Chapter 236: Battle
Yin Xuan actually didn't know what girls liked, especially for girls like Nie Qingwan who held power and stood at the top of power, but Yin Xuan knew what she was going to give.
During the day, Yin Xuan didn't take out the gifts, today the palace is too lively, it's just lively, this is the first time Yin Xuan has seen what a palace banquet is since he entered the palace for so long.
There were too many people, and he couldn't get close to Nie Qingwan.
Before this, Tuoba Mingyan went to the East Palace to find him, to the effect that she wanted to send a gift to the Queen Mother, but she didn't know what the Queen Mother liked and what to give it properly, so she came to consult him.
Yin Xuan felt that she was good at making incense, and after the battle of Fengqiu, the Queen Mother would have a headache from time to time, so he suggested that Tuoba Mingyan develop a sandalwood that could relieve headaches, whether Tuoba Mingyan made such incense, Yin Xuan didn't know, but Yin Xuan saw that Tuoba Mingyan did send an incense box to Nie Qingwan.
It's just that there are too many people, and Tuoba Mingyan doesn't have the opportunity to squeeze to the front.
At this time, in addition to the family members of the Nie family, the family members of the Yin family and some ministers were the family members of the Yin family, most of those family members were women, young ladies and children, and most of them were women.
The male ministers sighed outside, but fortunately, on such a festival, they just came to have a good time, and the things that served the queen mother were of course done by the daughters-in-law and daughters.
Seeing that Yin Xuan was also blocked outside, the male ministers glared, and their hearts became balanced.
The crown prince can't get close to the queen mother, let alone them.
They smiled and left one after the other, going to find Yin De and Nie Wujing for them.
Yin De didn't come here at all, he and Nie Zhuyou, Nie Wujing, and Chen Hai and other officials sat in the Huimeng Palace, the banquet was held in the Huimeng Palace, and the ladies were all courteous in the Ci'en Palace.
After offering his courtesy, he naturally had dinner in the Palace of Mercy and Grace.
The Palace of Mercy and Grace also held a banquet to entertain the female dependents.
Yin Tianye saw that Yin Xuan couldn't squeeze in front of the Queen Mother, so he waved at him from a distance, in addition to Yin Tianye, there were Feng Chang and Chen Wenqi, Nie Xifeng and Nie Buwei were Nie family members, and they had already been passed in.
Yin Xuan was shouted, turned his head and walked over, saw Feng Chang and Chen Wenqi were also there, and asked them, "Didn't you get in either?" ”
Feng Chang smiled and said: "You can't get in, how can we get in." ”
Yin Tianye said: "At this time, there is no place for us by the Queen Mother's side. ”
Chen Wen sighed, "Change my Chen surname to Nie, and you can go in." ”
When Yin Xuan heard this, he joked and said: "You can go to the Queen Mother for instructions, change your surname to Nie from today, and live with the Nie family." ”
Chen Wenqi nodded deliberately, "This is a good idea, but even if I want to change my surname, the Queen Mother doesn't have to be me, but you often go to the Nie family with the Queen Mother, is the Nie family easy to get along with?" ”
Yin Xuan smiled faintly and said, "If a person drinks water, he knows his own warmth and coldness. ”
After speaking, he glanced at Yin Tianye and walked forward.
This answer is very ingenious, as a member of the Yin royal family, Yin Xuan was excluded and oppressed in the early days, and he did not live well in the Yin family, but now because of Nie Qingwan, he has become the prince, and he is fortunate to often go in and out of the Nie family, of course the Nie family is good to him, and he has felt the family affection and family feeling that he no longer feels for many years in the Nie family.
But he just knew these things himself, there was no need to tell them, let alone show off.
Especially, no matter how good the Nie family is to him, he is also surnamed Yin.
Carrying the surname of the Yin family to praise other families for how good he is, there is a feeling of selling for glory, especially there is a Yin Tianye here, what to say and what not to say, Yin Xuan is still very clear.
After Yin Xuan walked away one step ahead, Yin Tianye gently dusted off his thin sleeves, his eyebrows raised, and with a few intriguing smiles on the corners of his lips, he followed.
Feng Chang and Chen Wenqi couldn't see the Queen Mother, so they naturally left.
Before leaving, Chen Wenqi glanced back and saw Tuoba Mingyan chatting cautiously with the families of those ministers.
Chen Wenqi retracted his gaze, followed Feng Chang, and went to the Huimeng Palace.
After that day, there were more people who talked about Tuoba Mingyan, although Tuoba Mingyan was the daughter of the dead country, and she had no status in the palace of Dayin, but in the end, she lived in the palace and often met with the Queen Mother, which was much more convenient than them.
These ladies can enter the palace to give the queen mother a banquet, and the status is naturally not ordinary, people like them have always preferred to make friends rather than make enemies, no matter what the other party's identity and status, they will never abandon it when they can make friends.
After that, the palace was also lively one after another, and from time to time some female dependents would enter the palace to ask Tuoba Mingyan to teach incense making, and Tuoba Mingyan would learn from them about female red.
Nie Qingwan is occasionally busy with government affairs, so she will come over to sit down.
In this way, the Fuguan Palace, where Tuoba Mingyan lived, became the best place for those ladies to get close to the Queen Mother.
Occasionally, when she ran into Mrs. Huo, Nie Qingwan casually mentioned why she didn't see Huo Chunxiao, and just such an unsimilar sentence was written down by Mrs. Huo.
Mrs. Huo is also a shrewd person, and the next time she comes to the palace, she will inevitably bring Huo Chunxiao.
After a long time, Yin Xuan naturally covered his face with this Huo Chunxiao girl a few times, but the mask was covered up, but Yin Xuan didn't think much about it, he has always been cold, the previous coldness was with sharp indifference, a little cynical, and the current coldness is closer to the silence of the superior, which seems deep and difficult to guess and difficult to approach.
Every time they met, Huo Chunxiao bowed his head and saluted, Yin Xuan hummed without squinting, and left directly.
So much so that one time when she was having dinner with Nie Qingwan, Nie Qingwan mentioned the incense that Tuoba Mingyan gave her as if chatting, and talked about those family members, and then it was on Huo Chunxiao.
Nie Qingwan asked him if he had seen Huo Chunxiao, and Yin Xuan seemed to remember that there was such a person, but he didn't know who it was, so he didn't really know if he had seen it.
As a result, Nie Qingwan asked him what he thought of the girl.
Yin Xuan's eyes narrowed slowly, and he looked up at her, trying to capture the inner meaning of what she said from her face, but is the Queen Mother the one who can peek into his heart?
After watching it for a long time, he didn't see the clues, so he said, "I'm not impressed." ”
When Nie Qingwan heard these three words, she didn't continue to say any more, and skillfully bypassed the topic again.
After that day, Yin Xuan felt that something was wrong, and later met Huo Chunxiao again, so he looked at her seriously, the little girl had a smiling face, he really didn't pay attention to it before, this face was like a sunflower.
The Queen Mother specifically mentioned this little girl in front of him, why?
Yin Xuan never thought that this little girl was the crown princess chosen by the Queen Mother for him, the future Queen Yin, he was only twelve years old this year, where would he have thought that the Queen Mother was so far-sighted, and he was looking for a princess when he was still twelve years old, the key is that the small country has not been destroyed, the mountains and rivers have not been unified, maybe he will not be able to stay in the palace in the next ten years, what wife will he marry?
I didn't think about it at all, so I didn't think much about it.
The reason why Yin Xuan looked at Huo Chunxiao more was entirely because Nie Qingwan asked, he didn't answer last time, after seeing it clearly this time, the next time she asked again, he would be able to evaluate.
This war came quickly, it broke out from the east, without warning, and when the urgent news reached the palace of Dayin, the two towns of Bianhammer in the east of Dayin were all captured.
This time, Qu Shang was menacing.
Nie Qingwan quickly transferred Nie Xifeng and Chen Wenqi, and asked the two of them to lead the troops to the eastern side of the hammer first to defend the vital place.
After the two led the troops to leave, Nie Qingwan called Yin Xuan with a solemn face, and asked Ren Ji to call Feng Chang, Nie Buwei and Yin Tianye, and asked Nie Yin to inform Yin De and Prime Minister Wenwu and let them enter the palace to discuss matters.
The appointment of the old ministers is still the same as before, that is, let them sit in the palace and guard the rear.
The appointment of four generals is different.
Nie Xifeng and Chen Wenchu led the troops to the eastern side of the hammer, but Nie Qingwan did not go to the east, she asked Yin Xuan and Feng Chang to lead the troops to the north, attack the small countries in the north, and divide the front of the small countries.
Small countries are indeed united, and their operations can be coordinated, but unfortunately, they are not unified, and the regions are scattered, and scattered regions are more likely to divide people.
Nie Qingwan broke them one by one from the north this time.
Of course, the small countries launched the main attack, and they must have done a good job of a comprehensive line of defense, and there should be secret sentinels in every place, secretly watching everything in Da Yin, but Chen Wenqi has always been the best at cutting other people's eyeballs, so he sent Chen Wenqi and Nie Xifeng to send troops first, and he was not afraid that those dark sentinels would not be blind.
Even if not all of them are blind, a few blind will be extremely beneficial for them to send troops.
The war came suddenly, listening to Nie Qingwan's deployment, Yin De faintly showed a little worry, divided the troops into the northeast and marched into the northeast, what if it was divided by the enemy and broken?
Yin De has such worries, and so does Nie Wujing.
As a military general, Nie Wujing can naturally analyze what the situation is in a short period of time, he knows the temper of the queen mother, persuasion is useless, so he suggested: "How about the queen mother leading the prince to attack in the front, and the ministers leading the troops to support in the rear?" ”
Seeing that Nie Qingwan opened her mouth to answer, although she didn't know whether she wanted to agree or refuse, Nie Wujing didn't let her have a chance to speak, he continued: "There are still many generals in the capital of the Great Yin Emperor, and there are also millions of lions in the town, no matter how dare Qu Shang, he will not dare to attack my Great Yin Imperial Capital, last time he didn't catch you, nor did he grab the Sword of the Son of Heaven, this time if he broke the cauldron and sank the boat, he didn't mean to win the battle, but only to kill the Queen Mother, kill the Prince, and destroy the Heavenly Son Sword, the weapon of my Great Yin Empire?" This battle is even more dangerous than the last time Fengqiu, the queen mother should not refute the minister's suggestion, otherwise, the minister will not agree to the queen mother to go to the battlefield in person. ”
Nie Zhuyou is also attached to the side, and Yin De is also attached, no way, the three old ministers are sonorous and outspoken, plus Nie Qingwan also knows that this battle is more dangerous than the last battle of Fengqiu, with Nie Wujing supporting in the rear, she can also command in front without scruples.
The soldiers knew that they had backers behind them, and they were even more fearless.
Nie Qingwan nodded and agreed.
This time, Qu Shang didn't play yin, he played Ming, and his goal was indeed as Nie Wujing guessed, raiding Dayin Bian Hammer Town, just to provoke Nie Qingwan and let her come to the front line again.
And once she came back, she didn't want to go again.
There are tens of millions of soldiers in the Great Yin, and with the current strength of these small countries, they really can't pull it, but they can't pull the entire Great Yin Empire, but they can destroy the Queen Mother, kill the prince, and take the sword of the Son of Heaven.
He didn't believe that he couldn't kill two children with all the strength of a small country.
The sword of the Son of Heaven is different, the prince is dead, and the queen mother is dead, so Da Yin will be turbulent, even if there are tens of millions of soldiers? Grief will envelop them, when the morale of the soldiers of Da Yin is low, and they are immersed in the sadness of losing the queen mother, the loss of the crown prince, and the loss of the sword of the Son of Heaven from the inside out, but the morale of the soldiers of the small country will be high.
Therefore, Qu Shang's first plan was to kill Nie Qingwan.
And if you want to kill Nie Qingwan, you have to transfer Yin Xuan, Feng Chang, and those generals away.
And the way to divert them is to raise troops and rebellion in various places in the Great Yin Border Hammer.
Therefore, when Nie Xifeng and Chen Wenshu rushed to the occupied border hammer town in the east, the soldiers of the small countries suddenly withdrew and attacked other towns.
And when they rushed to other towns, the soldiers of the small countries all withdrew and attacked other state towns.
And so on and so forth.
Since then, Nie Xifeng and Chen Wenqi have become extremely passive, chasing after the butts of small countries.
When he pounced on the small town of the side hammer again, Nie Xifeng felt that he couldn't go on like this anymore, and Chen Wenqi also felt that he couldn't go on like this.
They have to turn their reactive into active and intercept the soldiers of these small countries.
Nie Xifeng and Chen Wen glanced at each other, then both waved back, calling their lieutenants, and asked them to lead half of their troops to chase the soldiers of the small countries, and they led the other half of the soldiers to attack the base camps of these small countries.
Of course, if you go to engage in a sneak attack at this time, you will inevitably be surrounded and ambushed by small countries, but it is definitely not the soldiers of these small countries who can encircle and ambush them, but the soldiers of other small countries.
Then, this will be easy to do, inform Nie Qingwan, let her do a good job of catching cicadas with praying mantises, and catch turtles in the urn.
Nie Xifeng and Chen Wen's plan is very simple, that is, you run and I will chase, but I will not chase with all my strength, divide one force to chase, and the other half of the force will go straight to the imperial dragon.
And when the Emperor Dragon was directly smashed, whenever other countries sent troops to break the siege and block the killing, Nie Qingwan carried out a second sneak attack from behind.
Who is it to attack?
Sneak up on the small nations that send reinforcements.
Of course, when Nie Qingwan sends troops to sneak attack, it will still be unsieged and blocked by other small countries, so a third sneak attack will be carried out.
In this way, all the forces of the small countries will be contained, and the passive will be completely turned into the active.
This time, there were a lot of soldiers who came out with them, 300,000 each, and the combined strength of Nie Xifeng and Chen Wenqi was 600,000, which was enough to easily fight against ten small countries.
Even if they sent a part of their troops, they were not afraid of the encirclement of ten small nations.
And there are even more soldiers on Nie Qingwan's side, four people, a total of 1.2 million, Nie Qingwan also brought out 300,000 soldiers this time, after the battle of Fengqiu, how could she still be empty-handed?
Then, the strength of the five people adds up to 1.5 million, after receiving Chen Wen's letter, Nie Qingwan asked Nie Buwei and Yin Tianye to cooperate with Chen Wenqi and Nie Xifeng to pursue and encircle the battle, and she went to the north with Feng Chang and Yin Xuan.
Three men, 900,000 troops, across the northern territory, all the northern countries to resist the army.
In July, the north was hot, Huatu came to the battlefield on behalf of the northern country of Suijin, and the general Wang Qizhi followed, looking at the soldiers of Da Yin in front of him, as well as the young generals, Huatu frowned and said to Wang Qizhi: "If we are defeated in the hands of such a young man, we will die and die for the country, shame." ”
Wang Qizhi didn't think so, he said in a low voice: "Although Prince Da Yin is young, he went out with the Queen Mother at the age of eight, officially went to the battlefield at the age of ten, and is now twelve years old, and has galloped on the battlefield many times, and it is our honor to be able to fight with him." ”
Huatu sighed: "I don't want such an honor at all. ”
Wang Qizhi pursed his lips with a faint smile and said to him: "The order we received is that whenever we meet the Empress Dowager or the Prince of Da Yin, we must report the letter, have you notified Qu Shang?" ”
Hua Tu looked up at the sky, estimated and said, "At this time, Qu Shang should have received the letter." ”
When Wang Qizhi heard this, he said: "Then lure the enemy deep first, and then carry out a siege, right?" Qu Shang received the letter, he will definitely send troops over, or, he will come in person, where the Prince of Da Yin appears, there must also be the Queen Mother of Da Yin, the Queen Mother did not come to the battlefield, then, she must be in a certain place in the radius to pay attention to the battlefield, dragging the prince, it is equivalent to dragging the Queen Mother, and when Qu Shang comes, he will arrest the Prince of Da Yin and the Queen Mother in one fell swoop. ”
Huatu is not as optimistic as Wang Qizhi, but it does not mean that Huatu has no confidence in himself, no confidence in the soldiers of the northern kingdom of Suijin, no confidence in the small countries, he just said very objectively: "If the Qu merchants have not arrived, we will be defeated?" ”
When Wang Qiyi heard this, his face was stunned, and he turned his head to look at him, "If you lose, then surrender." ”
Huatu squinted, "Down?" ”
Wang Qizhi nodded solemnly, "Not only to surrender, but also to sincerely provide Qu Shang's battle plan to the empress dowager of the Great Yin Empire to ensure the safety of the people of the entire northern Suijin Kingdom." ”
Hua Tu glared at him, "Are you making me a traitor?" ”
Wang Qizhi looked at him, his voice was very light and deep, and he was also very calm, "You are not a minister, and you are not under the control of Qu Shang, the reason why you regard him as handsome is nothing more than because of his identity, if he is not the queen of the Mi clan, will you listen to him?" No. And after he was a small Mi clan, he was touched with some of the affection of the ancestors of the Great Yin, which can make the small country willing to obey, not to mention the true prince and the true queen mother of the Great Yin Empire, return to the Great Yin, is to protect the people of the whole country, as a king, you must have such an awareness, your face is not important, the lives of the people are important. ”
Huatu choked, was speechless for a long time, and threw a sentence, "You shouldn't be a general, you should be a civil servant, with your sharp mouth, who can compete with it." ”
Wang Qizhi unceremoniously accepted the king's praise, "Emperor Xie elevates the minister so much, but the minister is indeed both civil and military, which is a well-known thing in the entire northern kingdom of Suijin, and the emperor's promotion is only expounding a fact." ”
Huatu turned his face away, held back his laughter, he had seen a shameless person, he had never seen such a shameless person, both civil and military, he really dared to say it.
The Wang family's swordsmanship is very famous, and there are many small countries in the north, but only the Sui Jin and northern kingdoms are the most powerful, and this pair of Shang Yin Xuan and Feng Chang are also their leaders.