Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

"Is the statistics clear? How many casualties?" When Kou Xiao walked out, he saw Situ Yong frowning looking at the corpses being transported out.

Situ Yong frowned, with a mocking and sad expression, "The opponent's [-] army, more than [-] people died, more than [-] were captured, and the rest fled, while we, the majestic Royal Habayashi Army and the guards of the capital , and nearly [-] people died, more than [-] were seriously injured, and thousands were lightly injured. With this kind of combat power, if you fight against the tiger and wolf division in the north, you will definitely lose."

"Their martial arts skills are good, but it's a pity that they are a little less bloody. They are timid when facing an enemy who is not afraid of death. How can they have fighting power?"

Situ Yong knew this all the time. Commander Mu asked to strengthen training more than once, but there were always some thorns in the Gyeonggi Battalion who refused to obey the discipline. Although some of them were dealt with, everyone knew in their hearts that they had no chance to go to the battlefield after practicing hard day and night. The capital is Anyi, they are dazzled by the colorful world, where do they have the energy to train?

"Thanks to the lord who set up the trap this time, at least half of the enemy's deaths were caused by the trap, and this also weakened the morale of the opponent, otherwise it may not be the case."

The trap was set up by the leaders of the Kou family army, and it was also tested by Kou Xiao himself. Of course, he knew the power, but fortunately Li Xu asked to keep it secret, otherwise it would have no effect if the other party knew that there was a trap.

"After all, he died for the purpose of escorting the driver. Don't be fooled here. Training is not something that can be done in a day or two. You can change it slowly in the future."

"Don't worry, I have been in the army for so many years and I can't understand what the situation is. I worry about what I should worry about, and I don't bother to care about what I shouldn't worry about. This time the casualties are heavy. If Your Majesty is not vigilant, then I have nothing to say explain."

"Speak carefully!" Kou Xiao looked around, it was already midnight, and the civil servants who had been frightened all day had rested, and all the people coming and going were their people.

Not long after, one person and one horse slowly approached, Kou Xiao and Situ Yong waited for him to come before asking: "Did you just come back?"

Jia Ping jumped off the horse, with a white cloth belt tied on his arm, and the cloth belt was soaked with blood. Kou Xiao frowned and asked, "Are you injured? Is it serious?"

"It's not a problem, it's just an arrow in the arm, which has already been dealt with. I took someone to chase after Zhao Shu, but I didn't see anyone." Jia Ping originally heard that Zhao Shu went up the mountain to chase the emperor, and he knew that Li Xu must be with him. The emperor came together, so he chased after him, but in the end he already knew, so there was no need to mention this.

"Where is Mr. An?" Situ Yong remembered that Zhao Shu led a large number of people into the mountains to look for the emperor, and An Qingping personally led them to chase them. Among the people present, only An Qingping was the emperor's confidant, so no one said anything. What.

Jia Ping recalled the scene of passing An Qingping in the forest, and said with some doubts: "He was also on the mountain with his men, but it seemed that he was not looking for people, but looking for something. See me leading people up the mountain , He also randomly pointed me in a direction, saying that some remnants of the army fled there, but I chased them and saw nothing."

"Could it be that An Qingping is still in collusion with Zhao Shu?" At the beginning of the Yingchuan incident, they all knew that An Qingping had an agreement with Zhao Shu, but it turned out that Zhao Shu just wanted to use him both ways. Already broken.Moreover, after the Ning family perished, An Qingping took back his daughter, and she has been keeping a low profile recently, showing no signs of abnormality.

"After all, it's not my own person. Be careful. Send someone up the mountain to inform him that the emperor has found it. Let's see how he reacts."

Jia Ping was also tired all day, at this time he only cared about Li Xu's safety, seeing Kou Xiao's calm face, he glanced at Li Xu's tent, pretending to be calm and asked: "Is your lord alright?"

The corner of Kou Xiao's mouth twitched, and he didn't expose him in front of Situ Yong, he nodded and said: "He has been with the emperor all this time, he didn't go up the mountain, he is fine."

"That's good. By the way, I haven't seen the third prince. Have you seen him?" Jia Ping asked.

Situ Yong was also worried about this matter. The emperor obviously wanted to deal with the third prince, but he cleaned up the scene, but he didn't see the third prince. He even asked the whole army, but no one saw him.

"Maybe he was afraid of death and didn't follow him. He got the news and fled long ago." Situ Yong rubbed his temples with a headache, "I still don't know how to explain to the emperor tomorrow."

Kou Xiao knew that the third prince had died at the hands of He Zun, but this matter had to be kept secret, and he did not intend to tell them, "Tomorrow you should report the truth, the emperor will definitely send someone to track down the whereabouts of the third prince and Zhao Shu."

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In the early hours of the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and An Qingping finally went down the mountain, bringing a very important person with him, who captured Zhao Shu.

Kou Xiao took the opportunity to sneak into Li Xu's camp, woke him up in a low voice, and asked him: "An Qingping brought Zhao Shu, Zhao Shu knew that the third prince was dead, if he saw the emperor, he would definitely bite you , can you solve the problem?"

Li Xu sat up and rubbed his face before fully waking up. He touched Kou Xiao's Weiliang hand, pulled it under the quilt to cover it, "He has been captured alive, killing him now feels like there is no silver 300 taels here. Let him go, he doesn't know He Zun's real face either."

"But he must know where the third child's body is. This one can be sent to clean up. If the body is not found, the emperor may not believe his words."

Kou Xiao knew what to do, let him sleep for a while, "Sleep for another hour, I will order someone to bring you breakfast, don't rush over to the emperor, he must interrogate Zhao Shu first, so as not to be in a bad mood Take your anger out on me."

Li Xu smiled, "What kind of person are you as the emperor? He is used to restraining his temper. He may not show it when he is really angry, but you are right. The king was shocked yesterday, and he needs to rest well today."

Seeing that Kou Xiao is still in good spirits, Li Xu praised him, "It's good to be young. After a day and a night of hard work, you can still be so refreshed. Let those old officials see that they should be jealous of you."

Kou Xiao scratched under the quilt, if it wasn't for his dirty body, he really wanted to pounce on someone and chew on someone, "Don't tease me, I still have work to do."

"Come back after breakfast, it's not like there's no one else, and you can't be exhausted."

Kou Xiao left the tent, Situ Yong had already taken people to wait outside the emperor's tent, Eunuch Zhao said softly: "Your Majesty almost stayed up all night last night, just closed his eyes now, no matter how big things are, we will wait." Let Your Majesty wake up."

Situ Yong knew that it was really not easy to disturb Zhao Shu at this time, but only His Majesty could speak what Zhao Shu should do, so he had to wait with others.

He smiled and asked An Qingping, "Master An, you are tired. I don't know what's going on on the mountain and how many remnants are left. Should I send someone to chase them down?"

An Qingping said coldly: "General Situ can send people up the mountain to collect the corpses. The two sides have fought several times, and there are corpses everywhere. As for the number of casualties, you have to send someone to count them. I am not responsible for the aftermath."

Situ Yong was angry, and still had a smile on his face, "You're right, then the general will go to work first." He glanced at Zhao Shu who was lying on the ground like a corpse, turned and left.

He felt that An Qingping deliberately dismissed him. He didn't know if he had some secret to report to the emperor, or he didn't want him to take the credit. After all, Zhao Shu was one of the masterminds, and getting him was the first credit.

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The emperor slept very restlessly this time, and he woke up not long after, but he was so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to get up.

Eunuch Zhao reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. An has captured Zhao...Zhao Shu and is waiting outside the camp. Do you want to see him?"

The emperor waved his hand. He didn't want to see that traitor at all. When he doted on Mrs. Zhao back then, he cared a lot about Zhao Shu.

But thinking of Mrs. Zhao's death, he didn't think it was strange at all, and he wasn't even in the mood to interrogate him. What did he want to know?The Zhao family and the third child conspired to force the palace, wasn't it just for the chair under his ass?Could it be revenge for Mrs. Zhao?ridiculous!

"The notice goes on, immediately break camp and return to the palace, I don't want to stay here anymore."

"Here."

The emperor asked to go back to the palace to recuperate, which was very reasonable. The civil servants wanted to leave a long time ago. The palace has high walls and courtyards, which is much safer than here.

Li Xu was also called up, followed the large army back to the palace, and was called by the emperor before entering his yard. He thought the other party would ask some serious questions, but the father and son sat face to face for a long time without mentioning any serious questions.

Sitting until it was dark, Li Xu's waist hurt from sitting, so he asked, "Father, are you hungry? Erchen will cook for you in person and cook some porridge for you?"

Only then did the emperor put a smile on his face, and asked curiously, "When did you learn how to cook?" After asking, he felt a little embarrassed. After all, a gentleman is far away from the cook, and it is not a glorious thing for a royal child to know how to cook.

But Li Xu didn't think so, and said very naturally: "I learned it slowly along the way. The ancients are right. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. After leaving the capital, I will know how colorful the world is." It’s colorful, the food is so rich and diverse, when Erchen ate delicious food at the time, he thought, what if he wants to eat again in the future? Why don’t he learn it by himself, and do what he wants to eat without relying on others.

"Father, don't worry too much. I feel that it is a good thing for me to have more skills. I learned a lot in South Vietnam. I can not only cook, but also swim, farm, pick tea, and make salt. Are you very capable?" Li Xu asked proudly.

The emperor was amused, and his face, which had been gloomy for a whole day, looked better, "Then you go, I don't have much appetite today, so it's up to you."

Li Xu took the order and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of thick vegetable and meat porridge for the emperor. There was no delicacies in the porridge, but a very ordinary taste. I ate two bowls with a good appetite, but Eunuch Zhao was very happy.

"The emperor hasn't eaten so much for a long time, the prince still has a way."

Li Xu didn't dare to do it, knowing that the emperor just thought it was new, and he couldn't cook for the emperor every day, "Father, the emperor must keep a calm mood, and only when he is in a good mood can he have a good appetite."

"You are determined, you should go back to rest too, pass Kou Xiao in for me."

"What is your father's order for Kou Xiao?" Li Xu asked bluntly.

The emperor laughed and scolded: "Look at you, people who don't know think Kou Xiao is your sweetheart. Why, are you afraid that I will bully him?"

Li Xu thought in his heart: Isn't that my heart?He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's nothing, I just asked casually, and Erchen will call him over for you."

Li Xu left in a hurry, and it didn't take long for the emperor to see Kou Xiao. This young general was indeed very popular, he was calm and reliable in his work, and he was also aboveboard. No wonder he made Li Xu look at him differently.

When Kou Xiao returned, Li Xu found out that the emperor ordered him to take people to find the whereabouts of the third prince.

"Has the emperor seen Zhao Shu?"

"No, I heard that Zhao Shu was directly imprisoned. I have never seen him, not even An Qingping. I don't know what he thinks." Kou Xiao didn't have time to talk to Li Xu, and ordered soldiers to go out after drinking Mission gone.

This task is doomed to fail, the third prince's body was destroyed by him, I don't know if he will be punished if he fails to complete this task.

Li Xu sat in the camp for a while, sorting out the matter again, he called Jia Ping and asked him: "How is the cavalry training?"

Jia Ping shook his head, "The time is too short and the results are not good, but these people can still be saved, and they have made great progress. This time they have made meritorious service. I think the emperor will agree to the proposal of Commander Lin or Commander Situ to train a cavalry. "

The Habayashi Army is actually good at riding, and they can be regarded as cavalry. There is no shortage of horses in the capital, but it is still difficult for them to become a strong army.

"This king wants to put these people under your name, what do you think?"

Jia Ping thought for a while and asked: "Does the lord want to control this cavalry? But there are only 1000 people, which is not too many."

"But they are carefully selected talents from the two battalions, and most of them have family backgrounds. Such a thousand-man cavalry must be very useful."

"The subordinates understand that they will definitely train them well and make them swear allegiance to the prince."

"Loyalty is exempted. You can allow them to get promoted and get rich. The beauty is powerful. This king doesn't need them to dedicate themselves to this king. Just let them think more about themselves and the people."

After talking about it, Li Xu asked casually, "Is there any letter from your brother?"

"No, news about Xishan will spread soon, and there must be movement over there soon."

Li Xu nodded. He also wanted to know what the First Prince would do. He would not be able to spare any manpower to take care of the Northwest affairs for a while, and the First Prince was not the Third Prince, and the Northwest side was not the capital, so it was much more difficult.

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When Jia Ping went out, he ran into Kong Jing. As Tingwei, Kong Jing also participated in the interrogation after the incident. He and Jia Ping were considered relatives by marriage. When he saw someone, he asked enthusiastically, "Has General Jia met the prince just now?" ?”

"Yes, Master Kong is also here to look for the prince?"

"Yes, I want to ask the prince what to do with Zhao Shu. It's not a problem to keep him locked up all the time, and the servants came to report that he has been clamoring to see the emperor."

"The emperor made it clear that he didn't want to see him, but this man must not just die like this. Mr. Kong still has to prevent him from committing suicide in fear of crime. Why don't you give him some sleeping medicine in his meals every day, so that he will have less tossing, and it will also prevent him from dying." Beat yourself to death."

Kong Jing chuckled, "Your boy is very witty, this is a good idea." The more he looked at Jia Ping, the more satisfied he was, but it was a pity that he didn't have a daughter of the right age, otherwise the son-in-law would have to snatch it.

"It's almost May, and I don't know when the things here will end, so don't delay the wedding date."

Jia Ping replied rigidly: "When something like this happens, the wedding will not be held for a while. When my nephew writes back, the two families will negotiate and push it back."

Kong Jing understood that this was the truth, the emperor was in a bad mood, and he would definitely not like having a wedding at this time, "Okay, I will also talk to them about it."

"Thank you Master Kong."

"You can change your mouth, just call me uncle."

Jia Ping was a little reluctant, but it was better to be an uncle than a father-in-law. Sometimes, he was really afraid that he could not help running away from marriage.

He also asked himself why he agreed even when he was unwilling, and he didn't even have the thought of resisting, so what if he didn't get married?Can he still marry a man like Kou Xiao?