The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 23: Fight or Flee

Her green eyebrows are far away, and she is as beautiful as an autumn moon. At this time, there is a slight anger on her face, just like the witch Luoshen, cold and stunning.

Not to mention in the Song Dynasty, even in modern times, Zhao Dongting rarely saw such a temperamental woman.

He came back to his senses and waved to the guards in the courtyard: "Stand back and let them leave."

It wasn't that he was reluctant to kill the female assassin because she was beautiful, it was absolutely that these two assassins were innocent and cute, with chivalry, so he didn't want to kill them.Thinking about the conversation tonight, they would not come to assassinate themselves again.

"The emperor..."

Yue Peng was in a hurry and was about to speak, but Zhao Dongting stopped him with his eyes.

The tall slender female assassin looked down at Zhao Dongting in doubt, "Why didn't you kill me?"

Zhao Dongting laughed and said, "Then why don't you take my life?"

The female assassin didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Dongting sighed and said, "I am an army and you are a citizen. Although you came to assassinate me, both of us are thinking about the people of the Great Song Dynasty. My sword is used to deal with Yuan thieves, not to deal with his own people."

"you……"

The eyes of the tall slender female assassin instantly became extremely complicated.

The little Linglong Assassin said from the side: "Sister, he is a good emperor!"

The tall slender female assassin stopped talking, took her sister's hand, whistled at the sea snake again, and walked towards the corner.

Both of them have extremely good lightness kung fu, they kicked their legs lightly on the wall a few steps one after another, and even climbed over the two-meter-high wall like this.

The sea snake also left over the wall.

Yue Peng and Li Yuanxiu hurried to Zhao Dongting, knelt down on the ground, "You surprised the emperor."

Zhao Dongting stared at the wall with unfulfilled interest, shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, it's my negligence."

Then, he suddenly remembered something, and said to the guards present: "You must not publicize the incident of Huanglong attacking people tonight!"

Huanglong became someone else's pet. If this news got out, the people who had gathered just now would be scattered again.

The guards responded quickly.

Yue Peng cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to search those two female thieves?"

Zhao Dongting waved his hands and said with a smile: "Since I have already let the two of them go, why do I search them?"

As everyone knows, the two female assassins are actually still hiding outside the wall at this time.Hearing what Zhao Dongting said, the two sisters looked at each other, and then they really left.

It's just that this night is not destined to be peaceful.

Just as Zhao Dongting asked Yue Peng and the others to take the injured bodyguards down to heal their wounds, and was about to go to bed, Concubine Yang Shu rushed over upon hearing the news.

When the leader of the bodyguard shouted for help, even Yue Peng and the others were alarmed. Naturally, it is impossible for Concubine Yang Shu to be ignorant.

She arrived with Yang Yidong, Yinger, and some guards.

To Yinger, Concubine Yang Shu loves her house very much, because Zhao Dongting loves Yinger so much, she gradually likes this soft and sensible maid, and in the past two days, she even wants Yinger to sleep in her bedroom, which is extremely gracious .Of course, there must be an intention to cover up the matter between her and Yang Yidong.

In the bedroom, the terrified Concubine Yang Shu had to reprimand Zhao Dongting a few words, but she burst into tears.

Yinger also looked at Zhao Dongting worriedly, with resentment in her eyes.

Seeing Concubine Yang Shu seemed more nervous than the sky falling, Zhao Dongting was moved and couldn't help feeling a little headache.

But he had no other choice but to persuade and coax the two women with great difficulty, and they went back to sleep.

At this time, it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dongting was so tired that he lay on the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.

But in the morning, he still had to go to the Yizheng Hall for the morning court on time.This made Zhao Dongting murmur with emotion that it was not so easy to be an emperor.

This pair of bodies was already very weak, and he didn't sleep well, and even felt weak all over.

Arriving at the Yizheng Hall with two panda eyes, Zhao Dongting felt that he couldn't open his eyes and his head was groggy.But there is no way, I can only hold on.

I finally took over the precarious Southern Song court, so I have to set an example.

The ministers have already stood still in the hall.

Yue Peng had almost recovered from his injuries, and at this moment he was also standing in the court as the official in charge of the infantry guards, Gu Pan's eyes were shining brightly.

Now that he is favored by Zhao Dongting, it can be said that it is the time of his life.

Looking at Su Quandang again, he is much more pitiful.

He was transferred to the Dianqian Division, but the Dianqian Division did not have an idle position, and Su Liuyi only arranged for him to be a squad commander, so the position was naturally downgraded.

If he hadn't been the deputy official of the guard infantry before, and everyone knew that his position as squad commander was only a temporary matter, he might not even be qualified to enter the political hall.

Li Yuanxiu shouted at the top of his voice that there was something to start playing.

Zhang Shijie immediately stepped out of the ranks and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

Zhao Dongting raised his spirits and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Shijie's face was full of solemnity, "I got a report yesterday that the Yuan thief emperor Kublai Khan ordered the rebel general Zhang Hongfan to be the commander, and Li Heng to be the deputy marshal to march into Fuzhou. The army and horses are rectified, the food and grass are back, I am afraid that there is a plan to march into our Xianglong County .”

All the ministers were shocked, and there were discussions in the political hall immediately.

Zhao Dongting was also very surprised. According to history, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng should not have entered Fuzhou at this time.It seems that my own arrival has really affected the direction of this era.

A colorful butterfly flapped its wings gently on the other side of the ocean, which really caused a tsunami.

Zhao Dongting originally thought he still had enough time to prepare, but now it was imminent.

In Hunan, Guangxi and other places, Ali Haiya, the general of the Yuan Dynasty, was eyeing up. At this time, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led the army to enter Fuzhou, and most likely they came for Quezhou Island.

After a long silence, Zhao Dongting asked in a deep voice, "How many troops does Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng have?"

Zhang Shijie said: "Ten... 15."

The faces of the ministers changed even more.

On Qizhou Island, counting the Forbidden Army in front of the palace, and various figures who fled to the king on the way, the total number of sergeants is only [-].

Although most of Zhang Hongfan's 15 troops were transporting food and grass, the actual number of troops participating in the battle would never be less than [-].

[-] against [-], the odds of winning are slim.

Zhao Dongting breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the ancient army had to take up a lot of horses for marching and fighting.If less than half of the soldiers of the Yuan army actually participated in the battle, then there may not be no hope of victory.

Just as he was about to speak, a minister came out from below and said, "Your Majesty, let's leave this place!"

This person is none other than Su Liuyi, who is in charge of the front office.

He is the real commander of the Eight Thousand Forbidden Army in front of the palace. At this time, he said that he wanted to escape, and immediately several ministers came out to echo him.

Zhao Dongting repeated the case, "I said, I will never be the mouse emperor again, even if I die, I will die in Xianglong County!"

Su Liuyi stopped talking.

Zhang Shijie said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Yuan army is powerful, and we are carrying tens of thousands of people. If we fight the Yuan army, there will inevitably be a river of casualties!"

Zhao Dongting glanced at the other ministers in the hall.

Some people whispered, and some people stepped out of the queue, also begging to leave Quzhou Island.

They were all frightened by the Yuan army.

Before Zhao Dongting came, in the Southern Song Dynasty, from the monarchs and ministers to the common people, most of them were weak in character and weak in character.

Seeing that none of the ministers below said they wanted to fight, Zhao Dongting inevitably felt a little disappointed.

At this time, Yue Peng suddenly stepped out of the column and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general requests to lead the army to stay in Xianglong County to resist the Yuan army!"

Su Liuyi immediately sneered and mocked: "You are only a few hundred people, how can you fight the Yuan army?"

Yue Peng only said: "If the emperor doesn't leave, I will sacrifice my life to protect the emperor!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Dongting stood up abruptly, his eyes flashed brightly, and said: "General Yue, I really did not misunderstand you! There is a legacy of Yue Pengju!"

The ministers who advocated leaving all fell to their knees, "Please think twice, Your Majesty..."

Zhao Dongting pretended to be angry and said: "If you retreat again and again, if you continue, I will be driven out of my land by the Yuan thief."

Lu Xiufu pondered for a while, seeing that Zhao Dongting would rather die than retreat, he asked aloud, "Does your majesty have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

Hearing these words, Zhang Shijie suddenly remembered what Zhao Dongting said to him a few days ago, and his eyes were filled with hope, and he said: "If the emperor really has a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, I would like to stay here and fight with the Yuan army." Fight to the death."

Su Liuyi is in charge of the former department of the palace, and Zhang Shijie, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, is the highest officer of the [-] soldiers on Quzhou Island.

In name, the deputy privy envoy even has the right to be in charge of the country's soldiers and horses.

Hearing what Zhang Shijie said, Zhao Dongting finally felt a little better.They haven't reached the point where they are afraid of the Yuan army to the bone.

Seeing that Zhang Shijie suddenly changed the direction of the wind, from fleeing to defending, Su Liuyi was puzzled.

You said you were going to leave just now, why are you staying now?
(End of this chapter)