Although Yu Fan, the lieutenant general, usually showed off his power and arrogance in the military camp, in front of his father, he was like a pug.
Jogging all the way to the front, Yu Fan nodded and bowed and asked:
"What are your orders, Father?"
Yu Zhong glared at him angrily, then pointed at Zhao Zheng and Yu Caiwei and said:
"Your Majesty is going on an expedition in person, and the future is dangerous. As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, you must protect the personal safety of Your Majesty and Concubine Yu. Do you understand?"
When Yu Fan heard this, he was stunned at first. During the meeting at home last night, didn't his father say that he would let the Dog Emperor die outside the customs at all costs?
Why did the order suddenly change today?
Taking a closer look, Yu Fan was surprised again and asked in astonishment:
"Wha, what? Your Majesty is marching in person, and Concubine Yu will also accompany you?"
Yu Caiwei, who was tightly held in Zhao Zheng's arms, looked helpless and said with a forced smile:
"This is His Majesty's favor. Other concubines in the palace want to go on the expedition, but Your Majesty won't let them."
Zhao Zheng laughed, kissed Yu Caiwei's fair and smooth forehead, and said:
"That's right! This is my favor! I'm not too kind to your Yu family, and your Yu family must work hard to repay me!"
Father and son Yu Zhong and Yu Fan were so angry that their faces turned green, but they could only bow to Zhao Zheng honestly and said:
"I, my ministers, must devote themselves wholeheartedly and die to repay the divine grace!"
Zhao Zheng played with them for a while, and when he was satisfied, he said:
"It's getting late, soldiers are very fast, and my dear friends don't need to be more polite. I will immediately break up the camp and set off to attack Beimang!"
After saying that, he let go of the beautiful lady in his arms, turned over on his horse, pulled out the sword from his waist with a clang, pointed towards the north, and shouted loudly:
"Where are the Daqian soldiers?!"
In the camp in the north of the city, 300,000 troops who had already lined up in formation responded in unison:
"The general is here!"
"The general is here!"
"The general is here!"
In an instant, the shouts shook the sky and sounded like thunder!
At this time, Zhao Zheng waved the sword in his hand and continued:
"I will send my troops north to attack the foreign tribes. In this battle, I will make the herdsmen in Beimang dare not go south to herd horses, and the soldiers will not dare to bend their bows to complain! From now on, when I see my banner, I will be heartbroken!"
When all the soldiers heard this, their blood suddenly surged. They raised their spears high in the air, stamped their feet on the ground, and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty Long Might!"
"Your Majesty Long Might!"
"Your Majesty Long Might!"
Yu Zhong and the Empress Dowager Yu and his daughter witnessed Zhao Zheng's appeal and the cohesion of the 300,000-strong army, and their faces turned pale with fright.
The two of them looked at each other and felt that the situation in front of them was very bad.
In this battle, if Zhao Zheng died on the battlefield, it would be better if he died at the hands of Bei Mang.
If he really comes back victorious and the emperor has real military achievements, it will be difficult for the father and daughter to try to evade this puppet emperor again!
…
Following the order from Emperor Zhao Zheng of Daqian, the three armies immediately set off, leaving the camp in the north of the city and heading to Yanmen Pass in a mighty manner.
Along the way, flags were fluttering, horses' hooves rumbled, and the smoke and dust raised by the army stretched for hundreds of miles.
At first, Zhao Zheng rode in front, and Concubine Yu followed behind in a sedan.
Taking advantage of the emperor's absence, Yu Fan quietly sneaked to his sister's sedan, dismissed the entourage on the left and right, and whispered:
"Second sister, what's going on? Why were you taken out of the palace by that puppet emperor?"
In the sedan, Yu Caiwei said angrily:
"What else could happen? He had already discovered your plan with your father! He took me with him as a hostage!"
Yu Fan scratched his head when he heard this. With his second sister as a hostage, it would be difficult for him to attack Zhao Zheng.
"Alas! My father and I made a plan last night. We planned to send a private soldier outside Yanmen Pass to pretend to be horse bandits and hack him to death. Who would have thought that he would use you as a talisman! It seems that we have to change our plan... "
"In the worst case, when we get to Yanmen Pass, I will unite with a few generals and incite him to go out and fight Beimang himself. With the fighting power of Beimang's cavalry, we will definitely be able to kill the dog emperor on the spot!"
However, when Yu Caiwei heard this plan, she suddenly felt unbearable in her heart. Although Zhao Zheng killed her husband, whipped her with a horse whip, and forcibly took her as a concubine, the two days of rubbing her ears and temples together actually made her I have been in love for a long time.
In addition, Zhao Zheng was extremely gentle on the dragon bed, and was a hundred times more powerful than the originally despised Yuan Mou. When she thought of him dying on the battlefield, Yu Caiwei was a little reluctant to let him go.
So she persuaded in a low voice:
"Xiao Fan, I think the puppet emperor is smarter than you think. If your plan fails, you may not be able to protect yourself unless you get rid of him."
"To be on the safe side, it's better not to act rashly."
Yu Fan gritted his teeth and said:
"No! Zhao Zheng is now a serious problem for my Yu family. If we can't let him die outside the customs this time, once he returns to the court in triumph and has great military exploits, my father and eldest sister will no longer be able to suppress him! "
"This time, I must get rid of him!"
Yu Caiwei frowned slightly, and persuaded with troubling thoughts:
"So what if I can't suppress him? He is the emperor of Daqian after all. My eldest sister is just listening behind the curtain. The world will eventually be returned to him..."
Yu Fan sneered and said:
"Who said that the world should be returned to that wimp? The Yu family must control the country of Daqian! This Zhao Zheng is difficult to control, why don't we just kill him and establish another puppet emperor? Anyway, Daqian After working with so many princes, are you still worried that there won’t be enough puppets?”
While the two were talking, they saw Zhao Zhi coming from afar.
Yu Fan quickly shut his mouth, not daring to say another word.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Zheng came closer, glanced at Yu Fan, and said calmly:
"Commander Yu is here too? What were you talking about with your second sister just now?"
Of course Yu Fan did not dare to tell the truth and said with a guilty conscience:
"Replying to your Majesty, there is nothing to talk about, just gossip. Since your Majesty is here, the general will leave first!"
After saying that, he quickly rubbed oil on his soles and ran away.
Zhao Zheng didn't bother to expose him, so he snorted coldly, immediately got off his horse and got into the sedan chair.
I saw my beloved concubine Yu Caiwei sitting obediently in the sedan chair, wearing a phoenix robe, her plump and delicate body shaking and shaking as the sedan chair bumped up and down. Such a fragrant scene instantly aroused the evil fire in Zhao Zheng's heart.
He sat close to his beloved concubine, grabbed Yu Caiwei's smooth jade hand, leaned close to her delicate earlobe, and asked slowly in a low and majestic voice:
"My beloved, tell me! What did that boy Yu Fan say to you just now?"
