Needless to say, those generals who had been in the army for many years and were counting on this battle to show their faces in front of the Son of Heaven advocated continuing to march forward, finding the main force of the Lynx and fighting a decisive battle with it. However, a small group of clan relatives and strategists surnamed Ji led by Zhou Gongding held different opinions, believing that they should accept it when they saw it. The reason is also very crowning. The purpose of this expedition was to drive away the border troubles, but now that the Lynx has taken the initiative to withdraw its troops, and the border troubles have been resolved, it is time to return to the division, so as not to consume the already stretched military expenditures. Besides, can continuing to march destroy the lynx? Obviously, it is not enough, so why bother to mobilize the people?

The two sides have their own opinions, each has its own reasoning, and the argument is becoming more and more intense, and it seems that a fight is almost going on. King Zhou Yi was tired of hearing this, and with a wave of his hand, they all stepped back, and ended this meeting of the Chinese army in a state of confusion.

Ji Xie returned to his big tent in a distraught, and when he opened the thick cotton curtain, he suddenly saw a samurai in iron armor already in the tent, and he was immediately startled, knowing that the guards were never allowed to enter his tent. He almost didn't scream, "There is an assassin", and suddenly the man turned around, and his body was petite, but it was the queen!

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a little disgust: "Queen, you are scared of Lonely! Why do you want to dress like this? ”

Fanji didn't care about taking off his armor, so he came up first and was busy helping Ji Xie take off the golden armor on his body, and said with a smile: "The concubine is dressed like this, just to stand guard for the king." Just stand outside the tent of the Chinese army and listen for a short while, and then you don't have to bother the king to relay it. ”

Ji Xie took off his armor, only felt relaxed, and said with a smile: "Now that you know everything, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Fanji kept pouring tea and water in her hand, but her thoughts didn't stop, she frowned and said, "According to the concubine, you still can't retreat!" ”

"Oh? Why? Ji Xie tilted his head and listened very carefully.

"The Lynx took the initiative to retreat and did not lose a single soldier, and once our army retreated, they would definitely make a comeback immediately. At that time, the border towns will be plundered again, and our Western Sixth Division will not be able to bear the pain of repeated requisition, and its morale will be low, and it will be difficult to win again. In addition, now that it is the eve of spring sowing, if the Jinghe River basin is harassed by the rampant harassment at this time, the farmers cannot cultivate normally, and have to flee with their families, it will definitely hit the Fenghao area, resulting in a food shortage. If the lynx drives straight into the country for a long time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Her analysis was divided into threads, and King Zhou Yi listened attentively and said: "Those generals only know how to rush hard, where do they understand the overall situation of the court?" Your analysis is indeed good, and Lone is also worried. It's just that the main force of the Lynx is erratic, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find their main force for a decisive battle, and as time goes by, the morale of the army will still collapse. ”

"If this is the king, you don't have to worry too much." Fan Ji took off the bronze helmet on his head, and his long black and shiny hair poured down like a waterfall, making Ji Xie a little stunned.

"If the concubine's expectations are good, at most half a month later, the lynx will definitely take the initiative to come to our army for a decisive battle." Fanji said with confidence.

"Why?" Although Ji Xie has always believed in his wife's judgment, he is still a little skeptical at this time.

"Because of the cold weather last winter, countless cattle and sheep on the grassland froze to death, and all Rong tribes were extremely short of food. So as soon as the ice and snow melted in the spring, they came out and plundered on a large scale. This time, they took the initiative to withdraw their troops, precisely because they thought that our Zhou army would accept it when it was good to meet and quickly return to the division. In this way, they will immediately kill the horse pistol, come to plunder the border towns again, and even plan to lead the war to the two capitals. But we don't withdraw the army, the concubines have calculated, their first batch of looted materials and food is not enough to support a month. At most, half a month, the lynx will definitely come to fight us, otherwise, how can they loot again? ”

"Wow!" Ji Xie patted the case, stood up excitedly and paced a few steps: "Lone is here to prepare the army, and wait for work!" ”

A few rays of sunlight leaked from the skylight in the tent, which was projecting on Fanji. In Ji Xie's eyes, his wife has always been dressed neatly, but now in this tent, although she is without makeup, she has a bit of the charm of hibiscus. is also dressed in military uniform, heroic, and the temperament that combines charm and heroism is very unique, which makes his heart waver.

"Aji!" He hugged his wife, sniffed the fragrant fragrance emanating from her hair, and murmured, "I didn't know you looked so good in this armor!" ”

Fanji's heart was a little beating, thinking that ten years have passed, he has sincerely repented, why do you always hold on to it? In the end, this marriage cannot be solved in this life, it is better to live it well, it is better than being entangled in a lifetime. After thinking it through, she also responded: "There are many things that the king doesn't know!" ”

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Outside the big tent, Ji Sang covered his face and ran away crying. When she got to a place where there was no one, she stomped on the grass that had just turned green on the ground a few times, and she really hated it in her heart. She thought that she didn't bring a few palace maids with her on this expedition, and she, as a personal maid, would definitely be able to successfully attract the attention of King Zhou Yi. Unexpectedly, it backfired, no matter how beautiful she was dressed or charming, King Zhou Yi was as if she hadn't seen it at all. On the contrary, the relationship with the queen is getting better and better, so how can she not hate?

"Catch the man so tightly, after a king, he deliberately wears a man's armor to seduce the king, hum! Shameless! She took a sip into the grass, and then she felt a little relieved.

Fanji's cheeks were as red as if they were burning, like the red wine of the Western Regions, and they were blurred on the snow-white silk satin. Ji Xie whispered in her ear: "Ah Ji, in fact, you only need to untie the knot, and I don't care about anyone else-------"

"I believe you------ "The big tent doesn't have a bed, it's just a mattress on the ground, no matter how much you toss, you're not afraid of the bed collapsing."

In the spring of March, the situation of the Middle Palace and the Autumn Palace, which had been stalemate for more than 20 days, finally loosened. One afternoon, Ji Jiang suddenly came to the Middle Palace to visit the Duchess of Zhaoguo.

Zhaoji was taken aback, and Huang Huan was so frightened that she hid in the inner courtyard with Ji Ci in her arms, refusing to show her head again. The only one who can negotiate with the middle palace Ling Yang Xi happens to have something to do, so he has to accept this troublemaker alone.

Ji Jiang was wearing a silver rat satin jacket with red butterflies and flowers, a large red gold hairpin inlaid with red and red gold was pressed on the complicated winged phoenix bun, and there was a drunken green jade with a clanging dong in his ears, and a pair of large gold bracelets with heavy beads on his wrist. As soon as I walked in, the room was full of her pearlescent swaying.

The red color and phoenix bun were the usual makeup in the main room, Ji Jiang has always had no taboos, and now that the queen is not in the palace, she has put on the style of the main room! Summoning himself to remind himself in his heart to be careful of the woman in front of him.

Ji Jiang was also secretly peeking at the long-known Duchess of Zhaoguo. I saw that her skin was bright, her lips were full of spring, a simple white background embroidered indigo flower gown, a plain thread skirt, and she didn't wear any jewelry, but the whole thing looked radiant. It is quite a match for the Zhaoguo Duke who is like a Zhilan jade tree, and Ji Jiang is jealous and envious.

Since it is an active visit, it is natural to explain the intention. Ji Jiang pursed his lips and said, "I should have come to visit my wife earlier, but the affairs in the palace are busy, and it has been postponed until now." When I came to the door today, there was really an important matter that I needed to discuss with my wife. ”

"Where's the mother? My own relatives should have come and gone often. It doesn't hurt to say anything. "Summoning himself is polite on his lips, but he is secretly on guard in his heart.

"Yesterday, the palace gate order handed in a note, which was originally sent by the pickaxe Jingyicheng. It is said that Qi Hou's sister has arrived in Haojing and has lived in the post house for nearly half a month, Yi Cheng feels that the post house is full of people, after all, this Princess Qi Jiang is the one who wants to enter the palace to be the concubine of the king, and I am afraid it is not appropriate to live like this all the time. Urging the palace to send someone to bring her in. But neither the king nor the queen were in the palace, and I didn't dare to be self-absorbed in such a major matter, so I came to discuss with my wife. Ji Jiang took a sip of tea and raised his eyes to see Zhaoji's reaction.

This is a real problem. Although the king of Zhou agreed to enter the palace with the marquis of Qi, he didn't say whether he would accept her or not, and what position he would give, but he didn't say a word. But she is a girl from the Qi Kingdom, and she is also a quasi-palace concubine, if she lives in the post house, if there is a mistake, no one can afford this responsibility? Zhaoji frowned, thought for a moment, and finally made up his mind not to take this hot potato.

"Niangniang, this matter is a matter of the inner palace, I am an outsider, how can I be the master? Let's do as the mother wants! Didn't the king have something to say before leaving? Let Niangniang take care of the concubines of the Sixth Palace, I won't come here to do my duty as a relative and just do me a favor. The big idea has to be yours! "The words of the self-caller are quite artistic.

Her reaction was not Ji Jiang's expectation, she smiled faintly: "Isn't it?" I thought that after all, she was a woman who was going to be a concubine for the king, so it was not good to stay outside the palace all the time, so how could she do it? I want to send someone to take her into the palace, but the post house has rules, or please touch the seal of the queen mother to pick up people! ”

The corners of Zhaoji's lips twitched, and she suddenly understood a little, could it be that Ji Jiang wanted to take advantage of this matter to get the queen's seal? What's next? But her reason sounds high-sounding, and she can't find a reason to refuse for a while! She thought for a while and said bluntly: "Don't hide it from the mother, the queen's aunt did hand over the phoenix seal to me for safekeeping, but I was afraid that I was not familiar with the personnel in the palace, and I was afraid that there would be a loss, so I placed the seal in the East Palace." What's more, my aunt specially explained when she was leaving, that the queen's seal was very important, and if she wanted to use it, she must inform the prince. You see------"

"It's just a small thing, why should you be so alarmed?" Ji Jiang secretly hated the other party in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

In the end, the two agreed that Yi Cheng would go directly to the East Palace, and then the prince would give an order, and Ji Jiang would send someone to pick it up.