After a night's rest, Marquis Jing'an and Duerman led the army straight to Huanglong and headed to the heart of the grassland in an attempt to defeat the grassland king in one fell swoop.
The more than 100,000 grassland troops who fled had another 50,000 troops to pursue them, so they were just a pile of scattered sand and there was nothing to be afraid of.
The Prairie King had already lost 500,000 troops this time, and there were not many troops left. With Duerman leading the way, there would not be much of a problem. Even if they could not capture or kill the Prairie King, they would at least drive him out of the grassland.
A few days later, the court received the report from Marquis Jing'an, and Emperor Yongxing and the court officials were all extremely excited.
Duke Wei also received the news, and then spread the news, causing panic among the Tibetan army. If the grassland army was defeated, how could they, the Tibetans, fight against the Yongning army?
When the Tibetan king learned that the grassland army had been defeated, he immediately ordered the Tibetan army to withdraw for defense.
Duke Wei seized the opportunity and led his troops out of the city to attack the Tibetan army from the rear. He also ordered 30,000 light cavalry to bypass the front of the Tibetan army to block it, which was bound to disperse the Tibetan army.
As long as we defeat them, we can then harvest their heads.
Marquis Jing'an and Duke Wei both went deep into the hinterland of Tubo and the grasslands. Emperor Yongxing ordered that their food and grass supply must be guaranteed. At the same time, he also sent more troops to Tubo. If they dared to plot against him, this time the Tubo king must pay the price.
The Duke of Wei defeated the Tibetan army and then marched all the way towards the Tibetan royal family.
By mid-October, snow had fallen in many parts of Tibet, making it impossible to march. The Duke of Wei stopped moving after capturing a city.
When the Tubo King learned that Yongning's army had invaded Tubo, he became extremely anxious. After discussing with his ministers, he decisively surrendered to Yongning. He was willing to send a prince to Yongning as a hostage and a princess in marriage, as well as pay compensation and tribute to Yongning every year.
Emperor Yongxing agreed to the Tibetan king's request after consulting with the ministers in the court. The main reason was that Tibetan territory was too large and sparsely populated. It was not cost-effective to conquer it, and people had to be sent to guard and manage it.
Because of the different races, the people there will definitely cause trouble frequently, which may not be worth the loss.
It would be better to let Tubo pay compensation and tribute every year, so that they can get the benefits for free, and then beat them again if they don't obey.
The grassland side will definitely not agree to peace talks.
Emperor Yongxing also sent more troops to Marquis Jing'an, and this time the grassland must be completely transformed.
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When the people in the capital heard that they had won a victory and the Tubo and grassland people had been driven away, every household was overjoyed.
Duke Wei and Marquis Jing'an cannot go home for the New Year this year, but Zhang Hulan is preparing to go home for the New Year again.
Zhang Hulan invited Xie Bangwen and his family to Changning County to celebrate the New Year and discuss the marriage of Zhang Xiaojun and Xie Xiaoman.
Zhang Hulan also asked Duanmu Cong and the others if they wanted to go home with her to celebrate the New Year, and Duanmu Cong and the others happily agreed.
When Old Man Zhang and Mrs. Wang saw Xie Bangwen and his family coming in, they happily greeted them, "Oh, dear relatives, please come in quickly..."
Wang immediately introduced Zhang Hujun and Li: "Boss, Boss's wife, come quickly, this is Xiaojun's father-in-law and mother-in-law."
Wang then took Xie Xiaoman's hand, her face full of smiles, "Big brother's wife, this is Xiaojun's wife!"
Xie Xiaoman shyly greeted everyone, "Hello, Grandpa and Grandma! Hello, Uncle and Aunt!"
Li was very happy as this was the first time she met her future daughter-in-law.
She hurried home, took a bracelet and put it on Xie Xiaoman's wrist.
She had already prepared gifts for her daughter-in-law.
"Thank you, auntie!"
Seeing Zhang Xiaojun's family so enthusiastic, Xie Xiaoman felt very happy.
Zhang Hulan then introduced Zhang Hubing and Xiang Chunhua to Xie Bangwen's family.
The Zhang family was very happy about the arrival of Xie Bangwen's family.
After seeing the rest of the Zhang family and the harmonious relationship between them, Xie Bangwen felt more at ease about his daughter marrying into the Zhang family.
Wang and the others were also very happy that Duanmu Cong and his friends had returned.
Especially when Duanmu Cong and his friends followed Zhang Xinyao and her sister in calling Old Man Zhang and Wang grandpa and grandma, the two old people were even happier.
The family is not short of money and can afford to raise these children. The more children the better.
The next day after Duanmu Cong came back, he went to the county government office to visit Song Yuzhang.
Song Yuzhang was also the key to Duanmu Cong's father's revenge.
It’s not that Song Yuzhang noticed the difference in Duanmu Cong. It’s not that Duanmu Cong didn’t know whether he would tell his life story, so Duanmu Cong was very grateful to Song Yuzhang.
Needless to say, when Zhang Hulan returned home, all the women in the village came running to her.
Not all of the lotus roots grown this year were made into vermicelli. As more people were making it, sales were not as good as before.
But they can sell starch, which is cheaper but less likely to injure people.
Now that they have money saved at home, the villagers are not working so hard and can take it easy.
The good days have just begun, and they all want to take good care of their health, live a few more years, and enjoy more happiness.
This year, they set off for the capital on the eighth day of the first lunar month. The Zhang and Xie families had agreed that the wedding of Zhang Xiaojun and Xie Xiaoman would be scheduled for June.
At that time, all members of the Zhang family will go to Beijing to hold the wedding there, and then return to Daping Village together to hold another wedding in the village.
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This year, the Wang family has double happiness.
In April, the Tibetan hostage and the princess who was to be married to the Tibetans arrived in Yongning State, bringing with them silver as compensation from Tibet.
Emperor Yongxing had no other princes, and he did not want to allow royal relatives to marry him, so he chose candidates from among the sons of ministers in the court.
In the end, Emperor Yongxing chose Wang Xingyao.
Wang Xingyao is twenty years old this year, but he has never found a girl he likes.
Ye Hongling and Old Madam Yang introduced countless girls to him, but he didn't like any of them.
The age was just right, and the Wang family was trustworthy. Emperor Yongxing immediately decided on Wang Xingyao.
At first, when Wang Xingyao heard that the emperor had arranged a marriage for him with a Tibetan princess, he was not happy about it. But when he saw the Tibetan princess, he readily agreed.
The Tibetan princess who married into the royal family was seventeen years old and very beautiful. Her unique exotic charm amazed many people.
Another happy event is that Zhang Dahua is pregnant. Zhang Dahua is now 19 years old, and the Wang family has finally welcomed the fourth generation.
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In June, Zhang Xiaojun and Xie Xiaoman got married.
Zhang Hujun and Li had another big event, and from now on all they had to do was raise their youngest son.
On the day of the wedding, Li gave the share of the braised meat business that Zhang Hulan had given to Zhang Xiaojun to Xie Xiaoman.
"Xiao Man, this was given to me by Aunt Xiao Jun a few years ago.
Every child in the family has one. This one is for Xiaojun. You keep it for the future. Sister Xiaojun will give you the money every month."
Xie Xiaoman didn't ask how much money she got every month. She declined, "Mom, you should keep it."
Li said, "Keep it. This is given by your aunt. You must be filial to your aunt in the future."
"Don't worry, mother. I will be filial to my aunt in the future." Xie Xiaoman then hurriedly bowed to Zhang Hulan, "Thank you, aunt!"
After Xie Xiaoman returned home, Zhang Hujun and the others went back to Daping Village.
Zhang Xiaojun and Xie Xiaoman also went back. They were going back to the village to hold a wedding banquet.
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