Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

As he spoke, he suddenly clasped his hands in a fist and knelt down.

"General, we've been comrades for years, don't you think about your brothers?"

Xiahou Xun simply said one sentence.

"His Majesty has decreed..."

Jiang Shun was about to speak when He Zhengyun noticed a shadow outside the door.

The shadowy figure held something in its hand that clearly looked like an imperial edict.

He immediately stepped forward, interrupting Jiang Shun, and deliberately raised his voice.

"The General is absolutely right. We will certainly obey your orders!"

Jiang Shun was unhappy.

"Old He, what kind of nonsense are you spouting!"

He Zhengyun gently kicked Jiang Shun with his foot, signaling him to stop talking.

"Hey, why did you kick me?"

Jiang Shun gave He Zhengyun a push and continued speaking.

"It's said to be His Majesty's decree, but it's not certain who issued the decree."

Everyone knows that Li Yunsheng controls the court; imperial edicts are issued with a mere word from him.

"Stop talking."

He Zhengyun bent down slightly and warned in a low voice.

"Stop talking!"

"Why can't we say it? The General isn't an outsider."

Jiang Shun didn't understand why He Zhengyun kept stopping him.

"Old He, isn't that what you meant too?"

"Cough cough cough!" He Zhengyun hurriedly coughed to cover it up.

At this moment, Xiahou Xun, who had not turned around, questioned him.

"Jiang Shun, are you going to defy the imperial decree?"

"General, the general is out in the field—"

He Zhengyun covered Jiang Shun's mouth and whispered in his ear.

There are people outside!

The six words, "There are times when one's orders are not obeyed," could only be uttered through his fingers.

Before Jiang Shun could understand what was happening, he immediately stood up and glared menacingly at the outside of the council hall.

"Who's eavesdropping outside!"

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Xun, who was looking at the map, immediately turned to look outside the door.

A voice came from outside the council chamber.

"What a fine example of a general in the field who may disobey the emperor's orders!"

Before seeing the person, they heard the voice, and everyone looked towards the doorway.

At this moment, Li Yunsheng stepped in, holding the imperial edict.

Chapter 81 Who shot it!

The generals were all stunned. Who would have thought that Li Yunsheng, who was not in the court, would come to Liangzhou City?

Li Yunsheng stood in the center of the council hall and looked around at everyone.

"It is said that the success of one general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers. Today I have finally witnessed it."

These people, from what they just said, clearly meant that they could win but didn't want to.

Even at the cost of sacrificing the lives of our soldiers, we are willing to do anything.

Fortunately, he brought the imperial edict and came to supervise the battle in person; otherwise, who knows how these people would have fabricated military intelligence.

Xiahou Xun immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"I was unaware of Prime Minister Li's arrival; I have failed to greet you properly."

Li Yunsheng raised the imperial edict in his hand.

"General Xiahou, you needn't be so polite. I'm here on behalf of His Majesty to offer my condolences."

"Please come in quickly, Prime Minister Li."

Li Yunsheng stepped forward and stood beside the main seat.

"His Majesty has issued an edict; Xiahou Xun shall receive the decree."

Inside the council chamber, all the generals knelt on the ground.

"Your subject Xiahou Xun receives the imperial decree."

"Wei Ju has brought an army of 100,000 to invade. I am concerned about the safety of the border. I have specially appointed Li Yunsheng as the military supervisor to work with you to repel the enemy."

Xiahou Xun kowtowed.

"Your subject accepts the decree and expresses his gratitude."

"General, please rise." Li Yunsheng handed the imperial edict to Xiahou Xun.

Xiahou Xun accepted the imperial edict and clasped his hands in greeting.

"Rest assured, Prime Minister Li, we will do our utmost in this battle."

Li Yunsheng pressed down on Xiahou Xun's fists.

"I am not knowledgeable about military affairs, but the General knows better than I how to proceed."

His gaze swept over the crowd as he continued.

"Anyone who knowingly does something impossible will be truly arrogant and show you what I'm capable of."

The generals all spoke in unison.

"This humble general dares not!"

into the night.

Li Yunsheng looked at Wei Xiang, who slipped in through the window.

"How about it?"

Wei Xiang shook her head: "Nothing is wrong."

At this moment, Liu Quan brought over a cup of tea.

"Prime Minister, have some tea."

Li Yunsheng sighed.

"Liu Quan, this time I'm venturing deep into the tiger's den, and you still insist on coming along."

If a fight really breaks out, no one will be able to protect you.

The entire border region can be said to be mostly populated by former subordinates of Fei Su.

However, Xiahou Xun was a man who understood right and wrong, which was why he dared to serve as the military supervisor.

The reason he wanted to go to the State of Wei in person was to see Wenren Xu, the one who poisoned him.

More importantly, Wenren Xu had control over all of Wei's spies.

Although he had eliminated most of the spies in the Great Chu, there were still spies from the Wei Kingdom in the Western Zhou, Liang, and Northern Qi states.

This is a huge hidden fortune, and he has to get his hands on it.

I heard that Wenren Xu was even weaker and sicker than him. If he had been transported from Wei to Chu, he probably would have lost his life.

Therefore, he had no choice but to go in person.

Fortunately, he was prepared in advance and issued an order to fortify the city and scorch the fields early on, giving the other side no chance.

Taishu Wei could not hold out for long with only his meager rations.

Liu Quan said solemnly from the side.

"Wherever the Prime Minister goes, I will protect him with my life and blood."

Li Yunsheng picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"It's rare to find someone as loyal as you."

……

August.

Outside Liangzhou City.

Taishu Wei was caught in a dilemma, looking at Liangzhou City, which he had been besieging for two months without success.

Xiahou Xun defended the city flawlessly.

With only enough food to last a month, the army would starve if they didn't withdraw soon.

He hadn't expected the Chu army to go to such extremes.

Before he arrived in Liangzhou, the Chu army had already harvested all the unripe wheat in the surrounding area.

The area outside Liangzhou City was almost entirely a wilderness.

He had planned to hold out until the autumn harvest, believing that even without supplies, he could survive for another month.

With another two months, Liangzhou City will definitely be captured.

However, things didn't go as planned.