Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 269 Victory without force?

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When the Seventh Prince rushed back to the border town with his soldiers, the border town had already changed its appearance.With the help of the local people, the general master craftsman and heavy-nosed soldiers have already repaired and strengthened the city wall, which is even much higher than the original one. There are even strong crossbows on the city wall Long range, more lethal weapons.

This satisfied the Seventh Prince very much, but it was far from enough!According to the previous inference, in a few days, Mo Xuan and Zhao Bing would join General Fuyuan's troops, and then lead the northern barbarians to the border town.Now, more preparation is required.

Soon the Seventh Prince entered the city together with the army. At the same time, a large number of cattle, sheep and horses also entered the city. They were all high-quality horses. Just looking at these horses, the Seventh Prince was already smiling.The people in the city stared at the large number of cattle and sheep, but they did not dare to act rashly.

The Seventh Prince didn't let them suffer too much. Seeing the emaciated appearance of the people, he immediately ordered the slaughter of a hundred cattle and sheep, so that the people in the city were full!The people immediately cheered when they heard about it.Many people even knelt outside the palace of the Seventh Prince, weeping bitterly.

At first, the Seventh Prince thought it was due to the uneven distribution, but after inquiring about it, they all came to thank him. This made the Seventh Prince proud, thinking that he could afford it, and sad!It's just a full meal, these people...you can imagine what kind of life they are living!
After appeasing the people, the Seventh Prince didn't have more time to express his feelings.On the one hand, he ordered people to set up horses and dig trenches outside the city; on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers of the army to go up the mountain to cut wood, and the people melted the snow and poured it on the city wall.

The people were already grateful to the Seventh Prince and his party who came all the way to the rescue, and Mo Xuan saved Da Zhu and others. These people are all locals and have relatives. The people here all know that the Seventh Prince is here to save them.

Sure enough, within a month, the Seventh Prince gave them a large amount of food, and it was still meat!The hearts of the people were so moved and grateful that they couldn't express it in words. The Seventh Prince ordered the people to melt the snow and water the city walls. The firewood used to melt the snow was cut down by the soldiers. How could the people be unwilling?Everyone wished they could use all their energy.

During the day, the city wall was watered with cremation and snow, and at night when the north wind blew, a layer of ice armor was frozen on the wall. On the second day, the third day, and so on for seven or eight days, the entire city wall was not only half a foot taller, but also Much thicker.Sometimes when you pass by with a torch, you will find that the entire city wall is flooded with light, which looks like it is made of crystal.

But this crystal-cast city wall looks good, but it's not easy to attack or climb!Looking at the city wall covered with thick ice, the Seventh Prince smiled treacherously.

When the people in the city were watering the city walls, the soldiers also quietly built two temporary fortifications on the hills that were not too high on both sides of the city by cutting firewood.Under the research and development of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, a large number of simple sleds were manufactured, and the sleds were filled with stones and logs.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is a log, because these logs are not very huge, and some can even be said to be relatively small.They were all cut down for firewood, but the branches were transported into the city, and almost all the main poles left on the mountain were greased with the fat of cattle and sheep, combined with stones, and piled up on simple sledges.

As expected of a veteran, General Fuyuan led the Northern Man army to the city one day after the Seventh Prince returned to the city.

The originally low and even gaped city wall has become tall and strong. This made the northern barbarians who had no siege equipment very angry, but they could only return with hatred.But they want to leave, will the Seventh Prince allow it?Will the people in the city allow it?Are the generals in the army allowed?Do not!No one allowed it.

Therefore, when they were evacuating, the sound of galloping horses sounded from the two hills outside the city at the same time. Before the northern barbarians could react, thousands of simple sleds rushed into the northern barbarians under the action of gravity and inertia. In the army formation.

Although the northern barbarian army's formation was relatively loose, facing an army of [-] to [-], the thousand or so sledges still served as a barrier.

Especially the sled is a temporary simple sled. In the process of sliding faster and faster, many of them will fall apart directly, and the stones on the sled will not stop because the sled falls apart, especially those that are smooth and wiped. The trunk of the tallow tallow rushed into the army of the northern barbarians at a faster speed and at an even more unexpected angle.

At this time, a large number of cavalry rushed out from the hills on both sides. Most of them had bows and arrows in their hands.
The horses tripped by the suddenly rolling stones were already in a state of panic. At this moment, the tree trunks smeared with tallow suddenly burst into flames under the action of rockets and torches.The northern barbarians who had been sneering while looking at the sky//shooting rockets towards the sergeant suddenly panicked when they saw the tree trunk burning.

You know, animals have the instinct to fear flames. In the ice and snow, in a piece of plain white, raging flames suddenly ignited, and not only in one place, but everywhere, many war horses neighed uncontrollably and kept running. And rise.

When the northern barbarians were in chaos, the soldiers rushing down from both sides circled around to the back of the northern barbarians, just in time to form a front and back attack with the array of spearmen coming out of the city gate.Although the northern barbarians were brutal by nature, they were unable to form an effective counterattack at this time.Except for a few people who escaped by their own bravery, most of them were captured under the walls of the border towns!
The eyes of the soldiers who escorted the captives were full of excitement, but they could still restrain themselves, while the people in the city were already cheering!At this moment, the whole border town was in a carnival.Although these captives were yelling that the Seventh Prince was invincible!It's a sneak attack!It's cheating!It is even said that the soldiers of the Heavenly/North Korea did not dare to confront the Northern Barbarian warriors head-on!

But no matter what these captives said, the Seventh Prince won, and the northern barbarians became captives!Do captives' opinions matter?who cares?Do the people in the border town care, or do the hundreds of thousands of soldiers brought by the Seventh Prince care?Or did the civil and military ministers and the emperor care about it?Their yelling just makes them a joke.

Until a few days later, the Seventh Prince gave rewards on the spot, and the people in the northwest border town who had almost survived were distributed to every household with cattle and sheep, which pushed this carnival that did not require restraint to a climax!
After the Seventh Prince rectified the captives and sent back the battle report, he left behind General Fuyuan and [-] sergeants, and reorganized the defenders of the border town before starting to return to Beijing.

However, looking at the remaining cattle and sheep, the Seventh Prince felt worried.With so many cattle and sheep, it is definitely unrealistic to slaughter them, and reward them to the common people... Bowls of rice favors and rice feuds should not be rewarded too much for no reason.But if someone asks the Seventh Prince to drive these cattle and sheep back to Beijing, the Seventh Prince will definitely give him a reward!
It wasn't until Mo Xuan talked to Zhao Bing in the chat, and Zhao Bing went home and said to Qi Luo, that Qi Luo came up with an idea for the Seventh Prince.The idea is very simple, to raise the excess cattle and sheep, and set aside a piece of pasture as a government-built pasture. In the future, it will be used to help those people who really need it. It is also good!
The Seventh Prince readily agreed upon hearing what Mo Xuan said, and ordered Mo Xuan to lead the matter.Mo Xuan was taken aback, but he didn't refuse. He found Zhao Bing and Qi Luo, and they were a three-person team. Without much difficulty, they quickly built it with the help of the people in the northwest border city.Of course, this is just a simple temporary one, and we will need to send special personnel to manage it in the future.

It was also at this time that Mo Xuan and Zhao Bing accidentally discovered the "former guardian" who had escaped from the battlefield.The reason why he was called the predecessor was because he had always thought that he was also killed in battle, and he had even gone to Beijing for a report, waiting for the emperor's approval to send a newcomer to guard him.

When the seventh prince saw the former guard who was bound behind his back, he didn't say anything, just smiled coldly, then turned and left.

A few days later, the Seventh Prince finally rectified the affairs of the northwest frontier city, rejected the peace envoy sent by the Beiman, and led a large army and Zhao Bing and his wife to escort the escaped former guard and [-] to [-] Beiman captives. With a mighty gesture, he set off to return to Beijing.

In this Western Expedition, although more than a thousand soldiers were killed and thousands of people were seriously injured or slightly injured, compared to an army of [-] soldiers, it was just a drop in the bucket. Compared to most battles, it can really be counted as a battle. It is a complete victory!The ruling and opposition parties immediately erupted in joy.The emperor was even more delighted when he saw the good news, and he looked happy wherever he went.

This is the emperor's first war since he ascended the throne!And it is a complete victory!How does this make him unhappy?In addition, the leader of the army is his size, and he has always relied on him - the seventh brother!
When the Seventh Prince led the army and the captives were less than a hundred miles away from the capital, the Prince Wu’s Mansion was bustling with displaying the dowry for Wan Yu, and came to report that the Holy Majesty personally announced that the person who would go out of the city to welcome him the next day knew the Prince Yi’s Mansion He has a close relationship with the prince of Wujun, and the concubine of Wujun and the nephew of the queen's empress are still in the army, so he casually talked about Wanyu's makeup.

Mo Xuan was obviously very surprised!On the expedition, he actually forgot about this matter, so he reported to the Seventh Prince, and he didn't care about anything else, so he jumped on his horse and wanted to rush back to the city, at least before Wanyu got married.Seeing this, Zhao Bing wanted to go with him, but was stopped by the Seventh Prince.

In the eyes of the Seventh Prince, this Zhao Bing is really a rare talent, he intends to recommend it to the emperor face to face, if he thinks the emperor will not have too much difference.

And for the emperor to announce that he will go out of the city to greet him in person, what kind of honor is this?However, the seventh prince did not express anything, and of course the emperor did not expect him to express anything. In the emperor's view, it was an attitude that he went out of the city to greet the heroes.

But the emperor also understood that in the eyes of Prince Yi and his seventh younger brother, he might just think that his fourth brother hadn't seen him for a long time, just like when he came back from the south, he went out of the city to welcome him, nothing special.Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but put a warm smile on the corner of his mouth.

Originally, as long as any government decree was promulgated, the emperor would always attract more or less opposition from his courtiers. When he announced that he would personally lead all the officials out of the city to welcome the triumphant army, no one questioned it. Brother Gong expressed his satisfaction.What's more, this is the emperor's first victory since he ascended the throne, which is of great significance!

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