Hua Mulan just casually said a few words of comfort, but she didn't expect that the speaker had no intention of listening, and after the banquet dispersed, Yuan He ordered the servants to enter the palace overnight with the treasures in the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager.

That night, except for his family, no one knew that Genga went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager Bao, and he didn't know what Genga said after meeting the Empress Dowager Bao. After the next day, in the main hall, Yuan He was named the palace Shangshu, since the original palace Shangshu pulled out the thirsty marquis and the inner capital of the general Yanpu was killed, these two positions have been vacant, Yuan He just made up for this lack this time.

The ministers understood that Yuan He must have hugged the thigh of the Empress Dowager Dou, or that Zong Ai was speaking for him.

As for the generals who fled from the Liaodong battlefield with Wei and others, they are still at home, and the army structure they commanded before has not been restored, and they still only have empty names.

Zhu Xiuzhi, who killed Tuoba Jian and the ministers of the army in Longcheng, took hundreds of people to hide in Liaodong for more than a month before he appeared to contact the Yan side, and the monarchs and ministers of Yan State did not attach great importance to Zhu Xiuzhi and his generals at first, until the envoys sent by the Southern Dynasty to announce the decree, the monarchs and ministers of Yan State knew that Zhu Xiuzhi had a high status in the Southern Dynasties, so they treated Zhu Xiuzhi and his generals with a very high standard.

In the spring of 433 AD, Zhu Xiuzhi and his generals returned to Jiangnan Jiankang in the Southern Navy.

Zhu Xiuzhi was named the Yellow Gate Squire by the Southern Dynasty Emperor Liu Yilong, he stated to Liu Yilong the current situation of the chaos in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Liu Yilong felt that this was an opportunity to attack the north, so he decided to appoint Zhi Yanzhi as the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army to command 50,000 troops to the north to attack Wei.

But to Hiko's eye disease attack, the body is sick, so he refuses to accept it.

Emperor Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty appointed Tan Daoji as the commander of the Northern Expedition, and the Northern and Southern War started again for a while.

The situation was extremely unfavorable to the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty had just died not long after the emperor, the new emperor had only been on the throne for a few months, and he was less than five years old.

Empress Dowager Bao is a woman, although she is also a heroine among women, but she is not the kind of person who is decisive and bold in killing, and she doesn't know what to do in the face of this crisis, so Zong Ai suggested reactivating a cadre of generals such as Wei Dependent.

In order to maintain the rule, when this time of employment, Zong Ai and the Empress Dowager Bao discussed and appointed the lieutenant to leave the Jieyue, as the Shizhong, the governor of Yuluo Erzhou and the military of Hanoi, the general of Annam, the opening of the palace and the construction of the teeth, and the town of the tiger prison, which is equivalent to the Northern Wei Dynasty in the south of the Yellow River.

A number of other generals who were idle at home also received appointments one after another, some of them were transferred to serve under the command of the lieutenants, and some were transferred to other places.

In order to cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasties, the Yan State also announced that it would send troops to the west to conquer the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After the Northern Wei court got the news, the Empress Dowager Bao panicked again, not knowing what to do, and at the critical moment, it was Zong Aili who overrode public opinion, and appointed Zhao Junsheng to fake Jieyue, Shizhong, and the military governor of Youliao, the general of the expedition to the east, the opening of the mansion, and the history of the assassination of Youzhou, and the history of Liaodong.

When Zhao Junsheng and Wei Dependents dispatched troops to deal with the Southern Dynasties and Yan State in Youzhou and Luoyang respectively, Rouran and Beiliang in the west committed the border respectively, and for a time the Northern Wei Dynasty was attacked on all sides, and the country was not united, and it was stormy for a while.

Zong Ai made another attack at this critical moment, and sent Zhennan General Xi Xuan to attack Guzang, defeating the army that had just succeeded to the throne of Beiliang Fuqu Mujian in one fell swoop, and stabilized the situation in the northwest; Zong Ai then appointed the general of Zhengbei to come to Daqian as the capital to supervise the northern military and guard against Rouran's attack.

After the arrival of Daqian, the administrative post was set up in Huaishuo Town, the vigilance and patrol of the border posts were strengthened, and the half of the beacon tower was given in the direction of the Great Wall to give early warning.

Zong Ai established his prestige in the government and the opposition through this series of means, and won the right to speak, but this is suspected of being a high meritorious, the crisis of the Northern Wei Dynasty was temporarily lifted, and the internal began to roll up again, and some people secretly slandered the Empress Dowager Dou's side, saying that Zong Ai interfered in military affairs and appointed the general of the border town and one side will be decided in a word, and the Queen Mother will not be taken into account at all.

Among these people who spoke up were Qiu Ni Daosheng, Shilang Ren Pingcheng, Shangshu Zuo Servant Lan Yan, Shizhong He, Xue Ti and others.

After listening to these people's words, the Empress Dowager Dou was afraid, worried that Zong Ai would be difficult to control in the future, so she no longer easily agreed when Zong Ai recommended a certain official to her again, and began to gradually suppress Zong Ai's cronies and supporters in the court.

Since then, the two former hardcore allies have begun to part ways, hating each other, and the situation in Heijo has become very tense for a while.

On the sixth day of the second lunar month, at dusk, the mansion of the Upper Valley Prince.

Wan Du returned to the backyard to dance the sword, and when he saw Wan Yutong and the two maids preparing to go out, he stopped and asked, "Daughter, it's so late, it's about to dinner, where are you going?" ”

"Father, Mulan ordered two sets of clothes from me a few days ago, and now they are ready, I will send them to her to try if they fit!"

"Are you coming back for dinner?"

"Father doesn't have to wait for me, you can eat first, I don't know when I will come back!"

"Okay, you'll be back early! Everything, send a few people to escort the young lady over! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Soon after Wan Yutong left, Wan Du returned to the sword dance to finish, after dinner, he was ready to go to the Left Guard garrison to inspect the camp defense, he was already wearing armor and helmet, and was about to go out to ride a horse, at this time the general Wan Quan came over and reported: "General, Hussar General Tuoba Shoule sent someone to invite the general to the banquet, saying that there is a military matter to discuss with the general!" ”

Tuoba Shoule was previously a general of Yulin, he was the maiden niece and son-in-law of the Empress Dowager Bao, and was named a hussar general for supporting the Empress Dowager Bao to support the crown prince Ren to ascend the throne as the emperor.

"Discussing military affairs is not said in the daytime, really! Let's go, go to the Hussar General's Mansion! Wan Du Gui said as he walked outside the house.

It didn't take long for Wan Dugui to ride a horse to the outside of the Hussar General's Mansion, and he said to Wan Quan: "Send two people to go in with me, and you take the others to stay outside."

"Yes, General!"

Wan Dugui took two personal soldiers into the Hussar General's Mansion, Tuoba Shoule was sitting in the lobby, he walked into the lobby and hugged his fist to Tuoba Shou: "The last general meets the general, I don't know what military affairs the general has to say when he summons the last general?" ”

Tuoba Shoule got up and asked with a serious face: "Wandu Gui, are you guilty?" ”

Wandu was stunned, he quickly realized that something was wrong, and remembered that Tuoba Shoule was the niece and son-in-law of the Dou family, did the Queen Mother want to attack him? His face changed: "I don't know what the general means by this?" What sin did the last general commit? ”

"Someone accused you of plotting a rebellion, and this general was arrested by the Empress Dowager to be tried! Come on, take it for General Ben! ”

As soon as the words fell, several armor soldiers pounced.

Wan Dugui realized that he had become a victim of the power struggle between the Queen Mother and Zong Ai, and he was unwilling to be captured, so he immediately drew his sword and slashed the two armorers in front, and retreated outside the hall while swinging his sword to block.

Tuoba Shoule was furious: "Bold, you dare to resist arrest, it seems that your plot to rebel is true." Come on, kill me! ”

With this order, two teams of soldiers and horses poured out from both sides of the hall, and the two personal soldiers brought in by Wandu Gui were cut into meat sauce on the spot.

Wan Dugui roared and swung his sword to kill the soldiers who rushed over, and quickly retreated outside the gate of the mansion while fighting.

Wan Quan, the general who was waiting outside the gate, heard the roar of weapons and the sound of fighting, their faces changed, and Wan Dugui immediately pulled out his waist knife and waved his hand: "It's not good, the general is in danger, all the brothers quickly follow me to kill and answer the general!" ”

"Yes!"

Wan Quan rushed to the gate with seven or eight personal soldiers, but the gate suddenly closed from the inside.

"Knock the door open for me!" Wan Quan screamed and slammed into the gate, and the eight soldiers also slammed into the gate with their bodies, but the gate was made of extremely thick wood, and there were neat rows of fist-sized brass door nails on it, and the body hit it with terrible pain, and the armor was bumpy and uneven.

After hitting for a while, he couldn't knock the door open, Wan Quan was so anxious that he was about to turn around and find something to hit the door, when the door suddenly burst out, and he saw a bloodied person pounced on the door from the crack in the door, which was Wan Dugui's face.

"General!" Wanquan let out a heart-rending cry.

"Let's go, go back and escort Yutong away, how far and as far as you go!" Wan Dugui inside the door let out a final roar and was hacked to death by the soldiers who pounced on him from behind.

At this time, a large number of footsteps came from behind Wan Quan and others, and when the soldiers looked at it, they saw the black soldiers rushing over.

"Brother Quan, go quickly, if you don't leave, you will be surrounded! The general asked us to go back and protect the young lady and leave, and it would be too late if we didn't leave! A pro-soldier hurriedly pulled Wanquan away.

Eight pro-soldiers turned their grief into strength, and quickly stepped onto their horses and rushed forward.

Suddenly, a group of cavalry came around from the corner of the street to block everyone's way, and a personal soldier shouted: "Brother Quan, we will protect you to break out!" Kill—"

"Kill—"

In a few moments, six of the eight pro-soldiers died, and only Wan Quan broke out with two pro-soldiers to break through the encirclement and killed, and all three were wounded.

Wan Quan rushed back to the Shanggu Mansion with these two personal soldiers, and happened to encounter a large number of soldiers and horses surrounding the Shanggu Mansion, and the fire in the mansion was soaring, and there were wanton shouts and screams from the soldiers.

Wan Quan and the others trembled when they saw this scene, and after a long time, he turned his horse's head and said to the two pro-soldiers: "Go, go to General Hua's mansion!" ”

Fortunately, Wan Yutong was still in Mulan's General's Mansion at this time, and when Wan Quan and the three of them appeared in front of her and Mulan with injuries all over their bodies, the two girls were surprised.

"Uncle Quan, what's the matter?"

"Plop", Wan Quan knelt in front of Wan Yutong, and cried: "Miss, it's me who is incompetent, I failed to protect the master, the master was deceived by the dog thief of Tuoba Shoule and killed in the Hussar General's Mansion, and now our mansion has been raided by a large number ······of soldiers, and they have framed the master for rebellion."

With a "clang", the teacup in Wan Yutong's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

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