Chapter 65 Pre-War Preparations
Ye Xianze and Ye Lin walked for several days in a row, and the surrounding area became more and more dilapidated, abandoned farmland, trees without bark, and a pair of ragged people walking aimlessly.
There seemed to be no end to this war, a scrawny old man leaned against the trunk of a tree, staring at Ye Xianze with blank eyes, if it weren't for the fact that his eyes were still rolling, he almost thought he was a dead man.
Ye Lin pulled Ye Xianze's clothes and said, "Brother, I'm so scared, are we really on the way to Xizhou here?"
"I don't know, but let's go first. β
I don't know how long I walked, but the crowd in front of me came back like a tide, and they shouted: "Run, run." β
In this regard, Ye Xianze was even more puzzled, could it be that something was happening ahead?
Ye Xianze reminded Ye Lin to pay attention to the fact that he was exploring the way ahead.
At this moment, a group of people rushed out, it was a group of big men, their clothes were coarse linen, but everyone had a guy in their hands, and the big knives stood sideways here, which was enough to make passers-by frightened.
They surrounded Ye Xianze and the two of them in the middle, and the one-eyed leader of them said: "Boy, I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy your life." β
Ye Lin hid behind her brother in a panic, scared, for Ye Lin, who went to a far door for the first time, but experienced so many things, this kind of thing was indeed the first time she had encountered it.
Ye Xianze motioned for her to hide behind him, and then said to One-eyed: "This big brother and brothers, we are just ordinary people, and we don't have any money on us, I hope you big brother will be convenient." β
"Boy, since you don't have any money, then leave the girl next to you!" said a bald man.
Ye Xianze was willing to let this person who bullied his sister be so rampant, just when they were still laughing, a punch hit the bald face, he flew out upside down, and a few front teeth were lost.
Seeing Ye Xianze so arrogant, One-Eyed hurriedly said, "Boy, do you know who you provoked? β
With that, a group of people tightened the knife in their hands and slashed at him, he first kicked one person away, and then snatched the weapon that One-Eye had chopped over, controlled One-Eye in his hand, put the knife on his neck and said, "Tell your men to throw away their weapons." β
Seeing that he was so powerful, he knew that he had caused a hard stubble, so he pleaded: "This strong man, spare your life!"
Ye Xianze said: "Say, why are you being robbers here?"
In the face of Ye Xianze's questioning, One-Eyed dared not to say, "We can't help it, we keep fighting, we plant grain in the field, and when the harvest comes, a group of soldiers will rob us of our harvest, my eldest brother is angry, and he argued with them, but he didn't expect to be killed by the officers and soldiers, and there was no food, so we were desperate to be the robbers who blocked the way." β
Looking at the looks of the many robbers, he knew that they were not lying.
He looked at One-Eye and said, "Have you killed innocent people?"
One-eyed said: "No, strong man, we only came out to be robbers on the first day, and we were caught by you before we opened the meat!"
Ye Xianze let go of his one-eyed eyes and said to him, "Let's go! Don't do such bad things in the future." β
"Don't dare, don't dare, thank you, strong man, thank you, strong man. β
Watching them leave was ridiculous, as if they had seen a ghost.
Ye Lin said: "Brother, why did you let them go, what if they were doing bad things?"
"They are also poor people, if it weren't for these wars, they wouldn't have left their hometown to do these dangerous things, Xiao Lin, you have to remember, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. β
"Hmm," Yelene whispered.
"Hahaha, you're so naΓ―ve. The old man who was staring at Ye Xianze just now spoke.
Ye Xianze looked at the old man, seeing that he was still half-dead, with a puzzled look in his eyes, he said, "Grandpa, do you have any advice?"
The old man laughed and said, "Are you going to Xizhou?"
"Yes. Ye Xianze nodded.
The old man said meaningfully: "It's a pity, such a well-intentioned child can never come back now." β
Ye Xianze suddenly became interested in this old man, and he could actually see his purpose.
Ye Xianze said respectfully: "Old man, didn't you ask for advice?"
"The old man's name is insignificant, the child will turn back!"
"But I had to go and thank the old gentleman for his kindness. β
The old man sighed and walked away, and Ye Xianze bowed in the direction of the old man.
"Brother, what does this old man mean?"
"This old gentleman is a great man, and there will be a big war soon. β
"Ah, how do you see that. β
Ye Xianze smiled without saying a word, took Ye Lin's hand, and went to Xizhou.
A few days later, Xiao Yunxi came to Xizhou again, he presented the letter of alliance and asked the princess to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, in fact, this was just a fictitious position, he didn't expect Fengcai to give any decent orders, everything was almost his job as a deputy marshal.
He had already negotiated the tasks of the princes, and King Tailing of Liang directly engaged the enemy on the front line, as a frontal battlefield, and the commander was arranged by King Liang himself.
The king of Xizhou was led by Wang Sheng as the main general, Lei Yun as the deputy general, set out from the Xizhou palace in the day after tomorrow, crossed the Yunshui River, attacked Luocheng, Wancheng, Hecheng, and the king of Liang attacked the Fengzhou Wangcheng, 'Fengzu City'.
Lin Hu responded to the battlefield as reinforcements and supported him at any time, while Long Xiang was responsible for guarding against the attack of Fengyu Kingdom.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the day after tomorrow, Xiao Yunxi chose to stay in the Xizhou Palace because he had to deal with some problems.
She was holding a statement in her hand at the moment, and she only needed to read it out in front of the princes when the time came.
She looked out the window, not knowing what to think, Lei Xiaoke knocked on the door and walked in, but the princess still didn't respond.
"Princess, I'm here to see you, are you ready?"
"Sister Xiao Ke, you see how cheerful the birds outside are, but unfortunately I won't see them again." β
Lei Xiaoke's heart was touched, she walked over and closed the window, and said to her demeanor: "Princess, please forgive me for my rudeness, this matter is very important, as the princess's supervisor, I have the responsibility to supervise the behavior of Her Royal Highness the princess." β
Grace smiled bitterly: "Why do you have to fight?"
"I can't answer the princess's question. β
"Get out of here! I'll be ready. Grace said lightly. β
Lei Xiaoke retreated, and when she looked back at the princess, her eyes were full of sorrow, she shook her head and left the room.
Grace said to himself: "Brother Xianze, I hope that you and Sister Xianglan can grow old together, but unfortunately I can never see it again." β
Early in the morning, a drizzle had just stopped, and the palace was already full of soldiers, and at this moment the princess was standing in front of the stage, Lei Yun, Wang Sheng, and Xiao Yunxi were standing below and listening, and she took out the words she had already written and read them out.
"Today, the princess of the ironclad country is brilliant, in order to revive the glory of the ironclad country in the past, I hereby unite the princes, and I recommend myself as the commander of the coalition army. β
All the soldiers in the audience shouted: "Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess, long live the Iron Armor Country." β
With the cheers of everyone, he read in an orderly manner, "I appoint Xiao Yunxi as the deputy marshal of the coalition army, and I have all the power to transfer troops and send generals, and all princes need to give sufficient help when needed. β
"The princes, the chiefs, have the right to appoint and act in their own way, with the ultimate goal of retaking Toyoshu Castle. β
"If there is no objection, I will give the order and begin to burn incense to the heavens. β
With the order of the demeanor, everyone carried the tribute on the table, all of which were beef and mutton, and the demeanor and Xiao Yunxi, Lei Yun, and Wang Sheng, lit incense to worship, blessed the smooth expedition, and then raised the flag, waving in the wind, and a decisive battle kicked off.