sick princess

In the Changchun Palace, Concubine Zhou Guifei's face turned livid after being reprimanded by Emperor Zhaode: "Let them escape another catastrophe."

Mo Zhu looked at the porcelain cup that was broken all over the floor, showing panic, but still tried his best to comfort Concubine Zhou: "Master, please be safe and don't be impatient. Didn't you say that, don't worry about the momentary gains and losses, the one who laughs at the end is the one who laughs last." It's the one with the best smile. Although we didn't take advantage this time, it doesn't mean we've lost completely..."

At the same time, Mo Zhu secretly sized up Concubine Zhou, frowning slightly.I don't know if it's her illusion, but she always feels that, these days, Concubine Zhou is much more irritable than before.

You must know that even when she was deprived of the title of Imperial Concubine and her feet were grounded, Concubine Zhou was calm and calm. She never showed her emotions like she is now, and she could even be said to be out of breath.Once a person becomes impatient, he loses first.

Concubine Zhou covered her head, feeling as if tens of thousands of bees were buzzing in unison in her ears. After a while, she regained her composure and shook her head: "Although we haven't suffered a complete defeat yet, we are right The crown prince and Changshou have fought and lost repeatedly. Now I really doubt how much chance we have of winning."

When Mo Zhu heard this, he didn't say a word.Concubine Zhou is right, one failure doesn't matter, but repeated failures will seriously shake people's confidence.

But it's useless to think too much. Now that things have happened, they can't turn back and can only continue on this road.

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"Sister, this time it's really a big hit. I just like to watch the scene where Concubine Zhou Guifei tried her best, but in the end she fetched water from a bamboo basket in vain," the prince said.

Thinking of the conspiracies and tricks that Concubine Zhou used against their brothers and sisters, the prince couldn't help but secretly hate.It's nothing more than plotting against him, but he dared to plot to let his sister go to a place like Beirong, it's courting death!

Compared with the crown prince, Baoluo was much calmer. She looked at the sun above and squinted her eyes: "Concubine Zhou is used to tricks and tricks, and she is used to side ways, but she forgot that there is sunshine above the side ways." Avenue. Many times, in front of the Sunshine Avenue, heretics are simply vulnerable."

The prince looked at Baoluo for a while, and then he felt sincerely: "My sister is right. My sister is open-minded, how can concubine Zhou be able to compare? In the eyes of concubine Zhou, I am afraid that there is only one-third of an acre of land in front of her palace. "

In this way, it was not surprising that Concubine Zhou Guifei would be defeated in front of the Prince and Baoluo.

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The Beirong people celebrated all night in the city on the border of Daxia. General Liu, the deputy general of the Northern Army, led the army, looking at the lost cities in Lincheng.

No one would have thought that General Shi, the general of our side, would be easily assassinated on the bed because he was infatuated with a female branch, and the soldier's amulet was once stolen by the Beirong people.

If it weren't for this, no matter how fierce the Beirong people were, guarding the fortified city, the northern army would not have been defeated so quickly, and they would still have suffered a crushing defeat.

Although General Liu later ordered the dead to retake the Tiger Talisman, the northern army suffered heavy casualties and their morale was greatly reduced.In addition, the city that once belonged to one's own side has fallen into the hands of the other side, and what was easy to defend and difficult to attack in the past has become a very troublesome thing today.

General Liu tried his best, but he couldn't stop the fierce pace of the Beirong people, let alone take back several fallen cities from them and drive them back to their own country.

Looking at the blood-stained veterans around him with numb expressions, General Liu sighed, feeling a strong sense of unwillingness in his heart.Could it be that they can only watch this group of bandits domineering in Daxia's territory, but there is nothing they can do?Could it be that they can only watch cities fall in their hands?

If given a choice, General Liu would rather die in battle than be driven around like a bereaved dog.

As soon as he thought that half of the food piled up in the warehouse was moldy, and the weapons were in disarray, and only [-] to [-]% were usable, General Liu couldn't help but want to stand in front of General Shi's body and give him away. Wake up alive.

Relying on his meritorious service in rescuing King Qin during the Prince Regent's rebellion in the early years, and being a relative of the Empress Dowager, it's fine to have been domineering at the border for so many years.But who would have thought that this General Shi would embezzle military pay and have such a big appetite, he simply treats the affairs of his family and country as a trifling matter!

Over the years, although General Liu had vaguely sensed that General Shi was inappropriate, General Shi was his immediate superior after all, and without any solid evidence in hand, it was difficult for him to speak up.Who knows, by the time he got the evidence, it was already too late.General Shi's throat was slit with a knife, and it was settled once and for all, but the rest of them still had to clean up the mess for him.

General Liu didn't feel sorry for General Shi at all, he only felt sorry for those young heroes who fell in this battle.

"General, general, a secret decree has been sent from the capital." But at this moment, a guard rushed forward and stuffed a roll of parchment into General Liu's hand.

Although the guard's face was covered with blood, his eyes were unusually bright, as if a dying person had finally found a little life.

General Liu also swept away his previous depression when he heard the words, but his face remained calm, as if what he held in his hand was not the secret decree sent by the capital after all the painstaking efforts, but an ordinary roll of sheepskin Paper.

When he arrived in his camp, seeing no one around, General Liu ordered the guard to prepare a pot of juice and bring it, and then slowly dipped the empty parchment into the juice.

After a while, a few lines of words appeared on the roll of parchment.General Liu frowned for a while, and after confirming that every word was written down, he threw the roll of parchment into the brazier and burned it completely.

"Hey, I don't know what the emperor means. If you really want to send reinforcements from the west, why don't you let General Lan or a few capable lieutenants under General Lan's command? They’re just fluffy kids, how can they compare to those veterans who are experienced and calm? Now, our place can’t stand the toss anymore.”

While saying this, General Liu shook his head.

He naturally disapproved of the decision made by Emperor Zhaode, but no matter how he disapproved, once the secret decree came out, he could not change it.

However, General Liu was thinking, if Lan Chengyu, the commander who came to reinforce him, was unreliable, he must find a way to take Lan Chengyu off the ground and put all the command in his own hands.

In any case, it is better to have reinforcements than no reinforcements, even if the reinforcements are led by an overly young general.

When General Liu told the news that the imperial court had sent reinforcements to the soldiers under his command, the morale of the soldiers under his command was greatly encouraged. A few days ago, it was obvious that they were about to lose to the increasingly aggressive Beirong people. , Relying on the surging fighting spirit in his chest, he was able to fight evenly with the Beirong people, and he just didn't let the Beirong people please him.

In the face of the Northern Army that suddenly became more difficult, the Beirong people were also a little more cautious.

When they learned that the reinforcements sent by Daxia would arrive here in a few days, they sharpened their swords even more, thinking about which directions the reinforcements might come from and where they could set up an ambush.

At this time, the Beirong people no longer paid much attention to General Liu and the Northern Army.In their view, the northern army is just a group of defeated generals, and there is nothing to worry about.As long as they snipe and kill the reinforcements sent by the Great Xia Dynasty, the Northern Army can only be slaughtered by them. Moreover, by sniping the reinforcements, they can also destroy the remaining morale of the Northern Army in one fell swoop.

With reinforcements that have not yet arrived to help share their attention, the pressure on the Northern Army in front of the battle has been reduced a lot.

It's a pity that after more than ten days, let alone reinforcements, the imperial court didn't even send a horse.Not only the Beirong people felt that General Liu was bluffing, but even General Liu himself doubted whether the reinforcements would come.

At this time, General Liu's distrust and dissatisfaction with Lan Chengyu reached the peak.The emperor shouldn't have sent such a person here, it's unreliable at all!

Just when General Liu no longer had hope for reinforcements and decided to be self-reliant, and the Beirong people also felt that the reinforcements from the Great Xia Dynasty would not come, a letter for help suddenly came from the Beirong royal court.

It turned out that Lan Chengyu didn't think it was enough after taking over Xiliang's royal court, so he surrounded Beirong's royal court as well.

The queen, prince and brothers of King Beirong were all controlled by Lan Chengyu.If the king of Beirong doesn't want his base camp to fall into the enemy's hands completely, he'd better be a little more sensible and withdraw his troops from the Great Xia Dynasty.In exchange, Lan Chengyu would also withdraw his troops from Beirong Royal Court.

If he had a choice, Lan Chengyu didn't want to make repeated dangerous moves, but the northern border of the Great Xia Dynasty had already been firmly occupied by the Beirong people. Can't think of a better way.

At the same time, the grain, grass and weapons collected by the prince earlier from the Land of Fish and Rice were also sent to General Liu.When General Liu received those items, his jaw almost dropped.

He quickly came to his senses and took advantage of the fact that the king of Beirong had just learned the news, and when his mind was unstable, he attacked the Beirong army. Although he failed to recapture the city, he caused heavy losses to the Beirong army.

King Beirong looked at the letter sent by Lan Chengyu, and slammed his palm on the table: "Okay, okay, okay! What an An Guogong! What an An Guogong's son! After all, this king still underestimated Da Xia That fool!"

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" The people below knelt carefully in front of King Beirong.

King Beirong raised his eyebrows, and his eyes showed a fierce light: "What should I do? The old nest is almost being copied, what else can I do? Withdraw the troops and return to aid!"

"One day, this king will fight back. I don't believe that Lan can stay here for a lifetime! This king wants to see how many generals are still available in the hands of the Hunjun!" He sneered.