When Tong Xingshen, the king of Lone Bamboo Kingdom, was caught by He Lianyu, he didn't even have the strength to resist.
If Tong Shengshen hadn't been drugged, he wouldn't have been able to fight at all...
The king was killed. That night, when Lone Bamboo's army attacked the Loufan camp, it was much more ferocious than when they attacked Xixia Pass.
Before dawn, knowing that the king of Guzhu was dead, many important ministers and generals left one after another.
The reason why this happens is because of Lin Ye's words that only when there is chaos can there be peace.
Prime Minister Qin Junru met with several courtiers in private and told this person that before his death, His Majesty hoped that the crown prince would ascend the throne, and told that person that His Majesty hoped that the second prince would ascend the throne.
After finding a few, these people became anxious and rushed back to claim credit.
Yue Ji was not idle here either. Qin Junru met several civil servants and he met several generals.
What he said was no different from Qin Junru's, meaning that they should go back quickly to assist the Ming Lord in seizing the throne of the king.
This night, these two people were very busy.
They want to fight again, and they want to cause mischief.
But to be honest, the two of them together are probably not as good as Lin Ye, because they didn't think of this matter.
When the troops from each army were almost gone, Lin Ye asked his troops to come over and collect the spoils.
For example, the war horses of more than 10,000 Loufan people, plus some supplies that the Guzhu people had no time to take with them when they left.
In order to defend the Donglin Gorge, Wu Lingwei lost all his horses.
Pang Panghai and Jiao Tianbao were extremely distressed. Lin Ye didn't say anything, but Lin Ye was even more distressed than them.
Those thousands of horses were obtained by him through all kinds of hard work.
Fortunately, he really doesn't take the so-called benevolence, justice and morality seriously. If he did, he wouldn't build up cavalry all the way from Donglin Gorge to Xixia Pass.
At this time, I got another 20,000 good horses from the Loufan people, which was of course very satisfying.
In the wilderness, Lin Ye came to say goodbye to Qin Junru and Yue Ji.
Yue Jing laughed and said, "Let's go back more slowly. By the time we get to the capital, I'm afraid the fight will be fierce. We just have time to watch a show."
Lin Ye said: "You must be more careful when you go back. In order to fight for the throne, those princes will fight for their lives."
Qin Junru smiled and said: "I said the same thing to them respectively. I told them that General Yue and I support them."
This means that all the princes probably feel very confident at this time.
With the support of the Prime Minister and the General, the throne is not easy to obtain.
Qin Junru said to Lin Ye: "General Lin does not need to rush to send troops. After we go back, we will stand by the prince's side and assist him in suppressing the rebellion."
Yue Jing said: "When the fighting is almost over, General Lin will lead my army, Dayu, over to clean up the mess."
Lin Ye: "Then I won't refuse."
The two people laughed and said goodbye with fists in their hands.
Xin Yanque felt like he was in a dream, and this battle also taught him a lesson.
He was the one who taught Lin Ye in the past, and Lin Ye's class this time touched him deeply.
"Wait until reinforcements arrive before entering Guzhu?"
Mr. Xin asked.
Lin Ye nodded and said: "Let the soldiers have a good rest during these few days. They have been fighting for two full months and they are all tired."
Xin Yanque said: "Should I write this memorial for the great victory, or should you write it?"
Lin Ye: "The governor will write it."
Xin Yanque glared at him.
In the following days, Xixiaguan was really peaceful, and the soldiers were able to rest and relax for a few days.
But nothing happened here. About ten days later, Lin Ye received several letters one after another.
They were all written by the princes of Guzhu, including the Crown Prince who should have legitimately inherited the throne of the country.
Their letters all had the same meaning, which probably meant that they were indeed powerless to stop the alliance with the Loufan people in the first place.
From the beginning to the end, they regarded Dayu as their master country and themselves as the loyal ministers of Emperor Yu.
They all hope to get Dayu's support. As long as they become kings, they will use all their strength to send troops to support Dayu in conquering Lou Fan.
Lin Ye felt as if these letters were written by one person, and many of the words in them were exactly the same.
After thinking about it, this probably has something to do with Qin Junru and Yue Ji.
Lin Ye would not reply to them. Firstly, he was lazy, and secondly, it was unnecessary.
If you really mean it, just send some benefits, send a letter, no matter how sincere your words are, it will be of no use.
A few days later, reinforcements from Qinzhou arrived. On the first day, there were nearly 30,000 troops from both armies.
The first army arrived on the second day, the two armies arrived on the third day, the soldiers and horses of the fourth army arrived one after another on the fourth day, and the first army arrived on the fifth day.
One hundred thousand troops gathered at Xixia Pass.
If you include the auxiliary troops brought by each army, the number of troops who rushed to the meeting was more than 160,000. Adding in Lin Ye's team, the number of troops reached 180,000.
There are 180,000 people. It's not too much to call it 200,000.
Lin Ye felt that he could probably be proud, even if it was just a little proud.
After all, he was only sixteen years old. Since the establishment of the empire, there had never been a precedent for a sixteen-year-old boy to command an army of two hundred thousand men.
After this battle, if Lin Ye successfully destroys Lone Bamboo, his name will be written heavily in the history of the empire.
After the meeting was held, the generals of each army went back to prepare.
Lin Ye stood outside the tent and watched the generals leave. His personal troops were in full swing. When Pang Hai saw our General Lin being so indifferent, he felt that there was something abnormal about General Lin.
Shouldn't you be proud? Shouldn't you be proud?
"General."
Pang Panghai chuckled: "Now the general is a true general."
Lin Ye glanced at him: "Don't smile so obviously, stop it."
Pang Panghai said: "General, you should also smile. At this time, it is your turn to smile."
Lin Ye shook his head.
You have to pretend. At this time, you have to pretend.
A sixteen-year-old general, commanding an army of 200,000 people, is calm and composed, which is no more stylish than grinning like a fool.
"General."
Jiao Tianbao said: "If the princes in Guzhu know that the army has arrived, they may write to you again."
Pang Panghai: "Write a letter? You don't even read it, you just tear it up without even wiping your butt. You think the paper is not good."
Lin Ye was stunned. Although this sentence was already very funny, he could still bear it.
Jiao Tianbao said: "I would say so. It's hard to show sincerity in writing a letter. You can ask them to kowtow in front of the general and ask. Whoever kowtows sincerely should look at him twice."
Pang Panghai: "What's so interesting about kowtow? It's meaningless at all."
He looked at Lin Ye and said: "General, let them come over and show you their talents, such as dancing a hula dance."
When he mentioned hula, Lin Ye couldn't help but think of Hong Wuding, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
Pang Panghaida said: "Let them take off their clothes while dancing. Look at whoever looks good in their clothes."
Jiao Tianbao: "You are still the coquettish one. Let's go out to pee together. You will be the most coquettish one."
Pang Panghai: "Why, have you ever had a taste of it?"
Jiao Tianbao: "I'll join you, uncle."
When Lin Ye tasted this sentence, he couldn't stand it any longer and actually laughed out loud.
After the army arrived at Xixia Pass, they reorganized their armaments and regained their strength. After another seven or eight days, Lin Ye ordered the march to Guzhu.
There are no battle reports from Xiantang City for the time being, so they probably don't bother to send them to them.
That's the main battlefield, and the combined strength of both sides is about the same, if not more than two million.
Along the way, news about Qin Junru and Yue Jie was also sent back in a steady stream.
At this time, the situation in Guzhu's country was really fierce.
Although the prince was troubled, at least he still had an absolute advantage.
Most of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were on his side. After all, he was indeed the legitimate successor.
Moreover, Prince Tong Guanying had proclaimed his accession to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yangzi, the capital city. At the same time, he announced the appointment of Yue Jing as the Generalissimo of the Rebellion, commanding all the troops to suppress the rebels.
As the prime minister of the country, Qin Junru was named the Duke of the country and continued to be his prime minister, leading the court officials and holding real power.
At this point, it is indeed not difficult for Lin Ye to capture Lone Bamboo.
If he is willing, with Dayu's elite combat power and the cooperation of those two, he can sweep away Lone Bamboo like a beast.
But he's not in a hurry.
The army was not marching very fast at all, marching no more than thirty to fifty miles a day, and slowly and leisurely marched towards Yangzi City.
Three days later, Lin Ye received news that the team of the second prince Guzhu was ambushed by Yue Jie more than 200 miles ahead. Tens of thousands of followers were all killed by Yue Jie.
The second prince hanged himself from a crooked tree because he was afraid of crime.
Many people can testify that the second prince must have hanged himself. It was not our General Yue who had someone hang him up. After hanging him up, he had several people pull him down for a while.
Not so.
Seven days later, the fourth prince took his team and ran directly back to Yangzicheng, surrendered to Lord Guzhu and confessed his crime.
He probably thought that surrendering to his elder brother would save his life, but surrendering to Yue Jing might not even save a corpse.
Not to mention, the monarch Tong Guanying was indeed moved with compassion. After all, that was his biological brother who had already surrendered. He couldn't bear to kill him.
It's not right for him to be so indecisive. Fortunately, he still has Qin Junru by his side.
Qin Junru urged Tong Guanying, saying that if the fourth prince was retained, how could the country's laws be rectified?
He also said that if these four princes came to surrender, the others would also surrender if they saw that they could survive. Anyway, they would not be killed for such a serious crime as treason, so if there is a chance in the future, it would not hurt to do it again.
Once he heard that trouble might happen in the future, Tong Guanying felt that he was indeed too kind.
So he ordered the fourth prince to be hanged outside the city gate and held in public for seven days.
Lin Ye's team stopped fifty miles away from Yangzi City. He ordered the army to rest and regroup and not rush to attack the city.
The next thing is for Qin Junru and Yue Ji to perform freely.
If there really was a fight, although Dayu's army would not be afraid of the Lone Bamboo Soldiers, even if one person died, Lin Ye would feel that the battle was not worth it.
If there are more casualties in this kind of battle, it will appear that Lin Ye is incompetent.
The army is just outside the capital of Guzhu. As for how the new king Tong Guanying responds, that is his business.
evening.
Lin Ye stood in the afterglow of the setting sun, raising his clairvoyance to look at the grand city in the distance.
From this distance, I could only see the outline, but I felt that the flags flying on the city wall looked a little droopy.
At this time, a scout came to report that it was Qin Junru, the Prime Minister of Guzhu State, who came to see the general on behalf of the Lord of Guzhu State.
Lin Yexin said that after this battle was fought like this, he didn't contribute much inside or outside. If he gets another big reward in the future.