The large army has arrived, so Chu Younan is not afraid even if a battle breaks out. At the same time, the news that Chu Younan has arrived at the border town has also spread to the capital.

Chu Youyang was finally relieved now. You know, when he heard that the northern army was approaching, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep for three days and three nights, and his mouth was full of blisters.

Since hearing the news, Chu Youyang has developed a new habit of going to Kunning Palace to pay tribute to Su Bei. Of course, outsiders don't know about this.

“Third sister-in-law, I know you must be unwilling to die at a young age, but you must protect the Wu Kingdom for the sake of your children. Otherwise, what will happen to your children if a war breaks out?” Chu Youyang knelt in Kunning Palace with a pillow from Su Bei in front of him.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm not doing this for my child. I'm just a regent. Even if a war breaks out, people won't target my child, right? They will definitely break into the palace and take your child, right?"

Chu Youyang was chatting with "Su Bei" by himself, but he didn't know that a little palace maid was shivering in the inner room.

Ruan Tianyao already knew that Su Bei was not dead, and thought that she would come back eventually, so she sent a young maid from her palace over today to see what needed to be repaired or added to Kunning Palace.

Who would have thought that Chu Youyang came just a while after the little palace maid came in. The palace maids and eunuchs of Kunning Palace were tactful enough to leave, but no one told the little palace maid, so she was blocked inside.

People are prone to making mistakes when they are afraid. For example, the little palace maid kicked a stool without paying attention.

Chu Youyang outside was suddenly shocked...

"Third sister-in-law, you're back?" This was Chu Youyang's subconscious reaction.

There were a lot of things to do during the worship, but when it came to seeing a ghost, Chu Youyang was more frightened than anyone else. Anyway, he was the only one in Kunning Palace, so he didn't have to be afraid and just sat on the ground.

Did the little palace maid dare to speak? If she went out at this time, she would be beaten to death, so she had to find a place to hide first.

If you want to hide, you have to move, and if you move, you will inevitably make some noise. Chu Youyang, who was outside, was almost scared to death, and he immediately started to howl like a ghost, "Third sister-in-law! Third sister-in-law! We have always had a good relationship, don't scare me! I haven't done anything to let you down over the years, and I treat Jinrong very well. I haven't made her angry at all recently!"

The movement stopped.

The little maid hid herself.

Chu Youyang thought his words had worked, and he quickly ran out, crawling and rolling.

Of course, as soon as he walked out of the main hall, Chu Youyang quickly stood up and pretended nothing had happened.

How could he, the regent, be seen in such an embarrassing state by his servants?

The little palace maid finally breathed a sigh of relief and was so scared that she quickly ran to the Cining Palace.

border town.

The army in the north was already ready to move. Qu Liu tried to poison Yao Shang, but the two of them were incompatible. How could Yao Shang eat the things he sent? He failed to poison him and was instead poisoned by Yao Shang.

This poison is called Heart-piercing and Bone-eating. As long as Qu Liu has the idea of ​​dealing with Yao Shang, he will feel pain all over his body.

But Qu Liu was a vengeful person and could not deal with Yao Shang, so he thought of another shady trick. He wrote a letter directly to Bei Yanming, saying that Yao Shang might have colluded with people from the Wu Kingdom, so he had done something bad to him, the great general.

Bei Yanming was suspicious by nature and was afraid that someone would betray him, so he immediately wrote an imperial decree ordering everyone to obey Qu Liu, and those who disobeyed would be executed on the spot.

In this way, Qu Liu regained the military power and immediately prepared to go to war.

If this kid can win a great victory, he will definitely be valued by the Underworld Emperor. By then, Yao Shang will have to work so hard, but still be suppressed by him. Wouldn't that be so frustrating?

So Yao Shang came up with a good idea.

Qu Liu was completely unaware of this, and led his army towards the border town of Wu State in high spirits.

Although Chu Younan led the army in person, it would not be a good idea for him to compete with the generals for credit right away, so when the two armies fought for the first time, he still sent General Jiang.

General Jiang had never fought such an easy battle in his entire life.

Each side sent out an army of 200,000. Before the battle, General Jiang had already thought about how he was going to fight, but something suddenly happened on the other side.

God knows what the general on the other side was doing, he actually killed several deputy generals in front of the battle! In fact, it's not just God who knows, this matter is clear to Yao Shangmen.

He cast a poison on several deputy generals, so when the two armies were facing each other, those deputy generals suddenly told Qu Liu in front of the battle line that they were afraid they would lose and asked him to fight another day.

In front of the two armies, saying such words would not only bewitch the soldiers' morale, but also deceive the soldiers. Qu Liu immediately ordered his men to execute several deputy generals.

His purpose was to eliminate all those who were deceiving the army and rally their morale. Who knew that this move actually angered the soldiers. They threw down their weapons and said that they would not do it. If you come up and kill the deputy general, wouldn't that boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige? Qu Liu was a little overwhelmed and hurriedly cleaned up the mess and withdrew his troops.

"General Jiang, why did the enemy withdraw their troops before the battle even started?"

Jiang Liu looked into the distance, puzzled, "Don't let your guard down, maybe this is a trick of the other party!"

Not only did he order the 200,000 troops in front of the battlefield to be on high alert, he also ordered the remaining 600,000 troops to guard all directions to prevent the enemy from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

It turned out that his caution was correct, because Yao Shang's purpose was not to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of his own. When Qu Liu led his troops to the battle, he drew out 100,000 elite soldiers and attempted to launch a surprise attack from the flank.

If General Jiang had withdrawn his troops and returned to the city to celebrate his victory, the Wu Kingdom would have been caught off guard. Fortunately, he was very vigilant and did not let the northern soldiers gain an advantage in this battle. Instead, all of Yao Shang's 100,000 elite troops were annihilated.

The initial battle was a victory, with the Ukrainian State suffering few casualties, while the Northern Land lost 100,000 elite soldiers and several deputy generals.

Yao Shang was not discouraged, and immediately wrote a letter to inform Bei Yanming of today's situation.

As written in the letter, Qu Liu indiscriminately killed the deputy general in front of the army, causing the army to lose its morale and even lose 100,000 elite soldiers.

These two people reported on each other, and Bei Yanming had no idea what happened between them. Anyway, the final result was a great defeat in the first battle and the loss of 100,000 elite soldiers.

"Pass the order down and let Qu Liu fight again. If he loses again, don't blame me for taking his head!" Bei Yanming said angrily.

The imperial edict soon reached the border town.

Qu Liu was very troubled by this. Victory and defeat are common in the military. Now the enemy has an army of 800,000, while they only have 700,000. They are already at a disadvantage. No one can be sure of winning.