The golden and splendid Nari Imperial Palace, the vermilion gate of the palace as high as ten meters was opened arbitrarily, and a messenger ran quickly on the flat road of the palace that was more than ten meters wide. He knew that His Majesty was very concerned about the situation against the Chelan Empire, and he was still running as hard as he could, even though his strength was exhausted.

"Front-line report!

The maids and eunuchs on the road have made way for the messengers, and people are all smiling, in the past three months, every time the battle report comes the news of a great victory on the front line, although the front line is nearly two thousand miles away from the royal capital, but the good news has made the people of the Narui Empire rejoice, from His Majesty the King to the common people, all of them do not know that the army of Marshal Feng Tianyue of the Flame Army has broken through the last line of defense of the royal city of the Qilan Empire, and pointed at the royal city of the Qilan Empire.

"Presumably, the battle report this time should be that Marshal Feng has conquered Qilan City, hehe. ”

"Definitely, the Flame Army led by Marshal Feng is invincible, it's really powerful!"

"Marshal Feng is really our national hero!"

"Yes, yes, I don't know what reward His Majesty will give to Marshal Feng this time, the marshal has already been made a duke five years ago, and this time the credit is so great, he must be crowned a prince!"

"No, the prince can only be obtained by royal blood!"

"You don't know this, do you! It is said that Marshal Feng and His Majesty the King have long been brothers with different surnames!" several maids hid their faces and smiled, chattering and discussing.

"Xuan, the herald is here to discuss politics and the palace!" A shrill and loud announcement interrupted the gossip of the maids.

The side hall of the discussion of politics is the place where Ning Guochong, the king of Narui State, deals with political affairs in the middle of the non-dynasty time, there is a dragon chair about three meters long in the middle of the side hall, and the two sides are carved dragon pear wood screens, Ning Guochong is lying on the dragon chair half sideways to review the folds in his hands, and there are eunuchs who are responsible for remembering and waiting, and the left and right sides of the dragon chair are sitting on the left and right sides of the prime minister of the country, Yuan Shi'an, and the prince Ning Guoping.

"Your Majesty, the battle report from the front!" the herald knelt down on one knee and presented the battle report sealed with fire paint in both hands.

"The widow doesn't look at it, you tell the widow to hear it. As if he had known the result, Ning Guochong didn't bother to look at it.

"This ......" The herald obviously hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the 100,000 troops of the Flame Army and the 300,000 imperial troops led by Marshal Qilan Kunita Cheng will start a decisive battle on the Nagano Plain, a hundred miles outside the royal city of the Qilan Empire, and kill the enemy...... Twenty-eight hundred and eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-six enemies were killed, and a total of eighty-seven thousand and thirty-two soldiers were sacrificed.......

Ning Guochong sat up, staring at the herald's face tightly, his hands clenched, his arms trembling slightly, obviously His Majesty the King was very nervous about what the herald was going to say next: "Then what? What happened to Feng Tianyue?"

"Marshal Feng, in order to cover the retreat of the army, martyred the country!"

"What?" Prince Ning Guoping stood up suddenly.

"This, how is this possible?" Yuan Shi'an shook his hand and slammed the teacup to his mouth on the ground.

"You, you say it again, what's wrong with Feng Tianyue?" Ning Guochong also stood up and stared at the herald's face tightly.

"Yes...... Be...... Marshal Feng, in order to cover the retreat of the army, he was martyred!" Although the herald had seen countless lives and deaths on the battlefield, he had obviously never seen the battle of the three bigwigs in front of him, and he was nervous.

"Martyrdom ......" Ning Guochong barely calmed his emotions, slowly panted evenly, slowly lay down on the recliner, closed his eyes and said, "Got it, retreat." ”

"Yes!" the herald was relieved and ran out of the side hall as if fleeing for his life.

"You two talk about it, the Flame Army was defeated and Feng Tianyue was killed in battle, what should I do?"

"This ......" The two men obviously didn't expect the king to ask such a question, and Yuan Shi'an also got up from his seat.

"The old minister thinks that the Flame Army has lost, but it has also severely damaged the main force of the Qilan Kingdom, and at this time, whether the battle is or depends entirely on our attitude, as for the military...... Although the old minister Tian is the prime minister, but he is more concerned about the economy, governance, and diplomatic relations with the country, and the old minister really does not know much about the military aspect. ”

"Hmph!" was obviously very dissatisfied with Prime Minister Yuan's behavior of kicking the ball at this time, and said: "The Prime Minister has always been scheming and long-sleeved, so why is he still modest at this time." ”

The old prime minister grinned and remained silent.

"Okay, stop bickering, what I want to listen to is advice with content!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, my brother thinks that the current Qilan Kingdom has been greatly injured, and it is indeed as Prime Minister Yuan said, whether the war is or depends on us, but we can conquer the forty percent of the territory of the Qilan Kingdom within three months by virtue of the thunderous offensive, from the first week when the battle report was transmitted back to the Qilan King City, I believe that the Qilan Empire has begun to ask for help from the Crescent Moon Empire, and at the same time the army has been transferred from the south, from the data we have, it seems that the Qilan Kingdom itself should have 200,000 troops in the southern Xinjiang, and because of the defense of the southern demon beasts, a maximum of 50,000 troops will be transferred, on the other hand, a part of the army needs to be left in the east to prevent the Crescent Empire from repairing the plank road in the dark, and the 100,000 troops will be transferred at most 50,000。

Although the total army of the Crescent Empire is nearly one million, it is mainly a navy, and the army can draw up to 100,000, so that the total number of enemy troops is 200,000.

In addition to the defeated Flame Army, there are still 500,000 left in our country, and due to the existence of ice and snow forests in the northern Xinjiang, a maximum of 100,000 will be transferred, and in the west, due to the existence of the Heavenly Damnation Mountains, a maximum of 100,000 will be transferred, and the Royal Forest Army needs to protect the royal city, so it is impossible to transfer to the front line, so judging from the number of troops, this will be an evenly matched war. Therefore, whether the war is peace or not, or must be decided by His Majesty, if Your Majesty fights the main battle, the ministers and brothers will go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not give up!"

The prime minister's eyes were closed, as if he was very disdainful of the prince's behavior of kicking the ball without a trace and at the same time showing his loyalty with righteousness and awe.

"What about the Flame Army?"

"Uh...... The Flame Army has made Humvee contributions in the past few years, but its lone army's behavior of going deep into the hinterland of the Qilan Kingdom has led to the complete failure of His Majesty's plan to use troops in the Qilan Empire, so the younger brother believes that the number of the Flame Army should be revoked, and the remnants of the troops should be scattered and incorporated into other troops. ”

Prime Minister Yuan said secretly, your move is beautiful, let His Majesty the King think that you are fair and just, and think that you are affectionate and righteous, hmph, revoking the number of the sub-team is not to consolidate your own position in the army? In the past, you were not good at competing when Feng Tianyue was alive, but now you can't help but jump out as soon as Feng Tianyue dies.

"What do you think, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the foolish minister thinks that what His Royal Highness the Prince said is extremely true, you can posthumously give Marshal Feng a princely title, and the Feng family has not installed any marshals in the military except for Marshal Feng, so it is meaningless to cut down the official and dismiss the official.

Ning Guochong's eyes were closed, and from the trembling eyelids and slightly twitching facial muscles, he could see the unrest in the king's heart. Ning Guochong rubbed his eyes and said in a voice that only he could hear, "National Teacher, what do you see?"

"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" came a barely audible voice from behind the screen.

"Is it necessary? Feng Tianyue has already ......?"

"A must!"

"Then according to what the national teacher said, alas...... Can a widow only be a faint king?" Ning Guochong said helplessly.

"Bone!" After throwing out the word, the national teacher behind the screen stopped speaking.

Ning Guochong sat up from his seat, tidied up his imperial robe, and said: "The Qilan Empire has suspended its troops, sent an envoy to force the Qilan Empire to sign an alliance under the city, my bottom line is that the land that has been captured will never be returned, and I also ask for 20 million gold coins in war reparations, as for the envoy, Prime Minister Yuan, you will work hard!"

"Obey the order, Your Majesty is wise!" Yuan Shi'an secretly complained, this kind of errand is the real hot potato, and the task assigned by His Majesty the King is not so easy to complete in such a situation where the enemy country is excited.

"It is decreed that the whole army should be rectified, especially for the army that commands Yiyantang, and that Prince Ping will be solely responsible for the rectification of the army's fighting quality, ownership structure, and military officials."

"Obey, Brother Wise!"

"The decree was that the Flame Army only obeyed the order of Feng Tianyue, which led to Feng Tianyue's mistake and decision to affect the final defeat of the whole army, and the number of the Flame Army was revoked, and all the remnants of the Flame Army were assigned to the northern Xinjiang to garrison the Ice Machine City, and they were never allowed to return to the court. Feng Tianyue used troops arbitrarily, and launched a decisive battle with the main force of the enemy army without reporting to the imperial court in advance, disrupting our country's overall plan for using troops, and seriously affecting the country's military strategy. ”

The eunuch in charge of the record couldn't help but shake his hand and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty?"

Prince Ning Guoping and Prime Minister Yuan Shi'an, who were sitting below, immediately left their seats and knelt on their knees and kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty must not do it! Although Marshal Feng has made a terrible mistake, he will not be guilty!"

"Your Majesty, Marshal Feng has made great contributions in his life, and his reputation in the country is extremely high, if he sits in a row, his family will inevitably be in an uproar, scolding His Majesty as a tyrant and a faint monarch, Your Majesty!

Feng Tianyue is upright and generous, although he is in power and is admired by the ministers of the government and the opposition, which is also the reason why the prince and the prime minister intercede for him at the same time.

"Widow, heart, mind, decision, you stand down, just decide!" Ning Guochong lay down on the dragon chair, gritted his teeth and said word by word, how could his relationship with Feng Tianyue not be deep?

"The minister retired. ”

"The subordinate brother retired. ”

The prince and the prime minister left the side hall with a heavy heart.

The eunuch stepped forward: "Your Majesty?"

"Go, you go out too, the widow wants to be alone. ”

"Yes......"

Tianyue, don't blame the widow for being ruthless and selfish, I hope you can forgive the widow...... After everyone withdrew, no one saw two lines of tears flowing from the corners of Ning Guochong's eyes.