Shanhaiguan has been completely transformed inside and outside.
The rocks and high mountains are all covered with white snow, and the sky and the earth are the same color, shrouded in a vast white blanket of snow.
In the Kingdom of Jin, the last batch of Turkic soldiers and horses have returned to the court carrying the corpses of their own soldiers.
In this national war, it is difficult to tell who will win and who will lose, as the casualties are heavy.
The three countries have all accumulated strength for many years. There is some difference in strength, but it cannot be said to be too big.
In the end, the remains of the soldiers were left all over the place, and they withdrew from the battlefield unwillingly.
The last footprint was covered by the hazy heavy snow in the sky, gradually thickening and turning into a vast expanse of white again, as if no one had ever been there.
At the Yingzui Rock in Shanhaiguan, the Queen stands on the Yingzui Rock, wearing a plain white brocade dress and a thick snow-white cloak behind her back. The down on the cloak tightly wraps the Queen's snow-white neck.
The cold wind danced gently, caressing the queen's fair and flawless face.
The small and exquisite lotus feet, wearing cloud-walking shoes, tap lightly on the mouth of Yingzui Rock.
The Queen held up a pale white oil-paper umbrella depicting cold plums and proud snow, and looked towards the south of Shanhaiguan with her bright eyes.
Hui'er also held up a plain oil-paper umbrella, but compared to the Queen's gaze, Hui'er's eyes were looking at the surrounding snow-white Shanhaiguan, in case anything unexpected happened.
The Queen was silent for a long time, as if she was waiting for someone to arrive, just standing motionless with her delicate body.
I don’t know how long it took, but the snowflakes in the sky became even bigger, as if they were going to use up all the stock for the year, and the snow fell hard.
Two black spots appeared in the distance in the direction of the Kingdom of Jin, riding towards the wind and snow.
The black spot was far away, gradually getting bigger, and finally the horse's hooves penetrated deep into the snow and stopped a dozen steps away from Yingzui Rock.
It was Wanyan Chizha, King of Jinguo Town, and Yelv Mo, the Generalissimo of the 200,000-strong New Army.
The two of them glanced at the beautiful figure of the Queen standing on the Eagle's Mouth Rock, looked at each other, silently dismounted and walked towards the Queen, kneeling on one knee.
"Chen Wanyan is awesome!"
"Your Majesty Yelumo!"
"See Your Majesty."
The Queen was like an ice sculpture standing in the snow, not moving at all. When she heard the two people talking, her bright eyes closed slightly and her cherry lips opened slightly.
"General Yelu."
"I'm here!"
"You have let me down. Liu Mingzhi still led the army to retreat out of our Dajin hinterland. You have not completed my mission!"
Yelv Mo's face was a little gloomy. Queen Mingzhi could not see it but she nodded silently: "I deserve death for my crime. I failed to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty. I am willing to accept any punishment!"
The Queen finally made some movement and turned her head slightly to glance at Yelv Mo.
"What about the post-war memorial?"
Yelv Mo took out an exquisite memorial from his sleeve and held it in his hand: "I have already prepared it. Your Majesty will take a look at it."
Hui'er took the memorial and handed it to the Queen's hand with a wink. She took the umbrella handle from the Queen's hand with one hand and held the oil-paper umbrella against the wind and snow.
The Queen took the memorial and slowly looked through it. After a long time, the Queen frowned slightly, with a flash of regret, she gently folded the memorial and handed it to Hui'er.
"Get up!"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
"Uncle Emperor, please forgive me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The queen slowly turned around and walked down Yingzui Rock to look at Yelv Mo.
"Yelu Aiqing, are you saying that Liu Mingzhi has already withdrawn his troops and garrisoned them in Songzhou before you encountered him?"
Yelv Mo nodded helplessly: "Exactly, I originally thought that Liu Mingzhi would take advantage of the lack of troops in our border city to attack and capture half of our border city in one fell swoop. I and Deputy Commander Longchang both focused on Jizhou.
, above the three cities of Xingzhou and Daizhou.”
"The Chen Company sent dozens of scouts to conduct non-stop investigations, even in Jinzhou. However, I never expected that Liu Mingzhi would give up the captured Jinzhou, Muzhou, and Liaozhou, and concentrate all the troops in Songzhou.
Defense.”
"After I arrived with my troops, Liu Mingzhi had already built solid fortifications in Songzhou."
"I attacked the city once to test the enemy's situation, and directly lost more than 10,000 soldiers. Then I followed your Majesty's instructions and planned to surround it without attacking. Unexpectedly, I had just retreated and had not had time to set up camp and prepare fortifications. They had 5,000 soldiers.
The horse went out of the city and attacked once."
"After a brief battle, Liu Mingzhi carried out several tactics to exhaust the troops under the heavy snow and then launched a general offensive."
"Our 200,000-strong army are all new recruits. They are overwhelmed by the dragon's troops and horses, and are almost always at a disadvantage."
"Later, the snow was so heavy that Liu Mingzhi suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to the city with the help of Xuemu. I thought Liu Mingzhi was going to repair it, but I didn't expect that at dawn, my scouts reported that Songzhou had become an empty city.
Mingzhi and nearly 150,000 dragon soldiers and horses have disappeared."
"Why are you uneasy and waiting for uninterrupted investigation at night? This is your mistake!"
"I made arrangements, but after arranging dozens of scouts, they all came back and found nothing strange at all. At dawn, I led the troops into the city and found that the bodies of twenty of our scouts had been stripped of their armor and thrown at the city gate.
under."
"Only then did I understand that all the scouts I sent out were dead, and those who came back were Dalong's scouts in disguise."
"They kept reporting on the situation in the city, saying that there was nothing unusual at all. The lights in the big tent were dim, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in a sudden battle. I had no intention of checking the identities of these scouts, so Liu Mingzhi took advantage of him.
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"By the time I reacted, Songzhou had already been deserted. There were only the guards detained on the school grounds and the common people who were strictly ordered to stay at home and not allowed to come out."
"I know that I am guilty, and please forgive me, Your Majesty."
The Queen remained silent for a moment with a quiet face: "It's not your fault."
"Liu Mingzhi had long been prepared to prevent me from besieging him in the hinterland of Dajin. Liu Mingzhi was afraid of being besieged and left alone, so he withdrew to Songzhou."
"Behind Songzhou is the boundary of the Turkic grassland. Once he enters the grassland, no one can stop him if he wants to retreat."
"Don't talk about you, no one can stop the 100,000 cavalry who want to retreat, unless you send nearly three times more troops to pursue and intercept him and possibly stop him."
"Just like when he attacked the 200,000-strong army in the Turkic mainland, only by encircling and intercepting him could he be left behind!"
"But it's just a possibility."
"But no matter what the reason is, you have disappointed me. You will be fined for three years, and you will have to spend a month behind closed doors to think about the gap between you and Liu Mingzhi!"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I accept your order and thank you for your kindness!"
"You go back first. The remaining New Army soldiers cannot do without your comfort. They will be temporarily injected into the twelve border cities in batches."
"The national war has just begun, and it is far from over!"
"I obey the order, I retire."
Looking at Yelumo's back as he rode away, the Queen's eyes fell on Wanyan Chizha.