Chapter 157: Defeat
As the good news of the crown prince in the south came, the thoughts of the Feng Dang began to liven up.
Within three days of the good days, I suddenly heard bad news from the south.
When Shen Yuanning was building the embankment, he was raided by the Nanzhao people, because most of them were residents of Jiangcheng and had no soldiers, and the group of people was captured by the Nanzhao team in one fell swoop, including Shen Yuanning.
When the news reached the Yueyang Hou Mansion, the Lu family didn't come up in one breath and fainted, Chen Yueqiao was also frightened and her eyes widened, and then she felt uncomfortable in her stomach and was helped down by the maid.
After Dr. Wang came, he took a golden needle and stabbed it in the middle of the Lu family, and the Lu family woke up slowly, saw the maid and the maid in a circle, and thought of the news that Jiang Tingyu had just come, and couldn't stop feeling sad.
"Ning'er, you're asking for your mother's life!"
Mama Qian stood aside, wiped her tears, and comforted Lu's and said:
"Madam, Uncle Fang Cai also said that the prince has already sent troops to save people, and the prince has his own natural appearance, so he will be fine."
The Lu family knew that she was comforting herself, she was captured by Nan Zhao, where was it so easy to rescue, I was afraid that she would suffer a big crime. Lu Shi looked at the people who were standing, but there was no Chen Yueqiao, so he asked:
"Where's the young lady?"
A maid replied:
"The young lady has an upset stomach and has gone back to the yard."
When Lu heard her words, he struggled to sit up, and was about to go to Wuyuan, beckoning Dr. Wang to go to see Chen Yueqiao.
When she arrived at Luwuyuan, Chen Yueqiao was lying on the couch with her stomach on her side, her expression was sad, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and Grandma Sun was softly relieved on the side.
See this scene. The sadness that Lu had just suppressed came up again. Walking to Chen Yueqiao's side, her voice trembled nervously, and she pretended to be calm and said:
"Yue Qiao, what do you think?"
I will be born in a little more than a month, but there can be no accidents.
Chen Yueqiao sobbed and said:
"I'm fine, I'm just worried about my husband, he and him"
Lu comforted her and asked Dr. Wang to come forward for a consultation. After half a pillar of incense, Dr. Wang got up and said to Lu:
"Madame, rest assured. There is nothing big about the young lady. It's just that the qi and blood are unstable, and there is some tire gas, so it's good to rest for a few days. β
Lu was relieved to listen to his words, and told Chen Yueqiao to rest in peace. got up and went to find Shen Xiaoquan.
After Lu left. Chen Yueqiao was still sobbing. Mama Sun persuaded:
"Young lady, don't cry anymore, don't think about yourself. I also have to think about the little young master in my belly. β
At this moment, Langqin walked in and glanced at Grandma Sun, who came out under the pretext of seeing it.
"What's the matter?"
Lianqin said with a solemn expression:
"Steward Chen said that there was news from Xishan that Linglong from Zhilan Courtyard was pregnant."
Mama Sun was also taken aback, she never expected that Linglong would be pregnant, and she actually passed the news to Han Yujin, but Chen Yueqiao didn't know.
"Okay, I know, don't sue Mrs. SΓΉ for now."
Han Yujin only learned about Shen Yuanning's capture the next day, and he was stunned at the moment, and his heart was turbulent.
Why is this happening? The prince is fine, but Shen Yuanning was kidnapped by Nanzhao?
Thinking of the treachery of the King of Thailand, he said that he would let himself and Zhou Chengan go, but in the end he scuttled the boat. There is such a person, since he knows that Shen Yuanning is assisting the prince to drain the river and control the water, how can he spare him.
Han Yujin came back to her senses and asked Sanquan nervously:
"When?"
"Back to the county lord, the news from my uncle yesterday came from Jiangcheng quickly, at least ten days ago."
Han Yujin clutched the armrest of the chair tightly to calm herself.
Shu Ling said that there will be a lot of things that should come, in his previous life, Shen Yuanning did not go to the river, but now he goes.
In the previous life, the crown prince died, but now he is not!
The more Han Yujin thought about it, the more chaotic she became, but it was difficult to calm down.
Seeing Han Yujin's reaction, Sanquan was stunned and thought in his heart, it can be regarded as worthy of the prince's intentions, and the prince will definitely be happy if he knows it. Then I thought that the prince might not be able to come back, and I couldn't stop being sad.
Just when the Shen family had not been able to recover from their grief, another bad news exploded in the court.
During a water battle, the crown prince lost his command, and the boat he was riding was overturned and fell into the Liuli River. The commander Shen Jiang, the army's morale was in turmoil, and he was beaten by Nanzhao.
There was an uproar in the court!
Who would have thought that the Nanzhao people, who had bowed down to their ministers before, would be so strong, and who would have thought that the prince would be defeated! This news is even more shocking than the news that Shen Yuanning was captured.
Now the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Nanzhao people are looking for the prince along the coast, and everyone knows in their hearts that even if they find it, they are afraid that it will be the prince's corpse.
The ministers didn't think of it, and Emperor Xiaozhao didn't think of it. Feng Er, who was originally going to be disposed of on the way back, is now alive and well, but the prince's life and death are unknown!
At this time, some courtiers proposed that the reason why Nanzhao won so many battles was because he was good at water warfare, and all the cities on the south bank of the Liuli River fell into the hands of the Nanzhao people, and the Zhou Dynasty army was across the river, and if he wanted to defeat the Nanzhao army, he had to cross the Liuli River first. The Nanzhao army is good at water warfare, and with the Nanzhao army guarding it, it is extremely difficult to cross the river.
There was no time to grieve the prince's fall, so someone began to discuss, who to send to the river?
This time it was different from last time, a prince was folded in, and everyone regarded the Nanzhao army as a tiger monster.
The Feng Dang people were even more panicked in their hearts, they were originally attached to the prince, and now the prince's life and death were unknown, even if Feng Erjian was alive, they couldn't calm the confusion in their hearts.
Once the son of heaven is a courtier, once the new prince ascends the throne, where will there be a place for them, the henchmen of the former prince, to stay. Knowing that this war was so dangerous, he should not have opposed King An and supported the crown prince in the first place, and Wang An should have been allowed to go.
Emperor Xiaozhao was sad and sad, the war with Nanzhao was not settled, the prince is now missing, and the matter of selecting generals has been raised again.
Not waiting for nomination, Zhou Chengan took the initiative to stand up:
"Father, sons, please Ying, I am willing to go to Nanzhao in person."
At this time, there was no opposition in the court.
But everyone looked at Zhou Chengan like a dead man.
A merry prince, facing the battlefield of tens of millions of people, the enemy is as strong as a tiger, and the torrent is like a beast, I am afraid that if I don't have to fight, I will be scared first.
Previously, Emperor Xiaozhao just wanted to gild him, but now that the war is so urgent, he will undoubtedly be sent to death, and maybe he will even be involved in the generals.
Emperor Xiaozhao also had three points of hesitation, after all, Zhou Chengan had never had the experience of leading troops, and Nanzhao was obviously prepared.
Zhou Chengan saw Emperor Xiaozhao's hesitation, and said firmly:
"Erchen is sure that he will be able to repel the enemy army."
ps: I originally wanted to make three more, but the body is not strong, plus these chapters are the turning point of this article, and I don't want to rush to catch up with the chapters for the word count, so I'll tentatively set up a double change, and when I'm better, I'll definitely make up the three more to everyone.
Thank you for the peace charm of Shore Zhi Tinglan. (To be continued......)