Born short-lived

After Dong Sheng went back, he guessed that something might happen to Daling, so he hurriedly wrote a secret letter to Zhou Zirong, told him about Silan's affairs in detail, and then he thought about it and drew up another booklet to play in Huajingcheng .

Aldan adopted Dong Sheng's suggestion and asked the border guards to step up inspections in the past few days and report any changes at any time.

Zhou Zirong received the secret report from Sri Lanka, and immediately led the Huaxu mission back to Huaxu overnight.Sure enough, it was attacked in the middle of the night on the way, and three light iron ships surrounded them on three sides, making no movement at all.

Fortunately, Zhou Zirong always liked to stand on the deck in the middle of the night to blow the wind, and his eyes were good. When he saw the extremely unnatural reflection under the moonlight, he immediately woke up the whole ship.

Since there were a group of important ministers from Huaxu Chaotang on board, Zhou Zirong didn't dare to take the risk to fight against the annihilation. The whole ship fired all copper cannons and fired at an island reef. After the fleet is broken.

Logically speaking, Hua Xu's psychic ships would not be able to face Da Ling's iron ships head-on, but fortunately, his vision was poor at night, and Zhou Zirong made the escort fleet turn around and scatter in all directions, so he was able to retreat completely.

Ten days later, when the news came back to the capital, the empress was so angry that she threw down a whole set of glazed tea bowls, and issued a secret order to Xuantian Pavilion overnight.

Speaking of Xuantian Pavilion, it can be said that people's expressions have changed.The earliest Emperor Dongwen of the former dynasty Huaxu established the Xuantian Pavilion after the founding of the country. As the emperor's private guard, he was responsible for all the secret orders issued by the emperor. He had countless eyeliners and made countless contributions.

After Huaxu returned to the country, the Xuantian Pavilion was also preserved, even the name was not changed.

The historian once said that Xuantian Pavilion is "ten years without shooting, and ten years of shooting."

Whenever Xuantian Pavilion makes a move, it is always stirred up by a storm.

Just when everyone was eagerly waiting for something earth-shattering in Xuantian Pavilion, Nanyang had an earth-shattering event just before that—the Black Banner man turned his back again.

Although the Black Banner Rebellion is no longer a strange thing, it has never been so aggressive as this time.

That night, the Sri Lankan border guards increased the number of guard changes and patrol manpower according to Aldan's intention. The Sri Lankan border guards, who are used to being lazy on weekdays, felt extremely uncomfortable, even if they were forcibly dragged out of bed by the patrol captain in the middle of the night. Still a half-dead look.

Silan's white crystal psychic power is extremely scarce, and the only little bit is supplied to the royal city and border defense.However, the frontier fortifications built by Hua Xu back then were too vast, and the remaining psionic supplies from King Slan's city were just a drop in the bucket, so most of the fortifications became decorations.

The majestic city wall that was built back then made the people of the whole country excited for a long time, but now the mechanism locks and psychic bases in the city wall are almost rusted, and the white crystal spirit stone has become a white crystal waste stone, covered with thick A thick layer of ash.

The most ridiculous thing is that the watchtower on the city wall was even hung with the clothes and pants of the soldiers to dry.

The border guards were not manned enough, so they had to go to the cooking class. The chef in charge of the stove was dragged to the observation deck by the patrol captain before he could figure out what was going on.

Although the chef doesn't know how to cook, he feeds himself smooth and oily anyway.People get sleepy when they are full. The chef stood on the watchtower and yawned boredly. He wanted to leave, but he dared not leave because of the coercion of the patrol captain.

So when the trees and bushes in the distance began to stir in the middle of the night, he thought it was because he was too sleepy and his eyes were dazzled.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!" The heart-piercing sirens came from several watchtowers nearby, which woke up the chef completely.

The man rubbed his eyes, which were almost closed, and stared intently—then he was so frightened that his knees went weak, and he fell to the ground suddenly.

Originally, they were only here to monitor the abnormality, but they didn't think that what came at the beginning was nothing abnormal, but a large-scale attack.Seeing the blackness in the distance approaching the defense line of the border city, a few soldiers hurriedly fired a few shots into the "black tide", but the shells fell like stones into the sea, and there was no reaction at all.

The military flags of the Black Bannermen fluttered in the night wind, and countless Black Banner warriors covered their faces with black veils, wielding long sickles in their hands, like gods of death.

"What?!" Someone cursed, and before the black tide, some sporadic and faster-moving black spots had already climbed onto the city wall.

These things are thin and bony, but they are extremely powerful. With one claw, they can dig a hole in the dilapidated city wall, and they jump straight up with their bloody mouths open. A little soldier who poked his head to see was bitten off his head.

The spirit ghosts they had been searching for earlier were released by the Black Banner people without warning. Together with all the troops of the Black Banner Clan, Slan's weak frontier defense was powerless to resist, and the entire army was wiped out that night.After breaking through the first line of defense, it was like entering no one's land, and Slan lost three cities in a row in one day.

The long-"missing" prince Agassiz formally rebelled, taking one-third of Slan's troops to join the black flag.Aldan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and had no choice but to ask Hua Xu and Tianhe Bang for help.

After Tianhe State received the request for help, they immediately moved south, but they had never fought against the spirit ghosts, and they were almost defeated at the beginning.

Dong Sheng escorted a batch of psychic equipment from Huaxu overnight, taught them how to deal with spirit ghosts, and finally even went into battle in person, leading a mixed army of 2000 people composed of Muslims and Tianhe people. The little tricks on the battlefield that he learned in the East China Sea intercepted the food and grass troops of the Black Banner people at night, which was enough to block the Black Banner under the Lanhe River.

As soon as Zhou Zirong returned to Huaxu, he rushed straight from the straight road to Huajing to ask for military orders. After three days and three nights, he arrived just in time for the morning court, so he hurriedly took a roof from an acquaintance and changed his body. Court clothes, and then immediately went to court.

The queen had already got the news, and she came up early to discuss matters about Nanjiang and Nanyang.

In the past few days, Dong Zeyuan has been receiving news from various parties such as Daling and Nanyang, and his head has grown several times.A few days ago, I didn't close my eyes very much, now I have thick dark circles under my eyes, and my voice is a little hoarse: "Da Ling wants to garrison Silan, but the Silan people don't want to, and now Silan is being killed by the black flag people again." He was almost cornered... a few days ago Aldan asked me for help, what do you think?"

There was a dead silence above the court. After all, no one wanted to cause this trouble. The old minister of the Ministry of War thought for a long time before he considered: "The matter of sending troops needs to be carefully considered, but we are allies after all, so let's send some supplies to Helping out is also fulfilling the responsibility of being a friend."

Zhou Zirong ran for three days and still hasn't slowed down. Looking at the faltering appearance of these ministers, he felt that if he didn't say anything, Nanyang might be going cold: "Reporting to the emperor, this battle in Nanyang may not be as usual. They The internal affairs have changed, the prince has rebelled against the water, and the black flag people have spirit ghosts to help... We are allies with Slan, and Slan refused to garrison Daling, which has shown the loyalty of the ally. We should not sit idly by, and our The envoy is still in Slan. The minister thinks that he should give a helping hand to break the siege of Slan."

Then Zhou Zirong paused, and continued, "If Your Majesty is willing to send troops, I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses."

The empress watched him without speaking for a long while, and just as she was about to speak, the imperial envoy Dr. Chen immediately interjected, "Minister, I have a book to play."

Anyway, every time something happens, you have a book to play.

The queen rolled her eyes in her heart, and asked impatiently; "Tell me, what does Chen Aiqing want to participate in?"

"My minister is the King of Beizhao, Zhou Zirong, General Zhou. He is suspected of resorting to military force." The old man was so excited that his beard trembled. It's not worth it for the soldiers of the Slans to sacrifice their lives for the Slans. Earlier, the Slans also broke our friendship, hid Tiangang Lingwu, and exported black oil to Daling. Now we are willing to provide supplies. It is the utmost benevolence, General I don’t know why you are in such a hurry to send troops to relieve other countries’ difficulties?”

Zhou Zirong said: "Your Majesty, Silan is adjacent to Huaxu. It is said that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If Silan is taken over by the black flag, then there will be no peace in Huaxu's southern border?"

Dr. Chen was about to refute it again, but was interrupted by Yang Gui who was silent for a long time: "My minister seconded the proposal!"