Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 325: Setting the Rules, Shangfang Valley? Daizhou Military and Political Group
Xie Yuying followed Zhang Guifen into the Marquis' Mansion, from the huge front yard to the winding corridor, she kept looking around.

She had been to the Prince of Wu's Palace once, and thought that even though it was located far away in the wealthy Jiangnan area, it was far inferior to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Palace.

She also understood some of the court's rules, and knew very well that according to the regulations of the Marquis' Mansion, the "Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion" had exceeded the rules.

But this is exactly the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.

"The Marquis won a great victory in the front. The Emperor conferred the title of Champion Marquis yesterday. He is the only Marquis with ten thousand households in our Great Zhou."

Zhang Guifen walked forward while speaking to Xie Yuying behind her.

If Wei Yuan were here and saw her like this, he would definitely laugh and say "Grandma Liu Visits the Grand View Garden".

No matter what Zhang Guifen said, Xie Yuying would agree with her, as if she was afraid of saying something wrong and offending her.

Over there in the main hall.

Wei Shuyi sat in the first seat, Wei Ruyi sat in the first chair on the right, and some younger people such as Minglan stood beside them.

At this time, Zhen'er came to report, "My two ladies, my wife is bringing someone here."

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi, who looked a little weak, nodded slightly and said, "You can leave first."

Zhen'er bowed and said "yes" before leaving.

Wei Ruyi saw that Wei Shuyi's face looked a little strange, so he said distressedly:

"Good sister, I'm here to see her. You're recovering from your illness, why do you need to come here in person?"

Wei Shuyi said: "After all, she is pregnant with my Wei family's child. Besides, I lost my vitality in the early years, so even if I replenish it, it won't work."

Wei Ruyi frowned and said, "Nonsense, sister, you will definitely live a long life and watch Mu Ge'er get married and have children."

Wei Shuyi called Mu Ge'er over, pinched his little face, and said, "Who has offended you? You have a sour face all day long."

Mu Ge'er glared at Minglan and snorted.

Wei Shuyi said angrily: "Ming girl, have you offended your brother again?"

Minglan said, "When he came this morning, he annoyed Sister Jing. Sister Jing was crying because of him. I said a few words to him and he gave me a cold face."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Ge'er immediately said in dissatisfaction: "You were just saying a few words? You already started fighting! My ears are still hurting now!"

Wei Shuyi shook his head helplessly, glanced at Mu Ge'er, and said earnestly:
"Jing Jie'er is your sister, how could you make her unhappy?"

Mu Ge'er was still a child and didn't know how to lie. "I just thought my sister was cute and as pretty as my aunt. I...I didn't want to mess with her."

Wei Shuyi tapped his forehead gently, "You must not mess with your sister in the future, remember?"

Mu Geer nodded dullly.

At this moment, Zhang Guifen had brought Xie Yuying to the main hall. The former sat next to Wei Shuyi and said with a smile:
"Sister, this girl is Yuying."

Xie Yuying bowed quickly, "This servant greets you, elder sister."

She then turned to the older woman sitting at the first seat on the right and said, "Greetings, Second Sister."

Wei Shuyi first glanced at her belly and said in a deep voice:
"I've been to Yangzhou before. The rules in the south are not as strict as in the capital."

"You want to enter the Marquis' Mansion, do you know some of the rules?"

Xie Yuying stood up, bowed, and said, "Sister, before coming here, I specially consulted a few older maids in Jiangnan. They told me some rules of wealthy families."

Wei Shuyi glanced at Zhang Guifen beside him and said, "I won't ask about those rules. I'm relieved that you can teach them well in the future."

The latter smiled and said, "Please rest assured, big sister."

Wei Shuyi nodded slightly, and drove Minglan and other juniors out of the hall. Then, he looked at Xie Yuying and said seriously:

"I came here today to ask you something. You must answer truthfully without hiding anything. Just say whatever comes to your mind."

Xie Yuying said quickly: "Please ask me any questions, I will tell you everything I know."

Wei Shuyi asked, "If one day, the Marquis dotes on you too much and neglects the mistress of the family, what will you do?"

The reason she asked this was that she didn't want such a big marquisate to become like the Sheng family, where the emperor favored his concubine over his wife.

This is not the way for a family to thrive in the long run.

When Xie Yuying heard this question and saw Wei Shuyi's serious expression, she was shocked and fell to her knees without saying anything.
"No matter my appearance or temperament, I cannot compare with Madam. How can I be worthy of your kindness?"

Wei Shuyi didn't want to listen to this nonsense, "You just need to answer."

Xie Yuying was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "Please rest assured, big sister, if that day really comes, I will never rely on the favor of the Marquis to do anything against Madam."

"If my repeated persuasion to the Marquis fails, I am willing to return to Jiangnan and never set foot in the capital again in my life."

Wei Shuyi was quite satisfied with this answer.

She suddenly coughed twice.

Zhang Guifen quickly stood up, patted her on the back, and said, "Sister, how are you? Do you want to call a doctor?"

Wei Shuyi shook his head and said, "You have the imperial physician come to my house every other day. Now there are rumors in the streets that the imperial hospital of His Majesty was opened for the Marquis's residence."

Zhang Guifen saw that her complexion had improved, so she sat down again, held her hand, and said earnestly:
"Let others say whatever they want. We won't lose anything because of it."

Wei Shuyi said: "The Marquis' Mansion is a newly promoted noble family in our dynasty. If a big family wants to continue to prosper, even if it does not have a good reputation, it cannot have a bad reputation."

Zhang Guifen nodded, looked at Xie Yuying who was still kneeling, and said:

"Get up and pour tea for the elder and second sisters, so that you don't have to kneel all the time. When the Marquis comes back, you will tell him that we were too harsh on you."

She has already started setting rules for Xie Yuying.

The real rules are not just words.

Zhang Guifen, who grew up in the Duke's Mansion, had never experienced any palace fighting.

But the powerful children around her were fighting in their house all the time.

Therefore, although she was not fully aware of some matters in the big family, she also knew some ways to control people.

"Madam, you are embarrassing me by saying this."

Xie Yuying didn't dare to get up.

Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "Get up."

When she stood up, Wei Shuyi said, "Pour tea for your wife first."

Logically speaking, Xie Yuying had just arrived at the Marquis' Mansion with a big belly. Not only should she ask the servants in the Mansion to take good care of her, but she also shouldn't dare to target them like this.

But pouring tea made her know what respect and inferiority are.

Zhang Guifen said, "No."

She looked at Xie Yuying, "Pour tea for the eldest and second sisters first. In our Marquis' Mansion, the Marquis, the eldest sister, and the second sister are the most senior, and I am the second."

Wei Yuan has always respected his two sisters.

Therefore, Zhang Guifen also respected the Wei Shuyi sisters very much.
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June 1, the eighth year of Jiayou.

Yelu Xinxian's escape to the south soon led him to the Bozhou area.

They had already spared Daming Prefecture and thought they had escaped Liang Da's relentless pursuit and Qin Zhen's pursuit.

At this time, on a narrow mountain road in Bozhou, Yelu Xinxian, who was sitting on horseback, saw that his soldiers were all listless and suddenly burst into laughter.

A deputy general asked in confusion: "General, why are you laughing?"

Yelu Xin first turned to the Liao army and shouted, "I laugh at Wei Yuan's lack of wisdom and Liang Da's lack of strategy."

"This official road is the only way to the north. Our army has to pass through here when it takes a detour to Daming Prefecture."

"If I were Wei Yuan, I would have laid out a plan to destroy our army and would have set up a net here to cut off our army's chance of survival." "But now, there are no enemy troops on all sides. Once our army passes through this mountain road, the sky is high and the land is vast. No matter how many troops the Zhou army has, it will be useless!"

After hearing this, many Liao army soldiers finally relaxed a little.

After several days of fleeing, lacking clothes and food, we can finally take a breath.

However, at this moment, there was a "whoosh" sound.

An arrow actually hit Yelu Xinxian's horse.

The warhorse under him was suddenly frightened and started neighing loudly.

The next moment, countless arrows flew towards him.

Yelu Xinxian was startled, "Oh no! There's an ambush! Retreat!"

He quickly turned his horse around, and suddenly another arrow flew over and hit him on the shoulder.

"Cover the general's retreat!"

The deputy general also shouted.

But it was too late.

At the back of the mountain path, several large boulders rolled down from the hill and piled together.

Although the mountain road was not completely blocked, it could only accommodate one or two people at most.

This blocked the way out for all the Liao army soldiers.

Arrows fell like rain.

Yelu Xinxian endured the pain in his shoulder and saw that retreat was hopeless, so he had to order the entire army to charge forward.

"Soldiers, there are only a few thousand Zhou troops. Kill them and you will survive. Kill!"

Under the cover of several cavalrymen, he rushed forward under a hail of arrows.

If any arrows could hurt him, the first to hit him would definitely be the cavalry who held up their shields to protect him from the rain of arrows.

He was fine.

But this was a hard time for the Liao army soldiers who followed him in the charge.

As soon as one group rushed forward, another group fell down.

Before long, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured.

As luck would have it, more than a dozen huge rocks fell in the valley leading to the wide official road.

This completely blocked the Liao army's way of survival.

The Zhou army ambushed here not only shot arrows, but also fell rocks and some flammable materials.

Seeing that there was no way out, Yelu Xinxian subconsciously looked up and saw Xu Changzhi on the hill.

At this time, Xu Changzhi was laughing at Yelu Xinxian and said:
"Brother Yelu, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Today, I will burn your Liao army to ashes and make sure you never return!"

He had been planning in Bozhou for a long time and thought that the Liao army would not come.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yuan guessed it right!

On the mountain path, Yelu Xinxian looked up at the falling rocks and arrows, as well as the rising flames. He suddenly felt despair, his face covered in dust, and he closed his eyes and sighed to the sky.
"Could it be that God wants to kill me?"

Xu Changzhi looked at the fire raging and saw many Liao soldiers already buried in the sea of ​​fire, and said sadly:
"When Zhuge Liang burned Sima Yi to death, if it hadn't rained in Shangfang Valley, Sima Yi would have died."

"And I, Xu Changzhi, am not Zhuge Liang, and he, Yelu Xinxian, is certainly not Sima Yi!"

"This fire not only destroyed the lives of 100,000 Liao soldiers and Yelu Xinxian, but also the fate of the Liao Kingdom!"

However, the words just fell.

The sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

In an instant, a drop of water fell on Xu Changzhi's cheek.

He looked up subconsciously.

It was visible to the naked eye that the raindrops grew from small to large, from sparse to dense, and suddenly a heavy rain poured down.

The several Zhou army soldiers standing beside him looked at him with eyes full of resentment.

It seems like, why are you mentioning Shangfang Valley for no reason?
Between mountain paths.

Yelu Xinxian, who was already in despair, suddenly felt it was raining.

There were soldiers cheering beside me.
"It's raining!"

"General, it's raining!"

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Yelu Xinxian immediately laughed loudly in the direction of Xu Changzhi: "Hahaha, God will not abandon me, God will not abandon me!"

After saying that, he led the army and continued to charge forward.

Xu Changzhi was very depressed. The lamb he had caught grew wings and flew away?

He also raised his head to the sky and sighed, "Is it that Heaven will not destroy Yelu Xinxian, or that Heaven will not destroy the Liao Dynasty?"

After a pause, he made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "My Great Zhou is definitely not Shu Han!"

"Order the entire army to hunt down the Liao bandits until they die!"

The battle continued until late at night.

The Zhou army killed more than 63,000 enemies and won a great victory.

However, Yelu Xin still escaped first.

Fortunately, however, in this battle, Xu Changzhi had accomplished the goal assigned by Wei Yuan.

That is to destroy the main force of the Liao army led by Yelu Xinxian.

Now, not only has the Liao army been destroyed, but it has also been dispersed.

It is estimated that it won’t be long before those defeated Liao troops become bandits in the territory of the Great Zhou in order to survive.

As for the soldiers around Yelu Xinxian, I'm afraid there are only three or four thousand people at most.

The Liao army is no longer a force to be reckoned with!
Historians of later generations evaluated the series of battles launched by Wei Yuan around Xiangzhou, calling it the pioneering battle of "siege a point and attack its reinforcements."

This battle also allowed later generations to discover a group full of vitality that continuously supplied geniuses, brave generals, military strategists, and strategists to the Great Zhou and future generations.

They called this military and political faction headed by Wei Yuan the Daizhou Group.

As a result, for hundreds of years in the following generations, generals and heroes who led troops to fight in various places would subconsciously look up to the soldiers from Daizhou.
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June 7, the eighth year of Jiayou.

In Linzhang city.

The generals of various armies under the unified leadership of Wei Yuan began to report to him on the recent battle situation, and he summarized the information and submitted a memorial to inform the court.

After the generals and soldiers have finished speaking.

Shen Qing looked at Wei Yuan and asked respectfully, "In the battle of Xiangzhou, our army won a great victory. General Wei, I wonder what our army should do next?"

Hear the words.

Wei Yuan, who had been staring at Mingzhou and Baozhou, suddenly turned to the generals and said seriously:
"Order Liang Da, Chen Yuanzhi, Xu Changzhi, Qin Zhen, Lin Zhaoyuan and other troops to meet at Cheng'an Town before June 15th."

"Shen Qing, you will coordinate the food and supplies of each army to prepare for the next war."

(End of this chapter)