In mid-April, Zhao Che led his army into the southwest and joined Wei Shuye, who was the first to enter the hinterland of the southwest. This is the first large group of Daxia's resistance army after the war broke out, including 50,000 cavalry, 60,000 infantry, 80,000 heavy armored soldiers, plus Wei Shuye's 10,000 light cavalry, which is exactly 200,000 large troops. Three days later, a logistics supply line from the interior to the southwest was established under Zhuge Yue's overall planning. At the same time, Zhuge Yue also led his troops to Shengjing and personally took charge of the Shengjing camp in the southwest. But Hu watched Zhao Yang, Xi Ke monitored Yanming Pass, and Zhong Ke coordinated the operation of the country's grain and grass. In an instant, it became the political center of the country.
On April 15th, the Yanbei Army finally completed their first meeting at the lower reaches of the Heng River. The Yanbei Second Army, Sixth Army, Ninth Army, Thirteenth Army, and Black Eagle Army were present at the scene. Cheng Yuan was the commander in chief. The Yanbei Army quickly assembled, and the follow-up troops were still coming continuously. As many as two hundred thousand.
However, Yanbei did not confront Daxia head-on. Just when Zhao Che gathered all his strength and was about to fight Yanbei to the death, Yan Xun suddenly sent a military order from the rear, ordering all the legions to disperse and follow the footsteps of the horse thieves , Advance to the northern hinterland of Daxia.
All of a sudden, intelligence flooded in from the front line. The Yanbei soldiers divided into ten groups and attacked in all directions. The military staff were dazzled by the battle reports of the scouts. ", "Surrounded", "Unable to contact", all kinds of bad news fell like snowflakes.
Meng Feng, Zhuge Yue's powerful general, returned to his homeland all the way from the interior of Qinghai. Seeing the chaos everywhere, the young female general was dumbfounded, and at the end she just asked in amazement: "Is Yan Xun crazy? He wants to die with us?"
Zhuge Yue looked at the map marked with various colors and pondered for a long time. Finally, he came to the military staff headquarters, pressed the map on the table, and said in a low voice: "I think, I know what he is going to do. .”
In a dense jungle on the Xiatang border, Chu Qiao and He Xiao had just met Bian Tang's wedding team again. Fortunately, they were hindered by the war and had not yet returned to Bian Tang, so they were able to preserve their strength in such a chaotic situation.
You know, there are 20,000 elite wolf troops here, plus Chu Qiao's 20,000 Xiuli troops, her current strength is already 40,000.
Forty thousand, completely elite route. With this army, as long as it is commanded properly, Chu Qiao has the confidence to face enemies three times her size.
Under the candlelight in the small tent, Chu Qiao was wearing soft armor, holding the helmet in one hand, and pointing to the map on the table with the other: "He is going to attack Yanming Pass."
"Attack Yanming Pass?"
He Xiao's younger brother He Qi frowned and asked, "My lord, they have already occupied Baizhi Pass, why are they still trying to attack Yanming Pass?"
"You don't understand him." Chu Qiao shook her head, "How can Yan Xun be controlled by others? He is now using Bian Tang, and the way forward is entirely in the hands of Princess Jing'an. Once Princess Jing'an turns her face, or the royal family of Bian Tang fights back, The Yanbei army will definitely fall into the dilemma of being attacked from the front and rear. And once the rear road is stuck, the psychological pressure on the army will be great. Therefore, Yan Xun must break through the Yanming pass and open the northern gate within the set time. At this time, This is the time for the decisive battle between Yanbei and Daxia."
Chu Qiao frowned, took a deep breath, and sat cross-legged on the ground. In fact, she should have thought of this earlier. Yan Xun had been refraining himself from speaking out before, and even showed his tiredness on purpose several times, which made Daxia's government paralyzed. Later, he took the risk to attack Bian Tang's grain and grass. In fact, the robbery of grain and grass was false, and the capture of Tang household guards was true. Through this People contacted Princess Jing'an, who had long been opposed, and then sneaked into the southwest while taking advantage of the civil war in Great Xia. He has set up this game for a long time.
"Yanbei's strength is definitely more than what it appears on the surface. What is hidden outside Yanming Pass is Yanbei's true strength."
"My lord, should we inform Chief Sima Zhuge of this?"
Chu Qiao shook her head, "What I can think of, can't he think of it?"
She rolled up the map with her backhand, spread out the map of Bian Tang, and said in a deep voice: "The battle between Yanbei and Daxia is unavoidable, and we are powerless to stop it. Our current task is to rush back to Bian Tang as soon as possible, and get the first result of the Bian Tang battle." First-hand information, to see how to help His Majesty."
Guan Song, the deputy commander of the wolf army, nodded hurriedly when he heard the words: "My lord, our scouts have been sent out for two days, and they should be back by tomorrow morning at the latest."
Chu Qiao was about to speak when she heard a report from the soldiers outside: "My lord, the scouts are back."
He Xiao heard the words at the door and opened the curtain, only to see three soldiers covered in dust and blood staggeringly jumped off their horses, one of them said: "My lord, the Bian Tang army is in crisis, the rebels broke through the Hanshui Pass, Fang Huaihai, deputy general of Shennan Banji Battalion, and Tian Rujia, general of the Western Yunnan Army were captured. General Xu Su was betrayed by traitors. Yu Cangmuleng died in battle. The Hanshui Army was completely defeated. One hundred thousand, and now the capital has been surrounded."
All of a sudden, everyone was shocked. Chu Qiao sat on the ground, her brows furrowed tightly, her fists were slowly clenched a few times, and then loosened a little bit.
"Who is the enemy coach?"
"It's Princess Jing'an."
"Have you ever found out the identity of this person?"
"It's been found out that this person entered Jing'an Palace four years ago. At first, she was just a dancer who was sold in by traffickers. But after being favored by King Jing'an several times, she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl. Son. King Jing'an has a son, and loves her so much that he takes her as a concubine. He doesn't think that a year later, she will give birth to another son. As soon as King Jing'an is happy, he will make her his concubine."
He Xiao asked: "Can a slave also be a concubine?"
"I don't know about this subordinate. However, the Jing'an Palace was not peaceful later, and several incidents occurred in a row. The old princess and the two princes passed away one after another. From then on, she became the hostess in the palace. The Jing'an Prince's mutiny failed. Afterwards, all the families were slaughtered, and she escaped under the guard of a group of followers loyal to King Jing'an. She didn't want to sneak into Tanghu Pass, and survived under the guard of Tanghu Pass. It is said that this princess and This adopted son of King Jing'an has an affair."
Chu Qiao looked gloomy and said, "What's her name?"
"This subordinate doesn't know either, but only knows that her maiden name is Qiu."
"Surname Qiu?" Chu Qiao muttered in a low voice.
Guan Song worried that the capital was besieged, and said: "My lord, Tang Jing is besieged, we have to go back and save Your Majesty!"
Chu Qiao's eyes were deep, looking at the Baizhi pass firmly occupied by Yanbei in the distance, and the other side of the pass was the land of Bian Tang.
She nodded and said lightly, "Yes, we should go back."
She had never seen real heavy snow in her life.
In the starry night, the moon is extraordinarily dazzling, and the snow-white light sprinkles on the ground, like waves of water flowing, or like pieces of white snowflakes.
She stood on the top of the white tower, wearing a large robe, the wind rolled over from the end of the sky, blowing up her sleeves, like two eagles about to fly, flapping their wings. Her long hair was blown away by the wind, fluttering wildly behind her back, like thousands of spider webs, and the huge palace was shrouded in the dark night. In the black stone square gate in the distance, stood a figure, whose face could not be seen clearly, and could only be guessed from the tall and straight back, that it was a soldier, and he was still very young.
She just stood there for a long time.
Xuan Mo has been looking at her silently, the moonlight quietly shines on her, with a pure white brilliance. The night was so quiet, everything around her was silent, only the wind blowing through her robe, making a puffing sound, with the fragrance of brandy, slowly lingering in his nose.
For a moment, he seemed to have returned to many years ago. At that time, he was still a child, and he was standing on the hunting ground with his father. He won the praise of the audience with his good arrow skills, and he made his mark among the royal family's relatives and noble children. However, she was wearing a bright yellow palace dress and rode her horse into the racecourse. She hit the bull's-eye with three arrows in a row, then turned her head, looked at him proudly, and said to him: "If you are not convinced, come out and make a comparison!"
That day, the emperor laughed while sitting on the throne, saying that my daughter is not inferior to a man!
Other princes and relatives also praised the princess for her skills, but he stood there quietly, looking up at the little girl sitting on the horseback. The sun was so warm that day, the wind was so gentle, the sun shone on her delicate face, her eyes were shining brightly, his chest was damp, and the arrow pattern on his cuff rubbed against the skin of his wrist, making it itchy.
He didn't say anything, standing in front of such a beautiful her, he seemed to have lost his ability to speak since then. In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, he has long been used to looking up at that dazzling figure, watching her grow up from a distance, watching her gradually become stronger, watching her fall, watching her get up, watching her Step by step to the pinnacle of power.
Time flies so fast, the years are like water at the fingertips, easily submerged the youth and stubbornness of the past, together with those thoughts that have been hidden in the bottom of my heart for many years, forever lost the opportunity to spit it out, covered by the yellow sand of fate, Forever buried in billowing wind and dust.
"Xuanmo," Nalan Hongye said softly suddenly, the white pagoda was too empty, her voice sounded a little ethereal, she didn't turn her head, she still looked at the brilliant lights of thousands of families below, and asked softly, "Would you like me?" Did you really do something wrong?"
"Your Highness is not wrong."
She smiled lightly, shook her head and said indifferently: "I'm afraid I'm wrong. Mrs. Duan may be right. If I open the door and steal, sooner or later, Huai Song's foundation will be ruined."
"If the emperor is seriously ill like this, the Nalan family has no blood, and the Huai Song line has no power to pass on."
"Who said there is no power to inherit?" Nalan Hongye stated with a trace of calm indifference, "King Jinjiang, King Anli, and King Jianghuai, aren't they all qualified to inherit?"
What she said was the truth. When the royal family's incense is unsustainable, the royal family's branches are qualified to inherit the throne, but...
Xuan Mo didn't speak any more, the white pagoda was quiet, and there was a wind blowing in the corridor, carrying damp moisture, even in summer, it was still a bit cold.
"In the final analysis, I am too selfish. In my heart, there is always a family before a country."
Nalan Hongye seems to be in deep thought, her eyes are deep and misty, and she has been in a high position for many years, and she has already worn away the so-called innocence and innocence in her flesh and blood. persistence and paranoia.
Thinking of the faces and actions of those royal family members in recent times, her eyes couldn't help flashing a cold gleam.
The Nalan family has established the country for hundreds of years, and the ancestors threw their heads and blood for the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, died in battle, and defended the country. This country was forged by their Nalan family with their bones and blood, and it has been guarded by her painstaking efforts for so many years, and those people are just moths who enjoy what they get, why should they want to sit on this world
"This country was established by me, the Nalan clan, and it was also guarded by my father and grandparents with blood. Even if it wants to end, it can only end in the hands of my Nalan clan's descendants."
A deep voice sounded slowly, and the pale moonlight shone on her bright yellow clothes, making her look icy cold.
She said in a deep voice: "Inform Yan Xun through official channels, I agree with his proposal, and ask him to keep his promise and treat the people of Huai Song Dynasty kindly. The son who will inherit the great rule in the future must be my son. Also, I want peace King's head."