Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 898 Chapter 898

When she came back from horseback riding and archery, the maidservant had already prepared breakfast for her.

A basket of freshly baked steaming pancakes. People at that time loved to eat pasta, and it is very common to eat glutinous rice cakes in the world.Those who use noodles as tableware are all called cakes.

Foods made of various noodles are basically called pancakes, those without fillings are collectively called steamed pancakes, and those with stuffing are called cage pancakes.Every morning, Hongxian would get up very early to practice archery on horseback, as well as practice horse swords and maces.When I came back, I was already hungry.

Seeing the white and fragrant pancakes, my index finger has already moved.

Regardless of the fact that the pancakes just out of the cage are still hot, grab one and bite.One bite, and you can eat the stuffing made of green onion and mutton inside, which is very delicious.

"This pancake is really delicious."

Red thread smiled.

"Eat together, too."

The woman serving her shook her head, "This is for the princess."

Hongxian likes to eat cage cakes most in the morning. After a morning workout, cage cakes can satisfy hunger and are delicious, especially the stuffing with oil soup inside is the most delicious.She usually let people steam more, not only for herself, but also for the female guards around her, and the personal servants who took care of her.

It's just that today the servant girl keeps refusing.

"what happened?"

The servant girl had no choice but to truthfully say, "The kitchen only prepared cage cakes for the princess."

"Why is that?" Red Thread asked.

So the maid had no choice but to truthfully tell the Princess Xia that food was in short supply, and the supply was now restricted.The emperor took the lead in saving food and clothing, so the supply of fine grains and pasta at the Princess Mansion has also decreased.In order to ensure the princess's pasta supply, the kitchen couldn't make any more.

Has it reached this point?Hongxian stopped involuntarily, and she was in a daze while holding half of a pancake.She suddenly lost her appetite, so she put down the pancakes. She was wearing a pleated dress that she had put on after taking a shower after morning exercise, with a horizontal knife hanging from her waist, and her long hair was simply tied in a bun, "I'm going to the palace See the emperor." She said to the servant woman.

The maid reminded the princess.

"Your Majesty is in a very bad mood now. I heard that he refuses to see anyone, not even Empress Cao."

"Is there any bad news?"

The servant woman told the princess, "Your Highness, you stay in the women's camp for training every day. You don't know. Now it is rumored that the King of Handong County was captured when he climbed the mountain in Yunzhong Bai, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Xia Army were also captured."

"How is this possible?" Dou Hongxian couldn't believe it. Liu Heita's bravery was even higher than that of his uncle Wang Fubao. Although he lacked a bit in strategy, he was still in Daibei, where there were still 20 Turkic people.

"I heard that the Turkic army was defeated, and Jieli Khan was killed." Hong Xian shook her head, even the servants in her mansion said so, it seems that there must be bad news.

She hurried out of the mansion, mounted her horse and rushed to Jincheng Palace.

The emperor's guard stopped her, "Your Majesty doesn't want to see anyone."

"Get out of the way." Dou Hongxian glared at the wood-like guard commander. She knew that this man was her father's old brother. She had followed her father for many years and even saved his father's life several times. Injured, he escaped with his father on his back.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is in a very bad mood right now."

Hong Xian asked, "I heard that the King of Handong was captured?"

The commander of the guards was silent for a while, and finally nodded, "Jieli's entire army was wiped out, and the King of Handong County and Xia's soldiers under his command were all captured. Now that Luo Cheng has come from the east, His Majesty is not in a good mood."

Hong Xian didn't expect what the maid said to be true, "The more this is the case, the more I need to see His Majesty."

"I'll report it." The guard commander thought for a while.

The red thread waited for a while at the gate of the hall, and the guard came out, "Your Majesty said that he wants to be alone today, and let Her Royal Highness go back first."

After hearing this, the red thread rushed inside, even the guards couldn't stop it.

Several guards drew their swords anxiously, and the commander waved his hand to stop them, "Let the princess go down, and now only Your Highness can comfort His Majesty."

"But Empress Cao was scolded by Her Majesty for breaking in before."

The guard leader said softly, "The princess is different."

The red line passed through many palace gates, passed through the former dynasty, and came to the rear court.

Although this is the back hall of the imperial palace, it is not very luxurious. She knows that her father does not like luxury, let alone show off. Empress Cao arranges many things in the palace, otherwise the palace would be like a landlord backyard of home.

In the past, it was always very lively inside, but today, it is very quiet, and the quietness is a bit too much.

There is a depressing atmosphere, which makes people very uncomfortable.

The servants in the palace did not dare to stop the princess who broke into the palace, even though she had a horizontal knife on her waist.

"Where is Your Majesty?"

"In Xihua Palace."

She came to Xihua Hall and saw that the emperor was wiping a big knife.She recognized it as a big knife that had been with her father for many years.

"Father!"

Dou Jiande turned his head, "Why are you here, didn't you tell you to go back?"

"My son heard that the king of Eastern Han was captured, and Jieli was also defeated."

Dou Jiande nodded and continued wiping the knife.

"Well, Song Jingang was defeated and lost Zhao County, Zhen Dier was defeated and lost Xiangguo County, Gao Kaidao was defeated and lost Shanggu County, Gao Tancheng was defeated and lost Zhuo County, and Chai Shao was defeated in one battle. The loss of [-] Tang troops made Luo Siye rush for thousands of miles as if entering no one's land, and went all the way to Lingzhou."

"Jieli's army of 20 was wiped out before even reaching the Yanmen Pass."

"Hey!"

Dou Jiande's long sigh was full of loneliness.

"Isn't there still Liu Wuzhou, and Yanmen City has also fallen?"

Dou Jiande shook his head, "Don't mention it, Liu Wuzhou is just a paper tiger. Before Luo Cheng sent troops, he was very crazy, but who knows that once Luo Cheng went north, he was useless. Let Luo Cheng bypass him and encircle and wipe out Xieli , Now that the Turkic army is destroyed, Yanmen City will be destroyed without attack.”

"Self-defeating?"

"In Yanmen City, Liu Wuzhou's generals saw that the situation was not right, so they mutinied and killed Liu Wuzhou, Kaicheng surrendered, and it didn't take long for Luocheng to calm down. The [-]-generation army did not cause any loss to Luocheng, and he didn't even delay it. arrive."

Speaking of Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande couldn't help shaking his head.

From the beginning to the end, Liu Wuzhou was sitting on such an important place as the three counties of Mayi, but he didn't play his due role at all.

Encountering such a pig teammate is also a disaster.

"Red line, Luo Cheng has already attacked with five armies, we can't hold it." Dou Jiande said pessimistically.

"Father, since it's God's will, why bother to be tough, it's better to just surrender."

"Surrender?" Dou Jiande looked at his daughter, but he didn't expect him to be so free and easy.

"Yes, father, Luo Cheng is in control of the world today, and no one can stop him from unifying the world. Now that even Jieli has been defeated, no one in the world can stop Luo Cheng's unification. Lu Fan Wang is no longer his opponent, so why should father stop the traffic with his arms?"

Dou Jiande hesitated, "But the land in Hebei was conquered by all the brothers and me."

"Father, don't delay for a little fame."

"Red line, do you really think father should surrender to Luo Cheng?" Dou Jiande asked, holding his daughter's hand.

Dou Hongxian nodded, "Before the Qin army came to attack, my daughter supported my father to resist. After all, the general situation of the world was not clear at that time, and my father had no chance. But now, there is not even a half chance."

Dou Jiande let out a long sigh.

Before Luo Cheng came to surrender, he wanted to raise a red line, but he refused.Unexpectedly, in the end, he still couldn't escape the ending of failure.

But this decision is so difficult to make.

(End of this chapter)