The war lasted for three months and ended in the defeat of the Chengguo army.

The imperial court did not want to let Chengguo go like this, but took advantage of the victory to pursue, and there was a tendency to directly occupy Chengguo as its own. Emperor Chengguo was horrified and added another 100,000 horses, which barely contained the offensive of the imperial court.

When the news reached the capital, the emperor was very happy, and asked the ministers with the battle report, "Do you think that the next battle is to fight?" ”

After all, now the army of the imperial court has obvious advantages, and the villains of the country are vainly trying to take advantage of the weakness of the imperial court, so they should be taught a lesson, and some say that they can stop, after all, the war consumes the imperial court quite a lot, if it continues, the people will complain, which is really not conducive to the rule of the imperial court.

The people are the foundation of a country, and we cannot ignore the people because of our own selfish interests

The emperor pondered for a moment, and finally made an order to let General Zuo's squad return to the court.

On the day General Zuo returned to Beijing, the emperor personally went out of the city to greet him, which can be described as a great favor. The ministers in the court have a hunch that this general Zuo is afraid that he will become an upstart in the court. In the face of the emperor's vigorous praise, General Zuo was not arrogant or impatient, and the emperor was greatly surprised and impressed.

"General Zuo and all the soldiers will go back to the house first, take a short rest, and in the evening, I will let people prepare a palace banquet to reward you."

After Emperor Lang finished speaking, he gave Xiao Anzi a look, Xiao Anzi understood, and then went to the mansion of a deputy general and quietly brought people into the palace. This person is the person who the emperor placed next to General Zuo at the beginning.

"The last general will knock on the emperor." The lieutenant saluted respectfully.

The emperor waved his hand and said with a pleasant face, "No need to be polite, it's hard work." ”

In the face of the emperor's courtesy, the deputy general still firmly finished the salute, "Do things for Your Majesty and protect thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and the last general will not feel hard." ”

The emperor was overjoyed, and waved his robe sleeves, "Okay, very good, you are here, have you found anything abnormal?" ”

This is the reason why the emperor summoned people over, after all, he was in the temple, and he didn't know what General Zuo did at the border pass, although General Zuo won the battle, but it was not his cronies in the end, and the emperor was still a little jealous.

The adjutant general pondered for a moment, "My subordinates have always kept in mind His Majesty's instructions and always paid attention to General Zuo's actions. ”

The Emperor's fingers tapped on the tabletop, his eyes darkened, "Has he been in contact with anyone?" ”

"My subordinates don't know, but General Zuo is worried about the battlefield every day, and he shouldn't have time to contact people." The adjutant general reported according to the facts.

When the emperor heard this, he was in a very good mood and waved his hand to let people go down.

Xiao Anzi came in to serve, "Your Majesty, let the slave change your clothes, it will be a palace banquet later." ”

The emperor bowed slightly, "Yes, General Zuo has won the battle, I should go to see them with the most spirited appearance, Xiao Anzi, come, change my clothes." ”

"Yes, the minions obey."

Xiao Anzi tiptoed and served the emperor personally.

"When I decided to recruit strange people from all over the world, there were some pedantic old things who disagreed, and now it seems that my decision is completely correct." The Emperor snorted.

Xiao Anzi complimented, "That's nature, Your Majesty's vision, no one can match." ”

The emperor laughed heartily and pointed at Xiao Anzi with one hand, "You, you, you will be a sycophant." ”

Xiao Anzi's eyes narrowed when he smiled, "The slave is telling the truth. ”

"Therefore, I want to reward these people heavily, so that they can completely become my cronies, in this way, what else will the King of Chu and Xie Yutang do to fight with me, hmph, don't think that with a Xie Yutang, you can do anything, I will have countless Xie Yutang in the future!"

At the beginning of the palace banquet, because it was a celebration banquet for General Zuo and other generals, the other ministers had to stand aside, and the emperor personally went over to toast General Zuo, which moved General Zuo very much.

"This is what the general deserves, and you don't need to be polite." The emperor affectionately patted General Zuo on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." General Zuo was flattered.

The emperor was actually a little disappointed, he thought that General Zuo would say that he would be dead and dead, but from beginning to end, General Zuo did not say anything, so he comforted himself in his heart, not to say nothing, maybe General Zuo is just more introverted, looking at his generous face, it is the talent he urgently needs to cultivate.

The emperor also ordered other ministers to come up and toast the soldiers, some were very unhappy, some were quiet, and some were sincerely celebrating.

The military department Shangshu stepped forward with a wine glass and said sincerely, "The general has made this great achievement, which is really a blessing for the court, and the old man admires it, this cup, respect the general." ”

General Zuo hurriedly picked up the wine glass, "Your Excellency is polite, Zuo is ashamed." ”

When the two were drinking, they quietly exchanged glances, and no one present noticed it.

Under the cover of his sleeve, the secretary of the military department said softly, "General Xie is quite satisfied, and I ask General Zuo to make persistent efforts." ”

"Zuo must live up to his mission."

The secretary of the military department nodded almost invisibly, and then walked away, and another person came over and continued to talk with General Zuo.

General Xie is too prescient, if General Zuo can only fight and knows nothing about this kind of human contact, then the next thing will be very difficult.

At the end of the celebration banquet, the emperor named General Zuo as the general of the world's soldiers and horses on the spot, holding a tiger talisman and commanding the three armies, and the emperor also handed over the token of the leader of the Jinyi Guard to him. Other soldiers have also been rewarded to a greater or lesser extent, in addition to being promoted to the rank of knight, there are also a large number of financial rewards.

Some people don't have a taste for it, originally the forces in the court and China were fixed, involved with each other, and the emperor also knew it, but now the other party suddenly promoted so many people, and it was clear that they were cultivating their cronies, and some people felt the crisis, and got together after the next dynasty to guess the emperor's meaning.

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is normal for Your Majesty to do this, we are all old, it is time to retreat and give the young people a stage."

"Lao Yang, what you said is good, are you willing to retreat, besides, the old man is only fifty years old, where did he retire like this."

"Then what should I do, this is what Your Majesty meant, you dare to disobey and die? The example of the King of Chu is right in front of you, he is still His Majesty's brother, even if you are unwilling, you have to weigh your identity. ”

After saying this, everyone present couldn't help but be silent.

The injection of new forces is inevitable, and they have no choice but to accept it, but everyone has their own ghosts in their hearts and waits to see what happens.

At the same time, in the side hall, the king of Chu knew for the first time that General Zuo and others had been rewarded, and his expression was calm, and he only let out a faint sigh.

"Lord Wang, we should be able to go out very well." A little chamberlain who had been following King Chu said happily.

After being imprisoned for more than half a year, the king of Chu seemed to be doing nothing, but in fact, he saw the situation in the court clearly.

He slowly stirred the ashes in the incense burner, glanced at the little chamberlain, and said slowly, "I will mention this in the future, let people hear it, and think of me as someone." ”

"Yes, the slave knows." The little waiter lowered his head in fear and didn't dare to say anything.

The current situation of the king of Chu can be described as walking on thin ice, I don't know how many eyeliners have been planted in this side hall, and if he is not careful, he will never recover.

The prince can endure it, but he can't drag the prince back.

After thinking about it, the little waiter suppressed the excitement in his heart, and just did what he had to do.

At the same time, in the prison, Xie Yutang rolled up the letter he had read, and a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

Everything went as he expected, and it went very well. But that's just the beginning, and that's where the real action comes in.

The corners of Xie Yutang's mouth slowly hooked. When the cell boss and the jailer saw it, they all felt that Xie Yutang was crazy, what was there to laugh about, the court won the battle, which was not a good thing for him, because this meant that the emperor was free to clean him up.

Xie Yutang is also really big-hearted, and he is still not in a hurry after staying in the prison for so long.

"Alas, if this were me, I would be dying, General Xie is really different from me and other mortals."

"Hey, he's still a general Xie, now he's just a prisoner, haven't you heard, now General Zuo has just been named the general of the world's soldiers and horses, and Jinyiwei is also in his hands, that's the real power. Can Xie Yutang compare? ”

"That's what I said, so this one in it is destined to be finished?"

"Nine times out of ten."

Xie Yutang listened to these discussions, unmoved, what should he still do, the military department Shangshu asked him in the letter if he wanted to take any measures to rescue him, Xie Yutang refused.

He didn't have to do anything, and soon after, he would be able to get out of here.

On the other side, the Nine Princes are also secretly returning to Beijing.

Chi Wan already knew in her heart that Xie Yutang did not want to betray the country, on the contrary, this war with Chengguo could be won, and Xie Yutang was inseparable, so she was not so angry, and she was willing to come back with the Nine Princes.

However, in the past two days, she felt that the Nine Princes were a little weird, and Chi Wan tentatively told the Nine Princes whether she could rescue Xie Yutang, but the Nine Princes were noncommittal, and only said that it was up to His Majesty to decide.

Chi Wan sensed something strange in his heart, since he won the battle, the Nine Princes had always been preoccupied, perhaps, he was worried about the other imprisoned brothers?

And what she didn't know was that the reason why the Nine Princes were so entangled was because he found that most of the reason why he was able to win a big victory over Chengguo this time was because Xie Yutang was remotely commanding from behind, and this person's ability was so treacherous, which was not a good thing for the royal family.