Only seven days left to live? She goes crazy and kills

In order to fight the enemy together, after consultation among the civil and military ministers in the court, Lu Mingyu had to change the order and finally appointed An Pinghai, the chief steward of the inner court, as the military supervisor to go to the border city with the emperor's order.

The imperial edict strictly ordered Cao Ji and Ling Yi to gather their troops and horses, and all the black armored troops obeyed Ling Yi's dispatch, and Cao Ji was Ling Yi's deputy general.

They should fight the enemy together and not disobey in public.

Those who disobey the order will be executed with nine clans.

However, this order did not reach Cao Ji smoothly.

The military supervisor rushed on with the imperial edict, first caught up with Ling Yi's army camped in Jicheng, and detailed the battle situation at the border and the emperor's order one by one.

Ling Yi was a military general in his early thirties, the nephew of the current empress dowager, the cousin of the emperor, and a real one. He won the championship in the three-year military examination and became the commander of the East Palace guards.

When the emperor was still the crown prince, the two often discussed military tactics. Lu Mingyu felt that Ling Yi was meticulous, comprehensive, and had great martial arts skills. He would definitely be an outstanding general in the future.

So as soon as Gong Liancheng died, he couldn't wait to let Ling Yi take over the military power.

But a good warrior is not necessarily a good strategist.

Moreover, this was Ling Yi's first time leading troops to the battlefield. He lacked experience and knew little about the Yong army. He was full of hostility towards the generals left by Gong Liancheng before, and had no intention of sharing the credit with them.

After listening to An Pinghai's words, he frowned slightly: "General Cao's desertion is a taboo on the battlefield. According to the law, he should be executed for nine generations. Why doesn't the emperor order him to be investigated?"

His original plan was to let Cao Ji's army fight to the death for a few days, and when their troops were mostly exhausted, they would speed up to support them, and then eliminate a strong enemy without any effort.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ji, the coward, dared to abandon the city and flee.

Ling Yi felt contempt for Cao Ji and wanted to kill him in the army to boost the army's prestige.

"General Ling, you don't know that General Cao has been with General Gong for the longest time. He has five or six years of experience fighting against the Qingluan Army of Yong State and knows the fighting style of their war-goddess Princess-"

"What does Eunuch An mean by this?" Ling Yi looked at him unhappily, "Could it be that without Cao Ji, this general can't do anything to the Yong State army?"

"That's not what I mean..."

"This general will immediately call up the troops and drive the Yong army out of Beiliang within three months." Ling Yi said, turning and entering the tent, "Come on! Tell the generals of each camp to come to the main tent to discuss matters!"

In the hottest mid-June, the Beiliang army finally sped up and rushed to the border.

However, Beiliang has lost three cities in a row, and the strength of Yongguo’s army this time is far greater than before. If Ling Yi and Cao Ji can successfully meet up, put aside their respective positions, and focus on defending their country, then Yongguo will definitely have to work hard next.

However, An Pinghai was shot dead by an arrow on the way to deliver the imperial edict to Cao Ji.

When this news reached Cao Ji’s ears, he was stationed in Ya’an, 800 miles away from the border, with his troops. The imperial edict in An Pinghai’s hand disappeared, but the guards who came with An Pinghai were all there. After dealing with An Pinghai’s body, they hurried to Ya’an.

"The emperor ordered me to join General Ling and fight the enemy together?"

"Yes." The guard leader who had escorted An Pinghai all the way nodded, "The emperor has ordered that General Cao has rich experience in fighting against Yong. If he can cooperate with General Ling and successfully drive out the Yong army and recover the three cities you lost, the emperor will accuse General Cao and his generals of deserting the battlefield."

A sneer appeared on Cao Ji's rough and slightly fat face: "Did the emperor say that?"

"Yes."

"Shouldn't the person who conveyed the order be the general manager of the palace?"

The guard leader handed over an imperial edict and explained: "General Manager An was shot on the road."

Cao Ji's face changed when he heard this.

An Pinghai was shot on the road?

His first suspicion was that it was Ling Yi, because there was no evidence.

The imperial edict brought by An Pinghai only ordered him to cooperate with General Ling and make an effective counterattack as soon as possible, but whether the emperor really intended to let him go was not written in the imperial edict.

An Pinghai was shot and killed at this time, most likely by Ling Yi, because An Pinghai should have another oral order.

And Ling Yi did not want Cao Ji to know this oral order.

Because of An Pinghai's death, Cao Ji's heart was overwhelmed with a shadow.

The most important thing for him now is to save his life.

No matter what the emperor said or what promises he made, it could not change the fact that he escaped from the battlefield. Even if he was meritorious in fighting the enemy now, the emperor would definitely settle accounts later.

Besides, the emperor was determined to get rid of them.

"I know." Cao Ji promised, "Where is General Ling?"

"It's still a day's journey to Ya'an."

Cao Ji immediately summoned the generals to discuss the battle plan: "We can take a detour to block the rear of the Yong army and cooperate with General Ling to encircle them."

When the generals heard this, they were all stunned: "General, this... how is this possible?"

Not to mention how far the detour is, the army will be exhausted and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Even if they can really take a detour, it is impossible to encircle the Yong army.

Cao Ji unfolded a map on the desk and pointed to a remote city in the southwest: "This place is far away from the imperial city and completely opposite to the attack route of the Yong army. We can station troops here and take a piece of land to govern ourselves."

Several generals understood his plan and were all shocked.

General Cao not only fled from the battlefield, but also planned to establish himself as emperor?

With the few troops they had?

The generals looked at each other in bewilderment: "General, this..."

If the Northern Liang Kingdom is destroyed, it is hard to say how long they can survive with such a small number of troops, let alone establish a separatist regime?

"An Pinghai was shot and killed, which tells us that the emperor has no intention of letting us go." Cao Ji said coldly with a gloomy face, "If it was Prince Duan who ascended the throne today, I would fight to the death with the Yong soldiers even if I had to risk this road, because Prince Duan would not want to kill us."

If Prince Duan ascended the throne, they would only reward them for their victories.

But if the prince ascended the throne, they would die whether they won or lost. In this case, why bother to fight for their lives?

It is better to preserve their strength and wait for a comeback in the future.

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