The rise of the prince

Chapter 313 280, the bright moon and the scorching sun
After hearing Fang finished speaking, Li Xingzhou laughed loudly, "Why, I am ashamed in front of this king, it seems that I am too good." He felt good about himself.

Qi Fang couldn't help sighing: "If I hadn't boasted about myself, I would have admired the prince more if I had been more humble, but because of this, nine times out of ten I have a good impression."

Li Xingzhou sat on the bricks and shook his head. The influence of Confucianism on people is really imprinted in his bones. In fact, it will be the same after a thousand years. It is natural for him to be happy when others praise him, but Qifang said that he is not humble enough.

At this time, Di Zhi and Jiao Shan came to the top of the city to report to him one after another. Di Zhi had arranged the city defense, and Jiao Shan was a good storehouse in the city, which was sealed up to avoid being looted by the chaos.

After a while, Ji Chunsheng came, holding a big pot in his arms, and several bowls piled on top of it.

"Master Ji!"

Everyone hurriedly saluted, and after learning that Ji Chunsheng was the court's martial arts envoy, everyone respected him very much. He is a military envoy, he is a close minister of the emperor, and he occupies a high position. In addition, he killed in front of the battle today, like a god of war, everyone was even more impressed .

Ji Chunsheng just smiled: "Haha, son, let's see what XX brings."

As he said that, he put down the cauldron, and when the lid was opened, the aroma filled the air, and there was a whole pot of mutton.

Through the moonlight, it can be clearly seen that the mutton is chopped into large pieces and boiled with water. The method is simple, but it is like a delicacy to the people who have not eaten all night and have been fighting in the middle of the night.

Li Xingzhou was the first who couldn't bear it, took a bowl and fished out a large piece of meat. Each piece of meat was chopped up to the size of a bowl, and it looked like it was done by a martial artist like Ji Chunsheng.

Just as he couldn't wait to finish his mouth, he thought of Qifang next to him, swallowed, handed it to her first, and fished for himself.

Ji Chunsheng, the five big and three rough warriors, didn't even think about bringing chopsticks. It's a war, where can I find chopsticks, and I don't know where he got these bowls.

Everyone had to do it. As for whether it is clean or not, those who are not hungry are particular about it.

The night wind is blowing, and the bright moon is in the sky.

Under Ji Chunsheng's call, everyone simply grabbed them without even the bowls. Only Qifang's daughter's family still used bowls, but they still had to grab them because there were no chopsticks at all.

Moreover, chopsticks are useless for Ji Chunsheng's chopped meat.

Li Xingzhou simply called the soldiers who were on duty at the top of the city and the auxiliary troops who were cleaning over, and each of them got a piece of money for them. After all, Ji Chunsheng estimated that a sheep would be cooked in this big pot.

Big pieces of meat, but unfortunately no wine.

The Milky Way is shining brightly, the night breeze is cool, it's so unrestrained and happy, and even a girl named Qifang ate a few big fasts.

The meat is not good as long as it is cooked, but it is as fragrant as it is.

After eating, Li Xingzhou sat on the top of the wall, looking up at the starry sky with the night wind blowing.

Qi Fang, Di Zhi, Ji Chunsheng, and Jiao Shan stood behind him. He turned his head and said, "Qi Dutong, you know why everyone likes to chant the moon, but rarely chant the sun. .”

Qifang was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why the lord asked her so, but only looked at the bright moon in the sky: "The brilliance of the scorching sun is too hot and compelling?"

Li Xingzhou stood up, "The sun is too lonely. It is so bright and warm that ordinary people dare not look directly at it. In fact, there are stars and galaxies in the daytime, but the sun is the only one, and the stars do not appear. The sky is clear, but lifeless. Awe-inspiring but unattractive.

The moon is different, the bright moon is in the sky, and the beauty is overwhelming, but the stars are still bright, the Milky Way is still gorgeous, competing for splendor and beauty, and it can accommodate all the brilliance, so it makes people yearn for it.”

Qi Fang stared at him blankly, and everyone behind him was also fascinated.

"The beauty of a moonlit night is not the same as the brilliance of a bright moon, but also the bright stars." Li Xingzhou smiled, then patted her on the shoulder seriously, scanned everyone around, and finally turned his eyes back to Qifang: "This king and Ding Yi It is always different. Ding Yi wants to be the star of the sun. Once he shines brightly, the stars around him will be dim. What the king wants is the bright moon in the sky, not the scorching sun.

So, if you have your own brilliance, then shine it as much as you want, the moonlight does not deceive the stars, understand. "

Qifang looked at him, his eyes were slightly red, and he nodded stubbornly.

Yes, Li Xingzhou will not be the sun, and it is even less likely that Ding Yi will become the sun. He has seen the real sun.

When the sun rose in the east, the city walls were dilapidated, and the blood-stained streets of Linyang City were already under the control of Pingnan King Li Xingzhou.

With more than 1000 captives, Li Xingzhou carried out ideological education like last time, exposed the conspiracy of the Suzhou government and Ding Yi, and then let them return to various places in Suzhou with the news that the court only punished the Ding family and the Su family for crimes.

Once the sun is broken, the imperial army can enter the hinterland of Suzhou from the north at any time, like a fish entering the sea.

Moreover, in the whole of Suzhou, [-] to [-] troops were buried in the north. In addition, the Wang family also leaked out of the court one after another.

For a time, the name of King Pingnan was not only in the Huaihua Mansion of Luzhou, but also in the territory of Ansu Mansion. Thousands of people went south to break the camp of the Xu Army, defeat the army of the State of Xu, and defeat the important town of Linyang. Happened in just two months.

The menacing Xu rebels, who were originally armed with [-] soldiers, were almost completely wiped out in such a short period of time. This kind of record can only be described as shocking!

When Linyang was not broken before, the common people rarely knew the situation of the battle in the north, but when Linyang was defeated, many defeated troops fled south, and the imperial army was eyeing them. The news was like a summer hurricane in an instant, sweeping across the entire territory of Ansu, and everyone panicked. .

Everyone in Ansu Mansion is in danger, and they no longer dare to call themselves Xu Guoren, but call themselves Ansu Mansion people.

Ansu Mansion is the mansion set up by Jing Guo's court, not only in Suzhou, but also in many large and small counties near Suzhou.

And various legends about the imperial court Pingnan County King, along with the many fleeing rebels, began to spread everywhere, and various versions were derived, and they became more and more fierce.

Some people say that he is as vicious as a jackal at a young age, as fierce as a tiger and leopard, brave and good at fighting, and no one can stop him wherever he goes.

Some people said that he was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy general, who knew the magic of demons and Taoism.

Some people also said that he is a young genius, he is omnipotent, and no one can defeat him on the battlefield.

In any case, what the legends have in common is that King Pingnan is surprisingly young, because a large number of rebel prisoners had seen Li Xingzhou up close.

No matter how frightened the people are or how exaggerated the rumors are, once the sun breaks, no one can stop Li Xingzhou's army.

By the end of May, Li Xingzhou led Di Zhi's 200 heavy infantry, Ji Chunsheng added 1000 cavalry, [-] people from Shenji Battalion, and [-] dead soldiers from Jiaoshan's Princess Mansion, making a total of [-] soldiers. More than [-] troops approached the city of Suzhou and surrounded it.

Wherever he went, most of the counties and towns, large and small, knew the news brought by the prisoners of war, and they surrendered one after another.

Only officials surnamed Su and Ding were detained.

Li Xingzhou knew that some of these people must be innocent. After all, the outsiders might not know about Su and Ding's troubles.

Because of Ding Yi and Su Banchuan's lies, tens of thousands of dead were starved to death, thousands of miles of barrenness, Li Xingzhou didn't want to kill more people, but now he also understands that the emperor is the sun.

The scorching sun is in the sky, and ordinary people dare not look directly at it, and the stars are dim, and no one dares to compete with them.

The emperor was able to kill tens of thousands of rebels without blinking an eye, but now someone must die, and someone must bear the responsibility in front of the emperor, otherwise it will be the people of the two places who don't know anything.

He won't kill, but the emperor is very likely to.

(End of this chapter)