Zhao Sheng stayed in Qiuxin Palace that night, the goshawk rested in the courtyard, and the guards took strict precautions everywhere, not leaking, the goshawk expected to be fine, but he didn't want to sleep, so he patrolled the palace. Suddenly, he heard a soft sound in the distance, and he hurriedly used his mental method to investigate, only to feel that someone flashed by, and his body was surprisingly fast. The goshawk was secretly vigilant, but he remained silent and searched for his true qi. The man did not go to Qiu Xin's residence, but went to the compound of Empress De, and Goshawk thought to himself: "This assassin thinks that Zhao Sheng is sleeping in Empress De's compartment, but in fact he has made a mistake. ”

The perimeter of Empress De's palace was not well guarded, and the assassin was so skilled that he evaded the guards and was unaware. The goshawk also flashed quietly, latent in the trees, without showing its whereabouts.

When the man came to the queen's house, he jumped on the terrace and gently buckled the door, and the people in the house whispered, and the door opened quietly, and he saw that the queen was dressed in a tulle, and her expression was surprised and delighted, and she greeted her cheerfully, and whispered, "Why did you come back?"

The goshawk laughed and was very curious, thinking: "Zhao Sheng, this kid is ridiculous and indulgent, but his wife can't be idle, at such a critical moment, she still has the heart to steal people?"

At that time, everyone in the world thought that it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and there was nothing wrong with it, and some people tried their best to boast about it, but women had to endure loneliness and not steal love, otherwise they should die and be killed. Goshawk didn't think so, secretly hated Zhao Sheng's behavior, applauded Empress De, and said secretly: "I can't demolish the two, I need to help them cover up." This traitorous husband has the best martial arts, but I don't know who he is?"

The two entered the house, only to hear the man say urgently: "De'er, De'er, I haven't seen you for a few months, I really miss you to the extreme, our two children, are you okay?"

Goshawk was taken aback, and heard that this person was Zhou Hanhai who was on an expedition, but he didn't expect that this person sneaked back, and he couldn't bear to have a personal relationship with Empress De. Goshawk scolded in his heart: "This kid has not changed his life, he actually hooked up with the queen? and had a child with her? What did he swear to Kong Wuyun in the first place? Oh, it's not good, in this way, Empress De gave birth to not a prince, but actually Zhou Hanhai's flesh and blood?" But after he came to Kunming, he had heard that Zhou Hanhai was a person, and he did not hook up with a woman again, and everyone praised him for turning back. Goshawk guessed that he and Empress De were in love with each other, and they had no distractions.

Empress De chirped, "Where can it be bad? Why don't you ask me?"

The two said a few thoughtful words, kissed together, and were silent for a long time. The goshawk listened happily and cheered secretly, and after waiting for a while, Empress De relieved herself and told Zhou Hanhai about this morning's event, Zhou Hanhai snorted and shouted: "Why does Lord Kong do such a thing? The voice was filled with indignation and loss, and it was clearly sad.

Empress De "shh Where's your centaur?"

Zhou Hanhai said: "I asked them to be stationed dozens of miles away from the city, I was in a hurry to see you, so I sneaked back first, everyone suffered a defeat, was chased by the Tartars for hundreds of miles, and finally got rid of them, it is really difficult to rush back tonight." ”

Goshawk's heart was shocked, and he thought to himself: "He was defeated by the Tartars?" and he gave up his army and ran back alone? But on second thought, this person is bold, has an affair with the queen, and is not far from a madman.

Empress De's tone was also very flustered, and asked: "You led 50,000 horses to attack Zhuzhou and Luncheng, where the Tartar garrison is not strong, how can you be defeated?

Zhou Hanhai said: "The path I am walking is very secret, and the Tartar will never know it. I conquered Zhuzhou, and then went to Luncheng, the battle was going well, but who knew that suddenly encountered the Tartar army, our army could not resist, and was defeated, and the situation was really not good. ”

Empress De was out of breath, and after a while, she asked, "Where are the Tartars now, and how many soldiers and horses do they have?"

Zhou Hanhai said: "I'll tell you the truth, the strength of the Tartar cavalry is far beyond imagination, their vanguard army is quite inferior to mine, but when they charged, the men and horses were like growing together, and they rode and shot on horseback, such as on the flat ground, our army suffered heavy casualties, and only 20,000 people fled back, but they suffered little damage." ”

Empress De said in a trembling voice: "Zhou Lang, then they are rushing straight here?"

Zhou Hanhai said: "Not necessarily, not necessarily, they don't dare to advance, most of them will wait for reinforcements." When I fled, I took the Tartars captive, and he confessed that this time the Tartars were led by Prince Ganmara, with 20,000 in the vanguard, and 300,000 in the aftermath. Such a large army needs to wait for the food and grass to be ready before it will advance. ”

Empress De was frightened in her heart, stunned for a moment, and suddenly cried in a low voice, Zhou Hanhai said: "Don't worry, rest assured, we can return to the Duan Clan's fortress at any time, hold on there, the Tartars will never find us." He kissed her on the cheek a few more times, and said, "I have to hurry back, I have to march tomorrow morning, and I guess I will be able to return to the city tomorrow night." ”

Empress De said softly: "I will tell my grandfather, think of a good speech, you also need to show Zhao Sheng your heart." You go back and forth, don't be tired, we can't make love tonight and tonight. The goshawk was so disappointed that he almost fell from the tree.

Zhou Hanhai nodded, poked his head out, saw that there was no one outside the house, put on a mask, and flashed out in an instant, as fast as a flying arrow, and he was negligent. The goshawk was hiding in the tree, and Zhou Hanhai didn't know it.

Empress De's body trembled, and she looked at Zhou Hanhai's back for a while before returning to her room.

The goshawk sighed secretly, floated through the air, returned to Concubine Xin's palace, and slept in his own room.

waited until the evening of the second day, and sure enough, a spy reported: "Your Majesty, General Zhou Hanhai is back." ”

Zhao Sheng immediately led the ministers to go out, waited for a long time on the streets of the city, the city gate opened, and the black soldiers and horses entered the city, only to see that the soldiers looked embarrassed, the wounded soldiers were full of camps, and they were really listless, he was shocked in his heart, and was about to ask each other, Zhou Hanhai turned over and bowed down, kowtowed to Zhao Sheng again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is really useless, defeated in the hands of the Tartars, tired of many brothers who died tragically, ashamed of the emperor, really have no face to come back." But thinking of the emperor's kindness, he decided to come back and ask for his guilt. There was a clattering sound, and all the soldiers behind him fell to their knees.

Zhao Shengben suspected that Zhou Hanhai and Kong Wuyun were accomplices, but at this time, when employing people, he didn't want to arrest him, and seeing his miserable appearance, his voice was sincere, his doubts disappeared, but his fear was born, and he asked: "General Zhou, you told me truthfully, how did you lose this battle?"

Zhou Hanhai said loudly: "The subordinates captured the prisoners, and the man confessed: Prince Ganmala, the eldest grandson of Kublai Khan, led an army of 300,000 and wanted to be an enemy of us. The vanguard of 50,000 attacked our army, and I was afraid that I would be besieged by the enemy, so I had to escape from the mountain road. ”

Goshawk thought to himself, "He used to say 20,000 pioneers, but now he has changed it to 50,000 tartars. This cover-up is very clever, and I think it was very clear last night. ”

Zhao Sheng hated and feared, and it was inconvenient to say much at this moment, so he led the army into the city, so that they could live and cultivate well, and ordered the guards to send spies to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and then return to the palace with Zhou Hanhai and others.

Xiaodi Niu Qiu Haojiao asked: "General Zhou, are you defeated by the Tartar cavalry?" ”

Zhou Hanhai told the battle situation one by one, but he concealed it slightly, and said that he regretted his defeat to the extreme, which was not due to his incompetence, but due to bad luck and the Tartar being too insidious.

The more Zhao Sheng thought about it, the more angry he became, and said: "Zhou Hanhai, although the Tartars are strong, but if you lose this battle, we will lose our troops and generals, and the good situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.

Zhou Hanhai knelt down again and said: "The emperor's lesson is that now that the Tartar army is pressing, Weichen must be ashamed and brave, and never disappoint the emperor's high expectations!" Zhang Lannai was the deputy general next to Zhou Hanhai, and when he saw this, he also knelt on the ground and said: "It's the two of us who are incompetent, but the military situation is urgent, and I ask the emperor to spare the two of me for the time being." ”

General Goshawk and General Li Ruolan were about to remove Zhou and Zhang from their positions, but when they heard this, they gradually bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, changing the commander in battle will inevitably shake the morale of the army. The Tartars are very vicious, and they are afraid that within a few months, they will sweep away the Zhulu Mansion and rush to Kunming. We have to discuss our countermeasures carefully, but how can we hastily punish them at this time? And General Zhou and General Zhang have always made outstanding meritorious deeds and have great prestige in the army. In the future, if you can win again, you will atone for your sins, and if you fail the emperor's grace again, it will not be too late to deal with it. ”

Zhao Sheng was slightly stunned, and said in his heart: "The more I am jealous of Zhou Hanhai and Zhang Lan, speaking for them today must be considering the situation, and what I said must be reasonable." He smiled bitterly and said, "Since Grandpa Yue intercedes for you, then I will spare you." But if you are defeated by the Tartars again in the future, wipe your necks with your own swords. Now you don't need to move your position as a marshal of soldiers and horses. ”

Zhou Hanhai and Zhang Lan were overjoyed, kowtowed to the emperor to thank him, and thanked Yue gradually and gradually again, with extremely sincere and respectful expressions. Yue gradually became secretly proud, and thought: "Thanks to my granddaughter this morning, I persuaded me to seize the opportunity, win over people's hearts, and take advantage of the situation to ambush Zhou Hanhai and Zhang Lan, if I can repel the Tartars in the future, they will be grateful to me. Even if we see that the situation is not good, and we flee back to the Duan Clan's fortress, they will definitely rely on me. "I don't know the secret relationship between Queen De and Zhou Hanhai at all.

Zhang Sui Tang said: "Luncheng is still more than a thousand miles away from here, and the Tartars must be cautious if they work so hard, let alone within five months, it will be difficult to attack." It's just that the enemy is strong, and we are weak, so whether we fight or retreat still needs to be discussed. ”

Zhao Sheng's face was unhappy, and he said: "Even though the Tartars are powerful, if we want to drive the Tartars out of the Central Plains, how can we be afraid of war? We need to gather soldiers, horses, grain and grass from the rear, gather in the city of Kunming, and fight to the death with the Tartars! If we can win, it will definitely shake the world, and the Tartars will be afraid, and the people of the Central Plains will rush to return to their hearts. ”

Zhou Hanhai said: "What the emperor said is reasonable, this battle must not be avoided. I will send someone to send a letter, so that the guards of Yangcheng, Lancang City, and Shuangbai City will mobilize troops and horses to support, the enemy claims to be 300,000 people, but in five months, the number of our soldiers and horses will be better than the Tartars. ”

Everyone expressed their opinions and assigned important tasks, but the goshawk was silent when she saw Xue Binghan, her expression was very profound, knowing that she must have strange thoughts, but it was inconvenient to say more at this time. (To be continued.) )