Outside Shanzhou City, there was silence, but the dark, endless barracks filled the whole world with a strong chilling atmosphere.

"Brother Hu Xian, I still can't believe that Li Xun really gave you his man. These are five thousand elite cavalry. He really dared to take risks."

Wang Deping said with emotion.

Wang Deping was Xu Chengliang's subordinate. He had a explosive personality and fought extremely bravely. After the city was defeated, he broke out and escaped, but got separated from the brigade and was finally recruited by Hu Xian. His official position was Zhonglang General, which was more senior than Hu Xian's.

Much higher, but after a series of events, Wang Deping deeply admired Hu Xian. In the Langzhou ambush battle, Hu Xian was able to take control of the military at the most critical moment because of Wang Deping's great efforts, and the two became brothers of life and death.

Hu Xian said in a deep voice: "The greater the risk, the greater the reward."

Wang Deping shook his head: "I just didn't expect that Li Xun could be so courageous, but after listening to your one-sided words, I made a decision so quickly."

Hu Xian remained silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Those who achieve great things must have decisiveness and courage that surpass ordinary people."

Wang Deping said in surprise: "You mean, Li Xun can become a big success in the future?"

Hu Xian did not answer Wang Deping, but stared ahead. All his thoughts were focused on winning this battle and not letting himself down or letting Li Xun down.

"Master Xiaowei, my subordinates have already contacted the city. General Gu Yong said that as long as there is a fire outside the city, he will open the city gate, lead the entire army out of the city, and fight to the death with the Tubo army."

A scout rushed over and reported loudly.

Wang Deping chuckled and said, "Gu Yong is quite cautious!"

"It's a good thing to be cautious, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hold on now."

Hu Xian replied, looking towards Yuan He who was not far to the left, with a questioning look in his eyes.

Yuan He didn't speak, thought for a moment, and finally nodded. However, there was something strange about the way he looked at Hu Xian. This newcomer, who had just joined the army not long ago, actually persuaded Li Xun to change the entire battle plan.

He even asked himself to lead 5,000 elite cavalry, with Hu Xian as the general, bypassing De Zui and others, and attack Shanzhou.

There were less than five miles left from the Tubo camp outside Shanzhou City. Hu Xian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened his eyes again. There was only determination in his eyes. He silently drew out the sharp sword from his waist and opened his eyes.

With a squeeze, the horse sped up and rushed out. As he accelerated, more than 5,000 cavalry in the army followed, and began to speed up, rushing towards the Tubo camp five miles away.

The time has come, the ninth year and the seventeenth year of the ninth year of Taiping.

Fengjing.

Zhao Zhi sat there quietly, with his eyes closed, his chest heaving, and his face gloomy to the extreme. It was obvious that Zhao Zhi was in a very bad mood and was also very angry.

"Your Majesty, all the ministers are here."

Duke Mu came to Zhao Zhi, bowed and whispered.

Zhao Zhi opened his eyes, looked at the scattered memorials on the ground in front of him, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Duke Mu glanced at Liu Congxi, who understood and waved his hand. Several eunuchs quickly stepped forward, collected the memorials scattered on the ground one by one, and then retreated.

Zhao Zhi gathered his thoughts and then said softly: "Let them come in."

Hearing this, Duke Mu stood up straight. Although he was old, his voice was still loud: "Xuanzheng Shitang, Prime Minister Yang Binglin and other ministers entered the hall to meet the saint."

Longyou was defeated, Liangzhou and its states were lost, Xu Chengliang died in battle, the 50,000 Anbei army was defeated, Ma Wu was seriously injured and withdrew, Liu Zhigu, Gu Yong and others' lives and deaths were unknown, and a series of news were rushed for eight hundred miles.

The news reached Fengjing yesterday.

The government and the public were shocked. Zhao Zhi was so angry that he fainted and fell to the ground.

Late last night, Zhao Zhi woke up, worried about the situation in Longyou, and couldn't sleep anymore. As soon as it dawned, an emergency meeting was held to discuss matters in Longyou. However, what Zhao Zhi did not expect was that as soon as the meeting began, the Yang family

One party rose up to attack, impeaching Liu Zhigu for harming the country, a crime worthy of death.

The situation in the court was out of control, which made Zhao Zhi angry but also deeply worried. During the entire morning of the court meeting, Zhao Zhi did not say a word. After the court was dismissed, Zhao Zhi immediately lost his temper, but he did not curse anyone.

Zhao Zhi was a serious emperor, and he would never do anything that was detrimental to the emperor's demeanor. However, he did not say anything, but in his heart, his patience with Yang Binglin and the entire Yang family was on the verge of breaking out.

Soon, in addition to Liu Zhigu and other three prime ministers who had gone to their places, the other six people from the political affairs hall arrived, as well as Yang Binglin and other seven or eight important ministers who were second only to the prime minister.

"See Your Majesty."

Everyone bowed and saluted.

Zhao Zhi squinted his eyes and leaned weakly on the back of his chair. He didn't know if he heard the shouts of the ministers or if he looked at them. Anyway, he didn't say a word and just stayed motionless.

The ministers saw that Zhao Zhi had no reaction, as if he was asleep, but his eyes were indeed half-open. Everyone looked at each other with a look of astonishment on their faces. Yang Binglin stood up straight and looked up

After taking a look, Zhao Zhi half-squinted his eyes and couldn't tell where his gaze was focused, but Yang Binglin had an intuition that Zhao Zhi's gaze at this moment might have been focused on him.

Thinking of this, Yang Binglin's heart tightened, and he quickly took two steps back and stood aside, with his head slightly lowered, not looking or saying anything.

At this time, everyone also imitated Yang Binglin and stood on both sides, neither looking nor talking.

At this time, only Mu Gong standing aside could see that the two fingers of Zhao Zhi's right hand were tapping up and down. He knew that this was a little habit of Zhao Zhi. Whenever he was in a mood of uncertainty, he would

so.

Everyone didn't wait long. After a while, Prince Zhao Xun came in, nodded to everyone, said hello, and then raised his hands and said loudly: "I would like to inform my father, Wang Huailie, the governor of Chuzhou, and the governor of Yunzhou.

Send Huang to see you."

Zhao Zhi opened his eyes, and his stiff body suddenly relaxed a lot. He sat up straight and said loudly: "Xuan them to come in."

"Yes, Father."

Zhao Xun replied, and then waved to the eunuch next to him, who immediately walked out of the hall and went to summon Wang Huailie and Huang to come in.

Yang Binglin tilted his head, glanced at the eunuch's leaving figure, and frowned immediately.

After a while, Wang Huailie and Huang strode in and bowed to Zhao Zhi: "Your Majesty, Wang Huailie, Huang."

"My dear friends, you have worked hard all the way. Please come and give me a seat."

Zhao Zhi looked extremely happy with a smile on his face. He waved his hand and offered the two of them a seat.

For this kind of temporary discussion, ministers did not have seats. In the past, there were only two people, Yang Daosi and Liu Jie. Since the White Turban Rebellion, that is, starting from the first year of Taiping, because of their huge contribution to the country, Zhao Zhi made a rule.

In all discussions, no matter when or where, Yang Daosi and Liu Jie were given seats as a sign of honor. After them, Zhao Zhi never treated anyone so special, including the current left prime minister Li Zhong and right prime minister Yang Daolin.
Chapter completed!