Chapter 114 Dream (1) Before the group came, they agreed to negotiate "peacefully" with Shi Xuanying. After all, she had so many warriors under her, and if they wanted to go head-to-head, they had to think about whether their heads were strong enough. Who knows, they might actually have an iron head! The envoy felt like he was going bald, and his tone couldn't help but be a little more serious: "My lord, think twice!" Huang Xian Cheng finally calmed down and couldn't help but regret - why couldn't he control his temper? He was born in a branch of a wealthy family in the Xiao Chen Kingdom. After getting this position, he has been in good condition. Although he has no hope of promotion, he formed a clique in Linxi County and covered the sky with one hand, and his life was better than that of his master's family. Those young masters are not bad at all. After Qu Guo came in, he cast quickly without any trouble. After a while, he found that everything was as usual. The person above his head was still surnamed Chen or Qu, so it didn't have much impact on him at all, so he immediately shook his head again. Woke up. Who would have thought that after just a few days of shaking, a female county magistrate fell from the sky and hit him directly on his lung tube! It's hard to imagine that such a coward would somehow have a rebellious spirit because he doesn't want to be controlled by a woman. Shi Xuanying glanced at Huang Xiancheng coldly, then passed directly through the courtyard, murderous intent spreading everywhere, and no one dared to avoid him wherever he passed. She thought, if these people dare to come again, they will just dig a hole and bury him! What kind of person does she think she is? There is a lot of waste and vitality here, but the battle on the front line is getting more and more intense.
Half a month ago, Xiao Hongfan led his troops to recapture two cities one after another, and the Nationalist Army advanced eighty miles north. After that, Xiao Hongfan recaptured two more cities, and the Nationalist Army continued to advance two hundred miles north. This situation is as if the Southwest Army is driving the Restoration Army towards the capital of Qu State. At this time, the northwest of Qu State was being attacked by rebels, Lu Chang State, and Da Chen State, and was being attacked from both sides. The northwest rebels, who were not taken seriously by the Qu court at first, not only were not eliminated, but more and more rebels were defeated. Like a snowball, they grew to more than 60,000 people in a short period of time and had already reached a city 200 miles away from the capital. . The Northwest Army (Xiao Jiajun) had less than 40,000 troops left at this time. Although it had gone through difficulties to replenish more than 50,000 troops, the road to the rear was not smooth, and the food and grass supplies were easily cut off by the rebels. After the two countries reorganized, the 200,000-strong coalition army Once again, Chen Bingguan may launch a more violent attack at any time. The disparity in strength is so huge that if the supplies at the rear cannot keep up, the consequences can be imagined. Once the Northwest Army is gone, the northwest of Qu State will be completely lost. The battle report from 800 miles away has been rushed to Qudu, and everything is in danger! Danger! Danger! This forced Emperor Qu to finally begin to face his "mandate of destiny". In the early years, Emperor Qu did not believe this at all, because the previous kings of Qu State had a good foundation and accumulated good soldiers and a wealthy treasury. Emperor Qu had been playing against the odds throughout his life, which led him to have an illusion, especially in the When you are full of energy, you feel as if you are omnipotent, and no matter what destiny is told, you cannot go against your will! As he grew older, he began to feel powerless. Although he had begun to accept mystical practitioners, he always had a contradictory attitude towards mystical arts, which included wanting to rely on them but also being afraid of them, and at the same time despising them from the bottom of his heart. However, now he was sitting slumped on the dragon throne, with Qushan's inscription "Danger of National Subjugation" in front of him, and he finally thought of the general he had abandoned like a pair of worn-out shoes... "Report——" An emergency call outside the palace interrupted the meeting. Emperor Qu sat up slightly and said, "Xuan." As the eunuch shouted the summons, the postmen rushed into the palace. As soon as the man entered the palace, he lost all his strength and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty! On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the coalition forces attacked Yaocheng and Pingyuguan. The northwest army defended Pingyuguan for seven days. Pingyuguan was intact, and Yaocheng... was lost! " As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall was shocked. For a moment, everyone couldn't tell which one was more incredible, the shattering of the Northwest Army's undefeated myth or the fall of Yaocheng. Chaos returned to the southwest, but in the end it was still chaos in the hometown of Xiao Chen State. The newly conquered areas had not yet been conquered. Chaos was common, but the Daqu border line had been pushed outwards, and it was the first time in a century that it had been breached.
Emperor Qu frowned, and the hands on his legs were clenched until they turned white, but his voice was still calm: "We will discuss it later when we withdraw from the court." After the court meeting dispersed, Emperor Qu left the important officials in the court to discuss the next response. "What do you think, all the ministers think, to order General Xiao to abandon the southwest, break out of Lucheng and go north, and lead the southwest army to directly support the northwest?" Emperor Qu asked. The southwest side does not belong to Qu State, so it is not impossible to just give up at the critical moment. This method has won the support of most people. "I think it's impossible!" Liu Shuji, the Prime Minister on the right, stepped out from the crowd. Emperor Qu said: "The right minister has a better way?" "I would like to ask your Majesty to consider peace talks." Liu Xiang ignored the angry looks on other people's faces and explained, "The remnants of the Xiao Chen Kingdom have become a problem and are standing in the middle to block communications. I don't know when this letter will be delivered to General Xiao. Soldiers are precious It’s so fast, we can’t afford to delay! I think it’s better to negotiate with Lu Changguo and put an end to the civil strife first!” As soon as he said this, a minister immediately shouted angrily: "I, Da Qu, have never asked for peace! I cannot imagine such a shameful thing!" Emperor Qu thought the same thing when he first heard about it, but after hearing that he only talked about peace talks with Lu Changguo, he suddenly calmed down and said, "Keep talking." "Yes!" When Liu Xiang saw his reaction, he knew he had an opportunity and immediately spoke quickly, "Lu Changguo has too little cultivated land. He just wants plain and fertile soil. However, the northern part of Qu State is full of saline-alkali land and is not fertile. On the contrary, the border between Dachen State and Lu Chang State is thousands of miles fertile and wild..." "What's more, there are natural chasms between Lu Changguo and Daqu and Dachen. It is not easy to transport food and grass. Even if they really attack a large area of our country, once Dachen goes back on its word and tears up the alliance, Lu Changguo will have nothing to do! I think, You can secretly lobby Lu Changguo to defect!" After such an analysis, even the minister who had just accused him had nothing to say. Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Liu Xiang immediately took the initiative to ask for help: "I personally invite you to lobby Lu Changguo!" "Okay!" Emperor Qu immediately agreed, and even stepped down from the throne to help Prime Minister Liu up in person, "Qu is so lucky to have Prime Minister Liu!" Chen Jizhi, the left prime minister, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly when he heard this. After the meeting, the courtiers walked out of the side hall in twos and threes. The prince quickly caught up with Chen Jizhi and said, "Prime Minister Zuo." Chen Jizhi stopped and saluted: "Your Highness." Others also slowed down without a trace, wanting to hear what the prince wanted to say to the left prime minister. "There is no need to be polite, sir." The prince quickly helped him up, "I heard that your old illness relapsed a few days ago. Are you feeling better now?" "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I am fine." Chen Jizhi is tall and tall, with a beard like a lion and eyes like a tiger. He is not angry and has power, which makes people look timid. But the prince treated him extremely close: "That's good." The two briefly exchanged greetings and then dispersed, which disappointed many people. When Chen Jizhi returned home, he remembered that the prince suddenly talked to him, so he asked the housekeeper: "I was sick at home a few days ago. Has anyone from the East Palace come to visit me?" The housekeeper said: "Yes, many people came to the door in those days. You must have forgotten. A young eunuch came from the East Palace and gave a century-old ginseng and a box of medicinal materials." Chen Jizhi said: "Go quietly and get it for me." "Yes!" The housekeeper left quickly and soon brought three small boxes. Chen Jizhi poured out the medicinal materials and rummaged through it carefully. Sure enough, he found a tiny interlayer at the bottom of one of the boxes, with only a piece of paper in it.
He opened it and saw only a few words written on the paper - Qushan or the Second Star. The prince is aware of the matter of "choosing a master from a star"... He wants to win over Xiao Hongfan! He rolled up the secret letter and put it on the candlestick to light. He watched it being devoured by the tongues of flames bit by bit, and the fire danced in his tiger eyes. …… midnight. The January period has arrived. Yan Jie sent Bai Shuangxing and others away and returned to the camp, only to see Xiao Hongfan still wearing his armor, waiting for him at the door. "Why are you standing here?" he asked. "I just squinted for a while and had a dream." Xiao Hongfan's face flickered under the firelight, and his expression was difficult to distinguish.