Dream Broken You Pavilion

The next day, Chuanyang Palace, the early court

The prefect of Yannan Mansion reported: "Your Majesty, blood flowed into rivers overnight in the blood slave department, and the director Ai Luo also died."

The Queen was shocked and asked, "How did Airl die?"

The eunuch said: "Yesterday, Liu Chuxi, a rich businessman in the city, got married. She went to the wedding banquet. It was lively and lively, but who knows, both she and Liu Chuxi fell to the ground and died of bleeding from their mouths and noses."

The queen asked: "Poisoned?"

The prefect said: "It should be so. I was woken up in the middle of the night, or it was a letter from Zhuoyang county magistrate who attended the wedding banquet."

"Hearing about this, Wei Chen hurriedly got up and took someone to Liu Chuxi's home. He saw Director Ai lying on the table with blood all over his mouth and nose. He had died a long time ago, and the groom Liu Chuxi also died like this. Yes, I checked the wine he drank, and it was obvious that someone had poisoned it. According to the investigation, there were forty or fifty guests present at the time, either officials or wealthy businessmen. At first, there was no problem with the groom's toast. According to his servant, Liu Chuxi About ten jugs of wine were used last night, and then the wine in his hand was gone, so he took another jug ​​from the table, who knows, it was this jug of wine, after drinking with Chief Ai, the two They both died."

The queen's eyes were cold: "Someone poisoned? What about the blood slaves?"

The prefect said: "After coming out of Liu Chuxi's house, Wei Chen felt a little uneasy. He always felt that someone was secretly trying to kill Ai Luo. After thinking about it, Wei Chen felt that something was wrong, so he took people to the Blood Slave Division. In the middle of the night, we saw that the two blood slaves guarding the gate were already dead, and when we entered, we found corpses and blood everywhere, and we searched the entire yard, and there was no one alive.”

The queen looked terrified, and said angrily: "Who can kill my blood slaves overnight? Have you ever gone to investigate?"

The prefect said: "Someone has been sent to investigate."

There was a trace of panic in the Queen's eyes, and she said in a deep voice: "No, no..."

Just as I was talking, suddenly a forbidden army came to report with a memorial held high: "Your Majesty, something is not right. The border is here to report. Hunan's more than [-] troops suddenly attacked the border of Sichuan and Hunan in the middle of the night. We are desperately resisting. Now our soldiers are casualties." heavy."

The empress was shocked, she stood up abruptly, and asked, "Who is the leader?"

The soldier said: "Xiang State Dingyuan General Xiao Zizhan."

The female supervisor hurried over to take the memorial, then turned around and handed it back to the queen.

The queen read it, and the more she looked at it, the more her brows became tighter, and she suddenly threw the memorial on the ground, and said angrily: "Thieves from Xiang country dare to sneak attack in the middle of the night, I haven't done it yet, they can't wait, there are only [-] soldiers and horses at the border, now There is an emergency at the border... Where is General Han?!"

Han He clasped his fists and went out: "My minister is here."

Queen: "You go to the reinforcements with a hundred thousand troops."

"I obey!" Han He cupped his fists to accept the order, turned around and exited the hall.

"Report—" Another imperial guard entered the hall with a memorial in his hand and reported: "His Majesty, there is an urgent report at the border of Sichuan and Luo, and a hundred thousand soldiers from Luo Kingdom raided. Our army was invincible and retreated steadily."

"What?" The queen suddenly stood up, and said, "Luo Guo has eaten the bear's heart and the leopard's guts, and dare to attack me, Chuanyang?"

A courtier came out and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that something is wrong. The Luo Kingdom has been subject to me for many years, and the Xiang Kingdom suddenly attacked our border, and the Luo Kingdom took action. Could it be that they united and raised their troops to fight against Chuanyang at the same time? "

"To raise troops together?" The queen was stunned.

Another courtier clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there are only [-] troops of General Wang on the border of Chuanluo, and they are already retreating steadily. Your Majesty should send troops to reinforce them."

The queen shouted: "General Yunxiao!"

Miao Yi clasped his fists and went out: "My minister is here."

Queen: "I order you to immediately lead [-] troops to reinforce General Wang."

Miao Yi took the order: "My minister obeys."

……

In less than half an hour, the Sichuan-Yan border and the northern Sichuan border reported an emergency. Yan Guo and Bei Sai both attacked Chuanyang with an army of [-].

The queen was pale and pale, and said: "General Zhang Zhiyu!"

Zhang Zhiyu clasped his fists out of the line, and said with embarrassment: "The old minister is here, but, Your Majesty, it seems that there are no soldiers left."

The queen said angrily: "What do you mean no soldiers are available?"

Zhang Zhiyu said: "Your Majesty, there are 45 soldiers deployed on the Sichuan-Hunan border, and the other three countries only have [-] soldiers and horses. Now that the four borders are in emergency, Sichuan and Hunan have [-] reinforcements, and the other two places have [-] troops each. The [-] troops have already It’s the limit of Xiang State, and there are only three or two thousand troops defending the city in each prefecture, and they can’t quench their thirst far away, and it’s too late for temporary mobilization.”

The queen was furious, and said: "Send the blood slaves!"

Zhang Zhiyu and the ministers looked at each other, and he reminded: "Your Majesty, the blood slave Si Ailuo is dead, and the headquarters has been bloodbathed. Where are there people? The rest of the blood slaves are distributed in the territory of the four countries. Come back."

The queen was stunned for a while,

He shouted: "Then you, take the forbidden army!"

Zhang Zhiyu said in surprise: "Your Majesty, it is obvious now that the four countries have joined forces to deal with us in Chuanyang, and the attack is menacing. One hundred thousand forbidden troops are protecting the imperial city. Now, if they rush in, who will protect you, Your Majesty. "

The queen gritted her teeth and said: "I will live and die with Chuanyang, so don't say too much, you immediately bring fifty thousand forbidden troops to reinforce."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Zhiyu took the order to withdraw.

……

The Queen calmly commanded, but within a day, bad news came one after another. General Wang was killed at the border, and the army of Luo State was approaching Yannan City; The Yang soldiers retreated step by step, and now they are all retreating to the city, resisting stubbornly.

Especially in the armies of Xiang and Luo, both were assisted by artillery, which was extremely powerful and was the best weapon for siege of the city. After a few shots, the walls collapsed and the city walls were burned, killing and injuring countless soldiers in Chuanyang.

Every piece of news made people panic, and the ministers panicked and talked a lot.

The queen glanced at them coldly, and shouted: "Don't make a fuss, Chuanyang Kingdom is not so easy to be captured by them, and we don't know who will die."

She paced slowly, scanning the tense-looking courtiers with her sharp eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"I have been emperor for 22 years. In the past 22 years, I have fought in Beisai, Yan, Luo, and Douxiang. Among the four surrounding countries, I have successively made the three countries into my Chuanyang's vassal states. My wish It is to unify the five countries and make such great achievements. Do you know why? Everyone says that I am ambitious, but look at Chuanyang's position. We are surrounded by four countries. If we don't subdue them, we will be afraid. , They won’t carve up Chuanyang sooner or later? For Chuanyang’s future, for Chuanyang’s standing among the Five Kingdoms, I have no choice but to do this, have to fight them, and have to grit my teeth. Now, You see, they still unite to provoke me, Chuanyang, and they are still coming to eat up our Chuanyang, if I don't beat them hard, knock them down, they will ride on my head! "

A minister said: "Your Majesty, depending on the situation, we are in a bit of danger this time. The four countries are attacking at the same time. We are besieged on all sides and our troops are insufficient. How can we resist?"

The queen was furious, waved her sleeves, and reprimanded loudly: "Who says we are not strong enough? Who says we can't resist? We are a rich and prosperous country in Chuanyang, the country is rich and the people are strong, and it is a prosperous world. Since they are overconfident, then I will take this opportunity to conquer the four countries in one fell swoop, and accomplish my grand plan of unifying the country!"

Hearing this, the minister silently shook his head, returned to his original position and did not speak again.

All the ministers were anxious, but they bowed their heads and said nothing. The hall was silent and fell into a dead silence.

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