Shen Xu sat on a fallen dead tree trunk. She looked towards the burning villa in the distance and could still see tiny dots of fire.
"It depends on whether Wang Shun will disappoint us."
Pei Zhiyuan followed the direction she was facing, looking towards the direction of the fire in the villa, "If we had really hidden in the secret room, we would have been burned to ashes long ago. Miss Shen knew that he was Yang Chonghu's accomplice, so why did she give him the real military token?"
Shen Xu chuckled, "He can be Yang Chonghu's lackey, or he can be our pawn. Let's wait for good news from him."
Pei Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her calmness, but then he said, "You always speak in a calm tone, and then take me to do things that are close to death."
"Haha, Master Pei understands me."
"You're not going to transfer the Royal Army's Iron Cavalry troops away again, are you? There's actually no one to support us."
Shen Xu smiled and said, "As for me, I directly dispatched the army to attack Jiangling Prefecture."
"If we attack Jiangling without any reason to start a war, I'm afraid our holy name will be tarnished."
"A burning villa and assassins attacking us, isn't that grounds for war?"
"The people who attacked the villa were the Liu family army of Linzhou Prefecture. The assassins were sent by Yun Nuan from the Dark Pavilion. The Yun Nuan Pavilion never discloses the information of clients who have bounties on them."
Shen Xu smiled calmly and said, "If you and I were both burned to death in the villa of Yeyan, then the person holding the king's military token would be able to command the world, right?"
"You mean..."
"Once a lackey has the power to become a tiger, will he still be willing to be a lackey that harms people on behalf of the tiger?"
Pei Zhiyuan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Miss Shen, you really can use anything as a Dianzhu. You have really figured out the human tendency to seek profit."
"Not everyone is profit-driven, like my husband, Xue Yan, you... and the generals of the Royal Army's Iron Cavalry.
The commanders of the royal cavalry and high-ranking knights basically all come from powerful families. Their families provide them with excellent conditions to allow them to become knights and defend their country.
It is said that aristocratic families know how to seek benefits and avoid harm the most. They study for fame and fortune, get married for the family's career, civil officials enter the court to fight for benefits for the family, and military generals fight on the battlefield to build achievements for the family.
But when the war broke out, what I saw was that countless noble children, even when their families were brutally tortured by Master Hua, still adhered to the justice in their hearts, fought for the Haoyue Kingdom, shed blood and sacrificed their lives without hesitation.
So are you, so are Xue Yan, and so are the soldiers of the royal cavalry."
A guard said, “My Lady Prime Minister, although what you said is pertinent and you have great magical powers, you can kill the Imperial Master and lead us to victory.
But I still don't agree with why you released Xue Yan and even appointed him as Right Prime Minister."
Pei Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "Who is this soldier who is speaking?"
Another guard quickly spoke up, "This is Lu Zifeng, the vanguard of the Iron Cavalry, a junior of Prime Minister Lu's family in Rock City. He's young and inarticulate, so please don't misunderstand me, Lady Prime Minister. Whether it's war or statecraft, we brothers are devoted to you."
Shen Xu said gently: "It's okay, if you have any questions, just ask, it's better than hiding suspicion in your heart."
She looked up to see the moonlight between the leaves and spoke slowly, "Just half a year ago, the disaster in the north became unmanageable, and 200,000 rebels rose up.
In just a few months, angry people responded and the number soared to 400,000.
In order to suppress the riots in the north, Xue Yan united a rebel army of 400,000 people in the name of fighting against the rebels, and marched towards the northern defense line in a black mass.
In less than half a year, more than 400,000 soldiers were killed on the northern defense line, and the royal cavalry lost 170,000 soldiers.
Those soldiers who are qualified to serve as the king's army are basically the children of aristocratic families, or at least the military households whose ancestors were officials.
Your status is much higher than that of ordinary people, and even higher than mine and my husband's."
"My Lady Prime Minister, you are too modest. You and General Song are far superior to us in both military and political skills. If you say you are just ordinary people, I would never believe it even if you kill me."
"Yes, General Song is not only good at deploying troops, but also excellent at managing troops and commanding battles. If he hadn't had someone to teach him, he wouldn't have mastered so many military tactics and deployments."
Pei Zhiyuan was slightly stunned and asked doubtfully, "I seem to have heard him mention that his uncle once joined the army and later fled. However, that was more than 20 years ago. I don't know which army he served in at the time."
One of the guards blurted out, "Oh, what kind of army could be fleeing here? It must be the Dongning Prefecture's armored troops."
"Not many of the Ironclad Army escaped. When they attacked the Yanyang Kingdom, they were almost completely wiped out. His uncle is such a skilled martial artist, you wouldn't have thought he was such a coward."
Another person muttered quietly, "How can you be so careless with your words? Can you show some respect to our Majesty's adoptive father? He is the uncle of our female prime minister!
Besides, can Commander Song be blamed for this? Back then, the Black Sail Army of Yanyang Kingdom produced a female warrior. Have you seen "Joining the Army in My Father's Place"?
When my teacher taught us about water tactics, he often used General Yue Wei as an example. Although she was a general from an enemy country, her water combat skills were truly exceptional.
Li Shuang was puzzled and asked, "You are a cavalryman, why do you want to learn water tactics?"
"That's right. If the female prime minister asks us to attack Dongyi City one day, I will volunteer to be the vanguard and avenge the humiliation of Dongning Prefecture that year."
Pei Zhiyuan smiled and praised: "This general is ambitious, but Yanyang Country and we signed the Donggang Peace Treaty more than 20 years ago. Regardless of the current national conditions, we will not attack Donggang for a hundred years.
Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid you won't be able to capture Dongyi City in your lifetime, unless Yanyang Nation takes the initiative to attack."
Chen Xu continued, "Whose great master created this? It truly saved our lives. Otherwise, if the Yanyang Nation had taken advantage of the situation and invaded through Dongning Port, our Haoyue Nation would have been plunged into chaos."
Pei Zhiyuan sighed and replied, "I don't know why we had to fight at that time. The Donggang Peace Treaty was not an equal treaty. The Haoyue Kingdom paid 50 million taels of silver as compensation.
The Yanyang Nation used the silver to rebuild the once uninhabited Western Wasteland."
"Alas, it's a loss of sovereignty and humiliation for the country. However, if the war had not stopped, Dongning Prefecture would have become Yanyang's territory."
Shen Xu analyzed, "Then the king of Yanyang is very wise. If he had taken Dongning Prefecture, he might not have been able to hold it. He took the money and bought peace. It's a complete victory."
Pei Zhiyuan said nothing, thinking to himself, that wise king might be your grandfather, no wonder you are so far-sighted at such a young age.
However, it is humiliating enough for the mighty Haoyue Kingdom to rely on a princess from an enemy country who has lost her memory to pacify the world.
He tilted his head slightly and looked quietly towards the dark south, thinking to himself that Xue Yan should have met the envoy from Yanyang Country by now. He hoped that this negotiation could be resolved safely.
Let him win the princess, even if he doesn't want the gold mine, he must keep the princess in Haoyue Kingdom.
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