The emperor was mediocre, the eunuchs were rampant, the people were miserable, and the country was in ruins. Natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, beacon fire and wolf smoke were burning everywhere, and the troubled times used its sharp minions to tear the body of this crumbling dynasty.

Pingli year, autumn.

On the day of Lin Qi's death, everything was ordinary, but the dark clouds pressed against the palace wall, as if the heavens and the earth were connected, and the cold wind blew across the earth, teaching people to tighten their sleeves and rush home without step.

That day, she was staggering on a horse, and when she was summoned by the palace, she just thought that she was called into the palace and beaten more than a month ago, but she thought that this time was the same, so she didn't clean up much, so she rode her favorite jujube red to the palace.

Looking at the pedestrians hurrying on the road, the woman who was riding on the horse casually sneered, and opened her eyes boringly, just this cold wind froze the people in this rich nest into this dog, if you get to their border, I am afraid that you will not even be able to get out of the bed.

The deputy guard who followed on the side frowned, not as leisurely as her, just looking like she wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

Looking at the small expression on his face, Lin Qi didn't ask him, even though she could see that the deputy guard seemed to have something to say, she still watched the expression on his face viciously.

It's too boring along the way, and the expression of her deputy guard is enough for her to be happy.

Alas, why didn't the Holy One let the horses run in this city?

"General, my subordinates always feel a little strange, don't say that you just came back, and don't teach you to take a short rest and summon you in a hurry, and the military advisor is not by your side, I am afraid that your trip will be more auspicious." When he was finally able to see the palace gate from a distance, the anxious deputy guard finally spoke.

But the woman in front of her didn't care at all: "This is not the first time this has happened, hasn't it been a few times before?" It's not a big deal, it's just a beating, and then let me come back, you remember to prepare some wine and food, I'm afraid I can still get some gold and silver treasures when I enter the palace this time, take all my brothers to the best restaurant and wait for me, I'm in for a treat! ”

Lin Qi raised his eyebrows and turned back, the girl in fresh clothes and angry horses, lined with the vermilion palace wall behind.

She smiled at the sad guard, reassured him, and drove her horse into the palace gate as before.

Only the adjutant stared at her back, uneasy.

The reason why Lin Qi was summoned into the palace before was that she won the border town, and when she returned to the dynasty in triumph after recapturing the occupied four cities, from the border pass to the capital city of Shangjing, all the way were welcomed by the people, giving gifts and cheering, the grand occasion was unprecedented, and the alleys were empty.

Even if she has a bad reputation, that kind of emotion still infects everyone.

This was supposed to be a great event.

The frontier has been entrenched in the frontier for many years, killing people and setting fire to and plundering women and property, and people mention that they all show fear on their faces, and they are a kind of heart-sick existence.

The people of the border are warlike, and they are good at fighting on horseback, in the years of fighting wits and courage with the border towns, the battlefield is forced to be in the vast grassland, and the soldiers of the Ji country have not won a few times, and the morale of the army has been greatly reduced for a while.

But Lin Qi did it.

A woman.

For this reason, the embarrassed and angry people of the border towns ridiculed the emperor more than once, saying that Wu Yueguo had no one who could fight, and even asked a woman to sit in the position of a general.

But in any case, she is like a rising star, illuminating the hearts of the villages where the border passes live, and protecting them from the encroachment of the border towns.

But this incident angered the emperor.

He already regarded Lin Qisheng as a thorn in the flesh, and his prestige among the people was extremely high, and he was praised all over the world, but because he was a woman, he had endured it for a long time, and because no woman had ever been the emperor, he was not a big threat to him.

But recently, Zhao Guo has an unprecedented empress, although she only reigned for more than a month before stepping down, but it still made the already tense atmosphere even more tense, and for some reason there was a ballad suddenly circulated in the city, which probably meant that Lin Qi returned to the throne.

And her return to the dynasty this time is so powerful, and her high merit is very suspicious.

Therefore, the emperor summoned him to the palace this time, although he did not say it explicitly, but hinted that Lin Qi should pay attention to the difference between monarchs and ministers. Even if the merit is great, it can't afford the great gift of the people's welcome.

Lin Qi was like a mirror in his heart, and bowed his head respectfully.

Of course, this matter is not so simple and can be passed.

Emperor Ji first reduced Lin Qi's army by more than 30,000 on the grounds that the Imperial Guard's army needed to be expanded.

Then he was promoted to the rank of deputy general Li Guo as a general, assisted by Lin Qi, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses were distributed under Li Guo.

For the third time, 80,000 soldiers and horses under Lin Qi were dispatched to the south to resist the Nanban, including 2,000 Lin Qi's own soldiers.

Three cuts, Lin Qi's 400,000 soldiers and horses were reduced to less than 200,000, and the elite soldiers were less than 1,000.

Lin Qi had already prepared in his heart, but the generals under his command were indignant. For a time, there were many complaints in the barracks, and the morale of the army was discouraged.

Just when the recovering of the border town finally invaded a city, the soldiers guarding the pass were a little slack, drinking to cheer up, the border town seized the opportunity, took the opportunity to invade, many soldiers were killed in their sleep, this move was greatly damaged, and retreated straight to the two cities.

After declining again and again, many soldiers spread the word that the battle was bound to be lost, which greatly reduced morale, but in just a few days, nearly 10,000 soldiers were lost.

Lin Qi expected that the situation was critical, and he hurriedly wrote twice to request the transfer of troops for support.

The emperor was unimpressed when he received the letter for the first time, and thought about stumbling on him to see how she could win the battle.

Fortunately, the raid on the border was less than 50,000 troops, and the general under Lin Qi took 50,000 soldiers to resolve it. But she knew that Xijon would never end like this, and that a large number of troops would definitely go to war in the future. So he wrote again and asked for the other 200,000 soldiers to be repatriated.

The emperor did not kill her arrogance, and only transferred 50,000 soldiers and horses when he wrote the second time.

Lin Qi led the troops to resist for dozens of days, and waited for 50,000 soldiers and horses, and his heart was half cold. Looking at the old, weak, sick and disabled among them, and half of the children of the official family, it seems that he knew that the emperor did not want her to win this battle, and summoned his subordinates to find countermeasures.

If she loses, she doesn't care about her prestige, but the people of the frontier will suffer; If he wins, I am afraid that the emperor will be more jealous of him, and it will be impossible to return to the army in the future.

Actually, there is nothing to consider. The lives of the people are the most important, so Lin Qi can sacrifice his life, not to mention fame, fortune and status.

But the battle with the border towns is actually difficult to win, even if their army is brave and good at fighting.

The 50,000 soldiers and horses in the border area tested the truth and reality, and at the same time planted eyeliner to listen to the information of Dingjiguo. Knowing that the emperor and the general Lin Qi had a disagreement, they only had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses with serious casualties. Take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation and definitely defeat Lin Qi.

So the emperor of Bianyi drove the expedition in person and led 400,000 soldiers and horses to come.

Lin Qi and his generals resisted stubbornly, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

Many of the soldiers tried to flee, and many of them had written a masterpiece and prepared for the horse leather shroud.

Lin Qi sent troops again to report urgently, many ministers in the court and China supported, the emperor was forced to send 200,000 soldiers, if this defeat and recapture the border cities, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.

But it's too late.

In the fifteen days of the war, Lin Qi's elite soldiers suffered many casualties, and more than half of the generals under his command were lost, among which the youngest general was only sixteen, the most bloody and healthy age, and the beauty of life had not yet begun, but it had ended.

Bian Yi is fierce in this battle, and constantly sends troops to help, even if Lin Qi is good at tactics, she can't withstand the huge difference in numbers, and she has no power to return to the sky.

This battle will be lost.

She knows this better than anyone else.