Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 505: Encountering Pigs
"Greetings to Your Majesty and His Highness, Chang'an has sent us letters of credence." Liu Ying came on horseback and bowed in front of him holding a piece of yellow silk.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the queen, queen mother, and empress dowager were all collectively referred to as Your Highness. Only the empress dowager who served as regent could be honored as Her Majesty the empress dowager.

"Certificate of Credence?" Li Yue took it, and Fu Jian made it so formal.

As soon as he opened it, Cui Yansi's head came over.

"Go, go, women are not allowed to interfere in politics." Li Yue closed the door.

Cui Yansi curled her lips, turned away, and angrily got into the chariot with the help of the female officer.

More than ten days ago, Li Yue issued an edict not to allow Fu Jian to attack Shu.

Sure enough, the effect was surprisingly good. Fu Jian was immersed in the excitement of opening up new territories and could not extricate himself, so he submitted a very formal credential. Like Jiang Dong, he also claimed to be under the country.

The book of credence says that he, Fu Jian, attacked Shuzhong not because he was greedy for the land of the Jin Dynasty, but because Jiangdong disrespected Daliang and Li Yue. Liang and Qin had an uncle-nephew relationship, and disrespecting Li Yue meant he was disrespectful to Fu Jian. It's disrespectful, so "raise the six divisions, join the generals, go south and cut off one of the Sima clan's arms, so as to prepare for a flanking attack on the east of the Yangtze River in the future and help your majesty unify the world!"

Li Yue was amused after reading this, and even helped him to dominate the world...

Once he annexes Shuzhong, he may not be able to turn his spearhead towards Guandong.

This guy is good at telling lies with his eyes open. He means what he says but what he says means the same thing. Even the King of Heaven can't even think of catching him to vent his anger on Li Yue...

In the long run, Shuzhong is actually a huge strategic trap. Huan Wen, who was just around the corner, gave up, moved away the people and left them to fend for themselves. There must be many considerations.

If you want to get benefits from Shuzhong, you need a lot of investment.

In such a large territory, troops need to be stationed, bandits need to be suppressed, officials need to be dispatched, and the population needs to be filled...

Rule also requires costs. Just like the two Han Dynasties, they have always pursued a policy of restraining the Western Regions and only controlled some important places.

Li Yue remembered that when Fu Jian launched the Battle of Feishui in history, he also asked Lu Guang to send [-] troops to attack the Western Regions, fighting on two fronts...

Now Fu Jian seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. He insisted on jumping into the fire pit, and he couldn't stop him.

"Reply a letter to Fu Jian and add fuel to his fire. I will take care of it myself in Shuzhong without him having to worry about it." Li Yue looked at the crisp autumn sky.

The breeze blew, causing waves of wheat to rise in the fields. The laughter of children could be heard from afar, and the frightened rabbits and badgers ran away everywhere.

There were too many wild beasts in this era. Liang Guo put so much effort into fishing and hunting, and there were still one nest after another.

"Wei." Liu Ying smiled strangely and walked away.

If Fu Jian and Li Yue recuperate at the same time, the future war will last for a long time. The Fu family has too many talents, even more than the Murong family.

In addition to the powerful families in Guanzhong, such as Deng Qiang, Yao Chang, Yang An and others, although the national power is not as good as that of Daliang, it has strong combat power.

But it's different now. With Fu Jian's little wealth, how many years can he waste without Wang Meng's help?

"Ow—"

While he was thinking about it, a high-pitched wild boar howl came from the wheat field.

Li Yue was startled and stood up quickly. The children must have made a big fuss and disturbed the wild boar in the field.

Li Yue often hunts, and he knows the temperament of wild boars. They like to build nests in fields. After being angered, they will disown their relatives and even dare to charge into them with thousands of troops.

More than 20 personal guards have already rushed over with bows and knives.

Li Yue also quickly followed.

I saw wheat plants falling over, and a medium-sized wild boar crashing into the children, its mouth full of tusks.

The guards bent their bows and shot arrows at the wild boar's back, but this stimulated the wild boar's ferocity even more. It ran wildly with all four hooves and crashed into it like a small mountain of meat. The children were stunned.

Li Yue was sweating in his heart.

Just now, I was discussing Fu Jian's credentials with Liu Ying. I didn't notice that the children had gone far away, and I didn't have many personal guards with me on this trip. I decided to play here temporarily, so I didn't search too far.Even if they searched, it would be useless. The wild boars were elusive and scurrying around everywhere.

In the 23rd year of Jian'an, Sun Quan traveled southeast of Jianye and when he arrived at Qiting (now Zhenjiang), he suddenly encountered a fierce tiger. He missed his shot. The tiger was so angry that none of the guards accompanying him could stop it. It jumped in front of the horse and injured the horse. In desperation, Sun Quan threw his two halberds and injured the horse. Afterwards, he and his guards joined forces to kill him.

Seeing the wild boar getting closer and closer, two of the children stood up, carrying wooden sticks and clods of earth to block the way.

One is the second eldest son, Li You, and the other is Meng Kuan, the eldest son of Meng Kai.

"Be careful, retreat quickly!" Li Yue yelled.

This roar had some effect. The other children behind them rolled and crawled away, but Li You and Meng Kuan remained motionless. They were either too frightened or not to hear.

With a sound of "ouch", a wild boar collided. How could two children of seven or eight years old resist a wild boar collision?
Suddenly it was knocked away like catkins and fell onto the wheat straw.

Li Yue's eyes were about to burst. He pulled out the sword of the guard beside him and slashed across his body. A cloud of blood spattered out. The wild boar's neck was broken in half, and it hung down. He rushed out for more than ten steps and fell into the soil without any movement. .

Li Yue hurriedly went to see the two children.

But Meng Kuan covered his arms and got up from the ground, but Li You remained motionless.

Li Yue was nervous for a while, and walked over, only to see him open his eyes wide, let out a cry, and start crying.

Being able to cry means everything is fine. Li Yue checked for a while and found a large bruise on the outside of his right leg. It was probably just a fracture. He felt relieved. Fortunately, this wild boar was not big.

"I hope your Majesty will punish you for our failure to protect us!" All the surrounding guards knelt down on one knee.

"Twenty lashes for each person to serve as a warning to others."

If things are not done well, they must be punished. Being lenient will only allow them to make mistakes, but fortunately they will only be slightly injured.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The bodyguard seemed to have been granted amnesty.

Li Yue checked Meng Kuan again and found that the child was extremely strong and looked very much like Meng Kai in appearance and temperament, but his eyes were a little cold and he was not mature for his age.

"Was it hurt?"

"Never." Meng Kuan said little, and his arm was only scratched.

"They have all retreated, why did you step forward to resist?" Li Yue looked at the oldest child, who was eight years old and already understood many things. People in this era generally mature earlier. Children of ordinary families are in the fields at the age of five or six. Help, most of them get married at the age of twelve or thirteen, or go to the battlefield...

In any case, Meng Kai died at the hands of Liang Jun. If he didn't react at all, he would be a bit arrogant.

"I am the eldest and I should protect my younger brother." Meng Kuan said calmly.

Li Yue smiled slightly, turned to Li You, and set his bones, "Why don't you hide?"

"My son... you are going to be a general in the future, how can you be afraid of... a mere beast?" Li You shivered in pain.

"You are ambitious." Li Yue hugged the two of them, "You two will both be generals in the future!"

"Your Majesty—" Cui Yansi ran over in a panic, no longer caring about the mess in the fields, and trotted over with her undergarment in hand, her eyes full of worry, "Has your Majesty been injured?"

"It's okay."

After being married for several years, Cui Yansi gradually changed. Since having the prince Li Jian, her thoughts have also been focused on this.

"How do you and others protect you? Putting His Majesty in danger!" Cui Yansi turned around and scolded the personal guards again.

"This subordinate is guilty!" The guard knelt down again.

"It's not their fault, so don't make a fuss. It's just a wild boar. My child will have to deal with all the tigers and wolves in the world in the future!"

Murong Ke and Murong Chui went to the battlefield at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and won the three armies bravely. What does a wild boar mean?
Looking at Cui Yansi's attitude, Li Jian will not be able to follow her all the time in the future. A loving mother often loses her sons.

(End of this chapter)