Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 370 The Princess Comes Forward

After returning to the room, Song Yuan was in a bad mood.

It was Situ Jing who took the initiative to come forward and tell Jinlian about the current situation.

Upon learning about General Wei's actions, Jinlian was immediately furious and couldn't help but curse.

"This bastard, I've known for a long time that he has evil intentions, but who would have thought he would be so bold this time!"

"Okay, what's the point of saying so much? Now that things have happened, it's not worth getting angry over him. It will only make yourself angry."

Song Yuan waved his hand and dissuaded him, "If we really want to blame someone, we can only blame ourselves. If we hadn't been so careless back then, how could we have given Wei this opportunity?"

Song Yuan reflected on his previous actions and soon discovered his shortcomings.

When Wei Wenzhong sent his own brother back to Zhenbei City, he should have had a premonition that if Wei Wushuang was left behind, he would have him as a leverage over him.

I'm afraid that even General Wei wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous at this moment!

It’s just a pity that Song Yuan really thought that General Wei was suppressed by him and had remorse in his heart. Now it seems that this idea was too naive.

General Wei has controlled the entire border for several years and has always been arrogant. How could he possibly obey a prince who just arrived here?

Moreover, Song Yuan had made some arrangements beforehand.

He thought that the barbarian princess and the high priest were really poisoned to death by his previous plan.

The sudden good news made Song Yuan relax his vigilance.

However, Song Yuan did not expect that the woman would actually take advantage of the situation and had already seen through Zhang Liu. Instead, she took this opportunity to paralyze him!

Thinking of the end, Song Yuan wanted to slap himself twice.

After all, I took it for granted this time!

He thought he had the upper hand and that General Wei could not fight back.

If I had been more cautious before, how could I have ended up like this?

Before Song Yuan knew it, when he was feeling complacent, a huge net had already enveloped him.

By the time Song Yuan finally reacted and wanted to fight back.

But it's too late!

"So what should we do now?" Jinlian frowned slightly. "If we continue to waste time like this, we'll inevitably die. We can't expect others to rescue us, can we?"

"It doesn't matter!"

After a moment of reflection, Song Yuan regained his composure. "If you ask me, the barbarians' expenditures are much greater than ours. We have a total of 60,000 troops. If they want to block our path, they must send several times more people than us!"

"In this case, the barbarians' losses are much greater than ours. Even if they saved our food before, they may not be able to hold out until the end!"

"Besides, our biggest advantage this time is that everyone is a cavalryman. If things really don't work out, we can just slaughter the horses, replenish our food supplies, and learn from the barbarians!"

"Let's try our best to delay time. In the end, the worst that can happen is that we'll both die. If we don't have a good life, those barbarians won't be able to take advantage of us!"

"If you ask me, you two are really tough!" When mentioning the killing of war horses, this year's face showed an expression of being neither funny nor sad.

"Those war horses were treated like treasures in other people's hands, but now they've become food for you and the princess. If the war horses knew about this, they'd probably cry!"

"I'm just preparing for the worst. What we'll do in the end depends on how things develop over the next few days."

Song Yuan shook his head and explained calmly, "We brought a lot of dry food with us. Judging from the current situation, if we live frugally, we can at least last a few days."

"You may not be safe from any accidents in the next few days. After all, General Wei's actions cannot be hidden from everyone. Okay, forget it. What we need now is adequate rest. This sky will not fall down for a while. Even if it does fall down, I will hold it up!"

As Song Yuan spoke, he hugged the two beauties and got into bed.

In his opinion, it is totally unnecessary to rack his brains and waste his brain cells!

It was now night, and everyone was completely in the dark about the barbarians' arrangements.

Without understanding the other party's actions, no matter how much you think, it will be just empty talk.

It would be better to conserve your energy first, and wait until tomorrow morning to figure out the general arrangements of the barbarians. It will not be too late to deal with law enforcement at that time.

Seeing Song Yuan covering himself with the quilt and closing his eyes, Situ and Nianbujin beside him looked at each other in surprise.

How can you sleep well at your age?

The two of them didn't know that Song Yuan was exhausted. Although he closed his eyes, his mind was full of complicated thoughts.

As the leader, how could he remain calm when facing a disaster?

But Song Yuan knew the seriousness of the matter and he had to sleep!

You must conserve your energy to keep your mind clear at all times.

But no matter what you imagine, the reality is another.

Song Yuan tossed and turned for a while, but ultimately couldn't fall asleep!

whatever.

Sleep when you feel sleepy. It is not a good thing to force yourself too much at this time.

In the end, Song Yuan simply let go.

I simply followed this line of thought and began to consider various complex issues.

Unconsciously, a sense of chaos appeared in my mind, until finally, I really fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, with Situ Jing's call, Song Yuan finally woke up slowly.

Situ Jing smiled and said to Song Yuan, "You really guessed right about what happened last night!"

"We discovered traces of the barbarians early this morning. They had already set up camp about fifteen miles outside the city. It seems they arrived there late last night. Fortunately, we didn't move, otherwise, they would have immediately cut off our retreat!"

Hearing this, Song Yuan's face became much gloomier.

He didn't even have time to eat, and hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the city wall.

When Song Yuan arrived at the scene, he finally discovered that in addition to himself, many generals in the city had already come to the city wall under the leadership of Murong Lie.

Looking at Murong Lie's face again, he clearly looked a little haggard.

It seems that this deputy general also did not sleep all night last night. I wonder what he was thinking about.

"Brother, thanks to you for stopping it last night!" Song Yuan had just appeared when Wei Da started praising him.

"If we hadn't listened to your plan, we would have been intercepted outside the city walls last night!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded in agreement.

Last night, everyone was overwhelmed by the sudden news and was only thinking about how to organize the cases and seize every moment to break out.

Now that they realize this, many people feel guilty.

Fortunately, I didn’t do that, otherwise I would be in trouble today!

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but realize the gap between themselves and Song Yuan. They originally thought that everyone present was a general who had experienced many battles, but when they really encountered trouble, they were not as good as a prince who had just arrived at the border.

For a moment, many generals felt embarrassed.

Song Yuan smiled faintly and casually skipped over the topic: "Don't think too much, I just had a flash of inspiration yesterday."

"By the way, General Murong, according to your estimate, how many troops have the barbarians prepared now?"

"From what I know, the enemy's number is probably no less than 100,000!" Murong Lie's eyes were filled with a deep look. "They are all stationed in the north. The view here is wide. This way, we can spot them from a long distance!"

"If they don't have enough men, they won't be able to surround us. One hundred thousand is the minimum. I'm afraid that if they're more cautious, they'll send far more than a hundred thousand!"

"Okay, I understand." Song Yuan nodded, his eyes deep: "What's the situation by the Peacock River now?"

"Most of the barbarian soldiers along the Peacock River are insufficient, and their numbers are only comparable to ours."

Murong Lie frowned and responded, "However, according to the spies I sent out, they have already started construction on the periphery early this morning."

Start construction?

It seems that the barbarians are preparing to block everyone's way with a horse trap!

Thinking of his previous actions, Song Yuan suddenly came to his senses.

This time, Mai was probably determined to surround everyone.

The princess is indeed a ruthless person. Now she is just encircling and suppressing the enemy. If her prediction is correct, the enemy does not want to pay too high a price.

Now he was walking towards Song Yuan, seeing the scene he hated the most.

Both sides are wasting time in order to reduce losses.

In this way, when it comes to the end, it all depends on your patience!

Thinking of this, Song Yuan's mouth curled up and a look of disdain appeared on his face.

This barbarian princess underestimated herself after all.

At that time, even the enemy knew how to kill war horses for food. My men were all cavalrymen, so how could they not know this method?

Although the warhorse is priceless, it is ultimately insignificant compared to the lives of his men.

Thinking of his own trump card, Song Yuan simply raised his eyebrows.

Since the opponent doesn't take the initiative to attack, let's just wait and see!

For a moment, Song Yuan frowned and thought, and after a moment, he suddenly snorted coldly.

"By the way, General Murong, now that our army is surrounded, will General Wei behind us try to rescue us and send people to try to break through the infantry group by the Peacock River?"

"Your Highness, I... I can't say it now." Murong Lie responded with a wry smile.

Song Yuan shook his head coldly: "If I'm not mistaken, that General Wei must have already sent people to deliver news about us to the imperial city."

"The reason is very simple, it's nothing more than that we are short of manpower and cannot rush into rescue."

Rescue is not an easy task.

First of all, mobilizing people takes time, and the resources consumed are definitely not a simple number.

not to mention.

In order to recapture the three border cities, the crowd gathered a lot of cavalry together.

Now most of General Wei's men are infantrymen. With the speed of these people relying on their two legs, it will probably take at least half a month for them to get here!

After such a long delay, can Song Yuan and others hold on until then?

For a moment, Song Yuan sneered in his heart.

I have to say that the guy surnamed Wei is quite smart. Although he is not good at fighting, he is really good at calculating people's hearts.

Now it is clear that the dog has jumped off the wall in desperation and colluded with the barbarians, completely blocking all his retreat routes!

"If you ask me, verifying this is easy anyway, so there's no need to think too much about it!"

Murong Lie, who had always supported General Wei, now looked gloomy. "Within five days, if there is no news of reinforcements attacking those infantrymen, we can forget about the so-called reinforcements."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Song Yuan waved his hand to stop the topic, then turned around and gave instructions to everyone.

"Don't just stand there like idiots. Go do what needs to be done. Repair the city walls as quickly as possible. Otherwise, let's get on with our daily lives and cook!"

"But it's best to take turns during mealtimes to prevent the barbarians from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack."

Song Yuan looked calm, and this attitude aroused the curiosity of Murong Lie beside him.

"Your Majesty, I don't see you looking worried at all. Could it be that you have some solution?"

"I don't have any solution." Song Yuan smiled faintly: "I only know that filling my stomach is the most important thing. I can't go to the battlefield on an empty stomach, right?"

Seeing Song Yuan say this, Murong Lie looked at him with even greater admiration.

Just as he was about to open his mouth in admiration, he suddenly saw hundreds of people under the city wall.

The hundreds of cavalrymen galloped at full speed, but stopped two miles away.

At such a distance, even a bow and arrow cannot reach it.

However, even though they were so far away, Song Yuan still recognized the figure in the crowd at first sight.

It is clearly the barbarian princess, Luojia!

Now that he had seen the other party's true form, Song Yuan's previous guess had undoubtedly been verified.

The princess was not dead.

It seems that everything is a trap set by General Wei and the barbarians!

"Shameless wretch, if you have the guts, get out of here!"

Just as Song Yuan frowned, an angry voice suddenly came from Luo Jia's mouth.

Hundreds of people behind him also shouted in unison.

In an instant, everyone's ears were filled with the roar of the barbarians.

Seeing Luo Jia's bitter and resentful look, Song Yuan couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose.

As for?

I just used Zhang Liu to trick you once. Women are so stingy!