Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 414: Resourcefulness

Less than ten days later, the water conservancy accident in the south was finally revealed.

According to the confessions of officials such as Feng Sheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, Prince Zhao Bi ordered the supervising officials to cut corners and cut materials in order to get money for the project, which led to the accident in the project.

Emperor Ming was furious after hearing this. Although he was concerned about the Cao family's influence and did not directly deprive Zhao Bi of his crown prince position, he ordered his people to place him under house arrest in the East Palace, and all other responsible officials were temporarily imprisoned.

These officials were just following Zhao Bi's orders. Although they made mistakes, they were not serious crimes. Only Li Xian was the most troublesome.

Li Xian was the left minister of the Ministry of Industry and was the supervisor of the project. The other important officials all claimed that they were coerced by the prince's order. Only Li Xian was bitten to death because the king of Jin did not hesitate to frame the prince and framed him. Emperor Ming was asked to seek justice for the 30,000 people who lost their lives in the flood.

This matter is not trivial. Emperor Ming has always loved King Jin. He would rather believe that this matter was caused by the prince's greed than to involve King Jin.

The director of the Dali Temple who was responsible for hearing the case knew the Ming Emperor's intentions well. After interrogating the intervening officials, they either demoted their official positions or were ordered to pay some fines and then released them all. Only Li Xian was unwilling to join in the conspiracy and tell the truth. The tough guy convicted him of falsely accusing the prince, deprived him of his official position, and sentenced him to ten years in prison.

It is a serious crime to accuse the prince, so Li Xian was punished in this way because Li Ling was fighting against the Huns outside, so he was given a lighter sentence.

The person who invaded the Daqi border this time was Baha, the eldest son of the Xiongnu leader Chanyulehoke. Baha was ambitious, brave and good at fighting.

Last year, the Xiongnu invaded Daqi. The leader of the army was Xieha, the youngest son of Shanyulehoke, who was beaten back by Zhou Yi. This time they took advantage of the flood in the south of Daqi and came to take advantage of it. Baha, the leader of the handsome army, But he had a much bigger appetite than his half-brother. He wanted to capture the five northern cities in order to slowly eat away at Daqi.

He led an invasion of hundreds of thousands of cavalry, but was defeated in the first battle with Li Ling. Xieha, who was always good at fighting and fond of great achievements, was very dissatisfied after the defeat. The next day, he made a declaration of war with Li Ling, threatening to Fight alone.

Li Ling arrived at Baja. In the early morning of the next day, the two armies faced each other. After Li Ling arranged his troops, he sat upright on his horse. He looked unruly, pointed his spear at Baja and said: "Yesterday you threatened to fight me in front of the battle line. , do you have the courage to compete with me today?"

Baha was a tall man, as strong as a yak, and was the first warrior of the Xiongnu. As soon as Li Ling finished speaking, he couldn't wait to rush forward, shouting and waving the cold iron Langya stick towards Li Ling, and Li Ling dodged lightly. He opened fire and returned the spear to stab him. Baha blocked it forcefully with his Langya stick. When the weapons met, sparks flew out from the attack.

Relying on his good physical strength, Baha fought more and more fiercely, pressing every move to attack his opponent. Li Ling gradually became unable to withstand the attack and retreated on his horse. Baha was eager to win and shouted: "Where are you going, little Li Ling?" He rode his horse and chased after him.

When Li Ling's army saw that their commander was defeated, they also turned around and fled for their lives. Seeing this, the Xiongnu army chased after them aggressively.

Hun cavalry roamed the world, and they were the most difficult to deal with. Thousands of cavalry rolled forward with overwhelming momentum.

Li Ling's army fled for a while, and then gradually slowed down. The soldiers took out triangular sharp iron tools from the cloth bags they carried with them, and threw them behind them one after another. The iron weapons pierced their hooves, and they all roared and fell. For a moment, the Huns' cavalrymen in the front row were overturned and defeated. Those cavalrymen were extremely fast. The ones in front fell down, but the ones behind them were too late to stop their momentum, and they also fell to the ground.

Li Ling effortlessly dealt with the Xiongnu's toughest cavalry.

The Xiongnu army was gone, and Li Ling's army took advantage of the situation to counterattack, killing the Huns who had already lost their formation and fled in panic. When Baha saw that he had fallen into Li Ling's plan, he no longer cared about being a hero and quickly retreated with his army. However, Li Ling chased after him on horseback. He threw a flying rope with perfect accuracy and caught Baha who was running for his life in a panic. He was trapped and captured alive.

 Baha was captured alive by Li Ling, and the rest of the soldiers were also defeated.

Baha was **** and taken to Li Ling's central army tent. He was arrogant and had never suffered such humiliation in his life. When he saw Li Ling, he cursed: "Little Li Ling, you rely on conspiracy and trickery to defeat me. What kind of skills do you have?" If you are a man, just let me go and let's have a real battle with swords and guns. If you really beat me, I will be convinced."

Li Ling sat in the commanding position, raised his eyes and glanced at Baha lightly, and replied with the word "good".

He waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to untie Baha. Baha relaxed and revitalized his muscles, and said to Li Ling: "Li Shuai is really a man. How about we go and have a test outside the tent?"

Li Ling replied calmly: "This commander only competes with the enemy on the battlefield and never discusses in private."

As he spoke, he looked at Baha and said, "Just go back and see you on the battlefield."

When Baha heard this, he looked at Li Ling in disbelief and stammered: "You, you are going to let me go."

Li Ling ordered to the soldiers on the left and right: "Send Prince Baha out as soon as possible."

Baha stared at Li Ling with doubtful eyes for a while, making sure that he really wanted to let him go. Then he cupped his hands to Li Ling, said "thank you" and strode out of the camp.

Liang Jin, the deputy general, was Li Ling's confidant and knew that he was a resourceful man, but he was still a little puzzled when he suddenly saw Li Ling's behavior.

After Baha went out, Liang Jin looked at Li Ling and said doubtfully: "Baha is more difficult to deal with than his brother Xieha. Does the marshal have another clever plan?"

Although these Xiongnu barbarians are fierce and good at fighting, brute strength is not what matters on the battlefield. Li Ling is resourceful and can easily defeat these barbarians without any effort at all.

These barbarians would come to take advantage of the situation from time to time, and Daqi would be forced to deal with them every now and then. Now that Daqi was poor and weak, the military pay for the fight against the Xiongnu this time was cobbled together with everyone including his grandmother, mother, wife, and family. If they come out next time, if they attack again, I'm afraid the court will really have no money to deal with it.

Li Ling's long-term plan was to prevent these barbarians from allocating their energy to invade.

Li Ling did not respond directly to Liang Jin, but replied: "If we kill Baha today, the victory of this battle will be in sight, but if we can't save everything, they will come back after a while, and let him go. I will use this opportunity to make a comeback." Baha, we should seek ten or eight years of peace for the north of Daqi."

 (End of this chapter)