From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 639

With hurried footsteps, she quickly passed through the palaces. The female guard stumbled to the Ziwei Palace, knelt on the ground in a hurry, and handed over the letter in her hand.

Seeing her like this, Empress Zhaojing knew that it was not good news, so she opened it and saw that the Chinese characters on it were so cold.

"The female guard of the inner court lurked deep in the grassland and accidentally obtained intelligence fourteen days ago. In early July this year, the Mongolian Khan Sabdan went to the Khoshut Khanate to meet with King Bartu Khan."

Empress Zhaojing's heart sank instantly, and she felt that she had lost her strength and slowly sat down on the chair.

Her heart almost stopped beating, because this might mean that the junior brother would be betrayed by Bartu after going deep into the grassland. The five military camps and the Northwest Army faced 80,000 cavalry, and in such an open terrain, it almost meant that the whole army would be annihilated.

It's over, everything is over.

She was completely desperate, but she knew she couldn't fall down at this moment, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Send a letter to Xuanfu immediately! Let Xue Changyue lead 70,000 troops to go out in full force and head to Saynshanda as quickly as possible to support the Duke of Weiguo."

"Order Qu Shaogeng to speed up the construction of the Shanhaiguan fortress and be ready for battle. After the Xuanfu troops leave, Huang Taiji will definitely invade Shanhaiguan. I want him to hold on no matter what."

"Order the Jinling Firearms Bureau to transfer the last two Portuguese cannons to Shanhaiguan."

Speaking of this , she took a deep breath again, gritted her teeth and said: "Let the cabinet draft an edict, and appoint Datong Governor Min Tianrui as the governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Ningxia provinces, commanding the troops of each town, deploying defenses on the Great Wall, and preparing for the Mongolian invasion from the south."

But she knew that the northwest had no strength left. Wen Tieli sent 70,000 elite troops, and now the junior brother took away 60,000 elite troops. The five important towns of Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, Datong, and Sanguan only had more than 100,000 troops, and all of them were soldiers with little combat effectiveness.

If...if Mongolia still had 40,000 or 50,000 cavalry left, the northwest would be in danger.

"Let the cabinet draft another edict, ordering the Huguang Jiedushi to lead an army of 60,000 to support Datong Town, and it must arrive within half a month."

Fight!

Even if the foundation of Dajin is emptied, the northwest must be defended.

Until then, she looked at the guard beside her and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Zhuang! Go and save him!"

Xiao Zhuang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please be patient. The Immortal Mother is with Zhou Yuan. Even if the situation is dangerous, Zhou Yuan will always survive."

Empress Zhao Jing shouted: "A foreign slave! How can you trust her! She has a purpose for approaching my junior brother! She just wants my junior brother to go back to Goryeo with her!"

"Go to Sayinshand quickly, travel overnight, maybe you can still make it!"

Xiao Zhuang said: Your Majesty, Master Su Youzi has also gone to the grassland, Zhou Yuan will be fine. "

"Now the Great Jin Dynasty is in turmoil, and the remaining forces of all parties are ready to move. I must stay by your side and never leave."

Empress Zhao Jing gritted her teeth and said, "I don't believe it. I don't believe we will be defeated like this."

"Let all the ministers of the cabinet come to the imperial study!"

...

The hot sun on the grassland in the cold winter is not high, and the light is pale white, which gives people a cold and desolate feeling.

There are sighs, laughter, roars, and howling winds all around.

The hustle and bustle of the world is mixed at this moment. The two sides' 200,000 troops are facing each other, and the war is about to break out, just on the eve of the collapse of the sky and the earth.

"Yunzhou riot, a lone man holding a sword and killing."

"Liangjiang turmoil, cut off the fire and recovered Lin'an Prefecture."

"King Jing rebelled, you set fire to Yanshan, led the Five City Army and Horse Division to defend the king for thousands of miles."

Sabdan looked at the slightly pale young man in front of him and continued: "Sixty thousand elite troops entered the Central Plains, killed the white dragon with a brilliant plan, and became the youngest military marquis."

"In the defense of Shanhaiguan, you attacked Xinglinbao by surprise, pretended to surrender to the Jurchens, bombarded Nurhaci, and made great achievements. At the age of 20, you became the Duke of Weiguo of the Great Jin Dynasty."

"Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, you are really a genius rarely seen in a century!"

He raised his head proudly and said in a cold voice: "You Han people have an old saying, so-called knowing yourself and knowing the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger."

"I have been studying you. I know what you will do when you encounter something. You never fight a battle you are not sure of. You want to be the mastermind."

"So, I found Bartu before you, and I figured out everything you have to do in advance."

"You received the news of Wen Tieli's tragic defeat in a hurry, and you hurried to Datong. You had almost no choice but to fall into my trap and couldn't extricate yourself."

Zhou Yuan didn't say anything, but sighed deeply.

He looked around and finally cast his eyes on King Bartu, sighing: "Bartu, isn't it your wish to unify the grassland? I don't understand why Sabdan is more convincing than me."

BaErtu smiled and said, "Unify the grassland? It will take me at least ten years, and by then I will have to submit to your Jin Dynasty."

"I don't have such a big appetite. I only want Haixi, Gansu and Ningxia. In that case, my Khanate does not need to submit to anyone."

"When the time comes, we will compete for the world and then rely on our own abilities."

Here, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "It is said that you have a plan. Otherwise, let's calculate whether our 80,000 cavalry can eat your 120,000 infantry?"

Zhou Yuan said slowly, "If we fight hard, my 120,000 infantry will die, and there will be no one left in your 80,000 cavalry."

"But as smart as you are, you will naturally not fight hard. Cavalry is stronger than infantry. Not only is it strong in combat capability, but more importantly, it is strong in mobility."

"You only need to open up the formation, harass constantly, wait for opportunities, and gradually eat us away through small-scale battles. I am afraid that it will only cost 20,000 people to wear us out. ”

“The essence of war is not to fight, but to put the opponent to death. The latter has too many means. ”

Bartu smiled and said, “You are indeed a great general. You have calculated everything clearly. Yes, with the cavalry's harassment, your baggage and food cannot be transported away.”

“What can a 120,000 combat troops do on this grassland? They can't catch up or escape. They can only wait for death in despair.”

“Even if you, Zhou Yuan, are so powerful and lead the army to the north to seize the city, we will consume you step by step on the way.”

Sabdan said, “This is the grassland! Welcome to the land of death! Zhou Yuan, I have read your poems and they are amazing.”

“I just don't know what kind of poems you will write in such a desperate situation?”

“If you really have the ability to compose poems in seven steps, you might as well show it. I can guarantee that history books will record all of this.”

Zhou Yuan stopped talking and just looked at the people around him.

Li Yu'an's face was pale, his hands were tucked into his sleeves, his eyes were slightly red, and he seemed to be blaming himself for something.

Many soldiers had resolute faces and were ready to die.

The wind continued to blow.

The scorching sun at noon illuminated the armor and the lonely grassland.

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "Poetry? Actually, I can write it too. At this moment, I must write a poem "Man Jiang Hong"!"

Sabdan said coldly: "Man Jiang Hong? Ha! It seems that you don't intend to surrender."

Zhou Yuan said: "I want to write a poem, "Man Jiang Hong·A man's heart is as hard as iron until death!"

He took a step forward, looked at the 80,000 cavalrymen gathered together, looked at the 60,000 Northwest soldiers behind him, looked at the vast grassland, and shouted loudly.

"The vast grassland, the cold armor and soldiers, the hunting for thousands of miles. The day is miserable, the wind is strong, and I remember the breach of the seawall."

As his roar spread all around, countless men in the northwest also recalled the past. Looking at the scenery of the grassland, their minds were filled with their hometown in the south and countless legends.

"China has been glorious for five thousand years! Disasters have never ceased! How can it be? The four seas cannot extinguish the blood of Yanhuang!"

The majestic Shangque summarized the hardships experienced by the ancient civilization in one sentence, and the vicissitudes of a thousand years seemed to be right in front of us.

The men in the northwest straightened their chests, their blood was boiling, and their originally depressed mood gradually became high.

What was flowing in their bodies was the blood of Yanhuang.

Bartu raised the king's sword in his hand, and his eyes were already showing murderous intent.

He saw that Zhou Yuan did not intend to surrender, and the young man had only determination in his heart.

Zhou Yuan's eyes were like torches, and he said word by word: "The East is in trouble, the North is in disaster. Look at the southwest, the Tusi is fierce."

One sentence, point out the current situation!

"People say that the fate of the Great Jin Dynasty will be cut off."

The world is so difficult and dangerous, just like the many hardships that China has experienced for five thousand years.

"When the country is overturned, there are heroes! Men are as determined as iron until death!"

How did this five thousand years of glorious civilization continue to this day in the midst of hardships? Because every time the world is overturned, there will always be heroes who stand up with iron will to save the people.

So what about now?

Zhou Yuan's roar gave the answer-"Gather the will! And imitate the Queen Nuwa! Repair the crack in the sky!"

At this moment, the country is about to perish, we must unite as one, just like the goddess Nuwa did back then, and use our own hands to repair the crack in the sky!

"Sister Virgin, I will complete our starry sky."

"Brothers! We will complete the world of Dajin!"

The sound of the horn rang out in the distance!

The roar came from the end of the world!

It was like the raging waves of the sea, sweeping and roaring from a distant world, as if to engulf the entire grassland.

The dense crowds of people and horses shouted and roared, constantly emerging.

"A hundred years of hatred! Thirteen years of blood debt! It's time to pay it back today!"

Xue Changyue rode up on horseback and roared:"Seal the Wolf's Lair! Drink from the vast sea! Bloodbath Mongolia! Today!"