From eunuch to emperor

"Back to the Holy Son, after Li Chengdao sent the news, he left first. He said he would go back and gather people to meet the Holy Son at Ka'er Lake."

Ma Feizi immediately answered the ghost's question and told Li Chengdao where he was going.

The ghost nodded, and was quite satisfied with what Li Chengdao had done.

In the past, there were so many people under him, but in the end only Li Chengdao was left as his right-hand man.

The ghost is glad that the iron-blood policy was implemented against Li Chengdao at the beginning, which completely eliminated Li Chengdao's arrogance.

"Okay, let's go."

Ma Feizi immediately brought a steed, and said respectfully, "Your Highness, this is a hard-earned horse bred for you by your servants. Please mount the horse."

Ma Feizi chooses the best horse every year and waits to give it to the ghost.

In the past few decades, Ma Feizi has not seen ghost fetuses every year, but he insists on picking the best horse every year, waiting for ghost fetuses, and waiting.

For Ma Feizi, ghost fetus is a kind of pious belief.

Guitai got on his horse with satisfaction, and rushed to Kaer Lake with Ma Feizi and 20 horses.

...

Yanmen Pass.

Two carriages drove into Yanmen Pass under the guard of more than 100 elite soldiers. Wu Xiangyun, Zhao Ying, and Yu Fuguo immediately came out to greet them.

The carriage stopped, the eldest princess Di Yuwei and the second princess Di Xingwan got out of the carriage, and the three of them brought the generals from Yanmen Pass to pay their respects.

"The last general pays his respects to the Eldest Princess and Second Princess."

Everyone saluted, and the two princesses said to the generals: "Excuse me, generals, you have worked hard."

The two princesses went to Yanmen Pass for the first time, and the conditions here were really difficult.

"How dare you say hard work is where the responsibility lies."

Wu Xiangyun stepped forward with a smile, she was a little familiar with the two princesses.

Zhao Ying and Yu Fuguo are not very familiar with the two princesses.

"We are all very happy to hear that the two princesses are coming. We have prepared a room for the princesses. Please wait for the future."

Wu Xiangyun led the way, accompanied by Zhao Ying, and Yu Fuguo went down to do things.

"Where is the queen mother now?"

Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan walked in front, Wu Xiangyun led the way, and Di Yuwei asked where the empress was.

Wu Xiangyun shook his head and said: "A few days ago, the sage sent a letter saying that the army is retreating to Yanmen Pass. We don't know where it is now."

Hearing that the empress was retreating, the hearts of the two princesses hung.

Di Xingwan asked: "Why did you retreat? Did you encounter any setbacks?"

Wu Xiangyun immediately said: "Princess, don't worry, our army has not suffered a defeat. King Wu killed the elders and generals of the ghost clan at Hela Mountain Pass, and the battle went smoothly."

"The Holy Majesty withdrew from Yanmen Pass only because it was unfavorable to fight outside. Withdrawing from Yanmen Pass can take advantage of the favorable location to fight."

When the news of the empress' retreat came, there were also rumors circulating in Yanmen Pass that the empress was ineffective in fighting.

After Yu Fuguo heard the news, he immediately suggested to Wu Xiangyun to refute the rumors and tell everyone that the battle was won to stabilize the morale of the troops in the pass.

Di Yu said slightly: "Yes, the empress mother also told us about this."

It's good that the empress didn't lose the battle, the two of them feel at ease.

"Xiangyun, the queen mother suddenly ordered the two of us to come here, do you know why?"

Di Yuwei still can't figure out why the Empress asked them to come here.

Wu Xiangyun shook his head, and said, "I'm not going to hide it from the princess, but the general is also very curious, why the sage ordered the two princesses to come here."

The two princesses couldn't figure it out, and Wu Xiangyun and Zhao Ying were even more confused.

These two princesses are of mediocre cultivation, and they can't help them when they go to Yanmen Pass.

In the capital, the two can also handle the state affairs and stabilize the rear.

They really couldn't figure out what the Empress meant.

"It seems that we can only know why when the queen comes back."

Di Xingwan shook his head helplessly.

While talking, when they arrived at the arranged room, the two princesses stayed first and waited for the Empress to come back.

"Does the queen mother have any explanation?"

Di Xingwan sat down and began to ask about the military affairs of Yanmen Pass.

Wu Xiangyun said: "The Holy Majesty ordered to rectify the defense of Yanmen Pass. Wu Sheng and Ghost Girl led an army of [-] to kill them. If there is no accident, there will be a big battle at Yanmen Pass."

The Empress sent a letter to inform Wu Xiangyun of the news of Wu Sheng and the ghost girl's army, ordering Wu Xiangyun to quickly strengthen the defense of Yanmen Pass, and at the same time let Linglong Pavilion deliver firearms to the pass.

Just as Di Yuwei sat down, he got up immediately and said, "We won't be resting anymore, let's go to the gate and have a look."

Di Xingwan said embarrassingly: "Sister, we don't understand military affairs, so let Xiangyun and the others go."

When marching and fighting, I am most afraid of laymen guiding experts, and in the end there will be a mess.

Di Yuwei thought about it too, sat down and said: "Then trouble Xiangyun with more trouble."

Wu Xiangyun immediately said: "Where does the princess talk, it's a matter of duty."

"The two princesses are tired of pommel horses. Let's rest for two days. I'll go and see the closed defense first."

Di Xingwan said: "Go ahead and leave us alone."

Wu Xiangyun and Zhao Ying withdrew from the room and closed the door to rectify the defense.

...

The empress led the army to retreat, and Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi followed, both of them absent-minded.

"Don't worry, Long Chen will be fine."

The Empress knew that her two daughters were worried about Long Chen.

This interception was the first time Long Chen and Wu Sheng had fought each other, and no one knew what the final result would be.

"This battle is very critical. If you win, your morale will be boosted, but if you lose..."

Di Luoxi glanced to the north worriedly.

If you win this battle, everyone's fear of Wu Sheng can be alleviated.

If they lose, the entire Demon Dragon Battalion may be wiped out, and Long Chen is also in danger.

To the north, Hou Qi ran over in a hurry, Di Lingyi immediately went up to meet him and asked, "How is it?"

Hou Qi said happily: "King Wu has won a great victory. He killed Wu Sheng's vanguard general Xia Feng and killed five thousand enemies."

Di Lingyi raised the amount with his hands, and said happily, "Fortunately, I won, and I knew I could win."

Di Luoxi followed up to ask about the situation. After knowing that Long Chen had won, Di Luoxi shouted: "Mother, Long Chen has won."

The Empress secretly exhaled, and said to the shadow guards beside her: "Command the three armies and tell them that King Wu intercepted and killed the Wu Sheng vanguard general, beheaded five thousand, and wiped out the vanguard of the ghost race."

The shadow guard immediately sent an order to the three armies, and the news that Long Chen beheaded Xia Feng spread immediately.

When all the soldiers heard that Long Chen had beheaded the martial saint vanguard general, their morale was boosted.

After working hard to set out from Yanmen Pass, when they heard that Wu Sheng and Ghost Girl were coming out, they retreated immediately.

Everyone felt that Long Chen was afraid of Martial Saints and had the mentality of fighting.

Of course, everyone just thought so, and no one said it.

Now hearing that Long Chen beheaded the martial saint vanguard general, all the soldiers cheered up again.

Many people also discovered at this time that Long Chen was not in the army.

During the time when Long Chen and Yu Wenkai left, Wu Jian kept sending people to pretend to be Long Chen.

This is done to prevent Wu Sheng's spies from being mixed into the army.

Soon, more than 3000 people from Long Chen and Yu Wenkai caught up with the empress' army on horseback.

All the soldiers gathered around and asked about the battle situation at that time, Long Chen asked Gan Xin and Mo Lin to tell, and he came to the empress' side.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"Two ladies."

Long Chen greeted with a smile.

Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi rolled a glance at Long Chen at the same time, feeling very happy in their hearts.

The Empress smiled and asked, "Tell me about the battle."

After Long Chen told the story, the Empress sighed: "Fortunately, you have a lot of tricks, Xia Feng's secret technique is almost unsolvable, and you are almost invincible in melee."

"You can kill Wu Sheng's vanguard general, which shows that there is not much difference between us and Wu Sheng."

"What do you think of the fighters under Wu Sheng? Compared with our elite soldiers?"

The Empress really wanted to know how powerful the fighters on both sides were and how much stronger they were than ordinary soldiers.

Long Chen said: "Those soldiers were attacked by explosives once, and their combat effectiveness is not well judged."

"The Demon Dragon Battalion killed almost [-] people, only a few were injured, and no one was killed."

After the empress heard this, her confidence doubled.

"That's good. I'm worried that the fighters under Wu Sheng will be stronger than our generals. Since it's between brothers, this battle must be fought."

Di Luoxi asked: "How far are Wu Sheng and the others?"