"My dear family, please rest assured. I will go to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit!"
In front of other nobles, it was naturally impossible for Xu Shuo to refuse the request of Lai Guogong, his in-laws.
He quickly turned around and went to see Emperor Yongping.
"If uncle wants to plead for Duke Lai, then don't say it!"
Seeing Xu Shuo appear, Emperor Yongping spoke directly.
This time, Emperor Yongping would not be able to spare anyone who interceded for Duke Lai.
The Northern Barbarian army is about to attack. At this time, what the important ministers in the DPRK should do is to protect themselves from foreign humiliation. However, Lai Guo publicly stated that he wanted to hold accountable and settle accounts.
Accountability and reckoning are what should be done.
But the premise is that the problem of the Northern Barbarians must be solved first.
Things have priorities, and if Duke Lai Guo cannot distinguish the priorities, why should he enjoy a high position again
Lai Guogong is the founder of the country.
But this is not what Lai Guogong can rely on to act arbitrarily.
Of course, the reason why Lord Lai Guo fell to this end was simply because Emperor Yongping wanted to scare the monkeys and make these military nobles understand that everything they have now comes from the emperor.
In the Tang Dynasty, the first thing to ensure was the emperor's interests.
If the Northern Barbarians went south and invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty and harmed the people of the Tang Dynasty, they would be provoking the majesty of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, the most important thing to do right now is to face the enemy.
"I am not here for Duke Lai!"
Xu Shuo spoke respectfully, "I am here to ask your Majesty for something!"
"What's the matter? As long as it's not interceding for Duke Lai, my uncle can tell you anything else!"
"My son, Xiaoyi Lang Xu Huaiyi, has also been practicing martial arts since he was a child. I want to recruit my ministers to go to the battlefield and guard the border for the country!"
"My uncle is righteous, I am sure!"
When Emperor Yongping heard Xu Shuo's words, he immediately said with great joy, "I will immediately send people to Xiangyi Prefecture and transfer Xiaoyi Lang to Huangfengkou of Longxi Prefecture. Well, I will make him a general of the town army and lead five troops from Xiangyi Prefecture." Qianzhen Army heads to Huangfengkou!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xu Shuo immediately bowed to Emperor Yongping and then withdrew.
And Duke Lai Guo, who was waiting for Xu Shuo to rescue him, was destined to be in the prison of Zongren Mansion, where he could not help but cry to the heavens and the earth.
…
Xu Shuo, who had left the palace, returned to Duke Dingguo's Mansion and did not stay long. He immediately took his family generals and guards with him, and hurried out of the capital with an attitude of being eager to make a mistake, and rushed to the northwest direction of Longxi Mansion.
"Trash is trash!"
The eldest princess sneered after knowing what Xu Shuo had done.
Du Yuner stayed with the eldest princess obediently and did not make any comments.
In the Dingguo Palace, she is called the Princess of the Former Dynasty, but in fact she is a dodder who can only rely on the eldest princess to survive. At this point, Du Yuner knew it deep down.
"Sister Wan'er, do you know why I regard our Duke as a dog, but he dares to be angry and dare not speak out?"
"Sister, tell me quickly. How could my little sister know about this kind of thing?"
Du Yuan'er was really curious.
Xu Shuo, after all, is also a prince, and he is already at the top of his rank.
As far as she knew, Xu Shuo was awarded the title of Marquis of Dingbei for his military exploits. Such a person who came from the battlefield must have a very bloody character.
But he was so humiliated by the eldest princess and he actually endured it.
This is undoubtedly something that subverts Du Yuner's cognition.
It should be noted that ordinary people also get angry sometimes, but Xu Shuo seems to have no temper.
No, he has a temper, but facing the eldest princess, just like the eldest princess said, Xu Shuo is just a dog in front of her.
"Because, although our Duke joined the army and fought in many battles, he has not actually made any outstanding achievements."
"If the things he did were not planned by me, let alone being granted the title of marquis, he would not even be able to command an army."
"ah… ?!"
Hearing these words, Du Yuner was really shocked.
She had known for a long time that the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty had a prominent position in the court, but what she didn't expect was that the eldest princess could even control matters such as military merit and knighthood.
"Sister, since Xu Shuo has no real ability, then if he goes to the northwest to take charge of the overall situation, wouldn't he be implicated in you if he loses?"
"What does this have to do with me?"
The eldest princess laughed and said, "Your Majesty himself knows what kind of person his uncle is. If something goes wrong, what does it have to do with me?"
"I'm afraid that our Holy Lord also has his own little thoughts!"
Even though he knew what kind of person Xu Shuo was, Emperor Yongping still used Xu Shuo, which had to make the eldest princess think deeply.
…
Lingshui Village, old Xu's family.
Prince Yan and Mr. Xu sat face to face, neither of them looked very good-looking.
However, the two people's expressions were not good-looking, but it was because of different things.
King Yan did it because of the invasion of the northern barbarians from the south, and Mr. Xu did it because Emperor Yongping ordered him to be recruited as a partial general of the town army, commanding the five thousand town troops of Xiangyi Prefecture to leave the town of Huangfengkou.
Even though Mr. Xu has never been to Beidi, he still knows a lot about Huang Fengkou.
Because Huangfengkou is the place where King Yan rose.
It was at Huangfengkou that King Yan led the Whirlwind Cavalry to decide the outcome in a single battle, preventing the Northern Barbarians from invading southward.
This time, the Northern Barbarian army moves south, and Huang Fengkou is afraid that a fierce battle will be inevitable.
With Xiangyi Prefecture's 5,000 unarmed soldiers fighting against the powerful Northern Barbarian cavalry, did Emperor Yongping have water in his head
If it weren't for the relationship between King Yan and Emperor Yongping, Mr. Xu would definitely curse.
"Cousin, I will find a way to send the Tornado Rider to the Huangfengkou to help you!"
Looking at Mr. Xu's face, King Yan also knew that Mr. Xu was holding back his anger at the moment.
"In this matter, I really don't know why the emperor made such a decision!"
"I only know that it was Duke Ding who made the suggestion to recruit my cousin to join the army!"
"The imperial edict has been issued. How about I go with you?"
King Yan has actually scolded Emperor Yongping bloody in his heart. If the two of them were not from the same ancestor, King Yan would really like to greet the eighth generation of Emperor Yongping's ancestors.
"Li Zhen, do you think other people's lives are worthless in the hearts of your royal family?"
"Huang Fengkou, Xiangyi Prefecture's five thousand soldiers, I just ask you, how many of them can come back alive from this battle?"
"They are both raised by their mother and father, and they are all sons, fathers and husbands."
"But now, just because of the emperor's bullshit imperial edict, they have to throw their lives under the butcher's knife of the northern barbarians!"
"Is this the Holy One who protects all people?"
Because the Queen Mother sat and watched his mother's death, Mr. Xu had resentment towards the royal family. Later, he speculated that her mother's matter had something to do with both the eldest princess and the Xu Mansion, and Mr. Xu's resentment deepened even more.
Now, something like this has happened again, and Mr. Xu's resentment has reached its limit.
"Li Zhen, please listen to me. If the five thousand soldiers of Xiangyi Prefecture fight without support in this battle, if I don't die, I will go to the Qiantian Palace and kill this bullshit sage!"
If you don't serve the people, what if you kill them
"Xu Huaiyi!"
Hearing Mr. Xu's words, King Yan stood up suddenly. (End of chapter)