Chapter 7 Defeat
In the palace, it was already a month since the army went out for battle. The weather was even colder, and the bare branches standing in the palace seemed even more lonely.

"Hongyu, go and prepare some food for me." Liang Meng ate the snacks on the table, one piece after another, and tasted the delicious food while drinking tea.

"Master, please eat less snacks. Last time you woke up, your figure has become more rounded." Hongyu warned cautiously from the side.

"Hehehehe... My good Hongyu, come sit down and eat with me." After hearing Hongyu's words, Liang Meng stared at Hongyu and looked around. The old witch seduced Little Red Riding Hood and said with a smile.

Since becoming the Queen Mother, with her supreme status, she can decide the lives of others with a snap of her fingers, allowing Liang Meng to slowly restore her original character and no longer be restrained by rules.

"The Queen Mother is really weird. Ever since she took the position of Queen Mother, she has become less and less observant of rules." Hong Yu was worried.

After eating snacks, Liang Meng took Hong Yu and other maids to wander around the palace. While walking, they sat down and did the stretching exercises that aunts and uncles like to do in modern society. They were in a very good mood.

"The Queen Mother, what do you mean?" Hongyu had never seen the Queen Mother look like this.

"Do some exercise." Liang Meng replied.

"What's the purpose of exercise?" Hongyu asked confused.

"Hongyu, do you know why women are delicate and weak?" Liang Meng asked.

"Men are strong and strong, while women are soft and delicate. This has been the case since ancient times." Hongyu replied matter-of-factly.

"That's not the case." Liang Meng shook his head and said, "What you said is the result you saw, not the cause or the essence."

"Can women be like men?" Hongyu asked.

"of course."

Hongyu still didn't believe it. It was difficult for people to believe something they had never seen before. Then Liang Meng stopped continuing the topic and asked: "What big things happened in Daikin recently."

Hongyu quickly returned: "The Queen Mother, Mr. Jia Guozhong was favored by the emperor and is now the royal censor."

"From a small historian to a censor, it seems that this person is very popular with the emperor."

"I dare not speculate on the emperor's thoughts. I only heard that Jia Yushi is a well-rounded man with an exquisite heart."

"The Ai family knows." Liang Meng nodded.

"Did anything else happen to Daikin?" Liang Meng continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, everything in the former palace and harem is stable, and no major incident has occurred. However, I heard that a major incident occurred in the Sunset Dynasty recently. This matter has spread to Dajin."

"Let's talk and listen." Liang Meng and Hong Yu continued walking.

Hongyu was talking to Liang Meng.

The Emperor of the Sunset Dynasty was too young when he ascended the throne. The Queen Mother was the younger sister of the current Prime Minister Zhu Chong. Her maternal relatives were too powerful. Even if the Emperor personally governed, he still had to ask Prime Minister Zhu Chong for major and minor matters in the palace. Zhu Chong controlled the government, so the Emperor had to rely on him. Eunuchs and eunuchs were rampant, and the officialdom was in chaos.

What Hongyu is talking about is Gao Lie, the censor. He couldn't bear to see the rebellious ministers and traitors in the Sunset Dynasty today, which made the Sunset Dynasty a mess, so he filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Zhu Chong. The result can be imagined. Prime Minister Zhu Chong was unscathed, but Gao Lie died. In front of the palace, the family members were exiled.

"The emperor of the Sunset Dynasty is really stupid and immoral. Lord Gao Lie is really a hero. It's a pity." Hongyu said with emotion.

"Gao Lie sacrificed his life for the country and died for justice. It is indeed great. Such a sacrifice is too meaningless. Zhu Chong and Eunuch still exist. The remaining officials are no longer in the spotlight and choose to protect themselves wisely. It is pity that his relatives and children will be beheaded and exiled. ." Liang Meng sighed.

"Your Majesty, you have sweat on your forehead. The weather is getting colder and colder. Don't catch a cold. Listen to your slave. Let's drive back to the palace."

"Well, let's go back to the palace." Liang Meng touched his forehead, and a thin trickle of sweat appeared on his fingertips. Today's calorie consumption has been achieved.Stretch.

Huaiyu City, thousands of miles away from the imperial city
Huaiyu City in Dajin and Moyao City in Sunset are opposite each other across the mountains. Soldiers from the two armies are stationed across the mountains. Huaiyu City stands on the mountains and the terrain is winding.

The gates of Huaiyu City were closed tightly, and it was as quiet as an empty city. There were no residents on the streets, and there was no one around.

"Drive..." A golden soldier in black armor came from the mountains and forests on a war horse. The horse's hooves picked up dust and then dissipated in the endless open space in front of Huaiyu City.This is a scout to detect the enemy's military situation.

"Open the city gate quickly, it's an urgent military situation. Open the city gate quickly, it's an urgent military situation." The scout shouted loudly.

The quiet city gate was opened and closed, and there was a sound. The scout quickly passed by and rushed to the general's office.

General's Office
The eldest prince, Prince Li, and Prince Yong sat on both sides, Prince Su sat on the main seat, and everyone was discussing the formation of troops enthusiastically.

"How can a young child be the emperor of my country? The emperor is none other than me. It was you who forced me to take action against you, eldest prince. Don't blame me for being rude." Prince Su looked at Da Jin with his gloomy eyes. The prince is full of calculations.

Prince Li looked at Prince Su, who was full of calculations, and then looked at the eldest prince, falling into memories.

Liang Meng and the emperor's biological mother lived in the East and West Palaces respectively.

Queen Mother's Bedroom in West Palace
The Queen Mother of the West Palace said in her usual calm tone: "Today the Ai family invites Prince Li to discuss important matters with Prince Li. The eighth prince of this palace has ascended the throne for the first time. It is the result of the hard work of all the princes. Ascension to the throne is too much." Fortunately, this is destiny. The eighth prince needs to rely on the princes when he is young. It is a foregone conclusion that the emperor will be the emperor. How can he give up the throne to others again? Prince Li must also understand the reason."

Prince Li panicked and replied, "The Queen Mother, what you said is true." His heart was filled with turmoil.

The Empress Dowager of the West Palace arrived: "I know that Prince Li's granddaughter is about the same age as the Emperor. She has come to greet me several times. She is so cute and well-behaved that the Ai family is very happy. I think the Emperor also likes her very much."

Prince Li replied: "It is a blessing that my granddaughter can be favored by the Queen Mother and the Emperor."

The Queen Mother of the West Palace said: "Prince Wangli must not end up like Prince Gong. What the Ai family dislikes the most is someone who is hesitant."

Prince Li said as if he had realized something: "I am determined to assist the emperor with all my heart and do my best for the emperor."

On the way back home, Prince Li sat in the sedan chair and kept thinking: "I have always regarded the emperor as a young child, but I forgot that he grew up in the palace after all. How can I simply think that he is just a child? The throne How could he give up the throne to others if he was so tempting?

With the support of the tribes behind the two queen mothers, and the joining of Liang Goupeng's troops from Jiaotu Temple, today's move is just to win over myself. As long as I don't support the eldest prince, I use Prince Gong's fate to warn me, because I don't want me to hesitate. If he doesn't decide to be wise and protect himself, what will happen to Prince Gong? Could it be... that it's the fault of the Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West Palace? I'm blinded by a leaf, forgetting that there are always more than just people on the bright side in the chess game of power.

The Queen Mother of the West Palace is really secretive. With the wisdom of the Queen Mother, she must have realized that Prince Su’s ambition will definitely threaten the throne. If the Emperor wants to maintain the throne, he needs to be killed. The fate of the eldest prince, I think..." Prince Li Realizing something, he sighed helplessly.

As my thoughts flowed, I thought that the Queen Mother of the West Palace would take action here, and who would be the power of the Queen Mother.

"Report..." the scout drawled as he dismounted and ran over.

"Report to the general, the Sunset Dynasty's army is getting ready and heading towards Huaiyu City."

"I know, let's continue investigating."

"Subordinates retire."

"Send the order and assemble the army to respond to the enemy."

Huaiyu City Wall
The endless sunset dynasty's army was lined up neatly, dressed in silver armor, and the sun shone brightly. At the front of the army was a man riding a war horse, with dark skin, wearing silver armor, with sword-shaped eyebrows and a stubble on his face. The uncle with firm and shining eyes - Wang Yuan.

After seeing General Dajin appearing on the wall of Huaiyu City, he spoke.

"Xuanyuan Emperor Zi, we meet again. Da Jin fought against my king several times, but they all came back defeated. I wonder if I have received my letter of persuasion to surrender. Please surrender in this battle." He said calmly.

"Wang Yuan, this is your surrender letter." After saying this, he threw the surrender letter from the city wall. "This is my king's answer to your persuasion to surrender. I, Dajin, will only die in battle and will not surrender."

Wang Yuan saw that the letter of persuasion to surrender fell on the ground without any movement, and then said: "Our city of Huaiyu is the land of our Sunset Dynasty. How can we allow the Jinyi people to invade? Today Wang Yuan is here to take back our city of Huaiyu."

When Prince Su heard what Wang Yuan said, he said: "In the Sunset Dynasty, traitors are in power, eunuchs are rampant, and the people are in dire straits and sell their children to survive. I, Dajin, follow the way of heaven. Isn't this the intrusion you said in your mouth? Huaiyu City The people live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of my country, Daijin. How can this be an infringement? You claim to be a country of benevolence, but you attack me when my late emperor, Daijin, passed away and I am still young. You are simply talking about benevolence, justice and morality. A treacherous villain."

Wang Yuan was very angry when he heard what Prince Su said, and immediately replied: "Anyone who talks nonsense and invades my Sunset Land will be punished by me, Wang Yuan."

Prince Su replied: "People in the setting sun tend to confuse right and wrong. My head is right here. If you have the ability, come and get it."

Wang Yuan replied: "Today I will let you Jin Yi people know how I, Wang Yuan, conquered the city."

Prince Su smiled disdainfully: "The walls of Huaiyu City are made of the hardest stone, and the city gate is so heavy that even the most powerful siege engine cannot break it open."

"Brother Ten, look, what is Wang Yuan doing?" Prince Yong reminded.

Wang Yuan's troops were seen gathering on both sides, leaving the middle part empty. The front of the giant vehicle was in the shape of a cylinder, and behind the cylinder was a pressing device.

The chariot traveled to a fixed position, and the soldiers stood on the vehicle and kept pressing. Then a water column appeared in the cylinder device and sprayed towards the city wall.

There was a pungent smell coming from the city wall, and the eldest prince asked doubtfully: "What is this?"

After smelling the pungent smell, Prince Li was shocked and said, "This is black oil, which can be ignited with fire."

"Light it with fire, do they want to burn the city?" the eldest prince asked.

"Burning the city, is Wang Yuan crazy? The city is built of stone. Is it like burning firewood? It's really ridiculous." Prince Yong replied disdainfully.

When Wang Yuan saw that black oil had been smeared all over the city wall, he ordered his soldiers to fire arrows to ignite the black oil.

In an instant, Huaiyu City burst into flames.

"Tenth brother, this Wang Yuan actually burned the city. What's the use? Let's put out the fire with water." Prince Yong said.

"Prince Yong doesn't know that the black oil cannot be extinguished by water. Instead, it becomes more and more prosperous when poured with fire. Now we can only wait for the fire to extinguish itself, and we are still using fire to burn the city wall." Prince Li said.

"Then what is Wang Yuan's intention?" the eldest prince asked.

Everyone didn't know why Wang Yuan did this, and fell into silence, waiting for the fire to extinguish.

"A group of Jin Yi people, ignorant people, today I will let you see the power of my Sunset Dynasty." Wang Yuan looked down on him very much.

Half an hour later, the fire gradually died down.

Wang Yuan ordered: "Put out water to extinguish the black oil." Dozens of water jets sprayed towards the city wall, white smoke rose everywhere, and only the dark city wall was exposed.

"What does this mean? Why did Wang Yuan put out the fire himself?" The eldest prince was very puzzled.Everyone didn't know what Wang Yuan meant by this move.

"Xuanyuan Emperor Zi, please watch, let you see how powerful my Sunset Dynasty is."

He said so and ordered the attack on the city.

Tens of thousands of Sunset soldiers began to attack the city under orders, and the siege vehicles kept hitting the city wall, one after another...

"Daijin's warriors, prevent the enemy from attacking the city..." The two sides were engaged in a fierce battle.

As the soldiers of the Sunset Dynasty kept hitting the city wall, cracks like spider webs began to appear on the city wall.
"Bah..."

"What a sound, what a sound."

"No, give the order and leave the city wall..." Prince Su realized something and immediately gave the order and quickly moved away from the city wall.

Seeing Dajin's soldiers, they hurriedly left the city wall and said arrogantly: "It's too late now, your defeat has been determined, and the final siege order is issued."

"Soldiers, Dajin has been defeated. Come to me..."

Under the attack of the sunset soldiers, the stones on the city wall kept falling off. The glorious Huaiyu City could no longer be seen, only broken walls and ruins.

"What should I do, Brother Ten? The city gate cannot hold up for long, and the enemy will soon attack the city." Prince Yong asked anxiously.

"Withdraw, let us know and the army will evacuate quickly." Prince Su said rationally.

"This is so frustrating." Prince Yong said depressedly.

"Keep the green hills here, don't worry about running out of firewood." Next time, Wang Yuan's head will be taken.

After thinking for a moment, he then said: "Inform the eldest prince and order his troops to move behind to stop the pursuit of Sunset's army."

Prince Yong and Prince Su looked at each other, turned around and gave orders.

"What, Prince Su asked our army to stop the Sunset Dynasty's army." The eldest prince angrily broke the arrow in his hand.

"First Prince, this is not the time to be angry. You should think about how to escape the enemy's pursuit." The two of them walked in a hurry, talking as they gathered their troops and left.

People roared past on horseback.

The enemy troops breached the city gate.

"Report to the general that the Jin people abandoned the city and fled. Do you want to pursue them?"

"The Jin army is really a bunch of ants who are afraid of death. I ordered them to go down and repair the city wall, and then send our army to pursue them."

"First Prince, ahead is the Valley of the Sun. This valley is high and narrow, making it an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place."

"How many enemies are sent to pursue?" the eldest prince asked.

"Thousands of people."

"Are there thousands of people? Send the order and prepare an ambush in the Hidden Sun Valley."

"General Zhao, the Jin army was spotted ahead."

"How many people are there?" General Zhao said.

"There are about a few thousand people. They should be the anti-robbery troops left behind by the Jin Army."

"Soldiers, the enemy is right in front, charge me." General Zhao said.

"First Prince, the enemy is not far from us."

"Act as planned." The eldest prince said.

"Yes."

"In front of General Zhao is the Jin Army."

"Soldiers, shoot with bows and arrows." General Zhao ordered.

shhhhhh...

"The eldest prince's enemies have fired arrows."

"Ahead is the Sun-Making Valley. Let them lead them into the valley." The eldest prince ordered.

"Ah..." Jin Jun wailed.

"General Zhao, the Jin army has been shot by our army. The casualties must be heavy. If these thousands of troops are wiped out, the general will be promoted to a higher level. I would like to congratulate General Zhao in advance."

General Zhao was very happy after hearing this. He looked at his men with approval and ordered: "Destroy the entire army for me."

Another subordinate said: "General Zhao, ahead is the Valley of the Sun, which is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. If you enter rashly, you may be ambushed."

"General Zhao, the Jin army is at the end of its strength. The only option is to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. General Wanwang must not miss this opportunity."

After General Zhao heard this, he ordered the pursuit.

"First Prince, they are coming after you."

"The fish is hooked."

"General, spare your life..." the wailing voice came to mind.

"General Zhao, in front are the casualties of the Jin Army. Surrender to us on the spot."

"They say that the Jin Army is brave and good at fighting. I don't think so. They are not greedy for life and afraid of death."

"Soldiers charge."

When General Zhao was about to rush in front of the Jin army, the crying soldiers immediately stood up, revealing the neat troops behind them.

"No, it's an ambush. It's ridiculous. You want to use infantry to deal with cavalry." General Zhao said arrogantly.

"Soldiers, charge, let them see the power of our cavalry."

The horses couldn't help but accelerate

"Warriors, prepare." The eldest prince shouted.

After hearing the order, the Jin army replaced their swords with long spears and blocked their shields in front of them, blocking the entire valley.

"What, it's a spear, a long snake formation, bad." General Zhao realized that he had fallen into the Jin army's plan, and said quickly: "Stop the horse, stop the horse..."

But it was too late. The horse was so fast that it could not be stopped in an instant.

Facing the oncoming Sunset Army, the Jin Army indifferently pierced the necks of the war horses with their spears, and pulled out the blood stains that streaked across the sky. The horses and soldiers fell one by one.

Seeing the fallen horse, General Zhao shouted anxiously: "Disperse quickly and divide the army into two wings."

Amid General Zhao's shouts, Sunset's army gradually became orderly from panic and began to divide into two wings.

"Quick, form a circle." Seeing Sunset's army split into two wings, the leader of the Jin army ordered.

The Jin army surrounded the city in a circle, located in the center of the valley, with shields as armor, like long snakes coiled in a circle. The Sunset Army rode around the Jin Army. When the Sunset Army came slightly closer, the Jin Army used long guns to kill them, and the two armies reached a stalemate.

"No, where are the Jin Army's cavalry?" General Zhao was confused and asked loudly.

"No need to look for it." The eldest prince finished.Then he ordered to release arrows and drop gravel.

"asshole".General Zhao cursed.Shouting loudly: "Attention above, retreat, retreat..."

"How could I let you leave?" the eldest prince said loudly.After saying that, he picked up the arrow and shot towards General Zhao.

General Zhao blocked the arrow attack with the knife in his hand. His fists were unable to defeat the four-handed attack. An arrow shot into General Zhao's head. "Bang..." the body fell off the horse and made a sound.

"Ah..." The screams echoed throughout the valley.

The subordinates who just advised General Zhao saw General Zhao being killed by the Jin army and quickly fled the battlefield on horseback.

"There is no room for deserters on the battlefield." As he said this, the eldest prince shot him off his horse with an arrow.

The Sunset Army was completely wiped out. After the melee, the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. The blood-stained heads looked forward with wide eyes, and the black blood reflected the valley.

When the eldest prince saw the groaning enemy soldier who was not yet dead, he drew out his saber and slashed it towards the neck. Blood spattered and fell on the eldest prince's face, looking extremely cold and cruel.

"Go down and clean up the battlefield, leave no one alive, and catch up with the large army." The eldest prince said.

"Yes."

 Zhu Chong, the same moth

  Gao Li, same as strong
  Why does Hongyu say that women have been delicate since ancient times? Please look forward to what women will write in the millennium dilemma of the patriarchal society.

  
 
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