"Your Majesty, if you are in chaos, how can the morale of the army be stable?" Shen Bi advised. In her opinion, this is not a big deal at all.
"Which is the lesser of two powers that harm each other."
Prince Nancheng sat on the chair in despair and let out a long sigh.
I just feel physically and mentally exhausted from this battle.
Obviously, as long as Dongling guards its borders and prevents invasion from other countries, it will be safe and sound for the rest of its life.
"This matter is not as simple as you think. I will send someone to take you out of the military camp."
Prince Nancheng was tired and wanted to get out of trouble.
Shen Bi frowned when he heard this: "How can I leave at will when life and death are at stake?"
She looked at the face of Prince Nancheng and felt compassion. She lowered her voice to comfort: "Prince, there can be no killing on the battlefield. These small sacrifices are all for the sake of stabilizing the overall situation...
"
"Enough, enough!" Prince Nancheng couldn't listen anymore and couldn't help but interrupt her: "Let's end this matter here. I can't sacrifice so many innocent people just because of myself."
He can accept death caused by fighting on the battlefield.
I will never tolerate bullying.
Under the guise of thinking about the people, they exploit the people.
"The Crown Prince?" Shen Bi bit her lip tightly. She was pushing the other party too hastily. She took a step forward: "The Crown Prince..."
Prince Nancheng avoided her and took a deep breath: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. As long as I stay in the army for one day, I will not agree to your idea of plundering the people."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Crown Prince of Nancheng walked away.
Shen Bi was left in the same place, as if there was an unknown anger burning in her heart. She left the tent and looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky.
"Even you are playing tricks on me!" Shen Bi gritted her teeth.
History is history, why should it be derailed?
Isn’t it good that everything develops according to history?
Maybe this is just the beginning. There will be another heavy snowstorm tomorrow, and it will get colder and colder. It would be best if those southern soldiers outside freeze to death.
Prince Nancheng began to respond to emergency measures and sent many people to resist at the city gate.
"Your Majesty, we have hoarded so many cotton-padded clothes and beddings, are they really useless?"
A lieutenant on the road couldn't help but ask.
The temperature has risen sharply in just two days, and the biting cold before has disappeared.
The ice and snow on the road are melting, and even the frozen ice in the middle of the river is slowly melting.
This is not a good thing for them.
Prince Nancheng's explanation was choked in his throat, and he couldn't face everyone no matter what he said.
So I could only bite the bullet and say: "The most important thing now is to resist the people outside. As for the other things, I will think of ways."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. This was not the case before.
Everyone's fighting spirit has been half wiped out.
Prince Nancheng had no face to face everyone, and his face was burning. At this time, Shen Bi came over, with a cold face and displeasure.
"How do you all look so downcast, waiting for the enemy to come and knock at the door? Cheer up!"
As soon as the words fell, a few soldiers picked up their weapons and assumed a posture of resistance.
Wherever Shen Bi looked, everyone picked up weapons.
Seeing this, Prince Nancheng's emotions were a little complicated. He put his hands on his lower back and raised his feet to leave.
Shen Bi followed him and trotted all the way: "Your Majesty, why don't you wait a few more days."
"Wait?" The Prince of Nancheng turned around and sighed: "The army at the south end is already waiting under the city and will break through the city gate at any time. The lives of hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of people in the city are in our hands.
How can we wait?”
Shen Bi was speechless for a moment.
"You can leave here before the city gate is breached."
Prince Nancheng couldn't bear to blame her.
"Prince!" Shen Bi gritted her teeth tightly, with tears in her eyes. After a long time, she said, "I can make new weapons."
"Shen Bi, I don't want to have to use these unless I have to!"
He has seen how powerful weapons are and how lethal they are.
More innocent people will be hurt!
"Prince!" Shen Bi was a little anxious,
Why couldn't she persuade him? Instead of having the city gate breached and Dongling suffering heavy losses, it would be better to give it a try.
"Shen Bi, do you know the difference between you and Miss Chu?" Prince Nancheng suddenly changed the subject.
Shen Bi frowned.
"Miss Chu is kind-hearted and there is no one in South End who is unconvinced."
Especially when Prince Nancheng heard that Chu Yunning led troops to deliver food from house to house, he admired him very much.
It's no wonder that such a woman would be at the forefront of Emperor Mingwen's heart.
"Does the Crown Prince know what Chu Yunning has done before?" Shen Bi looked disdainful: "First, he took advantage of the Queen Mother's favor to give birth to a child whose fate was unknown, and then entered the palace, using medical skills to blackmail the Queen and the concubine.
Give up the throne and frame up the prime minister and his family, leaving no one alive!"
"Before He Li, Chu Yun Ning was a famous idiot in the capital. He was jealous and jealous, but he just relied on his father to be the general."
Shen Bi's words made Prince Nancheng fall into deep thought.
He didn't want to know about Chu Yunning's past, but he admired her mind.
"If it weren't for Miss Chu, you wouldn't have the chance to leave the palace. You must be grateful as a human being."
It was because of gratitude that Prince Nancheng believed in Shen Bi again and again.
Shen Bi's face suddenly changed. Everyone was a time traveler. How could Chu Yun Ning still win the love of Emperor Ming Wen with her children?
"I have never been jealous of her, let alone want to harm her!"
When Chu Yunning let her go, Shen Bi always remembered it in her heart, otherwise she wouldn't have reminded Chu Yunning of something.
"Then the Southern Emperor..."
"It is a fact that the end of the Southern Emperor's life is approaching. He will not live long, and historically he has no sons at all, only a little princess!"
The fate of the little princess was quite miserable.
"I have already persuaded her to leave the border town, who asked her to attack us?" Shen Bi was angry. If Chu Yunning hadn't listened to the advice, Yangcheng would have been recovered by them.
There's nothing going on at the south end.
"Chu Yun Ning is not as clean as you think!" Shen Bi sneered. After Chu Yun Ning became the Queen Mother, she would control the government affairs, secretly raise countless faces, bring trouble to the court, ruin the reputation of Nanduan, and bear infamy until her death.
When scientists explored the ancient tomb five years later, they found that the bones inside had long since disappeared.
According to unofficial records, it was dug up by grave robbers.
Such people are not worthy of being compared with myself.
Prince Nancheng looked up at the sun in the sky, his emotions a bit complicated.
If it were not for the war, he would be very happy because the people would not freeze to death.
If it was just because he had hoarded a lot of cotton-padded clothes and quilts, Prince Nancheng was still looking forward to a blizzard.
Firstly, it can help Dongling resist the severe cold, and secondly, it can also resist external invasion.
"Your Majesty, maybe there is something wrong with the way I speak, but everything I do is for your own good." Shen Bi sighed. This feeling of not being understood was too uncomfortable.
She was worried and wanted to be complained about. What was she trying to do?
Prince Nancheng was gradually convinced and his expression softened.
"The border city of Dongling is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Let's find more people to resist. If we all work together, we will be able to overcome the difficulty."
Shen Bi said that it would still take some time to break through the city gate in the south, and all they were short of now was food.
"The emperor is very ill and is about to die. As long as we can survive, the lonely noble concubine will definitely be plotting behind the scenes." Shen Bi said.
They stayed away from Kyoto to avoid suspicion, but every incident in the capital was carefully reported.
After waiting for a while, there will be a letter from the capital, and the prince of Nancheng can return to the capital.
What awaits him is the Qingjun side, and the reserve position that no one dares to compete for!
After a long while, Prince Nancheng nodded, and that was all he could do.
"Report!".
At this time, the guard came to report in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince has been ordered to assist. He has already arrived at the border town with 50,000 troops and horses."
"Who is the sixth prince?" Shen Bi thought for a long time. She vaguely remembered that the sixth prince was practicing in the temple and staying away from the court.
Why did they suddenly bring troops to help?
This is a bit tricky.
The prince of Nancheng is also confused. He is relatively unfamiliar with things like heirs in the capital.
I only know roughly.
"I only know that the sixth prince's biological mother is from Yunlan. She met the emperor in Yunlan when he was a proton. And in order to prevent being blackmailed by Yunlan, the emperor found an excuse to send her to the temple to practice. Very few
Someone has seen him."
Prince Nancheng couldn't figure this out. Concubine Lonely already controlled all the princes, how could she miss the sixth prince?
"There is a fraud in this matter!" Shen Bi said, wondering how a prince who had been away from the court for many years could have fifty thousand elite soldiers.
Moreover, how could the emperor ask him to assist? Concubine Dugu also had no news at all.
No matter how you say it, it's weird.
"If the Sixth Prince really comes with the Emperor's decree, what should we do?"
Their original plan was to clear the emperor's side, and in the absence of a prince, the nephew of Prince Nancheng would successfully succeed to the throne.
But if there is a prince with a legitimate reputation, this reason will not be valid.
"Let's wait and see. Don't act rashly." Shen Bi quickly calmed down. If the sixth prince is confused, then the confusion will be over. If he is a picky one, he will die on the battlefield.
Not easy yet?
"Perhaps the arrival of the Sixth Prince is a good thing for the Crown Prince. Fifty thousand elite soldiers are enough to help us defend against the southern end." Shen Bi said.
Unknowingly, Prince Nancheng's mood had been completely changed by Shen Bi.
It was still a sunny day the next day, and the temperature was very high, and the snow on the branches had completely melted.
The center of the river has also emerged from the water. If it continues at this rate, the weather will get warmer and the ground will soon be exposed, entering the early spring season.
Chu Yunning had nothing to do, while inquiring about the battle situation outside, while not forgetting to make clothes for Chu'er.
Occasionally, she would give Beibei a few words of advice, but later she found that Beibei was already struggling with her homework.
There were some unfamiliar words and classical Chinese texts that Chu Yunning could barely explain a few sentences.
"Miss, the vegetables in the greenhouse have been harvested again. They are growing well. It's a bumper harvest."
Midway through the words, Beibei suddenly raised the curtain and rushed in. He tilted his head and said, "Mother, I dreamed of the old man with the white beard again when I was taking a nap just now."
Hearing this, Chu Yunning quickly stood up and pulled Beibei: "Really, tell mother quickly, what did the old man with the white beard say to you this time?"
"He said that Uncle Huang will capture Dongling, but our city will be plotted against us. There will be a big fire, many people will die, and there will be a very special loud sound, louder than thunder." Beibei repeated the dream.
In words.
Chu Yunning's face changed slightly.
"Miss, it's just a dream, it can't be true." Bixiu comforted.
"No, my eyelids have been twitching terribly these past two days, and I always feel like something is pressing on my heart." Chu Yunning did not doubt Beibei's words.
Beibei raised his head: "Mother, are we in danger?"
Chu Yunning held his head in her arms and rubbed it gently: "Beibei, everything will be fine. Mom is here and everything will be fine."
After calming Beibei's mood, Chu Yunning immediately asked people to step up their guard, and three more teams of people took turns to be on duty every night.
She recalled Beibei's words, which were louder than thunder, that was dynamite!
But how did the other party get here?
Chu Yunning looked at the river, could Shen Bi, a history teacher, make a cannonball cart?
Can you attack from a distance?
After thinking about it, Chu Yunning was still worried, so he asked someone to count how many people and supplies were left in the military camp.
Soon he had specific figures, and Chu Yunning made a bold decision to let some people go to the mountains with supplies, while the remaining people started digging holes. The bigger the better, and everything that should be discarded had to be discarded.
"Fortunately, the snow has melted, and it's not too cold for us to go to the mountains." Bixiu carried the quilt and walked into the mountains.
Chu Yunning held Beibei's hand and did not dare to stop for a moment. Explosives are very lethal. Chu Yunning was still in the exploratory stage. According to the principle, it can be made simply, but it cannot be used for long-range attacks.
She must hurry up and study it, otherwise the south end will suffer too much.
After everyone settled in the mountain, many people didn't understand: "We live well in the camp, why do we have to go up the mountain?"
Chu Yun choked on her words and thought for a long time, not knowing how to explain it. She couldn't say it was because of a dream Beibei had, right?
"Chu Shanggong says whatever he says, so why do you have to talk so much?" someone scolded him.
Soon no one doubted it, it was just a bit of fuss.
It was another sunny day, and suddenly a thunder exploded in my ears.
"What sound?"
"It seems like there's thunder. It's really strange. It's possible for thunder to occur in such a bright sun?"
Everyone raised their heads to look for the source of the sound, and soon heard several loud noises.
Only then did everyone realize that something was wrong. They looked down the mountain and saw thick smoke billowing from the camp.
I don't know what landed near the camp, but before I could see clearly, a huge spark rose into the sky and turned into a plume of black smoke, and then the fire started.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and it is gradually becoming uncontrollable.
"What is that?"
"Is it thunder and fire from the sky?"
Chu Yunning shook his head and said solemnly: "That's explosive!"
"What is explosives?" Everyone was a little confused and had never heard of the word, but everyone could see the power of bombs at a glance, and fires would immediately ignite wherever they went.