After the cannon fodder prince collapsed, the country will not perish

In Daying, the eastern sky is dawning, and a young man with a sword on his horse comes in the dawn. The morning wind blows his black cloak, like a god descending into the world.

The elite riders behind all carried blood-stained heads in their hands.

So much so that the fresh air in the mountains was immediately mixed with a strong smell of blood.

General Liu stood at the gate of the camp, staring blankly at this scene. For some reason, his knees almost gave way and he knelt down: "Congratulations...welcome the triumphant return of the general."

"It's just luck." Xiao Di saw that the eyes of the people around them looked at them changed, and said indifferently: "Put the prisoners of war from Huihe into the carriage and send them to the capital together with the battle report."

He humbly said it was luck, but of course this victory was not entirely based on luck.

Just in time for the two teams to compete, Xiao Di took advantage of the contradictions between the two and thus disintegrated them one by one.

You must know that the Uighur army had just exhausted their strength to fight the bandits for grain, and even if they won, they would be exhausted, and it was the time when there was no slack in defense.

But the [-] fresh troops he led had already known about tonight's plan. Seeing that the bandits were wiped out according to the plan, it was the time when their blood was boiling.

It is not surprising that they can win against Huihe.

It is also thanks to Xiao Di's youth and bravery that he has such courage and courage to act so decisively and ruthlessly, disintegrating the two major confidantes in Yunnan overnight.

When the court found out about this, it immediately boiled like hot oil in a pot.

You must know that although the banditry in Yunnan seems insignificant, it has not been eradicated from the previous dynasty to the present.

This time Xiao Di led five hundred elite cavalry to attack the cliff at night, and wiped out the mountain bandits in an instant, which can be called courageous and resourceful.

Not to mention taking advantage of the trend to eradicate Huihe's influence in Yunnan.

You must know that the imperial court seems to be stable at this moment, but in fact, the forces of the Northern Kingdom and the Huihe are all around, and the situation is tense, and the war is imminent.

Xiao Di is young and courageous, coupled with the fact that the Xiao family's injustice has been cleared up, he seems to be a rising star.

The imperial court issued a decree to commend, allowing Xiao Xu and his party to return to Beijing victoriously.

The capital is decorated with lanterns and festoons, revealing the meaning of celebration everywhere.

Although this was only a small victory against Huihe, since Xiao He was suppressed by Huihe, the Central Plains people have never won against Huihe.

Xiao Di's victory this time is undoubtedly of great significance.

Civil and military officials greeted them out of the city gate, and even the roads of the capital were full of happy people, wanting to see what the legendary young hero who killed all the mountain bandits and Huihe in one night looked like. .

Xiao Di is heroic, holding a horsewhip, and gracefully clasps his iron hoof, which has broken through the mountain, on the stone road. His unrestrained appearance makes the women along the way blush quietly.

He got off his horse at the gate of the palace and fell to his knees. The prime minister read out the imperial decree with a smile: "The banditry in Yunnan is serious, and I am very worried. I have made meritorious deeds, and Xiao Di is specially named the King of Huaijun. I hope that I will live up to my will, kill the enemy with determination, and make extraordinary achievements..."

After reading the imperial decree, the prime minister affectionately helped him up: "Xiao Di, from now on, you are the King Huai of this dynasty."

Xiao Di accepted the order with a smile, went into the palace to thank him, but was stopped when he left the palace gate.

The prime minister stopped Xiao Di with a happy face, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time: "The prince is overjoyed, the prince is free, so he can go with the prime minister to see your master, he knows about your retreat from the enemy, and he was excited for two or three nights Didn't sleep well."

Xiao Di looked at the prime minister's undisguised appearance of pulling him up, and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

The Yan family has always been in close contact with the prime minister, but the case of the Xiao family was finally investigated, and it only ended up on Yan Pingrong's head.

The prime minister pretended nothing happened, and even came to win him over with a smile.

Xiao Di won the battle, and he had an irreconcilable relationship with Liu Hui, the master of the Taixue.

But what the prime minister said, it seems that he has been able to rely on Liu Hui as his master from the time he was the son of a traitor to today.

If you don't go by yourself, you will appear to be an ungrateful person.

Xiao Di was planning to go to Liu Hui's place, so he agreed with a calm smile, and went to Liu Hui's place with the prime minister.

Liu Hui laughed and chatted with Xiao Di for a few words, and then turned to the main topic: "Do you remember that I told you that I have other supporters in the court, and it is only a temporary measure to support Xie Rong to the throne."

Xiao Di raised his eyes: "Master, are you willing to tell me who this person is?"

Liu Hui laughed: "I didn't intend to hide it from you. The master is very honest with you. Now that you have grown up and become the king of the county, you can be more independent. The person I support is the one who came with you just now." Lord Prime Minister, he has always been very optimistic about you, even if I go to the Imperial Academy, it is the Prime Minister's good intentions."

Xiao Di made a look of enlightenment: "It turns out that it is the prime minister, the prime minister is in power, and the great cause is half done."

The prime minister placed Liu Hui in the Taixue, and it seems that he was indeed making arrangements early to let Liu Hui get involved with Xie Rong, and he did not forget to win him over.

Liu Hui said again: "Even if you helped the Third Highness earlier, the prime minister didn't mind, anyway, he was your master at the time, and it was your duty to help him, and the Xiao family's injustice case was clarified, His Highness also helped you a lot—”

He only heard him change the subject and said again: "Based on this, you are not in debt to each other, and now that you are the king of the county, you can stand on your own, and you don't have to be subordinate to the third highness and let him drive you around."

He said while looking at Xiao Di's expression.

Xiao Di looked away and said: "I know that your thoughts are on Xie Rong, but Xie Qingci has made the farmland in the suburbs of Beijing. If there is a big war in the future, the crown prince only needs to supervise the transportation of food and grass, and he will achieve great success without any effort. It must not be easy for you to find fault with him."

But Liu Hui said with a smile: "Third Highness has done this, and when the war comes, it will not be easy for the crown prince to make mistakes in transporting food. It's just...the imperial court is not limited to this one thing that can be credited."

"Xie Rong didn't go to Taixue recently, do you know where he went? He has gone to the south of the Yangtze River to survey the Grand Canal according to His Majesty's orders!

"What His Highness said that day about the impediment of food supply between the north and the south, the Prime Minister thought about it for a while after he came back, and he also felt that it made sense. Since His Highness can use this to make a name for himself, why can't Xie Rong? Dredging the canal, transporting food and troops from the north to the south are easy things, and the merits will last forever, His Majesty does not like the crown prince, you said that when Xie Rong has this credit in hand, do you still think the position of the crown prince is stable?"

Xiao Di had already discovered that the King of Chu had disappeared, but he never expected that he had already gone to Jiangnan secretly under a secret order.

If he led the canal to be dredged, the crown prince's position would indeed be in jeopardy. If the crown prince fell, Xie Qingci would not be able to please him.

Xiao Di's heart tightened, but he still smiled lightly on the surface: "The crown prince has been with His Majesty for many years, and he is also the eldest son. I'm afraid it's not easy or easy."

Liu Hui snorted lightly: "What's the eldest son, a cripple with uneven fingers, His Majesty has long hated him, but he has never been able to find the right time. When the King of Chu repaired the embankment and returned to Beijing, His Majesty decided Will make a statement."

"Now the imperial court has the Northern Kingdom in the north and Huihe in the south. You have shown your talents this time and have been valued by the imperial court. You will definitely be in charge of military power in the future..."

"The Xie family made you suffer a lot of humiliation. You were supposed to gallop on the battlefield, but you were assigned to serve the sick child of their family. It's time to get back these humiliations!"

"I once promised that the Xiao family would divide the world equally. I really can't agree to this, but as long as you can command the army and assist Xie Rong to ascend the throne, the areas of Yun, Gui, Sichuan, and Gan can all be your Xiao family's hereditary land."

Xiao Di listened to these words one by one in his heart, his face remained calm, and he cupped his hands full of gratitude: "Xiao Di relied on the master to plan everything!"

Liu Hui patted him on the shoulder: "Don't leave at night, I'll take you to meet some people"

Xiao Di hesitated a little on his face.

"Your Majesty's celebration banquet is the day after tomorrow, and you haven't got married, so nothing will happen tonight, so don't shirk."

In Liuyun Palace, Xie Qingci sat alone by the window, looking at the lotus pond in the courtyard.

There are no traces of the graceful lotus in the pond in summer, and the water surface is cold in late autumn and early winter.

Xie Qingci averted his eyes, not thinking about the young man by the window in Xia Ri who handed him the lotus.

When he heard the news that Xiao Di had won the victory and returned to Beijing so soon, his heart fell to the ground, and at the same time, he felt a surge of pride.

The night attack on the mountains and forests, two good news, is indeed his Ju Lang.

He didn't say anything, but changed into a long gown and cloak, and couldn't help wandering at the entrance of Liuyun Palace, thinking about the time when Xiao Di would come here after entering the palace to thank him.

But he waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for Xiao Di, but waited for the little eunuch who came to pass the message, saying that King Huaijun followed the prime minister to visit his master.

Prince Huai?Went to meet someone else?

Those who went out from his palace did not come to see him after victory, but went to pay homage to other people's courts.

Even the news that Xiao Di was made the king of the county was only known to him by the little eunuch who came to spread the word.

The wind from the palace gate made Xie Qingci's forehead throb, and his heart felt empty and cold. He coughed a few times, supported by Eunuch Rong, and slowly returned to the palace, but his heart sank heavily.

Even if the newly promoted Prince Huai doesn't think about His Highness the Third.

Xiao Di, whom I haven't seen for a long time...doesn't want to thank Qingci?