Yin Ting did not understand Yin Xiang's good intentions, or in other words, even if Yin Ting understood Yin Xiang's meaning, he would never surrender at this point, this is the minimum dignity of being a royal noble, and he would rather die with dignity than live in shame.

Yin Ting straightened his chest and said loudly: "You don't have to wait so long, this son is here, he wants to kill me, now just come and cut off my head!"

"Childe must not be killed!" Hong Yuetian next to him was shocked, hurriedly grabbed Yin Ting's arm, and said in a deep voice: "Childe, don't forget what Weichen said, Weichen swears allegiance to Gongzi!"

As he spoke, he pulled Yin Ting, turned his horse's head, and shouted to the soldiers behind: "Withdraw!"

He dragged Yin Ting back to the camp of the Hongjia army, and after returning to the Chinese military tent, he gave Yin Ting to the position of commander in the middle.

It's just that Yin Ting is desperate now, sitting there, lifeless, with his head down and not moving.

Hong Yuetian sighed secretly, looked around at the generals below, and told everyone about the current situation one by one, and finally, he said quietly: "Now, the princes of the Twelve Roads and the Central Army have united together, and our army has also completed the encirclement, our army will be one enemy and ten this time, it is really difficult to win, you are all old brothers who have followed me for decades, and you have been fighting for half a lifetime, I don't want all brothers to be like me, and in the end you will not get a good death." Let's hurry up and pack up our things, go home, and don't mention the word 'Hong Jiajun' again in the future, so as not to cause trouble for yourself. ”

After hearing this, everyone present was moved, and asked one after another, "Master Hou, what about you?"

Hong Yuetian shook his head and smiled, and said, "Yin Xiang will let you go, but she will never let go of Gongzi and me." I will stay in the camp and fight Yin Xiang to the death!"

The generals' faces changed suddenly, and then, someone stood up violently, arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye is as kind to me as a mountain, and now Hou Ye is in trouble." How can we be greedy for life and afraid of death, and steal our lives? In the end, we will swear to follow Hou Ye to the death, either live together or die together!"

The rest of the generals stood up in unison, and they all intervened and saluted: "The last general is willing to live and die with the Hou Ye!"

Even the strategists who accompanied the army trembled: "To be able to take refuge in Hou Ye's disciples, thanks to Hou Ye's kindness, is the glory of our life, today Hou Ye is in trouble, how can we turn our backs on Hou Ye." Even if you die, you have to go to Huangquan with the Hou Ye!"

At the moment of the great enemy, the Hongjia army has to fight against the nine Central Army Corps and the Twelve Road Princes with its own strength, totaling millions of soldiers and horses, it can be said that this battle is ten deaths, and there is no possibility of winning at all, but no one in the Hongjia army is willing to surrender at this time and choose to abandon Hong Yuetian. From this, you can see Hong Yuetian's prestige among his subordinates, and you can also see his outstanding ability to govern the army. Even if they are in a desperate situation, even if they know that they are about to die in battle, the Hong family army is still monolithic, and the soldiers may have panic and fear. But there is no worry about civil strife.

It is said that the family army has strong combat power, which is one of the manifestations, but it is precisely an irreconcilable contradiction.

If the family army can be used by the imperial court, then the combat power of the Yan army can definitely provide one or two grades. Take the Hongjia Army as an example, it can become the 'first army' of the Yan Kingdom, as long as the strength of the two sides is not too different, it can be invincible and invincible, but the worst thing is that the family army often considers not the interests of the Yan State first, but its own interests, and it is impossible for it to do things for the court with all its heart, on the contrary, its existence often threatens the Yan court in turn.

Half an hour was very short, and it was fleeting, seeing that the soldiers in the camp of the Hongjia army were completely ready to fight, without the slightest sign of disarming and surrendering, Yin Xiang decisively gave the order to go down, and the whole army attacked to annihilate all the enemies who resisted.

Her order not only sounded the clarion call for this war, but also opened the curtain on Yanguo's ban on the family army.

The nine central armies, plus the family armies of the princes of the Twelfth Road, joined forces to besiege the Hongjia army, and the gap between the two sides in terms of strength was too great, and the combat power was so different that it was still not easy.

After the fierce battle was in full swing, the fear within the Hong family army was immediately thrown out of the clouds, and up and down, the soldiers all risked their lives and resisted desperately.

The weapons used by the Hong family army are special, strangely shaped two-handed swords, a sword can often exert its greatest strength, it can be described as a sharp weapon to restrain metal armor, in the process of fighting between the two sides, the central army and the family army are also heavy casualties.

The battle began in the morning, and by the afternoon, all four walls of the Hongjia army camp had been declared lost, and the central army and the family coalition army had been able to rush into the camp unhindered and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the remnants of the Hongjia army.

The battle has come to this point and will soon be over, but I didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the remnants of the Hongjia army was still amazing, and they simply dragged the battle into the night.

Yin Xiang had no intention of a truce, and ordered all armies to fight at night, not to give the remnants of the Hongjia army a chance to breathe, and to completely annihilate the Hongjia army in one go.

The battle into the night can be said to be the most tragic part of the whole battle, the remnants of the Hongjia army do the last trapped beast fight, although they are divided into countless pieces, and surrounded by regiments, but no matter which piece of the remnants is destroyed, the besieging Central Army and the family coalition army will pay the price of several times the casualties.

When a corps is put into it, it often suffers more than half of the casualties before it even arrives, so it can only be transferred out and replaced by another corps to fill the battle.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky gradually brightened, the battle finally came to an end, at this time, the original 150,000 people of the Hongjia army were still remnants of the soldiers, it can be said that now the Hongjia army has been almost completely annihilated, but Yin Xiang's side captured less than 1,000 prisoners, and all of them are seriously injured soldiers who can no longer move, and there is no one who surrenders on their own initiative.

The combat power shown by Hong Jiajun also made Zhang Situ, Ren Tianxing and other generals deeply admired.

Bu Ying stood beside Yin Xiang, looking at the Hongjia army camp in disarray, and sighed: "Originally, this battle can be completely resolved......

He sighed not only for his own casualties, but also for the Hong family's army, such a strong army, but it was wiped out in internal strife, how could it not be regretted.

Yin Xiang glanced sideways at him. Youyou said: "My father was deeply jealous of the family army before his death, thinking that the family army was the root of my country's worries, and he had already intended to ban it, but now that my father is gone, and there happens to be such an opportunity, this palace naturally wants to fulfill my father's last wish." ”

As Yin Ji's confidant. Of course, Bu Ying knew that what Yin Xiang said was true, the first king did have the will to ban the family army, but he never found a suitable opportunity, however, he did not agree with the methods that Yin Xiang was using now, it was too extreme and too bloody, and the family army of the entire Yan country was large and small, and there were millions of people together, so could they all cut the grass and eradicate the roots like they did against the Hong family army. Will all those who are left behind be killed?

Their existence is a threat to the imperial court, but they are also Yan people, killing each other, how can it not be the internal friction of the Yan country, which will only make the enemies of the Yan country snicker behind their backs.

Seeing that Bu Ying and the other generals were frowning and silent, Yin Xiang understood what they were worried about, and she smiled slightly. said: "Generals, don't worry, the reason why this palace uses such tough means to deal with the Hong family army. It's just that I think of the deterrence of killing chickens and monkeys and knocking on mountains and shocking tigers, and in the future, there will be no more such killings. ”

Hearing this, the faces of the generals finally softened a little, and everyone bowed their hands in unison and said, "The princess is wise!"

After dawn. The battle finally ended, and after this battle, the Hongjia army was completely annihilated, with 150,000 soldiers and horses, and less than 5,000 survivors. Even the eldest prince Yin Ting and the blood-clothed Hou Hong Yuetian both died tragically in the chaos.

The next thing is to clean up the battlefield, deal with the wounded, and bury the corpses, and there is no interest in these Yin Xiang.

When the soldiers carried Yin Ting's body in front of her, she looked down carefully, then sniffed, didn't say anything, turned around and got into the carriage, and motioned for the surrounding guards to return to the city.

After a fierce battle, the Hong family army was removed from the Yan country, and this title only existed in the history books of the Yan land in the future, and Yin Ting unfortunately became the second victim of the Yan throne dispute.

He made only two mistakes from start to finish, but two fatal mistakes, one was that he overestimated himself, and the other was that he underestimated his opponent.

On the same day, Yin Xiang issued a notice in the name of the imperial court, listing the crimes of Yin Ting and Hong Yuetian, and characterizing the two as the rebels of the Yan State.

None of the ministers of the Yan Kingdom dared to raise objections to this notice, including those who originally belonged to the Yin Ting family.

Now, no one dares to fight against Yin Xiang, it's very simple, whoever holds the military power has the right to speak, at this time, the central army near the capital is almost under the control of Yin Xiang, if anyone is stupid enough to continue to fight against her, it is undoubtedly a joke on their own life and that of their family, who dares to take such a risk? Even if they are dissatisfied with Yin Xiang, they can only swallow it in their stomachs.

Yin Ting and Hong Yuetian are dead, but Yin Xiang did not let go of their families, for Hong Yuetian, Yin Xiang was very resolute, and mercilessly ordered the killing of the nine clans to completely eradicate the Hong family.

As for Yin Ting, Yin Xiang still thinks a little bit of blood affection, and the family members of Yin Ting can be regarded as open, not indiscriminately killed, but it also did not make them feel better, all the officials who have official positions are dismissed, the court will never hire them, all those with titles will be reduced to concubines, and all the family wealth and assets will be returned to the treasury and exiled to the remote areas of Yan State.

Yin Xiang's iron-blooded wrist gave Yin Ting and Hong Yuetian a devastating blow to the two major forces, and it was widely implicated, and there were too many people involved, that is, it would never get rid of future troubles, and it also allowed Yin Xiang to establish prestige in the Yan country, at least no one despised her because she was a woman.

In addition, the fate of Yin Ting and Hong Yuetian did play a role in killing chickens and monkeys, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and now the princes of the Twelve Roads who are still in Zhaoyang City can be said to be in danger of everyone, one by one, like a bird with a frightened bow, the slightest wind and grass will scare the six gods without a master.

The only thing they could count on now was Yin Yuan, and Yin Yuan was willing to accept their dependence.

Gathering these twelve princes is not enough for him to have the strength to compete with Yin Xiang, but it can give him an extra very important chip in his hand, he can endure it, even if he lets Yin Xiang sit on the throne first, it will not be too late for him to find an opportunity to rebel in the future.

The biggest difference between Yin Yuan and Yin Ting is that he is more forbearing, he doesn't care about momentary gains and losses, everything he does is planned for the future.

Therefore, when Yin Xiang took advantage of the extermination of Yin Ting and Hong Yuetian to establish prestige, Yin Yuan was not idle, one was to encircle the princes from all walks of life, and the other was to win over the ministers in the court, but anyone who was dissatisfied with Yin Xiang. He will try his best to pull to his side, and he is very smart not to rush to play the banner of confrontation with Yin Xiang, but to win people's hearts, and draw as many people as possible who are useful to him or even those who are not there for the time being, and slowly form a powerful faction.

He thought he was tolerant and secretive enough, but he still couldn't escape Yin Xiang's eyes. In Yin Xiang's opinion, his second brother has no courage and no courage, so he can only play some shady tricks in secret, and it is difficult to become atmospheric.

On the third day after the battle with the Hong family, Yin Xiang personally invited Yin Yuan and the princes of the Twelve Roads to her princess's mansion for a banquet, which was a celebration banquet even if she was grateful for their great help.

After receiving Yin Xiang's invitation, these twelve marquis all raised their hearts to their throats, feeling that the banquet set up by Yin Xiang would not be so simple. They all came to Yin Yuan and asked for his opinion.

Yin Yuan made an analysis, the princes' concerns were not wrong, Yin Xiang really would not entertain herself and the princes of all walks of life for no reason, she must have a plan, but what exactly was she plotting? To say that there was fraud in it, but the central army outside the city did not move, and she and the princes did not fall into her hands. She couldn't kill herself and the princes for no reason, if she dared to do so. All the Yan people in the world will criticize her, Yin Xiang is so smart that she will not do such a stupid thing.

Then why did she set up a banquet? After thinking about it, Yin Yuan finally came up with only one reasonable reason, that is, Yin Xiang wanted to persuade herself and the princes to support her to ascend to the throne.

Thinking about this, Yin Yuan smiled secretly in his heart.

In fact. It doesn't matter if she and the princes support her or not, at present, she has the most power and the most support, and it is a foregone conclusion to ascend to the throne, but with the support of herself and the princes. It will make her succession more orthodox and more good-looking.

Yin Xiang, a ghost girl, now wants both face and lining, in this case, what's the harm in selling her a favor by herself?

According to his own judgment, Yin Yuan decided to accept Yin Xiang's invitation, he made a statement, and the princes were relieved and said that they would go to the banquet with him.

To make a long story short, that night, Yin Yuan and the princes traveled together and came to Yin Xiang's princess's mansion together.

As soon as they entered the princess's mansion, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong, the princess's mansion was full of soldiers, and there were guards everywhere, especially in the courtyard that entered the vestibule, there was almost no open space in the huge space, all of them were samurai with bright armor and swords under their ribs.

Seeing this scene, the princes' hearts immediately hung in their throats, and as they walked forward, their legs and stomachs also turned tendons, and cold sweat dripped down from time to time.

Changshan Marquis Yin Yi, who was walking beside Yin Yuan, said in a trembling voice: "Second son, this ...... There's something wrong here!"

Seeing such a scene of armor like a forest, the princes were afraid, but Yin Yuan put his mind at ease, he smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Don't worry about the Marquis of Changshan, if it is true that there is no good wine and no good banquet, then these soldiers will not be placed on the surface, but will be hidden in the dark." ”

Oh, when he said this, the princes looked at each other, and if you think about it, it is indeed the truth.

Yin Yuan said with a confident smile: "It's just a bluff, just such a battle will scare everyone, then, Xiangmei will be satisfied." ”

"I see, the ministers understood. The princes breathed a sigh of relief, and the expressions on their faces became much more natural.

Walking into the lobby of the princess's mansion, take a look, it is really lively enough, Yin Xiang is sitting in the middle, on her right hand, it is also full of generals of the Yan Kingdom, including Zhang Situ, Ren Tianxing, Bu Ying, Yang Zhao, Lu You and other generals, and the seats on her left are empty, which is obviously prepared for Yin Yuan and the princes.

Seeing them come in, all the generals got up and bowed their hands, but Yin Xiang sat there and didn't move, just waved his hands casually, smiled and said: "Brother Wang and the marquis are finally here, the palace has been waiting for a long time, please sit down!"

Yin Xiang is a sister, Yin Yuan is a brother, even if Yin Xiang is a landlord, according to the etiquette of dignity and humility, she should also give Yin Yuan to the upper seat, but she didn't even get up when she sat there, let alone give up her seat, which made Yin Yuan frown secretly, Yin Xiang is so big now, she really regards herself as a king.

Yin Yuan was not happy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, he smiled slightly, and said, "I'm really sorry for my brother for making Sister Xiang wait for a long time." ”

"Brother Wang is polite. ”

During the greetings, Yin Yuan and the princes sat down on the empty seats, and as soon as they sat down, Yin Xiang slapped his hands and said loudly: "Serve the wine and food!"

As she spoke, the maids came in from outside, bringing in pots of wine and plates of delicacies.

After the maid poured the wine, Yin Xiang first picked up the wine glass, stood up, raised the cup above her head, and then poured it on the ground, after sprinkling the wine, she said to the people below: "This first cup of wine, should be honored to the eldest brother, even if he is wrong, but he is the royal brother of the palace after all, blood is thicker than water!"

Hearing Yin Xiang's words, Yin Yuan immediately stood up and poured the wine in the cup on the ground.

Yin Xiang sat down again, picked up the second glass of wine, and said to Yin Yuan and the princes: "This time, the palace would like to thank the second prince brother and the marquis for their great help, if there is no help from you, I am afraid that the imperial court will have to work a lot to quell the rebellion of Hong Yuetian!"

Yin Yuan and the princes hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Sister Xiang, the family doesn't need to talk about the two families anymore!"

"Yes, Her Royal Highness the Princess is too polite. ”

Yin Xiang looked up and smiled, and said, "!"

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The crowd drank all the wine in their cups.

Putting down the cup, Yin Xiang suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile to Yin Yuan and the princes: "By the way, this palace still has a gift for you." As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped her face twice.

Soon, a guard approached from outside, still holding a square brocade box in his hand.

The guard walked all the way to Yin Xiang, then put the brocade box on the table and bowed down.

Yin Xiang smiled all over his face, patted the lid of the brocade box, looked at the princes, and asked with a smile: "Do you know what is contained in it?" (to be continued......)