In the dark night, the Tatar military camp, which was already in chaos, was hit by a snowstorm. On a dark night with low visibility, the wind was howling and the snow was flying. Under such circumstances, even if you are an invincible army sweeping across the world, you will still panic. At this moment, Jiang Xia could no longer let the army fight and had to order a retreat. But as soon as he opened his mouth, heavy snow immediately poured into his mouth. Even if he used his true energy to shout, the sound would not be able to penetrate the blockage of the strong wind, and the sound would disappear within a few meters. Soon, the battle situation, which was originally dominated by Jiang Xia, turned into a big melee in an instant. Such a big melee is definitely not good news for Jiang Xia. He had only 60,000 cavalry, but his opponent was an army with more than 100,000 people. Originally, this night raid and flag-cutting camp would be a classic and exciting battle to win more than one person. But now, the situation has become increasingly unfavorable to Jiangxia. He was riding on the back of a sweaty horse, with the Longyuan Sword in his hand constantly slashing left and right. But the more he killed, the more Jiang Xia felt that there were more people around him. This feeling is like a male lion encountering an ant colony. Although the male lion can easily kill the ants, there are too many ants, which makes Jiang Xia feel helpless. Suddenly, Jiang Xia felt the war horse under his crotch go limp and fall to the ground. Fighting with the warriors of the grassland peoples, how could they not understand the principle of shooting men first and horses first? After Jiang Xia landed, his body rolled to the ground, and then he swung his sword out. It took him nearly a stick of incense to kill, and he didn't know how much blood he drank with the sword in his hand, or how many dead souls the three-foot Qingfeng collected. Jiang Xia, who had almost exhausted all his energy, suddenly felt the pressure behind him lighten. When he looked back, he realized it was Hai Dayou. Hai Dayou took Jiang Xia's shoulder and shouted: "Your Majesty, all our people have been scattered, let's evacuate. When this storm passes, we will find another way to contact them." Jiang Xia heard this from Hai Dayou After saying that, he looked around and finally nodded helplessly: "Okay, fight out!" After saying this, Jiang Xia's sword moves changed and his whole body was forcibly twisted. At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a meat grinder. Anyone who came close to him would die. Finally, with the efforts of two masters, Jiang Xia and Hai Da, they worked together to open an exit from the encirclement of the Tatar army and escape. The two of them didn't even try to figure out which direction they were heading. As soon as they came out of the encirclement, they ran wildly regardless of their fate. The snowstorm seems to be getting worse and worse. Jiang Xia and Hai Dayou are both top-notch masters, and both have outstanding light skills. Although they were traveling on two legs, in just over half an hour, the two of them had already pushed away the pursuers behind them. Jiang Xia suddenly stopped and let out a long breath. Hai Dayou patted Jiang Xia's shoulder and asked, "You've used up all your energy, right? Do you want me to give you some relief?" Jiang Xia shook his head and said, "No, your energy must have been depleted a lot. "Just give me an hour and I'll recover on my own." "Okay." Hai Dayou sat cross-legged and began to regulate his inner breath silently. Jiang Xia walked a few steps inside, looked around at the mountains on both sides, and then chose a place to sit down in the lee of the wind. Jiang Xia had just sat down for about half an hour, and the inner energy in her body was circulating for a long time. At this moment, Jiang Xia suddenly felt a numbness in Baihui Point, and he was suddenly startled. This feeling was obvious, that he was about to break through from the realm of the Seven Giant Cauldrons to the Eight Giant Cauldrons. It is a good thing to break through the realm of martial arts, especially on the giant cauldron, one step at a time. From the Seven Giant Cauldrons to the Eight Giant Cauldrons, this is a qualitative leap. But the problem is that the timing of this breakthrough and the environment for the breakthrough are not suitable. In the wilderness, the wind and snow are flying, which is very unfavorable for a breakthrough. You must know that breakthroughs are both opportunities and risks. If you fail to break through, you may go crazy and suffer internal injuries. However, Jiang Xia cannot break through if he wants to, or not if he doesn't want to. At this moment, he had only one choice, and that was to calm down and make a steady breakthrough. Jiang Xia condensed her zhenqi and just pushed the zhenqi to the Baihui point. But at this moment, a rumbling sound suddenly sounded. Sitting not far from Jiang Xia, Hai Dayou, who had been protecting Jiang Xia, was shocked when he heard the voice. He looked up at the mountains on both sides and saw an old face that almost turned pale with fright. "Avalanche?" Hai Dayou quickly stopped adjusting his breath, ran to Jiang Xia's side quickly and said, "Your Majesty, hurry up, there's an avalanche!" He reached out and grabbed Jiang Xia's shoulders, and suddenly a strong infuriating energy swept Hai Dayou. One hit and flew out. Hai Dayou spat out a mouthful of blood, and the look of horror on his face became even worse: "Sudden breakthrough?" The sound of the avalanche was very loud, and so was Jiang Xia.See you. But he was on the verge of a breakthrough and couldn't stop. Originally, he was ready to give it a try, but when he heard Hai Dayou's voice and felt Hai Dayou grabbing his shoulder, and then being knocked away by the backlash of his own energy, Jiang Xia could no longer stabilize. He forcibly stopped his breakthrough and opened his eyes. Jiang Xia glanced at Hai Dayou who was lying on the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Senior Hai!" Hai Dayou immediately stood up from the ground, and just shouted: "Your Majesty!" The heavy snow that fell from the mountain immediately hit the ground. The sea is covered in it. Jiang Xia hurriedly ran over and stretched out his hand to dig into the snowdrift. At this time, the backlash of his forced termination of the breakthrough happened to come up, and Jiang Xia spat out a mouthful of blood with a "poof!" At this moment, Jiang Xia's true energy was extremely chaotic, and he had no strength at all. "Boom!" There was another wave of heavy snow, directly burying Jiangxia in the snow The vigorous Northern Expedition failed, and the three armies that had left the Northern Expedition withdrew one after another. The only ones who failed to return to Daxia were Jiang Xia, Hai Dayou, and tens of thousands of cavalry. After Qian Juexing, Xiao Sha, Zhang Meng and others returned to the capital, the first thing they did was to follow Wang Shouren to Kunning Palace. After seeing Cui Rushuang, Cui Niannu and others in Kunning Palace, Wang Shouren and others immediately fell to their knees. Seeing Wang Shouren and others like this, Cui Rushuang and others' tears immediately flowed from their eyes. The specific situation was actually when Qian Juexing and the others were still on the road, they had already sent a letter to the capital. The capital had already sent someone to notify Cui Rushuang and the others. During this period, the girls often shed tears and prayed in front of the Buddha every day, hoping that nothing would happen to Jiang Xia. At this moment, hearing Wang Shouren and others coming to plead guilty, Cui Rushuang closed her eyes, clenched her fists and said, "You don't need to say anything. I don't believe Jiang Xia is dead. He is still alive, I can feel it." "Queen, you are so incompetent in your humble position. "If you fail to protect the emperor, you should be punished by death! Please give us a chance to apologize with death!" After saying that, Qian Juexing, Xiao Sha, Zhang Meng, Bu Jinyun, Yin Renmian and others all followed. He took out a dagger from his arms and prepared to apologize with death in front of Cui Rushuang and the others. But Xue Ruqin, who had been silent at this time, suddenly became angry. She shouted: "Enough! You have all returned from Tartar now, but the emperor is nowhere to be seen. Is this what you call ministers? Brother, are you doing this? Not to mention that we haven¡¯t seen the emperor¡¯s body yet, so we can¡¯t be sure whether the emperor is alive or dead. Even if the emperor is really dead, you must bring the emperor¡¯s body back to me. Instead of coming back empty-handed now and facing life and death in front of us women!" Xue Ruqin's words shocked Qian Juexing and others. Zhang Meng twisted his head, stood up quickly and said, "Yes, noble concubine! Your Majesty is right, I will leave the seclusion immediately and will never come back until I find the emperor!" After Zhang Meng said that, he turned around and left Kunning Palace. Qian Juexing and others looked at Zhang Meng, and they all felt ashamed to face Xue Ruqin and the others, so they all resigned. After Zhang Meng and others left, Wang Shouren stayed behind. He had a gloomy look on his face and hesitated for a long time before he said to Cui Rushuang: "Empress, I have something that I don't know whether to say or not." "Mr. Yangming, please speak out. Your Majesty is not here, and we don't understand national affairs. In the imperial court, I have to worry about Mr. Yangming more," Cui Rushuang said very tactfully. "To be honest, the Queen, I just want to discuss this matter with you. As the saying goes, a family cannot be without an owner for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day. Now the whereabouts of the emperor are unknown, and all the civil and military officials in the court are leaderless. The whole court is spreading rumors about the emperor. It may have been an accident. If the throne continues to be vacant, I am afraid" Wang Shouren stopped talking at this point, but Cui Rushuang and others fully understood what he meant. Now there are rumors all over the world that Jiang Xia is dead. If the position of the king remains vacant for a long time, the Great Xia Dynasty, which has just stabilized, may fall apart again. Even Cui Rushuang, who is reluctant to interfere in national affairs, understands that she cannot afford to be careless in this matter. She frowned slightly and asked, "What you said makes sense, but I wonder what your plans are?" Wang Shouren was silent. Of course he had plans, but he couldn't say them out. Jiang Xia's whereabouts are unknown, maybe it's okay to say that his body is still cold. It is a bit too impersonal to start discussing the change of throne at this time. ?????????????? But how can we weigh national affairs with human feelings and sophistication? The position of the king of Jiangxia is inherently unstable, and his heirs are still young, so it is certainly unrealistic for them to inherit their father's legacy. What is needed now is a king who is upright and can be recognized by the people of the world. And this person is the most suitable person. That is the last king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaijiang! But if it is really Zhu Zaijiang's restoration??That was tantamount to a slap in the face to Jiang Xia. Therefore, it was difficult for Wang Shouren to express this proposal, but he knew that he had to express it.