Rescuing the emperor was a top priority, and after eating, everyone gathered in the front hall to discuss.

In fact, the news of the emperor's arrest did not spread in the army, and those who knew it were strictly ordered to ban their mouths, firstly, for the emperor's safety, and secondly, to affect morale.

There were not many people participating in the meeting, Bai Qianfan naturally wanted to be there, sitting with her eyes down, watching Xu Dalun take a small flag and stick it on the sand table, and the three guards stood behind her.

"This is the town where the emperor was arrested, this is Chisha City, this is Baicheng," Xu Dalun said, "There is a straight official road from the town to Chisha, but the Mengda army has a big goal, and must have given up the main road and passed through the forest, the nearby mountains and forests stretch for hundreds of miles, and the mountains are rugged, and there are many fierce beasts in the forest, once they cross the border from the forest back to Mengda, it is difficult for us to track." In terms of time, at this time, they are afraid that they have already returned to the city of Mongolia. ”

Everyone present looked solemn and continued to listen to him.

Xu Dalun took a small flag and planted it on the sand table, "This is Belen, the capital of Munda, separated from Baicheng by two large counties, if the Munda army wants to send the emperor to Belen, it must pass through these two large counties, as long as we send people to set up ambushes along the way, we will be able to rescue the emperor." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, but Bai Qianfan said, "Now I haven't figured out who captured the emperor, so I took the liberty of setting up an ambush and letting Meng Da know that I would definitely be suspicious." ”

Xu Dalun said unhappily, "Munda has been harassing me in the north, who else can they have?" Deputy General Qian has lived in the capital for a long time, and he doesn't know the insidious scoundrels of the Munda people, and every time they go out, they wear Munda clothes, so there is no need to hide their identity. ”

"What if someone wants to provoke a war between East Vietnam and Munda?" Bai Qianfan said, "As long as there is a war, there will be casualties, no matter who loses or wins, it will hurt the fundamentals. ”

Xu Dalun didn't control his temper and knocked on the table heavily, "It's nonsense!" ”

The three guards drew their swords almost at the same time, and the people present were all surprised, Bai Qianfan hurriedly stopped Ning Shisan with his eyes, and said, "General Xu has a different opinion, please speak, I will listen to you." ”

Xu Dalun glanced at the three guards with cold faces, endured and endured, he had no prejudice against the three guards, it was their duty to protect the master, he just looked at Deputy General Qian unpleasantly.

"I want to ask Deputy General Qian, where did you get this basis from?"

Bai Qianfan said, "They moved near the army for two days in a row, which was really a provocation, and the purpose was to force us to start a war with Munda. ”

Xu Dalun confronted each other, "Why doesn't Deputy Staff General Qian think that this is Mengda's original intention?" Munda provoked us and wanted to start a war with East Vietnam. ”

Bai Qianfan argued, "If it is purely to provoke a war, it is to kill people directly, why should they take people away, it is not easy for them to take so many living people from the territory of Dongyue at one time." And killing the people will provoke our anger even more. She paused for a moment and slowed down her speech, "In fact, it was not me who first had this kind of speculation, it was the emperor, the emperor thought it was a conspiracy, someone wanted to provoke a war between Dongyue and Munda, and the emperor was arrested, maybe it was an accident, or perhaps, it was the emperor's general's plan to sneak into the enemy's lair." The emperor is the most courageous and resourceful monarch I have ever met, and no one can capture him unless he wants to. ”

Xu Dalun squinted his eyes at Bai Qianfan for a while, and then turned his gaze to Cao Tianming's face, "General Cao followed the emperor all the way north, have you heard the emperor say these words?" ”

Cao Tianming, "This ...... Although I didn't hear the emperor say these words with my own ears, but Deputy General Qian said yes, then there must be. ”

Xu Dalun was very surprised, although he did not have a deep relationship with Cao Tianming, he had also heard of him as a person, and knew that he was not a flatterer, even if the surname Qian was a member of the royal family, Cao Tianming should not be so indistinguishable from wrong, after all, it was the emperor who was arrested! Since Cao Tianming didn't hear the emperor say those words with his own ears, it was regarded as Deputy General Qian's words and could be ignored.

He was silent for a while and said, "Deputy General Qian opposes the war because he is afraid that Munda will know that there is an emperor among the people they captured, but they have captured the people of Dongyue, which can also be a reason for starting a war, and the top priority is to save the emperor." General Cao, what do you think? ”

Cao Tianming glanced at Bai Qianfan, she didn't say anything, just frowned, and under the thick black eyebrows were big black eyes. Although she has long been a wife and a mother, but the years have not left any traces on her face, under the careful care of the emperor, her face is still the same, not stained with dust at all, although she painted thick black eyebrows, lit a mole, and sat in the middle of a group of rough men, it is still very different from them.

At this time, Deputy General Hou Bao spoke, "The last general agreed with General Xu's meeting, rescuing the emperor is the top priority, there can be no delay, start a war immediately, and force Meng Da to release all the people who have been captured, this is how to fight, whoever takes the initiative will take the lead." ”

Xu Dalun glanced at him appreciatively, "Deputy General Bao is right, let's take the lead and take Meng Da off guard." ”

Bai Qianfan still insisted on his opinion, "I am against going to war for two reasons, first, if I start a war, I will fall into the enemy's trap, and second, I am afraid of disrupting the emperor's plan." ”

Cao Tianming silently looked at Bai Qianfan and saw the resoluteness on her face, since the emperor was arrested, he had more contact with the empress, and the more he came into contact, the deeper his respect for the empress became.

When the emperor was just taken away, he was very worried, without the emperor's care, he didn't know if the weak queen could follow them to Baicheng smoothly and safely, he was afraid that she would be tired, afraid that she would be sick, and afraid that she would accidentally expose her identity. But later, he found that he was too worried, they camped before dawn, the queen helped collect the camp accounts, camped after dark, the queen helped make a fire and cook, what they ate, she also ate, she didn't complain, she didn't drag her feet, she was at ease, she acted like a member of the army, not a queen.

At first, he listened to her, just because she was the queen, and then the more he pondered, the more he felt that her words made sense, the emperor and queen were fairy couples, and the love was not ordinary, and there was probably no one in the world who knew the emperor better than the queen's mother, if the emperor set up a situation, and they acted rashly, it would not only break the emperor's plan, but also likely to cause irreparable consequences.

He said, "I agree with Vice Chief Counsellor Qian. ”

Xu Dalun glanced at him lightly, "Since this is the case, it is better for everyone to vote, the minority obeys the majority, and agrees to send troops to rescue the emperor's raised hand." ”

Most of the people in the room raised their hands, and Xu Dalun frowned, "Then it's decided, tomorrow we will raise grain and grass first." ”

Bai Qianfan stood up suddenly and said loudly, "I'm against it!" ”20