After Mu Mingtang was diagnosed with a happy pulse, the atmosphere in the mansion changed completely, and everyone was beaming with joy. The maids were still worried about the princess' lack of appetite during the day, but now they are all overjoyed. The maid changed Mu Mingtang's hot tea, and lightly placed a soft pillow behind Mu Mingtang's waist: "Be careful, princess, you are pregnant with your little master now, so you can't be tired."
Mu Mingtang didn't know how to do tiring things, but now the maids are like enemies, and they are more nervous than her master, which makes Mu Mingtang laugh and cry: "It's not that exaggerated. The little Taoist also said it in the afternoon. , I'm just deficient in qi and blood, I usually move around more and take care of it, and I'll be fine."
"That can't be careless." The maid was still persistent, and she didn't even let Mu Mingtang bring a cup of tea. No matter what Mu Mingtang does, someone will take over. She has nothing to do, so she can only caress her belly like annoyed: "It's really good at tossing people."
Even though she said that, her brows were full of joy. This is her and Xie Xuanchen's child, Mu Mingtang couldn't help thinking, whether this child is a boy or a girl, who has a temperament like, and whoever has more eyebrows.
Xie Xuanchen's temper is turbulent enough. If there is a smaller version of him in the family in the future, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it.
Mu Mingtang was sullen before, but since he learned that he was pregnant, his mood instantly became high. The maids saw Mu Mingtang's brows and eyes were smiling, and the whole body was covered with a soft radiance. They were both relieved and regretful: "It's a pity that the lord has gone on an expedition and is not in the mansion. If the lord knew that the princess has a little master, I don't know how happy I would be. ."
Mu Mingtang felt a little depressed when he thought of Xie Xuanchen. But she quickly cheered herself up: "It doesn't matter, it's not too late to tell him when he comes back. Maybe by then, the child will be able to understand the voices of the outside world."
At the moment, the front lines know nothing of what is going on in the rear.
There is no moon tonight, the stars are dim, the broad and gentle horizon is hidden in the darkness, like a giant beast, swallowing up those who are on the road.
Yeluyan looked at the endless darkness and sighed deeply.
He has won many times on the battlefield against the Ye Dynasty, and he almost overturned the capital of the Ye Dynasty. Victory boosted his self-confidence, Yeluyan was pretentious, convinced that he should achieve lofty ambitions.
So Yeluyan secretly arranged people to shoot Yeluji in front of the battle, and in turn framed Xie Xuanchen, and took the initiative to provoke a war. Yeluji caused such a big mess for Beirong, and he had no face left in the world. If it weren't for Yeluji, Yeluyan would have Tokyo in his pocket now. It's a pity that the Empress Dowager Xiao spoiled her younger son, and regardless of Beirong Qianqiu's dominance, she forced Yeluyan to retreat.
Empress Dowager Xiao has a lot of prestige and is tantamount to being a half-lord in the court, even the emperor has to give in. Although Yeluyan has emerged in recent years, he did not dare to fight against Empress Dowager Xiao, and even he had to marry Empress Dowager Xiao's niece Xiao Siyi in order to please the Xiao family.
Empress Dowager Xiao ordered him to retreat, but Yeluyan did not dare not retreat. The credit for his backhand was just like this, Yeluyan was not reconciled, and decided to find a place in Yeluji.
Yeluji is such a waste, if he can't win against Xie Xuanchen, it's not a problem, and he will embarrass the Khitan people. 100,000 people were chased and beaten by Xie Xuanchen's 8,000 people, and finally they all returned to Beirong territory, but they were even able to be picked up by Xie Xuanchen from the tent of 20,000 people.
Yelu Yan gritted his teeth with hatred, and his ambitions and big plans were ruined on Yelu's fuselage. Otherwise, when Yeluyan captures the capital of the Ye Dynasty and captures the Emperor Xie, he will be the unique heroic overlord in the history of Khitan.
Yeluji should have died a long time ago and apologized to the Khitan ancestors. Since he himself refused, Yeluyan had to come.
Yeluyan shot Yeluji and solved a powerful rival to the throne for himself. When she returns to Shangdu in the future, the Queen Mother Xiao asks, and Yeluyan can also be pushed to Xie Xuanchen.
Anyway, Xie Xuanchen chopped off a finger of Yeluji, and he had a grudge against the Queen Mother Xiao. Before the battle, the sword has no eyes, who knows, where did the random arrows come from
Yeluyan has solved the strong enemy, and can also take advantage of the situation to attack his unprepared, sneak attack on the border. Yeluyan always felt that he was far-sighted, and this time he would definitely defeat Xie Xuanchen and give Beirong a sigh of relief. He also always felt that it was Yeluji's cowardice and stupidity that Xie Xuanchen succeeded many times. If it were him, it would not be the case.
Now, Yeluyan fled in a hurry in the dark, and he finally realized that he had imagined things too simply.
It's not that Yeluji is useless, it's not that Yeluji's command was wrong, or even that Yeluji didn't make any mistakes. The enemy is really too scary.
This feeling was all too familiar, Yeluyan couldn't help but think of the fear of being hanged by Xie Xuanchen on the polo field last year. At that time, he thought that he was only inferior to Xie Xuanchen in combat alone, but now after being beaten up, Yeluyan finally realized that he was inferior to Xie Xuanchen in every aspect.
Xie Xuanchen is really a nightmare.
At this moment, Nightmare was watching the sand table in the main tent. The lights in the tent were bright. General Xu and General Chang were all around the sand table, discussing with Xie Xuanchen what to do next.
Yeluyan retreated, and Beirong's hinterland was exposed to them like never before. Xie Xuanchen had been preventing Yeluyan from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, so he wrote to General Xu and General Chang, who was stationed in Hejian, to bring troops to the border for support.
Zhongshan and Hejian have fought against Beirong for many years, and they understand the viciousness and viciousness of the other side. General Xu and General Chang knew the importance and did not dare to delay, and immediately brought people to join Xie Xuanchen and display them on the border together.
It was later proved that Xie Xuanchen really did not wrong Yeluyan.
Xie Xuanchen scoured many people from the Imperial Imperial Army, Enzhou City, Zhending Mansion, etc. along the way, from the initial 8,000 troops, and gradually increased to 40,000. Although Xie Xuanchen deliberately chose good players when he left, but these people were formed temporarily, and compared with the soldiers who had been trained for more than ten years in Zhongshan and Hejian, their combat effectiveness was far worse.
Therefore, Xie Xuanchen unceremoniously called the Xu family and the Chang family. Zhongshan and Hejian together had a total of 300,000 troops. Although only a small part was transferred, it was enough for Xie Xuanchen to send envoys. Dealing with Yeluyan's 60,000 people was like a joke.
Under the lamp, the Xu family and the Chang family's lieutenant were arguing fiercely. Xu Qilang advocated the pursuit of victory, but General Chang's people felt that the poor bandits were not going to pursue them.
The two parties couldn't argue, and finally they all looked at Xie Xuanchen.
Each of them is a general guarding one side, and each is experienced and has a very different marching style, and no one is willing to accept the other. Only Xie Xuanchen, who has been in contact with him in the past few days, can convince everyone.
Others say they don't believe it, but if this person is Xie Xuanchen, they believe it.
When Xu Qilang and General Chang's lieutenant were arguing, Xie Xuanchen listened quietly, didn't express his opinion, just fiddled with the flag in the sand table. Now that the two sides are arguing, they both look at Xie Xuanchen: "My lord, what do you think?"
Xu Qilang's voice fell behind, and the eyes of others in the tent also fell on Xie Xuanchen, and they all waited for Xie Xuanchen to express his position. Xie Xuanchen seemed to have finally heard enough, and said calmly, "Going deep into Beirong's land may be ambushed, so what about our own?"
All the people present were startled: "Your Highness..."
Xie Xuanchen suddenly picked up the red flag representing the destination, threw it casually, and inserted it deeply into the large area of land behind Zhuozhou: "Youyun Sixteen Prefectures have been lost to outsiders for nearly 30 years, and it should have been returned to the original owner."
Xu Qilang was stunned, and after a long time, he seemed to have reacted, and the blood all over his body burst in an instant: "My lord, you mean, capture the sixteen states of Youyun?"
"It's not capture." Xie Xuanchen corrected, "It's recovery."
This is Xie Xuanchen's real purpose. There is only one Yeluyan, Xie Xuanchen can take him back to his hometown with 40,000 people by himself, why bother to call Xu Jiajun and Chang Jiajun together? He assembled the northern troops, and at the beginning, the purpose was the sixteen states of Youyun.
Since the sixteen states of Youyun were cut off, Guangjin, Houjin, Zhou and other dynasties have tried to take it back, but they have not been successful. After Xie Yi took the throne, the first thing to do was to put the recovery of the sixteen states of Youyun on the agenda. At that time, Xie Xuanchen pacified various small imperial courts in the south. They originally planned to reclaim the sixteen states of Youyun after pacifying the rear area, cultivating their health and fighting for a few years.
Counting the time, this year, the year of Xie Yi's plan has arrived.
Xie Xuanchen made Xie Yi angry since he was a child, and when he grew up, he didn't even deliver Xie Yi's last ride. It is really unfilial to do this for the Son of Man, so let him fulfill the last wish for his father.
Tokyo, Hanging Arch.
The emperor looked gloomy when he looked at the newspaper from the front.
"Hejian and Zhongshan's 300,000 army, who issued the document to allow them to transfer troops?"
Prime Minister Song, Jiang Honghao and the others standing at the bottom held their breaths: "It's King An."
"Xie Xuanchen?" The emperor's face became more and more bad. "Hasn't he been relieved of military power, where did he get the power to mobilize the frontier army?"
Prime Minister Song and Jiang Honghao bowed their heads, but neither of them spoke. The emperor had ordered the dismissal of Xie Xuanchen long ago. At first, he was coerced by Yeluyan. Later, the imperial envoy who accompanied the Beirong people to Zhongshan City to deliver the goods came back, saying that Xie Xuanchen refused to deliver, and seemed to be disrespectful to the court. At that time, the emperor was really suspicious, and the subsequent orders were all serious to relieve Xie Xuanchen's military power.
Even if you take a step back, everything Xie Xuanchen did was for the imperial court. Now that the crisis in Tokyo has been resolved, Yeluyan has also returned to Beirong, everything has returned to the right track, and Xie Xuanchen still resists the decree, what is the purpose
Not only did he hold the military power of Zhendingfu, but he even mobilized the 300,000 defenders in Zhongshan and Hejian to move around the border. Military generals only have the right to train troops but not to send troops, without the central government's order, and without the supervision of civilian officials to follow the army, they cannot send troops.
But now, without the knowledge of the imperial court, the 300,000-strong army of Beizhen is frequently mobilized on the border, and even goes abroad. So ignoring discipline and law, is it possible to rebel
During the siege a few days ago, Prime Minister Song, Jiang Honghao and others were frightened to death. Later, I heard that Xie Xuanchen had captured Yeluji and did not hesitate to anger the Beirong people to force Yeluyan to retreat. The princes and ministers in Tokyo complained that Xie Xuanchen was too reckless, and later heard that Xie Xuanchen could kill Yeluyan as much as possible when he spoke to Yeluyan, and the big deal was to rebuild the capital. Anyway, he would never hand over the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian.
In fact, everyone knows that it is common for each other to speak harshly at the negotiating table, and it is not easy to expose your bottom line. But these words fell into the ears of Song Zai and others, and they still offended the senior officials in the capital.
The more senior officials were, the more afraid of death. Xie Xuanchen offended many officials in the capital at one time, and also hoped that the slaughterers would have something good to say in front of the emperor. Prime Minister Song was not very happy, and he cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I heard that King An said a few days ago that he will be subject to the orders of foreign monarchs. This minister knows that you have high hopes for King An, but the tiger eats the mother, the wolf kills the father, you must guard against it."
Jiang Honghao kept his sleeves closed. Hearing Prime Minister Song's words, he and Xie Xuanji looked at each other. Weng and his son-in-law came out together and said, "What Prime Minister Song said is very true. An Wang Langzi's ambitions are exposed, and His Majesty must guard against it."
Xie Xuanji also said: "My son knows that the father has always valued the second brother, but now the second brother is obsessed with profit, obsessed, and has gone astray. Please make up your mind early to bring the second brother back to the right path and let him rein in his horse."
Under the persuasion of everyone, the emperor finally said very painfully: "I have high hopes for him, and I have spent many years of hard work, always intending to let him inherit the line. I did not expect that he would do such a thing, and I am extremely disappointed. Dang Duan continues to suffer from the chaos, he has done so much wrong, if I don't punish him again, I am afraid that the world will be cold."
The others in the case held hands together: "Your Majesty's words are very true."
The emperor sank his face and said: "The people who come, immediately pass the order. King An has repeatedly resisted the order and disregarded the emperor's prestige. A big taboo. I saw him being young and ignorant and endured and endured, but I didn't expect him to intensify his efforts and didn't know how to repent. Immediately remove all rights of King An, and call him back to Beijing alone, otherwise he will be punished for conspiracy. Zhongshan, Hejian If the guard knows he commits a crime and fails to report it, he will immediately resign from his post, and wait for the court to decide."
Prime Minister Song, Jiang Honghao and others hung their long sleeves and bowed: "Your Majesty Shengming."