[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The Annan people suffered heavy casualties. At that time, there were only half of the opponent's number, but the opponent suddenly counterattacked and opened fire first with firecrackers.They know how powerful this firearm is. After being educated by blood on the battlefield, they also know that they can avoid bullets by lying on the ground.At this moment, the opponent rushed over with his power, and only a few people shot arrows, but soon everyone ate the opponent's Mo Dao.

Without the interference of poisonous snakes and venomous insects, their martial arts are far inferior to the queen's guards who were selected from Jinyiwei by the Great Zhou.

At that time, Da Zhou killed more people than others, but he didn't like to fight. When the other half arrived, most of Da Zhou's guards had killed him.

Wu Junxiong was also injured, so he had to stop the bleeding first, but now he was flustered, and felt that this "beheading operation" was a bit naive.If Queen Da Zhou is so easy to capture alive, how could Anguo lose half of his country at this time.The richest Red River Plain was occupied, and the remaining Annan people squeezed into a piece of barren land in the south.

Some people wanted to retreat, and when the city defense army and militia did not react, they hurried back through the secret passage to save their lives.

However, some loyal people from Annan said: "If this operation does not succeed, Annan will really be finished. We cannot take back the territory, we cannot restore the country, and we will usher in even more vicious revenge from Dazhou!"

Wu Junxiong felt a little tragic when he thought about his lovely wife, the beautiful little princess of the king.

"That's right, we have no way out. We can only capture the Great Zhou Empress alive to negotiate with them, and let them retreat and return their territory in exchange."

The Annan people have such a will to see death as home, but at this time there is no poison to rely on, and they regret that they used it so easily at that time.

Now there are only some poisoned arrows to be used sparingly, and the only thing to do is to act as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams.

Wu Junxiong led the army regardless of his injuries, and when he arrived near a palace, he heard the sound of footsteps, and saw a dozen people holding lanterns in front of him, and he saw nearly a hundred people (except two platoons, there were more than [-] people). There are many bodyguards from Nie's bodyguard bureau) guarding a slim and elegant lady.

Many people in Annan also speak some Mandarin Chinese, and they heard people from Dazhou yelling "My lady take care of your phoenix body", "Your ministers will swear to protect your mother's safety" and so on.

"Empress of the Great Zhou!"

"Annan's warriors, capture the Great Zhou Empress alive!"

"Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty" covered her face in panic and screamed: "Escort! Escort!"

Then, more than 200 guards guarded the "Empress of Great Zhou" and escaped. The Annan people were already red-eyed. Not only was the survival of the Annan Kingdom a problem, but they themselves wanted to survive. The only way was to capture the Empress of Great Zhou alive.

Everyone cheered up and chased Empress Da Zhou until they reached the back garden of the Annan Palace. The people in front were probably too anxious, and the lanterns were all extinguished. Fortunately, some moonlight allowed them to see the figure.

Xiao Pan'er dragged her grandmother to run, happy in her heart, never thought that the garden where she played with the princess could come in handy.

"Everyone follow me!"

Seeing that she had a way to go, she bypassed a banyan tree. Hundreds of people quickened their pace and quickly passed a checkpoint, but the Annan people behind were not so lucky.

Annan who ran ahead pulled the trap under his feet, and simply opened the switch of the box hanging on the big banyan tree with a leash, and three catties of chili powder were sprinkled from the air.

At this time, because of the dim light, a person with a personal mission opened his eyes wide, and the chili powder was blown away and entered the eyes of the Annan people who were chasing in front.

"what!"

"my eyes!"

There was chaos ahead, and Wu Junxiong knew that the task would not be easy to complete, but there was death left and right, so he ordered those who were not injured behind him and those who were not seriously injured to follow him.

Then, their poor feet stepped on triangular nails, which belonged to the new army's special warfare battalion. Tu Yuanyuan and Xiao Pan'er hoped that the queen would secretly get some.They are girls, although the queen can exercise their courage, but let them be engaged in confidentiality and counseling, I never thought of letting them touch these.However, both of them are in the second stage of middle school, and they are extremely curious. They use their identities to "consolate the grassroots" by using their identities to help others, and they are tricked into researching something secretly.

There were not many triangular nails, and only a dozen of Annan's people were injured. They could pass this test with a torch.

At this time, Wu Junxiong was also timid, if countless traps like this were set in this garden, he was afraid that he would end up here.

Can I go back now and kill it?

He quickly rejected this idea, ordered his men to be careful where they stepped, and ordered torches to be lit in front of them to illuminate the way.

Xiao Pan'er brought her grandmother pretending to be a queen to a pavilion surrounded by hundreds of people.She broke off a stone slab from the foot of the pavilion, dug out a jewelry box, opened it, and saw four strange-looking things inside.

Madam Nie took a look: "What is this?"

Xiao Pan'er said, "Grenade!"

The platoon leader Zhao in the first row of guards couldn't help being stunned, thinking that Miss Xiao actually got this thing secretly.

The guards used firecrackers, but they didn't use grenades, because it's hard to say that they exploded when they met the assassin when they were with the queen. What if the queen was blown up?

And these guards from Jinyiwei also feel that their martial arts are better than ordinary soldiers, so they don't need this kind of thing.

Xiao Pan'er said: "Platoon Leader Zhao, will you do this?"

"Yes, but yes..."

"It's fine. Time is running out, I only have four, you pick four good pitchers, and greet them evenly. After the explosion, we will fight back. They must flee back, and the princess will lead the army to stop us. Annihilate them. The empress came back and just celebrated for us!"

Platoon Leader Zhao looked at Platoon Leader Wang in the second platoon, and the two of them made up their minds, and immediately picked someone out to distribute the four grenades, and the four pitchers sneaked to the side of the road to lie down.

……

Xing Xiuyan hurried back with [-] city defense troops and [-] guards. At this time, there were only two guards left at the palace gate, and the other guards also rushed to rescue when they saw the distress signal in the deep palace.

Xing Xiuyan led the army into the gate of the palace, and when he heard the sound of explosions from the west, he hurriedly led the army to rush, although he was very anxious, he did not dare to show his vulnerability.

At this time, the east was about to turn white, but the smell of blood wafted through the entire Annan Palace Garden, which was disgusting.

In fact, the psychological pressure of using the firecracker and Bai Renzhan is absolutely different. Tu Yuanyuan led the troops to block the firecracker that had been fighting for three rounds, but the guard battalion also ran out of bullets, because they used it in the melee before. Quite a lot.

In the end, facing Annan's remnant soldiers, she had no choice but to order Bai Ren to fight, but the guards couldn't stand it anymore.

Mo Dao was sacrificed, and the battalion commander ordered the personnel to protect the princess, and then led the troops to kill. At this time, Annan had more than 200 terrified remnants of soldiers, who were flanked by the Zhou army, and could only scurry around.

Tu Yuanyuan was trembling with the Mo Dao in her hand, but she had also stabbed the knife in the dark before rushing out of the Annan Army's interception, so there was nothing terrible about it.

It would be embarrassing for people to see that I was afraid. My father, queen and queen are such heroes. I am a dragon girl, not a dog girl.

"Brothers, let's go together!" biting her lip, Tu Yuanyuan said to the guards surrounding her for protection.

Xiao Pan'er was equally afraid, but with Mrs. Nie as an expert by her side, her knife also saw blood.

When Xing Xiuyan led the troops to arrive, the battle had come to an end, and the soldiers covered in blood also saw the queen leading the reinforcements.

"See empress empress, empress is a thousand years old!"

Xing Xiuyan was stunned for a moment, then suppressed her voice and said, "Pingshen."

"Mother's queen!" A blood-stained girl ran over and threw herself into her arms. Xing Xiuyan felt sour and stroked her head. Fortunately, the child was fine.

……

According to statistics afterwards, there were also two hundred casualties in our army, among which more than 50 people were killed in battle, more than 60 people were seriously injured, and hundreds of people were slightly injured.

Xing Xiuyan ordered the North Vietnamese government returning from inspections to register these people for military exploits, and those who died in battle should pay pensions to their wives, children, and parents afterwards.In addition, there are tax-free land concessions for the orphans of martyrs or the priority right to hire a quota of local officials.

Xing Xiuyan climbed on the Feilongmen gate tower of the original imperial palace in Shenglong City. In front of him, he can see the various folk styles of Shenglong City. Behind him, he can see the original court hall in Annan. On the left is the Jixian Hall, and on the right is the Jiangwu Hall.

Xing Xiuyan put his hand on the crenel of the city wall, looking at the blue sky and the misty white clouds, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Daiyu took a step forward and asked, "My sister looks sad, what's on your mind?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "That night, I was really afraid that something would happen to you. The children were separated from me when they were young, and after they were reunited, I couldn't take care of them like a qualified mother. Yuanyuan's child also suffered a catastrophe that year. If something happened to her I don't know what to do. But I think the mothers in this world should be in the same mood as me."

Daiyu thought for a while, and said, "Since you are merciful, why don't you kill a lot?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "War is just a means, not a dream. Whether it is for the victor or the loser, the taste of war is not necessarily good. Even if the hero is the best, looking at the sunset alone and lamenting silently, he is not necessarily happy. The way of fighting Stop it, stop it."

Daiyu smiled and said, "It's the great fortune of the world and the blessing of the common people that the empress has the heart to stop fighting."

Xing Xiuyan also thought: War is indispensable for the survival of the nation, but being deeply involved in war will hurt the foundation, just like Napoleon playing with firecrackers.Now that North Vietnam is newly established, everyone in the small native country or tribe in the Indochina Peninsula is in danger.Or it may be used by Western colonists who have penetrated into Southeast Asia to fight against Da Zhou, but it will be troublesome.The prosperity of the Central Plains Dynasty, or the Central Plains Dynasty's struggle for world hegemony, cannot be accomplished overnight.Just like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he was too talented and too radical, and in the end he just made wedding dresses for others.

Xing Xiuyan smiled slightly, and said: "Fame and wealth in the world are like floating clouds, but in his position, he has to seek his own government. I am glad that I am not alone after all."

Daiyu said with a smile: "The empress and the sage are deeply in love with each other. How can they be lonely when they are united as one?"

Xing Xiuyan shook her head and said with a smile: "This is another matter. As a woman, I still hope that I am not abandoned by women. No matter what I do that does not conform to the three obediences and four virtues, my sister is always behind me, so I will not feel lonely."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Three obediences and four virtues are not necessarily right. The most important thing between a man and a woman is sincerity. If you are willing to do anything for each other, this is true happiness."

As he was talking, he saw a few elephants in front of them carrying people. Tu Yuanyuan and Xiao Pan'er sat on the backs of the elephants and teased the elephants with bananas from time to time, having a great time.

Daiyu sighed, "After two years, I will reach the age of Ji. What should I do if I look like this?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "I have a son, and you also have a son. If you really can't get married, just change relatives."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Didn't the sage say that we will not mess with the mandarin ducks?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "As soon as the war is over, we will hold a blind date meeting to explore the children's minds. If the children are willing, they will make a couple. If there is someone who can discuss it after marriage, they will not be childish."

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The Battle of Pingnan has basically ended, and the remnants of Annan have no chance to stand up.

In the autumn of the 19th year of Qianyuan, the Empress of the Great Zhou changed Thang Long City to Hanoi, and invited various small countries and forces on the Indochina Peninsula to negotiate alliances in Hanoi.

On August 19th of the [-]th year of Qianyuan, the Great Zhou and various small states signed the Treaty of Amity and Friendship between the Great Zhou and the Fans. The main contents are as follows:

The Great Zhou established closer suzerainty and vassal relations with the small countries. In addition to paying tribute, the countries conducted business and mutually guaranteed the life and property safety of each other's merchants in each other's territory.

Da Zhou will never take the initiative to invade the land they have now, and the vassal states recognize that the homeland North Vietnam recovered by Da Zhou belongs to Da Zhou.

There are disputes among the vassal states, and Dazhou has the right to mediate to ensure regional peace.

Establishing Chinese as the official language between the suzerains and vassals, Beiyue Province, Sichuan Province, and even the Royal Academy in Kyoto can accept foreign students sent by the vassal states, and there is a certain number of scholarships every year.

When forces other than suzerain and vassal invaded the vassal state, Da Zhou had the right to intervene and mediate.

Those who commit crimes committed by Da Zhou nationals in the vassal state shall be tried by the judiciary of North Vietnam Province according to law.