Steel Dynasty - Chapter 121

[Chapter 121 Crisis]

In the main hall, the atmosphere was a little stagnant.

Xiao Ming and Hongyun looked at each other for a long time. Hongyun sighed slightly, “It’s only half a year apart, but His Highness is like a stranger to the slave family.”

“Miss Hongyun, let’s get down to business. Do we have anything else to say between you and me? “

Are we together day and night? Besides, you and the Wang family have always been entangled, do you think I don’t know this?” Xiao Ming said lightly.

Hongyun chuckled, “His Highness is indeed different from the past. It seems that His Highness has really been forbearing for the past five years. Hongyun was also wondering why a dignified prince would hang out with the Wang family.”

Xiao Ming frowned and remained silent.

Xiao Ming first met this Hongyun at the Wang family’s banquet. That night, Wang Shijie sent this Hongyun to Xiao Ming’s house. Xiao Ming was very happy at that time.

But now that things and people have changed, Xiao Ming looked back and was naturally more wary of Hongyun.

Turning around and looking at the blooming peach blossom tree outside the main hall, Hongyun continued: “Now that the Wang family has been destroyed, the slave family no longer has any scruples. Your Highness’s body is rich in gold. Hongyun also knows that he is not worthy of being entangled with Your Highness. The slave family only wants a free body in exchange for his lower body. There will be a prosperous day.”

After saying this, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn’t that he didn’t recognize people when he put on his pants, but it had nothing to do with him when he took off his pants.

However, in my memory, this Hongyun was a very shrewd person, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

If she and Xiao Ming were troubled, they would definitely be kicked out, but now it would be a meritorious service to hand over the secrets of the Wang family.

“Whatever you want, as long as it’s not excessive, I will agree to it.” Xiao Ming said, thinking that he was helping his predecessor pay off his debt.

Hongyun thought for a while and said, “I hope that your highness will redeem your life for the slave family and prepare some money. From now on, your highness and the slave family will never see each other again.”

“Well, this is simple.” Xiao Ming muttered: “I can promise you, Now you can tell me what the Wang family’s secret is?”

Hongyun lowered her head and seemed to be weighing what to say. Finally, she said: “Wang Chengchou colluded with the Huyantuo tribe to attack Qingzhou in late autumn and early winter.”

“What!” Xiao Ming heard this. His expression changed drastically, “This matter must not be a joke.”

Hongyun said: “The slave family was in the Wang family’s mansion at the time. I overheard it when passing by the Wang family’s and his son’s room. I thought it was just a joke between the Wang family and his son, but I didn’t know until I returned to Qingzhou Hongyun When I think about the matter of those barbarian cavalry, it turns out that as the Wang family and his son said, those barbarian cavalry entered Qingzhou through a cave in Cangzhou to explore the way.”

Xiao Ming’s expression became solemn, and Lu Fei was the only one in the cave in Cangzhou. After a few people know it, now that Hong Yun has spoken out, it will definitely be fine.

“Rebellious ministers and traitors!” Xiao Ming punched the table hard. In history, collusion between the frontier nobles and foreign tribes has happened many times. Unexpectedly, this kind of thing also happened in his own fiefdom.

Hongyun sighed, “Although I am a female prostitute, I also know that my family, country, and the world are under control. I have come here to tell you. I hope that Your Highness can report to the court and prepare as soon as possible.”

“Thank you very much, Miss Hongyun. Although the girl is living in the world, she is still a woman. A man knows more about justice than some men.” Xiao Ming chuckled.

Hong Yun shook his head, “The slave family is just a prostitute. All they want is to live a stable life, and they don’t want to see the world in ruins.”

“In any case, this news about Miss Hong Yun is very important. I will ask Butler Qian to do this for me. “

Miss Hongyun redeems herself and prepares another five thousand taels of silver.” Xiao Ming said.

Hongyun nodded, bowed deeply to Xiao Ming, turned around and left slowly.

Looking at Hong Yun’s leaving figure, Xiao Ming was thoughtful. From the very beginning, he was puzzled by the barbarian cavalry that appeared in the hinterland of Qingzhou.

Lu Fei had been to that cave. It was very hidden. How could the barbarians know about it? The only explanation was that someone colluded and told the barbarians the news.

Recently, it now makes sense that the barbarians suddenly banned the sale of war horses. The ban on the sale of war supplies before the war was a precursor to the coming war.

But now that the Wang family has been removed by him, the Huyantuo tribe has no internal responders, and it is unclear whether this plan will change.

If this is the grand strategy of the barbarians, I am afraid that the barbarians will try to attack Cangzhou regardless of whether the Wang family cooperates or not.

“Half a year! It’s really terrible.” Xiao Ming stamped his feet fiercely.

Barbarians are a threat that always hangs over the head of the Chongqing Kingdom like a sharp sword. The defeat of several wars has made the civil and military officials of the Chongqing Kingdom change their color when talking about barbarians.

Today’s Dayu Kingdom is no longer an enterprising country in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, but has become a conservative country. For these officials, the only concern is how to maintain the internal rule of Dayu Kingdom, but they choose to deal with the threat of barbarians. Give in step by step.

Paying tribute and ceding territory seems to have become a panacea for dealing with conflicts with the barbarians, but the wolf cannot be fed enough, and the barbarians are a bad wolf that cannot be fed enough.

This matter was of great importance and jeopardized the safety of his fiefdom, so Xiao Ming could not ignore it.

And he had to admit the fact that the barbarians had a relative advantage over the Chongqing Kingdom militarily. Because of the chaos in the horse administration of the Chongqing Kingdom, there were basically no regular cavalry units in the country.

This also resulted in the fact that Dayu was basically on the defensive and lacked offensive capabilities, but the barbarians could come and go freely and were very passive.

However, in Xiao Ming’s view, in every war against the barbarians, many people were responsible for the defeat.

In a war, the training, discipline and fighting will of soldiers are very crucial, but now the army of Great Chongqing lacks the fighting will against the barbarians, and their training and discipline are also relatively weak.

So in the war, when the advantage was already lost, the situation became even worse.

“It seems it’s time to start publicity and create hatred.” Xiao Ming slowly walked out of the main hall with his hands behind his back. Only by making the people of the fiefdom hate the barbarians to the core can they unite to deal with the barbarians in the future.

Otherwise, the people are full of fear of the barbarians and have no will to fight, and his fiefdom will still be in danger.

After leaving the main hall, Qian Dafu had already sent Hongyun away. He said: “Your Highness, Miss Hongyun is gone. Hehe, Your Highness seems to have really changed. Now I don’t want Miss Hongyun anymore.”

“I now have time to indulge in women’s sex .”

Hongyun said that Wang Chengchou had colluded with the barbarians and planned to attack Cangzhou this fall. Now we should worry about this matter.” Xiao Ming said seriously.

Qian Dafu’s face suddenly changed. In his eyes, Xiao Ming saw a look of fear. He said, “Your Highness, what should we do? Let’s report to the Emperor. The barbarians have always been evil in the Central Plains. It seems that this It

‘s coming back again.”

“Hmm, he didn’t care about my life or death three years ago, will he care about it three years later?”

(End of this chapter)