The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Ten miles north of Beijing lies Liulin Post Station.

Barbarian leaders, both high and low, rushed over.

However, they did not follow Su Pengcheng's instructions to bring only one or two personal guards. Almost everyone brought a large number of personal guards, some as many as a hundred, and others as few as twenty or thirty.

Upon arrival, instead of immediately entering, they first explored the surroundings and discovered that the place was right next to the pipeline, backed by a shallow stream, and facing an open grassland.

The entire terrain has no walls, no narrow passes, and no blind spots.

Instantly, I felt much more relaxed.

For these barbarians, this place is a place where they can see three miles away at a glance, which naturally makes them feel much more at ease. After all, it is impossible to ambush a large force in such a place, and they are not afraid of being surrounded.

Even if something happens, they can escape quickly on horseback.

"It seems the Su family has learned their lesson this time!"

"Hahaha, it has to be His Highness the Third Prince! He makes the Empress completely obedient. How could the Su family, as subjects of the Great Yu, dare to disobey Her Majesty the Empress at any time?"

"I'd like to see the Su family's reaction later. As the Shi family, they've been slandering us barbarians every day, but now they have to grovel, don't they?"

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These barbarian leaders quickly noticed the demeanor of Su Pengcheng, the head of the Su family. They waited inside the tent, which was piled high with various kinds of wine, meat, and grain. Su Pengcheng had a beaming smile on his face, his expression one of flattery and obsequiousness.

While inviting the barbarians to sit down, he apologized to them, basically saying that he had been ungrateful and neglected the distinguished guests, and that he was now under orders from His Majesty to deliver provisions and supplies to the army.

The barbarian leaders were naturally overjoyed.

At Su Pengcheng's enthusiastic invitation, they enjoyed the fine wines and delicacies of the Central Plains, and within an hour, they were all quite tipsy.

After all, once the Ministry of Revenue stopped supplying food, the barbarian army's provisions were either from their previous stockpiles or from sending people to buy them from the surrounding areas, and they had already run out.

Such a lavish feast, and entirely in accordance with their barbarian customs, consisting mainly of delicacies like roasted lamb legs, would they not be happy to eat it all?

Just as the wine flowed freely and the guests were enjoying themselves, Su Pengcheng walked behind the desk in the middle of the tent, and the fawning, servile, and obsequious expression on his face vanished instantly.

Despite having drunk quite a bit, his eyes were clearer than anyone else's at this moment. He suddenly sneered and shouted, "You barbarian dogs, occupying the north of the capital, disturbing my people, destroying my fields, do you really think my Great Yu is easy to bully?"

"Still drinking?"

"You beasts, you dare to challenge me?"

"Today, you will all die here!"

These words were spoken with fierce momentum, extremely fast and ruthless. Before these drunken barbarians could even react from their daze, they suddenly... slammed the wine cups in their hands onto the ground.

With a loud "bang!", the axemen who had been lying in ambush all around surged forward. Each guard, wielding a sharp blade, rushed straight towards the barbarians, and upon seeing them, they slashed down with their swords, beheading them all.

The barbarians had brought a considerable number of men, and after suffering many casualties, they reacted and launched a counterattack, resulting in a chaotic battle between the two sides. Meanwhile, Su Pengcheng, under the protection of his personal guards, withdrew from the post station and remained completely calm about the current situation.

Although the army was far away, it had already arrived.

Most importantly... this is not just a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

The objective was to capture those 30,000 leaderless barbarian soldiers.

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Ten miles north of Beijing, on a slope covered with willows in disarray.

Suddenly, the sound of bull horns rang out from where the barbarians were stationed.

These barbarians, who were waiting for their leaders to bring back food, hurriedly left their camp, only to find that elite Yu people were already rushing towards them from all sides.

They came from all directions.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered ten cavalry units around them, each numbering around five thousand men. These were all light cavalry, charging swiftly towards the heart of the camp.

If you continue watching, you will see that around those light cavalry, there are also a large number of crossbowmen, all holding crossbows and guarding behind them.

Looking further into the distance, they saw a vast, dark mass all around them, as if an endless army had already surrounded them.

"It's over, it's over! Didn't the Empress marry our Third Prince? Why is she here to kill us?"

"How can we possibly defeat so many people training students?"

"Have the leaders not returned yet? How can we resist if they don't come?"

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The sheer force of the attack alone terrified the barbarians. Moreover, their leaderless state meant that the war was one-sided from the very beginning.

Upon seeing this scene, Wei Shuo, who was in command of the entire army, knew that everything was going according to plan. He was envious and immediately pushed forward with his banner, surging wildly into the barbarian camp.

Back then, he was able to venture deep into the northern desert and kill countless barbarian nobles, which he was proud of. Now, Heaven has given him another chance, and he must seize it and wipe out all these barbarians!

Only then can I live up to this life and this world!

"kill!"

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The shouts of more than 30,000 barbarian soldiers, the battle cries of the Northern Frontier Army and the Imperial Guards, the chaotic sounds of horns, and the clashing of swords and spears created a unique and continuous wave of sound that, carried by the wind, went straight into the northern part of the capital.

This caused immediate panic throughout Kyoto.

Because most people would have the illusion that the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, they would inevitably go outside to look, and when they saw the raging fire to the north, they would all be horrified.

Pei Jingzhi, inside the Pei residence, also felt it clearly.

He rushed out of the study, looked at the raging fire outside the city, and his expression changed drastically.

"Has the Su family already made their move?"

"Ren Tianye, you're ruthless!"

The situation is critical. If Ren Tianye makes a move, it will inevitably anger Tuoba Xiangtai, who will then turn against His Majesty. This is a critical moment for the survival of the Great Yu Dynasty, which makes Pei Jingzhi unable to care about anything else.

"As a subject of the Great Yu, I would rather die than fail to save Your Majesty!"

Now that he can't count on Lu Qing or Chen Liang, he'll use his old bones as a torch and risk his life to break into the Imperial Palace.

Pei Jingzhi was decisive. He quickly removed the official robes and brocade clothes that represented his noble status, changed into coarse linen clothes, and went alone to the Yu Chen Mansion.

There was already some commotion in the streets, but Ren Tianye seemed to have been prepared. Patrols composed of border troops and imperial guards were pacifying the area. He couldn't get entangled with these people, so he just kept his head down and walked quickly.

The closer one gets to the Imperial Palace, the more one senses the changes in the surroundings.

The dark corners surrounding the Imperial Palace always exude a chilling sense of danger, clearly indicating that ambushes have long been laid.

Pei Jingzhi saw through Ren Tianye's thoughts at a glance.

"This traitor intends to wait until Tuoba Xiangtai kills His Majesty, then clean up the mess. At that time, he will be both a meritorious official and a powerful minister, and then he will install a new emperor. The entire Great Yu realm will then be in his hands!"

Pei Jingzhi gritted his teeth in anger, but the only thing he could do right now was to find a way to save His Majesty. So he walked faster and faster, relying on the topographical map left by Sun Da and Sun Er, and actually managed to reach the front of the Imperial Palace by himself.

However, there are still barbarian soldiers guarding the gate of the Imperial Palace, so he cannot enter alone.

What should we do?

Just as they were getting anxious, they saw a horse-drawn carriage approaching.

After the carriage stopped, the soldiers on it pushed one out. At a glance, Pei Jingzhi was confused: "Tuoba Xiangtai?" Then he saw that the person was wearing a hood and knew that it was not him.

Immediately, the soldiers on the carriage shouted, "This is a great gift from my Grand Commandant to Tuoba Xiangtai. Please accept it with pleasure, Tuoba Xiangtai, and do not refuse! Hahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, the barbarians guarding the Imperial Palace did not dare to stop them. The carriage paused briefly, dropped off one person, and then swaggered away.

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