Wen Xiangyanyu

In the next two months, Dacheng troops continued to advance to the hinterland of Barrington.

After flattening the Luota tribe, Wen Ying not only confiscated his hand, but also mobilized 7 soldiers and horses, a total of [-] soldiers, divided into three groups, pointed his sword in the direction of the capital of Barrington, and swept all the tribes and cities along the way. hit.

The massacre of tens of thousands of people in the Luota Department shocked the entire Barrington. All the princes and nobles who held the military power were in danger. They each entrenched in one side, couldn't hold on, or fled, ignoring the orders issued by the Barrington court. , no one sent troops to rescue other tribes, trembling every day, only praying that the Dacheng army would not set foot on their own territory.

In this way, those small and medium-sized tribes and small-scale towns have almost no power to resist when they encounter Dacheng soldiers and horses, and they will either die or surrender.

In just two months, Wen Ying had led his troops to advance nearly [-] miles towards the capital of Barrington.

The slaughter of the tribe never happened again. For those tribes that had never violated the Dacheng border and were willing to surrender, Wen Ying only ordered people to hand over their weapons and irons.

As for those Barringtonites whose hands have been stained with the blood of the people of Dacheng, if they encounter resistance to the death, they will be killed. Those who know the current affairs and give up resisting and surrendering will only kill the tribal chiefs, nobles and generals, and confiscate all their property. However, the rest of the people had to pay for their lives with money. How much they had robbed from the Dacheng Dynasty in the past had to be spit out now.

This iron-fisted style not only caused the people of Barrington to change their faces when they heard the name of King Dacheng, but when the news spread back to Beijing, it also caused Wen Ying to be criticized, and the government and the opposition continued to impeach him.

But Wen Ying didn't care, as long as the imperial decree of the emperor's dismissal did not come, he was thousands of miles away from other rumors, and he would just pretend that he hadn't heard of them.

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Ling Qiyan came back after wandering around, handed over his goblin to someone to take it down to feed, and walked into the tent.

Wen Ying and a group of subordinates were discussing the battle plan for tomorrow, Ling Qiyan listened to it for a while, feeling bored, sat down on the side couch, had tea and snacks.

Their barracks are stationed thirty miles outside Qiangyang City. Barrington is sparsely populated, with few towns and more pastures. Qiangyang City is one of the few large cities except the capital city. It is located on the fortress gate leading to Mobei. In the past, the Barrington court sent troops to attack Mobei several times, and they all passed through here. This was also the first big city that Wen Ying attacked after sending troops.

They had camped here for more than three days. Everyone in Barrington was panicked, but Wen Ying was not in a hurry. He hadn't launched an attack on the city for a long time.

After the discussion, everyone retreated, and Wen Ying came to the bed, wiped the corners of Ling Qiyan's lips, and asked him, "Did you go riding again just now?"

"Hmm." Ling Qiyan nodded vaguely with a snack in his mouth.

He couldn't stay idle and always wanted to go out for a walk, but Wen Ying didn't listen to what he said.

After swallowing the snacks and taking a sip of tea, Ling Qiyan said casually: "I just went to the mountain to the east to take a look. Behind the mountain is a large pasture, but I can't see any living things. You said those who live The Barringtons who went into the city, don’t they raise cattle and sheep? But those livestock that need to eat grass can’t be raised in the city, so where will they hide?”

Wen Ying nodded: "I have sent someone to look for it."

Cattle, sheep, horses and camels are the most important property of these prairie people. If they can capture all the livestock that the people in Qiangyang City are grazing outside, there will be chaos in the city if they don't need to do anything more.

"Oh." Ling Qiyan smiled when he heard the words, how could Wen Ying not think of things he could think of.

The two talked for a while, and Wen Ying's personal guards sent in a letter, which was also from Beijing.

He glanced casually and pressed down the letter paper.

Ling Qiyan picked it up and looked at the ten lines at a glance. It was nothing more than someone in Beijing impeaching Wen Ying, saying that he was arbitrary, militaristic, violent and domineering, and begged the emperor to dismiss him.

But the emperor ignored these people, and all the memorials to impeach Wen Ying were put on hold, and he did not express his position for a long time, neither saying yes nor no.

Ling Qiyan was not angry after seeing it: "These people are full of food and full of benevolence and morality. When the civilians in the border towns were burned, killed, looted, and their families were destroyed, why didn't they jump out? Now they will be generous to others, one by one. The earth knows how to hold back."

Wen Ying didn't take it seriously: "Do whatever you want."

As long as the entire territory of Barrington can be taken down in the end, what he gets will be real military exploits, no matter how contradictory these people are, it will be useless.

The more he didn't care, the more Ling Qiyan was worthless for him, and he cursed Fang Shixiang that villain again.

Among Wen Ying's three deputy commanders, except for Zhang Kan who followed, the other stayed behind to sit in the guard. That Fang Shi thought that Wen Ying had already taken the opportunity to transfer to a remote place before they dispatched troops, but that man obviously would not let it go. At the same time, before the news of the slaughter of Luota tribe was spread in Barrington, it had already been spread back to Shangjing. It is conceivable that this person was the one behind the scenes.

During this period of public criticism against Wen Ying that has been continuously fermented in the court, there must be Ling Qiyu's fanning the flames, Fang Shi thought, it is the dog of that dog, bah!

Hearing Ling Qiyan yelling at others on her behalf, after scolding Fang Shixiang, she started to scold Ling Qiyu again, Wen Ying looked at him silently, under his stare, Ling Qiyan paused for more unspoken words : "... what are you looking at?"

"No indecent words are allowed."

Ling Qiyan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Wen Ying touched his face: "Be obedient."

He can kill and set fire, but he can't even say an indecent word, what's the point?

Ling Qiyan patted his hand: "You are not allowed to touch it."

Shangjing, Xingqing Palace.

Ling Qiyu had knelt on the ground for more than half an hour, and the emperor's scolding still continued, no matter how much he argued, the emperor believed that he was the one who stirred up the wind and rain in the court and dragged his elder brother's hind legs.

"Narrow-minded, jealous, and incapable of tolerance, you are like this, how can you be the prince of a country! If you don't have that ability, why don't you abdicate as soon as possible!"

Ling Qiyu lowered his eyes and sneered. Before Wen Ying came back, these words were used by the emperor to scold Ling Qiyan. In the eyes of the emperor, only the most capable and promising son was his face. .

Once the emperor was in the way of his ancestors' rules, and took a lot of thought to appoint him as the prince of the East Palace, but now he racked his brains, wanting to abolish him in a fair way, so that the eldest son of the emperor who came back halfway would take his place.

Why should he let it go!Not that cheap!

Ling Qiyu clenched his fists tightly, suppressing his hatred...he refused to give up, the position of crown prince is his, the throne is his, and that person will be his one day, he will never let it go!

Yun brought her maidservant to Xingqing Palace to deliver snacks, and met Ling Qiyu coming out at the gate of the palace, the other party glanced at her with hatred hidden in his indifferent eyes, Yun slightly raised one corner of his lips, and said, "See you!" Pass the prince," without even bending his knees.

The emperor had already said that she was pregnant, so she didn't need to be polite when she met anyone.

Ling Qiyu ignored her and left.

Yun Shi caressed her magnificent six-month-old belly, closed her eyes indifferently and opened them again, the smile on the corners of her mouth rose to the most perfect arc, and she walked in the door.

As soon as she entered the hall, the emperor came to help her in person, and when she heard Yun said that she had made the dim sum with her own hands, her mood immediately improved, and she told her: "Just let the servants do it in the future, don't get tired."

Yun's chuckled: "Your Majesty loves to eat, and my concubines are happy to cook for His Majesty."

Hearing this, the emperor was very upset, and helped her to sit on the side of the couch.

Today's Yun family is more and more plump and beautiful, with black hair growing back, and a bun, and a simple begonia beaded hairpin. None of the fresh and tender girls in the harem can compare with her. She, the real beauty overwhelms the crowd and favors the sixth palace.

The Yun family told the emperor that Yu Zhaoyuan was ill these days and missed the emperor very much, so he asked the emperor to visit her when he had time.

The emperor grabbed her hand and sighed, "You are still generous."

Yu Zhaoyuan is a foreign girl who came as a tribute from that small southwestern country. Jieyu, who was granted the title when she first entered the palace, has now been promoted to Zhaoyuan. Because she resembles the Yun family when she was young, she was favored for a while, but now With the return of the rightful master of the Yun family, other people will naturally not be able to get into the eyes of the emperor.

Not only did the Yun family not harbor any grudges against Yu Zhaoyuan, but they were also sisters in love with her, and they often walked around. The emperor couldn't help but feel deeply. If there were no such things back then, and the Yun family had become his queen smoothly, the harem would only be more peaceful and harmonious. Maybe he can give birth to a better prince.

He seemed to have completely forgotten that it was the Yun family who replaced his eldest son.

The emperor sighed and scolded his son who was not up to date. Yun listened quietly and didn't say much. The emperor could speak, but she couldn't talk about the prince.

Only when the emperor shook his head and sighed at the end, he said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, you still have His Royal Highness."

The emperor replied: "Yes, fortunately, Qi Xiao is an upright person."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pinched Yun's chin again: "The queen is trying to target you in different ways, but you still speak for the queen's son."

Yun's voice was even softer: "The concubine is just telling the truth, and I was originally the concubine who was sorry for His Royal Highness first."

The emperor took her into his arms, Yun Shi had blamed himself in front of him countless times for what happened back then, the knot in the emperor's heart had long since been untied, and now that she is brought up again, only pity for Yun Shi remains.

Lying in the emperor's arms, Yun lowered his eyes and did not say a word.

The next day, the siege began.

Ling Qiyan didn't go with him, and rode his little goblin over the mountain to the east, went to the pasture over there to run horses, and brought the five hundred cavalry that Wen Ying gave him.

He wanted to come here yesterday, the little goblin has been tamed by him to be very obedient in the past two months, but when they went up to that mountain yesterday, the little goblin suddenly became very excited, if it wasn't for his mission, it would have wanted to come here at that time , and his eyes were fixed on the same direction, and his mouth kept neighing, each sound getting more and more miserable.

Later, when he went back to the barracks, he asked the experienced soldiers who specialize in horse breeding, and said that his little elf probably grew up on this pasture in the past, and he would have such a reaction when he returned to a familiar place.

So today, he brought it here specially.

Sure enough, as soon as he climbed over the mountain, the little goblin became excited and ran all the way towards the direction of the rising sun.

After running for nearly half an hour, they climbed up a high slope. The little goblin raised its head and barked loudly. Ling Qiyan stroked its mane and comforted it silently.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of ground-shaking footsteps slowly sounded in the distance, and the soldiers who followed Ling Qiyan were agitated, and someone shouted: "It's a herd of horses!"

Black crowds of horses galloped towards them, and the little goblin was so excited that she rushed into the crowd of horses with Ling Qiyan on her back.

Outside Qiangyang City, corpses were already strewn across the field, and the strong smell of blood was mixed in the rolling yellow sand, and the horn of the second round of charge had just sounded.

Wen Ying stood on the horse, staring deeply at the tower in front of him.

According to the news sent back from the city by the spies these days, these Barringtons can't resist for too long. They will be able to break through the city gate before this evening. number.

But this city, they had to capture it. If they captured it, they would be able to cut off the Barrington people's road to Mobei, and they would no longer be able to covet the Dacheng capital.

Suddenly there was the sound of a group of horseshoes from behind, Wen Ying's mind sank suddenly, and he turned around on his horse.

Seeing the scene in front of him clearly, there was a rare moment of astonishment in his eyes.

"What the hell are these?!"

The subordinates beside him were already swearing in shock.

The mighty herd of horses drove countless cattle and sheep straight to the battlefield. Anyone who saw this strange scene would not be able to react for a while.

Until among the horse herd, Ling Qiyan, who was full of air, appeared in the sight of everyone riding his arrogant and majestic little goblin.

"Wen, Mr. Wen, what are you doing?" Zhang Kan asked hesitantly. It was the first time he had seen such a situation in half his life.

Wen Ying's eyebrows stretched, and he said calmly: "He found the herd of cattle, sheep and horses hidden by the Barringtons in the city."

Da Chengbing's second charge came to an abrupt end.

The soldiers receded like a tide, replaced by the herd of beasts that rushed forward.

The people of Barrington live by herding livestock. Even if they have lived in the city, for most soldiers and civilians, the most important private wealth is still their cattle, sheep, horses and camels, but now, these have all fallen into the hands of the Dacheng army .

Even though the princes and nobles in the city were willing to abandon these beasts out of fear of their lives, the other civilians, even those soldiers who were stubbornly resisting on the tower just a moment ago, could never turn a blind eye.

Even if they were whipped by Shangfeng not to retreat, there were still people dropping their weapons.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, finally some people in the city took the initiative to open the city gate and surrendered.

Wen Ying didn't go into the city, but asked Zhang Kan to lead troops into the city to take people and deal with the aftermath, and led Ling Qiyan back to the barracks.

After getting off the horse, Ling Qiyan specifically told people to feed his little elf more good food, went into the tent, and happily talked about the previous incident with Wen Ying.

"The little goblin turned out to be the leader of that group of horses. Seeing how beautiful it looks, I knew it was not a vulgar thing. You didn't see the formation, so many horses gathered together, the little goblin's appearance was almost the same as King's Landing. "

Ling Qiyan laughed while talking, and when he had laughed enough, he continued: "The group of horses in the back led us, and we found the place where the Barringtons hid them. We worked it out."

Wen Ying listened to him silently, was silent for a while, and held his hand, his sleeve was still stained with wet blood.

Wen Ying's pupils shrank slightly, and his voice sank: "...you also made a move?"

Ling Qiyan proudly said: "I killed three Barrington soldiers, according to the military regulations, beheaded one level, and got two taels of silver. Can I get six taels of silver?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, shook his fingers, and looked at Wen Ying with a smile: "Your Highness, give me the silver?"

Wen Ying pulled him into his arms forcefully.

The sound of breathing in the ear was getting heavier, Ling Qiyan blinked, a little confused, so: "What's wrong with you?"

After a while, Wen Ying took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll call someone for you later."

"Tsk, are you serious?"

"Well, you deserve it."

Ling Qi was overjoyed at the banquet: "Okay, I took the reward money, and bought wine to treat you to drink."

"...There is no alcohol for sale here."

"Then I owe it first. I will buy it for you when I enter the city in two days."

After a moment of silence, he heard a soft "hmm" from the person hugging him.