Siege

Verdant Green Maiden chased after the Liao Army to kill them.

Guo Rong and the others stood where they were, stunned for a long while. It took him and the others behind him quite some time to come back to their senses.

"That was..."

"Could she be the female sword immortal from beneath Luoyang City all those years ago?"

"Your Majesty, she is your Master?"

Zhao Kuangyin turned to look at Guo Rong, his expression utterly astonished.

Guo Rong stood there for a long time before finally recovering. He took a deep breath, turned to face Zhao Kuangyin and the others behind him, then swept his gaze past them to the Guards. "No one is to speak of what happened today!"

"...Yes!"

Everyone nodded.

Speak of it?

Anyone could see that the female sword immortal was on good terms with Guo Rong!

Would they dare speak of it? Did they have a death wish?

However, after Verdant Green Maiden cleared out the Liao Army, the pressure on the Zhou Army abruptly eased!

Guo Rong punished the general who had led the right-wing Imperial Guard in retreat. After reorganizing the Imperial Guard, he immediately pressed the advantage and pursued, driving straight toward Taiyuan, the capital of Northern Han.

By the end of May, the Zhou Army had Taiyuan under siege.

"Your Majesty, Taiyuan lies ahead. Liu Chong is inside the city."

Zhao Kuangyin reported the current battle situation to Guo Rong.

"What about the Liao Army?"

Guo Rong asked again.

This was still the matter that concerned him most.

"The Liao Army?"

Zhao Kuangyin froze at the question.

After considering it, he replied to Guo Rong, "According to our Scouts, after those Liao troops retreated to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they have not emerged again."

"Even when wandering cavalry occasionally