Although Ji Xun has a military rank in the Qi army camp, he is only a rank eighth rank accompanying captain, and it is rare to have the opportunity to see Mu Huai, the monarch of Qi, at close range on weekdays.
This time, he entered the main account with all the Huangmen, and it was also the first time that he saw Mu Huai's appearance clearly.
I thought he would be a rough-looking man, but I didn't expect that the monarch of the Qi Kingdom was actually a handsome and handsome young man. Although he was wearing a military uniform, he still had the elegance and profoundness of a literati.
His demeanor is extraordinary, and he has the deep and captivating quality of an emperor.
Ji Xun has always boasted of his outstanding appearance, and was regarded as the most beautiful man in Dayan in Yan Country, but Mu Huai's appearance and demeanor were not inferior to him.
After the fine-looking little yellow gate entered the tent, he stood beside the emperor of Qi, and at this moment, he was looking at him with scrutiny.
Mu Huai was sitting at the table, with a huge sheepskin scroll hanging behind him, on which was a map of Ye State, and on both sides stood Yin Cheng, the privy secretary of Qi State, and Wang Xin, General Yunhui.
Wang Xin was quite surprised to see that it was Ji Xun who entered the account.
Mu Huai's expression was cold and serious, and he was looking at Ji Di who was saluting him with his long, narrow eyes.
Just now Rong Xi whispered to him, saying that this person might be Ji Xun, the eldest son of the Yan Kingdom, and asked him to check his details.
Mu Huai knew about the ugly things Ji Di did in the palace of Yan Kingdom, but he had never met Ji Di, so he didn't know what this person looked like.
In his previous life, he did not personally lead troops to attack Yan, because when he reached his thirties, his illness worsened and his health deteriorated. In that year, Yin Cheng was appointed as the commander-in-chief and asked him to lead the troops.
Yin Cheng died on the way back to Qi with his troops due to a recurrence of his old injury.
Not long after Yin Cheng's death, he also passed away and died.
Rong Xi must have heard some rumors from the people, perhaps it was rumored that there was a blood mole on the forehead of the prince of Yan, so he thought that the accompanying captain named Yan was that prince.
But it's always right to be cautious.
With a cold voice, Mu Huai asked Xiang Ji Xun, "You said you are a native of Qi, do you have evidence?"
Ji Xun's expression was very calm, and he replied: "Your Majesty can transfer your household registration to check."
He is a school lieutenant accompanying the army, and his military registration and household registration are naturally managed by someone in the army.
Wang Huai followed Mu Huai's instructions to transfer Ji Xun's military and household registration.
At this time, Wang Xin walked to Ji Di's side, and after giving Mu Huai a military salute respectfully, he explained to him: "Your Majesty... this Yan Jian is a soldier trained by his subordinates. He is a native of Qi State , and has a wife and son in Bianjing, he and his first wife were married four years ago."
Mu Huai raised his eyes and looked at Wang Xin again.
Wang Xin secretly felt that the current sage just glanced at him lightly, but it gave people a sense of oppression without anger and prestige.
He endured the sudden increase in awe in his heart, and argued for Yan Jian: "Besides, I have heard that the son of the Yan Kingdom is the most arrogant and extravagant, and an ordinary meal costs thousands of taels of silver. Come to this barracks to suffer... Presumably His Majesty's Huangmen has made a mistake..."
Taking advantage of the situation, Ji Di said, "Your Majesty has learned from you that this subordinate is really not the son of the Yan Kingdom."
There was an imperceptible smile in his eyes.
However, Ji Di had a so-called wife in Qi Jing. She was Yan Jian's widow, and she had given birth to a boy for the dead Yan Jian.
After Ji Xun changed her identity to Yan Jian, she also took her women.
Yan Jian's widow is a slut, seeing that he has a good appearance, and also knows that it is not easy for a woman in this world to remarry, so she is devoted to him as a new husband, and even protects her identity outside.
During the year Ji Xun was in Qi State, he lived an ordinary life with this woman as an ordinary couple.
Standing beside Mu Huai, Rong Xi slightly lowered her eyes.
She also gradually believed in Wang Xin's arguments, after all, who would let the good life of the Prince Regent's son go to the military camp to suffer.
Not to mention that even Wang Xin testified for him, saying that he had a wife who had been married for four years in Qi State.
Mu Huai knew that the friendship between Wang Xin and the accompanying captain was unusual, and the battle was imminent, so it was not easy for the rest of the soldiers to know that he had killed a accompanying captain without evidence.
But since doubts arose, Mu Huai didn't want to let Yan Jian join the main army to attack Ye, so he ordered Wang Huai to let him stay in the camp and do some internal affairs.
Wang Xin felt sorry for this matter, he had a good relationship with Yan Jian, a subordinate, and felt that Yan Jian was quite powerful.
However, this time the emperor's royal conquest brought an army of 500,000 troops, among them capable men came forth in large numbers, and Yan Jian was no exception.
Rong Xi's expression became more and more depressed. She felt that she had made a mistake in judgment, not only taking up Mu Huai's time, but also causing trouble for him.
The officers and men in the tent discussed with Mu Huai about military exploits again, they were very interested, and no one bothered to go for dinner.
Rong Xi also walked out of the main account while Mu Huai was concentrating on business.
The person named Yan Jian didn't go far away, as soon as Rong Xifu left the tent, he turned and glanced at her.
Yan Jian's pair of phoenix eyes were beautiful, but Rong Xi saw a little provocation in his eyes.
Yan Jianfu turned and left again.
Rong Xi secretly clenched his fists.
If ordinary people were framed, the look in their eyes at this time should be the relief of being wronged, how could it be the eyes of this person just now
Thinking of this, Rong Xi also glanced slightly.
She still felt that there was something wrong with Yan Jian.
But the generals in the barracks would never believe her again, and Ji Xun's disguise was indeed perfect.
*****
On the day when Mu Huai led the troops to attack the city, Rong Xi felt uneasy. The army had already set off, and it would take less than half an hour for the entire army to reach the gate of the city of Ye Kingdom.
She was ordered by Mu Huai to stay in the camp until he returned in triumph.
There were also nearly 5,000 soldiers remaining in the barracks. Rong Xi walked casually in the camp, and silently prayed for the Qi army and Mu Huai in his heart, hoping that fewer soldiers would die, and that Mu Huai would return victorious.
After seeing Ji Xun's figure, Rong Xi hid behind the tent with the attendants behind him in time, observing his actions secretly.
I saw that Ji Xun called a few soldiers to go out of the camp to collect firewood in the nearby mountains, and now he was distributing bamboo baskets to those soldiers.
After Mu Huai left this morning, Rong Xi carried the small bow that Mu Huai specially made for her on her back at any time. Seeing that Ji Xun was already holding a token, after signaling to the soldiers guarding the camp to look at it, she carried more than a dozen small soldiers with her. Headed towards the direction of the forest.
At this time, Rong Xi ordered the attendant behind him who was pretending to be the yellow gate: "You follow me to the camp, quietly, don't be discovered by them."
The headed attendant was puzzled, and asked respectfully, "Your Majesty, what are you doing out of the main camp?"
Rong Xi replied: "I will follow them to cut firewood."
"But this..."
Rong Xifu asked again in a cold voice: "In front of you, I can't count my words?"
The attendants shook their heads again and again, thinking that anyway, they were by the empress's side to protect her safety, even if she went out to the main camp, it would not be a big problem.
After Rong Xi left the camp with his attendants, he intentionally kept a long distance away from Ji Xun, so that he and his soldiers didn't realize that someone was actually following them secretly.
After everyone arrived in the forest, Ji Di ordered the firewood-collecting soldiers to split up, and he also found a secluded place to collect firewood seriously.
Rong Xi and his attendants hid behind the tree, silently observing Ji Di's every move.
This person looked quite honest and peaceful, but he was still doing his own errands.
After the attendants came out from the main battalion and the empress, they all knew that the empress still doubted the true identity of the accompanying captain.
They secretly felt that this time, the empress should be able to go back to the camp with peace of mind, and would never trouble him again.
Unexpectedly, Rong Xi stretched out his hand to the arrow basket behind him, and after picking up an arrow, he closed his eyes.
Then, he drew the bow and pointed the sharp arrow feathers in Ji Xun's direction.
- "My lady..."
The attendant lowered his voice and called Rong Xi.
Rong Xi's complexion remained unchanged, and he replied in a very small voice: "You are not allowed to tell anyone about today's matter."
The head of the attendant was full of panic. He had been protecting Rong Rong's safety since he was still Liangdi of the Eastern Palace.
These attendants have been with Rong Xi for almost four years, and they thought she had always been a soft-tempered, timid and weak stunning beauty.
Unexpectedly, this person's mind is also extremely vicious.
And her viciousness is not limited to the battle in the inner palace.
After leaving the Forbidden City of Yongxi, she acted more ruthlessly and boldly.
Ji Di had already got up, and changed the boundary to collect firewood.
Rong Xi knew that she was cruel in doing this, but she absolutely could not let this suspicious Yan Jian go.
Since he has been in the position of captain of the accompanying army, he must have discovered a lot of military aircraft of Qi State. If he is really Ji Xun and brings this news back to Yan State, it will more or less cause some losses to Qi State. .
Rong Xi's heart was beating wildly suddenly, and she suppressed her nervousness, frowning her brows and secretly gritting her silver teeth.
With a sound of "嗖—", Rong Xi shot the arrow feather at Ji Xun with cold eyes.
Blood gushed out, and the small bow was so lethal that Ji Xun was already lying on the ground due to the sharp pain in her neck.
Ji Di didn't realize that someone was hiding in the dense forest and wanted to assassinate him with arrow feathers.
He covered his wound, lay down on the mountain with dark eyes, and saw the pockmarked little Huangmen walking towards him with a group of attendants holding a bow.
Ji Di lost a lot of blood and spoke very difficultly. He asked angrily, "You...why did you kill me?"
Rong Xi looked down at Ji Xun, but did not reply to his words.
Instead, he ordered the attendants behind him in that soft voice, "I can't lift him. After you throw him off the cliff, follow me back to the main camp."
All the attendants should be respectful.
Ji Di wanted to struggle to get up, he wanted to strangle this nasty and ugly little Huangmen to death himself, but because of the serious injury, he lost all his strength, so he had to let his attendants drag him to the cliff by his limbs side.
The head attendant glanced at Ji Di's angry and resentful phoenix eyes, and asked a little bit unbearably: "... Are you sure you want to throw him off the cliff? According to his injury, just throw him in this valley. It won't last long either."
Rong Xi wanted to destroy his body and wipe out all traces. He was afraid that those little soldiers collecting firewood would find his body. If he was dragged back to the main camp, Wang Xin would definitely check the arrow wound on his dead body when he came back. At that time, her murder of Ji Xun will be revealed.
Thinking about it, Rong Xi's beautiful eyes became colder, and he ordered: "Throw it down."
Ji Xun felt that her time was approaching, but she didn't feel much fear.
But, what did that yellow door call him
Empress
This pockmarked little yellow door turned out to be a woman
Could it be Mu Huai's concubine
A fishy sweetness welled up in Ji Xun's throat, and blood flowed down his chin onto the armor.
He suddenly sneered, and said in a gloomy tone: "I remember you... If I can survive this time... I will definitely repay the shame of today to you several times."
The attendant finally pushed Ji Di off the cliff. Ji Di didn't make any sound after falling off the cliff, but surprised several jackdaws on the edge of the cliff.
The jackdaw fluttered its wings and made a desolate hoarse sound.
Rong Xi thought to himself.
This spy of the Yan Kingdom is also really interesting. He is so injured that he still thinks that he can survive after falling off the cliff.
*****
The city gate of Ye Kingdom.
The originally sunny day suddenly became divided and the clouds merged.
Qi State's 500,000 troops approached the city, and the heavy cavalry all held red marching flags.
The flags block out the sun, and they have the potential to swallow mountains and rivers.
The generals of Ye Kingdom stood on the city tower and looked at it from a distance, but they couldn't see the end of the thousands of troops.
The yellow sand was billowing, and the generals of the Qi army shouted in unison, and they also used iron shields as clangs, and the earth was collapsing and the mountains were shaking, which is really frightening.
The generals guarding the city of Ye State saw that Ye's army had lost a lot of momentum compared to Qi's army, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to beat drums and ring gold to boost morale.
Mu Huai stood tall and straight on the chariot in black iron battle armor, surrounded by the most elite and fierce generals of Qi. In the midst of a great battle, he looked up at the rising sun covered by the flowing clouds, his stern eyebrows slightly raised, like a lion ready to go, ferocious and mighty.
The emperor's personal conquest will naturally boost the morale of the soldiers.
Among the Qi army, no one felt nervous about the impending siege of the city. Instead, they felt excited and eager to fight the enemy.
On the city tower, the general of Ye State pointed at Mu Huai in the team, and shouted loudly: "Above the chariot, the man wearing phoenix wings and a red cloak is Mu Huai, the monarch of Qi State. The emperor has a decree and successfully shot Mu Huai." The people of Huai will give you ten thousand taels of gold, and you will be granted the title of Marquis of the Army plus Jiuxi!"
Everyone knows about Mu Huai's ambitions. He wants to make great achievements in opening up territories, and he also wants to bring all the Central Plains and the four seas under the Qi Dynasty.
The trembling battle horn sounded under the city, Mu Huai jumped on his horse, drew his sword towards the sun, and ordered loudly: "Siege the city—"
The commander-in-chief's military order has been issued, and all the tiger and wolf divisions of the Qi State shouted the word "Kill-", accompanied by the neighing of the horses, the vanguard crossbowmen have already fired several arrows at the city gate of the State of Ye.
Although Mu Huai's attack on Ye this time was a year later than that in his previous life, he could still guess the basic routine of the Ye army's defense of the city.
Sure enough, a large amount of gunpowder had been buried in advance by the Ye army before the trenches of the city gate.
The first batch of soldiers who attacked the city in the previous life died tragically in these gunpowder. They were all blown into blood plasma and minced meat.
The generals of the Ye State were originally confident, thinking that the gunpowder in the trenches would definitely give the Qi army a big blow.
Unexpectedly, after the shield soldiers of the Qi army opened up, what was released was not the vanguard siege soldiers.
The Qi army actually released several giant wooden cows that did not require manpower.
I saw that the wooden oxen were blown to pieces by the gunpowder first, and blocked the fatal disaster for the next siege soldiers.
— "Let the arrow!"
The general of the Ye army forced himself to be calm. He knew early on that the country of Daye was very weak and was no longer the opponent of Qi. However, as a general of the Ye Kingdom, he still needs to guard the city gates for the ruler of the Ye Kingdom. To die on the battlefield is the glory of being a general.
The arrow feathers shot by the Ye army from above the city gate were all poisoned. Mu Huai defeated Ye twice in his previous life. The first time he attacked Ye, the Qi army suffered a great loss from the poisoned arrows.
In his previous life, after leading the troops back to Qi for the first time, he sent imperial physicians to study the medicinal properties of this poison, and ordered them to formulate a prescription to cure the poison.
When he attacked Ye again in this life, Mu Huai ordered Wang Huai to prepare the antidote decoction in advance, and let these pioneers drink it in advance before leading the army to conquer Ye.
In this way, it is possible to prevent the poison of the arrow. Even if these generals are shot by the arrow feathers, they will not gradually lose all their fighting ability due to the poison.
Qi's army attacked the city as fast as thunder, and the formation was difficult to break. When the general defending the city was about to resist tenaciously, Wang Xin, who had already climbed up the ladder first, stabbed him with a red-tasseled spear.
The gate of the city had also been smashed open by the boulder prepared by the Qi army early in the morning, and the dark army attacked and entered, which can be described as overwhelming.
The four most powerful and brave generals of the Ye army immediately rode their horses to Mu Huai, wanting to take his head.
Mu Huai took the reins and sneered, and cooperated tacitly with Yin Cheng beside him. He was not afraid of the menacing approach of the opponent, pumped his horse's belly and ran towards the enemy's strong general. With a few swings of his blade, one of the older generals fell off his horse and died .
The other general of the Ye Kingdom did not attack Mu Huai, but provocatively cut off the marching flag in the hands of the charging general beside Mu Huai with a long knife, and the red flag with the word "Qi" on it was soaked in a pool of blood.
Seeing this, Mu Huai's eyes turned red, and without retaining any strength, he suddenly attacked the young general with a long knife.
Mu Huai was exceptionally brave and seemed to have endless brute force. The general of the Ye Kingdom only resisted a few times before he was stabbed in the stomach by Mu Huai with his long knife. On the horse of another enemy general.
After the general of the Ye Kingdom fell to the ground, there was still a trace of breath.
Before he died, the general was still thinking about it.
According to the Qi army's speed, within two days, his Daye would be destroyed.
*****
After Ji Di was thrown off the cliff by Rong Xi, the soldiers who collected firewood with him searched for him in the mountains and forests, but they didn't find him until dark, so they reported the matter to the police stationed in the university. Commander of the battalion.
The general concluded that Ji Xun had either become a deserter, or had accidentally fallen off a cliff and died.
In the entire camp, all the remaining soldiers were focused on the battle situation between Qi and Ye, so no one cared about the life and death of an accompanying captain.
Rong Xi's heart was always hanging in her throat. She waited from dawn to dark, and from dark to midnight.
When the night was as dark as ink, Wang Huai rode back to the camp alone, holding a marching flag.
- "General Wang is back!"
When Rong Xi heard the voice of the soldiers, he immediately ran out of the main tent to look for Wang Huai.
There was still enough fire in the camp, Wang Huai's original fair face was soaked in blood, no one could tell his original appearance.
After Wang Huai got off his horse, Rong Xi walked up to him, and asked with a choked voice, "Emperor...Emperor..."
Wang Huai was recovering from the exhaustion of galloping for thousands of miles in the middle of the night, he replied in a trembling tone: "Go back to your mother, the emperor is fine. The Qi army has invaded the imperial city of Ye Kingdom, and the monarch of Ye Kingdom has committed suicide."
"Then... what about the rest?" Rong Xi asked again.
Wang Huai said in a clear voice, "General Yin is fine. My cousin Wang Xin suffered some injuries to his arm. As for the dead soldiers... there are countless. But there are not so many doctors in Yedu. This return to the camp is also to bring the military doctors from the camp into Ye."
Rong Xi bit her lip and asked again: "Then can I enter Ye together?"
Wang Huai replied: "Your Majesty specifically asked me to come here, just to tell you about this matter. Now there are dead bodies everywhere in Ye City, and Your Majesty has many things to deal with, so he asked you to stay in Daying for a few days In the future, when he returns to the camp, he can take his wife back to Qi."
Rong Xi nodded, and replied softly: "Well, I see."
Although she has always been concerned about him, as long as she knows that he is fine, she doesn't want to cause Mu Huai any trouble.
—"By the way, the emperor asked me to tell you that the official who surrendered from Ye Kingdom presented him with several beauties, but he didn't accept any of them. Don't worry, I can also testify for the emperor that he did not accept any of them. Download any Miki."
After saying this, Rong Xi felt her cheeks burn.
Fortunately, it was midnight, even Wang Huai couldn't tell when she blushed.
Rong Xi deliberately changed the topic, and ordered the attendant behind him to say: "Go and prepare some food for General Wang Huai, General Wang needs to rest well."
Wang Huai thanked Rong Xi respectfully.
Although Rong Xi complained about Mu Huai in her heart, she felt that he always talked to her ministers about everything, and now she really confirmed her reputation as a jealous jar.
But the corners of the lips moved up a little imperceptibly.
*****
Three days later, Mu Huai returned with his troops.
Fifty thousand soldiers were killed during this campaign, and 80,000 were seriously injured. Mu Huai ordered Yin Cheng and Wang Xin to stay in Ye State with the remaining 200,000 troops to deal with the follow-up matters, while he took the remaining 100,000 troops with him. The soldiers returned to the camp.
When all the soldiers in the battalion learned that the emperor had returned in triumph, they were very grateful and beat the army drums.
Rong Xi heard the sound of war drums in the main tent, and knew that Mu Huai had returned to the camp, and was about to lift the curtain to look for him, but saw Mu Huai had already walked to the tent.
He didn't wear armor, but instead wore a dark brocade robe with python pattern, looking very dignified and handsome.
When Rong Xi saw Mu Huai standing in front of her with a flat expression, alive and intact, mist suddenly appeared in her eyes.
She really wanted to throw herself into his arms, but she hadn't bathed for several days.
On the other hand, Mu Huai's body was clean and fresh, and there was still a pleasant smell of ambergris on his body, so he must have bathed before returning to the camp.
Mu Huai saw the little man's teary eyes, but without saying a word, he pushed her back into the tent,
He also ordered the soldiers standing outside the tent to say, "No one is allowed to enter the tent without my permission."
All the soldiers should be respectful.
Rong Xi was looking at the tall and handsome man in front of him with a dazed expression, while Mu Huai had already picked up the petite her and was striding towards the couch.
Rong Xihui revealed his intention and hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty... this servant is dirty."
After Mu Huai put her down, he frowned and stared at her for a while, then replied in a low voice: "I don't dislike you."
After finishing speaking, she grabbed her slender wrist with her big hand, and Rong Xi struggled. She felt that she was ugly, dirty, and had a sour smell on her body.
How could Mu Huai still be interested in her like this
Rong Xi was so anxious that he cried aloud, and murmured: "No... I don't want to be like this with Your Majesty Dunlun."
The freckles on her face were still there, and she cried like a little tabby cat.
Mu Huai had no choice but to let go of her wrist, and asked patiently: "Then what do you want?"
"Tomorrow, His Majesty will lead the army back to Qi. You must let the concubine go back to the palace and soak in the fragrant soup before...doing this matter."
Mu Huai was displeased, and said, "I can't bear it for so long."
Rong Xi was extremely embarrassed, and asked inquiringly: "Then... Then use the method of pregnancy?"
"No."
Rong Xi bit her lip and replied: "Then Your Majesty should just bear with it."
Mu Huai didn't talk to this stubborn woman anymore, instead he ordered the soldiers to bring two basins of hot water and a clean scarf.
— "Come here." Mu Huai commanded in a low voice.
With a timid expression on Rong Xi's face, she walked over reluctantly, and then she was half coaxed and half deceived by the man, and her whole body gradually became empty.
Although there is no one else in the main account, it still makes people feel extremely ashamed.
Mu Huai squeezed the scarf in the water, and asked in a slightly embarrassing tone: "I told you to go out with me, this time you know how difficult the conditions in the army are?"
Seeing that Rong Xi did not speak, Mu Huai raised his eyes and looked at her again.
But Rong Xi's skin is still white, fair, and delicate, like a beauty made of suet jade. She raised her arms and turned her palm-sized face to the side, crying like pear blossoms with rain, weak and pitiful.
Mu Huai saw that she was too stubborn just now, so he played a joke on her.
But in the current situation, he is indeed a bit of a bully.
Mu Huai put the scarf into the basin, then quickly took off the cloak on his body, and put it on the woman.
Rong Xi immediately wrapped the cloak a little tighter, with a slightly sullen expression on her face, she turned around and went to lie down on the couch, she didn't want to pay any more attention to Mu Huai, this hateful man.
But the man hugged the sweet girl in his arms in time, and he coaxed helplessly: "It's not that you want to be clean? I'm helping you. Why are you crying? Huh?"