The news from the front line came extremely suddenly. A moment ago, the ministers were still in the main hall, arguing over trivial matters. The next moment, they heard the guards outside the hall shouting: "Eight hundred miles to speed up the battle report!"
Eight hundred li expedited battle report!
Hearing these words, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty immediately silenced their voices, and the atmosphere in the hall changed. Civil and military officials all looked solemn, look at me, I look at you...
They knew very well that the emergency battle report that came at this time could never be good news.
"Xuan!" The emperor's hand also trembled.
The guards were extremely efficient. As soon as the emperor's words fell, the soldier who sent the letter was brought in. The soldier was in the dust, his eyes were red, and he knelt on the hall and presented the battle report in his hand.
"Your Majesty, Xu Shuai was assassinated and died in the camp. Our army was retreating steadily, and Bei Li took advantage of the situation to pursue. Our army has lost three cities."
"What?" The pot exploded in the hall in an instant, and several officials who were not stable enough screamed: "Xu Shuai is dead?"
"Our army lost three cities in a row?"
The emperor's face turned pale, and he quickly took the battle report presented by the eunuch. When he saw the content above, his face became more and more ugly. He slapped the armrest heavily, and roared: "Beili, good, you are really good!" Actually using the god of war, Simply shameless.
"Your Majesty, rest your anger." The courtiers hurriedly knelt down when they saw the Emperor's appearance.
"Relieve your anger, how can you let me calm down? Nearly a million troops are on the front line, not only did they not block the attack of Beili, but they also let Beili break three cities in a row. What's the use of raising you rubbish?" In this battle, the emperor paid A lot of hard work, it can be said that people want people to give people, weapons to weapons, and grain to grain. Although it is not enough for the whole country to fight a war, it is also to support this battle with all the strength of the whole country, but I don’t want to still lose in the end.
"Civil and other crimes deserve ten thousand deaths, please the emperor's anger." Civil and military officials did not need to practice, and they said the pleas in unison.
"You really deserve to die." The emperor was so angry that he really wished he had a sword in his hand and cut down all those useless generals.
The Right Prime Minister knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, but everything happened on the front line, and anger did not help, the Right Prime Minister said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the front line battle is very tight, and the commander is dying. Call out."
"What the Prime Minister said is very true." Lin Xiang also stepped forward unwilling to be weak, analyzed the battle on the front line, and comforted: "Beili took advantage of our army to break down three cities in a panic, and when our army stabilizes, it will inevitably be If you can retake the three cities, you can drive the Northern Li back."
There were two prime ministers taking the lead, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also persuaded me. Your words and my words made the emperor's anger subside, but...
"The selection of the commander must not be sloppy, can any of the Aiqings be selected?" The person who takes over at this time must have inhuman skills, otherwise they will not be able to turn the tide of the war at all.
"Would it be better to choose one of the front-line generals?" At this time, sending the commander over could not save the near-fire, so it would be better for the front-line generals to do the job.
This proposal is good or not, but if the front-line generals really have this ability, they will not be spanked by Bei Li after Xu Da's death.
The emperor did not speak, and expressed his dislike for this proposal.
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty thought hard and brought out several old generals one by one. These old generals are all of extraordinary strength, and they are all good at leading the battle. Although they are not young, they are old and strong, but the emperor is still not satisfied.
Lin Xiang has always been good at figuring out the emperor's heart. Seeing this situation, he knew that the situation on the front line should be more complicated than he imagined. He dared to ask: "Your Majesty, is there a master to help Beili?" Zuo Xiang just found a reason. Looking for the news, I don't want to really let him guess.
"There is a suspected Martial God in the Northern Li Army." The emperor said the news with a dark face, and the ministers were shocked again, "Martial God? This, how is this possible? Isn't Martial God usually only in Wushen Mountain, regardless of secular wars?"
"Martial God, our Dongwen's Martial God happens to be in retreat, how can this be good?"
The ministers of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty were crying and grimacing, as if the sky was about to fall.
With the god of war, and the Beili army stronger than them, they have almost no chance of winning.
"Isn't the Central Empire expressly stipulated that the gods of war are not allowed to participate in the war? If the Northern Li does this, won't the Central Empire send troops to suppress it?"
Among the ministers of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty, only this old man remained calm.
The emperor said with a cold face: "Just one step away from the door, it is not a god of war." Just like Xiao Tianyao at this time, who has the strength of a god of martial arts, but has been suppressing it, preventing himself from breaking through.
The Right Prime Minister sighed heavily, "If that's the case, the old minister has a good candidate."
As soon as the Prime Minister said this, the civil and military people of the whole dynasty became quiet.
They all know who the Right Prime Minister is talking about, but...
The emperor finally seized King Xiao's military power, would he be willing to let King Xiao take military power again
Of course the emperor didn't want to, but now that the national crisis is at stake, he can't just focus on fighting for power with Xiao Tianyao and let Dongwen break down, right
In the absence of the country, does he still have the right to fight
"Who? Aiqing, please tell me." The emperor suppressed the anger in his heart and pretended to be anxious.
When the right minister heard this, he knew that the emperor had compromised, and sighed: "King Xiao, our war god of Dongwen, King Xiao, if he is here, the Northern Li army will definitely be repelled."
The Right Prime Minister can understand the embarrassment in the emperor's heart, but they have no better choice.
"Aiqing said it well, with King Xiao, the god of war, there is nothing to be afraid of." The emperor gritted his teeth with hatred, but his face was full of excitement, "come here, make a decree!"
Seeing this, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty kept silent, and when they shouted for the emperor Shengming, they also looked weak.
They know that the emperor has no choice!
The imperial decree went down to Xiao Wang's mansion on the same day, and the emperor named Xiao Tianyao as the general protecting the country, and immediately went out to the front line with 30,000 troops.
Xiao Tianyao had expected it long ago, but he did not expect the emperor to react so quickly this time, accepting the imperial decree expressionlessly, saying that he knew about it.
"Your Highness..." The eunuch handed the imperial decree to Xiao Tianyao and said bravely: "The frontline battle is urgent, we can't wait for a moment, the emperor hopes that the prince can send troops as soon as possible."
Xiao Tianyao took the imperial decree, glanced coldly at the eunuch who passed the decree, said nothing, turned around and walked inside.
The eunuch Chuanzhi froze in place, staring blankly at Xiao Tianyao's back: This, is this a promise or not? How will he answer the emperor
The eunuch asked for help and looked to the guards and servants of Xiao Wangfu, hoping that they could clear up his confusion, but there was no…
When the guards and servants of the palace saw Xiao Tianyao leave, they left one by one, completely unlike others, coaxing the eunuch who passed the edict in the palace as their ancestors.
After Xiao Tianyao entered the house, he threw the imperial decree to Steward Cao, "Call the princess to see you..." He stopped halfway through his words, "Forget it, this king goes straight over."
Turning around, Xiao Tianyao walked towards Lin Chujiu's courtyard...