"The urgent military order to mobilize the garrison has already left Beijing."

The queen asked anxiously, "How long will it take for them to arrive?"

"The first batch of light cavalry can arrive at the battlefield within fifteen days."

"So long!" The queen looked at Xie Duo eagerly: "Can your brother hold on? Is there enough food?"

Xie Duo looked at her expressionlessly, fell silent for a moment, and said frankly: "Brother Six's soldiers and horses only brought enough food and grass to reach Luozhou, and now they have consumed ten days' worth of rations. We can only last another seven days, otherwise we will not have enough physical strength to defend against the enemy."

Hearing the bad news, the queen's eyes turned dizzy, her body slanted and limp, and Xie Duo reached out to catch her, and helped her to the side to sit in the armchair.

Xie Duo lowered his head and comforted, "Mother, don't worry too much. This rebel army seized the advantage of the terrain and launched an ambush, while our army was only killed or injured more than a hundred people. It can be seen that the rebel army has a weak force and is not a big threat. Even if there is danger, we will The army's elite cavalry is also enough to cover the emergency evacuation of the sixth brother."

The queen shook her head in pain: "You still don't understand Ah Guang's temperament? The soldiers didn't evacuate safely, would he be willing to evacuate alone!"

Xie Duo didn't answer.

The queen waved her hand weakly, and told her son, "Go and kowtow to the Bodhisattva, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless your brother to survive this calamity!"

Xie Duo didn't move.

"Go!"

"Mother." Xie Duo said in a deep voice, "What's the use of praying to gods and worshiping Buddha? At a time like this, you should think about who is worthy of your trust."

The queen murmured an apology to the Bodhisattva in panic, and then snapped at her son: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Is my son wrong?" Xie Duo looked at her expressionlessly: "Father Huang Xiuxuan spent half his life, and there was no god to save him when disaster struck. Now, something happened to Sixth Brother, and I asked to call the capital's garrison at the court meeting, and rushed to help, but no one from Xu Ge's old faction came out to respond, are these people credible? Are they reliable?"

The queen numbly snorted coldly, and said in a hoarse voice: "The one surnamed Xu can't be counted on for a long time. He thought you would give up the position of crown prince and take the initiative to give it to your sixth brother. Unexpectedly, after you took over the throne, you were the first to take the throne. He performed the operation, and it is too late for him to seek self-protection, so how could he care about your sixth brother's life?"

Xie Duo narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, this person is totally unreliable. The only person my mother and sixth brother can rely on now is me."

The queen looked at her son expectantly: "Do you have a plan to save your brother's life?"

Xie Duo looked at her firmly: "I only need [-] light cavalry to go out of Beijing with me. Within four days, I will be able to repel or even wipe out the rebels and rescue Sixth Brother."

The queen was full of astonishment: "Five thousand? Your brother led more than ten thousand soldiers and was besieged. How can 5000 people be rescued?"

"My son can do it."

"No! It's too risky. If you want to go, you should lead at least [-] troops. Let other generals lead the troops. You can't take risks without your brother." The queen vetoed it without hesitation.

Xie Duo explained in a low voice: "I can only mobilize so many troops, no matter how many, it will alarm the courtiers, and then alarm the father, and they will definitely not be able to leave the capital."

"Nonsense!" The queen said with tears in her eyes, "Your brother's life and death are unpredictable now, do you still want me to watch you bring 5000 people to die!"

Hearing this, Xie Duo's calm expression became turbulent, and he looked at the queen suspiciously.

He originally wanted to remind his mother that only he is worthy of relying on, lest her mother try to take advantage of him not to join forces with the King of Yan Party in Beijing to cause another disturbance, but he did not expect that her mother would not let him go out of Beijing to rescue Sixth Brother.

"You are not allowed to go anywhere, just stay in the palace obediently!" The queen stood up with difficulty while leaning on the armrest, and rarely showed a majestic look to her youngest son: "Your father is powerless to restrain you, but there is still me in the palace!" !Don’t say you are still the prince now, even if Yuji will be in the future, I will take care of you!”

Seeing her son's astonished expression, as if frightened, the queen took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and said in a gentle voice: "Your sixth brother is in deep siege, and you alone are responsible for the great Chu's country. Your seventh brother is an ignorant , follow the orders of Li Gelao in everything, if you take risks rashly and have troubles, how do you want me to live!"

The mother and son faced each other in silence.

Xie Duo said in a low voice: "It seems that in the eyes of the queen mother, Erchen is at least more reliable than Seventh Brother."

The queen frowned and said: "That's natural. Your seventh brother has a brain disease, and you don't know it. He and the queen are pointing at you and your sixth brother."

Xie Duo stared at her and reminded again: "This is the only way to ensure the safety of Sixth Brother. If I am not allowed to leave the capital, Sixth Brother will definitely live and die with the soldiers. Life and death are unpredictable."

"The only way you can do this is to bet the lives of my two sons!" The queen scolded in despair: "You are the only queen mother left, if you dare to take risks, the queen mother will immediately hang herself outside your hall!"

This mournful roar echoed between the Buddhist hall and the verandah, constantly hitting Xie Duo's eardrums and flowing into his heart.

Like the gentle breeze in spring, hovering over the snow in my heart.

Over the past few months, the ice condensed in the depths of Xie Duo's eyes shattered bit by bit, and the gloomy eyes that had been heavily guarded gradually melted away, revealing a childish look that hadn't seen the sky for a long time.

"Can my son's life be as important as the sixth brother's?"

The queen frowned and looked up at him: "What's your name? Of course your two brothers are equally important in the eyes of the queen mother!"

Xie Duo squinted his eyes and smiled: "With the words of the queen mother, the son and minister did not come to the world for nothing."

The queen stared blankly at Xie Duo, suddenly her eyes flashed, and finally heard the deep meaning in the words, her face turned pale in an instant, her eyes were filled with astonishment, there was an explanation for her son's alienation and indifference these days.

Silence for a long time.

The queen raised her hand to let all the attendants leave the Buddhist hall.

The door was closed, and the dim candlelight reflected on the queen's pale face. She took a step back, staggered into the armchair, and said in a hoarse voice, "When did you know?"

Xie Duo stood in place: "The day Father was poisoned."

The queen was startled, and looked up at him: "Your Majesty has been poisoned?"

"The queen mother doesn't know?" Xie Duo had already confirmed that his father and Li Gelao had teamed up to deceive him, but he didn't expect that even the person who poisoned him was not the queen mother.

"Your Majesty won't allow me to visit, so where can I find out?" The Queen asked anxiously, "Is it serious?"

Xie Duo asked back: "Father the emperor forbids visiting, and the mother has never suspected it?"

"The Taoist priest in the palace said that people other than the crown prince can't look down on them. Your father has always believed in those half-immortals. How could I be suspicious?"

Xie Duo looked at her: "When did the mother know about it?"

The queen took a deep breath and closed her eyes: "About five or six years ago."

Xie Duo was slightly surprised, it was much later than he expected.

"You were stocky when you were young, with a chubby face. I took your face as me, and your eyebrows as your father." The queen took a deep breath of pain, and recalled: "But when you are eleven or twelve years old , your stature has grown extremely fast, seeing that your face is getting thinner, and you look more and more like that woman day by day, and thinking that your father replaced all the attendants in my palace after you were born, I became suspicious .”

"Does the queen mother hate me?"

The queen was startled, and opened her eyes to look at Xie Duo: "Hate you? Why do you hate you?"

"The child born to the empress mother was replaced by me."

The queen frowned and closed her eyes, and after choking for a long time, she said in a hoarse voice: "It's too late for me to learn the truth, you are the child I have held in my palm for more than ten years, not to mention the fact that I have shamed my feelings towards Lao Qi at the beginning. It's all poured on you, how do you want me to hate you? I only blame your father for the fault, but I never thought that your father... your father actually told this matter You! What the hell is he trying to do!"

"Father said that the poison was placed by the mother, and the mother wanted to take advantage of the chaos to force me to give up the reserve position, so that the sixth brother can control the overall situation."

The queen suddenly stood up and looked at her son in astonishment. After a while, she rushed forward and grabbed Xie Duo's collar, and asked sharply, "Your Majesty said this? Your Majesty told you this!"

"Yes."

The queen looked at him in disbelief, choked her breath, and tears fell down her face.

Xie Duo raised his hand to help her sit back in the chair.

The queen couldn't catch her breath, so she beat her chest hard twice, and finally came to her senses. She was extremely desperate: "Your Majesty! You are so cruel! You and other people's children are my own and I have no complaints, but you want mine Son killed me!"

Xie Duo immediately knelt down on one knee, grabbed the queen mother's right hand, and said forcefully, "I will never hurt my mother, nor will I allow anyone to hurt my mother."

With a sore nose, the queen leaned over and hugged her son, crying endlessly.

Four days passed in a blink of an eye, and the capital hadn't sent back the military order, but the food and grass were almost running out.

The backup supply of the rebels seemed to have never been cut off, and if it continued, the Chu army would only fall into a complete disadvantage.

King Yan sat in the military tent, feeling more and more uneasy.

The group of traitors in Luozhou are now shouting and cursing outside the city, why on earth did he avoid fighting?

Are you scared?If you are so cowardly, why bother to call for battle again?

Do you want to avenge the blood feud of four thousand Chu soldiers?

Why did he have no confidence in the face of less than [-] traitors?

King Yan clenched his teeth.

Those rebels were not fierce Tatar cavalry. The reason why Luozhou was difficult to conquer was because of its geographical advantage rather than force. King Yan had [-] troops, so there was no reason to be so cautious.

If the ninth brother is here, let alone ten thousand against three thousand, even if three thousand is against ten thousand, it will not make him retreat in the slightest.

The more King Yan thought about it, the more ashamed he became.

If the ninth brother is here...

If it was the ninth brother, what would he do?

King Yan carefully recalled Xie Duo's judgment and analysis on the sand table before the expedition——

"Our army has an advantage in strength. Before the war, we must constantly send small troops to harass the enemy's defenses and observe the character and style of the guards."

"A cautious defender can be used as a feint target, bluff him as much as possible, surround him without attacking, wait for him to send a call for reinforcements to other defensive points, and then let the ambushes directly attack the pass that has been transferred from the defense."

"As long as the terrain can be transformed, the opportunity must not be wasted. Sixth brother, when the soldiers should suffer, don't use benevolence. The benevolence at this time is harming them."

"Pretend to be ready to attack before retreating, and retreat before attacking."

"As long as these three gates are connected, our army can attack in an all-round way. You only need to remember one thing - attacking them will save them. Here, here, and this mountain road, there must be one for them. Focus on guerrilla warfare, if the terrain conditions are not good for fighting, don’t fight hard, just disrupt their pace as much as possible, lure them to go around in circles, and you will definitely be able to catch the loophole.”

……

When listening to Xie Duo's strategy, Yan Wang only felt his blood boiled and his heart was full of clarity. Now, facing three thousand rebels, his eyes are dimmed.

King Yan suddenly opened his eyes, got up and walked out of the military tent, and began to observe the terrain in the pass, trying to use Xie Duo's thinking to observe everything around him.

Before the sun set, King Yan found a favorable terrain five miles away from the city gate. After repeated observations for a long time, he finally made up his mind. All bunkers within two miles to the west shall be dug up!"

In the early morning of the second day, the rebel spies who came to investigate the pass found that the defenders on the Yucheng city wall had disappeared, and the entire pass was silent, as if there was no one there.

After getting the military information, the leader of the rebel army immediately led his troops to the city, and sent soldiers to climb up the city wall with ladders.

Seeing that all the Chu troops really withdrew, the rebel general immediately ordered his soldiers to climb into the pass, open the city gate, and quickly pursued the cowardly Chu army.

However, after running for less than six miles, there was a sudden muffled rumble on the hillsides on both sides, and someone behind him shouted in panic in Luozhou dialect: "There are ambushes!"

King Yan tried his best to arrange this ambush. However, after the battle began, the enemy reacted very quickly. In the desperate situation, he gave full play to his talent in mountain warfare, abandoned his horse, avoided rolling stones, climbed up the hillside with his bare hands, and fought head-on with the Chu army.

Although caught off guard, at this time, the rebel army had already suffered over a thousand casualties. King Yan ordered the drums to be beaten, and he drew his long knife to lead the charge towards the enemy!

There were killing sounds in the mountains.

The roads in the mountains are steep, and the Chu army is not as flexible as the natives, and the superiority of its troops cannot be fully utilized. The Chu army who is not good at rock climbing keeps falling and rolling.

As soon as they heard the strange sound of the horn, the group of Luozhou rebels suddenly began to retreat, trying to distance themselves from the Chu army.

Immediately afterwards, a group of men shouted in unison from the foot of the mountain.

What they shouted was not official language, and the generals of Da Chu couldn't understand it. They were worried that the enemy was cheating, so they stopped attacking and confronted the rebels silently.

This is the dialect of Luozhou, King Yan was very surprised, he jumped up, climbed up to the high place and followed the prestige, he saw more than ten captured rebels kneeling at the foot of the mountain.

Behind the group of prisoners stood a familiar slender figure in silver-white armor.

It was a new type of armor that Xie Xiu made for King Yan.

King Yan immediately recognized the person who came, and his heart sank. He didn't ask him what method he used to stop these natives from fighting the Chu army. What is the armor for!"

The boy in silver armor raised his head, showing an evil smile under the silver helmet, and replied casually: "Your armor? Then why is the word 'God of War' engraved on the back? Unless you add the words 'Sixth Brother', otherwise It's mine."

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