It was in these few days that the Angkor Dynasty took Taiping Province and Si Xian, and was still attacking to the east.

Champa successively captured Minglingzhou, Xinpingzhou, and Buzheng Prefecture, faintly threatening Nghe An Province in the north.

Although he was repeatedly reprimanded by his father, Jiaozhi had reached the critical juncture of the country's demise, and Chen Xuan, as the emperor, insisted on expressing his opinions even if he was scolded.

"Father, now may be the last opportunity to sue for peace, we may lose some money and food, but after all, the land is still there, but now the troops are all in Beijiang Province, and several cities have been lost in the southwest, so the country will be overturned!"

Chen Xuan is by no means alarmist, the urgent military reports of the war in the past few days have been sent from everywhere like snowflakes, if there is no large number of troops to contain Angkor and Champa, I am afraid that the Chen Dynasty will lose too much territory.

"Alas...... Well......"

Chen Jiong suddenly seemed to be much older, slumped on the dragon chair, and said weakly: "Beijiang Mansion retains one-third of the troops, and the rest of the troops will contain Angkor and occupy the city's attack!" ”

His order was just a retelling of his son's words, but the tradition of the Chen Dynasty was so strange that the Emperor Taishang had the final say.

Chen Jiong gave the final order, and the officials below could only follow it, and originally Beijiang Prefecture gathered 150,000 troops, so it was divided into three waves equally.

At the same time, the envoy of the Chen Dynasty to sue for peace also rushed to Zhao Rui's territory.

Passing by Langjiang Mansion, the Langjiang Mansion was released, and the fast horse entered Dabao City unimpeded.

Zhao Rui also made sufficient preparations for this battle, the new soldiers were 20,000, and Zhao Rui was also ready to take them to see blood this time, but because of the lack of muskets, they were equipped with bows and arrows.

He was followed by a mixture of 10,000 musketeers, five thousand muskets more than enough to wipe out any resistance.

In the past, he didn't have enough manpower, and he had to look forward to occupying a city, but now with the strength of new soldiers, Zhao Rui can finally let go and do a big job.

The new gun carriage is very strong, the wheels are made of thick grease, and a horse pulls a gun carriage, although it is heavy, but it is not so laborious.

The grain and grass in the back are also ready, and Zhao Rui is about to give the order to set off.

At this time, the Jiaozhi envoy finally arrived in front of Zhao Rui.

"What, peace?"

Zhao Rui turned his head to look at the mighty soldiers behind him, as well as the artillery formations, and his face was a little impatient.

Let's play, it's been a few days coming, and we're about to go on an expedition, so it's time to make peace.

"It's late, this battle is imperative, you go back and restore your life!" Zhao Rui said lightly.

The messenger was about to cry when he heard this, and he pleaded busily, saying that it was easy to negotiate how much money and how much food.

Zhao Rui smiled coldly and said in public: "Your Chen Dynasty is already at the end of the strong crossbow, what money do you have to fight for many years, as for food or something, I'll just go and get it myself, I don't need you to send it!" ”

The Jiaozhi envoy wanted to ask again, but was glared at by Zhao Ruihu: "Why don't you leave, are you looking for death?" ”

The messenger was so frightened that he knew that persuasion was hopeless, so he had to hurry back to report the news.

"Expedition!"

Zhao Rui held his musket high and pointed straight to the southwest, this largest battle is about to begin!

The envoy's single horse was faster than the army, and finally dared to reach Thang Long City a day before Zhao Rui.

The horses were exhausted, and the messenger ignored them, and galloped towards the main hall.

Some palace guards still had to block it, listening to him shouting about the Northeast military situation, they knew that it was powerful, and quickly gave way.

At this time, in the hall of the Chen Dynasty, the gloomy clouds were bleak, and the two teams sent out before did not achieve much good results in the battle to block Angkor and Champa.

On the contrary, more than half of the casualties have been entrenched in the city to resist.

In such a situation now, no matter which side it is, it is possible to be broken through and invaded, and at that time, it may be that the Chen Dynasty will no longer have the troops to invest in the front.

Therefore, the focus of the discussion among the ministers now is to dispatch the troops of Bac Giang Province to both sides to alleviate the current crisis situation without waiting for the news of peace talks.

At this time, the messenger sent to negotiate peace returned.

When the messenger arrived at the door, his legs were as tired as lead, and although he saw the threshold, his calves could not be lifted, and he stumbled and rolled into the court.

"Too ...... Emperor Taishang...... Whew......"

The messenger gasped desperately and tried to express it, but his breath was louder than words, and he did not utter a useful word.

Everyone in the hall saw his appearance, and they all knew that there must be a crisis.

But the messenger was panting for breath, and he was almost dying.

"Say it! Not to mention cutting off your head! ”

Because this envoy went to Zhao Rui's direction, it was related to the future of the Chen Dynasty, and Chen Jiong's common sense of being anxious had forgotten.

In the end, Chen Xuan asked him to slow down for a while.

The envoy nodded gratefully at Chen Xuan, his heart calmed down a lot, and he hurriedly said: "Zhao Rui, he doesn't agree to sue for peace, and he has already come with tens of thousands of troops!" I'm going to leave a little earlier than them, maybe they'll arrive in Bac Giang this evening!" ”

Forehead......

Almost everyone gasped.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Rui still called......

Originally, because of nervousness, Chen Jiong was half-lifting his butt on the seat, but when he heard this depressing news, he reluctantly fell into the dragon chair.

With a pale face and a deep sense of powerlessness, Chen Jiong already had a real feeling that his qi was about to run out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me which general should be sent to deal with it?"

Chen Jiong's voice was weak, and he seemed to have lost some hope.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were talking one after another, but this time their voices were much quieter, and the seriousness of the situation was beyond imagination, and there was almost no way to deal with it at this time.

Now no matter who is sent to command the battle and garrison the city, it is meaningless, it is no different from sending to death at all.

Although there was discussion below, no one dared to stand up.

Chen Jiong just watched blankly, and the temperature in his heart gradually cooled.

At this embarrassing time, Chen Xuan went against the norm and stepped forward.

"Father, the country is in danger, I'll go!"

The ministers stopped talking, and they all looked at Chen Xuan in a daze, and there was silence.

Although it was a short sentence, Chen Jiong's body had never moved, but there were already tears on his face.

The son who has always felt that he is not in the climate now feels that he is not so unbearable, whether it is the many restrictions he imposed on him, or the scolding he has given him too much.

These don't seem to be very important anymore, and now that Chen Chao is about to lose his strength, Chen Jiong looks at his son from a father's perspective for the first time.

He is in good health, his face is similar to that of the empress, and his demeanor and demeanor have a bit of the appearance of his youth.

"Go ahead! I'll mobilize the whole country to help you! ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Chen Xuan didn't say much, the military situation was urgent, and he immediately got up and went back to the palace to prepare.

The ministers were still panicking in the palace, Chen Jiong wiped away his tears and issued an order: "Except for the west, south and north facing the strength of the anti-enemy army, all the garrison forces of the other cities will be gathered in Beijiang Mansion!" ”

There were bursts of light shouts from the ministers in the audience, everyone understands such an order, and the Emperor Taishang is going to fight to the death.

As a result, the entire country is gathered in all directions, and although the strength is increased, no matter which city is broken, it will cause an uncontrollable disaster.

However, it is obvious that Chen Jiong cares about Zhao Rui, and it is also because the emperor personally went to garrison that he sent most of the country's troops to Beijiang Mansion.

In the evening, Zhao Rui's army of 30,000 had arrived outside the city of Beijiang Mansion, and this time the expedition was still Xiaoyi, Aruna and Zhao Gong came out with Zhao Rui.

In fact, Zhao Rui also wanted to give other generals more opportunities to exercise, but this battle was of great significance, and he had also received information before that Angkor and Champa had also sent additional troops, so Zhao Rui had to win in order to achieve greater benefits between countries.

"Young Master, how do you arrange it now?" Zhao Gong stepped forward and asked, then looked at the sky, and felt that if he wanted to attack, it might be a little late.

"Lord Wang, I ask to be a pioneer!"

Obviously, Arjuna didn't have time to worry, she carried a musket on her back and a longbow on her shoulder, and her body was even more explosive after a long period of exercise.

Arjuna said confidently: "I can take down Bac Giang Mansion before dark!" ”

"Go, what are you messing about, it will be dark later, what can you see? The whole army will camp and rest, and attack the city early tomorrow morning! ”

Zhao Rui waved his hand and used the reason of time to send Arjuna away.

Although Arjuna felt that Zhao Rui was a little cautious, the military order was a military order after all, so she had to accept it.

Zhao Rui also admires Arjuna's sharpness, but there is no room for loss in this battle, and it is safer to give the army time to recuperate.

The smoke of the cooking stove outside the city rose, Chen Xuan was already standing on the city wall, looking at the army not far away, as the sky gradually darkened, those camps, soldiers, all turned into a huge black spot on the ground.

The war is about to start tomorrow, Chen Xuan has made all the coping strategies, poisoned arrows, traps, animal traps, what can be used and what can't be used, all of them have found someone to move into Beijiang Mansion.

Chen Xuan's robe was still stained with blood, he had just beheaded a general in public, or it could be because he was too weak before, and the general dared to argue his reasons when he came late, but now, no matter who it is, whoever dares to disobey and delay is death!

A group of officials and generals under the city wall looked at Chen Xuan's back with sincere fear, they couldn't imagine why the taciturn emperor suddenly became decisive.

The veteran of many years will kill him when he says it, which makes everyone frightened.

Chen Xuan got off the city and stood still in front of the ministers, his gaze on the inspection was like substance, so that people did not dare to touch.

"Let's go, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, we have to study a sufficient plan to deal with the enemy!"

Seeing that Zhao Rui's army had no intention of attacking immediately, Chen Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so it's good, there is still one night to arrange!

Chen Xuan was in front, and the ministers and generals were behind, and they entered the government office of Beijiang Mansion together.

On the wall of the main hall of the government office, someone has hung a detailed map of Beijiang City, and there are many oil lamps in the hall, which are bright and flickering, illuminating the whole room as if it were day.