To say that although there was no big victory, the war was still within the control of the Great Qin, why did it suddenly take a sharp turn? There's a reason for that.

The rout began in Liaodong Town, but as the original supreme military commander of Liaodong, if he wanted to attribute all the fault to him, the general army of Guangning was also very wronged.

Because the Great Qin Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and the treasury has been enriched again because of the salt case, so at the beginning, although there are still people who have reached out to deduct some corruption, but in the end it is sufficient, and the morale of the soldiers is quite high, but the Tatar physique is much stronger than the Qin people, good at fighting, and the cavalry is particularly brave, and the Tatar morale is also high, for a while the two sides fell into a stalemate, the battle lasted for two years, both sides were injured, but they failed to achieve their previous goals.

Xue Zhongren, the general soldier of Guangning, has been guarding in Liaodong for many years, and has rich experience in dealing with the Tatars, but there is no mistake, but the emperor transferred the army from all over the country, reassigned the supervision army and the capital, and even the generals at all levels have also been replaced, and the Liaodong army is no longer Xue Zhongren's family is the only one, and there is nothing wrong with the original, the enemy is currently fighting, although there is also a struggle for power and profit, but in the end, the overall situation is the most important, and there is nothing wrong.

Xue Zongbing is a steady and steady fight, but the new deputy general Lu Guoan is not, he is the emperor's henchman, compared to the veteran he is younger and more vigorous, and for the sake of his military achievements, he has fought a lot of grievances in the past two years, so when the latest Tatar attack failed to flee, he took people to chase after him, Xue Zhongren was guarding the rear, and when he found it, he couldn't stop it, and watched Lu Guoan rush out with his battalion soldiers.

Xue Zhongren slapped the table angrily, and the soldiers on the side comforted: "My lord, the Tatars have been dispersed, and General Lu must be fine this time." ”

Xue Zhongren said angrily: "Poor Kou Mo chase, what's more, the Tatars are a little unusual these days, the number of roads is not quite the same as before, and the people brought by Lu Guoan are all elite soldiers, if there is a case, the Tatars come to attack the city again, and the city defense is probably dangerous!" ”

The pro-soldier immediately shut up, although Xue Zhongren yelled at the pro-soldier like that, but in his heart he wished he thought about it more.

But I'm really afraid of something.

Xue Zhongren sent someone to look for Lu Guoan, but the spies brought the news he didn't want to hear: "Report!" Lü, General Lü was ambushed by the Tatars and the whole army was annihilated! ”

Xue Zhongren almost couldn't stand still, but at this time, Lu Guoan's matter was no longer important, "Quickly, quickly arrange the guards, prepare the ordnance to defend the city, and tell the people below to wake up, the Tatars are afraid that they will attack the city." ”

Xue Zhongren guessed once again, and it didn't take long for the Tatars to assemble a large army and come to the city, and unlike the previous siege of the city, this time the Tatars also brought a lot of new siege equipment, and even the Hongyi cannon that was tightly controlled by the Great Qin

Guangning Wei rose up to resist, but the city lost its elite soldiers first, and the Tatars were equipped with shotguns and cannons, and they were upgraded to one level, and compared with the previous attention to rely on brave attacks, the Tatars at this time suddenly became cunning and scheming, and they caught Liaodong Town by surprise.

"General Xue was defeated, evacuated the people, only said that he was a sinner, and was determined to live and die with Liaodong Town, and after the Tatars invaded, he was martyred."

The Emperor and the Emperor Taishang listened to the report and were silent for a while.

Emperor Taishang glanced at the emperor with an inexplicable expression: "The emperor really knows people well." ”

"That's it, although Xue Zhongren failed to keep it, he was loyal in the end, and he was posthumously named General Jianwei, Emperor, you have no objection, right?"

The emperor lowered his eyes and said nothing, this is the acquiescence.

The Emperor asked again, "What happened to that Lu Guoan?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, there is no news at present, and his life and death are unknown."

"Hmph." Emperor Taishang sneered and asked about another thing: "How is Ma Lanyu?" ”

The Emperor sighed: "I have urgently dispatched 30,000 horses to support. ”

Emperor Taishang nodded: "Xuanfu, Datong, what about the other seven towns in Taiyuan?" Don't be taken advantage of. ”

The emperor sat up straight, and said lightly: "Father, don't worry, I have already made arrangements." ”

Emperor Taishang glanced at the emperor indifferently and did not speak.

The emperor faced the ministers: "The border pass is urgent, Daqin is at the time of employing people, which Aiqing is willing to go to the border pass to protect my Daqin country?" ”

Tu Huaishen listened to it for a long time below, but at this time, he suddenly took the lead and said: "I am willing to go!" ”

Emperor Huo Ran raised his head and stared at Tu Huaishen, Tu Huaishen did not move at all, looking very firm, the Emperor Taishang frowned, as if thinking about something, the emperor glanced at the Emperor Taishang, and played with the jade wrench that he had worn for many years, noncommittal.

The court was unusually quiet, the needle drop could be heard, and after a while, the emperor smiled and said: "Prince An's intentions are commendable, but war is not child's play, it is a matter of the safety of Daqin, Prince An is not familiar with the military, and the newlywed Yan'er, I will not be this villain, Prince An should stay in the capital."

Before he could argue in vain, the Emperor said: "It's true that as the emperor said, it's just that Prince An is patriotic after all, and it is not easy to live up to it, since he is not familiar with military affairs, then from today on, there is no need to go to the six departments, go to the three major battalions in the capital." ”

The three major battalions in the capital are the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions and the Shenji battalion, the internal guard of the Beijing division, and the external preparation for battle, which can be regarded as the most elite troops in Daqin. The emperor's eyes narrowed, but he didn't refute it anymore, and the matter was settled, and the emperor and the emperor each ordered a few people to go to the border pass and continue to discuss the Tatar affairs.

After the next court, Tu Huaishen followed the Emperor Taishang to Ningshou Palace, and met with some officials. In vain Huaishen could feel that since he fainted and almost had a stroke, the Emperor Taishang's attitude towards himself had obviously changed, although the Emperor Taishang had been very good to him before, but some things were held tightly in his hands.

In the past, he was cautious and sneaky, befriending people in various ministries with the semi-acquiescence of the Emperor Taishang, and quietly installing people to train the team, but now it is the Emperor Taishang who leads him, teaching him how to get close to his subordinates, taking him to know and make friends with important ministers, and even the people in the emperor's army, and faintly showing his attitude to the courtiers in every word and deed.

But even so, the Emperor Taishang disagreed with the matter of wanting to go to the border pass in vain, and only said: "I know your intentions, but it is not suitable now, you should go to the three major camps to experience and experience first." ”

Back at Prince An's mansion, Lin Daiyu anxiously surrounded him: "How is it, how is the border pass?" ”

Tu Huaishen sat down first, drank the tea in one go, and then relieved himself, pulled Daiyu to the side and sat down, and sighed: "Your Majesty has already transferred troops, looking at the meaning of the court, although it looks urgent, but the court seems to be somewhat sure." By the way, I automatically asked Ying to go to the border pass, but I was stopped, but the Emperor Taishang agreed to let me go to the three major camps. ”

In other words, this is his real intention, the Tatar matter, Tu Huaishen is naturally very anxious, but he knows that he is two pounds, not to mention that the emperor and the emperor will not agree, although he has read some military books, and has also trained the prince's palace soldiers, but going to the battlefield is not a paper talk, and Vain Huaishen naturally does not dare to mess around.

Daiyu listened to Tu Huaishen's words, first breathed a sigh of relief, and when he said that he was concerned about it and mentioned it again, until Tu Huaishen finished speaking, Lin Daiyu leaned on the back of the chair and sighed: "It's good that the court is sure that the Tatars will be driven out." Having said that, Daiyu was still very worried, and said with regret, "It would be nice if a woman could join the army." ”

Tu Huaishen smiled and said: "If you have the opportunity, I will let you lead a team of women's troops in the future." ”

Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, "Really? ”

Tu Huaishen smiled: "Naturally, take it seriously." ”

Lin Daiyu stretched out her hand: "High-five as an oath!" ”

Tu Huaishen couldn't cry or laugh, and also stretched out his hand: "High-five as an oath." ”

The two struck each other with both hands, making a crisp sound.

However, the war was not as smooth as the Great Qin wanted, and after the initial panic, although the emperor looked at it and regained his confidence, and the Great Qin Dynasty seemed to be powerful again, but the battle was fought for another year.

After losing a few cities in a row, Daqin sent a large number of reinforcements, and the generals who defended the city also strengthened their vigilance, however, the Tatars have greatly changed whether they are siege equipment or arranging troops, and they are cunning and abnormal, and even look at their tactics, with some Daqin's style, plus most of the Tatars are physically strong, this time the onslaught was launched, and the battle between the two sides was particularly fierce, and each suffered heavy losses. Often, Daqin launched a counteroffensive, and when it was not easy to push back the battle line, it would usher in another attack by the Tatars and advance the front again.

The cost of the war was extremely huge, and it had been fought for two years, and this year it was fought at any cost, and both the Tatars and the Great Qin were a little unable to support it.

Not surprisingly, when the Tatars proposed peace talks, nearly half of the court chose to support them.

Naturally, nearly half of them resolutely opposed it and demanded that the fight continue.

Someone sneered: "General Zhou, do you know that the household department can no longer take out money and silver to support this war, if the fight continues, where will the grain and grass come from?" Where does the supply of weapons come from? It's better to put aside the truce and peace talks for the time being, and it's not too late to fight again after my Great Qin is restored. ”

Zhou Kui argued: "The Tatars are at the end of their strong bow at this time, and if they hold on for a little longer, they will be able to win a big victory." ”

"Heh, I can't say it, can General Zhou dare to guarantee victory?" Sun Changqing sneered.

Seeing that Zhou Kui was speechless for a while, Sun Changqing made persistent efforts: "Your Majesty, my Great Qin has always been etiquette and education, poetry and books have been handed down to the world, those who go to the army are scheming, the soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones who are good." It is better to use this to educate the Tatars with poetry and book etiquette, so as to stop fighting"

"Ha, I've never heard of stopping war with peace, it's always been a martial art, and Lord Sun doesn't know the art of war, so don't use it indiscriminately. If the Tatars are not subdued, how can we ensure the true peace of Great Qin? ”

"Enough!" Coldly watching the two parties below quarrel, the third party remained neutral, and made the court like a vegetable market, seeing that they were all about to start, the emperor finally couldn't help but shout.

The scene immediately fell silent, and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs stood solemnly with his hands down, although he no longer quarreled, he still glared at each other with his eyes, obviously no one was convinced.