super concubine

Chapter 549 Driving back to Beijing
Whether the emperor can agree, I am afraid only the emperor himself will know.

The battle in Taiyuan has now entered a stage of confrontation. Zhao Quan's morale can't be boosted in Taiyuan. On the contrary, it will only make Zhao Quan more and more dangerous.

Finally, after Zhao Quan's health recovered a bit, the ministers began to advise, hoping that the emperor would leave Taiyuan and return to the capital to preside over the overall situation.

At this time, Li Zhun didn't insist anymore. After the thrilling Taiyuan, and after Zhao Quan was in a coma for more than ten days and almost died in Taiyuan, who would dare to let Zhao Quan stay on the front line?

And... Xiao Mo has already returned to the capital, just in time for the emperor to go back and give Xiao Mo a reason to leave the mountain.

So Li Zhun also joined the ministers in admonishing Zhao Quan, hoping that Zhao Quan would return to Beijing.

Zhao Quan didn't want to go back, he said: "My heart... is in the world!"

This sentence was said to Li Zhun alone. After listening to the report on the last battle, Zhao Quan let out a long sigh.

What he sighed was naturally the defeat in the last battle, and at the same time he also lamented the gap between the Anchao army and the Liao army. The 60 army against the 30 army of the Liao State was defeated in the end. Relying on the bravery of Yang Hong and Yang Yuting in Taiyuan, and Di Qing's rescue at the last moment, they barely fought the Liao army into the current situation.

But Zhao Quan was not reconciled. As an emperor, he suffered a humiliation that no emperor in history had ever received, that is, to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom for peace!
Zhao Quan has been forbearing all his life, from when he was the prince to now.As an emperor, he certainly has ambitions, and of course he doesn't want to live a lingering life in his twilight years.

He wanted to rise up, and...Zhao Quan himself knew that although Hu Zongguang sacrificed his life to save him from this serious illness,...his own vitality was gradually drying up.

There is not much time left for Zhao Quan to play shame!So Zhao Quan didn't want to leave Taiyuan. He said to Li Zhun: "I raise the soldiers of the whole country, and I don't believe that I can't defeat Liao!"

"Your Majesty!" Hearing Zhao Quan's words, Li Zhun became anxious. He said, "Your Majesty... how easy is it to raise the whole country's soldiers? Not to mention that there are bandits in the south, and Tubo in the southwest did not surrender, even if they defeated the Liao Kingdom. ...I'm afraid the gain outweighs the loss!"

"Then according to Qing's opinion, how should we deal with it?" Zhao Quan's ambition was mostly dispelled by Li Zhun's words, so he asked weakly.

Li Zhun replied: "Your Majesty, I can only see that it is better to raise the soldiers of the whole country..."

"You mean Xiao Mo?" Zhao Quan shook his head and said, "I promised him that after the filial piety period, I will let him marry the princess!"

Li Zhun said: "Your Majesty knows the lesson! Ziheng has the world in mind, and the Emperor has an order, so he will definitely not give up..."

"But you are not joking!" Zhao Quan is old after all, and after returning from the ghost gate, he has thought too much, one is the world, and the other is Yunxue.

He decided that he owed Yun Xue a lot in his life, so this time he couldn't break his promise and transfer Xiao Mo out again, delaying Yun Xue's wedding.

Hearing Zhao Quan's words, Li Zhun never imagined that Zhao Quan didn't want to use Xiao Mo. Li Zhun was so anxious that Li Zhun knelt down in front of Zhao Quan, and persuaded him, "Your Majesty...Bai Lian Teaching an army of hundreds of thousands is nothing more than a loach in Ziheng's hands, and it will be wiped out in ashes! Even though the Liao Kingdom is strong, I believe that as long as Master Xiao comes to Taiyuan, he will definitely win the Liao Kingdom..."

Zhao Quan didn't speak, but still persisted.

Li Zhun continued: "Your Majesty, the world belongs to the Emperor. I also believe that the princess is filial, so I will definitely understand the Emperor and Master Xiao. A man stands between heaven and earth and cannot defend his home and country. What is the difference between a man and a walking dead? What Master Xiao said to the soldiers, and... I also know that Master Xiao couldn't wait to return to the capital from Luzhou, hoping that the Emperor would allow him to help the Emperor complete this great cause for thousands of years!"

Having said that, Li Zhun has said all that should be said, and Zhao Quan can only wait for Zhao Quan to think about the rest.

Zhao Quan thought for a long time, and then asked leisurely: "You think Yunxue...would hate me?"

Seeing that Zhao Quan seemed to be relieved, Li Zhun couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and then said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the princess is extremely filial. Besides, the royal affairs are also the princess's affairs. Why do you hate it?"

Hearing Li Zhun's words, Zhao Quan slowly closed his eyes, then waved his hand to signal Li Zhun to back down.

Li Zhun couldn't see Zhao Quan's thoughts, so he had to go back to the barracks sullenly.

Because of this, Li Zhun was so worried that he couldn't sleep well all night, and he didn't wake up until noon the next day, but he received an imperial edict from Zhao Quan, saying that he should at least return to Beijing!

Upon hearing this, Li Zhun immediately ordered the soldiers to strictly guard the Xinzhou camp, and then he rushed to Taiyuan to see Zhao Quan off.

In the capital city in early summer, the sun is shining brightly.

On the road to the east of the capital, a pair of soldiers and horses were walking slowly towards the west.

The two leaders, a man and a woman, each held weapons. After walking for a distance, the man said to the woman: "General Hu, congratulations to your younger brother for being promoted to General Gao and guarding Shandong! This time the court will send you and me back to Beijing. The day we meet is not far away..."

The female general is Hu Sanniang, and the male is Lu Zuo. Hearing Lu Zuo's words, Hu Sanniang said: "Just like him, he is still a general..." In her tone, Hu Sanniang didn't seem to be very interested in her younger brother, and then talked about Xiao Mo on his body: "General Lu, is it Master Xiao's intention to send us back to Beijing this time?"

Lu Zuo shook his head, and then said: "To be honest, I don't know much about it... I just heard that Brother Ruan Xiao Qiruan, who followed Lord Xiao with me, died in battle..."

Hu Sanniang also met Ruan Xiaoqi, and knew that Ruan Xiaoqi, Lu Zuo and Yang Hong were all Xiao Mo's bodyguards, but now they are all generals, so she said to Lu Zuo, "General Lu, please mourn..."

Lu Zuo didn't look too sad, he said to Hu Sanniang: "Master Xiao said, Lord Mo laughs drunk on the battlefield, how many people have fought in ancient times! War is cruel, and Lu has already taken life and death very lightly... Qilang was able to die on the battlefield, this is his destination, how can there be mourning?"

Lu Zuo is good at resourcefulness, and he speaks in a polite way, which makes Hu Sanniang a little disgusted. Hu Sanniang is a down-to-earth woman who likes to speak straightforwardly, which has something to do with her background as a bandit.

But for Lu Zuo's resourcefulness, Hu Sanniang still admires it!In the past, Xiao Mo existed in Shandong, and it was not Lu Zuo's turn to make suggestions. Later, after Xiao Mo left Shandong, he pacified the White Lotus Sect army in northern Lu. As a military adviser, Lu Zuo fully demonstrated his resourcefulness.

(End of this chapter)