Princess Consort Is No Pushover

"What?" Emperor Hongyuan trembled with anger when he heard this.

The others also looked shocked and angry.

Grand Master Li Jin, Jiang Muyu, Dong Changfeng and others were all worried and chilled when they heard this.

But Yun Qing's complexion became very ugly.

The messenger soldier said again, "Not only that, but some of the food is moldy and rotten, and the soldiers can't eat it at all. There are also prepared weapons, many of which are rusty and inferior, and they can't go to the battlefield at all. The soldiers There is no food to eat, and it is impossible to fight with a hungry stomach. Therefore, when the enemy came, we suffered countless casualties, blood flowed into rivers, and many soldiers were so hungry that they simply threw away their armor and surrendered to the enemy. There are many more Some people became deserters and disappeared.”

"How can it be reasonable, how can it be so?" Emperor Hongyuan clutched his chest, furious.

Then, he looked at Yun Qing and glared angrily, "Yun Qing, aren't you in charge of the food and military affairs? How could such a thing happen? I have already allocated the last money in the treasury to you. How could this happen? become like this?"

After hearing this, Yun Qing knelt down with a plop, and said tremblingly, "The emperor calmed down, I left the purchase of grain, grass and armaments to the people below. I don't know why this happened. It must be those people Corruption and bribery, enriching one's own pockets, embezzling the money given by the emperor, that's what happened."

At this time, Jiang Muyu immediately stepped forward and said angrily: "Your Majesty, in the face of a national crisis, these corrupt officials actually want to embezzle and accept bribes. They even dare to corrupt the food and grass of the soldiers. Please the Emperor must punish them severely."

Li Jin also said angrily: "Your Majesty, the matter of food and grass is entrusted to Xiang Yun. Now that this kind of problem has happened, Xiang Yun must be responsible."

Yun Qing hurriedly said with snot and tears: "Your Majesty, the people below must have embezzled money and filled their pockets. Please give me some time. I will definitely arrest them and bring them to justice!"

"It's not just about being brought to justice? These people dare to be greedy for food and military pay. I want their lives! Yun Qing, you hurry to investigate this matter. If you don't give me an explanation, I want your head!" Emperor Hongyuan said angrily.

Yun Qing nodded quickly in fright, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I will investigate immediately."

The news of Li Linwei's defeat spread all over Chu.

Seeing that the enemy's momentum was getting stronger and stronger, and the country was about to perish, Dong Changfeng and the others couldn't bear it anymore. They no longer cared about Emperor Hongyuan, and led 50,000 Xuance troops to the north to join the battle.

After Dong Changfeng and the others left with their troops, Su Qishao and others also led their soldiers to the battlefield and joined the battle.

Everyone didn't want the country to perish, so they stepped forward one after another to defend the country.

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Jiujue Peak, Shengling Palace

Shengling Palace is located on the highest peak of Jiujue Peak. It is a very precipitous place with high mountains and cliffs.

At this time, King Xian was standing in front of a mountain peak, looking at the mountains in the distance.

Since resigning from the position of crown prince, he has not gone anywhere, but came to Shengling Palace.

Shengling Palace is a sparsely populated place, and no one dares to disturb him, so he is very clean here.

He was already tired of the bustling worldly life, and felt that only this kind of place could make him feel at ease and meditate.

At this time, Chi Yuan led a few people over, "Holy Master, something serious has happened to Chu!"

"What's the matter?" Hearing this, King Xian's nerves immediately tensed up, and his whole body became tense.

Chi Yuan hurriedly said: "Holy Master, Feng Lingtian, the crown prince of Tiansheng Kingdom, has entangled Dongfang Wuxiang, Bailiyou and others, and they formed a five-nation coalition to attack Chu. Now they have occupied Yanzhou City. The state city has successively invaded the hinterland of the Chu state, and the subordinates estimate that they will enter Shengjing City and the imperial palace in a short time."

"What? Feng Lingtian actually formed a coalition army and invaded Chu State? Now, have we sent troops to resist? How is the war going?" Xian Wang asked anxiously.

Now, his heart could no longer be at peace, and his whole body was trembling with anger.

Chi Yuan lowered his head and said sadly: "The emperor has already sent troops to resist. He first sent 100,000 troops, but finally the whole army was wiped out, and then sent another 150,000 troops, but because the food and grass were tampered with, so the ten The 50,000 army was also defeated. The soldiers fled and died, and now there are not many people resisting the coalition forces."

"The grain and grass have been tampered with? Chi Yuan, what's going on?" King Xian was furious when he heard this.

Chi Yuan said: "Isn't it all the fault of those corrupt officials? In order to get money, those corrupt officials used second-rate goods as good ones, and even used sand to disguise them as food and grass, and transported them to the battlefield. Not only that, the weapons they prepared were also inferior goods, a lot of weapons They are all rusty. The soldiers didn’t have enough to eat, and they didn’t have good weapons to use. Of course, they couldn’t defeat the enemy, so many soldiers lost their lives in vain, and we also lost a lot of cities.”

"What? These corrupt officials are simply too much!" Xian Wang said, and said coldly, "Chi Yuan, I can't just watch Feng Lingtian invade our country. I have to go down the mountain immediately to resist the enemy army."

Chi Yuan immediately said: "Okay, Holy Master, Shengling Palace also supports you. We will go with you to drive away these enemies and avenge the soldiers!"

Seeing Chi Yuan's firm look, King Xian was very moved.

At the critical moment of life and death, even Chi Yuan knew to defend the country and drive away the enemies, but those corrupt officials enriched their own pockets and transported grain and grass mixed with sand to the soldiers.

Those corrupt officials are really not as reckless as these rivers and lakes.

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In this way, Xian Wang and Chi Yuan summoned all the people in Shengling Palace, and everyone prepared their own dry food, luggage and weapons, and went to the battlefield together to fight the enemy.

But war is cruel and bloody.

Because there are too many enemy troops, and there are only more than 10,000 people left in Shengling Palace, they are no match for the enemy army at all.

After several battles, the Shengling Palace suffered numerous casualties and blood flowed like rivers. In the end, only a few hundred people survived.

Looking at the blood and corpses all over the ground, King Xian's eyes turned red.

He originally brought everyone to save the country, but he didn't expect to ruin so many lives in the end.

Fortunately, because of everyone's heroic resistance, the enemy was temporarily held back and did not let the enemy advance too fast.

King Xian also fainted on the battlefield because of his heavy injuries.

Seeing King Xian fainted in a pool of blood, Chi Yuan, who was covered in blood, also stopped fighting. He hurriedly took several confidants to rescue King Xian, and took King Xian away from the battlefield.

At this time, King Xian was already covered in wounds and had lost a lot of blood.

Chi Yuan quickly found a carriage, put the Xian Wang on the carriage, and casually bandaged the Xian Wang.

Then, he was thinking where to take King Xian for treatment.

After thinking for a while, he looked in the direction of Shengjing City and sighed softly.

For King Xian, Shengjing City is his home, he should bring King Xian back to Shengjing City, and find a doctor for him in Shengjing City.