As early as when Xiao Yao took Chen Xu's order and was fully preparing all kinds of military supplies for the forward brigade, Gao Changgong, who was sitting in Xuzhou, had already guessed that Xiao Yao was going to reappear in the rivers and lakes after receiving the information!

And Gao Changgong is not a reckless man, let alone an arrogant person, he will not kill 30,000 Chen soldiers because of the previous victory in the Battle of Xuzhou!

Even though it was rumored in the world that Xiao Yao had lost his fighting spirit, lost his ambition to return to the battlefield, and became a waste who only had fun with beautiful women, but in the eyes of Gao Changgong, Xiao Yao was still a scheming and unfathomable person, and Xiao Yao was full of mystery and would give you an unexpected fatal attack at any time!

Therefore, he has been paying attention to Xiao Yao's situation, always on guard, and asked Zhang Dabao to rectify and correct according to the various problems exposed during the last battle with Chen Jun, in order to turn his artillery unit into a main force that can compete with Xiao Yao, the inventor!

But because Chen Shubao was suddenly confined to the East Palace by Chen Xu, and he was unable to meet Zhang Dai and them, Yinhai Commercial Bank couldn't get any specific information about Xiao Yao's expedition to Huaibei, and could only be like the general public, only knowing that Xiao Yao didn't know what strange weapons he was inventing!

Xiao Yao not only mobilized a large number of materials and personnel to make various weapons, but also used a large amount of metal copper to make hundreds of thousands of copper tubes, and then loaded them with black powder, and then pressed into a lead warhead to make a metal rod the size of a finger, and he didn't know how to use it at all!

When these fragmentary pieces of information were sent to Gao Changgong's hands, Gao Changgong also frowned all the time, puzzled: Zhang Dabao told him that these small things made of copper are called bullets, which are the special weapons for the self-defense pistol in Xiao Yao's hand, but Xiao Yao made hundreds of thousands of them at once, so he really can't imagine what Xiao Yao is calculating, could it be that he has made a large number of those self-defense pistols?

But according to Zhang Dabao, the range of these pistols is completely inferior to those Nimi muskets, not to mention artillery, and even muskets are not comparable to their power! But Xiao Yao didn't make artillery, but wasted so much manpower and material resources to make such a large number of these metal-shelled bullets, according to his insidious and cunning character, Xiao Yao must be making some mysterious weapon to attack Xuzhou!

Therefore, in order to guard against Xiao Yao's attack, Gao Changgong stepped up the reserve of strategic materials on the one hand, and produced a large number of inferior black powder and earth bombs, and on the other hand, he sent people back to Yecheng to ask Gao Wei for reinforcements!

But the situation on Yecheng's side is completely beyond Gao Changgong's imagination!

Because Gao Wei is still indulging in a life of debauchery, he has not been affected by the frequent mobilization of Chen Jun and the critical situation that the war in Huaibei is about to break out!

Moreover, the ministers in power in the court were still busy fighting for power and profit, and did not hand over the emergency situation in Huaibei and Gao Changgong's letter for help to Gao Wei in a timely manner.

Gao Wei did not go to the court, which caused the ministers in the court to be unable to discuss state affairs with Gao Wei, and the Empress Dowager Hu and Lu Lingxuan in the harem were also busy deceitful and secretly fighting, fighting in the harem, trying to win back Gao Wei's attention, and did not let Gao Wei have the energy to pay attention to the national affairs in the court!

After Hu Luguang's family was killed and exterminated by Gao Wei, Gao Wei immediately abolished Hu Luguang's daughter's position as queen and demoted her to a commoner, but after the queen's position was vacated, it aroused the covetousness of Empress Dowager Hu and Lu Lingxuan.

Empress Dowager Hu wanted Gao Wei to make her brother's daughter Hu Zhaoyi the queen, but because Gao Wei had always been angry about her fornication and immorality, she didn't listen to Empress Dowager Hu's words, which made Empress Dowager Hu feel a little powerless in the matter of changing the queen, so Empress Dowager Hu put down the figure of the Empress Dowager, and used a humble and polite tone and valuable gifts to win over and please Gao Wei's most trusted Lu Lingxuan, and also married Lu Lingxuan, who was from a low background, and wanted Lu Lingxuan to help her!

In fact, Lu Lingxuan originally wanted Gao Wei to make her goddaughter Mrs. Mu the queen, but seeing that this Hu Zhaoyi was more and more favored by Gao Wei, and Gao Wei was a smooth donkey, and he must not go against his wishes, so Lu Lingxuan could only agree to the Empress Dowager Hu, and then made a proposal to Gao Wei with Zu Yan, asking Hu Zhaoyi to be the queen.

When Gao Wei established his cousin as the queen, who he liked very much, he was naturally not so tired and disgusted with his mother Empress Dowager Hu, so seeing that Empress Dowager Hu's power in the harem was showing signs of re-emerging, it was Lu Lingxuan's turn to be unhappy.

Establishing Hu Zhaoyi as the queen is actually not Lu Lingxuan's original intention, she has always wanted her goddaughter Mu Zhaoyi to sit on the throne of the queen, so she wanted to play the family card, and said to Gao Wei in private: "Mu Zhaoyi has given birth to a son for His Majesty, and has also been canonized as the crown prince by His Majesty, but the identity of the mother of the crown prince of Daqi is still a concubine rather than the queen of the world, doesn't this make the world laugh!" ”

But at this time, Gao Wei only had Queen Hu in his eyes, so Gao Wei didn't follow Lu Lingxuan's advice and fell for her trick!

So Lu Ling used the second trick, first let the warlock perform the witchcraft of the curse, and in just half a month, it made Queen Hu start to be a little in a trance, and it was a little abnormal to speak and smile, which made Gao Wei start to feel scared, and he began to like this Queen Hu so much in his heart.

One day, Lu Lingxuan asked Mu Zhaoyi to put on the queen's crown dress, and made another gorgeous tent, and also placed all kinds of precious and peculiar pillow utensils and toys, and then asked Mu Zhaoyi to sit in the tent, and said to Gao Wei: "I found a virtuous woman, please go and see it." ”

Gao Wei saw a Mu Zhaoyi who was different from usual, and was really attracted, and then Lu Lingxuan continued: "Such a virtuous woman is not a queen, who else is worthy of being a queen!" ”

So, Gao Wei, who had a big color heart, adopted Lu Lingxuan's suggestion and made Mu Zhaoyi the right queen and Queen Hu the left queen!

But the competition for favor in the harem of Qi continues, because Lu Lingxuan is not a person who is willing to share with others! So when Lu Lingxuan's goddaughter became the right queen, she began to plan how to deal with Queen Hu!

Just when Gao Changgong sent the urgent report that Xiao Yao had crossed the Yangtze River and led the forward brigade to return to the Huainan area, and sent it to Yecheng quickly, Gao Wei was still busy dealing with the mess in his harem!

On this day, Lu Lingxuan deliberately said angrily in front of Empress Dowager Hu: "There is such a niece in this world, who is so bold and unfilial, and says such things in front of others!" ”

Empress Dowager Hu was really fooled, so she immediately asked her what she was talking about!

And before Lu Lingxuan deliberately asked Empress Dowager Hu to ask him many times, he pretended to be angry and said: "That Empress Hu actually told Your Majesty today that the Empress Dowager has many shameless behaviors, so it is not enough to be trained!" ”

Sure enough, the Queen Mother, who heard that her scars were exposed, was furious, thinking that Queen Hu was satirizing her for not abiding by women's morals and fornicating with other men in the harem! So Empress Dowager Hu immediately called Empress Hu out, had her hair shaved, and drove her out of the palace!

As a result, the Hu family, who had only been the queen for a few months, was demoted to a commoner by Gao Wei and lost in the battle for favor in the harem!