Chapter 451: Disaster in the Red Face! (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
However, to the surprise of the world, despite being attacked on three sides, Xue Man was not broken as quickly as the world guessed. In this war, Xueman's army showed unprecedented strength, and they took out all kinds of weapons, far more sophisticated than the weapons that Baili Moxu had seen in the [Taigu] Imperial Mausoleum. It can be seen that Changfeng Ao has indeed been prepared for many years.
Moreover, the people of Xueman naturally support their royal family and army.
As early as when Leng Kunyang released the "Letter to the World", Changfeng Ao responded. He sent someone to put the body of Changfeng Duyu in a transparent ice coffin and send it to the imperial tomb for burial. Changfeng proudly claimed that Princess Duyu was framed by someone and was simply a corpse poison in the Khmer, which was a Khmer conspiracy and an excuse for annexing Xueman.
When the people of Xueman saw the half-human and half-ghost Changfeng Duyu in the ice coffin, and then looked at the portrait of Changfeng Duyu before the spirit sending team, they all felt that the princess had died tragically and fell victim to the conspiracy of others, so they were filled with righteous indignation and swore to defend Xueman to the death and fight to the end with the Khmer.
Similarly, for Yelan and Xilin's accusations, Changfeng Ao also had a set of rhetoric to fight back. And Yelan and Xilin are already hostile to Xueman, and the people of Xueman naturally believe in their monarch. Therefore, although everyone in the world despises the actions of Changfeng Ao's father and son, Xueman people still fully support the royal family to start this defense war out of the love of their family and country.
The battle began in late winter and did not end until the beginning of summer.
Although the Three Kingdoms all know that Xueman's soldiers die in the head after taking the medicine, Xueman's soldiers all wear thick helmets when fighting, and it is almost impossible to kill them with one blow.
What's more, Changfeng Ao had already prepared for this, and he ordered Xueman's soldiers to retreat into the border city and defend the border pass, but he did not go out of the city to face the battle. The Three Kingdoms have adopted all kinds of siege techniques, but Xueman is well-armed, and the equipment and tactics for defending the city are not bad, so in half a year, there are not many cities taken by the Three Kingdoms.
Su Yi told Murong Huan that Changfeng Ao was so comfortable in dealing with the attack of the Three Kingdoms in a hurry, which only shows one problem, that is, for a long time, Xue Man has been hiding his true national strength.
For many years, the world thought that Xueman's strength was not strong, and although he had ambitions, he needed to join forces with Wuxia every time to achieve expansion. Now it seems that Changfeng Ao is really an old fox, ostensibly allied with Wuxia, Xueman is headed by Wuxia every time in the distribution of interests, in fact, Changfeng Ao has been using Wuxia to charge for Xueman and expand the territory, while he is secretly hoarding grain and grass, accumulating troops, and making full preparations for the eventual domination of the world.
If it weren't for Leng Kunyang and Leng Yuchen's use of Changfeng Dusk Rain this time, Changfeng Ao's secret would not have been exposed for a while. Originally, he stepped up his preparations for the war and aimed at the world, but now he can only go all out to fight against the encirclement of the Three Kingdoms.
After half a year of fierce battle, no one got too much benefit. Both the Khmer and Sirin understood that the real contest would not begin until after the capture of Xueman, so both countries had reservations about sending troops. The army of spirit beasts secretly trained by the Khmer did not appear on this battlefield, and Xilin only sent an army of 300,000, and the flying army under the command of Baili Moxu did not appear.
Several major events took place during this period.
First, the Khmer army met the Yelan army for some reason, and Prince Chen and Prince Chen decided to cooperate to attack the city. Unexpectedly, during the siege of the city, the chariot commanded by Murong Chen had a problem and collided with Leng Yuchen, who was riding on a war horse and was commanding the army to attack.
And Murong Chen was then hit by rolling stones in the siege, couldn't dodge, and was scalded by boiling oil, although he picked up a life, he was bedridden and could no longer command the battle.
Leng Kunyang ordered the three armies in grief, swore to destroy Xueman, and avenged Prince Chen. At the same time, Leng Kunyang sent the fifth prince Leng Yuhao to replace Leng Yuchen in charge of the military and continue to attack Xueman.
Murong Bai urgently recruited Murong Chen to return to Yelan, and Murong Nian commanded the three armies to continue the battle with Xue Man.
Murong Huan chatted with Su Yiming about this matter, and naturally knew that Leng Yuchen had taken Su Yiming's elixir, which delayed the poison for nearly four months, and seeing that the corpse poison in his body was about to attack, he resolutely chose to sacrifice his life for the country.
Leng Yuchen shook the three armies with his death, and Leng Kunyang's subsequent order inspired the Khmer soldiers, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, no matter how long Xue Man can hold out, if Changfeng Ao can't really turn his soldiers into invulnerable devils, he will definitely be defeated in the hands of the Khmer in the end.
As for Murong Chen, Murong Huan didn't have much affection for this half-brother, simple-minded and easy-to-move imperial brother, but he knew that he had been burned by boiling oil and half of his face and half of his body, and he still couldn't help but feel sorry for him in his heart, and he was even more worried that his mistake would bury the root cause between the Khmer and Yelan.
After learning that his brother had gone to the front line to command the battle, Murong Huan couldn't help but become more and more worried. If she paid more attention to this war before because of that person, now she has more concern from Murong Nian. It is said that my brother's cultivation has improved a lot, but in the face of Xueman's monsters, can my brother's safety be guaranteed?
Su Yiming has become a very leisurely person now, except for going to the palace regularly to accompany Leng Kunyang every day, he takes Murong Huan around most of the time.
After all, after the New Year's Festival, the rumor of Su Yiming's "Israel serving the king" somehow spread among the courtiers, and many loyal ministers wrote to advise, asking Leng Kunyang to abolish Su Yiming's position as the national teacher and correct the dynasty.
Although Leng Kunyang moved out of Su Yiming's desperate efforts to block the assassin on Chinese New Year's Eve, and moved out of Su Yiming to save the prince's side concubine in Liucheng, insight into Xueman's conspiracy, and moved out of the fact that Su Yiming rescued the assassinated Prince Chen in Xueman Capital, and even did not hesitate to abandon the entire Xiaoyaomen chief rudder to lead Prince Chen to leave secretly and return safely to Khmer, those rumors still intensified.
Su Yiming didn't have anything at first, but he slowly expressed helplessness and grievances in front of Leng Kunyang, although he tried his best to suppress his entanglement and depression, he was still seen by Leng Kunyang.
Originally, he was given to live in the Chengqian Palace, and after experiencing the assassination turmoil during the New Year, Leng Kunyang personally took care of Su Yiming, which has made the relationship between the two go one step further, but now these rumors have made Su Yiming no longer get close to Leng Kunyang, and always and everywhere abide by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, so angry that Leng Kunyang secretly grinds his teeth, but he can't express it directly.
Immediately afterwards, the seventh princess, the eighth princess and the ninth princess all expressed their dissatisfaction with Leng Kunyang's marriage, and rarely unanimously said that the prince's brother had just been martyred, and as the royal sister, they had no reason to choose a concubine at this time.
The three princesses said that even if they had to choose a colt, they would have to wait until a year later. The ministers praised the princesses for their virtuous and virtuous manners, and hoped that the emperor would grant their request.
For a while, Leng Kunyang's head was big. He didn't know that the reason why his daughter refused his marriage at this time was not because of Leng Yuchen's death, but because they liked Su Yiming and tried to become a woman of the national teacher. The three daughters have been completely fascinated by Su Yiming, and if they are given a year, I don't know how many jealous things the three of them will have.
At this time, Murong Huan's appearance made Leng Kunyang feel that he had taken a turn for the better. Originally, she wanted to kill this woman, not because she knew the secret of Leng Yuchen's corpse poison, but because she was jealous of Su Yiming's feelings for her, but now she was forced to leave Murong Huan's life behind for this reason.
In Leng Kunyang's opinion, as long as Su Yiming and Murong Huan are paired up, then the rumors of his "serving the king with Israel" will be self-defeating, and his three daughters will retreat from the difficulties and no longer want to recruit Su Yiming as a concubine.
This Qiu girl can be a shield. Her existence is a strong proof of Su Yiming's innocence and love for women, and she can also block other peach blossoms for Su Yiming. As for his plot against Su Yiming, of course Leng Kunyang will not give up, as long as Su Yiming enters the palace every day, one day, he will get what he wants. This Miss Qiu, just let her put it there.
Of course, more importantly, because he didn't expect Xueman to be difficult to attack, after Leng Yuchen's death, Leng Kunyang paid more attention to the war. In addition, the re-establishment of the crown prince caused various sides and power struggles among the courtiers, and Leng Kunyang had too much to worry about state affairs, and he didn't have more thoughts to pay attention to Su Yiming and Murong Huan for a while.
So in the past six months, in the eyes of outsiders, Su Yiming and Murong Huan have traveled hand in hand every day, or made tea in the house to listen to the rain, played the piano and played games, and their lives were not easy.
Secretly, Su Yiming was already carrying out his own plan. He gradually got to know the important ministers of the Khmer court, and made a distinction between those who could be used and those who could never be co-opted. For those who can be approached, Su Yiming quietly does what he likes, either with pills, calligraphy and painting, or with beauties, and gradually buys people's hearts.
As for those who are not available, Su Yiming will inadvertently praise their good deeds in front of Leng Kunyang, what is to open a warehouse and give away food, what is to help the victims, what is to assist the prince, what is said is good, but Leng Kunyang gradually became suspicious of these people.
As a king, Leng Kunyang is naturally jealous of his courtiers' "high merit", and even more afraid of them buying the hearts of the people in the people, of course, the most jealous thing is that they openly assist the prince and abandon him, the aging king.
On the surface, Leng Kunyang did not take any action, but Su Yiming knew very well that his words had already caused ripples in his heart, and one day, his heart lake would be filled with small ripples because of these ripples, and then set off stormy waves, and at that time, these people who could not be used for themselves would die without a place to be buried, and he would eventually be one step closer to his goal.
At the same time, Leng Yuhao, the fifth prince, took over the military power and went to the front line, and the rest of the princes gradually became familiar with the national teacher. Knowing that the national teacher is now a celebrity in front of his father, how can the princes who are staring at the position of the crown prince not deliberately approach Su Yiming?R1292