At the beginning of March, Ximen was undefeated and fought Duguxue at the top of Mount Tai.

Dugu Xue did not come, and directly admitted defeat.

Also in these days, the expanded 300,000 Northwest Army marched westward under the leadership of Zhou Tianwen.

Linghu Su, as the commander-in-chief, followed behind by 5,000 well-equipped guards and 20,000 Imperial Forest troops.

The commander of the 20,000 Royal Forest Army was Bai Xiaoxiang, and he was reluctant to take over, but Ling Husu did not have a trusted manpower around him, so he managed to make Yin Zhi the deputy commander, and now, Bai Xiaoxiang had to accept it.

"My majesty, I'm resting well, why give me this trouble."

The two men rode side by side, with a continuous line of troops in front and behind, left and right.

Ling Husu is not a pampered person, and it is impossible for him to come out to fight and sit in a sedan chair.

"Those who can work hard! I see that you have nothing to do all day long, so I will find you something. Everyone in our perfect adventure group is busy, so you can be idle, okay? ”

"I'm sorry, how am I free."

"Oh, Sister Bai, just ask me if it's okay, help me take it for a while, and then change it when there is a suitable candidate. For example, your Yin Zhi, I think he is quite suitable, you can cultivate it well. ”

"That's not good, when the world is peaceful, he will accompany me to wander the world and watch the prosperity of the world."

"Let's talk about it then! Moreover, a man must want to make a career and not follow your shadow for the rest of his life, right? ”

Bai Xiaoxiang stopped talking, sullen.

At this time, Dugu Xue's cry for help came from behind: "Your Majesty, can you take care of Miss Fei Yan." ”

Fei Yan had to go along, but she was weak and couldn't ride a horse for a long time, so she took a carriage, and Duguxue was catching up. As a result, Fei Yan harassed in the carriage in various ways, which annoyed Dugu Xue.

Ling Hu Su smiled slightly, pretending not to hear. Lonely Xue is a good person, and Fei Yan is also very good, although she occasionally asks about the goddess and the princess. However, due to the rustiness in the middle for more than a year, Fei Yan's original reverie weakened a lot.

The closest city to Chen Guo and Wei Guo is Tancheng, and Linghu Su's attack point this time is Tancheng.

The Northwest Army was already stationed on the west side of Yicheng, only forty kilometers away from Tancheng, and when Linghu Su arrived in Yicheng, night was falling.

The prefect of Yicheng led officials to greet him at the gate of the mansion and almost made a joke.

They only know that the current emperor is the seventh princess, but they don't know what the seventh princess looks like, thinking that the woman in the carriage is His Majesty, but they don't know that the one on the horse is.

After a day of traveling, everyone was tired, so Linghu Su refused the hospitality of the prefect of Yicheng, and took the people around him to eat something casually and slept at the post station for one night. As for the others, they were in the barracks.

Linghu Su can sleep, but Tancheng can't.

The defense of Tancheng is the old general Zhao Mu, who is a relative of the emperor and the country for three generations, and there has been no powerful person in the middle, until Zhao Mu's generation.

Zhao Mu's most famous achievement was to expand the territory on the western side of the kingdom by half the size of the country, subjugate countless indigenous tribes, and sweep away the western threat in one fell swoop.

It stands to reason that Zhao Mu has resigned to recuperate, but the defense of the country is facing a life-and-death crisis, and there is a lack of generals in the DPRK, so Zhao Mu recommended himself and went into battle again.

Shu Qin valued this person very much, and asked him to defend the most important Tancheng and lead an army of 200,000.

City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Wan Yan Gou and Zhao Mu and others are discussing the matter of city defense.

"Now, Emperor Chen personally led an army of 300,000 to kill, and his strength is menacing, not to be underestimated!"

"Old General Zhao must not grow the ambition of others, the lower official heard that the general of the Northwest Army was once the commander of the city guard army, it seems that Chen Susu is useless."

With a fat head and big ears, he has been stationed here for 20 years and has never had an accident. The city of Tancheng is hard, and there is no precedent for it to be breached since ancient times.

"Wanyan's little nephew can't be underestimated this person, Zhou Tianwen studied under the late old general Sun Che, Sun Che is good at the art of war, weird and changeable, and has the title of ghost master. Moreover, Zhou Tianwen's ability to control the city guards for more than ten years is enough to prove his talent. Otherwise, why would Empress Chen let him lead the army. There are still many people with prestige in the Chen Dynasty. ”

"What the old general said is that we must go all out and let the empress plant a big heel. Hehe, a woman is the emperor, it seems that there is no man left in the Chen State. ”

Zhao Mu Laocheng is serious, not as optimistic as Wanyan Gou. On the contrary, he saw that a woman could become emperor beyond her four elder brothers, which is enough to see how shocking her methods are.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "General, city lord, the Cangyue faction of the free faction asks to see you." ”

"Okay, let them in. Oops, it's finally here, and the lower officials have notified it a few days ago, so I'm afraid that they will resign. ”

Zhao Mu frowned and said, "Why are you looking for these Jianghu sects?" ”

"The old general doesn't know that my Tancheng can be so stable as Mount Tai, and it is indispensable to the help of the Jianghu sect, especially the Xiaoyao faction, and even helped me defend the country and build the country."

"The old man knows, but he is just worried that the Jianghu sect will continue to grow and affect the imperial court. Alas, that's it, let's get through this first. ”

In the outer hall, Gu Qianhu led more than a dozen disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, Sikong Yun led more than a dozen disciples of the Cangyue Sect, and Nangong Xin was among them.

"When the ancient gate master ascended the throne, the old man didn't go to congratulate him in person, I'm really sorry, when this matter is over, how about we find a place to have a drink?"

Sikong Yun is the master of the Cangyue Sect, and at the age of fifty or sixty, he is still full of qi and blood, and his body is strong.

"The master of Sikong Sect has been polite, and Brother Nangong can come to congratulate him, which is already a great face."

Gu Qianhu replied without humility or arrogance, although Sikong Yun was a senior, they were now at the same level, and their strength was not much different.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Sikong Yun asked about Ling Husu.

"I heard that you had a relationship with Empress Chen?"

Gu Qianhu smiled embarrassedly and said, "That was once, who would have thought that the former Seventh Princess would now become the empress, it's really unpredictable." ”

Gu Qianhu couldn't describe his feelings, he had love at the beginning, but now, this love is deeply hidden by him and will never be opened again.

After a while, someone came out to pick it up, and the two masters of the door followed into the inner hall.

"Sikong Yun, the master of the Cangyue Sect, has seen two adults."

"Gu Qianhu, the master of the Easy Sect, has seen two adults."

Zhao Mule smiled and said, "The master of Sikong Sect is still so tough, I can't do it anymore!" I don't know how long it will last. ”

The two of them knew each other, and Sikong Yun also smiled happily and said, "I see that you are not bad, the last time we met was three years ago!" It's a pity that I couldn't drink and talk about it, which is a pity. ”

"Why don't we have a drink when this war is over?"

"Very good, very good!"

Zhao Mu and Sikong Yun said happily, Wan Yangou did not snub Gu Qianhu, in fact, the two of them were old acquaintances.

"Brother, what are the two of us sects going to do this time, let's talk about it first, and we don't have to do anything that works hard." Gu Qianhu brought his disciples over to help, not to sell his life.

"Of course, you just need to stare at each other's masters, as the so-called ace vs. ace, I don't have a master in Tancheng, otherwise I wouldn't invite you."

The Loose Faction, the Cangyue Faction and the Patriotic Court are close, and they can't refuse this time. In fact, there are other sects, but they are not as powerful as these two sects.