"Whew-"

The low military horn resounded through the Liaoyuan, and the Great Wei soldiers who did not see the head and the tail did not see the head and the tail, and camped on the deserted plain, because they were all dressed in uniform dark light military armor, and from the sky it looked like a black cloud entrenched on the earth and gathered without dispersing.

And the center of the black cloud, lit with bright yellow firelight, surrounded by countless black and red dragon flags, surrounded by a golden tent, countless generals rushed around.

The Empress of the Great Wei, dressed in a black and red dragon robe, stood on the platform, looking at the campfire that could not be seen at a glance, her eyes were as idle as usual, but there was expectation hidden in the dark, just like her wife waiting outside the door for the man who was about to go home.

Behind the empress, there are accompanying Wenchen military generals, in addition to the eldest cousin Wang Chihu, as well as Chen Hezhi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who once accompanied the Night Terror Hall to receive the envoys of the Northern Liang, and others, all looking to the northwest, waiting for their supreme His Royal Highness Tianlang King to arrive at his loyal Great Wei.

If it is changed to another vassal king, the emperor needs to go out with his courtiers to wait for him when he returns from outside, then this vassal king is probably not far from death.

But Night Terror Hall is obviously different from ordinary vassal kings, although he has all the foundations and personal abilities to change the dynasty, and even very popular with the people, he is not a child of the Dongfang Clan, and the Great Wei Emperor is still a woman.

The emperor is the empress, so the empress naturally has to be a man.

The only people in the world who are qualified to sit in this position and will not make the choice of the prince controversial in the future are only Prince Liang and Night Terror, because only these two can marry the territory of a country and achieve a win-win situation for both parties, and others can't stop the mouths of all living beings at all.

Emperor Liang would definitely not give the territory of Northern Liang to the Great Wei as a dowry, but the Night Terror Hall was originally a Great Wei person and could do this.

As a result, Night Terror Hall has come to this point, and it is impossible to be a 'queen' if you don't want to.

After all, if the Night Terror Hall is not the queen, the Great Wei will not be able to obtain the legal system of the West Sea territory; The empress did not have this justifiable reason, and she could not resist the pressure of the clan and pass the throne to her son, and the situation was frozen again.

At this time, the mentality of the courtiers was actually to accompany the emperor and wait for the return of the queen who could fight well.

Chen Hezhi, as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, even thought about how the empress should marry in the future. After all, Night Terror Hall is a man after all, and he is canonized as a 'queen', which is inevitable and there is no precedent in history.

Chen Hezhi touched his beard and pondered for a while, then secretly approached Wang Chihu and whispered:

"General Wang, if the Duke of Yeguo enters the palace to assist the Holy Lord, he should have a reasonable identity. Can the Holy One discuss these things with the Kingdom Prince? ”

Wang Chihu's father, who is the empress's uncle, is more concerned about these things than the empress herself; After all, once the empress returns the throne to the Prince of the Dongfang clan, the Wang family's relatives will have to play on the spot.

Hearing Chen Hezhi's words, Wang Chihu pondered for a moment and said in a low voice:

"My father didn't tell me this, but it's not without precedent in history, a queen mother in power in history didn't just make a marquis, and the wild history records that she also gave birth to a son......"

"That's the first face, the child born is an illegitimate child, and they were all killed afterwards, can it be the same?"

"Yes...... How did the matriarchal clans in ancient times pass on the throne? ”

"At that time, when children were born, they may not know who their father is, but they must know who their mother and uncle are, so they respect the maternal line, which is different from now......"

……

While the two were whispering like this, there was a sudden movement in the barracks outside, and someone climbed to a high place to look.

Chen Hezhi and the others stopped talking, frowned and looked at them, but soon found that the 'rumbling ......' under their feet was like an earthquake in the distance.

Although Wang Chihu is a little uneducated, his military literacy is not bad, and he understands that there is a large group of people coming towards the military camp just by listening to the voice, and he looks to the northwest at the moment:

"Yeguo Gong is back."

"Qiang—"

At the same time, the loud eagle cry also sounded in mid-air.

When the empress saw the fat concubine who rushed over, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she walked outside the barracks with many courtiers......

———

Thundered......

At the end of the moonlit wasteland, an overwhelming yellow cloud moved unhurriedly towards the south.

The Night Terror Hall rode a white horse, with a spear hanging on the side of the horse, and walked at the front of the cavalry, and on the carriage behind it, a black flag was erected, and further back, the flags of the various tribes of the West Sea.

After staying in the Wuma Department for three days, the Night Terror Hall set off with the young men from the nearby tribes.

Although the men of Xihai are warlike, there are many people who sign up, and there are even many women, but fighting is not a child's play after all, and Tianlang Cavalry only needs to be able to fight five elites, so when he left, he only brought more than 6,000 people, plus more than 7,000 Shatuo soldiers, plus many tribal warriors who heard the news along the way, and currently gathered nearly 17,000 people.

Although there were less than 20,000 people, there were nearly 40,000 horses in the procession.

There is no pass to defend in the West Sea, but there are large grasslands producing war horses, so the 'Tianlang Ride' has always been one person with two or even three horses, relying on mobility to deal with the well-equipped Northern and Southern Dynasties.

There are not many other Wu Ma Ministry, but the horses are enough, since the night terror hall is recognized as the leader, these war horses are basically all from the Wu Ma Department, only a small part of them are brought by each department, even the soldiers of the Shatuo Department, the Wu Ma Department have a big hand, and got more than 7,000 horses as mounts, although it is not a good breed of war horses, but it is enough for the second-line troops.

And compared with the strength of the soldiers, the rest of this army is not visible.

Because of the strict control that lasted for twenty years of King Zuoxian, all the cavalry wore cloth clothes, and only a few people had leather armor, rattan armor and other armor.

And the weapons are even worse, most of them are ash pole spears, bows and crossbows are extremely scarce, and there are only homemade hunting bows with a short range, and the heavy cavalry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties stand and let them shoot, but they may not be able to break the defense.

Because the equipment gap is too large, as long as you meet the regular army of Beiliang, most of them will be reimbursed on the spot.

For this reason, the night terror hall walked extremely carefully, and it took seven or eight days to go around Huangming Mountain to Liaoyuan, and arrived at the place where he met with the Great Wei army.

Seeing that he could already faintly see the light of the fire in the wasteland, Night Terror Hall also breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at the carriage behind him.

In the carriage, Lu Zhu was holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking towards the Great Wei military camp.

After Shui'er resisted a big punishment, she had to recuperate for three days before she recovered, and at this time she was obviously recovering as before, leaning in the carriage and punching with Hua Qingzhi.

Hua Qingzhi was pulled by Sister Lu every day to 'borrow wine to eliminate sorrows', and she did have something in her heart, and she basically never woke up along the way, her cheeks were red at this time, and her eyes were also drunk.

Compared with the three of them, Qinghe is much less social.

At this time, Qing He was sitting alone on the other side of the carriage, leaning against the window and looking out, but the afterglow was always on Shui'er, and his eyes were still a little broken.

Night Terror Hall is not surprised by this, after all, the last time Qing He bloomed, Shui Er ran in halfway, and he didn't stop tasting it, so Qing He completed the celebration ceremony in front of him, and he was so ashamed that he almost lost his breath; Afterwards, Qinghe wanted to take revenge and give Shui'er a taste, but Shui'er was too weak and didn't succeed.

After Shui'er rested, the army set off, and when he was on the way, the night terror hall must not mess around, so until now, Qinghe has not found a place, and it is normal not to want to talk to Shui'er.

found that the night terror hall looked into the carriage, and Qing He also glanced at him, and his eyes were like looking at a negative man who 'cares about one and loses the other'.

Night Terror smiled helplessly, because there were soldiers all around, and he didn't say anything.

When he was about to arrive at the barracks, the Night Terror Hall would definitely not be able to rush into the camp with tens of thousands of cavalry, and when there were still five miles away, he ordered Yao Cishan, who came with him, to order the army to camp on the spot; Then he took the carriage and went to the military camp of Great Wei.

After walking a distance, Night Terror Hall saw Yuhu in a dragon robe from afar, standing outside the camp with a group of generals Wenchen waiting.

Night Terror Hall knew that socializing was inevitable, so he turned around and asked:

"Qinghe, let's go, let's go to the face saint together. Fairy Lu, are you going? ”

Xuanji Zhenren didn't like the atmosphere of formal occasions, so he immediately made a gloomy appearance of 'losing his innocence and didn't want to deal with the culprit', and turned his head away and didn't speak.

Although Hua Qingzhi was a little dizzy, she still played a round when she saw this:

"Sister Lu has drunk too much, I'll send her to rest."

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall didn't say much, and after Qinghe came out of the carriage, he turned over and dismounted, and walked to the camp with the leaders of the various departments of the West Sea......

——

The night is getting darker, but the lights in the big tent of Zhongying are bright, and the sound of pushing cups and changing lamps resounds.

The Empress sat on the throne, looking at the courtiers who were talking to the leaders of the various tribes in the West Sea, while the Night Terror Hall sat on the left side, glancing at the tiger girl who was not angry and arrogant from time to time.

Several tables were set up in the big tent, the courtiers and generals of the Great Wei sat on the left side, and Yao Cishan and other leaders sat on the right side.

The trip of the Xihai tribes was not to submit to the Southern Dynasty, but under the leadership of the leader Night Terror, they met with the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and discussed with each other about aiding the Western Sea and jointly resisting the Northern Liang.

The Xihai tribes are extremely xenophobic, and they can recognize the Night Terror Hall as their own father, but they will not accept it as a son to the Southern Dynasty, unless the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is the Night Terror Hall, or the heir of the Night Terror Hall.

Since Night Terror Hall is the leader of the Western Sea Tribes, it must be from the position of the West Sea Tribes, otherwise this leader will not be able to sit steadily.

For this reason, even if the night terror hall is Yuhu's father, he can't claim to be a courtier at this time, but can negotiate with Yuhu, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, as the head of the Xihai tribe.

But what is the relationship between the two, whether it is the courtier of Great Wei or the leader of the West Sea, they are actually clear in their hearts.

As long as the Night Terror Hall and the empress can give birth to an heir, in the eyes of the Xihai tribes, their emperor is still of Xihai blood, not worthy of the ancestors, and he is as big a granary as the Southern Dynasty.

In the eyes of Da Wei, the empress's son inherited the unification, and the name was justified, and such a large territory as the West Sea could be regarded as a dowry for nothing.

This is obviously a lucrative deal for both parties.

In the case of a win-win situation and the elimination of sovereignty conflicts, the two sides naturally talked very closely.

And the empress and the night terror hall are the heads, because their identities are relatively special, at this time, they are interested and do not speak, and let the courtiers on both sides talk.

As for the content of the conversation, it was nothing more than the Southern Korea's aid of food, armor, ordnance, etc., to help the ministries recover; The Xihai tribes sent troops to attack the Northern Liang, recovered the horse farms and mines in the territory, provided the Southern Dynasties with war horse deposits and other resources, and chose the opportunity to attack the interior of the Northern Liang together.

Because there are a lot of things that need to be negotiated, a wine banquet can't be exchanged at all, and tonight is just a reception banquet.

After chatting for an hour, after everyone was full of wine and food, the empress arranged for the envoys of each ministry to rest in the camp, and Qinghe, as the representative of the Winter Underworld, naturally left.

And after the Night Terror Hall sent people out, he walked back, and after Yao Cishan was far away, he came to the center of the big tent and bowed:

"Wechen Night Terror Hall, meet the saint."

After the envoy left, the empress's sitting posture also returned to her usual laziness, half leaning on the dragon chair, and raising her hand slightly:

"Ye Aiqing is exempt, this trip is hard."

The Wenchen generals of the Great Wei Dynasty did not leave at this time, because they were accustomed to the character of the empress, and no one said that the empress was not solemn enough.

Chen Hezhi stood up and saluted and praised:

"The Duke of the Night Kingdom is really a world-shattering talent, single-handedly exterminated the desert thieves, and gathered all the departments of the West Sea, if he hadn't seen the seven thousand soldiers outside, Chen would have thought that the scouts were exaggerating......"

"Yes, it's really brave......"

……

Wang Chihu was the one who pulled the Night Terror Hall into the gate of the Black Ya back then, and he had a good relationship, so he also relaxed at this time and said with a smile:

"Brother Night's ability, you didn't know it for the first time, what is the fuss, now it's time to discuss how to reward it."

Chen Hezhi smiled and did not start to discuss, but looked at the empress.

Before the empress came back from the Night Terror Hall, she must have been ready, and at this time, she raised her hand slightly, and a female official beside her stepped forward to unleash the holy decree:

"Wu'an Gong is in the hall at night, and he will accept the order."

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall bowed again and listened quietly.

"In the eleventh year of the Great Wei Jianwu, on the first day of the sixth month, the Holy Edict: Wu'an Gong was frightened at night, loyal to the liver and courageous, brave and strategic, and went to Beiliang in the early spring, went deep into the enemy country to take the Ming Dragon map, and smashed the enemy country's conspiracy; He traveled thousands of miles to the desert, destroyed the chaotic feudal state, and made friends with the Great Wei in the West Sea......

"Such a miracle, there is no precedent in ancient times, today the special night terror hall is the 'Lang King', and the land north of Liangzhou is given as a fiefdom, and the descendants will inherit it from generation to generation......;

“……”

The civil and military courtiers present did not show a look of surprise when they heard this series of rewards.

After all, this reward sounds scary, and it has a real power with a different surname, but the fief is north of Liangzhou, that is, the territory owned by the West Sea Tribes and the Night Terror Hall itself.

And the title of 'King Lang' instead of 'King Tianlang' is because King Tianlang is at the same level as the monarchs of the two countries, and no one recognizes the empress when she is sealed, so she can only seal the 'King of Langzhou' that does not exist in the twelve states of the Great Wei.

But this is also a helpless move, the conditions of the night terror hall are here, seal other places, and can't radiate the West Sea, Shazhou is a rotten place and it's useless, the only suitable position is to seal the 'King of Liang'.

The ancestral home of Night Terror Hall is in Liangzhou, and the sphere of influence is also in Liangzhou.

But there is a flaw in this move, that is, King Liang himself may not be very happy.

King Liang did not rebel again, and now he is still fighting for the country outside, if the imperial court gives Liangzhou to the Night Terror Hall, King Liang is afraid that he will be able to directly occupy the Xihai Tribes, and have a tactical exchange with the Night Terror Hall.

For this reason, he was named the 'King of Langzhou', so that the Night Terror Hall was the legitimate ruler of the Xihai tribes whether it was in the West Sea or in the Southern Dynasties, which was the most reasonable way.

And Night Terror Hall actually didn't feel anything about these false names, and after listening carefully, he arched his hand and said:

"Minister, thank you for your grace."

The military generals present immediately laughed when they saw this, and hurriedly congratulated them:

"The seal of King Lang is well deserved, congratulations and congratulations ......"

"I can't call Brother Night in the future, I have to change my name to His Royal Highness, alas, envy ......"

"Brother Wang, don't laugh ......"

……

Night Terror Hall all kinds of entertainment, to the Wenchen military generals who came to say goodbye, busy for a while, everyone dispersed one after another.

The empress sat on the dragon chair until the courtiers had left, and then she let the maids go out too, closed the curtain of the big tent, and said:

"I know you're not interested in any of this, and you want any reward, so let's just say it."

Night Terror Hall waited for everyone to leave, and was also relieved, turned around and came to him, and glanced at the back tent:

"What about them?"

The empress was lying on her side on the big chair, her eyes were soft:

"What, you want to reward you for sleeping together?"

Seeing that Da Ben was not there, Night Terror sat down beside him:

"Hmm."

“？”

The empress squinted slightly, she didn't expect the Night Terror Hall to agree so directly, so she didn't pretend. She put her leg on the night terror's lap and sighed:

"I left the queen mother and them to go to Shazhou to play, and I guess I will come back in a few days, it's a pity."

"Shazhou?"

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, his face was surprised;

"In Huangming Mountain, I found a record left by the First Emperor, which said that he had obtained a heaven-given stone tablet before, which recorded the 'Nine Techniques'. I estimate that the Nine Techniques have something to do with the Nine Ming Dragon Diagrams. ”

In fact, the empress has been worried about the body of the Night Terror Hall, after all, if the flaws of her own deduction of the Ming Dragon Diagram are not revealed, she will always be a thunder.

Seeing that Night Terror Hall said this, the empress restrained her cynical look and sat up:

"Xue Baijin said to go to Minglongtu, there has been no news for so long, in the end, you still have to figure it out yourself...... Are you sure about it? ”

Night Terror shook his head: "I'm not sure, I'll have to find out." When the soldiers and horses in the West Sea are settled, I will go over and have a look. ”

The empress is also a newlywed Yan'er, and she doesn't want to go out at night, so she said:

"Why don't I send a message to Lu Taiqing, and let him handle this matter?"

In fact, the night terror hall still has selfish intentions, and the hand warmer ran to Shazhou to play, and he definitely wanted to go to Crescent Bay, which happened to be his destination, if he had the opportunity not to go shopping together, the hand warmer was afraid that he would miss it for several years. For this reason he shook his head and said:

"This kind of thing is like the Ming Dragon Diagram, Daochang Lu may not be able to see the way, I'll go to the safest."

Seeing this, the empress didn't say anything more, and turned her eyes to look outside:

"What about the Master? Why haven't you come here yet? ”

Night Terror Hall estimated that the water was held by Qinghe, and he held his leg and kneaded it gently:

"I've just drunk a lot of alcohol, and I guess I've already slept. Hmmm......"

When the empress saw that the night terror hall stretched her hand under her skirt, she didn't resist, but just supported her side face and said:

"Presumptuous~ Fang Cai is still respectful, and now he can't suppress his ambition and wants to bully the king? …… Eh~?! ”

Before she finished speaking, the empress was dragged by her ankles and lay on the chair, turning into a posture with her feet facing the sky.

Night Terror put his legs on his shoulders, and then pressed Yuhu's knees against her shoulders, causing the moon to rise, and looking at the soft face that was close at hand, he bowed his head and pouted:

"Who's presumptuous?"

The empress's posture was very strange, and she also recalled the scene when she was bullied to admit it before, and her face turned a little red.

But last time was the last time, the dignified emperor, how could there be a reason to surrender without a fight, the empress's expression was as strong as ever:

"You're presumptuous."

Syllable~

Night Terror Hall raised his hand and patted it on the full moon, his eyes were slightly gloomy:

"I'll give you another chance, if you answer wrong, don't say that I don't pity Xiangyu later."

The empress snorted lightly and turned her head:

"I don't know who just came back from Beiliang last time, and when I saw the girl who was tossed, I wanted to drill under the bed, and I had to let you ......."

“？”

Seeing Yuhu mention the unbearable time of recuperation, the night terror hall didn't say much at the moment, bowed his head and began to nourish tirelessly, teaching a lesson to the tiger girl who did not spoil the roof for three days......

(End of chapter)