Just in the Yanjing woods near Daqi, Fu Huanqing's mount Hei Feng found Zhu Ri, and Zhu Ri's hind legs were shot and wounded, and he was half kneeling in the mud and wailing, and when he saw Hei Feng, his big black eyes were a little wet, revealing a pitiful appearance.

By the side of the day, the corpse of the Lanling Soldiers and Horses Division who was lying on the ground, Princess Duan Heng, who was supposed to be on horseback, did not know where to go.

Fu Sanqian looked at the mess and bloodstained place, and muttered: "Something happened, this time it's really a big deal......

Meng Chang clenched his fists, although he was silent, the green tendons on his face were beating, which showed that he was extremely angry. Even if the Southern King rebelled, and the Lanling Soldiers and Horses entered the palace to rescue the driver, there were no such heavy casualties. These cold corpses on the ground were still drinking with him yesterday, and discussing this errand with a smile can browse the customs of Daqi by the way.

These are his subordinates, his brothers, his fathers, his husbands, his sons...... Behind them, there are more than a dozen broken families.

It was he who misjudged the danger of this mission...... Meng Zhang's nails were deeply embedded in the flesh and blood, but he didn't know it, he just wrinkled his brows and stared at the corpse on the ground.

Fu Huanqing jumped off Hei Feng's back and probed the surrounding situation, the corpse was surrounded by messy horseshoe prints, obviously the attacker was also riding a horse, the horseshoe prints were smaller, it can be seen that there was no horseshoe, among the countries bordering the Great Zhou, it was the poorest in the Northern Wei Dynasty that could not afford to use horseshoes, and the position where Xiao Hengyuan's mount was shot was not much the same as the position where Xiao Hengyuan's mount was shot that day.

After confirming it four times, it can be concluded that this is Xiao Hengyuan's handiwork again, since he has already captured Princess Duan Heng, he will not go west to Daqi.

The corpses scattered in the woods were already cold, the blood had dried up, and the scattered horseshoe prints stretched in all directions, and for a moment they could not make out the route of their retreat. Even if you want to chase it, you can't catch up.

Fu Huanqing took a step forward, knelt in the mud, briefly cleaned up the wound of the day, and ordered: "Meng Chang will stay first, and arrange for the Yanjing political secretary to settle the dead brother and the day." Three thousand and I will go back to the palace as soon as possible. ”

This would be an extremely dangerous disaster, and he must return to Lanling as soon as possible to quickly reorganize the Great Zhou army and prepare for battle.

Fu Huanqing traveled day and night, and rushed back to Lanling before sunset on the second day.

He didn't go back to his Protector's Mansion, and directly entered the imperial city in a grand manner, breaking into Rende Palace all the way. Fortunately, the privilege of the protector is still there, whether he climbs over the wall or directly enters the house, the palace people and palace attendants of Chonghua Palace and Rende Palace have practiced a good eyesight, and the guards in the palace have also practiced a good skill that will never meet the protector.

This time, Fu Huanqing did not hesitate, and pushed open the door of Rende Palace.

Jia Dongfeng was really reviewing the folds at the desk, and Zhen Liancheng was sitting beside her, looking at her side face softly.

Fu Huanqing's footsteps stagnated.

It's just a stagnant.

At the moment when his footsteps were stagnant, Jia Dongfeng had already put down the imperial pen in his hand and raised his head, his face was a little solemn, and his eyes were a little frosty: "Duan Heng was robbed, it was my carelessness." Just after she knew what happened to Bai Tang, she had already guessed that Xiao Hengyuan must have colluded with Duan Hui without having to follow him for thousands of miles, first dealt with Bai Tang who was dead in Langya Bamboo Forest, and then kidnapped Duan Heng who wanted to save Duan Kun.

And her thought was that when she decided to escort Duan Heng to Dali, she did not decisively let Fu Huanqing arrange it, but chose Meng Chang.

I really didn't expect Xiao Hengyuan to be involved.

As a fierce steppe wolf, Xiao Hengyuan did not accept domestication, but he was humiliated before domestication, his temperament is obedient and resentful, once he gains power, he must be unscrupulous and crazy to fight back, after all, in order to capture him and tame him, she also did whatever it takes.

The love of children really delayed state affairs, even if it was just a small decision, because of her hesitation, there was such a big mistake.

The words of the Holy Emperor are still in my ears: "As an emperor, you must break off your love, not be affected by external objects, and be able to make rational judgments and decisions under any circumstances." Because as an emperor, if you make a mistake, someone else will pay the price, and this price is sometimes greater than your own death...... If the Zhen family is not destroyed, it may be my Da Zhou, and it is not the dozens of people of the Zhen family who die, but the people of Da Zhou! ”

As a prophecy, more than a dozen people paid the price for her.

She didn't even have time to grieve for them, because an even greater crisis was coming.

This time she must make the right decision in order to keep more of the people of Da Zhou.

Fu Huanqing nodded: "Your Majesty, will you order troops to go north and south tomorrow?" ”

"The Lord Protector plans to divide his troops?" Zhen Liancheng stood up, dressed in white, and looked at Fu Huanqing's eyes dark and clear.

"We can't take any chances." Fu Huanqing hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, his eyes were a little bloodshot and tired, and he looked a little haggard, but his tall figure still made him look outstanding, "Besides, Dali must have a way to pass through the poisonous miasma." ”

Otherwise, how could there be Dali people to do business in Dazhou, Dali can produce miasma avoidance medicine, and naturally Chen Bing will be able to face the south out of nowhere.

Moreover, the south of the Great Zhou is rich and close to Lanling, if you don't go south to fortify, once Dali has a surprise army, Lanling will be dangerous.

"There are strange soldiers in the south, Duan Hui and his people ......" Zhen Liancheng thought for a moment, "I like to use insidious and treacherous ways the most, and the protection of the country is in the south, and the chances of victory will be greater." "Duan Huiqi, before Ye Nanfeng Tianzhuxiang's affair was revealed, he was originally not famous, and judging from his few acting styles, he really deserves to be called insidious. However, he insisted on defending the south for other purposes.

"You don't need to divide your troops, you can just go north." Jia Dongfeng said in an irrefutable tone, "Duan Hui can't take out enough medicine to feed the horses, if it's just the infantry passing through the poisonous miasma, with Xuanweizi's military science, can't Zhen Xiang conquer it?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to provoke the generals," Zhen Liancheng shook his head, "I really can't calculate where Duan Hui and Xiao Hengyuan will gather troops, or divide their troops to attack Da Zhou. My heart is where the Great Zhou Sheji is located, that is, Lanling. As long as Lanling is guarded, Da Zhou will definitely be able to survive this crisis. ”

"What if they come from the Northern Wei Dynasty? How innocent are the people of the north? Jia Dongfeng raised his head slightly, with an indescribable Xiao Suo and perseverance in his eyes, "Xiao Hengyuan's knife was lost from my hand, so I must also catch the blade this time." Besides, the Son of Heaven was supposed to guard the country. ”

Since you have chosen this path, you must not regret or retreat.

Only by sealing one's own retreat can one give the people behind him more ways out.

Looking at the resolute look on Jia Dongfeng's face, Zhen Liancheng's expression was still as calm as water, but his heart was shocked, and his face irrepressibly turned white, almost comparable to the white shirt on his body.

In a flash of lightning, he suddenly realized what he had missed.

Xiao Hengyuan is the variable he missed. If it weren't for his serial scheme, Ye Nanfeng would not have changed at that time, and Xiao Hengyuan would not have escaped. If he was lucky enough, Jia Dongfeng at this time should have tamed him into a quick knife to restrain Empress Dowager Feng, and hated Empress Dowager Feng and his half-brother who took away his throne and dignity.

Jia Dongfeng's short-lived life and death of the country were dangling in front of him, and seeing her make such a decisive decision, he became more and more sure of his thoughts: "Defend the south!" ”