Chapter 258: Don’t love red dress and armed

The Xia Kingdom Imperial Palace in Mingzhou City, Wanchun Palace, and Xia Kingdom Imperial Palace are probably the most shabby palace among the 36th and 72nd dust in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. It is said that it is an imperial palace, but it is just a seven-entrance courtyard. Not to mention the house of the Duke and Marquis, even the house of the local rich man in the countryside is larger than that of Dou Jiande's Wanchun Palace.

Dou Jiande was a wife and a concubine, and Empress Cao had only a dozen maids. There were no eunuchs in the entire palace, nor did the so-called three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. Whenever Dou Jiande captured the town and defeated his opponent, he would give the rewards to all generals together, and he would not want any of his own things. He would not eat meat, and he would eat only vegetables and peeled corn and rice on a daily basis. His wife Cao did not wear silk clothes, and his wife had only a dozen maids. After entering Liaocheng, he obtained thousands of palace maids, all with beautiful appearances and dismissed immediately.

It was already the time to hold the lights, but there were dozens of soldiers standing outside Wanchun Palace unexpectedly, causing the police officers of Wanchun Palace to be exhausted. Not only were the maids in the palace driven out, but even the guards with a slightly higher position were blocked outside the palace today. Although the size of the Wanchun Palace is less than one-tenth of Li Yuan's martial virtue, Wanchun Palace is empty at this time, because at this moment, there are only Empress Cao, Princess Dou Xianniang and Song Zhengben in Wanchun Palace.

Song Zhengben's arrangement is very meaningful, because the matter is important, there must be no rumors from outsiders. Chen Ying led a 50,000 infantry, cavalry, water and land army, and was coming towards Mingzhou. Chen Ying deployed a two-wing formation, with more than 10,000 cavalry from the Zhechong Mansion led by Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui as the two wings of the army, and more than 3,000 large and small ships were used as the arrows.

After learning that Liu Ya, the general manager of Liyang, Dong Kangmai, the general manager of Xiangzhou, sent his general Xu Zhong to lead three thousand soldiers to Zhangqiu, and lined up with Yongji Canal, intending to stop Chen Ying's army from heading north.

Afterwards, Dong Kangmai dispatched more than 10,000 troops and followed closely, leading Xu Zhong's support. However, before Chen Ying's army arrived in Zhangqiu, Luo Shixin led the cavalry and cavalry cavalry and lances to kill the army. Xu Zhong's army jumped out of Yongji Canal, and thousands of drowned, and more than 800 people ran back to Xiangzhou in a panic.

Just as Xu Zhong met with Dong Kangmai, the cavalry and lances of Luo Shixin's troops lined up again into dense cavalry walls to attack Dong Kangmai's troops. As a result, Dong Kangmai's troops had arrows like rain, but they failed to stop Luo Shixin's troops from advancing. Instead, they were killed by the cavalry and lances of the troops and collapsed. The entire army was more than 160 miles from Zhangqiu to Xiangzhou. As a result, Dong Kangmai's troops had more than 13,000 troops, and less than 3,000 people returned to Xiangzhou City.

Dong Kang, the general manager of Xiangzhou, did not give up and sank a large number of ships into the Yongji Canal. These sinkings blocked the waterway and temporarily delayed the momentum of Chen Ying's army's advance. However, Chen Ying was not a fool. If he wanted to crack the shipwreck in the Yongji Canal, he would only spend some effort at most.

With the strength of Dong Kangmai's troops, Xiangzhou may not be able to defend Xiangzhou. Once Xiangzhou is lost, Xiangzhou will be only more than 300 miles away from Mingzhou. If Chen Ying cleared the shipwreck in the river, it would probably take two days before Chen Ying's army could arrive at the city of Mingzhou. As Nayan (Prime Minister), Song Zhengben was anxious at this time: "Empress, Chen Ying's army will arrive at the city of Mingzhou soon. For the safety of the empress's daughter, I ask the empress to move to escape the summer and enjoy the longevity!"

Dou Jiande first embarked in Leshou County, Yingzhou, and later took over Mingzhou in the second year of Wude, and then moved the capital to Mingzhou. Now the situation is in danger, Song Zheng originally wanted to let the Queen Cao move to Leshou under the banner of avoiding the summer vacation!

"Chen Ying is only 50,000 infantry and cavalry. It's enough to send a general to attack. Why do we have to do it for the boats and cars in our palace?" At this moment, Cao's family didn't look a little afraid at all, but instead smiled faintly: "It's getting late, and Song Nayan will still be in charge of government tomorrow. Look at you, after this period, people have lost a lot. Go back early to rest!"

Cao and Dou Jiande are poor couples, and they have seen true feelings in times of adversity. Although Cao did not have great insight and no outstanding strategies, she knew that she could not leave at this time. Once the Empress of Xia did not see the Tang army and fled immediately, this would be a fatal blow to the morale of the people of Xia, Hebei.

Song Zhengben smiled bitterly and said, "Empress, you can't afford to be your phoenix body anymore. Please move to Leshou!"

The princess Dou Xianniang beside Empress Cao said, "It's easy to move to Leshou, but then what?"

"Then……"

When Song Zhengben heard this, he was stunned.

Yes, you can go directly to Yingzhou along Yongji Canal. But so what if you arrive at Yingzhou? You can't stop Chen Ying, or you can't stop it.

At this moment, Dou Xianniang said again: "Is Master Song Na afraid of this young boy Chen Ying?"

"It's not that you're afraid, but that you really can't stop it." Song Zhengben said with a look of Qiqi's ambition: "Chen Ying is unparalleled in infantry and cavalry, and cavalry are rare in the world, so it's impossible to compete with you!"

At this moment, Dou Xianniang said, "Mother, although the son minister is not a man, he is willing to lead his army to fight and not drive the Tang gang back, and he will not stop his troops!"

"The stitches are not allowed--"

"No-"

The voices of Empress Cao and Song Zhengben sounded at the same time and spoke at the same time to stop them.

Empress Cao glanced at Dou Xianniang, smiled bitterly, and said to Song Zhengben: "The situation in the capital is still shocked by Song Nayan. You, a woman who is not married, can you make a living by using swords and guns? Besides, Princess Pingyang has not led the army to fight during this period. If you really want to help your father," Empress Cao also knew that Dou Xianniang had always been dissatisfied with Li Xiuning, but Li Xiuning is a rare female hero in the ages, but Dou Xianniang is a flower bud that has not yet been in trouble.

However, Empress Cao also had a headache for this princess Dou Xianniang who was loved by many people.

Dou Xianniang never likes Nu Hong, but likes to dance with swords and guns. It is enough to have a Princess Pingyang in the world, Dou Xianniang is so reckless.

Song Zhengben stroked his fake beard under his chin and squinted his eyes and said, "Your Highness Princess, if you lead the army to fight, you might as well lead the army to protect the queen from the summer vacation."

Just when Song Zhengben was in a dilemma, he suddenly remembered a key question.

Since Dong Kangmai can use a shipwreck to block Chen Ying from heading north, it is better to sink more ships into Yongji, thereby dragging Chen Ying's army forward.

Empress Cao still had no intention of moving. Seeing that she could not persuade Empress Cao, Song Zhengben had to put his ideas on Dou Xianniang.

As long as you can talk about Dou Xianniang, you can talk about Empress Cao.

Song Zhengben went through all his words and finally fooled Dou Xianniang to command three thousand soldiers and protect Empress Cao to the north.
Chapter completed!