In the royal tent of King Beidi.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Ji Dynasty, who was wearing a dark dress, sat opposite King Beidi. Although there was no tension between the two of them in the past few days, they were not talking happily.
On the contrary, Lu Yunyan, the former Princess of Beidi and now the Queen Mother Regent of Beidi, who was sitting on the throne, smiled and seemed to be the only one who was happy to see the scene in front of her.
The reason why Lu Yun is in such a happy mood today is because she just met her nephew Lu Bingxi last night. Lu Yun couldn't help but sigh in his heart that after so many years, his father was still strategizing as always.
It turned out that Lu Yun's years of life outside the Great Wall had long erased her sense of belonging to Fan Yang's Lu family. However, the one who was sent here today was not the father who had induced her to marry into the Beidi Royal Court, nor was he the fourth brother who had failed to achieve anything but failed. He was not even the elder brother who had the best relationship with her back then but had no idea how he had changed over the years. younger brother.
It's the innocent and frank nephew in front of him. His personality may not be suitable for serving as an official in the court, but as a friendly signal to Lu Yun, it is very suitable.
Because Lu Bingxi was innocent, pure, enthusiastic and sincere, even if Lu Yun had complaints about his father and the Fan Yang Lu family, it would be difficult to direct his anger at this child. Because there is an almost sincere light about him.
Lu Yun is the same kind of person as his father Lu Zhi from beginning to end. They are good at planning, but they can't resist sincerity and purity. With Lu Bingxi acting as the lubrication for both parties, and Wang Jian, who is so smart, making plans, we have the situation where both parties can sit down and talk openly today.
"His Royal Highness the King of Beidi, I am Pei Jian, an official of the Eastern Palace of His Highness the Crown Prince. We are here to attack the Hulu Khan who has offended our power and the power of the emperor. Ji Dynasty and Beidi have a mutual friendship, so you may wish to join us. Ji and DPRK jointly conquered Hulu Khan."
Although the King of Beidi was young, he already had the aura of a king. After hearing these words, he calmly asked, "I can watch your Ji Dynasty and Hulu Khan fight each other, and wait until Hulu Khan is defeated before sending out troops." Won't it be more cost-effective to gather the power of Hulu Khan than to cooperate with you?"
Lu Yun, who was sitting on the upper hand, scolded his son lightly, "Shut up, don't be rude. This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ji Dynasty, the crown prince of Ji Dynasty, and the future emperor of Ji Dynasty."
His Royal Highness the Prince did not feel dissatisfied, "The King of Beidi said this, which shows that he has extraordinary knowledge. However, the Zhudu tribe in the North all lives on bamboo, water and grass. If the water and grass are plentiful that year, the natural resources will be abundant and the people will be abundant. But if God does not do anything that year beautiful......"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's intention is that Beidi also needs Jichao, rather than Jichao unilaterally seeking Beidi. It's just that His Highness the Crown Prince always understood the truth and didn't continue.
King Beidi was still unconvinced and was about to say something, but was stopped by his mother's eyes. As the Queen Mother Regent of Beidi, Lu Yunhan smiled and said, "What my son said is reasonable, and what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is also reasonable."
In fact, both parties present here know very well that today's alliance is a foregone conclusion. The two parties have already tested it countless times in private, and the conditions and benefits of the alliance have been almost agreed upon.
It's just that he doesn't want to fight for more benefits to show that he is not the more humble party in this alliance. Sure enough, after testing each other to no avail, the two sides quickly reached cooperation.
That night, bonfires were lit in the Beidi royal court and cattle and sheep were slaughtered to celebrate the alliance.
The next day, with the help of King Beidi, His Highness the Prince used his troops like a god and ordered the troops to advance at full speed, making sure to catch Hulu Khan by surprise. How could Hulu Khan withstand such an offensive? Even if he escaped from the large army, he only led a small team and left his family members behind to escape alone.
But what Hulu Khan didn't expect was that just two days later, His Royal Highness the Prince used some method to find Hulu Khan's lair as if with divine help. At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only led 3,000 light cavalry troops, which became the nightmare of Hulu Khan's life.
That day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting on a sweaty horse from the Western Regions. He was wearing light armor with a silvery light. It was cold in the night on the grassland, as if covered with a layer of frost, crushing the cold ground like this. When the moonlight comes, it reminds people of the legendary God of Death who is both handsome and cruel.
However, His Highness the Prince did not ask anyone to light a torch, and even his subordinates did not know how His Highness the Prince accurately found Hulu Khan on the vast grassland. But this did not prevent His Royal Highness from becoming a legend in the military and a god that countless people wanted to follow.
"Hu Lu, you disturbed the border of my country and the DPRK, kidnapped my women and children, and plundered my and DPRK's money. Do you know your crime?"
Hulu Khan, who was being detained on the ground and was being turned around and forced to look up at His Highness the Crown Prince, let out a disdainful scolding in his nose, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. The weak eat the strong. You Han people are just helping us guard our food and grass." It's just a storehouse of food, treasures and women. I'll rob it if I can. What's wrong is that you are weak and unable to protect your own food, treasures and women.
I am in your hands now because I am unlucky and I admit defeat. You are only able to become the prince because you were born into a good child, and how much more noble are you than me. Don't educate me there. "
When the soldiers around him heard this, they kicked him hard. A mouthful of blood spurted out from Hulu Khan's mouth, but he still refused to admit defeat and taunted him, "How long do you think you can be noble? How long can you be glorious? I know this even from beyond the Great Wall. Your younger brother has long since replaced you. When you return to Beijing this time, do you think you can go back alive?
Hahahahaha, I am not as good as you in my background. If I lose, I will admit defeat. But you, a person with a better background than me, will lose everything sooner or later, and I will not lose. "
When he was about to die, he still spoke arrogantly. His Royal Highness, who was listening to all this, did indeed look calm without any change. He just raised his chin and faintly motioned to Wen Zheng, "No need to talk nonsense with him, just kill him."
Hulu Khan, who had made a name for himself in the North since the robbery of Xuanhua City and had been active on the border for more than ten years, died under the sword of the prince.
His Highness the Crown Prince looked calm, as if he didn't know that the purpose of his personal expedition was over.
On the second day, His Royal Highness the Prince returned to the camp with the group of light cavalry troops and the head of Hulu Khan. Pei Jian had been waiting in the camp for a long time. God knows how anxious he was when His Royal Highness proposed that he would lead three thousand light cavalry troops to hunt down Hulu Khan.
He almost said the words "poor bandit, Mo Zhui", but His Highness the Crown Prince returned safely so quickly, and even brought the head of the person he was conscripting with this time.
Even Pei Jian, who had always had a deep understanding of His Highness the Crown Prince's wisdom and martial prowess, couldn't help but be dumbfounded at this moment.
"Your Highness, is this really Hulu Khan, and you three thousand light cavalry beheaded him?" Pei Jian couldn't believe it, but everything in front of him clearly told him that this was the fact. .
His Royal Highness the Prince was extremely calm, as if such military exploits were not worth bragging about. He didn't say much, just said lightly that he was tired and wanted to rest, and then returned to his tent. Then, His Highness the Prince simply took a shower and then lay down to rest.
Pei Jian was even more shocked, but His Highness the Crown Prince obviously didn't want to say anything at the moment, and he didn't have the guts to surround His Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to speak, so he could only focus on Wen Zheng, who was accompanying His Highness the Crown Prince on the expedition.
"Sir Wen, His Highness the Crown Prince is really wise and powerful. Can you tell me how you captured Hulu Khan in one fell swoop?"
Wen Zheng didn't want to pay attention to him. Such military exploits sounded prestigious, but in fact, running around for two days and nights without sleep made him extremely tired.
Wen Zheng turned around and was about to leave when he heard Pei Jian say, "The Crown Princess's brother, Mr. Lu, has been in our camp these days. I heard that he sends a letter home every half a month. Tell me, I'll send the Crown Princess home." I would like to describe His Highness’s military exploits in detail and send it to His Highness the Crown Princess in his family letter. Will His Highness the Crown Prince agree?”
Wen Zheng turned around and came back again, and Pei Jian got his wish and learned how the Crown Prince had captured Hulu Khan this time. Of course, Pei Jian kept his promise and went to Lu Bingxi's tent to tell him about the matter.
Since the mission met with the army personally marched by the imperial commander, Lu Bingxi's favorable impression of His Royal Highness has been increasing day by day. Now that he heard about Pei Jian's request, he immediately agreed.
His Royal Highness the Prince slept for a full day and night before he recovered. The first thing he did after waking up was to summon military advisers to discuss how to return to the capital. That's right, that's how to get back to the capital.
If his guess was correct, his father would no longer be able to tolerate him. In the eyes of his father, this personal expedition was an opportunity for him, the prince, to die with dignity, and later on he would probably be able to gain a good reputation for dying in battle.
And if he was unwilling to die on the battlefield as his father wished, then his most likely chance to take action would be on his way back to Beijing.
In other words, killing Hulu Khan was just the beginning. The subsequent journey back to Beijing was the real difficulty he would face.
As soon as this guess was revealed, all the military advisors present took a deep breath. There is no father or son in the Tian family, and they, the military strategists, knew that, but the father could no longer tolerate his son and wanted him to die, which was still beyond their expectations.
"Your Highness, are you serious about this? If the incident of intercepting and killing the imperial convoy's troops is leaked out, I'm afraid it will become the laughing stock of the whole world. Is your Majesty really going to do this?"
His Highness the Crown Prince remained calm as before, as if he had always had this lukewarm and unresponsive attitude towards the outside world since the news of the imperial conquest came. He said coldly, "So what if he is the laughingstock of the whole world? Don't you think that His Majesty still cares about these things?"
Thinking that at this juncture of the imperial conquest, the fact that the palace actually wanted to select worldly beauties to enter the palace had already become a laughing stock all over the world, these military advisors suddenly realized that His Majesty had indeed acted loosely, as if there was nothing she cared about anymore. thing.
Under this premise, it is not impossible for him to not care about His Royal Highness as his son.
