Chapter 476: Your Majesty wants to have a field battle?

Chapter 476: Your Majesty wants to have a field battle?

Chapter 476: Your Majesty wants to have a field battle? (Double monthly tickets requested)

Twilight Quadruple.

The warm mountain breeze blew across the official road, and the smell of blood on the ground became thicker.

Ouyang Ye's forehead was pierced by a silver-shaped nail, and his life was cut off without any suspense. His body, which had lost its limbs, fell down completely.

When he died, his eyes were wide open, with a lingering sense of fear and confusion.

Zhao Duan turned around and glanced at the illusory Pei Niannu with a little surprise - with his cautiousness and the influence of countless film and television dramas in his previous life, he naturally would not be so careless.

Therefore, although he had his back to Ouyang Ye, he gave the "guard" order to Pei Niannu who was floating in the air.

This is the change in ability he gained after he was promoted to the worldly realm: he can control the person in the painting visualized by the "Divine Chapter" realm to a certain extent.

Just like Tang Jinxi, a priest of the Imperial Palace, can summon "General Futu" to possess him.

However, it was beyond his expectation that Pei Niannu would kill someone after "protecting his master".

At this moment, his eyes met with the sorceress in golden armor and wedding dress who was floating in the air like a ghost. The latter looked righteous and confident, as if she had only done a trivial thing.

"...What a pity! I had wanted to keep this man to torture him for information." Zhao Duan sighed helplessly, feeling a little regretful.

It seems that Pei Niannu, as a hidden figure in the "Six Chapters Sutra", has retained a certain independence as a sorceress even after he ascended to the mortal world.

For example, he wanted to keep Ouyang Ye, but Senior Pei Niannu obviously didn't have this awareness.

"But I guess we really can't get anything out of this kind of assassin, so we can just kill him."

Zhao Duan smiled and added, his expression natural and relaxed.

The enemies who had chased them breathlessly and fled in a panic now seemed like chickens and dogs.

Of course, he was also very clear that his world realm was far stronger than others, and because of Pei Niannu's special characteristics, he had a short-term explosive power far higher than that of ordinary strong people in the same realm.

Yes.

Short term outbreak!

"Although it's a bug that one person is equivalent to two worlds, such an outrageous addition of results certainly has a price, which is the astonishing consumption... Pei Niannu's attack is also consuming the internal energy in my body..."

"If it were just me, I might not be able to keep all these people."

Zhao Duan summarized silently, turned around, and was stunned to see the empress sitting in the prison car staring at him with resentful eyes.

There seemed to be thousands of complex tenderness hidden in those eyes.

From being arrested and worried that they would never meet again, to being anxious and touched when seeing Zhao Duan running towards her, to the joy after witnessing his advancement...how could all these emotions not be complicated and indescribable?

The last assist was thanks to Ouyang Ye's sneak attack before his death.

"Zhao Duan, how dare you deceive the emperor?"

Xu Zhenguan suddenly became hoarse and said this with a stern face.

What he was referring to was naturally the fact that he had pretended to lie to himself even though he had not been stabbed.

However, because he had just cried, his voice was very nasal, and combined with his disheveled appearance sitting in the prison car, he did not have the slightest bit of the majesty of the throne room. Instead, he exuded a rare, lovable weakness.

Zhao Duan hurriedly half-knelt down, so that his eyes were level with the empress sitting in the car, and said seriously:
"I have deceived the emperor and deserve death! However, your Majesty's body is worth a million gold and is more important than Mount Luo. Please allow me to take the blame and escort your Majesty back to the capital, eliminate the traitors, and return the emperor to the capital!"

Xu Zhenguan looked at him with a serious face, then burst into laughter. He turned his head and wiped his slightly red and swollen eyes, and said softly, "Yes":
"I'll let you off this time."

If this scene were seen by the officials in the imperial court in the capital, I wonder how many of them would drop their eyebrows.

Shouting: The character has collapsed.

Ever since the Xuanmen coup, the Queen of Yu, who ascended the throne and looked down upon the world, has ever shown such a coquettish and naive look?
Zhao Duan looked at Xu Zhenguan, whose eyes were red and swollen, in the prison car, and was stunned and absent-minded for a moment.

"What are you looking at me for? Why don't you take me back?"

Xu Zhenguan couldn't help but turn his head as he was staring at him, then stretched out his feet to indicate that there was still a chain on his feet that had not been opened.

"Oh, oh." Zhao Duan was a little embarrassed. He quickly broke the anklet and helped the empress get out of the prison car.

After being freed from his confinement, Xu Zhenguan took a few breaths and regained his mobility.

She walked up to Ouyang Ye and kicked off his hood, revealing a face covered with large tattoos. She was stunned for a moment:

"It turns out to be him!"

"Your Majesty, do you know this person?" Zhao Duan was curious.

Xu Zhen nodded and said:

“I was the top scout in the southwest border army during my father’s reign. I once went deep into the heartland of the Liao people. I was also one of the few people from the Yu country who had a direct encounter with the Liao people and escaped unscathed.

However, he was later arrested and brought back to Beijing for committing a serious crime and sentenced to exile. It seems that he was secretly rescued by Prince Jing.

No wonder the secret agents in Prince Jing's mansion are so successful, second only to the shadow guards. This person is really good at this."

"The Liao people?" Zhao Duan was not interested in Ouyang Ye's past. He was more concerned about this alien race in the southwest outside the territory of the Yu State.

"Well, they are a group of alien races living in the mountains. They are also the targets of vigilance of the Southwestern Border Army. However, the population of the Liao people is not large, and they have been relatively well-behaved in recent decades. The Southwestern Border Army is mainly responsible for suppressing banditry on the border." Xu Zhenguan explained casually.

Zhao Duan nodded. There were even more mysteries outside the territory of Yu State. For example, what exactly did Old Xu do in the depths of Mubei Forest... It was a mystery that he cared about very much.

But these are too far away from him at the moment.

"Ouyang Ye's death will definitely hurt the secret agents in the palace. This is good news for us. We will be much more relaxed from now on... However, the death of an entire team will also alert Prince Jing and other rebels. I'm afraid that the next pursuit troops they send will no longer be of this level, but masters who are enough to threaten the world..."

Xu Zhenguan analyzed calmly.

Suddenly I heard a "puff" sound coming from behind me, and turned my head in shock:
"What are you doing?"

Zhao Duan picked up a sword and was carefully "whipping" the corpses one by one. Hearing this, he remained calm and said, "Finish the job."

"…Have you finished?"

"Puff... OK, we've confirmed that they're all dead. Your Majesty, please follow me back to the village. Baihua Village has been burned down, so there must be a follow-up."

"Yeah..." Xu Zhen nodded, but walked in another direction:

"When I was arrested, I deliberately left the Tai'a sword in the mountains. Go get it back first."

……

When the king and his minister returned to Baihua Village again, they saw only faint black smoke still rising from the houses in the village in the dark sky.

That is the afterglow after the flame is extinguished.

The villagers lit some wood for lighting and were moving the surviving items out of the houses.

Xiao Baihua was sitting on a wardrobe in front of her courtyard, looking at the path leading into the village with her chin in her hand. She suddenly stood up and shouted:

"Sister Xu and the others are back!"

Upon hearing the news, the villagers rushed over and gathered at the entrance of the village, looking at the king and his ministers with mixed emotions. At this moment, they had realized that this must be a great "noble", otherwise how could they attract so many soldiers?
Xu Zhenguan looked ashamed. As the emperor of the State of Yu, it was her fault that she caused harm to her people.

The only thing to be thankful for is that these rebels still wanted to make meritorious service, so they only captured people and did not massacre the village, and the only losses were property.

Zhao Duan stepped forward and said to the villagers:

"Those are the rebels from Prince Jing's Mansion. They came to hunt us down, but I have killed them all now."

Wow—the villagers were in an uproar.

Zhao Duan did not wait for them to express their opinions and continued with a stern face:

"If nothing unexpected happens, more rebels will arrive soon. If you don't want to be implicated, run away as soon as possible and hide with your relatives. The rebels are after us and won't waste their energy looking for you."

He took out several thousand taels of silver notes from his pocket, handed them to Liu Qi in public, and said:

"Here are three thousand taels as compensation for you. If you don't want to die, leave as soon as possible."

He deliberately put on a stern face, demonstrated his force and majesty first, and then gave compensation.

He knew very well that these villagers must be resentful of the two men at this moment, but they were afraid of their identities and armed forces and did not dare to attack.

However, now is not the time to be sentimental. Three or two thousand silver coins are enough to renovate and rebuild the entire village more than once.

At the same time, from another perspective, the rebels of Prince Jing and Prince Mu have not yet reached here, so Baihua Village is still peaceful.

But even if the king and his ministers did not come, how long could the peace here last?
As a flower field exclusively for the royal family, it would undoubtedly be taken over by the rebels, and it might be a good thing to let these villagers escape disaster early.

"This……"

As expected, when the villagers heard the amount of three thousand taels, they were stunned, and their anger was almost extinguished.

An old man in the village shook his head and said:
"Sir, it's not that we don't want to flee to avoid disaster, but we are all craftsmen. If we flee without permission, the court will hold us accountable in the future..."

Xu Zhenguan came out at this time and said seriously:

"You can all disperse. As long as the Yu Kingdom is still here, nothing will happen."

The villagers looked at each other. Although they did not fully believe it in their hearts, their fear of war drove them to quickly reach an agreement. They went home to pack their belongings and prepare to leave overnight.

Zhao Duan looked at the busy villagers and suddenly said:

"If the soldiers arrive too quickly, they may not be able to withdraw in time."

Xu Zhenguan said calmly:

"So, we can't leave. We need to continue living here for a while until the villagers leave completely."

Zhao Duan glanced at Zhenbao in surprise:
"Your Majesty, aren't you in a hurry to return to the capital? Now that I have made a breakthrough, I can greatly increase the speed of taking Your Majesty on the journey."

Xu Zhenguan didn't look at him, but just stood side by side with him in the night, the night wind blowing her long hair.

The empress's voice was also somewhat gentle:

"Perhaps, the most urgent task right now is no longer to return to Beijing."

Zhao Duan's heart moved, his mouth felt dry, and he cautiously tried to ask: "Your Majesty, are you referring to..."

Xu Zhenguan turned his head away, his cheeks flushed red, and said softly:

"Didn't you say that besides Fengshan, there is a second plan?"

After a pause, she stroked her hair awkwardly and said:

"After this wave of rebels dies, it will take some time before new pursuers arrive... This time should be... should be enough."

Zhao Duan's breathing became heavier again, his Adam's apple rolled, and he looked anxiously around the burnt and devastated village. He found that there was almost no house suitable to be a new house, and he became more and more anxious.

Suddenly, his eyes fell on the endless sea of ​​flowers outside the village, and he looked thoughtful:
"Your Majesty...want to have a field battle?"

"Ah?" Xu Zhenguan turned his head to look at him blankly, with a silly look on his face.

……

……

On the border of the Huai River, on the canal.

Densely packed warships set sail northward. On the leading warship, Prince Jing, dressed in gorgeous clothes, stood at the bow.

Behind him was the Crown Prince Xu Jinglong, who looked tired but excited, and the expressionless Princess Lu Yaner, who was accompanying the army to the battle.

"Father, does the King Chen of Binhaidao really want to be a coward? He actually blocked the coast and said that if he doesn't go out, we might enter. He acts like he is ceding land and occupying the mountains to become the king. Isn't this inappropriate?" Xu Jinglong couldn't help asking.

Prince Jing stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "What's wrong?"

Xu Jinglong's rational analysis:
"This time, our main force will head north, and Jiancheng Road will be empty. If we leave Prince Chen by his side, it will inevitably be..."

Prince Jing nodded appreciatively, then shook his head:
"You are not stupid to think of this. But there is no need to worry. King Chen has no ambitions and is not a powerful leader. His ability is only enough to control one thing, not enough to fight for the world.

Moreover, the Binhaidao private army is good at naval battles, but once they go ashore, they will suffer heavy losses. How can it be so easy to launch a surprise attack on Jiancheng?
Even if he succeeds, so what?

The most important thing for the Yu Kingdom is the capital. As long as we go to the capital to defend the king, even if we lose Jiancheng, we can come back to take it back. The world is in chaos now, so we must not hesitate and miss the opportunity to fight."

Xu Jinglong looked educated and said:
"Unfortunately, when Xu Zhenguan went south to offer sacrifices to the gods, he left a retreat and arranged for civil and military officials to garrison in the capital. If we want to conquer it, we must march with a large army. Otherwise, it would be fastest for us to just send a small group of elite soldiers northward via the canal.

But if we want to lead a large army forward, we can only take the short distance via the canal, and we still cannot avoid the Huai River and Linfeng. "

Prince Jing's eyes flashed, and he said faintly:
"That may not be the case. As long as Ouyang Ye succeeds and captures Xu Zhenguan, the gang in the capital will naturally give up resistance."

The empress is missing, and although there is no leader, she is just "missing" after all!
Although the capital is in chaos, the court's defenses will not collapse immediately.

Not to mention that the Huai River may not be taken over quickly due to the control of King Mu next door.

Even if the Huai River was occupied, Linfeng Road, which was the most solid barrier outside the capital, would be extremely difficult to break through.

It's a tough nut to crack.

"What a pity! If the Governor Gao Lian had not been killed by Zhao Duan, otherwise... with Gao Lian as an insider, how could it have come to this?" Prince Jing's eyes were cold.

Xu Jinglong smiled and said:
"Don't worry, father. Hai Chunlin and the others have been held back by Duan Shuiliu's men. With Ouyang Ye's ability and the elite troops in the army, it is only a matter of time to capture Xu and Zhao. Maybe they have already succeeded."

At this moment, suddenly a falcon flew out of the clouds and was caught by a scout on the warship.

A few moments.

The scout hurried to the deck, knelt on one knee, and held up a secret letter with both hands:
"Your Majesty, urgent report from a spy!"

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