Updated: 2014-05-10

At the end of the lunar month, there are not many days left before the New Year.

Wei Changying sat on top of the Ming Hall, holding the military newspaper, looking at a few plum blossoms with snow open outside the glass window.

All the 'attendants' in the hall held their breath, and only the Huang family dared to persuade him: "Although the war has been lost continuously, the lord is still fine." What's more, Doctor Ji has found out that fleas are causing the plague, if it is cold today, there is no one to destroy it, and these evil things have nowhere to go. As long as you don't live in those conservatories, you won't get infected with the epidemic again...... If it weren't for the epidemic, where would the Rong people be the opponents of our Xiliang Army? ”

"There was nothing left for the defeat." Wei Changying no longer understands military affairs, and these days, she has also memorized the map near Yanzhou, she shook her head, "But in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading, the army cannot enter the city, and can only stay in the wilderness." Now that the Rong people are 'pressing' step by step, the army cannot defend the city, but where is it going to retreat? Shinju and Gyeonggi, will they come over? ”

"Unless it's to go to the Hanhai Gobi, detour to the border of Beirong, or even to Xiliang......" Wei Changying muttered, "Auntie, do you know what this means?" ”

Huang was silent.

It's the middle of winter, and it's the most difficult time to travel to the Northlands. Even the Rong people are reluctant to go out at this time, which shows how terrible this season is on the grassland! However, the Rong people are no longer willing to go out, and they will not let go of the great enemies who pass through their territory.

They are native to the steppe and are familiar with everything about the steppe: paths, directions, environments...... At this point, no matter how 'fine' the equipment is, no matter how strict the training is, the Wei army can't compare.

Even if most of the cavalry in the coalition had died in the plague, and the cavalry that remained was almost a flood of cavalry, if they had ruthlessly abandoned most of the baggage and those soldiers who had not died of the plague, they would have marched faster - but faster than the Rong people who had grown up on horseback? If they don't abandon these, they will only die faster!

What's more, this detour...... How could the Central Plains parties miss this opportunity?

Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that Wen Yanzi of Panzhou, he has no cavalry and foot soldiers, can he let go of this opportunity for expansion?

But the Xiliang army ......

Lu Shengping's rear army was only 50,000 people.

Once Shen Zangfeng decided to abandon the retreat to Gyeonggi or Shinju, he made a detour to the Hanhai Gobi. Lu Shengping will definitely withdraw the subordinates who closed the road as soon as possible, and pull out the camp to escort Wei Changying and others back to Xiliang! lest they be taken advantage of by other forces and capture Shen Zangfeng's family!

But if Shen Zangfeng retreated to Gyeonggi and Shinju, Huo Zhao 'Yu' and others would be the first to refuse!

Even under Shen Zangfeng's command, there are also their relatives and subordinates. They won't agree to it either—who isn't afraid of an epidemic that even Ji has been helpless for so far?

Even if it is as cold as today, except for a few places such as the warm house, the fleas have died on their own. But once infected, you can only wait for death, and die very quickly, and drag down the people around you...... Of course, the farther away from yourself the better!

Not to mention relatives and subordinates, their biological son is in it, and some people don't want to admit it - it's a big deal to have another one.

"Originally, the foot soldiers of the Xiliang Army were almost lost, if you walk from the grassland again, how many cavalry will be left?" No matter what Wei Changying thinks, it is a dead end, and she collapsed on the mica couch, "Talking about the world's plans of the husband like this...... In the future, it is a question whether Xiliang can still be peaceful......"

Who would have thought that an epidemic would turn the whole situation upside down......

"Rong people...... What a wickedness! Huang also muttered, "Aren't they afraid of retribution?" ”

On Chinese New Year's Eve, with a tired smile, Wei Changyun received a great gift from the juniors, and gave rewards one by one, just in the middle of harmony, but heard that Lu Shengping rushed to ask for a meeting.

During this period, Lu Shengping was not in Chiseong, but personally commanded the road closure in Gyeonggi.

On this New Year's Day, he came in person, and something must have happened!

Wei Changying was afraid of scaring the juniors, so he didn't leave immediately, smiled and comforted them for a while, and then motioned for Shen Shujing to come over and preside over the situation, so he excused himself from the table under the pretext of being too drunk.

After retiring, I didn't have time to change my dress, so I went directly to the 'flower' hall.

Lu Shengping was dressed in military uniform, with snow on his shoulders, and looked tired, apparently just rushed from Gyeonggi. He has always been a gentle person, but at the moment there is anger on his face that cannot be concealed.

Seeing Wei Changying, he hurriedly saluted, and said, "I implore the queen to pack up and prepare immediately...... Return to Xiliang! ”

Wei Changying felt a wave of cold air rise from the soles of her feet and rush to the top of her head at once!

She held on to a few cases and sat down slowly, before asking, "...... is the valve owner?" ”

"The owner is fine." Lu Shengping gritted his teeth and said, "But Huo Zhao' 'Yu' and Wen Yanzi and others all refused to retreat to the east and south, and they all asked the lord to lead the remnants of the army to break through to the north - the army lost a lot of baggage because they left Yanzhou City in a hurry to avoid the epidemic. And because they heard that the plague was caused by fleas on their skins, many people threw away their warm clothes...... In this case, it is simply ...... to fight the Hanhai Gobi and take the Beirong territory"

Wei Changying's face was 'pale': "What did the husband say?!" "Even if the epidemic takes the 'life' of almost all the foot soldiers, and the cavalry is reliable, neither Shinju nor Gyeonggi can stop Shen Zangfeng's retreat! According to Ji Qu's observation, the longest time for the epidemic to be infected is only five or six days, as long as there is no death after this day, it is definitely not this kind of epidemic that has no 'medicine' to save it!

She didn't believe that her husband was so good at intimidating, it was related to the safety of the remaining subordinates, and it was even more related to the Shen family's plans for the world, how could she be stopped by Huo Zhao's 'jade' and Wen Yanzi's refusal?

But Lu Shengping deliberately rushed over in person, and suggested that she take the children back to Xiliang, ......?

"Valve Master...... Yes! "Lu Shengping is not young, and he has grandchildren, so he can't help crying at this moment, "Because someone in the imperial capital sent a letter to the valve owner - if the valve owner refuses, then 'get' the clothes of the infected people who were secretly collected from the epidemic in Gyeonggi to Wanzhou!" ”

Wei Changying sat down on the couch and was speechless for a long time!

After a long time, she said word for word: "Huo Zhao 'jade'...... Wen Yanzi...... They are trying to 'force' their husband to death! ”

Today's remnants of the army are not all Shen Zangfeng's descendants, even if they are, in the face of this severe epidemic, there are very few people who are not shaken. In this case, what are these people who survived by luck, thinking? Escape from this environment as soon as possible, of course!

Take advantage of the cold weather to return to the bustling imperial capital, take a good bath, eat a full meal, and sleep again...... Forget the catastrophe in Yanzhou City as much as possible!

This is also the hope that they are struggling to support in the midst of the pandemic!

What now? Not to mention that they had to cross the Hanhai Gobi, they also had to go from the place of Beirong, all the way to the west, from the vast and sparsely populated Xiliang back to the Central Plains...... Will they ever be able to come back? Rong people are not dead people!

Since there is no way to live horizontally and vertically, the actions of these people can be imagined!

But now someone has taken this epidemic, threatened Wei Changying and others, and forced Shen Zangfeng to 'force' the remnants of the army to embark on this dead end!

Not to mention how dangerous this road is, it can almost be said that there is no way to live. Let's say that after the remnants of the army knew the news, how could they not mutiny?!

is Shen Zangfeng's descendant Xiliang Army, and he may not necessarily listen to the main general at this time......

Lu Shengping burst into tears and said, "So the last general asks the queen to pack up her things immediately, and the last general will escort her and withdraw to Xiliang!" ”

"No!" Wei Changying stared at the Yan Yu not far away for a moment, his eyes became colder and colder, but he smiled for a while, "What I said at the beginning is good, work together to expel the Rong people, and let's discuss the affairs of this world again...... Now that the husband and the army are unfortunately calculated by the Rong people, they are falling into the well quickly! Now he is taking the lives of our mother and son and forcing her husband to die...... Since I left the cabinet, I haven't been reunited with my husband for a few years, and I don't understand military strategy or political affairs...... Guang'er and Xie'er are still young, once the husband is gone, how can our mother and son have a way to live?! This is the life that wants us to be a family! ”

She raised her head, looked directly at Lu Shengping, and said coldly: "I know that I was stubborn when I was young, and I didn't even know anything about military and political affairs. The elders in my family also said that the husband is a man and a great talent, and I don't need to talk too much about things outside, so I just need to obediently guard the back house! So over the years, I have occasionally asked about the previous things, but I never came up with any ideas...... I'm afraid I'll help my husband! ”

"But now that some people want the lives of our whole family, I can't care so much - go, I won't go! I have already evacuated from Gyeonggi to Wanzhou, and I have to flee back to Xiliang, if I do this, my husband will be safe, and I will respond. But even if we retreat to Xiliang now, do you dare to guarantee that you will have time to tell your husband and let him retreat forcibly to Gyeonggi or Shinju with confidence?! ”

Lu Sheng flattened the position and said: "But the safety of the queen and the two princes ......"

"The people in the imperial capital have something in their hands that can spread the epidemic, I think that after the death of the person who sneaked into the imperial capital without you sealing the road, they sent someone to clean it up and took the opportunity to stay." Wei Changying's face was pale, and his eyes were cold, "What about you?" Don't you?! Shouldn't you have more? ”

Lu Shengping was stunned: "That kind of thing...... The last general was stupid, he didn't expect such a thing to happen this time, so he burned them all, it's really ......"

"Don't forget that you sealed the road before!" Wei Changying sneered and pointed to the outside of the 'door', "You go back to the imperial capital now, go to Huo Zhao's 'jade', and talk to the envoy sent by Wen Lingzi to contact Huo Zhao's 'jade' in the imperial capital, and tell them!" You also have an object that can spread the epidemic, and if you are in a hurry, don't live! There are only three of us mother and son, plus nieces and nephews, how many are there? How many nobles are there in the imperial capital? Look at whether they dare to believe it! A terrible plague that even the divine doctor can't cure...... Aren't they afraid? They even have the remnants of the husband's side that have been carefully inspected and protected, and now they have not died for several days, aren't they afraid of you, the person in charge of sealing the road?! ”

Lu Shengping suddenly realized! Secretly scolding himself for being stupid - although he didn't think about keeping that kind of harmful and dangerous thing before, but since someone in the imperial capital dared to stay, why must he be innocent? When he led the Xiliang Houjun to seal the road, no one supervised him!

It's just that he was about to retire after agreeing, when he suddenly remembered something, and said embarrassedly: "But the last general rushed here overnight after learning the news, I'm afraid I will go back and tell them that the last general has those things in his hands, I'm afraid they won't ......believe it."

"Then send the dead man to Yanzhou to find the husband! If the husband doesn't have it, he will dig up the tombs of those who are infected with the plague! Wei Changying said coldly, "An ordinary person can spread the epidemic to the imperial capital, let alone our family?!" Tell Huo Zhao 'Jade'! Who was going to take our mother and son to coerce the husband before, and give me an obedient 'handover', and cut it in public! If he dares not to 'hand' ...... You just say what I said, I guarantee that within seven days, the epidemic will be rampant in the imperial capital! Don't think that the reputation of Fengzhou Wei and Xiliang Shen can suppress me, my husband's family has no elders to rely on, and several elders in my mother's family are still complete! I have a lot of favors in my mother's house, if he doesn't know, he will inquire! This matter is the beginning of their side, and if they start a pen and ink lawsuit, he and Wen Yanzi together will not be my mother's opponent! He wants Yunxia Huo to accompany him to the funeral, so wait for me! ” ..