Rong Zhao's face twitched slightly, and his lips were half-opened and half-closed several times. She was frightened, it had only been a long time, but it was only ten days, ten days ago she had heard that Luo Luo's soldiers had retreated to thirty miles away, and now there were 100,000 reinforcements, although it was not much, but it was impossible to defend a city, without a March or May. As long as it drags on for a few months, Rollo will naturally retreat, why was it suddenly captured?

She grabbed Xiao Junjue's wrist and asked eagerly, "What the hell is going on, why is it so sudden?"

Xiao Junjue closed his eyes, his words were full of sorrow, and he shook his head as he spoke, "The battle is only halfway through, and the generals of the reinforcements saw that the Luo Luo people were overwhelming, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they ran away with their cronies." The remaining reinforcements are naturally like headless flies, how can they continue to resist each other, and before others attack them, they will be in chaos and unable to form an army. ”

He clenched Rong Zhao's hand, and several bloodless marks were printed on the back of Rong Zhao's pink hand, "Bicheng is self-defeating, and he will be delivered to others." The Bicheng guard killed himself on the spot, and a city was dramatized to others. ”

Rong Zhao couldn't say a word in shock, and his face turned pale. She couldn't figure it out, what happened to Da Zhou? Xiao Jinyu gave the area around Beiyuan to Sunrise before, and then Sunrise got more than 20 cities divided by Xiao Yuheng. Today, Bicheng, the southernmost city on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has been taken away, so where will it be next? Where will it be, is it Yunzhou and Xiangzhou? Will the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years decay like this?

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, the land is vast and abundant, the materials are abundant, although there are border nuisances from time to time, but it is basically not enough to trouble, from the ancestors to the creation of the country ten years ago, it has never been invaded by which to occupy a city and a land, but now, it seems to have a tendency to fall apart.

Is it really time for the change of dynasties and the fall of the Great Zhou?

Pulling his hand out of Xiao Junjue's hand, Rong Zhao paced back and forth in the room. She pinched her chin in one hand and pulled the pattern of the shawl hanging from her arm in the other.

But isn't this also the time to build momentum?

I saw that her dim eyes were thinking about it and gradually becoming brighter, glancing at Xiao Junjue, and then hiding the trace of brilliance.

As the saying goes, times make heroes, and for them, it may not be a bad thing.

"What about the people of Bicheng?" Rong Zhao stopped and looked at Xiao Junjue fixedly and asked.

Xiao Junjue's eyebrows folded into three deep lines, and her voice was low, but weak, "Thousands of people were killed, young women were robbed by them and rewarded to soldiers, and the rest who survived were driven out of the city. ”

Bicheng is not small, it is the largest and richest city on the southern border, which is why Rollo chose it to attack.

There were almost 100,000 people in the city, and aside from those who were killed and robbed, at least 60,000 or 70,000 people were driven out of Bicheng.

It is the people who always suffer in war, and when a city is conquered, they will live in exile and be homeless.

It's winter, and it's going to be how these people will live, and I don't know how many people will die.

"What about the court?" Rong Zhao asked again.

Not to mention the resettlement of these displaced people, even if a city is invaded, you can't pretend to be deaf and dumb?

Since the reinforcements are scattered, we should send troops again, there are always millions of soldiers and horses in the entire Great Zhou, and can't you control a Luo Luo who only has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses?

Xiao Junjue sneered and said, "The imperial court, do you still have to rely on him at this time? Just looking at the 100,000 reinforcements, it can be seen that the imperial court is not caring at all. ”

The finances of the imperial court were tight, and all the money was invested in building a palace for the queen mother and building a palace for the king of Qi, so how could there be money for the army.

In the past year, even the hundreds of thousands of army expenses in Bashu have been paid out by Xiao Junjue himself, and not a penny of silver has been allocated in the court.

Rong Zhao stroked Xiao Junjue's back, "Okay, these things are not our worries, don't be angry, how can you get angry?"

"Bicheng is lost, I'm afraid, the next will be Yunzhou. Xiao Junjue rubbed her eyebrows, but she couldn't even the folds of her eyebrows.

The hand on his back was paused, and a magpie fluttered its wings outside the window and hit the eaves of the window, Rong Zhao suddenly came back to his senses and said quietly: "What is coming will come after all, and no one can stop it." ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the house was full of lights and was lively.

The banquet was set up in the evening, and today the first day of the new year was just in time for the beginning of spring, and the weather was warm, so it was placed in the courtyard of the front hall.

There are no outsiders today, except for a few officials who are invited to the banquet, they are all family members.

Xiao Junjue drank a few more glasses, one hand on Rong Zhao's shoulder, already drunk, and his cheeks were slightly red.

"Why don't you go back to the room and change your clothes first?" Rong Zhao knew that he was in a bad mood, and if he was in a good mood, he wouldn't get drunk after a few drinks.

Rong Zhao thought about taking him back to the room, making him sober up, and if he drank it again, he would get even more drunk, and he should have a headache tomorrow.

Xiao Junjue's confused gaze stared at Rong Zhao, smiled at her, and shook his head, "Zhao Zhao, do you think I'm drunk? Let me tell you, I'm not drunk, I can still drink." As he spoke, he picked up his glass again.

Rong Zhao hurriedly stopped him, he was not drunk after being like this.

Xiao Junjue's whole body leaned on Rong Zhao's body, his head leaned on her shoulder, he was not annoyed when he saw that the wine glass was snatched away, and he was stupid at Rong Zhao, "Zhao Zhao won't let me drink, I won't drink, I listen to Zhao Zhao's words." ”

Rong Zhao really couldn't support him, and he staggered for a long time before he found a balance to stabilize him.

Wiping the corners of his mouth, Rong Zhao coaxed him like a child, "I know that you are not drunk, you can't pour a thousand glasses, how can you be drunk?" But not long after the banquet started, you can't just drink all the wine, you don't drink it, what else does the big guy drink?"

She glanced at Huayu and asked her to go get the decanting soup.

Xiao Junjue raised his head, looked at Rong Zhao, he raised his hand to touch her cheek, smiled, and said, "Zhao Zhao is wrong to say this, can you still drink wine?"

He hid Rong Zhao's ear and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, I still have several large jars of wine hidden in the backyard." ”

Rong Zhao pursed his lips and smiled, no matter how mature this man usually is, he has a childlike side. He thought that she didn't know that he was stealing the hidden wine, but she didn't know that she had already seen the opportunity.

Don't look at who is in charge of the back house of the Chu Palace, what can she hide from her?

There were several large jars, and the whole underground cellar. However, she only pretended not to know, it was just wine, and she was not a woman, she hid it, and she didn't tell it if she knew.

Rong Zhao had an idea, took advantage of this time when he was drunk, and took his words, "Then do you hide anything other than wine?"

Xiao Junjue's head shook like a rattle, and a pair of drunken eyes stared at Rong Zhao, "No, absolutely not." I only need one Zhaozhao, as long as Zhaozhao. ”

The corners of Rong Zhao's mouth couldn't help but turn up, and he hooked his nose, "If you lose, you can speak, I believe you for the time being." ”

Huayu brought the decanting soup, Rong Zhao coaxed him to drink it, Xiao Junjue took a few sips, and felt that the taste was wrong, so he stopped his mouth.

"It's not wine, you're scolding me. ”

Rong Zhao coaxed: "Why isn't this wine, you can taste it again." ”

Huayu almost laughed out loud on the side, the princess is really a deceitful person who can change tricks.

"Really?" Xiao Junjue was skeptical, Rong Zhao looked at him with sincere eyes, and nodded vigorously, he really believed it, and drank the remaining half of the bowl in one go.

After drinking, lick the corners of your lips, taste it, and frown.

He pinched Rong Zhao's face, "You lied to me again!"

Rong Zhao couldn't help laughing, and rubbed his face, "Oh my Junjue, why are you so cute, I can't like it?" If it weren't for so many people, she would have hugged Xiao Junjue and kissed her.

Xiao Junjue smiled gently, and leaned on Rong Zhao's shoulder again.

Rong Zhao and Xiao Junjue were sitting under the porch, and the rest of the people were sitting in the courtyard, not far away, although the people in the courtyard couldn't hear what they said, but the sweetness of the couple had already overflowed.

Bai Shi grinned and discussed with Mrs. Meng, who was sitting at the same table as her, "You see how loving the princess and princess are, they have been married for ten years, and they are still like a young couple who have just gotten married, which is really enviable." ”

Mrs. Meng put it in the wine cup, smiled gently, looked over, and saw the prince leaning on the princess's shoulder, she looked at Bai Shi and quipped, "Aren't Mrs. Duan and Lord Duan the same?" Mrs. Duan only envies others, do you know it, are you also envied by others?"

Bai's face was smeared with a layer of crimson, and he gently slapped Mrs. Meng, "Okay, you, even I joked, that one in my family is a stuffy gourd, how can you be as good as your Lord Meng will coax people? Bai covered his mouth, "Oh, this makes me sour, you tell me, is there such a thing." ”

"Good sister, you can spare me, I won't make fun of you. As soon as Meng Lang said it, Mrs. Meng made a big red face, all of whom were thirty or forty years old, and it was really shameful to publicize it. She always knew that Bai was a straightforward person, so she quickly covered her mouth and begged for mercy again and again, "Good sister, don't say it." ”

Bai pursed his lips and smiled proudly, "I know that I am begging for mercy, it's okay if you don't let me say it, just go to my house and give me a backup gift." "She's talking and teasing her.

Mrs. Meng said: "Okay, I will appoint you a backup gift." ”

Bai said: "I'm teasing you, you really give me a gift." She glanced at the two girls of Mrs. Meng's family, and then said, "But you have to send it, otherwise how about choosing one of the two girls in your family as my daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Meng said: "That's good, don't say it, I really like those boys in your family, a few days ago we also said that the children under Lord Duan's knees are all promising, and I don't know who can be so lucky in the future to recruit such a fast son-in-law." ”

The more they talked, the hotter they became, and they were really going to get married.

The banquet was happy and cheerful, the children were full of food, and they all gathered around the yard to play, Xiao Rongnian took a few younger brothers and sisters to take firecrackers and fireworks and ran outside to put them, crackling sounds, swishing to the sky, she was very bold, if it wasn't for Rong Run's drag, she would have to put the small hanging whip thinner than her fingers, and she was not afraid that she would not have time to run and jump her.