The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

Even those main battle factions were stunned, because there was no main battle faction that wanted to go to war directly, Li Guangshan and Jia Linbo had similar opinions, Li Guangshan thought that the troops should be gathered first and then send an embassy, while Jia Linbo thought that the mission should be sent first and prepare for war.

Although they all wanted to negotiate with Beirong first, Jia Linbo's method was more gentle, and Li Guangshan's ideas were easy to cause misunderstanding...... But this is gentle enough for Li Guangshan personally.

However, the empress's decision was to directly dispatch part of the troops in northern Xinjiang, as well as troops from Xishengzhou, Xishanzhou, Azhou, and Liaozhou, totaling 120,000 people, to Xining Prefecture.

Strive to put all the above-mentioned forces into the battlefield within a month.

Go straight to war!

I have to say that the domineering empress of the court this morning was exposed.

Direct!

Decisive!

And there is no way to refute it.

Zhou An also expressed his support in public.

So it was settled.

Even Li Guangshan changed his attitude because of this, and wanted to persuade the empress to change his attitude, after all, ...... It's not that it can't be fought now, but it won't last long, and if it can't win quickly, the imperial court will be dragged down, and the strategic deployment of the entire north will have problems.

However, before Li Guangshan could speak, he was interrupted by Zhou An.

Zhou An supported the empress's decision.

This made Li Guangshan give up the idea of persuading the empress to retract her fate on the spot, after all, there was still a chance later, and the next dynasty could talk, and his intuition told Li Guangshan that the empress suddenly changed so much, there must be something in it.

Downwards and backwards.

The empress returned directly to the palace.

Zhou An didn't follow.

He stayed outside the Shenwu Gate, and soon waited for Li Guangshan, Jia Linbo, Yuan Wenxun and other important ministers, Yuan Wenxun had already made concessions in order to let Li Guangshan and Jia Linbo help him speak.

The three of them came together to persuade the empress when they had the same opinion.

But I didn't see it.

Zhou An stopped them, and after a secret conversation, the three of them went back and didn't entangle anymore.

Zhou An couldn't say anything about Queen Yue, but he told the three of them...... Beirong will retreat!

And hinted at the three of them, this will be a show!

A drama to save face and enhance the prestige of the imperial court.

Zhou An and the empress discussed it when they had breakfast.

Although he can't reveal the matter of the Moon Queen, he can take advantage of the situation to seek benefits for the imperial court, and Beirong Tianren knows about the existence of the Moon Queen, so he is likely to make a wrong judgment because of this.

Beirong's withdrawal is a high probability.

And once the Beirong Heavenly People mistakenly thought that the Moon Queen wanted to stand up for Dong Qian, so Dong Qian dared to put on a battle posture, then ...... Beijung will be more likely to retreat.

In fact, if we take out the situation of heaven and man, we can look at this matter separately.

Beirong is also going to withdraw from the army.

If Dongqian wants to start a war with them, they may not be willing to fight, and if they really want to fight Dongqian, then whether Dongqian deploys troops in advance will not change the outcome, and it is more advantageous to prepare in advance.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhou An to say so much to Li Guangshan and others.

It's about reassuring them.

And they departed.

At noon that day, two pieces of news spread in Qianjing City,

First, Beirong invaded Xining Prefecture.

The second is that the imperial court has decided to send troops to start a war with Beirong!

This made the vast majority of people in Qianjing City fall into an excited state, applauding for the imperial court! They had no idea how much damage Beirong had done to Dongqian at the end of last year, because the imperial court advertised that Beirong had been repulsed.

And Dongqian and Beirong are mortal enemies.

In recent decades, Dongqian has been "tolerated" by Beirong, which has made everyone Dongqian hold their breath.

The imperial court will be despised by the Jianghu people, and it has a lot to do with the incompetence of the imperial court.

And this time, the imperial court was very decisive.

Even some of the words of the Empress Shenzhao in the early dynasty were passed out by some courtiers of the upper dynasty, and the empress's strength, fearlessness, and decisiveness made people applaud.

It's to fight Beirong!

As a result, Qianjing City even had a somewhat jubilant atmosphere.

Some literati were even more poetic, and before the fight began, they began to sing praises to the empress, the imperial court, and the soldiers who were about to kill the enemy!

That's what you want!

In fact, this is a war in which there is no smoke of gunpowder.

It's a war of public opinion!

To this end, Zhou An mobilized all the forces of Dongchang in Qianjing City to build momentum for the empress and the imperial court.

This would bring great rewards to the imperial court.

To put it mildly, the imperial court was able to recover some of the negative effects caused by the fall of the subject state to Beijung.

To put it bigger, it can deter those who are disobedient in the world.

A strong empress will make those who want to rebel fear.

And the people's will will make them give up the idea of rebellion and be honest and loyal ministers.

******

At dusk.

Northern.

Yourong State, Rong City.

In the back garden of the Rongjun Palace, six boys are being beaten...... Princess Yunjing was wearing heavy armor and holding a sword, beating the grandson of King Rongjun and his great-grandson.

They're having a hard time these days.

Because Princess Yunjing was like taking the wrong medicine, after receiving a letter from the capital, she first didn't eat or drink for a day, and she didn't know what kind of temper she was, but after she stopped making trouble, she became more ferocious, and she trained them more strictly than before.

Even, after injuring everyone and losing her strength, she practiced by herself, wielding a war saber, and practicing for a day!

"Oops!"

"Ahh

"Grandma spare her life!"

Screaming and begging for mercy continued.

It was getting dark.

"Your Highness, it's not too early." Haqige, who was standing in the shade of a tree, spoke.

Princess Yunjing stopped suddenly, and she couldn't breathe.

"Alright, that's all for today! But don't slack off when you go back, and experience it well, tomorrow the Japanese Palace will test you one-on-one......" Princess Yunjing glanced at.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Auntie, walk slowly."

Several of the boys were busy agreeing, not daring to say anything else.

Princess Yunjing walked out with a knife, and when she passed by Haqige's side, she threw the knife to Haqige and threw her helmet on the ground...... Take off your heavy armor as you walk.

When Princess Cloudview returned to the courtyard, it was already dark.

Red apricots are also prepared with hot water.

Night.

Candlelit hazy room.

Princess Yunjing soaked in the bathtub, tilting her head, rarely relaxed, but frowned slightly.

Hong Xing is wiping Princess Yunjing's body.

"Why haven't we heard any news yet?" Princess Yunjing suddenly spoke up and muttered to herself.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the capital is far away from here, it is estimated that it will be ...... tomorrow" Hong Xing reassured, she knew that Princess Yunjing was cultivating more desperately than before, all because she wanted to forget what she was thinking about, otherwise she would be cranky all day long.

"The letter from the imperial sister has not yet arrived...... Why is there no news from Xiao Anzi? The dead man ...... "As soon as Zhou An was mentioned, Princess Yunjing became angry.

She opened her eyes and fished out a "toy" from the tub water.

It's a wooden man.

It's very ugly, but it can be seen that it is a human shape, and it is a man, and in the position of the suspected head, there are also engraved the words "Dead Xiao Anzi".

"Bad guys! Villain! Shameless! Big Bad! Shoot you! Princess Cloudview jerked at the wooden man.

But soon, she took the wooden man in her arms again, bowing her head and saying nothing.

"Put on your clothes." A cold voice suddenly sounded.

"What are you talking about...... Well? Princess Yunjing subconsciously thought that it was Hongxing who spoke, because there was only Hongxing in the room besides her, but she also reacted immediately and turned back suddenly.

A woman with a phoenix crown and a veil on her face stood by the window, looking at Princess Yunjing with no waves.