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  That night, the whole city of Wuwei was in a state of jubilation.

  All the soldiers went crazy, they expressed their inner joy and relaxation with cheers and hoarse shouts.

  Yuwen Yong had a good sleep that night.

  Compared with the bustle of the other tribes, the Turks were quiet that night. In the midst of the raging flames, figures flickered in and out of the white felt tents.

  Now it's the Turks' turn to think of a countermeasure.

  Yuwen Yong, now relaxed, no longer needed Zhang Gui's lute playing to soothe him, and he also moved forward.

  Maybe he moved out, or maybe the atmosphere in the city suddenly became relaxed, and Zhang Qi's heart also settled down.

  As soon as it got dark, she fell asleep.

  She didn't know how long she had slept, but Zhang Qi suddenly let out a sharp cry and struggled to wake up.

  She was sweating profusely and waved off the hurrying eunuchs and maids who came to comfort her, sitting there panting nonstop.

  She had a nightmare in which someone was saying that due to Taizong's misjudgment, the Zhou army fell into the trap set by the Turks...

  She quickly got up, hastily put on a cloak, wore a veil and rushed out.

  Just as he walked out, a burst of cheers entered Zhang Qi's ears, accompanied by countless thunderous shouts, "Withdraw! Withdraw!"

  "The Turks have retreated!"

  ……

  Just as the shouting caused the earth to shake, a shocking drumbeat sounded. In that rumbling drumbeat, Zhang Gui heard tens of millions of people simultaneously yelling at the top of their lungs, a deafening roar that seemed to change the weather, "Kill!" "Kill! Kill!" "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

  Accompanied by drumbeats, loud shouts and screams, the sound of galloping horses.

  Someone in the crowd shouted: "Chase them out! Kill these Turks!"

  Zhang Qi's body stiffened!

  Heavens! Isn't this exactly the trap she dreamed of?

  Thinking of this, Zhang Qi let out a sharp cry and rushed towards the city wall in a frantic and crazy manner.

  Just as she was running, the ground shook. The city wall shook. On the vast and majestic city gate of Beicheng, Yuwen Hu's flag fluttered. It turned out that he led 200,000 new troops to charge out of the city gate!

  The earthquake was too severe, Zhang Kui Guang was swaying back and forth while standing. Where can he go?

  When she finally stabilized her body and was able to move, the vast procession had already chased far away, and the sky-high smoke and dust that filled the sky had also dispersed.

  Under the canopy, Yuwen Yong had a smile all over his face. He turned around and saw Zhang Qi stumbling towards him, he burst out laughing, stood up, stretched out his hand and hugged Zhang Qi into his arms.

  Holding her in his arms, he pointed forward with a heroic spirit and said: "A Gui, did you see? The Turks have retreated!"

  In the midst of his loud laughter, Zhang Gui's face was filled with worry. As soon as the laughter stopped, Zhang Gui couldn't help but bite his lip and hastily asked: "Your Majesty, where is Gao Changgong?"

  "What about Gao Changgong?" Seeing Zhang Qi's careless inquiry about military affairs, Yuwen Yong was in a good mood and not only didn't blame her but also kindly explained: "Since the Turks have retreated after knowing it's difficult to win, Gao Changgong doesn't need to come. The Grand Chancellor has ordered him to go to other cities to pursue the remaining Turkish troops!"

  The Turks had just retreated, and Gao Changgong, who was about to reach the halfway point, also retreated instead of continuing to form a siege. This Grand Chancellor must be thinking of monopolizing the shocking great achievement of slaughtering the main force of the Turks and Xianbei!

  No courage to fight the Turks one-on-one, but very familiar with snatching credit!

  However, Zhang Qi is not worried about this now. She bites her lip and says softly: "What if they are just pretending to retreat, waiting for our pursuing troops to be led away or into another trap, and then suddenly attack the city tonight?"

  Zhang Qi looked at Yuwen Yong and stuttered: "In our city... there are only so many people..."

  Before she finished speaking, Yuwen Yong had already laughed and said: "Ah Que, you're just a woman, why worry so much?" He pointed to the solid city wall, "We have over 10,000 soldiers in this city. Even if they are old and weak, we can still resist for a while. Besides, this city wall has withstood the Turkic people's attack for five months before we arrived. Do you think they can break in just one night?"

  He shook his head, furrowed his brow and warned Zhang Gui who was stunned: "You are my Empress Li, such unfamiliar military affairs, don't make random guesses, lest you confuse my military heart!"

  He waved his hand and signaled Zhang Qi to leave. Obviously, Zhang Qi's words just now had ruined his interest.

  Zhang Gui returned to his quarters, looking worriedly at the massive city walls in front of him and the elite soldiers standing alone on the city gate. He thought to himself: That's right, the Turks have been besieging for four or five months without breaking through the city walls, how could they be breached overnight? I was actually confused by a nightmare.

  It's been four or five months now, and the people of Wuwei City have finally waited for the Turks to withdraw. So on this evening, everyone in the city fell into a frenzy of celebration.

  In the midst of the raging flames, beautiful wine and women, songs and dances continued unabated. The ones who followed Yuwen Huo out were precisely the elite troops that had just arrived with the new emperor, while those left in the city were only some of the tens of thousands of soldiers who had been continuously defending the city for three months and were exhausted to the extreme. In this moment of relaxation, some of them snored loudly, while others hugged the courtesans sent by His Majesty and indulged in wild revelry.

  The celebration lasted until late at night.

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  In the distance, on the dark mountain top, King Lanling quietly watched the flames spreading all over Wuwei City. Although he was so far away, he seemed to still smell the lingering wine fragrance.

  He felt him frowning frequently, and the staff officer walked over with a smile: "Chang Gong, if you're thinking of that woman, there's no need to stand here looking out at the distance." In an instant, he chuckled again: "That Yuwen Hu is really an incompetent mouse! He can't even fight, but he's eager to take credit. I'm telling you, it's really puzzling - how could this kind of thing be arranged by the Zhou people? The turning point of this battle was brought about by you, and if you had charged forward and taken the credit, who could have said anything?"

  He shook his head repeatedly after finishing speaking.

  The King of Lanling did not respond. He simply said in a deep voice, "I feel that something is off!" Suddenly turning his head, he asked in a low voice, "Is there any news coming from the front?"

  "That staff officer shook his head, 'No, what message do you want to hear?'"

  The King of Lanling turned his head again, staring at the lights in the city with one eye, and suddenly stepped forward, hastily shouting: "Hurry up and get ready. We will return to Wuwei City immediately!"

  That staff officer was taken aback, and he shouted: "Gao Changgong, don't think that standing here looking at Wuwei City is close, it's actually separated by four mountain peaks. It'll take at least two days to get there." He turned around and shouted again: "What are you going to do?"

  The King of Lanling walked forward with a cold face, his strides swift and long. In a low voice, he said: "The Turks' defeat was just a ruse... even if our side and the Zhou people formed a pincer movement against them, given the Turks' temperament, they would never retreat! For so many years, they have never believed that there could be an army that could rival them on flat ground, on horseback."

  "Not necessarily," said Wen Shi: "We've been winning frequently recently, and it's normal for them to be intimidated."

  "Lost courage at the mere rumor?" Langling Wang shook his head. He calmly said: "Up to now, there is no such word in their words!"

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks. Due to his sudden movement, he almost caused the scholar who was closely following him to bump into him.

  Staring at the scholar, King of Lanling said slowly: "Mr. Fang, you said it might be that the wealthy families in the city, after five consecutive months of Turkic siege, with no achievement by the Zhou people*, lost confidence in themselves. They secretly surrendered to the Turks and this time they are preparing for an internal and external response, taking advantage of the Zhou people's joy and relaxation, to take Wuwei City?"

  At this point, Langling Wang himself was also frightened.

  The Turkic people's actions this time, in his view, are suspicious, and combined with the information he has collected about the Turkic people over the years, he can almost conclude that the city is empty, the gates are unguarded, and Wuwei City, which has fallen into a daze due to celebrations, will be in danger tonight!

  He saw him hastily going down the mountain. The curtain staff woke up from his thoughts, took a big step forward, and pulled Lanling Wang with one hand, saying in a low voice: "How about that?"

  The King of Lanling was taken aback and slowly turned around.

  Staring at the night sky, Gao Zhang's handsome and cold face was illuminated by the moonlight. The aide's voice was low and hoarse, "Zhang, if everything goes as you planned, this is an opportunity!"

  He gritted his teeth and said slowly: "We are now outside the city, just waiting for Wuwei City to be broken, and then immediately rush up to seal the city gate, shoot fire arrows inward... It doesn't matter if it's Tuyuhun or Rouran or Zhou Lord, this battle can wipe them out! This time, everything was caused by Yuwen Hu thinking of monopolizing the merits alone. Even if it is said that there is no fault on your part in the world." This staff member has always been a hardliner in the court, and when discussing military affairs, he has always insisted on letting the Zhou people and the Tuyuhun people suffer losses before taking action!

  In his view, the harm of the Rouran people to the Northern Qi was far greater than that of the Turks. Those alien peoples did not engage in agriculture or production, and their only expertise was herding and robbery. Therefore, as long as the state of Qi became strong, building more long walls could keep them out of the passes.

  Moreover, over the years, Qi and Zhou have joined forces to resist the Turks, and there have been repeated cases of betrayal. Therefore, in the eyes of this staff member, even if King Lanling really took advantage of this opportunity to kill Lord Zhou, no one would blame him for it.

  He stared at the King of Lanling, low and seductive, saying: "Chang Gong, as long as everything is as you expected, then this time will be my great opportunity for Qi Guo! After this battle, you, Chang Gong, will also be the world's number one general!"

  He gazed at the starry sky, Langling Wang's eyes slowly said: "How, you don't want to? You can't bear to part with that woman who became the queen of Zhou?" Wen Shi coldly smiled and said: "Gao Changgong, two months ago when you asked me to follow you, didn't you promise me that I would leave a name for eternity?"

  He caught up with the straight back, shouting: "Gao Changgong, being ruthless is a true husband. In the past, Emperor Gaozu of Han encountered pursuing soldiers and personally pushed his wife and children off the carriage to block the enemy. Liu Bei fled in all directions, and several times abandoned his wife! Who doesn't praise their ability to endure and sacrifice? Are you going to be stubborn for a woman who didn't keep her chastity for you?"

  As he spoke, Wen Shi's voice turned cold and menacing. "Gao Changgong, you're willing to give up this rare opportunity that comes once in a hundred years for the sake of a woman. Then you don't have the right to let 50,000 Qi people risk their lives for your woman either. If you want to save her, go by yourself!"

  Upon hearing this, Langling Wang coldly laughed and suddenly shouted: "Shut his mouth!"

  As soon as the voice fell, two Jie troops rushed out of the darkness. These Jie troops, who regarded Langling Wang as a god, didn't care about what the scholar said about leaving a name for posterity or establishing great merit. As they rushed up, they immediately pinned the scholar's hands behind his back and tore off strips of cloth to prepare to gag him.

  Na Wen's anger was great, he knew that Gao Changgong did this only to tell him that the 50,000 people had long revered and obeyed him, everything was done according to his will. Not to mention making them take risks for a woman, even if they were asked to die with him, they would not hesitate!

  In a fit of rage, he raised his voice and shouted sharply: "Gao Changgong, I'm going to report you! I'm going to report you!"

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