Chapter 356: The Empress's Thoughts

There is a village thirty miles away from Lintao City, the name is Thirty Miles, it is a big Zhuangzi, and the Chinese army of the Qinling Tomb is stationed in this village. The villagers had already taken refuge in Lintao City, so the Qinling Tomb lived directly in the home of the rich old grandson.

Lao Suntou's courtyard is the largest and most imposing in the whole village, although there are no pavilions and water pavilions, there are several large blue brick houses and two small two-story lofts. The yard is also very spacious, and there is a relatively thick locust tree in the middle, which is said to have a history of 500 years, so the old grandson is very fond of it.

But the Qinling didn't like it, so the first thing he did when he lived in the courtyard of the old grandson was to order someone to cut down the locust tree that the two of them hugged together as a battering ram, and then built a stilted platform with wooden planks in the spacious guest hall, and laid the defense map of Lintao City.

This map was bought by him from a merchant for fifty taels of gold, and after being examined by his own secret agents, it was a real map of arming.

Lintao City is a long and narrow city, the width is about more than 1,000 steps, the length is about 4,000 steps, it is in the north-south direction, there are only two gates, and on the north and south city walls, the east city wall is against the cliff, and the west city wall is close to the Tao River. The city wall was originally more than a foot long, but now it may have increased a lot.

The east and west city walls are impossible to attack at all, and there is a water gate on the west city wall, but it should have been blocked, and because it is close to the Tao River, it is impossible to attack at all, and it is impossible for the landlubber Tubo soldiers to attack from there.

Originally, it was planned to rely on a sneak attack, and then take Lintao City in one fell swoop, and then he could enter Weizhou, and wait for Weizhou, and the entire Longyou would be cut off from the Central Plains. At that time, he will do whatever he wants about Qinling. But now the sneak attack can't be successful, if it is attacked, it's really hard to say whether it can be captured. What's more, the Tibetan soldiers were good at field warfare, but weak at defense and siege.

On Qinling looked at the city defense map of Lintao City and shook his head, this defense map was only three months ago. Now that the Great Zhou Wei King is on the march, all kinds of defense methods will emerge in an endless stream, and they will be weird.

Suddenly, the idea of retreating crossed his mind. The thought made his body shudder. He actually had a feeling of fear in the face of Da Zhou Wuqi. has experienced countless battlefields, and most of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty in the past have lost their feet in front of their elites. One victory after another made his prestige in Tibet surpass that of Zampu, and the alliance of the entire ninety tribes of Tibet was in his hands.

But the Geer family is a courtier after all, and their merits are high. Inevitably leads to suspicion. The end result is life and death, and by now, it's clear that Zamp's crossbow has the upper hand. If this battle is lost, not to mention the prestige of the Geer family, I am afraid that the crossbow will also completely control the power of the alliance, and in the end, the Geer family will not escape death.

The mood was heavy, and the Qinling ordered someone to open the map of Longyou, which was also obtained from a family in the Great Zhou. It's not accurate, but at least there's a general direction. He set his eyes on Heyuan City. If, according to the time, the 100,000-strong army of Zanpo should be connected with the Heyuan army, I don't know what the situation is.

Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

On the Lichun stage, the empress finished eating the mash, her face was a little red, Zhang Changzong hurriedly took the white silk handkerchief and wiped the empress's mouth, the empress smiled happily, and scolded: "You sycophant, serve me like this, there must be something to ask me, say, what's the matter, if I think it's okay, it doesn't hurt to promise you." ”

Zhang Changzong's lips were red and his teeth were white, and on his pink face, a touch of innocence appeared, and he said coquettishly: "Shengshang, where do you want Changzong to go, Changzong just wants to serve the Shengshang wholeheartedly." ”

The empress was a little unhappy when she saw Zhang Changzong's heart, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the slave.

"Holy Lord, Sun Yuanheng, the Xia official waiter, urgently asked to see him, saying that the military situation was urgent." The palace maid saw that the empress and the other three looked unhappy, so she hurriedly bowed and said.

Zhang Changzong immediately said: "Didn't you see that the saint hasn't taken a lunch break yet?" Don't you know that you have to take a nap after Holy Lunch? ”

The palace maid was shocked, quickly knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy: "The saint spares his life, the slave and maid don't dare anymore!" ”

Zhang Yizhi wanted to stop Zhang Changzong, this reckless younger brother, but it was too late. The empress slowly stood up and said, "Someone is coming, drive this cheap slave out of the palace for me!" ”

The palace maid's face was like ashes, and she said sadly: "The saint spares his life, the saint spares his life!" ”

At this time, two eunuchs walked in and were about to pull up the palace maid, when the empress said coldly, "Did I say it was her?" ”

Suddenly, Zhang Changzong seemed to feel the empress's sharp imperial authority, and only heard the empress say slowly: "I am the king of a country, I have not been so stupid that I don't even care about military affairs, you cheap slave, pampered and arrogant, how can I spare him, come to someone, drive him out of the palace!" ”

With a pop, Zhang Changzong knelt on the ground, kowtowed, snot and tears flowed down, and said sadly: "The slave is pampered and arrogant, and the sin deserves death, please spare Changzong, Changzong will never dare again." ”

Zhang Yizhi wanted to ask for mercy, but in the end he held back, now the empress is angry, if he pleads again, it will add fuel to the fire, it is better to wait for this matter to talk about it slowly, and then plead for mercy, presumably the empress forgave Changzong as soon as she was happy. After a certain discussion, Zhang Yizhi lowered his head and continued to write stories, and now he also publishes some small stories in the newspaper, which is quite popular with the empress.

The eunuch only obeyed the order, and soon pulled Zhang Changzong out of Lichuntai, and then drove him out of the forbidden palace.

Sun Yuanheng, the Xia official servant, is now the deputy prime minister of Luantai in Tongfeng Pavilion, exercising the duties of Xia Guanshangshu. Therefore, the urgent report was delivered by him personally.

After Sun Yuanheng saw the salute, he presented a letter with three feathers.

The empress ordered someone to summon Shangguan Wan'er to Lichuntai, and after a while, Shangguan Wan'er appeared in Lichuntai in a plain men's suit.

The empress said directly: "Shangguan will take a look at the system first, and then tell sΓΉ me!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er followed her words, and then opened the recital and read it carefully. After reading half a cup of tea, he finished reading it, and then said: "This is a distress letter from Lou Shide of Heyuan Army." It is said that the Tubo Zanpo led 100,000 troops to attack Heyuan City for several days, but the Tubo soldiers seemed to be determined to take the Heyuan Army this time, with thousands of casualties per day, and the day when the city was broken was not far away, and asked the imperial court to send reinforcements. Moreover, the letter also said that if Qinling Shuai 200,000 Tibetan elites attacked Linzhou, if Linzhou was broken, Longyou would not be owned by the Great Zhou, and he would think twice and make a decision as soon as possible. ”

After listening to Shangguan Wan'er's explanation, the empress didn't believe it, so she snatched it away and looked at it with a frown. Now that the empress has grown older, her eyesight is not as good as before, so she rarely sees the music anymore. But this performance really shocked her, if Lou Shide was not alarmist, then this time, if Linzhou is not guaranteed and Longyou is lost, what will happen to her Great Zhou Dynasty?

The empress couldn't believe it, and when she saw it with her own eyes, she waved back left and right, leaving only Sun Yuanheng and Shangguan Wan'er, the Xia official attendants.

Although Sun Yuanheng is the secretary of the Ministry of War, he has never known about military affairs, and he can't say anything, Shangguan Wan'er has lived in the deep palace for a long time, just helping the empress deal with government affairs, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs, and these three stinkers can't stand up to Zhuge Liang.

But Lou Shide is right, at the time of Longyou's survival, there should be someone who stands up to support the backbone of Da Zhou for her, and she also knows who this person is. However, she was a little unwilling to give up power like this, because her attachment to power became more obsessed with her age.

With this in mind, the empress finally hesitated, and she decided to wait and see.

No matter what the Empress of Shendu thought, Wu Shui in Linzhou was not easy at all.

The next day, as the sun showed its red buttocks, outside the north gate of Lintao City, the dense Tubo soldiers slowly drove thousands of steps away from the city under the leadership of the Tubo Great Qinling, and then stopped and took root.

Wu Chu was chewing a green onion and drinking a bowl of rice porridge, after hearing the report, he quickly threw down the bowl, stepped on the war horse and came to the city, took out the monoculars, and then saw the formation of the Tubo soldiers.

I saw a veteran general looking at the city, and the heralds of Tibet were constantly shuttling through the various formations, conveying orders. Wu Shui was sure that the veteran must be the Qin Ling. I didn't expect that three years later, I would face off against this veteran again, what a fate!

Wu Chu laughed and said, "Generals, who will meet the god of war in Tibet when I go out of the city with me?" ”

Xue Ne roared loudly: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Guo Zhiyun and others also gave up their hands one after another, "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Wu Chuan smiled and said: "This is very good, beat the drums and cheer, let me be a big Zhou Erlang, and I will be a wolf in Tibet!" ”

Immediately, the city gate slowly opened, and Wu Chu came out first, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and a spear in his hand. The silver armor was made by a hundred craftsmen using silk mixed with iron sheets and spent a year to weave it, and was plated with a layer of real silver, costing 1.8 million guan. Originally, there was a big iron gun, its cost was 100,000 yuan, and the lion skull was priceless, generally 200,000 yuan, but it was only estimated that people who loved horses would not sell horses for 200,000 yuan.

Originally, Wu Chu rode a sweaty BMW, but unfortunately the sweaty BMW also had an old age, and now he is in retirement, and it is estimated that he will not live long.

In addition to the armor, Wu Chu also has several tokens on his body, the value of these tokens is immeasurable, they include Wu Chu's hundreds of millions of assets, as well as tens of thousands of secret armies. In short, there is nothing worthless in Wu Zheng's body.

But that's the case, Wu Chuan doesn't take it to heart at all, this has to be said that today's Wu Chuan is transforming, and when he breaks the cocoon and turns into a butterfly, it must be the time to become famous.

In the Tubo array, on the Qinling riding a miscellaneous horse, raised his eyes to see the gate of Lintao City open, couldn't help but be stunned, but then saw a team of thousands of soldiers and horses, under the leadership of the silver helmet and silver armor generals, rushed out of the city gate violently. At the same time, the city was beating war drums, and his eyes were fixed on the general in silver armor. (To be continued......)