Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

In a large mansion in Jingguo Kyoto, Prime Minister Lin Dong, who was about 50 years old, was sitting in his study, opening a small note sent by a spy via carrier pigeon. There were three people sitting on his left and right, his aide Tan Qingsong and two confidants Qiao Weinian and Duan Changwei.

The note said "Shangyou City was lost and is now in the hands of Han Shaoqing of Dachang State". How could this be possible? The last time the Jing army was defeated and Mao Tieshan was captured, it was only about a week ago. It was not until five days after the news came back that we learned that the other remnants of the defeated army had fled back to the border town of Heishan City in Jing State.

The city was lost only a few days ago, and there has been no news of the war between Shangyou City and the soldiers of Dachang Kingdom. How could the city change hands? It's so weird.

The message that the pigeon brought back only had this one sentence. What does it mean? I want to know how the city was lost, but it's not explained clearly at all.

He then said to the three people below him, "There is only a short sentence on this letter. You can read it yourself. Staff Tan, when will the people you sent out come back? I want to know what's going on in Shangyou City?" After that, he handed the note to the three of them.

The three took the note and read it carefully, showing each other incredible looks. "If the war starts, there must be no news. I don't know what Yan Zhiqiang, the Lord of Black Mountain City, is doing. The two cities are only two days away from each other." Duan Changwei said, looking at Lord Lin Xiang in front of him.

Qiao Weinian nodded in response, "I also think that General Yan should have noticed something was wrong long ago since he was close to the matter. Why is the reaction so slow and there is no news coming back? It's really frustrating."

"General Yan is fine in other aspects, and he is a fierce general on the battlefield, but he likes women. Sooner or later, he will die in a woman's belly." Staff member Tan said what he wanted to say with contempt, and then looked at Prime Minister Lin who was at the top.

At this time, someone outside the door reported that there was important news. Lin Xiang waved his hand and said loudly, "Hurry up and pass it in."

A messenger ran in from outside, his face pale from the cold wind, his hands red from the cold, his body and clothes covered with snowflakes, he was shivering from the cold, kneeling on the ground to report the situation.

"Minister Lin, things are not going well. Shangyou City has been taken back by Han Shaoqing. We have not heard any news of their battle. General Yan sent people to inquire about it two days after the incident. He was so shocked at the time that he didn't know what was going on.

Later, the message was sent to the emperor and you, but because the weather was too cold, the pigeon had difficulty flying, so the message was delivered a little late. "

"How exactly was Shangyou City lost? Didn't General Yan of Black Mountain City find out? Didn't he send spies to Shangyou City to find out what happened?

It's so ambiguous, I want to know the most real situation?" The left prime minister roared at the soldier who delivered the message.

"What a bunch of useless idiots. You can't even find out such a small thing. What use are you?"

Seeing that the Left Prime Minister was so angry, Chen Muliao quickly winked at the messenger soldier. He understood what he meant, bowed to the Left Prime Minister, and quietly left the study.

At this time, a servant from the mansion came to report that a messenger had delivered a letter. Lin Dong's voice was heard from inside the room, "Let him in." The messenger came in and took the letter out of his arms. Staff member Tan took the letter and handed it to Lin Dong.

I opened it and saw two sheets of letter paper in the envelope. I started reading from the first one, which explained how Shangyou City was lost quietly.

After reading the two pieces of letter paper, Lin Xiang roughly knew how Shangyou City was lost. Overnight, all the soldiers were unconscious, and Han Shaoqing's men tied them all up.

Now more than 50,000 soldiers are locked up in a room in a large courtyard. There is a three-meter-long wall outside, and soldiers are patrolling. The lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are in their hands.

If you want to get these soldiers back, you have to pay a ransom or the city. This news was leaked by undercover agents in the city.

"Go to the palace immediately and I will meet His Majesty and tell him the news. What should we do now? Let him make his own decision." Prime Minister Lin was now at a loss.

Tan Muliao went out to find Xiao Si and ordered the servants to prepare the car immediately and get ready to enter the palace.

Xiao Si came in and said to Lin Xiang: "Master, the lady asked you to go to the front hall for dinner. Today is New Year's Eve, and the whole family is waiting for you alone. What do you think we should do?"

"Go back and tell my wife that I have to go to the palace soon and I don't have time to eat. Let them eat by themselves."

"Yes, sir, I will tell my lady right now."

After Xiao Si left, he went to the front hall to reply.

Prime Minister Lin Dong rode alone in a carriage towards the palace.

The emperor, the empress, a dozen concubines, and several princes and princesses were having New Year's Eve dinner in the banquet hall. The eunuchs in the palace hurried to the side of the chief eunuch Liu, whispering.

Eunuch Liu came to the emperor and whispered, "The Prime Minister has come to the palace and has something important to report."

The emperor thought for a moment and put down his chopsticks, "Oh! There must be something important going on when he comes to the palace."

Choosing to report during the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, something must have happened. He stood up and said to the queen, concubines, and children, "You all eat by yourselves. I'm going to meet the prime minister. You don't have to wait."

After saying this, he went out, followed by his personal eunuch Liu Gonggong. The two of them came to the study. Liu Gonggong went outside to call Lin Xiang in.

When the prime minister came in, he knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor when he saw him. "Your Majesty, it is my fault for disturbing you on New Year's Eve today. I really have something important to report to Your Majesty."

After saying this, he handed the letter in his hand to Eunuch Liu, who handed the letter to the emperor. After taking the letter and opening it, he realized how Shangyou City was lost.

All the soldiers were handcuffed with iron shackles after they fell asleep at night. They couldn't open their hands and feet even if they wanted to.

When he woke up at noon the next day, he found that something was wrong. He didn't know how all his comrades were captured and all the soldiers were locked up in a large yard.

How did Shangyou City fall into Han Shaoqing's hands so easily? This is too incredible. Did they use drugs? After knocking out all the soldiers in the city,

Then they opened the city gates, let people in, and handcuffed the hands and feet of more than 50,000 soldiers. The spies who went to the city to inquire also asked the handcuffed soldiers, and they answered in the same way.

The person who used the drug must be a martial arts expert, otherwise all the 50,000 soldiers would be drugged. If the other party uses the same method against us, we will be powerless to resist.

Pass on my oral order, and have Black Mountain City Lord General Yan Zhiqiang pay close attention to strangers entering and leaving the city gates, and guard the city strictly. Also, guard Black Mountain City well and don't let anything happen. If he continues to act recklessly, I will have his entire family executed and buried with him for his stupid behavior.