Min Ruoying sat on the verandah chair by the pond, staring at the clear water, where the flocks of koi fish swam freely, but his mind was not on it at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSince the breakthrough of Luzhou, he can finally stay in a decent residence and have a good rest.

This residence, of course, is the county government of Yuquan County, as for the county guard Chen Du here, he will naturally move out, but fortunately, Chen Du's family is no longer here, and it is convenient to have a bare pole.

Luo Hu's 5,000 vanguard army entered the city and took over all defenses. And Min Ruoying plans to stay here for a while, he has been away from the country for a long time, and since he was surrounded, his news has been quite closed. Even after breaking through, due to the occupation of the six eastern counties, he was actually still in a loose encirclement of the Qi army, and his sources were still very limited, and now he finally returned to his own territory, and the previous worries and fears were gone. But he doesn't know what kind of situation the DPRK and China are in now, and the most important thing is that Cheng Wuben returned to his homeland nearly two months earlier than him, so naturally he will not be without action.

Cheng Wuben has a deep foundation in the DPRK, and there are not a few people who support him, and since Min Ruoying now has the intention of winning Cheng Wuben in her heart, she naturally has to figure everything out.

To sum up, Cheng Wu didn't say he could take it if he wanted to.

The sound of footsteps came from the corridor, and Luo Hu strode in. Only 5,000 vanguard troops entered the city, and the other more than 30,000 iron cavalry led by Luo Liangtong were stationed outside the city.

Being able to bring the 40,000 Fire Phoenix Army out of the encirclement with all beards and tails is indeed a fantasy ending for Min Ruoying, even if he conceives everything smoothly, it will not be a better result than the current result. Since breaking through the encirclement, the commander of the Qi people seems to have changed a person, with slow reactions, unprepared commands, and stupefied tricks, which actually allowed him to find one gap after another in the impossible and drill out of the encirclement.

Min Ruoying didn't think deeply about the root cause of all this, he attributed it to An Ruhai's earth-shaking situation in the Qi country, so that the Qi people finally had to mobilize heavy troops to destroy this henchman's trouble, and the large army went over there, and his own side naturally had insufficient troops, and how could the other armies block the blow of the 40,000 Fire Phoenix Army.

Thinking of An Ruhai, he sighed. Loyal minister, it's a pity that the chances of him coming back alive are too small. He asked Yang Qing to send spies to find An Ruhai, no matter what, I also hope that An Ruhai can come back safely, even if he comes back alone, he will let Min Ruoying have one more arm to help.

An Ruhai's prestige in China is not lower than that of Cheng Wuben. If you really want to talk about it, the current domestic pattern, An Ruhai is only afraid that it will be more effective than Cheng Wuben, An Ruhai has been in charge of the internal guard for many years, and he has accumulated great prestige, but Cheng Wuben's prestige is mostly concentrated in the army, and the eastern border army, which is very important, is now only 30,000 people left in Jinghu.

As soon as she thought of these 30,000 people, Min Ruoying couldn't help but itch her teeth.

It was precisely because of these 30,000 people that he didn't dare to do it at will!

"Your Majesty, all the defenses in the city have been taken over by the Fire Phoenix Army, and the original army in the city has already let them return to the barracks." Luo Hu bowed and said.

"Hmm." Min Ruoying nodded, "Is that Chen Du here?" ”

"Your Majesty, Chen Du is waiting for an order outside."

"Let him in!" Min Ruoying commanded. This Chen Du is still quite capable, and he didn't take him in his eyes before, but when the disaster came, he was less and less, but this silent local county guard was highlighted. Because of Cheng Weiben's sudden escape, the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Qi general Zhou Jiyun suddenly attacked Kunling Pass, and then attacked the six eastern counties one by one, according to the news collected by Min Ruoying on the road, the county guards of the six eastern counties almost did not form a decent resistance, so they ran away from the smoke, but the people, formed a lot of righteous teachers to resist the Qi army, but there was no strong organization, these righteous teachers were rising and vigorous, and the elimination was also sudden, and in a blink of an eye, they were defeated by the Qi army. However, this Yuquan County, which is close to Cihua, everything is still in order, not only the county soldiers are decent, but also tens of thousands of young men have been recruited, and when they enter the city, they look good.

Because of the existence of Yuquan County, the Fire Phoenix Army has been strongly supplemented, the food in the treasury, and the military baggage have made the Fire Phoenix Army breathe a big sigh of relief, you know, in the past two months, they are exhausted, and their combat effectiveness has plummeted, and now they have arrived in Yuquan, with sufficient material supplies, they can recover in a very short time.

This is a place to be wooed! Min Ruoying thought in her heart.

Chen Du, who was waiting outside, was also worried in his heart now, holding a large stack of newspapers and orders issued by the imperial court in his hands, which were all ordered by the emperor to see, the emperor had been closed for a long time, and now he wanted to understand the situation of the whole country, which was the proper meaning. What shocked Chen Du was that it was just now that Luo Hu ordered the arrest of Pang Jun and other ten officers sent by Cheng Shuai, and when he got the news, Chen Du couldn't believe his ears. Pang Jun and others assisted Yuquan in defending the city, even if it was useless, it can't be said to have been a mistake, right? How did you get arrested for no reason?

This made him fear for his life.

Bowing slightly, he followed one of the guards into the familiar mansion, where the emperor did not work in the study, but waited for him in the back garden.

After three bows and nine knocks, as soon as the ceremony was over, Chen Du, who got up, lowered his head and waited for Min Ruoying's orders.

"This time, you're doing a great job." Min Ruoying looked at the county guard in front of him, as the guard of a county, he generally knew it, but not all of them were familiar with it, like this Chen Du, that's it, he didn't have any fame, and he didn't do anything particularly eye-catching, just decent, which made it difficult for him to have an image, but the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the hero, this time the national disaster makes this person stand out.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guarding Yuquan County, just doing his duty as a minister, but the minister's ability is limited, seeing the Qi people raging, but he can only defend the territory, and he can't raise troops to recover the lost territory, he is really terrified." Chen Du said.

"If each of the six eastern counties can defend its homeland like you, why should state affairs be like this?" Min Ruoying sighed.

Chen Du was shocked in his heart, he knew the loss of the six eastern counties, in fact, it was no wonder that the officials in those places, all along, the defense work of the six counties was presided over by the eastern border army, the eastern border army was defeated, the Qi army suddenly came, these places simply did not have time to organize defense, they were here, but they had the advantage of space, after hearing the news, they began to prepare, and Yuquan did not lose, in the final analysis, not because of how good they were, but because the Qi army did not fight at all.

Qi Ren is really here, he can hold on for a few days, he has no bottom at all.

"The minister is terrified." Chen Du lowered his head and asked him to refute the emperor and say a few words for his colleagues, but he didn't dare either.

"You've done a good job, I've taken it to heart, well, let's talk about the situation at home, I've been fighting abroad for a long time, and the situation at home is not very good." Min Ruoying said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Du glanced up at Min Ruoying. "However, the minister is in Yuquan County, too far away from the center of the imperial court, and the news is not well-informed, most of them are obtained from the Di Bao, and now the domestic situation is a little chaotic, even the Di Bao cannot be delivered in time, so the knowledge is very limited."

This situation is not unexpected by Min Ruoying, hundreds of thousands of troops are surrounded, and even his own emperor is trapped in it, it would be strange if the country was not in chaos.

"At first, the minister didn't know anything about Yuquan, probably only knowing that the monarchs of the court and the central government had different opinions, and the quarrel was very fierce." Chen Duzi said carefully: "It is roughly divided into two factions, one faction is to immediately organize a large army to help, and the other faction is to build the second line of defense of Great Chu. ”

Min Ruoying sneered, building a second line of defense, which was similar to what Cheng Wuben, a traitor, thought. It's very good, this time something happened, but it made these guys who were buried very deep jump out on their own, thinking that I couldn't come back, right?

"The two factions disagreed, and no one could convince anyone, so the matter dragged on, and it was not until Princess Zhaohua returned to Beijing that the situation gradually improved."

"Who are you talking about?" Min Ruoying's eyes flashed, staring at Chen Du, and asked sharply.

"Princess Zhaohua!" Chen Du said.

"A married princess, what qualifications does she have to dictate to the government of Da Chu?" Min Ruoying said sharply: "Have the heads of the ministers of the DPRK and China been kicked by donkeys?" ”

Chen Du glanced at Min Ruoying with some trepidation: "Your Majesty, Princess Zhaohua didn't say anything directly, but after Princess Zhaohua arrived in Beijing, the Queen Mother and her old man came forward to suppress the dispute between the two factions." Previously, the Queen Mother fell ill and couldn't see things because Her Majesty was trapped and angry, and she had no backbone, and no one in the court could convince anyone, so the matter dragged on. When the princess entered Beijing, the queen mother's illness was mostly cured. ”

Min Ruoying took a deep breath, he already vaguely felt that something was not good.

"The Queen Mother and her old family came forward, so what kind of strategy did the court decide?" He asked.

"Because I don't know when Your Majesty will be able to get out of trouble, so under the auspices of the Queen Mother, the result of the Great Dynasty Meeting, it was decided that the whole Great Chu would enter a state of wartime control, Wen Youma Xiangdong Ma Shoufu Commander, Wu Cheng Wu Ben Cheng Shuai led, the whole country mobilized, and built the second line of defense centered on Jinghu."