Although Li Rui narrated everything as if it was easy, in fact, this thunderous battle was not easy for Chuning.

A real war is not like a strategy game. If you conquer a city, you can occupy a city. If you destroy the enemy forces, you can make the opponent permanently withdraw from this game of power...

Xianbei is a nomadic people who are best at riding and fighting. They fight if they can fight, and flee if they can't fight. Unlike the army of the Central Plains Dynasty, they built cities and barriers wherever they went, and they stayed there.

After the three-way army drove off Xianbei and regained the lost land in Liaodong, Mrs. Yan hurriedly issued a series of military orders, dispatched troops and began to deploy defenses. Shou.

Naturally, Chu Ning didn't have time to waste time with them. After asking Mrs. Yan about the military situation, he went out and saw Feng Jiuqing hurried back with his entourage to give orders.

"President Feng is finally back!" Chu Ning took a few steps forward, helped Feng Jiuqing to look at her, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, he asked with confidence, "Is the trip to Donghu going smoothly this time?"

"Although there are dangers!" Feng Jiuqing saluted and said, "Fortunately, the mission was never humiliated!"

"The safety of the Feng Department is the most important thing." Chu Ning asked again: "Tonight, A Su hosted a reception banquet for Jiang Yuan, will the Feng Department come with me?"

Feng Jiuqing looked at the time and found that it was time to get off work, so she hurried back to her office to put away the important things, and then went to the heaven and earth together with Chuning.

As soon as the two entered the door, they were led into a fixed banquet hall by the waiter. Jiang Wenxian was talking with Bai Su. Seeing Chu Ning and Feng Jiuqing who pushed the door in, they hurriedly clasped their fists to salute, and then said in surprise: "Junior Sister Feng, why don't you?" Are you much thinner than when we met last time?"

"I'm on a long trip." Feng Jiuqing said with a smile, "I'm not used to the food over there..."

"So that's how it is." Jiang Wen turned his head to look at Bai Su: "I've heard about the reputation of junior sister in heaven and earth, and now I have to take advantage of it no matter what I do. If you have good wine and food, you can serve it vigorously." Come to the table..."

Feng Jiuqing followed with a few words, and was about to find a place to sit down, but she saw Li Rui coming over at some time, and sat down next to her in a muffled manner.

Just as she was about to step aside, Mrs. Yan opened the door and came in. After a few greetings, she snatched Feng Jiuqing's seat on the other side.

Li Rui looked at Feng Jiuqing with a half-smile, and seeing that she seemed to want to change positions, he carefully reminded that it was the position of Mr. Tabu and others.

Not long after, old man Da was pushed in by the waiter in a wheelchair, Xie Yunzhu, Zhuo Yuan and others also arrived one after another. After greeting each other, Bai Su ordered the waiter to start serving wine and food when he saw everyone had arrived.

After a while of pushing cups and changing glasses, the atmosphere suddenly became warmer. Jiang Wenxian chatted with the old man in a strange way, and Feng Jiuqing also talked about his experience in Donghu: "The Donghu is similar to Xianbei, and it also lives on nomads. , further north than Xianbei and Goguryeo.”

Chuning drew a picture of the situation in the world today in her mind. Xianbei and Goguryeo are further north, which is almost the vicinity of Harbin and Russia in her previous life.

"When I first went, it was still winter over there. It really can be said that dripping water turns into ice, and even firewood is not easy to ignite. Sometimes the fire hidden in the ashes will be extinguished after hiding." Feng Jiuqing said slowly: "Our first The last time I met Donghu Shanyu Mengwu, he was roasting a leg of lamb, a whole big leg of lamb, roasted half-baked, sprinkled with a few grains of salt, and gnawed with relish..."

Li Rui heard that, looking at Feng Jiuqing's thin figure, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart. She couldn't imagine that Feng Jiuqing, who usually eats well and is held in the palm of Bai Su and Jiang Wenxian, was waiting in the remote and barbaric Donghu. Land, how did she survive? If it were her, she would have starved to death.

Feng Jiuqing didn't notice Li Rui, but continued: "Because of the Eastern Expedition more than 30 years ago, Donghu harbored great hatred for the Qing people. They thought that if they hadn't been defeated by the Qing people, they would not have suffered. Today's suffering, will not be oppressed by Xianbei to struggle to survive..."

"But even if there are no Qing people, there are Han people, or Qin people..." Mrs. Yan took the conversation and asked, "How did Miss Qing persuade Donghu Shanyu later?"

"I couldn't persuade Donghu Shanyu." Feng Jiuqing smiled wryly, "Donghu Shanyu has always refused to form an alliance with us, and I didn't want to return without success, so I took the mission to live there."

The envoys that Feng Jiuqing brought there were no more than a thousand soldiers. Although the weapons were excellent and their combat power was extraordinary, Chu Ning could imagine that Feng Jiuqing was in danger under the hostility of the Donghu people at that time.

"I've lived here for more than a month." Feng Jiuqing ignored those unpleasant memories and picked out the good ones and said, "It was not the food and clothes we brought that aroused the goodwill of the Donghu people at first."

Chuning couldn't help being surprised: "It's so cold over there, they don't need food and clothes?"

"It's not that they don't need it." Feng Jiuqing explained: "It's because they don't have a good impression of Qingren, and they would rather take the initiative to grab it than passively accept gifts from our Qingren."

"Then I'm curious." Chuning asked, "What is it that attracts their favor?"

Before Feng Jiuqing left, Chu Ning specially asked her to bring more clothes and food, in order to increase her favorability in the past, but unexpectedly it didn't work.

Feng Jiuqing took a sip of wine and said, "It's a charcoal stove."

"Eh?" Chu Ning was taken aback, then laughed, "I didn't expect this..."

"Yeah, we didn't think of it at the time." Feng Jiuqing said: "Because of the cold weather, the craftsmen accompanying him at that time built several large charcoal stoves in the camp with stones and mud, and burned them day and night. There... Donghu people don't know how to build a windproof stove like ours. The fire buried in the ashes is always easy to extinguish. Seeing that our stove is always burning, some people who can't bear the cold come to borrow fire. Of course, They have a lot of backbone, even if they ask us to borrow fire, they are not willing to owe their debts in vain. They will carry a bundle of dry firewood, or bring a few firewood over..."

"Using their terms, this is called exchange, it's a transaction, and no one owes anyone the goods when they leave their hands." Feng Jiuqing took a breath and continued: "At the beginning, it was dry firewood for kindling, and later Cattle and sheep are exchanged for pancakes, grain, bacon jerky, and clothes..."

Xie Yunzhu suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that your deputy took a large herd of cattle, sheep and horses to the financial department to release accounts, at least there are thousands of them?"

"Almost." Feng Jiuqing nodded and said, "Those herdsmen will get along better after this exchange. At that time, I was thinking of sending someone back to send a letter to Liaodong to send a few caravans, but I didn't expect Murong Yunji led his troops to kill him."

Taking advantage of the fierce fight between Donghu and Murong Yunji, Feng Jiuqing led the mission to help a few small things in the open and in the dark, and increased the favorability, until he heard that Liaodong defeated Xianbei and regained Xiangping and other large areas of Liaodong. Only then did she rush back in a hurry.

We also talked about Donghu's people's livelihood, and the old man sighed loudly. It turns out that not only the people in the Central Plains are suffering, but Donghu might as well give way and need to be rescued.

After eating and drinking, and chatting for a long time, after Jiang Wenxian, Mr. Da and others left one after another, Madam Yan stayed at the end and asked Chuning: "Is the matter of Xianbei just left alone? The casualties of the battle were less than 3, and Murong Yunji still had more than [-] soldiers and horses. Yu Wencheng gathered Xianbei deserters while fleeing, and it is said that he gathered more than [-] troops. There are also thousands of soldiers under his command..."

"Is Senior Yan worried about Xianbei's counterattack?" Chuning asked.

"Yes, [-] to [-] Xianbei soldiers and horses are not a small number. When they gather more soldiers and horses, if they really want to fight back, it will be a bloody battle."

"I understand what Senior Yan means. However, there is one thing that Senior Yan may have forgotten."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"We are soldiers, not butchers." Chuning said softly, "It's only natural for soldiers to kill enemies on the battlefield, but it's a bit too much to chase after a lost dog and cut grass and roots. "

Mrs. Yan was stunned when she heard the words, and then surrendered with joy, and said: "It's better to make you firm in your determination. It's not right to lose, and not to be arrogant in victory. After this battle, the old man was so flustered, he even forgot why he fought... "

As small as gambling, as big as war, winning or winning always fascinates people. Although Mrs. Yan has been on the battlefield for a long time, it is the first time she has personally experienced such a smooth and almost easy war. The victory actually made her a little carried away.

After Mrs. Yan left, Chuning came back from a walk with Bai Su, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Does Ah Su also think that I shouldn't let Xianbei go like this?"

"No, I don't think so." Bai Su hung up his coat, sat down next to Chuning, boiled water to make tea, and smiled slightly: "On the contrary, I'm very happy that Wen He didn't hold a sword in his hand. , and wiped out Xianbei."

Chuning lay directly on Bai Su's lap, closed his eyes and asked, "Why?"

"The wrath of the commoner will cause five bloody steps; the anger of the emperor will leave millions of corpses." Bai Su said slowly: "Wenhe can hold a lot of power in his hands, and under such a big situation, he can also remember 'benevolence and righteousness' towards the enemy... ...This shows that Wenhe is a real gentleman."

"Gentleman? I can't afford the word 'gentleman'." Chu Ning couldn't help but smile: "I just think that if we can do less killing and cruelty, let's do it less, so that these soldiers won't be murdered. In case in the future If you go to the Central Plains, it will be the Chinese compatriots who will suffer..."

Like those who have been in power for a long time, people who have experienced wars are prone to extreme psychology, resulting in negative social unrest.The two generations of Chu Ning held high positions, and they knew the harm in it. It was for this reason that they formed the Senate to disperse their power and avoid their own dictatorship.

Reality is not a novel. In the novel, the president, the emperor, and the prince can act arbitrarily, but Chuning cannot—the current Kyushu regime is just a nascent regime, and its ideas and goals are not clear enough. It is attractive to people inside and outside the regime. She is very limited and cannot withstand too many twists and turns. She can only lead by example and move forward step by step... As for how far she can go, Chuning herself does not know.

"That's it." Bai Su stopped her hands and looked down at Chuning: "In this world, there are three things that people can't stop, one is money, the other is power, and the third is love. Wen and ability Make money and spend money, but never regard money as money; Wen He occupies a high position and holds a lot of power, but knows how to delegate power, knows how to control his desire for power, and has compassion for the people of the world, so he is not a gentleman. Who in the world can be a gentleman?"

"...Ah Su, you are the best at complimenting others. Thinking of me, Chu Wenhe, I am not obsessed with money and power, but when it falls into your hands, I am fascinated by you." Chu Ning took Bai Su's hand, and Taking advantage of it, he continued: "Actually, I am also hesitant, whether to cut the weeds and root them out, or leave them to fend for themselves... Or, I really hope that they can coexist peacefully with the people of the Central Plains."

"We are not the Yi people. We can't afford to punish hundreds of thousands of people for the eternal infamy." Bai Su knew that in fact, Chu Ning was also worried that Xianbei would turn around and kill them, and comforted him: "Actually, Wenhe gave them a chance of survival like this." , is also the best way to deal with it so far. Murong Xianbei now has three leaders, Murong Yunji is the most powerful, Yu Wencheng is the second, and the legitimate and false Prince Murong Yan has the least troops. contradiction."

"There will definitely be conflicts, but I'm worried that Murong Yunji will directly kill Yu Wencheng and Murong Yan. This old thief has been lurking in the Central Plains for so many years without being discovered. He must be very capable..."

Hearing the words, Bai Su thought, "Do you need to send someone to contact Murong Yao?"

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