Kong Lingyue's face suddenly turned red.
When she goes into battle, her face does not turn red, her heart does not beat, she does not pant, and she will not be affected in the slightest.
Now, his face was filled with shame, his face was burning hot, and his heart was beating hard.
Kong Lingyue twisted her clothes, lowered her head slightly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, aren't you warming the bed? Why are you waiting for a bath?"
Zhao Shan smiled and said: "Why, can't you?"
Kong Lingyue said: "This, this, how good is this person..."
Zhao Shan had a smile in his eyes and said with a smile: "In that case, forget it, I won't do it myself and let your maid serve you."
"No!"
Kong Lingyue rolled her eyes and said shyly, "I do."
Zhao Shan burst out laughing.
Kong Lingyue's face turned redder.
Zhao Shan was amused by Kong Lingyue instead. Kong Lingyue was really not an ordinary woman, she really dared to think, do, and express. Most of the women who are in the army are more direct in character, straight to the point, without many twists and turns.
Zhao Shan immediately ordered people to prepare hot water.
It is midsummer now, the weather is hot, and the water needed does not need to be too hot, so it will be delivered quickly.
Kong Lingyue's maid also brought a change of clothes.
When the maid retreated, only Zhao Shan and Kong Lingyue were left in the tent, and the atmosphere became charming.
Kong Lingyue said a little coyly: "Your Majesty, please turn around, I have to change my clothes."
Zhao Shan smiled and said: "Okay, I will turn around."
Kong Lingyue quickly took off her armor, entered the bathtub instantly, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm fine."
Zhao Shan turned around and stood behind Kong Lingyue, and put his hand on Kong Lingyue's shoulder. His hands were smooth, as if they had fallen on silk.
Kong Lingyue suddenly got goosebumps.
His whole body became tense.
My heart was pounding even more.
The water temperature was not high, but she felt unbearably hot and her cheeks were burning.
The atmosphere in the camp then became charming.
After a long time, everything returned to normal. Kong Lingyue leaned next to Zhao Shan, her face no longer blushing, but became calm and generous.
Separated by one layer, the relationship has not been broken.
When the relationship completely develops by leaps and bounds and breaks down the barriers, things will naturally fall into place.
Kong Lingyue said softly: "Your Majesty, we fought Ma Qi's cavalry for the first time and won a great victory. Next, do you want to stay in Pei County for some time?"
"Wait a minute!"
Zhao Shan said in a deep voice: "Waiting for more detailed information, because there is currently no more information about Ma Qi."
Kong Lingyue nodded and said: "I listen to your majesty. I will continue to fight in the next battle."
"Can!"
Zhao Shan replied with a smile.
Kong Lingyue was completely relieved and no longer worried.
…
Pengcheng County, Pengcheng County.
Prefect's Mansion.
Ma Qizheng was chatting with his confidant Liang Yu.
When Zhao Shan's army arrived in Pei County, Ma Qi had already received the news and had arranged for someone to notify Zhao Yue, asking Zhao Yue to be ready to mobilize troops as soon as possible.
Ma Qi looked calm and said with a smile: "Master Liang, now we have all the food, grass, soldiers and horses. I still plan to take the initiative. Before taking the initiative, let's see the results of Ma Liang's test."
Liang Yu said: "Sir, you shouldn't test it."
Ma Qi didn't take Liang Yu's words seriously, and said with a smile: "Master Liang, there must be a necessary test. If you don't test it, how can you know the result? How can you judge Zhao Shan's combat effectiveness?"
Liang Yu replied: "I have already said that Zhao Shan's army has been proven long ago. Zhao Shan is good at conquering and fighting, so there is no need to test it anymore. We should focus on defense until the prince sends someone to take over the war."
Ma Qi smiled and said: "I and the prince are related by marriage, and we are also the prince's family. How can we be so passive? I have long shared the honor and disgrace with the prince, so I must take the initiative."
Liang Yu said: "I'm afraid that if I do too much, I will make many mistakes."
Ma Qi and Liang Yu have known each other for a long time, so he didn't care about Liang Yu's words, but said confidently: "Master Liang, you will definitely make a mistake in your prediction. I believe Ma Liang, he is a capable person. "
Liang Yu shook his head in his heart.
Ma Qi is too confident.
He underestimated the emperor too much.
The combat effectiveness of the emperor's army is quite strong. It can annihilate Xiliang and sweep across the Jin Kingdom and the Northern Wei Dynasty. How can it be that they are weak?
Liang Yu took a deep breath and said, "Sir, let's wait for news from General Ma."
"Report!"
At this moment, the soldier's voice came: "Sir, there is an urgent report from the front."
"Come in!"
Ma Qi ordered.
The door was pushed open, and the soldiers hurried in and reported: "Sir, General Ma Liang is dead, and the frontline army has been defeated."
As he spoke, the soldier handed over the battle report.
Liang Yu's expression changed suddenly, he quickly stood up and took the battle report, and handed it directly to Ma Qi to read.
Ma Qi's face became ugly, and his hands trembled slightly. He slowly opened the letter and read the contents.
After Ma Qi read it, his face became even more ugly.
Lost!
And it was a huge defeat!
Such a defeat was almost a slap in the face to Ma Qi.
Liang Yu asked: "Sir, what is the specific situation?"
Ma Qi's mouth was dry and he said: "Ma Liang arranged for his heroic general Jiang Chao to go deep into Pei County with a thousand cavalry to find out information, but Zhao Shan arranged for a female general to kill him."
"Who this person is is currently unknown."
"However, the opponent only had a thousand cavalry. After killing Jiang Chao, he fought all the way to the border. Ma Liang got the news and led four thousand cavalry to fight back."
"At first, the opponent retreated, but soon after they retreated, they counterattacked and killed Ma Liang directly, completely defeating our four thousand cavalry."
Ma Qi gritted his teeth and said, "A thousand cavalrymen killed five thousand of us and fled. It's so humiliating."
Liang Yu sighed: "The combat effectiveness of Zhao Shan's army is still as strong as ever."
Ma Qi said: "In a tentative confrontation, five thousand cavalry were lost, which was a huge loss to us. It is equivalent to further ruining the troops guarding the west."
Liang Yu said: "My humble suggestion is to focus on defense."
Just at this time, another soldier hurriedly entered and reported: "Your Majesty, the prince will arrive at the county seat soon, in two quarters of an hour at most."
Ma Qi was surprised when he heard it.
But there are more surprises.
Ma Qi stood up quickly and said happily: "I only sent people to ask for help from the prince, but I didn't expect that the prince came in person."
"Let's go, let's go see the prince first, and then report the war situation to the prince carefully."
"Your Majesty is wise and mighty. With your Majesty in charge of Pengcheng, you have nothing to fear when fighting Zhao Shan."
Ma Qi seemed to have found a backbone and said happily: "If there is no prince, I would still be a little scared. But now that the prince is here, I have the advantage in this battle."
Liang Yu smiled and said: "Your Excellency is wise!"
Ma Qi immediately took Liang Yu and the main civil servants and military officers of Pengcheng County with him, and the group hurried towards the city gate.
When we arrived at the city gate, we waited quietly.
Ma Qi looked into the distance from time to time with an eager expression, looking forward to Zhao Yue's arrival.
While Ma Qi was observing, he suddenly saw a figure in the distance, followed by the sound of horse hooves. As the distance got closer, Zhao Yue and his party had arrived at the city gate in the blink of an eye.
Ma Qi hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down in front of Zhao Yue's magical horse, knelt on the ground with his head, and stuck his butt high up, looking like a good slave, and said: "Slave Ma Qi, pay homage to the prince. "
A look of approval flashed across Zhao Yue's eyes.
Ma Qi was born as a domestic slave in the palace, and he was so humble and humble from beginning to end, which is very good.
However, Zhao Yue did not put on airs. Instead, he got off his horse, stretched out his hand to lift Ma Qi, and said with a smile: "Ma Qi, you are my relative, why are you so polite? Get up quickly."
Ma Qi stood up, shook his head, and said: "At any time, Ma Qi is the prince's slave and a member of the prince's palace. Without the prince, how could he be a slave now?"
"I am in Pengcheng County. I often want to go back to the palace and pay my respects to the prince."
"But I can't get away."
"I didn't expect that the prince would come to Pengcheng County in person, and this slave would have a backbone."
Ma Qi looked excited and said, "Your Majesty, my servant has prepared a banquet at my house. Please come to the banquet with your Majesty."
Zhao Yue smiled and said: "Go back to the city."
Although Zhao Yue has long been old, he does not look old at all, but looks elegant and extraordinary. He himself is a man of both civil and military skills, so he can control Xuzhou, but his appearance is a little gloomier, giving people a somewhat gloomy feeling and making people a little afraid.
The group of people went straight back to the city, and when they arrived at the palace, Ma Qi asked Zhao Yue to sit on the main seat, while he sat under Zhao Yue, arranged for a banquet, and ordered the singer to dance.
Everything was arranged properly, and Ma Qi was waiting on Zhao Yue to eat and drink without mentioning any business matters.
Zhao Yue drank wine and ate food. After finishing his meal, he waved his hand directly.
Ma Qi asked all the singers to step back.
In the hall, only Zhao Yue, Ma Qi, Liang Yu, and some people brought by Zhao Yue were left.
Zhao Yue's eyes fell on Ma Qi and he said: "Ma Qi, Zhao Shan has come to garrison at the border of Pengcheng County. How is the situation? Have you fought with Zhao Shan?"
Ma Qi looked helpless and stood up and said: "This slave is incompetent and has lost a battle. Please punish me."
Zhao Yue looked tolerant and generous, and said: "Zhao Shan is not an ordinary person, let alone an ordinary person. People like Zhao Shan are truly powerful people."
"Everyone who underestimated Zhao Shan is dead and has become Zhao Shan's prisoner."
"It's normal for you, a little governor, to lose for a while."
Zhao Yue smiled and said: "Tell me, how did you lose this battle?"
Ma Qi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly arranged for Ma Liang to station troops at the border and sent people into Peixian County to find out the news. However, he encountered Kong Lingyue's cavalry and the five thousand cavalry were defeated.
After describing the general situation, Ma Qi blamed himself: "I originally thought that testing Zhao Shan would be an easy task, but I didn't expect that I would be defeated again and again, and the defeat was extremely miserable."
Zhao Yue's expression became serious after hearing this.
Five thousand cavalry were completely defeated.
Even if they were divided into two groups and defeated, it also confirmed the combat effectiveness of Zhao Shan's cavalry.
After Zhao Yue thought for a while, he said, "Have you discovered the identity of this female general? Who is she?"
Ma Qi shook his head and said: "The soldier who escaped only said that he was a female general. It seemed that he was wielding a square-shaped halberd, which was extremely sharp."
Zhao Yue looked confused and said, "No, there are only two female generals under Zhao Shan. One is Jiang Yuhuang, who is good at using swords. The other is Wei Fengqing, who is good at using guns. How can there be female generals?"
"There is only one woman who draws a halberd with Fang Tian."
"That's Kong Lingyue."
"Could it be that Kong Lingyue surrendered to Zhao Shan? No, no, absolutely impossible. Kong Shentong is also the overlord of the party. How could he surrender to others casually?"
Zhao Yue said in a deep voice: "The identity of this female general is temporarily doubtful. However, Zhao Shan's cavalry is powerful, and they should be black armor cavalry. Only this cavalry has sufficient combat effectiveness."
Ma Qi said: "My lord, I heard that Zhao Shan's general Yue Feipeng has bypassed Kong Shentong and gone directly to the edge of Langya County. Could it be that Kong Shentong has surrendered?"
Zhao Yue's expression became solemn.
He had always been suspicious, but now that Ma Qi had analyzed it, Zhao Yue felt it was possible.
Otherwise, how to explain Yue Feipeng not attacking Kong Shentong?
"Report!"
At this moment, a soldier hurriedly entered, came straight to Zhao Yue's side, made a report, and handed over a letter.
Zhao Yue waved his hand for the soldiers to step back, opened the letter and read it quickly. But the more he looked down, the angrier he became and his face became more solemn. In the end, he simply slapped his hand on the desk and said angrily: "Kong Shentong, this loser, actually defected to Zhao Shan."
Ma Qi said: "Your Majesty, if Kong Shentong defectes to Zhao Shan, then Langya County will be in danger."
"More than just danger?"
Zhao Yue gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Actually, not only Yue Feipeng's army has arrived at the junction of Donglai County and Langya County, Kong Shentong's troops have also quietly arrived at the border of Langya County."
"Currently, there is news that Yue Feipeng is negotiating with Ge Yuan to instigate rebellion against Ge Yuan."
"Ge Yuan has been working hard in Langya County for decades, and the Ge family is a big family in Langya County. Once Ge Yuan betrays, the entire Langya County will betray."
"Kuzuhara is already interested."
Zhao Yue said angrily: "No wonder Yue Feipeng and Kong Shentong have been inactive. Unexpectedly, they are waiting for Kuzu Yuan's reply and are instigating rebellion against Kuzu Yuan."
Ma Qi also said angrily: "Your Majesty has always been tolerant of Kuzu Yuan, but I didn't expect that he turned out to be ungrateful. Your Majesty, what should I do with Kuzu Yuan?"
Zhao Yue flicked his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Since Kuzu Yuan is dishonorable and wants to betray me, we cannot keep him. He must be killed to completely solve Kuzu Yuan's problem."
"Does Ge Yuan think that the king has tolerated him for so many years without infiltrating Langya County?"
"Kuzuhara is too naive."
"Somebody come!"
Zhao Yue gave an order, and a personal attendant came over and stood with a bow.
Zhao Yue ordered: "You immediately open Langya County, contact Langya County Captain Zou Yang, immediately mobilize troops to directly kill Ge Yuan, completely control Langya County, and use Langya County to resist the attacks of Kong Shentong and Yue Feipeng."
"As you command!"
He turned around and left in a hurry.
After leaving, Zhao Yue looked at Ma Qi and continued: "Ma Qi, apart from the news just now, are there any other preparations and plans for this battle with Zhao Shan?"
Ma Qi shook his head and said: "There is no more news for the time being, and I am still making inquiries."
Zhao Yue said: "My king's army is on its way. It won't be long before the 50,000 troops from behind will arrive in Pengcheng County. When the army arrives, we will go directly to Pei County and prepare to fight with Zhao Shan."
"As you command!"
Ma Qi replied loudly.
Zhao Yue nodded and asked Ma Qi to keep an eye on Zhao Shan's movements before asking Ma Qi to further arrange the singing and dancing.
