Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 362 Not only friends, but also sisters!

The roar of the mountains and the sea lasted for nearly half an hour before finally dying down.

After everyone calmed down, Song Yuan immediately called General Wei and Murong Lie.

"Go down and urge everyone to set up camp quickly. Don't forget we still have missions to perform, especially the prisoner exchange tomorrow. It's not time to celebrate yet!"

"Your Majesty is right!"

Murong Lie nodded immediately: "Everyone may be too excited and almost delayed the important matter. I will give the order now!"

"Don't worry!"

Just as Murong Lie turned around, General Wei suddenly spoke.

"Brother Murong, we have already recovered one of the three cities. I believe the other two cities will also be under our control in the future. But don't forget that we are still hostile to the barbarians!"

"I think the most urgent thing is to send someone back to defend, so that the barbarians won't take advantage of the situation and sneak in. If they force their way across the Peacock River, Zhenbei City might suffer!"

Not to mention defense, even if we take over the two cities later, we will need someone to support us from the rear.

Moreover, as the front line moves forward, personnel are also needed to coordinate logistics.

Retaking the Three Border Cities is not as simple as just adding three more cities. All the defensive arrangements behind them need to be changed accordingly!

Hearing this, Murong Lie nodded at this moment: "Thanks to the general's reminder, otherwise I would have really forgotten about this matter!"

As the saying goes, food and supplies must be sent before troops move out. Reclaiming the city is certainly a good thing, but the things behind it cannot be delayed either.

Faced with General Wei's proposal, Murong Lie, the deputy commander, frowned and thought for a long time before finally responding.

"No matter what, you are the commander of the entire Zhenbei Army. It's most appropriate to entrust this matter to you!"

"As for me, the prince and I will stay here to prepare for the conquest of the other two cities. General, what do you think?"

"Hmph!" When General Wei heard Murong Lie say this, he snorted coldly and a somewhat unhappy expression appeared on his face.

Noticing this attitude, Murong Lie realized that he might have caused the other party to misunderstand him.

He quickly pulled General Wei aside and patiently explained, "General, don't overthink it. I'm not trying to steal your credit. This is simply something you have to do!"

"Firstly, although His Majesty has issued an order, the news of the imperial edict has not yet spread. If we want to mobilize the logistics in the rear, we must have your personal instructions. If you are at the front line, it is too far away from the rear, and everything will probably be delayed for a long time!"

"Also, I'm also thinking about you. The relationship between you and the prince is currently quite tense. If you stay here and another conflict arises, I'm afraid it won't be resolved!"

"I promise you, General, rest assured that your share of the credit will be yours. I will personally demand it in front of His Majesty when the time comes!"

Murong Lie spoke frankly. After all, in his eyes, the greatest credit still belonged to Song Yuan.

As for the remaining soup, why is there any need to fight for it?

"I don't care about the credit!"

After hearing Murong Lie's explanation, General Wei's expression improved a lot and he slowly began to talk about his difficulties.

"How about this, you go and report to the prince first. If he agrees, I will naturally not refuse!"

"You know that he and I have a terrible relationship. I'm afraid that if I lead the troops back, the prince will report me behind my back, saying that I'm angry and uncooperative. If His Majesty blames me, I can't bear it!"

When Murong Lie heard this, he smiled helplessly and then hurried to find Song Yuan.

Facing the complaints from General Wei, Song Yuan sneered.

"How could I be so stingy? Just tell General Wei that this is a matter of great importance in recovering our territory. Even if I'm dissatisfied with him, I will definitely not mess around with this matter!"

"How about this? Tell General Wei to leave early tomorrow morning. We'll discuss how to adjust the defense line in the evening!"

For Song Yuan, it doesn’t matter whether the man surnamed Wei is there or not.

However, Song Yuan must be aware of the subsequent adjustments to the defense line in advance!

Song Yuan was afraid that General Wei would take this opportunity to secretly mobilize his troops. If at that time, he wanted to do something bad to him, it would be too late even if he wanted to take precautions!

With Murong Lie mediating, everyone gathered together again after dinner half an hour later!

Under the chairmanship of General Wei, several generals began to discuss the subsequent adjustments to the defense line.

According to General Wei, now that the defense line has moved forward, the places where food and grass were previously stored will naturally have to change accordingly.

Zhenbei City is the best place to store food and fodder right now!

However, since there are not so many granaries in Zhenbei City at the moment, most of the food and grass must be transported to the front line and temporarily stored by the Peacock River.

In this way, those who were previously defending the granary can also be withdrawn and sent to garrison in Sanbian City!

In addition, the left wing needs to strengthen its defense.

Prevent the barbarians from taking this opportunity to cross the river and launch a surprise attack.

At the same time, Mohai City, which was previously insignificant in Song Yuan's hands, has now become the focus of defense!

In the eyes of General Wei, Song Yuan now has more than 20,000 troops under his command, plus the Tian soldiers who were previously under his command, there is no need for more reinforcements!

"Your Majesty, after all, you are the defender of Mohai City. How do you think about this?"

At the end of the discussion, General Wei did not forget to turn around and ask Song Yuan.

Song Yuan did not hesitate at all about this matter and nodded immediately.

After all, no one else knew that Song Yuan had secretly hidden more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Together with his previous subordinates, there were a total of 40,000 people!

Such a number of people is definitely enough to defend a city. Even if there is a surprise attack by barbarians, defending the city will be no problem!

Now that the coldest days of winter have passed, as the temperature rises, the ice on the Peacock River will melt.

When spring finally arrived, the Peacock River was surging and crossing was impossible.

In this way, the pressure on Mohai City will naturally be greatly reduced.

……

In the border town.

Although the barbarians caused some destruction before leaving, there were still a small number of houses that were intact.

The places where Song Yuan and his people lived were naturally the best preserved ones.

According to Song Yuan's arrangement, he was only a wall away from the barbarian princess!

At the same time, Song Yuan arranged Huo Jianchuan to form a circle and guard closely.

Without his order, no one is allowed to touch the princess!

However, Song Yuan didn't expect that as soon as he returned to the room, he suddenly heard a familiar crying sound in his ears.

Song Yuan vaguely recognized that this was clearly Situ Jing's voice!

Noticing Situ Jing's movements, Song Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly asked, "Who is in the princess's room?"

Upon learning that in addition to Situ Jing, Jin Lian was also among them, Song Yuan couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face.

What are these two women doing here?

Just talk about the key points, why are you crying?

They've only been together for a few days, so there's no need to act out a show of sisterly love when we're parting, right?

Song Yuan just felt it was a bit ridiculous, and immediately opened the door and walked in with a bit of curiosity.

However, Song Yuan noticed something unusual in a split second. The three women looked at him at the same time, and there was clearly a hint of hostility in their pupils.

Situ Jing is now leaning on Jinlian, with tears in her eyes!

As for Jinlian, her expression was gloomy and her eyes were lifeless.

"What's going on with you?"

"It's nothing, nothing!" After hearing Song Yuan's voice, Situ Jingzhi finally reacted and quickly stood up, wiping away his tears while speaking.

As for Jinlian, she kept winking at Song Yuan, as if reminding him not to ask too many questions!

What is going on? Why can't I ask?

Just when Song Yuan was puzzled, Zhili Luojia suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Your two ladies are really good. If we weren't enemies now, maybe we could become friends!"

"In my opinion, you can not only be friends, but even sisters!" Song Yuanmei gave Luo Jia a look of anger.

"As long as you agree, He Qing is willing to marry me, and you two will be sisters with deep affection from now on!"

"If you marry into my family, I can consider it!" Luo Jia curled her lips and looked at Song Yuan without showing any weakness: "As long as you marry into my family, I will definitely be willing to assist you!"

"Forget it, forget it. Neither of us can convince the other, so let's not discuss this issue!"

Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate, Song Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense and simply waved his hand: "Don't forget, tomorrow is the time to exchange hostages. After handing you over, we will also exchange prisoners. It's getting late now, you should go to bed early!"

"Be careful not to wake up with a bad complexion during the day. If your men think I'm mistreating you, it would be disastrous if something goes wrong!"

After saying this, Song Yuan put his arm around a woman, said goodbye to Luo Jia, and returned to his room.

Luo Jia behind him suddenly shook his head and smiled: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I have something else to tell you!"