The Favoured Medical Princess: 816 Chaos
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There were screams, wails, and the sound of falling to the ground for miles around... The thick smell of blood suddenly filled the air, and even the mountain wind seemed to suddenly become colder. This valley was in In the blink of an eye, it became a hell!
Seeing that hundreds of Dayu Army soldiers beside him died in just a few seconds, Li Duzhong's pupils shrank, and his heart was filled with uncertainty and panic. He didn't know how many crossbowmen and southern Xinjiang soldiers were lurking around, so he could only grit his teeth and shout loudly: "Stop! Prince Xiao, this general has an imperial decree! This general must read out the imperial decree immediately!"
Xiao Yi made a gesture casually, and the next moment, the iron arrows like meteor showers stopped, and the surroundings became quiet again.
However, the strong smell of blood in the air and the dead soldiers all around reminded Li Duzhong that the prince of Zhennan was cruel and murderous.
Li Duzhong calmed down and advised himself to be calm. After he read the imperial edict, Xiao Yi would no longer be the prince of Zhennan. Will these southern Xinjiang soldiers under his command still obey his orders? !
The officials and the army were like this back then, and now the Zhennan Palace is just making the same mistakes again!
Li Duzhong's eyes became even colder. He stretched out his arms and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand. After clearing his throat, he began to read aloud.
He has read this imperial edict so many times along the way that he can recite it by heart even with his eyes closed:
"By the destiny of heaven, the emperor issued an edict: Xiao Shen, the king of Zhennan, has been guarding the southern border since his father's generation. He has worked hard for many years and relieved Dayu's worries about the south. However, Xiao Shen and his son are now self-respecting their merits, resorting to militarism, and disobeying the Holy Spirit. I mean, he is actually an unfaithful, unfilial and unjust person who has insulted our ancestors! The crime is unforgivable, and his father and son are deprived of the title of Zhennan King, vassal king and crown prince, handed over the Zhennan seal, and escorted to the court!"
With the words "I appreciate this", Li Duzhong's cold, sharp arrow-like eyes shot at Xiao Yi sharply and relentlessly, "Xiao Yi, why don't you kneel down to accept the order!"
Xiao Yi was still sitting astride his dark clouds on the snow, with a bright smile on his face as usual. He turned to look at Pei Yuanchen beside him, and sighed with a smile: "Here comes another false preacher!"
Li Duzhong's originally arrogant face suddenly changed. He was panicking, but he pointed at Xiao Yi's nose and said: "Xiao Yi! How dare you resist the order!"
Xiao Yi looked directly at Li Duzhong, his face straightened, his smiling voice suddenly turned cold, and he raised his voice and said word by word: "Those who falsely convey the imperial edict will be killed without mercy!"
His voice was not loud, but it resounded throughout the valley. It shocked Dayujun, who was already unconscious, and felt even more uneasy. He intuitively raised his eyes and looked around, only to see another wave of iron arrows approaching like dark clouds. .
Li Duzhong's pupils shrank sharply and he hurriedly ordered: "Quick! The shield soldiers come forward!"
Hundreds of shield soldiers behind Li Duzhong hurriedly held up their shields and tried to line up. However, after taking only two or three steps, the "dark clouds" had arrived, and a series of iron arrows poured down like a storm, continuously, Those shield soldiers holding shields were unable to move even under the attack of countless iron arrows like a violent storm. They were like a few weeds swaying in the wind and rain, and they would be uprooted at some point.
In the bursts of sound that broke through the air, horses and people were in a mess, and the neighing of horses and the sound of horse hoofs sounded alternately...
The formation of the 10,000-strong army was completely in chaos, and what was even more chaotic was the people's hearts.
The situation is out of control!
Li Duzhong, protected by several soldiers, retreated step by step in embarrassment, only to find that Xiao Yi and the two to three hundred Southern Xinjiang troops had disappeared in front of them at some point.
Oops! Li Duzhong's heart skipped a beat, and the alarm bells rang loudly. Now the morale of the army was in chaos, and it would never be possible to unite it again in a short period of time. He hurriedly ordered in a panic: "Withdraw! Withdraw quickly..."
Ten thousand Dayu troops were crowded in this narrow valley. It was not easy to retreat. But in a blink of an eye, the entire valley was in complete chaos. Tens of thousands of iron arrows were shot on shields, armor, and horses. ...all kinds of cold and cruel sounds continued for a long time...
At this moment, Xiao Yi and the 300 Xinrui Battalion had withdrawn from the valley. He stopped his horse outside the valley and ordered the 300 soldiers to gather around the entrance of the valley and wait.
"Brother-in-law," Xiao Yi looked at Pei Yuanchen again, who looked a little complicated, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you think of Dayu Jun?"
The scene just now was deeply imprinted in Pei Yuanchen's heart, making him unable to calm down for a long time. Xiao Yi's boldness exceeded his expectations, and Dayu Jun...
Pei Yuanchen's expression became a little bitter, and he said slowly and almost with difficulty: "Dayu has been too lax in recent years..."
It is no wonder that before Han Huaijun and the Southern Xinjiang Army rushed to Western Xinjiang, the Western Xinjiang Army was defeated by Xi Ye in a row. It was not until he saw it with his own eyes that he finally realized the truth.
The 10,000 Dayu troops in front of him were preemptively and completely suppressed by 3,000 troops from the Southern Xinjiang Military Region. Even if Xiao Yi had the advantage of terrain and opportunities, the more reason came from Dayu himself. After so many years, Later, Dayu's army was too lax and lacked actual combat.
When two armies are fighting, they will never wait until you have set up the battle array before starting the battle, as in the opera!
But...
Pei Yuanchen looked at Xiao Yi with deep eyes. Xiao Yi just fought directly with Dayu's army. Is Zhennan Palace planning to rebel openly? !
Xiao Yi naturally saw what Pei Yuanchen was thinking and smiled slightly, but said nothing.
Almost the next moment, loud sounds came from the valley:
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"..."
One sound is louder than the other, soaring into the sky like a dragon's roar, and hitting people's hearts like a heavy hammer.
Pei Yuanchen looked towards the direction of the valley with slightly stunned eyes.
In the valley, the sounds of discarding weapons and kneeling came one after another. The seven or eight thousand surviving Dayu Army soldiers knelt on the ground one after another. Then, the sound of arrows piercing the air stopped. Seeing this, more Dayu soldiers knelt down, like dumplings. They all held their heads in their hands, surrendered their weapons and begged to surrender.
The kneeling soldiers all looked down at the ground covered with gravel and corpses, their murderous intent no longer present.
This is no longer an army charging into battle, but a cowardly surrender.
Seeing the general trend, Li Duzhong rolled off his horse in embarrassment and knelt down with a plop...
The overall situation has been decided!
Pei Yuanchen stood there in a daze. The scene in front of him was engraved in Pei Yuanchen's heart more deeply than the chaos just now. Instead of breathing a sigh of relief, he felt even heavier...
Dayu's army is so weak that it will decline to this point. On the contrary, Southern Xinjiang is showing its strength!
Furthermore, I am afraid that Xiao Yi should have received the news that the king was about to withdraw from the feudal clan before he went to Luo Yuecheng, right? Otherwise, how could Xiao Yi bring him here in such time to join in the fun! The Zhennan Palace may have sent people to the royal capital for a long time, but the emperor knew nothing about Southern Xinjiang. He even heard about Southern Xinjiang’s attack on Xiye from the mouth of Xiye’s envoy...
The emperor is weak and the vassal king is strong.
In Pei Yuanchen's complicated eyes, more than an hour later, the battlefield had been initially cleared. After that, the three thousand new elite battalion marched southward with eight thousand Dayu prisoners until they arrived at Yanding City. , Yongjia City and Dengli City area.
These three cities have been recuperating since the war with Nanliang two years ago. The traces of the war still remain on the city walls. The population of the city and nearby villages has almost halved, with fewer people and more land. As a result, the countryside was abandoned and the economy stagnated.
Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai had already intended to take some measures, but they were suffering from insufficient manpower.
It's good now that the emperor "kindly" sent him people, so they wouldn't waste the emperor's kindness!
Xiao Yi immediately ordered more than 3,000 prisoners to be dispersed into several small teams to help reclaim wasteland for dozens of miles around; the remaining 5,000 people rebuilt the city wall south of Dengli City and built a checkpoint comparable to Yanmen Pass!
Once this checkpoint is completed, it will be like a solid gate to the southern border of Southern Xinjiang. Once there is another enemy attack, this checkpoint can buy enough time for Southern Xinjiang to prevent it from happening again!
Two days later, they set out on their way back to Luoyue City. Pei Yuanchen had been living in a dream these past few days, and he was still a little confused, with ups and downs in his mind.
Although before coming to Southern Xinjiang, Pei Yuanchen knew that even if there were not many troops stationed in Southern Xinjiang now, Dayu's ten thousand people alone would not be able to do anything to Southern Xinjiang, but he did not expect that he would be defeated so easily, so embarrassingly, and so without integrity. ...Obviously Dayu was conquered immediately, but it had only been a few decades and he had already fallen to this level? !
When did Dayu start to decline?
Is it the fall of the Guan family nine years ago, or is it that Dayu begged for surrender to Xiye more than five years ago, even marrying the princess to Xiye, or is it because Xiye strikes again this time...
Thinking about the royal capital, thinking about the court, and thinking about what I saw and heard in Yanding City, Yongjia City and Dengli City in the past two days, the scars left by Nanliang's previous invasion are still fresh in my mind. , you can imagine how tragic the war was back then.
However, the Southern Xinjiang Army, under the leadership of Zhennan Prince's Mansion, expelled Nanliang and Baiyue one by one. This is the behavior of a great country. Those who invade our land will be punished no matter how far away they are!
Pei Yuanchen's heart was agitated for a while, and then gradually calmed down. There were thousands of things in his heart, but he couldn't figure them out for a while, or maybe he didn't dare to think about it or think about it anymore...
In this tangled state of mind, the group of them returned to Luoyue City in a mighty manner.
"Brother-in-law, it's been a hard journey. Please take a good rest at home... We'll talk about other things in two days."
Xiao Yi patted Pei Yuanchen on the shoulder with a smile, looking careless, just like the last time Pei Yuanchen arrived in Luoyue City, as if what happened in the past few days had not had any impact on him.
The two broke up outside Dongyi Gate, and Xiao Yi couldn't wait to return to his yard, walking briskly.
This time, probably because he hadn't been out long enough, as soon as the little guy saw him, he enthusiastically raised his hands and called him daddy.
As soon as Xiao Yi saw the virtue of this brat, he knew that he wanted to play with Feifei, and he let him fly twice as he wished.
The little guy who succeeded was so happy that he clung to Xiao Yi. Even when Xiao Yi went to the clean room, he followed his father like a little tail.
With a thought in his mind, Xiao Yi simply "kindly" took the little guy to soak in the hot water in the tub.
"Crash..."
There was a splash of water, and the little guy called out "Wow", and then heard a "meow" sound. Xiao Ju didn't know when he hid in the clean room, and was squatting on the table at the moment. He looked at Xiao Yu sympathetically.
"Meow meow!" The little guy's eyes lit up when he saw the chubby little Orange. In line with the good intention that good things should be shared with good friends, he stretched out his lotus-like arms towards Little Orange.
As if she had been frightened, Xiao Ju quickly jumped off the table and ran outside. She stopped at the door curtain and glanced at Xiao Yu again with sympathy and helplessness. Sighing, hey, he doesn't know why these people like to throw cats into the water so much. Sorry, he can't help much! Wish yourself luck!
Xiao Ju ran away as fast as he could. The little guy called "meow" twice more and was soon attracted by the sound of water stirred up by his father.
"Crash..."
"Crash..."
The sound of water seemed to have a magical power to the little guy. He shouted excitedly and splashed water in the tub.
The result of the father and son playing with water in the tub was to make a mess in the clean room. Nangong Yue, who didn't want to get her clothes wet, had already run away out of fear, leaving Xiao Yi to take care of their little one. ……
Half an hour later, the father and son, whose cheeks were as smoked as peach blossoms, finally came out of the clean room. The wet nurse and several maids immediately took over the drowsy grandson, exited the inner room, and left the room. The space was left for the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.
The inner room was warm, and a pot of silver frost charcoal was burning in the corner.
Nangong Yue had already prepared a clean white towel and was standing in front of the dressing table waiting for Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi immediately sat down on the stool in front of the dressing table impatiently, feeling smug in his heart. He finally didn’t spend time playing with that brat in the water just now...
He looked at Nangong Yue reflected in the bronze mirror with a smile, letting her help him wring his long hair, and he narrowed his beautiful peach eyes as comfortably as a big cat who was being cared for just right. .
Seeing the faint tiredness in Xiao Yi's eyes, Nangong Yue felt a little distressed, and her voice softened subconsciously: "Is everything resolved?"
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, and his eyes seemed to say, there is nothing that this prince can’t solve by taking action!
Following that, he briefly talked about what happened in the past few days, and gradually, a hint of sharpness emerged between his lazy brows.
"... This time, I should give the emperor a shock, lest they always deceive me that there is no one in southern Xinjiang, and send imperial envoys to deliver orders at every turn!" The corners of Xiao Yi's mouth were slightly raised, not concealing the sarcasm in his words. .
Nangong Yue’s hand stopped for a moment, as if he was deep in thought, and then continued to comb his hair, one after another, impatiently...
After a moment of silence, Nangong Yue asked hesitantly: "Ayi, are there insufficient troops in southern Xinjiang now?" It was actually a bit risky for Xiao Yi to use 3,000 new battalions to fight against 10,000 Dayu troops, so why did he still What to do? ! This is the only reason Nangong Yue can think of.
Xiao Yi turned around and waved to Nangong Yue.
Nangong Yue bowed her head in confusion, Xiao Yi quickly kissed her on the corner of the mouth, and then smiled slyly and contentedly like a sneaky cat.
"My Ayue is so smart!"
He took one of Nangong Yue’s hands, played with her slender fingers with great interest, and then said:
"The Southern Xinjiang Army has suffered a lot of losses in successive battles over the years. In addition, it has recruited 220,000 new soldiers in the past few years. Now there are 130,000 troops in the west, and Yao Lianghang leads 10,000 people in the west. In Xinjiang, 40,000 people are in Baiyue and Nanliang, and there are 20,000 scattered in various borders and cities in southern Xinjiang..."
Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue leisurely analyzed the current military situation in southern Xinjiang.
Nangong Yue listened carefully. Even if she didn't understand the art of war, she knew how to do arithmetic. This plus and minus, it was obvious that there were indeed not many soldiers left to guard the Luo Yuecheng camp!
Nangong Yue thought for a moment, and roughly understood that Xiao Yi killed two birds with one stone by capturing the 8,000 Dayu troops this time:
Firstly, these manpower can be used to build checkpoints and reclaim wasteland;
Secondly, and most importantly, it was to shock the emperor with the power of thunder.
If the emperor really mobilized the country's power southward regardless of the situation, then the now empty southern Xinjiang will face a hard battle. The suffering will be for the southern Xinjiang army, and the suffering will be for those who finally survived the two wars. People of southern Xinjiang!
Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue clasped their fingers together, and said: "Now, the new soldiers are not needed for the time being. They have to train for a year and a half. We can only wait until Xiye is generally calmed down to transfer the army back to the south. Xinjiang, the situation in southern Xinjiang can be stable."
In fact, long before he and Guan Yubai set out to conquer Xiye, Guan Yubai told him that their expedition to Xiye was actually very risky...
However, Xiao Yi felt that the opportunity was not to be missed!
This opportunity is based on the premise that Xiye has sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Western Xinjiang. If the two sides confront each other with open swords and guns, then Xiye may not be able to defeat them after spending several months this time. Come down!
Based on their understanding of the emperor, this risk is worth the challenge!
Time will never come again, this time is the best time to fulfill Guanyu Bai’s long-cherished wish!
Thinking about it, Xiao Yi's eyes were shining like an eagle aiming at its prey, and he continued: "Anyway, the capital city of Xiye has been captured, so Xiye is no longer afraid. Just because the King of Xiye is dead, The twelve Xiye clans without a backbone are now falling apart and working on their own. Although they cannot make any big waves, they will not be convinced by the Southern Xinjiang army. Next, Xiye is expected to be in chaos for a while. For now, Xiaohe I'll take care of it, but I guess I can't suppress it..."
That's why Guan Yubai rushed back to Xiye in such a hurry. Nangong Yue thought with enlightenment.
Xiao Yi touched his chin and continued: "The twelve clans in Xiye are still a small matter. The trouble is that Xiye's 100,000 troops are trapped in Feixia Mountain and Yunzhong County. Now Xiye's coach Ta Hai has received There is news that Xiye Kingdom has defeated the dead king, and is desperately counterattacking, trying to rush back to Xiye to reverse the situation..."
What a pity! It's not that easy!
How could they spit out the fish they had already eaten?
As early as when he captured the capital city of Xiye, Guan Yubai immediately sent 30,000 Southern Xinjiang troops to the junction of Xiye and Yunzhong County. Soon, there will be a desperate battle there!
However, the King of Xiye is dead, and the army of Xiye is demoralized and at the end of its strength. There are still Yao Lianghang and Han Huaijun in Xijiang, and Guan Yubai has rushed to take charge of the overall situation. They will win this battle!
"Half a year. At most half a year, the overall situation will be decided!"
Xiao Yi showed a smile that was destined to win, and his beautiful face was even more bright in the dim candlelight.
"As long as Xiaobai is here, we will wait for the good news in southern Xinjiang!" Xiao Yi said with a smile.
Nangong Yue resisted the urge to shake her head and sigh, almost sympathizing with Guan Yubai.
It’s not easy to have a “best friend” like Ayi in the past life and this life, even in official languages!
Xiao Yi seemed to see what Nangong Yue was thinking and pouted aggrievedly.
He and Xiaobai should each perform their duties, okay? !
His current priority is to take control of southern Xinjiang and intimidate Dayu!
Nangong Yue hurriedly smoothed his hair diligently.
Xiao Yi gave her an encouraging look and showed her face again. He raised his eyebrows, touched his nose and said, "Speaking of which, it's time for the Emperor to receive the military report from Feixia Mountain."
Nangong Yue was stunned, her eyes half closed, a sigh seemed to be heard in the room, and then it became quiet again...
As Xiao Yi expected, the emperor once again received a military report from Feixia Mountain on February 19th. The contents of the military report made the emperor almost furious.
Since a month ago, Xiye's envoy came to the royal capital, angrily accused Xiao Yi of leading his army to launch a sneak attack on Xiye, and threatened to send the 80,000 Xiye army from Feixia Mountain to the east at any time. The emperor has been here for a month I just have trouble sleeping and eating...
I thought this was already the worst situation, but I didn’t expect that the situation in Western Xinjiang is still getting worse!
According to this military newspaper, the Southern Xinjiang Army, together with Han Huaijun, has occupied several cities in Western Xinjiang, cutting off the 80,000-strong army under Ta Hai from the 30,000-strong Western Night Army in Yunzhong County. This move completely angered The Xiye people were killed, causing Tahai to order a crazy counterattack against the Southern Xinjiang Army...