Sun Tzu said: "Victory in a hundred battles is not a good thing." He who subdues the enemy's troops without fighting is a good person. Therefore, the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
When Li Ye was in the Imperial City, his husband explained these principles to him repeatedly. Only after arriving in southern Xinjiang did he truly understand the truth behind them.
After the battle between the three towns, he understood its meaning more deeply.
Sometimes, Li Ye thought to himself that it was a good thing that the letter of challenge brought by his husband was unprecedented in this world. Otherwise, even with his own personal ability, even if he died of exhaustion, he would not be able to defeat the more than 200,000 troops from the grassland tribes.
Li Ye was even thinking that God was really kind to him. Nanyun City only had one side facing the enemy, and the grassland tribes had millions of soldiers and horses, but they couldn't form a situation to surround him.
As long as they don't surround themselves, they will have plenty of strategies to deal with them slowly.
He had already foreseen the scene of the great battle after the spring. The fire rising into the sky drowned countless iron knights, and the pursuing soldiers and horses crushed the dreams of the grassland tribes.
I am afraid that the gentleman who is far away in the imperial city would not have thought that he could use the strategies in the art of war in this way.
Li Ye just had lunch with Yang Kaiyi and the First Emperor, and the three of them chatted for a while in the afternoon. After Shen Shi took it easy, they returned to their mansion.
Back at the house, Nalanyu was already sitting in the room making tea with Mumu.
"Where is Wang Tianhua?" Li Ye looked at Nalan Yu and asked.
"He went to live in the military camp. He said he wanted to fight with the soldiers so that he could be taken care of after he went to the battlefield." Nalanyu replied.
Li Ye nodded, looked at Mu Mu and said, "Where are Wei Qingyu and Yueying?"
"Sister Wei is teaching Yue Ying how to practice, and Yue Ying is teaching her archery." Mu Mu looked at Li Ye and curled her lips: "Brother went out to find delicious food and didn't call me."
Li Ye was startled, reached out and knocked her on the head, and said, "I am discussing the war with City Lord Yang and the eldest prince, so why don't I also ask you for instructions?"
Mu Mu was also stunned and did not dare to say anything more at the moment.
Looking at the two of them, Li Ye felt a little overwhelmed and said quietly: "You two, one is my eldest brother and the other is my sister, but after the Spring Festival, you are both soldiers of Southern Xinjiang."
Seeing Li Ye getting angry, Mu Mu whispered "Oh" and turned back to look at Nalan Yu without making a sound.
Nalan Yu poured a cup of tea for Li Ye and said with a smile, "Don't get angry yet. I have some good news for you."
"Where do you mean that?" Li Ye stared at him.
"I took Wang Tianhua and a dozen soldiers to carefully inspect the dozens of pits. There are no problems with the pipes. Even the hidden pipe connected to the moat stinks like hell."
Looking at Li Ye, Nalan Yu laughed loudly.
"This is good news." Li Ye nodded, looked at him and continued: "Before the war starts, you have to take someone to check every five days. There must be no mistakes."
Nalan Yu patted his chest and said with a smile: "I know which one you dug to dig a big hole for thousands of people. There will never be a single mistake. If you make a mistake, you will chop off my head!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Ye picked up the tea cup and took a sip, looked at him and said, "As long as this is done, I and you will be remembered by the emperor!"
"Isn't this song my brother's? Why did it become Brother Nalan's again?" Mu Mu stared at Li Ye and asked in confusion.
Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "What do I need credit for? Do you want me to be the prince and make you the future queen?"
When Mu Mu heard this, she was so angry that she jumped over and lay on Li Ye's back, biting him hard. After a while, she raised her head and said, "I won't let you talk nonsense!"
Li Ye stretched his hands and held her to sit next to him. He was not afraid of the pain. After all, his body was comparable to a being in the Tribulation Realm.
"Whatever credit I apply for you and eldest brother is reasonable, and no one can find any reason to object. But if the emperor rewards me again, those old guys in the court will not be able to sleep."
"Could it be that the Emperor is afraid that your great achievements will shock the Lord?" Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye, a little surprised.
Shaking his head, Li Ye replied calmly: "The Emperor is not afraid, but some people are."
Mu Mu and Nalan Yu both fell silent upon hearing this.
Li Ye touched Mu Mu's hair and continued: "As long as someone can't sleep well, he will keep causing trouble for me, and I will keep thinking of ways to solve these troubles."
"Mu Mu helped my brother deal with them, and let's see if they dare to come to Nanyun City. Isn't there also Brother Nalan? We are not afraid because there are many of us!"
Mu Mu looked at Li Ye and Nalan Yu, clenched her fists and said.
Nalan Yu also nodded and replied: "Don't worry, this southern Xinjiang is our world, we don't have to worry about them coming to cause trouble."
Li Ye couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the two of them, shook his head and continued.
"And I am a person who is afraid of trouble. Should I fight this war when the time comes? Should I kill those people? After I kill people, how will the emperor and the people in the palace face me?"
"Everything is fine, let's take him to the wilderness outside the city to feed the wolves. I think the wolves here have been hungry all winter!" Mu Mu muttered in a low voice.
When Nalanyu heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
"I get a headache just thinking about these stupid things. Do you understand my difficulties?" Li Yewuyou smiled helplessly.
"It seems that we have thought of things too simply." Nalan Yu said in a deep voice.
Mu Mu held his hand and whispered: "Mu Mu will not be willful with my brother in the future."
Li You patted her hand and said, "It's okay. Why are you two messing around? We are still a family and we don't have any thoughts about life and death, but some people are different."
"I understand that it's important to be on guard against others. This is what my mother taught me." Mu Mu looked at him and said coldly.
"That's the truth! After the war is over, we will go to Xuantian Temple and care who lives and who dies in his dynasty? We don't even have enough time to practice ourselves." Li Ye said lightly.
On Fangcun Mountain, whether it is Xuantian Temple or Prajna Temple, they are paradise on earth in Li Ye's eyes.
Li Ye and Mu Mu were used to life in the mountains. Every night on the mountain, except for temples and Taoist temples, they could no longer see any lights, and except for the sound of bells and drums and the chirping of birds, no other sounds could be heard.
So when they returned to the Imperial City in winter, they thought they would see a quiet and solemn city, but they did not expect that the Imperial City in winter would still be an annoying, crowded and chaotic city.
He likes silence.
Tranquility can lead to great distances.
After appeasing the two of them, Li Ye suddenly thought of Wang Tianhua and Wei Qingyu. He couldn't help but look at Nalan Yu and asked, "Brother, what do you think of these two people?"
When Nalan Yu heard Li Ye suddenly ask about the two of them, he couldn't help but frown and lowered his head in thought. The two of them came in a hurry yesterday, and he really didn't think about anything else.
"I heard the emperor once mentioned that Wang Tianhua's father, Wang Zhi, is relatively upright and will not play politics with the right minister and others. He is a trustworthy official."
"And Wei Qingyu's father, Wei Xian, is a neutral general. He is neither friendly with the eldest prince nor clinging to the second prince. He only obeys the orders of the emperor. This is why the emperor keeps him by his side."
"As for the two of them, the children of these powerful people are not under our surveillance at all. I am not a student of the Royal Academy, so naturally I don't know about them." Nalan Yu analyzed the situation one by one with Li Ye.
"Then don't worry about it for now. As long as you don't cause trouble for me, you will stay. If you dare to do any tricks, get rid of me immediately. Even if you are a favor from the eldest prince, I won't buy it."
"I'm here to fight, not to play politics." Li Ye suddenly became a little irritable.
The mood that had finally calmed down was inexplicably stirred up.
Li Ye really wanted to run up to the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi and say, "Replace me, please."
...
The following days were uneventful. After the seventh day but the beginning of spring, Li Ye led his army outside the city to start spring plowing.
Before the prairie army comes, you have to hurry up. Every day is extremely precious.
I once read a poem in Chunfeng Academy: "Spring rain is as precious as oil." But in Li Ye's eyes, every moment is like a big bucket of oil.
Wei Qingyu is a girl who can endure hardships. She followed Mu Mu and Yueying to the outside of the city. Although she couldn't plow the ground and sow seeds, she helped a lot with things like pouring tea and water.
It took seven days to plant half of the more than 3,000 acres of land. Li Ye told Nalan Yu that everyone would have a day off on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
...
Just as Li Ye was leading Mu Mu, Yue Ying, and Wei Qingyu to decorate the lanterns, the city lord's palace welcomed a group of people he would never have expected.
This made Li Ye, who felt uneasy, like seeing a light in the distance in the dark night.
The husband led Li Hongxiu, Ye Zhiqiu led Li Xiaoxue, and the master followed behind. Under the leadership of the guards, the group walked into the mansion where Li Ye lived.
"Father, mother, sir, mistress, sister!" Li Ye called each one one by one, took Li Xiaoxue's little hand, scraped her nose, and asked, "Did you miss me?"
Li Xiaoxue raised her head and looked at him, squinting her eyes and smiling: "Xiaoxue misses my brother so much. No, I'm coming to Southern Xinjiang to see you before the new year is over."
"Where is Shangguan Qiu Ming and his mother?" Li Ye couldn't help but ask, thinking of the little guy with a tough head and a tough head.
"Early before the New Year, his father came to the Imperial City to take them back to Fengyun City." Li Xiaoxue pouted and said.
Mu Mu obediently stepped forward and took Ye Zhiqiu's hand, coquettishly saying: "Mom, you are finally here. Mu Mu and brother miss you so much."
Ye Zhiqiu reached out and touched her hair, and said with a smile: "You are now the princess, you have to remember to be a lady, you know?"
Mu Mu pointed at Li Xiaoxue and said, "My sister is also the princess. Is there a female official here to teach her the etiquette in the palace?"
"Why didn't you teach her? She even took her to the palace to play several times. I accompanied her there." Li Hongxiu, who was behind her, stepped forward and hugged Mu Mu.
Mu Mu giggled: "Master's wife is too partial and doesn't even take Mu Mu with her."
Li Hongxiu glared at him: "Now that you have a brand, you can go in and out freely. How can I take care of you? I don't even have a brand?"
Seeing Li Hongxiu's words getting more and more outrageous, the husband couldn't help but laugh: "Let's talk about it after we enter the room."
Li Ye stepped forward to greet the Master and said, "Disciple has met the Master and wishes to say hello to the Master and the Master."
Li Hongxiu looked at him and felt really happy. She patted his hand and said, "Be good, my wife will give you a red envelope later."
Li Ye blushed and thought, I am the one who gives red envelopes every year, okay?
Seeing such a large group of people coming, Yueying was so frightened that she hid aside and didn't dare to speak.
Li Ye saw this, holding Li Xiaoxue with one hand, and holding her little hand with the other as they walked into the house.
After Ye Zhiqiu, Mr. and others were seated safely, Li Ye took Yueying's little hand and walked to Ye Zhiqiu, smiling and saying:
"Mother, this is the sister I recognized in the southern wilderness. Her name is Yueying. Her mother is also here."
Looking back at the shy Yueying, Li Ye smiled quietly and said, "Yueying, you can call me mother or godmother, it's up to you."
Yueying nodded gently and whispered in Li Ye's ear: "I want to ask my mother first." After saying that, she saluted Ye Zhiqiu and then the Master.
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said: "You can call her whatever you want. From now on we will be a family. Xiaoxue Mumu has an extra sister. I am really happy."
Even she didn't expect that her son had just arrived in southern Xinjiang, and before the war started, he had picked up a younger sister for herself.
This reminded Ye Zhiqiu of Li Ye's practice on Tianshan Mountain, where he picked up Mu Mu before he could make any breakthrough.
