Chapter 121: Money Can Make Ghosts Grind
"That's right." The prince nodded and said in a deep voice: "Miss Gu has only been in Beijing for a few months, and she has drummed up a Baiwei Pavilion, and in less than a year, there are already two branches in the capital, and it is really a day by day, this is still because Abei is on the battlefield in the north, she is worried day and night, so she does not put her spirit on business, once she lets go of her fists and feet to do business and collect money, she has the support of Prince Yu behind her, you say, such a business genius, are you afraid that you will not be able to provide a steady stream of silver for Prince Yu's career?" β
"Yang Zifan, he really dares to think about it." Concubine Xiao's willow eyebrows were upside down: "Qiluo and Abei love each other with their hearts, how can they help him collect money to deal with His Highness when the time comes?" β
"If you marry your husband, as long as you marry into the Chengming Marquis Mansion, you will be tied to the Yang family, and you will be both prosperous and lossy, even if you think of Abei in your heart? You have to plan for your husband's family and your own life, right? Well, even if she is a strange woman and refuses to make friends, once she has a child......"
The prince didn't say any more, but looked at the princess with "you know" eyes, so the princess really understood, can she not understand? She is also a mother, how can she not know how much weight a child can occupy in a woman's heart?
"In this way, His Royal Highness really has to intervene, I hope that Miss Gu can see the move, and don't let things get out of control." Concubine Xiao sighed, but saw the prince shake her head and said, "I'm afraid she is also difficult, otherwise she wouldn't have thought of TongguΓ² Xiaofu to ask me for help." Her stepmother is not a fuel-efficient lamp, in fact, she and her brother made it up, and now even her father and grandmother are on the same side as her stepmother, how much pressure is this? Don't forget. Marriage is a major event, but the words of the matchmaker are the orders of the parents. β
Although he said this, the crown prince was not very worried, although Gu Qiluo now seemed to be in internal and external difficulties. But since she has the determination and her own backhand, it will not be very difficult to deal with the past, but it is a pity that such a good girl has to be a widow for Xiao Jiangbei, who died in battle, although this unswerving love made the prince sigh and gratify, but at the same time, it also made him feel sorry for Gu Qiluo.
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"General. It's Wolf Rock Mountain, and in front of it is Wolf Rock Mountain, and we're at the border. General, we're finally back. β
Looking at a big mountain on the distant horizon, Langning's tears were about to fall, and he shouted at Xiao Jiangbei while gesturing. was glared at fiercely by the cold general: "Shut up." You are afraid that you will not be able to alarm the Northern Hungarian army. Let them do everything they can to intercept us? β
Lang Ning was immediately silenced, and he was simply impressed by Xiao Jiangbei's concentration in his heart. Then he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly gave a few orders to the messengers around him, so a few fast horses rushed to the large army behind, conveying Xiao Jiangbei's order: The border is in sight, and it is necessary to avoid the Northern Hungarian army to bypass, and from this moment on, it is not allowed to make loud noises, and it is not allowed to make fires for cooking.
Wandered in Northern Hungary for so long. The specific year, month and day are long unknown, and can only be roughly guessed based on weather changes. Fortunately, after entering the territory of Northern Hungary from that large barren land. Relying on the experience of in-depth robbery in Northern Hungary in the past three years, Xiao Jiangbei has never lost his way. They have fought countless battles along the way, if it weren't for the fact that the Northern Huns put most of the country's combat strength into the border battlefield, with more than 1,000 of them, no matter how brave they were, they would have been wiped out countless times.
Now after going through hardships and spending more than three months, they are like a swarm of greedy locusts in Northern Hungary, robbing countless things, not to mention, and rescuing thousands of people in Daxia who were taken captive by the Tatars. Although someone finally pulled something, it also caused a lot of pressure on the team, they had to change their route from time to time, and try to hide their tracks, otherwise if they encountered tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, they would definitely inevitably end up with the annihilation of the whole army.
Fortunately, God blessed, they finally created a miracle. After all the hardships, he really arrived at the border of North Hungary, two hundred miles to the south, and it was the army of Great Xia.
That night, the team rested at the foot of the Wolf Rock Mountain, and could not make a fire to cook, everyone was gnawing on half-cooked meat and a little dry food, but fortunately, they were all people who could endure hardships, and they did not have the slightest dissatisfaction because of this.
After daybreak, the team packed up and was about to continue their journey south, when suddenly they saw a billowing cloud of smoke and dust rising from the distant horizon, but in a quarter of an hour, the sound of horses' hooves resounded like thunder on the horizon.
"General, it's the Hun cavalry." Langning's face changed: the Hun Tartars had discovered their traces, was this to intercept them? It's hateful, seeing that his homeland is in sight, he is about to bury his bones in another country, he is unwilling, and he can't turn a blind eye to death.
"Be ready for battle." Xiao Jiangbei only lightly commanded a word, his eyes were still cold and calm, only his brows were slightly furrowed, based on years of experience on the battlefield, he instinctively felt that there was something wrong with the sound of horses' hooves, it must be known that the Hun cavalry has always been well-trained, whether the army is facing the enemy or retreating, the sound of horses' hooves should never be so scattered and disorganized.
"It's the Huns who broke the army, you don't have to be afraid, hahaha, the Tartars are defeated, this is a desperate escape, brothers have prepared me well, Lao Tzu loves to beat the water dogs."
When the Tartar army gradually showed its outline, even Lang Ning could see that something was wrong, the Immortal Heaven Banner, which had always been regarded as the life of the other party, did not have a single one, this was definitely a group of unsuccessful defeated troops, if it was a hundred battles of elite soldiers, then even if it was the last person killed in battle, it would be impossible to discard the Immortal Heaven Banner.
Langning laughed, and more than a thousand people behind him were all gearing up, licking their lips and revealing excited eyes, wandering and looting for three months, this group of elite soldiers has become a more terrible storage than the wild wolf pack, the wild wolf pack does not have their discipline and cooperation, and even from time to time they can make a small formation.
Because there are many surprise attacks on the grassland, the battle loss rate of this team is amazingly small, and at this time, I heard that it was the border Tartar soldiers who fled, and the blood of these wolf soldiers boiled all of a sudden, but their movements became more and more careful and gentle, and they all quietly retreated into the dense forest behind them.
When the rout army passed, Xiao Jiangbei gave an order, raised the slaughtering sword, and took the lead in killing, descending from the sky like a god of war.
The result of this battle is self-evident, the Huns thought that they had encountered an ambush, and they were so frightened that they ran north without any intention of resisting. More than 1,000 people chopped melons and vegetables as if they were in a no-man's land, only Xiao Jiangbei saw a group of soldiers who were still somewhat disciplined and rushed over, met with strong resistance, and finally stained their robes with blood and cut off twenty or thirty heads.
After this battle, the big guys were a little dazed, because the Tartar army was as many as 350,000 people, and they were frightened for some reason, otherwise as long as they could use a little snack and stop resisting, not to mention the thousand people, even three or five thousand people, the whole army would definitely be wiped out.
Langning felt a burst of fear at this time, touched his head and inhaled the cold air, and muttered, "Mom, it's so dangerous, what's going on?" Is this the retreat of the Hun army on all fronts? What the hell is going on? Damn, I almost didn't die at the doorstep. β
Before the words fell, he suddenly heard Xiao Jiangbei not far away, "Huh", he turned his head to look, and heard Xiao Jiangbei say: "Lin Zheng, come over and see, is this the second prince of Xiongnu Shan Yu?" β
Lang Ning was stunned, then excited, and hurriedly stepped forward, and before he could identify the head, he heard Lin Zheng shouting: "That's right, general, this is the second prince of Xiongnu Shan Yu's favorite." β
"I say, why are these people desperately resisting." Xiao Jiangbei nodded, then put his head on the ground, and said disdainfully: "What about the most favored second prince, he coaxed one, and he turned out to be an ordinary soldier and fled, phew!" is not afraid to smear his face. β
"General Shenwu! single-handedly cut off the head of the second prince of the Huns. General Shenwu! β
Lin Zheng trembled with excitement and shouted, while the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield were first stunned, then overjoyed, and stopped their movements together and shouted: "General Shenwu ......"
After shouting more than a dozen times in a row, and suddenly heard the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, Lang Ning and the deputy general Lin Zheng hurriedly put up the pergola and looked into the distance, and after a while, both of them shouted with joy: "It's the army of Great Xia, the general, it's our army of Great Xia, they must be chasing the routed army, general, we have finally returned to Great Xia......
shouted to the last sentence, the two of them were so excited that they hugged their heads and cried.
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"Girl, Aunt Lin has news again." Xiaocao ran into the house "dong dong", and he didn't even have time to wait outside the door to report it, waking up Gu Qiluo who was asleep at once.
Xinghua, who was embroidering, glared at Xiaocao and said softly, "What's the news?" Did she treat the girl as a fortune boy? In the past few days, she has more news than those shopkeepers in the tavern teahouse. β
Xiaocao said with a smile: "What my sister said is that Mother You has already said her, and she herself knows that it is excessive, so she gave it weighty." After speaking, when she saw Gu Qiluo coming over, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Girl, Aunt Lin said that the words that came out of Zhou Hong's mouth will come to the Chengming Hou Mansion the day after tomorrow to exchange marriage letters with us." β
"What?" Chunyu screamed in the back room, and then came out angrily, shouting angrily, "Are they really so bold? Don't even say a word to the girl, dare to exchange marriage letters? β
Xiaocao nodded vigorously, then looked at Gu Qiluo, and saw that her face was expressionless, her body was as tall as a tall bamboo, only her hands were clenched into fists, for a long time, Fang Hehe sneered: "Okay, Mrs. really did this, even so, don't blame me for turning her upside down." β
After she finished speaking, she turned to Xinghua and said, "Go get a silver ticket of five hundred taels, and take a few more strings of money by the way." The reason why I don't care about all the news sent by Aunt Lin in the past few days is for this moment. With this news, all the money spent in the past is worth it. (To be continued......)
PS: The money offensive is unstoppable, roar roar