Empress Chu

After all, he whistled.

"Order troops, the whole team set off."

Accompanied by his order, those soldiers who were avoiding immediately picked up their weapons and got on their horses without the slightest hesitation. The soldiers who did not belong to Xie Yanlai's troops could not hide their excitement, urging soldiers to point to them.

This kid didn't speak beautifully, but he fought beautifully in battle. In the army, he was like a flower with thorns, provoking bees to buzz.

He is a good seedling, no wonder the young lady asked him to polish it here, Zhong Changrong grabbed Xie Yanlai and said, "You can't go too far from the camp, it's too dangerous to go further into the enemy's territory." Zhong Changrong didn't let go of the robe, but grabbed his arm and pulled it back, "Go and wrap the wound immediately."

Injured, Xie Yanlai managed to get away from him nimbly, and said: "There are doctors in our army who will bind up the wound, you'd better go back to the town and keep your head clear, don't be fooled by those generals."

Ever since Chu Ling was gone, the general had gradually become out of control. Zhong Changrong thought that he could still secure his position now. One was relying on Chu Ling's residual prestige, especially those who died before the battle. The soldiers were regarded as the God of War, and the other was Chu Zhao .

Chu Zhao is the queen, and not only because she is the queen, but because the queen personally fought and killed the enemies in the frontier army.

The soldiers recognized her and believed in her, so they also recognized him as Zhong Changrong.

I always thought that the general was gone and the lady needed him to take care of him, but I didn't expect the lady to take care of him instead.

Thinking of Miss, Zhong Changrong was worried again.

Miss is too dangerous now, life and death are on the line, really don't you want to send some soldiers over there?

"If you send troops over there." Xie Yanlai said coldly, "She will die faster."

Chapter 96 Offense and Defense

Zhong Changrong and Xie Yanlai knew Chu Zhao's movements immediately.

But he didn't know beforehand that Chu Zhao would go to the meeting alone to enter the palace of King Zhongshan.

Zhong Changrong's first thought when he heard the news was that the young lady was going to die, and he almost left everything to go to Zhongshan County. Thousands of troops besieged and threatened the king of Zhongshan to dare not hurt the young lady.

"You don't need to threaten." Xie Yanlai pressed him on the chair, "If she dies in the Zhongshan Palace, it will be the biggest threat to the Zhongshan King."

Zhong Changrong didn't quite understand. To King Zhongshan, isn't Miss just like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

"What kind of sheep is she?" Xie Yanlai scoffed, "Chu Yu's daughter, the queen of Daxia, holds the Dragon Power Army in her hand, and personally leads 10,000+ frontier troops to fight against Xiliang King's Chu Zhao. This is clearly a wolf."

Zhong Changrong wanted to laugh, Miss is a wolf?He didn't feel it, but he felt a little relieved after hearing Xie Yanlai's words.

"The king of Zhongshan wanted to be emperor, not to rebel. The soldiers and horses approached the capital, defended the capital, and disputed with the ministers who announced the decree. In the name of the prince's rebellion, he wanted to face, to be decent, to spit out the grievances of being murdered, and to be the emperor in an upright manner. If the empress dies in his mansion, his reputation as a traitor will be firmly established—" Xie Yanlai raised her eyebrows and said, "You can rest assured, the one who most wants the empress to die is not King Zhongshan, but Xie Yanfang and Deng Yi."

This sounds uneasy!Zhong Changrong was angry and funny, so that means don't expect the court to save the queen.

"The king of Zhongshan really dare not kill Miss?" He asked uncertainly.

Now his mind is floating, and the young man in front of him has become his backbone.

It seemed that what the young man said was what he said.

It's just that the young man's words are always unsatisfactory——

"That depends, whether King Zhongshan is afraid of death." Xie Yanlai smiled and said, "If he is not afraid of death, Chu Zhao will die."

After finishing speaking, he patted Zhong Changrong on the shoulder again.

"Don't worry, if that's the case, everyone will die."

Everyone is going to die?Zhong Changrong looked at this kid.

The boy's phoenix eyes flew sideways: "The imperial court and the king of Zhongshan are fighting to the death, the king of Xiliang and Daxia are not going to stop, the world is in chaos—"

Looking at him like that, I'm still looking forward to it, Zhong Changrong poohed, madman.

However, since the king of Zhongshan took action, the king of Xiliang's attack has been very fierce, and the pressure from the frontier army is indeed great, but is it true that he doesn't care about the lady?

Zhong Changrong looked into the distance——

"Defend Bianjun." Xie Yan said, "This is the only thing that is beneficial to her. If something happens to Bianjun, the world will-"

"The world is in chaos." Zhong Changrong replied angrily, "If you keep saying this on your lips all day long, I think you can't wait for the world to be in chaos."

Xie Yanlai smiled: "To me, it doesn't matter to Mrs. Xie. If the world is in chaos, it will be enough to level the world. Don't you know what it means to level the world?"

Zhong Changrong is silent, he is a general, of course he knows that meritorious deeds come out of troubled times.

"It is Ms. Chu's great achievement to keep the world from chaos." Xie Yanlai said lightly, "If you want to win the merit, if you want to grab the merit, of course you have to take risks. You can't wait for it safely."

After finishing speaking, the young man got on his horse.

Zhong Changrong looked at him and sighed: "Who doesn't understand what you're saying, but that's Ah Zhao——"

Night had fallen, covering the earth, and he looked into the distance.

Ah Zhao, you are fighting to the death.

If you lose, you die.

When you die, you are gone.

With the sound of horseshoes in his ear, Zhong Changrong turned his head to look, and saw that Xie Yanlai had already slid like an arrow into the night in the northwest, soldiers followed closely behind him, and the torches gathered.

"Remember to wrap your wounds!" He shouted, "You, Xie, don't die. If you die, you won't be able to see the excitement of chaos!"

Xie Yanlai also took the lead when running at night, no one can pass him, he has always liked to ride a horse, he likes to run at the forefront, this way he can get rid of everyone, he is the only one in the world who is free, unrestrained and unencumbered——

He has nothing to worry about, what else in this world is worthy of his concern.

But, that was Ah Zhao.

Xie Yanlai held the reins tightly.

What a carefree he is!

It is Chu Zhao who is truly carefree!

No care, no fear, no fear, she dared to die if she said she would die, she didn't care what happened after death, she didn't care who was worried, who was reluctant, who was sad, she would just look up to the sky and laugh happily.

"But you'd better not die." Xie Yanlai gritted his teeth, "If you die, the world will be in chaos and people will die, you will be a ghost, and you will not have a good life!"

……

……

The night covered the land, and the fighting did not continue after it was interrupted. The gentle night wind was full of bloody smell, the dead bodies had not yet converged, the survivors were crying bitterly, the wounded were wailing, and the world was like ghosts.

There was no shadow of swords and swords in the fight, but Xiao Yu, who was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, looked pale.

At this moment, he could no longer hear the awe of the people shouting long live, only the crying filled his ears.

The awe of the people is exciting, and the cries of the people are also frightening.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Qi couldn't help but embrace him, "I'm making a soothing soup, do you want some?"

Xiao Yu shook his head, out of his mind.

Eunuch Qi looked around, took out a bamboo tube and stuffed it to Xiao Yu: "Your Majesty, this old slave is bringing it for you."

Previously Xie Yanfang took Xiao Yu out of the imperial city in a hurry, Eunuch Qi didn't take anything with him at that time, he just packed the bamboo tube, but after leaving the palace, Xie Yanfang was resting beside Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu slept soundly, so he didn't take it out .

Now seeing the child flustered and lifeless, words could not comfort him, so Eunuch Qi took out the bamboo tube. As expected, Xiao Yu's eyes lit up when he saw the bamboo tube, and he quickly hugged it tightly in his arms.

Eunuch Qi also heaved a sigh of relief. Although he seemed a little uneasy, at least his soul was back in place, but what should he do next?He looked up and could see Xie Yanfang outside through the tent.

"Isn't it reinforcements?" Xie Yanfang asked the general.

"It is indeed reinforcements, but they have no intention of attacking." The general whispered, "I also recalled the previous soldiers and horses, and set up a defensive formation outside the city. We scouted the vanguard several times to provoke us, but we couldn't retreat .”

"Shicai even started to break out of camp and retreat." Another general said in a low voice.

Back off?

step back—

Xie Yanfang's eyes were fixed: "Continue to attack."

The general was startled, now?

"Of course it is now." Xie Yanfang said, "The war has already started, how can they let it go if they retreat?"

The matter must not rest there.

This battle must be fought!

……

……

"This battle cannot be fought."

In the thick night, the lights in the imperial city were brightly lit, and the Grand Tutor's Hall was full of people. Deng Yi opened a letter and read out a sentence.

The emperor's imperial conquest is in person, and the court remains the same.

Although many officials clamored to accompany the emperor on the expedition, not many went in the end.

Naturally, Deng Yi's people would not try to gain momentum with Xie Yanfang, and Xie Yanfang's people would not leave the court to Deng Yi. Yuxi and Jianguo's will are in Deng Yi's hands. To be disrespectful, it doesn't matter if the emperor is there or not. Deng Yi sat firmly in the courtroom.

These days, the court was bustling and bustling, busy day and night, staring at the news from His Majesty, and did not forget the side of the frontier army. Since Queen Chu led the troops to besiege Zhongshan County, the King of Zhongshan was too busy to take care of himself, and the cut-off station newsletter resumed unimpeded.

Letters came like snowflakes.

Taifu doesn't need to do everything by himself, each person handles it, except for the Queen's handwritten letter.

Deng Yi didn't continue to read the letter, and asked the people around him: "Didn't the queen's letter come through the post?"

A young official next to him nodded: "Captain Li of the Post Army Battalion said that he put it directly on his desk, confirmed that the queen's letter was sealed correctly, and sent it to you immediately, but they didn't see the person who delivered the letter."

Another official who was a few years older guessed: "Did King Zhongshan send you a letter in the name of the queen?" Then he sighed, "The hands of King Zhongshan are really everywhere."

The queen was arrested by the king of Zhongshan—the news from the Xinbao was that the queen walked into the palace of the king of Zhongshan by herself, intending to persuade her to surrender.

This move is brave in the eyes of the world, but it is ridiculous, absurd, and naive.

So, did King Zhongshan write a letter to Deng Yi to threaten the queen?

"Teacher." An official said in a deep voice, "Even if Chu Ling is alive, if this kind of thing happens, he should kill his relatives righteously."

What's more, Chu Ling is no longer alive.

"The king of Zhongshan dared to harm the queen, and everyone in the world knows his intention of treason." Others also nodded.

Deng Yi didn't care about these words, and he knew that the girl wouldn't care either. She entered the Zhongshan King's Palace, and the guard of honor didn't have the imperial court caring for her.

But if King Zhongshan wanted to write a letter to him, he could pass it through the eunuchs in the palace. King Zhongshan’s manpower was indeed everywhere—he glanced at the hall, where the lights were brightly lit, and there were eunuchs shuttling among them. Bring tea and snacks from the imperial dining room for supper.

In fact, Empress Chu's people are everywhere. Deng Yi looked down at the letter, and in order not to let the letter fall into the hands of a second person, he placed it directly on Captain Li's desk—she even knew that the captain belonged to Deng Yi. people.

The categorical words at the beginning are just the girl's habit.

Only seeing this line of words, Deng Yi seemed to see the girl standing under the gate of the palace city asking him to open the door again.

At this time, it is still said that this battle cannot be fought.

Chapter 97 Night talk

The officials in the palace discussed and suggested to throw away the queen's letter.

Deng Yi smiled and stopped everyone from discussing: "Let's see what the Queen said first."

She said hers, how to do it is their business.

The officials stopped discussing, and Deng Yi didn't avoid everyone because of the Queen's private letter to him, and read out the content while reading it.

From the description in the letter, it can be seen that the girl was indeed going to persuade King Zhongshan to surrender, or in other words, threatened.

She captured Xiao Xun, the eldest son, and threatened to die with King Zhongshan and his son, so that King Zhongshan would fight for nothing. King Zhongshan finally decided to surrender and stop the war, but the premise was that the fight could not be fought for nothing, so——

"To pardon the sins of King Zhongshan's father and son, the King of Zhongshan is not bound by anything except that the son enters Beijing as a hostage."

After reading this, Deng Yi couldn't help laughing: "Is the Empress Chu being too polite, should I write to ask the court to reward King Zhongshan?"

Officials were also in an uproar.

"It's really funny." An official held a teacup and sneered, "Queen Chu must be confused."

The king of Zhongshan bowed his head, of course, to condemn him, demote him to a commoner, and never cause future troubles-this prince with a broken leg actually raised so many soldiers and horses, although he is still covered with a fig leaf, but who wants to do it? Not sure.

Another official picked up a piece of dim sum and said, "The imperial court is not afraid of King Zhongshan. If they beat him, they can uproot King Zhongshan by the roots—well."

He ate the dessert, immediately praised and greeted everyone.

"Try this apricot flower cake, it's very fresh."