The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The weather is gradually getting warmer and winter will soon be over.

In the Beimoguan military camp, Ye Buhuo and his son Hua Rongyu and Hua Wujing were sitting in the commander-in-chief's tent.

Ye Buhuo looked at the intelligence collected by the spies of the Xuantie Army distributed in other countries, then put down the intelligence in his hand and asked Hua Rongyu.

"General Hua, has the North Country made any moves recently?"

"Last fall there was news that the harvest in the North was poor, the food supply was low, and there were no plans to attack."

"But the Hua family army recently received intelligence from spies from the Northern Kingdom. I don't know where the Northern Kingdom bought a batch of food and grass. I'm afraid they are preparing for an attack."

Hearing this, a deep wrinkle appeared between Ye Buhuo's brows.

Sure enough, the information matched that from the Black Iron Army.

Ye Buhuo handed the information in front of him to Ye Yi, and Ye Yi then presented the information to Hua Rongyu.

Hua Rongyu read the information carefully and his face became very worried.

"The Hua Family Army and the Black Iron Army have received similar information. It seems that the matter of buying grain is almost certain."

The two countries had been at a truce for more than half a year because the Northern Kingdom did not have enough military rations to support its soldiers in attacking Beimo Pass.

When Hua Wujing heard that the news about the Northern Country buying grain was accurate, he spoke up immediately.

"General, Prince, we have to prepare early."

In the military camp, there are no fathers and sons, only generals and soldiers.

So Hua Wujing was called General Hua Rongyu like other soldiers in the military camp.

Hua Rongyu nodded.

But he did not feel relieved because he received the news in advance.

"Your Majesty, the entire Northern Kingdom has only 120,000 soldiers. Now I have 50,000 Hua Family soldiers and 50,000 Black Iron soldiers at Beimo Pass, which is a total of 100,000 troops. We are not afraid of the Northern Kingdom's invasion at all."

"But now the imperial court has not yet distributed food and fodder to Beimo Pass. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for too long relying only on the existing food of the Hua Family Army and the Black Iron Army."

Ye Buhuo also knew that the two armies did not have much surplus food, so when he came to Beimo Pass, he asked the emperor to send military rations and salaries to Beimo Pass as soon as possible.

Although the emperor wanted to get rid of the Hua family army and Ye Buhuo, he still had to rely on them to guard Beimo Pass.

So even though the emperor was extremely reluctant, he still agreed to Ye Buhuo's request.

Counting the days, it should be here soon.

"Wait a little longer. The food and military pay allocated by the court should arrive tomorrow."

When Hua Rongyu and Hua Wujing heard Ye Buhuo say that the imperial court would send food and fodder to Beimo Pass, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, in the coach's tent.

Been waiting for a day.

There was no sign of anyone escorting food, and the soldiers patrolling outside the city did not see anyone coming to Beimo Pass.

Hua Rongyu walked back and forth in the tent, his furrowed brows and tightly pursed lips showing his anxiety.

Hua Wujing looked at Ye Buhuo, who was sitting in the main seat with a somewhat cold expression, and couldn't help but ask.

"Your Majesty, did the Emperor... go back on his word?"

Hearing Hua Wujing's question, Ye Buhuo's expression became even colder.

This is what worries him the most.

If the emperor suddenly changes his mind at this critical moment, the Hua Family Army and the Black Iron Army will not be able to survive until autumn, let alone the subsequent battle with the Northern Kingdom.

Suddenly, footsteps outside the tent were getting closer.

somebody is coming.

Hua Rongyu stopped and stared at the tent curtain.

A soldier pulled aside the curtain and walked in, kneeling on one knee.

"Report! There is a group of people at the city gate, claiming to be imperial officials escorting grain and fodder."

Hearing the word "food and fodder", the three people in the tent looked relieved.

"Great! Great! Come with me to the city gate to receive the food!"

Hua Rongyu spoke with a smile on her face and strode out of the tent.

The three of them rode as fast as they could, a distance that would normally take a cup of tea to cover on horseback.

It took only half a cup of tea to finish the trip.

The horses were still galloping.

Ye Buhuo pulled the reins with both hands, and the horse raised its front legs, neighing and stopped.

Ye Buhuo swiftly jumped off his horse, and Hua Rongyu, who followed closely behind him, quickly gave orders.

"Open the city gate!"

With a heavy creak, the thick city gate slowly opened.

Led by Ye Buhuo, the three of them walked towards the city gate.

"Your servant Shen Yi pays respect to Prince An, General Hua, and General Hua You."

The escort officer in charge of transporting grain and fodder outside the city saw the city gate open and Ye Buhuo walking out, and hurried forward, bowed and saluted.

By burning torches.

Ye Buhuo watched the escort officer walk forward, with only a few soldiers following behind him.

There was no sign of food or fodder at all.

On the other hand, Shen Yi's clothes had several holes in them, and the armor of the soldier behind him was also not intact.

He asked coldly with a flash of coldness in his eyes.

"Where's the food?"

Hua Wujing saw that the group of people had obvious fatigue on their faces, and the soldiers behind him even had some injuries on their faces.

His heart was pounding and he felt very uneasy.

Hua Wujing eagerly echoed Ye Buhuo and asked:

"Yes, why are there only a few of you? Where are the wagons carrying food and military pay?"

Shen Yi quietly raised his eyes to look at Ye Buhuo's expression, and then looked at the anxious and serious expressions of the two generals behind Ye Buhuo.

Then Shen Yi burst into tears, wiping his tears with his sleeves while crying:

"Your Majesty, this is not my fault."

"I was ordered by the Emperor to transport food and fodder from the capital to Beimo Pass, and I did my best along the way!"

"I would rather get soaked by the rain than let the food get wet even a little bit!"

"Who would have thought that when passing through the Wind Catching Ridge, we would actually encounter bandits!"

As he spoke, Shen Yi also showed his sleeves to Ye Buhuo.

There were obvious signs of being tied up on the sleeves.

"That bandit killed several of my soldiers right away, and then tied me up and tortured me in the mountain stronghold. I almost lost my life before I escaped!"

"The food and military pay were all looted by the bandits on Fengbuling Ridge."

Shen Yi had just wiped his tears with his sleeve, and the sleeve slipped down a little, revealing a little bit of his wrist hidden underneath.

His sight slid across that wrist, and Ye Buhuo looked at Shen Yi crying bitterly, and his eyes became even colder.

"You know, losing the food and money allocated by the court is a capital crime!"

Shen Yi paused when he heard this, and then cried even louder.

"I know my crime is unforgivable. I... no, I will go back to the capital and apologize to the emperor."

Shen Yi wiped his tears and was about to go back.

Ye Buhuo raised his right hand slightly, and immediately two soldiers stepped forward to stop Shen Yi.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

"Since it's already a capital crime, why bother returning to the capital?"

"You'll have to stay in Beimoguan!"

As soon as Ye Buhuo finished speaking, the two soldiers were about to draw their swords.

The moonlight reflected on the blade, flashing a cold white light, which frightened Shen Yi.

He couldn't help but take two steps back and move away from the two guards with swords.

Then he turned around, opened his eyes wide, pointed at Ye Buhuo with trembling hands, and accused.

"You, you dare to execute an official appointed by the imperial court without permission!"

Ye Buhuo was surrounded by coldness and had an expressionless face.

"Privately? You lost the food and grass, leaving hundreds of thousands of troops at Beimo Pass without food."

"I killed you to appease the army of my Night Country!"