Chapter 1016: The Elephant Army
Chapter 1016: The Elephant Army
Bai Qingyan nodded, Ayu thought very well, at this time... it should be time for Ayu to return to Rongdi to prepare.
On the same day, Xiao Rongyan left from the imperial palace in Dadu and returned to the post house, the Ninth Prince of Yan and the envoys of Yan packed their bags and returned home.
And this time, the Yan Kingdom who came to ask for a marriage came back without a feather, which made more people in the Yan Kingdom a little more jealous of the Ninth Prince Murong Yan, secretly speculating in their hearts... It should be that the Ninth Prince did not allow the new emperor of Great Yan, Murong Li, to get the big Zhou's support, so deliberately disturbed the marriage.
On the sixth day of September in the first year of Yuanhe, Bai Jintong arrived in Daducheng.
Bai Jintong rushed back day and night, and there was no time to send someone to deliver the letter back in advance.
Holding the token given to her by Bai Qingqi, she entered the palace smoothly all the way...
Bai Qingyan was having lunch with Lu Taiwei, Shen Sikong, Dong Situ, and six ministers while discussing government affairs when he saw Wei Zhong coming in a hurry.
Wei Zhong walked to Bai Qingyan's side with small steps, covered his lips and whispered to Bai Qing: "The third girl is back, she is outside the hall."
Bai Qingyan tightened his grip on the chopsticks, quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said to several adults: "Everyone discuss it first, I will go back as soon as I go."
Lu Taiwei hurriedly led several important officials to greet Bai Qing.
Seeing Bai Qingyan leave in a hurry, Dong Qingping was beating in his heart: "What's wrong?"
"You are His Majesty's uncle, even if you don't know, we have no way of knowing." Shen Sikong said with a smile.
"Let's have a meal first, discuss it after we're done, come up with a few countermeasures, and let His Majesty choose one later..." Lu Taiwei said and sat down first, picked up the bowls and chopsticks to eat.
Zhang Duanning, the Minister of the Ministry of War, held the bowls and chopsticks, and couldn't help feeling: "Our empress is really eclectic. This is the first time for me... to meet this kind of Your Majesty discussing state affairs with courtiers, discussing while eating."
Hearing that Zhang Duanning was not dissatisfied, but just curious, Lu Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "Your Majesty went to war with his elders when he was young. Time is tight on the battlefield, and fighting is a physical effort. This is how the King of Zhen, the Duke of Zhen Guo and all the generals are. , while discussing the proposed battle! Our Majesty will not put on airs and eat with us courtiers, this is His Majesty has not forgotten the original intention."
Zhang Duanning nodded: "When my cousin was still alive, every time I heard my cousin mention His Majesty, he was full of praise and admiration."
Bai Jintong was in the side hall with a dignified complexion, restless, and never cared about grooming. He was dressed in the dust of the world, and he came to see his elder sister in men's clothes.
Seeing the elder sister stepping into the side hall, Bai Jintong's eyes turned red for some reason, and he rushed towards the elder sister's direction: "Elder sister!"
Bai Qingyan also took two steps forward. Seeing that Bai Jintong's eyes were black and blue, she had lost a lot of weight, and the contours of her eyes and cheeks were sunken.
Chun Tao watched from the side with fear, fearing that Bai Qingyan might make a mistake, after all, Bai Qingyan has twin bodies now.
"Eldest sister..." Bai Jintong hugged her elder sister tightly, her voice was so nasal that she almost thought that she would never see her elder sister again in this life.
"I've made you suffer! Just come back! Just come back!" Bai Qingyan stroked Bai Jintong's back softly.
"Third Miss!" Chuntao smiled with tears, and saluted Bai Jintong.
Bai Jintong smiled and nodded towards Chuntao: "Chuntao...your cousin asked me to bring you a letter back. Third brother asked your cousin to do something very important, so he couldn't come back with me this time."
Chuntao's ears turned red, and she hurriedly said: "It is my cousin's duty to serve the third girl and the third young master, Chuntao knows the seriousness!"
Bai Jintong nodded.
"Eldest sister, I'm in southern Xinjiang... I saw them, they're still alive... The son of our Bai family is still alive!" Bai Jintong's tears were like broken beads.
Bai Qingyan let go of Bai Jintong, took her hand and walked to the soft couch, then ordered Chuntao to fetch hot tea and snacks for Bai Jintong: "Have you met Third Aunt?"
"I haven't seen my mother yet! I'm in a hurry to come back because I have something important to do..." Bai Jintong wiped away his tears as soon as he remembered the business, and said, "Sister, when I came back, the Empress of Xiliang had already sent someone to Tianfeng Kingdom for help .”
Bai Qingyan signaled Bai Jintong to sit down. She had heard about this Tianfeng Kingdom from Bai Jintong's letter before, and later she made a special trip to find the map.
There are many things in Tianfeng Kingdom that Bai Qingyan is very interested in, such as toner that can make weapons sharper, tougher and indestructible.
"I remember you said in your letter... Tianfeng Kingdom is just behind the snow mountain that connects Rongdi and Xiliang, and no one can cross it?"
Chuntao came up with tea, and after the tea was served, she led people out of the side hall and waited outside.
Bai Jintong nodded, dipped his fingers in the tea, and roughly drew Rongdi, Xiliang, the snow mountain, and the location of Tianfeng Kingdom on the agarwood table.
"Tianfeng Kingdom is right here. Its location is unique. It used to be separated from the snow mountains... For Xiliang and Rongdi, the snow mountains are sacred and inviolable. They feel that the snow mountains are the end of the sky! And the Tianfeng Kingdom on the other side of the snow mountains is also Thinking so, I don’t know that there are other countries behind the snow mountain!”
Bai Jintong circled another spot beside the snow mountain, and pointed with his finger: "The south end of the snow mountain is the desert, which is in Xiliang, and no one dares to go to the Gobi desert! I was lucky...to find a way, You can travel between Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang, and then from Xiliang, you can send the goods of Tianfeng Kingdom to Dazhou and Dayan, as well as the previous Dawei and Daliang! So there is a lot of profit, but... bad The most important thing is that when I was in Xiliang, in order to gain the support of the eight major families of Xiliang as soon as possible, I had no choice but to tell them about this road.
Bai Qingyan became vigilant in his heart: "Tell me about this Tianfeng Kingdom carefully."
"When I first arrived in Tianfeng Kingdom, I felt that many things were deeply unbelievable. Giant animals like this are rare in Liang Kingdom, but Tianfeng Kingdom elephants... can be seen everywhere, and their size is larger than that of Daliang. Even bigger, the Tianfeng Kingdom calls the elephants a big guest, a big beast, and the population of this country is not as large as that of Zhou and Yan, so their army is small, but they can use elephants as their army."
"They trained huge elephants to form an elephant army, just like our cavalry. Compared with cavalry...the elephant army travels through mountains and rivers like walking on flat ground. The elephants are equipped with iron armor. The soldiers ride on the back of the elephant to command the battle. The army can also be used to transport food, grass and supplies. I have been to Tianfeng Kingdom for too short a time, and I have not seen the elephant army participating in the war. But in Tianfeng Kingdom... people cannot live without elephants. .”
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