Chapter 171 Finally back

Seeing that Lin Xiuming was going crazy, Li Feng said quickly: "General Lin, don't worry, we don't need to be too nervous.

"There are at most five thousand barbarian soldiers in the distance. Even if they attack the city, they can't get in."

"And there is a high probability that they are not here to attack the city."

Seeing Li Feng's nonchalant look, Lin Xiuming asked doubtfully: "General Li, how do you know they are not here to attack the city?"

Li Feng replied: "After the North Korean King's army was repulsed by us, they sent thousands of people to harass us from time to time, but they basically only shouted words and did not attack the city. They probably wanted to engage in psychological warfare."

"I guess they will have to wait at least until the spring of next year before the army of the North Xian King goes south to attack Tianguang City again."

After hearing Li Feng's answer, Lin Xiuming looked at Li Feng suspiciously.

At this time, Li Feng said to Lin Xiuming's soldiers: "Don't attack. We are short of bows and arrows now. Let's save our arrows and attack again when the barbarians attack the city."

Just as Li Feng finished speaking, a barbarian came to the city on horseback and shouted in Daxia dialect with a barbarian accent: "Our king has told the King of the North to hand over his princess immediately and compensate us tens of millions of taels of silver. Otherwise, next spring, our Northern Xianwang tribe will gather a million troops and go south."

"When the time comes, wherever the barbarian warriors go, there will be no grass growing and rivers of blood will flow."

As soon as the barbarian soldier finished shouting, thousands of barbarian cavalry in the distance stood up and shouted: "No grass grows, and blood flows like a river!"

"No grass grows, and blood flows like a river!!!"

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Then the barbarian soldier said some ugly words, insulting the Daxia people as two-legged sheep, timid, and dared not go out and only dared to stay in the sheepfold.

After hearing those words, the imperial soldiers brought by Lin Xiuming wanted to shoot the barbarian soldier to death with one arrow, but they did not act impulsively. After all, the general had not given the order yet, and they would be punished by military law if they attacked without permission.

At this time, Lin Xiuming noticed a strange phenomenon.

Li Feng was in a panic when he came to find him just now, as if the barbarian army was about to invade, but now he was standing on the city wall like nothing happened.

Not only is he like this, but also the soldiers who stayed behind in Beijun are like this.

Only the soldiers he brought felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

This makes it seem as if the barbarian siege has nothing to do with their soldiers in Beijun.

Weird, so weird...

Lin Xiuming simply ignored it and directly handed over the command of the battlefield to Li Feng, letting Li Feng decide whether to attack.

Li Feng just stood on the tower until the barbarian soldiers finished shouting and left.

For a long time after that, barbarian cavalry came to Tianguang City from time to time, but they only shouted and did not attack.

Later, when Lin Xiuming heard the soldiers reporting that there was a barbarian attack, he didn't bother to pay attention.

Lin Xiuming was not a fool. He also saw that those barbarians had no intention of attacking Tianguang City. It was not even certain whether they were barbarians or not.

However, as a general sent by the Great Xia court to support him, Lin Xiuming still wrote a battle report of what he saw and sent it to the capital.

Of course, he didn't write down some of the details in the battle report.

Half a month later.

Tianguang City.

Li Feng was packing things in his room. At this time, a soldier from Beijun entered the room and whispered: "General, the prince is really good at predicting things. Someone really dug the grave."

Hearing this, Li Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he glanced at the door. After confirming that there were soldiers from Beijun at the door, he asked, "How much soil was turned over?"

The soldier replied: "My subordinates took a look and found that there are about twenty places, each with an area of ​​about one square meter."

After hearing the soldier's answer, Li Feng said: "The imperial court is really worried about Beijun, but this is probably not Lin Xiuming's intention. It is most likely done by the spies placed by the imperial court in the army."

The main reason why Lu Chen asked people to change the clothes of the barbarian corpses into clothes worn by Daxia people was to prevent anyone from digging graves to determine the identities of the deceased.

To be honest, Lu Chen didn't think that the army brought by Lin Xiuming would do such a thing, nor did he think that Lin Xiuming would dig graves to determine the identities of the corpses.

Regardless of whether the soldiers buried in that mound were Beijun's soldiers, at least they were Beijun's black cavalry in name, and nominally they all died fighting for Beijun and Daxia.

If anyone knew that their graves had been dug, the impact would definitely be bad.

Lu Chen asked people to change clothes for the corpses, just to speculate on the soldiers in Lin Xiuming's army with the greatest malice. In his opinion, even if Lin Xiuming did not verify whether the corpses were black cavalry, the ones Lin Xiuming brought It is very likely that some people will do this.

As a result, Lu Chen had only left Tianguang City for half a month, and he hadn't even returned to Yancheng. The graves had indeed been dug up, but at this time, it might not be that easy to verify whether the people buried in those graves were Daxia people. .

Although corpses are not easy to rot in winter, they are still somewhat changed when buried in the soil. Even if the corpses are frozen and contaminated with soil, it is not easy to determine whether those soldiers are barbarians or Daxia people.

The soldier asked at this time: "General, do we need to do anything?"

Li Feng said calmly: "There is no need to do anything. Just let our people keep their mouths shut and don't talk nonsense. If they spill the beans, they will know the consequences themselves."

The soldiers from Beijun who are still in Tianguang City were all personally selected by Lu Chen. These soldiers are very loyal and will not betray Beijun easily.

On the surface, they assisted Lin Xiuming in guarding Tianguang City, but in fact their role was to monitor the imperial court's 20,000-strong army.

Of course, their biggest role is to cooperate with the Beijun soldiers who act as barbarians.

Those soldiers who came outside Tianguang City to check in and curse every day were Daxia's army. Anyway, the war was over and there was nothing to do in winter. Lu Chen arranged tasks for Mu Changtian and his son and Xiao Pengtian, asking them to do it from time to time. The army came to Tianguang City to harass the imperial court, creating the illusion that the King of North Xian was not dead yet.

at the same time.

Yancheng.

Lu Chen rode his horse and looked at the north gate of Yancheng, sighing in his heart: "I'm finally back."

The road was blocked by heavy snow, and the journey that could have been completed in a few days ended up being walked by Lu Chen and the soldiers from Beijun for half a month.

Lu Chen didn't even want to scold the North Xian King who was already a dead soul under the gun. After all, everyone was already dead.

At this time, Lu Chen couldn't help but have an idea. If the barbarians all had the brains of the North Xian King, wouldn't it be very easy for him to control the barbarian tribes in the North in the future?

While Lu Chen was lost in thought, Qin Yushan and Li Rui led officials from Yancheng to the city gate to greet Lu Chen.

"Congratulations on your triumphant return!"

Although they said to the outside world that the heavy cavalry in Beijun was gone, Lu Chen's people basically knew that nothing happened to the black cavalry. They had won a great victory in Beijun this time with zero casualties.

Lu Chen came back to his senses and rode quickly to the city gate. While riding, he asked Qin Yushan, "Commander Qin, nothing major has happened in Yancheng in the past few days, right?"

Qin Yushan followed Lu Chen's horse while reporting on the situation in Yancheng.

"Go back to your lord, there hasn't been any major events in Yancheng recently."

"However, there is some information that I did not send to Tianguang City in time. I will report it to the prince first."

"Many Dawu merchants have appeared in Yancheng in the past few days, and the number of disciples in Xuanyue Palace has also increased significantly."

Because of heavy snow and road closures, it would take some time for Jinyiwei's information to reach Tianguang City, so Lu Chen didn't know if anything had happened in Yancheng in the past few days.

He rode his horse and advanced slowly while listening to Qin Yushan's report.

When Lu Chen arrived at the gate of the palace, Qin Yushan had not reported much information. Lu Chen glanced at his wives and concubines at the gate of the palace, turned his head slightly and said to Qin Yushan: "Commander Qin, go and do your work. Yes."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am resigning."

After Qin Yushan left, Lu Chen immediately got off the horse and walked towards the entrance of the palace.

Mu Zixuan immediately gathered around Lu Chen's women, and Mu Zixuan, together with Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou, threw themselves into Lu Chen's arms.

Mu Zixuan said: "Your Majesty, you are finally back. We have been very worried about you since we heard the news about the destruction of the Black Cavalry."

Feeling the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, Lu Chen smiled slightly, patted the backs of the three beauties and said, "Ladies, don't worry, I'm fine."

At this time, Lu Chen's eyes fell on Lin Wanyun. Lin Wanyun was standing far away, but her eyes were always focused on him, as if she was planning something famous.

After listening to Qin Yushan's report just now, Lu Chen already guessed what Xuanyue Palace was going to do next.

Xuanyue Palace believes that the destruction of the Black Cavalry is an opportunity for Xuanyue Palace, an opportunity to get closer to the North Palace. It seems that it will not be long before Xuanyue Palace will find a way to negotiate cooperation with itself.

After Lu Chen's eyes swept from Lin Wanyun, they fell on Chu Yuqin. Chu Yuqin looked at him with a worried face. It was obvious that she wanted to come over and ask about her situation, but there was still Chu Yuqin standing next to her. Clear and clear, this made Chu Yuqin dare not get too close to avoid her sister's random thoughts.

Looking at the women surrounding Lu Chen, Chu Yuqin felt empty in her heart.

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall the time when she was in the capital. When she was in the capital, there weren't so many women around Lu Chen.

Every time Lu Chen came back from outside, she was the only one who greeted him.

Today is different from the past. Now that Lu Chen has grown up, has started a family, and has a group of wives and concubines, she, the woman who has always been by Lu Chen's side, has become a marginalized person and cannot get close to Lu Chen.

When she thought of this, Chu Yuqin felt depressed inside.

At this time, Lu Chen looked away from Chu Yuqin, and then looked at Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao.

Although Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao also came closer, they seemed a little shy. They just stood next to Mu Zixuan and the others, unlike Mu Zixuan and Da Zhou Xiao Zhou who just threw themselves into Lu Chen's arms.

The two of them had just married into the palace, and although they already had strong feelings for Lu Chen, they couldn't just pounce on him because Mu Zixuan and Da Zhou Xiao Zhou were around.

If they pounced directly, wouldn't it be a competition for favor? The two of them knew their identities very well, so they restrained their inner impulses.

Looking at Lu Chen's handsome face, Yelu Nanyan smiled slightly. After she heard about the destruction of the Black Cavalry, she thought something was going to happen in Beijun, but in the end nothing happened.

To be honest, she didn’t believe that King Beixian had the strength to defeat Beixian’s black cavalry. Even King Sirius’ 300,000 troops were no match for Beixian and those black cavalry. How could King Beixian be Beixian’s opponent? The strength of the Wang Tribe is somewhat understood.

At first glance, you can tell that this little man is up to some conspiracy.

And looking at him, he didn't look like he was defeated.

Now that Yelu Nanyan has completely integrated into the North Palace, if Lu Chen really loses the battle, she will not be happy. After all, this little man is already her husband.

Moreover, she had always longed for the life in Beiwang Mansion, and she did not want to see her beautiful life destroyed.

At this time, Lu Chen said with a smile: "My ladies, when I come back from the war, you won't even let me enter the palace."

Mu Zixuan and other important women from the palace came to the door of the palace, and the maids and servants of the palace were also standing at the door. This made the entire door of the palace full of people, and Lu Chen couldn't get in.

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Zixuan, who was in Lu Chen's arms, suddenly woke up and quickly said to the servants at the door of the palace: "Let's all disperse, everyone is busy going their separate ways."

"Your Majesty, let's go back to the main palace first. Now the palace has been renovated."

Lu Chen said curiously: "Has the renovation been completed? Is there already a greenhouse?"

When Lu Chen went north, he told Mo Fei and others about his plan to renovate the palace, and planned to let the two of them help oversee the renovation of the palace greenhouse.

Counting the time, it has been more than two months since they went north, and the renovation of the greenhouse should have been completed.

Mu Zixuan said: "Well, most of the rooms in the palace are not cold now, especially the main hall of the palace, which is very warm."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Let's go, I'm going to see if the renovation of the greenhouse has met my expectations."

Then Lu Chen brought his wives and concubines to the main hall. As soon as he entered the hall, he felt a warm current. The cold feeling dissipated instantly, and the entire hall was very warm.

The reason why the main hall is so warm is that there is a smoke passage under the main hall, and there is a coal-burning room outside. This is similar to the principle of Kang, except that the main hall is larger and consumes more coal every day.

Lu Chen turned to look at Xiao Zhou and asked, "Yuyou, have your rooms been renovated as well?"

The main hall is where Lu Chen and Mu Zixuan live. If this place is just renovated, his other women will not be able to enjoy it.

Zhou Youyou replied: "Your Majesty, most of the rooms in the palace have been converted into greenhouses, and the North Courtyard is no exception."

Hearing this, Lu Chen said, "Then I'll be relieved."

Entering the main hall, Mu Zixuan and the others sat on their knees and gathered around Lu Chen. Lu Chen cuddled up with them and chatted about things in Tianguang City.

At this time, Chu Yuqin was standing outside the main hall courtyard. Looking at the warm scene inside the hall, she couldn't help but sigh.

Chu Qingli looked at Chu Yuqin with confusion, "Sister, why are you sighing?"

Chu Yuqin came back to her senses and said quickly: "It's nothing, I just thought of some things in the past."

"Okay, there's nothing to do now. You can go on patrol too."

Chu Qingli looked at Chu Yuqin suspiciously, but she didn't think much about it.

Although Lu Chen, a lecherous man, is back, he is surrounded by so many women, and his sister cannot get along with Lu Chen alone, so Chu Qingli can still rest assured about Chu Yuqin for the time being.

Lu Chen chatted with his wives and concubines for a while, then went to the study.

The study has accumulated a lot of information, but most of it is from Tingyulou. Unlike Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei's information is basically sent to Lu Chen as soon as possible, but most of Tingyulou's information is from Sent to Lu Chen's study.

Lu Chen wanted to know the current trends of the major dynasties, especially what the Dayue Dynasty was doing recently.

As soon as Lu Chen walked to the door of the study room, he saw an elegant figure.

There was a trace of worry, a trace of expectation, and a blank look on her face.

She lingered at the door of the study, as if on patrol, but more like she was waiting for someone to arrive.