Chapter 560: Seal the queen and lead troops to the expedition
Chapter 560: Seal the queen and lead troops to the expedition
Author: Oolai
Chapter 560: Seal the queen and lead troops to the expedition
The eunuch served someone and entered the main hall from the side hall. Only then did everyone realize that the person the king said he wanted to conquer on his behalf was actually the imperial concubine!
Then there were whispers in the Dongzi Hall, how could a woman be so good at being a general on the battlefield? Wouldn't that mean that the generals would be damaged and they would definitely be defeated?
As soon as the great Situ Qiu seriously explained that it was very inappropriate, the young king present waved his legs to signal him to shut up.
"Everyone must have heard about Xiaohong's contribution to Lidong after marrying him. In the past few years, she led a small team to kill the horse bandits who were making trouble in the country, which is enough to prove her fighting strength.
She has done many good deeds and is quite famous in the country. If she is not a high-status concubine in the harem, she has the qualifications to fight on behalf of others, so that the soldiers can be encouraged."
After hearing what he said, some people fell silent. That woman was indeed capable, so thinking about it, it was actually not unacceptable.
In fact, the former king and the current king are not very proficient in leading troops in battle, so their presence will inspire the soldiers.
Da Situ said: "What your concubine captured a few years ago was not a serious army but bandits. If she made the mistake of strengthening the army in the Xu Kingdom, she would definitely be defeated and even more humiliated. I hope the king will think twice."
The meaning of his words made everyone in the hall blush. The monarch's woman, no matter how beautiful she is, will definitely excite the enemy. If they do something disgraceful, their Xi country will be humiliated...
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Xiaohong said loudly: "He knows the reason why Da Situ disagrees with his going, and he will prove to you one by one whether he is a suitable candidate."
Da Situ sneered and said: "Then the imperial concubine must first prove that her own force is better than that of General Dai of Ming Dynasty." If General Dai rejects him, he will become a real general when he has the opportunity.
Now that there is a war, there is no chance for him to make meritorious deeds and become a general as soon as possible. When the time comes, Da Situ will be able to control the military and political affairs, and his power will be overwhelming, the family's prosperity will be burdened, and the month of confinement with a high status will come.
Da Situ would never choose an incompetent person, and General Dai was very powerful. In his eyes, Xiaohong, a mere woman, was incomparable and stronger than General Dai, so it was just a tactic that the monarch wanted to avoid being in power.
Xiaohong bowed and saluted, "Since Grand Situ wants me to prove it, I will prove it to you. I would like to invite you to come to the martial arts stage on behalf of the general."
Da Situ frowned, why was that woman so indifferent? She just retreated when faced with the difficulty, which made General Dai actually compete with her?
Regardless of whether he won or lost, General Dai was embarrassed. After the discussion between Wang and the woman, could he, a grown man, be allowed to hide behind the woman?
Da Situ's face was gloomy. Even if he felt that the third prince was a stumbling block for him to reach the peak of power, he did not want to see him hiding behind a woman. After all, he was bleeding with his own blood.
"Da Situ, I know that I have good intentions and I am worried that the imperial concubine will not be able to face the enemy. But I know the strength of the imperial concubine Minghong, and she does not lie.
Although the concubine is not a female, she has also learned Taoism from immortals and is very capable. If I don't believe it, they can go to the martial arts field and see it together."
"If the king insists, then I will go and have a look. If the concubine fails, I would like to ask Your Majesty to conquer it in person."
The monarch's face was cold, and he also beat up the general. How could Da Situ be afraid that there would be problems if he led the three armies? This shows that he had ulterior motives.
For example, Ming Xiaohong's dagger skills are very good, and she is more than capable of defeating ordinary warriors. With just twenty moves, General Dai was defeated and Concubine Bao was forced to fall out of the ring.
When the ministers saw the truth, they were all shocked. They didn't expect that the imperial concubine was a hidden martial arts master.
Since that period of confinement, she has kept a very low profile and rejected all the concubines in the harem who wanted to win over her or seek refuge with her.
The ministers wondered whether the imperial concubine had stayed in the Yongfu Palace for a long time. They didn't know how high the sky was, and thought they could survive alone in the palace. Therefore, they despised her short-sightedness and felt that she would not be able to accomplish anything because she was like this.
If Mingcai is Minghong, does the imperial concubine have absolute strength? She can control far more things than ordinary concubines...
"Da Situ, I have won, but there are other tests?"
Da Situ sneered, "The battlefield does not rely on personal efforts. It relies heavily on the combat intuition and military skills of the leader. What is the imperial concubine good at?" He deliberately said the word "empress", hoping that
She can recognize her own identity and position.
Xiaohong said confidently: "Over the years, Wang Zai taught him a lot of things, including leading soldiers in war. Once when he was suppressing bandits, he relied on those methods to chop off the head of the bandit leader. I believe he was equally capable that time.
It’s enough to defeat the Xu Kingdom with those methods.”
"If you are not ashamed, let's just lead the troops to grab the small flags and see who can grab the most." There are a total of 108 flag competitions between the two teams. The purpose is to train the generals' command ability and test the soldiers.
The team can cooperate effectively.
"Can."
Xiaohong followed Tang Yue very much in the past month to learn the art of formation, applied it to the art of war, and easily won the competition. Not only that, he also won all the competitions proposed by Da Sikong and others.
It was already midnight, and the monarch felt dissatisfied that these "loyal ministers" were making things difficult for a woman by asking her to participate in various competitions.
Then everyone stayed there with Xiaohong without asking for food, until everyone admitted that Xiaohong led the army on his behalf.
After a series of competitions, he also saw clearly that Xiaohong was really a military genius and that he was not a man.
If other men have that ability, he will be wary. A woman who understands him well and always thinks about him, even if she gets the credit, will benefit from him.
General Dai is a man who respects strength, and I heard that the imperial concubine once practiced immortal magic, so it is not surprising that he was defeated.
Gradually, Cuo Xiaohong was convinced and said proactively: "Zaidong admires the imperial concubine's abilities very much and is willing to obey her orders on the battlefield."
Seeing how things developed, Da Situ sighed secretly and accepted the reality. The generals on behalf of the generals admitted that the soldiers who came to watch the battle had convinced the imperial concubine and accepted her request to become the commander-in-chief of the three armies.
The competitions I conducted not only did not make it difficult for the woman, but also gave her prestige in the military. Is it true that the gains outweighed the losses?
Can Taoism really make a person so powerful? After he returns home, he will definitely find a way to send his children and grandchildren to the fairy mountain to seek Taoism.
Is the king really lucky? The queen mother helps him scheme against the late king, and there is a woman beside him who can fight for him personally, so that she can free up her legs to wrongly pay him.
"Since everyone has no objections, I will make the imperial concubine my queen and fight on my behalf. Seeing her is like seeing a widow."
The queen was still alive, so it would be inappropriate to grant the title of queen at this time. However, the situation was special at that time, and the queen's personal conquest was more inspiring than the concubine's personal conquest, so no one contradicted her, which was completely different from the initial attitude.
The most important thing is that they will starve to death if they go east again. Some of the older ministers have already felt that they have fainted from hunger.
After July, Xiaohong led the army to the expedition.
When the Xu Kingdom in the South heard that the leader of the Xi Country had sent his own queen to conquer the country, they all laughed at the fact that there was no one in the Xi Country and actually let a woman take the lead. They snatched the queen's "general" back that time and sent the queen to the Xi Country's leader.
Losing face.
But what they didn't expect was that, not to mention getting the chance to snatch the queen, they were lucky enough to escape from her legs.
That woman was very strange, and she could always find the weak points of their large army, and then attack fiercely from there. She then evacuated before reinforcements arrived, leaving no trace behind.
After appearing like ghosts for several times, the number of soldiers in the Xu Kingdom dropped sharply, while the casualties in the Xi Kingdom's army were extremely small.
Is it because Tang Yue provided improved armor, which was lighter and could better protect Qiu? Xiaohong's formation method gradually became more proficient and powerful, suppressing the enemy to the maximum extent and protecting the soldiers.
Moreover, the queen is very powerful. Ever since she single-handedly defeated an assassination team of dozens of people, the soldiers of the Xu Kingdom became frightened when they heard the word "queen".