As soon as the empress woke up, she felt a sharp pain in her body. Every cell in her body was groaning in intense pain.
If it were someone else, they would have screamed.
The empress opened her eyes to look at the ceiling, then turned her head and saw Hong Wu guarding by the bed.
"Your Majesty …" Hong Wu didn't know what to say when he saw that the empress had woken up.
He never imagined that the empress would chase Lu Qi all the way from Liao City to here, risking serious injuries, and push him all the way from the Great Xia barracks to the city.
If he hadn't stopped her, she would have pushed him all the way to Great Xia.
"Is Lu Qi dead?" the empress asked directly. Her tone was cold, and no one could tell that she was in pain.
However, how could Hong Wu, who had just exploded not long ago, not know?
"Although he's not dead, he's going to die soon. I've detained him," Hong Wu replied.
"Kill him!" The empress decided the fate of Lu Qi, Lu Pinghai. No matter how strong he was, she wouldn't treat him with respect and make him her subordinate.
Since she wanted to kill him, she had to kill him.
"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous!" Hong Wu said in a deep voice. "Your Majesty is the ruler of a nation, how can you do such a thing? If anything happens to you, not to mention one Lu Qi, even ten Lu Qis won't be able to stop you. What will happen to Dayao then? What will happen to the millions of people? "
"I won't die!" the empress said faintly. She was still conscious when she was in the Great Xia barracks, but at that time, she was really exhausted. She burned her blood essence and rushed to the city gate. She only lost consciousness when she crashed into the city gate.
Otherwise, how could she be so accurate?
"Even so, why do you have to do this? With your status, how can you take such a risk?"
Hong Wu's face was filled with grief.
He had watched the empress grow up and was closer to her than his own. How could he remain indifferent when she was in such a state?
"Lu Qi is too dangerous!" the empress said faintly.
Unless he and Hong Wu were in the same place, Lu Qi would be in great danger no matter which troop he was in.
Although she didn't know how Great Xia managed to make Lu Qi work for them, she couldn't leave such an expert in the hands of Great Xia. The aboriginals didn't have many soldiers to begin with, and their biggest reliance was their powerful individual strength. They were most afraid of encountering a super expert like Lu Qi.
It would be fine if the other party was an ordinary Spirit Wheel expert. However, no one would be able to stop a super expert like Lu Qi unless he encountered her or Hong Wu.
Previously, he tried to assassinate Hong Wu, and this time, he appeared in the Great Xia army. This already explained some things. It was too dangerous to have a super expert like him in the Great Xia army. Since he had met him, he must not let him live.
Not to mention, there were other grudges between them, so it was even more impossible to keep him alive. However, there was no need to talk about this.
"Your Majesty, are you trying to avenge me? If that's the case, I really deserve to die for putting Your Majesty in such danger. "Hong Wu's sudden tone of flattery made the empress's head throb.
"You're thinking too much. If you keep talking, I'll kill you." The empress said coldly. If it wasn't for the fact that her entire body was in pain and she couldn't move freely, she would have kicked this old man out.
"No matter what, Your Majesty must not do this again." Hong Wu sighed.
"I won't die," the empress replied faintly. "I want to see Lu Qi's head. That will make me feel better."
Hong Wu was touched when he left the door. His eyes were filled with tears. Your Majesty, are you trying to avenge me? Are you really trying to avenge me? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense!
Your Majesty is willing to take such a risk for me. My painstaking efforts over the years aren't in vain. The little girl from back then is already so powerful!
At the thought of this, another person popped up in Hong Wu's mind. It's a pity that that bastard is going to benefit from it!
At this moment, Hong Wu hated Ren Baqian to the core, even though he was indeed quite useful.
For example, a radio station, a drone, a walkie-talkie, a telescope, and he even heard that salt was produced recently …
However, being useful and hating were two different things.
He definitely wouldn't let that fellow off!
After a while, Hong Wu came back with a human head with a bloody nose and a swollen face. The head was full of meat lumps.
"Is this Lu Qi?" the empress asked suspiciously as she lay on the bed. He didn't look like Lu Qi.
"Your Majesty, it's indeed Lu Qi!"
Hong Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Lu Qi was really unlucky to have been used as a shield by Her Majesty. He even smashed through the city gate, which was one and a half feet thick, and even created holes in the stone walls and houses of his residence. He was already very lucky to be alive.
Of course, this was also because Lu Qi was seriously injured at that time and was on the verge of death. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been in such a miserable state.
A Spirit Wheel expert, especially one at Lu Qi's level, had physical strength that ordinary practitioners couldn't measure.
However, even though he didn't die at that time, he couldn't be any more dead now.
It was a pity that such an expert actually died in such a manner.
"Oh!" The empress nodded. Since Hong Wu said it was Lu Qi, then it was Lu Qi.
The empress then thought of something else and asked, "Is there anything else on him?"
"He has this." Hong Wu took out a wooden box.
"What is it?" the empress asked.
"A Spirit Yuan Pill and his martial arts, as well as the method to condense his Thousand Thread Sleeves." Hong Wu opened the box and revealed a thin book. Underneath it was a jade box that contained a red elixir. There were circles of veined patterns on the elixir, but it didn't emit any fragrance. It was as if it had been completely absorbed into the elixir.
Hong Wu showed the Spirit Yuan Pill to the empress, closed the box, and placed it next to the empress.
Then, Hong Wu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Your Majesty, don't tell me that you are going to snatch the Spirit Yuan Pill for that fellow? If that's the case … I will kill him with one slap. "
"You are thinking too much," the empress said faintly.
"Your Majesty, you have only known that fellow for less than a year …" Hong Wu's face was full of grief. A grown girl really couldn't be kept at home!
"I will beat you to death if you speak again." The empress gritted her teeth in hatred. Why didn't she realize that this old man was so annoying in the past?
At the same time, she secretly swore that when she could move again, she would definitely kick this old man out.
After sighing for a long time, Hong Wu suppressed the thought that a grown girl couldn't be kept at home and asked about the situation in Liao City. Previously, when the empress chased Ren Baqian here, he asked about the situation in Liao City. However, it was said that the army had killed their way out, and the people left in the city commander's residence didn't know much. Now that the empress had woken up, it was the right time to ask her.
"Wu Shenghou is dead," the empress said faintly. Then, she roughly explained what happened that night. There were many things that she didn't understand, so she didn't say anything.
Hong Wu only knew that Ren Baqian made something that was carried back to the barracks by the Great Xia army. Subsequently, Wu Shenghou and most of the high-ranking generals died. The winged cavalry and Li Qianqiu's troops defeated the Great Xia army and killed their way through.
Upon hearing this, Hong Wu was overjoyed.
The entire plan for Great Xia's southern invasion was made by Wu Shenghou. Now that he was dead, it wouldn't be easy for Great Xia to find someone to replace him.
As long as the Great Xia army in Tiesuo Pass and Shun City was restrained, the winged cavalry and Li Qianqiu's troops, as well as the 3,500 garrison soldiers and reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South, which consisted of 11,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 winged cavalry warriors, were sufficient to wipe out the Great Xia army in the north of Dayao. At that time, the siege of Tiesuo Pass and Shun City would naturally be lifted.
This time, Great Xia could be said to have suffered heavy casualties and gained nothing.
One had to know that Great Xia had already invested 700,000 soldiers, and there were 180,000 soldiers outside Tiesuo Pass and Shun City. Originally, Wu Shenghou had 110,000 soldiers, and Dayao had 140,000 soldiers, a total of 430,000 soldiers.
Now that Wu Shenghou was dead, the Great Xia army was being massacred along the way, and only half of them could escape.
If the two armies in Dayao were to be annihilated, the Great Xia army in the south would only be left with about 200,000 soldiers, and they might not be able to cope with the aboriginals' attack in the future.
After the two sides talked, Hong Wu left in joy with the head. A moment later, the radio was sent to the room at the empress's request.
At this moment, Ren Baqian was sitting on top of the city wall. The winged cavalry had already killed their way out.
After defeating the two reinforcements, the 3,000 soldiers also chased after them to the north.
At this moment, the thousands of guards in the east barracks simply ignored them.
They were afraid that they would sneak away quietly.
The city sent some militia to the north barracks to collect rations and fodder.
Meanwhile, he was waiting here for the empress to return.
"It has already been eight hours, right?" Ren Baqian calculated the time. He didn't know where Her Majesty had chased Lu Qi to, and she actually hadn't returned after so long.
The distance was too far, and the walkie-talkie couldn't be contacted. However, with the empress's strength, as long as she didn't barge into the Great Xia army alone, she would be able to return safely no matter where she went.
Suddenly, someone hurriedly ran to the city wall and reported, "Sir Ren, Her Majesty is at Tiesuo Pass!"
"Why did Her Majesty go there?" Ren Baqian was flabbergasted.
"Her Majesty is using the radio to contact you and is waiting for you," that soldier replied.
Ren Baqian hurriedly rushed back to the city commander's residence.
"Your Majesty? Why did you go to Tiesuo Pass? "
"Oh … Why do you care why I'm here?" The empress rarely lost her temper. Her body was already hurting, yet you still asked such nonsense!
"Your Majesty, you are the boss, and you have the final say!" Ren Baqian immediately admitted his mistake.
"I will guard this place for a few days. Come and pick me up after you have eliminated the enemy troops," the empress said in a cold tone.
"Yes! At that time, I will ride on a rainbow cloud to pick you up! "
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