Great Zhou Empress

When Xue Zhijing was sent to the sea ship, Xiao Liege had already assembled a large army on the border between the two countries in the north.

She also knew that there was a powerful Yuan Jin in the Xiongzhou area, and after a few small-scale confrontations, she also found out the opponent's strength, and he was a difficult person.So this time she bypassed Xiongzhou and entered from the two weak cities in the east and west.

The soldiers are expensive and fast, and the long-distance attack directly reaches the city of Bianjing.

Half of the most powerful soldiers and horses of the Dacheng Dynasty were in Bianjing City, and half were guarding the northern border. There were hardly any soldiers and horses that could resist the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom in the middle land.From the border to Bianjing City, most of the area is plain, which is very suitable for horse racing. If it is a thousand-mile horse, it can be reached in almost two days. The army's attack is slower, and it only takes four or five days.

Xiao Liege used some strategies, the front line arranged the tribes of Yelu's family, and the tribes in the eastern region who were always ready to move in the rear were responsible for resisting Yuan Jin's frontier army who came after hearing the news.

The early stage progressed so smoothly, Xiao Liege felt that she only needs to give her ten days, and she will definitely be able to win Bianjing City.

It's a pity that she somewhat overestimated the strength of the Khitan cavalry, and underestimated the Dacheng Dynasty, and did not seriously study why the ancestors did not take this vast land.

They swept across the section from the border to the Yellow River almost like a whirlwind, but after crossing the Yellow River, there is a rich water system, and it is necessary to take a boat to cross the river, which will delay some time.

However, they still reached the city of Bianjing before Yuan Jin caught up with them.

It's a pity that the city of Bianjing is not so easy to break through. The court of the Dacheng Dynasty knew very well that there were no dangerous mountains and rivers near the city of Bianjing that could resist the army, so the city was built extremely strong, with three floors inside and three floors outside, deep water trenches, and prominent The turret has concentrated more than [-]% of the country's troops.

It can be said that the attacking party must use ten times as many troops to capture the city, but how could Xiao Liege bring so many people.

Xiao Liege paid attention to quick battles and quick decisions, so he used all his strength to attack the city for the first time.

At dusk, when Ming Jin withdrew his troops, he did not attack.

It's normal if it can't be attacked, and if it is attacked as soon as it is attacked, won't the Dacheng Dynasty become tofu?Although it is a dynasty that cannot make ends meet financially, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

However, when such a pot of cold water poured down, Xiao Liege also calmed down, changed his goal and strategy, and no longer aimed at taking down Bianjing City.

It's just that what she didn't know was that her operation was too exciting.Although Bianjing City is strong, even if it is surrounded and beaten for two or three years, it can be self-sufficient inside.But whether a place can be held depends not only on whether the supplies are sufficient, but also on people's confidence.

Almost as soon as the messenger's letter was delivered to the palace, Xiao Liege's army was seen approaching from the city tower of Bianjing.

Calculated, it took less than seven days from the time Xiao Liege entered the country to the time she arrived at Bianjing city.

Such a sense of oppression in speed brought boundless psychological pressure to the entire court of the Dacheng Dynasty.

The emperor, who was already sick and listless, passed out completely, and the empress stayed up almost all day and night. She called the ministers to discuss countermeasures and arrange military defense layout.

In a one-day siege and defense battle, the Liao side that attacked the city was under a lot of pressure, and the Dacheng Dynasty that defended the city was under even greater pressure. It is like you live in a room with a stainless steel security door, but someone outside uses an extremely strong impact. You have been hitting the door with force all day long, and you don't know whether the door can really withstand the opponent's attack, and you are always in a tense state psychologically.

So a group of ministers asked the empress to arrange envoys to go outside the city and ask what Liao really wanted.

You can't really want to destroy Dacheng.

Can she eat it?

After the envoy came back, he talked about Xiao Liege's sky-high asking prices, such as how much money he would send to the Liao Kingdom every year, how many more border markets would be opened, and the amount of tea, books, and copper coins would be increased, etc., and even mentioned the cession of the city .

In the end, Xiao Liege added that she had an old relationship with Xue Zhijing, the queen's female officer, and next time she came to envoy, let Xue Zhijing come.

The empress thought for a while, and wrote a reply letter to Xiao Liege herself, starting with the relationship between the two countries for hundreds of years, reprimanding Xiao Liege for treachery, and then explaining that Xiao Liege's siege campaign would not be successful Yes, Bianjing City will not be breached even if it is besieged for ten years, and when King Qin's troops arrive, Xiao Liege will undoubtedly be defeated.

Finally, she mentioned that Xue Zhijing suddenly disappeared in Guangzhou some time ago.

Empress Empress originally wanted to make Xiao Liege have some emotional fluctuations, so that she could talk about the next step, but she didn't expect that she was an impulsive little wolf cub. If her emotions fluctuated, the fluctuations would make people attack the city, and the shouts of the siege It was so loud that it could be heard in the depths of the palace.

Xiao Liege didn't believe the Queen's words at all, and thought Xue Zhijing was still in Bianjing at all.

The atmosphere in the city became more and more dignified, especially those old men with white beards, each and every one of them asked the empress to make peace with Xiao Liege quickly, and even ran to the emperor's bedroom and knelt down to ask to see each other.All the opinions are, anyway, the other party just wants money, so give them quickly and let them leave quickly.

The comfortable days have passed for a long time, and people's courage has also become smaller.

What they don't know is that their emperor is already half dead, and the empress is almost ten years old under the internal and external pressure.

In the end, the newly promoted female officer, Ayla, took the initiative to invite Ying to go outside the city for peace talks.

In the end, the Dacheng Dynasty signed a peace treaty with the content of donating 20 copper coins and [-] pieces of silk to the Liao Kingdom every year, opening two more negotiating venues, and increasing the amount of some trading items.As for ceding the city, that is absolutely impossible.

As for Xue Zhijing's whereabouts, Ayila was holding the red whip that Xiao Liege gave to Xue Zhijing in his hand, so Xiao Liege finally believed it a little.

"Is it possible to find Xue Zhijing?"

Ayla shook her head, and said in a cold tone, "There is no trace in the vast sea."

Xiao Liege snorted coldly, "Okay, I can withdraw my troops now, within a year, you can find Xue Zhijing and send them to me. If there is no one, I will come to the city again next winter."

Ayila said angrily, "Xiao Jing saved my life, don't I want to find her? I have already applied to the Empress Empress, and I will go to the south to find her in a few days, if you didn't come to the city and block the door , I’ve been there a long time ago. Why are you so greedy? If you want this or that, why don’t you say that the whole world is yours.”

"you~"

The two quarreled, but in the end, Xiao Liege invited Ayila to have a drink with her before retreating, which made Ayila baffled for a while.

However, when Yuan Jin arrived with hundreds of thousands of frontier troops the next day, Ayla knew that maybe they were all fooled by Xiao Liege.

How could Xiao Liege really want to take down Bianjing City, she is a robber at all, the purpose is that contract.Relying on her speed, she made a time difference. Before Yuan Jin's frontier army came to attack on both sides, she first oppressed the ministers in the capital who had never seen war scenes so that they could sign a favorable contract, and then left.

I just don't know what Xue Zhijing is to her?

If Xue Zhijing was found, should she be allowed to meet Xiao Liege?

……

southern sea.

Xue Zhijing's "slaves" who are about to be trafficked only have basic rations and some tea to keep people from dying of thirst. This kind of food intake cannot meet people's daily needs, so everyone seems weak.

Xue Zhijing once tried to climb out of this cabin, but found that the door was tightly blocked.

Someone comforted her, "Don't try it, it's useless, you go out, the outside is not the sea, you can't escape."

There are men and women in the entire bottom cabin, but most of them are young people, the oldest is no more than 20 years old, it is estimated that they will be trafficked as labor.

Everyone is consciously divided into men and women, and the toilets are also separated.

However, now everyone is like the hungry people in the drought, and no one has the strength to harass anyone.

Two days later, the ship stopped abruptly, and some loud noises were heard from the cabin.

This sound continued for a while, and there was even the sound of metal clashes of swords.

It wasn't until someone came and opened the door of the underground cabin that the gang of "slaves" finally saw the light of day.

Seeing the glare of the sun again, Xue Zhijing saw it between his fingers, and found that this place did not seem to be the land she was expecting, but an island, and the people around him were also in a mess.

Could it be pirates?

A group of people directed them to remove some food and wine from the ship, but goods such as porcelain and silk remained on the ship.

Xue Zhijing also moved things together, moved them to the small boat beside the boat, and then transported them to the small island not far away.

There are some thatched houses on the island, and there is a watchtower on the highest mountain.

The crowd was full of people.

With the replenishment of supplies on board, the pirates on this island began to have a grand banquet tonight, drinking wine and singing songs on the flat beach, and even ate them for the "slaves" gathered next to them. Steamed bun.

The pirates ate and laughed happily, and what they said loudly was also passed on.

Why should they continue to sell these "slaves" to Champa, how much money can they receive at that time, and then go back to Guangzhou to go to which brothel to be happy and so on.

Not far from them, there seemed to be a group of original sailors on the ship. It is estimated that the leader had already been sent to the sea to feed the fish. Their eyes were dim, and they did not know what their future fate would be.

Xue Zhijing has a plan, a gamble should work.

When the pirates drank too much tonight and fell asleep, their "slaves" teamed up with the sailors to tie them up, and then sailed away. The sailors had no leader, so it was easy to control them and let them sail. Back to Guangzhou.

No matter how bad it is, she will reveal her identity and promise them some future benefits.

After all, in terms of numbers, the number of "slaves" exceeds that of sailors and pirates here, so the chances of winning are great.

It's just that Xue Zhijing didn't expect that the pirates who had drunk too much would come directly to them, one by one pinching the faces of the people in the group, breathing alcohol to check, and then yelling, "This is a woman." Then Just dragged it away.

Someone even took a fancy to a tender-faced boy, grabbed his arm and laughed loudly, "I want this tonight."

Xue Zhijing frowned, and it was clear at a glance what it meant.

Someone saw her sharply. Although Xue Zhijing had been in the cabin for a few days, her hair was disheveled and her face was a little dirty, but she had a good foundation and stood out in front of everyone.

She was also pulled out, directly to the leading pirate.

The pirate leader had an unshaven beard and a scar on his face, his face was flushed from drinking, when he saw Xue Zhijing, he laughed loudly, grabbed her by the neck and wanted to go back to his thatched hut.

Xue Zhijing was restrained by his neck, and he almost couldn't hold his breath.

Fuck, what about this?

When he arrived at his thatched hut, the bearded man began to take off his clothes. He was a tropical pirate, and he didn't have much cloth on his body.

At this moment, Xue Zhijing looked like a rabbit with red eyes, and he might pounce on someone in the next second.

She suddenly remembered that she still had a dagger hidden in her boot.

It was the one given to her by Xiao Liege, and there was no chance of using it after returning from the northern border, but Xue Zhijing kept putting her in his boots, and he had already formed a habit.

The whip was still in the luggage of Yuanjia Mansion, and it was the only weapon left on him.

When the bearded man rushed over, Xue Zhijing narrowed his eyes, bent his knees, pulled out the dagger, and just waved it.

Suddenly, warm blood sprayed out from an important part of the bearded man.

"Ah~"

The bearded man lost almost [-]% of his fighting strength, Xue Zhijing took his shoes and stuffed them into his mouth, then tied him up with his clothes.

The bearded man who had lost too much blood was about to collapse.

Xue Zhijing wiped the dagger on the bearded man's clothes, then put it back into his boots, took out the bearded man's knife and left his thatched cottage.

Then, she kicked the doors of the thatched cottages one by one and went in, stabbing one by one.

A bunch of drunk buddies, in an exciting moment, were easily killed.

Xue Zhijing gathered everyone together with blood all over his body. A group of "slaves" were already terrified at this time. Seeing Xue Zhijing's appearance was like seeing an evil ghost crawling out of hell. Everyone was terrified. What did she say? is what.

"Move things, get on the boat, sailor, get on the big ship and set sail."

Invite everyone to move the food and drinks brought down by the pirates back to the big ship through the small boat, and then sail back to Guangzhou.

After tossing until the next morning, before the boat sailed, I saw a big boat approaching from a distance.

Xue Zhijing was worried that the other party was an accomplice of the pirates, so he thought about it for a while, and waited for them on the island to see what happened.The island is deep, and it is easy to ambush, but it is better than a group of people getting on a boat and driving away, and then being blocked at sea.

Time was running out, and there was no time to make a trap, so Xue Zhijing led everyone to tie up a group of pirates, gag them, and stuff them all into the main house of their thatched cottage.

Then she distributed the pirates' weapons to the "slaves", and asked everyone to cover their faces with various rags from the thatched house. At first glance, if you don't know the details, a large group of people with weapons is quite Deterrent.

Lying in ambush in the grass, seeing the big ship staying at sea, a group of people changed to small boats and went ashore.

There was a woman in gray, standing at the bow of the boat, like the leader.

When they got off the boat, Xue Zhijing counted them, there were less than ten people, and only two or three weapons.

Although my side is a group of rabble with no training, but there are more than 100 people, there is still a chance of winning.

The leading woman in gray seemed to frowned because of the quietness on the island, but she didn't stop, and went straight to the thatched cottage.

After they entered the thatched hut, Xue Zhijing called people to surround the thatched hut. When the gray-clothed woman and her party saw a group of pirates inside who were still bleeding, they knew something was wrong. When they came out, they had already fallen into the In the encirclement.

A group of people held weapons in their hands, covered their faces, and looked at them coldly, which was a bit scary.

"Who are you guys?" A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the woman in gray clothes, as if she was not sure what Xue Zhijing was doing here, she looked more like a pirate than a pirate.