Chapter 74 Chapter 74: Battle of the Tigers (11)

"As a last resort?" Tuoba Shanyue was slightly taken aback, "Our country is one of the five powerful countries in the Eastern Continent, and its wealth is the number one. Besides the royal family, who else can limit the power of the country's lord?" "Yes, someone can." Baili Jinghong shook his head, "I received two letters, and the two messengers arrived in Nanhuai almost immediately. One letter came from the royal family, and the other came from my Baili family. The letter from the royal family asked me why there was a change in the corpse in Shangyang Pass, whether the killing spirit was harmful to Tianhe, or the Qin Wang's division was acting unkindly. The letter from the master asked me to hold off on sending troops until the situation became clearer ."

"A letter from the master?" Tuoba Shanyue was shocked. He knew that the Baili family was the second largest family among the seven major families of the Yin Dynasty, after the Bai family of the royal family, and the main family and several major branch families were all very important figures.The main family has no fief and is only loyal to the royal family, and the last heir of the Baili family, Baili Changqing, was executed by the royal family for treason more than ten years ago.There should be no so-called "main house" in Barry's. "I didn't even tell General Xi about these things. Tuobaqing just needs to keep everything I said here today in my heart." Baili Jinghong slowly sat back at the table.He stared at Tuoba Shanyue, his eyes reflected the lights, extremely bright, as if a strange light was shooting from the depths of his eyes.

"Tuoba Qing comes from a barbarian tribe, and he doesn't fully understand the history of our Eastern Land Empire. I can't explain them one by one. I just want to tell Tuoba Qing that the power in the Eastern Land is not completely in the hands of the princes. Several major families have different The well-known strength is restrained by extremely strict family rules. Even if I am the duke of a country and rule the roost in Wanzhou, I dare not go against the wishes of the elders of the family. Over the years we have been in the Tang Dynasty, we have been able to gain the trust of the royal family and gain many His support is inseparable from the main family's activities." He whispered, "Our Baili family's family rules cannot be broken by killing a Baili Changqing. My family has been the leader of the Donglu family for seven hundred years. , the tree is so big and its roots are so deep that even the royal family cannot uproot it!"

Tuoba Shanyue was stunned, feeling a chill coming from the bottom of her heart. "I'll give you two examples. Tuobaqing can think about it." Baili Jinghong said in a low voice, "First, Shang Tang was able to split away from our country with almost half of the country back then. It was the power of the master. Manipulating. I don’t know the whole thing about this, but at that time the conquest was ready, but the main family came forward to mediate, and our country had no choice. Under the planning of the main family, the royal family also immediately issued an imperial edict to the Tang Dynasty. This matter was forcibly settled down, our country was divided into two countries, and our strength was greatly damaged. However, the family's laws still had to be obeyed. Later, the main family did fulfill the original promise to us and gave us great benefits. The later rise of our country is due to the favor of the master. Second, does Tuobaqing still remember your trip to the Northland?"

Tuoba Shanyue nodded: "I remember." "Everything about that matter was arranged by the master, and we went to the Tang Dynasty, just to carry out the orders of the master." Baili Jinghong looked straight at Tuoba Shanyue, "We are not chess players , Donglu's game of chess, we ourselves are pawns on the chessboard!" He flipped the glass lampshade lightly, and the lampshade rotated on a delicate wheel, and the fragmented light shone on Baili Jinghong's face, moving quickly, as if thousands of flowers were flying.He looked directly at Tuoba Shanyue, endless meanings were hidden in the ensuing silence.

It is difficult for historians of later generations to explain a doubtful point in the Battle of Shangyang Pass. From the night of the mutation on September 5th in the third year of Emperor Yincheng to October 7th, no effective reinforcements rushed to the battle. On the battlefield to support the coalition forces of princes in crisis. After careful research, there are various reasons why the reinforcements from various countries did not arrive.Under the command of Hua Ye, the 25,000 wind tiger cavalry of the Chun State went out to the Dangyang Valley and defeated the army of Liu Wenzhi, the left minister of the Li State, but they were not allowed to pass through the king's domain; For the Northern Kingdom, it was too long to support Shangyang Pass; while Xiu Kingdom and Chen Kingdom were not considered powerful princes, and it was difficult to organize effective reinforcements in a hurry.Chu Weiguo's 20,000 reinforcements set off quickly, led by Bai Shun, the heroine of Chu Wei.But when her army advanced to Muhetan where she bid farewell to Bai Yi's army, she saw 10,000 Nanman warriors in red leather armor standing in formation through the curtain in the beautiful chariot, like a huge red giant. The snake lay in front of her.Zhang Bo's army from Liguo was waiting here, but this army did not rush back to Liguo.Zhang Bo didn't attack, but just waited in full force, and the heroine Chu Wei didn't attack either. Some people privately rumored that this woman was helpless in the face of the red brigade who only had half the number of her, and she shed tears every night during the confrontation.Because none of the important ministers of Chu and Wei followed her, such a woman of noble blood and beautiful appearance didn't have a single general under her command, so she didn't know how to command her 20,000 elite soldiers to launch an effective attack.