The prince is very fierce

"Great victory in Jingyuan! Great victory in Jingyuan! Great victory in Jingyuan!..."

The battle report of the frontier army's victory echoed in the Golden Palace. It should have been a historic moment for the whole country to celebrate, but at this time, all the civil and military officials looked at the emissary with blank eyes, wondering if they had called it wrong.

We are all waiting for news from King Su. What are you calling the Great Victory of Jingyuan? Jingyuan is from the Northern Qi Dynasty, what does it have to do with King Su?

Even Song Ji looked confused. He didn't understand why he was waiting for such news at this time.

Among the officials, only Xiao Chuyang showed a somewhat relieved look. When all the officials were at a loss, he asked:

"Say! What happened to Jingyuan?"

The messenger knelt down on one knee holding the paper tube, with a bit of excitement on his face, and said loudly:

"On the night of May 11th, King Su led a cavalry force of 40,000 to raid the Wangnan Pass of the Northern Qi Dynasty at night. He changed his cavalry to attack the city on foot. In just one night, he broke through Wangnan Pass, the gate of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He captured the enemy generals alive and killed more than 10,000 enemies. Yuanzhou's troops are empty. General Tu Qianchu has led 30,000 troops to attack Yuanzhou City. I am afraid that he has already reached the city. What a great victory!

The hurried words were spoken in an instant, saliva flew everywhere, and it was difficult to get excited.

The ministers were immediately in an uproar, and only then did they understand what the ‘Jingyuan victory’ meant!

However, the courtiers were not excited by the report of the expansion of territory, but they all looked puzzled and a little unbelievable.

Cui Huailu, who had been working with the emperor for many years, was the first to jump out and said angrily:

"Nonsense, how could Xu You lead troops to attack Beiqi? You..."

At this point, the words stopped abruptly.

All the civil and military officials also immediately stopped talking, feeling something was wrong.

What Cui Huailu said was bullshit. King Su was guarding the northwest and was in full contact with Prince Zuo of Northern Qi. He was originally at war with Northern Qi. How could Xu You lead troops to fight against Northern Qi?

Xiao Chuyang frowned and looked at Cui Huailu:

"Where does Mr. Cui think King Su should lead his troops?"

"..."

Cui Huailu held a mouthful of old blood in his chest and glared at Xiao Chuyang who had added insult to injury, but was speechless.

Everyone has been waiting in Chang'an City for three days. What are you waiting for?

Wait for King Su to lead his troops to attack Chang'an or retreat.

Prince Su's sons have all killed the emperor, and they will soon behead everyone. He will lead an army of 80,000 out of Qinzhou. If not heading towards Chang'an, where else can he go?

Even if Xu You is a fool, it is impossible for him to still think about attacking Beiqi at this time. What is he trying to do?

All civil and military officials knew these words, but the news from the front line had already spread. King Su led troops to fight against Northern Qi, which meant that there was no rebellion. Since there was no rebellion, he could not slander King Su for rebelling in the court.

Even if they don't even want a son, they will kill everyone in their family when they come back, and they still want to go and fight against Beiqi. What can you do to me?

"..."

All the civil and military officials, princes, generals and ministers were all puzzled and could not figure out the whole story...

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Thousands of miles away, the black city between the yellow sands was far more desolate than the Dayue Court.

Jiang Nu, the left prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty, overturned the table between the handsome tents. He looked at the group of counselors standing there with a livid face, gritted his teeth and cursed angrily:

"What the hell is going on? Why did Xu You attack Yuanzhou? His son even killed the emperor. He led an army of 80,000 people out of Qinzhou instead of going to Chang'an, and took a detour to attack me? Did I offend him? Kill his son Is he sick?..."

Angry curses resounded through the handsome tent, and there was a mess outside.

Chen Xuan's face turned pale and he knelt on the ground sweating profusely:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Now is not the time to get angry. King Su led an army of 80,000 people and took the road from Qingshui to Wangnanguan. Half of the troops and horses on the south side were deployed to attack Shazhou. The defenders of Wangnanguan watched the fire from across the bank and were unprepared. They were defeated by heavy troops overnight. Pass, if we don't send troops back to rush for reinforcements, once Yuanzhou is defeated, we will reach the Mobei Plain, and Xu You can directly attack the capital of Northern Qi."

"Damn you!"

Jiang Nu raised his hand and slapped Chen Xuan on the face, and cursed angrily:

"You asked me to go all out to attack Shazhou, and Xu You went to attack my Yuanzhou. Now we are more than 600 miles away, how can we go back to help?"

Chen Xuan's mouth oozed blood, he knelt on the ground and said urgently:

"We must turn back and rush for reinforcements. If Shazhou is defeated, Xu You will lose the Western Region at most. If Yuanzhou is defeated, our Daqi may be gone. We can't afford to replace it, and Yuanzhou cannot be lost!"

Jiang Nu was almost furious and pointed at Chen Xuan:

"Wangnan Pass has been guarded for sixty years without being broken. Xu Lie was not even defeated. It was broken by a fool like you. You..."

In anger, Jiang Nu wanted to draw his knife.

Many counselors rushed to stop him and asked Jiang Nu to withdraw his troops and return to defense. They had to save Yuanzhou before punishing him.

Jiang Nu had no choice but to throw the knife on the ground:

"Withdraw troops and return to defense quickly."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

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At this time, in Chang'an, in the Golden Palace of the Imperial City, the civil and military officials finally came to their senses.

Song Ji looked in disbelief and took a step forward:

"Wangnang Pass was broken? The army has already occupied Wangnang Pass?"

The messenger looked excited and held the paper tube high:

"It's absolutely true. After General Guo Zhongxian noticed something strange at Wangnang Pass, he personally led his troops to support him. There were crowds of people outside the pass, and the flags of King Su were planted. He ordered General Guo Zhongxian to rush back to Beijing to report. It's absolutely true. It’s broken!”

"Wow——"

Only then did the civil and military officials of the court come to their senses. Many ministers gradually became excited and even forgot about what happened just now, shouting "Great victory, great victory".

Cui Huailu and other three princes and nine ministers all looked surprised and suspicious. If the post envoy hadn't been so sure, they all thought it was King Su who had sent the tiger away from the mountain.

The importance of Yuanzhou is self-evident. It is the last springboard of Northern Qi in the northwest and the national gate of Northern Qi. Once Yuanzhou is broken, there will be no defense in the Mobei grassland. If Yuanzhou is not broken, Northern Qi can march out of the pass at any time, take Xiliang in the upper part and attack Guanzhong in the lower part, and can advance and retreat freely.

This place of strategic importance was not conquered before the founding of the country, and it is also the only state that Dayue has not recovered.

The defense line of Yuanzhou has always been under the charge of Guo Zhongxian, while the defense line of Prince Su is in Suzhou and Shazhou, one in the east and the other in the west. However, it is no problem for Prince Su to attack Yuanzhou.

If it were an ordinary day, Prince Su Xu You suddenly went crazy and broke Wangnan Pass, it would definitely be a scene of national celebration, because as long as Yuanzhou was conquered, the incomplete part of Dayue's territory would be unified with Lingnan Road. It goes without saying how tempting it is for a king to expand the territory. Song Ji might even give Prince Su the "Nine Gifts".

But now is obviously not the time to break through the pass.

Xu Buling had just killed the emperor, and Prince Su got the news and led his troops out of Qinzhou.

Why didn't his mother come to attack Chang'an to save her son?

The crime of regicide must be the execution of the whole family, and his son is dead.

Prince Su is mentally ill, so he didn't guard against the court at all, and foolishly went to attack Northern Qi.

What on earth is he thinking? Why would he do such a thing to sacrifice his whole family for the country?

The ministers made a lot of noise for a while, and then fell silent. They still didn't believe that Prince Su would go back to attack Yuanzhou. There was no motive, no reason, why?

Cui Huailu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the postman:

"Does Prince Su have a letter?"

The postman quickly opened the paper tube and took out the roll of paper inside.

Song Ji put his hands behind his back, clenched his fists tightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Read it."