The sixth day of October.

Xia Ao woke up from sleep, and it was already three poles in the sun.

Coming out of the Wentai Palace, there is a sliding rail soft sedan car all the way to the back corridor of the Qianqing Palace, without taking a few steps.

At this time, the dining room of the Qianqing Palace has been filled with all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there are hundreds of dishes on the wide glazed long table.

Of course, Xia Ao did not enjoy so many delicacies alone, but summoned more than a dozen concubines to eat together.

Although the party lasted for most of the night last night, these concubines were all radiant and ruddy, and none of them were sleepy.

After all, Shenggetai is also of some help to concubines.

It's just that the concubines are a little unnatural when they look at each other, and even the sound of conversation is very rare.

The reason for this is naturally the many absurd things last night, and after thinking about it so far, it still makes many concubines red-faced and a little weak-hearted.

This majesty can no longer be described by the word "strong", the devil knows how he can be so strong, as if there is no limit!

Xia Ao took a sip of sweet soup with a moderate temperature, and then glanced at Zhao Gao who walked in from outside the hall.

"How's the war going?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave is about to report to you."

Zhao Gao said softly, his face embarrassed, and at the same time there was a little strange in his heart.

Because of the sudden change in the situation in the north last night, he made a report to His Majesty as soon as possible.

But this majesty did not know whether he was obsessed with beauty or something else, and he was not angry at all, as if he was nothing.

In fact, the existence of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in Great Qin, as well as Bai Qi and others, Zhao Gao was not clear.

Xia Ao knew that Zhao Gao wanted to avoid the concubines, so he waved his hand and said lightly: "It's okay, let's be blunt." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, last night the Dajin Dynasty sent 300,000 troops south out of the Shuhan Corridor, and with 10,000 Yunlu heavy cavalry as the vanguard to raid the 100,000 troops guarding the exit of the corridor, and 10,000 Xue Liu's troops went around the distance to copy the Chinese army of our army......"

"According to the report from the front, the soldiers of the enemy's Yunlu Heavy Cavalry and Xue Liu's army are all innate realms, and their combat power is extremely strong, so the 100,000 army that strangled the exit of the corridor at the northern end was defeated, and the Chinese army was almost broken."

"Fortunately, the general dealt with it decisively, and the elite battalion of the Fifth Route Innate Realm of the concentrated army dragged the main force of Xue Liujun's army, and only then did he stabilize his position."

"However, Rao is like this, our army still suffers heavy casualties."

"By the end of dawn, the two sides broke away from the battle, not counting the minor wounded, our army killed more than 70,000 in battle, more than 40,000 seriously wounded, and another 50,000 horses were scattered."

"At present, our army has retreated to the line of the Huyan River in its entirety, and it is not far from our northern border, about fifty or sixty miles."

Hearing the news with their own ears, the concubines were taken aback, and at the same time, they were also nervous, and cautiously peeked at Xia Ao, for fear that Xia Ao would be angry.

After all, this is a big defeat, and it is at the juncture of His Majesty's accession to the throne......

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at the sisters, then looked at Xia Ao and whispered with relief: "Your Majesty, the numbers of Yunlu Heavy Cavalry and Xue Liujun did not exist before, I think it is the hole card that the Dajin Dynasty has secretly cultivated at great expense. ”

"Without the knowledge of the generals and the generals, they did not take full precautions, and the defeat was reasonable."

"However, looking at the entire battle situation, as of now, the casualties of the Dajin Dynasty have exceeded 300,000, and even if we count the 50,000 scattered and lost troops, it is less than 300,000."

"On the whole, the two sides are half a catty, and even our army's record is slightly superior. Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty ......"

Xia Ao waved his hand and said with a light smile: "It's okay, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and I won't be angry about it." ”

As the words fell, an attendant stepped in.

"Your Majesty, the left minister, the right minister, the bad handsome, and the military department Sun Shilang ask to see you."

The military department Shangshu is an old stubborn, and he has been beheaded before, so the position of Shangshu is temporarily concurrently held by the right minister Gao Xi, and the specific matters are in charge of the squire Sun Jicai.

"Let them wait in the Hall of Neutrality."

Seeing that Xia Ao was still not in a hurry and looked relaxed, not to mention Dongfang Yu, Gu Ruoyun and other concubines, even Shangguan Wan'er and Zhao Gao were a little puzzled.

The battle situation has changed suddenly, why is Your Majesty not anxious at all?

"Yes~"

……

When the meal was finished, Xia Ao came to the Zhonghe Hall in a hurry.

At this time, Sun Jicai was already so anxious that his forehead was sweating, although Li Si and Gao Xi had calm faces, their expressions were also very serious, only Yuan Tiangang was still light, looking like a master outside the world.

"Your Majesty, the battle situation is urgent, the enemy army has gained 300,000 fresh troops, and there are two innate armies of Yunlu Heavy Cavalry and Xue Liujun with 10,000 people like poisonous dragons, and now the strength of the two sides has reversed ......"

After saluting, Sun Jicai strode to the sand table, pointing to the enemy and friend on the sand table and said in a solemn voice, beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks.

"The minister thinks that the top priority is to immediately send reinforcements to help!"

Xia Ao glanced at the sand table and did not respond, but looked at Yuan Tiangang.

"What did the bad guys find?"

"Your Majesty is clever."

Yuan Tiangang complimented softly, and then nodded.

"Your Majesty, bad people have already found out that there is a high-grade Yuan Stone vein hidden in the northeast of the Dayue Dynasty. The reason why the Dajin Dynasty wanted to move troops against Dayue was not, or not just to annex Dayue, but mainly to go to that Yuanshi vein! ”

"Superior Yuanshi veins?"

Hearing this news, the faces of several ministers changed in unison.

In Tiannan, every metastone vein is a strategic resource, especially the high-grade metastone vein, which is a must for those who see it!

There is no way, the strategic value of this thing is too great, and there was once a weak small country that relied on a large high-grade yuan stone vein to become a hegemon in more than ten years!

"Oh?

Xia Ao raised his eyebrows slightly, also showing surprise.

"Interesting, I said that the movements of the Dayue Dynasty are a little strange...... What is the scale? When did Dai-Yue start mining? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the details are not yet clear. However, by all indications and anecdotal evidence, the vein should be small or medium-sized. ”

"As for the start of mining, it should be within five years."

Hearing Yuan Tiangang's answer, Xia Ao nodded thoughtfully.

"Five years, it's not short, it seems that the Dayue Dynasty has hidden a lot of hole cards."

"Your Majesty's analysis is that, according to the investigation, Da Yue at least has an innate army that is formed. Moreover, there are many strong people in the Great Yue Law Realm. ”

Yuan Tiangang nodded affirmatively, and then changed the topic and said: "In addition, Your Majesty, the minister also suspects that a high-grade Yuanshi vein should have been newly discovered in the territory of the Dajin Dynasty, otherwise, it is not realistic to supply two elites of 10,000 people with those middle- and lower-grade Yuanshi veins alone." ”

"However, no clues have been found so far."

Xia Ao frowned, with a strange look on his face.

"Your analysis makes sense, but Tiannan has always been barren, even if it is a miniature high-grade yuan stone vein, there are very few, why are there two of them at once now, and the scale should not be small?"

"Could it be that something is going to happen?"