Lou Yichen raised his eyebrows: "Then it seems that Qing'er is sure to win this battle from the beginning?"

Lou Yueqing was noncommittal: "When the two armies are fighting, if you have the idea of defeat from the beginning, then no matter what your strength is, you will definitely lose, and in my heart, what I have always thought about is to win!"

If she is not sure, how can she insist on defending the city and how can she rest assured that Lou Yichen will stay here, after all, she had expected last night that Lou Yichen was seriously injured, and Meilingnan would definitely not let go of the opportunity to attack, and she would definitely attack today, so when she discussed with those generals last night, she deployed today's battle situation, and let the two generals each take 30,000 cavalry, and quietly outflank the Panqi Mountain in the south of Dening City from the South City Gate overnight, ambush and wait for her signal flares, and when she kills Meilingnan, she will outflank the Dongyou army, although the strength of the Dongyou army is far superior to the Chu army, but the Chu army is greatly boosted because of her arrival, and the Dongyou army is outflanked because of Meilingnan's death, it will inevitably be chaotic and the combat effectiveness will decline, and sure enough, everything is as she expected!

Although this battle suffered heavy losses, but this battle also buried more than 200,000 people in Dongyou, and now Dongyou's offensive route has been crushed by her, and now Dongyou is afraid that there is no extra troops to send reinforcements, Meilingnan's death will inevitably make Dongyou's army frustrated, and this big victory is a reassuring pill for the current subjects of Chu State.

Therefore, she made up her mind last night that no matter how much she paid today, she must win this battle!

Lou Yichen nodded, and agreed with her very much, as the commander of the first army, he knows better than anyone how important mentality is to a war, and the attitude of the commander determines the morale of the soldiers, and the morale of the soldiers determines the victory or defeat of the war!

Lou Yueqing said softly: "Big brother doesn't have to worry, now Mei Lingnan is dead, the army has also been defeated, Dong You's offensive plan for this route has been shattered, and Dong You is now Nangong Yi is seriously injured, Mei Lingnan is dead, it can be said that the vitality is greatly injured, plus the northern defense line is in danger, Dong You will inevitably send troops to resist Beili, at least in the short term, there will be no more troops, big brother can take good care of his body, Rong Zhi has already instructed King Xiang to recruit troops, and then he will increase troops to help you soon, and then the eldest brother will even be healed and will lead the army to regain the lost territory!"

Lou Yichen nodded when he heard this, and then turned to capture the key point in Lou Yueqing's words, and was suspicious: "You said that Nangong Yi was seriously injured, what's going on?"

Lou Yueqing remembered that Lou Yichen was seriously injured yesterday, and thought that now the two countries are at war, these days he is busy dealing with Meilingnan, and he doesn't know much about the things in the north at all, he is not surprised by the fact that Beili sent troops to attack, after all, he has long known that the Beili army has gathered in Ruyang Pass, and it is a matter of time before he helps Chu State, but Nangong Yi's injury is only the day before yesterday, he has been busy dealing with Meilingnan's large-scale attack in the past two days, and he was seriously injured yesterday, and it is normal to not know about this matter.

Lou Yueqing explained: "When I arrived in Anzhou the day before yesterday, Nangong Yi was driving a personal expedition to lead troops to attack Anzhou, Rong Zhi was besieged, I took advantage of the melee to seriously injure Nangong Yi, now Nangong Yi's injury is not much better than that of the eldest brother, now there is a serious injury to the emperor in front of Dongyou, and the general Meilingnan died in battle, and after losing such a battle, so many people died, morale will inevitably plummet, and there will be no more action in a short period of time!"

Lou Yichen heard this, and said with a sigh of relief: "That's fine......" After a pause, after thinking about it, he asked: "What is the situation with the regent?"

Regarding the situation on Rong Zhi's side, although he had no time to take care of it in the past few days, he probably knew that Nangong Yi drove his own expedition and led an army of 600,000 to attack Jinzhou guarded by Rong Zhi, and the weapons he brought with him were unheard of by them, and the power made it difficult for the Chu army to parry, and the Chu army was defeated and retreated, with heavy casualties, but he didn't know what the situation was in the past two days.

Lou Yueqing said: "The main force of the army has been saved, and now it is retreating to Xuzhou, and the soldiers and horses are being rectified, Rong Zhi was also injured, I originally planned to take care of him by his side, but Rong Zhi mentioned that Mei Lingnan's son Mei Xian had died at his hands, Mei Lingnan will inevitably be furious, and will definitely raise troops to attack Dening, I am worried about the eldest brother, so I rushed here, and fortunately I came, otherwise Dening City will not be protected this time, and the eldest brother will also ......."

Although there are several generals in the army, but there is no one who can call the shots and deter the stable army, if she did not arrive last night and did not make arrangements in time, Dening City would be in danger, and the army here will inevitably be wiped out, and Lou Yichen will definitely not survive!

Thinking about it now, she felt scared.

Lou Yichen shook his head, and then asked the doubt in his heart: "Isn't Qing'er in Weiming Mountain? Why did you suddenly appear here?

Lou Yueqing smiled lightly: "I heard that the Wei State was against Chu, and Nangong Yi personally recruited troops to attack the Chu State, and also brought those things to deal with the Chu State, such a situation of attacking from both sides, how can I stay on the sidelines of Weiming Mountain with peace of mind?"

Lou Yichen sighed and said: "Although I don't approve of you coming here to participate in the war, it is undeniable that thanks to your timely arrival this time, otherwise Dening City will definitely not be able to defend it, Dongyou will wave his troops to Dingyang, all the way to the west, and the Chu State will be in danger!"

Lou Yueqing smiled and didn't answer, but looked at Lou Yichen's pale and weak face and said softly: "Big brother is too injured, now that he just woke up, he shouldn't be too distracted, let's rest first, if there is anything to say, we will talk about it tomorrow!"

Lou Yichen himself also felt weak and uncomfortable, so he nodded and rested.

Lou Yueqing sat for a while, listening to Lou Yichen's shallow breathing gradually stabilize before getting up and going out.

Mo Li had already prepared her dinner, and after she ate some and asked Mo Li to stay and watch Lou Yichen, she left the General Soldier's Mansion and walked towards the city gate.

In addition to the patrolling soldiers, there were no ordinary people in the city, and the streets were cold and silent, Lou Yueqing went to the place where the wounded soldiers were placed, inspected the condition of the wounded soldiers, and then went to the city gate.

Hundreds of thousands of corpses are naturally difficult to deal with, after the remnants of the Dongyou soldiers retreated, the corpses of the Dongyou soldiers are all there, naturally do not expect the Dongyou people to clean up, and the Chu State cannot help them clean up one by one, so after the inventory is out, it is piled up and burned into ashes, and the Chu army here, some people recognize it and go to bury it alone, and the unclaimed ones dig a big pit and bury them together, erect a stone tablet for memorials, and then use the roster to count the living, and the dead are included in the merit book, and the court gives the deceased's family a pension.

It's just that there are too many people killed in this battle, and I don't know how many pits can be buried, and the mountains of corpses in Dongyou are afraid that they will not be burned for three days and three nights.

Lou Yueqing stood on the city tower, looking at the corpse that had just been disposed of at the tip of the iceberg below, her heart could not hide her sadness, and her eyes were full of compassion.

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, the war has never been won, only whether there are more or fewer dead, and today's battle, it seems that the Chu State has won a great victory, but in fact, it can only be regarded as a defeat for both sides.

Lou Yueqing's arrival quickly attracted everyone's attention, and after she stood still for a while, an adjutant general who was cleaning up the battlefield with soldiers hurriedly came up.

"The last general will see the princess regent!"

Lou Yueqing turned her head and raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

The adjutant general reported: "Princess Qiyu, when she was cleaning up the battlefield and cleaning up the corpses of the two armies, she turned out the body of Mei Lingnan, the general of Dongyou Protector, and the last general didn't know what to do, so he dared to ask the princess, how to deal with it?"

Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Oh?

Although she only stabbed Mei Lingnan with a sword, but the battlefield was chaotic, many corpses were trampled and crushed by horses' hooves and people, more or less mutilated, and whether Mei Lingnan's corpse was still complete remains to be discussed.

The adjutant general pondered for a moment and said stubbornly: "If you go back to the princess, it's quite complete!"

This is even more debatable.

Lou Yueqing didn't say anything, her expression was unknown, and the deputy general saw that she didn't speak, so she hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the princess, what should be done with Mei Lingnan's body?"

Lou Yueqing thought for a moment, didn't answer, but asked, "The corpses of those soldiers in Dongyou haven't been burned yet, right?"

"If you go back to the princess, you haven't yet, because the number is too large, I'm afraid it won't be cleared until tomorrow, and it won't be burned until early the day after tomorrow at the earliest!"

Lou Yueqing's eyes narrowed slightly, the smile in her eyes was weird, she thought silently for a moment, her smile deepened, and said lightly: "In this way, then first distinguish and clean it up and pile it up, you send someone to send a message to the Dongyou military camp, tell them that Meilingnan's corpse and the more than 200,000 corpses are here, let them prepare a million taels of gold to take away, otherwise, I will burn these corpses, scatter these ashes and let the world trample on them, and by the way, spread this news among the Dongyou army!"

The lieutenant general was stunned for a moment, looking puzzled: "What is the princess going to do? How can they spend a million gold to ransom these useless corpses? This is really ......?"

Lou Yueqing didn't explain, but said with great confidence: "Whether it will or not, this move will have advantages and disadvantages for the Chu State!"

If Dongyou abandons the corpses of these soldiers and Meilingnan, Dongyou will inevitably be in turmoil, and the people's livelihood will complain, if they suffer, one million gold, although it is not enough to offset the damage to the Chu State in this war, but it can be used to reward the army to compensate the families of the dead soldiers and reduce the burden on the treasury.

The adjutant general was puzzled for a while, and couldn't help but think about Lou Yueqing's words, and suddenly his eyes lit up, obviously understanding the intention of Lou Yueqing's move, and he was a little excited: "The last general will do it!"

"Go ahead!"

The lieutenant retreated excitedly.

Lou Yueqing stood in place, looking at the suburbs outside the city that had been shrouded in night, smelling the smell of blood in the air that had been dispersed for a long time, and her mood was uncertain.

When the news of Meilingnan's death on the battlefield reached Nangong Yi, it was already the middle of the night, because the situation was urgent, Cao Yin rushed in without caring about Nangong Yi resting, and Nangong Yi hurriedly reported it.

Knowing that Meilingnan's army was defeated, Meilingnan was killed in battle, and more than 200,000 soldiers were buried in Dening City, Nangong Yi was just silent, without any anger and sadness, and his complexion even fluctuated.

Cao Yin was very anxious, but he saw that Nangong Yi didn't say a word, and he didn't dare to say anything.

After being silent for a long time, Nangong Yi asked, "She went to Dening City?"

Cao Yin said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, it is exactly, originally Yichen of the Ningguo Mansion of Chu State was seriously injured and the army's heart was in chaos, and General Mei took the opportunity to attack, but I didn't expect that the regent princess of Chu State would be in Dening City, and she made arrangements overnight, and the heart of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and the regent princess killed General Mei in the melee, and our army's heart was in chaos and collapsed, so ......"

Before Cao Yin finished speaking, Nangong Yi suddenly laughed, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, because the injuries on his body had not yet healed, his face was still bloodless, very pale, and he laughed like this, laughing inexplicably treacherous, making people tremble when they looked at it.

"Your Majesty......" Cao Yin was puzzled.

Nangong Yi didn't seem to hear his voice, and after a strange smile, his face was unclear, and he said, "Okay, very good!"

Cao Yin became more and more puzzled: "What's wrong with Your Majesty?"

Nangong Yi didn't explain, but gritted his teeth with a cold face and said: "Since she is not in Xuzhou in Dening City, then there is no need to wait, Cao Yin, I order you to immediately rectify the army, lead troops to attack Xuzhou tomorrow, capture Xuzhou at any cost, I want Rongzhi's life!"

Cao Yin was taken aback, and then immediately received the order: "Subordinates obey orders!"

"Go ahead!"

Cao Yin retreated, went out and ordered the whole army to be ready to go.

Nangong Yi sat there, his face was secretive, and he didn't move.

After dawn, when the army was assembled and everything was well prepared to attack Xuzhou, news came from Shangyuan City, the first largest city behind Luoshui Pass, that all the grain and grass that were hoarded in Shangyuan City to prepare for war were burned, and the three granaries were burned to the ground!

When the news came, the army's heart was immediately confused, where did they still have the heart to attack the Chu State, and everyone became panicked.

Without food and grass, the army will not last for three days!

This news disrupted Nangong Yi's plan to attack Xuzhou, and Nangong Yi immediately ordered Cao Yin to investigate what was going on, and the matter of attacking Xuzhou could only be put on hold temporarily.

Before this matter was over, there was news that the more than 200,000 soldiers killed in the first battle of Dening City and the corpse of Meiling Ling needed to be redeemed with one million taels of gold.

Several generals waiting below looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and waved his hands and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, how can this be good, now the generals and soldiers in the army are spreading this matter, everyone is waiting for His Majesty's attitude, if you ignore it, I am afraid that it will make the soldiers feel cold, but one million taels of gold, it is useless to redeem more than 200,000 corpses, this is ......"

Originally, Dening City was defeated, and the Dongyou army had been hit hard, if this matter was ignored, it would chill the hearts of the soldiers and make them think that they were working hard for the king, but they could only end up dying without a place to bury, and it was inevitable to shake the hearts of the army, although this kind of thing has always been normal, after all, the two armies are fighting, and it is good to win, if it is defeated, who cares about cleaning up the corpses of the soldiers buried on the battlefield, they are all ignored and left to the enemy's disposal, whether to bury or burn or let the wolf dogs and animals eat it, how many people died on the battlefield and the bones are gone, this is nothing, but now Chu State is making such a show and putting this matter on the table to hype it up, then two words, Nangong Yi doesn't care, and the next battle will not have to be fought.

But a million taels of gold is not a small amount......

Nangong Yi sat on the bed and was expressionless and silent for a long time before he raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and said lightly: "Since everyone in the army is watching, then I will order someone to prepare one million taels of gold and send it to the Chu army, and bring the corpses of those soldiers back for burial!"

The general could only receive the order: "The last general will obey the order!"

Then, he bowed down and went to do what Nangong Yi explained.

The remaining generals continued to stand with their heads down, waiting for Nangong Yi to speak.

Nangong Yi rubbed his brain, his brows were furrowed, his pale face was tight, his thin lips were pursed, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "What's going on over there Dong Yue?"

One of the generals hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, General Dong's side is in a stalemate with the Chu army in Lingzhou!"

Nangong Yi thought for a while and said, "Send the order to him, don't entangle with the Chu army first, stay still, and wait for my orders!"

"Yes!"

Nangong Yi said again: "Also, pass on my will, the three armies will rest and stand by, don't make any more moves for the time being!"

Now he is seriously injured, Meilingnan was killed in battle, Meilingnan's army was also heavily wounded, and the spare military rations were burned, which can be described as a great suffering, and he was not fully prepared for this imperial expedition, and there were not many cannons with him, so it was not suitable to fight again for the time being, everything would be well deployed when he recovered, and those things should be delivered at that time!

It just so happened that she also appeared, and the people were complete, and the highlight he arranged was still to come!

The generals immediately bowed down and said yes, not daring to object.

Nangong Yi was not interested, and he didn't want to talk about these things anymore, so he said lightly: "Today's discussion is here, I'm tired, step down!"

The crowd hurriedly withdrew.

When Dongyou sent the ransom, it was already three days after the war, and a general of Dongyou brought 100,000 people to transport away the corpses piled up outside the city, and it took two full days to clean up all the corpses.

Fortunately, it was winter, the weather was cold, and the corpse had no effect on it for a few days, after the Dongyou people transported the corpses away, Lou Yueqing ordered someone to send the million gold sent by Dongyou, plus one million taels of gold from his own pocket, as a pension to distribute to the families of the fallen soldiers, and some of them were used to settle those people who moved away because of the war, which greatly appeased the hearts of the army and the people.

A few days in Dening City, ordered people to bury all the soldiers who died in the mountains outside Dening City, Lou Yueqing ordered people to repair the city tower, ready to resist the attack of foreign enemies at any time, learned that Dongyou grain and grass were burned, all the army truce, and the soldiers of the Chu army who had been worried for more than a month were relieved, but Lou Yueqing did not have a trace of joy, but still ordered people to prepare for defense, and on the fifth day after the truce, Dening City finally came with 200,000 reinforcements, which was recruited during this period of time, it is said that after the start of the war, a total of nearly one million troops have been recruited so far, but only five or six hundred thousand can barely go to the battlefield, sent to three places, she has 200,000 here, Rong Zhi has 200,000, and the rest are sent to Yi Yan, and the arrival of reinforcements has finally effectively consolidated the three lines of defense.

And in the past few days, the war on the western side of the border has also begun to reverse, the 16 small tribes in the Western Regions have joined forces with 400,000 troops to attack the western border of Wei, the defense line of the western border of Wei has been lost, and the Western Regions coalition army has been driven straight in, and the Wei State has been defeated and retreated, and the Wei State has been attacked on both sides, and at this time, the Wei State is also in civil strife, and the Xie family secretly manipulated public opinion, accusing the Wei Emperor of being reckless, and the Wei State is in the midst of water and fire, and now the barbarians are attacking, the Wei State is difficult to protect, and the Wei Emperor has turned into a sinner of the Wei State, and the subjects are forcing the Wei Emperor to abdicate!

The Chu army also waved troops to counterattack at this time, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and it approached Nanfeng, the new capital of Wei, and Wei was in chaos.

Everything developed according to Lou Yueqing and Rong Zhi's expectations, and there was nothing biased.

The current situation is extremely favorable to the Chu State, and the Chu State has finally ushered in a respite after more than a month of the war.

Rong Zhi asked people to pass the book of flying pigeons, and let her go back to Xuzhou.

But Lou Yueqing didn't have any intention of returning to Rong Zhi's side, but planned to turn around and go to Dongyou, and hid it from Rong Zhi.

Lou Yichen was deeply puzzled by this and asked her why she planned to do so, Lou Yueqing could only truthfully inform Xiao Tianhuang and Rong Liuren in Dongyou in order to let him help hide Rong Zhi's whereabouts.

And just two days ago, she received news from her subordinates, Xiao Tianhuang and Rong June appeared in Suizhou in Guangchang County, Dongyou a few days ago, that is, this area close to Chu State, Lou Yueqing remembered that the granary of Shangyuan City in Dongyou was burned a few days ago, Suizhou and Shangyuan City are very close, she intuitively felt that this matter was related to them, so she didn't worry about looking for it.

Lou Yichen heard that Rong June was in Dongyou, and he was also worried, so he could only let Lou Yueqing go. The phoenix returns to the nest and the concubine is poisonous