"Lord?" After Jia Xu reported, he was a little surprised to see his lord deep in thought, so he reminded him.
Ye Qing came to his senses and couldn't help but squint his eyes. He was very familiar with the style of Outland, and he could roughly estimate the opponent's plan in a blink of an eye.
"It's just those kinds of things. You can defeat me, but it's not that easy to kill me, let alone Ran Guan Lian Dongtian. This battle will determine the ownership of Xiangbei. Who am I afraid of in this battle?"
"Yes, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road." Jia Xu nodded in agreement, reviewed all the information in the past few days, and spoke cautiously: "Since it is unavoidable, we must be careful to repair the weapons of this ship. Even if the Xian Lei is weakened, it will still have a trace of
Earth Immortal level power, Black Star's instant blessing is even more dangerous..."
"Although my lord has said that it is unlikely that enemy ships will gather together...but we must be careful, lord, and we must not give up the initiative on the battlefield to the enemy."
"That's true." Ye Qing pondered, weighing the power in his hands, but he didn't appear relaxed.
The enemy Xiangu did not dare to go too far away from the mother ship. The enemy ship's movement speed was not very fast, but it was enough to provide transportation and shelter. If he lost, he might not lose, but it would be difficult to solve the threat of the enemy ship to Xiangbei... This
It's just a big trouble. If it drags on for a month or two, it will be lost.
When he had no choice but to do the next best thing, he gave up his plan to completely control the three counties in northern Hunan, and instead sought to retain one county. There was a bridgehead. This was still sufficient, but it was inevitable that he would have regrets.
"With the Four Saints, the superior power is enough to check and balance. It would be great if there were 20,000 more Taoist soldiers, enough to crush the enemy's soldiers and figurines with the attack and cut off all the minions. A tiger is still a tiger without its minions?"
"As long as we can destroy all the enemy soldiers and warriors and blockade the enemy ships, it will definitely not be me who can't withstand it, but the Zhenjun ship, which lacks the resource base."
While he was weighing the plan in his mind, a faint dragon roar suddenly sounded in the distance to the north. Ye Qing looked happy and immediately ran out to take a look.
In the dark sky in the north, a green dragon shadow submerged into Taiping Lake. The dragon's roar was not a real sound, but the energy of the dragon and the induction of the real dragon... It must be the return of the Dragon Lord.
"I have to go to the Dragon Palace..." Ye Qing let out a long breath, and the last hesitation disappeared from his eyes: "You pretend that I am still here and everything is business as usual... When it comes to meeting guests, just say that I am still in retreat."
"Yes." Qianqian nodded as she rushed over, watching Ye Qing use the escape light to move away. She knew that this was a request for reinforcements from the Shui Tribe, and she didn't know if it would go smoothly.
"Is that Dragon Lord just now?" Zhuge Liang, Jiang Chen and others also rushed over. When they saw the silhouette, they held back their words and kept silent. They knew it tacitly - they suppressed it and must not let out a single trace.
The two sections of the scale are balanced in strength, and at this time, as long as there is a new straw, it may be the key to breaking the balance of power, or even taking it all.
On the fourth day of May, the wind and rain in the northern Hunan area became lighter, but compared to the previous heavy rains, water vapor and haze still enveloped Dongping County.
Several families in the city had their homes ransacked for abandoning the villagers and running away. The family leader was beheaded and his head was hung in a cage at the city gate. The rain washed away the blood but could not wash away the fear left in the hearts of the family.
Before the rise of the trend of rejecting foreign conquerors, the Han Marquis Mansion held a solemn public memorial. The heroes who died in the battle erected monuments and built temples to keep their incense. The descendants of several heroes who died in the battle were given preferential care.
His daughter chose to marry a young and promising Han general to reward the loyal man.
The plain white people wearing filial piety all over the city seemed to be a hint of being in the same boat.
Most of the family princes had a keen sense of politics and believed that this was a compromise between the Yingzhou people and the Xiangzhou people. They sensed that a new order in the county was about to be established and became enthusiastic.
Under the guise of various twists and turns, the banquet invitations for the Marquis of Han and his wife flew into the camp in the south of the city like snowflakes.
But except for presiding over the public memorial ceremony, Ye Qing never showed up again.
In the past three days, each family held banquets. Cao Baijing and Qianqian took turns attending the small banquets in the ladies circle. The main family banquets were only attended by representatives of subordinates Hanchen, because this kind of family banquets will basically involve young and unmarried girls.
Seeing the world, there were quite a few pairs of men and women flirting with each other at the banquet. Xun You, Lu Su, Fazheng and other Han officials couldn't help but inquire about the woman they were interested in.
They are generally girls with a gentle personality and a tough temperament. Beauty is only a secondary factor. Some of them don't even care about their status as concubines, nor their age. Even young women who look like widows don't have taboos.
"Why do these native people all have the same tendency when choosing a mate?"
This surprised the kings of each family, who didn't quite understand the situation, so they didn't dare to refuse. As soon as the marriage intentions were exchanged, the marriage was agreed on the spot at lightning speed - with this relationship, the families were more confident.
When I look at other families, I feel a sense of overlooking them.
"These guys who sell their daughters and sisters... they are not real wives when they marry." After learning about it, many family gentlemen cursed secretly, with red eyes.
There are a few daughters and sisters from the Zhizhi family who are so beautiful that they even set their sights on the Marquis of Han - the wife of the Marquis. Seeing that the Marquis of Han has extended his rule to northern Hunan, and may even become the Princess of Han in the future, who doesn't want to take advantage of it?
But once at a private banquet for noble ladies, Master Cao was not very annoyed by the prying eyes of the ladies of the family. He complained a few words about his old boudoir friend who married here, which immediately stopped many people's thoughts.
"What a jealous woman..."
Many people thought with a bit of schadenfreude and changed their direction: "Fortunately, I didn't act rashly. Although the first wife of the Han Marquis came from an ordinary family, she was full of cultivation, affection, and means. Not only did she reveal her displeasure, but she didn't
I have to send my daughter to suffer disaster... Whose daughter is cheap?"
In fact, it was more out of the consideration of maximizing the marriage. If the marriage had no effect, it would be better not to marry at all. Therefore, out of the instinctive means of the aristocratic families, in this extraordinary situation, all families went their own way to find out who the Hanhou Mansion was.
I am not yet married.
The result of this response is gratifying. Many young ministers are single.
There were a hundred real people who came to Dongping County with the Marquis of Han, mostly military generals and a few civil servants. Except for the few who were engaged in lightning, Yu Jiangchen, Zhang Fangbiao, Sun Ce and other military generals, although they were older and more mature, they did not compete with their younger colleagues.
Intentionally or unintentionally, he mentioned that he has admired Hunan girls for a long time and yearned for them, etc.
"Can I not admire you? These Yingzhou country bumpkins, who would usually marry you in the valley... or a concubine?"
It has to be said that in troubled times, the nobles and the lowly rise and fall constantly. These families in northern Hunan appear to be submissive, but their hearts are not yet able to adapt to this upside down gap. However, the situation is stronger than others. They can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, unable to express their sufferings.
To make matters worse, the beauties of several poor girls somehow got into the ears of the Han generals. Young generals such as Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and Lu Meng went to take a look with great interest... and after some intimate conversations with their fathers and brothers.
, the betrothal gift was given immediately.
"poor family"
"Oops, aren't we always suppressing these scholars?"
"It's hard to say now. Ye Qing's background is not that good. He has always welcomed the nobles from a poor family, and now he has an additional marriage relationship..."
"This isn't about marrying a woman, it's about marrying a virtuous man."
"It kills two birds with one stone. Those few are really well raised. The small family has raised the qualities of everyone's ladies, which shows that they are thoughtful... What is hateful is that originally they were all given to us in the bowl, and it was not Yingzhou's turn.
People come to pick and choose..."
Competition creates comparisons, and a strong sense of crisis makes everyone unable to remain reserved and hastily agree to the betrothal.
Immediately, each engaged family received an explicit hint from the prospective son-in-law, requesting each family to send troops to help maintain stability, stabilize the new order, and assign their own official positions.
He swallowed all the bitterness immediately, and was replaced by pride. He glanced down at the family that was not selected... He couldn't even raise his daughter well, so he failed the assessment and deserved to be eliminated in this round of shuffle.
In the tense situation in northern Hunan, this can make them feel better, as if there is a towering tree above their heads, they don't have to worry about the violent storm...
Big trees live like big trees, vines live like vines, and weeds live like weeds. This is a traditional and effective method of survival that everyone takes for granted.
...The water and rain intertwined with the vast expanse of white, and the small town was enveloped like a sea of clouds. The drizzle traveled through the streets with the wind, and among the summer trees, the joyful sound of suona and the sound of golden drums filled the streets.
While people were talking and watching, the joyous gift-giving procession diluted the tense and bleak atmosphere in the city. In just three days, the betrothal gift was delivered directly to the woman's home. The ceremony was simplified, showing that both parties were a little impatient, but no one dared to laugh at this moment.
Time is compressed, and the process still needs to be completed. In order to ensure that the grape vines of each minister's family will not fall down in the future, the bride must be given the necessary respect. This is also respect for the foundation of the rule of the Hanhou Mansion.
"Is this the seventh or eighth marriage?"
At the prefect's home, Chang Changshan looked at the gift-giving procession outside and sighed. There were many talented people in the Hanhou Mansion, and they were skilled in skills. Just a few marriages caused a stir, causing the powerful Han tribe in Dongping County to be divided from each other.
They are also divided internally from each other...
Is this a professional rebel group that came out of troubled times?
The person holding an umbrella behind the prefect was a confidant named Xiao, a handsome scholar with a goatee. He looked around and sighed: "Looking at it this way, I thought the Qing prince could take the opportunity to attack Xiang."
Hou has the advantage, and now he has to face the stronger Han Hou..."
Changchangshan's face twitched, and the surrendered prefect always felt a little uncomfortable. It seemed as if the man was sarcastic about himself, and he said unhappily: "Why do you suddenly mention this today?"
"nothing……"
Master Xiao woke up and said a little embarrassedly: "It's just that everyone has been a little pessimistic and depressed recently. They feel that the marriage between the Marquis of Han and the Marquis of Han is not sincere, and the enemy ships have been stimulated by the Marquis of Han in the past two days to move north to plunder. It is said that the Zhenjun Ship
With the fighting power of the Earth Immortal, I am afraid that even if the Hanhou is undefeated, he will not be able to secure his position in northern Hunan. When the three kingdoms of Qing, Xianghou, and Hanhou are in a melee, and with the addition of foreign forces, who will have the destiny of Xiangzhou?"
Chang Changshan frowned: "Don't worry about who it belongs to. We are on the same team now and we can't change it. There are also external demons and me who are incompatible with each other. Don't talk nonsense together."
"Yes, my benefactor." Master Xiao said with a respectful bow.
Chang Changshan gathered his thoughts, looked at the old subordinate up and down, and warned in a low voice: "Don't come over to me tomorrow, and don't call me my benefactor in public. We are all ministers of the Marquis of Han now. You need to be more careful during this period."
...Of course, we are all still Da Cai's ministers... Do you understand?"