Qi country, Yecheng, in the palace.

The Sanqing Hall is the place where the courtiers go to court.

Since the outbreak of the war, the uncrowned Empress Dowager Lu Lingxuan and the twenty-year-old emperor Gao Wei have been in the Sanqing Hall almost every day, leading the early dynasty.

Since Gao Wei succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, his mind has been more focused on eating, drinking, and having fun, and he has no interest in Xi Wen and martial arts, let alone concerned about the government and politics.

And Lu Lingxuan, with her power and ambition, gave up her daughter Mu Shi to the queen's throne, and she was officially canonized as a concubine.

Although she does not have the name of the Queen Mother, she holds the real power of the Queen Mother.

There were more than 100 courtiers in the previous dynasty, and most of them were civil officials.

Under the earlier open and covert struggles and power struggles, civilian officials were afraid that military attachés would rebel with heavy troops.

He did not hesitate to cut off all the generals who were good at fighting with Hu Lu's clan on trumped-up charges.

The rest of the military generals who were not well-known were either subscribed to the local civilian officials, imprisoned in the dungeons, or went to the Turks as war criminals and enslaved as war criminals.

In the early years, almost all of these generals followed the emperor to fight against the Turks, and the slavery of these generals also happened to be used to take revenge and vent anger.

Now facing the powerful force from the Zhou State, not only is there no military general available in the DPRK and China.

From the end of last year to March this year, after half a year's elapsed experience, these important civil officials of the DPRK and China, who were extremely arrogant during the infighting, almost did not even speak when they went to power.

In the silence, the young emperor Gao Wei dozed impatiently, and Lu Lingxuan was planning to personally lead the navy to defend the Yellow River.

As long as the Yellow River is not lost, the lost land of Qi will be lost, and as long as she is not dead, she is still the uncrowned queen of Qi.

"Report!"

In the silence, good news from the warring city came one after another.

"Yongchang County, Jiyin County, and Puyang County in the western part of Yanzhou...... Three counties were lost. ”

"Report!"

"Jeju's Jibuk County and Dongpyeong County were attacked by the 50,000 troops of the Zhou State, and Jeju asked for help!"

"If you lose Jeju, and then lose Dongping County and Le'an County, then the Jiaodong Peninsula will be completely cut off by the Zhou State from the territory of Daqi by force!"

"Qingzhou, Jiaozhou, Gwangju, Zhucheng, and Penglai of the Jiaozhou Peninsula will not be attacked!"

"Report!"

"The letter of sending Chen Guo Jiankang, there is no way to send it, the messenger scout has returned, and Hou is on standby outside the palace."

……

One after another important crises came, but there was no sense of crisis on the faces of the hundred officials, and most of the fluctuations in people's hearts were-

At this time, you can't come out, and those who dare to stand up and say that they lead their troops to fight in person are basically equivalent to going out to die.

Even if you don't die, you will be beheaded because you lose the battle when you come back.

Therefore, not speaking is the safest way to protect yourself.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say a few words."

After waves of rumors came and went, and finally calmed down for a short time, Lu Lingxuan said stubbornly.

But who dares to speak up?

The most courageous Hu Lu clan in Qi State, but the little emperor Gao Wei personally ordered the punishment of the nine clans.

A few Hu Lu clans who escaped by luck also voted for Zhou because of cold or to save their lives.

In addition, there are Tang's and Gao's......

Still don't speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal."

At this time, Zu Ting, the prime minister of Zuo, who was incompatible with Lu Lingxuan in the past and was tense almost every time he saw him, stood up.

Seeing him, Lu Lingxuan frowned.

Although it was difficult for Qi to defeat Zhou State, Lu Lingxuan was still afraid that if Zu Ting took the initiative to propose to personally lead the army to fight, he would have even a slight chance of victory.

As far as she is concerned, the only enemy in the DPRK is Zu Ting's party.

If he can win a battle, it will be a win for Qi Guo, but for himself, it will be a loss.

If Zu Ting, the only one who dared to stand up and speak, was also defeated when he set out on the expedition, it would really be difficult for the Qi State to resist the Zhou State.

Lu Lingxuan's right eye bag jumped uncontrollably, as if it was a foreshadowing omen.

"Say." Gao Wei raised his head and glanced at Zu Ting, then lowered his head impatiently and continued his lethargy.

"In the past few years, our Qi country has always been friendly with the Turks, so at such a juncture, why not ask the Turks for help, so that the Mobei army can enter the Central Plains to help."

"I have abundant resources in the Central Plains, but the Turks in Fang Dongdong are in short supply."

"At that time, the Turks will be allowed to live in the territory for ten days without taboos, and as a reward, the Turks will come to their aid."

The so-called no taboo is to allow the Turks to burn, kill and loot in the cities of the Central Plains.

"Eh, what a proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

With a bird, other courtiers who couldn't hold back began to echo it.

"My Qi country has donated a large amount of property to the Turks every year, and I have been so friendly in the past, but now that I am in trouble with the Turks, the Turks will not sit idly by."

Lu Lingxuan thought to herself, why didn't I think of it first, and asked Zu Ting to say it first.

The power of the Turkic army has been intimidating the Central Plains for 300 years, and in recent years, it has only stopped because of tribute, and it has only been a few years, and the interests of the Turks have been forgotten.

Lu Lingxuan was annoyed, but still pretended to weigh it again and again before whispering a word in Gao Wei's ear.

"I'm ready!"

"Zu Aiqing will do it quickly!"

"Retreat!"

……

Yang Shuang never expected that it was his brother Yang Jian who came to Mobei to help him.

There were a few things that he didn't expect—

First, under the dust of the elder brother, the scars all over his body showed no signs of healing, and at a glance, he knew that he had just finished the battle and immediately came to Mobei to help him.

The second is ......

Why did my brother bring the grain and grass I put in Yinshan?

"Brother, I'm waiting here, eating barbecue every day, I'm not hungry, thousands of miles away, is it just to send grain and grass over?" Yang Shuang was naturally happy when he saw his brother, but he wanted to ask without hiding his doubts.

Yang Jian saw that he was safe and sound, but his face was full of exhaustion, so he could breathe a sigh of complete relief:

"It's fine if you're okay, I'm still worried about you...... Hey, forget it. ”

"It's okay."

Yang Shuang smiled tiredly:

"When our army captures 200,000 cattle and sheep, we will be able to return to Beijing!"

"More than 40,000 have been captured!"

Yang Jian always felt that Ah Di was weak when he spoke, and his eyes were a little sloppy, and he didn't feel quite right, and he couldn't speak.

Yang Jian, who didn't know how to care about people, after thinking about it, pulled Yang Shuang back to the camp.

After taking off the bright light armor on his body, this look was sure -

Yang Shuang was covered in injuries, and they were all knife wounds!

"You are hurt? When? How come there is no sign of healing, but pus?! Yang Jian was simply frightened.

He has been in Rong for more than ten years, and he knows that there are too many soldiers who have not died on the battlefield, but they have died after the class teacher returned to Beijing, and the high fever caused by the knife wound does not go away!

"No! You need healing! ”

"Hurry up and return to Beijing with me!"

"Hey, I made an agreement with Brother Tang to capture 200,000 Turkic barbarian cattle and sheep, so that the people of Zhou can taste the taste of revenge," Yang Shuang smiled lightly and disappetly:

"There are only more than 40,000 heads, and if they are evenly distributed to the people, each person can taste eight taels, how shabby it is, I can't take it."