Soon after, he received a letter from Jiao Jiao complaining, "Second brother, who are the people you sent? They are all thin-skinned and tender, weak and frail. They feel tired after taking two steps;
I was very picky about my meals. One moment I thought the food was not fresh enough, another moment I didn’t like the meat being overcooked, and another moment I said the heat was wrong. This is a military camp, not a restaurant! "
Finally, he urged again: "Hurry up and send someone to take over the government affairs!"
Ji Yun stopped laughing, picked up his pen and replied: I believe your charm will conquer them.
"Your Majesty, Lord Pei is here."
Ji Yun said hurriedly: "Please come quickly."
After seeing the ceremony, Pei Zheng said: "It was too long ago, and the clues left on the bones are limited and difficult to investigate. Only the baby's skeleton can be used to make some articles, but there is no conclusive evidence and it can be easily overturned.
Moreover, even if it is found out, it is still the problem of the National Preceptor's Office, and the female ghost can completely push it away just by lax control.
Even if the snake strikes seven inches, I still suggest to investigate the female ghost directly. After so many years, she will definitely leave some clues! "
Ji Yun rubbed the blood-red White Di King's seal on the table and said, "Shi Ru said that he once picked up a little girl's embroidered shoes in Kuocang Mountain. The fabric was new and luxurious, and the workmanship was exquisite. Maybe this will be a breakthrough."
"Do you suspect that the female ghost killed the little girl?"
Ji Yun nodded. The female ghost was always cautious. Except for the fortune teller who taught her personally, the four high priests were not allowed to go up the mountain.
Kuocang Mountain has a dangerous terrain and is heavily guarded, so it is basically possible to rule out stray intruders; the embroidered shoes are in new color and cannot be left behind by the former commander.
The little girl appeared in Kuocang Mountain, and she could only be brought there by the female ghost.
Pei Zheng murmured strangely: "Why is she taking a little girl up the mountain? To ask for her life? To inhale Yang Qi? No, there is no need to take her up the mountain."
Thinking of the female ghost wanting his own Yin Qi, Ji Yun thought, "Maybe it's because of the strange fate. I remember that Xuanmen has a saying about Yin years, Yin months, Yin sun, Yin times. People born at these special times are naturally suitable for ghosts. Let’s do some business and find out if anyone with a strange destiny has gone missing in the past few years.”
"It's a direction, I'll check it out right now!"
Ji Yun waved his hand: "Leave these matters to others. I have come to you for other important matters. You go to Baidi to take over the government affairs and handle the surrender matters, leaving Jiao Jiao free to concentrate on chasing the Fenxi Army."
Pei Zheng held up his forehead and said, "I am a mother to your precious sister again. I think she is doing both well."
"I've been impatient for a long time," Ji Yun raised the letter in his hand and shook it, "Well, this is the third time this month that I've received a letter urging you."
Pei Zheng accepted his fate, packed his bags and rushed to Baidi when he returned home.
Half a month later, Jiao Jiao almost burst into tears when she heard that Pei Zheng had arrived. She immediately blocked him in the carriage with a lot of letters and documents to be processed.
She raised her hand to summon Yang Yuan, the sixth young master of Cheng'en Palace: "Sixth cousin, send Mr. Pei Jiu to the royal court immediately!"
Pei Zheng, who was about to get out of the car, was stunned. Xuan Er pushed her away, jumped out of the car, and said angrily: "I have come all the way here, why don't you let me rest."
Jiao Jiao raised his eyebrows at Huang Tao and motioned for her to put the letters and documents into the carriage. He smiled and said to Pei Zheng, "It's the same for you taking a carriage and resting on the way."
Then he turned around and pointed at the soldiers from the supply camp who were dismantling tents and packing items, "Look, I'm getting ready to leave."
Pei Zheng: "..."
"Don't worry, I will ask General Zheng Shen to lead 20,000 troops to guard the palace. They will ensure your safety!"
The army was already preparing to leave. What could Pei Zheng do? He could only seize the time to ask about business: "What regulations did you have for each tribe before? Which ones can be trusted, which ones need to be won over, and which ones need to be targeted. Give me a list."
"What other regulations can there be? I only have a few soldiers and horses. I have to chase the remnants of Fenxi. It is extremely difficult to leave 20,000 people to guard the royal court. How can I have the energy to care about anything else.
If they are restless, they will be beaten. If they do not obey, they will be killed. "
Pei Zheng was stunned, "So rude?"
Jiao Jiao shrugged: "As long as it's easy. When we invaded the royal court, those princes and ministers made a fuss. I picked a few kings who came forward and killed them, and the others immediately became honest."
Pei Zheng was speechless, he just felt that he must have been kicked in the head by a donkey before, so he thought that she was doing a good job of balancing things.
This was just like guarding prisoners. Thanks to her high prestige, such a simple and crude method did not go wrong for so long.
Jiao Jiao added: "Don't worry, Bai Di wanted to take Shuobei in one fell swoop and mobilized elite soldiers and horses from various tribes to form the Fenxi Army.
After King Bai Di was taken prisoner, many tribal soldiers defected to the Fenxi Army. Even if the remaining tribes made trouble, they would not cause any splash.
Speaking of which, Bai Di is really strange. I heard that many tribes were dissatisfied with King Bai Di in the past and would cause trouble from time to time.
I thought that after King Bai Di was captured, they would take advantage of the situation and proclaim themselves kings under the banner of restoring the country. Unexpectedly, they joined the Fenxi Army one after another. "
While she was speaking, Yang Yuan had already led the horse over and was waiting beside the carriage, looking as if he was ready to set off immediately.
"I just have a hard life." Pei Zheng sighed, took out a letter and handed it to her, "Your second brother gave it to you."
After saying that, he resigned himself to getting on the carriage and headed to the royal court.
After reading the letter, Jiao Jiao rubbed his chin, charmed? What charm do you have...
She turned around and looked under the big tree not far away. Several young men had gotten melon and fruit snacks from nowhere and were eating melon seeds and fruits leisurely and chatting. They were in sharp contrast to the busy logistics soldiers.
Looking at it made people angry, so she looked away in disgust, planning to just ignore it.
Suddenly, a loud bang came from the direction of several people.
Looking up, I saw a baggage cart overturned and grain spilled on the floor. The logistics soldier pushing the cart fell beside the cart in the posture of a dog chewing mud. There was a banana peel not far from his feet.
Jiao Jiao suddenly became furious. He fought continuously and the baggage trucks were severely damaged. At present, everything in Bai Di was undecided and supplies were difficult. Every truck was extremely important.
Before she could respond, a tall, thick-set young man with a face as black as coal cursed: "You bitch, don't you have eyes? You ruined my..."
"Shut up!" The culprits were so arrogant, and Jiao Jiao's mood dropped to freezing point.
Seeing her coming, the young masters stood up one after another, quickly threw away the melon seeds and fruits, and saluted unnaturally: "Third Princess."
Her face was as cold as frost, and she looked at the charcoal young man Yang Heguang coldly: "Pick it up and apologize!"
Yang and Guang argued: "I didn't throw it, it was..."
"I don't like repetition."
"I told you that I didn't throw it away!" Yang Heguang frowned, his face full of dissatisfaction, "Princess, you don't know right from wrong and you are unfair in dealing with things. I don't accept it!"
After saying that, he glanced at the logistics soldier again and said contemptuously: "Apologise to him? Is he worthy of being a corvee?"
Jiao Jiao's patience was running out in an instant. Compared with the regular army charging into battle, the logistics camp was indeed inferior, but this did not mean that the logistics camp was unimportant. Sometimes, they could even determine the outcome of a war!
Besides, these delicate young masters haven’t even gone to the battlefield yet. They have been eating and drinking for free for so long, and yet they dare to despise the logistics soldiers!
She suddenly raised her foot and kicked him hard.
Yang Heguang was used to being domineering in Shangjing, so he didn't expect that she would take action directly. Without any precautions, he was immediately kicked out and slid on the ground for a foot before he could stop.
He curled up and gasped in pain.
A group of young masters were stunned on the spot. For more than ten years, to them, the third princess was a little girl who had been raised in the palace with beautiful branches and beautiful leaves, fluttering butterflies and admiring flowers.
During the days when she came to Dingwu Army, there was no war, and she was never seen wielding a sword or a gun. In their inherent impression, she was still the delicate little princess.
Suddenly seeing such a violent scene, everyone couldn't help but be in a trance. Yang Heguang was covered in flesh, and it was difficult for them, adult men, to pick him up. But the third princess's kick was a real kick, or her feet were lifted off the ground. kind of.
What's even more horrifying is that she doesn't blush or pant, and looks very relaxed, as if she just raised her feet casually.
Jiao Jiao walked over slowly and looked down at Yang Heguang, "Don't accept it? Hold it in."
After a pause, he added: "Since you look down on the logistics soldiers so much, from now on, I will go to work as a errand in the supply camp."
Yang Heguang's heart tightened, and he ignored the pain in his abdomen and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Princess, please forgive me. I know I was wrong."
Bai Di's overall situation has been decided, and victory is a certainty. They came here to get gold, and they went to the supply camp. They had no chance to participate in the war, so how could they make meritorious deeds?
Thinking of this, he turned to look at the logistics soldier and apologized neatly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have insulted you."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the logistics soldier to speak, he turned to look at Jiao Jiao expectantly, "Princess, I have your great forgiveness..."
Jiao Jiao was unmoved, turned around, and glanced sharply at everyone: "Who threw the banana peel?"
"Me." One person stood up weakly, "I'm not the reason..."
"Go to the baggage camp too." Jiao Jiao was not in the mood to listen to his excuses and interrupted directly, "If you don't want to go, get out."
After saying that, she turned and left.
The logistics soldiers were grateful and admired: "Congratulations, Marshal!"
Looking at Yang Heguang and Xing Hongyi, who were mourning for their heirs, all the young masters felt chills in their hearts. Xing Hongyi was the nephew of Xing Zhizhou, the young master of Dingyuan Prefecture and the general of the Hussars. Yang Heguang was a branch of the British Duke's family, and both of them had high status.
The third princess showed no mercy at all and punished her as she was told.
Looking at the logistics soldiers leaving and remembering his words "marshal", all the princes realized that the reason why the soldiers respected and convinced her was not because she was a princess.
On the other side, Jiao Jiao, who was leaving, looked at the letter in his hand and murmured to himself: "It is better to suppress with violence!"
Conquering these dandy brothers who are not as high as hers, whose positions are not as big as hers, and who are not as powerful as hers, is to flatter them too much!
She folded the letter and handed it to Huang Tao: "Old rules, put it away."
At noon, the scouts returned and found the exact location of the Fenxi Army. The army immediately pursued them. The two sides fought in Yandang Mountain. Three days later, the Fenxi Army was defeated and fled again.
Taking advantage of the steep terrain of Yandang Mountain, they broke into pieces, crossed the mountain and escaped in three ways.
The Dingwu Army naturally divided its forces into three groups to pursue the enemy. This pursuit lasted for a whole month, spanning almost half of Baidi, and killed tens of thousands of enemies. The Fenxi Army only had 50,000 elite cavalry left to escape.
Now that the enemy's whereabouts had been lost, Jiao Jiao ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot and take the opportunity to have a good rest.
She took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone to record the battle situation during the month.
Huang Tao was grinding beside her, and when he saw her tired face, he couldn't help but persuade her: "Princess, please rest first. I haven't slept well for a whole month. Even gods can't bear it. It's the same if I write it down when I have time. It’s all over.”
Huang Tao was puzzled as to why he bothered to record the battles that had already been fought. Those battles were already over. Even if a better strategic arrangement was discovered during the recording, it was just an afterthought and useless.
Why not use this time to rest and recharge your batteries.
Even if you want to record it, you can do it when you have free time.
Jiao Jiao shook his head: "The brain can only remember so many things. As time goes by, many details will be forgotten. We must review them in time after the war."
It took her half an hour to record everything, and just as she was going to rest, Wei Daqiang's personal guards arrived.
"Marshal, our people found traces of the Fenxi Army near Shijiao Mountain. The general has already led people to chase them."
"Shijiao Mountain," Jiao Jiao repeated softly, subconsciously looking at the map at hand to find the location of Shijiao Mountain.
Soon, it was found.
Shijiao Mountain is located at the junction of Jilan Plain and Xubei Hills. Over Shijiao Mountain, you will reach the Jilan Plain.
She was stunned. The commander of Fenxi Army had his brain kicked by a donkey. Was he planning to race horses with them on the plain?
Suddenly, her eyes narrowed and she spoke loudly: "Huang Tao, bring me my notes!"
Huang Tao hurriedly took his notes, flipped through them, and circled a few points on the map with his pen, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
This was the escape route of the Fenxi Army. After marking it one by one on the map, she discovered that this was not the first time that such a situation of seeking death occurred, but it was not so obvious before.
Sometimes, just at the fork in the road, the Fenxi Army chose a more dangerous direction.
"Why do I feel that they are deliberately leading us to a certain direction to the west?" She supported her chin and checked the locations behind Shijiao Mountain one by one. There were indeed several locations that were very suitable for an ambush.
But she felt that she was not a fool, and she would be cautious and cautious in dealing with dangerous situations. Even if there was an ambush, she would not be able to hit them hard in one fell swoop.
What is the purpose of the Fenxi Army?
After convening a meeting with high-level generals to discuss, they still found nothing. It was hard for everyone to imagine what kind of shocking trap the Fenxi Army could set with its current 50,000 troops.
What's more, since King Bai Di was captured and announced his surrender, nearly 100,000 Fenxi troops have died on the way to escape. The price is too high.
"Go and call General Wei back."
After pondering, Jiao Jiao made a decisive decision. No matter what the other party's conspiracy was, the best way now was to directly capture these 50,000 troops. By then, no matter what conspiracy he had, it would not work.
She looked at the map and circled the Nagawa Ridge where the decisive battle would take place with a red pen.
"Everyone, no matter what method you use, you must force the Fenxi Army to Nagawa Ridge..."
It was night, with heavy rain pouring down. Jiao Jiao rushed out with 5,000 elite cavalry. He rode fast and traveled day and night. He detoured to the front of Nagawa Ridge and completed the encirclement with the rest of the troops.
(End of chapter)
