Chapter Seventy-Seven: Change

The fact that the news from Harrier Eagle was expressed in one sentence made Ye Tao worried.

He should be worried. After he appeared, in the past few years since he entered Tan Weixin's life, perhaps because he was always in a happy mood, Tan Weixin's health has always been good. In addition to being a princess, she is also just an ordinary girl, an ordinary girl in modern times. When she has music boxes and clocks, plush toys and board games, original or copied comic books and picture books, and even cartoons that may be shorter, she should be satisfied. In particular, there is a person who has gone to great lengths to make candy and preserves for the sake of her seemingly impossible to be a little plump, and a person with whom she can talk about many topics that others don't understand, and she feels happy. And happiness is always good for health.

It's not that those conflicts between the two can't be bridged. It's just that as a woman from modern times, she longs for love more than the ladies who abide by the dogma of this era and understands the fragility of love better.

When she had such a doubt in her heart, there was a conflict with Ye Tao first, and Ye Tao seemed to be working seriously and happily in a distant place, and she herself couldn't put aside all the complicated things in her hands, with her fragile health, it was only normal to fall ill.

"Ye Tao really thinks I don't dare to do him? Who gave him the guts of this *** little rabbit cub? "When he came back from a visit to the princess's mansion, the lord of the country, Tan Xiaopei, got angry and said dirty words. From a military officer to a king in charge of a country, there are only a handful of such things.

"Don't be angry, it's not like you don't know what's going on." Queen Zhuo Xiu said softly. Although the worries in her heart are no less than Tan Xiaopei, she is also a woman, and she obviously understands her daughter's sensitive mind better. If the authority of the ruler of the country could affect people's emotional lives far and wide, then there would be no unhappy family.

In fact. When he understood what was going on, Zhuo Xiu also felt abrupt about Tan Weixin's behavior of making two Frankish beauties to give to Ye Tao, and also felt that it seemed understandable that Ye Tao ran away in a bad mood, but her daughter's situation was here. Zhuo Xiu is even more worried that if the knot between the two of them can't be solved, it is difficult to say what Ye Tao can do even if he comes back, and whether it will improve or damage Tan Weixin's health.

"Of course I know what's going on. I am already very tolerant, and I know that Ye Tao is a young man. He raised twelve dancing girls, and a little wife followed him, and he didn't talk much, and he didn't even hint that he was going to clean up his surroundings and wait to marry my daughter. I know Xin'er's body, and I don't want to be too wronged by this guy. But what about him? Xin'er is my daughter, and she is the princess of Dongping, not to mention Xin'er's talent and intelligence, which ordinary people can't compare at all. He was the son of a little merchant, and I just asked him to make my daughter a little happier. Is this excessive? Did this wronged him? Tan Xiaopei's roar grew louder and louder.

"Whisper ......", Zhuo Xiu smiled slightly, her hand gently caressing her earlobe, a posture that seemed to cover her husband's voice that was too loud. Tan Xiaopei let out a long sigh, and Zhuo Xiu continued: "Are there few people who want to make Xin'er happy?" Rushing to her is a princess. Because she controls the financial power of this inner treasury, and because she helps raise her younger brothers and sisters at a young age, even if Ming'er ascends the throne in the future, she will not fall into power, are there few people who are powerful? Ye Tao dared to turn his face...... And it means that if you turn your face, you will turn your face. It's not easy. ”

"Alas," Tan Xiaopei let out another long sigh, thinking of the inexplicable relationship between the two of them, and thinking of the excerpt that was delivered to him today, about the completion of the Seven Seas Tower and the pomp and circumstance it caused, and he could only sigh a long sigh. He is indeed the lord of the country, but he faces the affairs of his own children, and the personal emotional problems of a talented daughter. He was as helpless as all enlightened fathers of all times. "Let them go. Xiu'er, why don't you send a letter to Ye Tao? ”

Zhuo Xiu was slightly surprised, she smiled and responded, "Is it a family letter or a will?"

“…… Private message! Tan Xiaopei, who was too familiar with Zhuo Xiu, immediately recognized his middle-aged wife, who was still a little childish, and emphasized: "Ye Tao, this kid hasn't entered my house yet, don't tell me the wrong thing." ”

There was a fire, even in the cool palace, it still made Tan Xiaopei sweat. Tan Xiaopei hurriedly ordered the waiter to bring two bowls of iced sour plum soup. But after a while, there was a commotion outside the main hall.

Tan Xiaopei said to himself suspiciously: "Isn't it just two bowls of sour plum soup?" Why is there such a big movement. ”

It was at this time. Li Sishu, the head of Ouchi, personally opened the door. "Your Majesty, urgent military situation. General Nie Rui was waiting outside. ”

"Xuan." Tan Xiaopei did not hesitate. And Li Sishu immediately asked his subordinates to pass on the heirs. It was only at this time that Li Sishu made up the etiquette of meeting the lord and queen during the time he was waiting for others, and confessed his guilt. God knows, this kind of time-emphasizing procedure has also been vigorously attacked by the officials.

Nie Rui is now in charge of the post office of the Ministry of War, and his office is located on the edge of the city tower at the south gate, and all important information will be summarized by him at the first time and then decide how to deal with it. In this extremely critical position, it is conceivable that Nie Rui's status in the army, and now, does he need to report the military situation in person? "Your Majesty, the military information that was just delivered from the border army half an hour ago: the fall of Xunshan Pass."

"What?" Everyone in the hall was shocked.

The expensive Harrier Eagle-centered communication system didn't work? That is enough to illustrate the criticality of the situation. From Xunshan Pass to Danyang, even if it is fast, it will take five and a half days, what happened in these five and a half days?

Nie Rui didn't dare to slack off, and immediately presented the original information he received to Tan Xiaopei with both hands. The thin scroll of paper was stained with blood and roughly written about what had happened.

Xunshan Pass is the most important of the four major passes on the long border between Dongping and Xiling Kingdoms, which are naturally formed by hard-to-climb mountains. Unlike the other three passes, which were located in dangerous places, even if they were captured, they could not allow the army to pass through and ensure the supply of the pass, and the Xunshan Pass was a short valley on both sides, and out of the valley was the plain. Before Xunshan Pass was mastered by Dongping, Xiling almost every opportunity to get tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of troops into Dongping to harass and plunder, making Dongping unbearable. Until more than 20 years ago, Tan Xiaopei led a large army to attack Xunshan Pass, and under the counterattack of the Xiling army, he held on for four and a half months with less than 50,000 people. Finally, the army that came after Zhuo Mang ended the battle against Xiling on the northern front. In desperation, Xiling, who had strong financial resources, had no choice but to implement the confrontation strategy they had always had against Dongping's important pass: repairing the pass. At the exit of Xiling in the valley, Xiling spent more than three years building a new pass that is twice as high as Xunshan Pass-Tongxun Pavilion.

Just a few days ago, a group of about 5,000 Xiling cavalry who did not know how to infiltrate the territory of Dongping entered the territory of Dongping, wearing Dongping's military uniform, carrying a full set of Dongping ordnance, and holding a forged transfer order from the Dongping Military Department entered Xunshan Pass. In fact, the troops who were ordered to go to Xunshan Pass did have land, but there were only 2,000 people. According to the order, if it is normal, they will reach Xunshan Pass in a few hours.

But it was the time difference of these hours that made the fate of Xunshan Pass change hands decided. As soon as the Xiling cavalry entered the Xunshan Pass, they first controlled the stables and the Eagle Pavilion in the post land, and controlled the exit of the pass facing the Dongping side with 1,000 men. Then, at the risk of being surrounded and suppressed by nearly 30,000 Dongping soldiers in the pass, he guarded the exit here to the death, not letting anyone or animal out of the pass. And at this time, the long-awaited Xiling army appeared in the valley. Began to attack Xunshan Pass. Under the internal and external attacks, Xunshan Pass held on for nine hours and then fell. When Sergeant Xiling rushed into Xunshan Pass and received the 5,000 cavalry who had guarded the retreat and information transmission channels of the defenders of Xunshan Pass, there were only less than 400 elite soldiers left. In these nine hours. Xiling took turns to attack the pass, and the troops totaled about 80,000 infantry engineers, plus dozens of stone wagons.

The sergeant who delivered the news followed a group of companions to venture out of the mountain that connected to Xunshan Pass, and then made a big circle and threw off the Xiling pursuers who were in hot pursuit. Relying on two legs, when the Xiling army was clearing the resistance in Xunshan Pass, he desperately ran to the town about twenty miles away from Xunshan Pass, found the horses and sent the news to Danyang. Eagle Station was only established at key locations, and there was no second one on the way from Xunshan Pass to Danyangdi.

Well, it's actually more than five and a half days. After a rough estimate of the time, the fall of Xunshan Pass occurred at least seven days ago. I'm afraid that the cavalry that went to Xunshan Pass to change defenses according to the order has been eaten. Xunshan Pass was originally a purely military pass that was replenished once a month and had little contact with the outside world, so it would be understandable if the surrounding towns did not find that Xunshan Pass had changed hands. But is the Xiling army just satisfied with recapturing Xunshan Pass?

The next few hours. Let Tan Xiaopei thoroughly understand that Xiling's series of actions have definitely been prepared for a long time. Until a few hours the next morning, emergency military information from all over the country came one after another, with Xunshan Pass as the center, Xiling actually divided several large armies to carry out flowering attacks on the surrounding areas. When Tan Xiaopei listed the timeline in his heart, he was so angry that his face turned green. At best, the Xiling army only repaired at Xunshan Pass for a day, and then began to spread out the large corps. Sandao Town held out for two hours, and Changhan City didn't hold on for even five hours. As for the towns and villages where there were not many garrisons in the first place. Needless to say, the speed of the fall.

These are not serious problems, serious ones. The Xiling army was almost pinching the time to attack the city, pinching the time to succeed, and they were almost sure that the military situation of the fall of Xunshan Pass and other military information would arrive one after another within a day. This kind of arrogance simply looks at the Dongping military and Tan Xiaopei as nothing.

"How do you know how the line and speed of the post pass are clear, give me a thorough investigation!"

"How did the Xiling cavalry wearing my Dongping military uniform and holding my Dongping ordnance come in, give me a thorough investigation!"

"With such a large-scale transfer in Xiling's country, how can there be no news at all, give me a thorough investigation!"

After summoning the ministers, Tan Xiaopei's subordinates issued these three orders. Subsequently, he and his old buddy Zhuo Mang and the military generals discussed how to deal with this sudden invasion. How can enough troops be mobilized in such an urgent time to cope with such a situation. But in any case, it was almost inevitable that the forbidden army and the city defense army would be drawn from Danyang to participate in the war.