National Beauty

Chapter 192 192

Guo Xiao’s scorched body was transported back to the capital. After Guo Boyan saw it, he immediately ordered someone to grab the coffin. No one else in the Guo family was allowed to look at it, including the wife and princess Duanhui, who was crying into tears. Then the government began to do things. For the elder son who died heroically on the battlefield. Song Jianing is heavy and goes to burn incense every few days, but even if he is in the palace, he can hear the cries of the Guo family.

The adults are in a heavy mood, Zhaozhao is better than usual, staying quietly beside her mother, and will never play coquettishly with her mother to play with her.

Song Jianing sighed for Guo Xiao’s death for a few days. As the grief of the Guo family gradually settled, her mind was gradually re-occupied by her own trivial matters. The prince was worried about the affairs of the state in the court, and after returning home, she still had to care about her body. She had to adjust her emotions as soon as possible, so that she could not add trouble to the prince, and then her daughter liked to learn more…

“How does Zhao Zhao look like?” As the sun sets, Song Jianing walks slowly in the yard with her daughter. Since she was pregnant, she has been walking around every day.

“Good-looking!” Zhao Zhao answered wisely.

Song Jianing smiled, and then asked: “Zhao Zhao is fat or mother fat?”

Zhao Zhao glanced at his mother’s big belly, and then at his own belly, he smiled: “Mother is fat!” The mother’s belly is bigger than hers.

The two women just walked to the corridor. As soon as Song Jianing looked up, he saw the prince leading Father Fu. The man was wearing a jade crown and a tooth-white plain robe, as handsome as a breeze. Song Jianing secretly observed the prince’s expression, and saw his brows stretched and smiling at their wives as he walked, Song Jianing was relieved, guessing that today’s court affairs are going well.

“Father!” Zhao Zhao ran forward happily, the man was too short to cross the corridor, and stretched out his little hand to be hugged by his father.

The daughter was pure and white, beautifully like a little fairy child transformed into a crabapple flower, Zhao Heng bent over and lifted her daughter up easily.

“What’s the matter of laughing?” Holding his daughter, Zhao Heng asked the princess in the corridor with interest.

Song Jianing turned to his daughter Nu Nu and hummed pretendly: “I just said I was fat.”

When Zhao Heng heard the words, he couldn’t help but glanced at her plump cheeks, she was red and delicate, especially after pregnancy, she was indeed a plump and fat beauty.

“A fat girl is beautiful.” Holding his daughter’s chubby hand, Zhao Heng whispered to her daughter, never wishing that his little princess would be hungry for a slim figure in the future.

“Fat mother is beautiful!” Zhaozhao looked at her mother, and learned her tongue earnestly.

Fat lady…Zhao Heng smiled, looking at the princess across from the other side. Song Jianing had been teased by her cousins ​​about Fat Sister and Fat An’an. This was the first time that her daughter called her a fat girl. She was really mad and wanted to laugh, and gave the culprit angrily.

Zhao Heng walked down the corridor, holding his daughter in one hand and holding her in the other, and walked slowly to the main room.

The couple did not mention the funeral at the National Palace. There was a lively and lovely daughter beside him. Song Jianing could not think of anyone else. Zhao Heng also temporarily forgot the war with Liao and stayed with his daughter wholeheartedly. For a whole day, he was also in the evening. Time to get along with my daughter. When night fell, the nurse took away the little princess, and Zhao Hengcai concentrated on coaxing the princess.

After getting into bed, Song Jianing leaned on the bed, Zhao Heng knelt down and sat aside, his head pressed against her bulging belly, listening to the movement of her cock.

Across the mother’s belly, the little guy kicked the father gently.

Zhao Heng smiled, and his handsome face faced her. It has been a long time since he showed such a relaxed look. Song Jianing couldn’t help but watch for a while.

“The victory of the West Route Army has won Yingzhou.” Zhao Heng sat next to her, hugging her.

Song Jianing raised his eyebrows. The West Route Army was about to regain four states. If Yingzhou was defeated, there would be one Yunzhou. This is the first good news after the defeat and setback of the East Route Army, no wonder the prince is so happy.

“Now the prince can sleep peacefully.” Song Jianing leaned on his shoulder, and he followed with a sigh of relief. To marry a prince, state affairs are family affairs, and Song Jianing sincerely hopes that the Northern Expedition of Liao will be smooth and profitable.

Zhao Heng squeezed her hand, relaxed in his heart, but didn’t dare to let it go completely. The three-way army had to stare at each side.

In Zhuozhou where the East Route Army was stationed, although it was the time when the lights were in hand, the privy envoy Cao Yu and the generals did not sleep, and gathered at Cao Yu’s residence to discuss major issues. The West Road and Middle Road armies have made great successes and repeatedly made military exploits. Only they had eaten the defeat and lost months of food and grass. Even if the three armies merged to win Youzhou, the credit given to them on the East Road may not be worth the previous violations. The crime of imperial fate.

“Cao Shuai, if you want me to say, we should continue to fight Youzhou!” A lieutenant stood up and raised his neck unconvincedly, “Before the Liao army despicably burned our grain and grass, we had to return it, and now the grain and grass are already there. At that point, the Liao Army had divided 20,000 troops to fight the West Route Army, and Youzhou had only 80,000 left. Why should we be afraid to lead an army of 90,000 to attack the city?”

“Yes, Cao Shuai, we can only take down Youzhou alone to redeem the merits!” The others agreed.

Cao Yu frowned, rubbing his chin back and forth with his big hands, touching his chin, and a figure suddenly appeared in his mind, Guo Xiao. Guo Xiao is the eldest son of Guo Boyan, the eldest son of Guo Gongfu, and the emperor personally selected for Princess Duanhui. If he is not successful enough, the emperor will count Guo Xiao’s death on him…

“Let the order go on, and attack Youzhou again tomorrow morning!” Cao Yu got up, his eyes swept over the surrounding generals, “This battle can only be won, not defeated!”

“Finally will follow the order!”

With a decision, before dawn the next day, the army of the East Road led by Cao Yu went against the will of Emperor Xuande for the second time and headed towards Youzhou mightily. Last time the general of the Liao State, Ye Luxiong, defended the city to avoid confrontation with Da Zhou. This time he had 80,000 cavalry under his hand. As soon as he got the news, Ye Luxiong personally led his troops out of the city and stood in line.

Cao Yu was anxious to do his merits, but the East Route Army had previously discarded grain and grass and quickly attacked Zhuozhou and Youzhou. After running out of food, they retreated back to Zhuozhou. They were brought over to attack the city without catching their breath. How could they be a Liao country waiting to work at ease? Opponent of Iron Cavalry? One day fighting, outside the city of Youzhou, Da Zhou lost 20,000 soldiers. Cao Yu saw that the situation was not right, so he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Zhuozhou.

Ye Luxiong led his troops to chase, and the East Route Army had to retreat until Yingzhou. Not only did they lose the newly recovered Liaodi, they also posted the dangerous surrounding mountains and rivers north of Yingzhou. With 30,000 left, this was the result of the Liao Army’s abandonment of continuing to pursue and kill, and a sudden retreat, otherwise the East Route Army might be wiped out.

After the difficulty of Youzhou was lifted, the Queen Mother Xiao continued to drive her personally and led troops to support Yuzhou on the middle road. At the same time, Ye Luxiong also led 30,000 cavalry to Yunzhou on the west road.

The news that the West Route Army captured Yunzhou and the defeat of the East Route Army reached the capital almost at the same time.

Emperor Xuande was furious and fainted on the spot, shocking the court and the public. The ministers of civil and military affairs hurriedly carried the emperor to the side hall, where he was given medical treatment. Emperor Xuande was angry. He woke up in a pinch. When he woke up, he yelled at Cao Yu, and all the vulgar words came out. They were even worse than the scolding of the villager, such as “killing his mother”.

“Father, let’s withdraw our troops. We don’t want the Fourteenth State of Youyun. The top priority is not to let the Liao Kingdom seize our city again!” Angrily cannot solve the problem, the second prince Rui Wang said bitterly.

Emperor Xuande was about to smash something, when he heard this, his arm froze in the air.

“Father, my son seconded.” Zhao Heng said solemnly. The Liao State successively deployed 200,000 troops to fight, and the 200,000 troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty had lost 70,000. If they did not retreat, the Liao State would defeat them individually and the consequences would be even more severe.

Emperor Xuande squeezed his forehead, irritated for a moment, and suddenly got up, braced himself to look at the map, temporarily changed the strategy, summoned, and ordered the Central Army led by Handa to retreat to Xiongzhou to reject the head, and the remaining 30,000 under Cao Yu Soldiers and horses converged to resist the invasion of Liao soldiers. As for the West Road… Emperor Xuande clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said: “Proceed with my will and order Pan Xun to bring the people of the four states of Yunzhou to retreat.”

As soon as this statement came out, the courtiers in the hall looked at each other, Zhao Heng frowned and looked at the prime minister Li He first.

Li He pondered and said: “The emperor, if the army leads the people, the marching speed will definitely slow down. Once the Liao soldiers catch up…”

Emperor Xuande looked at him coldly: “I crusade against the Liao Kingdom to save the people of Youyun from the fire and water. Today, Cao Yu broke my orders and broke my plan. I had to retreat, but I must not leave the people of Youyun to make him suffer again. The Liao Kingdom bullied. Pan Xun, Wang Sheng, and Li Jizong are all veterans on the battlefield, and they will not let us down.”

Li He lowered his head and listened. Understood, the Northern Expedition had been defeated, and the emperor brought some people back, and his face was more attractive.

“The emperor loves his people like his son, and it is the blessing of the people of Youyun.” Li He bowed, sincerely praised, and Rui Wang immediately agreed.

The corners of Emperor Xuande’s lips were pressed tightly. At this moment, apart from the sudden defeat of the Liao Kingdom, no flattery could make him happy.

The will of the palace spread quickly.

The West Route Army, the generals received the decree to retreat, although they were not reconciled to just giving up the few cities that they had captured, but the situation was compelling, and there was no way. The coach Pan Xun and the supervising army Wang Sheng immediately made arrangements. The soldiers were well-trained and assembled quickly, but the people in the four states were reluctant to leave, and it was a waste of time to rush the people.

After retreating to Shuozhou, the Liao army chased it up, only half a day away from the West Route Army and the people.

Supervisor Wang Sheng ordered veteran Li Jizong to lead 30,000 soldiers to face the enemy, and they led the people to continue to retreat.

Li Jizong was over fifty years old and had experienced hundreds of battles. He bluntly denied Wang Sheng’s strategy. He pointed to Chen Jiagu on the sand table and said: “The Liao army has won several cities in succession. Three thousand archers ambush here, and the cavalry supports in the middle. Although this can’t retreat, it can protect the people of the four states to retreat to Daizhou.

Prince Gong nodded, the old man’s method is good.

Wang Sheng sneered: “The general is the famous God of War in the Great Zhou. He is the undefeated general who has made the Liao army frightened by the people. This time we have sixty thousand elites, but the general shrank and dared not meet the enemy. Could it be that I saw my Great Zhou? If you want to lose, you don’t want to be too stiff with Liao, so you can leave a way out?”

“Wang Sheng, don’t spit blood!” Wang Gong suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Sheng’s shirt.

Wang Sheng almost resisted, thinking that King Gong is the prince, Wang Sheng clenched his hand, held back, and said diagonally to Li Jizong: “The prince doesn’t know something, he just surrendered…”

Even before he dared to be disrespectful to the old man, Prince Gong raised his hand, but just before his fist fell, he was suddenly caught.

Prince Gong stared his eyes and looked back.

Li Jizong shook his head at the grandson-in-law, put down Prince Gong’s hand, and the veteran who was over half a hundred years old looked directly at Wang Sheng and said: “The general is worried. Since the general has ordered me to send troops, I will listen to the general’s dispatch. However, the general needs to follow what I said earlier. Leave three thousand archers in ambush in Chen Jiagu, and then send cavalry to respond, so there is still a chance of winning.”

Wang Sheng hesitated. The Liao army did not come from one side. Li Jizong had already taken away most of the elite, and he would send someone to him, just in case…

“Why, are you still not willing?” Prince Gong asked coldly.

He favored the Li family, and Wang Sheng didn’t dare to directly scan the prince’s face, so he had to answer it first.

“Grandfather, I will go with you.” Li Mulan whispered.

Knowing that his granddaughter was worried about him, Li Jizong thought for a while and smiled: “Mulan and the archer will meet me in Chenjiagu.”

If the granddaughter is not allowed to go, the granddaughter will certainly not agree, but this is dangerous and Li Jizong never wants her granddaughter to be in danger.

“I’m with Mulan.” Prince Gong said immediately, looking firmly at the princess, his black eyes were so bright that Li Mulan was inexplicably throbbing.