The altar where Li Chongjiu led the generals to sacrifice to the sky in Bailang Mountain was still there.

The huge stones under the altar are written in May of the summer of the 14th year of Daye, there was Li Chongjiu, the governor of Youzhou in Sui Dynasty... Jishi Dexi, Donghu Jinghe, the group of Dingling in the Central Plains, 100,000 cavalry, and then ling Liaoshui... This is what is said to be a long-term effort, and a temporary expense, and a permanent life, so he sealed the mountain and published stones, and inscribed the word "Sheng De".

Xue Wanche thought that it was because Li Chongjiu broke 200,000 Khitans here and the Xi clan coalition, which was powerful outside the border, Youzhou, and the Xue family realized the purpose of his success.

Today, Xue Wanche and Wang Junkuo went deep into the hinterland of the Khitan with seven thousand elite cavalry, defeated countless enemies, and surrendered more than 100,000 of them. This battle was a great achievement.

The army arrived at the intersection of Bailang Mountain, but saw the war flames ignited in the distance.

Suddenly, he said to everyone: "After the army defeated the Khitan, Liaoxi County set up a fire pier here to convey the alarm."

When the generals heard this, they were relieved. Before the army arrived in front of Huodunzi, they saw a large camp in front of them, and the camp was full of soldiers and horses.

All the generals did not know the reason. Later, the soldiers and horses came out of the camp. It turned out that Li Chongjiu learned about Xue Wanche. After Wang Junguo decided to return from Bailang Mountain, he ordered the general Wang Mahan to lead three thousand troops to Bailang Mountain in Liaoxi County to pick up the army.

Knowing that it was a false alarm, the generals were relieved.

Youjing Linshuo Palace.

All the officials from the morning court went to the hall. In the past few days, the ministers were worried about Xue Wanche and Wang Junguo led 7,000 cavalry into the Huoershen grassland and lost their news for twenty days.

When they went to court, the ministers couldn't help but sigh a little.

In the classrooms of the Secretariat in the palace, there were more than a dozen officials on duty day and night, and they selected any military information about Huoer Shen from the memorials and submitted them to Li Chongjiu's place to visit immediately.

But the ministers stretched their necks, waiting for the sun and waiting for the evening, but they just couldn't wait for the military information coming from the front line.

Recently, folk rumors have been heard in Youjing. Rumors are about Wang Junkuo. Xue Wanche went deep into the army alone and pursued the Khitan enemy chief to the Xianbei Mountains. As a result, the troops and food were exhausted, and they were defeated by the Khitans and the Heishui Mohe. Seven thousand cavalry were wiped out, and Wang Junkuo was captured. Xue Wanche was killed.

The news is about the nose and eyes, the battle between the army and the names of several generals of the Expeditionary Army are vivid and vivid, and it is even more convincing when the army is invisible. There are many families of the Expeditionary Army in Youjing. They even believe in rumors and set up banners to pay tribute to their families.

The only news was Li Chongjiu, the two ministers of the Shangshu Pushe, and several confidant officials, who knew it was a rumor. Because Xue Wanche and Wang Junkuo sent the last military newspaper to see, they had decided to go south. The army rushed to Wuhuan Mountain and then returned to Liaoxi County from Bailang Mountain.

However, the military newspaper was extremely confidential, and except for a few confidant officials, everyone else knew nothing, so many people believed it after there was no real news.

The life and death of the expedition army was uncertain, and the court officials were also closely following the military newspapers of the Secretariat.

There are hundreds of military information sent to the Secretariat every day, but there is no news about the two of Xue and Wang. At this time, even the 70,000 main army of Guo Xiaoke and Zhang Xuansu, as well as the tens of thousands of Khitans in the southern affiliation, had already arrived in Yuyi Town, but there was no trace of the army deep into the Huoershen grassland.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of bad news, you are afraid of no news. The ministers present, such as Wang Gui, Chen Xiaoyi, Lu Chengqing, Wei Zheng, etc., have been through storms for a long time. Even if they are in a bad situation, they can deal with it, but there is no news at the moment, which makes them not know where to start.

The ministers of the court all looked at Wen Yanbo's expressions, but they saw that they were calm and composed before the court, without any strangeness. They knew that they could not see any clues. They could only look at Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan, two ministers of the Secretariat.

Ji Chuan has been cold for a few days, and his face is not good. Today, he is even more gloomy, as if others are owing him money. As for Xue Wanshu, although he didn't say anything, he saw his frowning, everyone knew that there might be no news in his heart.

"All officials enter the hall!"

As the eunuch shouted, the officials were divided into two rows of civil and military personnel, and entered the hall in sequence in sequence.

After the worship, Lin Dangfeng, the Minister of Revenue, reported to the summer grain of one prefecture and six counties in Hebei.

Lin Dangfeng seemed to be worried about military affairs and did not sleep well overnight. He said several mistakes on the spot. Lin Dangfeng was inevitably worried and sweated heavily on his forehead. Seeing that Li Chongjiu looked bad, even though he did not scold him, everyone knew that when there was no news from the expedition army, they were all sweating for Lin Dangfeng.

Lin Dangfeng finally talked about the tax on summer grain. Li Chongjiu said: "The Khitans have tens of thousands of people who have surrendered to them, and they are hungry. The treasury is now in short supply. The newly collected summer grain this year is the top priority..."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu looked at the ministers and frowned, and said immediately: "My dear friends, I know you are worried about the battle situation on the front line, but I am more worried than you. The life and death of the army is uncertain, and the great guru who set out to fight is even more lonely uncle. If you cannot break up for me, you should not bow your head in the court..."

Just as Li Chongjiu was talking, he suddenly rushed into the hall, but was stopped by the guards outside the hall.

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was interrupted when he was halfway through his words, he liked that he was the maid of the inner court, so he stretched out his palm and pressed it on the table.

When the ministers saw Li Chongjiu getting angry, they all bowed their heads.

Li Chongjiu took a deep breath and said, "This is the matter above the court, discussing a secret matter. As a maid, he was able to enter the hall directly. It was because the official on duty on duty in the inner court, and dragged the official Gao Sheng down to take thirty rods."

Gao Sheng, the inner court official outside the hall, changed his face slightly, and he couldn't help but say, "King Zhao, please..."

Just as Gao Sheng was about to explain, his body was suddenly squeezed away. The ministers were surprised and thought, can anyone in the hall be able to enter now?

When I saw the visitor, I suddenly realized that it was the seventh-rank chief officer who was on duty at the Secretariat. The chief officer went to the palace to report the responsibility for the emergency military situation.

Could it be that the two generals of King Xue have news? All the ministers have experienced it. If they don’t look at what the other party says, they will first guess whether they are happy or sad based on their expressions.

But seeing the other party's anxious look, I don't know what happened.

The seventh-rank master first accused him of guilt and presented a memorial covered with fire. Everyone knew that only Li Chongjiu was qualified to announce such memorial covered with fire. Anyone who dared to peek at him would be punished seriously.

No wonder this seventh-rank chief dared not demolish it personally, but presented it to the main hall.

Li Chongjiu asked, "Whose memorial?"

The head of the chief said: "The joint memorial of the marching commander of the North Sai Road and the Great Protector of Ruoshui Prefecture!"

As soon as this statement was made, almost all the ministers in the hall said. Not only did they get news, but they also sent memorials personally. In any case, it was much better than before.

"Take it!" Li Chongjiu sat back in his seat, waved his sleeves and said loudly.

In the lobby, the haze was swept away in a blink of an eye.

The head of the army handed over the memorial to the eunuch, who presented it to Li Chongjiu himself. Li Chongjiu took out the fire and read the memorial himself.

There was silence above the hall, and even the coughing sound was saved, just staring at Li Chongjiu's face.

But when Li Chongjiu saw the memorial at the end, he finally finished the memorial with a calm expression.

"Wen Aiqing." Li Chongjiu directly put the memorial, Wen Yanbo got up the steps, and Li Chongjiu took over the memorial with both hands.

The ministers Wen Yanbo did not shake his hands and took the memorial to read. When Wen Yanbo saw half of it, he put the memorial aside, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the two generals of King Xue succeeded, and from then on, the Khitan would not be a problem!"

When the ministers woke up, they tried their best to bow and bow with Wen Yanbo.

Li Chongjiu laughed loudly and said, "Please get up!"

Li Chongjiu looked at Gao Sheng, the inner court official who was still kneeling in front of the hall, and said, "Today, our army was very happy, but your crime cannot be defeated, so please get the punishment!"

The inner court official said, "Promise."

Just as Li Chongjiu was about to accept congratulations from all the ministers, the maid outside the hall, who was taken down by the guards, shouted: "General Gao is innocent, it was the maid who begged him. There is really an urgent matter!"

Li Chongjiu was surprised when he heard this. He looked carefully and recognized that the other party was the maid serving Yang Ehuang. He felt a trembling heart and said immediately: "Let that maid enter the palace!"

The maid immediately entered the hall and said to Li Chongjiu: "I know that it is a death sentence for trespassing into the hall, but please let the maid report that the queen suddenly fainted when she was walking in the back porch today."

"What?"

Li Chongjiu was slightly out of control.

When the ministers heard the queen fainted, they were all in a stir. Wang Gui immediately said, "The queen is the mother of a country, and her health is inconsistent, which is a major national event. I beg the king to stop the morning court and visit the queen immediately."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Wen, Wang and Chen, the three prime ministers, will the aftermath be done, if the queen returns within half an hour if nothing happens."

After saying that, Li Chongjiu strode away from the hall and headed straight to the harem.

But when I saw that in the harem, I was really busy, and the maid and the mother were in a hurry.

Li Chongjiu entered Yang Ehuang's bedroom, but saw Li Hu sitting on the collapse outside the hall looking anxious.

And Pingping, Shi Deyun hurriedly comforted Li Hu, who was also older, and everyone was afraid that he would be worried.

Li Chongjiu looked at Yang Ehuang's maid Fu Yi and asked, "Fu Yi, what's going on?"

Fu Yi was also anxious and crying, "I don't know why. The queen said she was tired these days. I said she wanted to ask a medical officer to treat her, but the queen said there was no need. She disturbed the king. I got up early this morning and I took a walk in the backyard with me. Suddenly I saw the queen..."

When I said this, I choked up my voice and couldn't continue to say anything.

Shi Deyun came forward and said, "Don't worry, husband, the queen is kind-hearted and will not be in trouble."

Li Ying looked at the adults with a helpless look, rubbing her and watching her, not knowing what had happened.

This was the step forward for the medical officer, Li Hu also stood up on the chair, and everyone rushed forward.
Chapter completed!