My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 253 Mr. Mingxi

"General Long, follow me to clean up the battlefield." Zong Yanli didn't say much. He reached out and pulled the mask off his face again. He turned around and took Long Feiguang to clean up the battlefield.

The enemy troops in Jifeng City were all killed and expelled, and countless grain and fodder were seized from the granary, a number of war horses in the stables, as well as military equipment and other items. This time, because of the help of Mr. Mingxi, Min Wenshan had no time to evacuate, and these things naturally fell into Zong Yanli's pocket.

After so many years of invading the North, this battle should be the time when they reap the most rewards.

That night Zong Yanli ordered his men to set up a grill, bring in good wine from the tavern in the city, slaughter cattle and sheep, and sing and dance.

This was a carnival for the victors. Even though the blood had not yet dried up on the ground beneath their feet, it could not stop the soldiers' passionate and enthusiastic mood. At dusk, when the bonfire was lit, Zong Yanli looked through the things he had looted from Min Wenshan's tent.

"General." Bai Xiuyun and Lu Hao walked in together and leaned over to Zong Yanli and said, "We are not familiar with the terrain of Qi State, and Quan Liangpeng ran away."

"Escaped?" Zong Yanli raised his head, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "It's okay, the remaining soldiers are nothing to be afraid of."

"Quan Liangpeng and Min Wenshan have already separated, so they will definitely not go to him again." Zong Yanli thought for a moment and said, "Please ask Mr. Mingxi to ask about this person another day. If we can persuade him to surrender, it will be a help."

"If it is useless, I think he will go to one of the Northern Kingdom and Lu Kingdom when he is desperate. I will see him again sooner or later."

"There's no rush for that." Zong Yanli said, smiling at the two of them, "Today the army is celebrating its victory. You two should go down early to change clothes, drink wine and eat meat!"

"Yes!" Bai Xiuyun and Lu Hao were delighted and immediately nodded in agreement.

Lu Hao was now blind in one eye, but fortunately it had no effect on his command of the army. After leaving the tent, he whispered to Bai Xiuyun curiously, "Did our general really take Min Wenshan's concubine?"

Bai Xiujun glared at Lu Hao and said, "Watch your words. That person is Mr. Mingxi, who personally gave Jifeng City to the general."

Bai Xiuyun said solemnly, "You have seen what happened to Min Wenshan, who looked down on her last time. Now that he has surrendered to the general, we should treat him with courtesy."

"Don't cause trouble for the general." Bai Xiuyun said so, and Lu Hao quickly changed his words: "I spoke too quickly..."

"Let's go and have a drink."

Bai Xiujun didn't think much about it. He just treated the general the way he wanted. It was a very simple truth.

On the other side, Pei Liang took Lu Peibai to meet the many generals under his command. Mr. Mingxi, dressed in green, stood beside Pei Liang, looking at these well-known generals one after another. He saw them looking at him sideways with a slightly surprised expression, but no one showed any contempt or disdain.

"This time, our army was able to enter the city so quickly and reduce losses, all thanks to Mr. Mingxi!"

"Mr. Mingxi has a really good plan!"

"Sir, you can drink. Come on! Have a drink!"

Monkie and the others laughed and walked forward to say hello, but perhaps because they cared that she was a woman, they did not get too close to her. They were a little polite and distant, with a bit of tentative suspicion.

Lu Peibai didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she felt extremely warm and happy. She hadn't been treated like this for a long time. They truly treated her as a counselor, and even though she was a woman, they never looked down on her.

She raised her lips and smiled, standing with everyone else, raising her hand to bow in the etiquette of a scholar.

"Mr. Guan Mingxi is not very old, but he has such great strategies and ideas. I wonder who his teacher is?" Pei Liang and Zhan Haoyue sat with Lu Peibai, chatting and laughing, and tacitly trying to find out Lu Peibai's background.

"My father was a disciple of Tianshuzi. He was once the prime minister." Lu Peibai said straightforwardly, "Later, because of the unrest at home, he was exiled for bribery and corruption, and died on the way."

"My mother remarried, and I..." Lu Peibai smiled and said, "We have lost contact."

Zhan Haoyue suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and said with some surprise: "Tianshu? Is it the old gentleman named Fu who lives in seclusion in Ninglang?"

Lu Peibai turned to look at Zhan Haoyue in surprise and asked, "Mr. Wujiu, do you recognize my master?"

Zhan Haoyue stood up quickly and bowed to Lu Peibai, saying, "When I was young, I visited Mr. Tianshu and studied for more than a month before leaving. After that, I left Qi State and there has been no news for several years. I didn't expect to meet the old man's descendants today. It is really a blessing."

Lu Peibai stood up and returned the greeting, smiling as he said, "Master is a recluse who has only accepted two students in his entire life. I have a junior fellow apprentice, but unfortunately..."

"The emperor is ruthless and has been dead for many years." Lu Peibai obviously didn't want to say more.

Zhan Haoyue did not ask much, but asked about Tianshuzi. He heard that the old gentleman passed away a few years ago. He immediately raised his glass to toast the sky with tears in his eyes, looking very sad.

Pei Liang had never been to the North, so he naturally didn't know these things. However, seeing Zhan Haoyue's appearance, Lu Peibai's master was also a famous official. He was very surprised and said, "Mr. Mingxi has such a background and inherited the legacy of a famous official. How did he end up in such a situation?"

Lu Peibai lowered his eyes, tightened his grip on his sleeves slightly, then raised his eyes to look at Pei Liang and said, "Because, I am a woman."

Girls.

These two words seemed to be filled with blood, tears and sadness, as if they contained countless difficulties and hardships. Every step she took was so difficult. The shackles imposed on her were simply because she was a woman, nothing more.

Pei Liang was choked for a moment, looking at Lu Peibai in front of him, and thought of his general for no reason.

If Zong Yanli had not disguised herself as a man, he could not imagine what kind of torture she must have endured along the way.

"Sir, you are truly a man of great talent." Pei Liang raised his hand and bowed deeply. He admired Lu Peibai very much for being able to come this far without fear of hardship. He had never been in her position, but just from a few words he heard, it was hard to believe.

"The general is here." A voice called from behind, and everyone stood up and turned to look.

"Greetings, General!" The lazy crowd stood up straight involuntarily the moment they saw Zong Yanli. The expression in everyone's eyes was so consistent, respectful and eager!

Lu Peibai observed carefully, and at this moment he was inexplicably infected by the crowd. He unconsciously put his gaze completely on Zong Yanli. She was still wearing the black armor, but she didn't have a sword at her waist.

He walked towards me with big strides and an upright posture. The mask on his face had been removed. His black hair was tied up in a crown with a few strands of hair scattered in front of his forehead. His black eyes were deep and cold.

Accompanied by her personal soldiers, she raised her hand to signal everyone not to be polite, and then walked straight to the commander's seat and took a seat.

People are visual animals, so Lu Peibai was naturally attracted by Zong Yanli's aura for a moment. He couldn't help but admire him in his heart, but he didn't have any other thoughts. After Zong Yanli sat down and said some polite words, he turned his gaze to Lu Peibai.

"Mr. Mingxi." Zong Yanli called out.

"Greetings, General." Lu Peibai stood up and bowed to Zong Yanli.

"This time our army won a great victory, and the gates of Jifeng City were opened without a fight, all thanks to your help!" Zong Yanli told everyone about Lu Peibai's achievements at such an important celebration banquet, and said to everyone: "There is no man or woman in front of justice! From today on, Mr. Mingxi will be at the service of our army."

"I hope you will respect it."

This simple sentence fully demonstrates Zong Yanli's attitude.

Long Feiguang and others bowed in agreement, naturally having no objection.

Zong Yanli then turned to look at Lu Peibai and said, "Sir, feel free to do whatever you want. Qi is bigger than just Jifeng City. I want the whole Qi."

Lu Peibai's heart surged, and the light that had been buried deep in her heart seemed to be gently brushed away at this moment. She suppressed the bitterness in her throat, pursed her lips and bowed to Zong Yanli: "Mingxi, I am willing to serve you and will do my best to offer you the entire territory of Qi!"

"Okay!" Zong Yanli raised his head and smiled, then turned around and called out, "Bring me some wine! I'll drink with you guys today, and I won't leave until I'm drunk!"

"Don't come back until you're drunk--!"

Under the starry night, the bonfire never goes out.

Zong Yanli once again experienced the drowsiness of a hangover. As she grew older, her alcohol tolerance was not as good as before. With the help of Wen Nian, she vomited violently, and fell on her bed with her remaining consciousness, and was completely unconscious from then on.

When he woke up the next day, Zong Yanli was sitting on the edge of the bed, rubbing his brows. Gao Feilin came in to fetch some water, and seeing Zong Yanli like this, he inexplicably felt a little happy.

I have followed the general for many years, and now I see that the general who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk is actually drunk. It's really fun!

"What are you laughing at?" Zong Yanli frowned and stared at Gao Feilin.

"No..." Gao Feilin quickly stopped smiling.

Zong Yanli: “…”

She washed her face hastily, picked up her long knife and went out of the tent.

After practicing sword skills for a while outside the tent and sweating all over, Zong Yanli finally felt her mind was much clearer. After ordering breakfast and eating, she went to the main tent. She did not rush to summon the generals, but simply handled the military affairs herself.

It was obvious that Zong Yanli was not the only one who got drunk last night. None of the other generals could stand either.

Now that they are awake, Zong Yanli doesn't think that people who have just woken up from a hangover have the brains to handle military affairs.

"General, Mr. Mingxi is here." Zong Yanli had just sat down for a while when he heard Gao Feilin say.

"Hmm?" Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows and asked Gao Feilin to invite the person in.

"Sir, why are you here so early?" Zong Yanli smiled and asked Gao Feilin to pour tea, then put down the military book in his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Peibai sat down after paying his respects to Zong Yanli. He straightened his back and looked at Zong Yanli and said, "I guess the general is now thinking about the strategy against Qi, so I came to tell the general about Min Wenshan and where the military forces in Qi are."

Zong Yanli became solemn when he heard what Lu Peibai said, and immediately put on a straight face and said, "Sir, please speak."

Lu Peibai has been with Min Wenshan for too long. In his early years, he even got involved in important military affairs. Later, he became Min Wenshan's concubine. He has always been in the army and knows a lot about Qi's military affairs.

Not only that, because Min Wenshan is the emperor's uncle, she also knows about the struggles of the Qi royal family...

This conversation lasted for a long time. Lu Peibai analyzed Min Wenshan very clearly and even predicted that Min Wenshan would hide in Qiu Dingjiang and Taoyang City next.

"When the new emperor was fighting for the throne, Min Wenshan stationed more than 20,000 of his personal soldiers here." Lu Peibai whispered, "If the imperial city is in danger, they can go from Taoyang City through Qiuding River, then pass Baishui Pass, and go directly to the imperial city to rescue him."

"This area to the east belongs to the Min family."

It is impossible for Min Wenshan to reach his current position without any ceremonial guard.

The Min family is naturally extremely powerful. All the people in this city are former generals of Min Wenshan, or have some connection with the Min family. Moreover, the new emperor is Min Wenshan's nephew, so it is definitely not impossible for him to regroup his forces and fight again.

Lu Peibai's guess was quite sharp. The defeated Min Wenshan had no place else to go. He had to either go to Taoyang City to reorganize his army or go straight back to the imperial city.

The new emperor had just ascended the throne, and Min Wenshan suffered such a huge defeat. This was definitely not a good thing for the new monarch.

At this time, the imperial capital of Qi was still in turmoil and the government was not stable. How could Min Wenshan go back?

So he had no choice but to go to Taoyang City, and the first thing he did was to recall all the troops scattered outside, and then report to the new emperor, telling him about the crisis of Qi State, describing in detail the ferocity of the enemy army, the death of Xue Liqing in the battle and the fact that he had no one to use, etc.

He asked the emperor to issue an edict and give him military orders to dispatch troops defending the cities from various places to gather in Taoyang City.

"Lang Weiye was killed by Zong Yanli?" In Taoyang City, Min Wenshan seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden. He felt his eyes go dark as he heard the news coming one after another. He gritted his teeth and said, "Quan Liangpeng also ran away?"

"Yes..." The kneeling soldier said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Your beloved concubine has also gone to Zong Yanli's tent."

"What do you mean?" Min Wenshan seemed to be stunned for a moment. The first thing that came to his mind was that his woman was taken away by Zong Yanli, so Min Wenshan did not show too much emotion. He probably thought in his heart that it was just a woman, and the one he had left over, so it didn't matter.

"She...she is now called Mr. Mingxi." The soldier looked at a loss for words. After a long while, he said, "She seems to be treated as a guest of honor by Zong Yanli."

"How is this possible!?" Min Wenshan was extremely shocked and stood up immediately.

After a brief moment of surprise, Min Wenshan suddenly seemed to have thought of something. His expression changed rapidly for a moment. He raised his voice and called a few people in. These were Min Wenshan's close confidants. He asked in detail what Yingli was doing when Jifeng City was broken.

Once those subtle and trivial things that he had completely ignored or even did not pay attention to were connected together, the truth became extremely terrifying.

Yingli, a woman whom he never cared about at all.

Just like that, right under his nose, all his soldiers were killed.

Min Wenshan spent five full days investigating, and the more he investigated, the more frightened he became, and the more disappointed he became...