Chapter 43: Joy of the Queen
Che said that after Lin Xing broke through Xiangyi City, he sent men and horses to escort the Meng officials back to Jingshi Hou Xian, and he led the troops of the Eastern Expedition to temporarily manage Xiangyi City and wait for Emperor Yi's reply. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Besides, this Emperor Yi received a report from Tanma, saying that Taishi had besieged Xiangyi for more than three months, and finally won a great victory, and took Mengfang State without much effort. Today, a sergeant is escorting a group of officials from the Bangladesh side on their way to Yindu.
When Emperor Yi heard that Longyan was happy, he ordered the three armies to be commended, and ordered the guards of the cities in the territory of Dongbohou to send people to Xiangyi to offer condolences.
"The condolences are fake, but the grain and grass are real!" In the palace of King Youfang of Huaiyi, Hou Xi was discussing with his ministers about condolences to the king. Some strategists have long guessed Di Yi's true intentions: Wen Zhong's great victory needs to be rewarded. However, the treasury was empty, and Emperor Yi would not be able to reward Wen Zhong for a while, so he gave an order to the princes and asked them to go to condole.
The princes of all parties, no matter how big or small, are also the kings of a country, and they will not be able to get by without taking things. If you take too much, you can't get over it in your heart.
Thinking about it, only grain and grass are the most suitable for condolences to the army. In this way, Emperor Yi is in the arms of Emperor B, and the army is far away from the rear, what is the most lacking? Grain and grass! Without grain and grass, what do you let the soldiers eat? You can't let the soldiers go hungry to fight for you, right?
After a group of ministers guessed Di Yi's intentions, they discussed a lot: Now that the national strength of Yin Shang is declining, the princes of all parties have long had the intention of watching, and at this time, if they send grain and grass to the king, will they have bad relations with the surrounding princes?
"It's okay!" Youhou Xi waved his hand to stop the ministers from discussing: "I was originally a subject country of Yin Shang, and I was given the hereditary marquis of Youxi by the previous king. Don't say that it is some grain and grass, even if it is to send troops to the king, it is also within the scope of the king. Such rebellious remarks will not be mentioned again in the future!"
"No!" Although the Hou Ye doesn't care about this, what can he say as a subordinate? If you say less, it won't work, and if you talk too much, you're afraid that you'll be bored, so you can only nod your head and say yes.
"On the same day, 5,000 troops will be ordered, and 10,000 loads of grain and grass will be ordered! Benhou will personally go to Xiangyi to comfort Wang Shi!" After speaking, Hou Xi did not wait for the opposition of hundreds of officials, and left from the lower court, leaving only a cadre of ministers whispering in the main hall.
When he heard the name of Hou Xi, Lin Xing always felt a little familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had heard of this person. But even if you don't know each other, don't delay receiving the gift.
The people of Xiangyi City have been hungry for more than half a month, and what kind of food is enough for him to do with the army! There are also all kinds of meat, which is also a good choice to improve the food for the army.
As for the materials, Lin Xing is now here and does not refuse: there is no way, he is too poor. There was a shortage of food and people, and if he could, he even wanted to leave behind the 5,000 men and horses who were escorting supplies.
The guests and hosts met and talked very happily, Lin Xing tested Hou Xi's intentions with the eyes of loyalty, and all he saw was a red light: this is called brave loyalty. It shows that this person sent these things completely willingly, without any other intentions in it.
There was a feast at noon, and it was dark to drink. When he sent Youhou Xi to Youfangguo, Lin Xing suddenly remembered a report he had read in later generations, which might be this Youhou Xi.
Yu Hou Xi is not his name, Yu Fang is the name of the country, Hou is the title, and the last Xi character is his name.
It is said that when Shang and Zhou were fighting, King Xiqin was unsuccessful. He didn't want to be a minister of the country, so he led the armies of Youfang, Renfang, Hufang, and Lin Fang together with another Mo Yuhou, and crossed the Pacific Ocean to North America on the other side of the ocean.
This feat is known as the Maritime Divine Path, and the route they traveled through is also known as the Heavenly Pontoon. Although I don't know how many ups and downs they went through along the way, the 250,000 horses they set out on the ground in North America were less than 100,000. I don't think it's going to be a smooth ride, is it?
Although there were only a few tens of thousands of horses, these two veteran generals led them to level the Mayan civilization, and eventually drove the Maya into the uninhabited mountains and established the Inca civilization themselves.
Until the time when Lin Xing crossed, the local aborigines still circulated the "Song of King Hou Xi". The two pioneers, Yuhou Xi was called King Hosi, Mo Yuhou was called King Moche, and their descendants were called Indians.
Not to mention the ability to lead troops to fight at the age of more than 90 years, loyalty alone is a material that can be created.
Lin Xing regretted a little at this time, why didn't he think of this earlier, this crusade against the human side may be a good ally, no matter how bad it is for him to guard the rear, he doesn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back.
Lin Yifei's lesson was enough once, and Lin Xing didn't want to experience a second betrayal. It was not only the flesh that hurt, but also the heart. Every time I think of Lin Yifei and Lin Xing, I hate the root of my teeth, but unfortunately the whip is out of reach, and there is a difference of thousands of years in the middle, and I can't run over and bite him.
It's a pity that the person is gone now, otherwise he would have thrown the burden of Xiangyi directly to him, and he wouldn't object to it: no one would think that his territory was big. Except for Lin Xing, he is just a part-time worker, and no matter how big the territory is, it is not his.
If you recommend Hou Xi to Di Yi, you are afraid of causing suspicion. Relying on Di Yi's assignment, who knows what kind of thing will be sent to guard Xiangyi?
What if a traitor like Fei Zhong is sent: if he loses the battle, he will not be allowed to enter the city without giving money. Or send a foolish and loyal person like Shang Rong to die on the battlefield himself, wouldn't it be troublesome?
It's a real headache! Since I can't think of a way, I just don't think about it. Lin Xing had a lazy attack, so he directly threw the nerve-wracking question to Mingyue, and ran away to sleep: he drank a little too much wine at noon, although it was all low-degree fruit wine, but it was a little too much by Youhou Xi for a while.
"Master Yu, Dongbohou Shizi Jiang Huan Chu asks to see him!" Lin Xing just lay down when a guard came to report, smiled and shook his head and laughed at himself: "It seems that my brother is a born hard life, and he can't do it if he wants to rest for a while!"
Since you're here, you can't see it, right? Anyway, it's also the future father-in-law of his cheap apprentice, look at this mess.
Huang Gon's face has to be given, and Jiang Huan Chu's face has to be given. I also hope that he will not be as uninteresting as Huang Gon, otherwise Lin Xing will not give anyone face.
Looking at the sky, it was already the middle of the afternoon. The dinner is too early, the lunch time is too early, it seems that my cheap in-laws are quite good at watching things, probably because I know that I have been socializing too often these days, so I picked this time slot to come.
Regardless of whether he had lunch or not, Lin Xing was not prepared to be polite to him. If you ask, "Did you eat it?" He said he didn't eat it? Do you let him eat it? If he wants to eat it, will you accompany him? So you don't let him eat it at all.
"I've seen the Grand Master!" this Jiang Huan Chu should be about twenty years old, about the same size as Lin Xing. However, everyone has daughters, and Lin Xing is still a single dog.
"In-laws...... Ahem! Shizi ...... politely!"Nima, I almost didn't shout wrong!" Lin Xing hurriedly coughed to hide his embarrassment.
"This time, my father ordered me to bring 30,000 quintals of grain and grass, 1,000 catties of pigs, sheep and beef to congratulate the Taishi on the joy of his great victory!" Jiang Huan Chu spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and did not deliberately stammer because of Lin Xing's identity, nor was he proud of the many things he brought. has this bearing at a young age, which makes Lin Xing can't help but be impressed.
"Thank you Dong Bohou for your kindness, Bigan deserves it!" Lin Xing took Jiang Huanchu's hand to show his closeness, and no longer called himself Taishi, but approached him as Bigan.
This is almost a matter of course, and Lin Xing is also ready to tell the king of the matchmaker! The relationship with Jiang Huan Chu naturally has to be done first.
"Come on, set up a banquet in the harem, this seat wants to have a good time with Brother Jiang, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!" As soon as he mentioned engaging in relationships, Lin Xing couldn't care about the excessive noon! Directly ordered the sergeant to set up a banquet in the palace of the Meng king. Naturally, it's going to be at the wine table!
"Taishi doesn't have to bother!" Jiang Huan Chu frowned, a trace of disgust leaked from his eyes, and he said in his heart: It is said that this young man Wen Zhong is promising, and he is a rare general, but now it seems that he is not very dripping!
No wonder Jiang Huan Chu misunderstood, Lin Xing entertained Hou Xi at noon, but the wine has not gone down until now, his face is red and drunk, and he insists on sacrificing his life to accompany the gentleman in order to have a relationship, but he mistakenly thinks that he is a hobby in the cup.