No one thought that the motley army temporarily formed by these Tusi in Guizhou could achieve much brilliant results. After all, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info has never involved its own life and death, and in line with the attitude of taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, the real main force will not be taken out at will.

Ji Qiyun also thinks so, and the main reason for Guizhou to send troops is to cooperate with the two kings and increase their confidence. He never expected that King Jing and King Xiang, who were members of the Ji family, would not move for a long time, and the miscellaneous army of Tusi, who had always been disobedient, had already set off from the village.

This somewhat made Ji Qiyun feel a little unbelievable, and what made him even more unbelievable was... The hard-working mud legs actually succeeded! They are overwhelming... No, it should be said that he successfully captured Xuzhou Mansion and took a big step towards Chongqing Mansion with almost no resistance.

How so? Ji Qiyun, who received the report of the flying pigeon, was a little bored for a while, and not only him, but even the second king was a little difficult to accept. Could it be that all the troops of the King of Shu have already been sent? No, it won't! No matter how stupid people are, they know that you can't start a fire in your backyard. But the facts are clearly placed in front of them, and they cannot be allowed to believe it. A thought came to everyone's minds, perhaps the King of Shu didn't expect Tusi to send troops to attack Shu, and he was caught off guard without warning.

Yes, it must be so! The next Luzhou will not be so easy, Ji Mingxuan will definitely defend with heavy troops and be ready for battle!

However, the battle report that came soon after, they almost fell headlong, and the mud legs actually succeeded again! After a "hard" battle, they succeeded in capturing Luzhou, and Chongqing was close at hand.

The first to receive the battle report was the second king, and now they can't sit still! What are you kidding, the awesomeness of the old brother of the king of Shu is all pretended? Otherwise, he was really stupid and didn't have many troops left in his hometown, which allowed the ragtag army to reap the fruits of victory so easily. Since the soldiers are not here... So what's there to be afraid of?

I have to say that in a sense, Ji Feng set a very bad example for the vassal kings of the whole world. War is not only about killing people and losing money, but if the timing is right, it may still be a way to make a fortune. Before, he was too jealous of the King of Shu, but at this moment, the second king couldn't help but start to use his brains.

Or... Learn? The two places exchanged letters frequently, and they discussed secretly for a few days, and finally, the two kings did it! King Jing raised 80,000 troops and attacked Lingzhou Mansion. The king of Xiang sent 100,000 troops to attack Shizhouwei. The 180,000-strong army rushed to the front line and headed for their goal.

In the anxious waiting, the news that came back was really good news! In just a few days, the king of Shu lost four mansions in a row, and the situation of encirclement and encirclement of Chongqing Mansion has been formed, and when the three armies meet, it is the day when Chongqing Mansion falls.

Ji Qiyun is very happy, Chen Cang is solid, and there will be no problems for the time being. Losing four mansions in a row, Chongqing is in danger, and it will be difficult for the king of Shu to sit idly by, and he may transfer front-line troops to defend himself, so that there will be no problem in Guanzhong. The imperial court had enough time to form the Gyeonggi camp to quell the rebellion, and everything was developing in a better direction, and after worrying for so long, he could finally feel at ease for a while.

He relaxed, but Queen Xiang Rong was worried. Wrong! The plan was something she came up with, but she didn't even think it would go so smoothly. The land of Sifu will never be so easy to take, this doesn't make sense, if the king of Shu only has this strength, why should he rebel? What went wrong?

Xiang Rong was so worried that she didn't even pay attention to the restless hand that was constantly rubbing on her chest, and she fell straight down and felt cold, and after the hakama was removed, she looked at Ji Qiyun who was begging for pleasure in amazement. Xiang Rong gently pulled the other party's hand away, put on her clothes again, and looked at Ji Qiyun's face full of disappointment, her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she thought of something.

"Your Majesty, this matter is strange."

"Huh?" Ji Qiyun looked weak. "What's wrong?"

"Sifu won't be so easy to take." Xiang Rong said in a deep voice: "If the concubine is not bad, then Ji Mingxuan intends to use Chongqing as bait to attract opponents!" ”

"You mean?" It was a matter of state affairs, Ji Qiyun didn't dare to be careless, he sat up hurriedly, he thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but gasp. "Three wars, too much trouble to deal with? Why don't you put the soldiers and horses of Guizhou and the two kings together and have a pot? No! No, it won't. Even if I don't know much about Shudi, but when the imperial grandfather is there, the second uncle will not dare to make too many moves, his preparation is at most a matter of the past few years, and the soldiers and horses in Shu will never exceed 200,000, I can be sure of this. ”

Ji Qiyun pondered: "Send 100,000 troops, and add 50,000, in other words, the total number of defenders in Shu at this time will never exceed 50,000." With this kind of force, you want to eat an army of 240,000 in one battle? It's a dream. If the second uncle really wants to do this, I don't need to form the Gyeonggi camp, he will bring about his own destruction. ”

Xiang Rong couldn't help but be silent when she heard this, and after a while, she suddenly asked, "How long has it been since the Shu army outside Chen Cang has attacked?" ”

"It's been playing these days." Ji Qiyun thought for a while and said, "But the offensive intensity is much smaller than before." ”

"The main force is the Shu Earth Heavenly Army?" Xiang Rong's eyes flashed slightly.

Ji Qiyun looked at her appearance and immediately came back to his senses. "You mean?"

Xiang Rong bowed. "Yes, those who are attacking Chencang these days may have been replaced by soldiers in Hanzhong and other places."

After figuring out the key to it, how could Ji Qiyun dare to stay here, and the idea of enjoying the joy of fish and water was instantly thrown away by him. He immediately called the accompanying eunuchs, went to the imperial study to draft the decree, and then quickly sent it to the outside of the palace.

The two kings received the holy decree one after another, and after reading it, they were stunned at the same time.

Ji Qiyun asked them to withdraw immediately, stick to Lingzhou and Shizhou, and insist on not losing them for a month, which is a great achievement!

Are you kidding! Seeing that the Chongqing Mansion is at your fingertips, let them withdraw from the army? Isn't this making fun of people?

No refund! The two brothers made the same decision at the same time, they thought that this was the emperor's nephew who was cautious, afraid that they would follow the example and take Chongqing, and even move all the wealth of Shu to their own homes after taking Chengdu. Are they stupid? At this time, you are still playing tricks with your own people?

The two kings not only ignored the holy decree of their opponents, but also gave an unusually decisive order, ordering the coalition army to speed up their advance and take Chongqing Mansion as soon as possible.

Half a month later, the war report reached the capital.

Ji Qiyun sat down on the dragon chair with a pale face, what the queen said... It was fulfilled! Cao Hua had already brought the elite of Shu to wait for them in Chongqing, and the 150,000 Shu Heavenly Army against the 230,000 allied army, with the loss of more than 20,000 people, won more with less, and broke the coalition army.

Of the 230,000 people, those who died, those who surrendered, and those who fled back were even less than 10 percent. Within three days, the land of the four provinces was regained. The Guizhou Tusi were instigated, the vitality of the two kings was seriously injured and they had no strength to fight again, and there was no threat to the west of Shudi.

After this battle, Cao Hua's name resounded throughout the Great Zhou, and everyone talked about it.

is still the same sentence, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. At the same time that Ji Qiyun was at a loss, another piece of news exploded in the palace like a thunderbolt. The impregnable Chen Cang... Lost! What happened exactly, no one knows, and it doesn't matter anymore, Hanzhong soldiers under the leadership of Sun Lin broke through Chencang and came outside Chang'an City.

Sun Lin has not launched an attack on Chang'an for the time being, but everyone can see that he is waiting for Cao Hua, and once the Shu Heavenly Army returns, the fall of Guanzhong will become inevitable.

Can Guanzhong be lost? No, I can't! What's the solution? Gone! These are two very helpless and contradictory questions.

Once the Shu army sets foot in Guanzhong, it will become a tiger out of the gate, but the court is helpless about it, Ji Qiyun wants to rescue Chang'an quickly, the problem is that there are no soldiers in hand! The sky is falling, and that's how it feels to him at this time. At this moment, he realized what it meant to be alone, and how lonely it was to be an emperor. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, except for sighs, no one can share his worries.

It turns out that the emperor is not so easy to be. If the imperial grandfather encounters such a crisis, how will he resolve it? Ji Qiyun locked himself in the imperial study, thinking about the bits and pieces with Ji Chong, but there was nothing to do in his chest, after all, he was not the old emperor who was eloquent and strategic, and no one could be stumped by nothing.

What to do? Who else can help him and give him ideas today? Ji Qiyun, who was full of sadness, suddenly remembered Xiang Rong, maybe he had no one to rely on except for the queen.

Knowing what happened, Queen Xiang Rong almost didn't think about it, and said directly: "We must not let the rebels join forces again!" Although the number of Guanzhong feudal troops is small, the walls of Chang'an are high and thick, and the materials are abundant, so it should not be a problem to defend Hanzhong. The Gyeonggi camp of the imperial court will be formed in a few days, and as long as Ji Xinchen can buy another month for the imperial court, Guanzhong can be guaranteed. The key issue now is that we must find a way to hold back Cao Hua's Shu Heavenly Army. ”

"Hold Cao Hua?" Ji Qiyun smiled helplessly and said, "By whom?" O Queen! You don't know how strong this Cao Hua is. In the first battle of Chongqing, the world is rumoring that Cao Hua is already the first god of war in my Great Zhou, and in my opinion, even Wu Xiuming and the Jinggi battalion may not be able to fight him. ”

"Song Guogong can't do it? What about Wei Guogong? Xiang Rong smiled slightly.

"You mean?"

"Your Majesty, there is no other way to do it today, please immediately issue an order to order the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to march west and attack Shudi."

"Xu Jiye, is he okay? I remember your grandfather once said that when it comes to leading soldiers, he and Wu Xiuming are almost on par. Ji Qiyun was a little hesitant. After all, he is both old, and Cao Hua is in the prime of life... The so-called generation of newcomers for old people, he is probably not Cao Hua's opponent. ”

When Xiang Rong heard this, she smiled more easily. "Your Majesty's words are true, but there is more than one old one in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and what the concubine wants is the little one! Once the most dazzling general star of the Great Zhou Dynasty is out in battle, he may be able to compete with Cao Hua to see who is the real Great Zhou God of War. ”

"You mean ... Xu Huanting? ”

"Who else but her?"

When Ji Qiyun heard this, he slapped his forehead excitedly and shouted, "I'm confused, how can I forget her." Well, I'm going to do it right away... Suddenly, Ji Qiyun's expression changed, his excitement gradually faded, and he hesitated again. But her relationship with Jiang Yun... Queen, you don't know ... ”

"Concubines don't need to know." Xiang Rong said lightly: "For now, only Xu Huanting can save Da Zhou, Your Majesty, you have no choice." ”

Gritting his teeth, Ji Qiyun walked out without looking back. The queen was right, since there was no other choice, it didn't hurt to try.

Eight hundred miles were urgent, and a volume of holy decrees was quickly transmitted to Jinling.

Xiang Rong is good, Xu Huanting may have the ability to compete with Cao Hua, but the problem is that she is not in Jinling at all at this time. The tone in the holy decree was quite urgent, in fact, there was no need for Ji Qiyun to say more, Xu Jiye had always been very concerned about what happened on the battlefield in the west, everything was very clear, and he didn't have time to call Xu Huanting back. Take the sea route is not better than the land route, but also day and night or something, the ship on the sea route is running day and night, back and forth for a month and then it will be gone, and I am afraid that it will be lost.

Can Guanzhong be lost? No! This is true for Ji Qiyun, and the same is true for Ji Feng.

After receiving the holy decree, an old man and a young man quickly met their heads, and after some deliberation, they finally decided that no matter what the price was, the king of Shu must not be allowed to occupy Guanzhong, and once he got involved in it, it would be difficult to drive him out. Of course, Guanzhong can't let the imperial court hold it in its hands, and it is best to keep it as it is, and Guanzhong Wang Ji Xinchen will continue to be in charge. This guy is a little cowardly, he has no opinions, as long as the war is not ignited in the Guanzhong area, no matter what happens to the court, he will not interfere.

Feng Tianzi, in order to suppress the minister. This is the route that the two of them have set before, since the King of Shu jumped out, there is nothing to say, just clean up. Under Ji Feng's control, Jinling City immediately mobilized, and in just two or three days, all the grain and grass materials were prepared.

On the third day, Xu Jiye, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, led an army of 180,000 troops, divided into five routes, advanced by land and water, and marched westward.

On the same day that Xu Jiye set out on the expedition, the text of the King of Shu announcing to the world was finally released.

Since ancient times, whenever troops are sent to fight, they all pay attention to the fact that a division is famous. If you find a good excuse, you can greatly enhance your own moral height and be more easily accepted by the people. The issue of people's will can be big or small, and no one will take this issue lightly. Even those rebellious ministers and thieves who are blatantly rebellious and can see it with long eyes will do this, even if it is of no practical use, it is still a fig leaf.

At the same time, there is another meaning of the text, that is, the dividing line between chaos and non-chaos.

Before the issuance of the inscription, the king of Shu could not be regarded as a rebellion in a practical sense, after all, the place where he sent troops to attack was not directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. There are also contradictions between the vassal kings, and if you can't get used to it, you can say that he is lawless, you can say that he is too impulsive and reckless, or you can say that he despises the court, but the hat of rebellion cannot be buckled for him.

Therefore, the king of Shu did not declare war and did not announce it to the world, this kind of behavior is not difficult to understand, and the court does not feel strange. thinks that this is because he has no confidence in his heart and wants to leave a way back for himself. If the war is not going well, when you know that you are unable to compete with the imperial court, you can admit that you are afraid to surrender. As long as you can't be charged with rebellion, let alone far away, at least your life will be fine.

But it's a pity that the two kings didn't act in accordance with Ji Qiyun's holy decree, and they were careless for a while, and constantly cut off the main army in their hands, which made Cao Hua famous in the first battle and completely played the prestige of the Shu army. The result of the big victory was to make Ji Mingxuan, the king of Shu, full of confidence and pride. In addition, Chen Cang is in hand, and Guanzhong is at your fingertips.

After so long of foreshadowing, Ji Mingxuan believes that the time is ripe to tear his face with the imperial court.