Great victory on the front line, Qiao Rong was pregnant, and she was overjoyed. That night, Zhao Chao personally poured wine and made You Miao drunk. He threw him in the palace again, and You Miao's many days of sorrow were swept away, and finally he was no longer tense. Although there are still many things to do in the future, at least they have successfully won the first battle. important battle.
The north-south situation has so far reversed, and Apocalypse finally has the upper hand.
You Miao was lying on the imperial couch, groggy, and his mind was buzzing. One time it was the golden iron horse in the north, and another time it was the peach blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River. In the dream, Li Zhifeng's black armor flashed with golden light. Thousands of horses were running and fighting, but the peach blossoms were scattered, Qiao Rong held an umbrella, hugged a child, raised her eyes and smiled at him.
"Ziqian." Qiao Rong's voice whispered: "Wake up."
You Miao had a splitting headache, and sat up. Qiao Rong's eyes were red, and she instructed the palace maid, "Quickly get the hangover soup and give it to Uncle Guo."
You Miao coughed a few times, and asked Qiao Rong to sit up straight. Qiao Rong brought the sobering soup in person. As soon as You Miao took a few sips, she vomited all over the bed with a wow.
"Let me sleep again..." You Miao fell down again.
Qiao Rong said, "Ziqian! Get up, something big has happened on the front line!"
You Miao was startled, half sober, and Qiao Rong said again: "Quickly get your Majesty's casual clothes and put them on for Uncle Guo... Your third brother is waiting for you in the study, Ziqian!"
You Miao said: "Wait... what happened?"
You Miao calmed down, looked at Qiao Rong, and tried hard to confirm that she was not dreaming. What caught her eye was Qiao Rong's sad face, and You Miao's heart skipped a beat.
He didn't bother to change his clothes, got up and pushed the palace servants away, hurriedly went straight to the imperial study, pushed the door in without saying hello, and saw Zhao Chao's face in the study, like a dead man. Tang Hui, who was blindfolded by a black cloth, was there, the Minister of War, Pingxi, and Li Yan. In addition, there was a messenger from the front line kneeling on the ground.
The cases in the imperial study have been overturned, papers and memorials are scattered all over the place, Zhao Chao collapsed on the chair, like a fish out of the water, only the breath out, not the breath in. A palace servant is pinching Zhao Chao.
"Impossible... This is impossible..." Zhao Chao said in despair.
At that moment, You Miao truly seemed to be hit by five thunderbolts, and he couldn't stop shaking. The thing he was most afraid of finally happened.
"Defeat?" You Miao asked quiveringly, "How many people were lost? Didn't the good news come in the morning?"
"General Nie led the army to hunt down Batu." Pingxi's voice couldn't help trembling: "In Liangdong, the Quanrong clan raided, and the 20,000 cavalry troops were wiped out. ...to die."
You Miao burst into tears and knelt on the ground.
Pingxi choked and said: "The letter and newspaper returned in a hurry, but it was a day late..."
You Miao touched the ground with her head, crying non-stop, Zhao Chao couldn't stop shaking, coughing out a mouthful of blood.
The front-line military report was delivered like a stream, and Tian Qi was shocked to the whole country. They couldn't believe Nie Dan's death in battle. Even You Miao seemed to be in a dream for several days, and always felt that Nie Dan would come back. Just like when the Central Plains fell, the enemy just sent Nie Dan's bracers and waist cards.
Li Zhifeng gathered all the armies of both sides, put them under his command, and camped under Languan, waiting for the court's order.
Ten days later, Nie Dan Lingshu was sent back to Yangzhou.
Ten miles of the long street, all the people wept bitterly, and tens of thousands of people rushed out of the street, holding the spiritual pivot and crying.
Returning with Lingshu, there is also Li Zhifeng's military newspaper. You Miao read the contents of the military newspaper on the court.
"After Daleko captured General Nie, the Quan Rong had split into two factions, one faction insisted on pro-Southern, and the other was willing to sign a treaty with the Tartars, but after a lot of wrangling, the Tartar Prince Gegen arrived and personally persuaded him to surrender, the elder brother would rather die than surrender. And because the eldest brother had been undercover among the Quanrong people in the past, he was punished as a traitor... After Gegen planned to kill the eldest brother, Daleko knew that he had formed a hatred with the Southern Dynasty, which could not be solved overnight, so he had to agree to the conditions of the Tatar contract …”
"I entrusted the deceased soldiers of the clan to sacrifice a few people, stole back the eldest brother's body, sealed the coffin and sent it back to the ground. The eldest brother used to say that the killing was too heavy, and thousands of soldiers died because of him. The way of heaven revolves, you don’t have to be blinded by hatred, take revenge and perverse actions, and all take national security into consideration…”
"The opportunity of the split between the Quanrong and Rong can be seized by the opportunity. The Tatar trend is over... Before this year, we can quickly take Yanbian and make progress in Da'an... Please, Your Majesty..."
You Miao read to the end and saw the line "Please send your Majesty to help me, great things can be accomplished", he did not dare to say it in front of the ministers, and changed his words: "...Please, Your Majesty... Resolute... Order the dispatch of troops as soon as possible."
After reading the military newspaper, the hall was dead silent.
"With the power of Li Zhifeng alone, it is impossible to independently make decisions on front-line fighters." Ping Xi took the lead.
You Miao said: "I can rush to Languan to assist."
Zhao Chao said: "What are you kidding? One country's Saisuke personally leads the army?!"
You Miao also knew that when Nie Dan died, the entire front-line army would be on Li Zhifeng's shoulders. Although Li Zhifeng had followed Nie Dan for many years, he was a colleague and was actually a sworn brother, but in the art of warfare, he was more like a master and a disciple. He did not dare to take the risk of handing over the army to Li Zhifeng.
Li Yan said: "Master You, with all due respect, has Li Zhifeng and the Quanrong clan already secretly communicated news?"
You Miao said: "Generals must have their own channels to investigate the military situation. Is it possible to send anyone as an undercover agent to inform Li Hanlin one by one?"
Li Yan said angrily, "What happened to General Nie's undercover?! Can you guarantee that Li Zhifeng didn't deliberately leak the rumors for the sake of being aggressive?"
"Li Zhifeng wants to sell General Nie!" You Miao also roared, "He wouldn't have rescued you from the north in the first place!"
Li Yan was not afraid at all, and shouted: "It was an extremely dangerous move for him to communicate with Quan Rong. Even if he had no intention of doing so, how would you know that it wasn't planned by Daleke?!"
"Enough!" Zhao Chao roared, and the court was silent.