Volume Four, Year of the Curtain, Chapter 101: Attitude of Zhenbei Army
When suddenly ambushed, Ning Que and the Queen had no reaction.
It's not that they are brave because of their skill, but since they dare to leave the Tang Army Brigade in the South and come to the North Camp, they naturally have basic trust in the general.
There was a loud sound of swords clashing and arrows whistling fiercely. After the initial shock and panic, the cavalry battalion responsible for escorting the queen and her party immediately began to organize defense and counterattack.
On both sides of the street, many crossbowmen were ambushed at some point. Those Tang troops who tried to ambush the convoy were subdued in a short period of time.
During this process, the expression on the Queen's face remained unchanged. She just hugged the Sixth Prince, looked down at his eyes, and whispered something to him.
Ning Que also kept his head down. It was not until the end of the battle that the two Tang army generals were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, but refused to surrender and killed themselves with swords, then he raised his head and looked out the car window.
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The carriage finally arrived at the General's Mansion.
Xu Chi, the general of the Tang Dynasty who suppressed the wilderness, led all the generals and had already knelt at the stone steps in front of the mansion to greet him.
Before General Xu Chi could plead guilty, the Queen had already led the Sixth Prince out of the carriage. She looked at Xu Chi who was kneeling under the stone steps and said calmly: "It is indeed not easy to walk to the General's Mansion.
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Xu Chi did not make any excuses, nor did he apologize again. He respectfully brought His Majesty's coffin into the palace for safekeeping, and then asked the Queen and the Prince to come into the back house to rest temporarily.
Ning Que was no longer at the pine coffin. He was sitting in the study drinking tea.
Not long after, Xu Chi opened the study door and walked in.
Ning Que had met three of the four great generals of the Tang Dynasty, but he had never met Xu Chi. However, through the queen's description and the history and other generals' supplements, he already knew the general's temperament very well.
"The two generals who caused the rebellion have nothing to do with Gushan County. They are my old troops at Beida Camp."
Xu Chi said straight to the point.
Ning Que said: "It doesn't have anything to do with Gushan County, it doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to do with Huashan Mountain. It doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to do with Her Royal Highness the Princess, unless you insist, General, that this is your relationship."
Xu Chi was silent for a moment and then said: "I heard that Mr. Thirteen has a close relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Ning Que said: "I also heard that General Xu Chi was the most loyal to the late emperor."
"The decree of the Xiling Temple has spread all over the world. I think Mr. Thirteen has also seen it. The morale of the army is inevitably a little unstable, which is why today's assassination happened."
Xu Chi said: "I understand the meaning of what you said before, but since the queen is really a member of the Demon Sect, then the sixth prince cannot succeed to the throne, nor can he return to Chang'an."
Ning Que asked: "Why?"
Xu Chi said: "Because Xiling Temple will not allow a descendant of the Demon Sect to take charge of our country in the Tang Dynasty."
Ning Que said: "Idiot. Xiling Temple is already attacking the Tang Dynasty."
Xu Chi was silent and suddenly asked: "There is something I want to know the answer to."
Ning Que said: "General, please speak."
Xu Chi said: "It is said that... the death of the late emperor is related to the queen."
Ning Que said: "Where do you get this idiotic statement from? His Majesty has been suffering from an old illness for many years. As his most trusted general, it is impossible for you not to know this. Even if it was related to the Queen, it was an old thing many years ago. Your Majesty
Even if you don’t care, are you still qualified to feel hatred for His Majesty?”
Xu Chi frowned slightly, but it was obvious that his expression relaxed a little.
After thinking for a long time, he looked at Ning Que with a serious expression and said, "You advise the Queen to stay in Beida Camp with the Sixth Prince. I can guarantee that as long as I live for one day, I will keep them safe, mother and son."
Jing Jing looked into his eyes quietly and said nothing.
Xu Chi calmly responded to his gaze, his expression unchanged.
Ning Que suddenly said: "Although I have said it before, I can't help but repeat it now. I really want to know if the rumors are true. Is the general really loyal to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Xu Chi said: "I am willing to use my life to prove this."
Ning Que said: "You don't need your life. Just use swords and guns. You should know very well by now that the late emperor passed the throne of the Tang Dynasty to the sixth prince, and the edict in Chang'an City must be fake."
"Then what do Mr. Thirteen think we should do now?"
Xu Chi said with a slightly cold voice: "Let the Queen and the Sixth Prince return to Chang'an to compete with the new emperor for the throne? Let the Tang army be divided or even fall into a civil war?"
"If it were any other time, even if the Tang Dynasty was plunged into civil war, I would not hesitate to carry out His Majesty's true edict and assist the Sixth Prince in ascending the throne. I don't care if the Queen is from the Demon Sect, but not now."
Xu Chi's expression was unusually serious, and he said: "Now the whole world is attacking the Tang Dynasty, the Golden Horde cavalry invaded the south, the Xiling Temple army went north, Qinghe has rebelled, the northeastern frontier army has been destroyed, the Tang Dynasty is surrounded by enemies, and is in turmoil. It seems that its thousand-year-old foundation has been destroyed.
At this critical moment, Datang cannot resist any internal struggle!"
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then said: "How should we deal with it according to the general's wishes?"
"In the face of foreign enemies, what the Tang Dynasty needs most is unity. I can't just watch you and the Queen lead tens of thousands of soldiers from our Zhenbei Army southward to Chang'an. These soldiers should be bloody in Northern Xinjiang and should not be consumed in internal fighting.
, so I want you to persuade the empress to stay in Beida camp with the prince."
Xu Chi stared into his eyes and said: "If you think this is a betrayal of the late emperor, then I can also promise you that once we, the Tang Dynasty, can overcome this difficulty, the Zhenbei Army will also support the Sixth Prince afterwards."
Ning Que frowned slightly. He had to admit that the general's words made sense, and today's Tang Dynasty really needed tens of thousands of Tang troops who had returned from the south to immediately join the battle to resist the invasion. However...
The study door creaked and someone pushed it open from the outside.
The Queen came in, looked at the two of them and said calmly: "I want to go back to Chang'an."
Without hesitation, Xu Chi knelt down in front of her and kowtowed repeatedly until his forehead bled.
His voice sounded extremely painful, and he said with a slight tremor: "Empress, I have been loyal to Your Majesty all my life, but now I dare not carry out Your Majesty's last edict. I feel so guilty that I will have trouble sleeping and eating for the rest of my life. However, in this critical situation, the Tang Dynasty really
Don’t be messy, my empress, please think twice!”
The Queen looked at him and smiled slightly, and said: "If I take the Sixth Prince back to Chang'an, will Chang'an City be in chaos? Or will the Tang Dynasty be in chaos? The general overestimates the power of our orphans and widowed mothers."
Xu Shi was stunned and didn't understand the meaning of the queen's words.
"The tens of thousands of Tang troops who returned to the south were originally part of your Zhenbei Army. They just went with His Majesty to conquer the city in person. There is no reason to follow me back to Chang'an City."
The queen said: "I will leave these cavalry brought back to you. It is only us, mother and son, who are returning to Chang'an City. I think this way the general will not have anything to worry about, right?"
Xu Shi was shocked and speechless, thinking that now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the princess is overseeing the country. Under such circumstances, what is the difference between the queen taking the prince back to Chang'an and sending her death?
Ning Que suddenly looked at the queen and said, "I will accompany you back."
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