mtl008 Chapter 498 Jinxia: The situation on the Eastern Front collapsed
Chapter 498 Jinxia: The situation on the Eastern Front collapsed
In the side room of the backyard of the Marquis's Mansion.
As the weather got colder, the women rarely went out.
Wu Mi, wearing a loose light-colored dress and with her long hair spread out, lay on the bed covered with thick soft mattresses, stroking her bulging belly with one hand, listening to the gossip of the sisters below, and a trace of melancholy appeared on Wen Ning's jade face.
Speaking of which, Wu Mi and Chen Mo's feelings were not very deep before.
After all, it was the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, and the two had no emotional foundation.
It was just that after getting married, the feelings increased little by little, and there was dependence.
When Wu Mi was pregnant with Chen Mo's child, her feelings for Chen Mo became extremely strong.
For example, when Chen Mo was not around before, Wu Mi missed him, but he would not appear in her dreams.
But after she was pregnant with the child, he was in her dreams every night, and she missed Chen Mo coming back to accompany her as soon as possible.
Han Anniang, who was not far away, chatted with her from time to time, and her mind was on the child in her belly.
Beside the bed, Chu Juan was peeling pears with a knife, looking very focused.
Yi Shiyan was the most lively, chatting about recent interesting things.
Xia Zhiqing smiled and talked for a few words, then prepared to leave.
Wu Mi was Chen Mo's legal wife, so the girls would come over to greet Wu Mi and chat every day.
After all, everyone lived in the same courtyard, and if there was a topic, they would have finished talking long ago, so it was almost enough to sit here for a while.
Nangong Ru, Liang Xue, Ning Wan, Xiao Yunxi and the others also stood up.
Chen Mo was not there, and it was a bit boring.
"Madam Jiu, there is someone outside who claims to be your relative and wants to see you. This is a token from him." At this time, a maid walked into the room with a jade pendant in her hand.
Madam Jiu was what the servants called Chu Juan.
Chu Juan heard this, handed the peeled pear to Wu Mi, put down the knife and stood up and walked over.
Chu Juan was surprised to take the jade pendant from the maid, because this jade was something her mother wore with her.
"Did my mother send someone?" This was the first thought that came to Chu Juan's mind, and then she put away the jade pendant and said, "Where is the person?" Although the token was matched. But as Chen Mo's inner room, Chu Juan naturally could not meet the man alone. In the living room, Chu Juan met the man accompanied by a maid. As a result, the man knelt down as soon as he saw Chu Juan: "Please save the Li family, Your Highness." The man was also a member of the Li family, but his surname was not Li, his name was Wang He. He was the wife of Madam Hui's half brother. Because of the relationship between Prince Huai and Chen Mo. Linzhou is far away from Fengzhou. If the Li family sends someone in person, it is easy to leak the news, so they asked Wang He, as a relative, to help go there. The Li family's request was very simple. Because Li Mingfan and Li Mingzhong "surrendered to the enemy", Prince Huai no longer trusted the Li family, and the position of the prince was completely hopeless. He could not stay in Fengzhou, so he thought of simply turning to Chen Mo. Chu Juan is the daughter of Madam Hui, so in order to make a better switch, they came to Chu Juan to build relationships.
The idea of the Li family is that although they switched to Chen Mo, they wanted to rely on Chu Juan.
After all, "Is it easy to get things done if there is someone in the court?"
The Li family wanted Chu Juan to blow Chen Mo's pillow wind.
In fact, this is also a good thing for Chu Juan.
After all, with the help of relatives, you can speak more confidently in the backyard.
Therefore, whether for blood or personal considerations, Chu Juan agreed to help the Li family.
She wanted to write a letter to Chen Mo.
…
Jinxia.
Imperial City.
Imperial Study.
Jinxia Khan Tuohui was convening officials of the fifth rank and above from the six ministries to discuss matters in the Imperial Study.
Most of the matters discussed were military affairs.
Tuoba Hui was in a very good mood at the moment. After all, the battle reports submitted by the West Route Army and the East Route Army were all victorious. The West Route Army even destroyed a country. The latest battle report submitted also captured Longyou of the Song Dynasty and was heading towards Yuzhou.
The only thing that made Tuoba Hui unhappy was that the Eastern Army had not submitted a battle report for a long time. The last battle report was that the army occupied Gaozhou of the Song Dynasty and threatened Qingzhou.
Logically, at this time, the Eastern Army had already taken Qingzhou and was about to join the Western Army.
Tuoba Zhu didn't know what to do. As a military supervisor, there was no news for so long.
The chief officer of the Ministry of War said: "Khan, I received the latest military report from the Western Army today. The temperature has dropped sharply recently. The army did not bring any cold-resistant items. I urge the Ministry of Revenue to distribute cold-resistant items to the front line."
"Approved." Tuoba Hui agreed without thinking, and told the Ministry of Revenue to implement it as soon as possible.
Then Tuoba Hui paused and continued: "Is there any recent military information from the Eastern Army?"
The officials of the six ministries all shook their heads.
At this time, the voice of the eunuch came from outside the imperial study: "Khan, urgent news from the eastern front!"
The officials in the imperial study were shocked when they heard this.
Judging from the tone, something big has happened.
Soon, the eunuch delivered the intelligence from the Eastern Route Army to Tuoba Hui.
Tuoba Hui's face changed slightly. He took the military report and read the text on it. He was shocked and his face turned pale.
It said that the Eastern Route Army was completely annihilated, and Timur, Yelu Nuku and other generals died in the battle. Only Tuoba Zhu and hundreds of soldiers escaped alive.
It happened a long time ago, and the reason why Tuoba Hui knew it now was because Timur's first defeat, Tuoba Zhu thought that he would report it when the situation was saved, so he concealed it and did not report it. Later, he kept concealing it when he kept losing.
They were officials in the same court, so they would meet each other every day. If Tuoba Zhu kept it a secret, Wanyan Xiaji would naturally not report it on behalf of the Eastern Army.
Now the matter was serious, and Tuoba Zhu could no longer hide it, so he had to report it.
Tuoba Hui felt that the thin pieces of paper were as heavy as a thousand pounds at this moment, and said in a deep voice: "Where is the person who sent the battle report now? I want to ask him."
The eunuch said: "Report to the Khan, wait outside."
"Send it." Tuoba Hui said in a deep voice.
The officials in the imperial study immediately noticed something was wrong, and the chief officer of the Ministry of War stepped forward and said: "Khan, I don't know what the battle report on the eastern front contains?"
Tuoba Hui was about to speak.
The person who sent the battle report had entered the imperial study under the leadership of the eunuch. After seeing Tuoba Hui, he knelt on the ground with a plop.
All the officials changed their faces and knelt down as soon as they came up. This was a big deal.
Sure enough, under Tuoba Hui's questioning, the content of the battle report was told in more detail.
Knowing that the Eastern Route Army was almost completely annihilated and the Eastern Front was completely defeated, with only Tuoba Zhu escaping with a few hundred people, everyone felt cold hands and feet, and their breathing stagnated a little.
How could this be?
Didn't the Eastern Route Army win battles one after another before? How long has it been since it was defeated so thoroughly?
The Eastern Route Army had 80,000 troops.
Now almost all of them were annihilated
This price is also a huge loss for the entire Jinxia.
"Ah"
Tuoba Hui slammed the table heavily and roared.