Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"It's very simple. I will put the evidence under investigation in front of them, but only a small part of these people will be involved. These people are all human beings. Once the conclusive evidence is put in front of them, their first The first reaction must be to deny it first. And I will not continue to argue with them, just let the old Tingwei make the decision himself."

"Old Ting Wei is not very clean either?" Qin Ji added with a smile.

"It's because the old Ting Wei is not clean, so he will try his best to prove that he is the cleanest person," Cheng Cheng sneered. There is a big conflict with the former prince faction. The old Tingwei's position is different from theirs, and if he has the opportunity to step on them, he will firmly seize this opportunity to prove to His Majesty that he is a loyal Qingliu."

"Because of the previous incident of forcing the palace, he, as an important member of the central government, did not express his position. His Majesty has alienated him. The son of this old gentleman is now a county magistrate. In the future, he will always think about his son's future. of."

Having said that, the consultant Cheng took a deep breath.

"As long as the old Tingwei is willing to prove his innocence, then those people will naturally lose their positions, and it is common for them to fight among themselves-the relationship was originally maintained with money. When it really comes to the time when disaster may be imminent, say goodbye And it's broken."

"But in this way, you will be completely unable to continue in the court. All the ministers in the court will be in danger, and it is not impossible to strictly guard against you."

Qin Ji said.

"Since I have done this, I am naturally ready to lose my future," he laughed, "Qin Taiwei, there are not many major things that a person can do in his life. For me, as long as I do one thing Earn. But I really didn't expect that Your Majesty would be willing to stand by my side like this."

He is ready to be frequently framed and provoked, and finally forced to lose his official position or even be thrown into prison.He knew exactly what he would face after doing this.

But so what?It's much more fun to see those guys who ride safely on the heads of the common people to defend themselves in horror and kowtow like a joke, than being a high-ranking official.

"Your Majesty values ​​you very much. She is a good judge of people. This cannot be denied."

Qin Ji said.

"I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I will try my best to do everything within the scope of my duties for His Majesty." Consultant Cheng said, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip, "How about you, Taiwei? Now follow your instructions Arrangement, what is my next task?"

"The next task... Didn't you just take down Shiqiao City not long ago? There has just been a war there, and a reliable person is needed to help restore order in the city, build city defenses, and appease the hearts of the people. You Just go there and work there for a while, remember, Stone Bridge City is very important, it is the main road connecting the north and south of Samanjan, so we must treat it with caution."

"Understood. I'll start later, then."

Advisor Cheng's face was calm, and he had no intention of resisting such a transfer order to send him to the front-line city.

"Don't be so anxious, you just delivered the money and food, take a little rest for a couple of days, and then I'll send someone to take you there."

Anyway, he also made a great contribution, how could Qin Ji let him go around like this, at least he had to be courteous.

"No need, Qin Taiwei, the battle on the front line is tight. According to my understanding, the battle situation changes every day, especially in places like Shiqiao City. If I go there earlier, I can also arrange things in the city earlier. It's just that I have to trouble the Taiwei to prepare a fast horse for me."

Seeing that this guy really didn't intend to procrastinate, Qin Ji had no choice but to listen to him, and arranged for someone to prepare a fast horse, and let a group of capable soldiers accompany him to escort him to Shiqiao City to take up his post.

This guy is really weird, but after getting along with him, Qin Ji finds this weird guy quite interesting.

Chapter 37 Discussing Politics

With the departure of consultant Cheng and the arrival of food and grass, Daxia's combat confidence has increased a bit.

Although the church's military strength is still at an advantage, their offensive has been weakening day by day.Even now, there are already many troops from Samanjan's own country filling the line.

Faced with such a change in the battlefield situation, Qin Ji adjusted his entire strategy in a timely manner, gradually turning from passive defense to active attack.He particularly emphasized the strategy of breakthroughs with local superiority based on light cavalry. Through continuous battles, he quickly gathered superior forces and tore a large number of holes in the enemy's big net.

However, after the opening was torn open, Qin Ji was not in a hurry to let the troops go through the opening, but immediately got out, forcing the enemy to deploy troops to seal the opening again.

When the enemy starts to block new openings, the mobilization of troops will bring about changes in the front line, and some originally strong defense lines may become weak points, so the Great Xia army will once again run over to the new front line. Tear a hole in the weak point.

To break through without breaking through, this is the main method of the Great Xia army now.

In the end, the church, which was overwhelmed by harassment from all directions, finally could not bear the huge consumption brought by the frontline battlefield.

At the end of the summer calendar 558, the Pope of the Holy Church sent an archbishop to negotiate with Daxia.

Although it was essentially a truce negotiation between the Holy Church and Daxia, it was actually a meeting of "Non-proliferation of the Daxiguo-Samanjan War" on the surface.

After all, strictly speaking, the church and Great Xia have never declared war on each other from the beginning to the end. The rulers of both sides are very clear that once they really declare war openly, the situation will soon become an all-out war between the two sides, and even involve each other. vassal states and alliances.

Therefore, this truce negotiation is only a conflict between two groups of "supporting the saints in Samanjan" and "supporting the defense of Atlantis against foreign enemies".

The negotiations went very smoothly. The church could no longer continue to support Samanjan with huge casualties and economic losses, and Daxia did not want the church to continue to organize a huge army on the battlefield to bleed itself. The two parties quickly agreed The time and conditions for the exchange of prisoners were specified.

In terms of the battlefield, the church will not interfere with the next actions of Daxia's army, and the existing church members of the Holy See Army participating in the battle, Daxia allows them to withdraw from the battlefield on their own, and promises that they will not take the initiative to withdraw from Samanjiang. to attack.

As a result, the two sides have temporarily stopped the confrontation.

On the surface, this time Daxia did not get any benefits from the church. It seemed that Daxia was at a loss this time, sacrificing so many people and finally allowing the remaining troops of the church to leave safely.

But this is not the case.

Daxia only promised to allow the withdrawal of the Holy See Army and a truce with the Holy See Army and the church armed forces, but did not say that it would stop fighting with Samanjan.

And what about the church?The church chose to withdraw from Samanjan.

This is actually tantamount to selling Samanjan directly.In the middle of the battle, he taught everyone to run, but the war in Samanjan has not stopped yet...

Originally, Samanjan was able to withstand the attacks of Daxia and Daxi because of the strong support of the church, but now that the church has withdrawn, Samanjan, which has already lost part of its army, will face the joint attack of the two countries. .....

The result can be imagined.

Originally, with the support of the church, Samanjan's troops even organized several decent counter-offensives in many places, but once the church withdrew, the original counter-offensives were beaten up by Daxia's army.

In the end, Samanjan was forced to seek help from the church again.After all, almost all of Samanjan's own army and even the royal family are believers of the Holy Bishop.

However, the church silently broke off contact, leaving those "common brothers" where they were.At this moment, the royal family of Samanjan still has illusions, thinking that as long as their own army consumes a certain amount of Xia's army, there is a high probability that Xia will choose to preserve the army and return to the court.

This idea was half right, Qin Ji really didn't want to cause too much loss to the Red Yuan army.

But the question is, how much energy does the Red Kite Army consume with Samanjan's current combat power?Even the Vatican Army of the Church had more casualties than the Chiyuan Army, not to mention the combat capability of the Samanjan Army

However, their high-ranking figures don't care about this. As long as there are enough troops, they can cause certain losses to Daxia. Adhering to this idea, they hurriedly created more than [-] troops, and even many of them were not at all. After training, it was pulled to the battlefield.

Then something even more ridiculous happened: now it is not the army of Daxia chasing the enemy, but the army of Daxi Kingdom chasing the enemy to fight - the troops of Daxi Kingdom are already like gods in front of this group of troops that hastily put together Down to earth.

In the end, the combined armies of the two countries reached the capital of Samanjan all the way.

At the last moment, the army of this country finally came back to life once again, and the strong men who had been squeezed out of the country were once again dispatched. A total of 17 troops defended the capital, although their royal family members basically ran away. Eighty-eight, but these defenders rarely escaped.

However, by this time, the gap in strength was already too great.

Among the 17 troops, the number of mages is pitifully small, and more than half of the equipment has no equipment at all.There was even a shortage of weapons and equipment for defending the city. Daxia's army only participated in the work of breaking the city, and the rest was Diani leading the Daxi Kingdom army into the city to fight against the defenders.

In January 559 of the Xia calendar, the capital of Samanjiang fell, and almost all the troops in the country were annihilated or dispersed, and they were no longer able to organize large-scale resistance.

At the end of January 559 in the summer calendar, the king of Samanjan was arrested and the war ended.

During the whole process, Qin Ji always emphasized that the army of the Great Western Kingdom must exercise restraint and prohibit excessive influence on ordinary people, and the Great Western Kingdom did as instructed.

.......................

At night, the capital palace.

Qin Ji lay on the big bed in the king's bedroom and slowly woke up.

It was the first time since he set off to the present that he had a full night's sleep without any worries. Today he first dealt with the decision-making on appeasing the people's hearts, then searched and registered the grain depot and treasury, and wrote a letter to His Majesty After the successful memorial, he was relieved after finishing everything that needed to be done immediately.

"Master, are you awake?"

A familiar voice came from beside the bed.

At that moment, Qin Ji even had the illusion that he was not in a foreign country, but in his own home.

"Well, wake up."

Refreshed, he stretched his waist, and then saw Lingyan holding a plate of delicate cake beside him.

"Where did you get the cake?"

"The cook in the palace made it. Don't worry, it's not poisonous. I'll keep an eye on him the whole time."

After finishing speaking, Lingyan put the plate on the bedside table next to his bed, and then climbed up.

"......what are you doing?"

"I'm here to discuss political affairs with the young master."

"..."

Let's just say, if you find a reason, at least find a field that you are good at...

Chapter 38 Post-war work

The night time is full of flickering and bewildering sounds and shadows.

For young people, it’s okay to stay up all night once in a while. Moreover, a certain guard seized the timing very well. The prey has just had enough sleep during the day. A fully rested heyday.

So, throughout the night, Qin Ji repeatedly heard the other party's unreasonable and repeated painful demands.

......................

The next morning, when Qin Ji appeared in front of everyone, his footsteps seemed a little vain.

When all the generals present saw Qin Ji's appearance, they couldn't help but look in Lingyan's direction.

Although there are not many officers directly under Qin Ji in the Red Kite Army, they all have a certain understanding of Qin Ji, and most of the generals are Qin Ji's subordinates. As long as they deal with Qin Ji, basically They all know the Lingyan around them.

Satellite showed a clear smile, while General Chen held back his laughter and did not dare to speak. General Li Shijing... I can only say that he is indeed one of the most capable men under Qin Ji, and he has no expression , although no one knows what is in the heart.

"Ahem, back to the topic."

The satellite attracted everyone's attention.As a result, the cheerful atmosphere just now immediately became serious.

Everyone looked at the map hanging behind Qin Ji.

"Samanjan will soon send a surrender representative to us. The current situation is that the king of Samanjan is in our hands. If we just bring the king of Samanjan back to our country to deal with it, then it is definitely the best There is no way for Samanjan to have a king, and there will be new forces to replace it. For us, this may be a good thing.”

When Weixing said this, he took a special look at Qin Ji, but Qin Ji didn't make any comments on his words, but just motioned him to continue talking.

"I think that the king should always be in the hands of our Great Xia. On the Samanjan side, I propose to support a new ruler—we can't put the original king back, otherwise, there will be endless harm in the future."

After saying this, the satellite sat down.

"He finished talking about his views, everyone, what's your opinion?" Qin Ji asked.

"There is a question," Li Shijing said, "General Wei, Samanjan has been ruled by the king for so long, if we take the king away, of course we can let Samanjan come up with a ruler who is close to us.

"However, how can you guarantee that the new ruler will not be a lunatic who believes in the Holy Bishop? The candidates we support are to be selected from among the natives of Samanjan. Human beings are complicated. We may not be able to completely Knowing what kind of policy he will choose, we also lack judgment, and I think this matter is somewhat risky."

"What General Li said is very true, but we can support a person of our own, or someone we trust in Samanjan to rule..."

"Let me interject, although it seems superfluous for us as soldiers to think about these things, but I still have to say that the current situation is that Samanjan is already at a comprehensive disadvantage, and the whole country has almost been harmed by this king. The people of Samanjan In fact, most of them just want to live a peaceful life, and the reactions of the people in those occupied areas also illustrate this point."

"It may be a good thing for us to put the original king back in place at this time."

Qin Ji said so.

"A good thing?" Li Shijing was a little puzzled, "If the Samandian people just want to live a peaceful life, then they can't accept letting the former king go back. From my observation, most of the Samanjani people in the area occupied by our army are not Hope to go back to the state of life ruled by the king. This country does not have much sense of belonging to the concept of 'homeland', they just want to live well."