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With Xu Hua as the head of the Mo Cavalry, he wasn't able to cause much damage to the Feng Army, and instead, was completely annihilated, including Xu Hua, who was chopped into pieces by the Feng Army.

The complete destruction of the Mo Cavalry meant that there was no longer any strength left in the Mo Du Zhenjiang to fight outside of the city, and right now, there were no reinforcements from the Mo Country either.

Under the pincer attack of Sanshui Army and Huwei Army, they were unable to protect themselves, so how could they possibly have any energy to reinforce their own Zhenjiang? Most of the counties to the north of the Mo Country had been occupied by the Feng Army, and were thus unable to support the Zhenjiang. Currently, even the southern counties were unable to withstand the all-out invasion of the An and Huan armies, and were in dire straits, unable to take care of their own needs. Thus, at this moment, Zhenjiang had truly become a city worthy of its name.

However, there weren't many garrison forces within the current Zhenjiang City. After losing the Cavalry Regiment, there were only three hundred thousand odd troops left. The only thing that would give people a bit of peace of mind would be the hundred thousand capital's forbidden army. They were the elites that were picked out from the hundreds of Central Army. They had strong fighting strength, were loyal to, and even though the situation in the capital was so critical, with a large number of deserters appearing on their Central Army, the Imperial Guards were still neat and stable, and not a single one of them appeared.

Right now, the thing that was worried about was the Imperial City Army. He had asked Li Jin about this matter before, hoping that Li Jin would think of a way to cause the Imperial Guards to turn their tables. This way, they could get rid of a huge problem from their side's siege.

But Li Jin was also helpless to do anything about it.

The general of the Imperial Guard was Lin Zhengling, Shao Fang's trusted aide. Like Xu Hua, he was also a follower of Shao Fang, hence he was absolutely loyal and devoted to him.

Hearing Li Jin's words, Tang Yin was also discouraged. It seemed like it was impossible for the Imperial Guards of Mo Country to change sides. He changed his target and went back to the next area, hoping that Li Jin could persuade the generals of Mo Country to change sides.

Li Jin was a Great General, and was extremely familiar with Zhenjiang's defensive situation. He didn't even need to think to explain it all in one go. Currently, the main generals of the four cities of East, South, West, and West were Bai Rong, Zhou Da Gui, Gao Peng and Tan Ze. Li Jin had the deepest relationship with one of them, Bai Rong. I dare not say that it was a close relationship, but at the very least, it was one that they discussed the most.

Li Jin and Bai Rong got to know each other very early. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they grew up together, dressed in open pants. In fact, it could even be considered as having been friends for decades.

Now that Tang Yin had asked him to persuade Mo Shuang to change sides, the one he was most confident in was Bai Rong.

Of course, he was confident that he would be able to win against the other three generals. After all, he had already defected to Feng Country's side, and he was not sure if Bai Rong would still treat him as a friend or not. However, after he turned the tables on, there was really nothing he could do about the first mission Tang Yin gave him.

That night, late in the night, Li Jin did not bring a single follower with him. Wearing casual clothes, riding a horse, he headed towards Eastern City alone.

When he was fifty paces from the moat, he was discovered by the soldiers on the wall. As it was already late at night and the distance was quite far, the soldiers could not see his appearance clearly. Someone loudly asked, "Who is it?"

"I am an old friend of the General Bai!" Li Jin anxiously pulled on the reins of his horse, afraid that the soldiers guarding the city would recognize him, he intentionally lowered his voice a little, and replied: "Brothers, please let General Bai leave this city ? Meet me! "

"Bullshit!" Right now, the enemy army has surrounded the city. If you are really an old friend of our General Bai, how can you enter? "I think you are a spy sent by the enemy, brothers, release the arrows."

"Wait, wait!" Li Jin was shocked, and immediately replied: "I am indeed an old friend of the General Bai, if my brothers do not believe me, we can find the General Bai and ask."

At this time, the city wall fell into silence. After a long while, someone asked, "What's your name?"

"I am Ju Yao Ju, reporting to your general, your general will know." Li Jin replied loudly. He did not dare to announce his real name. The reason why he used the title of Ju Yao Ju Shi was because he had other deeper meaning.

In the past, Bai Rong often visited his residence as a guest and once called his fake lake a jade pool in the sky. He even gave this fake lake a name, which was Chu Yao.

If he were to refer to himself as Ju Yao Ju Shi Shi now, the onlookers would not be able to sense anything, but Bai Rong would definitely guess who he was upon hearing it.

The soldiers didn't dare to neglect his words. What if he was really an old friend of the general? If he ignored him, wouldn't he be punished by the general in the future?

One of the soldiers shouted loudly, "Stand here and don't move, I'll report to the General Bai right now. If you dare to lie to us, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

With that said, the soldier ran down the city wall quickly and reported to Bai Rong.

Li Jin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart rising to his throat. He was not afraid that Bai Rong would not recognize him, what he was afraid of was that once Bai Rong recognized him, he would not even have the chance to speak before Bai Rong would immediately command him to shoot an arrow.

He was only fifty steps away from the moat, which meant that he was definitely within the range of the city guards. Once he fired his arrow, even ten lives wouldn't be enough to protect him.

He was on tenterhooks right now, so he didn't mention about Bai Rong. Bai Rong was currently living in a living quarters beneath the city, which was very close to the city walls.

At this time, he had not slept, and also could not sleep either. Feng Yu and his other million strong army encircled the Zhenjiang, and a fierce battle was about to occur. As the general of the Eastern City, he was under a lot of pressure, and during this period, he had not slept an entire night's worth of peaceful sleep.

Just as he was lying on the bed and pondering his mind randomly, he suddenly heard a military report from an old friend who had come from outside the city.

When Bai Rong, who was still in a state of turmoil, heard Chu Yao, he did not even think about it.

Hearing this, the messenger's nose almost went crooked as he cursed in his heart: "Damn it, this is indeed an enemy spy. Tell me, how could an old friend of the general pass through the enemy's encirclement, causing me to run all the way here for nothing?"0

Just as the soldier was planning to turn around and leave, the tent flap suddenly lifted, and Bai Rong, who was dressed in only robes, ran out from the tent with big strides.

He walked up to the soldier, grabbed him by the collar and asked sternly: "What did you just say? What does the person call himself? "

He didn't expect the general to have such a big reaction. The soldier's face turned pale as he stammered, "Come..." The person said he was ? Elementary Scholar ? He even said ? They say he's an old friend of the general ? "

Chu Yao? Wasn't that the name I gave to the fake lake in Li Jin's residence? Could it be that the person who came was ? Thinking up to here, Bai Rong's eyes suddenly lit up. Li Jin, oh Li Jin, how dare you!

He continued to ask, "How many men and horses are there?"

"Ah?" "Military?" The soldier paused for quite a while before he pointed out with a shaky finger and said with a trembling voice, "General, it's only one person who has come. He didn't bring a single soldier ?"

"Ha!" "Haha!" Hearing that, Bai Rong angrily laughed twice.

Alone? Is this still the Li Jin I know? Or was he so sure that he wouldn't kill him? He shook his head and said to the guards on his left and right, "Bring me this general's cloak!"

"The general is not wearing armor." "There's no need for that."

Bai Rong was wearing a robe, boots on the bench, and only had a cape on, as he followed the messenger army to walk up to the top of the city. Arriving at the top of the city gate, he held onto the crossbow and peered out. There was a lone rider about fifty steps from the front of the city, and there were no other soldiers around. His eyes rolled around, and after pondering for a moment, he loudly asked, "Is the person who has come is Scholar Ju Yao?"

Ouch! It's Bai Rong! When Li Jin, who was waiting outside the city heard Bai Rong's words, his spirit was lifted, but he immediately felt a chill in his heart, should he answer or not? Would Bai Rong give the order to kill him?

Sigh, at this point, I can only throw caution to the wind! Li Jin steeled his heart, braced himself and pretended to be relaxed as he shouted, "Exactly! General Bai, it's been a while.

Hey! It really was Li Jin! He could not see the other party's face clearly, but the voice, was definitely Li Jin! Bai Rong facepalmed himself, but in his heart, he could not tell what he was feeling. He wasn't blaming Li Jin for going against the Feng Country, but rather blaming him for having the intention to go against him, for not having discussed things with him in advance, even bringing up the matter with him for a bit. For such a huge matter, if he was thrown aside, he would do it, and not consider himself as a friend at all! Dozens of years of friendship was truly worthless.

"Not so good! It's been a long time since an old friend of mine left without saying goodbye. " Bai Rong pointed out.

Li Jin naturally understood that Bai Rong was talking about him. He sighed in his heart and said: "General Bai, are you willing to leave the city to meet with your old friend in person?"

Bai Rong squinted his eyes and asked: "Are you trying to harm me?"

Li Jin said in a serious tone: "I have known you for many years, when have I ever harmed General Bai? Moreover, I came alone, so what is there to be afraid of in General Bai? "

That's true! The two of them were too familiar with each other, Bai Rong knew what abilities he had, and he knew it too well. Just that, if he left the city on his own, and spread the news, he would not be able to bear the consequences. But since Li Jin dared to come alone to look for him, it must be because of an extremely important matter. Bai Rong tapped his forehead and pondered for a while before deciding to take a risk and leave the city. He said to the left and right, "Prepare the horse!"

"General ?" The surrounding Generals And Soldiers of Mo Army were all shocked. When the two armies were fighting, it was taboo to leave the city!

Understanding everyone's concerns, Bai Rong said: "The people outside the city are close friends of this general, his abilities are great, coming here today, is very likely to be a plan to protect the city, I must go to the city to meet him!"

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