In the fourteenth year of Liyang, the first day of the fourth month

The weather gradually warmed up, and the people were able to take off their jackets and coats and put on spring clothes again, and the sky and earth were slowly covered with a layer of green.

Forces nouvelles camps

Yan Kui, with Guangshan and a few guards, was inspecting the new batch of grain, and He Chun hurried over.

"Captain, letter from the front."

After nearly a year in the army, Yan Kui's young men have gradually matured, and their title for Yan Kui has also changed, from the former second brother to the current captain and adult.

To tell the truth, He Chun is right to call Yan Kui like this, so formal, the shouting of the second brother and the second brother in the past, although they are close, is easy to make the rest of the generals have different thoughts, which is not conducive to Yan Kui leading the generals, and also affects everyone's unity.

However, although he knew that He Chun was doing the right thing and it was for his own good, Yan Kui sometimes felt a little awkward when he heard them call him official.

Maybe Yan Kui himself knows that now, they can't go back, and the teenagers who called him his second brother with a green face at the beginning have now grown step by step into the elite of the army.

Everyone has matured, but the relationship has slowly become estranged, and they used to be little brothers, but now they are hierarchical superiors and subordinates.........

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"Captain? Lieutenant. ”

He Chun's two soft exhalations woke up Yan Kui, who was a little stunned, he shook his head and asked.

"What's going on on the front?"

He Chun took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yan Kui, Yan Kui glanced up and down a few times, and said with a smile.

"It's okay, after a month of fighting, I finally pushed the battle line to the mountainside, and the chief soldier is worthy of using soldiers like a god."

Yan Kui's tone was mocking when he said this, and anyone could hear it, and he ridiculed and ridiculed Hong Guangbing, who was "like a god with soldiers".

"You can see the casualties." Yan Kui put the paper away, and then looked at He Chun.

There are not many words on this piece of paper, just a brief report on the military situation, and Yan Kui has to ask He Chun, who is in charge of the black-clothed guard, about the specific situation.

He Chun did not live up to Yan Kui's expectations, and replied softly when he heard this: "The specific number is not clear, but according to the analysis of the situation some time ago, the number of casualties on the front line is at least 3,000, of which I am afraid that more than 1,000 were killed in battle." ”

Yan Kui frowned: "Fight so badly? ”

1,000 soldiers were killed in the battle, and the total number of casualties was more than 3,000.

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Seeing Yan Kui's expression, He Chun also roughly understood Yan Kui's thoughts, and sneered: "According to our intelligence, the battle in the first line of heaven is not effective, and the upper authorities have begun to hold them accountable.

Therefore, the old man of the general soldier has to work hard to achieve results, and he must see hope to some extent, so that he will not be blamed, as for the casualties of the soldiers below for this, how can there be no dead in the war. ”

What He Chun said was not much better than Yan Kui's tone before, and it was even more vicious, but Yan Kui was a little relieved when he heard it, and he smiled on his face.

"We don't care how he fools the above, you just keep an eye on him, there are too many casualties in front, I'm afraid this old man can't sit still, if it's not good, I'll have to be transferred to the front line as a substitute for the dead ghost, we have to guard against it."

He Chun nodded solemnly, as the commander of the black-clothed guards, in charge of the intelligence in the army, he could reflect on how powerful this matter was.

Facts have proved that Yan Kui's consideration is not superfluous, but very prescient, on the afternoon of the day he finished talking to He Chun, Yan Kui received an order from Hong Guangbing, asking him to take the new army to the front line of support.

Although he was a little reluctant, Yan Kui also knew that he would not be able to avoid this battle after all, so on the morning of the second day of the fourth lunar month, Yan Kui led his troops to set off and arrived at the first-line Tianguan army camp in the evening.

Just when Yan Kui was about to participate in the battle against the First Line of Heaven, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, thousands of miles away, several people were plotting an earth-shattering event.

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Ming Jing, the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty

Imperial Palace, Jade Pole Hall

At this time, there was a fierce quarrel, and a fat man with a round body was shouting at the person in front of him with excitement.

"Impossible, send troops two months in advance, King Li, do you know what this means, 400,000 troops, if you are not careful, if something goes wrong, can you afford to take responsibility."

Facing the fat man's roar, the middle-aged man who was called King Li had a calm expression.

"Ning Xiang, this king also knows that it is taboo for soldiers to move troops in advance, but the soldiers are expensive and fast, and sometimes the battle is just a sudden word.

At present, the Northern Jin Dynasty already knows the news that we will raise troops, and if we continue to prepare slowly and methodically, although it is stable, we have also missed the best opportunity.

At that time, in the face of the same well-prepared Northern Jin army, even if my Great Zhou army of 400,000 attacked, it would be difficult to say that it would achieve great results. ”

Ning Xiang was a little stunned by King Li, but he still forced himself to say: "No matter what you say, I, Ning Dewen, as the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, can't watch you take 400,000 soldiers to take risks, King Li, you should die." ”

Looking at the fat man Ning Xiang's stubborn appearance, King Li was also a little angry, and his brows were slightly frowned: "The imperial court spent countless manpower and material resources to raise an army of 400,000 people, in order to greatly defeat the Northern Jin Dynasty and increase the national strength of my Great Zhou. ”

Ning Xiang was not convinced, and was about to open his mouth to argue, when a pleasant and magnetic female voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Alright, you two don't quarrel anymore."

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A few feet crossed the vermilion threshold, and a beautiful palace maid helped a gorgeously dressed woman with a graceful temperament slowly walked into the hall, and Ning Xiang and Li Wang hurriedly bowed down to the woman.

"The minister (brother) has seen the queen mother."

"Get up."

The woman, that is, the Empress Dowager of the Western Zhou Dynasty, raised her hand and asked the two to get up, and the little emperor, who was a little sleepy just now sitting on the dragon chair listening to the quarrel between the two kings below, saw his mother come in, and hurriedly got up from the dragon chair and came down to the royal platform to greet him.

"The son has seen the queen mother."

The Empress Dowager of the Western Zhou Dynasty personally helped the little emperor up, and touched the little emperor's head with a kind face: "The queen mother heard that there was a dispute between the emperor's uncle and uncle, so she came to take a look." ”

Ning Xiang and King Li, who had just gotten up, knelt down again when they heard this: "Disturb the Queen Mother, the minister (minister's brother) is guilty." ”

"It doesn't matter."

The Empress Dowager of the Western Zhou Dynasty waved her hand and pulled the little emperor to the imperial platform, and a eunuch had already moved a jade chair to put next to the dragon chair, and the Empress Dowager of the Western Zhou Dynasty asked the little emperor to sit back on the dragon chair, and sat down on the jade chair by herself, and opened her mouth lightly.

"It just so happens that the mourning family is also here, if you two have anything to say, you might as well make it clear."

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The Western Zhou Dynasty has been established for 52 years, only one year later than the Northern Jin Dynasty, the first of the three kingdoms, and has been passed down to three dynasties.

The founding emperor Ji Li, is a nobleman born in the previous dynasty, once an official to Su, and two states of the state pastor, the power of the government and the opposition, and later the former dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Jin Dynasty Taizu, Ji Li set himself up as the king, and then after four conquests, controlled the four states of Su, and, Ning, and You, and established the Western Zhou Dynasty, reigning for 40 years,

Because Zhou Taizu reigned for too long, the older princes in front of him died one after another, so the throne fell on the head of the sixth prince Ji Shan.

Ji Shan was born weak and sickly, reigned for seven years, and died in his early thirties, leaving only a pair of orphans and widows, who sat on the throne with the support of the ministers.

The little emperor of Fang Cai is now the son of heaven in the Western Zhou Dynasty, named Himeno, with the year name Amano, who has reigned for five years, and is only fourteen years old.

At that time, the young Emperor Amano had just succeeded to the throne, because he was still young and could not handle state affairs in person, so the Empress Dowager Ning listened to the government, and in the court, there were three auxiliary ministers left by the previous emperor to govern.

However, with the passage of five years, the original emperor Zhou Taizong Ji Shan left three auxiliary ministers, one was killed, and one was forced to retire, leaving only the son of Taizu, the younger brother of Taizong, and the emperor's uncle, the general, and the prince of Li Ji Linbing in the court, that is, the middle-aged man who was not angry and arrogant among the two who had just quarreled in the palace.

And the fat man Ning Xiang, another of the two, is also very promising, he is the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Ning, the uncle of Emperor Amano, the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the head of the hundred officials.

At present, the emperor, the queen mother, the prime minister, the general, and the four people with the highest power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty gathered here to discuss the period when the army was dispatched, no matter what the decision was, it would implicate the fate of countless people in the Jin and Zhou countries.