"Yes." Sun Jiangong stood up, hugged his fist at Xiao Yu and said: "I received a battle report yesterday, Dog Rong has captured Crescent City, Thorn City is in danger, and Yicheng is in a hurry one after another. Once Yicheng fell, the Inurong army could go straight to Qingmen Pass and come all the way to the imperial capital. ”

As soon as Sun Jiangong's words came out, not only Xiao Yu's face changed greatly, but even Liang Yiguan, who was sarcastic with Xiao Yu, was also slightly moved.

Qingmen Pass is the gateway to the northwest of the imperial capital, once Qingmen Pass is breached, the enemy will enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, and they will no longer have any natural danger to rely on. The dog Rong is a nomadic people, especially good at cavalry combat, if the army enters the Qingmen Pass, the world will have to change its name and surname. And the dogs are murderous, and the people who have no resistance are afraid that they will not be able to escape a catastrophe.

Xiao Yu gently knocked on the table in front of him, he was silent, thinking about the candidate who could still lead the troops to battle. After the fall of the Du family, Rong Jingcheng was relieved and returned to the field, and he had already indicated that he would no longer interfere in the affairs of the court. Almost all of the Du family's right-hand men died in the bloody purge three years ago, and in order to weaken the strength of the Du family's army, he broke the rest into pieces and merged them into other troops.

Another Rong family army with outstanding achievements, part of it followed Rong Jingcheng back to his hometown, and the rest was assigned to Sun Jiangong's command. Sun Jiangong only got his current position by betraying Meng Chong, and most of his soldiers and generals disobeyed him, and he has been grinding and suffering in the past few years, and his combat effectiveness is worrying.

The rest of the troops he could still provoke were his last cards, and he didn't want to use them until the last moment, so as not to be exposed to Liang Yiguan prematurely.

He had the idea of fighting the Liang family's forces, but Liang Yiguan had many literati under him, and he did not have very good generals in charge of the government. Besides, even if there is really such a candidate, he will not be at ease, after all, he will be outside, and no one can predict what will happen at that time.

After such calculations, no one in the DPRK and China could lead the troops to fight.

"I beg your majesty to let your subordinates go out to fight the dogs!" Sun Jiangong's voice came, and the rest of the people whispered a little, but no one stepped forward to stop or echo it.

Sun Jiangong is a special existence in the court, although he can rise to prominence with Xiao Yu's grace, but because he was born in the Rong family army, the Liang family has a lot of vigilance, and the Du family has a far-reaching influence in the army, plus the people who are soldiers are a little bloody, they naturally can't get used to Sun Jiangong's means of betraying his colleagues and ascending to the top. Sun Jiangong was rejected by both parties, and inadvertently became his own faction, surviving in the gap between Liang and Xiao Yu.

He's on the march? Xiao Yu glanced at him and didn't express an opinion.

Sun Jiangong was afraid that he would not allow it, so he hurriedly added: "When the subordinate joined the army, he served under Du Bocheng, and he is no stranger to the combat methods of the dog Rong. Later, the minister switched to the account of General Ronglao, and also participated in the pacification of southern Xinjiang and other battles. The subordinates are willing to travel thousands of miles to help Yicheng and recapture Crescent City! ”

He "poofed", knelt on the ground, and asked Xiao Yu for his life.

Hearing him mention Du Bocheng, some of the ministers muttered softly: "It would be good if General Du was still here, Dog Rong would definitely not be able to break through Crescent City." ”

"Don't say that General Du is his daughter, and the former crown princess Du Yunjin can also drive away the dog Rong. Thinking that the old leader of the dog Rong died in the hands of Du Yunjin, the dog soldiers trembled when they saw her. It's a pity ......"

"Shh

The whisperers suddenly shut up, and they didn't say any more. Three years ago, it was Xiao Yu who ordered Du Bocheng to be killed, and his body was hung on the city gate and exposed to the sun for several days, and no one was allowed to collect his body. And Du Yunjin, who was extremely frightened by the dog soldiers, also died of illness in the cold palace early, there is no Du Yunjin in the world, and there is no Du Jiajun in the world.

Xiao Yu heard the following discussion clearly, but he was still pondering and did not say anything.

He behaved like this, which made Liang Yiguan secretly shocked in his heart. He didn't say anything, which means that he also agrees with that person's statement, he regrets what he did three years ago, regrets killing Du Bocheng, and regrets forcing Du Yunjin to death. Although he did all this qiē himself, including forcing Du Yunjin to jump off the cliff and lying to the outside world that Du was sick and dead, it was Liang Yiguan who complained in his heart.

He hated Liang Yiguan's step-by-step compulsion, which made him have to make such a choice.

"What's the use of talking about that now!" Liang Yiguan glared fiercely at the mouthy minister. "The person is dead, it is difficult to dig people out and go on the expedition!"

Seeing that Liang was quite angry, the rest of the people stopped talking, and no one dared to whisper any more.

"Dig it out?" Xiao Yu repeated Liang Yiguan's words, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said to the ministers: "I have to dig out the Du family's army!" ”

"Majesty?" Liang Yiguan and the others were dumbfounded for a while, and they didn't know what Xiao Yu was crazy about.

Xiao Yu waved his hand lightly and said: "With Hanlin's will, the rest of the Xuan Du clan will reorganize the Du family's army, and Sun Jiangong will be fully responsible for this matter." ”

Hanlin Chengzhi looked at Xiao Yu suspiciously, and then glanced at Liang Yiguan, and saw that he didn't speak, so he stepped forward to receive the will.

"That's all for today's court." Xiao Yu made this will and got up to leave.

After the emperor left, the ministers also retreated outside the palace. Today, Xiao Yu's will is very strange, but he also faintly smells the disadvantage to the Liang family. Xiao Yu left with his front foot, and someone followed the slow Liang Yiguan with his back foot.

"Liang Xiang, what is the truth of this? Reorganize the Du Jiajun, why reorganize the Du Jiajun and redeploy people to Yicheng? ”

"Your Majesty is doing this, do you want to tear your face and do it?"

They chirp, and there is a tendency to make more and more sense the more they say. Liang Yiguan frowned slightly, and made a "shhh

"Colleagues, the old man still has something to do, so I'll take the first step. Don't think about it, there is room for a solution to this matter. ”

Liang Yiguan arched his hand at the crowd, threw them down and hurried towards the corner of the red wall.

Those people muttered a few quietly, but because Liang Yiguan, who was in charge, was not there, they all gave up, shook their heads and walked towards the palace gate.

Sun Jiangong fell behind, and a few people of low grade congratulated him flatteringly, and he returned the salute one by one without sadness or joy.

"General Sun."

Huang Yuan appeared in front of him at the right time, glanced at the people around him, and then said slowly: "General Sun, Your Majesty Xuan, you go to the East Study at this time. ”

"Yes." Sun Jiangong and a few others apologized, and went with Huang Yuan to the east study to meet Xiao Yu.

On the corridor between the two walls of the palace, Sun Jiangong and Liang Yiguan went in different directions. The ministers of the court and the central government all had their own ideas more or less about this sudden change. The situation between the DPRK and China is turbulent, and it is impossible to estimate the absolute winner in the future.

Huang Yuan invited Sun Jiangong into the east study, closed the door and guarded the door. He has no choice about the future. Liang Yiguan has always looked down on people like them, and all they can rely on is the imperial power, so he can only stand by the emperor's side at any time.

Sun Jiangong stood in front of the desk, facing Emperor Xiao Yu alone and wincing. He didn't know what Xiao Yu would have to explain to him, but he keenly felt that he seemed to have become a chess piece, a chess piece for Liang Yiguan and Xiao Yu to wrestle.

Xiao Yu painted carefully, the woman in the painting he had painted many times, the familiar eyebrows and smiles, only the scenery behind her changed, or peach blossoms flying, or galloping on the grassland, or dancing in the golden chrysanthemum field with open arms.

The last stroke was completed, and Xiao Yu put down the pen with satisfaction.

"How about you take a look at this painting?"

Sun Jiangong glanced at him defensively, and cautiously poked his head out to look at the ink on the table. At a glance, he recognized who the person in the painting was, and his face suddenly changed.

Xiao Yu looked at his watch with satisfaction, and asked with a light smile, "Does General Sun recognize it?" ”

"Recognized, recognized." To say that he does not know him must be a lie. Back then, he could have been with her side by side in southern Xinjiang to quell the chaos, but she had been dead for three years, why did Xiao Yu bring it up again?

"General Sun recognized it clearly?"

"Recognize clearly, this is Concubine Du," General Sun seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "It's the criminal concubine Du." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yu let out a long sigh, took a slow sip of the tea cup on the table before saying, "You are also in the court now, you should be able to understand that I can't help myself." Three years ago, I had no choice but to watch Jin'er jump off the cliff and let Liang Xiang's faction weave Du Bocheng's charges. ”

He stopped halfway through his speech and looked at Sun Jiangong's expression. "I also know that you are very hard, because Meng Chong was isolated by his former comrades."

"Your Majesty ......" Sun Jiangong was a little moved: "Meng Chong never regrets it. ”

Xiao Yu waved his hand and said, "I know you are loyal. I just want to ask you, do you recognize the person in the painting? ”

"Recognized."

"Just recognize it." Xiao Yu put down the teacup, looked directly at Sun Jiangong and said word by word: "Since you recognize it clearly, then ask General Sun to bring Jin'er back!" ”

"Bring it back?" Sun Jiangong became more and more puzzled, Du Yunjin had been dead for three years, did he want him to go to the Netherworld to bring her back?

"General Sun, I'm not going to hide it from you." Xiao Yu thought of that familiar voice, remembered her decisive words, and her eyes were slightly half-closed uncomfortably. "Jin'er is not dead, she is in a place called Yixian Valley."

"Medical Immortal Valley?" Sun Jiangong had heard of this place. Legend has it that there lived a healer who could revive the dead. If what Xiao Yu said is true, then Du Yunjin may really be alive.

"Yes, Medical Immortal Valley." Xiao Yu suddenly laughed again, like a spring breeze, with gentle warmth. "I want you to go to the Valley of the Immortal Doctor and bring her back."

"But......" Looking at Xiao Yu's determined appearance, coupled with the fact that he went out on patrol some time ago, it is not difficult for Sun Jiangong to guess that he has seen Du Yunjin, but Du Yunjin is unwilling to come back with him, so he wants to hand over this problem to himself.

"What if she doesn't want to come back with her ministers?"

"Then you sue her, if she doesn't come back, I will order all the remnants of the Du family army to be killed."