Three hours later, Xia Ji and Queen Guifang negotiated a secret agreement, and then left each other tokens and incisions before they separated.
Xia Ji returned to the imperial capital.
But Tu Luo directly led his army to attack other cities, and many foreign bandits followed closely, just like wolves following tigers and leopards, just looking for a piece of the scraps.
In the battle in the imperial capital, although the ghost side suffered a lot of losses, they were not injured at all because not a single one of the three thousand frost giants died.
In addition, the ghost army was already very spread out after entering the Fenlang Pass. Even though the royal capital lost three to four thousand people, there were still more than 70,000 people left in the pass.
Tu Luo's idea of invasion is very clear:
She took the frost giants to "guard the central army."
Then she would dispatch ghost armies to burn, kill and loot everywhere. If she encountered a difficult situation, she would send out frost giants to achieve the effect of deciding the outcome in one fell swoop.
As for where the "Chinese Army" is
The "Queen of Ghost Fang" Tu Luo is at the center of the army.
She kept wandering with the frost giant.
Therefore, the position of the Chinese army is completely uncertain.
The ghost army robbed supplies, but she needed to find more important things - skills and magic weapons.
For a war, the army is certainly indispensable and is the main body, but when the difference between the armies is not huge, it is the top power that determines the outcome.
Therefore, facing the "Lang Seal" at the border gate, Tu Luo was able to decide the outcome with three thousand frost giants on a snowy night, directly tearing apart the prince and his 100,000 elite soldiers.
Therefore, even if the imperial capital is weak and exhausted, Xia Ji is still there and he can win the battle with high-level combat forces. This makes the frost giants sent by Tu Luo completely useless, and the rest is a battle for the lives of the soldiers. The ghost side did not have the advantage in this regard, so they retreated.
This does not mean that the ghosts cannot capture the imperial city, but because the cost of capturing the imperial city is too high.
There is no point in taking a city after losing many troops.
Stop loss is one of the things that a qualified king should think about.
Identifying enemies and allies is another.
Therefore, Queen Guifang is willing to form an alliance with this young prince.
Later, Tu Luo became more interested in the prince.
Because she inquired about some of the prince’s experiences:
He chanted sutras in the deep palace for more than two years without making a sound.
The emperor fled and asked him to stay behind.
But in this situation, he showed extraordinary strength and defeated his father and two uncles.
This cannot be explained by some adventure.
That can only show that this young prince has an extraordinary character.
Combining forbearance and madness,
Calm and fanatical,
Divinity and magic.
Such a person is fully qualified to establish an alliance with his own ghost side alone.
At least Tu Luo thought so.
Therefore, as the Queen of Ghost Fang, she wanted to establish a long-term friendship with His Highness the Seventh Prince of Shang, so as to form a certain degree of offensive and defensive alliance in this troubled world.
However, this winter is the budding period of friendship between the two parties.
She will cherish it very much.
…
In the palace.
Xia Ji made a cup of hot tea, sat by the Huaqing Lake in the deep palace, and then began to carve the rosary seriously. He wanted to increase the number of rosary beads to make this trump card more powerful.
Beside him, Mr. Mei stood with his head bowed, holding a jade box in both hands. His right hand had been connected to an iron hand. Although it was very uncomfortable, it was better than no hand at all.
Xia Ji finished carving seventy-five wooden beads and placed them neatly in the wooden box. He took a sip of tea, then looked at the jade box in Eunuch Mei's hand and said, "The chief manager would rather commit suicide than say anything if he loses the bet." Tell the truth and refuse to serve me."
Eunuch Mei hurried forward, put the jade box on the table, and then opened it, revealing a booklet, two cans of embroidery needles, and a token, "This is the "Sunflower Book" left by the chief steward, Po Qi Embroidery needles, and tokens of eight hundred dead soldiers.”
Xia Ji glanced at it and said, "Did he say anything else?"
Eunuch Mei hurriedly said: "The chief executive took something for me and then committed suicide. He just said before he died... be careful of Concubine Wan."
"Be careful of Concubine Wan?"
Xia Ji murmured, "Does he think these four words are enough to make up for his broken promise?"
The young prince looked at the lake in the morning light and suddenly said with emotion: "Forget it, this old dog is somewhat loyal, let's bury him."
"Do you need a grand burial?"
"No, just give him a grave."
"Yes, Your Highness, I will do it now."
"Dig deeper, don't get eaten by hungry wild dogs with red eyes."
"Your Highness is merciful, I understand."
When Eunuch Mei left, Xia Ji took out the "Sunflower Book", flipped through the pages, and read softly: "If you want to practice magical skills, bring the sword from the palace; make elixirs and take medicine, and connect the inside and outside. Today's way to practice qi is only guided by thoughts. , too vague and too imaginary, the heaven and earth separate the pure and the turbid to give birth to human beings. The training of human qi is nothing more than training the emptiness spirit to cleanse the body from the turbidity. The qi is the master of life, and the shape is the function of the body... "
An hour later, he had finished reciting, and a purple skill bead appeared in the soul, which read: [Sunflower Book] Ninth Floor.
It is just for storage and is not intended to be used directly.
Putting the skill book back, he took out the Eight Hundred Death Soldier Tokens.
These eight hundred dead soldiers were the eight hundred people who blocked the palace. It was because of them that no one in the palace and harem could leave.
The strength of these 800 people is obviously much stronger than that of the guards. What is even more special is the relationship between training and cultivation. These 800 people only recognize tokens and not people. They will listen to whoever holds the token. Yes, the emperor was willing to give the token to the general manager, and he obviously trusted the general manager. In fact, the general manager did not betray his trust.
However, now these 800 people have become the first force under Xia Ji that can be mobilized at will.
Secondly, there is the tiger talisman. However, although he is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, it is obvious that the emperor only gave him an empty title. If he was not sure that he would die, he would not have given him this empty title. And the corresponding tiger talisman Obviously, the only imperial army that could be mobilized was the soldiers and horses in Deng Jue's hands. This army originally numbered 50,000, but after the war, it had been reduced to half.
Xia Ji was sorting his trump cards when footsteps suddenly came from the distance.
A palace guard came in a hurry with his head lowered. When he reached the Huaqing Lake, he knelt down and said, "Your Highness, General Deng is asking for an audience."
Xia Jidao: "Let Deng Jue come here."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After a while.
Deng Jue came to the lake.
Xia Ji pointed to the other side of the stone table and said, "Sit down." Then he raised the pot, poured a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "The tea I didn't invite you to drink before the war will be made up for today."
Deng Jue was stunned and remembered the first time he met His Highness in the library. At that time, His Highness said, "The situation is urgent, so I won't invite you to tea." But he replied unceremoniously, "My head hangs on my waist." "What kind of tea do you want to drink?" Thinking about it, I was really blind and thought that His Highness was going to run away. However, His Highness's behavior afterwards was to slap him hard.
But he liked being slapped in the face like this, and he also liked His Highness like this, so he stroked his beard and said frankly with a smile: "I am old and dim-sighted. I didn't recognize Your Highness when I first met. I only thought of an ordinary prince, which made Your Highness laugh."
The two looked into the distance. The morning light had risen, and the sparkling light showed a corner of the imperial capital after the war. Although it was peaceful, the intrusion of millions of refugees made the imperial city extremely chaotic.
Deng Jue drank tea slowly, and then suddenly said: "Your Highness, I have investigated the backgrounds of more than a hundred people, and they are all ordinary."
Xia Ji nodded without surprise.
Deng Jue changed the subject and asked again: "Your Highness, what exactly do you want?"
Xia Ji looked at him.
Deng Jue said: "I said that day that as long as His Highness comes back, the Deng family will only follow Your Highness. Therefore, I came here today to ask about the future path and to make preparations as soon as possible."