My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 265 Allied Forces

Zong Yanli's meaning was very clear. If he wanted reinforcements, he could only ask Jin and Gao to contribute. So now should they let Gao and Jin stay in the south, or come to help Zong Yanli?

Everyone had different opinions on this. On the one hand, they felt that the safety of the rear must be ensured, otherwise even if Qi was conquered it would be useless. On the other hand, they felt that if reinforcements from Qi arrived, our army would find it difficult to cope and would have to withdraw from the borders of Qi. Wouldn’t that mean that all the cities they had fought so hard to capture over the past year would have been in vain?

After all this debate, there was no solution, so we just gave up.

Zong Yanli has no direction at the moment, so let's see what the attitudes of the Northern Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom are.

At this time, the situation in the North Kingdom and the Kingdom of Lu was also not peaceful. They were not unaware of the news of the successive breaches of cities in Qi. Now they heard that Min Wenshan had died in battle. Qi no longer had a main general, which made people feel terrified about Zong Yanli's offensive power.

When the envoys from Qi arrived in the Northern Kingdom and the State of Lu, Yi Tiangan almost wanted to kick them out.

But after all, he was an envoy from another country. Although he was the chief general, he could not make a decision without going through the emperor. Therefore, he could only invite the envoy in, and send someone to inform the emperor, and wait for the royal court to send an envoy to talk to him.

Before the envoys from the Northern Kingdom who were responsible for the negotiations arrived, Yi Tiangan refused to meet with the envoys from the Qi Kingdom, and ignored them no matter how they cried out about the dangers of their country.

How could he not know about the national crisis?

How long has Qi State been fighting against Zong Yanli? Compared to the time when he and Baines teamed up and were beaten by Zong Yanli, it is really not good enough...

"General, the envoy from Qi State is refusing to leave the tent. He is determined to see you." Yi Tiangan sat in the camp, crossed his legs and chewed a piece of dried meat. He narrowed his eyes and said, "If he wants to stay outside, he can stay."

"It's not going to work if we continue like this..." The generals under his command also felt a headache.

"Humph." Yi Tiangan snorted coldly, "Now you know to come to ask for help. You didn't show this expression when you launched the army against the Northern Kingdom earlier."

If the envoys came from the State of Lu, they would not have received such treatment. But they came from the State of Qi. How many times had Qi secretly made things difficult for them in the north over the years?

Moreover, if Zong Yanli had not marched into the north, Qi and the Northern Kingdom would probably still be fighting now!

So many of Yi Tiangan's brothers and soldiers died in the war with Qi State. Qi State was originally a feud with Qi State, and now they want to join forces with just one sentence?

There is no such good thing in the world!

Yi Tiangan chewed the dried meat in his hand fiercely, and turned a blind eye to the crying of the Qi envoy outside the tent. The generals under him didn't say anything when they saw this scene. Perhaps they couldn't make the decision at this time, but they could still vent their anger.

"General, someone is coming from the State of Lu." Just when Yi Tiangan was about to pay attention, the voice coming from outside made Yi Tiangan stand up immediately.

"Please come in!" Yi Tiangan was worried about what Lu's attitude would be!

The person coming from Lu was acting in secret and obviously had no intention of speaking in a high-profile manner, so he was only dressed as an ordinary person and was a secret envoy from Lu.

This person's name is Yue Yuqi, and he is a close confidant of Bei Ensi. He is also an old acquaintance of Yi Tiangan. Therefore, when Yi Tiangan saw that the person coming was Yue Yuqi, he felt relieved. He immediately welcomed him into the tent and had people guard the outside of the camp. Then he asked, "Master Yue, what message did General Bei bring?"

Yue Yuqi greeted Yi Tiangan first before asking, "I guess the envoys from Qi have already arrived in the North Country?"

"Master Yue, there is no need to say these polite words. I think you saw it when you came in. The person is outside!" Baines pulled Yue Yuqi to sit down, and then frowned and said, "What is Lu's attitude towards Qi's request for help and cooperation?"

"My general is also in trouble because of this..." Yue Yuqi looked helpless and said to Yi Tiangan, "General Yi, do you know that Qi was defeated because of this?"

Yi Tiangan was a little stumped by the question. After thinking for a while, he said with some doubt: "Isn't it just that he was not as skilled as others and was beaten by Zong Yanli?"

Yue Yuqi shook his head with a rather mysterious look, squinting his eyes and said, "If that's the case, how could Zong Yanli break into the city so quickly? General Min Wenshanyi has also fought with him before, and he knows that the old fox is not so easy to deal with."

"Let's not talk about other things. Even if we just hold on, we can hold on for a year or two." Yue Yuqi laughed and said, "But Taoyang City fell so quickly. Even Min Wenshan was killed in the city."

"General Yi, haven't you heard that Zong Yanli has got an extremely powerful female strategist?" Yue Yuqi said with raised eyebrows.

"...It seems I have heard something." Yi Tiangan nodded uncertainly. When he heard about this, he once suspected that this was some kind of scheme of Zong Yanli. It was just some nonsense made up by Zong Yanli. What kind of female scheme was this? Maybe he said it on purpose.

"Is she really a female strategist?" Yi Tiangan was a little unconvinced and asked doubtfully.

"Indeed, there is such a person." Yue Yuqi nodded slowly and replied, "After the defeat of Qi, my general ordered me to pay close attention to this matter, so I went to Qi in person and confirmed that this matter is exactly as the rumors said."

Yue Yuqi told Yi Tiangan all about Lu Peibai's origins, and said with a strange look on his face, "Zong Yanli was able to break through the city so quickly this time, all thanks to Mr. Mingxi."

The key to a battle between two armies is to know both yourself and the enemy so that you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Qi knew only a few words about Zong Yanli, but Zong Yanli knew Qi like the back of his hand because he had Lu Peibai, the trump card from Qi.

Maybe Lu Peibai is really smart, but he is not that smart. If this battle is against Lu instead of Qi, then Lu Peibai's strategy may not be so useful.

"This time, Qi State is tantamount to handing the machete to the executioner and asking him to chop off its head." Yue Yuqi smiled sarcastically, saying that it was asking for trouble would be an understatement.

Yue Yuqi didn't say another sentence, which was probably that Min Wenshan's contempt for women was as ridiculous as a tyrannical husband always looking down on his wife.

There was a reason why Benes treated this female strategist so seriously. He also got advice from an old man and learned about Lu Peibai's background and who his master was, which made him more wary of her.

These matters concerned the State of Lu, so Yue Yuqi naturally would not tell Yi Tiangan about them.

"So, your Excellency means that we will turn a blind eye to Qi's request for help?" Yi Tiangan frowned slightly and looked at Yue Yuqi and asked.

"Of course not." Yue Yuqi shook his head, and after a long while he said, "You and I are in the north together. If Qi is destroyed, the enemy's swords will soon be pointed at you and me."

"If we do nothing at this moment, it will only push the North towards extinction sooner rather than later."

Yue Yuqi felt particularly heavy-hearted when he said this, and even Yi Tiangan couldn't help but calm down.

This is indeed the case for the Northland at the moment. Even though Yi Tiangan is dissatisfied with Qi, he knows that the overall situation should be the most important thing in everything. If the Northland is destroyed and the country is gone, what hatred is there to talk about?

Yi Tiangan clenched his fists, was silent for a long time and said: "Everyone has seen the current situation of the Northern Kingdom. If Lu is willing to send troops this time, our Northern Kingdom will certainly send troops."

"My general said that General Yi is a visionary man, and he is right." What Yue Yuqi wanted was Yi Tiangan's words. It had nothing to do with the coalition forces of Qi State, but Lu State obviously wanted the ally of the Northern State.

After confirming Yi Tiangan's attitude, the subsequent conversation became much simpler.

In early February, Qi, the Northern Kingdom and Lu formally finalized their alliance, and the coalition forces of the three countries appeared in the north.

As for what price Qi paid for the alliance, it is unknown, but it is expected that the Northern Kingdom and Lu will definitely not miss this good opportunity to cut their own flesh. This time the coalition has been formed, even if the coalition wins, Qi will surely never be able to return to its former heyday.

"Sure enough, we have formed an alliance." When the news of Qi's aid came, the snow melted and the continuous rainy season seemed to have arrived, and it even seemed colder than the snow.

"The troops of the Northern Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom have already set off," Zong Yanli spread out a map on the table in front of him in the military tent. He stared at the map on the table with a slight frown and asked in a low voice.

"It seems that there is no movement yet." Long Feiguang shook his head and said, "Even if reinforcements are coming, it will take some time."

The implication of these words was that they still had time to prepare and deploy. Zong Yanli nodded and said, "If my guess is correct, the armies of the Northern Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom will go directly to Baishui Pass. It's time for us to set off now that we are ready."

Long Feiguang and the others stood up straight with solemn expressions, responded in a low voice, and turned to leave.

The scene of melting ice and snow is no longer unfamiliar to the Daqian soldiers. Perhaps they had never imagined that one day they would be able to fight in the north so peacefully, and they even knew the terrain of the north like the back of their hands.

The hardships they endured when they first arrived in the North have now become valuable experience for them.

Zong Yanli sat high on his warhorse, facing the drizzle and still feeling the chill in the rain, and the breath coming out of his mouth was still a white mist.

"It's so cold in the north..." Zhuang Chengbi sighed, hunched his neck as he rode on the horse, and kept sighing.

"The ice has melted, so it's naturally a bit colder." Lu Peibai was wrapped in white fox fur, which made him very conspicuous and eye-catching in the army. Now he was familiar with talking and getting along with everyone.

"Is it so cold in the north?" Huo Wenqi also shrank his neck, and white air came out of his mouth while he spoke, and it felt a little painful to breathe.

"Not entirely." Lu Peibai thought for a moment and said, "Relatively speaking, Lu is warmer. Although it snows all the time in winter, it's not always like this."

She had been to the State of Lu when she was young, but it was hard to say for sure. After all, many years had passed, the climate changed unpredictably every year, and changes in the terrain could affect the climate of a place. It was just hearsay now.

Several people were chatting in a random manner, and the situation was very peaceful. However, at an extremely abrupt moment, Lu Peibai suddenly saw a flash of cold light.

The instinctive sense of crisis of life and death that emerged at that moment was so clear.

Bah——!

The deep red blood spread from Lu Peibai's shoulders, and the white fox fur was permeated with red, becoming so eye-catching.

"Enemy attack--!" Zhan Haoyue and Huo Wenqi drew their swords and protected Lu Peibai almost immediately. The shield soldiers in the army put up shields. Pei Liang reached out to catch Lu Peibai who fell backwards. The two rolled off their horses and were blocked by the shield soldiers.

"Mr. Mingxi?" Pei Liang didn't care about the difference between men and women. He stretched out his hand and pressed the wound of Lu Peibai. He looked at the position of the arrow and wondered whether it was the heart or...

Lu Peibai's face gradually turned pale. Outside the place protected by the shield soldiers, there were sounds of fighting, but it stopped soon.

It was obvious that the person who appeared was not an ambush, but just an assassin.

After Zong Yanli quickly stabilized the battle situation, he immediately came to check on Lu Peibai's injuries. Seeing his fox fur stained with blood, his pupils changed slightly and he temporarily set up a tent for the military doctor to diagnose him.

"General, Ms. Mingxi is a woman..." Pei Liang couldn't help but remind her as he looked at her.

"..." Zong Yanli was silent for a moment, then he drove everyone out and ordered people to draw the curtain. The military doctor took Lu Peibai's pulse outside, while Zong Yanli took off his coat inside. If that didn't work, he would cut an incision with a knife.

After the military doctor took his pulse and confirmed that the arrow had not pierced his heart, he instructed Zong Yanli to pull out the arrow, and then bandaged and applied medicine to him.

Treating injuries was really a common thing for Zong Yanli, so there was no need for the military doctor to say anything more. Zong Yanli had already swiftly pressed down Lu Peibai's shoulder with one hand and grabbed the arrow with the other hand to pull it out.

He was so calm and cold, pressing the wound to stop the bleeding, and even ignored Lu Peibai who was awakened by the severe pain.

"Hiss, ah..." As Zong Yanli roughly sprinkled the hemostatic powder on her wound, Lu Peibai almost fainted from the pain.

"Don't move." Unexpectedly, Zong Yanli's hand was like a pair of pliers, firmly pressing down on her who was almost naked.

At this moment, Lu Peibai didn't know whether he was in pain or embarrassed. His eyes rolled back and he fainted completely.

Zong Yanli glanced at the unconscious Lu Peibai and didn't take it seriously. He even breathed a sigh of relief. He simply took off her clothes, wiped the blood off her body, and then took out gauze to help her bandage the wound.

The wound was bandaged extremely quickly without Lu Peibai moving.

Because the clothes were stained with blood and were torn by her, Zong Yanli did not let her put them back on. He took a quilt from the side, wrapped her up, and stood up and walked out.

"Military doctor, please go and take a look. He should be fine. He has fainted." Zong Yanli turned and said to the military doctor.

What do you mean nothing happened? I fainted! ?

The military doctor was also panicking, and rushed in to take a look. He saw that the wound was bandaged well and handled cleanly. He also felt the pulse and found that there was no major problem, and the bleeding had stopped, so he was indeed fine...

Zong Yanli walked out of the tent and met Zhan Haoyue, Monkie and others. They all had very strange expressions on their faces.