Chapter 117 Whipping

"How many people are there?" Chang Wei asked. Read М

"Only about five or six hundred people."

Chang Wei pondered for a while and guessed that the Beidi people were reluctant to leave the spoils behind, so they left the detention team.

Mo Yu said at this time: "I haven't stretched my muscles since I arrived in Yan County, so why not let me go."

Chang Wei nodded. When Kutu was captured, the Yanguan Imperial Guards made efforts and fought with Charha's cavalry, and more than a thousand people died.

Now he should be given a chance to make merit.

Mo Yu laughed and led the cavalry to the west.

At night, Mo Yu returned, followed by a large number of people.

Chang Wei went out of the city to greet him, looking at the many people with puzzled expressions.

Mo Yu's armor was stained with blood, and he said: "These people don't want to leave, and say they are willing to live in Yan County."

Chang Wei glanced at the vast crowd of people, tens of thousands of them.

He remembered that the King of Yan had been recruiting people, so he nodded.

After a day of rest, Chang Wei led his troops back the next day, and took Kutu and the other two to Yancheng.

In two days, he returned to Yancheng.

At the gate of the city, he saw the King of Yan who came out to greet him after hearing the news.

"Your Highness."

Chang Wei led the generals of the royal palace to get off their horses and kneel on one knee to salute Zhao Xu.

This kneeling was a heartfelt respect for their King of Yan.

It was also a gratitude for the great victory under the leadership of the King of Yan.

"No need to salute." Zhao Xu helped Chang Wei up and looked at the generals, "This autumn hunting, all the soldiers fought hard and finally won a great victory. The king is very pleased. Now a banquet has been set up in the camp to reward all the soldiers."

Before Chang Wei set out from Wu'an County, he sent cavalry to Yancheng in advance to bring him the news of the capture of Kutu.

It was expected that Chang Wei and others would arrive today, so he recruited the cooks in the city in advance to prepare food in the camp.

The war is over, so the soldiers have to relax and be rewarded.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Chang Wei and the generals smiled.

Their nerves have been tense during this period.

Now they can finally have a good meal.

Zhao Xu searched again and found that Mo Yu and the soldiers of Yanguan Imperial Guards were gone, so he asked, "Where is Mo Yu?"

"He went back with the Imperial Guards, saying that he came here against the emperor's order, only for his country, not for small profits. If he stayed too long, he would be criticized by the court, which would be disadvantageous to Your Highness." Chang Wei frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "These officials in the court have no individual ability, and they are more powerful than each other in gossiping."

Zhao Xu shook his head.

Chang Wei's words are not unreasonable, but this is how the court is.

Each official stands on a different standpoint and fights for their own interests.

Although Mo Di is in Yanguan, many people in the court covet this position.

They all wanted to replace the commander of Yanguan with their own people, so that they could increase the weight of their own forces.

Therefore, there were memorials attacking Mo Di every year.

If Zhao Heng had not been sober-minded, Yanguan would be in the hands of someone unknown, and it would become a tool for power struggle.

"Not afraid of the criticism in the court, you still want to come to help me overcome the difficulties of autumn hunting. General Mo is really the backbone of my Dasong." Zhao Xu said solemnly.

In the long river of history, when the country is in danger and the treacherous are in power, there are always people with strong bones like stars lighting up the night.

In the current Dasong, the imperial power is declining, the powerful families are rising, and the officials in the court are fighting each other.

Even for their own selfishness, they don't care about the rise and fall of Dasong.

The Battle of Ningjin was certainly due to the strength of the Northern Di, but when the war started, the powerful generals who commanded each army were timid in order to protect their own strength, which was not the reason for the defeat.

Therefore, generals like Mo Di are really precious.

"Your Highness is right. I couldn't stand seeing the ugly faces of those people when I was in the capital." Chang Wei snorted coldly.

Thinking of something, he suddenly became excited, "Your Highness, Kutu is in the prisoner car behind, and there are two wolf records, Tam and Charha."

Zhao Xu had known the news in advance.

Since the war between Dasong and Beidi, Dasong has killed Beidi's wolf records on the battlefield.

But it was the first time that a king like him captured the Beidi king's tent.

He looked behind the team and saw three prisoner cars.

Flicking his sleeves, he came to the prisoner car.

The three people sitting in the cage looked at Zhao Xu immediately.

Kutu looked at Zhao Xu and said coldly: "Are you the King of Yan?"

"That's right." Zhao Xu looked directly at Kutu, "When you robbed my Yan County, you should have thought that this day would come."

"Hahaha..." Kutu laughed, but he felt ashamed in his heart.

This King of Yan is only sixteen years old, and he actually fell into the hands of such a kid, which really made him unwilling.

He said angrily: "Not only Yan County, in the future, we Beidi will graze horses on every piece of land in Dasong."

At this moment, Chaerha suddenly rushed to the wooden bars of the cage, glared and roared: "We will kill all your men and let all your women reproduce for us Beidi people."

"You'd better let us go, otherwise our great Khan will flatten your Dasong!" Tam laughed grimly.

"Snap!" Zhao Xu suddenly raised his whip and slapped Chaerha's face hard.

Chaerha groaned in pain, and blood flowed down his eyes.

Zhao Xu did not stop, and raised the whip high, slapped Chaerha, and then hit Tam, and finally Kutu, beating them all over and screaming.

Chang Wei and Liu Fu stood aside, watching with great joy.

They had no sympathy for the three, only deep hatred.

If it weren't for them, how could the hard-working people be slaughtered.

If it weren't for them, how could the soldiers of the royal army die on the battlefield.

If it weren't for them, how could the hard-earned gains of the people of Yan County be robbed.

These people, soldiers, their identities are either sons, fathers, or husbands.

They are one of the common people, just want to live this life diligently with their own hands.

But their lives were taken away by this group of invaders.

And not only did they have no compassion, but they were so arrogant.

For them, the whip was right, and they were happy.

"Well done." A soldier couldn't help but speak.

His brother died in battle while guarding Yancheng.

If it weren't for the military order, he would have rushed up to kill these three Beidi leaders.

Zhao Xu was tired of beating and threw the whip on the ground.

Kutu, Charha, and Tam were covered with whip marks and looked at him with resentment.

With a contemptuous smile, he said word by word: "I tell you, today, I can catch you and put you in a cage. One day, I will use the cage you have been in to lock up your Khan!"

"You are dreaming!"

"I will kill you."

"You are not worthy of mentioning our great Khan."

"..."

Kutu and the other two went crazy.

In their hearts, their Khan is extremely sacred and cannot tolerate anyone to blaspheme.

Zhao Xu sneered and waved his hand, "Put them in jail and execute them on a chosen day!"

The three people looked ashen when they heard this.

The generals and soldiers were shocked when they heard this. Chen Hu shouted loudly: "Long live His Royal Highness the King of Yan!"

"Long live His Royal Highness!" Lu Chang followed with a roar.

"Long live His Royal Highness, long live His Royal Highness..." The soldiers held their spears and hit the ground, shouting loudly, and the sound waves rolled.

"Long live His Royal Highness the Ninth!" When everyone cheered, a harmonious voice suddenly came.

Zhao Xu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in fancy clothes of the same age as him, raising his hand repeatedly and walking towards him.

Seeing Zhao Xu noticed him, the young man hurried forward a few steps.

Xu Lie and other guards immediately became alert and stopped him.

"Your Highness, I am Ma Han, the legitimate son of the Qinzhou Ma family. Ma Xuan, the governor of Qinzhou, is my biological father."

"Ma Xuan." Zhao Xu was slightly stunned. He was no stranger to this person.

The Qinzhou Ma family, one of the eight powerful families in Dasong, is located in the northwest of Dasong and has been resisting Xiliang together with the Dasong Imperial Army.

The three northwestern states of Qinzhou, Yongzhou, and Sizhou are all within its sphere of influence.

In recent years, it has even used the name of resisting Xiliang to get involved in Jinzhou, which is adjacent to Yanzhou.

However, this is Yanzhou, how did he get here.