Invincible son

Chapter 849 848 [The way is not sunny but there are sunny]

With Hanyang City falling into the hands of Liang Jun, the Southern Zhou Dynasty was forced to switch to a comprehensive defense.

Starting from Liangzhou on the border in the west, Ningguo Camp, Chengbei Camp and Linjiang Camp form the defensive framework in the middle, and extending to the bank of the vast sea in the east, the defense line stretching for more than [-] miles makes the troops seem stretched. The Southern Zhou Military Aircraft Department can only order All the ministries stick to the big city military towns and passes along the line.

In the process of rescuing Hanyang, the Nanwufeng Navy was chased by the Daliang Dingzhou Navy and lost some warships.After the fall of Hanyang, the north and south sides of the waters that were more than a hundred miles long were occupied by Liang troops. The Wufeng navy could only retreat upstream and return to the old nest of the water village at the junction of Ningzhou and Liangzhou in the Southern Zhou Dynasty to lick their wounds.

After Pei Yue's bold planning, Daliang gained a firm foothold on the south bank of the Tiancang River, capturing a long and narrow strip between Hanyang City and Jiangling City, which is a hundred miles long from east to west and more than [-] miles wide from north to south.

There are two big cities and three auxiliary cities in this area, three excellent ferries along the coast, and two pontoon bridges on the river.

After several days of mobilization, Changping Camp, Qi Nian Camp, and Zhennan Camp on the north bank sent a large number of sharp soldiers to the south, with [-] soldiers stationed in Hanyang City and [-] soldiers in Jiangling City.

Under Pei Yue's instructions, the subordinates did not hide anything, and even allowed the Southern Zhou scouts to come up to observe secretly, and the army's momentum to take advantage of the victory and move south was fully demonstrated.

At this time, the Southern Zhou court was in chaos.

The prestige of Xie Xiao, the prime minister and minister of military affairs, fell to the bottom, and Xian Chunqiu, the Marquis of Rejecting the North, took advantage of the situation. For the first time, the two poles of the military in the Southern Zhou Dynasty were on equal footing.Moreover, because the Pingjiang Fang family lost a large number of backbone generals in this battle, Fang Xiexiao's power was further weakened, and the future situation was unpredictable.

After the military suffered severe blows, the voice of the Lord and the Peace faction in the court became louder and louder, and the Northern Liang army was eyeing, and a war of annihilation of the country might be launched at any time, pleading for peace talks without delay.

It's just that even Emperor Qingyuan knew that if he wanted to ask for Beiliang's understanding this time, he had to be prepared to cut his flesh, and such things as marriage would have no effect.

More than ten years ago, Gu Liang led the army to go south after capturing Jiangling. At that time, the foundation of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was solid and the army and the people were united.

Now the army is not only damaged in strength, but there is also a clear trend of internal fighting. Even the trapped camp has been beaten and maimed by the cavalry led by Pei Yue. Who else can stop the Beiliang Iron Cavalry whose morale has reached its peak?
After countless disputes, Zhen Guo Gongfang Xie Xiao resigned, and the Northern Marquis Xian Chunqiu took over as the Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs.

The peace faction continued to set off waves, and finally Emperor Qingyuan and Xu Huiyan could only choose to make concessions and decided to seek peace with Beiliang.

However, is Beiliang really willing to start peace talks?

……

"Peace talks are inevitable."

In the spacious courtyard, there is a stone table under the tree, on which there are various dim sum fruits.Pei Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said to Ye Qi beside him with a smile.

Ye Qi is actually not interested in these things, because she doesn't like playing chess, and she also knows how tedious and difficult it is to think about the chess game from a high enough level.It's just that this doesn't prevent her from being an excellent listener, so she asked inexplicably, "Why? Didn't you send troops from the north bank to the south to take advantage of the situation and capture the border of the Southern Zhou Dynasty?"

Pei Yue shook his head with a smile and said: "Daliang has not been able to grow these past few years, and the imperial court has no surplus food. Not to mention the locust plagues in various places in the past few years, but the battle in the west for a whole year last year, the hair of the Minister of the Household It’s too late. There’s been a severe drought in the three states this year, if Xiangyun hadn’t acted out of righteousness, I think that Lu Shangshu might have hanged himself.”

Ye Qi smiled, it was obvious that this guy was boasting, but she couldn't think of a rebuttal.

Pei Yue continued: "At the end of the day, war is a competition of national strength, and it must not be done without money. No matter how brave the soldiers are, they can only win a city or a place at most. Without enough support, they cannot win the overall situation. The Southern Zhou Dynasty seems to be weak. , in fact, the territory exceeds half of Daliang, with hundreds of good generals and hundreds of thousands of armored generals, how can it be so easy to destroy."

Ye Qi nodded thoughtfully, this is the reason why she likes to chat with Pei Yue, unlike some people who always drop their book bags, or talk in a cloud of mist.

Pei Yue stretched his waist and said with a smile: "I asked Guo Xing and others to send troops to the south. The purpose is to put pressure on Nan Zhou and force them to take the initiative to seek peace, so that I can take it easy."

Ye Qi asked curiously: "Ripping off?"

Pei Yue said: "This is an allusion, let me take it slowly—"

Before the words were finished, Tao Hua appeared beside the courtyard gate, and said with a strange expression: "Master, that Miss Xu is asking to see you."

"Huh?" Pei Yue was slightly taken aback.

Ye Qi said with a half-smile: "You have been back to Jiangling for so many days, it seems that you have never visited Xu Churong, are you worried that sister Zhen'er will not allow her to enter the house in the future?"

Pei Yue said righteously: "Ye Qi, I don't have any thoughts about her, and the world can learn from it."

Ye Qi tilted his head slightly and asked, "Really?"

Pei Yue nodded quickly and said, "It's absolutely true."

Ye Qi raised his hand and tapped him on the forehead, angrily said: "It's no wonder I believe you! Taohua, please come in that Miss Xu."

Taohua replied with a smile: "Yes."

When Xu Churong walked in, Pei Yue and Ye Qi had a good chat, their intimacy was not intentional, but a natural expression.After seeing this scene, she couldn't help feeling sour in her heart, but she could barely maintain a calm face.After going up to greet her, she sat down on the other side of the stone table under Ye Qi's polite invitation.

Pei Yue coughed lightly, and said slowly, "Miss Xu, what advice do you have?"

Xu Churong's expression was gloomy, and he lowered his head and said, "I want to ask Peihou one thing."

Pei Yue's heart moved, and he asked, "You want to go back to Jian'an City? It's not a difficult task, Miss Xu—"

Xu Churong suddenly raised his head, looked directly into Pei Yue's eyes, and said earnestly, "I won't go back."

Pei Yue's last words stopped abruptly, and he turned his head to look at the smiling Ye Qi with a little guilt, and read the words "as expected" from her bright eyes.He immediately felt very wronged, obviously he had done nothing, how could he accept this kind of injustice, so he said to Xu Churong: "Miss Xu, although the two countries are at war, I will not take my anger out on you, and the war is already It has nothing to do with you. Don't worry, I will send you back when the situation becomes clear."

Xu Churong shook his head firmly and said, "Thank you Pei Hou for your kindness, but I didn't come here for myself today."

Pei Yue heard her subtext, and his face gradually became serious: "Are you here for Princess Qinghe?"

Xu Churong glanced at Ye Qi who was always silent beside him, nodded and said: "Peihou, now that the war between the two countries has started, the marriage must be void. The princess sister is a good person, and I guarantee with my life that she doesn't know the plan in the south. I implore Mr. Peihou Daquan, allow the princess sister to return to the south, Churong... Churong is willing to spend the rest of her life as a cow or a horse, to repay the kindness of Lord Hou."

As she spoke, she stood up and moved to the side, and then knelt down to salute Pei Yue.

But just as her knees touched the ground, someone raised her arms.

Looking back, Ye Qi pulled her up with a normal face, and then said to her: "Pei Yue will not bully you two weak girls."

Xu Churong said with a complicated expression, "Thank you, Sister Ye."

Ye Qi turned around and said, "No thanks."

Pei Yue felt emotional in his heart, and said slowly: "Miss Xu, forgive me for not being able to promise you this matter."

Xu Churong's face turned pale, and his eyes were full of sadness.

Pei Yue said sternly: "When I was in Jian'an before, the two countries had exchanged credentials. Since then, Princess Qinghe is from Daliang. I have already repaired the book and sent it to the capital. Regardless of whether His Royal Highness is willing to fulfill the marriage contract, she It is impossible to go back to the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Of course, even if the First Prince does not marry Her Highness the Princess, I can give you a guarantee that she will live a safe and happy life for the rest of her life."

Seeing Xu Churong's sad face, Pei Yue said in a slow tone: "Even you don't want to go back, is Princess Qinghe willing to go back? Let's see in a few years, at least I can't let her go back now, that would only kill her." She. As for yourself..."

Xu Churong interrupted him again and said, "I won't go back."

Pei Yue sighed lightly, nodded and said, "This is your freedom."

Xu Churong saluted the two of them again, and said softly: "I'm bothering you two, Churong will leave."

Seeing her thin and lonely back leaving the small courtyard, Ye Qi said lightly: "From the Qinghe Xu family's celestial girl to the current situation, it's no wonder that her heart is ashamed. Speaking of it, those people in Nanzhou are really not human. Even if you are as expensive as a princess, they are just pawns in their eyes."

Pei Yue said: "I really hate old foxes like Xu Huiyan."

Ye Qi understood with a smile and said: "It seems that he has already thought about this way out, but you don't intend to follow his arrangement."

A look of murder appeared on Pei Yue's face, and he nodded: "As early as in the capital, I wondered why Xu Huiyan would send me the jewel in his hand. In fact, he had this idea since then. He knew Qinghe Xu's With the weight in the Nandu family, I also know that I will definitely not miss this opportunity. From this perspective, Xu Churong is a tribute from the Xu family of Qinghe."

Ye Qi looked at him with great interest and asked, "Then will you accept the condition Xu Huiyan offered?"

After a long time, Pei Yue said in a deep voice, "No."

Ye Qi asked again: "Why?"

Pei Yue said: "Although I don't resist all kinds of vicious tricks, I can't treat people as objects, so I said I hate Xu Huiyan earlier. Xu Churong is not that kind of particularly lovable temperament, but she is not evil in herself It's wrong, I shouldn't be a victim of these conspiracy calculations. I know I'm not a good person, but a man has to do something and not do something."

Ye Qi laughed crisply, then stood up and kissed Pei Yue lightly on the cheek.

(End of this chapter)