ebookland Chapter 354 Just Do It
Chapter 354 Just Do It
This was not the end. Just when everyone was in a panic, fires broke out simultaneously in the four corners of the Xiqiang Palace. The fire grew bigger and bigger, burning down the entire palace.
There was a pungent smell in the smoke, but no one knew what it was.
A team of patrolling imperial guards said that they saw a man wearing Northern Di armor sneaking around in a corner from a distance. They shouted and questioned him as they walked past him, but the man was so good at martial arts that he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the place where the man had just been suddenly caught fire.
They rushed to put out the fire, but they couldn't put it out. They couldn't put it out with water, and instead it grew stronger. They watched helplessly as it turned into a raging fire and spread to the nearby palace with the wind.
......
The sky fell on Xiqiang.
The palace's inner treasury was robbed, two princes died, a concubine died, and three little princes were missing. Further investigation revealed that at the same time as the fire, another concubine had also disappeared...
After the Emperor of Xiqiang woke up again, his first order was to send people to the capital of Beidi and to attack the Beidi palace directly to repay the enemy with an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
After the fire broke out in the Western Qiang Palace, Shen Li and his companions immediately rushed to the Northern Di.
"We have to send these little princes and concubines to Beidi quickly. The medicine they use can only make them sleep for a day and a night at most. We can't delay any longer," Shen Li said. "Besides, we have to do other things in Beidi, right?"
"Yes," Fang Yao said, "Back then, I learned military tactics under the old Duke Zhenguo. He was kind of my master, and he died in battle here. Now that I'm here, I want to avenge my master."
He was silent for a moment, then continued, "Besides, the Emperor specifically asked me to go to the Duke of Zhenguo and convince him to return to the capital after the New Year so that he can participate in a grand celebration."
He didn't say what the celebration was, but everyone could guess.
It should be the ceremony of Xiao Chenze being crowned as the crown prince.
"If we can weaken the Northern Di this time and make them unable to recover like the Western Qiang, I think the Duke of Zhenguo should be able to return to the capital with peace of mind." Marquis Guanyong said slowly, looking out of the mist.
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Shen Li.
Shen Li looked up at everyone, thought for a moment, and then said, "I do have a suggestion."
"You said."
Shen Li said, "The Northern Di are famous for their cavalry. Our soldiers have suffered a lot from them. This time, in addition to capturing their prince, we also want to destroy all their horses."
Fang Jitao scratched his head when he heard this and said, "But their troops and horses are not in one place, but divided into several groups. They are worried that we won't be able to burn them all."
"We can burn them," Shen Li said, "as long as we know where they are, we can burn them."
Fang Yao said, "This is easy. After we throw these people on the ground into the Beidi Palace, we will go find the Duke of Zhenguo first. He must know the distribution of Beidi's military horses."
"Right," Guan Yonghou also said, "Not only are their horses distributed, but they must also have camps of soldiers. We'll wipe them out in one fell swoop, preventing them from ever recovering. Only then will they disperse into numerous small tribes, allowing us to defeat them one by one and seize the opportunity to recruit some obedient thugs."
A word flashed through Shen Li's mind, and she said, "This is called a proxy war."
"What war?" Fang Jitao asked.
"Proxy war," Shen Li said, "means you don't do it yourself, but let others do it for you. The person who does it for you is your agent. We can provide money and weapons behind the scenes."
"That's a good idea," Guan Yonghou said, "but how can we make that agent you mentioned obey?"
Shen Li chuckled and said, "Old Marquis, are you teasing me again? You don't know how many times you've done this, and you're still testing me."
Guan Yonghou burst into laughter and said, "You are right, girl. I have indeed done this kind of thing, but I didn't know it was called a proxy war. Haha, you picked a great name."
He turned around and said to Ji Tao, "Listen and learn a little. If you want agents to be obedient, money alone is not enough. Sometimes you have to create some conflicts between them, preferably irreconcilable ones. In this way, they will have to fight on their own without us having to intervene. If we take action at this time, they will be grateful to us..."
"You old fox, you're always teaching kids bad habits," Fang Yao leaned back in his chair, took a long breath, and said, "I'll be meeting Chu Hengsheng soon. Can you imagine what he's become now, Lord?"
Guan Yonghou fell silent for a moment.
We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. I'm afraid we've all grown old.
Everyone soon arrived at Beidi. Looking out from the fog, the entire Beidi was covered in snow. The strong wind blew up a white vortex that danced in the air, and it gradually moved away with a shrill whistling sound.
"The palace is over there," Shen Li raised the space, and Fang Jitao, with his sharp eyes, saw the magnificent palace in the distance at a glance.
No wonder it was easy to recognize. The palace was very conspicuous in the plain white. When Shen Li led everyone closer, they could see that a palace banquet was being held inside.
"Even after such a long battle with the Western Qiang, they still have the heart to listen to music and enjoy the dance here?"
"Go over and have a look."
Shen Li urged the space to come above the crowd.
It turned out to be the Emperor of Xiqiang, who was lying drunkenly in the arms of a palace maid, drinking wine in big gulps and talking nonsense.
"I heard that he's been sidelined by the Queen," Fang Yao said. "The Queen of Beidi's family is too powerful. If they weren't at war with the Western Qiang, they would have killed the Emperor long ago and made the Queen the Queen Mother, assisting the young Emperor in governing Beidi."
Marquis Guan Yong pondered for a moment and said, "Leave those little princes to me and take me to the Queen's family."
"What do you want to do?" Fang Yao asked.
"Eunuch them and put the blame on Queen Beidi," Marquis Guan Yong snorted coldly as he looked at the princes sleeping soundly on the ground. "Her family is too powerful. Without extraordinary measures and without provoking a war, it's impossible to bring them down quickly."
Fang Jitao was shocked when he heard this. "This...isn't it too cruel?"
Guan Yonghou's gaze instantly sharpened, and he gritted his teeth, "As a general, soft-heartedness is unacceptable. Just remember, many years ago, when the Great Zhou was weak, the Western Qiang and Northern Di captured people from the Great Zhou, skinned them alive, and ate their flesh and drank their blood. While they were eating, their children begged the soldiers to capture more, saying that the people of the Great Zhou were so tender and delicious. If you knew this, you wouldn't be asking this question today."
Shen Li felt nauseous and almost vomited.
Fang Jitao kicked the men on the ground angrily. "No wonder they say they're not human, but beasts. They've been bloodthirsty since childhood. Let's do it, Lord."