Due to the defeat in the Battle of Tuohe, the rebels were no longer able to organize a defense line outside Yang'an. Therefore, the official army successfully arrived at Yang'an City. The official army planned to use the remaining power of the victory to take Yang'an in one go, but this

The defense of this city is unique. The army attacked for two days without success, but lost many soldiers. When the prince and others saw that this was not an option, they simply laid siege to the city for reinforcements. They were not in a hurry to attack at the moment.

, but surrounded Yang'an with most of the troops, and sent some troops south to occupy the piers along the river, so that the army's reinforcements could continuously cross the river. This task happened to be assigned to Luo Tianbao, who thought

This life is actually quite easy, and I accepted the order happily.

In fact, the whole process went as Luo Tianbao expected. The main force of the rebels was either consumed in the previous battles or retreated to Yang'an. The defenders along the coast basically had no combat effectiveness and basically collapsed at the first touch. Luo Tianbao did not hesitate.

With great effort, they captured all the wharves from Hexi to Zhongzhou. This completely opened up the connection between the army and the rear. Soldiers and supplies moved north in large numbers. As a result, the army even spent several months in Yang'an.

Question, after Luo Tianbao completed his mission, he returned to Yang'an to join the main force.

As a result, they met the prince, Lin Yunfei and others. Everyone was quite satisfied with his performance. There happened to be no fighting at the moment, so they asked Luo Tianbao to go back and rest temporarily. Afterwards, Luo Tianbao and others inquired with Zhang Xiaoquan and others, and found that the situation in Yang'an was actually quite good.

Stable, Ning Sixiao knew that going out of the city for a decisive battle with his current strength would be courting death. Fortunately, he had gathered all the nearby food and supplies in Yang'an, so it would be no problem even if he defended for a hundred and eighty days, so he simply stayed put for now.

Waiting for reinforcements.

In fact, the rebels on the periphery were not without action. A few days ago, the rebels came from Dingzhou and made a tentative attack on the encirclement. As a result, they were severely beaten back by the government troops. Now most of the rebel generals are obviously still

While watching the changes in the battle situation, the Yang'an battlefield fell into a strange calm.

When Luo Tianbao thought about it, it was good. Anyway, Comrade Qin had already opened it up in the future. It would be beneficial to the officers and soldiers to continue to use it like this. He was no longer anxious. That day, Luo Tianbao returned to his camp after handling official business, but he passed by a prisoner of war camp on the way.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the steward standing there with a sad face, as if he had something on his mind. Luo Tianbao was quite familiar with this person, so he took the initiative to say hello.

"Lao Xie, what's wrong with you?"

The other party was stunned for a moment when he heard this. When he looked up and saw Luo Tianbao, he immediately seemed to have seen his savior.

"Hey, it's you, young marshal. Why are you here here?"

"I went to General Li's place to do some business. I happened to pass by you when I was returning to the camp. I saw you looking sad. What's wrong?"

"Young Marshal, you really need to come forward in this matter. King Si Cao drank too much and came to us to say that he wanted to see the captured Ning Xiaolan. We said that no one could approach her easily without an order from the top, but

King Si Cao refused to listen and went straight in. We stepped forward to stop him, but we got beaten up. You see, my cheeks are still swollen."

As he spoke, Lao Xie put his face in front of Luo Tianbao. The latter looked slightly red and swollen, and he couldn't help but frown. He knew the origin of this King Si Cao. His father was the eldest brother of the Supreme Emperor, and he was also the emperor for a time.

The popular heir, but the old prince felt that his talents were not as good as those of his brothers, so he took the initiative to give in. This incident moved the Supreme Emperor. After he ascended the throne, he named the second brother King Cao, which was a great favor. Later, King Cao

After he passed away due to illness, the throne was passed to his son, and according to the country's regulations, his title was reduced to King Si Cao. Despite this, both the Supreme Emperor and the emperor still took great care of this son.

Luo Tianbao has never met the old King Cao, but from other people's memories, he is a quite easy-going and gentle man. It is not difficult to understand. If not, he would not have withdrawn from the succession struggle, but the character of this heir, King Cao, is not good.

He is not as good as his father. He has a violent personality, is greedy for drinking, and can't control himself when he drinks too much. He has caused a lot of troubles for this. The civil and military officials talked privately about him and did not have a good evaluation of him, just because

Due to the kindness of the old King Cao, and the fact that although this man was not good in character, he was still quite brave in fighting, so the prince and others turned a blind eye to him and kept him serving in the army.

Luo Tianbao and King Si Cao often dealt with each other because of official matters. It was said that there was no grudge, but they both felt that they could not get along with each other, so they had no personal relationship. Now it was a headache to hear that this drunken Luo Tianbao was the one.

Logically speaking, he didn't want to worry about it. After all, the other party was a relative of the emperor, and he would be in trouble if he didn't do it. But Luo Tianbao also thought that Ning Xiaolan was different from other prisoners. If he made a mistake, it would be very troublesome in the future, and he also said it at the beginning.

He wouldn't treat her badly. Now that something really happened, he just ignored it. This may not be something he can't explain. Thinking of this, Luo Tianbao couldn't help but ask: "Where is King Si Cao?"

"It's just inside. I've been in there for a while. I was worried about an accident and that's why I was anxious."

"Okay, don't worry about this. I'll go in and take a look for you."

Luo Tianbao said and led everyone into the prisoner of war camp. When he arrived outside the camp where Ning Xiaolan was detained, he heard the sounds of fighting and screaming coming from inside. Luo Tianbao knew that the situation was not good, and immediately wanted to break in, but was

King Si Cao's personal guards left at the door blocked him.

"King Cao is interrogating criminals, and no one else is allowed to enter."

Luo Tianbao knew that the people under King Si Cao were used to bullying others, and it was useless for you to talk to them. He immediately glared at him: "You dog slave, you don't even know me anymore!?"

Luo Tianbao had frequent dealings with King Si Cao, so his group of people really knew Luo Tianbao, and their attitude became kinder immediately upon seeing this.

"Hey, it's Lin Youcheng. I didn't see clearly just now. Why are you here?"

"It's not your turn to ask questions. Is King Si Cao in there?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I want to go in and see him."

"You Cheng, please don't make things difficult for us. My prince said that he is interrogating criminals and no one is allowed to disturb him. We cannot afford to let you in."

"Then you can send a message for me and say that I want to see the prince."

"This..." The guards hesitated for a moment when they heard this. At this moment, another woman's scream came from the tent. Luo Tianbao was immediately anxious when he heard this. He no longer cared about entangled with everyone and rushed in. The two

Seeing this, a personal guard stretched out his hand to stop them. With Luo Tianbao's skills, why did he care about them? He pushed the two people away as soon as he moved his hands outward. The other personal guards around him saw this and were about to step forward to reinforce, but at this time Shu Tingshu

The people brought by Yi and Luo Tianbao immediately put their hands on their weapons to show that they would attack whoever came forward again. The guards did not dare to openly offend Luo Tianbao. Secondly, they also knew that Shu Ting and Shu Yi's group were not good.

In a real fight, people like him might not be able to get an advantage, so no one dared to step forward for a while. Only then did Luo Tianbao successfully enter the camp.

When Luo Tianbao entered the tent, he almost lost his temper. He saw King Si Cao pressing Ning Xiaolan to the ground. Both of them were disheveled. Ning Xiaolan's hands and feet were tied and it was difficult to move. Even so, she still screamed and struggled.
Chapter completed!