The slender wooden sticks, painted with red paint, kept moving on the military map made of silk, as if like a torch, to ignite the map, and the flames continued to spread across the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After the Tang Dynasty won a great victory on the plateau, it did not rest on the spot, nor did it return to help, but chose to cross the majestic green ridge and go straight to Chaoyang City.

The army under the command of General Shu Cheng is a lone army deep into a foreign country, if it can finally conquer Chaoyang City and capture the Yuelun royal family, it will be of great strategic significance for the current tense situation.

Long Qing and the 2,000 cavalry were wiped out under the city of Chang'an, and the wasteland cavalry was shocked and had a lot of palpitations, and there was a lack of effective military command, and the remnants of the Northeast Border Army and the Tang Army with the Volunteer Army as the main body could no longer pose much of a threat, and the situation in Eastern Xinjiang gradually stabilized, and the one hundred and eighty-ninth chapter of the fourth volume of the year of the curtain had entered the stage of purging and suppressing.

The real threat is still in the north and south, the Zhenbei army has added a lot of fresh soldiers, and can even let Gushan County free up its hands to support the eastern frontier, but the Golden Horde has been preparing for a large-scale southern invasion for decades, and its momentum is like thunder, and the war is still extremely tragic, and the Tang army has always been in the passive defense stage, and in a short period of time, it is not possible to see the possibility of annihilating the main force of the royal court cavalry and then launching a large-scale counteroffensive.

The situation in Qingxia in the south is also tense, the main force of the Xiling Temple coalition army is composed of the Southern Jin Dynasty army, but the real strength is far more than that, whether the temple coalition army storms Qingxia, or detours to the east and the north of the expedition, it will definitely bring great pressure to Chang'an, and it is even very likely to reverse the trend of this war again.

However, what is extremely puzzling is the offensive of the coalition forces of the Xiling Temple. It is much weaker than expected, and looking at the movement of grain and grass logistics, it seems that there is no plan to make a detour to the Northern Expedition.

The palace was very quiet, and the ministers and generals were confused.

"What the hell is going on in the temple?"

Scholar Zeng Jing said: "Could it be that the temple still wants to preserve its strength at this time, and wait for us and the Golden Horde to lose before we really start attacking?"

"The one hundred and eighty-ninth chapter of the year of the fourth volume of the god is the tea and the soup and the temple want to talk peacefully. ”

The queen said, pointing to a letter on the case.

The color of the letter is bright yellow, which is a color that only the Xiling Temple and the Tang royal family are qualified to use.

The Empress uttered this sentence. The people in the temple were shocked and speechless, because no one could understand that at this moment. Why does the Xiling Temple want to negotiate peace?

The hall became quiet again, and no one spoke.

Even if it is now the world's war against the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people are fearless. However, the ministers and generals in the palace are not young people with no enthusiasm, and the most valuable temperament they possess is calmness - as long as they calm down, people can clearly understand the difference in strength between the Tang Dynasty and the whole world.

Regardless of population, materials, number of war horses or territory area, Datang is the largest and strongest country in the world, but compared with the whole world, it is undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage.

Especially with the collapse of the Northeast Frontier Army in the capital of Yan State, the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Qinghe County Water Division stained Daze red, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty army suffered extremely heavy losses, although with the efforts of the academy and the imperial court, the danger of losing the country was temporarily alleviated. But if you want to continue to fight hard under the northern and southern attacks of the Golden Horde Court and the Xiling Temple, no one dares to say whether the Tang Kingdom can hold on or how long it can last.

From a rational point of view, Xiling Temple's proposal for peace is undoubtedly the thing that Datang wants to see the most now. However, in the negotiation in this case, Datang will inevitably have to pay a great price, and even now it can be guessed that the coalition forces will inevitably demand that Datang cede land and pay compensation.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China for thousands of years, Datang has won every battle, and there has never been a surrenderer. If they are really forced to talk, who will talk about it? Who would dare to sign that document at the risk of being scolded by the Tang people for betraying the country and seeking glory?

This is where the silence in the temple comes from.

The queen said: "The courtiers have discussed, whether to talk about it or not, how to talk about it, in short, try to come out of a square, you must be fast, because if you are slow, you will die one more day...... In the imperial study, the queen mother looked at the calligraphy that had not yet completely dried, and she didn't know what she remembered, she was silent for a moment, and then said, "You heard it all." ”

Ning Que threw the pen into the clear water urn, pulled a piece of paper and wiped his hands, and said, "Since the temple wants to talk, then we will accompany them to talk, you can talk about it however you want, but you can't suffer." ”

The queen said: "Since we have the advantage, if we refuse to suffer, the temple will definitely not agree, so since we want to talk, we must be prepared to suffer." ”

Ning Que shook his head and said: "First of all, we have to understand why the temple suddenly wants to negotiate peace, you must know that the main force of the temple coalition has not even fought a serious battle so far. ”

The queen asked, "In your opinion, what is the reason why the temple side took the initiative to ask for peace?"

There was a pot of freshly brewed rock tea on the bookcase, and there was a set of exquisite tea sets on the bookshelf, Ning Que took out the tea set, poured two small cups, pushed one of them in front of the queen, took one cup and drank it all, and then took out all the things in the tea set box and put it in the sea of tea trays with subtle and beautiful curves.

Tea trays are like the sea, which can hold countless tea sets,

Ning Que took the largest teapot from the teapot and said, "What we can confirm now is that the Guan Master has been abolished. ”

"The head of the sect is also abolished. ”

He took a thin teaspoon from the tea tray, grabbed a few more teacups with one hand, and continued: "The Heavenly Oracle Divine Seat, the Seven Masters, and Ye Su are also useless. ”

Finally, he tapped the wooden tube containing the tea leaves and said, "Liu Bai cut off the right arm of the second senior brother, and the second senior brother also stabbed him in the chest, and in a short time, Liu Bai will not strike again." ”

At this time, looking back at this magnificent war in the past few months, there are Tang troops fighting bloody battles and ordinary people rising up, but the real key is the strong battles between the academy and the Daomen.

The senior brother restrained the Guan Master for seven days, seriously injured the seven masters in front of the Green Ridge, seriously injured the Heavenly Oracle Divine Throne in front of the Qingxia, and the second senior brother fought against the peerless powerhouse in front of the Qingxia and defeated Ye Su first. Injured Liu Bai again, together with the same door, the Xiling Temple army could not enter the Qingxia One step, the third senior sister beat the Xiling Temple Sect into a waste, and then joined forces with the senior brother in Chang'an City, and fought with the master from the ground to the sky.

In addition to the shocking array left by the master, and the word that Ning Que finally wrote, it was the senior brother, the second senior brother, and the third senior sister. directly changed the course of this war,

"The academy is indeed crippled, but the price paid by the Daomen side is even heavier. They wanted to negotiate peace and to my surprise, and I even thought it was too late. ”

Ning Que looked at the queen and said, "Now both sides need time to heal, so Niangniang doesn't have to care about the attitude of the academy." You can talk about it as much as you want. ”

The queen said, "Yes, time is in our favor. ”

Ning Que looked at the night outside the window, the somewhat gray moon, and said, "Maybe not." ”

The imperial study was silent, and the queen and he looked at the moon, and they both knew very well in their hearts that perhaps the key to the final decision of the victory or defeat in the world was still above the moon in the night sky.

The queen retracted her gaze, looked at him and asked, "What else does the academy have to say?"

"The political and military affairs of the court, the senior brothers and sisters in the back mountains don't understand. Naturally, I don't have any comments for me to pass on to my mother, but I do have something I want to remind you of. ”

"What's the matter?"

"If there is a way, please do your best to pass the book to the Green Ridge and let General Shu Cheng return to the division. ”

The Queen Mother listened to this. Raised his eyebrows and said: "According to the calculation of time, in half a month at most, the Western Army will be able to attack Chaoyang City and destroy the moon wheel, let them give up at this time?"

"Chaoyang City must not be entered. ”

Ning Que thought about the peak under the wasteland, the yellow temples between the peaks. said: "The academy and the Daomen are both defeated, I don't want to preach the first such person to come to Chang'an City." ”

The queen mother is from the Demon Sect, although she has lived in the deep palace for a long time, she still knows a lot about those legendary characters in the cultivation world, and when she heard this, she understood Ning Que's jealousy and agreed.

She said: "The military department once had a plan to let the Western Army ignore the Yuelun Country and enter the wasteland north outside the Green Mountains, so as to find Shan Yu's location when the main force of the Golden Horde invaded south. ”

Ning Que thought about the big swamp called "Mud Pond" on the wasteland, and said: "This plan is too risky, it's better to give up, or let the Western Army retreat from the Green Ridge, and then maneuver towards the Seven Cities Walled City." ”

The queen said, "That's it." It's just that if the imperial court agrees to negotiate peace with the temple, the temple will definitely ask to negotiate with the academy, and then will you or Mr. Big come forward?"

"The academy can't come forward, at least not me. ”

Ning Que looked at the scattered teacups on the table and said, "If the academy comes out for an interview, I won't regret it in the future, if I sign it, how can I kill people in the future...... Chao Xiaoshu has been waiting for Ning Que in the duty room, and when he leaves the palace, he will go the same way.

Suddenly a light snow began to fall in the night sky, and after a while, a thin layer of snow was covered with snow on the square and the surrounding streets, and his boots were a little slippery on it, and he said to the little tree: "The road is not easy to walk, so first drink two glasses." ”

Ning Xiao nodded.

There was a soup shop at the entrance of the alley, and the shop was already full of people, and the easing of the war situation was quickly reflected in the lives of the people, but the diners were not as noisy as usual.

When the shop owner saw another customer coming, he moved tables and chairs and put them outside the store and asked if it was okay.

Chao Xiaoshu and Ning Que didn't care about this, so they started to eat hot haggis soup with a slight snow.

Before the wine glass was raised, Chao Xiaoshu suddenly asked, "What are you going to do with Li Yu?"

Ning Que was plucking coriander into Chao Xiaoshu's bowl, and when he heard this, his movements stiffened slightly, and then returned to normal, and said, "That's the queen's mother or the court's business." ”

Said to Xiaoshu, "I'm asking you. ”

Ning Que put down his chopsticks, looked at him and said, "I remember that your relationship with her is very ordinary. ”

"After all, she is the most painful daughter of His Majesty. ”

After saying this, he picked up the dipping saucer towards Xiaoshu and put the bean curd into Ning Que's bowl...... Mentally tired, this chapter has been written for a long time, but I won't fall, continue to write the next chapter, but it is estimated that the time to write it will be late, friends who have to go to work and study tomorrow, go to bed early, and read the same tomorrow. ）rq！！！