Very few people know what happened on the night of Emperor Ning's sixtieth birthday.

But three days later, those officials in the DPRK who were unable to attend the birthday banquet felt a different atmosphere.

The emperor has not presided over court meetings in the past three years, but in the past three days, the emperor has personally presided over court meetings every day.

The content of the court meeting also became meaningful.

It has nothing to do with the rumored reduction of vassals. Instead, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to mobilize a huge amount of grain and grass to Xilan City in Hexi Prefecture. The reason is that there may be heavy snow in Hexi Prefecture this winter!

When did Qin Tianjian become so powerful?

It can be predicted that there will be heavy snow in Hexi Prefecture this year!

In addition, a well-informed minister got a piece of news——

Gou Zhong left Kyoto on the third day after the emperor's birthday, and he left in a hurry.

There is one more big thing.

The emperor seemed to have forgotten about the long-rumored matter of establishing a crown princess. He did not issue an order!

And His Highness the Crown Prince, who was extremely busy in the past, seems to have taken some time off. He has not even appeared in the court in the past three days.

What happened?

In a blink of an eye, it's the end of the year, which is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 39th year of Jianxing. It's time to celebrate the New Year, and the court will have a rest tomorrow.

But the emperor held another court meeting.

At this court meeting, the emperor appointed Xia Li as the general of Zhenbei.

From now on, form the Zhenbei Army!

Is this the Duke of Xia's palace being put into important use by the emperor again?

On the sixth day of the first lunar month of the 40th year of Jianxing, two months had passed in the blink of an eye since the Battle of Wuyaguan.

After all, the news about Wuyaguan could not be concealed, and it spread to Kyoto along with those merchants.

Dongxucheng fell into an incredible panic for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, another news came that Gou Zhong led a hundred thousand divine eagle troops to attack Hexi Prefecture, because the divine guards of Ning State had actually entered the hinterland of Wu State!

Is this Ning Guo crazy?

By the way, Li Chenan, who was almost forgotten by the people of Wu, was the regent of Ning State. He couldn't get out of the Forgetting Platform in Xijian Tower...

Could it be that the Ning people wanted to rescue their regent?

That must be it!

Otherwise, this Ning army would have no supplies and no support from the rear. It was obviously determined to die.

But, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach Jianshan Mountain at all!

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month of the 40th year of Jianxing's reign, it had been ten days since the solitude had ended.

The officials in the DPRK were walking on thin ice one by one, and news about the Shenying Army and the Ning Army came from the computer room——

The first battle took place between the Divine Eagle Army and the Divine Guard Army outside Xilan City in Hexi Prefecture.

But the Divine Guards are not willing to fight!

The commander of the Divine Guards, Yuan Su, sent 10,000 soldiers to the rear. He left the battlefield with 40,000 soldiers without hesitation and entered the Xilan Mountains more than 30 miles east of Xilan City!

Gou Zhong destroyed the 10,000 divine guards, but paid a price of 20,000!

This was a result that was unacceptable to the Wu people.

Because the Divine Eagle Army is the most powerful army in Wu State!

With a hundred thousand soldiers fighting against a lone army of 10,000 soldiers, they should have achieved a complete victory, but instead they suffered double battle losses!

This had to make many ministers in the court, including Emperor Wu, re-examine this lonely army.

Gou Zhong led the remaining 80,000 Condor Army to pursue into the Xilan Mountains, but the Xilan Mountains stretch for more than a hundred miles, and no battle reports have been reported yet.

The second day of February in the 40th year of Jianxing.

The dragon raised its head.

On this day, Zhenbei General Xia Li set off for Xiayuan Prefecture with 50,000 new soldiers recruited by the Ministry of War, because the Ning army did not leave anyone to garrison Zhaohua City!

The Red Flame Army still guards Wuyaguan. Of course, Wuyaguan has been repaired, but the Red Flame Army did not enter Xiayuan Prefecture to replace the Divine Guards in guarding Zhaohua City.

This is something that is difficult for everyone to understand.

On this day, another news came from the Divine Guard——

The Divine Guards were divided into three groups in Xilan Mountain, and all the way to Xihuozhou, where the Divine Eagle Army was stationed!

All the way, we crossed the Xilan Mountains and headed towards Dongxu Castle in Kyoto!

The other way is weirder. They are heading southeast... Where are they going?

"Sword Mountain!"

Emperor Wu looked at the huge map hanging in the imperial study, and his finger landed on the mountains of Jian Mountain.

"The Divine Guards came all the way and never wanted to fight. Apart from raiding the villages and towns they passed in search of supplies, they did not attack any city!"

Emperor Wu tapped his finger hard on the mountain of Xijian Tower and turned to look at Mo Wangchen.

"In fact, they have only one purpose, which is the Sword Cleansing Tower!"

"The other two groups of troops were just to disperse Gou Zhong's troops. Their marching route accurately avoided the areas guarded by the border troops everywhere..."

Emperor Wu turned around and walked to the tea table with a puzzled look on his face:

"Do they really want to bulldoze Jianshan Mountain with these tens of thousands of people?"

"Did they bring the sacred object of fireworks?"

Mo Wangchen shook his head firmly: "Go back to the emperor, they definitely don't!"

"Just this kind of knife?"

Emperor Wu picked up the sword of the Divine Guards that was leaning against the wall and said, "You underestimated Ning Guo. This sword is extremely sharp and extremely tough. No wonder Gou Zhong suffered a big loss."

"The Chief of Staff must closely monitor the movements of this Ning army. In addition... we must also send some people to take a closer look inside Sword Mountain!"

Mo Wangchen bowed and said: "Old minister, I obey the order!"

"Well, you go ahead!"

Mo Wangchen bowed and stepped back. Emperor Wu narrowed his eyes as he looked at Mo Wangchen's back.

After a moment, he turned around and looked at the map again, and said to Zhang Jingzhong behind him: "Three things!"

Zhang Jingzhong bowed: "Please give me your orders, Your Majesty!"

"First, there has been some communication between Cha Laosi and Mo Wangchen over the years!"

"Secondly, where is Zha Xiwei, who has he come into contact with, and has he ever been to Guiyuan!"

"Third...please Chu Tianji go to Xingyun Pavilion tonight at Haishi. I have something to say to him!"

"Old slave obeys the order!"

Emperor Wu slowly turned around and looked at Zhang Jingzhong, "You said... Xi Wei came to the Wu Kingdom, and the Divine Guards also came... This Li Chenan is so important to the Ning Kingdom?"

Zhang Jingzhong pondered for three breaths: "Your Majesty, this old slave thinks there must be something hidden in this."

"Tell me about it!"

"If Li Chenan is really so important to Ning Guo, I will definitely not let Li Chenan go to Wangqingtai in Xunxi Xiwei or Zhongli Mansion!"

"Although Zhongli Ruoshui is the third young lady of Zhongli Mansion... she is still a woman after all. If Zhongli Ruoshui is given up, Li Chenan will still be the regent of Ningguo. With him in charge of Ningguo, this pair of Xi Wei will be the best thing for Zhongli Mansion.

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"But it happened that Li Chenan transformed into Li Xiaofeng, brought Zhongli Ruoshui to the Kingdom of Wu, and entered the Wangqing Platform... If they said they didn't know it at first, the old slave would never believe it."

Emperor Wu frowned, "You mean... they deliberately let Li Chenan take Zhongli Ruoshui into the Wangqing Platform?"

"Then now they are willing to let 50,000 of the Divine Guards die in order to go to the Forgetting Tower... What is this statement?"

Zhang Jingzhong bowed and replied: "There are only two things I can think of."

"First, I'm afraid they hope that Li Chen'an can really master the Fu Er Zhou Tian Jue to cope with the upcoming Shushan Sword Discussion!"

"Second... Your Majesty, Zhongli Mansion once had a female sword of the Fuji sword!"

"With this sword, someone can enter the Forgetting Platform at any time!"

"The computer room said that the female sword was lost... This means that Li Chenan's life is in danger at any time inside. They are now trying their best to go to Sword Mountain. Could it be to prevent someone from going inside to kill Li Chenan?

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Emperor Wu suddenly realized, "That makes sense!"

"Who could have taken the Fuji sword from Zhongli's hand?"

"But...if Li Chenan is really killed on the Wangqing Platform, this would be a good thing!"

After a pause, Emperor Wu came to the door and looked at the sunset outside.
Chapter completed!