Chapter 325: Setting the Rules, Shangfang Valley? Daizhou Military and Political Group

Xie Yuying followed Zhang Guifen into the Hou Mansion. From the huge front yard to the endless corridors, she kept looking left and right.

She once visited Prince Wu's Mansion and believed that even Prince Wu's Mansion, which was far away in the rich countryside south of the Yangtze River, was far inferior to the Mansion of Marquis Zhongyong.

She also understood some of the rules of the imperial court, and she knew very well that in terms of the rules of the Hou Mansion, the 'Zhongyong Hou Mansion' had gone beyond the rules.

But this is precisely the Zhongyong Hou Mansion.

"The Marquis fought a great victory at the front, and the official family named him the Champion Marquis yesterday. He is the only Marquis of Ten Thousand Households in our Great Zhou Dynasty."

Zhang Guifen walked forward and spoke to Xie Yuying behind her.

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

No matter what Zhang Guifen said, Xie Yuying would always agree, as if he was afraid of saying the wrong thing and offending her.

Over there in the main hall.

Wei Shuyi sat in the first place, Wei Ruyi sat in the first chair on the right, and Ming Lan and other juniors stood beside them.

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

Hearing this, Wei Shu, who felt a little weak just by looking at his face, nodded lightly and said, "You should step back first."

Zhen'er bowed and said goodbye.

Wei Ruyi saw something was wrong with Wei Shuyi's expression, and said with distress:

"Good sister, I just came to see her. You are taking care of yourself. Why do you need to come here in person?"

Wei Shu said sympathetically: "After all, she has the seed of my Wei family in her belly. Besides, I lost my vitality in the early years. Even if I try to make up for it, I can't make up for it."

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

Wei Shuyi called Brother Mu over, pinched his little face and said, "Who provoked you? You've been putting on a bad face all day long."

Brother Mu glared at Minglan and snorted.

Wei Shu said angrily: "Girl Ming, have you provoked your brother again?"

Minglan said: "When he came here this morning, he was provoking Sister Jing, and she was made to cry by him. I said a few words to him, and he would show off to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Mu immediately said dissatisfied: "You just said a few words? You've already made a move! My ears still hurt!"

Wei Shuyi shook his head helplessly, glanced at Brother Mu, and said seriously:

"Sister Jing is your sister, how can you make your sister unhappy?"

Brother Mu is still a child and doesn't know how to lie, "I just think my sister is cute and as beautiful as my aunt. I...I didn't want to offend her."

Wei Shuyi lightly tapped his forehead, "You can't mess with your sister from now on, 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 woman is Yuying."

Xie Yuying bowed quickly and said, "My slave, I pay my respects to my eldest sister."

She then spoke to the older woman sitting in the first place on the right: "Greetings to the second sister."

Wei Shuyi first glanced at her belly and said in a deep voice:

"I once stayed in Yangzhou. The rules in the south are not as strict as those in the capital."

"If you want to enter the Marquis Mansion, do you know some rules?"

Xie Yuying stood and gave Wanfu a gift and said: "Back to eldest sister, before coming here, I specially asked some older nuns in Jiangnan for advice. They actually told me some rules of wealthy families."

Wei Shuyi glanced at Zhang Guifen beside him, "I don't care about those rules. I can rest assured that you will teach them well in the future."

The latter smiled and said: "Please rest assured, eldest 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'm here today to ask you something. You need to answer truthfully. You can't hide anything. Just say whatever comes to mind."

Xie Yuying said quickly: "Sister, please ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

Wei Shu asked thoughtfully: "If one day, the Marquis pampers you too much and neglects the mistress of the family, how will you treat her?"

The reason why she asked this was that she didn't want the huge Hou Mansion to dote on concubines and destroy wives like the Sheng family.

This is not the long-term way for a family to grow.

When Xie Yuying heard this question and saw Wei Shuyi's serious expression, she was suddenly shocked. She couldn't help but knelt down on the ground and blurted out:

"No matter the appearance or temperament of this slave, I can't compare with my wife. How can I be so virtuous and capable?"

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

Xie Yuying was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Please rest assured, eldest sister, if that day comes, I will definitely not rely on the favor of the Marquis to do anything against my wife."

"If my repeated attempts to persuade the Marquis fail, I will be willing to return to the south of the Yangtze River and never set foot in the capital again for the rest of my life."

Wei Shuyi was quite satisfied with this answer.

She suddenly coughed twice.

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

Wei Shu shook his head and said: "You asked the imperial doctor to come to my home every three days. Now there are rumors in the public that your majesty's imperial hospital is opened for the Hou Mansion."

Seeing that her complexion improved, Zhang Guifen sat down again, held her hand, and said sincerely:

"Let others say whatever they like, and we won't lose anything because of it."

Wei Shu said meaningfully: "The Marquis Mansion is a new dignitary in our country. If the big family wants to be prosperous, even if it doesn't raise its hopes, 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 eldest and second sisters so that you won't have to kneel all the time. When the Marquis comes back, you will tell the Marquis that it was us who punished you harshly."

She has already begun to set rules for Xie Yuying.

Real rules are by no means just words.

Zhang Guifen, who grew up in the Duke's Mansion since childhood, has never experienced any house fights.

But the powerful disciples around her were fighting at home all the time.

Therefore, she didn't know anything about some things in the big family, but she also knew some ways of managing people.

"Madam said this to offend my slave."

Xie Yuying didn't dare to get up.

Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "Get up."

After she stood up, Wei Shu said meaningfully: "First, pour tea for your wife."

Logically speaking, Xie Yuying had just arrived at the Hou Mansion with a big belly. Not only did she want to be taken care of by the servants in the Hou Mansion, but she also didn't dare to target her in such a deliberate way.

But the matter of pouring tea is to let her know what dignity and inferiority are.

Zhang Guifen said: "No."

She looked at Xie Yuying and said, "Pour tea for the eldest sister and the second sister first. In our Marquis' Mansion, the marquis, eldest sister, and second sister are the oldest, followed by me."

Wei Yuan has always respected his two sisters.

Therefore, Zhang Guifen also respects the two sisters Wei Shuyi.

——

Jiayou's eighth year, June 1st.

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

They had spared Daming Mansion 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, Yeluxin, who was sitting on horseback, saw that his soldiers were languid and suddenly burst into laughter.

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

Ye Luxin first faced the Liao soldiers and said loudly: "I laugh at Wei Yuan's lack of wisdom and Liang Da's lack of strategy."

"The official road here is the only way to the north. Our army must pass through this place when detouring to Daming Mansion."

"If I were Wei Yuan, planning and planning to destroy our army, I would definitely lay a dragnet here to cut off our army's way of survival."

"But now, there are no enemy troops in the four directions. When our army passes this mountain road, the sky will be vast. No matter how many troops the Zhou army has, it will not help!"

After hearing this, many Liao army soldiers finally relaxed their anxious hearts.

After being on the run for several days without food or clothing, I could finally take a breath.

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

An arrow actually hit the foot of Yelu Xinxian's horse.

The war horse under his crotch was suddenly frightened, and the horse neighed loudly.

The next moment, countless arrows flew towards him.

Ye Luxin was shocked at first, "No, there's an ambush! Fall back!"

He quickly turned the horse's head, and suddenly another arrow flew and hit him on the shoulder.

"Cover the general's retreat!"

The deputy general also shouted.

But it was too late.

Behind the mountain road, several large boulders rolled down from the hill and piled up together.

Although the mountain road is not completely blocked, it can only tolerate one or two people entering and exiting at most.

This can be regarded as blocking the life path of all Liao army soldiers.

Arrows kept falling like rain.

Ye Luxin first endured the pain in his shoulder. Seeing that there was no hope of retreat, he had no choice but to order the entire army to charge forward.

"Sirs, there are only a few thousand soldiers in the Zhou army. Killing them is the only way to survive. Kill them!"

Under the cover of several cavalry, he braved the rain of arrows and rushed forward.

If an arrow could hurt him, the first one to be hit would be the cavalry who set up shields to shield him from the rain of arrows.

It's not a big deal to him.

But this was a disaster for the Liao soldiers who followed him in the charge.

If you rush forward, a batch will fall down.

In a short time, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured.

As luck would have it, more than a dozen boulders fell down between the mountain passes leading to the broad official road.

This can be regarded as completely blocking the Liao army's way of survival.

The Zhou army ambushing here was not only shooting arrows, but also shooting rocks and some combustibles.

Ye Luxin first saw that there was no way out. He subconsciously looked up and saw Xu Changzhi on the hill.

At this time, Xu Changzhi was laughing towards Ye Luxin and said:

"Brother Yelu, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Today, I will burn your Liao army so that you will never come back!"

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

Unexpectedly, Wei Yuan guessed it right!

In the mountain road, Ye Luxin first looked up at the falling stones and arrows, as well as the rising flames. He suddenly felt despair in his heart. He closed his eyes and looked up to the sky with a sigh.

"Could it be that God wants to kill me?"

Xu Changzhi looked at the scene where the fire was raging and many Liao troops had been killed in the flames, and he said sadly:

"When Zhuge Liang burned Sima Yi, if it hadn't rained in the valley above, Sima Yi would have never survived."

"And I, Xu Changzhi, am not Zhuge Liang, he, Ye Luxin, is not Sima Yi!"

"This fire destroyed not only the lives of one hundred thousand Liao troops and Yelu Xin, 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.

The raindrops were visible to the naked eye, gradually getting bigger and bigger, and gradually becoming denser. The rain poured down.

The Zhou army soldiers standing beside him looked at him with a look of resentment.

It seemed to be saying, why are you talking about Shangfang Valley for no reason?

On the mountain road.

Yelu Xinxian, who had already been desperate, suddenly felt the rain.

The soldiers beside him were also cheering,

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

Xu Changzhi was very depressed. The lamb in his hand grew wings and flew away?

He also sighed to the sky, "Is it that God will not destroy Yelu Xinxian, or will God 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 whole army to hunt down the Liao bandits! Never stop until death!"

The battle lasted until late at night.

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

However, Yelu Xinxian still escaped.

However, fortunately, in this battle, Xu Changzhi had achieved the purpose assigned by Wei Yuan.

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

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

It is estimated that those dispersed Liao troops will have to become bandits in the Great Zhou in order to survive in a short time.

As for the soldiers around Yelu Xinxian, I am afraid that 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 and attack".

This battle also allowed later generations to discover a group full of magnificent vitality, which continuously supplied talents, fierce generals, military strategists, and strategists for the Great Zhou and future generations.

They called this group faction headed by Wei Yuan, which integrated military and politics, the [Daizhou Group].

As a result, for hundreds of years in later generations, generals and heroes who led troops in various places subconsciously looked up to the soldiers from Daizhou.

——

June 7, the eighth year of Jiayou.

In Linzhang City.

The generals of the various armies led by Wei Yuan began to report to him the recent battle situation, and he summarized it and reported it to the court.

After the generals and soldiers of the army 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?"

Hearing this.

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 in Cheng'an Town before June 15th."

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