Zhou Jinglian, the general of Zhendong, was born in the Wangcheng Guards, and his roots were red, with an absolutely obedient and serious temper, in just seven or eight years, he was promoted from the commander all the way to the general of Zhendong.

If you are a commander-in-chief, as a commander-in-chief, Zhou Jinglian is obviously not the most suitable person, but if you talk about the degree of obedience and resolute obedience, then Zhou Jinglian is the same.

The reason why the empress named him was also because the two great war gods in the court, the Eight Sages King and Lu Gongyou, both had their own tasks, and in a short period of time, the two of them couldn't get away from it steadily, and sent Zhou Jinglian to the front line, and the empress just took a fancy to his obedient advantages.

For Zhou Jinglian, the empress didn't have much thought about him at all, and she didn't hope that he could win the battle, after all, Zhao Sui was not a simple master.

Of course, let Zhou Jing connect, the most important thing is to delay the time, it is best to delay until the Eight Sages King and Lu Gongyou have one side to return, and at that time, hand over everything to one of the two of them, Zhao Sui is still obedient to bow down?

Obviously, Zhou Jinglian also realized this, when he was called to the imperial study by Narcissus, kneeling on the ground, when the empress asked him if he had the confidence to defeat Zhao Sui, his answer was also very practical to give the answer.

"I can't."

Zhou Jinglian's frankness was praised in front of the empress, and now in Sui Yang, the empress does not need a radical general, what she needs is a person who can stabilize the situation, as long as it drags on, no matter which direction in the northwest someone has free his hand, then Zhao Sui is the fish on the chopping board, let himself slaughter.

"All the states and counties in Sizhou, I allow you to transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses to the east to fight against Zhao Sui, in addition, along the way, the soldiers and horses of Qingyu and Yuzhou, if you need to, you can also transfer them at will, I don't want you to have much credit, you can block the eighteen anti-kings led by Zhao Sui, and the time, naturally, the longer the better."

The empress said what she was thinking.

Zhou Jinglian clenched his fists hard: "The minister obeys." ”

So saying, he turned and went.

Worshipping generals on stage, sacrificing heaven and earth, etc., are all trivial things, and you can bring them with a pen.

Here, after sending Zhou Jinglian to the battlefield, the empress's next work has reached the most critical moment.

First of all, the situation in Daxingcheng, which has just undergone a coup d'état, is not very stable, and there is still some panic in the hearts of the people, in addition, the three-line battle is a major test for Sui Yang, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the daily frontline needs food, grass, money, logistics, supplies, armaments and medicinal materials, etc., all cost silver.

The poor empress has been working diligently for three years, and the belongings she has saved so hard have only been worked for ten days, and she has gone down by one-tenth.

So much so that the sad empress sighed day by day, and said that at this rate, Sui Yang would declare bankruptcy in three months at most.

In other words, in three months at most, on the three battlefields, the winners and losers will be decided.

So much so that every day the empress doesn't have to do anything else, just trying to raise money.

In this way, Wang Xiaolai contributed a lot of food and necessary tobacco in the army, and even paid out of his own pocket to fill such a bottomless pit as Sui Yang.

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Zhou Jinglian has been on the expedition for about 20 days, and on the eastern battlefield, although he has not taken any advantage, but from the east capital to the west, there is no rebel army coming in, as if he is just on the bar with Zhao Sui in the eastern capital, and the two sides have gathered more than 400,000 troops, and no one has taken a step forward.

The empress is very satisfied with this result, as long as it drags on like this, it will be done, and on the battlefield of Yongzhou on the western front, Lu Gongyou's good news is frequent.

Nurhari's forces were already in front of a rout.

In Lu Gongyou's words, in a month at most, the mess in Yongzhou will be cleaned up, and then the class teacher will return to the court.

This can be regarded as one of the many bad news that makes the empress happy.

In twenty days, Wang Xiaolai returned to Daxing City, in fact, Wang Xiaolai wanted to come back earlier, but the empress sent a new group of soldiers to Echo Valley, saying that these people were soldiers who learned how to fly a hot air balloon with Wang Xiaolai, which caused Wang Xiaolai to stay for many days, and finally taught these people to get started, and the empress's order came again.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Xiaolai held a letter in his hand, on which was signed by the empress herself, saying that Daxing City was going to hold a water and land dojo, and hoped that Wang Xiaolai could participate in time.

To be honest, Wang Xiaolai is not interested in the water and land dojo in his heart, you think, now is the time to use silver, the empress still has the leisure to take money to do this kind of extravagant and wasteful thing, if it were not for the empress's letter that the people of Daxing City were panicking day and night, and urgently needed a water and land dojo to appease, I am afraid that Wang Xiao would not take this silver for anything.

"Childe, there is Daxing City in front."

Just as Wang Xiaolai was thinking in his heart, Hongxiang poked in from outside and said.

Hearing the voice, Wang Xiaolai turned his mind around, and after a hum, he put away the letter and got out of the car.

Seeing Daxing City again, Wang Xiaolai felt a lot.

When they left, although the people in Daxing City had just experienced the baptism of a coup d'état, they were not as flustered and impatient as they are now.

Wang Xiaolai knew that it was the wars that took place in many places in Suiyang that made these people feel insecure, even if they were at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they felt that the sky in Suiyang was about to fall.

With nearly 700,000 enemies in three battlefields, how can Sui Yang survive with his current strength?

Even the people below have this idea, not to mention those high-ranking officials in the court.

Wang Xiaolai knew why the empress wanted to let her use the silver to hold a water and land dojo.

Just as he was sighing, he heard Hongxiang pointing ahead and said, "Childe, Sister Shuangyu and the little parrot are here to pick us up." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaolai looked up, and really saw Li Shuangyu, dressed in parrot green, standing in the distance, with a mink felt hat on his head, and the little parrot was dressed bloatedly and followed aside.

Seeing Wang Xiaolai's frame, the two hurriedly raised their hands to say hello and followed them.

Looking at the parrot's dress, Wang Xiaolai suddenly smiled: "It's spring, little parrot, are you still wearing such a thick parrot, isn't it hot?" ”

The little parrot sneezed firmly, and said in a thick nasal voice: "My lord, don't stand and talk without backache, Daxing City has recently had an epidemic, and you don't know it." ”

In a word, Wang Xiaolai was surprised at the time: "There is an epidemic in Daxing City? ”

The little parrot nodded constantly: "Well, what, no one told you?" ”

Next to him, Li Shuangyu slapped the little parrot's hand: "My lord, don't listen to the little parrot's nonsense, it's okay, it's rare for you to come, Shuangyu has prepared a reception banquet, and the father and son of the Lu family are also there, my lord, please." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaolai had no choice but to suppress what he wanted to ask, nodded, left Iron Hammer to drive alone, and with Hongxiang, followed Li Shuangyu and walked forward slowly.

Walking on the road, Wang Xiaolai saw through and understood that Daxing City is indeed a little abnormal, and it is difficult to see pedestrians chatting and talking in groups on the usual lively streets, obviously, it is the so-called epidemic that has caused it.

Seeing what Wang Xiaolai was thinking, Li Shuangyu said on the side: "Actually, don't worry too much, my lord, it was said that there was an epidemic, but the situation was under control." ”

Wang Xiaolai pointed to the street: "It's under control, the people are still like this?" ”

Li Shuangyu opened his mouth to speak, but when the words came to his mouth, before he could say anything, he saw a large number of young people coming together across the street, and the team was huge, no less than three or five hundred people.

"My lord, get out of the way."

Seeing this situation, Li Shuangyu hurriedly said.

Before Wang Xiaolai could understand what was going on, he was pulled aside by Li Shuangyu.

"It's not Shuangyu, what's wrong? What's going on with that group of people? ”

Li Shuangyu hurriedly sighed, stood on the side of the road and avoided the group of people, and after those people passed, Li Shuangyu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, I haven't been targeted by these crazy people." ”

Li Shuangyu's words made Wang Xiaolai a little confused, and asked suspiciously: "What's going on?" ”

Seeing Wang Xiaolai asking, Li Shuangyu's face showed a look of embarrassment.

The little parrot next to him wiped his nose and muttered, "What can happen, my lord, have you really never heard anything during your time in Echo Valley?" ”