Glancing at the bright morning sun, Dugu Junjie casually wiped his forehead. He was only in the Golden Core stage. Although his military strategy was good, his cultivation was not enough after all. After a morning of fierce fighting, he was already covered with sweat - he still had someone to protect him.
the result of.
However, Dugu Junjie was only excited at this time. He shouted and led the 20,000 elite troops in the army, all of whom were above the foundation building stage, and quickly moved towards the north.
The wind and clouds were rolling under everyone's feet, and the precious talismans and seals were used to rush on the road.
In the military, time is victory!
The team had only advanced for half an hour when a scout suddenly came to report: "General, we have spotted a logistics supply team from the Kingdom of Jinyang ahead. There are about five thousand people, and the supplies being transported are piled up like mountains.
Maybe it’s because they have no defense at home.”
"No defense?" Dugu Junjie's eyes suddenly brightened, "How many masters are there at the Nascent Soul stage and above? How many are at the Golden Core stage and above?"
"Preliminary judgment shows that only two of the leaders are at the Nascent Soul stage, and the remaining several hundred are at the Golden Core stage; the rest are at the Foundation Establishment stage and ordinary soldiers."
Dugu Junjie nodded slowly. Maybe the enemy was on his own territory and he didn't think about any defense. However, this was a good opportunity.
Dugu Junjie had an idea in an instant: "We will stop this team, and then everyone will dress up and trick the gate to pass. Hey!"
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It was also dawn, in the palace of the Kingdom of Qixia, the new emperor quietly looked at the dawn in the east, feeling confused in his heart.
"The Kingdom of Qixia at this time is so like the dawn right now. Only a faint light can be seen, but otherwise it is almost completely shrouded in darkness!"
He has been on the throne for less than a month, but he is already exhausted mentally and physically. He is not stupid, but... he has no self-awareness, and he does not know how bad he is.
However, he is also working hard and trying his best!
Behind him, Prime Minister Ouyang Si stood quietly, his face full of emotion. In addition to Ouyang Si, there were also Zhao Duo, the imperial censor, Su Ming, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Yu Tiequan, the minister of the Ministry of war, etc. But everyone had expressions on their faces.
dignified.
Ouyang Zi turned to look at the letter crumpled on the ground, anger flashed in his eyes. This letter came from the Kingdom of Jinyang. The Kingdom of Jinyang... repudiated the previous engagement, why did he marry the princess and become the crown prince?
Kind of like this, don’t take it seriously, it’s just a lie.
For marriage or something, your country of Qixia is not qualified!
However, in addition to denying the marriage contract, the Kingdom of Jinyang made an 'excessive' request - the marriage is not qualified, but we can get married. You princess is quite beautiful, and you can become a concubine by the prince's side.
If you agree, dress up the princess as soon as possible and send it to her respectfully. As for the dowry, use the entire Zhang family as a dowry, including the Zhang family’s black iron smelting technology.
If you do this, we, the Kingdom of Jinyang, can retain half of the territory of the Kingdom of Qixia and accept you as a vassal state. Otherwise, see you on the battlefield!
This condition is of course very excessive. But...but does the Qixia Kingdom still have any choice? To be precise, the new emperor cannot think of any other hope for the Qixia Kingdom.
Among the complex choices of defeat, destruction, marriage, and retaining half of the country, he... chose the most humiliating way.
However, so far, he has not completely made up his mind. He is still thinking of ways and still struggling - because Xingchang County was victorious and captured 70,000 prisoners, which also made the emperor watch under the dark night.
A ray of light arrived.
Under the dawn sky, there was full of depression. Ouyang Si and others did not know how to speak.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps, and a guard was seen tiptoeing over, standing at the edge of the courtyard, holding a jade slip from a distance, bowing to the emperor and saying: "Your Majesty, this is from Jiuyang Sect.
letter."
The emperor said nothing.
After a while, Ouyang Si had to step forward, take the jade slip and hold it in front of the emperor.
The emperor's eyes were a little straightened, and he looked at the jade slip in Ouyang Si's hand, his eyes... a little timid. "What... is this news? Just take a look and tell me."
His tone was cowardly and weak, and he didn't even have the courage to call himself "I".
Ouyang Si looked at such a great emperor, not to mention the disappointment in his heart. But he still activated the jade slip, and after a while his color changed, even a little pale. There was also some fear in Ouyang Si's eyes.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Gudong..." Ouyang Si swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his tone trembling, "Nine... Jiuyang Sect... has rebelled. They all fell to the Kingdom of Jinyang!"
The emperor's figure swayed momentarily and he was unable to stand steadily. Although he did not have much political wisdom and means, he understood the significance of the Nine Yang Sect.
The country of Qixia has three pillars: the royal family and the country, Jiuyang Sect, and Xinglin Hall!
Xinglintang is a soft power, while the imperial family and Jiuyang Sect are indeed hard power. Now that Jiuyang Sect has fallen to the Kingdom of Jinyang, it is equivalent to the Kingdom of Qixia losing one of its legs. This result is no longer 'bad'.
Words can describe it.
Also, the country's administrative divisions in the Kingdom of Qixia are: Guangling County in the center, which is directly ruled by the royal family and occupies almost half of the area of the Kingdom of Qixia.
It is surrounded by several small counties, and most families, sects, etc. are distributed to the surrounding counties.
But the interior of Guangling County is also complicated. Those who are left here are all large families and large sects. For example, the Jiuyang Sect. If the Jiuyang Sect is lost, it is equivalent to losing half of Guangling County.
That is to say, Jiuyang Sect made a decision, and the land area of Qixia Kingdom was reduced by a quarter!
This is the world of spiritual practice, and it is also the influence of large sects on the country. No royal family likes big families, sects, etc., so the Kingdom of Jinyang would rather lead wolves into the house, but also clean up all the large and small families, sects, etc. in the country.
Before you fight outside, you must first make peace with yourself.
But the country of Qixia does not have this ability.
Silence again.
The sky gradually became brighter, and finally Ouyang Qingque brought the princess over. The princess's face was very calm, or rather...deadly silent!
Along the way, the princess was very honest and didn't try to escape at all. She was so obedient that it made people feel distressed. Even with Ouyang Qingque's sharp and mean character, she didn't say anything at this time.
Liu Xinyu came to the front of the imperial study room, looked at the emperor in front of him with his back turned to her, and said softly: "Brother!"
The voice was very soft, but weak, confused, and vaguely painful.
The Emperor's figure trembled, but still did not look back.
The princess said softly: "Brother, can I talk to you alone? I'm afraid... I won't have a chance in the future."
There was crying in his voice.
The emperor finally turned around slowly, but did not dare to look into Liu Xinyu's eyes. He waved to everyone around him and asked them to leave, and he and Liu Xinyu entered the royal study.
Ouyang Si looked at the slowly closing door of the Imperial Study Room, then turned to look at his sister Ouyang Qingque. Both brother and sister shook their heads at the same time, their eyes full of emotion.
Suddenly, a desperate scream came from the imperial study room.