When Emperor Yongxi saw the battle report for the first time, his eyes suddenly darkened. Marquis Wu'an was greedy for power and rushed forward. He wanted to use the method of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao to rescue the siege of Ningzhou, an important southeastern town. However, he fell into the trap of Tian Ji, a famous Southern Chu general, to lure the enemy.
The army was defeated on the south bank of the river, and only 30,000 of the 100,000-strong army retreated to Suzhou City.
Of the 30,000 Beiya Imperial Guards, more than 20,000 were killed in the battle, and less than 10,000 were left. Only half of them were able to fight.
There are a total of 50,000 troops in Suzhou City. Apart from the defeated coalition forces, the rest are the Suzhou Guards. Even if the warriors in the city are temporarily recruited to join the army.
In the end, there were only 100,000 people. It was hard to say how much fighting power these 100,000 people could have.
Moreover, facing the siege of nearly 300,000 troops from Nanchu...
Emperor Yongxi really wanted to catch Pei Hao, Marquis of Wu'an, in front of him and give him a slap in the face so that he could stabilize the battle situation in the southeast and not let him confront the powerful Southern Chu army head-on.
Now it's good, Yangzhou is lost, Suzhou may also fall, the important town of Ningzhou is lost, three towns are lost, the army of Southern Chu is flat, and Luojing is in danger.
He said day after day that he would go south to destroy Chu and unify China, but in the end, he was beaten to his own homeland first and kept retreating.
"According to the decree, Yan Zhengliang, the general of Youweiwei, will take over the post of general manager of the March of the Southeast Road of Marquis Wu'an, reorganize the troops, and stand firm in Suzhou, waiting for rescue!" Emperor Yongxi ordered.
"Your Majesty, how should Marquis Wu'an deal with it?" Zhongshu Ling Lu Qian asked.
"The first-class Marquis of Wu'an will be made into the third-class Marquis, and he will be ordered to commit crimes and perform meritorious service in front of the battle array." After Emperor Yongxi calmed down, he told what to do with Pei Hao, the Marquis of Wu'an.
His title was lowered and he was allowed to perform meritorious service for his crimes. Compared with the consequences of his defeat, this punishment was indeed light. However, after all, Wu'an Marquis was his person. If the military generals he single-handedly promoted did not make great contributions to him, he would not be punished.
He will not be granted the title of First Class Marquis.
This Marquis of Wu'an was still a second-grade martial sect, and he came from the Pei family, a family of military generals. The interests behind it were very complicated. No matter how angry Emperor Yongxi was, he couldn't just kill people out of anger!
The news of Suzhou's defeat spread quickly throughout Luojing. Although Suzhou and Luojing were separated by more than 2,000 kilometers, it inevitably cast a shadow on Luojing as the new year was approaching.
Moreover, there are many children of Luochuan in the Forbidden Army, and many families in Luojing have sons or husbands serving in the Forbidden Army, and many of them went out with the army this time.
For the families of these soldiers, the massive defeat on the battlefield and heavy casualties, especially the news that two-thirds of them died in battle, was like a bolt from the blue.
Although the list of those killed in battle is not yet known, if any dead soldier falls on a family, it would be terrible news.
There are also people in Tonggu Lane serving in the Forbidden Army, and among the coalition forces heading to the southeast this time, no one knows whether they are dead or alive.
There is another person that Lu Qian did not mention, and that is the third prince Ye Yuan who is the Supervisor of the Army. It is not that he cannot mention it, but he does not dare to mention it.
Emperor Yongxi never established a prince, so he naturally learned from previous lessons. The third prince, Ye Yuan, was talented and talented enough, so he was a promising candidate.
Following the past this time is to accumulate qualifications and military merit.
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"Prime Minister Zuo, Zhou Dynasty has been defeated again!" Shang Chen excitedly came to Alehai's study with a battle report. Obviously, this news was good news for Xirong.
"Lord Wolf has come to Yingxin and agreed to the conditions proposed by Dazhou. When the time comes, he will come to Dazhou in person tomorrow spring to marry Princess Liuli!" Alehai stood up and said.
"Lord Wolf agreed?" Shang Chen was surprised. Although the conditions proposed by Da Zhou were not necessarily very binding, if Lord Wolf agreed, Da Zhou would definitely tell the world.
Breaking one's trust may not have much consequences for ordinary people, but for a monarch, the damage is huge.
Moreover, it took such a long time for the Wolf Lord to reply. It is obvious that there is great resistance within Xirong to the marriage conditions proposed by Zhou.
Even from the beginning, there was opposition within Xirong to the marriage with Zhou Dynasty, but the Wolf Lord suppressed it due to his prestige.
If you just marry a princess from Dazhou to satisfy the Wolf Lord's inner desire, it's fine. But if you want to make the princess of Dazhou the wolf queen, and make the male son the prince of Xirong, I'm afraid the nobles of Xirong will strongly oppose it.
Especially the sons of the Wolf Lord.
They have been competing for so many years, and now someone suddenly comes to the top directly. They and the forces behind them will not agree.
"Well, it is a secret letter written by the Wolf Lord himself. You will understand after you read it yourself." Alehai handed Shang Chen a sheepskin and said.
Shang Chen solemnly took the sheepskin, lowered his head and read it carefully.
The writing on the wolf skin is in Xirong script, and it is also a secret language. Only those who understand Xirong secret language can understand it. Even if the eagle's message is intercepted, it cannot be deciphered and its content cannot be known.
This is a way to ensure that communications are not leaked.
"Prime Minister Zuo, the defeat of Zhou Dynasty is the time for us to negotiate terms with them. Why should we agree to their terms?" Shang Chen asked in confusion.
"If Your Majesty, the Wolf Lord, only wants to marry the Great Zhou Dynasty, why do you need to designate Princess Liuli?" Alhai, as the confidant of the Xirong Wolf Lord Xinli, naturally knows some secrets.
Shang Chen's body trembled slightly. He was able to be sent to Luojing all year round as the deputy envoy of the mission, and his political sensitivity was definitely not low.
He is well aware of the situation in Xirong. The situation in Xirong is similar to that of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Xirong also has Liuli Temple, a sacred place for martial arts.
Moreover, the penetration and control of Xirong's country is far from comparable to that of Tianlan Sect's control of Great Zhou.
Liuli Temple is a holy land of Buddhism, integrating Buddhism and martial arts. It is different from Tianlan Sect in that it is a holy land of martial arts and has religious attributes.
Therefore, there will inevitably be conflicts between secular power and religious power.
The Wolf Lord actually wants to introduce the Tianlan Sect to Xirong. How can Liuli Temple endure it? It cannot be explained simply by the fact that Ye Liuli has "Liu Li" in his name.
Who in the world is smarter than those bald guys who don’t need to grow hair?
Of course, Liuli Temple also has ambitions. They have always wanted to go to Middle-earth to preach. Unfortunately, there are holy places like Tianlan Sect in the Middle-earth martial arts world and many first-class martial arts sects. They don't come here just because they want to.
Several attempts to move eastward failed, and he returned to Xirong in despair.
The Wolf Lord actually convinced those old bald men at Liuli Temple, and I really don’t know how many benefits he spent in exchange?
Such deep things can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.
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"Nanny Su, how are you packing your things?" In Yuning Palace, Ye Liuli and Nanny Su were packing their things for moving. They joined Nanya and changed their identities. It is not suitable to live in the imperial city.
Moreover, there is no freedom to enter and exit the imperial city, and it will not be convenient for her future work.
So I have to move out, and this idea is not just a day or two, but I haven't found a suitable reason before.
And now, there is.
Although Ye Liuli was named a princess, she did not have a princess palace outside the palace, nor did she own a private property. It could be said that she was the poorest princess in the Zhou Dynasty.
After returning to Luojing, she has been living in the imperial city. Emperor Yongxi placed her in Yuning Palace, with the intention of keeping her under his nose.
After all, this is the daughter of the former crown prince. Although she is a princess and will not seek to usurp the throne, it has only been more than ten years since there were still many officials in the court who cherished the former crown prince.
He wanted to kill them all, but the problem was that he, the emperor, could not do whatever he wanted, otherwise, he would not have held his nose and canonized Ye Liuli.
If he is not canonized, Ye Liuli will completely sever ties with the royal family, and will become a member of the Tianlan Sect from now on. You must know that the relationship between the former prince and the Tianlan Sect, if not for the fact that there is a force in the Tianlan Sect that is unwilling to interfere with the secular world.
power, otherwise I really don’t know who would win the coup that year.
He canonized Ye Liuli. On the one hand, he knew that he could not eradicate the root cause. On the other hand, he also wanted to ease the relationship with the Tianlan Sect. In addition, he also wanted to put a bond on Ye Liuli.
These are also the conditions for Tianlan Sect to take Ye Liuli away.
What happened back then was not something that a little girl of seven or eight years old could understand. However, Ye Liuli had suffered a lot since she was a child and knew the source of her sufferings very early. Therefore, she had no interest in the Zhou royal family and the emperor's uncle Yongxi.
No cold at all.
"But, Your Highness, we haven't found a place to live yet?"
"Are all the inns in Luojing City full?" Ye Liuli said, "If it doesn't work out, let's just stay in Nanya. There are a lot of empty courtyards there. As a counselor, I should be enough."