A large mansion located in the prime area of Xianyang City.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion.

In the dark night, there were bursts of crisp car bells, and a richly decorated carriage drove from the direction of Qin Palace.

"The prince has returned home!"

With the report of the attendant who opened the way in front, the solemn door of the mansion opened.

Countless maids and servants, all dressed in black suits, came out in two rows, standing from the mansion to the outside of the mansion, bowing their heads and waiting respectfully.

The carriage came to a slow stop.

"Welcome back to the palace."

Many maids and servants immediately spoke respectfully, and their eyes were full of excitement.

Their masters, are back!

"I'm home."

Zhao Tuo got down from the carriage, looked at the mansion in front of him, and felt a sense of trance, and let out a soft sigh in his mouth.

He had gone to Northland County in the early winter of last year to train cavalry, and it was already the end of winter of the following year.

For more than a year, he fought outside for nearly a year, which also meant that he had left his wife for a year.

Worked hard for her.

At this moment, Zhao Tuo's heart was full of warmth, and thoughts were irrepressibly welling up from his heart.

He nodded to the many maids and servants who were waiting for him, which made the people feel excited and more respectful.

Zhao Tuo strode into the house.

The mansion is brightly lit, and the shining light drives away the darkness and reflects the place as if it were day.

Under that light, a woman holding a baby was standing there, she looked at Zhao Tuo who walked through the door, and smiled smartly.

"Princess."

Zhao Tuo whispered softly and immediately strode up.

He reached out and hugged Yingyin and the baby in his arms.

The familiar fragrance poured into his nose, which slowly calmed down Zhao Tuo's originally excited mood.

The warmth didn't last long.

Ying Yin Yan tilted her head, glared at Zhao Tuo, and muttered: "Heh, the servant who attended the dinner next door has already returned home." ”

She said complaining words, but her body still leaned lightly on Zhao Tuo's arms.

She had been waiting for this day for a long time, for a long, long time.

Around, the male servants silently retreated, and the maids also consciously retreated into the distance, standing with their hands down.

Zhao Tuo smiled and pushed the responsibility away: "It's not that after the dinner, the emperor asked me about the war in the northwest, do you think I dare to refuse?" ”

Ying Yin Yan pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.

The baby in her arms, who was originally asleep, was awakened, and then moved her small mouth and said "baby language".

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed his head.

With thick dark hair, a round head, full cheeks, and especially those black eyes, he was staring at Zhao Tuo curiously, and he was still muttering something in his mouth.

"My son."

Zhao Tuo whispered, looking at the little life in front of him, the feeling in his heart was very peculiar.

This baby is his son named Zhao Che.

Counting the time, it's been almost ten months.

"Tuo...... ......"

Zhao Tuo's eyes widened, he actually heard his son open his mouth to call his name, although the tone was still a little strange, but it was definitely calling him.

Ying Yin Yan wrinkled her nose, and said with some taste: "It's really a father-son connection, you can recognize it just after hugging it." ”

Seeing Zhao Tuo looking at her, she explained: Don't look at me, your son can already learn to say some simple things. ”

Zhao Tuo nodded, a ten-month-old child can indeed imitate and say some simple words.

That's it.

He smiled at Yingyin Yan and said, "To learn to speak, someone has to say that he can learn." I just don't know who's calling my name all day? ”

Ying Yin Yan was stunned, and when she reacted, she was already blushing.

"Nonsense, go with your son, I'll go and wash."

She handed the baby in her hand to Zhao Tuo and went to bathe and wash herself.

Zhao Tuo understood and smiled.

He teased his son for a while, and the little creature closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Babies of this age spend most of their time asleep.

But this is just right for Zhao Tuo.

"Wu'er is smart and really understanding."

Zhao Tuo kissed his son on the head, and after handing it to the nurse, he went impatiently to wash.

People say that small things are better than newlyweds.

Some people also said that they have been a soldier for three years, and the sow is a sable cicada.

Zhao Tuo has taken up both, and now he finally returned to the mansion, and it was unbearable to face the beautiful and lovely little wife.

When he washed and bathed and got into the flickering lamp, he saw a woman in plain clothes sitting on the couch, the hairpin had been removed, the hair on her forehead was hanging down, and the white jade-like face that set off it was more and more soft and attractive.

Zhao Tuo swallowed.

"Yan Yan, you've been waiting for a long time, I'll give you a good talk about the experience of the battlefield battle."

Zhao Tuo was already itching, his mouth was messy, and he strode towards the bed.

Just when he walked to the side of the bed and reached out to touch the other party, he was slapped down by Yingyinyan.

"Wait."

Ying Yinyan raised her head and stared at Zhao Tuo.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Tuo was a little confused.

Could it be that he rejected the emperor's request in the palace, and now his daughter is going to refuse herself?

"Hmph, my good prince, what's the matter with that woman, can you talk about it?"

Ying Yin Yan sneered and spoke, her face revealing a woman's unique alertness.

……

Time flies.

By the beginning of the red sun on the second day, after a night of tossing, Zhao Tuo was already refreshed and energetic.

The Huns have been broken, the boulder that has been hanging in his heart has fallen, and he himself has been named the Marquis of Lun for his merits, and he has no big ideas for the future war.

Although the title of Marquis is good, if you want to replace him and leave Xianyang, it will definitely not work.

"I'll stay in Xianyang and watch the emperor, and then find a way to get involved in internal affairs, change Qin's laws little by little like last time, and change Qin's national policy."

"And the military merit system is also a bomb, if it continues to be carried out, it will be militarism, and it must be infinitely expanded to maintain, and sooner or later it will explode on the spot, and we must find a way to solve it."

Zhao Tuo thought about the direction of the future.

As the saying goes, "the ass determines the head", now that he has become the martial arts marquis of Great Qin and the son-in-law of Qin Shi Huangdi, he naturally wants to do his best to save the country and never let the Qin State fall into the original abyss of destruction again.

Just when Zhao Tuo was staying in his Hou Mansion, thinking about national affairs, he was accompanying his wife and young son to live a happy life.

Xianyang City, which had just calmed down, was once again shaken by the good news that came.

In the southeast of Great Qin, Dongou of one of the great powers of the Hundred Yue, the whole country attached Feng Wuxuan to Qin.

The whole territory of Dongou was incorporated into the Qin State!

Qin will expand its territory and annex a country for Great Qin again!

This news then came to Xianyang after Zhao Tuo's triumph of the Northern Expedition, which made the First Emperor laugh out loud in the court hall and announced it, so that the whole country and Qin people could feel this glory and witness the greatness of Qin again.

"Brother Feng is amazing."

When Zhao Tuo heard the news, he was also very surprised, and couldn't help but nod his head in praise.

Don't look at those Yue people in the south, who drink blood, their weapons are broken, and the number is not large, but they rely on the vast jungle and the environment full of poisonous smoke and miasma, which is definitely the most difficult one to take down among the barbarians around Great Qin.

Now Feng Wuxuan's surrender to Dongou is actually the best fighting method in the art of war.

The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good.

Zhao Tuo thought again, since the last time he was in Huaishui when he was in Huachu, Feng Wuxue seemed to have been staying in the south, and five years had passed in a flash.

It's been okay for five years, which proves that his adaptability to Yuedi is not bad.

"It seems that Brother Feng is more suitable than Tu Sui to deal with Baiyue in the south, if the emperor forcibly wants to fight Baiyue in the future, it is better to recommend Brother Feng as the commander, maybe it will be easier to take that place than in history."

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but make a small calculation in his heart.

The First Emperor was also very satisfied with Feng Wuxue's achievements in the south, and Feng Wuxue's subjugation of Dongou proved that Great Qin had the possibility of annexing Baiyue, and his emperor's vision was not wrong.

After rejoicing, the First Emperor personally gave Feng Wuxuan the title of chief as a sign of encouragement.

At the same time, there is another implication in this.

He is motivating Feng Wuxue, as long as he makes persistent efforts to win Baiyue, then he will be able to seal the marquis!

Wugong Hou attacked the Xiongnu in the north and took Henan and Yinshan grasslands.

The chief of the Great Concubine, Feng Wuxuan, surrendered to the land of Dongou and opened up territory for Great Qin.

Double happiness came to the door, so that the entire Qin people in Xianyang fell into joy and pride.

But what people didn't expect was that this was just the beginning.

Within two days, an even more shocking news came from the letter rider from the northeast.

Li Xin in the middle of the change, the land of Liaodong is fully restored!

At the same time, the Qin army attacked Donghu at night, killed the king of Donghu, and broke the Hu people.

Then Li Xin took advantage of the victory to pursue, and fought fast to break more than ten clans in Donghu, but Donghu was more than 500 miles away, shocking Liaodong!

Along with the letter came the pickled head of King Donghu.

When the First Emperor heard the news, he was slightly shocked, and then burst into laughter.

He touched his saber and said, "Li Xin, Li Xin." After suffering setbacks, he can still forge ahead in shame, and he is worthy of being the flying general of my Great Qin! ”

The First Emperor was glad that the young man he had once taken a fancy to had risen from his defeat, and that he had brought him great glory.

Donghu!

This is a grassland powerhouse alongside the Xiongnu and the Yueshi, and a powerful grassland force with more than 100,000 people in control.

Now Li Xin defeated Donghu and killed its king, clearing the northeast border for Qin in one fell swoop, and opened up a large territory.

Its merit is very great, even no less than Zhao Tuo's feat of attacking the Xiongnu in the north.

After rejoicing, the first emperor issued an edict to praise Li Xin's merits, and added the credit of recovering Liaodong and breaking Donghu and opening up the territory, and gave Li Xin the title of great mastery!

Promoted three levels in a row, it can be seen that the first emperor was happy about this matter in his heart.

As for the head of the king of Donghu.

"Hanging in the north, hanging with the head of the Huns!"

"I'm looking forward to it, and on top of my Qin Que, there will be the head of a barbarian prince."

The First Emperor's gaze looked to the southwest.

The Great Qin Quartet started a war, and now there are three victories, and there is only one thing missing.

……

When Wugong Marquis Zhao Tuo heard the news of the victory in the Northeast, his eyes were a little red after excitement and joy.

"General Lee."

Zhao Tuo muttered softly.

His mind was reminded of the past.

Li Xin's high-spirited appearance when he captured Yan Dan in Liaoxi.

At the Xianyang celebration banquet, he made a bold statement of "200,000 annihilation of Chu".

After marrying the daughter of the Bai family, he compared himself to Wu Anjun and looked invincible.

Outside the city, Zhao Tuo begged bitterly, but Li Xin was indifferent.

and in Xianyang City, Li Xin looked lonely and did not speak to Zhao Tuo.

All kinds of pictures flashed in his mind, and finally froze into the scene of Fa Yan's return, Li Xin patted Zhao Tuo's shoulder and asked him to go with the car and enjoy the scene of triumphal glory together.

Li Xin is his Zhao Tuo's Bole.

If there was no Li Xin, how could there be today's martial arts marquis.

Zhao Tuo's eyes were already a little moist.

"General Li, I'm waiting for you to come back."

Zhao Tuo looked to the northeast, already looking forward to meeting Li Xin.

……

In the mansion of Lieutenant Lis.

Li Si stuffed the orange with sauce in his mouth, and muttered in his mouth: "Zhao Tuo defeated the Yue clan in the northwest and killed the Xiongnu Shan Yu." ”

"Feng Wuxuan surrendered Dongou in the southeast without a fight."

"Li Xin recovered the entire territory of Liaodong in the northeast and killed the king of Donghu."

Li Si chewed the orange petals in his mouth vigorously, feeling the mixture of sour, sweet, and salty flavors in his mouth.

He looked at Li Yu, the middle son who was calmly beside him and gnawing on winter dates, and said with some worry: "Great Qin Quartet is at war, and now there is good news coming from these three battlefields, why is there no news from your brother?" ”

Li Yu spit out a jujube kernel and said slowly: "Why is there no news, didn't the news from Shu County last time say that my brother is about to hit the Dian Kingdom?" The land of Yunnan is far away, the road is rugged, and the elder brother has to build the road while marching, so it is naturally slower, and even if the news comes back, it will take longer. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yu smiled again: "Father has nothing to worry about, that Dian country is just a small country in Yuer, and the surrounding Southwest Yi people are all tribes with ugly armor, where will it be the opponent of our Qin army." Not to mention that they were unlucky, but they happened to meet my brother who is good at fire attack. ”

"Hehe, there are many mountains and forests in the southwest, my brother went down with a big fire, and the people in the southwest who burned it were full of farts and urine, and it was too late to escape, how dare you resist, sooner or later you have to surrender to the Yi people in Nanjun."

"In my opinion, the good news for my brother is just a few days away. Before, the people of Xianyang said that my brother was not good at fighting, and that I was an unscrupulous general of the Li family. When the envoy of Shu County comes with the head of the King of Dian to come, it will definitely surprise the entire Xianyang! ”

A look of smugness flashed in Li Yu's eyes.

The elder brother relied on fire to attack the southwest Yi, but he also had a share of his credit.

Li Si nodded.

The news that came from Shu County before was indeed some good news, all of which were saying that Li You had fled in embarrassment by relying on the technique of fire attack, and was approaching the Dian Kingdom all the way.

Li You didn't listen to Zhao Tuo's suggestion and chose to continue to use his fire attack, which made Li Si a little worried, after all, he had never heard of the tactics of killing the enemy with fire all the time.

But every time I see those good news, I still make Li Si quite proud.

It proves that even if Li You does not follow Zhao Tuo's advice, he can still win a big battle with his own ability.

The reason why Li Si is worried today, in addition to the good news on three consecutive battlefields, which makes him feel anxious, is mainly due to the previous rumor of "Li Youshuqi".

Although Li Si dismisses this rumor, he is still a little apprehensive when he thinks about it sometimes.

Especially as he got older, he became more and more in awe of the things he couldn't say.

Now listening to Li Yu's analysis, Li Si reluctantly put his mind at ease.

Peeling a petal of orange into his mouth again, Li Si smiled as he chewed it.

"You're right, the people of Xianyang say that it is difficult for my Li family to be a good general, and they also slander your brother with rumors, saying something strange and so on. When the good news comes to Shu County, it will definitely surprise them. ”

"Let the whole Xianyang know that my Li family also has a good talent!"

……

In the road dozens of miles outside Xianyang City, a fast horse is galloping towards Xianyang.

The knight on the horse came from the southwest Shu County.