Chapter 38: Calculations
At this time, there was chaos in the camp, and the soldiers on patrol found the horses running in the distance and thought that Shenyue Haoqing had returned with the soldiers, and when the horses approached, they found that the people on the horses had lost their breath, and hurriedly reported to Shenyue Haoxuan.
"Where's the prince? Has the body of the prince been found? Shenyue Haoxuan anxiously asked the soldier who was kneeling on the ground.
"Back to the second prince, the prince is not among them, and he may not have been killed."
"How unreasonable! Vasi is so bold! Come on, get ready to attack the city! When Shenyue Haoxuan heard this, he was about to gather the army.
"The second prince can't! Before leaving, the prince told him that he must not act without permission before the prince returns. When the rest of the lieutenants heard this, they hurriedly stopped it.
"Now that the life and death of the prince are uncertain, Vaxi Kingdom's behavior is clearly not to take my dignified Tianyang Kingdom in his eyes, and it is difficult to withstand this shame if he does not step on it!" Shenyue Haoxuan said that he was going out.
"The second prince thinks twice!" The crowd quickly knelt down to stop them.
"Death to those who stand in my way!" Shenyue Haoxuan drew his sword and pointed it at them.
"Second prince, even if he dies, his subordinates must not disobey the prince's orders, besides, the handsome seal is with the prince, without the handsome seal, the army will not be dispatched!" Cheng Si said with his eyes closed.
"Okay, since the deputy general is willing to seek death, this prince will not allow it, as for the handsome seal, this prince will take it himself, and he will not bother to become a vice general." Shenyue Haoxuan smiled evilly, raised his sword and was about to stab down.
"The prince is back!" With a shout outside the camp, the sound of horses' hooves stopped in front of the tent, and the sword in Shenyue Haoxuan's hand also fell to the ground.
I saw the curtain opened, and the man in the purple robe walked into the tent, saw the sword falling to the ground, and saw the kneeling crowd, and walked directly to the chair and sat down, "What? This king is not dead, do you want to be buried? ”
"Lord Wang, are you okay?" Cheng Siyue asked worriedly when he saw the torn clothes on Shenyue Haoqing's chest.
"It's fine, I just accidentally got cut by a branch." Shenyue Haoqing pretended to pat the dust on his body. Everyone looked at the piece of clothing that had been stained red with blood on their chests, and they all expressed that they felt speechless about the prince's unreliable behavior of lying.
"Fourth brother, those soldiers who went with you just now have turned into corpses and come back, and the imperial brother still thinks you are ......" Shenyue Haoxuan also came back to his senses at this time and hurriedly stepped forward.
"Do you think this king is dead? The second emperor brother bothered, just now he just encountered an ambush, those soldiers were accidentally killed, and tomorrow he will send someone to transport the corpses back to Tianyang Kingdom for a martyr's burial. Shenyue Haoqing smiled coldly and picked up Shenyue Haoxuan's unfinished words.
"The ambush, is it the work of Vassi?" Cheng Siyue asked in surprise.
"Don't ask too much, pass on the king's order, all the soldiers retreat fifty miles back and camp!" Shenyue Haoqing got up and walked out.
"Yes! Rajah! Everyone has no objections, they will always obey Shenyue Haoqing's orders, which is the tacit understanding and respect cultivated in the field of life and death.
"Fourth brother, why are you doing this? Vassi did such a thing, not only did you not order the siege of the city, but you also retreated and camped? Shenyue Haoxuan didn't buy it, and chased him out to ask him.
"The second emperor brother should not ask more, of course this account will be recorded by the king, but now the king has his own plans, the second emperor brother only needs to remember to obey the commander's command on the battlefield." Shenyue Haoqing threw off his sleeves, strode back to the tent, took off the bloodstained clothes, and put on another set of clothes that were also dark purple.
Then the army retreated in an orderly manner to a place fifty miles away from the city of Vasi, and the soldiers of the Vasi Kingdom who defended the city were ready to meet the battle when they saw the movement of the army under the city, but suddenly found that the army was not going to attack the city but to retreat.
After retreating, Shenyue Haoqing did not issue any orders about the war, but only ordered the soldiers to inspect the inspection, and the rest of the soldiers rested well, and ordered everyone not to be allowed to enter the tent, and the violators of military law will be dealt with! The guards in front of the tent were also replaced by the dead soldiers of the Purple Army Group, so that even if Shenyue Haoxuan came, they would be ruthlessly blocked from the door.
At this time, Shenyue Hao Qingzheng was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, combing the connections in what happened. If his guess is correct, the next thing should turn out the way he expects. Sure enough, a soldier soon came from outside the tent to report, "Lord, the messenger of the Wasi Kingdom has arrived!" ”
"Returned." Shenyue Haoqing didn't open his eyes, and replied coldly with two words.
The soldiers outside the tent were stunned for a moment, and then obeyed. Shenyue Haoxuan, who was standing on the side, brushed his sleeves away angrily and walked to the conference camp on the other side, and the rest of the deputy generals were also gathering inside at this time to discuss Shenyue Haoqing's approach.
"Deputy General Cheng and Vice General Li, do you say that these four brothers were injured by an ambush and injured their brains, neither attacking the city, but also seeing the messenger of the Vaxi Kingdom, won't the war stop in place if it goes on like this?" Shenyue Haoxuan sat on the handsome seat and looked at them.
"The last general doesn't know what the prince means, but I believe that the prince has his own reasons for doing this." Although Cheng Siyue was dissatisfied with Shenyue Haoxuan's behavior, even on the battlefield, he was his boss, so he did not show his dissatisfaction.
"Are you so stupid? Even if there is a possibility that his orders are wrong? Shenyue Haoxuan did not hide his dissatisfaction at all, and a sneer was always on his lips.
"There have been similar situations on the battlefield before, but every time there is a prince, everything will be averted, so the last general just needs to follow the prince without objection." Li Dacheng couldn't help but defend himself.
"Hmph, you only have him in your eyes, right? The order of this prince is not an order? "Since he arrived on the battlefield, his Shenyue Haoxuan is just an accessory, and this empty lieutenant marshal has no value at all.
"The last general will not dare, but on the battlefield, the commander's orders represent everything."
"Humph! Maybe in the future you will regret following the wrong person! Shenyue Haoxuan looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and turned out disdainfully.
Most of the soldiers had no doubts about Shenyue Haoqing's orders, so when Shenyue Haoqing gave the order, they didn't ask anything, everything was done, and a small number of recruits couldn't help but discuss it by themselves, and the final result was of course to be stopped, and they were ordered to do their own things.
Of course, Shenyue Haoqing knew the doubts of the others, but he couldn't say anything now, he was waiting, waiting for the prey to be delivered to the door by itself. After nightfall, Shenyue Haoqing ordered the soldiers to light two braziers outside each camp tent, and suddenly the camp tent was as bright as the sun within ten meters.
At midnight, the soldiers of the Purple Army who were patrolling the night entered the account, "Lord Wang, during the inspection, I found a secret agent of the Waxi Kingdom, and my subordinates did not alarm him according to the orders of the prince. ”
"Very well, let's go down." Shenyue Haoqing was sitting at the table at this time, writing something.
Not long after the soldier went out, the shadow appeared in front of Shenyue Haoqing again. "How?" Shenyue Haoqing knew that it was him, and asked without raising his head.
After the messenger sent out later was rejected by the prince, Vasitas seemed to be a little unable to sit still, and hurried back to the study of the palace, and disappeared into the room as he did last time. Just now, another spy was sent to find out the news, but it seems that it was in vain, saying that Vasitas had dropped all the teacups. ”
"You've met Vasitas, tell me what kind of person he is." Shenyue Haoqing put down the pen and stuffed the written things into an envelope.
"With all due respect, the subordinates seem to be the kind of timid and fearful people who only promise from the behavior of Vasitas, and they are more like people who think more than they do."
"As the king knows, you send this letter to him tonight after he has fallen asleep."
"Yes!" The Shadow took the letter and exited the tent.
Tomorrow, tomorrow should be over. It's been almost half a month since I left the capital, and I have to go back quickly. Shenyue Haoqing lay on the bed and turned off the light with the palm wind, and seemed to take something out of his arms in the dark, only to hear a soft sigh, and fell into silence again.
Shenyue Haoqing slowly walked out of the tent until three o'clock in the morning the next day, and immediately gave the order to advance towards Vasi City at full speed! Everyone thought that the commander was finally going to order the siege of the city, so they took their equipment, put away their tents and marched towards Vaxi City, but Shenyue Haoxuan was worried about his approach.
By noon, the army had reached the city of Vasi, but they were taken aback by what they saw. It turned out that the city bridge that had been hung had been lowered at this time, and the city gate that should have been closed was also open at this time, and the general of the city defender of Vasi City stood in front of the gate with soldiers at this time and waited for them.
"Lord Wang, the criminal minister has been ordered to come and greet you!" The general standing in front saw Shenyue Haoqing, so he took the lead in kneeling, he was the general of the Vasi country, Vasida.
"General, please get up, Vaxi Kingdom is a subject country of Tianyang Kingdom, and the general is also a courtier of Tianyang Kingdom, my emperor of Tianyang Kingdom will naturally not pursue the previous matter, and I hope that the general will continue to be loyal to Tianyang Kingdom in the future." Shenyue Haoqing did not dismount, but his tone was soft. This shows his identity, but it is also reassuring.
"The last general will live up to expectations!" It is not an exaggeration to say that Vasida is grateful at this time.
Originally, most of the soldiers and people of the Vaxi Kingdom were grateful and reverent for the Tianyang Kingdom, but they had no choice but to do what the king ordered, so they could only do what they ordered, but early in the morning, the second prince ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the king of Qingning, this news made the people and soldiers in the city feel relieved, and they were glad that there was no real war.
As a result, the army brought by Shenyue Haoqing smoothly entered Vaxi City, and the people stood on both sides of the street and cheered. Many people had already seen Kamitsuki Haoqing in battle robe and purple mask five years ago, when he was only fifteen years old, but he was also sitting high on a horse like now, walking in front of the army, with an innate domineering. At this time, Shenyue Haoqing no longer has the childishness of the original, and the whole person is more calm, as unshakable as a mountain.