Xiaotong's wedding was very dignified. It was the first in the country and unparalleled.
Regardless of her outstanding status, just the fact that the emperor presided over the wedding, escorted the Qi family, and welcomed the bride to the Qi family was enough to make the world envious.
There is absolutely no other such high standard of etiquette in the entire Da Feng Dynasty.
From the emperor's point of view, it was considered as giving enough face to the Qi family. His actions not only brought the relationship between the emperor and his ministers closer, but also won the support of scholars all over the world.
It really kills two birds with one stone!
Not to mention Qi Jinghe's feelings.
As Hong Tao's adoptive father, he was by no means simply contented with the glory, but actually enjoyed the ultimate grace.
All in all, everyone was happy and it was pretty good.
According to traditional rules, the Qi family will hold a grand wedding banquet next, and then there will be Qi Xiaotong's homecoming ceremony and other matters. During this period, drinking establishments, large and small, would only end after five or six days of drinking.
However, this joyful atmosphere did not last long. The wedding banquet that had just been held the next day was disrupted by an urgent military incident.
According to reports from scouts, fierce beacon smoke was ignited along the Strait of Malacca, and the fighting was quite fierce.
This is roughly what happened.
Just as the general offensive in the Goryeo War Zone kicked off, foreign troops in the Tianzhu area also began to invade the Gongbang area.
Guard general Qi Qingyun did not dare to neglect and led his troops to meet the enemy. However, he was unfortunately defeated and seriously injured.
What?
Qi Qingyun is a dignified Qiongzhou general, how could he lose to those foreign bastards?
Could it be that there is some unknown weirdness hidden in it?
Master Qi is worthy of being Master Qi. He hit the nail on the head with his words and directly stated the strangeness behind it.
The scouts reported that there was indeed some mystery in it, and it was precisely because of this mystery that Qi Qingyun was caught off guard. In addition, General Qi was kind and righteous, but not ruthless enough, so his defeat was completely reasonable.
First of all, the foreign army was so powerful that it was unimaginable. This situation was something that no one had imagined.
According to the news, foreign forces formed a nine-nation coalition and secretly gathered in the Tianzhu area, then bided their time and waited for a fighter opportunity.
Later, because Fu Xian's Dawan Army went north to assist in the battle, Duan Zicheng had to allocate some troops to supplement the emptiness in Dawan. However, as a result, the defenses in Sumatra became weaker.
After the Nine-Nation Allied Forces noticed the clues, they decisively seized this opportunity, sent out their troops without any warning, and took the lead in attacking. With lightning speed, they unexpectedly attacked the port of Gongbang.
When Duan Zicheng believed it and led his army to rescue, the smoke there had already burned out.
For Qi Qingyun, the enemy's strength really caught him off guard.
However, as a famous defender in Nanyang, how could he be captured without any help?
Not surprisingly, Qi Qingyun led his men to resist tenaciously. Although they used less to fight more, they did not lose at all.
The battle was in a stalemate, but Qiong's army was evenly matched.
This also surprised the foreign coalition forces.
The reversal of the war situation occurred in an attempt by the foreign army.
After being unable to attack for a long time, they began to make crooked ideas and lined up tens of thousands of unarmed Qiongzhou people who had been captured alive in front of the battle line to see whether Qi Qingyun would order the massacre of his compatriots.
This time, they really won the bet.
Because Qi Qingyun could not bear to accidentally injure innocent people, he ordered the soldiers to put down their firearms and unload their crossbows, and instead used cold weapons such as swords and spears to engage the foreigners in hand-to-hand combat.
You must know that long-range attacks are the magic weapon for Qiong Jun's victory. Now if you don't press it, it is equivalent to the tiger losing its claws. On the surface, it looks majestic, but the actual damage is greatly reduced.
In this way, Qiong's army ended with an unwilling defeat and resentment.
What is even more regrettable is that Qi Qingyun was also seriously injured in this battle and ended up hanging by a thread.
The above is the general outline of the war.
After listening to the relevant report, Qi Yu couldn't help but said angrily: "What a foreigner, he dares to stroke my tiger beard in Qiongzhou! Does he say he doesn't know how to write the word "death"?"
Xiaotong also said angrily: "Father, don't be anxious. When my daughter returns to Dahua, I will personally lead an army to support her. If I catch the opportunity, I will kill him without leaving a trace!"
Watching them gnash their teeth, others also became infected.
Qi Jing, in particular, was so angry that his eyes widened with murderous intent.
Compared to the above, Emperor Li Hongyu's performance was more peaceful, and he did not display the legendary Tianyi Holy Wrath. He was thinking that the Gongbang annexed the country relatively late. Although it had achieved some substantial development, most of it was based on agriculture and there was no core industry. If foreigners attack that land, what can they plunder?
Grabbing food?
It shouldn’t be enough!
You know, Tianzhu is a big agricultural country, and the land is very fertile. Even if they lose their harvest for a whole year, they are unlikely to starve to death.
Therefore, their invasion could not have been for food rations.
In this case, why did they mobilize troops and form a coalition to invade?
What are they planning?
Qi Dalang was well aware of the foreigners' motives for sending troops.
However, he still did not want to reveal the secret of Afurong to the public.
Under the balance of power, he said deliberately ambiguously: "The reason why the other party came to invade is because they want to get a kind of medicinal herb that is a specialty of Qiongzhou, and I don't want to let it go." This kind of resource was lost overseas, so the seeds of hatred between each other were planted. Basically, that's it!"
Oh, I basically understand!
This is a typical principle of the common man being innocent and having a jade in his possession guilty.
Li Hongyu wanted to find out what this herb was, what was special about it, or was it valuable. If it were an ordinary crop, it would never arouse the covetousness of foreigners, let alone trigger a war.
However, Qi Dalang didn't mean to clear up the doubts. His words were still written in Spring and Autumn style and in a few words, leaving you confused as to why.
That's all, if you don't want to tell me, I won't ask more questions.
Forcing others to do something difficult will actually look bad. It is only appropriate to do it in moderation, which is the style of a moral and wise king.
However, Qi Yu did not completely shut out the Emperor's curiosity.
Just listening, he said with a smile: "As for what's going on, why don't your Majesty go and find out in person? By doing this, you can not only supervise the army, but also solve doubts. Why not do it?"
"You mean...let me go to Nanyang?" Li Hongyu was stunned when he heard this and said.
"To be honest with you, Your Majesty, this is the biggest crisis I have encountered since I took charge of Nanyang. It requires the efforts of the whole province to calm down. I hope that in this life-and-death situation, Your Majesty can always stand together with the people." Qi Yu said sternly.
"But, that's so dangerous!"
"The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country! Why should we be afraid?"
