Chapter 117 The Cards Are Revealed

After the soldiers of Beijun escorted the barbarians away from them, Li Feng said to Lin Xiuming with a smile: "General Lin, let's keep going. We will soon reach the battlefield where the fiercest fighting took place last night.

After hearing Li Feng's voice, the dazed Lin Xiuming came back to his senses.

He was just thinking about writing memorials.

"Oh, okay."

At this point, Lin Xiuming said loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Keep going! "

Hearing Lin Xiuming's voice, the imperial soldiers with blank minds came back to their senses.

The scene that just happened was still so unreal in their eyes.

They even suspected that they were still on the way to Beijun, and everything they saw just now was just a dream they had on the road because they were too tired from marching. In fact, Yancheng might have been captured by the barbarians.

Of course, they knew very well that this was the reality.

After a while, under the leadership of Li Feng, the 70,000 troops of the imperial court came to the place where Mu Changtian and the black cavalry met last night, which was also the place where the most barbarian soldiers died.

The entire river beach was full of the bodies of barbarian soldiers. At a glance, there was no end.

Seeing so many bodies of barbarian soldiers, even the imperial soldiers who had been mentally prepared just now were stunned at this moment.

Compared to the miserable state of the bodies they had seen before, The bodies of the barbarian soldiers in this place are more complete and not so broken.

But this scene of corpses everywhere is no less shocking to people than the bloody battlefield just now.

The bodies of the barbarian soldiers have been piled up, and the water of Wanning River is dyed very red, as if the whole river has turned into blood.

Two hundred thousand barbarian soldiers, the combat effectiveness of Beijun is also terrifying!

Lin Xiuming and the soldiers couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

It has been a long time since Daxia has seen such a powerful army!

No, it should be said that Daxia has never seen a vassal king with such strength!

It is not known whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for Emperor Xia to put the King of the North in Beijun.

At this time, Li Feng said to Lin Xiuming: "General Lin, the task of cleaning the battlefield is left to you. The soldiers of Beijun fought bloody all night last night and are exhausted and have no strength to clean the battlefield. "

After hearing Li Feng's words, Lin Xiuming came back to his senses again. He immediately said, "Okay, General Li, you should go and rest too. Leave the next thing to us."

Li Feng said, "Okay, then I'll trouble you."

Lin Xiuming said politely, "No trouble, this is what we should do."

As soon as Lin Xiuming finished speaking, Li Feng turned around and rode his horse and left the battlefield directly.

Looking at Li Feng's departing back, Lin Xiuming fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Zhou Yu's voice sounded beside Lin Xiuming, "General, how should we report the affairs of Beijun?"

The results of Beijun's battle were so horrifying that even if such results were reported, I'm afraid the court would not believe them.

Lin Xiuming pondered for a moment, and then said, "Report it truthfully."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, and then tentatively asked, "General, do you really have to report it truthfully?"

Hearing Zhou Yu's question, Lin Xiuming turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, and then asked seriously, "What? Do you still want to take credit? "

Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "General, this is not what I meant. I just think that if we report it truthfully, we might offend the King of the North."

Zhou Yu thought to himself, how dare he covet such military merits.

If the Northern County only repelled the attack of the barbarians, they might be able to covet a little military merit when reporting, saying that their 70,000 troops of the court played such and such a role.

But now it is different. Before their court army arrived in Yancheng, the war between the Northern County and the barbarians was over.

Not only was it over, but it ended with a crushing victory of the Northern County.

If they covet such military merits, they will definitely be exiled or their whole family will be beheaded if they are investigated by the higher-ups.

What's more, after seeing the tens of thousands of heavy cavalry in the Northern County, who would dare to have the idea of ​​coveting military merits?

The King of the North is obviously not an ordinary person. If he dares to covet I'm afraid that the Northern King will kill them before the court investigates their military achievements.

Although Zhou Yu is the Eighth Prince's man, he has no intention of making any moves after seeing the heavy cavalry of Beijun and the piles of corpses of barbarian soldiers on the battlefield.

He still wants to return to the capital alive.

The strength of the Northern Palace is so terrifying, who dares to make small moves under the eyes of the Northern King.

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Lin Xiuming thought for a while, and then said: "Don't worry about the Northern King for now, wait until the evening to send the red silk messenger to send the battle report to the court. If the Northern King does not send someone to intercept, it will be the best. If he sends someone to intercept, this general will go to the Northern Palace in person and discuss with the Northern King how to report to the court."

Regardless of whether the court believes in the results of the battle in Beijun, once the affairs of Beijun are reported to the court, the strength of the Northern King will not be hidden, so Lin Xiuming is also worried that the Northern King will intercept their red silk messenger.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, order the soldiers to start cleaning the battlefield! "

As soon as Lin Xiuming finished speaking, the imperial court's 70,000 troops began to clean up the battlefield.

Originally, these 70,000 soldiers were the elite of the imperial court and experienced warriors, but now they have been reduced to being responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

However, most of the soldiers did not complain. Compared with fighting the barbarian soldiers head-on, the job of carrying their corpses was easier and there was no danger to their lives.

And after seeing Beijun's terrifying strength, they were willing to clean the battlefield for Beijun's soldiers.

at dusk.

Inside the tent.

Lin Xiuming was lying on the table writing a battle report, when a red-robed eunuch walked in. The eunuch was the supervisor of the imperial army this time.

Like Lin Xiuming and others, he was also shocked by the strength shown by Beijun.

At the same time, he also had a worry in his heart, that is, whether his battle report could be sent out of Beijun.

Both the generals who supervise the army and the generals who fight need to write battle reports, and they cannot communicate with each other. This is to prevent the generals who lead the troops from falsely reporting their military exploits.

Originally, Eunuch Wang did not need to come to Lin Xiuming. After he wrote the battle report, he could directly send the red silk messenger to deliver the letter. However, when he thought that his battle report would not be delivered, Eunuch Wang still came to Lin Xiuming's tent.

Seeing the supervisors entering his tent, Lin Xiuming asked: "Eunuch Wang, what can I do for you?"

The prince asked with a sad face: "General Lin, have you finished writing your battle report?"

Lin Xiuming said: "I am writing. The prince came to see me. Is he going to collude with me to report the battle? This is impossible."

Eunuch Wang said: "Oh, General Lin, what time has it been? You still have the heart to joke."

"General Lin, you don't know what situation we are in now, do you?"

"The King of the North did not let us enter the city, but let us camp in the Wanning Valley. This shows that he is on guard against us. Whether our battle report can be sent out is a question!"

Lin Xiuming said calmly: "What does the prince mean?"

Eunuch Wang said: "Our idea is to discuss it with King Bei first to see what he says and what can and cannot be written, so that we can have a good idea."

Lin Xiuming said: "Is it possible that the prince wants to hide the results of Beijun's battle?"

Eunuch Wang said: "It's not whether we want to hide it or not. The key is whether King Bei wants to let the court know."

Lin Xiuming continued to immerse himself in writing the battle report, and said as he wrote: "Eunuch Wang, do you think King Bei can hide such amazing results from the court? Even if we make a false report, the court will soon know what happened in Beijun."

"The King of the North is not a fool. He killed 200,000 barbarians and captured 100,000 barbarians. This news has spread throughout Yancheng. Soon your majesty's shadow guards will know, and what happened in Beijun will also reach your majesty's ears. ”

"The court should know. King Bei will let the court know. Let's just write it. If King Bei really intercepts our battle report, it will be the same if we go to the Prince's Mansion to find him."

Hearing what Lin Xiuming said, Wang Gonggong felt that it made sense, and then said: "Okay, then our family will listen to General Lin. General Lin, let us know after you send the battle report, and our family will follow Send the Hong Ling messenger again.”

The prince wanted to see if Lin Xiuming's battle report could be sent out first. If Lin Xiuming's battle report had been sent out, then he would have someone else deliver it. If Lin Xiuming's battle report was stopped by Bei Wang Mansion, he would go there immediately. Find the King of the North to avoid offending the King of the North.

In the dead of night.

The palace.

Lu Chen had just finished taking a shower and planned to go to Bai Qingqing's room to do some exercise.

At this time, a female guard came to Lu Chen.

"Your Majesty, Commander Qin stopped the imperial court's Hong Ling messenger. He asked his subordinates to ask you if you need to check their battle reports before letting them go?"

Lu Chen immediately said: "No need, if the king really does this and the court finds out, he may not immediately become a traitor."

The battle report of the Hong Ling Messenger is one-to-one, which means that when it is sent from the frontline general, the first person to open it and view it must be the emperor.

If he, a vassal king, opened the Hong Ling Messenger's battle report and checked it, he would definitely be accused of being a traitor if he found out about it. There was no need to even think about it.

Moreover, the results obtained by Beijun were too great to be hidden from the court. Lu Chen had no intention of hiding it, he directly played his cards openly and concealed what he was doing.

There are tens of thousands of heavy cavalry and hundreds of thousands of barbarian prisoners. Do we still need to be as timid as before?

No need at all!

Moreover, his father's focus was on the aristocratic family, so he had no intention of cutting down the vassal.

After hearing what Lu Chen said, the guard said: "I understand what the prince means. I will ask Commander Qin to let the Hong Ling messenger leave."

Having said this, the female guard immediately turned around and left the yard.

A few days later.

Anping City.

After Mu Zixuan and the others arrived in Anping City, they had been worried about the situation in Yancheng and often sent people from the palace to Yancheng to inquire about information.

Chu Yuqin was sitting in the courtyard at this time, listless. She suddenly realized that without her Chen'er, she couldn't cheer up.

In the past, she always wanted to keep a distance from Lu Chen to avoid a conflict, but in the end she was really separated, but she was very reluctant to let go.

Chu Yuqin sighed deeply, "Sigh, I don't know when I will be able to see Chen'er again."

At this time, a little maid entered the courtyard and said, "Mrs. Chu, there is a woman outside looking for you. She says she is your sister!"