like a tortoise shell, it could not be torn apart no matter what. If the cow-tail ditch was not opened, their army would not be able to take another step, and they had already lost close to thirty thousand men, while the Iron Army only lost over three thousand. This battle difference was too great, causing Zang Qu to want to find another way to go to the capital.

King Ning was also very anxious. He saw that the throne was within reach, but why hadn't the reinforcements he had agreed on arrived yet? He sent people to investigate and found out that they had all been stopped at the cow-tail ditch.

The promise that Tian Xi had made was useless, the Stone Bull Camp actually went as far as showing that he wanted to fight for independence.

One of the advisors advised, "Calm down, your highness. Since you have come, you should at least take care of it. Instead of trusting that eunuch, why don't you start from the Stone Bull Camp's chief's side?"

"What do you mean?"

"There is a rumor that the Stone Bull Camp's chief is the daughter of the previous crown prince, so the emperor cannot allow her to stay, and Tian Xi also said the same thing when he came to buy food. If this is true, and the emperor cannot tolerate her, then why did the prince make a move from here?"

Ning Wang thought for a moment and said, "Is Song Rui's child afraid that she will collude with the Iron family and have the heart to take revenge?"

"Haha, your highness is wise, even if she doesn't have that kind of thought, we will still have to help her. She has a deep relationship with the only son of the Iron family, as long as the news spreads, do you think the Emperor will be able to resist making a move on the Iron family?" The advisor smiled sinisterly. "As long as we don't have the Iron family, the Emperor will lose his arm. At that time, he will be at our mercy."

Ning Wang nodded in satisfaction.

Tian Xi did not know that Prince Ning had set this up for Yue Ying. He went to Monastery of Gratitude and only waited for Old Lady Guo to come and use her to exchange for food.

Early morning of the first day, when Old Lady Guo did not come, Murong Yuntong came.

Ever since she came to the Monastery of Gratitude, she had been patient. After finding out from the pilgrims that her own Father was being held up in the Taurus, she started to think about how she could escape from their surveillance and leave the Monastery of Gratitude.

It wasn't easy for her to sneak out of the sect while Monk Wuchen was lecturing, but the moment she appeared, she was caught by Tian Xi.

"You sure are capable to escape from under the noses of so many deathsworn." Tian Xi laughed sinisterly.

Murong Yuntong laughed coldly, raised her head and said, "My Father's army is about to arrive, hurry up and send me back. When my Dazhou is destroyed, I will exempt you from death penalty."

Tian Xi sneered, "Compared to the throne, do you think you're important? Haha … "You really overestimate yourself!"

He turned his head and scolded the guard. "A woman with a big belly can't even look at it. What a bunch of trash you are!"