At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 247 Xie Peiyao's Verbal Battle with Xiao Han

"coward."

Xiao Han curled his lips and looked at her with disdain.

"What's that look in your face?"

Qingyao stamped her feet.

"Contempt and disdain plus disdain."

Xiao Han raised an eyebrow.

"Why? Sister Qingyao has a grudge against her?"

Ning Xi asked.

"What kind of festival is this? It's just one-sided bullying."

He teased.

"Do you want your sister to help you vent your anger?"

Ning Xi said, "She dared to bully my sister Qingyao. I think she must be very brave."

"never mind."

Qingyao muttered softly, "I, a great man, don't bear grudges against small people."

Ning Xi secretly took note of it, planning to take action to solve the trouble for the Second Miss of Zhenbei Marquis one day.

"Husband, do you see her?"

She said, "I guess she must have been planning something bad this time."

"Let it dry first."

Xiao Han said: "The snow in Youzhou stopped at the beginning of the month, and the weather is gradually warming up. The five counties will start spring ploughing in early March."

"Then there is the farming of the three counties of Xiliang and the training of the Northern Army."

"no problem."

Ning Xi blinked and said, "I'm the best at this kind of thing."

It was left out for seven or eight days, and not only Xiao Han, but even the mistress Ning Xi did not show up.

Xie Peiyao stayed in the guest garden with two maids every day and never went out. She either read books or drank tea every day.

The snow in Xiliang stopped yesterday. In the courtyard, Cui'er was sweeping the ground with a few servants.

inside the room.

Xie Peiyao's personal servant returned with a worried look on her face. "Miss, I went to ask, and Cui'er said that Xiliang Hou had recently gone to the five counties of Youzhou."

"Don't worry."

Without even raising her head, Xie Peiyao said calmly, "He will be back."

"But if we continue to drag it on like this, it won't work."

The slave girl sat down and complained, "Why don't I go to Youzhou to find Xiliang Hou."

"You are really patient."

Outside the door, in the courtyard, Cui Er glanced into the room and thought to herself, "If you are not afraid of waiting, just keep waiting."

Cui'er was right. Xiao Han did go to Youzhou, but he did not do it on purpose to avoid Xie Peiyao. Instead, he went to check on the spring farming situation in the five counties.

The battle between Jizhou and Northern Wei continues.

But this does not affect Xiliang.

Tens of thousands of Western Liang cavalry were stationed in Dai County, Changshan County and Pucheng. The five counties were as solid as a rock and they marched around the territory of Youzhou.

I walked through every county and every village until the end of March when I returned to Shuiyun Mountain.

"My Lord, the scouts are here to report."

"The two million shi of grain and fodder that the imperial court has raised have already set out and are about to enter Qingzhou."

In hospital.

Lu Ju looked excited, "My Lord, this is two million stones, we are going to be rich."

"Watch your words."

Xiao Han sat on the chair and said lazily, "A mere two million shi of grain and grass has made you, a third-rank general, so excited."

"Who is responsible for escorting the food?"

he asked.

"Jiangnan Marquis Zhu Jian and Qingzhou Marquis."

Lu Ju said: "Among them, 500,000 stones were requisitioned from Qingzhou."

"The Marquis of Qingzhou is quite courageous."

Xiao Han touched his chin.

"My lord, you guessed wrong."

Miaoyu said, "These 500,000 dan of grain and fodder were raised by the governor of Qingzhou."

"Although he is the Marquis of Qingzhou, most of the government offices in Qingzhou still obey the imperial court."

"Two million shi, I don't want more, just one million shi."

He said, "Lu Ju, tell Huluxu to lead 40,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and go with me tomorrow." "Yes."

Lu Ju clasped his fists.

Zhu Jian, Marquis of Jiangnan, is known as the best expert in the court and should not be underestimated.

Xiao Han planned to meet him in person.

"My Lord, the second daughter of Zhenbei Marquis is outside asking to see you."

Huang San came to report.

In a blink of an eye, it had been more than two months, and it was time to meet each other. He waved his hand and asked everyone else in the side hall to leave.

"Bring it in."

He spoke.

When Xie Peiyao stepped into the side hall, Xiao Han was carefully wiping the Xiudong knife in his hand.

"How many years have we not seen each other?"

He asked without looking up.

"It should be seven or eight years."

Xie Peiyao answered.

"It took quite a while."

"Pfft."

He sheathed his sword, stood up and placed it on the shelf, then turned around and looked at the pretty woman in front of him.

But it is extremely cold, like a piece of ten thousand year old black ice,
She looks good, but unfortunately she is an ice beauty.

"Say, what's the matter?"

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing else?"

"Brother Xiao."

Xie Peiyao opened the conversation with her bare lips.

He had never heard this name from Xie Peiyao in all these years, so he was a little dazed.

“This is the first time.”

Xiao Han returned to his chair, holding the teacup, blew away the foam on it, and shook his head, saying, "It sounds pretty good."

"bother you for something."

"Say it."

"I would like to ask Brother Xiao to send troops to the north to attack the Northern Wei."

Xie Peiyao went straight to the point.

"reason."

He put down the teacup, his expression calm, without any change, as if he had expected her to say that.

"You should be aware of the current relationship between Xiliang and Jizhou."

"Of course, this is also inseparable from the instigation of you, the Second Miss."

"You were the one who told Nie Si Niang that Xiao Yue was in my hands, right?"

"it's me."

Xie Peiyao did not deny it.

"Then why do you think you can persuade me to send troops?"

Faced with this question, Xie Peiyao was silent for a moment, then spoke: "Jizhou cannot fall. If Jizhou falls, the pressure from the court and Northern Wei will fall on you, Brother Xiao."

"Jizhou is not that fragile."

"Zhenbei Hou Xie Xuanli is not that useless."

Xiao Han said calmly: "I think it's pretty good now. The war between Jizhou and Northern Wei has weakened the strength of both Jizhou and Northern Wei."

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Jizhou can no longer hold on, but it can at least hold on for three to five years.

"When the time comes, it will be easy for my Xiliang cavalry to leave Changshan and march into Jizhou."

"When my father was still alive, I attacked my superiors and was despised by the people of the world."

Xie Peiyao was not angry, but just said: "I know Brother Xiao's ambition is not just Xiliang or Jizhou."

If I bear such a stigma of being disloyal and unfilial, let alone conquering the world, even if there are only two states left in Jizhou, I will never easily surrender to the iron cavalry of Xiliang Hou. "

Xie Peiyao's tone was not fast, "I know that Brother Xiao has a very high prestige in the Jizhou army, second only to my father."

"But if my father was still alive, Brother Xiao would have led his troops to attack Jizhou. People's hearts are unpredictable. Those old soldiers in Jizhou are disheartened and I'm afraid they won't work for Brother Xiao."

"The reason why we were able to persuade 30,000 defenders to surrender when we attacked Changshan last year was because Jizhou had already conquered Xiliang before us."

She looked at the man, "But if Xiliang attacks Jizhou, there will be no surrender among Jizhou's 300,000 cavalrymen. They will definitely fight to the death."

"So if Brother Xiao wants to take over Jizhou and Bingzhou, he must wait until the prince takes over Jizhou."

"By then, people's hearts will be scattered and the army will be unstable. If Brother Xiao raises his arm and calls for help, countless people will surely come to join us."

(End of this chapter)