Qian Li felt very uncomfortable. He didn't expect to get such an answer from Xuan Tianhua. He didn't really understand what Xuan Tianhua meant about survival, but he believed everything His Highness the Seventh Prince said. He always felt that anything this kind of person said was meaningful and had a hidden meaning. If His Highness the Seventh Prince said it was a hopeless situation, then it must be a hopeless situation. But …
But did His Highness the Seventh Prince have to take the risk for a hopeless situation? Although he was a soldier of His Ninth Highness, he still felt uncomfortable when he heard this!
Qian Li's mood was a bit gloomy. He said to Xuan Tianhua, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince, in our hearts, you and His Ninth Highness are the same. We don't want anything to happen to His Ninth Highness, and we also don't want anything to happen to you. If this battle is really extremely dangerous, Your Highness the Seventh Prince, please leave the risk to us. You must not have any mishaps. "
Xuan Tianhua couldn't help but laugh, "What are you talking about? When two armies fight, the main general will retreat? " He shook his head, "Since I'm here, I don't plan on retreating even half a step. In any case, I am alone, but His Ninth Highness is different. Qian Li, you're the deputy general. Your responsibility isn't much lighter than I's. Whether or not we can return alive from this battle will depend on our luck. I ask you, are you afraid? "
"No!" Qian Li immediately shook his head, "Since I'm a man, since I chose to join the army, I've already given my life to the camp. As long as the battle requires it, even if we have to use our lives to fill in the holes, we won't even blink! "
As the two were talking, He Gan, who had specially brought the Divine Arms Battalion back from the South for this battle, also caught up with them. He held the reins in one hand and a gun in the other. He handed the gun to Xuan Tianhua, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince, this is the Divine Arms Battalion's gun. Our brothers have freed one for you."
Xuan Tianhua had seen Feng Yu Heng use a spear before. In the Southern Land, the destructive power of the spear and the Heavenly Thunder still shocked him to this day. He did not stand on ceremony and took the gun from He Gan's hands. He Gan immediately taught him how to use it.
It had to be said that the sons of the Xuan family were all geniuses. In Xuan Tianhua's hands, he had only played with the gun for a while. When he raised it again, he could already hit the target. He Gan couldn't help but admire him.
"Guns can be used." Xuan Tianhua told He Gan after testing the gun. "After all, this gun is very similar to a hidden weapon. It targets a single target and doesn't have a large area of effect. But that kind of Heavenly Lightning in your hands, you still need to use it carefully when you reach Zong Sui, without I's instructions, you must remember not to take it out easily. Zong Sui has a dense population, with the destructive power of the Heavenly Lightning, once it is thrown out, a large number of innocent citizens will be killed or injured, that is not the result we want. Dashun is going to reclaim Zong Sui, but he is not going to massacre the city, do you understand? "
He Gan nodded, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince, do not worry. The Imperial Daughter has already instructed that although the Divine Arms Battalion will listen to her orders, if she is not here, no matter if it is His Ninth Highness or Your Highness the Seventh Prince, they are both people we must listen to."
When he mentioned Feng Yu Heng, Xuan Tianhua was slightly stunned. He thought about what Qian Li said before, Xuan Tianming had already told his personal guards, if he was not here, these soldiers should listen to him and Feng Yu Heng. Now that He Gan also said the same thing, he could not help but smile, then he said to Qian Li: "Listen, I made this trip on behalf of Ming, it is not a loss."
Qian Li knew the meaning of Xuan Tianhua's words. These three people all treated each other as the most trustworthy party in their lives. The Ninth Prince handed his personal guards to the Seventh Prince without any reservations, and Royal Consort Yu could also have her Divine Arms Battalion listen to the Seventh Prince's orders fully. And the Seventh Prince could use his own life to ensure the safety of the Ninth Prince, just so that the Ninth Prince and Royal Consort Yu could live well. It had to be said that this kind of brotherhood in the imperial family was really rare.
Zong Sui was one of the four vassal states of Dashun in China, with the largest land area, the best climate, the largest population and the strongest national power. It could be said that on this mainland, other than Dashun, Zong Sui was the undisputed king. Even in the past, before Dashun had produced new steel, Zong Sui's iron essence weapons were a potential threat to Dashun.
But the previous Emperor of Zong Sui did not like to fight. Compared to war, compared to opening up new territory, he was more willing to guard his original land and manage it well, allowing the citizens to be richer and filling the national treasury. Therefore, for many years, Zong Sui obediently paid tribute to Dashun, sending many good things to Dashun without any intention of rebelling.
Of course, this was only one of the reasons. Another very important point was that Zong Sui's iron essence techniques were coveted by too many countries. Zong Sui's imperial palace was filled with spies from various countries. As the Emperor, keeping secrets, discovering and eliminating spies, as well as living well, had already become the most important things in their lives, they did not have the energy to think about anything else. This was also the reason why Zong Sui clearly had the ability to resist Dashun, but it had been peaceful for so many years. Because with Dashun around, once the Emperor of Zong Sui was killed and the iron essence techniques were stolen, Dashun's forces would suppress that side's forces. Speaking of which, it could be said that they were restraining each other.
Until later on Dashun's side, when Feng Yu Heng produced new steel, Zong Sui's iron essence techniques became useless. Only then did the pressure from all sides lessen, causing the princes to have thoughts of fighting for the throne.
Dashun did not care about the internal strife of the various vassal countries' imperial families, they were all one family in the end, it did not make any difference to Dashun who ascended the throne. It could even be said that the person ascending the throne no longer submitted to Dashun's control, and this was a normal matter. But it was still abnormal this time, the new Emperor not only rebelled against Dashun after ascending the throne, he actually rebelled after Dashun used powerful methods to attack Gu Shu, this made it very difficult for people to understand.
Logically speaking, after Dashun used the Heavenly Lightning in the battle against Gu Shu, no matter how daring Zong Sui was, they should not have come to touch the great edifice of Dashun, but they rebelled! This caused many people to be unable to make sense of it.
A spy reported the situation on Zong Sui's side to the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng who was overseeing the Capital, the spy said: "The new Emperor of Zong Sui has the intention of selecting candidates, the imperial family did not appear to be very active in this battle on the surface, but they have taken action in secret. A large number of soldiers and horses are gathering towards the North, there are already hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed in the first city, Bin City, which is right next to Dashun. And among them, there is also a portion of Duanmu Anguo's soldiers. "
Xuan Tianfeng's brow was furrowed tightly, unable to guess Zong Sui's intentions clearly. He had seen Li Kun who was recuperating in the Capital before, the other party only said that the new Emperor relied on Duanmu Anguo and gained a lot of courage, being very confident in rebelling against Dashun's control. But where did this confidence come from? Xuan Tianfeng thought, it was definitely not as simple as having an additional portion of Duanmu Anguo's soldiers.
Zong Sui's capital,
This was a place that was very similar to Dashun's capital, it was just that the area was much smaller in comparison to Dashun, only half the size of Dashun's capital.
Zong Sui was the one that was the most similar to Dashun among the four vassal states, not only was the terrain similar, even the establishment of the provincial government office was similar. It was said that Zong Sui was not like this 200 years ago, until an Emperor appeared. After going to Dashun once, he was very satisfied with everything in Dashun, so after returning, he thought of all ways to change his own country, to the point that Zong Sui almost became a small Dashun. At that time, this caused quite a commotion, and there were even officials who committed suicide in court to express their dissatisfaction.
But after a few years, people found that this was not bad, the laws of Zong Sui that were revised according to Dashun's laws were more complete and reasonable than before, the Zong Sui government office that was redesigned according to Dashun's prefectures was easier to manage, even the imperial harem learned from Dashun, redesigning the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, completely copying the imperial harem system. With this, there were many more empty seats, to the point that in order to fill up the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, Zong Sui once again copied Dashun's rule of holding a small selection for the harem beauties every three years and a general selection every five years.
But when it came to Emperor Tianwu's generation, things changed, for the past 20 years, Emperor Tianwu was devoted to one person, the imperial harem concubines all became living widows, not to mention the selection of women. Dashun did not choose, Zong Sui's previous Emperor also did not choose, if they wanted to learn, they had to learn thoroughly. Therefore, Zong Sui's harem did not have a new Emperor for many years, and it was peaceful for a period of time.
Until the new Emperor ascended the throne, the officials could not stand it anymore, someone suggested in court for the new Emperor to fill up the harem and produce more children for Zong Sui. Because the new Emperor only had one Empress and four imperial concubines, most of the harem courtyards were empty. There were not even as many imperial concubines as old concubines, what was this? Moreover, no matter if it was the Empress or those four imperial concubines, they did not have children, how could the officials not be anxious.
The new Emperor was considered cooperative on this point, immediately making the decision, the selection of women!
With regards to Zong Sui's selection this time, most of the officials were happy. After all, with the new Emperor ascending the throne, there were too many empty seats in the harem, the chances of their daughters being selected would increase accordingly. Those girls who were originally of average quality might be able to fight for opportunities that did not belong to them because the harem really needed too many people to fill up.
As for the lives of their daughters after entering the palace, it was not within the scope of these people's consideration. After all, they were only daughters! Daughters were used to make choices and sacrifices at any time for the benefit of the family, whether or not they could stand out after entering the palace, whether or not they could have a seat beside the Emperor's pillow, that would depend on their own abilities.
Of course, it was not that the family did not care at all, but this care would have to wait until they had climbed to a certain position, the family would then act when they saw hope, cooperating with the needs of her ascension outside the palace. And all of this, was for the benefit of the family.
This was what most of the Zong Sui officials thought, but to General Chunyu's manor, the concubine selection this time was not a good thing. Because General Chunyu's third daughter was the head of the harem, the Empress of Zong Sui, the Emperor's legal wife, all the concubines were concubines to the Empress. The selection of women was just openly taking in concubines for the Emperor, if these concubines listened to the head wife, it would be fine, if they did not listen and fought for favour with the head wife, then there would be another fierce fight … …
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