Survival countdown

In Jingzhou for seven days, ammunition and food were exhausted.

The wound on Zhao Baiyu's body festered. He cut it out with a scalded knife and quickly applied medicine to bandage it. He still couldn't escape the high fever. He didn't have time to rest at the moment, so he could only use ice cubes to cool down physically, and continued to deal with the current situation. Difficult situation.

More than a dozen generals, large and small, gathered in the room and reported the difficulties they encountered so far.

"The wells in the city have dried up to varying degrees. Two of the wells have been poisoned by spies and are temporarily undrinkable. The spies have already been arrested. After torture, the other spies of Daxia who were hiding in the city were captured and killed on the spot. Okay. Last year, following your orders, my lord, I stored a lot of ice cubes, and the drinking water can last for about ten days. Four granaries in the city were found to be set on fire. Although they were rescued in time, one granary was burnt down, but it won't last long."

Zhao Baiyu: "February and March are the grain purchase period. In the first two months, there should be grain merchants who have stored grain early and knocked on the grain merchant's door to requisition grain."

It is true that the Northwest is a major food-deficient province, but grain merchants still like to monopolize, and there is definitely a lot of grain stored in the commercial banks.

"In the city there are [-] guns, [-] guns and [-] burning bombs. The catapults were blown up from the original [-] and the remaining [-] are left. The rocket burned the straw man, this method can no longer be used, so there are not many iron arrows left, all soaked in venom and waiting to be used. Several tunnel exits were found, the enemy wanted to sneak in but we blew them up in time and buried them , but we also lost the way to sneak attack."

"Send troops to raid at night, use poison, false and real attacks to interfere with the enemy...all available strategies have been exhausted, Xia Jun has raised his defenses, and cannot be fooled easily. Nearly [-] of our soldiers died, and there are no more reinforcements. Up to seven days!"

"My lord, Daxia's determination to capture Jingzhou is unstoppable, and the surrounding villages and garrisons have no survivors. If Jingzhou is captured, the people may die."

Zhao Baiyu's face was as dark as water, and the soldiers sent to ask for help have not yet arrived. The best estimate was that there would be reinforcements within five days, but unfortunately, the hope was dashed.

He couldn't think of a better way for a while.

All available strategies were used, Daxia was tireless, there were intermittent truces in the first two days, and on the third, fourth and fifth days, it was almost frenzied artillery attacks, no matter how strong the defensive power was Can't bear the fierce artillery. The fire attacks mercilessly.

Zhao Baiyu had no choice but to send back the soldiers on the city wall. Under such fierce artillery and fire attacks, any mortal body could not bear it, and half of the west city gate was blown away. It was captured by Xia Jun.

He asked in a low voice: "My lords, after all, I am a civil servant. Even if I have read military books, it is only on paper. You have guarded the border for many years, and even if you have not read military books, you have more practical experience than me. Can't think of a way to last a few more days? When the five-way reinforcements will always rush over, I also believe in Huo Jingtang and Zhe Qingfeng. They should come back from Daxia at this time. As long as they return to the northwest, Huo Jingtang You can definitely guess that Jingzhou was under siege, and he must be on his way to help! So, please believe in me, Huo Jingtang, and you, you are veteran generals, bloody good men, How could he be driven to a dead end by those thieves who have forgotten their ancestors?"

Who could not be moved by Huo Jingtang's sincere praise, trust and affirmation, and confidence and hope?

Zhao Baiyu looked at Dou Hong: "Master Dou, is there anything else you can do?"

Dou Hong hesitated for a while, and said with a firm face: "Your official has a way to try."

Zhao Baiyu: "What?"

Dou Hong: "Fake surrender. Form a death squad to go out of the city overnight to pretend to surrender, and then escort a team of warriors to burn the enemy's food and grass."

Zhao Baiyu was taken aback, but couldn't bear it.

Dou Hong knew that Zhao Baiyu was soft-hearted, so he further persuaded: "My lord, the Xia army has a large number of people. Burning food and grass is definitely a fatal blow. At that time, we can just wait for Xia army to make a cocoon. And use the death squads to feign surrender, you can go deep into the enemy's camp, if you can If the general of the enemy battalion is blown up, the Xia army will definitely be defeated without a fight!"

The other generals bowed their heads and thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, and a young general among them volunteered: "My lord, I'll go!"

Dou Hong suddenly turned his head to look at him, his eyes turned red instantly.

Zhao Baiyu remembered that his name was Dou Ziang, the third son of Dou Hong, and he also had a daughter who was also the captain of the Iron Lady Army.

"Do you know if you go or not?"

Dou Ziang sonorously said: "Die your life for the country, your heart is like iron, and death is like home."

Dou Hong clasped his fists tremblingly: "My lord, this is the only way to delay for several days now. Dou Duhou... Mao recommends himself. He is very brave. He may be able to blow up the enemy's camp and burn the enemy's food and grass. Please give me an order!"

At this time, there was also a veteran and a young general who stood up and were willing to join the surrender team, and another young general was slapped back by the old man next to him as soon as he walked out, cursing in his mouth, "the hair is not full-grown and a fart can be done" But the next moment he took the initiative to come out and recommend himself.

Zhao Baiyu asked with red eyes: "Is there no other way?"

Dou Hong shook his head.

Zhao Baiyu: "There is still firepower available, wait a few more days, and when the ammunition and food are really exhausted, there will be no reinforcements and then surrender."

Dou Hong wanted to persuade again: "My lord—"

"Okay!" Zhao Baiyu said, "Sang Liangyu won't believe in your false surrender until the end of the mountain." He wiped his face vigorously, strengthened his spirit, and his eyes were extremely firm: "Wait a little longer!"

Waiting for this sentence will take another eight days. At this time, Zhao Baiyu, a group of soldiers, and [-] people defended Jingzhou for fifteen days.

Ammunition, iron arrows and other weapons for defending the city are running low, food, grass and clean water are getting scarcer day by day, and reinforcements have not been seen for a long time. The worst thing is that the morale of the soldiers and the people in the city is gradually low. Jingzhou.

Zhao Baiyu had to agree with Dou Hong's suggestion, and selected 180 warriors with outstanding martial arts skills and perseverance to form nine death squads to attack the enemy by suicide.

On the night of departure, Zhao Baiyu stood on the city wall and stared at their backs as they disappeared into the night. The night wind blew the flags and made a sound of hunting, but he was speechless for a long time.

Dou Hong silently appeared beside him, and quietly came to see off his third son who never came back, his eyes were red but he still pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Based on Jun Mo's words to seal the marquis, once you succeed, you will die. After a pause, he continued: "My three sons and my youngest daughter grew up in the Northwest, and went to the military barracks in urinating. No matter how I force them to study, become civil servants, or be ladies I didn’t listen to the officer’s words, and went to be a soldier secretly. Especially my youngest daughter, when I was 15 years old, I forcibly sent her back to her mother’s hometown, jumped out of the car halfway, and ran into the Detachment of Women’s Army without telling us. When I found her, I have already participated in the war against Xia. After that, I couldn’t do anything about it, but I was very proud in my heart, I was proud of them, but I had already prepared tablets for the two of them..."

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes secretly, Dou Hong forced a smile and said: "Soldiers on the border, life and death are unpredictable. As a father, I accepted their death on the battlefield earlier than anyone else."

Zhao Baiyu turned to look at him, "Isn't your hometown in the northwest?"

Dou Hong: "I can't tell, my hometown is Jiangnan."

Zhao Baiyu laughed, "I can't hear the accent."

Dou Hong: "At the beginning, I was transferred to the northwest and couldn't go back, and then I didn't dare to go back."

With a pair of sons and daughters guarding the northwest, how could Dou Hong dare to leave?

Zhao Baiyu's nose was sore, whether it was for the soldiers on the border or for Dou Hong's fatherly heart, perhaps he had seen too many lives and deaths here during this period of time, but it made him truly realize the commonality between this era and the previous era. Where the flesh and blood and soul have gradually integrated into it, they no longer strongly repel it, and have a little resonance, but they also feel more empathetic with people's joys and sorrows.

Dou Hong suddenly asked: "My lord, will the reinforcements arrive tomorrow?"

Zhao Baiyu: "Yes." He gritted his teeth, and despite the worst situation, he still firmly believed in hope. "We will definitely see reinforcements!"

Even though there are sacrifices, there is endless hope waiting ahead.

The two waited at the gate of the city for an hour, when they heard the sound of an explosion suddenly coming from the enemy camp.

Dou Hong couldn't hold back his sobs.

Zhao Baiyu's back was as straight as a bamboo, and he quickly walked down the city gate and got on his horse. Behind him were three thousand soldiers and horses. Looking at the wide open city gate, he pulled out his sword and shouted: "Kill!"

At this chaotic time, harvest the heads of Xia Bing.

Although he won a small game, Xia Jun was forced to retreat another two miles. Although he was exhausted, Zhao Baiyu still had to cheer up, with stinky blood and fine wounds all over his body, expressing his deep sorrow for the sacrifice of the death squad They mourned in silence, highly praised their actions, and finally used this victory to drive back the Xia army to boost the morale of the city, and once again used the good news that the reinforcements were about to arrive to raise the hopes of the soldiers.

After some procedures, Zhao Baiyu was too tired to move.

But their sacrifice only forced the Xia army back for one day, and on the second day, they regrouped and attacked the city with a more crazy combat method. The artillery, fire and rockets bombarded the city continuously, which was more violent than the attack in the previous ten days. , even more unreservedly, as if to tell the soldiers in Jingzhou City that the false surrender attack the day before had completely angered them, and the attack in the past ten days was nothing more than a small threat, and now it is real.

This idea made the morale of the soldiers who had finally brought it up once again depressed.

Zhao Baiyu gave a different explanation for this: "The false surrender attack really angered Xia Jun, but the crazy attack shows that they are also at the end of their rope. There is no way to delay, and they have to fight with their backs!"

A general at the bottom asked: "My lord thinks this is Xia Jun's last stand?"

"I'm sure, it must be so!" Zhao Baiyu said energetically instead: "If I'm not mistaken, the enemy general commanding this time is Sang Liangyu! Commanding style is bold and crazy and likes to count people's hearts. Your immediate reaction Maybe it's all in his calculations to create the illusion of being irritated, serious now, with sufficient ammunition, and a strong army. It is to make us fall into despair, mess up our own positions, and take the opportunity to attack the city, but this just shows that they are also desperate moment!"

He looked into everyone's eyes and gave him strong self-confidence: "Trust me! I have already understood Sang Liangyu's fighting style and means of doing things. Now it is their last stand, and it is also our last fight! I am sure! I swear ! I firmly believe—”

"This will be a battle that ushers in a turning point, the dawn of victory!"

"The food and grass of the Xia army must have been burned by our warriors, and their spies must have heard the news of the reinforcements... That's right! I heard the news from the urn this morning. It is said that a large number of soldiers and horses marched thirty miles away. , that is reinforcements!"

As soon as this remark came out, the low morale of the soldiers was instantly boosted.

Zhao Baiyu's expression was agitated, but his heart was noisy and restless. The veteran guarding the listening urn did hear a lot of noise, but the sound was chaotic and loud, and it was difficult to distinguish whether it was reinforcements or not.

But at the moment, regardless of whether it is true or not, Zhao Baiyu is so poor that he can take what he has, and lead the whole people and less than [-] soldiers to prepare for the last, most difficult and destined to be the most heroic war.

***

Yuanzhou Forbidden Army.

When the prefect of Yuanzhou received Jingzhou's request for help, he immediately dispatched [-] banned troops and [-] Tibetan soldiers to quickly support Jingzhou. Hearing that a Chinese army commander came to see him, he said that he was willing to take the initiative to lead troops to Jingzhou to relieve the difficulties.

When I asked for his name, he turned out to be Zhao Changfeng, the son of Zai Zhi who was transferred from Kyoto three years ago. He was quite brave in killing enemies, and his grades kept rising. immeasurable.

After further questioning, it turned out that Zhao Baiyu, the new strategic envoy, was Zhao Changfeng's brother, no wonder he was so eager to send troops to the front.

Knowing the cause and effect, the prefect of Yuanzhou was naturally willing to sell his face to fulfill the brotherhood of the family. Immediately with a stroke of a pen, he ordered Zhao Changfeng to lead the army to Jingzhou for support.

Zhao Changfeng, who got the news, set off immediately, rushing non-stop because of his anxiety.

However, it was really late when I received the news. No matter how fast I rushed, it still took more than ten days to see Jingzhou from a distance.

Zhao Changfeng's heart tightened: "Goro?"

***

Kyoto.

The news of the raging fire in the Northwest naturally caused panic among the people, especially when the army came under siege and besieged Weizhou, and Weizhou was too close to Jingzhou, so some people were unavoidably worried.

Mrs. Xie lived directly in Baohua Temple recently, not only chatting with the abbot about Zhao Baiyu's childhood and youth, but also praying for Zhao Baiyu who is far away in Jingzhou.

Today, while chanting scriptures as usual, suddenly the Buddhist beads broke and shattered on the ground. Xie's heartbeat suddenly went out of order, and he looked to the northwest direction blankly.

"Goro..."

***

On the carriage from Liangjiang to Kyoto, exhausted by studying hard, Yan Bing, who unconsciously fell asleep, suddenly woke up, opened the curtain and looked at the night sky.

Auntie Xiu in the Kyoto Prefecture found out the shoes, small clothes, and tiger-headed hats worn by Zhao Baiyu when she was a child on a whim, and compared them with the toys brought out by Uncle Hai when Huo Jingtang was a child. Fun stories from my little ones' childhood.

The night wind is quiet, swirling, blowing across the mountains, rivers, seas, and the hair tips of tourists from all over the world.

Li Yiru and his wife who were far away in Nanzhao and Wei Bo who was floating on the sea and boat both thought of Zhao Baiyu in the northwest at the same moment, and at this time the sky was bright and the earth was shining brightly.

***

The golden light illuminated the layer after layer of blood that could not dry up on the armor. Zhao Baiyu lowered his head and panted, his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold the ring knife. Blood and wounds were stuck to the handle of the knife, and there were corpses everywhere. , broken flagpoles and knives and guns, surrounded by scattered soldiers.

Not far away is the city gate that was blasted open. Across the gate, the Xia army also suffered heavy casualties, but they finally broke through Jingzhou. While they were in high spirits, they also broke out violently because of the tenacious resistance of the soldiers and people in Jingzhou during this period of time. hatred.

Zhao Baiyu knew that when Xia's army entered the city, he would burn, kill and loot to vent his hatred, but half of the city gate was blown down, so he couldn't prevent it, so he might as well give it a go and lure the king into the urn.

He stepped back step by step, his voice extremely calm: "Withdraw. Follow the plan."

After saying that, a group of people dispersed in all directions. Seeing this, Xia Jun filed in and rushed into the nearest building to prepare for looting, but found that people went to the empty building, and then ran out. After talking, they all reacted——

"The three city gates have been broken, and they must be transferred to the city. Money, food, and grass have also been transported there! Brothers, the Han people are like turtles in a urn, and what they are doing is nothing more than stubborn resistance. They want soldiers and weapons. Kill it fast!"

This remark aroused everyone's excited killing intent, and they couldn't wait to hear the screams of the unarmed people. Only blood and silver could calm their extremely distorted and excited emotions at this moment.

And if you are late, the money and women will be taken by others, and you can only get a share if you take the first step, so they all follow the sound without thinking.

However, after chasing into the alley, there was no way, and when he was about to turn back, he heard someone shout from upstairs, and when he looked up, it was a commoner dressed in common clothes, holding a ball-shaped fireball in his hand, ignited it, threw it down, and exploded. Numerous barbed thorns penetrate the armor and impale people into hedgehogs.

However, a large number of Xia soldiers rushing to the large open space suddenly had heavy crossbows attacking from all directions. The heavy crossbows were tied with gunpowder packs, like enlarged rockets, which exploded instantly and could pull four or five people to rush together. In Huangquan, hundreds of heavy crossbows fell in an instant, killing a large number of Xia soldiers. Before they could escape in all directions, animals such as cattle, sheep, camels rushed into the crowd, trampled them to death, or exploded suddenly and burned them to death. Blockbusters.

Counterattacks like this happened in every alley and every open space in Jingzhou, where the city was broken. Army, using their familiarity with the terrain of Jingzhou, to close the door and beat the dog.

It's a pity that the difference in numbers, ammunition, and ammunition is too great. When Xia's army all attacked Jingzhou, all counterattacks were useless, and Zhao Baiyu, Dou Hong and a group of generals were also surrounded by groups.

Facing the Sen Leng Tie Arrows lined up ten meters away, Zhao Baiyu showed no fear on his face. The cold wind blew up his scattered hair, and the knife around his head was used as a crutch to support his exhausted body. Said: "Sang Liangyu, don't you wonder who set up a trap to frame you? You really don't wonder who did it in the Datong Bank, the arsenal in Xiliang Prefecture, and the horse farm under Qilian Mountain? You don't wonder who is the one who set up a trap to frame you? Who is behind the scenes to help domesticate the chess pieces that are specially used to deal with you?"

Xia Jun was silent, and after a while, he moved out of the way, and a military chariot moved forward slowly, and a voice came from inside: "Zhao Baiyu, I have been in touch with you for a long time, and seeing you today, this trip is not in vain."

Zhao Baiyu twitched the corner of his mouth: "I have heard the name of Sang Guoshi for a long time, and it really deserves its reputation."

As expected, Sang Liangyu led the conquest in person.

Sang Liangyu: "I thought you were just a pedantic civil servant with some ability to govern the country, but I didn't expect to have the ability to calm the world. If you were asked to stay in the Northwest for a few more years, you might be called a Confucian general It's a pity...it's a pity that I have already guessed who the person who set up a plot to retaliate against me is, you have lost a chance to save yourself, and I can't tolerate you living."

revenge?

As soon as this word came out, Zhao Baiyu believed that Sang Liangyu had guessed Wang Yueming.

The corners of his mouth could not be supported. He turned his head and looked at the soldiers who had been fighting side by side for more than ten days and the people of Jingzhou who were in a state of distress. Army, behind is the endless sky.

Suddenly recalling the days when Huo Jingtang was haggard and haggard, it made him cry again.

Zhao Baiyu moved his lips: "Huo Jingtang, I don't want to miss the appointment..."

He didn't want to break his promise to live and die together.But if he had to, he would definitely wait for Huo Jingtang in Huangquan, so the only wish at this moment was to pray for the existence of Huangquan in the world, otherwise he would not even know where to wait for Huo Jingtang.

The pupils reflected the flying iron arrows, and in the midst of life and death, the situation suddenly occurred, but iron arrows came from the side, hitting the arrow rain created by Xia Jun, but the crowd burst into cheers : "It's reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming——!"

Zhao Baiyu's eyes lit up, and he reacted quickly and shouted: "Soldiers! Let me kill—"

After finishing speaking, he held the ring head knife in both hands and charged towards Xia Jun. Xia Jun panicked in the sudden counterattack. At first, he thought it was Zhao Baiyu's trick again, but soon they realized that it was really reinforcements. It is still the most feared Tanghe iron cavalry in the Northwest!

The black-lacquered cavalry weighing tens of kilograms is like a ghost of death pressing on at every step. The fear engraved in the bones makes the morale of the Xia army decline first, especially the leader of the black-lacquered cavalry raised his black gun, reaping human lives like cutting straw. It was just as easy, and an open space was quickly cleared around. Someone realized something and shouted: "Sura...Northwest Ghost Shura!"

That was Huo Jingtang's name, he was more terrifying than the King of Hades in Xia Jun's place, he threw away his helmet and armor in an instant, and was defeated and fled.

Inside the military vehicle, Sang Liangyu opened the door and saw the reinforcements pouring in. She knew that the situation was half over, and she had mixed feelings in her heart.

As long as he came one day late, even one day was enough for him to teach Dajing a painful lesson, but it was a pity that his success fell short!

God doomed him to fall short.

Sang Liangyu doesn't believe in fate and God's will, but more than [-] years ago when he was rushing for the exam, he met a fortune teller. The man told his fortune, saying that he was the fate of Chen Sheng and Huang Chao. It's too close to die!

He didn't believe that he passed the examination for fame but failed in the palace examination.

He devoted himself to the Great Xia, won three battles in a row, and when he was able to make great achievements again, he was feared and guarded by Emperor Yong'an and forced to recall him. He still didn't believe it.

After planning for many years, he wanted to support a puppet to be in power, and wanted to make a name for himself in history, so that the world would know that it was Emperor Dajing's fault that his treason was the fault of Emperor Dajing!

However, his success fell short, and he still became a rebellious party that the literati despised. He still didn't believe it.

It was God's will, he wanted to change his fate against the sky!

Now, if the reinforcements are one step late, the city can be slaughtered, and the long-cherished wish of this life can be fulfilled, making Dajing regretful and miserable, but all previous efforts are still in vain, and it is still a step short!

Sang Liangyu is paranoid and stubborn to the end, she just doesn't believe in fate.

He pulled out the excellent Emperor Sword, got off the military chariot, and walked towards Zhao Baiyu in the crowd, approaching step by step, raised the Emperor Sword, the sword body reflected his ferocious and distorted face, swung it down suddenly, Only the sound of fluttering can be heard, but it is the sound of a sharp knife piercing the flesh, which is mellow and pleasant, especially beautiful.

Zhao Baiyu was stunned, looked at Sang Liangyu who was close at hand and the black spear piercing his heart, pulled out the black spear suddenly, blood sprayed out, Sang Liangyu fell to the ground, revealing Huo Jingtang behind him .

At this time, the soldiers accidentally knocked down the siege tree while fleeing, causing it to roll uncontrollably and run over Sang Liangyu's legs. Sang Liangyu screamed in an instant and broke his legs.

When he was about to die, Sang Liangyu's eyes were gloomy, and he was still unwilling to reconcile: "The position is extremely honorable, unspeakably precious, and all previous efforts have been wasted... Ha, ha ha, even if we do it all over again, it is God's will, and..." !

However, he vomited a large amount of blood, drowning the unfinished four characters, and died of exhaustion.

As soon as Sang Liangyu died, Xia Jun fled around like headless flies, and his army was defeated like a mountain. The joy of escaping from the dead and the joy of protecting Jingzhou suddenly poured down like a mountain torrent. The knife in Zhao Baiyu's hand fell to the ground with a bang, and suddenly fell forward.

Huo Jingtang hastily caught him and held Zhao Baiyu's shoulders. He found that he was terribly thin, and seeing his body covered in scars made him feel more distressed.

Zhao Baiyu smiled weakly, "Huo Jingtang, you saved me again."

Huo Jingtang's voice was very soft: "You also saved me."

Zhao Baiyu murmured: "I'm exhausted..."

Huo Jingtang pressed Zhao Baiyu's neck with his palm, felt the beating pulse before he felt relieved, and coaxed softly: "Sleep, I'm by your side."

Zhao Baiyu slowly closed his eyes, and the darkness flooded him like a tide. The long-lost and reassuring sleep finally came, and a heart hovering on the edge of life and death fell steadily.

Even though the gunpowder smoke filled the sky and the sound of killing shook the sky, Huo Jingtang's embrace was the resting place of Zhao Baiyu's soul.

***

Less than [-] soldiers and horses in Jingzhou fought against the [-] elite Xia army. They defended for [-] days until they ran out of ammunition and food. Although the city was broken, reinforcements arrived in time, and thousands of people in Jingzhou survived.

The news spread to the imperial court and shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

When Chen Shidao, Zhao Boyong and others learned that there was only Zhao Baiyu leading less than [-] soldiers in Jingzhou at that time, they were all shocked and terrified, and then they discovered something was wrong.

"Why did the reinforcements arrive on the [-]th?" Zhao Boyong questioned in front of the Wende Hall, "Your Majesty, according to reports from the front, Jingzhou asked for help from the five prefectures of Yuan, Qing, Long, Ning, and Fengxiang, among which Ningzhou and Fengxiang The messengers in Yuanzhou were intercepted by the pursuers, and the messengers in Yuanzhou were delayed for some reason, and the news was delivered a little later. Sending troops to support, why did you arrive at Jingzhou later than Lin'an County King who is far away in Xining Prefecture?"

Emperor Yuanshou could guess the reason.

The prefect of Longzhou is from Cai Zhongsheng, and the general stationed in Gyeongju is Zheng Yuanling, and Cai Zhongsheng has been in frequent contact with Zheng Guogong's mansion in recent years, how could he not know about it?

"Whether it is due to selfishness or other reasons, Your Majesty, there are [-] unarmed people in Jingzhou City!"

Emperor Yuanshou sullenly refused to respond.

It was Chen Shidao who walked out and woke Emperor Yuanshou with one word: "Your Majesty, at that time no one knew that the Prince of Lin'an was not in Jingzhou."

Emperor Yuanshou's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Chen Shidao's face that was so refined that it was almost rigid and pedantic, but he could always hit his mind straight to the point, and sighed deeply: "Cai Zhongsheng will return to Beijing to report on his work soon, and we will talk about it at that time. After all, Zheng Yuanling is a hero. , these years have also made great achievements in battle... Great Xia suffered serious losses, and it was the time when the dragons were leaderless, so they ordered the five-way army to take this opportunity to invade Xingqing Mansion and regain the lost ground!"

If Zheng Yuanling is smart enough, he will know that he should make up for his mistakes in this war of opening up the territory set off by Dajing, which is also the last chance Emperor Yuanshou gave him.

Old fritters like Chen Shidao and Zhao Boyong understood the principle of accepting as soon as they are good. The reinforcements were only a few days late, and Zheng Yuanling had some excuses.

What they wanted was that Emperor Yuanshou had a rift in his heart because Zheng Guogong's government joined forces with the King of Jin to murder Huo Jingtang, the prince in his heart.

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