Pingcheng, located at the northernmost point of Dayao, is only half a day away from Tiesuoguan in Daxia.
This small city with a population of less than 50,000 has been pointed at Daxia like a sharp knife for decades, making it impossible for Daxia to make any progress.
The city wall of Pingcheng is five feet high, and it is covered with various traces of fire and stone smashing. There are repairs everywhere, and blood stains in many places have already seeped into the city wall.
At this time, Pingcheng was even more dilapidated than usual, and there were many scattered gravels outside the city, which were the traces left by Daxia's catapult.
It stands to reason that the Great Xia army retreated, and the soldiers and civilians in Pingcheng could take a good rest at this time, but at this time, the top of the city and the outside of the city were covered with torches, and Hong Wu led a group of generals to welcome them outside the city.
After waiting for a long time, they heard the sound of hooves in the darkness, and everyone's faces showed joy.
After a while, silhouettes began to appear in the darkness, and then became clear.
Hong Wu saw the heads hanging on the flying ride at a glance. The ancients did not have the habit of beheading their enemies' heads as trophies. They always carried the heads of their colleagues and sent them back to the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
When he saw the glaring head hanging beside Li Tanhua's mount, Hong Wu's face remained motionless, but he let out a sigh in his heart.
Lin Yaoqi is very talented, he is very optimistic, and he is very hopeful to reach his own level in the future.
When he saw Qishui, Hongwu said in a long voice: "I will welcome Your Majesty", while poking at Ren Baqian on Qishui's back like a knife.
In the final analysis, what happened this time was because of him.
Even if the empress came back at this time and destroyed the Jiuzhong Pavilion and became the fifth in the world, he hoped that such a thing would never happen.
Not to mention that Ren Baqian was riding with the empress at this time, he dared to, and His Majesty even allowed it.
Not only him, but the other generals also showed surprise eyes.
Ren Baqian felt the eyes of everyone, and felt a little awkward himself.
It was okay to say outside before, but now it seems a little inappropriate to ride with the empress under the eyes of the generals. In addition to this incident, these people will definitely not like themselves, so they should just jump down obediently.
However, just as he was about to jump off Qishui's back, he felt a numbness in his waist and eyes, and he couldn't move half of his body. Then he grabbed his clothes with one hand and fixed himself there firmly.
"Let's go into the city and talk." The empress said to everyone.
"Yes." Everyone responded immediately.
Ren Baqian just rode into the city with the empress in full view, but Hong Wu and a few others noticed the empress's small movements and shook their heads secretly.
When they entered the city, everyone's attention was on the accompanying flying cavalry. Just after taking a look at them, everyone realized that the number of flying cavalry was wrong.
Now seven of the ten teams of flying cavalry have returned, which means that there are at most three teams of flying cavalry from the Empress, with more than 400 people.
As far as they know, the group has been intercepted at least three times, once not far from Yuyang Mountain, and once at Lianyin Mountain Pass. Daxia killed more than 6,000 people. All of these have been obtained from Daxia. In the past, there was not much shortage of flying riders.
There is also the interception of Luoyue Gorge at the back. Although everyone does not know the details, they can guess some, so Hong Wu arranged for Lin Yaoqi to lead a thousand people to pick up the empress.
But now, the heads of those thousand people have all been brought back, and everyone saw the heads hanging on both sides of the flying cavalry mount at a glance, and also saw the head of Lin Yaoqi. No damage.
This surprised everyone.
On the way back to the city, the crowd thoughtfully counted six people missing, and there were exactly six empty mounts.
There are question marks in everyone's mind, and they don't know what happened. Is the flying cavalry really that powerful? But for the other seven teams, except for the four teams who did not encounter any interceptions, there were also three teams that suffered a lot of injuries, and one of the teams only returned half of them, and the rest were all injured.
After entering the general's mansion in the middle of Pingcheng, Ren Baqian was arranged to rest, and the Empress sat with all the generals.
"Originally, I was going to greet His Majesty in person, but the Great Xia began to storm Pingcheng a few days ago, so I had to sit here and send Captain Lin Yaoqi to meet His Majesty, and I beg Your Majesty to forgive me." Hong Wudang said first.
"No problem" the empress waved her hand.
"Your Majesty..." Hong Wu first confessed, and then couldn't help but say.
"It's too reckless this time."
The empress waved her hands with a cold face: "There is no need to say more about this, I know it well."
The aura is full, but one hand is pinching his fingers inside the sleeve. She didn't know about this recklessness, she just didn't want to hear what others said. What's more, she was poisoned to death just after she was chosen as her husband. If she used the poison of half-death, where would she put her face
Also, she didn't want to see Ren Baqian die.
After all, in so many years, it was the first time someone moved her heart, made her think about it from time to time, and felt her heart beating for the first time.
It's just that these things and girlish feelings can't be told to outsiders.
Hong Wu looked at the Empress for a long time, and could only sigh in his heart that His Majesty had changed, and finally had to change his words: "Is your Majesty going smoothly?"
The empress tilted her head and thought for a while: "It's going well."
"Is there an army to intercept Luoyue Gorge?"
The empress sneered: "There is a man named Jia Yugong, and the elder Zhumu. The two of them have waited for decades to enter the top ten in the world by chance, and they dare to take my idea."
Hong Wu was slightly startled, the elder Zhumu was indeed a difficult person, and he was actually invited by Da Xia.
After the news of His Majesty Jiuzhongge's blowing Hua Sanliu came back, he knew that His Majesty must have used a secret method to stimulate the blood, and it must not have recovered now. Looking at the breath just now, it is true that it has not recovered, not even 50% in the heyday. If you encounter the elders of bamboo and wood, it may be difficult to escape.
But the Empress was sitting here safe and sound.
Immediately he asked, "How are those two doing now?"
"Of course I sent them to find Hua Sanliu." The empress snorted coldly.
Everyone in the hall was startled, the empress not only killed Hua Sanliu, but also killed the two old Zhumu who had just been promoted to the top ten, but even Hongwu thought it was difficult for the two to join forces, it was really terrifying.
If it was Ren Baqian who was here, he would definitely jump out and say: "Your Majesty will rule the world with martial virtues, and I am the only one who is undefeated in the East."
However, this group of people actually patronized and marveled, and there was not a single flatterer.
So the empress always felt that that person was more likable.
Hong Wu was also surprised, but it's not easy to ask more about this matter, it's better to ask Feiqi back.
"Your Majesty is mighty." Hong Wu finally said a word, and then there was a sound in the hall: "Your Majesty is mighty."
"The entire army of Lin Yao's cavalry was wiped out. I don't know what happened?" Hong Wu asked again. Not only did he want to know about this matter, but other people also wanted to know.
"Go back and ask the flying cavalry." The empress shook her head slightly.
Lin Yaoqi was ambushed and wiped out by the whole army on the way, she didn't want to talk about it.
After saying a few more words, the Empress said: "I'm tired, you should step back first, we can discuss things tomorrow."
After everyone left, only Hong Wu was left standing there.
"Is there something else to do, General?" When the empress faced Hong Wu alone, her attitude was much more friendly.
"I would like to ask, there are rumors that His Majesty poisoned everyone in the Jiuzhong Pavilion and four thousand people at the Lianyin Mountain Pass. Is it true?"
The Empress nodded.
"Is it the handwriting of Ren Fucheng?" Hong Wu can be said to be one of the people who know the empress best. Maybe some things are unclear, but he is sure that the empress will not use poison.
The empress thought for a while, and it should be his handwriting, so she continued to nod.
"Your Majesty, this person's method is really dangerous, and as far as I know, he has met Pichi before, so it may not be suitable for him to be by His Majesty's side." Hong Wu said.
Although Ren Baqian still looked like he was powerless and couldn't even beat a child, but the skill of poisoning thousands of people was really terrifying, and he was by the empress's side.
Just looking at His Majesty's previous attitude, he can only give such oblique persuasion, hoping His Majesty will reconsider.
"This is my private matter. I already knew about Pichi's matter, so there is no need to mention it again." The Empress' face became more serious.
Seeing this, Hong Wu knew that there was no way to persuade His Majesty now, so he had no choice but to say: "The minister sent His Majesty to rest."
The empress nodded slightly.
Seeing the Empress walk into the room, Hong Wu looked away and sighed for a long time.
At this time, his mood was more complicated than watching his daughter grow up to be raped by a pig. He didn't take that person seriously at first, but now it made him feel that it was not as simple as he saw before.
However, His Majesty is still acting as if this is my private matter, and you all shut up for me, letting him know that the empress has really made up her mind. Now it is even more certain, and it is difficult to speak.