North of the capital, Changping Prefecture, Miyun.

Tang Jie gritted his teeth and screamed in pain and opened his eyes.

"Your Highness is awake?" Xie Zhong asked in a low voice.

"Where is this?"

"East of Miyun, Shiyang Liangzi."

Tang Xiuguang looked and saw that he was in a cave, and the armor on his body had been removed. He looked at the entrance of the cave and saw that there were still more than twenty guards guarding there, all wounded.

"What about the brothers?"

Xie Zhongjue was silent for a while, and sighed slowly: "The rest of the brothers are here." ”

Tang Jie was stunned for a moment, and wanted to get up but was pressed down by Xie Zhong.

"Your Highness, your injuries have not healed."

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"It's been three days......"

Dolgon led the army to attack Gubeikou, and Tang Qian led his troops to meet the attack.

The Qing army took Cai Jiazhen as the vanguard, and the Tang Festival fought with it for a month, and there were victories and defeats for each other.

However, three days ago, the Swiss army suddenly found that the Qing army had sent a team of men and horses to detour through Dushikou to attack Xuanfu and Datong and approach Juyong Pass.

Only then did Tang Jie know that Dolgon was far superior to himself in strategy, and his confidence was greatly frustrated. Immediately afterwards, the Qing army stepped up its offensive, whether it was artillery, firearms, armor, troops, grain and grass...... The Qing army was far superior to the Swiss army in all aspects.

Dolgon sent the Han battalion to constantly consume, and the killing was not finished, and the more and more they were killed, coupled with the non-stop shelling of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion. The Swiss army was losing ground one after another.

Later, the old battalion under Tang Jie was exhausted and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the Duoduo collar charged with white flags, and the Swiss army was defeated and crushed for thousands of miles.

Tang Jie had never fought such a battle, and there was almost no chance of victory.

He only remembered that after the rout of the army, he led the 2,000 men of the personal guard battalion to break off, and then fell off his horse with a heavy load, and was escorted by his own soldiers all the way eastward, and the pursuers were intercepted layer by layer, and after fleeing for two days, he completely fainted.

When I opened my eyes again, there were only more than 20 people left in the guard battalion under my command in the past......

"How's the capital going?" Tang Jie asked again.

Xie Zhong said: "Your Majesty has made preparations, and the capital must be fine." ”

Tang Jie shook his head and said, "This time Jiannu was lucky and let them enter the fortress." The capital is still insufficient, and the father can hold it for a while, but he can't hold it for too long...... Help me up. ”

"Jianbing sent soldiers and horses to search for His Highness. His Royal Highness has not recovered from his serious injuries, and he can't fight again when he rushes back to the capital at this time, so why don't he recuperate here for a few days before leaving? ”

Tang Jie thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry to go back to Beijing, let's go to Shanhaiguan." ”

"To Shanhaiguan?" Xie Zhong was surprised, "However, the Gubei Pass has been broken, and the Shanhaiguan Pass is useless." ”

"But Suo Pei's soldiers and horses are still in Shanhaiguan, and when his father gets the news of the loss of Gubeikou, he must summon Suo Pei back to the capital. I've studied the tactics of Jiannu, and what they're best at is encircling and sending reinforcements. When Suo Pei got the news and led his troops back to Beijing, he was afraid that he would be ambushed, he had never fought with Jiannu, he didn't know the truth, and he was afraid that he would be defeated in a battle. ”

Tang Jie closed his eyes weakly and rested for a while, and then muttered: "The capital has my father and emperor in charge, and my Rui Dynasty still has a large army to defend the city, and Dolgon did not take the capital so quickly. I went to Shanhaiguan to take over Suo Pei's soldiers and horses...... This time, I don't have to fight Jiannu head-on, if they surround the capital, I won't stop attacking. ”

Xie Zhong nodded and sighed, "Your Highness will heal your injuries first and then ......"

A guard quickly rushed into the cave and reported: "There are Jiannu searching at the bottom of the mountain. ”

"Let's go!"

The guards quickly picked up Tang Jie and left.

The group went around the hill and ran east through the woods, when they heard a shout from the south.

"The anti-thief generals are here......"

"Chase!"

Xie Zhong was taken aback, and arranged for two personal soldiers to take Tang Jie to hide, and he took the rest of the people to attract Jiannu.

Tang Jie was seriously injured and unable to move, and was hidden in a tree hole by two personal soldiers. The two soldiers covered the Tang Festival with dead branches, and hid behind the bushes.

I could only hear shouts and shouts in the distance, and the sound was quite tragic.

After a while, I could only hear a shout from the Qing army and Han Qi, and someone shouted: "I killed the thief and the general Tang Jie ......."

Tang Jie thought of the armor that Xie Zhong was wearing when he left, and his heart felt a pang of grief.

However, the Qing soldiers did not stop the investigation.

"You go over there, don't let anyone hide and run away."

Amid the shouting, the Qing soldiers had already arrived nearby.

In the hollow of the tree, Tang Jie leaned there, holding a stone in his hand, holding his breath. Through the cracks in the dead branches, he saw that the two soldiers suddenly got up and fled westward.

Only Tang Jie was left in this vicinity.

A moment later, a group of Qing soldiers arrived at the place.

"Search carefully!"

In the hollow of the tree, Tang Jie held the stone.

He claims to be a fierce general, and now he is going to die in this tree hole, and he only feels that he is ......

The Qing soldier who walked to the tree hole suddenly raised his head, pointed to the front with his hand and shouted: "There is someone over there!" ”

"Chase!"

After a few killing shouts, someone shouted, "Hey, kill two more, keep looking for ......"

After a long time, the surroundings gradually calmed down, and there was no movement in the forest.

Tang Jie struggled out of the tree hole, turned his head to look at the headless corpses of the two pro-soldiers not far away, and had mixed feelings.

It was the first time in his life that he had suffered such a defeat......

~~

Tang Festival was defeated by Dolgon, which was also expected by Wang Xiao, although he hoped that Tang Festival would be held longer and gain more time.

Fortunately, the rulers of the Rui Dynasty also have self-knowledge, knowing that they are not the opponents of the Qing army, and they also know how to join Chu to resist the captives.

This time, it was Gao Xingsheng who was sent by Tang Zhongyuan to Jinan to discuss the alliance.

Happy Sheng was originally a fortune teller, but now he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Rui Dynasty. After he entered Jinan, he was ready to persuade Wang Xiao to send troops to help the Rui Dynasty with his eloquent arguments.

At first glance, this sounds unlikely. But Xingsheng studied it carefully and thought that he was at least seventy percent sure of persuading Wang Xiao.

- Of course, Da Rui had just defeated the Chu Dynasty and occupied Yanjing, and it was the time of hostilities. It is extremely difficult to negotiate an alliance, but fortunately, it is a great talent like himself who comes, so he is seventy percent sure, and if it is replaced by someone else, I am afraid that one percent will not be sure......

After he arrived in Jinan, the people who were in charge of receiving him here were Luo Yuan and Cen Zhaoxian.

This matter is very unremarkable, Da Rui sent a Ministry of Rites Shangshu, but only sent two five-grade officials to deal with it......

Of course, Xingsheng had expected it and didn't care about it.

Then he stayed in Jinan for two days and didn't see Wang Xiao.

He also expected this, thinking that Wang Xiao was killing his own prestige, it didn't matter, as long as they met, he first put on the truth of 'cold lips and teeth', knew it with reason, and then moved it with affection, with this three-inch tongue, he would definitely be able to persuade Wang Xiao......

After thinking about it, he thought of a few more words and hurriedly took notes and wrote them down.

While remembering, I felt that my talents were surging, and I couldn't wait to say something to Wang Xiao now.

"Yu Guogong, you are titled 'Yu', but you have heard of the 'false Dao to cut down Yu', thinking about the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong borrowed the Dao Yu State to attack the Yu Kingdom, what is the result? After destroying the Kingdom of Yu, he destroyed the Kingdom of Yu. The so-called 'auxiliary cars depend on each other, and the lips and teeth are cold' are the two countries of Rui and Chu today! ”

Happy to take notes, satisfied. Then pinched his fingers and calculated, thinking that Wang Xiao had been hanging himself for two days, and he should summon himself tomorrow.

So he lay down on the couch, looking like he was holding a wisdom pearl.

Unexpectedly, after finishing the calculation with his fingers, he suddenly heard someone outside say: "Guogong wants to see the envoy of the Rui Dynasty now......"

Gao Xingsheng followed the soldiers all the way to the lobby of the Duke of Yuguo, and when he looked up, he saw that this lobby was very different from other places.

The lobby of other people's houses is set up with two rows of chairs, and the top is the main seat, but there is a large table in front of the lobby of the Yuguo Mansion. A handsome young man was sitting behind the desk and dealing with official business, presumably Wang Xiao.

"The foreign minister is happy to be born, and he has seen the Duke of Chu."

"No courtesy." Wang Xiao didn't raise his head, and drew a tick on a fold.

Xing Xingsheng is not a person who only chatters, stroked his long beard, looked around a few times with his sneaky eyes, and said with a smile: "The layout of this hall of Duke Chu is interesting, and he does not delay official business when receiving foreign guests. Although there are some snub guests, the number of rudeness. But ......"

"I don't talk about hypocrisy, I pay more attention to efficiency." Wang Xiao interrupted, "Let's talk about it, how is the battle in Yanjing?" ”

Gao Xingsheng was slightly stunned and said, "The Jiannu soldiers are like fire and unstoppable. If I am defeated......"

Wang Xiaoxiao didn't raise his head and said, "Don't tell me it's useless." I only ask you, if I send 50,000 troops to help, can Tang Zhongyuan hold the capital? ”

Gao Xingsheng was completely stunned for a moment, only to feel that this conversation was completely out of his own expectations, and he couldn't get the prepared words out at all.

"This ...... Maybe you can, right? ”

"If you can, if you can, you can't, I don't want to be 'yes'." Wang smiled: "But if I want to send troops, my soldiers and horses have no way to retreat, so you can give me Cangzhou and Tianjin." ”

"This ......" Xingsheng was stunned again, and said: "This matter, the foreign minister can't be the master now...... This ......"

"If you can't be the Lord, what are you going to do?! It was you who said that the military situation was in flames, and now you are also the mother-in-law and mother-in-law. ”

"Duke Chu, please wait for the foreign minister to send someone back to pay attention to the ...... immediately."

Wang smiled and said lightly: "Then come back when you can call the shots." ”

As he spoke, a guard had entered the hall, intending to lead Xingsheng out.

Happy Sheng choked on the words in his throat and couldn't get out, and he felt uncomfortable.

But when he heard Wang Xiao's meaning, he obviously agreed to the alliance, and his attitude was even clearer than he thought.

- "That's a good thing, that's a good thing. ”

He thought so in his heart, although he still felt that this meeting was depressing, so he could only slowly retreat.

……

Wang Xiao exhaled and shook his head, his eyes revealing some contemplation.

Tang Qianqian was still dressed as an official and walked out from behind the screen.

"The Book of Rites of my Rui Dynasty is like a fool in front of Grandpa Guo."

Wang smiled: "I have discussed everything with you, and if he comes again, he will not be able to keep up with my rhythm." ”

As he spoke, he took Tang Qianqian's hand, asked her to sit down on his lap, and said, "Your Rui Dynasty dares to remove you from your position, this time, I will be angry for you, and let them know that the Seventh Highness is really capable of doing things." ”

"Rhetoric."

Tang Qianqian spread out the map on Wang Xiao's desk again, drew a circle around the Bohai Bay with her fingers, and said: "If Tianjin and Cangzhou are given to you, then add Dezhou, Linqing, Jining, and Jimo...... I suddenly discovered that your territory is the seaside, which is equivalent to the territory of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

"That's not right." Wang smiled, "My territory is not limited to this one. ”

He stretched out his hand and drew another circle on the map, encircling the entire Bohai Sea along the Korean Peninsula.

"It's this blockbuster. Well, my territory isn't that small......"

"These are the seas, what good can they be?"

"The sea is rich and promising." He said jokingly, and then added, "Look here...... The Liaodong Peninsula has reached into my territory. If Yanjing can hold on this time, I plan to occupy Lushunkou, Jinzhou, and Fuzhou. ”

"Listen to you, it looks like we can win."

"It's just the most desirable outcome." Wang Xiao sighed: "This battle is the most difficult to fight, and we must be prepared for a long war, two years, three years, and maybe longer." ”

Tang Qianqian also sighed leisurely.

"Master knows that I am in Jinan. When the news from the happy sheng sent a fast horse back to Beijing, my father-in-law should appoint me to negotiate the alliance, and I will go back at that time. ”

"It's okay if you don't go back."

Tang Qianqian didn't answer, just leaned on Wang Xiao's shoulder.

"Huh?" Wang Xiao asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm thinking, when Jiannu is repulsed, you and I may ......"

Wang smiled: "Let's talk about it then, I don't think your Rui Dynasty will be able to survive until that time." If you will listen to me, you might as well stay here and stay with me......"

"Phew," Tang Qianqian snorted softly, "We'll see." ”

Wang Xiao hugged her and said softly, "Don't worry, we'll do our best." ”

"Hmmm......"

The two ears and temples grinded for a while, and she suddenly said, "In your back house, they are still waiting for you, right?" ”

There was some ridicule in her eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth. His hand was gently scratched on Wang Xiao's body, and he bit his lip and whispered: "People are by your side these days, don't you get tired of it?" Are you in a hurry to play with your Xiaozhu, Ying'er, and Duoduo? ”

That being said, as she unfolded like this, Wang Xiao's breathing became hotter.

"Go to the study......"

"Hmm~"

……

With a "bang", Wang Xiao closed the door of the study with his feet.

He picked up Tang Qianqian and put it on the big desk, swept his hand, and the books and documents fell to the ground......

"Qianqian." Wang Xiao whispered, bowed his head and wanted to kiss.

Tang Qianqian smiled, her hand propped up on the table and dodged back, and an official boot had stepped on Wang Xiao's shoulder.

"How can you litter things, pick up the book first, and then people will play with you......"

"I'll pick it up later......"

"Don't." Tang Qianqian said leisurely, "It's too easy for you to get it, it's boring, there are four more like flowers and jade in the back." People don't let you eat ...... easily."

Wang Xiaoyi grabbed her ankle, pulled her to the front with a gentle pull, and kissed her on the forehead.

"Everyone is different......"

"I know." Tang Qianqian covered his mouth and said with a smile: "But I won't stay long." There's always something new to keep you coming back to remember......"

"You don't have to worry about that."

"Preferentially." She twisted her slender waist, and escaped from under Wang Xiao, saying, "I won't let you succeed." ”

The body under the official robe is so graceful.

Wang Xiao climbed onto the table to catch her, she was strong in martial arts, but she only used her own strength to push him, like a weak woman.

"Nasty...... You didn't send troops to help Rui Chao for me, don't want to take the opportunity to take advantage of me......"

"I'm taking advantage of you because I want to." Wang Xiao whispered, holding her hands.

This time he was quite proud.

- No matter how high your martial arts are Tang Qianqian, you are still restrained by me.

"Bad guy, you haven't picked up the book yet......"

"You really don't want to?"

"No...... I think, well......"

~~

The back house of the Duke of Qiu.

Qin Xiaozhu paced back and forth for a few steps, and hummed: "I have been going for so many days and coming back, and as soon as I come back, I will meet the envoy of the anti-thief, and I will see you for so long." ”

Chunning was sitting behind the bookcase and reviewing the official documents for Wang Xiao.

She was reluctant to do this at first, but Wang Xiao was lazy and had already set her eyes on Chunning, but whenever there was an official document that could be handed over, it was put on Chunning's desk, and now she refuses to care about it anymore. She had no choice but to review it for him.

"Speaking of which, the husband always likes to delegate power when doing things, and he never asks about the things that can make others work hard." She thought so at the time, quite helpless.

By now, she was used to doing things every day, which was much more interesting than staying in the Ten Kings' Mansion.

Seeing that Qin Xiaozhu was restless, Chun Ning smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, after all, it's important business." ”

Ying'er and Qian Duoduo on the side were helping Chunning settle accounts, and the other was sorting out the manuscript of the stone record. Although he also wanted to see Wang Xiao in his heart, he didn't say it like Qin Xiaozhu did, and only occasionally raised his head to look outside.

Qin Xiaozhu glanced at the three of them and felt that these three girls were really stupid.

Of course, she was not anxious because Wang Xiao saw some bullshit envoy, but thought that "Jiang Sui" stuck to Wang Xiao all day long, but it was not good to say this to Chunning.

- Chunning, you are stupid, you are here to review the documents for him, and he is being ground by others outside......

"I'll go see him in the antechamber." Qin Xiaozhu said.

Chunning pulled her and stopped: "There is a foreign official, how can our female dependents get better?" ”

"What a foreign official." Qin Xiaozhu wrinkled his nose and said, "Then I am also a foreign official, and I am still a staff officer of the Military Aircraft Department." ”

"Yes, yes, Xiaozhu is very powerful."

Qin Xiaozhu heard this praise, and it was rare that he was a little happy and ashamed.

After sitting for a while, and finally getting to the end of the meal, Qin Xiaozhu stood up again and said, "I'll go and ask Wang Xiao to go back to the back to eat." ”

"Eh, Xiaozhu......" Chunning stretched out his hand to stop it, so he had to smile bitterly, "That's the front hall." ”

~~

Qin Xiaozhu ran all the way to the lobby, but he didn't see Wang Xiao, so he walked towards the study again.

When I was about to get to the study, I bypassed a corridor and suddenly saw the ugly girl Huazhi next to Tang Qianqian sitting there eating melon seeds.

"Miss Qin is here!" Hua Zhi turned his head and shouted, quite loudly.

She usually didn't care about Wang Xiao Tang Qianqian's door, but this time it was different, this time in the Yuguo Mansion, there was Princess Chunning in the back house. Huazhi still has to support Tang Qianqian.

As soon as Qin Xiaozhu heard this, he realized that there was a problem, and his feet flew quickly and ran towards the study.

"Hey, where are you going?" The melon seeds in Hua Zhi's hand spilled straight out, and slapped them towards Qin Xiaozhu with one palm.

With a "bang", the two slapped each other and took two steps back.

Hua Zhi shouted again: "Miss Qin is good kung fu!" ”

Qin Xiaozhu casually picked up the broom on the side and smashed it down at Hua Zhi, Hua Zhi took two steps back, and shouted, "Miss Qin, help me sweep the melon seed skin!" ”

shouted three times, even if he had reported the letter to the pair of dog men and women, Hua Zhi didn't bother to entangle with Qin Xiaozhu, clapped his hands, got up and jumped onto a courtyard wall.

Standing on the courtyard wall, she turned around again and said, "You came just in time, someone invited me to Daming Lake to eat boat food tonight, and I wanted to leave a long time ago." ”

"I don't care what you eat......

Qin Xiaozhu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he understood what it meant to come over to Huazhi.

- Humph! Really.

In the study, Wang, who had just put on his clothes, was stunned for a moment, wanting to speak without tears.

This wind, what kind of wind is this......

~~

That night, Chunning was suddenly pulled aside by Qin Xiaozhu.

"Chunning, you have to fight a little bit better, you know?" Qin Xiaozhu whispered with some hatred: "What's the use of you approving official documents all day long, people are very powerful!" ”

She gestured very seriously, thinking about the previous glimpse of herself, and muttered, "Better than us." ”

"Huh?" Chunning looked dazed......