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Chapter 41: The Cattle and Horses Cruelly Exploited by the Feudal Landlords

The night is very dark today.

But suddenly, a few slowly rising stars appeared in the sky.

Do not,
That's not a star!
The people of Qi couldn't understand how lanterns could fly into the sky.

But Pei Yanli smiled. The Kongming lantern flying into the sky was their signal. Ji Nanyang fulfilled his mission and not only successfully delivered the message, but also Li Zhao's reinforcements had arrived.

At this time,
The Qi army was already trapped deep in the hinterland, and the two armies of the Great Zhou attacked from both sides, catching the turtle in the jar! At this time, the pigeons of Qi seeking reinforcements were still flying in the sky...

Forty thousand people from Qi were captured, including General Huo Jun.

After capturing these troops, the Great Zhou immediately recaptured the Sanjin Pass to prevent the Qi troops coming to rescue from Zhuxian Town from taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Li Zhaotong's army was trapped for several days, and the men and horses were exhausted, and their temples turned gray.

His hair was a little disheveled, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he bowed to the person in the hall, "I made a mistake in judgment and almost put the Great Zhou into crisis. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

“General Lee has worked hard.

If you had not stopped Qi's 300,000 troops in Zhuxian Town and provided timely support at night, the army of Great Zhou would not have been able to regain the lost territory so smoothly.

I will report the border affairs truthfully."

Pei Yanli asked again, "General, how many troops do we have this time?"

"Half of our troops were killed or wounded in this siege."

He originally led an army of 18, but now only 10 are left. In the battles with the enemy army these days, the enemy's losses are about , plus the captives at Sanjin Pass.

The Great Zhou killed one thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of its own.

A barely successful victory.

"In General Li's opinion, should we rest and recuperate and defend the Three Jin Pass, or should we seize the opportunity to attack the remaining Qi army?"

Although Pei Yanli already had a plan in mind, he still asked him.

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, we should defend the Sanjin Pass."

After being beaten up, Li Zhao was no longer as adventurous as before.

Pei Yanli nodded, "The general is experienced, so I'll do as you say."

He actually thought so too.

But it was only through Li Zhao's mouth that the next request was made.

Now in the capital,

His father had completely abandoned him.

The power that once existed among the court officials was also uprooted.

Pei Yanli knew that he had no place to stand there, so he wanted to rebuild his power at the border. Without the right to speak in the court, holding a large number of troops was another kind of strength.

If he could be like his uncle,
Sitting in the position of the Grand Marshal of the Army,

By then, we will be more confident in finding a way to overturn the verdict for my grandfather and uncle.

He didn't believe that his uncle and grandfather, who had spent their entire lives in the military and were loyal to the emperor and the country, would commit treason under such circumstances.

He must have been harmed by a villain!
The report of the great victory at the border was sent to the capital.

Seeing that Sanjin Pass was recaptured and tens of thousands of Qi soldiers were captured, everyone in the court was happy.

"I didn't expect that King Wei actually has the talent of a general."

"General Li Zhao was attacked from both sides, but he was able to maneuver between the two sides for such a long time. He is not inferior to others."

"Captain Ji, who is mentioned many times in the battle report, is he the son of Lord Ji Yongchang?"

……

Officials relished talking about it.
But not everyone is happy.

With Pei Yanli offering medicine, Emperor Wenxuan, who had already recovered, was reading the battle report in the imperial study with a gloomy face.

Until the eunuch's voice came from outside, "Your Majesty, the Concubine is here."

Emperor Wenxuan put down what he was holding and went to greet her, "Why is my mother here?"

"That day I saw that you were worried, so I came to see you."

The concubine smiled lovingly, "I have watched you grow up since you were a child. I can tell at a glance what the emperor is worried about." Emperor Wenxuan also smiled when he heard it, "I still remember when I was a child, whenever I was worried, mother would order people to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake for me."

"I'll do it for you this time too."

The concubine patted his hands and said, “I remember when you were a child, you were small and were always bullied by your brothers.

Once, I was bullied by your third brother, and I secretly ran to the imperial garden to sulk. When I found the emperor, he said, "When I get married in the future, I will make sure my children are well-behaved and respectful to my brothers and sisters, and I will take good care of them, and I will never let anyone suffer any injustice."

Having said that,

The smile on Emperor Wenxuan's face froze.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the dowager's wrinkled hands, "Mother, some things... are not as simple as you think."

"But I think Yan Li is a well-behaved child, and you loved him so much..."

"Mother, it's getting late. Go back and rest early."

Emperor Wenxuan was obviously unwilling to continue talking about this matter. He interrupted the concubine and asked the eunuch to send the person away.

Now that Marquis Ping'en is dead, the empress and the forces behind her have all been uprooted. The Queen Mother thought that even if Emperor Wenxuan was afraid of Marquis Ping'en's power and worried about the interference of foreign relatives in politics, he had done enough now.

I wanted to persuade him, Pei Yanli is a very pitiful child.

I didn't expect that His Majesty wouldn't listen at all.

I couldn't listen to it both times.

In the imperial study room,

The wick of the lantern next to it was dipped in oil, and the flame was dancing in the lantern, flickering.

Emperor Wenxuan looked at the victory report in his hand and threw it down with force, "Where is the person holding the lamp?!"

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At the northern border, the imperial edict from the capital arrived.

Everyone was rewarded for their merits, but Pei Yanli's request to guard the border was rejected.

Not only was his request rejected, another imperial edict also required Pei Yanli to return to Beijing immediately and not to stay!

With an urgent imperial decree,
Pei Yanli keenly felt that something was wrong.

His father was very reluctant for him to stay at the frontier.

He looked at the tiger seal on his desk, and suddenly an idea came to his mind -

Father, are you afraid?

Ji Mansion

The Ji family looked at the envelope they received, which contained Ji Nanyang’s report that he was safe.

He couldn't wait to tell his family about his promotion, but his only regret was that the State of Qi had not withdrawn its troops yet, and the emperor ordered him and General Li Zhao to continue guarding the border.

“Can’t come back again?
My brother hasn’t been back for several years, right?
We have all moved, will he be able to find a place in the future?"

Ji Nanxing couldn't help but complain: "I really don't know why my brother chose the barracks. Now he has to work overtime every year, the salary has not increased much, and the risk is high. If it were me..."

She hasn't come out yet.

She was caught off guard and got beaten up by her father.

"Today is a happy day. Third brother Ji, please don't force your father to use family law."

Old antique,
The cattle and horses that were ruthlessly exploited by the feudal landlords,
You deserve to be exploited.

Ji Nanxing was secretly thinking in his heart, but he dared not say anything.

If she were her father, she would have used Xuzhou as her base, first making iron with precision, then expanding and occupying land. She would have made her brother the crown prince, her sister the princess, and her mother the queen!

The next moment, she was hit on the head again.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

She didn't say anything, did she?
Ji Yongchang: "It's not okay to move your eyes!"

Ji Nanxing: What a living father!
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Good night~

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