"Who are you?"
Peng Yue's hands and feet were tied up, and only his mouth could move.
He stared at the woman holding a spear in front of him, frowning. He actually felt that the woman's face looked somewhat familiar.
"My father is the deputy commander of the Northern Army, Huang Zhaolin."
"King You asked you to lead the army on behalf of your father?"
Peng Yue couldn't help but frown even more tightly, "How can a woman be a general?"
"Ha." Huang Yuling thought that even a dog could not spit out ivory.
With a cold shout, he picked up a piece of cloth from the shelf nearby, crumpled it twice, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Peng Yue's eyes suddenly widened, and he kept making a "wuwu" sound from his mouth.
This is his foot cloth!
…
"Your Highness, the person has been brought back."
One hundred elite fighters from Tianshu Pavilion cooperated with Huang Yuling and others.
As early as before it got dark, they took a detour and lurked on the other side. The Northwest Army was careless and only paid attention to the movements of the army stationed in the north. They never thought that the team passing behind their own camp in the south was actually a disguised enemy.
They acted promptly, giving the Northwest Army no time to react.
In addition, the itching powder was used properly and almost no manpower was lost, and Peng Yue was successfully tied up from the Northwest Army tent.
Of course, this was more or less due to the cooperation of the Northwest Army itself.
Otherwise, when two armies are facing each other, how could it be so easy to kidnap their commander?
Arrived at King You’s camp on the north bank of the river.
The rag ball in his mouth was taken out, and Peng Yue took two deep breaths before he recovered.
Then he raised his head and looked at the man in front of him who was wearing black clothes and a jade crown, with handsome features and an air of majesty, as if he saw another majestic shadow in the other person.
His eyes froze for a moment, then he came back to his senses, his eyes suddenly darkened, "King You?"
"General Peng, how are you?" Qi Xu sat upright on the main seat, his eyes looking down at Peng Yue, who was kneeling on the ground with his hands and feet tied.
"Lord You, I am a second-rank military officer appointed by the emperor himself. If you arrest me privately today, you are defying the imperial court's orders and the emperor himself."
Peng Yue's face was solemn, and he asked solemnly, "Are you really going to rebel against your superiors? If you do this, will you be worthy of the emperor and Dayong? Have you ever thought about the teachings of the late emperor?"
The accusations from the commanding position made the people in the tent look angry.
Sitting in the main seat, Qi Xu remained as he did before, seemingly not angered by Peng Yue's words.
After Peng Yue finished speaking, he spoke:
"General Peng, ask yourself. You pacified the chaos in the three southwestern states, provided food relief, helped the areas affected by natural disasters, saved the people of Beiguan during the barbarian army's surprise attack, drove back the northern barbarians, promoted grain planting, and protected the people from the suffering of hunger..."
"My king, do I really feel ashamed of Dayong?"
"General Peng, check your conscience and decide who is the one who has let down the people of the world."
"Is it this king, or the imperial court, or the present emperor?"
Peng Yue was speechless after being asked.
Loyalty to the emperor was a mission engraved in his bones since the day he became an official.
But everything King You said was what he actually did for Dayong and the people, and it was good things that benefited the country and the people.
He could not refute this.
Compared with King You, what the court has done in recent years...
Let’s not talk about it.
Peng Yue lowered his head and said no more.
"General Peng is not for my use, so I will not force you."
Qi Xu's tone suddenly softened. Peng Yue raised his head slightly with a look of surprise.
Just when he thought King You was going to let him go, the man in front of him spoke up and said:
"Just watch me lead your 20,000 troops to march west, conquer Xiliang, and protect the western border of Dayong."
Hearing the confidence in the words of the person in front of him, Peng Yue fell silent again.
He had no doubt that these words could become reality.
The fighting power of the Northern Barbarians is far stronger than that of the Western Liang.
King You could even repel the Northern Barbarians, let alone a small country like Xiliang?
But it was precisely because of this that his heart began to waver for the first time.
At this moment, he didn't know whether his persistence was unreasonable.
…
Compared with the stubborn Peng Yue, the two deputy generals in the Northwest Army were obviously well-informed about King You taking over the army and leading them back together.
In fact, before the imperial transfer order was sent to the western border.
Upon hearing the news of victory in the north, they had already regarded King You as the "God of War" in their hearts.
Guarding the northern gate and repelling the northern barbarians is a merit that will go down in history.
If possible, they would also like to be in the army stationed in the north, under the command of King You, and fight alongside King You.
Now my wish has come true!
Without a single blow, 20,000 Northwestern Army troops defected.
The team, consisting of 30,000 troops stationed in the north and 5,000 of King You's army, finally nearly doubled in number.
Fifty-five thousand troops gathered together and headed towards the western border.
And all of this is currently unknown in Beijing.
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Capital city, imperial palace.
The once bustling Cining Palace has become increasingly deserted recently. Ever since the empress dowager fell ill, the servants in the palace have been replaced one after another, and some of them are even old people who have followed the empress dowager for a long time.
There was also the palace maid who was newly transferred to the Cining Palace. She was dragged away and beaten to death with sticks just because she accidentally raised her eyes a little too much when bringing the foot washing water and caught a glimpse of the empress dowager's slightly crooked face.
In the past, everyone thought that the Empress Dowager was kind and had plenty of money, and that working in the Cining Palace was a good job. But now, people try to avoid it.
When the palace maid and eunuch heard that they were going to be transferred to the Cining Palace to work, they were so scared that they burst into tears on the spot.
However, not everyone avoids the Cining Palace.
The second prince Qi Yao came very frequently. Every day after attending the morning court on behalf of Emperor Xiaoming, he would first come to the Cining Palace to have breakfast with the empress dowager and chat about some unimportant "family matters". He would stay in the Cining Palace for most of an hour before leaving.
"The Second Prince seems to be a filial son now." Xiu Lian, the only one beside the Queen Mother who had never been beaten or scolded by her, said silently while massaging the Queen Mother's shoulders.
"Ha." A sneer sounded.
There was a hint of sarcasm in the gloomy tone, "Do you think he is filial to me?"
"He just wanted to see if I had any good stuff that could help him get to that position sooner."
"You know everything, why do you still follow his wishes?" Nanny Xiu Lian asked somewhat puzzled.
"My Nan'er is dead."
The queen mother's face was filled with sorrow. After she sighed, she continued slowly, "There is nothing left in this world for me to miss."
"It was the late emperor and the Qi family who ruined my life."
"I am about to die, how can I let them go before I die!"
There was a hint of cruelty in the Queen Mother's eyes.
She was imprisoned in this deep palace all her life, separated forever from her lover and her bloodline and descendants.
Now it was time for her final revenge.
She wants to make the Qi royal family's fathers and sons kill each other, and brothers fight against each other, and completely destroy them!
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