Thousands of iron cavalry are surrounded by the red dust, and go to the sky and swallow the sky.

The golden sword and snow are turned, and the leopard embroidered flag wind is embroidered.

He returned to the heavenly palace and then entered the border and entered the Emperor Cong.

Only Heyuan and Liaohai are all under their command now.

Gift to the sidelines

Tang Dynasty: Shi Jianwu

——I am the dividing line—

On the wall of the Hanguang Hall, as the ambassador of the various gates and the young Yin of Jingzhao, Mengqian, was also watching the fireworks that were constantly ignited outside the city with cold faces. They were traces of the raging cavalry from Shatuo and other troops.

In the past, the vast northern gardens with vegetation and green onion; after the arrival of the rebels, the many imperial properties, other industries, and the military farms and livestock stables that were opened were almost impossible to be preserved at this moment.

Although the elderly, weak, women and children escaped from time to time, they were soon chased by small groups of Hu cavalry. After chasing, intimidating and kicking to the ground one by one, they were calmly cut off the heads of these exhausted poor people.

Only a few young women were left behind and were knocked down like animals and tied up on the horse's back. Then they shouted at the top of the city with their unknown words, and slowly left.

However, there was silence on the top of the city, because several generals of the new dynasty who violated military orders and led their personal soldiers to attack without authorization, were unable to chase after the robbed relatives of the army after they asked to open the city gate:

Instead, Hu Qi was ambushed in the Beiyuan forest and rushed forward, but none of them could escape back. Instead, they turned into a temporary Jingguan piled up outside Xuanwu Gate with only one arrow, with hundreds of heads piled up.

"On the day when the city was defeated, the land and the common people returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the children of gold and silk returned to the Uighurs, and I will take them all..."

Meng Qi suddenly remembered the Emperor Suzong who claimed to turn the tide. After tens of thousands of king-supporting troops followed the "contemporary Zhao Kuo" and verbally knew the soldiers, Fang Wan, the famous prime minister who was defeated and destroyed Xiangji Temple, was still promised to the Uighur envoy.

However, this time the offensive and defensive transfer was like a completely wrong character; I have to say that this is really a great irony and anti-mockery.

Meng Qi was thinking a lot, and saw a dull and dull feeling suddenly becoming a little panicked and noisy:

"Empress..."

"Hello Empress Cao..."

"Queen Jin An..."

"See the Central Palace..."

"Big hall, hall, I'm a mole..."

.....

Meng Qi also quickly turned around and met a military uniform and looked heroic and brave. Empress Cao and her group were rushing in from the front and behind. Then she said in a whisper:

"I have never known the Empress is what the heart of the people should do. I should be in charge of the inner palace and think that the center is stable, so why bother with your body and be in danger?"

"What nonsense is this? Compared to the scholars and people who suffered outside the city, there are some people who are considered to be in danger on the wall of the heavy army in this city."

Queen Cao disagreed.

"Xiao Meng, have you learned this kind of official style in front of me? Isn't that the slutty and soft-legged guy who just holds the children and hides in the palace and crys?"

"I followed the king to travel around the world, and I broke through many battle formations from the sea of ​​blood. I have never eaten the pain, I have never suffered, and I have never suffered any fatigue, and I have not seen any scenes..."

"Aren't it just a group of Hu Mazis recruited by the old dynasty? Are there quite a few killed in front of the formation in Henan? Are there tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, tens of thousands of subordinates, and even the people who are several times more likely to be scared?"

"All cheer up, are you still big men? Are you not as good as me, a woman? Or is the king who is not here, you are all in vain and lose your spirit and courage? Did those Hugou scare you with some tricks?"

Speaking of this, Empress Cao became more and more majestic and said:

"Grandmaster forgives the sin..."

"It's not that, Empress..."

"Please give me some advice?"

The death of these generals on the city wall became like they were broken and they became terrified and said:

"Okay, Xiao Meng, you are the first person to guard the city designated by the emperor. Can we trust you?"

Queen Cao then said with a look of expression:

"But please give me instructions... Xiao Mengwei went there for a long time."

Meng Qi quickly bowed and said:

"Then let us use the expedient granted by the king to deliver all the safety of this city and the recruitment of all the military and civilians to prepare for the enemy to you."

Queen Cao immediately said loudly as if she was relieved:

"In addition, I also brought money and silk from the palace to reward all things, and I also brought three thousand guards from the two palaces to help and listen to them."

"Thank you, the believers of the Empress, but these two palace guards are the guards left by the king. They must not be separated from their duties very much."

Now Meng Qi could no longer bow down and quickly stood up and advised sincerely:

"You are wrong. If tens of thousands of people in the outer land cannot be protected, what can the use of relying on thousands of banned guards?

Queen Cao waved her sleeves firmly and resolutely:

"It's just to fight for us women to serve the hard work? Besides, I have other arrangements, and these guards are also the choice for you to supervise the formation;"

"Since the king's palaces are the first to work hard to defend, shouldn't the many families of princes and nobles enthroned by the Great Qi in the city be allowed to follow, family generals, troops, and Ding Zhuang serve the army together? These palace guards are your trust and witnesses."

While speaking, Empress Cao once again asked someone to bring up a newly written edict and handed it to Meng Cai.

"The Empress thinks carefully and understands thoroughly. I...My..."

And after a sudden realization, the complex expression of inexplicable and enviousness, and Meng Qi, who was attracted by his eyes, could only bow to the ground again and choke in his sobs:

"If other people have any dissent, you can volunteer. Don't waste your time and regret it afterwards, don't blame me for not being missed."

Empress Cao pretended to be careless and turned to scan the generals and officials present, and said coldly.

"Abide by the teachings of the Empress..."

"I should follow the order of the Empress..."

"What the Empress said is very...."

So many military generals and subordinates present could only hold various complex moods in their faces and helpless eyes, and bowed down together, which was considered to have accepted this unrestrained result.

However, not long after, Empress Cao, who walked down from the city, sat in the phoenix chariot that she was carrying twenty-four people, for a moment she was weak and she could no longer stand up;

The originally radiant pink and white glaze shiny complexion also became dim with the powder gullies washed by sweat. She waved her hand weakly, and a standing palace servant came forward to free her quite heavy military uniform.

Another female official presented the prepared tea soup. After Queen Cao drank it in a few gulps, she slowly returned to a trace of normal color from her gray face. Seeing that she had recovered from this breath, the female official spoke carefully:

"After the central palace condemns the two inner guards, the emptiness of the palace guards is as to what to do with it..."

"Of course, just shrink the guards and concentrate on guarding a few key points."

Empress Cao waved her hand disapprovingly

". Anyway, the remaining people in the king's harem, how big a show should be maintained?. It is enough to be able to take good care of the two little kings and the pregnant Yuchi family. This time, I will be invited from Yichun Palace to reunite for a while."

The female official's eyes flashed for a moment before she became a little clear again; this was obviously the proposal and plan of the empress in the central palace, but it was also a means of open conspiracy that could not be refused.

But when she entered the big house with the brigade and invited Queen Cao to the present; when she looked at the other person who had left through the shining bead curtain, she said to a young official who was approaching:

"Yuchen, let's notify Cao's family, it's time for them to put some effort into my central palace..."

As the person who has been following Huang Chao for many years and has managed and settled the back house for him, the Cao family will naturally not lack the corresponding forces and followers who have gathered together.

In addition, because she often had to come forward to reconcile and deal with the family problems among some rebel generals, and even adopted and raised the women and children who had abandoned the Huang clans after they fought in various places.

Therefore, among the middle and low-level generals and their families in the former rebel army, she also had considerable influence and information channels; just to reassure her men, she did not deliberately or take the initiative to use these resources.

However, after experiencing so many things, especially the court disputes and crises caused by Huang Chao's sudden fall, she also felt as if she had realized it suddenly and began to secretly arrange and plan for herself in the name of supporting her mother's family.

Especially after getting the cheap son-in-law in the south, the stable daily income on the surface and some special items privately involved, it will naturally not be idle.

In the city, she secretly arranged several armed forces in the name of the Cao family's entourage, family generals, and personal followers, in order to prevent any casual matters. Now, it was time for her to "select" these people into her central palace for escorts.

——I am the dividing line of my mother’s family—

Outside Jiangling City, Zhou Huaian also looked at the huge city vaguely on the riverside, and the city walls that looked like they were changing with each passing day and became more prosperous.

Of course, a large part of the prosperity is the result of the consumption power represented by the soldiers in batches, as well as the continuous direct or indirect investment of corresponding spoils from Jiangdong.

Another reason is that Jiangling, as a transportation line through water and land, gradually extends and connects Shannan to the north, Xiajiang to the west, Hunan and Liangling to the south, Annan, Jiangxi to the east, and Jiangdong to the east; the natural central city effect.

Therefore, the city yards that Zhou Huaian alone can see this side are enough to accommodate as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people; and most of them are generally new-quality "high-rise" buildings with a utilization rate of more than 5 and 6 floors by using formal construction methods.

Among them, even obvious appearances were made. A medium-sized theater, as well as several trading markets of different sizes and functions, as well as special fangqu layouts in the surrounding areas, were built.

However, Zhou Huaian could only temporarily separate from the seasickness and various inappropriate women; because he could not stop here and continued to go along the Han River to the other end of the dual central area dozens of miles north of the Han River - Xiangyang City.

Because compared to the situation that had been reduced to the inside, there was news about the Shatuo cavalry that he was concerned about and caring about.

ps: It's time to calculate the royalties at the end of the month again, I'm really upset
Chapter completed!