In the Great Xia Dynasty, in the fifth year of Tianqi, Kuihai, the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.
It is appropriate to open the market, offer sacrifices, and pray for blessings.
All the officials in the court ushered in the last court meeting of the Year of Kuihai.
The meeting was a summary report of various institutions of the Daxia Dynasty temple in the past year, as well as prospects and plans for the coming year.
But today's court is different from previous New Year's Eve meetings, with many officials' faces filled with gloom.
There is no other reason than that the Minister of War reported the latest news from the southern border.
This news is extremely hot, even more difficult to accept than a hot potato.
The news said that Southern Xinjiang had followed the same pattern and launched an assassination campaign against the generals guarding the border in the northern border of Daxia just like in the early and mid-spring of this year.
But last time it was General Zhao from the North, and this time it was Dugu Tianqing from the Dugu family.
The source of this news about the southern border is that Xiao Yuanshan has guarded the southern border for many years, and the spies he supported sneaked into the southern border and spied on the secrets.
The authenticity of the news is beyond doubt.
According to the information obtained by the spies, the purpose of this move in southern Xinjiang is to create chaos in the border defense in the northern border of Daxia and give the grassland royal court outside the northern border an opportunity.
At the same time, it is also a signal, a signal for the Prairie Royal Court to launch an attack on Daxia. In this way, Daxia will be attacked from both the north and the south, making it difficult for Daxia to breathe. The Prairie Royal Court and Miao Jiang will have a better chance of winning this battle.
The original signal that Southern Xinjiang and the Prairie Royal Court reached an agreement was that Daxia Xiaoyao Wang Xuanyuan Yuheng served as a hub to connect the north and the south to ensure simultaneous attacks.
However, Xuanyuan Yuheng, believing that he was invincible in the world, forced himself into the capital to demand the imperial edict, and was executed in the palace, leaving Southern Xinjiang and the Prairie Royal Court without this important hub.
After the death of Xuanyuan Yuheng, Daxia sent a large number of manpower to block the connection between the Miao border in the south and the royal court in the northern grassland. The southern border could only dispatch the manpower that had been lurking in the north for many years to provide support to the current general of the north. Dugu Tianqing gave a fatal blow as a signal for the simultaneous attack from the north and the south.
In the original plan formulated by Southern Xinjiang and Xuanyuan Yuheng, the manpower lurking in the north for many years was one of the key players in this war. When the war broke out and reached a critical moment, these lurking men opened the gap from the inside. , to maximize utility.
Xuanyuan Yuheng's death and Daxia's successive responses forced Southern Xinjiang to use its hidden manpower in advance.
But as long as Dugu Tianqing is assassinated, the northern border is in turmoil, and the Prairie Royal Court hears the news and launches an attack, then Daxia will face a pincer attack from the north and the south, and the Japanese people who are eyeing the East China Sea will also wait for the opportunity. By then, Daxia will be surrounded by enemies on three sides, and it will be difficult to resist.
Southern Xinjiang's move caught Daxia off guard. According to the news coming back from the southern border, people from Southern Xinjiang lurking in Daxia's northern military camp had already started planning, and the northern general Dugu Tianqing was already in danger.
The news was transmitted back to Kyoto from the southern border at high speed, and the soldiers at the post station did not rest for a moment. It took nearly three days to reach Kyoto.
In other words, as early as three days or even earlier, the enemies lurking in the northern military camp were preparing to assassinate Dugu Tianqing, and they have even succeeded now, but the news from the northern border has not yet been transmitted back to Kyoto.
Above the court, the atmosphere was depressing and gloomy.
After the news was reported by the Minister of War, the noise among the officials became more and more intense, with different expressions, ranging from anger, sadness or worry.
Many courtiers looked at Dugu Yihe, the head of the Dugu family, who was standing at the front of the team, and the emperor who was sitting on a high throne.
Everyone knows that Dugu Yihe is particularly concerned about his eldest son, Dugu Tianqing. Now that he gets this news, he is afraid that all his long white hair will turn into silver threads.
The news from the northern border will probably be transmitted back to Kyoto within a day or two. By then, Dugu Yihe will learn about the death of his eldest son. It is estimated that this minister of Daxia will be mentally shattered and fall ill.
