Li Ye glanced at Zhang Derong's body which was dragged out of the tent by the guards, picked up the imperial edict from the ground, opened it and read it softly.
"In response to Tianshun's timing, and upon receiving this sacred order, I order the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Dynasty and the two Imperial Advisors to suspend the war in southern Xinjiang from now on and return to the Imperial Dynasty to resume their duties. This is your honor!"
"They are crazy. They don't even care about the safety of southern Xinjiang for the sake of the throne." The eldest prince said bitterly.
"If I'm not wrong, they want to change the commander before the battle, and then replace me as the national teacher, and then send someone to clean up the mess in southern Xinjiang." Li Ye looked at him and smiled lightly.
"Are they pig-brained? If we leave and give the grassland tribes a chance to breathe, will there be a second chance?" The eldest prince slammed the table.
Li Ye looked at the excited eldest prince, shook his head and replied: "So, I killed his eunuchs who announced the decree, cut off their thoughts, and see how the ministers in the imperial city respond."
After the eldest prince chatted with Li Ye, he calmed down the anger in his heart and said, "We have no way out."
"Do we need a retreat? It seems that the day the emperor came to Nanyun City, we lost our retreat." Li Ye said with a smile.
Mu Mu watched the two of them chatting about military and national affairs. She waved her little hand and said, "The smell of blood here is heavy. I'm going to go for a walk."
Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "It's not like you haven't killed anyone before."
"That's more than a hundred feet apart, okay?" Mu Mu gave him a blank look and thought to herself, I am using a bow and arrow, and you are using a sword, can it be the same?
"Generalissimo, National Preceptor, and the Imperial City's imperial army have left Kaiyang." The guards outside the tent came in and told the two of them.
"I understand, let's go down." The eldest prince waved his hand, then looked at Li Ye and said with a smile, "I said you, Imperial Master, have too much of a temper. If someone comes to announce a decree, you will behead them."
The eldest prince was in a good mood and started teasing Li Ye.
"Generalissimo, didn't you ask me to take action?" Li Ye glanced at him and said with a smile.
The eldest prince pretended to be a little surprised and replied: "I say Imperial Master, if you commit the following offense, you are finished!"
Li Ye looked at him and smiled slightly: "Generalissimo, should I be afraid?"
...
The two of them had already anticipated the changes in the imperial city. Even though they killed the imperial guards and eunuchs sent by the second prince, they did not feel any pressure. Instead, they felt a sense of relief.
Just as Li Ye and the emperor imagined, even if there was a commotion in the imperial city, it would not affect the war in southern Xinjiang.
Not to mention that Li Ye has already cultivated thousands of acres of farmland outside Nanyun City, and is currently engaged in vigorous land reclamation and production outside the three towns.
Even if the two of them did nothing in Southern Xinjiang, the second prince would not dare to miss the supply of materials in Southern Xinjiang. This was not just a matter of the throne, but also related to the security of the entire five regions.
No one dared to make up his mind on this issue, not even the Right Prime Minister, Concubine Li and Linghu Kuangyu.
"Should we step up our attack on Yangcheng next?" The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and asked in a deep voice. He also felt the threat from the imperial city, and as a soldier, how could he be controlled by others.
Li Ye lowered his head and pondered for a long time, looked at him and asked softly: "Is Zhuge Ming, the master of the Southern Territory Palace, reliable?"
The eldest prince was stunned, looked at him and asked: "The Imperial Master is afraid of him..."
"It's essential to be on guard against others." Li Ye replied quietly.
"Well, I heard my father say that among the five regions who are most loyal to the imperial city, the Nanxuan Region should be ranked first. And since I came to Southern Xinjiang, he has come to see me several times." The prince said solemnly.
Li Ye looked at him and shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Then we can only take a gamble. At this juncture, it is difficult to send people to keep an eye on him."
The eldest prince nodded and said: "Sending someone at this time obviously shows distrust in us and will have the opposite effect."
"In this case, we can only keep an eye on the person in front of us. You should immediately send a trustworthy person back to Nanyun City to garrison. Don't let anything happen again here." Li Ye stared at him and said seriously.
The eldest prince nodded, thought for a moment and said, "How about Ma Feihu? He has been with me for many years."
"As long as you can trust him, be careful not to get too close to Yang Kaiyi and keep a proper distance. We also hope that he won't betray him." Li Ye thought about the time he talked to Yang Kaiyi and thought that the variables should not be big.
"I will send him back to Nanyun City on the pretext of supervising the production of weapons, so that City Lord Yang will not think too much about it." The eldest prince thought for a while and said.
"That's very good. As long as we guard the Nanxuan Territory, we can continue to play with them slowly." Li Ye looked up at the blood stain on the roof of the tent and said lightly.
The eldest prince followed his gaze, frowned and cursed with a smile: "Is the Imperial Master keeping me awake at night?"
Li Ye looked back at him and smiled angrily: "I didn't expect you to be such a hypocritical person."
Seeing that he couldn't defeat him, the eldest prince changed the subject: "What should we do next?"
Li Ye lowered his head and remained silent as he weighed whether to start a war or not.
The eldest prince didn't care about this. He looked at him and continued: "I think the purpose of sending people to announce the decree is naturally to tell us that he is already the emperor and let us regard him as our king."
"We must resolve the war in the three towns in southern Xinjiang as soon as possible, ensure that there are no hidden dangers in southern Xinjiang, and then return to Shihuangcheng. As long as we do this, no matter how they make trouble, it will be useless to us."
After saying these words, the eldest prince looked at Li Ye quietly.
While describing his plan, he patiently explained while watching Li Ye's reaction.
"I wonder if the National Master agrees with what I said?"
Li Ye raised his head and looked into his eyes. Looking at the confidence in his eyes, he said softly: "I told the five thousand forbidden troops when we went on the expedition that we would go out together and go home together."
The eldest prince looked puzzled.
Li Ye ignored his doubts and said quietly: "I want more soldiers to go home alive."
"The war situation in the three towns will not change. We only need to encircle them without attacking them and consume all their food. They will naturally surrender and negotiate with us. At this time, I will not risk the lives of the soldiers for these dozen Victory can be achieved in a matter of days, or even in a few months.”
Li Ye said.
The eldest prince stared into his eyes for a long while before replying: "It turns out that this is the idea of the imperial master to besiege and not attack."
Li Ye said: "We retain our strength and will definitely encounter obstacles on the way back to the Central Region. With the Marshal's intelligence, there should always be some palace masters in the Five Regions with bad intentions."
The eldest prince's body trembled slightly, he looked at Li Ye and said in a deep voice, "They dare!"
"They dare!" Li Ye said with a smile: "Because they know that the emperor can't come back, there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey wants to be the king. If the second prince succeeds in ascending the throne, then the palace masters who send troops will be able to have more flowers. Lots of benefits.”
"They dare to send troops without Hu Fu's mobilization. This is a crime of rebellion!" The eldest prince patted the chair heavily.
"So, we must preserve our strength. We will not fight if we can, and save our energy to go back and deal with the rebel officials." Li Ye looked at him and said with a smile.
"Next, just like Nanyun City, let's open up wasteland and farm on the wasteland behind the camp. We can afford it!" Li Ye waved his hand and said lightly.
The eldest prince looked at him and nodded, then replied: "What the Imperial Master said is that whether it is the war in southern Xinjiang or any other troubles in the imperial city, we will take the initiative and we can afford to fight them."
"I think they should be more anxious than us after receiving these two heads!" Li Ye stood up and walked outside the tent.
"Let someone clean this tent, it stinks so much." After walking out of the tent, Li Ye turned around and muttered to the eldest prince again.
...
In the Imperial City of the Central Region, Ciyun Nunnery is located ten miles outside the imperial mausoleum.
Tang Qiuyu and Wutong were sitting opposite Queen Jiang Ruoyu. The three of them were boiling water and making tea while listening to the sound of rain falling on the green tiles.
"How can the second brother ascend the throne privately? Isn't he afraid that the emperor will come back and cause trouble for him?" Wutong and Tang Qiuyu had just returned from Qingcheng and could not see the emperor for the last time.
Jiang Ruoyu looked at her daughter, and suddenly felt a pain in her heart. She stayed there for a long time without replying, and finally couldn't help but said, "He can't come back."
Xia Wutong was startled, stepped forward and took her hand and asked, "Mom, what do you mean?"
Jiang Ruoyu reached out and touched her black hair and said softly: "Your father went to Fengyun City and asked Mr. Mo to accompany him to overcome the disaster. Naturally, he will not be able to come back."
After hearing this, Xia Wutong said "Yeah" and threw herself into her arms, tears streaming down her face.
He asked Jiang Ruoyu, "Why didn't he wait for me to meet him?"
Jiang Ruoyu sighed softly and said, "He can't even wait for your eldest brother to finish this battle, let alone wait for you to come back."
"Wutong, don't make trouble." Tang Qiuyu stepped forward and hugged her, and said softly: "At the end of the practice, no one can help himself. Even the teacher will go to another place one step ahead of you."
Wutong raised his head and looked at Tang Chao Qiuyu and said, "Disciple knows, but I feel uncomfortable in my heart."
Jiang Ruoyu was stunned for a long time, then smiled and said, "Your father entrusted you to a guy... It is said that you all know that guy, but I have never met him."
Xia Wutong became angry when he heard this and asked loudly: "That guy? Why didn't I know!"
Jiang Ruoyu didn't take his words seriously. She threw the towel to Tang Qiuyu, picked up the pot on the table and poured tea, and muttered: "He is the imperial master, Mr. Mo's precious disciple."
When Xia Wutong heard this, his face turned red. He looked at Tang Qiuyu and said angrily: "Master, didn't you say that guy went to Southern Xinjiang? Where do you start talking about this?"
As soon as Tang Chao Qiu Yu heard about Li Ye, he remembered that they hadn't seen that guy for a long time.
He gently stroked Wutong up, let her lean against him, and said lightly: "We haven't seen that guy for a long time, and we don't know how he is now?"
"After your father left my place, he went to Southern Xinjiang soon. He said that he would see your brother and the Imperial Master again before he could leave with peace of mind. I guess he also wanted to entrust you to the legendary Imperial Master when he went there. "
Jiang Ruoyu looked at her daughter whose face was red and said with a smile.
"It turns out that you have known each other for a long time... I am the only one who is still in the dark and doesn't know anything."
Tang Qiuyu looked at Jiang Ruoyuruo thoughtfully and said: "The Emperor went to Southern Xinjiang before leaving. This makes sense. He must have left all the affairs in the Imperial City to those two people."
Jiang Ruoyu looked at her quietly. Said: "Why did Mr. Tang say that?"
Tang Qiuyu looked at her and said: "When that boy came to the Central Region, he was attracted by the emperor. He hid in the snow for five years before making him a national advisor to fight for the emperor in the southern border."
Jiang Ruoyu nodded after hearing this, looked at Xia Wutong and smiled: "No wonder he would entrust you to a little guy who I have never met before."
Xia Wutong looked at his mother and stayed for a long time before murmuring back: "After my master and I left Fangcun Mountain, I haven't seen him for several years."
She seemed to hear the piano music played by Li Ye when she left Fangcun Mountain again, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
