Chapter 1560 No Matter the Cost

King Xiping was leaning on a seat covered with white tiger skin, his deerskin boots stepping on the tiger's head.

"Previously, an epidemic broke out in the Great Zhou city in the Yan region, which caused civil unrest. I think the reason why I came with the troops was to suppress the civil unrest. Later... I heard that the loyal king of Great Zhou and the emperor of Great Zhou divided their troops into two groups and went there. Each city pacified the people, and later... Every time the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty passed through a city, he would leave some soldiers behind to assist the local garrison generals in maintaining law and order!" The counselor in black clothes said slowly, "The Yan Kingdom In the Great Zhou city within the territory, thanks to the proper measures taken by Shen Sikong, the leader of Shen Tian, ​​the epidemic has been stabilized! I think those soldiers will also return to Shequ and return to the Great Zhou with the Great Zhou emperor!"

"Yes, there is no reason to disperse the soldiers who are good at conquering and fighting in this city that belongs to the Yan Kingdom and is only lent to them for jurisdiction!" King Xiping raised the corners of his lips, leaned forward, stretched out his hand to warm himself in the brazier, "Unless ... This Zhou Dynasty has already made a plan. Even if the country loses in gambling, he will not admit it, but will still use force to seize the Yan Kingdom! Therefore... taking advantage of this opportunity, disperse these elite soldiers in various cities. , just waiting for the next day..."

Counselor Xuanyi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before speaking: "What the prince is worried about is not impossible!"

"But, no matter what, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty cannot be allowed to go to Shequ, or even get close to Shequ!" King Xiping raised his head and looked at the counselor in Xuanyi who was kneeling below him, "If the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty comes to Shequ or If we are too close to Shequ, it will be very easy to send people to report the news, which will be detrimental to us!"

"So, the prince plans to immediately send troops to ambush?" counselor Xuanyi asked.

"I have already chosen the place for the ambush!" King Xiping was not a coward who only relied on counselors. He took back his hands that were red by the charcoal fire and stood up slowly. "Send troops immediately. We must arrive at the ambush before dawn tomorrow." The location caught the Emperor of Zhou by surprise."

Counselor Xuanyi also stood up holding on to the table in front of him and asked, "How many troops does the prince plan to send?"

King Xiping said: "All Xiping troops set off!"

Counselor Xuanyi opened his eyes wide: "Your Majesty... But you want to send out 30,000 soldiers who have not reported to the court? That will be 50,000 soldiers!"

King Xiping nodded: "How can we take it lightly when dealing with a figure like the Emperor of Zhou? Let's all set off. I personally lead the troops in this battle... I just want to kill the Emperor of Zhou! No matter the cost!"

Counselor Xuanyi saw King Xiping's determination to kill the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, and bowed to King Xiping: "Your Majesty is fighting for the Yan Kingdom. The late Emperor's soul in heaven will definitely protect our Yan Kingdom soldiers, and your Majesty will be able to triumph!" "

King Xiping also really learned a lot in the Daoshan Academy. When there was chaos in the Yan Palace, it was King Xiping who protected the late emperor from escaping from the palace. Before Nan Yan was recovered, King Xiping was stationed at the border of the Yan Kingdom. Over the years, and King Xiping fought a lot of battles in Nanyan, but when he got to the back... King Xiping looked at the "fat bodies" that the other vassal kings were hiding behind, and his thoughts changed, and he became more and more reluctant to part with his subordinates. Soldiers, not only are they hiding their troops, but this battle... is becoming increasingly ineffective.

But this time it was different. Killing the Emperor of Zhou...killing the regent. The emperor was still young and he had military power. Being a regent was still possible. Naturally, he had to show his family background.

The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty had such a great reputation that he was invincible!

Just these four words were enough to make many vassal kings of the Yan Kingdom feel timid. If he could kill the invincible Bai Qingyan, no one would dare to confront him head-on.

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At night, Bai Jinzhi tossed and turned unable to sleep, so she simply opened the bed curtain and stood up, took the glass lamp on the high table, came out of the inner room, and poured a cup of tea to drink.

Bai Jinzhi didn't care that the tea was cold. Living in a tent while marching was much more difficult than this.

For some reason, Bai Jinzhi has been feeling flustered these past few days. She has never felt like this before.

She touched her forehead: "You are not infected with the epidemic, are you?"

She felt her forehead was not burning even when she touched it. Bai Jinzhi couldn't sleep. Fortunately, she changed her clothes and prepared to go to the martial arts field to practice the bow and arrow taught by her eldest sister. This was how her eldest sister picked up the sun-shooting bow on her way to southern Xinjiang. .

Early the next morning, the army set off...

Bai Jinzhi didn't wake up. She was breathing hard and riding behind Bai Qingyan's carriage. She rubbed her eyes with her hands. She had known she would have drank a cup of strong tea before leaving, which would have woken her up.

"Bai Jinzhi, did you go out to be a thief last night? You can hardly open your eyes..." Lu Yuanpeng took out a ointment box from his chest and handed it to Bai Jinzhi, "Put a little on your temples to wake you up!"

This ointment is a treasure for examination candidates when they need to use dipterocarps, bezoar, musk, coptis, etc. to refresh their brains.

Bai Jinzhi loosened the reins, took out a little bit with his fingers and applied it on his temples, then gave it back to Lu Yuanpeng, complaining that it had no effect, then picked up the reins again and rushed to catch up with Bai Qingyan's carriage. He simply got on the carriage and planned to stay in it. Take a nap in the carriage.

Seeing Bai Jinzhi getting into the carriage, Bai Qingyan, who was watching the memorial sent by Da Zhou, didn't even raise his head: "Didn't you say that riding a horse is majestic? You are willing to get into the carriage!"

"I don't know what's going on lately! I always feel flustered in the middle of the night and can't sleep. I went to practice last night and I'm very tired right now!" Bai Jinzhi rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, "Sister, I want to sleep here for a while."

Bai Qingyan glanced at Bai Jinzhi who was still like a child, pushed the cup of hot goat's milk that Wei Zhong brought her to Bai Jinzhi, picked up the pen and licked the ink in the inkstone with the tip of the pen, and said with a smile: "Drink it. Go to sleep!"

Liu Pinggao and his two envoys had already sent people to explore the road before setting off. They would pass between two mountains and valleys in a while. Although it was not the time for war, Liu Pinggao was now guarding His Majesty, so he naturally had to be more careful.

Not long after, the spies in front came back quickly. Liu Ping raised his reins to greet him: "How was it?"

"General Hui Liu and others went up the mountain to investigate. The snow cave was very deep. We stabbed several times along the way, but we didn't find any ambush, nor did the gangsters. We did see some half-leg-deep footprints. , you can vaguely see that the marks on the soles of the shoes are different."

Before Liu Pinggao set off, he checked with the local people to see if there were any gangsters or the like near the mountain col. Lu Yuanpeng also laughed at Liu Pinggao for being too careful. Even the most capable gangsters saw nearly 10,000 of them. Elites, I'm afraid they have been frightened to death for a long time, so there is no reason to come out to seek death.

Since the prints on the soles of the shoes are different, it must be that they are not the same military boots. They may be the gangsters who occupied the road and robbed them. The gangsters would naturally retreat when they saw their 10,000 elite troops.

There is one more update, little cuties, come and watch it at noon, because the finale is almost coming and I have been working on the outline, so the writing speed will inevitably be slow.