After losing Yingyang Pass, the Liang Dynasty army fought several times with the Xiliang and Xiatang coalition forces. Although each had its own victory or defeat, the Liang army was in an unfavorable situation. Not to mention the loss of troops and generals, even the twelve states in the southeast were occupied by the enemy. As a result, all the sixteen states in the southeast fell into the hands of Xiatang and Xiliang.

King Yu finally stationed in Fengbo City, which was nearly a hundred miles away from the closest city of the Sixteen Prefectures. After stationing in Fengbo City, the enemy did not continue to attack, and changed from the original full-strength attack to the current strategic defense. The soldiers of the Liang army did not think about why the enemy stopped the prevailing army. They must now complete the fortifications against Fengbo City as soon as possible.

"General, can there be new news in the court?"

The question was Chen Yongnian. The reason for this question was that since the loss of Yingyang Pass, the war report was spread to Emperor Liang. Although Emperor Liang did not exempt King Yu from the army's command, he also scolded King Yu through a hand-in-hand mandate.

Not to mention Chen Yongnian, even Xuan Shaoning remembered clearly. The inner supervisor of Xuan's imperial edict read the handwriting of Emperor Liang with a serious face, using sharp words and mean words, and blamed the losses since the war. All the soldiers present complained to King Yu, and more people were disheartened by the court. However, King Yu's expression remained unchanged. He listened quietly, then stood up and humbly took the handwriting away, and respectfully sent the inner supervisor away.

When everyone thought that this matter was just like this, the emperor's handwritten order came again just a few days later, and the content was similar to the first time, which was basically the same as the reprimand. As a result, every few days, the internal magistrate would come to scold King Yu with the emperor's handwritten order. This situation lasted for nearly a month. Finally, at the second to last time, the internal magistrate who came to the reprimand also added a content: he would be exempted from the treatment of Prince Wuzhu of King Yu and demoted to the county prince.

The angry soldiers all planned to get up and argue with the internal surveillance. King Yu stopped these reckless men with just his eyes, and he still accepted it calmly. From then on, everyone got used to the imperial court's hand orders, and planned to go in and out of the right ear, and just treat it as an internal surveillance as a fart.

But what surprised everyone was that the internal surveillance did not appear again within the calculated time. Everyone waited for half a month, and the internal surveillance finally came again. This time, he no longer scolded King Yu. Instead, he sent a military supervisor to King Yu and announced a major edict to the entire army: Because of the birth of the emperor's grandson, Emperor Liang would provide pensions to all soldiers who died in battle according to the standards of upgrading to two levels; all soldiers who were still alive were promoted one level, and promoted beyond the level as appropriate according to the results.

The soldiers who were originally quite disappointed with the court now had a slight affection for the court, and even had a good look at the internal supervisor who was sent to the orders, but they still didn't like the military supervisor. No one knew that the so-called military supervisor was actually the spy sent by Emperor Liang to the army and had the power to interfere in strategic arrangements. This was tantamount to putting a shackle on King Yu's exercise of military power.

"Your Highness, please take a step to speak."

"Please, father-in-law!"

"Your Highness, Princess Xiang gave birth to a grand grandson, which is the first grandson of the Lord. The emperor wanted to hold a grandson for the Emperor, but considering the war on the front line, he decided to change the celebration to when the Emperor's grandson was full moon. If there is war in the country, it will inevitably be criticized to hold the celebration. The emperor hopes that Your Highness can restrain his subordinates to guard the southeast at the same time so that the Emperor's grandson's full moon celebration can be successfully completed."

"The father is already very polite to the soldiers. All failures are my strategy mistakes. Please ask my father-in-law to go back and report to my father. I will definitely stick to Fengbo City. Please rest assured!"

"That's good, it's hard for Your Highness. Your Highness's filial piety must report back to the Lord."

"It's a good father-in-law!"

King Yu ordered a small box of generous gifts to the carriage of the internal surveillance and personally sent it out of the city.

"I've gone back to Beijing and reported my life!"

Duan Lang stood at the top of Fengbo City and pointed at the carriage traveling far away and mocked him. Xuan Shaoning reminded: "You can be so sincere in front of me, and you have to take care of your mouth in front of everyone."

"Okay, I understand what you said. Now a military supervisor is sent. Now, the general is under surveillance everywhere!"

"I lost the sixteen southeastern states and just demoted them from prince to prince. The emperor has already made a fuss about the general. With such a major failure, how can I explain to the court without a scapegoat? How can I explain to the people of the whole country? I think, our emperor still has selfishness to the general."

"Oh, Shaoning, I never thought that the problem was so sharp!"

"I'll always learn this in the military for a long time."

"Didn't you slap me in the face when you say that?"

"We are called common progress!"

"Brother Xuan! Brother Duan!"

The two of them turned around and saw Rouge who was jogging all the way, wearing plain clothes, running, swinging her hair, and blushing her cheeks on both sides because of the running. In this Fengbo City, where almost all men are, Rouge is like a bright and charming scenery.

"Roge, fortunately, you are here, which makes me feel that I am not alone."

Xuan Shaoning hit Duan Lang's lower abdomen with his elbow as a punishment for his random talk. But Yanzhi still looked confused, "Do I tell Brother Duan not to be alone? Then I'm very happy!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Xuan Shaoning stepped forward to protect Yanzhi, "What are you looking for us?"

"What else can it be? Of course it's for meals!"

"It's not time to change defense yet!"

“It’ll be here soon!”

Yanzhi turned around and waved her hand to the inner city. A soldier who had changed defense immediately ran up and smiled and saluted Xuan Shaoning and Duan Lang.

"This is?"

"You guessed that you would say that the time for the defense was not here, so I'll call all the people who changed defense!"

"Roge, you are so smart!"

Duan Lang's praise made Yanzhi very happy, but it made Xuan Shaoning feel a little sad.

"Personnel Xuan and Deputy Commander Duan, you can just eat. The time for changing defense is only a little different. We are all here, so there will be no problem!"

"Then..." Xuan Shaoning looked up at the sky and stopped replying. It was not until the sound of the knocking sound in the city that he said with gratitude: "That's really thank you!"

On the way to the kitchen, Duan Lang joked: "Shaoning, you really strictly abide by military law. You can't have such a slight deviation."

"War is a major event that concerns the country and people's livelihood. A little bit of mistakes may bring devastating results. As soldiers, we must naturally be wary of it."

"Okay, okay, you're right!"

"I just think Brother Xuan is right!"

"Hey, Rouge, you called me. Now you are standing by Shaoning. I was talking to you just now!"

"I don't care. Under any circumstances, I will stand on Brother Xuan's side!"

Yanzhi also made a face to Duan Lang and smiled directly. When he was about to argue with Xuan Shaoning, he was the first to see the person coming towards him.

"See General Zhang!"

Duan Lang's voice was loud enough, so loud that even if Xuan Shaoning and Yanzhi didn't see the person clearly, they immediately responded the same way.

The visitor was indeed Zhang Hanshan. He walked up to the three of them with a smile and spoke gently.

"I don't need to be polite in private. The time for the defense has just passed. You can go to the dining hall earlier. Filling your stomach is the most important thing in life."

"Thank you, General Zhang, for your kindness!"

"I don't dare to be sympathetic. If you want to be sympathetic, your general is truly sympathetic. He will bear all the responsibility for defeat on his shoulders. You must serve the general with good life!"

"The last general will definitely be loyal to the general!"

Duan Lang stepped on Xuan Shaoning. This guy looked at the problem very clearly and reacted quickly. But now he was like a wooden man. After seeing General Zhang, he didn't reply or continue to salute. Duan Lang had to remind him in his own way.

Zhang Hanshan also noticed that Xuan Shaoning had been staring at him, and he turned his attention to Xuan Shaoning.

"Have we seen it?"

"We? The last general... The last general" Xuan Shaoning wanted to say: I have seen you, although you have never seen me, but when I saw you, you were a portrait, and at this time he was actually a living person.

Xuan Shaoning hesitated, Duan Lang and Yanzhi both sweated for him. However, Zhang Hanshan was not angry at all, but continued to ask: "You have been looking at me like this, which makes me think that we have seen it somewhere. It seems that you must have recognized the wrong person."

"Yes, the general of the Mo acknowledged his mistake! A friend of the general before looked a bit similar to General Zhang, so the general of the Mo acknowledges was just rude!"

"It's okay, there are no people in the world who look similar."

Zhang Han walked over Xuan Shaoning and patted his shoulder with his hand. It was not until Zhang Hanshan walked far enough that Xuan Shaoning dared to look back.

"Yes, he is exactly the same as above the portrait!"
Chapter completed!