Jiaohua

Chapter 1576 Comforting Little Brother

Chong Menheng, unaware that the Beiyuan communication system had been destroyed, and even less aware that Lanze City had fallen into a state of terror and darkness, happily asked Tao Lan for the people and money, as well as the ultimatum diploma that allowed him to pass the test. He took Chen Yongming and left Mingfang City on the twelfth day of the winter month.

This day was also the day when Ouyang Jun led the army and the Xia family army that was temporarily incorporated to march towards Lanze City.

Xia Zhaoyi did not go with them. After returning from Lan Ze City, she had a mountain of letters that needed to be dealt with.

Just like before, Jenning read the letter with her, but this time, Jenning seemed extremely restless, slapping the desk and shouting from time to time.

It’s wonderful to be annoyed, happy, or shouting!

It was no wonder that he was so emotionally unstable, because at the end of the winter of the Jiawu year, the Battle of Mouye, which had been stalemate for a whole year, finally broke out again.

The first people to take action were Tian Dayao's side, or to be exact, Nie Huimo.

It took him many months to finally gain a foothold in Huazhou. After storing troops and grain, he suddenly led an army of 100,000 to attack Yuan Shizhuang in Yunbozhong.

Yun Bozhong did not have enough troops in Yuan Shizhuang. If he resisted, he would lose the city. If he abandoned the city, he would also lose the city. Yun Bozhong's subordinates simply gave Yuan Shizhuang to him.

But Nie Huimo refused to give in. Yun Bozhong's subordinates, who were almost cornered, had no choice but to attack Ji Hui Town, where Song Zhiyi had fewer troops.

At the same time, Nie Huimo also sent troops to attack Songzhou of the Daping Dynasty.

This node of Nie Huimo's attack on Songzhou is extremely critical.

Because Cao Yijun had just been called away by Jin Hongkang.

Cao Yijun bypassed Jin Hongkang and secretly sent someone to send Mubuyifan to the capital. In front of the whole world, he threw this hot potato of Mubuyifan to Song Zhiyi. This made Song Zhiyi very unhappy, and Jin Hongkang was even more furious.

With Cao Yijun's departure, Songzhou and the attack camp were both without their commanders, but it was still very difficult to take them down.

The walls of Songzhou were extremely strong. Nie Huimo's catapult smashed out almost as high as a hill, but only made a gap in the outer wall.

Moreover, the elite soldiers who could accurately control the catapults and hit whatever they pointed were almost all shot to death by the archers on the enemy's city walls.

It took Nie Huimo seven full days to finally capture Songzhou.

After taking Songzhou, the road to the north was flat and almost face to face with Song Zhiyi's base camp Anjiang.

However, Nie Huimo did not go north. He was restrained by many things and did not have the capital to go north.

When Jin Hongkang heard that Songzhou had been lost, he was so angry that he fainted. He immediately ordered that Songzhou must be taken back even if 100,000 people died.

Yun Bozhong was not idle either. He could not swallow the anger of Yuan Shizhuang being ambushed, so he led his troops directly to attack Tian Dayao's Fengzhou and Linwenshan.

While the three parties were in chaos, Shen Lie, who had already sent troops to the south of the Yangtze River, took over Zhuang Mengyao's Huzhou, Yueting, Jinci and Yezhou.

Zhuang Mengyao was even more vulnerable than he thought. The soldiers from the Jiangnan barracks poured into Shen Lie's Yan army like water.

As time went on, the soldiers who heard that they could join the army by surrendering abandoned the city and surrendered at an increasingly faster pace, fearing that if they were slow, they would miss out on their chance.

But in fact, Yan Jun looked down on them very much.

Shen Lie packed up their things and planned to send them to Beiyuan on a chosen day to train them on the front line.

All the correspondence has been processed, and the date of the last letter was nine days ago.

This letter came from a dismembered source, saying that Shu Yuezhen followed the clue of Changlin Money House and finally found the man behind the scenes. His surname was Jiang and his name was Hui, and he was Lin Qingfeng's junior fellow apprentice.

This matter is indeed related to Lin Qingfeng.

Zhili also said in the letter that when Lin Qingfeng was packed up and taken back to Tongdu, everyone thought she was doomed to die, and Ying Jinliang did order her to be poisoned on a chosen day, but she never expected that she would still escape.

The person who tried every means to save her was none other than Jiang Hui.

In order to save Lin Qingfeng, Jiang Hui spent about 100,000 taels of silver.

And if Zhili had not written to Tongdu to ask about this matter, Ying Jinliang would have thought that Lin Qingfeng was being well imprisoned in the death row.

In his reply to Zhili, Ying Jinliang claimed that he was deeply regretful. He just wanted Lin Qingfeng to experience more of the feeling of being imprisoned in darkness and living a life worse than death. After all, killing her directly would be too easy for her.

Zhili commented on Ying Jinliang's letter and said that it was obvious that Ying Jinliang would not achieve anything great. How could a man who has achieved great things complain to others in such a tone? Finally, Zhili said that he was still following up on Jiang Hui's line and would inform him immediately if he found anything.

After replying to Zhili's letter, Xia Zhaoyi collapsed from exhaustion.

She squinted at the desk for a while, vaguely heard someone talking beside her, and slowly opened her eyes.

Lin Wumei was holding a cup of tea in her hand and was asking Zhan Ning when she went to bed.

Zhan Ning was sorting out the letters that he had read, and asked Lin Wumei to take the tea to the others first to see if they wanted some, as it would get cold easily if left here.

When Xia Zhaoyi heard this, he closed his eyes again.

The Northwest is poor in resources and tea is expensive, so it’s better not to waste it. It’s better not to waste it.

Three days later, Ouyang Jun led the army back.

Throughout the army, everyone's morale is high and their spirits are excellent.

As soon as Ouyang Jun came back, he hurried to find Xia Zhaoyi.

Xia Zhaoyi, who had no time to catch his breath, was reading the letter sent by Yu Shiling and Yin Zeming from Hejing.

“Hahaha!” Ouyang Jun laughed happily and came in and said, “Ali! You are so awesome, really so awesome! We have fought in the northwest for so many years, and we have never had such a refreshing and relaxing battle!”

The soldiers following Ouyang Jun were also in high spirits and full of praise.

Ouyang Jun said: "The defenders of Lan Ze City were all dumbfounded, one by one, hahaha! We only lost three of them, shot to death by them! We didn't spare any of them, we killed them all!"

Xia Zhaoyi asked, "Where are the civilians in Lan Ze City?"

"We didn't touch any civilians. Don't worry, no one was hurt!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Yeah."

Zhan Ning blinked and looked at Xia Zhaoyi: "Second Miss, shouldn't we kill those civilians..."

"Well, I won't kill him."

"Why? Every citizen in the Northern Yuan Dynasty was a soldier."

"Then let's wait until they become soldiers before killing them. It's not like we can't deal with them."

Zhan Ning pursed his lips, his brows becoming downcast.

Xia Zhaoyi patted his shoulder and said, "Zhan Ning, they are different from the people in Qingquan Town. The people in Qingquan Town are all rich people who have eaten the flesh and blood of the common people, while they are poor. In Lanze City, they are also abused by the powerful. Have you forgotten the wound on their foreheads?"

"I know, Second Miss, but I just hate the Beiyuan people. Don't they hate us Han people too?"

“Most of them are actually not going to survive.”

Zhan Ning was stunned: "Why?"

"The wounds on their foreheads are very deep. Many of the daggers that cut their foreheads are rusty. Moreover, the blades have touched the blood of too many people. If any of them has syphilis, then all those whose foreheads were cut by this dagger will be in trouble."

"There is such a thing..."

"They are actually pitiful people. Throughout history, the common people are always the most pitiful, aren't they?"

Zhan Ning sighed and nodded: "Yes, Second Miss, then I don't want to think about it."

"Ah."

Ouyang Jun laughed and said, "Look, Ah Li is so young, but she comforts Zhan Ning like she's comforting a little brother! Hahahaha!"

His laughter was so heroic that the people around him were infected and started laughing too.