eurekapd Chapter 904 Leaving the Palace
Chapter 904 Leaving the Palace
When Quan Shancai served as the General of the Left Guard, he had a very good relationship with Wang Xiaojie.
The relationship between him and Feng Yang was later established during the Battle of the Frontier. The two of them, together with Fang Zhebing, slaughtered an army of seventeen tribes, and together they won a position of Duke for Wu Yanhao and a position of Prime Minister for Wang Xiaojie.
"Okay, no more nonsense."
Wang Xiaojie took a sip of tea and suppressed his chaotic thoughts.
"Generals, the horn of the counterattack is about to sound, and we will also welcome our last helper."
"This helper is..."
Outside the door, a resounding voice rang out: "Of course it's me, the Yingzhou Guard!"
Su Honghui, wearing armor, strode in.
Having served as the Grand Commander of Yingzhou Guard for several years, Su Honghui has developed the aura of a superior.
In addition, they were facing the Khitan, so their aura of majesty without anger became even more gentle.
Just getting close to it makes you feel a little different.
"Honghui!"
Wang Xiaojie stood up to greet him: "I was going to introduce you to someone, but you couldn't hold your temper and just came out on your own."
Su Honghui waved his hand: "We are all family, brothers. We have come all the way here, and we are still engaging in this nonsense."
"Old Wang, I just want to say this. I only left 7,000 soldiers in Yingzhou! I've brought all the rest of the army with me!"
When Wang Xiaojie heard this, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Old Su, what a jerk!"
Yingzhou had a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses. Before Su Honghui arrived, he sent someone to tell him that he had sent Huang Zhen with 3,000 cavalrymen into the Turks to lead Bu Zhen.
Leaving only 7,000 soldiers behind means that Su Honghui brought 40,000 Yingzhou Guard troops.
This is a big gamble.
Can seven thousand troops defend Yingzhou?
As long as the Khitans had any intention of attacking Yingzhou, they would be defeated at the first touch.
"Don't worry, everything is under control!"
"From now on, we have only one goal, and that is to make sure the Turkic army never returns!"
"This is a war that involves the fate of our nation. We must mobilize all our strength!"
Su Honghui was full of righteousness and brought the 40,000 troops without any hesitation.
Of course, he also had certain selfish motives regarding his actions in this war.
In addition to his relationship with Wang Xiaojie and the desire to repay Li Cunxi's kindness, he also wanted to make another great achievement.
He had already sent Huang Zhen with 3,000 cavalry to jointly attack the Turkic homeland, and he himself brought 40,000 troops to support Wang Xiaojie.
This kind of achievement is already no small achievement.
As long as you win the bet, you may be able to go further.
"it is good!"
Wang Xiaojie pulled Su Honghui in.
"Everyone, at dawn the day after tomorrow, we will defeat the enemy!"
"Then, we will attack the Turks together!"
"We will strive to incorporate the entire Turkic region into the territory of the Tang Dynasty within two years!"
"We will also share the glory and wealth."
……
Luoyang!
The cold winter has arrived, and the world is filled with wind and snow in silence.
As if wearing a thick layer of white clothes, this dirty world looks much cleaner.
Li Cunxi woke up from his sleep, glanced at Queen Xiao Mei who was still sleeping beside him, and hugged the woman in his arms again.
Since becoming emperor, he has had much less fun and spends most of his time cultivating his character. All major and minor domestic affairs are basically handed over to several prime ministers to handle together.
Among the prime ministers, except for a few fathers-in-law of the emperor, the others were all Li Cunxi's own people. Therefore, they treated the affairs of state with great care, fearing that they would disappoint Li Cunxi's expectations.
It was precisely because of this that Li Cunxi began to exercise and cultivate his character with peace of mind.
He spent less than an hour every day handling government affairs. Only those affairs that had to be handled by him would be delivered to him, and then he would review the affairs reviewed by the prime ministers.
Of course, this is a random check.
Most of the time, Li Cunxi lay on Xiao Mei's belly.
Although he had several concubines, the fathers-in-law all agreed that the eldest prince must be born by the queen.
Therefore, even though several concubines had been in the palace for some time, they only had a brief experience.
"Oh, so many times a day, even if I had strong kidneys, I couldn't handle it."
Li Cunxi thought secretly in his heart and felt sorry for his kidneys.
He was an invincible man in the world, and he gave all his physical strength of more than 100 to his beloved queen.
The sky outside gradually brightened and heavy snow fell.
After comforting Xiao Mei, who was making whimpering sounds in his arms, he put on his clothes.
The palace maids, palace servants and female officials outside were all waiting. When they saw Li Cunxi coming out, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Really, what a new atmosphere."
Li Cunxi stroked his chin lightly, "What time is it?"
"Your Majesty, it's six quarters past midnight."
"It's so late. Let Ma Rong wait for me in the imperial study. I need to go out."
The Qianniu Guard on duty today was not Ma Rong, but Chen Ben, the Lieutenant General of the Qianniu Guard. Ma Rong, who was still drinking tea to warm his stomach in the Qianniu Guard General's Mansion, was hurriedly called over.
It was freezing and snowy outside, and Ma Rong rushed over while blowing air into his palms.
"General Ma."
Shangguan Wan'er came out to greet them with a smile.
"Ah, Lord Shangguan." Ma Rong paused. "Is His Majesty in the Imperial Study?"
"Indeed, Your Majesty has been waiting for the General for a long time."
"hiss."
Ma Rong took a deep breath and followed Shangguan Wan'er into the imperial study.
In the imperial study, several heaters were quietly placed around. The temperature brought by the fireplace had not yet been completely raised, but it was still much warmer than outside.
As soon as Ma Rong came in, he immediately hummed with comfort.
The warmth inside and the freezing cold outside are like two completely different worlds.
"Is it cold?"
A voice suddenly sounded, and then a hand warmer was immediately stuffed into Ma Rong's arms.
Ma Rong held the hand warmer and smiled at the person who handed him the warmer.
"Eh……"
"His Majesty?"
Ma Rong was startled and quickly clasped his hands while holding the hand warmer.
"His Majesty!"
Li Cunxi waved his hand and went back to sit behind his desk.
"Come on, come on, there's no need for so much red tape."
Ma Rong followed obediently and finally stood beside Li Cunxi.
Several palace maids stood nearby, with their heads down and no words spoken.
"It's quite cold outside. Have some tea to warm yourself up. You have to go out with me later."
Ma Rong bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
He took small steps to the futon beside him and sat down. Immediately, a palace servant brought him hot tea.
"Yesterday, I learned a new piece of news. My cousin seems to be pregnant."
"Brother Jinghui has been with me through thick and thin. It's not easy. He's fighting outside now. I have to go visit my cousin."
Ma Rong was stunned.
He was not on duty and did not know the news.
but……
It’s only been about half a month since Wang Jinghui and Li Qingxia, who changed her name to Li Zixia, got married, right?
Are you pregnant so early?
"Surprised?"
"Hehe, if my cousin and Brother Jinghui hadn't been unable to stay together, I'm afraid they would have given birth to a nephew for me a long time ago."
"Drink now, we should go out after we warm up."