Xinghua country, the study of the imperial palace of Xinghua City.

Yi Xingchen sat comfortably on the emperor's seat, carefully flipping through the latest battle report on Nanban City. Every day, the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau would record the major events in the empire and send them back to the capital for the emperor and cabinet ministers to read. The war report that Yi Xingchen was looking at at this time was sorted out and recorded by the Nanban Branch of the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau, and then sent back to the capital for the emperor to read.

These battle records, including the summary report of all aspects of the intelligence of Nanban City, were particularly important for Yi Xingchen to make decisions, because he would directly give instructions based on these battle conditions, or hold a meeting with the cabinet to discuss and respond to the contents of the battle report.

And just now, Yi Xingchen had just finished reading the report sent back by Neo, the commander of the Xinghua Legion who was stationed in Nanban City. Neo's report, Yi Xingchen attaches great importance to it. After carefully reading Neo's report, Yi Xingchen was a little relieved about the situation in Nanban City.

In his report, Neo confidently stated that he had a detailed and confident battle plan to wipe out the barbarian coalition in one fell swoop. After reading the battle plan attached by Neo, Yi Xingchen was very satisfied at the moment, and after combining the report of the Nanban Branch of the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau, he was even more sure that Neo was confident.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Although Neo's battle plan is very feasible, Yi Xingchen is not completely relieved of Nanban City.

Because, Yi Xingchen is most worried at the moment, will there be a delay in the delivery of the weapons and equipment assigned to support Nanban City, and if they arrive smoothly, will they not be able to support the military needs of Nanban City in time because they arrive too late? The Xinghua Legion in Nanban City is the elite strength of the Xinghua Empire, and Yi Xingchen does not want to fight with the barbarian army. And the loss of this experienced army of a hundred battles.

"It seems that when there is no war in Nanban City, we must hurry up and digest the occupied territory. Yi Xingchen couldn't help but whisper to himself while flipping through the reports.

At this time, someone was outside the door and knocked lightly on the door a few times. interrupted Yi Xingchen's contemplation.

Yi Xingchen raised his head when he heard this, and responded in a flat tone: "Come in." ”

"Your Majesty, I cooked you a bowl of nine-turn red jade soup. The person outside the door came in, it was Liu Yiyi, I saw that she was still holding a bowl of soup in her hand, and she walked in slowly, and said to Yi Xingchen softly.

Yi Xingchen saw that it was Liu Yiyi, so he hurriedly stood up to meet him and carefully took the soup bowl. said: "Yiyi, you don't have to work so hard. Nine turns of the Red Jade Hall, it's too much effort. ”

Liu Yiyi smiled and said: "I'm about to marry you, if I can't make a bowl of soup, I will be laughed to death." ”

When Yi Xingchen heard this, he also smiled, as soon as Liu Yiyi came, he was able to do it so easily. Just pull him out of this cumbersome military pile, and let him seem to sweep away the clutter in his mind. I felt that the clouds were light and the wind was light, and my mood was naturally a little brighter.

Therefore, Yi Xingchen couldn't help but joke with Liu Yiyi: "Actually, the sashimi you made is not bad." ”

When Liu Yiyi heard this, her face suddenly turned red, and she gently slapped Yi Xingchen's chest. Coquettishly sneered: "You laugh at me again!"

"Hahaha......" Yi Xingchen laughed and drank the soup cooked by Liu Yiyi in one gulp.

Liu Yiyi's change is not small, and now, she seems to like to do some housework more and more, such as stir-frying and cooking. And when Yi Xingchen is at home, he will spontaneously massage Yi Xingchen to make him relax. Yi Xingchen was particularly moved by these and was happy to enjoy her gentleness. It's just that, at the same time, Yi Xingchen will be somewhat worried, Liu Yiyi will have less entertainment and leisure in the Xinghua Kingdom in another world than when he was in Blue Mercury. Therefore, Yi Xingchen once communicated with Liu Yiyi about this issue, and he told Liu Yiyi that if she married him, it did not mean that she would take him as the center of her life, so as to lose her preferences. As the queen of Xinghua Kingdom, she can leave these trivial tasks to the maids to do, and free up more time to do some things she likes.

Liu Yiyi said, I just like to be by your side, these things, I don't want to fake others, when you are busy, I will do my own thing.

These words made Yi Xingchen deeply understand the emotions of each other, and his inner emotion was beyond words. Although the two people have not yet been affirmed in terms of identity, they are already very harmonious with each other and get used to each other's existence.

Seeing that Yi Xingchen finished the soup in one go, Liu Yiyi's face was filled with a satisfied smile, and she asked softly, "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious!" Yi Xingchen put the empty bowl without leaving a drop of soup in front of Liu Yiyi.

Liu Yiyi was very happy, picked up the bowl, and said, "I'll go out first, you continue to work, don't be too late." ”

"yes, I see. Yi Xingchen replied.

After seeing Liu Yiyi leave, Yi Xingchen came back to his senses and returned his attention to the several reports in front of him.

After reading all these reports again, Yi Xingchen carefully wrote his opinions, and after completing this step, Yi Xingchen summoned the palace attendants and asked them to send all these reports with the emperor's opinions to the cabinet to the prime minister.

Next, according to the law of Xinghua State, the prime minister will need to write down the disposition opinions after careful consideration according to the emperor's opinions, and then let the palace attendants return them to the emperor.

If the opinion of the prime minister is the same as that of the emperor, it will be put into practice after the emperor's affirmative instructions, but if the two sides disagree, Yi Xingchen will summon the cabinet minister, or the cabinet minister can directly bypass the procedure of writing down opinions to come to the emperor for an interview and communication. If the reasons of the cabinet ministers are untenable and cannot convince the emperor, then the emperor's opinion is the ultimate basis and the matter is handled directly according to the emperor's wishes.

The Land of the Hundred Barbarians. On a small plain rich in water and grass, beside a winding river, there is a cottage, and around this cottage is an endless green space. And this vast green space is filled with countless fruit trees.

At this time, the harvest season is approaching, and the fruit trees are full of half-green and not red fruits, although they are not fully ripe, but they can already make people salivate, and they are eager to pick, and it is not difficult to imagine from the scene in front of them. When all these fruits are ripe, what a great harvest it will be!

But in this beautiful and peaceful natural landscape, there are some extremely incongruous images - near the fruit trees, there are many people with long wooden poles, they are patrolling back and forth around the fruit trees. On closer inspection, these people seem to be on the defensive. There will be animals that steal the fruit of these fruit trees.

This is the fruit tree in the territory of the Elephant people, and every year the fruit trees bring food and wealth to the Elephant people, and it is through the harvest brought to them by these fruit trees that the Elephant people have developed rapidly.

Every time the loxons harvest the fruit, they will exchange it with the barbarian tribes further south in exchange for many materials that can meet the needs of the loxanders. If there is a surplus of materials, the elephant people will also use these materials to trade with the tribes in the north. In trading. The loxtods have gained more benefits and developed more and more.

However, a few months ago, the Elephant people received news that the barbarians of the north had been defeated by the countries further north, and had to bow down to the victorious country. Not only that, but these subjugated barbarians. They no longer went south to trade with the elephants, they chose to be in the cities of the Xinghua people. Make a trade.

This change is like cutting the throat of the elephant people at once, cutting off the source of materials on which the elephant people depend for their survival, which naturally makes the elephant people extremely dissatisfied and unable to bear this kind of external force that invades their existence. Therefore, the top of the elephant clan decided. Organize the barbarian tribes, drive out the Xinghua Kingdom, and regain the status of the center of trade.

But the elephant people because of the long life in the inherent circle of their source of information. It is also extremely single, and the rapid changes in the outside world cannot be perceived in time in the world of the Elephant people, so although the Elephant people know the existence of Xinghua because of the impact of external forces on their original living conditions, their understanding of Xinghua is very limited.

At the same time, because the life of the Elephant people has always remained in a relatively fixed state, their way of thinking is also relatively self-oriented, so that the top leaders of the Elephant tribe generally believe that their expedition will definitely be welcomed by the northern tribes, as long as they go out, they will definitely get the response of other barbarian tribes, and in the end, those Xinghua people who destroy their lives will definitely be driven out of the land of the hundred barbarians.

It is this kind of thinking that dominates the generals of the Elephant Clan and lead the troops into battle with a winning attitude, so when the 3,000 warriors of the Elephant Clan go out on the expedition, no one thinks that they will have the possibility of failure. The rest of the elephant people are also waiting for their triumphant return, and their lives are completely unaffected by the war.

Therefore, when the soldiers of the Xinghua Tiger Legion arrived at the base camp of the Elephant tribe, they found that the territory of the Elephant tribe actually presented a peaceful and peaceful picture unbelievably, and the Elephant people did not even put their minds on the fact that their tribe was about to face a fierce battle, but were looking forward to the harvest to ensure that their fruits could be intact, so as to measure what items they could get from the southern barbarian country this time.

On the high slope, the sun was shining, and Hu Yi of the Tiger Legion squinted his eyes, looked at the cottage not far away, and asked, "Can we enter this cottage?"

Behind Hu Yi was a group of more than fifty regimental officers and soldiers.

"No problem! We've got enough bombs! We can blow up at least nine gates. One person behind Hu Yi, Qin Wushuang, a staff officer assigned by the Xinghua Legion to the Tiger Legion, replied.

Qin Wushuang, a native of Xinghua, was a staff officer of the Tiger Legion, and when he was fighting, he was not responsible for decision-making. His task was to supervise the LTTE, leading more than 100 soldiers who were responsible for managing the weapons and ammunition of the Xinghua Legion.

This time to attack the backyard of the barbarian coalition army, the Xinghua Legion prepared a lot of good things for the Tiger Legion. In addition to sophisticated cold weapons, there are also many powerful time bombs, which are sharp weapons to pry open the door of barbarian tribes.

Hu Yi looked at the open gate not far away, and also saw the guards on the wall of the cottage, as well as some weapons guarding the village, such as strong crossbows.

Seeing the strong crossbow on the cottage, Hu Yi's face moved a few times, the elephant clan is also a barbarian, how do they have a strong crossbow? Seeing this situation, Hu Yi had to hold back for a while and said, "Let's come back at night." After saying that, Huyi turned around and walked back.

Qin Wushuang nodded and followed Hu Yi. Hu Yi is the commander, and it is up to him to decide how to fight.

In order to avoid startling the snakes, the Tigers were stationed in a small valley, about five kilometers away from the elephant village.

The elephant cottage is too large and located on the plain. Huyi was worried that if they attacked during the day, the elephant people would ignore the people outside the cottage and close the gate of the cottage. Once the elephants closed the cottage, it would not be easy for the Tigers to attack. For example, if the elephant people use strong crossbows, it will be difficult for the Tiger Legion to get close to the cottage, and their casualties may be larger, and Hu Yi does not want this to happen at all.

Soon after nightfall, the LTTE began to move.

The Tiger Legion marched towards the Elephant Clan's cottage, and the three thousand sergeants moved forward in the mountains and forests, which was much more convenient. Some of the rough and steep sections were traversed by the soldiers.

On the way, Hu Yi looked at the flashlight in his hand curiously, and when Qin Wushuang took out the flashlight, he thought that the flashlight was some powerful weapon. However, seeing that the function of the flashlight is mainly to provide light for people to walk at night, Huyi is also deeply impressed by the alchemy ability of the Xinghua people. Hu Yi got the flashlight from Qin Wushuang's mouth, which was a material for the military, and if he wanted it, he had to apply for it. Hu Yi thought in his heart that after this war, he would definitely find a way to apply to his superiors and take it back to the tribe, which must be envied by many people.

The Tigers don't need to light torches, which is definitely a good thing.

At a distance of five kilometers, the LTTE took only an hour. That's not a long time at all. You have to know that the distance is five kilometers, but there is a mountain in between. During the day, when Huyi and them went back and forth, it also took nearly an hour.

Hu Yi once again stood where they had stood during the day, and saw that not far away, there was a flame in the cottage of the elephant clan. They seemed to be performing some kind of ceremony, lighting a bonfire. From time to time, you can still hear the shouts of some elephant people.

Outside the cottage, in the fruit tree group, there are some scattered torches, which should be the caretakers of the elephant clan.

"Why do these elephant people value these fruits so much?" Hu Yi wondered. The barbarians in the north pay more attention to the meat and water of wild beasts, and as for fruit trees, they also have some there, the fruit tastes average, few animals like it, and people can't eat it all, so they don't need to grab fruit from animals.

Qin Wushuang saw more, thought for a while and said, "This is a plantation, their fruits, it is possible to take them out and trade, right?"

"Quite possibly!" replied Huyi, who thought for a moment and continued, "I heard my father say that the elephant clan has a good relationship with the country to the south. It is said that the winemakers of the Elephant Tribe, they also make a kind of fruit wine, which tastes very good and is very popular in the south...... "The more Hu Yi said, the more excited he became, "Over the years, there must have been a lot of wealth hidden in the cottages of the Elephant Clan!" (To be continued.) )