Perhaps this battle was planned from the mont Yunzhou was returned by Wei Country six months ago.
Duoji’s death forced the Chanyu to deploy troops.
Even if he didn’t want to, his subordinates could not bear such humiliation; not everyone agreed with the old Chanyu’s plan of lying low and biding their ti.
Most of the Qiangrong people had no idea what "lying low and biding ti" ant.
They thought that Marquis Gu and the Gu Family Iron Cavalry were in Yunzhou.
Now... a full fifty thousand of the Gu Family Iron Cavalry seed like a black torrent across the snowfield, capable of sweeping away all obstacles.
They had been rushing across the snowfield day and night for three days and nights until Geng Gong looked up and saw a low gray wall in the distance.
Those walls were indeed very low, without even a city gate; to Geng Gong, it seed as though he could leap over them on horseback.
Thinking of the events to co, no soldier felt tired. Everyone was extraordinarily excited and solemn.
Normally, there would be so military tents and patrolling soldiers stationed near these walls, but now, the elite soldiers of the Royal Court had co out in full force, under the Chanyu’s leadership, heading to Weizhou thousands of miles away.
At this mont, the Qiangrong Royal Capital seed like a joke.
When the black armor appeared on the snowfield’s horizon like a tidal wave, the few Qiangrong people guarding the capital knew they were finished.
Geng Gong looked up and seed to see that figure charging ahead among thousands, and then he heard the Marquis’s voice ringing across what seed between heaven and earth:
"For this Marquis, get back to Wolf Mountain!"
Whether it was blood or tears, Geng Gong’s vision blurred.
In a daze, he rembered when he was a child and his father was killed by the Qiangrong.
He raised his extrely sharp saber high,
and involuntarily roared along with Dingyuan Marquis:
"Expel the Qiangrong, make them return to Wolf Mountain!!!"
*
While most people in the capital were still imrsed in the defeat of Weizhou, a select few had already grasped the opportunity.
They knew that losing Weizhou ant the Qiangrong had taken the bait, and if Dingyuan Marquis could achieve a great victory, the status of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion would surpass that of Prince Rui’s Mansion.
In the hearts of Yan people, the Wei Country was a state of the Central Plains, while the Qiangrong were always the alien tribe. Every invasion by those aliens brought burning, plundering, and looting. Many of the older generations of Yan died by the Qiangrong’s butcher’s knife.
The nearly two-hundred-year history of Yan, rather than saying it’s the rise of the number one great nation of its ti, is more about its battle against the Qiangrong.
Even though in recent years, the Qiangrong have stayed relatively quiet, even though the Qiangrong Royal Court dared not invade, the other Qiangrong tribes not under the Royal Court’s jurisdiction would occasionally cross Dingbei Pass and wreak havoc on the Northern Territory border, and that’s how Geng Gong’s parents were killed.
Their hatred for them runs deeper than for the Wei Country.
So, if Dingyuan Marquis can drive the Qiangrong back to Wolf Mountain, even if only a few hundred miles past Dingbei Pass, it would certainly be an achievent that would shock the entire nation.
That day, Lu Bingxin, who had just been appointed Minister of Revenue, went to the Imperial Study Room after court and knelt on the ground.
"Please, Your Majesty, show rcy and grant my second daughter, Lu Feifei, a marriage!"
Rong Jing looked at Lu Bingxin, kneeling on the ground, his peach blossom eyes exceptionally deep.
"You, you’re more anxious than I am."
Lu Bingxin said, "Your Majesty, it’s not that this minister is anxious, it’s that my little daughter is deeply in love with Young Master Gu and cries every day at ho. This minister’s head has grown two circles larger, so I shalessly ca to plead with you."
Rong Jing chuckled softly, "I heard that the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion recently refused the betrothal gifts sent by your Lu Family. Your daughter is deeply in love with Gu Lan, but Gu Lan may not feel the sa."
Lu Bingxin said, "As long as the Emperor decrees the marriage, Young Master Gu’s feelings are irrelevant. Does the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion dare to defy an imperial decree?"
Rong Jing raised an eyebrow and leisurely said:
"If Gu Chengzhao achieves a great victory, his prestige in the military will surely reach its peak. I know how protective Gu Chengzhao is; if you force Gu Lan to marry your daughter, and he ends up unhappy, that displeasure will land on . This is a losing bargain."
A gleam of cunning flashed in Lu Bingxin’s eyes, and he said:
"Your Majesty may have heard the rumors in the streets that Young Master Gu is a homosexual, likes n... No matter how protective Marquis Gu is, he should be thankful for the marriage decree that will allow his son to marry a bride and continue the family line."
"Homosexual?" Rong Jing was startled for a mont, the cold mist spreading in his peach blossom eyes, giving an eerie impression.
"Indeed, so say Young Master Gu likes Fifth Young Master Rong," Lu Bingxin explained, "Young Master Gu is now troubled by love, and has not attended the Imperial Family learning for over ten days, reportedly because he doesn’t want to see Fifth Young Master Rong."
"Crack—"
The jade ring Rong Jing held was snapped into two under his force.
Lu Bingxin’s heart trembled, and he suddenly panicked, quickly lowering his head, not daring to speak further.
After a while, Rong Jing began to laugh softly, a tender yet mocking laughter: "Even if Gu Lan is a homosexual, Minister Lu, you are still willing to marry your daughter to him? That’s pushing your daughter into the fire."
Lu Bingxin shuddered, then gritted his teeth and said, "This minister is willing."
"You, as a father, are truly ruthless," Rong Jing comnted.
Lu Bingxin seed unable to hear the sarcasm in the Emperor’s words and said earnestly, "My daughter is in love, so I must strive for it."
Rong Jing’s smile turned even more indifferent, saying calmly, "Gu Lan has no official status. You should go to Yongshou Palace, and have the Empress Dowager issue an edict, saying that I have agreed to this marriage."
With the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion backing the Lu Family, Lu Bingxin’s position as Minister of Revenue would be truly stabilized and able to contend with Su Wenzhong.
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