Guo Xiao's burnt body was transported back to the capital. After Guo Boyan saw it, he immediately ordered someone to collect the coffin. No one in the Guo family was allowed to see it, including the grandmother of the Grandpa who cried to tears and Princess Duanhui. Then the Duke's Mansion began to perform rituals to save the prince who died bravely on the battlefield. Song Jianing was heavy and went to burn incense a few days later, but even in the royal palace, he could hear the crying from the Guo family.

The adults were in a heavy mood, Zhaozhao was more obedient than usual, staying quietly by her mother's side, and never acting coquettishly and pestering her to play with her.

Song Jianing sighed for a few days when Guo Xiao's death. As the grief of the Guo family gradually settled down, her thoughts were gradually occupied by her own trivial matters. The prince was worried about state affairs in the court, and he had to care about her body after returning home. She had to adjust her emotions as soon as possible and could not cause trouble for the prince. Then her daughter liked to learn to speak more and more...

"How is Zhaozhao looking?" The sunset was setting, and Song Jianing took his daughter to walk slowly in the yard. Since she became pregnant, she had to walk around every day.

"It looks good!" Zhao Zhao answered cleverly.

Song Jianing smiled and then asked, "Is Zhao Zhao fat or mother fat?"

Zhao Zhao looked at her mother's big belly, then at her little belly, and laughed: "Mom is fat!" Her mother's belly is more bulging than hers.

The mother and the mother happened to walk to the corridor. When Song Jianing looked up, he saw the prince bringing Eunuch Fu over. The man wore a jade crown and a white white robe, handsome as the breeze and bright moon. Song Jianing secretly observed the prince's expression. Seeing his brow stretched, he smiled at the mother and the mother while walking. Song Jianing felt relieved and guessed that the big things in the court were going smoothly today.

"Dad!" Zhao Zhao ran forward happily, and the man was short and could not step onto the corridor. He stretched out his little hand to ask his father to hug him.

The daughter was white and clean, beautifully like a little fairy child turned into by a crabapple flower. Zhao Heng bent down and easily lifted her daughter up.

"Why are you laughing?" Holding her daughter, Zhao Heng asked the princess in the corridor with interest.

Song Jianing nodded to his daughter and hummed intently: "Zhao Zhao said I was fat just now."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng couldn't help but take a look at her plump cheeks, which were white and red, and tender, especially after pregnancy, he was indeed a plump and fat beauty.

"The fat girl is beautiful." Holding her daughter's fat hand, Zhao Heng whispered to teach her daughter, and never hoped that his little princess would go hungry for her slender figure in the future.

"Fat Mom is beautiful!" Zhao Zhao looked at her mother and learned to speak seriously.

Fat mother... Zhao Heng smiled, looking at the princess opposite him leisurely. Song Jianing had been teased by his cousins, Fat sister, Fat Anan. This was the first time his daughter called Fat mother. He wanted to be angry and laugh, and glared at the culprit with anger.

Zhao Heng stepped down the corridor, hugged his daughter with one hand and held her hand with the other, and slowly walked to the main hall.

Neither of the couple mentioned the funeral at the Duke's Mansion. There was a lively and lovely daughter by his side. Song Jianing could not have imagined that others would have forgotten the war with the Liao Kingdom and stayed with his daughter wholeheartedly. He could only spend the whole day with him in the evening. As night fell, the wet nurse took the little princess away, and Zhao Heng focused on coaxing the princess.

After getting on the bed, Song Jianing leaned against the head of the bed, Zhao Heng knelt on the side, his head pressed against her bulging belly, listening to the movements of his dick.

Through his mother's belly, the little guy gently kicked his father.

Zhao Heng smiled and looked at her handsomely. He hadn't shown such a relaxed look for a long time. Song Jianing couldn't help but look at her for a while.

"The military news from the West Route has been taken down by Yingzhou." Zhao Heng sat next to her and hugged her and said.

Song Jianing was overjoyed. The Western Route Army was going to recover four states and Yingzhou was conquered, and only one Yunzhou was left. This was the first good news after the Eastern Route Army suffered a setback. No wonder the prince was so happy.

"Now the prince can sleep well." Song Jianing leaned against his shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief. Marrying a prince, state affairs are family affairs, and Song Jianing sincerely hopes that this northern expedition to Liao Kingdom will be smooth.

Zhao Heng pinched her hand and felt relaxed, but he didn't dare to let go completely. The three armies had to stare at each side.

Although Zhuozhou, where the Eastern Army was stationed, was at the lantern, the Privy Councilor Cao Yu and his generals did not sleep. They gathered in Cao Yu's mansion to discuss major events. The two armies on the western and middle roads made great achievements and made many military achievements. Only they suffered defeat and lost several months of food and grass. Even if the three armies merged to take Youzhou in the end, the contribution they gave to them on the eastern road might not be worthy of the previous crime of violating the emperor's order.

"Sir Cao, please tell me that we should continue to attack Youzhou!" A deputy general slapped the table and raised his neck and said dissatisfiedly, "The Liao army despicable burned our food and grass before, and we had to retreat. Now the food and grass have arrived. The Liao army divided 20,000 troops to attack the Western Army, and there are only 80,000 left in Youzhou. We will lead a 90,000 army to attack the city, so why are we afraid of?"

"Yes, Cao Shuai, we can only take Youzhou alone to atone for the merits and atone for the sins!" Others agreed.

Cao Yu frowned, rubbed his chin back and forth with his big hands, and as he touched it, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind. Guo Xiao. Guo Xiao is the eldest son valued by Guo Boyan, the prince of the Duan's mansion, and the prince-consort personally selected by the emperor for Princess Duanhui. If he did not have enough military achievements, the emperor would consider Guo Xiao's death to him...

"Send the order and attack Youzhou again tomorrow!" Cao Yu stood up and swept his eyes fiercely over the generals around him, "This battle is only allowed to win, not lose!"

"The last one will obey the order!"

With a decision, the next day before dawn, the eastern army led by Cao Yu went to Youzhou for the second time against the will of Emperor Xuande. Last time, the Liao general Yelu Xiong defended the city to avoid confrontation with the Great Zhou. This time, he had 80,000 cavalry under his command. As soon as he received the news, Yelu Xiong personally led his troops out of the city and stood in line.

Cao Yu was eager to make a contribution, but the Eastern Army had abandoned food and grass and whipped it up and attacked Zhuozhou and Youzhou in a row. After the food was cut off, he retreated back to Zhuozhou. He was brought over to attack the city without breathing. He was exhausted. How could he be the opponent of the Liao cavalry who was waiting for his work? One day, outside Youzhou City, the Great Zhou lost 20,000 troops. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Cao Yu immediately withdrew his troops and retreated back to Zhuozhou.

Yelu Xiong led his troops to pursue him relentlessly, so the Eastern Army had to retreat again and retreated to Yingzhou. Not only did he lose the land of Liao that had been recovered, but he also paid the dangerous mountains and rivers in the Zhou area north of Yingzhou, and only 30,000 troops were left. This was the result of the Liao army giving up and continuing to pursue and suddenly retreating, otherwise the Eastern Army might be wiped out.

When the trouble in Youzhou was lifted, Empress Dowager Xiao continued to lead the troops to support Weizhou in the middle. At the same time, Yelu Xiong also led 30,000 cavalry straight to Yunzhou in the west.

The news that the Western Route Army captured Yunzhou and the Eastern Route Army had suffered a crushing defeat, spread to the capital almost at the same time.

Emperor Xuande was furious and fainted on the spot, shocking the court and the civil and military ministers rushed to the side hall to treat the emperor. Emperor Xuan was angry and woke up as soon as he pinched the person. After waking up, he cursed Cao Yu and said all kinds of swear words, which was even more unpleasant than the rural villager, such as "killing his old mother".

"Father, please withdraw your troops. We don't want the fourteen states of Youyun. The most urgent task is to let the Liao Kingdom seize our city anymore!" Anger could not solve the problem, and the second prince, King Rui, advised him with a bitter word.

Emperor Xuande was about to smash something, but when he heard this, his arm froze in the air.

"Father, my son's advice." Zhao Heng said in a deep voice. The Liao Kingdom successively mobilized 200,000 troops to fight, and the 200,000 troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty have lost 70,000. If they do not retreat, the Liao Kingdom will defeat them one by one, and the consequences will be even more severe.

Emperor Xuande pinched his forehead, was irritated for a moment, suddenly stood up, forced himself to look at the map, temporarily changed the battle strategy, summoned him, and ordered the central army led by Han Da to retreat to Xiongzhou and resist the order, and joined with the remaining 30,000 troops under Cao Yu to resist the invasion of the Liao soldiers. As for the western route... Emperor Xuande clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Transfer my order to lead the people of the four states of Yunzhou to retreat together."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall looked at each other, Zhao Heng frowned and looked at Prime Minister Li He first.

Li He pondered and said, "Emperor, if the army leads the people, the marching speed will definitely slow down. Once the Liao soldiers catch up..."

Emperor Xuande looked at him coldly: "I attacked the Liao Kingdom to save the people of Youyun from the fire and water. Now Cao Yu violated his orders and broke my plan. I had no choice but to withdraw my troops, but I must not leave the people of Youyun and let him be bullied by the Liao Kingdom again. Pan Xun, Wang Sheng, and Li Jizong are all veterans on the battlefield and will not let my entrustedness down."

Li He lowered his head and listened, and understood that the Northern Expedition had been defeated. The emperor brought some people back and looked better.

"The emperor loves the people as much as his son, and it is a blessing for the people." Li He bowed and praised sincerely, and King Rui immediately agreed.

Emperor Xuande's lips were pursed tightly. At this moment, except for the sudden defeat of Liao Kingdom, no flattery could make him happy.

The will in the palace was quickly passed on.

The Western Route Army and generals received the order to retreat. Although they were unwilling to give up the few cities they had captured in vain, the situation was too urgent and there was no way. The commander Pan Xun and the supervisor Wang Sheng immediately arranged the arrangements. The soldiers were well-trained and gathered quickly, but some people in the four states were unwilling to leave, and it wasted time to drive the people away.

When they retreated to Shuozhou, the Liao army chased after him, only half a day away from the Western Army and the people.

The military supervisor Wang Sheng ordered the veteran general Li Jizong to lead 30,000 elite troops to face the enemy head-on, and they continued to retreat with the people.

Li Jizong was over fifty years old and had experienced many battles. He denied Wang Sheng's strategy and pointed to Chen Jiagu on the sand table and said, "The Liao army captured several cities in a row, and it is not suitable to fight with him. The terrain of Chen Jiagu is dangerous, so three thousand archers can be sent to ambush here and the cavalry can support it in the middle. Although it cannot retreat to the enemy, it can protect the people of the four states to retreat to Daizhou."

King Gong nodded, the old man's method is good.

Wang Sheng sneered: "General is a famous war god in our Great Zhou. He is an undefeated general who scared the Liao army in the mouths of the people. This time we have 60,000 elite troops, but the general shrank and did not dare to face the enemy. Could it be that seeing that our Great Zhou is going to be defeated, I don't want to have a too stalemate with the Liao Kingdom, so I can leave a way out?"

"Wang Sheng, don't swear!" King Gong suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Sheng's collar.

Wang Sheng almost resisted. Thinking that Prince Gong was the prince, Wang Sheng held his hand and held it back. He slanted Li Jizong and said, "The prince doesn't know anything, he is surrendering..."

He actually dared to be disrespectful to the old man. King Gong raised his hand, but just before his fist was smashed down, he was suddenly clenched.

King Gong stared back with his eyes.

Li Jizong shook his head at the son-in-law, put down King Gong's hand, and the veteran general over 50 looked at Wang Shengdao: "The general is worried too much. Since the general ordered me to send troops, I will all listen to the general's order. However, the general needs to leave three thousand archers to ambush in Chenjia Valley as we said just now, and then send cavalry to support him. In this way, he still has a chance of winning."

Wang Sheng hesitated that the Liao army did not come from one side. Li Jizong had taken away most of the elite troops and sent him another person, if...

"What, you don't want to?" King Gong asked coldly.

He helped the Li family, and Wang Sheng did not dare to directly wipe out the prince's face, so he had to respond first.

"Grandfather, I'll go with you." Li Mulan whispered.

Li Jizong knew that his granddaughter was worried about him, so he thought for a while and smiled: "Mulan and the archers will pick me up in Chenjia Valley."

If he did not allow his granddaughter to go, his granddaughter would definitely not agree, but this trip was dangerous, and Li Jizong would never want his granddaughter to be in danger.
Chapter completed!