Hearing this, everyone reacted immediately and quickly called the midwife over. Wei Shao and Xie's family hurried to the palace, leaving the old lady Wei and Wei Xiong who was still recovering from the wound to call the midwife to help Wei Lan Into the delivery room.
Less than half an hour after Wei Lan entered the delivery room, Wang Xi hurried in, and said coldly, "Where's Prime Minister Wei?"
"My lord, Xiangye is not feeling well now..."
"I can see you no matter how uncomfortable I am, and I can open a coffin even if I die!" Wang Xi yelled angrily, and rushed in, angrily said: "I don't care what she usually does. Make a noise no matter what, I must see her today!"
"Lord Wang..."
The butler was pushed away by him, and he hurried up to pull him. Wang Xi has always been a master, so he rushed into Wei Lan's yard in two or three strokes, and said loudly: "Wei Lan, I have something important. No matter what, you You all have to see me!"
As soon as she rushed into the yard, Wang Xi was stunned. The yard was full of women. Mrs. Wei stood at the door with an anxious face, and blood poured out of the room in pots and pots. The scene was very similar...
The look of a woman giving birth.
Wang Xi couldn't help frowning, where did this woman from Changxinhou Mansion come from
He immediately said: "Madam, may I ask where Prime Minister Wei is?"
"Old madam!" The butler rushed in hastily, and said anxiously, "Master Wang..."
"My lord, take a deep breath and work harder!"
The midwife's encouraging voice came from the room, and Wang Xi froze.
Prince, work harder...
He could understand every word, but when every word was connected together, he found that... he couldn't understand.
Wang Xi hadn't recovered from being addressed by the prince when she heard Wei Lan's voice.
Wei Lan's voice has always been indistinguishable from male and female, very recognizable. In the past, he also laughed at her voice as a woman, but now he suddenly found that after losing the aura of deliberate camouflage, the voice returned to normal. The original clear voice, unexpectedly...
What a woman.
"Mum Zhang, he seems to be stuck."
Wei Lan's voice was very weak, even if Wang Xi was a fool, she understood what was going on at the moment.
Thinking of Xie Zichen's refusal to let Wei Lan go to war no matter what, and Wei Lan not seeing anyone in court for several months, looking at this scene now, what else is there that I don't understand? !
Wang Xi was completely taken aback, Mrs. Wei took a look at Wang Xi, sighed, stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang."
"She...Wei Lan...in there?" Wang Xi was always good at dancing, smooth and intelligent, but at this moment she was at a loss for words. Mrs. Wei did not speak, Wang Xi understood what the other party meant, and immediately said: "Then...then I will take my leave..."
"Wang Xi?" Wei Lan's voice suddenly came from inside, Wang Xi was a little embarrassed for a while, and didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only say: "A Lan, you continue to live, I will go back to the court to discuss..."
"Come here!" Wei Lan felt pain in her abdomen. She was submerged in the water, listening to the midwife's guidance, adjusting her breathing, and making a difficult sound. Wang Xi didn't know what to do for a while, he really had something important to do, and now only Wei Lan could make up his mind in Shengjing, besides Wei Lan, he really didn't know who to turn to. So he could only move to the window of Wei Lan's room, through the window, he heard Wei Lan say: "What's the matter, just tell me directly."
Wang Xi's mind was in a mess, startled and dazed, and even a little angry.
Wei Lan is actually a woman
The prime minister of Great Chu, the current powerful minister who joined hands with Xie Zichen to push the Wang family to nowhere, manipulated the former emperor to ascend the throne, and let the current crown prince succeed him, is it actually a woman? !
Wei Lan is a woman, which means that the only guard in the city is gone, so what should everyone do now that Ronghua's 100,000 troops are besieging the city? !
Now the entire Shengjing is counting on this legendary general who has never been defeated in the north, but she is a woman, and a woman who is giving birth! This makes people in Shengjing, what should they do
Wang Xi was so dazed by the news that she didn't say a word. Wei Lan knew that Wang Xi's temperament, and she was not in the court but came to look for her at the moment, must have encountered some big news. She took a deep breath, relieved the pain for a long time, and said with difficulty: "Brother Wang, what's the matter?"
The voice brought back Wang Xi's mind.
Men and women don't matter at all at the moment. The important thing is that she fought the battle in the north, and she climbed up to the later Wei Xiang by herself. At this moment, what Shengjing has to rely on is indeed Wei Lan.
So he immediately dismissed those complicated thoughts, and said directly: "Alan, just now Ronghua sent me a message with a flying pigeon, asking me to open the gate of the city tomorrow morning. I guess they are not fully assembled at this moment. What do you think?" Is good?"
"He came in person?"
"coming."
Wei Lan closed her eyes, and while urging the child to give birth, she gritted her teeth and said, "Go to the palace... to find Wei Xiong, and tell him that if the number of soldiers is less than 50,000 and the other side is still increasing, they should prepare troops," said Wei Lan. Then, she took a breath, and said word by word: "Capture Ronghua alive!"
Wang Xi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Wei Lan would really have such courage.
At this time, the total number of soldiers and defenses in the city is less than 20,000, how dare Wei Lan open the city gate to start a war
Wang Xi frowned. Although he felt that this plan was inappropriate, he still responded: "I'll go to the palace to discuss it with everyone."
After speaking, Wang Xi hurried to the palace. Wei Lan suppressed her reason, controlled her physical strength, and took a deep breath desperately.
Go fast, she has to go fast as soon as possible.
Wei Xiong couldn't suppress the group of monsters in the court. At this moment, this group of nobles would never dare to open the city gate unless they were suppressed. However, if it doesn't open at this time, Shengjing will be finished.
People like Rong Hua don't have an absolute advantage, how can they dare to come directly to the front line when the front line battle is still being dragged on
By tomorrow morning, Shengjing might be finished.
Wei Lan felt dizzy from the pain, but her mind was clear.
The midwife's encouragement and urging sound was next to her ears, and she tried to give birth according to the midwife's instructions, and couldn't help but cursed in pain: "Little bastard!"
Wang Xi hurried into the palace, everyone in the palace was already here, Wei Xiong had just returned from the defense of the city tower, Empress Dowager Xie took the Xie family to hold the young emperor in the hall, watching Wang Xi come in a hurry.
All those in power in the court were present at the moment, watching Wang Xi come in, Prime Minister Wang opened his squinted eyes and said, "President Wei is not here yet?"
Wang Xi froze, with a bitter look on his face, but Xie's family members changed their expressions and looked at Wang Xi nervously. Wang Xi bit the bullet and said, "Wei Xiang is suffering from a serious illness, and it is true that he cannot come now."
Hearing this, Prime Minister Wang was stunned.
He asked Wang Xi to invite Wei Lan in person, because he was sure that Wei Lan's illness was an excuse to avoid going to the battlefield. At this moment, Wang Xi couldn't invite Wei Lan, so he was afraid it was true
Now is not the time to pay attention to the truth, Prime Minister Wang immediately changed the subject and said, "Did you tell me the news about Rong Hua's attack on the city tomorrow? How would he say it?"
"Wei Xiang means to ask General Wei to go up to the tower to check immediately. If the opponent's army strength is less than 50,000, he will immediately go to battle and capture Rong Hua alive."
Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, Jiang Chun, the leader of the imperial guards, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "There are less than 20,000 troops in the city, and now we are going to fight. Could it be that we want all of our 20,000 soldiers to die?!"
"General Jiang, be safe and don't be impatient," Prime Minister Wang looked at Wei Xiong: "Little General Wei, can you explain to everyone what brother Ling means?"
Wei Xiong pursed his lips.
At this moment, it can be clearly seen from the city tower that the soldiers brought by Ronghua are definitely more than 20,000 by naked eyes, and they are still increasing. Hua, if you lose, you will lose the lives of the entire Shengjing. If it is not necessary, it will never come to this step.
Wei Xiong struggled to speak out: "Wei Xiang may feel that the situation is critical now, and he has the meaning of dying. If Ronghua will add more than 50,000 people in the future, Shengjing won't last long, so it's better to fight Ronghua to the end at this moment." , capture him before the other horse arrives, and Sheng Jing can survive for a few more days."
When everyone heard Wei Xiong's explanation, they showed disapproval. Prime Minister Wang frowned and said, "The front line and Shengjing are high mountains and long rivers. How could Ronghua bring too many troops?"
"And we have already set up the Beacon Tower to spread the news to the outside. Even if Ronghua really came with an army of 50,000, Shengjing can hold on and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. We should take down Ronghua together!" Jiang Chun was extremely eager, thank you The family whispered to each other and thought it made sense. Wang Shangshu's eyes fell on Wang Xi, Wang Xi pondered for a moment, but said: "I don't think Wei Xiang is a reckless person. If she hadn't predicted that there would be a catastrophe, she probably wouldn't have made this decision."
"Then let her come!" Jiang Chun said angrily, "She will spend her life at home and let us work hard. This is a good idea!"
"You fucking shut up!" A loud shout came from the crowd, and everyone followed the sound, and it turned out to be Ruan Kangcheng, a playboy who only knew how to steal chickens and dogs on weekdays. He stood behind his father and watched Jiang Chun burst into anger. Voice: "Wei Lan is not such a person!"
Jiang Chun laughed sarcastically: "If Wei Lan is not such a person, it will be Xie Shangshuling's turn to go to the battlefield?!"
"Is it interesting to quarrel at this time?" Wei Xiong looked at Jiang Chun impatiently. Now the military defense in the city, the 10,000 imperial guards belong to Jiang Chun, and the remaining 10,000 military defenses in the outer city and the Changxinhou Mansion Army are just 10,000. Returning to Wei Xiong, although he is young, his words are very important, and he said directly: "So you are not planning to send troops anymore, are you? Let me ask, what if Ronghua's troops exceed 50,000 tomorrow?!"
"Then what if we lose?" Jiang Chun went straight to Wei Xiong: "Tomorrow is over 50,000, we can last a few more days, maybe we can last until the reinforcements come. But if the city gate is opened, we lose Shengjing is completely over."
Wei Xiong nodded, and said directly: "Okay, I know what you mean. Then just hang out, I won't guard this city anymore, whoever loves guarding it will guard it."
After finishing speaking, Wei Xiong turned around and left the palace directly, and everyone immediately changed their faces. Jiang Chun spat and said angrily: "A group of people in Changxinhou's residence who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
Wei Xiong paused, and after a while, he turned around and sneered, "I've never been as knowledgeable as a child who has never seen blood from a foreign race on a knife."
Jiang Chun's face froze.
The imperial guards had never stepped out of the imperial city, but the two sons of the Changxinhou family grew up on the battlefield in their teens.
Wei Xiong turned around and left straight away, Ruan Kangcheng followed immediately, Wei Xiong was a little strange, looked at Ruan Kangcheng and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I'll follow you!" Ruan Kangcheng said directly, "You're going to fight, right?"
Hearing Ruan Kangcheng's words, Wei Xiong couldn't help laughing, raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what does that have to do with you as a civil servant?"
"I can fight."
Ruan Kangcheng raised his hand and patted his muscles, and said seriously, "Count me in."
Wei Xiong looked him up and down. Although Ruan Kangcheng was much older than him, he looked like a scholar, and his appearance was weak. On the contrary, he was thrown to the border by Wei Lan at the age of thirteen. Later, he directly took charge of Qingzhou. Blown by the wind and sun, fighting and killing, he is much more heroic, even a whole head taller than Ruan Kangcheng.
Ruan Kangcheng was a little dissatisfied with his scrutinizing expression: "What do you mean?"
"Let's go back."
Wei Xiong smiled: "I'm going to die, you don't have to follow."
"Since you are going to die," Ruan Kangcheng immediately darkened his face: "Why are you going?"
"I believe in my elder brother." Wei Xiong cast his gaze outside the city, his eyes were heavy: "If my elder brother decides to fight, then Wei Xiong will naturally fight."
His elder sister is so wise, even when she is still in labor, she still has to care about the people of this city, and Wei Lan will never make such a decision unless it is absolutely necessary.
He doesn't need to know the reason, and he doesn't need to ask the reason. He only knows that as long as Wei Lan makes a decision, he will definitely go all out.
In this whole life, Wei Lan has protected Changxinhou Mansion as a woman, urged him to grow up, and endured the hardships and hardships that he should never admit. In time, he went through fire and water for her to repay her for protecting her for so many years.
Ruan Kangcheng looked at Wei Xiong's solemn expression, followed him to the tower, and said slowly, "You think so, why don't I?"
"I met her when I was fourteen years old, and now it's been more than ten years. I can't understand what she is like. Since she said that she wants to fight, it must be the best time now. How can I back down?"
"Those corrupt old men are terribly afraid of war, but I am not afraid of it," Ruan Kangcheng smiled, with bitterness in his eyes: "Anyway, there are people waiting for me below, so what am I afraid of?"
Wei Xiong was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and patted Ruan Kangcheng's shoulder: "Go and change, the city gate is waiting for you."
After finishing speaking, Wei Xiong went back to Changxinhou Mansion.
At this moment, Ronghua's people are still assembled, and every point of time is a point. He asked his subordinates to order 10,000 soldiers and horses, put on armor, and came to the door of Wei Lan's delivery room at the same time.
Wei Lan was extremely restrained in giving birth, and she hardly made any sound. It was the midwife who was encouraging her to help. Wei Lan's only breathing sound was clearly audible.
Standing in front of the delivery room, Wei Xiong said gently, "Sister, I'm going to the battlefield, do you have any orders?"
"You only have 20,000 soldiers and horses," Wei Lan said with difficulty, "We must... a quick battle, and Rong Hua must be captured alive. Because Huan Heng will not reinforce."
Huan Heng will not reinforce.
Wei Lan made such preparations.
Even though she always wanted to treat Huan Heng as the boy back then, at critical moments, she always believed in her instincts.
Rong Hua brought troops here, naturally not just a few tens of thousands of people, they must directly take down Shengjing. At this moment on the battlefield, Xie Zichen must be the best point of attack. It is impossible for Huan Heng to reduce people from Xie Zichen. On the contrary, he will put pressure on Xie Zichen, intending to break through in one fell swoop.
In other words, these people must be drawn from Huan Heng's battle side, even if they are not directly drawn, they will reduce troops from Huan Heng.
However, for so long, Huan Heng's battle report has always been about how he fought with Rong Hua, he had no time to take care of Xie Zichen, and he never reported to the court about the reduction of Rong Hua's troops.
If you think about it a bit worse, then Huan Heng's plan may be to use Rong Hua's hand to defeat Xie Zichen, and then try to turn the tide by himself. In this way, Xie Zichen is dead, and his reputation will never be shaken again. , and Wei Lan's Qingzhou army's idea of fighting against his Huan's army must be completely shattered.
To defeat Xie Zichen, the first step is to let Rong Hua get his wish. Rong Hua wanted to take Shengjing, nothing more than forcing the front line to send troops back. As long as Huan Heng did not send troops, Xie Zichen would definitely send troops. Once Xie Zichen moved, Rong Hua would let the entire army line be completely on Xie Zichen. Within ten days, Xie Zichen must collapse.
As for Huan Heng, as long as he picked the right time to enter the arena, when Xie Zichen had exhausted the opponent to the extent that the front line would not completely collapse.
But where is it so easy
Wei Lan closed her eyes.
For a person like Rong Hua, since she could think of it, Rong Hua would naturally guess what Huan Heng was thinking. I'm afraid she had already made preparations. As long as Xie Zichen died and Sheng Jing fell, I'm afraid that the Great Chu would be completely over.
A person like Rong Hua, even if she joins forces with Xie Zichen and Huan Heng, is not necessarily his opponent, let alone Huan Heng who is so entrusted with him
So she has to be fast.
She wanted to capture Ronghua alive, break out and report to Xie Zichen.
She, Wei Lan, is alive and well, and Sheng Jing can hold on. As long as Xie Zichen knows that she is fine and doesn't mess up her position, she is sure to persuade Huan Heng to let him and Xie Zichen put pressure on the front line quickly, forcing Rong Hua to retreat. Going to the front line, or directly annihilating the active forces on the front line, and then turning back to besiege Rong Hua in Shengjing, are all moves.
As long as Rong Hua can be captured alive, as long as she can get out.
Wei Lan clenched her teeth, trembling all over.
She must... must give birth to this child as soon as possible.
When Wei Xiong drove his horse to the city gate, he saw Ruan Kangcheng wearing armor, waiting for him under the city tower.
At this moment, the sun was setting and the setting sun was like blood. Ruan Kangcheng, together with the people in the army, was waiting for him with a smile on his face.
Wei Xiong rode his horse to the front of the crowd, and said seriously: "There is no need to be obsessed with this battle, we just need to capture Rong Hua alive and disturb the opponent's position."
"Yes!" Everyone answered loudly. This army is very new, and they are all teenagers who are about the same age as Wei Xiong. Wei Xiong looked at them, thinking of Wei Lan who was still in childbirth, and couldn't help but said: "This time we may never return, but there is no need to panic. sad."
"Because the home is behind you, you don't fear that your soul will go home, and you don't fear that your bones will be unknown."
"Everyone," Wei Xiong cupped his hands: "Wei Xiong will have no regrets in his life if he can fight with you!"