As he spoke, Linglong came in with a smile.

Gu Wanning had no choice but to tell Linglong again.

Linglong was not ashamed, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Niangniang, I also have this plan." ”

Li Shan has been taking care of the private property for Gu Guanning, and he is quite busy on weekdays, gathering less and leaving more with Linglong. Now that everything is stable, I have also moved this thought.

Gu Wanning saw that the two of them were moved, and he also felt quite happy in his heart, and there was a smile in his eyes: "Speaking of which, the pearls and the others are also not small, and they should have started a family a long time ago." They have been by my side for the past few years, but it has delayed their lifelong events. ”

Linlang answered with a smile: "As long as the mother releases the news, I don't know how many people will come to ask for marriage." ”

The personal female officials around Empress Gu are going to get married, and the officials with lower grades are also willing to marry.

Gu Guanning obviously had a plan, and said with a faint smile: "Getting married is a major event in a lifetime. I'll have to ask them a few times. If they like it, I'll make decisions for them. If you don't have what you like, it's okay to look for it slowly. In short, within this year, they will all be married. ”

Linglong immediately smiled and said: "Liuli Yingluo really wants to ask, so the pearl doesn't need to ask!" Gu Fu has been waiting for so many years, if the mother matches the pearl with someone else, she is afraid that Gu Fu will hang herself. ”

Before Gu Wanning got married, Gu Fu had a heart for pearls. Over the years, Gu Fu has been serving by Shen Jinyan's side, and he and Pearl have also had the opportunity to meet from time to time. Linglong and the others often laughed about it.

Gu Wanning smiled: "No matter what, you have to ask a few symbolic questions." ”

At this moment, Pearl came in with a smile: "Niangniang, breakfast has been prepared." ”

Pearl was born with a small round face, and is in her twenties this year, and she still looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

Gu Wanning snorted, and then asked very casually: "Pearl, are you willing to marry Gu Fu?"

Pearl: "......"

Pearl's small round face was instantly dyed with a delicate blush, but she didn't dodge and nodded. Immediately provoked a burst of laughter.

I don't know how long I've been looking forward to this day.

……

Because of the sudden explosion of wolf smoke, this New Year, the palace inside and outside seems to be shrouded in an invisible shadow, and people's hearts are uneasy.

Empress Dowager Min, who already believes in Buddhism, eats fasting and recites Buddha every day, praying for an early subsidence of the border war.

Xiao Xu summoned his ministers every day to discuss matters, while anxiously waiting for the report of the border war. Fortunately, it didn't take long to wait, on the eighth day of the new year, the border war report was finally delivered to the capital.

The soldiers who had come to deliver the letter had traveled day and night, barely closing their eyes. Along the way, passing through the post station kept changing horses, not to mention the damage to the horses, when they arrived in the capital, one of them was too tired, and they did not stand up after falling, and the scene was quite tragic.

The soldier who delivered the letter knelt in the center of the main hall of the Jinluan Palace, his face full of exhaustion, and his eyes were full of sorrow: "...... The small ones are the personal soldiers around General Gu. On the order of the general, he sent a letter to the capital. Some people in the border army defected and collaborated with the enemy, opened the city gate privately, and led the enemy army into the pass. It was the middle of the night, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were defenseless, and 2,000 soldiers were killed. There were also many dead and wounded among the people of the city......"

Hearing this, all the ministers changed their faces.

Xiao Xu's eyes lit up with anger.

Those who can open the city gate privately must at least be at the rank of a general or above in the army.

The border army has always been strict in governing the army, how can there be traitors?

“…… This time, the Turks and Tibetans jointly attacked the border pass at night, and the specific number of enemy troops is not clear, in short, it is far better than before. As a rough estimate, it should be above fifty thousand. General Gu personally led his troops into battle to meet the enemy. ”

The red-eyed soldier continued to report: "The little one was sent to the capital to deliver a letter when the war began. It is not clear what the situation is now, and there is no specific battle report in hand. It is only known that the border army suffered heavy casualties. The follow-up battle reports will definitely be sent to the capital one after another. I implore the emperor to immediately send troops to reinforce the border army, otherwise, the border pass will be in danger!"

Listening to these words, people's hearts were stirred and it was difficult to help themselves.

King Wei and Han looked at each other with a heavy face.

Tibet and the Turks share a border, and they are also at war with each other. This time, they actually joined forces to invade Daqin, and I think that there must be a "credit" from the lord of Leyang County.

The people who rebelled among the important generals in the border army were not unrelated to the dead King of Qi. The Tibetans and Turks did not have this ability, and it could only be that the king of Qi had planted people in the border army many years ago.

In the past few years, I don't know how much thought the lord of Leyang County has spent, but he actually contacted Neiying and instigated the Tubo State and the Turks to send troops together......

Has the prince of Qi, who has never been heard from, also hiding in the Tubo army?

Xiao Xu's expression was calm, and his voice was cold: "Where is Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War?"

Lu Shangshu immediately stepped out of the queue and replied, "The minister is here." ”

"Immediately ordered to send reinforcements from the garrison closest to the border army. In addition, additional food, grass, clothing, weapons, and war horses were sent to the border army. Xiao Xu made a deep order.

Lu Shangshu gave up his hand.

"Where is Zhou Shangshu of the household department?"

Zhou Shangshu came out: "The minister is here!"

Xiao Xu said in a deep voice: "The war is urgent, and the household department needs to reduce all expenses and supply the border army first." ”

Zhou Shangshu gave up his hand.

……

From this day on, the war reports of the border army were sent to the capital one after another.

The Tibetan Turks are all nomadic people outside the Guan, all cavalry, fierce and good at war, coming and going like the wind. Tibet and Great Qin were far apart, and there was no chance of fighting, and in previous years, it was the Turkic cavalry that invaded the border pass, and most of them mainly captured money and grain. There were occasional skirmishes between the border armies and the Turkic cavalry.

The Turkic tribes were loose and their forces were scattered. Although the cavalry was brave, it was not the enemy of the 100,000 border army. Therefore, in the past 10 years or so, the situation at the border has been quite stable.

This time, the Turks and Tibetans secretly joined forces and gathered seventy or eighty thousand cavalry. In the border army, there are also internal and external openings of the city gates, and the inside and outside are combined, and they suffer a big loss. In the previous days, the fighting was the most intense, and the number of casualties among the border troops was as high as 20,000.

This number is indeed very staggering.

There were 100,000 border troops, and 20% of the soldiers were lost. Not to mention the low morale, the combat effectiveness has also been greatly damaged. As the fighting dragged on, the casualty figure widened.

The people in the border cities also suffered heavy casualties. Once those cavalry broke into people's houses, they either killed or robbed, and their evil deeds were mottled.

One after another battle reports, those who read them were shocked.

It's just that no matter how fast the court reacts, it is far away. It will take a lot of time for the official document of the military department to reach the garrison office, and it will take at least half a month to gather troops for reinforcements. It will take a month to escort the grain and grass to the border gate.

In other words, within half a month, the reinforcements will not reach the border at all. The border army must hold on, once the border army is defeated, the combined forces of the Tibetan Turks will occupy the border city, and perhaps there will be the intention of encroaching on the Central Plains.