After retiring from the court, Emperor Chu had not yet left. He was still thinking about the scene just now. Both his actions and words were different from usual.
He was still somewhat unaccustomed to King Qi's transformation into King Xin.
The former King of Qi did not want Prince Feng to be in the limelight. No matter what suggestions Prince Feng made, he would object first. How could he say that Prince Feng's younger brother was right like he did today?
I wish I could take all the limelight of the three kings on myself.
It is said that a country's nature is easy to change but hard to change. King Qi's appearance now really worries him.
King Qi looked a little pale today, and there was some sweat on his forehead, looking like he was overworked.
If you look like this, you are either possessed by evil spirits or you are sick.
The King of Qi is his own son no matter what!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chu said: "Wei Zhong, ordered the imperial physician to go to Prince Qi's Mansion to see how Prince Qi is doing. His behavior really worries me."
Wei Zhong bowed and said: "Yes!"
half an hour later
King Qi put a can of tea in the study, intending to go there and sell it after resting for a while.
It's just that the emperor's younger brother's increasingly stingy attitude made him a little dissatisfied. He was given three cans yesterday, and he was given one can today.
As you said, if you want a drink, you can just go to him and ask for it?
Forget it, forget it, if you didn't spend any money on it, don't complain anymore.
At this moment, one of the few maids in Prince Qi's residence said at the door of the study: "Your Highness, the imperial physician ordered me to see Your Highness, saying that he was following His Majesty's oral instructions."
"Order from the Imperial Physician?" King Qi murmured and walked outside and said, "Order him to wait in the lobby. I will arrive soon."
after a cup of tea
Lobby of Prince Qi's Mansion
King Qi looked at the imperial physician and asked, "I wonder why my father asked you to come here?"
The imperial doctor ordered: "Your Majesty is worried about His Highness's health and asked me to come and take a look."
Practicing medicine since ancient times, the imperial physician first saw that King Qi's face was paler than ordinary people, and heard that King Qi's family was busy recently.
So the imperial doctor asked: "I wonder if Your Highness is feeling unwell?"
King Qi said: "I feel a little tired, sweat all the time, and feel like out of breath after walking a few steps..."
The imperial doctor was stunned and said: "This is a sign of physical weakness!"
King Qi immediately coughed and said, "I naturally don't have these symptoms. I just feel a little cough and a little cold."
The imperial doctor ordered: "I'd better check your highness's pulse."
King Qi immediately shook his head and said: "No need, it's just a little bit of wind and cold, it won't bother you. Is it serious enough to take your pulse?"
The imperial doctor wrote a prescription without explaining it clearly. Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince had just asked him to improve the prescription, otherwise other prescriptions would not be as effective as this one.
He could understand the mood of His Highness King Qi. He had been so tough-talking when he was young.
This involves the issue of men's dignity.
Not everyone is as heart-warming as Princess Gao Ning's consort.
northern grassland
Agula returned to the Wanyan Department, stood on the grassland, and sighed heavily as he looked at the rotten situation.
Unexpectedly, from the time Chu State declared war on the grassland until now, in just a few days, Chu State has occupied such a large amount of territory in their grassland.
Wan Yanchengji looked at Agula and said, "Agula, what should we do?"
Agula said: "We fell into the trap of the Central Plains. We gathered the soldiers of the world to eliminate the rebellious spirit of the world. We collected the war horses of the tribes in the grassland and eliminated the disobedient heart of the grassland. This is basically a waste of our own hands! Without the war horses,
We turned into a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Chu State's firearms! If not, how could they advance so quickly?!"
Wanyan Chengji clenched his fists and said, "But... Chu State is willing to sell this priceless glazed wolf king to us, so why does it attack our grassland like this?"
Agula said: "The Glazed Wolf King is priceless, and the vast land of our grassland is also priceless. It is fair to exchange priceless for priceless."
When Wan Yancheng heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Despicable Chu people!"
Agula said: "It's too late to say this at this time. Without war horses, each tribe on our grassland is equivalent to missing an arm. The only remedy now is to redistribute the war horses collected by Wanyan's department.
Go down and arm the warriors from the tribes around Wanyan tribe. Only in this way can we curb Chu's offensive momentum and buy time for Khan to return reinforcements. As long as our grassland elites arrive, things will turn around.
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Wan Yanchengji nodded and said, "I'll go right away!"
An hour later...
Wanyan Chengji walked back to Wanyan's department. Agula came out of the tent and looked at Wanyan Chengji and said, "How? How are things going?"
Wanyan Chengji smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Not very good."
Agula heard Wanyan Chengji's words and wondered: "What happened?"
Wan Yancheng said: "The surrounding tribes are no longer willing to ride horses."
Agula wondered: "Why?"
They grassland people are a people on horseback. Now that they are allowed to live a life on horseback again, why are they still unwilling?
Wanyanchengji said, "When the Khan ordered a ban on horses, he was shot by several surrounding tribes. Let alone riding horses, those who secretly hid horses would be beheaded. Now no one from the surrounding tribes dares to ride a horse."
The Khan’s killing was so powerful.”
Agula gritted his teeth and said: "Force them to reorganize their army on horseback and hold swords to defend our grassland territory. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
After hearing Agu La's words, Wan Yanchengji nodded again: "Yes!"
Another hour later...
Agula looked at Wanyan Chengji who was covered in blood and said in surprise: "General Chengji, how did you become like this? Could it be that people from Chu came here to kill?!"
Wan Yanchengji said with a mournful face, "That group of people said that you will die if you ride a horse, and you will die if you don't ride. In any case, it is better to rebel than to die."
Agula's heart tightened; "What then?"
Wanyan Chengji said, "Then they rebelled. I, Wanyan, lost troops and generals and finally suppressed the rebellion. This is still a tribe. If we force other tribes to mount war horses again, I am afraid they will also rebel. Then I will
I’m afraid it will be difficult for Wanyanbu to escape unscathed.”
Agula sighed: "I didn't expect things to turn out like this."
He really didn't expect that it would turn out like this in the end.
Wan Yanchengji looked at Agula and said, "Agula, what should we do now?"
Agula waved his hand and said: "Withdraw!"
Wan Yancheng said in confusion: "Withdraw? How to withdraw?"
Agula said: "The entire Wanyan Department must retreat fifty miles. The distance between our Wanyan Department and the Chu army's forward is now very limited. If they advance again, our Wanyan Department will be in danger. Since we cannot hold it at this time,
We can only avoid its sharp edge for the time being and wait until Khan leads my elite prairie warriors back to fight."
Wan Yanchengji took a deep breath and said, "I understand."