Empress Chu

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Chu Zhao was slightly pleasantly surprised, but it was expected. She told Zhong Changrong that she wanted [-] troops.

"It's coming pretty quickly," she said. "Then let's rearrange our plans."

The leading general smiled and said, "Ma'am, they didn't come to join us."

Chu Zhao was slightly taken aback.

"Your Majesty." Another general rushed to shout, "They made a detour and entered the rear of Xiao Xun's army, and they have already captured two cities."

Chu Zhao was overjoyed, this was no longer what she expected.

"That's great." She clapped her palms and laughed, her eyes sparkling like fire, "General Li, if Xiao Xun's defense is broken in this case, and his front and rear defenses are weak, we can take the opportunity to cross the river again!"

Several generals looked at each other with excited expressions.

"Follow the order."

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The surprise attack of the frontier reinforcements really affected Xiao Xun's deployment of troops and horses. Half a month later, after a persistent battle across the river, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court finally stepped into the opposite bank, and they were so powerful that they won two cities in a row.

Seeing the soldiers and horses of the king of Zhongshan receding like a tide, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court also beat drums to withdraw their troops and stopped their pursuit.

"When we rest and add reinforcements, then there will be no way for them to escape." The generals stood on the city gate and said with a smile, looking to the west with some expectation, "The empress should be with the side The armies are assembled."

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Chu Zhao saw the men and horses on the opposite side from a distance, but it was different from the soldiers and horses marching. In addition to the horses, there was also a cart in the team.

There was a rocking chair on the car, and no one could be seen, only a raised foot, swaying as he walked.

With a smile on Chu Zhao's face, he urged the horse to gallop forward, looking at the foot.

"Xie Yanlai—" she shouted.

Hearing the shout, his feet were still shaking, and then a hand stretched out and raised.

Chu Zhao subconsciously stretched out his hand, and there was a heavy pear in his arms.

"Xie Aiqing." She looked at Li Zi and smiled, "This tribute is too shabby."

Chapter 61 Sleep Well

The October wind blew the dry grass down on the felt mat.

Chu Zhao held the sliced ​​pears with one hand, and shook off the withered grass with the other, then looked at Xie Yanlai who was sitting by the side.

Xie Yanlai was still sitting in the rocking chair, holding a bowl of sliced ​​pears, eating slowly.

Chu Zhao stared at him up and down.

"What are you looking at?" With sharp eyebrows raised, the young man said impatiently, "Have you never seen a beauty?"

Chu Zhao smiled, reached out and pinched his shoulders and arms: "How is the beauty? How many injuries has she suffered? She looks haggard and her face is dim."

After pinching his arms, he touched his chest again.

Xie Yanlai raised her arm to block her: "Your Majesty, respect yourself!"

Chu Zhao frowned and said, "This is called Jun's kindness, kneel down and thank you."

Xie Yanlai rolled her eyes at her, picked up a piece of pear and crunched it.

Chu Zhao saw that his teeth were covered with a layer of gray. She knew what was going on with this grayness. She drank too much medicine.

Knowing that Xie Yanlai had captured the Queen of Xiliang, she immediately wrote two letters, one to Zhong Changrong, one to Xie Yanlai herself, and half of the letter asked about the injury.

Zhong Changrong wrote back that the injury was not fatal.

Xie Yan replied two words, boring.

They all refused to tell her about their injuries, and Chu Zhao could understand that there was no use in telling her about their injuries.

"Why are you so courageous?" she said, "It's so dangerous to surprise the king of Xiliang, what if you die?"

"If you die, you will die. What can I do?" Xie Yanlai raised an eyebrow, "Am I, Xie Yanlai, afraid of death?"

Chu Zhao picked up a piece of pear from the bowl in his arms, and said with a smile, "Yes, if you die, you will die. Even when my father dies and fights against the King of Xiliang, he is very honorable."

Xie Yanlai seemed to be deflated like a punctured skin.

It's annoying, this woman.

He glanced at her, she was much more haggard than the last time he saw her in the imperial city, her complexion was obviously not good.

Marching outside must be hard work.

But sitting in the imperial city can't be easy, just like Deng Yi, Deng Yi voted for Xiao Xun.

When others are queens, they are rich and luxurious, and they are at ease, but she has never lived a day of comfort as a queen, right?Have you ever slept soundly?

"Your luck is indeed not very good." He muttered.

Chu Zhao turned his head and yelled at the ground: "Don't curse me, I'm very lucky." He said with a smile, "You see, as soon as I came to conquer, General Xie descended from the sky and let me cross the river smoothly. After that, I will definitely He is invincible, and he can kill Xiao Xun and Deng Yi in the blink of an eye."

These words were not funny at all, but Xie Yanlai didn't know why he still wanted to laugh.

"That's still your bad luck." He suppressed a smile and said, "I haven't recovered yet, this time I just lead the soldiers. If you don't lead the soldiers, you won't fight. You have to rely on yourself."

"Xie Aiqing, this is my own conquest this time." Chu Zhaodao, patted him on the shoulder, "You just watch how this palace kills the enemy and attacks the city, how majestic and majestic it is, then call your mother a thousand years old, and your mother is mighty. .”

Xie Yanlai laughed, and then lowered her head, seeing Chu Zhao take the last piece of pear with the hand that slipped from his shoulder.

"I cut it! This is the only one I have!" He said angrily.

Chu Zhao hurriedly stuffed the pear slices in his hand into his mouth, looked at him with a smile, and chewed with puffed cheeks——

Xie Yanlai snorted, looked at the girl's bulging cheeks, and suddenly thought of the little rabbit they caught in Yunzhong County back then.

"Just eat it," he said, "It's like that rabbit, it's fat now, Xiao Shan is drooling and wants to stew it."

Rabbit, Chu Zhao thought of Zeng and Xie Yan who came to fight for the snow rabbit. That night, she heard about her father’s past and met her mother. Afterwards, she forgot about the snow rabbit——

"You still have my rabbit," she said.

"Nonsense." Xie Yanlai raised her eyebrows, "That's my little master, my rabbit."

Chu Zhao pursed his lips and smiled: "I have given it to you."

Xie Yanlai hehe twice.

While the two were sitting and talking, the other generals followed, but they were not summoned. They all stood aside and waited, ready to follow the guerrilla general Xie Yanlai who came from Yunzhong County and captured the King of Xiliang with his own hands. Discuss the battle situation at this moment, and the next plan——

They have been in the prefectures and counties all the time, but they are also very concerned about the battles of the frontier army, especially the big event of capturing the king of Xiliang, and Xie Yanlai's name has also spread.

Knowing that he is a descendant of the Xie family, but this kind of surprise attack to capture the king of Xiliang was not done by birth, but a real fight. Tactics, courage, intelligence, luck, etc., this is the man's own good fortune.

They also knew that this kid was still young, but at this moment, he looked younger than expected.

It's really scary.

They waited excitedly, their eyes fell on the young man, and they were very happy to see him talking lively with the queen.

Must be discussing the war.

Waiting and waiting, I finally saw the queen turn her head to call the maidservant, and the maidservant A Le approached to listen, and then walked towards this side with a smile——

"Miss Ale." The generals hurriedly asked, "What are the queen and General Xie talking about?"

Ask clearly and answer promptly.

What are you talking about?Ah Le said with a smile, "I'm talking about rabbits."

The generals froze for a moment, rabbit?What war does it refer to?tactics?

"Then what is the queen's order?" Another general came back to his senses and hurriedly asked.

They should be summoned to discuss together.

Ah Le said again: "The queen ordered the food to be prepared and delivered."

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After a simple meal, Chu Zhao took Xie Yan back to the newly recovered city, but still did not summon the generals.

Instead, he ordered the best room to be tidied up, with incense, hot water, and a warm bed——

Xie Yanlai was also carried in the rocking chair.

"This incense is not good." He immediately picked it out, "There is jasmine in it, and I don't like jasmine."

Chu Zhao urged the maidservant of the original owner of the house to replace it.

After changing the incense, Chu Zhao handed over a plate of grapes.

"As for the hot water for bathing, I asked them to pick flowers." She said, "Give General Xie your relief, and then it will become fragrant."

Xie Yanlai sat on the rocking chair, took the plate, threw a grape into her mouth, and frowned: "It's not delicious."

Chu Zhao snorted, "No wonder I came in and saw that there were no one picking trees growing on them."

Xie Yanlai snorted: "You just deliberately teased me."

Chu Zhao giggled, and handed him a plate of sliced ​​honeydew melon: "This one was found in the kitchen. It's a treasure. It must be delicious."

Xie Yanlai took it, tasted it, and nodded: "Barely good, but not as good as the one in the king's tent in Xiliang."

Chu Zhao didn’t stop talking. He went to look at the prepared bathtub, then stretched out his hand to press the bed, and asked the King of Xiliang what he looked like in gossip. What did the two of them say after they caught him? , she looked back, Xie Yanlai on the rocking chair closed her eyes.

Chu Zhao looked at the pale young man with his eyes closed and sleeping, and shook his head slightly.

fell asleep again.

But she knows why.

Although he said that he was just here to send troops, he still hurried on his way and made a surprise attack on the rear of Xiao Xun's soldiers and horses. His injuries were not healed at all, how could he stand up to this kind of rush.

Since we met, he has been sitting on the rocking chair, barely able to get up—

Every time.

Every time he met her, he came rushing, exhausted.

And the reason why he did this was to make her feel at ease.

"Miss, can you help him to bed?" A Le asked in a low voice at the door.

Chu Zhaodao: "Let him go to bed first." He took the thin quilt on the bed and covered him, looked at the young man's sleeping face, and said softly, "Have a good rest, this time you come here, you can rest at ease, and don't need anything else. Tube."

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When the reinforcements from the frontier army joined the Queen, and the news that the Queen had crossed the Yellow River and recaptured the two cities reached Border County, Zhong Changrong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhong Shuai, I told you not to worry." Xiao Shan squatted by the door basking in the sun with his hands in his hands, and said lazily, "With our young master here, we are invincible. Just wait, maybe the good news of beheading Xiao Xun is already here. On the way."

He shook his head and sighed.

"Hey, it's a pity that I can't see this scene with my own eyes if I don't take me with me."

Zhong Changrong glared at him: "Get out of here, the negotiation is over, you keep an eye on me and send the King of Xiliang back to his hometown."

"Our young master's defeated general, what's there to keep an eye on." Xiao Shan said again, and quickly rolled away in time, without letting Zhong Changrong's foot kick him.

Zhong Changrong scolded a little bastard, how Xie Yanlai made everyone look like, then looked at the letter in his hand, hesitating for a moment.

"Come on," he called.

The guards standing outside the door stepped forward immediately.

Zhong Changrong handed him the letter, took out half a token at the same time, and ordered in a low voice: "Send it to Mu Mianhong."

The soldiers responded and took it away, and Zhong Changrong tidied up his robes, and called his followers: "Go and inspect our newly recovered territory, and then send the King of Xiliang for a ride."

The attendants responded in unison, surrounded Zhong Changrong and walked out of the mansion. A soldier was standing outside the mansion. When he saw Zhong Changrong, he immediately stepped forward to salute.

"General Zhong—"

Zhong Changrong didn't seem to notice, he got on his horse and galloped away with the soldiers.