The military coup plot occurred in the east window, and the cabinet urgently mobilized troops and horses, and at the same time, ordered the secret guards to arrest all the people involved in the coup, and the empress Yang Tong and the concubine Zhao Jinxi were placed under house arrest at the same time. Since this matter involved the queen, the cabinet did not dare to deal with it rashly, so it only temporarily detained the relevant people and interrogated Guo and others. At this time, Guo Tong and others put all the blame on Queen Yang Tong, trying to reduce the guilt.

Han Bing came to the queen's dormitory where Yang Tong was under house arrest. At this time, the queen's bedroom was deserted, like a huge prison, Yang Tong stood by the window, looking at the cold moon outside the window in a daze. Hearing footsteps behind him, he came back to his senses and turned around.

Seeing Han Bing coming in a military uniform, he asked coldly, "What are you doing here?" ”

Han Bing said: "There is news I must tell you, the eldest brother is safe. Now the eldest brother has joined the fleet and is on his way back to Daming. ”

Yang Tong's expression immediately became complicated, both relieved and overwhelmed, and he couldn't help muttering: "He, he's fine, it's great, it's great!" Me, what should I do? What should I do? ”

Yang Tong couldn't help but sigh and said, "I knew why I had to do it today!" ”

Yang Tong's heart was shocked, he smiled bitterly, sighed, and muttered, "It's too late to say anything now!" My husband must hate me to death! Han Bing didn't know what to say, so he turned around and left. Wait a minute! Yang Tong suddenly shouted. Han Bing stopped and turned around. Yang Tong hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a concerned face, "Is my child okay?" ”

Han Bing said: "He's fine, you don't have to worry." Now it's Sister Yonghui who is taking care of him. "Sister Yonghui is Chai Yonghui, because Chai Yonghui is the oldest, and has the identities of Yang Peng and Chai Yongqi, so the concubines in the palace call her sister. When Yang Tong heard that the child was fine, he couldn't help but let go of his thoughts.

After the main force of the fleet escorted Yang Peng and Yan Ji across the Western Ocean, a small fleet led by Wang Rong sailed straight to Quanzhou Port. After many days of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at the port of Quanzhou. Then she landed on the boat and headed for Bianliang.

In the evening of that day, Yang Peng and Yan Ji finally returned to Bianliang, and the concubines and ministers couldn't help crying when they saw Yang Peng returning unharmed. It took a while for a smile to appear on everyone's faces.

Yang Peng couldn't help but feel heavy when he thought of Yang Tong's matter, and asked, "What about Yang Tong?" ”

The scene immediately fell silent, and Han Bing said: "I am under house arrest in the Queen's Palace, waiting for the eldest brother's ruling." ”

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Yang Tong looked at the night sky in a daze, she felt as if she had a terrible nightmare, she hoped that she could wake up, but she was always in this nightmare.

"Yang Tong." A voice that she was both expectant and afraid suddenly came from behind her, and she couldn't help but feel a shock in her heart, and then murmured a wry smile: "I must be dreaming again!" ”

"It's still early, what are you dreaming about!"

Yang Tong was surprised, and quickly turned around and saw her husband. Yang Tong was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to hide.

Yang Peng stepped forward quickly, grabbed Yang Tong, and said angrily: "I saw my husband coming back, but I wanted to run away without saying hello, what is the reason?" ”

Yang Tong was extremely ashamed, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Yang Peng, and said with trepidation and sadness: "I, the concubine, the concubine is sorry for the husband!" Concubines, concubines have no face to see their husbands! ”

Yang Peng hugged Yang Tong's arms and shouted, "Look at me!" Yang Tong couldn't help but raise his head, looking at his man with trepidation and shame.

Yang Peng said: "This kind of thing doesn't want to happen and it has already happened, what's the use of escaping!" Yang Tong couldn't help but sob.

Yang Peng sighed, "You, the biggest problem is that you love your children too much!" Alas, I'm also to blame for this, if I had made this matter clear, you wouldn't have done this stupid thing! Yang Tong looked at Yang Peng puzzled.

Yang Peng said: "My plan for the future of the empire is actually a virtual cabinet. In other words, from after me, the emperor will not have any real power, and the main power of the state is in the hands of the cabinet, which is elected by all the people. This is to solve the cycle of chaos that has existed since ancient times. As for the emperor's heirs, when they grow up, they will be determined by the cabinet according to their performance! ”

Yang Tong looked at his lover in surprise and couldn't help but say, "In this way, is the world still the world of the Yang family?" ”

Yang Peng said: "I have said this more than once. The world has never been anyone's world, but the world of the world's people. Although we are in high positions, we are not more noble than ordinary people. ”

Yang Tong cried and said: "So the concubine is completely wrong, completely wrong!" ”

Yang Peng sighed and said, "You did something wrong!" You're so stupid! ”

Yang Tong raised his teary eyes and looked at Yang Peng, and asked bitterly: "Husband, are you planning to divorce your concubine?" ”

Yang Peng smiled bitterly, took Yang Tong into his arms, and said, "One day as a husband and wife, a lifetime husband and wife, I will not abandon you!" ”

Yang Tong was moved, and then frowned: "If the husband lets go of the concubine, how can he explain to the subjects of the world?" ”

Yang Peng said: "I didn't say that this matter will not be disposed of, but you and I will not be severed as husband and wife." According to our Ming law, you are guilty of plotting a rebellion. According to the law, a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison is imposed. Fortunately, the rebellion did not cause any damage, and if I interceded with the Cabinet, my sentence could probably be reduced to about six years. Yang Tong asked in surprise: "I, can I not die?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded.

Yang Tong hurriedly asked again: "Husband won't divorce me?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "No." I've already said that you will always be my wife. Yang Tong was overjoyed, threw himself into his lover's arms, and began to cry.

Yang Peng comforted her softly, and after her emotions calmed down, she said angrily: "Zhao Jinxi and Guo Tong, I won't let them go!" Needless to say, Zhao Jinxi has instigated how many things she has instigated from the past to the present! As for Guo Tong, he wants to be opportunistic and gain a greater position of power, okay, I'll let him go to prison to realize his dream! Yang Tong saw his lover's angry face, and couldn't help but be silent, and he didn't dare to come out.

Yang Peng comforted Yang Tong again and left the dormitory.

As soon as he came out, he met Yanran kneeling at the foot of the steps. Seeing this, Yang Peng hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and asked with a smile: "What kind of trouble are you making?" ”

Yan Ran said with a look of self-reproach: "The concubine is the sister of Niangniang, and please punish Your Majesty together." ”

Yanran smiled: "You call it which pot you don't open and which pot you don't mention." This matter has nothing to do with you at all, what sin do you please? Get up! ”

Yan Ran said: "The concubine has actually participated in this reverse case from the beginning, and the concubine can't be said to be innocent!" ”

Yang Peng helped Yanran up, looked at the delicate face of the character in front of him, and said, "I know the whole thing very well. Not only did you not participate, but you have been persuading your sister Yang Tong to restrain from the precipice. If it weren't for that hateful Zhao Jinxi, this incident wouldn't have happened. He glanced at Yan Ran and said, "Therefore, not only are you not guilty, but you also have merit." Then he smiled and said, "Okay, don't think about it." ”

Yanran was very relieved to hear her lover say this. Then he thought of his sister's matter, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know, I don't know what Your Majesty is going to do with my sister?" ”

Yang Peng sighed. Seeing this, Yan Ran's face turned pale, and he asked urgently: "Does Your Majesty want to ......?"

Yang Peng understood that Yanran had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "You want to go wrong." After a pause, he frowned and said, "However, Yang Tong's crime is very serious, and I can't help but deal with it, I'm afraid she will be punished in prison for at least five or six years." When Yanran heard this, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that His Majesty could be said to be extraordinarily kind to her sister, so she didn't say anything more.

Yang Peng glanced back at the queen's bedroom and said to Yan Ran: "You go in and talk to Yang Tong." Yan Ran said yes and entered the dormitory.

Yang Peng cleaned up his mood and walked towards the imperial study.

When I came to the imperial study, I saw Han Bing, Chai Yonghui and Yan Ji all there. When the third girl saw Yang Peng coming in, she immediately stood up to greet her.

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Why are you all here?" ”

Yan Ji immediately handed a report to Yang Peng and said, "This is the report that just came from Hu Si's ears. ”

Yang Peng took the report, walked to the back of the bookcase, sat down, and read it. After reading the report, he smiled and said, "Good, very good!" Finally, the Crusaders didn't take advantage of anything! ”

After Yang Peng disappeared that day, the crusaders pounced on the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. However, Yelu Hanyu was extraordinary after all, and at this critical moment, he decisively abandoned all the cities, but he set up suspicious soldiers to make the enemy think that the Ming army was still defending those cities. In fact, Yelu Hanyu had already led the main force to rush towards Hu Si's ears. Yeluzhong, who occupied Hu Si's ears, thought that Yelu's cold rain was still in the southwest, far away from Hu Si's ears, so he was defenseless and indulged in lust in the city, and the soldiers and horses in the city were all drunk, dreaming and dying and enjoying themselves. As a result, in the middle of the night, the Ming army broke into the city in one fell swoop, and Yeluzhong and his soldiers and horses suddenly heard the sound of killing, and they didn't know what was going on, and many people went to the underworld.

The Ming army rushed into Hu Si's ears, and swept away the enemy troops in the city like a wind sweeping away the leaves, and recaptured Hu Si's ears.

After Yeluzhong narrowly escaped, he hurried to the crusader camp to ask for help. At this time, the crusaders were attacking the southwestern cities, and they had already found that the current Ming army was only a suspicious soldier. After receiving the message of Yeluzhong's request for help, he immediately judged that the main force of the Ming army had been transferred to Hu Sihu's ear, so the army immediately turned and pounced on Hu Sihu's ear.

Seeing that there were only tens of thousands of Ming soldiers guarding the city, the crusaders didn't take them seriously at all, and immediately attacked the city from all sides. However, the willpower of the Ming army was beyond their imagination, and they desperately resisted with the walls of the tiger's ears and ears! A day passed, two days passed, and a month passed, and the crusaders not only did not take Hu Si's ears but suffered heavy losses, and Hu Si's ears were already full of corpses under the city walls.

At this moment, the 100,000 elites led by Yang Yanzhao rushed to the battlefield, and immediately cooperated with the Ming army in the city and its surroundings to launch a fierce counterattack against the enemy led by the crusaders. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all indomitable to be ten, and the enemy was ten and ten duels, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, until dusk, and they each collected their troops.

However, the enemy was still unwilling to give up and continued to confront the Ming army. But bad news followed, and one after another Ming army was approaching Hu Si's ears. In view of the fact that the situation on the battlefield has changed, if Karn continues to confine himself here, not only will he not be able to achieve victory, but he may even fall into the vast sea of the Ming army. Kahn therefore made a decisive decision to retreat. When this order was conveyed, no one objected except for the Jeruzhong Jeruile and the Mubaon tribes, for everyone was very tired from the bloody battles of these days, and a feeling of war weariness could not help but rise in everyone's hearts.

The Crusaders immediately turned west and retreated, and the Jeruiles and the tribes of Jeruzhong had no choice but to follow the Crusaders westward. Speaking of which, friends may be surprised, haven't the Sticky Grace tribes already taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty? Why is it on the side of the Crusaders again? In fact, there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies between countries, and it is not normal for the tribes of Sticky Baen to unite with the Ming Dynasty yesterday and join the crusaders today. On the same day, after Aliqi's army was defeated by Yeluzhong, the tribes of Mubaen saw that the momentum was not right, and when they fell to the side of Yeluzhong, not only did they not rescue Aliqi, but instead attacked Aliqi together with Yeluzhong. If it weren't for that, Aliqi would not have been so cleanly defeated, although he was defenseless at the time.

The Crusaders and the others retreated all the way to Tarath, west of Husi's ear, trying to stabilize the battle line by relying on the treacherous terrain here.

When Karn and the others retreated to Tarath, a total of 600,000 troops of the main army and the army gathered in Husi's ears. Yang Yanzhao proposed to launch a full-scale counterattack immediately, Yelu Hanyu agreed and formulated a plan for a counterattack, she herself led an army of 500,000 to counterattack head-on, and let Yang Yanzhao lead 100,000 elites to march west along the Chui River along the north road.

Soon after, Yelu Hanyu personally led an army of 500,000 troops to the city of Taras and launched a fierce attack. Karn and others, on the other hand, relied on the strong walls and favorable terrain of Taras to hold on. The fierce battle continued for several days, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the city of Taras remained unmoved.

At this moment, an urgent report suddenly reached the city of Tarasi, saying that the 100,000-strong army led by Yang Yanzhao, the general of the Ming Dynasty, had captured Saolan. On the border between Khorezm and Western Liao, this sweeping orchid was the back road for Kahn and others to retreat westward, but now it is occupied by the Ming army, which shows that it is self-evident! Kahn and the others were only incredulous, almost believing that the news was fake. However, soon the conclusive news came, and Yang Yanzhao, the general of the Ming Dynasty, led 100,000 elites to the west along the Chuihe River, turned south across the desert in the upper reaches of the Chuihe River, and raided Saolan. At this time, the tens of thousands of defenders of Saulan were defenseless, and they were rushed into the city by the Ming army in one fell swoop, and the result was that they fled to death, and Salan, who was extremely important in strategic position, instantly fell into the hands of Yan Yun!

Karn and the others couldn't help but panic, and everyone had no intention of fighting.

While Karn and the others were in a state of panic, Jereil made a suggestion: "From here, we can go west, cross the desert, and then go north along the Amu Darya, and we will reach the Sea of Khorezm." Everyone was at a loss for ideas, and when they heard his suggestion, they only felt as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and they nodded in agreement. Now that everyone agreed, Karn immediately decided to abandon Taras's retreat.

Although he had decided to flee, Karn was cautious, ordering more flags to be erected at the head of the city to confuse the Ming army outside the city, and at the same time ordering the troops to wait until the third watch in the middle of the night before acting.

When the time finally reached midnight, the west gate quietly opened, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses immediately flocked out of the city. Although Karn had already told him to keep quiet and not make any noise, the multi-party coalition could not control it, and hundreds of thousands of horses swarmed out of the city, and the horses neighed and the footsteps rumbled.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses left the city for more than ten miles. Suddenly, countless torches appeared around them, turning the night into day. Hundreds of thousands of people were naturally startled when they suddenly saw this scene, and before they could react, the storm set off by the dense rain of arrows had already blown. In an instant, the screams rang out. The armies were in a mess, and no matter what unified orders were given, they rushed to run, and those who fell to the ground were trampled to death by countless people's feet and horses' hooves before they could get up!

At this moment, the Ming army attacked fiercely from all sides, and the iron hooves flickered vertically and horizontally, and they smashed into the middle of the enemy army. At this time, the enemy army was already in chaos, where could it resist the fierce Ming army, and the Ming army was like entering a no-man's land, and the corpses were all over the field.

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Karn led the remnants of his defeated army all the way west, and when he fled to the Kuzhang River, Karn checked his troops and found that his army had lost nearly half, while the other armies had suffered even heavier losses. The crowd did not dare to stay, and immediately waded across the Kuzhang River and continued to flee west. Soon after, the sound of horses' hooves behind him suddenly rose, and the Ming war cavalry caught up again.

At this moment, everyone held the mentality of a friend of the dead Dao who would not die and the poor Dao, and ran wildly for their lives, just wanting others to block the iron hooves and blades of the Ming Dynasty. Those cavalry were fine, but those infantry were unlucky, and they were left far behind by the cavalry, and they were swept away by the Ming war cavalry and suffered countless casualties, and those who were lucky not to die also scattered and fled.

Karn and the others ran wildly, and finally fled into the desert after a few days, but the Ming Warriders still had no intention of stopping the pursuit. Often, Karn and the others had just stopped to take a break, when they saw the Ming warriors pounce on them like wolves, so they had no choice but to run for their lives again. In this way, Karn and the others fled to the banks of the Amu Darya, and the Ming warriors also chased them to the banks of the Amu Darya! Karn and the others fled north along the Amu Darya River, and the Ming War Cavalry also chased them all the way!

In the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, where it is about to join the Khorezm Sea, there is a fortress called Yuli Key, which can be said to be the most important military fortress in the entire Amu Darya River valley in the southern part of the Khorezm Sea, and its strategic position is extremely important. It originally belonged to Western Liao, but was later occupied by Yeluyilie.

Karn and the others fled to Yuli Key, and the hundreds of thousands of Eastern Crusade troops were only 60,000 or 70,000 remnants left! Karn and the others wept without tears!

And at this moment, the alarm came again, and the Ming army entered the city. When everyone heard that Da Ming was catching up, they were in a mess like a frightened bird. Karn shouted to calm the people, and then issued a strict order that all the armies should defend Yuli Jian to the death, and anyone who dared to leave the battlefield without permission would be punished as defection. Everyone was in a state of panic, and they didn't dare to say anything about running for their lives, but the army was terrified, and it was almost impossible to keep the Yuli key in such a situation. Therefore, Karn, after intimidating the people with military law, then comforted the people: "Do not be afraid! The enemy is only tens of thousands of cavalry, how can it be possible to break through this strong fortress? ”

When everyone heard this, they only felt very good, and they couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

Karn continued, "I have sent someone to ask for help in the country, and I believe that it will not be long before the army of our Holy Roman Empire arrives!" Why worry! ”

When everyone heard this, most of their worries subsided, and they all said that they would stick to the jade key.

Karn couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the army's morale had stabilized, and immediately issued an order to hold the city.

Karn and the others climbed the city wall and looked out of the city, only to see tens of thousands of Ming war horsemen lining up outside the city to prepare for an attack. Immediately, he did not dare to be careless, and ordered all armies to be on guard.

Half an hour later, the Ming war cavalry outside the city did not attack, but retreated to the south. They retreated completely, not temporarily, for they did not set up camp at all, but went straight to the south. Karn and the others only felt inexplicable when they saw such a scene, and everyone looked at each other. After a long while, there was a cheer of infinite excitement from the city. However, Karn was still very confused by the sudden withdrawal of the Ming army, and he did not understand why the Ming army would suddenly retreat when it had such an advantage. Is this a conspiracy?

This is certainly not a conspiracy. However, the retreat of the Ming army was also a last resort. You must know that the war against the Liao State has exhausted the military rations of the Ming Dynasty. Now the grain and grass used by the army going to Western Liao are all purchased by the imperial court from the people. This amount is finite and simply cannot last. Therefore, the Ming army could not help but retreat at this time. In fact, if Karn and the others could hold on to Tarath for a while, the Ming army would retreat without a fight, but they didn't know the situation of the Ming army, so they hurriedly fled and fell into the net arranged by Yelu Hanyu. It's no wonder that Karn, in this case that the back lane is cut off, I am afraid that everyone will make the same choice as Karn.

In any case, this huge war has come to an end.

When the news returned to the Holy Roman Empire, Catherine immediately ordered the Khwarazm region to move from offensive to defensive, and at the same time transferred 300,000 troops from Arabia and Moore to Khorezm to strengthen the defenses. More than a dozen generals of the Holy Roman Empire, including Kahn, were disciplined, but remained in their positions. As for the many countries that are trying to get a piece of the pie behind the ass of the Holy Roman Empire, they are naturally empty of bamboo baskets and return home in disgrace.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.