Luodu Palace, inside the Qinzheng Palace.

"The hour has come, and hundreds of officials have entered the court." A little eunuch with a sharp voice shouted loudly.

The civil and military officials were divided into two shifts and began to slowly enter the palace of diligence.

After the hundred officials finished their shifts, the little eunuch shouted loudly: "I respectfully invite Your Majesty to come to the court." ”

After Guo Chun, the emperor of Great Qi wearing a dragon robe, sat down on the dragon chair, the little eunuch shouted loudly: "All the ministers give a salute. ”

"My emperor has no borders." The ministers bowed down and bowed.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received the report that my Qi'er led the soldiers of the Yong Army to fight a great victory in the western frontier, annihilating 100,000 Xirong elites, which shows that the rumors and rumors circulating in the capital recently are pure fabrication;

It just so happened that the general who came to report the victory was waiting outside the hall, and Hai Zhong announced that he would come up, and let me and you Aiqing hear how my general Xinghu'er annihilated 100,000 Xirong elites again. ”

"No! His Majesty has a decree to announce that Chen Shan, the general of the left guard of the White Tiger Army, will meet him. Hai Zhong stood on the steps of the majesty and shouted outside the hall.

Chen Shan, who was waiting outside the hall, heard the emperor announce that he had seen him, and immediately strode into the super large hall; When the ministers saw Chen Shan's meteor striding towards him, they all cast disdainful glances at Chen Shan, and their eyes were full of contempt.

"The last general, Chen Shan, the left guard general of the White Tiger Army, see Your Majesty, my emperor has a long life." Chen Shan walked to the bottom of the imperial stairs and knelt down with his legs.

"You kid is so real! Aiqing is flat! The Emperor said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

When Chen Shangang wanted to get up, he found that he couldn't stand up; It turned out that Chen Shan was still wearing dozens of pounds of iron armor at this time! Generally, generals wearing military uniforms stationed abroad enter Beijing to furnish the emperor, and they only need to kneel on one knee to salute, otherwise there will be an embarrassing situation like Chen Shan.

Chen Shan, who was standing on the imperial steps, beckoned, and the two little eunuchs standing under the imperial steps immediately stepped forward and helped Chen Shan up; Chen Shan, who was helped up, scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Chen Aiqing, tell me and all Aiqing, how did Qi'er lead you to annihilate the elite of the 100,000 Xirong army? What's the matter with the loss of Sanzhai in front? The emperor asked Chen Shan.

As soon as he heard the introduction of the battle situation, Chen Shan immediately came to his senses, and said to the emperor and his ministers with a gesture: "Your Majesty, you don't know the danger at that time!" General Xirong led an army of 150,000 to storm the defense line of Dazhenguan, and they launched a fierce attack without their lives;

And my lord, it is His Royal Highness King Yong who leads us to resist to the death! But how can the enemy army be strong, although our army blocked the onslaught of the Xirong army, but the losses are very huge, my lord looked at the fallen robes and brothers distressed!

So he took us to evacuate the first cottage, at that time the last general did not understand, but later the last general understood, my lord did this to show the enemy weakness, we withdrew three cottages in a row, just to paralyze the attacking Xirong army......

After seeing the fire in the west, my lord personally led the two guards and cavalry of the hussar army out of the city to meet the battle, and rushed into the enemy town first, rushing left and right to completely disrupt the enemy's position, just like the general star in the sky, the armor on the lord's body and the war horse under his crotch were stained red with blood......"

"Is Qi'er injured?"

"Your Majesty, you have finished listening to me! At this time, the ambush soldiers who were originally ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides were also killed......"

"The battle lasted from morning till dusk, and it was dark! By the time the battle was over, my lord had become a bloody man, and he had two broken arrows stuck in his left shoulder;

After my father-in-law took off the iron armor weighing dozens of pounds, the last general and others found that in addition to these two arrow wounds, my father-in-law also suffered three knife wounds and a gunshot wound, but fortunately, none of them were injured......

Chen Shan's speech was very wonderful, and every time it was critical, he didn't forget to stop and take a breath, hang the appetite of the emperor and ministers, and make the emperor and ministers feel like they were there.

"Okay, great, worthy of my tiger." The emperor said with great emotion.

"Chen Aiqing, the battle is so tragic, the casualties of the Yongjun army are not small, right?"

"Your Majesty declares that this battle has almost wiped out the Yongjun's family; The White Tiger Army, which was the main force in this battle, was almost wiped out, the Blue Dragon Army, the Vermilion Bird Army, and the Xuanwu Army all suffered more than half of the casualties, and the Hussars suffered the smallest casualties, also losing one-third. ”

"Hiss, hiss, hiss......" The ministers all took a breath of cool air when they heard this, although they didn't know the real casualty figures, but just listening to Chen Shan say this, the Yongjun army suffered at least half of the casualties.

The emperor frowned and continued to ask Chen Shan, "What is the establishment of this 'army'?" How many people are there in this 'army' under Qi'er? ”

"Your Majesty, this army is divided into two guards, left and right, plus a military headquarters of five hundred people, and each guard has six thousand men."

"So there are 12,500 soldiers and horses in one army, which is the same as the number of guards in my forbidden army." The emperor said thoughtfully: "In this way, there are only more than 30,000 people left in the Yong army under Qi'er's command. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, today's Longdi Mountain defense line seems to be as stable as Mount Tai, but in fact, it has been positive, if the Xirong army gathers more than 100,000 troops to attack again, I am afraid that my lord will really not be able to withstand it, and please ask Your Majesty to send troops to support the western frontier as soon as possible."

As soon as Chen Shan's words fell, the ministers muttered in a low voice: "If the Xirong army launches another attack, not to mention that the defense line of Longdi Mountain will be lost again?" ”

"Once the defense line of Longdi Mountain is lost, the Xirong army can drive straight in, and the entire Guanzhong may not be able to be saved."

"It's not just Guanzhong, I'm afraid that the Xirong army will be in Luodu by then."

"Yes! What can I do? ”

……

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." Lu Han, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said.

"Quasi-play."

"Your Majesty, although more than half of the casualties of the Yong army under His Royal Highness King Yong, there are still 50,000 elite Western Army under the command of King Yong, and they will be safe in the pass."

"Yes! Oh, yes! His Royal Highness King Yong still has 50,000 elites of the Western Army! In this way, His Royal Highness King Yong still has at least 80,000 troops......" the ministers began to mumble again.

"Your Majesty, this Lord; Although there are still 50,000 Western troops in Western Xinjiang, as far as the last general knows, these troops are all stationed in Gyeongju, Yanzhou, Ningzhou and other places. ”

"Right now, I don't have any extra troops to send to the western frontier, I didn't send troops to support Qi'er before, isn't he still guarding the western frontier!" The emperor said expressionlessly: "Say it! Is that stinky boy some kind of idea? ”

"Your Majesty." Chen Shan took out a book from his bosom and said: "My lord said that as long as there are enough people, he will be sure to hold the defense line of Longdi Mountain, but Your Majesty, you also know that the land of Yongdi is barren and the population is sparse, as long as you can be a soldier, you will be pulled to Longdi Mountain by my lord;

Therefore, my lord, I hope that Your Majesty can grant permission to the Yongjun army to recruit troops in Guanzhong, Gyeonggi and other places to supplement the losses of the Yongjung. ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Zuo Prime Minister Wen Yitao immediately stood up and objected: "Since ancient times, there has never been an emperor who allowed a local vassal king to recruit troops outside the territory under his jurisdiction, Your Majesty can't open this mouth, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" ”