I Don’t Want To Be the Emperor

Chapter 165 Difficulties in March

Lin Yi woke up when the stars were still hanging in the sky.

 He was woken up.

Looking at Mingyue and Zixia who were rummaging through boxes and packing their things, Lin Yi said helplessly, "Didn't I say that?

 You travel lightly and don’t bring anything with you. Why are you so troubled now? "

This is what he has already told you, and he is afraid that these two ladies will pack dozens of big boxes and make it look like they are going on a trip!

 There is nothing else. The key is to occupy manpower and vehicles. It is better to haul more food.

Mingyue smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please think about it. The weather gets hotter as we go south. It's definitely not possible without bringing something with you."

 “This is a fight, not a game,”

Lin Yi said with a straight face, "Stop doing it, just leave it like this. Also, you two are keeping watch this time and are not allowed to follow."

 “Your Majesty,”

Mingyue said with a smile, "My servant and sister Zixia are already at the peak of the seventh rank and can protect themselves. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry."

“No, you misunderstood, I’m not worried about you, I’m worried about others,”

Lin Yi shook his fingers and said, "Well, you two are just standing there, and everyone is looking at you, who still wants to fight?

 This is called affecting military morale!

So, be obedient and wait at home honestly, waiting for my king to return in triumph on the white donkey. "

  Riding a donkey will not affect his ability to be a prince.

 “Your Majesty,”

Mingyue smiled and said, "We can also disguise ourselves."

 “Forget it, it’s settled, don’t talk nonsense to me anymore,”

Lin Yi stood up and said to Xiao Xizi behind him, "If they dare to follow me, you are the only one asking."

 After speaking, he left without looking back.

Xiao Xizi looked innocent, who did I offend?

He looked at Mingyue and Zixia in embarrassment, cupped his hands and said, "Sisters, you also heard what the prince said, don't let me be in trouble?"

Mingyue pushed him away and said with a smile, "Xiao Xizi, why don't you go to bed for three days?"

Xiao Xizi took a step back to please, "Two sisters, please spare me. This is what the prince has told me to do."

Zixia smiled and said, "Get out of the way, Xiao Xizi, we'll be secretly behind and make sure the prince doesn't know.

 When the time comes, it will definitely not implicate you. "

"Really."

A gloomy voice suddenly appeared in the ears of the three people.

 “General manager.”

Mingyue and Zixia’s expressions changed suddenly.

 They had no idea when the manager came out of seclusion.

 “You are so brave,”

Hong Ying stepped into the threshold with his hands behind his back and snorted coldly, "Our family has only been in seclusion for a month, and you are already so lawless that you don't even take the prince's words to heart?"

After Mingyue hesitated for a while, she boldly said, "Manager, we are also thinking about the prince. The prince has a long way to go, so how can he not have someone to take care of him?"

"snort,"

Hong Ying said expressionlessly, "That's not the reason why you should disobey the prince's order.

It's just this once, and if it doesn't happen next time, just listen to the prince and stay in the house. "

Zixia couldn't help but said, "Then there is no one to take care of the prince?"

Hong Yingdao said, "Do you think our family is dead?"

Mingyue and Zixia lowered their heads and said nothing. After Hong Ying walked away, they slowly raised their heads and looked at each other. They both understood that the manager was different again.

Lin Yi stood at the door of the mansion and yawned. He suddenly saw Hong Ying and happily took the tea cup from him. While sipping the tea, he said, "It's a good thing we came out in time, otherwise I would have walked far away. "

 “Small conviction of sin.”

Hong Ying said with a smile.

Wen Zhaoyi looked at Hong Ying in surprise. After Hong Ying helped Lin Yi onto the carriage, he was shocked and sighed, "I am no longer your opponent. I didn't expect that your skills would advance to this extent."

 “Wen Zhaoyi is too polite,”

Although Hong Ying’s tone was calm, the arrogance on his face was not concealed, “Our family is still far behind in this ability.”

Ye Qiu next to him also had a look of disbelief on his face!

How long did it take for this **** **** to surpass that **** old witch?

"Let's go."

As the chief instructor, Sun Yi patted Ye Qiu beside him, jumped on the carriage, took the reins, and the carriage began to drive slowly.

 This time when the army went on an expedition, there was no longer the scene of seeing each other off on the same road as before.

●For this expedition, almost all the people in Baiyun City were dispatched, and there were not many people left.

After Lin Yi got on the carriage, he lay on the soft cushions and the road was smooth, so he slept peacefully until the sun was high.

Standing on the carriage, stretched out and looked at the endless heads of people in front and back, I suddenly felt high-spirited!

 The army marched for ten days and walked out of Sanhe's cement road.

 The road after that was led by the nearby Lian and Li tribes who opened the way in front and acted as guides.

There are endless layers of greenery, and the branches and leaves cover the sky.

Although craftsmen have been sent to clear the road in advance, build simple wooden bridges, and blast the mountain road, the road is still difficult and dangerous, and the mountain is difficult to climb.

When you encounter a place that is really difficult to get through, you have to rely on people to carry you.

Looking down at the foot, white clouds filled the air, and looking around the peaks, there were clouds and mist. Along the way, Lin Yi had to give up the comfortable carriage and ride on a donkey.

I was really cautious, for fear that if I was not careful, I would fall into the abyss and lose my body.

He deeply understood what it meant to be difficult to march.

After walking like this for another eight days, they finally saw the craftsmen building the road in front of them, as well as the peasants and cavalry who had set out one day earlier than they did.

 “Your Majesty,”

Bian Jing personally welcomed Lin Yi into the cave where the craftsmen lived, served him a cup of hot tea, and said, "The conditions are simple, I hope the prince will not find it objectionable."

 “What you don’t despise but don’t despise,”

The weather was sultry and he was soaked. He didn't dare to take off his shirt. There were lush forests and mosquitoes everywhere. He felt safer wearing clothes. After taking a sip of tea, he wiped the sweat from his head and sighed. He said, "This way, how did Ayuguo's army come here in the first place?"

The mountains are stretched, with different peaks protruding, and thousands of ravines are densely covered and connected. The roads are impassable. It is no different from a virgin forest!

Bian Jing smiled and said, "Because of this, Ayuguo has only been to Baiyun City once in these years.

 At most, they could occasionally cross the Hundred Thousand Mountains and invade the nearby Guizhou tribes. "

Lin Yi sighed.

 At night, there were fires and the sound of explosives everywhere.

Thousands of craftsmen and tens of thousands of civilians took turns to rest, set fire to the mountains, lay explosives to open roads and build bridges.

Lin Yi was horrified when he saw it. There was a fire in the mountains and forests, and all 60,000 to 70,000 of his own were cooked!

 It will be a big joke by then!

 Facing the power of nature, human beings are simply worthless.

 Fortunately, nothing that I was worried about happened, and the whole night was uneventful.

 But the smoke that filled the sky made him cough non-stop and he couldn't sleep well at night.

 He no longer followed the army that opened the way, but slowly hung at the end of the group.

The fires have created more and more exposed open spaces, which are scorched black everywhere, and a lot of ashes are still smoking. Occasionally, you can see roasted wild animals halfway along the way.

Everything you can see must be inedible, and the edible ones have long been eaten by people.

 “It’s really an ecological disaster”

Lin Yi muttered and said no more. Now is not the time to be pretentious.

 In the evening, it started to rain.

Lin Yi took shelter from the rain for a day at Hong Ying's suggestion.

Who would have known that on the second day, halfway through, I found that the newly built road had been washed away by mudslides again.

Lin Yi had no choice but to rest for another day, waiting for the civilians to rebuild the road.

 Two days later, we walked down a hill and finally entered the plain area.

 Then he saw a small rice field, in which the grass grew taller and thicker than the rice.

Lin Yi curiously picked off the rice ears and twisted several grains of millet with his hands. They were all shriveled and had no pulp at all.

 He finally understood why these tribes were starving even though they were guarding thousands of miles of fertile wilderness.

 “Is this the Qian tribe?”

 “Your Majesty, here is my honest brother too!”

Kang Bao, the leader of the Lian people who once detained the craftsmen and extorted Lin Yi for ransom, also led 300 tribesmen to follow the Baiyun City army this time.

The Chief Secretary promised them that after the matter is completed, they can freely enter and leave Baiyun City without any control or restriction.

While he was talking, Wang Xing led a group of people over, followed by a group of men and women covered in color.

Wang Xing pointed to a strong man and said, "Your Majesty, this is Chen Dashui, the leader of the honest men here."

Kang Bao stepped forward and hugged the leader named Chen Dashui. The two chattered for a while, but no one could understand.

Kang Bao turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, my brother Chen Dashui said that as long as you give household allowances, they will bring five thousand good men to help your Majesty in the battle!"

 “Household sticker?”

Lin Yi smiled and shook his head and said, "You are from Sanhe. Regardless of whether you help me or not, you will get household allowance. This is not a condition."

 Kang Bao spoke to Chen Dashui for a while, then turned back and continued, "They said they wanted to go to Baiyun City to learn kung fu."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Is it that simple?"

 After Kang Bao turned around to confirm, he nodded firmly and said, "Your Majesty, I have no other requirements."

Lin Yi naturally has no reason not to allow it.

After spending the past few days on the mountain, Lin Yi planned to rest at the Lian tribe. However, when he heard that these Lian people lived in the mountains and needed to turn back, he immediately said he would not go.

 Just rest where you are for a day.

 “Where are the troops of Ayugu?”

Lin Yi asked Wang Xingdao.

Wang Xing said, "Your Majesty, according to yesterday's news, the three thousand vanguard troops of Ayu Kingdom clashed with the nearby Qian people tribe. Some of the Qian people hid in the mountains, and some fled here. They have joined Lord Chen Xinluo's cavalry and agreed to help. Mr. Chen leads the way.”

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Just these three thousand people?

 What about the back? "

Wang Xingdao, "There are more than 5,000 civilians accompanying the 3,000 vanguard troops. The people of Ayu are not afraid of death. Even the civilians have considerable fighting power.

 This is why the barbarians are ferocious. "

 “How is the road ahead? Is it easy to walk?”

Lin Yi finally took off his clothes this time and was shirtless.

Wang Xing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the road ahead is very smooth. Except for some swamps, it is not as difficult as before."

 “That’s good.”

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

 This is no war!

 It is clearly climbing Mount Everest!

 (End of this chapter)