It was not easy to fight back to Jinxi Kyoto from Yingdu, during the reign of Nangong Ling, although the people did not live and work in peace and contentment, they did not want to fight innocently, after all, it was the people who suffered in the end.

However, Nangong Ling wantonly cleaned the court, but it caused the officials and the people to make a living, in order to install his own people in important positions, he did not care about the result, insisted on going his own way, killing the killing, exterminating the clan, and implicated a lot for a while, plus Kyoto is strictly disciplined at the moment, and a search is carried out at every turn, so that every household is closed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of complaints.

The neighboring city is not much better than Kyoto, the generals who defend the city are all the people planted by Nangong Ling, the war is about to start, relying on the new officials to take office three fires, the generals who defend the city will make a lot of money in the city, and all the taxes and taxes are raised, and many people want to leave and go to other places, but because the city gate is strict, they can't get out at all.

It also happened to give Nangong Yu an excuse to send troops to fight, although it is not justified, it can also be used.

In the entire land of Jinxi, except for the ten cities and the northern and southern counties of Yingdu's fiefdom, many cities and counties have suffered the same treatment.

Although the common people knew that it was King Yu who was going to rebel first, they learned that King Yu was under his jurisdiction, and after his wife was peaceful, he no longer complained, and he hated to put on his wings and fly over immediately.

Thus began the war.

The first battle is Lingkou County, the general who guarded Lingkou County was a soldier under Jiao Guanghai Yu Dehai, and was later promoted by Nangong Ling to protect the country and rehabilitate the general.

Five days later, Nangong Yu personally commanded an army of 200,000 and hurried overnight to camp in Lingkou County, not far from 30 miles.

In the commander's tent, Nangong Yu and the commander of the Iron Cavalry, Chimu, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Liang Yuan, and the deputy leaders of the infantry battalion, Li Kui and Zhao Ming, were discussing the next move.

According to the news from the spies, Akame said: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that Nangong Ling sent Yu Dehai to stick to Lingkou County, this act is by no means simple, then Yu Dehai is stupid, if he guards the city, wouldn't he give Lingkou County to the prince in vain, besides, there is a ten-zhang wide embankment in front of Lingkou County, I'm afraid he will do something on the embankment."

Nangong Yu nodded, but did not speak, he carefully stared at the topographical map of Lingkou County, his eyes were deep.

Suddenly, Zhao Ming, the deputy general of the infantry battalion, spoke: "If Nangong Ling's intentions are true, I'm afraid it's really as Akame said, the last general has heard the soldiers below say that the river embankment is called the monstrous river, and in the summer, it will be like the sea, surging up a huge Lang, and at this moment it is winter, the river has already frozen, if Yu Dehai does something on this ice, then we must be cautious."

"If you do tricks and feet on the ice, it is nothing more than to use an ice hammer to break it in advance, disguised as intact, and when our army passes, we can be annihilated without much effort, Zhao Ming, what do you want to say is this"? Li Kui looked at Zhao Ming and asked.

Zhao Ming nodded, glanced at Nangong Yu, and saw that he hadn't spoken, and he didn't know what the prince meant.

"Look down, not necessarily so", at this moment, the green wind and dust came in from outside the tent, his whole face was frozen purple and purple, he walked to the charcoal basin, eager to stick his finger into the coal.

Everyone's eyes looked at Qing Yuan, and they asked in confusion, "Qing Yuan, what do you mean by this?"

Qing Yu was about to speak, but he sneezed violently, at this time, Nangong Yu walked to the table, poured a cup of hot water and handed it to him, Qing Yu smiled slightly, holding the warm water cup, everyone knew that King Yu cherished his generals, such a thing was not uncommon, so he had long been accustomed to it.

Qing Yuan took a sip of hot water, and then said: "There is a capable person by Yu Dehai's side, the reason why Nangong Ling sent the talented Yu Dehai to sit in Lingkou County is just to hide people's eyes and ears, and the real master who speaks is actually that capable person."

"What do you say"? Everyone was stunned.

"Sure enough, as this king expected", at this time, Nangong Yu said in a deep voice, and then looked at Qing Yu and asked: "Do you know the identity of that capable person"?

Qing Yuan nodded and said: "It is Nangong Ling's newly promoted cabinet scholar, because that person is very cautious, the house where he lives is also heavily guarded, and he never goes out of the house, I only know that Yu Dehai usually calls that person to be Lord Yan."

"Speak-sama"? Nangong Yu half-narrowed his eyes, searching for the memory of the surname Yan in his mind, for a long time, it really reminded him, and his voice was a little colder: "This king remembers a person, named Yan Jiu, who was the new champion of the previous year, but because he had no family and no background, he was left out in the cold soon after, and went to a remote county to be a county leader, if it is really him, this king is looking forward to the result of this battle."

Everyone didn't quite understand what King Yu meant, but Qing Yuan was very clear, so he explained for the prince: "Although the prince has not been in contact with Yan Jiu, he learned from others that Yan Jiu's test papers back then can be called the one who has never been seen before or after, and no one can compare to his literary talent, although his literary talent is outstanding, but there is no precedent for governing the country, so Nangong Ling only nominated him as the new champion in literary style, and did not take care of him in the official position."

Only then did everyone understand that Nangong Yu continued with Qing Yuan's words: "Yan Jiu's theory of governing the country is indeed very weird, not to mention Nangong Ling, even if it is this king, it is unheard of, and it is not an exaggeration for Nangong Ling not to adopt it."

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Then, what does the prince mean that Yan Jiu is ambitious and resourceful"?

Nangong Yu smiled lightly, but did not speak again, and for a while, no one spoke in the boss's tent.

At night, the cold wind was cold, Nangong Yu stayed awake all night, he ordered Liang Yuan to send 500 men and horses to the monstrous river overnight to investigate the enemy's situation.

Everyone gathered in the manager's tent and waited for news.

Minutes and seconds passed, and the charcoal stove kept adding new charcoal, and the atmosphere seemed a little heavy.

"Report", suddenly, with a high-pitched shout, a soldier ran into the camp quickly, and before he could speak, he was interrupted by Liang Yuan, who came in closely behind.

I saw that Liang Yuan was covered in blood, there were traces of burns, multiple wounds on his face, the armor on his head was gone, and his sideburns were messy, "All the five hundred soldiers of the prince's vanguard have all been sacrificed."

"What"? When everyone heard the news, they immediately stood up, Nangong Yu walked up to Liang Yuan in a few steps, helped him up, frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "What the hell is going on?"

Liang Yuan came one by one: "When the vanguard of our army rushed to the monstrous river, they found that there were no traces of chiseling on the river surface, and they wanted to cross the river to explore first, if there was no accident, they ordered someone to report back, and the army pressed forward, but I never expected that the ice on the river surface was poured with oil, and as soon as our horses went up, they began to slip, and when the last general ordered people to retreat, two groups of enemy troops rushed out from both sides of the river embankment, about 200 people, and they threw the lit wine jar on the river, causing the oil on the river to burn, so to speak, This time, the enemy annihilated the soldiers of our 500 cavalry battalions without much effort."

As soon as Liang Yuan's words fell, he couldn't help crying bitterly, those five hundred soldiers were the meat in the palm of his hand, and it was distressing to lose one, let alone five hundred soldiers.