Because the little emperor's southern expedition was imminent, Empress Dowager Xiao didn't want to make extra trouble, so she could only take the method of harmony as the preciousness of the dispute between Mo Lin's two concubines in the harem, and did not pursue who was right and who was wrong. Because the Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly appeared in the palace after disappearing for a few days, all kinds www.biquge.info of speculations about the disappearance of the Empress Dowager Xiao also disappeared. Of course, Empress Dowager Xiao also wants to mystify her whereabouts, so that others can't touch whether she is in the palace or not? I don't know what she's doing.

Because of the Empress Dowager Xiao's personal sitting, everything in the court and the harem was calm, and at this time, the Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly received a secret report from her secret agent, saying that the bitter slaves in Fengting City were in turmoil, and Fengting City was also broken by the rogues.

Empress Dowager Xiao was taken aback after receiving the secret report, and hurriedly sent spies to Fengting City to learn the details; Fortunately, Mei Shuang and Xiang Shuifeng recovered it in a very timely manner and handled it correctly, so Empress Dowager Xiao soon got a secret report that the Liukou had been basically wiped out, and the Pingnantai project in Fengting City was resumed and rebuilt, and it was still completed on time.

After Empress Dowager Xiao got the report, she couldn't help but praise Mei Shuang for handling it decently, and it was very good to be able to deal with the chaos in Fengting City so quickly. Maybe it was Empress Dowager Xiao who felt that Meishuang had replaced Han Jiangxue's military ability, so she was much more relieved.

After all, the little emperor was about to march south, and the big war was imminent, and at this time, Han Jiangxue, the best commander of the Liao army, had already retired, which made Empress Dowager Xiao somewhat worried about the Liao army's southern expedition.

However, Empress Dowager Xiao is also in a dilemma, if she continues to let Hanjiangxue lead the army to fight, although the victory is more certain, but considering that the Hanjiangxue forces are already seriously in danger to the emperor's power, if this time it is still Hanjiangxue to lead the army to fight, even if the Liao army wins a big victory and destroys the Chu State, but the little emperor faces a greater threat from the Hanjiangxue forces than the Chu State. Therefore, after thinking about it, Empress Dowager Xiao no longer used Hanjiangxue, but agreed that the little emperor would personally lead the army to the south to conquer Chu. Now that there is an outstanding military talent like Mei Shuang to assist the little emperor, Empress Dowager Xiao is of course much more relieved.

According to Empress Dowager Xiao's idea, the Chu State is now a tiger who is seriously injured and about to die, and the Liao army is pursuing it while it is victorious, so it is speculated that the probability of the little emperor's victory in the south this time is extremely high. This is a rare opportunity, if the little emperor personally leads the army to the south to conquer the Chu State and wins a big victory, then the little emperor's military prestige can be greatly increased, and after returning to the dynasty, he can completely control the army of the entire Liao State, and no one will dare to challenge the authority of the little emperor at that time.

Of course, there is also a certain risk in beating an injured tiger, but if you don't fight at this time, it will be even more difficult to fight after the tiger is injured. Moreover, this time the little emperor personally marched south, even if he did not conquer the capital of Chu and won an undefeated record, but in this way, he could also cultivate the experience of the little emperor personally commanding the army. Increase the understanding between the little emperor and the generals of the Liao army, and even strengthen the feelings between the two sides.

If the little emperor had been listening to his generals report on his achievements in the palace, the little emperor would only be able to stay at the level of military talent behind closed doors, because he did not know the character and talent of his generals at all, and he was not familiar with the combat effectiveness of the soldiers at the bottom.

Empress Dowager Xiao analyzed a lot of pros and cons in her heart, and felt that the little emperor's personal expedition to the south far outweighed the disadvantages. Besides, even if the little emperor of the current Liao State personally marches south, there is still himself in the palace, and as long as the entire Liao State does not fall, no one dares to openly oppose her son.

After all, Empress Dowager Xiao is worried about Han Jiangxue's power, and in the eyes of many important ministers of the Liao State, Han Jiangxue is a confidant of Empress Dowager Xiao, and Empress Dowager Xiao has such a terrible cronie as Han Jiangxue, and none of them dares to rebel.

However, it didn't take long for Empress Dowager Xiao to receive another secret report, which was about her own daughter, Princess Xiao Lin; (Empress Dowager Xiao's secret agents are also divided into urgent and slow, heavy and secondary levels of intelligence, after all, there are a lot of things outside, and it is impossible to report everything to the Empress Dowager Xiao, so that Empress Dowager Xiao can't see it.) Generally, important military information is relatively urgent, and it is relatively slow for Princess Xiao Lin to go out of the palace to inspect intelligence outside)

Originally, Empress Dowager Xiao had no objection to her daughter Princess Xiao Lin taking advantage of her absence to inspect outside; After all, Empress Dowager Xiao also hopes that her daughter can make a difference and become a good helper for herself in the future.

However, when she learned that her daughter was ambushed by Liukou on the way to Yanzhou, Empress Dowager Xiao was also a little worried about her daughter, after all, the mother did not care about the safety of her children, considering that there were thousands of elite royal guards escorting, Empress Dowager Xiao thought that even if her daughter was ambushed by Liukou, she should be in danger.

But later passed on to the Empress Dowager Xiao to protect the secret, which really surprised the Empress Dowager Xiao, that is, her daughter was almost captured by the Liukou. Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help complaining about how Meishuang governed Yanzhou, and she would let the Liukou flood on the road from Dingzhou to Yanzhou.

Of course, Empress Dowager Xiao later learned that it was the original young general of the Chu State who surrendered to the Liao State and saved her daughter, and she suddenly had a good impression of this original little general of the Chu State.

In addition, Princess Xiao Lin was in Yanzhou City, and the matter of slaughtering Mo Ye's nephew Mo Shaohua in public was also secretly reported to the ears of Empress Dowager Xiao. Although Empress Dowager Xiao knew that her daughter had slaughtered Prime Minister Mo Ye's nephew Mo Shaohua so rashly, she had not done it properly. But I don't care, after all, my daughter is a golden branch and jade leaf, and what is it if I want to tease my second general.

Of course, the little emperor also learned that his sister Princess Xiao Lin had slaughtered Prime Minister Mo Ye's nephew, and he felt a little embarrassed, after all, this Mo Shaohua was also his cousin of Concubine Mo.

Prime Minister Mo Ye got a report from the Ministry of War that his nephew Mo Shaohua was slaughtered by the princess at the gate of Yanzhou City. Mo Ye felt very sad and angry when he heard it, but it was not easy to say anything on his mouth; In the court, Mo Ye also pleaded guilty to the little emperor, saying that he did not educate his nephew Mo Shaohua well, which caused Mo Shaohua to offend Princess Annan and finally die, which was completely self-inflicted.

The little emperor praised Prime Minister Mo Ye for being reasonable, selfless, and a great hero who did his best for the Liao State. Then the little emperor asked Prime Minister Mo Ye how the materials for the southern expedition were prepared?

Mo Ye replied respectfully: "Do not disgrace the mission, everything is prepared according to the emperor's requirements, and the emperor will wait for the emperor to recruit in person." The little emperor praised Prime Minister Mo Ye for doing things quickly and well.

Because everything was ready, the little emperor inspected the army, picked out the auspicious day of the zodiac, and set off. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and the suspicion of the officials of the imperial court. Empress Dowager Xiao also personally sent her son on the expedition, in order to let the little emperor be taken care of by someone she assured, Empress Dowager Xiao also sent her favorite maid Xianglan to the little emperor and went on the expedition with the little emperor.

This time, the little emperor decided to personally lead 200,000 troops as the main force, including 20,000 flying eagles led by Tianying, one of the seven eagles under Han Jiangxue, as a protector, and 10,000 palace soldiers as his own escort soldiers; In addition, Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, was sent to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard, and then with Liang Wangye's 60,000 soldiers and horses as backup, a total of 310,000 soldiers and horses set off for Yanzhou. (To be continued.) )