Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 593: Good news and successive good events

Seeing Zhao Mu coming in, Zhezong quickly stood up to greet him.

However, Zhezong had not walked for a long time, and his hips and legs were weak, so he walked like a duck, and his legs were not under his control. But even so, Zhezong still tried hard to run towards Zhao Mu.

Just as he was about to fall, Zhao Mu rushed up and supported Zhezong.

Zhao Mu said in surprise: "Your Majesty can actually get out of bed!"

Although Cheoljong's face was still very pale and in poor condition, his spirits were much better. He replied: "This time I am grateful to my uncle for his help. I am able to save half my life."

Zhao Mu quickly called the surrounding palace maids to help Zhezong back first.

Zhao Mu asked, "Big Brother, Junior Brother Xue, how is His Majesty's health now?"

Su Xinghe sat cross-legged on Zhezong's dragon bed, with beads of sweat on his face and neck. He took a breath and said, "Your Majesty's health is fine now. Now you just need to take some medicine and rest for half a month to fully recover." Then Su Xinghe took a few breaths again.

Zhao Mu could see that Su Xinghe was massaging Zhezong's luck, and for a moment he was a little out of breath. Then Zhao Mu walked to Su Xinghe's side, put his hand on Su Xinghe's back, and infused his true energy into him.

After receiving Zhao Mu's advice, Su Xinghe felt much more relaxed.

Su Xinghe sighed to himself at this time: "Alas! I am really getting old. My body can't bear the slightest bit of fighting."

While Zhao Mu was restoring Su Xinghe, he said, "Big Brother, even if His Majesty's condition has improved and you have given His Majesty the Qi, His Majesty wouldn't recover so quickly."

Xue Muhua smiled and said, "This is because my nephew used a Da Huan Dan for His Majesty. This Da Huan Dan was made by my nephew collecting flowers from the three springs, dew from the three mornings, and using hundreds of precious herbs. I have only got one such pill in many years, and it is the most rare and powerful medicine. I carry it with me now."

"Originally, I wanted to present this medicine to Your Majesty, but after taking His Majesty's pulse, I knew that Your Majesty was already beyond help, so I didn't give it to Him. This time, thanks to Master's miraculous hands, Your Majesty's condition has improved slightly. I gave this medicine to Your Majesty, and Master personally gave Your Majesty Qi to refine this medicine as soon as possible. Your Majesty was able to recover in an instant."

Zhao Mu didn't say anything else after hearing this, but just said "good" three times in a row. His expression was even happier than that of Zhezong who had saved his life.

Zhezong's body had just recovered and he needed to rest, so Zhao Mu and others did not want to disturb him. After giving Su Xinghe the Qi, Zhao Mu took Su Xinghe and Xue Muhua away.

This time, Zhao Mu left completely. He left the Zichen Palace where he had lived for a few days and went back to the Prince Qi's Mansion in the capital.

In the next few days, although Zhao Mu still attended court to govern the country, he no longer stayed in the palace.

Although Zhao Mu moved away, Zhezong did not move back, so the Purple Palace remained vacant.

In the past few days, Qi State has also received frequent good news. All the good news was sent back to Zhao Mu at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

The coalition forces of Qi, Xixia, and Song Dynasty won a great victory again this time. However, there was a flaw in their plan, which was that they failed to completely annihilate the 300,000 invading Liao troops, and let half of them escape.

But no matter what, we still won.

In this battle, the armies of Qi and Song made a mistake: "Arrogant soldiers will be defeated."

In the past, whether it was the army of the Song Dynasty or the army of Qi, Zhao Mu personally led the army every time they went out to fight. With his invincible martial arts, Zhao Mu naturally swept across the world, winning every battle and taking every siege. However, because the army of the Song Dynasty relied too much on Zhao Mu, their level did not improve much. At most, they had an advantage in military equipment and food.

Because of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly, and the loss of Zhao Mu's leadership, the armies of the two countries did not win a one-sided victory this time, but fought back and forth with the Liao Kingdom.

Although the casualties of the Song Dynasty and Qi State were far less than those of the Liao Army, Zhao Mu felt that they had not fought well this time because they failed to completely wipe out the main force of the Liao Army.

However, there was also a bright spot in this battle, that was Zhao Mu’s wife Huyan Jin.

When the main force of the Liao Kingdom attacked Lingzhou City, Huyan Jin, the daughter of a general, personally went up to the city wall to command the battle. Even though the Liao army was frantically using human lives to fill the line, they were still helpless in the face of the impregnable Lingzhou City, the capital of the Qi Kingdom.

Finally, under the leadership of Hu Yanjin, the defenders of Lingzhou defeated the attack of 180,000 Liao troops at a small cost, and beheaded 50,000 of them. When the Liao army retreated, Hu Yanjin personally led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Iron Pagoda to pursue them. After beheading another 20,000, he returned to the court victoriously.

The first meritorious service in the war against the Liao Kingdom went to the Imperial Noble Consort Hu Yanjin, which made many men in the Song Dynasty and Qi Kingdom ashamed.

But there was also someone who was happy, and that person was Hu Yanjin's father, the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety Hu Yanxiong. Hu Yanxiong also lamented that "a tiger father will have a dog son", and he even thought that if his daughter Jin was a boy, he would definitely pass the throne to her.

Another happy person was Young Master Yang who followed his father to the war. When Young Master Yang was young, his father discussed with King Zhongxiao and asked Hu Yanjin to marry into Tianbo Mansion and betrothed to Young Master Yang.

But Young Master Yang was still young at that time, and Huyan Jin really couldn't like the child who was six or seven years younger than him.

Now Young Master Yang has grown up and followed his father, General Yang, to the battlefield. When he saw the heroic Sister Hu Yan, Young Master Yang also sighed that she and the Song Dynasty Army Shenqi Prince were really a match made in heaven. He was also glad that he was not lucky enough to marry Hu Yanjin.

If he had married this sister, she would have been buried in an instant. How could he have achieved his military exploits today?

Young Master Yang also takes Zhao Mu and his wife as his role models. In the future, he also wants to be like Prince Zhao and Sister Huyan, and become a veteran general who fights on the battlefield and a marshal who commands the three armies.

Now that the Liao army has retreated across the board, the Song army and the Qi army are counting their own results. It won't be long before the armies report their victory and return to the court.

After seeing this news, Zhao Mu was a little panicked.

After the morning court session that day, Zhao Mu went straight to the harem.

Since Zhezong recovered from his illness last time, Zhao Mu has not bothered him again and has been handling the state affairs of the previous dynasty.

Zhezong did not summon Zhao Mu, he had been hiding in the harem, neither summoning Zhao Mu nor meeting his old ministers. The queen mother even asked him for help, asking him to intercede with Zhao Mu and release her, but Zhezong still turned a deaf ear.

During this period, Cheoljong has been quietly taking care of his health, eating and sleeping well, and occasionally going out for a walk and exercise.

Now, Zhezong feels that all the glory in this world is not as good as having a good body.

It was also the first time that Cheoljong felt how good it felt to be alive and healthy.

Zhezong was playing chess with Concubine Liu when a palace maid reported, "Your Majesty! Prince Qi is outside the palace and requests an audience!"

(End of this chapter)