Chapter 287: Chinese New Year's Eve
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In the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the rules, all the servants in the mansion were to say auspicious words to the master, and early in the morning, Chu Lixue gave everyone double the amount of silver money, and also sealed red envelopes for everyone. This is also the reason why many people want to enter the Chenwang Mansion to do things.
That night, the emperor summoned all the royal relatives and nobles to the palace to attend the dinner, and the queen mother and the queen sat on either side of the emperor, and it was still Chang nobles who could sit at the emperor's table.
There is a song and dance performance in the center of the main hall, and the royal family sitting below does not seem to have much interest in watching the song and dance performance, speaking of which, now entering the palace to set up a banquet for Chinese New Year's Eve, but it is not as good as before. King Ning and some other princes of the older generation miss the reign of the first emperor.
Jiang Tian and Xiyue's seats were next to King Ning, looking at Xiyue's face with a happy smile, Chu Lixue was really happy for her.
However, at this moment, a border pass soldier came to report that Dongyu and Southern Chu had formed an alliance to attack Beichen together, and the king of Dingnan was confronting both sides with his people. And the most ridiculous excuse of Dongyu is that the princess of King Hui of Dongyu disappeared in Beichen Kingdom.
"Can't they stop this New Year? If you have to block me today, haven't you found any signs before? The emperor slammed the glass in his hand to the ground.
This was the most ugly thing since he ascended the throne, and during the reign of his father, he would receive greetings from several other countries every New Year's Day, and after he ascended the throne, the first year was good, but gradually it was not the same as before. Could it be that he really can't sit on the throne for long?
"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead troops to fight against Dongyu, there is a king of Dingnan in Southern Chu, there should be no problem for the time being." King Chen arched his hand.
As soon as the emperor heard this, King Chen was willing to lead the troops to the expedition, and he was relieved, fortunately, he still had King Chen and King Dingnan by his side to assign, otherwise how would he sit firmly in this country.
"Okay, King Chen, I ordered you to lead 200,000 troops to fight in Dongyu, kill them without leaving a piece of armor, do they dare to be so arrogant in Dongyu?" The Emperor said indignantly.
Princess Hui disappeared in Beichen, what a ridiculous excuse, do you really think that no one knows about King Hui driving Pan Xiaoya out of the post station? Don't forget, this is at the foot of the imperial city, and if there is anything going on, it will soon be transmitted to the palace. As for why King Hui drove Princess Hui away, the inside story can be imagined. Coupled with the fact that King Hui came to Beichen Kingdom in a good manner, this was a conspiracy at first.
Back at the house, Chu Lixue began to prepare the armor and cotton clothes for King Chen's expedition, full of complaints, if she didn't say it, she would be suffocated to death.
"This Dongyu country is also true, why did they choose to attack the city on Chinese New Year's Eve, they don't want to celebrate the New Year, and they don't want others to celebrate the New Year?"
"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, they should want to take advantage of it, but pity those people in the city, they can't even live well for a year." King Chen said lightly.
"Then how long are you going to go on this expedition?"
"Three months at most, a month at the least, in short, I will definitely come back as soon as possible."
"There aren't many military doctors now, so it's better for you to bring Dr. Hanjiang with you."
"The lady trusts him so much?" King Chen looked at Chu Lixue's eyes and said.
"yes." Chu Lixue said lightly.
Chu Lixue didn't know whether to tell King Chen of Hanjiang's identity, and it seemed that it was not impossible to inform him of this, but she didn't know that the younger brother was ......
At this moment, the remnant snow outside the door said softly: "Lord, princess, Doctor Hanjiang asks to see." โ
"Oh? Let him in. King Chen said lightly. He immediately sat down on a chair and picked up a teacup to drink tea.
Han Jiang walked in, first glanced at Chu Lixue, and then said to King Chen: "Lord Wang, I know that you are going to go on the expedition, and now there are not enough military doctors, so I am willing to go out with the prince and do what I can for the soldiers." โ
Hearing this, King Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, this Hanjiang is really strange, he saved Lixue at the beginning, he should have been grateful to him, but he always felt that this Hanjiang looked at Chu Lixue's eyes a little differently, not like a doctor looking at a patient, and not like a man looking at a woman, what kind of gaze is this, for a while he really couldn't tell.
"Liyu, come here." Chu Lixue said lightly.
Liyu? King Chen was slightly stunned when he heard this name, Chu Liyu? Was he kidnapped when he was young, and he was able to find it after being missing for more than ten years, and he was so coincidental that he healed his sister? This is legendary, isn't it? Thinking of Han Jiang's gaze at Chu Lixue just now, it is not difficult to explain.
"Lord Wang, in fact, Hanjiang is my long-lost little brother Chu Liyu, Liyu's identity has been confirmed by my mother, the reason why I didn't tell the prince is because I don't want Liyu's identity to be exposed too early, and I don't know who he was when he was kidnapped and abandoned in the mountain stream, so we need to investigate secretly." Chu Lixue said lightly.
"I see, I can understand what you think, it's just that the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, Hanjiang, oh Liyu is afraid it will be unsafe to follow me to the battlefield, and it is not easy for the family to reunite, and we must cherish this hard-won happiness." King Chen said softly.
"The prince still calls me Hanjiang, although Liyu is my real name, but before I find out what happened back then, I will not appear in front of the world as Chu Liyu." Han Jiang said lightly.
"The matter of the military doctor, there is an arrangement by the imperial court, you should accompany your second sister at home for the New Year, I am not at home, if you also go on the expedition, then how lonely it should be for her to guard the huge palace alone." King Chen softly reassured.
"With Hanjiang by your side, I can rest assured, there are so many people in this mansion to accompany me, you can rest assured."
At the insistence of Chu Lixue and Hanjiang, King Chen was unable to resist after all, and after getting ready, he rushed to the border pass in the direction of Dongyu with his army in the early morning of the next day.
This year is not a good year for everyone, even the people of Dongyu and Southern Chu. It was supposed to be a day of family reunion, but their emperor sent their relatives to war for his own benefit.
The war of the Three Kingdoms is very anxious, when King Chen took a group of soldiers to run eight thousand miles in five days to feel the border pass, Dongyu has begun to hit the city gate, if the city gate is broken, then the people in the city will be slaughtered, King Chen will not let such a thing happen, without waiting for a break, he took a group of soldiers to start fighting.
The generals on the Dongyu side saw that the reinforcements arrived, and they could withdraw the army, but King Chen did not pursue Chen Sheng, but the generals who defended the city did not listen to King Chen's orders, and dared to pursue with a team of cavalry, and finally were besieged and almost died.
After the general who guarded the city woke up, he hurriedly went to the front of King Chen to plead guilty, all because of his recklessness, otherwise, how could so many soldiers be injured.
This battle, even King Chen didn't expect it to be so smooth, the other party saw the reinforcements and retreated, although the generals had led troops to pursue, some damage, but it can be proved that they were not pretending to retreat, but really retreating, so the question is, why did they attack Beichen in the first place? Could it be that the Nanchu side has successfully attacked the city, and Dongyu is not just a smoke. Fog. Play?
Thinking of this, King Chen exchanged for Liuyue and sent him to the border pass of Southern Chu to investigate, and it was best to get the handwriting of King Dingnan to rest assured.
After receiving the order, Liuyue rushed to the border pass day and night within three days, and Nanchu and Beichen were in the truce stage, and the arrival of Liuyue made the king of Dingnan clearly understand the situation on the Dongyu side.
"Lord, the troops on the Dongyu side have been withdrawn, and my lord is worried that they are pretending to retreat, so they will be stationed for a while longer. Haven't reinforcements arrived from your side yet? Liuyue looked at the wounded soldiers lying in the house in the city and said.
"Not yet, the reinforcements on my side are King Jing, and there are some delays on the road when he is old." Shangguan Tianyu said lightly.
In fact, he didn't think so in his heart, the emperor has always been jealous of the military power in his hands with King Chen, and what he cares more about is that he is friendly with King Chen, King Jing is a person who is keen on power, I'm afraid he wants to have a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches. When he was most tired from fighting with Nan Chu, he reappeared, so that he had to treat him as a savior, and the emperor just had an excuse to release the military power in his hands. It's not that others want to think of this king as bad, just look at what he has done in recent years.
"Lord Shangguan, if you are in urgent need of troops here, my prince can send some to come to support." Liuyue said in a deep voice. For example, the emperor sent King Jing as a reinforcement instead of choosing the young Jiang Tian, it can be seen that the emperor wants the country and the military power, but he does it at this time, is it a bit of a matter of importance.
Hearing this, Shangguan Tianyu was overjoyed, it would be great to have King Chen's soldiers and horses to support, but if the troops were dispersed, what would Dongyu do if they fought back?
"If Yihan gives me half of his forces, what will he do on his side?" Shangguan Tianyu frowned.
"Lord, don't worry, before leaving, my princess filled the prince's bag with a lot of poisonous powder, mixed these poisonous powders into the ammunition, and attacked the army of Dongyu Kingdom, and even poisoned if it was not killed. My lord also asked me to bring some over, and if they attacked, I would use poison powder against them. After that, Liuyue took out a large paper bag from the baggage, and there were many small bags inside, which seemed to have been allocated by Chu Lixue.
Shangguan Tianyu put away the medicine bag as a result, although the eldest husband did something and did not do anything, as long as he could repel the enemy, then he could use any method.