Empress Chu

"My lord." Chu Zhao smiled, "My request is to ask my lord to stop the war."

King Zhongshan lost his smile: "Miss Chu, I can persuade you, but you are not qualified to persuade me yet."

Chu Zhao smiled: "I'm not here to persuade the prince, but to threaten him."

Threat?

King Zhongshan laughed: "Why did Queen Chu threaten this king?"

Chu Zhao took Ah Le's skin bag, held it up and took a sip of milk tea, then looked at King Zhongshan, with a smile in his bright black eyes, and said, "Xiao Xun."

King Zhongshan was slightly taken aback, and the smile faded away.

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When the last twilight disappeared on the ground, the fighting on the city side also ended.

The corpses of the soldiers guarding the city were removed, and the king's banner of King Zhongshan was flying on the city gate.

"The local aristocratic family is here to visit within three days." Xiao Xun walked slowly into the official office.

The government office hadn't been cleaned up yet, and the corpses of servants and officials were scattered on the ground, and the smell of blood was suffocating. Xiao Xun didn't care, and walked into the hall stepping on the corpses and blood.

"I will promise them that this city will be handed over to their nephews." Xiao Xun said.

The followers around him nodded.

"Of course." Xiao Xun smiled again, with deep dimples, "If you refuse to obey the order, you don't have to stay."

The entourage also nodded again, and the general smiled coldly: "Don't worry, my son, Mr. Ning has given the list of the family along the way, and I guarantee that none of them will escape."

Xiao Xun stretched out his hand and pulled up the chair that fell on the ground, and sat down casually.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in front?" he asked.

Several soldiers unfolded the map, and the general pointed to it and said, "Ten thousand people fled before, but there are nearly [-] troops stationed in the county ahead, and the Beijing camp is also rushing to help, but even if there are [-] soldiers and horses, they are not enough to be afraid of." , as long as they are defeated in one battle, they can drive straight into the capital."

Xiao Xun smiled and said: "Then you can send a letter to the father now, telling him to prepare to enter the capital."

The generals also laughed.

"Don't worry, when the time comes, let the kid come and invite the prince in person."

"The kid might have been scared and hid now."

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In the middle of the night, the soldiers and horses in the capital galloped, and the intensive sound of horseshoes beat on the hearts of men, women and children in every household with closed doors and windows.

The lights in the imperial city were brightly lit, people were coming and going, the hall was constantly noisy, countless new news were reported to Deng Yi, and Deng Yi discussed with the generals before sending out countless orders.

"The next battle is crucial."

"The news report with Bianjun has been opened. General Chu is not behind, the army's morale is stable, and the momentum is even stronger. It has won three consecutive victories. The Xiliang King's place was almost besieged."

"Empress Chu led two groups of troops to besiege Zhongshan County, and they were also invincible."

But no one showed a relaxed expression, but their complexions became more serious.

The good news from Bianjun and Xiliang could not appease the people, and Empress Chu's siege of Zhongshan County had no effect on Xiao Xun. Instead, the capital lost two reinforcements.

After the fight, I also got to know the soldiers and horses raised by King Zhongshan privately - they were even more elite than they expected.

It even brought back the memories of some veterans. King Zhongshan was extremely intelligent when he was still a child. He could understand the formation of troops on the battlefield when he was held in the lap of the emperor at that time. He often played war games with the eunuchs and maids around him. For this reason, the empress dowager was very displeased, saying that this son is good at martial arts, not a good person. Later——ah, the prince with a broken leg stopped playing around.

But I didn't expect that the prince with a broken leg would line up again after decades, and the overwhelming momentum was unstoppable.

But soon these old officials were imprisoned by Deng Yi for cowardice and disturbing the hearts of the people, and the past of King Zhongshan was also annihilated.

It's just that the facts cannot be ignored.

The next battle is the key.

If the King of Zhongshan's soldiers and horses move forward, they will really reach the capital. Once they reach that point, people's hearts will be scattered, and the court will be in danger.

The hall was buzzing with discussion, Deng Yi took a sip of the tea handed over by the clerk, when his eyes swept over, he found that there was a figure missing.

"How about Mr. Xie?" he asked.

An official knew about it and hurriedly said, "Master Xie, I went to see Your Majesty."

The whole court is in a hurry, there is no fixed time for going to court, and it is uninterrupted day and night. The little emperor can't help much, and he doesn't need to make decisions. They watched the progress of the battle throughout the whole process, even if they couldn't understand it, they stayed up all night to discuss, and the little emperor stayed up all night to watch.

But the little emperor was very quiet, he didn't ask questions if he didn't understand, and he never questioned any resolutions, so the Taifu didn't stop him anymore, and let him do as he pleased.

On the contrary, Xie Yanfang was very willing to explain to the little emperor, and now she went to talk with the little emperor on paper to make the children happy, right?

"Teacher, Tutor." A servant hurried over, "Lord Xie wants to take His Majesty away."

Take His Majesty away?

The civil servants and generals in the palace were startled for a moment, and then they were shocked. Did they know that the current situation is not good, so they want to take the little emperor away?

Deng Yi said: "It's ridiculous." After saying that, he got up and walked out, and the officials hurriedly followed.

Before they reached the harem, they saw Xie Yanfang walking out with Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was wearing homely clothes, obviously woken up from sleep.

"Thank you, Your Majesty will sit in the imperial city." An official shouted first, "Where are you taking Your Majesty?"

Xie Yanfang said: "I'm just going to tell everyone." He looked at Deng Yi, "I want to ask His Majesty to personally march."

Driving in person? !

This is scarier than taking the emperor out of the capital to seek refuge.

Everyone was even more shocked. Leaving the capital and hiding in hiding has a bad reputation, and the imperial conquest has a good reputation, but it is too dangerous.

"Absolutely not."

"Thank you, sir, don't be ridiculous!"

"I learned this from Empress Chu."

Hearing everyone's commotion, Deng Yi raised his hand to stop it: "Master Xie, do you know how dangerous the situation is now?"

Xie Yanfang smiled: "I know, but it is also because of the danger that His Majesty should conquest himself." He looked at the child standing beside him, "That night when the crown prince died, it must have been the work of King Zhongshan, and the son of King Zhongshan came to hunt and kill Ah Yu again. , their father and son are Ah Yu's sworn enemies. In the past, Ah Yu was helpless and powerless to resist, but now it is different. He is the emperor. He has thousands of troops in front of him, and you are important officials and celebrities behind him. He should go Defeating one's enemies personally is what an emperor should do for the people of the world, and what a son should do for his father."

He looked at Deng Yi again.

"Teacher, please don't worry. Before I personally brought His Majesty into battle, he was my lord and my nephew. I, Xie Yanfang, would never let his life be in danger."

He called Du Qi.

Du Qi stood up from the guards, holding a long knife in both hands.

Xie Yanfang reached out to take it, and looked at Xiao Yu again.

"Ayu, are you willing to go with me to kill the enemy in front of the battle, I promise to let you kill the enemy with your own hands."

After his words fell, Xiao Yu's eyes burned like fire in the dark night, and he said loudly: "Uncle, I am willing."

Xie Yanfang laughed, holding a knife in one hand and Xiao Yu in the other: "Okay, let's go kill the enemy together."

Chapter 87 Opportunities

No matter how noisy, opposed and questioned the court officials were, how could they stop Xie Yanfang.

Who can stop what he Xie Yanfang is going to do.

Xie Yanfang hugged Xiao Yu and got on the horse.

Since the crown prince died and the new emperor came to the throne, Xie Yanfang was still the young master Pianpian in the eyes of the world, and he was the emperor's only relative and most trusted uncle.

But for him, he was still there that night.

He was still wearing the undershirt he had woken up from in his sleep, carrying a long knife, and his body was covered in blood.

He helplessly watched the prince die, watched the princess die, watched the little highness being rescued by others, and watched the little-known little man jump over him.

Xie Sangongzi, I have never been so embarrassed in my life.

How could he be willing!

Finally, under the lure of foreign aggression, King Zhongshan personally sent him to the door. In this battle, the third son Xie will avenge his shame, declare his prestige, establish his prestige, and win back the child's heart.

Xie Yanfang looked down at the child sitting in front of her.

Xiao Yu was wrapped in a cloak, and under the light of the torch, his white jade-like face shone with light.

Horseshoes stamped front, back, left, and right, and the imperial guards yelled "Your Majesty's personal conquest" resounded through the streets of the capital. People who were hiding at home heard the shouts in disbelief. No one has ever seen the little emperor, but anyone who could sit in front of Xie Yanfang, except the little emperor, rushed out at once, more and more people, and the whole capital instantly boiled.

"I personally went to question King Zhongshan, saying that I want to protect Daxia, why did I hurt my people, if I don't repent, I will kill him myself." Xiao Yu shouted loudly to the people rushing from the street.

The child's voice was immature, and what he said was a little childish, but it made everyone more excited.

"Please don't worry, it's not a critical moment for my personal conquest." Xiao Yu said again, "The empress can lead the troops to fight against the King of Xiliang in Bianjun, and of course I won't just sit in the imperial city."

The child shook off his cloak, and raised a sword that was almost as tall as him in his small hand.

"Whoever offends me, Daxia, kill."

"Whoever hurts my people will be killed."

The voice of the child is childish but loud and exciting. No one regards this child as a child. This is the emperor, this is the son of heaven, this is their king. The people on the street were moved to tears and shouted "Kill——"

The gates of the capital that had been closed for many days were opened, and countless people followed the emperor's soldiers and horses, and wanted to go to the front of the battle with His Majesty.

The bright torches set the whole capital on fire.

Xiao Yu looked up at Xie Yanfang, his eyes were shining and his cheeks were flushed: "Am I right?"

Xie Yanfang nodded: "What you said is very good, without me teaching you, with Ms. Chu teaching you, you are much better than I expected."

Sister Chu, of course Sister Chu is very good, Xiao Yu smiled.

"Now that Sister Chu is not here, I will teach you." Xie Yanfang said again, swinging the long knife in her hand, "This time I will teach you how to kill the enemy, Ah Yu, this time, I will let you kill with your own hands. "

He looked down at Xiao Yu.

"Ayu, how dare you?"

Xiao Yu's ears turned red with excitement, and he nodded vigorously: "Uncle, I dare." He also raised the long sword in his hand like Xie Yanfang's long knife.

The sincere uncle finally came. Next, he will make the word "uncle" more sincere and irreplaceable.

Xie Yanfang laughed, and raised the knife to urge the horse. The horse neighed and galloped forward.

"This is not acceptable." "How can this be?" "Teacher——"

Amidst the din, there were officials making noise.

Deng Yi stood in front of the palace gate and watched. After Xie Yanfang finished speaking, the little emperor said "Uncle, I am willing." There are only a few people.

Deng Yi stopped everyone's noise and smiled.

"At first, I was really worried. With the strength that King Zhongshan had accumulated for so long, it would not be so easy to win this battle, but now that Xie Yanfang has stepped forward, I am not worried anymore." He said, looking at the noisy capital burning like fire, "King Zhongshan has always thought that this is his chance, but he is actually Xie Yanfang's chance."

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When the morning light once again shone on the earth, the patriarchs of the local aristocratic families who were waiting outside the official office all woke up from their stiffness, and the following nephews carefully massaged the elders.

"Father, can you still hold on?" They asked in low voices with worried expressions.

The elders are all in their sixties and seventies, and have never suffered this kind of pain for many years.

"Bitter?" A family head whispered, "Compared with those whose heads were beheaded and lay quietly on the ground, it must be a bit bitter."

This joke is not funny at all, the nephews smiled wryly, with fear in their eyes.

Who would have thought that the courteous prince with deep dimples would kill if he said he would.

"There is nothing unexpected." Another old man said lightly, "With strong soldiers in hand, it is just polite words to ask us to uphold justice."

This side was talking in a low voice, and some generals came out of the government office over there, and they seemed surprised to see them: "You haven't gone back yet?"

A parent hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I am eager to see the son."

The general nodded: "The son just woke up, you follow me in."