Empress Chu

"Your Majesty." The leading court official shouted sharply, "You are bold!"

Xiao Xun smiled, dimpled deeply: "Sir, I'm not bold, can I come here? Don't you think I, Xiao Xun, are timid? You know very well what I'm here for, what are you here for? You are also very clear in your heart."

He pointed to the burning decree.

"Do you think you can stop me with this thing?"

A court official said in a deep voice: "Xiao Xun, are you father and son really violating the sacred teachings and committing treason and immorality?"

Xiao Xun sighed lightly: "What is a sacred teaching, and what is a rebellion? Have you forgotten that my surname is also Xiao, and my father is also of royal blood. The first emperor was licentious and immoral, and he had no way to teach his children. Evil, the throne should have been handed over to a virtuous person, let a child sit on the throne, let a petty official from a humble background, a foreign relative take charge of the court, this is a great treason."

"Will a virtuous person do something like yours? Bully a child who lost his father and mother?" The court official said coldly, "A virtuous person will use the people as a shield to intimidate the court?"

Another court official said in a deep voice: "This imperial decree is to take care of your father and son's face, and advise you to return from the wrong way, and there is still time for everything."

Xiao Xun laughed, and Tie Ying took a step forward, aiming the saber at the court official.

The face of the court official changed slightly, but he straightened his back and did not back down.

"Don't kill him yet." Xiao Xun said, "It's not yet time."

Tie Ying retracted the knife and retreated.

"Bullying children." Xiao Xun said softly, "Didn't my royal father also be a child?"

He looked at the three officials.

"Using the people as shields—not just me, but you too."

"Who did you show the edict to? It's not me, it's to deceive the people."

"The 10,000 troops of the Beijing camp have already lined up in front, and [-]+ county soldiers have surrounded them in all directions. Just wait until I don't accept the imperial decree, don't obey the imperial decree, and then go to war for the crime of disobedience. When the time comes, the swords and iron hooves will roll over the people ruthlessly. It's not your court's fault."

Having said that, Xiao Xun smiled.

"But don't worry, I won't let the imperial court pay in vain."

"I have accepted the imperial decree, obeyed the order, and guarded the capital."

"However, there is one thing you must not forget."

"I will not accept the orders of the emperor outside."

After finishing speaking, he gestured to Tie Ying.

"Let the three adults rest."

Before the three of them could make a move, Tie Ying drew the knife back and raised his hand three times, knocking the three of them unconscious, and they fell to the ground.

Xiao Xun walked out without looking at the three of them.

"Everyone, the three lords will stay and guard the capital with us." He walked outside the camp and announced to the gathered crowd, "Even if General Wei Chu Ling is not here, Xiliang will never enter my great summer. Hurt only one of my Great Xia people."

The crowd cheered loudly.

Amidst the cheers, Xiao Xun said to the generals behind him: "Tomorrow, we will pull out the camp and divide our troops into four routes to continue towards the capital."

The general responded yes.

Xiao Xun looked back to the northwest again, but unfortunately, the girl couldn't see how he conquered the capital with her own eyes.

……

……

The soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp did not stop late at night.

Zhang Gu stood outside the camp thinking.

"Boss." A fellow postman ran over and asked in a low voice, "Something is wrong."

"Of course not." Zhang Gu glared at him, "Are you stupid? Do you still think things are right?"

Suddenly a large number of soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp were mobilized, saying that the imperial court mobilized King Zhongshan to guard the capital together with the Beijing camp. It is a capital offense.

Moreover, so many soldiers and horses were mobilized eight hundred miles outside the capital, and the post letter battalion had not received any news.

It is obvious that King Zhongshan's soldiers and horses escaped the supervision of the imperial court.

What do these soldiers and horses intend to do? Do you still have to guess?

The post soldier said in a low voice: "Boss, what I said is that the imperial court is not right."

Zhang Gu looked at him: "The imperial court can only do this at the moment, try to stop it, it can't be stopped - isn't the army and horses already deployed outside Beijing?"

The soldiers and horses of all states and counties are also waiting to be hit, and they have long been prepared to deal with internal troubles.

"No." The postman said anxiously, "I'm talking about the fact that the imperial court has not conveyed any news to Empress Chu, and this is to hide it from Empress Chu."

The letter was cut off by the king of Zhongshan, but the court should be restored. The queen is still in the border county. Why didn't you tell the queen of Chu about such a big thing?

Zhang Gudao: "Empress Chu's situation is also critical, so what if I tell her, let her send troops to help? What about the county?"

The post soldiers were silent for a moment, and this was also the reason. General Chu was gone, and the Empress of Chu was facing the King of Xiliang.

Zhang Gu looked to the northwest and said, "I hope Empress Chu will not be too anxious when she hears the news."

The postman nodded and sighed again: "I hope Lao Wang and Erxi will be successful. Erxi is going to Bianjun for the first time. This country boy doesn't know much about anything."

Zhang Gu said in a low voice: "He is young, but he has been working in the country station for many years. It's not that he doesn't understand anything, and it's better if he doesn't understand anything. Now the road is full of obstacles, and he is the least like a station soldier. There is a chance to rush through."

Although the imperial court did not convey the news of the crisis in the capital to Empress Chu, and although they were also worried that the news would make Empress Chu anxious, they had told Empress Chu and Xie Yan before they left that no matter what news came from the capital, no matter whether the imperial court sent a letter, Zhang Gu must convey the past as soon as possible in a timely manner.

Therefore, when he realized that the situation was not right, and before the Xuanzhi officials set off, Zhang Gu sent two post soldiers to leave the capital in private when the post messages were cut off.

With the current situation and the imminent war, the road will definitely not be smooth.

Zhang Gu and the post soldiers stopped talking, and looked towards the northwest with worry and expectation.

The New Year's Eve didn't dispel any chill. The farther you go to the northwest, the cold wind in early spring is colder than the thick winter.

But no matter how cold the wind was, it couldn't freeze the gurgling blood.

The little soldier let out a muffled cry, he was trembling all over, wishing he could take off all the robes on his body to cover the wound for his companion.

His companion was covered in arrows, and he couldn't even wrap his wounds up.

When he crossed the checkpoint, his companions protected him tightly in front of him, blocking the rain of arrows behind him.

"Erxi." The companion grabbed his hand, "You countryman, haven't you seen any casualties? Why are you crying?"

Where did you see any casualties at the post station in the country? There were not many people there. The little soldier Erxi groaned twice: "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, don't die, what will I do if you die."

Wang Yibing cursed, but he lacked strength and lacked any momentum.

He took a few deep breaths and said, "Don't worry about whether I die or not, go away, or people will catch up and no one will be able to leave."

Er Xi was still wrapping up the wound indiscriminately, shaking his head desperately: "I can't do it, I can't do it alone."

Old Wang cursed: "I'm going to be so mad at you." He grabbed Erxi's hand, "Boy, listen to me, don't forget that we are postmen, we are the most trusted by the Empress, you If you can come to us, you are fine."

Er Xi continued to shake his head: "No, when I came to you, you hadn't been trusted by the queen, and the queen didn't know me either."

The old Wang laughed angrily: "Then you boy, this time I will prove to the Empress that you are very good!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pressed it firmly in his heart, "Get out of here!"

Accompanied by this cry, it was cut off in one breath, and there was no more sound.

Er Xi also uttered a cry, covered his face with his hands and cried loudly, but the next moment, he stumbled to his feet, rushed into the dense forest in the cold wind and disappeared.

Erxi couldn't remember what happened afterwards.

In the dream he was just repeating the old days.

Squatting in the post station in the country and looking at the majestic post soldiers-of course, in the eyes of others, the post soldiers are dusty, bitter and tired.

Either he also entered the Beijing camp and became a post soldier, feeling extremely happy.

I also followed Zhang Touer to go shopping in the capital, saw many people, a lot of delicious food, and saw someone parading in the street and being beaten, the man beat the young man with a whip.

Head Zhang pushed him and said go quickly.

where to gogo to the front?But no, I will be whipped.

He didn't want to watch the excitement anymore, he wanted to go home, he tried his best to back up, but Zhang Boss pushed him, he stumbled over, and the man threw the whip at him——

Erxi yelled, covering his head with his hands, the pain was piercing, someone pressed his hand, and noisy voices surrounded him.

"--woke up."

"Alive."

"Go and tell the queen."

Queen?Erxi's mind gradually became clear, that's right, boss Zhang asked him to find the queen, what's the matter?Erxi stretched out his hands to fumble around, the letter, the letter——

Someone grabbed his hand again.

"I got the letter." A clear female voice said, "Don't worry."

Have you got it?

Did you really get it?

Brother Wang is dead!Brother Wang is dead!If he can't, how can he deliver it by himself?

Seeing the postman start to restless again, Chu Zhao held his hand and said to the doctors, "Let him rest again."

The doctors stepped forward to pour the medicine and watched the post soldier slowly fall into a deep sleep.

"Miss, Ah Jiu is back." Ah Le whispered at the door.

Chu Zhao glanced at the sleeping postman again, and walked out.

Xie Yanlai had strode over and said: "From Zhongshan County to the capital, the post stations are under control."

Having said that, he glanced at the inner room.

"It's not easy for this kid to get through."

This was the first time I heard him praise others, Chu Zhao glanced at him, and then heard the next sentence.

"If it were me, it wouldn't be so slow."

Chu Zhao was angry and sighed, interrupting him: "How about the capital?"

Xie Yanlai said: "Don't worry, no matter how sudden King Zhongshan's actions are, the court would have been on guard for a long time."

It can be said that from the moment Xiliang started the war, Bianjun was fighting Xiliang, and the imperial court was preparing to fight Zhongshan King.

Although King Zhongshan's actions were more powerful than expected, he broke through the siege of soldiers and horses, intercepted the news, and rushed to the capital, but the court was not caught off guard.

Zhong Changrong looked at the sand table and said, "Don't worry, there are 20 troops in the capital camp, and [-] troops stationed in other states and counties can rush there at the earliest. It is not so easy for King Zhongshan to enter the capital."

Chu Zhao remained silent.

Xie Yanlai pursed her lips and said, "Don't worry about the little emperor. Others can't believe it, but you can't believe Xie Yanfang? He is in the capital, who can break through the capital?" Having said that, he chuckled, "Maybe he has been looking forward to this battle."

The last time there was a turmoil in the capital, Xie Yanfang suffered such a big loss, and the famous young master ended up empty-handed. This time, the young master is bound to save face.

Chu Zhao said, "I'm not worried."

Back then, Xiao Xun took advantage of the right time, place and people, and Xie Yanfang rebelled against him, and he was able to defeat Xiao Xun. Now Xie Yanfang guards the capital and occupies the right time, place and people. It is even more impossible for Xiao Xun to defeat him.

only--

That's war.

After all, the battle against Xiliang is at the border, sparsely populated.

King Zhongshan fought with the imperial court, but in the hinterland of the Central Plains, in the prosperous world——

Siege of cities and land, iron hooves and swords, how tragic the scene will be.

And there is a danger--

Chu Zhao suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Xiaoman."

No one outside responded, and Chu Zhao didn't shout anymore. After a while, Xiaoman came in reluctantly.

"What are you doing?" She asked angrily, turning her head.

"The postal service between the capital and this side has been cut off," Chu Zhao said.

Xiao Man snorted: "Your officers and soldiers are so useless."

Zhong Changrong glared at her, but Xie Yanlai responded, "It's really useless."

Chu Zhao didn't care about these words, and said, "I want you to contact the capital."