Two days later, at noon, the East Warm Pavilion in the Youbei Palace, which was originally a quiet study room for His Majesty to rest, was crowded at this time. The people who stand outside the door with their hands down, all of them are well-known big people on the three roads in Youbei. Youbei imitated the Beiyan Dynasty to carry out a restructuring, and all the six Shangshu and the squire were all present, one main and two deputies, and a total of eighteen members of the court. At this time, the eighteen Youbei pillars were all attached to the root of the wall, as neat as stickers in a big iron pot, and they didn't even dare to gasp for air.

In the East Warm Pavilion, it is not quiet at this time. The person standing behind the door to guard was Yan Chongwu, the only prince general of the dynasty; And the man leaning next to the moon arch was Li Zilin, the governor of Guanbei Road; The acting governor of Zhongshan Road, Lord Gu Huigu, is now in front of the imperial study to look at the collection of His Majesty the Xingping Emperor; As for the whole room, there are only four people who are qualified to sit in chairs.

Xingping Emperor Yan Qinghong; Queen Deng Li'er, who has restored her family name; Wan Changning, the lame prime minister with his legs ruined, and Shen Gui, who has just returned to his homeland in the north.

Empress Deng watched her righteous brother and life-saving benefactor Shen Gui, and after gobbling up a bowl of bird's nest porridge, she asked in a slightly distressed tone:

"Would you like to bring another bowl? After Shuqing's girl came back, she pestered the master of the imperial kitchen to learn a few tricks, and now the craftsmanship has ......"

Yan Qinghong frowned when he heard this, coughed lightly twice, and the queen mother didn't say anything more. And he turned around, looked at the empty bowl in front of Shen Gui and asked:

"Have you eaten enough?"

"Almost. How is it, Sun Laodi? When will my injuries be healed? ”

Just as Shen Gui was drinking porridge, Sun Baishu, who had now been promoted to the deputy head of the Tai Hospital, had been frowning and checking his injuries. Now listening to Shen Gui's question, Sun Baishu also replied with some shame:

"There's nothing I can do, or I'll go to your concubine...... Lord Lee, right? ”

"Waste snacks, what to do, what to eat, not enough! Forget it, so let's talk about it directly? ”

When Yan Qinghong heard Shen Gui say this, he immediately gave Sun Baishu and Empress Deng a look; The two also retired with knowledge and interest; And Shen Gui looked at Yan Qinghong, who had grown a beard, with great interest, and smacked his lips in a weird way:

"Tut-tut, after becoming an emperor, people are different! Now you are so majestic! ”

"Would you like to try the taste of majesty? All you have to do now is nod your head, and I'll ...... right away."

"You better keep that chair for yourself, I can't do the work of those mothers-in-law......"

"Huh? I saw that your injury just now is not light, I'll treat you......"

The two gentlemen and ministers were talking about mischievous words, and they were about to make a mess with their hands and feet; Prime Minister Wan Cheng, who was sitting in a wheelchair by the window, frowned, raised his left hand into a fist, and coughed lightly twice, thinking that there were still Li Zilin and Gu Hui present at the moment, and he had to remind the two of them to pay attention to proportion:

"Ahem!"

"Wan lame, do you have a cold? Strange thing, you can get cold when you sit in the house every day? Bite? Got rid of the wheelchair race with other lame people? ”

……

With someone like Shen Gui who can't chat, everyone can only watch like this; It wasn't until the two monarchs and ministers had fun playing that Shen Gui tugged at the placket of his deformed clothes and waved his hand towards Wan Changning:

"Shake your little chair and bring everything up. Let me also take a good look at what kind of demon moths they have secretly made in our house......"

Just looking at Wan Changning's legs and feet, it is obviously a little embarrassing to ask him to get the file. Prime Minister Wan Cheng was not angry with Shen Gui, but just nodded towards Li Zilin, and pulled a wooden cart from the corner, which was filled with all kinds of account books and books, which made people feel extremely bored just by looking at it:

"King of the Mountains, this is a summary of the events that have been related to the truth of hearing or may be involved in the past two years or so; Most of it is Fu ...... The rest is made up by Prime Minister Wan and his subordinates. ”

After Shen Gui heard the word "Fu", his heart immediately throbbed like a pinprick; He raised his head, squinted at Li Zilin, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said angrily:

"Li Zilin, right? can survive to this day under the strict control of the Li family's relatives, you can be regarded as a talent, but people owe a little. Governor Li brought this cart of files, this is to test Shen's eyesight? Aren't you afraid that after I marry your eldest lady, I will buy you a pair of small shoes to wear? ”

"The subordinates don't dare."

Shen Gui looked at the dense ledgers, and he didn't even have the interest of turning a page casually; He twisted his neck and shouted to Master Gu, who was working hard in front of the study:

"Brother Gu! Brother Gu! ”

Gu Hui had been immersed in the ocean of knowledge and swimming happily, and it was not until Shen Gui's call heard in his ears at this time that he barely came back to his senses.

"Next...... Xia Guan is here. ”

"How's the battle on Zhongshan Road?"

"War ...... Not too optimistic......"

As Gu Hui said, now that Guo Xing's troops are pressing the border, the entire Taining County has also been burned to a scorched earth; As the acting governor of Zhongshan Road, he should have been busy; But being able to be summoned to Beijing at this time was also due to his status as a puppet governor. And his wife Huang Yumei is sitting in the back hall of the government in Qingshan City, immersed in the vast accounts and scheduling rules all day long, and even the time to rest is very rare.

The two armies had just clashed at Tay Ninh not long ago, and they had joined forces to stage a siege battle in which both sides were defeated. Judging from the post-war analysis, there were major mistakes in the commanders of both sides of the battle.

For the Youbei side, as the person in charge of Zhongshan Road and even the battle against Mobei, General Ding Shuo of Taining, should bear full responsibility for this tragic and tragic defeat! However, considering that the current war situation is in full swing, changing generals in battle is even more taboo in the army; In desperation, Emperor Xingping decided to temporarily withhold his defeat and begging crimes, and give him another chance to make up for his mistakes.

In fact, putting aside the perspective of consequentialism, Ding Shuo's defeat in this battle was purely accidental, and there was no huge flaw in the deployment of troops; He was just caught off guard by Guo Xing, who suddenly appeared, after all, who would have thought that the tentacles of Di Ting could reach such a distant position, and even join forces with the Huashen Sect, which almost touched the hearts of most of the people in Northern Yan, to support the little-known Shenshi tribe together?

Ding Shuo's plans and calculations in advance were all based on the practice of using troops in Mobei in previous years, at least before the war began, it could be called the right medicine. But who would have thought that the Mobei people, who had been tormented by the "siege difficulty" for hundreds of years, would suddenly recover?

Ding Shuo's focus of defense was all on those Mobei iron riders who came and went like the wind; Therefore, in his view, the other party's battle is still a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and secretly Chen Cang. Otherwise, how could he strictly order the defenders of the cities not to act without authorization, and maintain the basic strategy of clearing the wilderness and defending the city?

Moreover, although Ding Shuo is just a little-known young general, Li Zilin, who recommended him, is an extremely smart and understanding person. Presumably, those who can enter Li Zilin's eyes will never be ossified so much with their military techniques.

Of course, for Guo Xing, the commander of the Mobei side, this battle is also not a big victory and a happy start.

The invincible reputation of Mobei Iron Riding in the world has long been a recognized fact in Huayu Continent. Everyone had secretly guessed: If these invincible Mobei barbarians were supported by weapons, armor and siege equipment, then the people who could finally dominate the Huayu Continent would no longer need to think about others!

And Guo Xing got such a rare opportunity, a chance to put wings on the tigers coming down the mountain! However, the flying tiger of the Shenshi tribe was beaten by more than 2,000 second-rate defenders in Taining County in the first battle of Zhongshan Road! Under the condition that all factors such as armament, grain and grass, equipment, and troops are superior, they can use the method of sudden cold arrows to storm a small county on the northern border!

There is such a huge disparity in strength, and you have no intention of it, and you have been blocked by the other party for a whole day and night! This is equivalent to an adult strong man with a bow and a knife, secretly sneaking up on a bare-ass doll with a clear nose; As a result, the kid knocked out a full mouth of teeth with three punches and two kicks, and also broke a nose bone!

This kind of battle with an extremely large disparity in strength between the two sides, even if it is a devastating victory, cannot demonstrate Guo Xing's skill in using troops; What's more, he spent so much manpower and material resources, but only cooked a pot of raw rice?

For Guo Xing, this is not only a tactical failure, but also a strategic failure.

Since the final battle of the East Customs, which attracted worldwide attention, the reputation of his Guo family has taken a sharp turn for the worse, from the pillar of Beiyan to the well-known laughing stock; And it is foreseeable that this whole battle of Pingbei will inevitably become a must-read classic example for future generations of soldiers; And the two generations of his Guo family will also become an annotation and proof of Shen Gui's way of using soldiers.

At this moment, the flames of war have been rekindled; And the various dynasties and factions that took the initiative to participate in this carnival, each party had a small abacus in their hearts. And Guo Xing's fundamental intention is to use the power of the Shenshi tribe to stand in front of the table of Huayu Continent again and get a chance to turn the tables.

He just wants to defeat Shen Gui with his own hands, use his head and blood, and restore the former glory of the Guo family!

In fact, his thoughts are also very obvious, including his new master, the Chaolu Khan King of the Shenshi Clan, everyone who knows his identity knows it. From the perspective of grain and grass supply, it is obviously more cost-effective to first sweep the East Youlu Road, which is known as the granary of Youbei; And if it is to quickly destroy Youbei, then it should also attack from Guanbei Road and go straight to Fengjing!

Maybe it's because the disparity in the strength of the two armies is too great, and Guo Xing's backstage boss also thinks that the destruction of Youbei Third Road is already a sure thing, so he will hand over the absolute autonomy of the soldiers in exchange for Guo Xing's pure heart, right?