The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

"Report!"

"Report to the King of Qin! A new batch of prisoners has arrived."

In the bitterly cold frontier, Li Jize was eating hot pot and singing with his men in Kuandian Fort when a subordinate immediately came to report.

For a while...

All of a sudden, everyone looked at the messenger.

"What? Prisoners! Where did the prisoners come from? Do we have any prisoners?"

"Boy! Are you mistaken?"

Their own warships were already struggling to transport the slaves of Qi, and now they had to take with them the looted property, cattle, sheep, and women. How could they possibly take captives?

As long as they are barbarians! Aren't they all killed except women?

Faced with everyone's doubts, the messenger looked embarrassed and explained, "Reporting to the King of Qin! Reporting to the staff officers, it was Lieutenant General Zhang who captured the barbarian royal family!"

Oops! Good guy!

As soon as the messenger's words came out, everyone who was eating hot pot was stunned and stood there in a daze.

Who is Lieutenant General Zhang?

This guy Zhang Tieniu!

Li Jize ordered him to lead the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry to attack cities and capture strongholds. This guy was indeed a tough guy. He actually fought his way through the border and captured Wendur.

The barbarian Khan Batmasalan also keeps his word and will never ask for help from the Sixth Prince Bochijin. At worst, I will run away to you to see!

He ran away, resulting in the capture of the royal children and concubines of the barbarians by Zhang Tieniu.

This was a huge and rare event. Zhang Tieniu captured the barbarian Khan and the royal family. He packed them all up and sent them to Kuandian Fort to hand them over to the King of Qin for disposal.

"Excellent! Zhang Tieniu has achieved an unprecedented military feat this time! It can be said that this is a feat that has never been seen in the history of China for thousands of years!"

Chen Yingyuan, the chief official of the palace, shouted excitedly. In the past, the nomadic tribes had always chased and attacked them, and it was they who had come to plunder the Qi people!

But now...

Go against Tiangang!

Kou can go, so can I!

It's so satisfying! It's really so satisfying.

"This is all thanks to the wise leadership of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin! The Prince of Qin is wise and wise!"

For a moment, everyone in the entire camp was trying to curry favor with Li Jize.

But surprisingly...

After being flattered, Li Jize not only did not look happy at all, but instead frowned.

Ah this...

For a moment, the staff officers who were so happy about capturing the barbarian royal family were all stunned.

"Your Highness! Why are you so worried?"

Chen Yingyuan was a little confused, so he stepped forward and asked curiously.

"I simply lament that the barbarians are so powerful because they have produced two generations of remarkable strategic leaders!"

After hearing this, everyone fell silent!

Their victory was only temporary, as they took advantage of the owner's absence to break into the house and steal.

But what about the rear?

The entire northern part of Da Qi may be finished. What will be the end of the land of China?

The barbarian Khan Batmasalan would rather sacrifice the elderly, the weak, women and children of the entire barbarian people than ask for help from the barbarian army.

On the other hand, the Emperor of Da Qi, Her Majesty the Empress!

In order to eliminate the meritorious official Li Jize and listen to the slander of a group of "traitors", every time the Qi army was in the process of suppressing bandits, they would gain something!

As soon as the barbarians came in, she would be frightened and demand the army to come to the rescue, which once again gave the rebels a chance to catch their breath.

The Qi army was exhausted from running back and forth to put out fires on both sides, and was gradually destroyed by the growing strength of the rebels and barbarians.

It’s not that the Qi army can’t fight!

There is a very sad and cruel saying, "The Qi army who are truly capable of fighting and who are not afraid of death have all been loyal to the Empress and the Great Qi in the past few years!"

Those who survived, like Zuo Santong, were a group of people who were afraid of death and knew how to protect themselves.

"King Qin, there's no need to worry. Great Qi is not dead! At least King Qin is still here!"

"Yes! King Qin, as long as you raise the banner of the Grand Marshal of the Army, we still have the South, and we can unite the people of Qi to fight against the barbarians."

All the think tanks were trying to comfort Li Jize, telling him not to be cowardly! We still have half of the country!

but……

This is the irony of history!

Li Jize listened to his wife Wang Yuanya's words and chose to fight against the barbarians in his own way for the so-called "national justice".

This led to him not going to the south, raising the flag of the Grand Marshal of the Army, and not integrating the fragmented southern part of the Great Qi.

At this moment...

What is the situation in the south of Da Qi?

To describe it in one word, it’s chaos!

The rebel army broke into the royal capital and the empress disappeared. In order to legitimize his own regime, he also wanted to prove that Li Zhenbei's accession to the throne was reasonable and legal.

They directly announced that the empress was dead! The new emperor opened the sky!

Ironically, Li Zhenbei had only been emperor for 14 days when the barbarian army came in full force.

The barbarians didn't care whether the Empress was truly dead or faked her death, but their slogan was revenge for the Empress, which meant...

The Empress must die!

So, when both groups in the north claimed that the empress was dead, the south began to seize power.

The Empress was a direct descendant of Taizu. Unfortunately, the Zheng family had some unknown problem, but they were few in number. If her generation had not had a male heir, the throne would not have been hers.

Now that the North has declared the Empress dead, all the leaders of the South, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day! We must quickly elect someone to be the Emperor.

Who will inherit the throne?

They could only find a vassal king from the distant branch of the Zheng family, that is, from the line of Taizu's brothers, to inherit half of the southern territory.

A great man once said, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes! Where there are rivers and lakes, there will be struggles!"

Similarly, if the court officials in the north were engaging in factional struggles, would the southerners not do the same?

The reason why the South is calm and peaceful is because the power lies in the North!

The north has now completely fallen, and the former officials have all become officials of the barbarians. Naturally, the southern officials are in charge of the south.

Once you have power...

The fight has officially begun!

First, the warlord Zuo Santong (who fled all the way back to the south after being defeated by the barbarians) supported Zheng Fu, a descendant of the King of Chu, to ascend the throne and become emperor.

When the civil servants in the south saw this, they were shocked. How could this be tolerated?

When will it be possible for a military general or warlord like you to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court?

The civil service group was not to be outdone. They supported Zheng Wu, a descendant of King Zhao, to become emperor, and publicly announced that Zheng Fu, supported by Zuo Santong, was illegal and not recognized by the court.

Zuo Santong was furious!

He felt that the court's bunch of sour scholars were like people wearing straw hats and biting pig noses, unable to distinguish the high and low eyebrows.

Now the barbarians are almost occupying the north and are about to march south. Who can stop them?

You guys don't have any idea at all!

You mean the emperor I supported is illegal?

Now I will tell you what it means that power comes from the barrel of a gun!

He immediately assisted Santong in raising an army of 300,000, intending to "suppress the rebellion!" and destroy this so-called Southern Court!