Country is the most important

Gao Yan has never treated the people around him so tenderly, whether it is Lou Zhiqing or Tan Yu.But holding Tan Zhen in his arms at this moment, it feels that no amount of pain is enough.

After the love affair ended, Gao Yan lay flat on the bed, frowning tightly, Tan Zhen leaned sideways in front of Gao Yan, raised his hand and gently pressed Gao Yan's temple, "What is your Highness thinking?"

Gao Yan took Tan Zhen's hand, took it to his mouth and pecked lightly, "This king is just thinking about how to deal with the Nanman's elephant soldiers."

"Your Highness, maybe we are thinking in the wrong direction." Tan Zhen said suddenly.

"Ok?"

"We always want to use human strength to subdue elephants. We must know that humans can't beat elephants. Then what in the world can beat elephants?" Tan Zhen winked and smiled at Gao Yan as he spoke.

Gao Yan's heart suddenly brightened, "That's right! Why didn't this king think of it!"

Tan Zhen went on to say, "The tiger is the king of beasts, and anyone who sees it must give up three points. So we can use the tiger to deal with the elephants in the Southern Man."

"But..." Gao Yan frowned again, "Where can we find so many tigers to deal with elephants?"

Tan Zhen chuckled, "Why do you need real tigers? Wouldn't it be enough to draw a few portraits of tigers and put them on horseback to pretend to be tigers?"

"Then let's cover the horse's eyes!" Gao Yan said excitedly and turned sideways to stare at Tan Zhen, his eyes full of excitement.

"Okay, okay," Tanzhen stretched out his hand to push Gao Yan back on the bed, and said with a smile, "As soon as tomorrow dawns, I will ask the soldiers to find someone to draw hundreds or thousands of tiger skins. Have a good rest."

Gao Yan could hear the teasing taste in Tan Zhen's tone, so he turned over and pressed Tan Zhen under him, and the fire that had just been extinguished flashed in his eyes again, "Frame~" Gao Yan grinned and looked at him enthusiastically. With Tan Zhen.

Tan Zhen's face turned red immediately, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "What are you doing?"

Panting heavily, Gao Yan gently brushed his lips from the side of Tan Zhen's ear, "I will do whatever you say." At the same time, he kept rubbing Tan Zhen's inner thigh with his lower body.

"Your Highness~um~" Before Tan Zhen finished speaking, Gao Yan kissed his lips heavily.

"Hmm~"

……

Gao Yan adopted Tan Zhen's strategy, and sent some generals to Jingzhou City early the next morning. He found a large number of painters and bought a lot of cloth. Tiger portrait.Gao Yan draped these tiger skin portraits on horseback and fastened them, and let the [-] cavalry in tiger skins be the vanguard, while the army followed closely behind.

After waiting outside Xunzhou City, the thousand vanguard cavalry dismounted one after another, and covered the horses' eyes with black cloth.

As expected, Nanman dispatched elephant troops to resist Gao Yan's cavalry.This time because the horses were blindfolded, they could not see the huge body of the elephant, so they had no fear. They were driven by the soldiers on the horseback and ran forward desperately. The hideous horses thought it was real, and the tiger immediately backed away in panic and uncontrollably.This is the cavalry on horseback slashing at Nanman with their knives.

The southern barbarians were sitting on the backs of heavy elephants, which made it difficult for them to move. At this time, the elephants disobeyed the command and ran around, so they fell off the backs of the elephants and fled back to the city.

At this time, Gao Yan ordered the whole army to make way to both sides, and let the elephants leave Xunzhou City collectively.

After the elephants left, Gao Yan immediately ordered the whole army to divide into three groups and launch a general attack on Xunzhou City from the three gates.

Nanman lost the powerful barrier of the elephant army. Xunzhou City was under the strong attack of tens of thousands of Gao Yan soldiers. Gao Yan conducts peace talks.

During the truce between the two sides, the envoys of the Nanban peace talks hurried out of Xunzhou City and rushed to Gao Yan's camp.

"On behalf of Khan, I would like to greet you, Your Highness." The envoy bowed deeply to Gao Yan.

"What do you Khan say?" Sitting at the desk, Gao Yan raised his eyes to the envoy who was standing beside him out of breath.

The envoy hurried forward to hand over the document, "Our Khan said that as long as His Highness is willing to let all the soldiers of our tribe go, and let us return to our territory safely, then our Khan will immediately hand over Xunzhou City."

Gao Yan threw the Nanman peace talks documents aside, and the corner of his mouth curled up, "Do you think it's still up to you to negotiate terms under the current situation?"

Suddenly, the messenger's back felt cold, and he felt a gust of cold air blowing towards his face.After a while, Zheng Se said to Gao Yan, "If Your Highness can't guarantee the safety of our soldiers, we will resist to the end anyway! If Your Highness really takes down Xunzhou City, it will probably be a ruined city!"

A murderous intent surged in Gao Yan's heart, he had never been threatened by anyone before!

Gao Yan raised his eyes, stared at the envoy in front of him, and after a while, "Go back and tell you Khan, I give you three hours to leave Xunzhou City!"

The envoy breathed a sigh of relief, saluted Gao Yan and left in a hurry.

Three hours later, Gao Yan led the tens of thousands of cavalry and infantry accompanying the army into Xunzhou City with its gates open.

Gao Yan sent troops to check the inside and outside of Xunzhou City carefully, and found no trace of Nanman soldiers, so he ordered the troops to withdraw for repair.In order to make it easier for him to leave for the capital tomorrow morning, Gao Yan ordered that he was not allowed to stay in Xunzhou City, and still set up a simple tent for rest.

After nightfall, most of the soldiers had already rested.Inside Gao Yan's camp, Li Zheng personally guarded the door, and Gao Yan secretly summoned the chief generals of the Dingyuan cavalry.

"His Royal Highness King Pingyang!" When several generals saw Gao Yan, they knelt down on one knee and said.

Gao Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help the generals up, and said with a smile, "Generals, hurry up and get up, please."

It is said that the Nanman has retreated, and there is no foreign enemy to defend against. This is the time when the class teacher returned to the court to invite meritorious service, but he was secretly summoned by Gao Yan in the middle of the night. The minds of the several generals were already at a loss. Being so polite made me even more puzzled, so you looked at me and I looked at you, and the camp suddenly fell into dead silence.

At this time, a leading general suddenly asked, "I don't know if I have summoned the humble officer so late, what orders does Your Highness have?"

Gao Yan had already made up his mind before summoning them.This smooth return to the imperial court is just the time for his big event to start. If he can get the help of these [-] Dingyuan cavalry, the big event will surely come true.At the same time, this is also the ultimate goal of his visit to Nanban to quell the chaos.Time to tell them the truth!

Gao Yan just smiled and asked the generals, "How many years have you been fighting for the court with the imperial salary?"

The generals were taken aback for a moment, and then replied, "Exactly four years."

Gao Yan walked to the desk, "The imperial court never treats brave soldiers badly." He slowly stroked his hands along the edge of the desk, then put his hands on a black box on the desk, and tapped on it with his fingers Hit twice, "This king is the same, I will not treat you badly. Moreover, it will be better than the price paid by the court." Gao Yan opened the black box as he spoke, and suddenly a golden light flashed, and there were two rows of gold bars in the box. The dazzling light shone into the eyes of the generals.

The intention was already obvious, and all the soldiers fell to their knees on the ground in fright, "If there is any fault in the humble post, please punish me, Your Highness!"

"Hey~ hurry up and talk."

"Don't dare to be humble!" The soldiers kept bowing their heads.

The camp suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"Did you really think of yourself as my court's people after you sacrificed your life for the court for a few years?" Gao Yan suddenly changed his tone, "You have to be clear, you left the north and sacrificed your life for only one word: money! For the court It is the same to sacrifice one's life, and it is the same to sacrifice one's life for the king."

The generals kneeling below put their heads on the ground one by one, not knowing what to say.Gao Yan walked to the nearest soldier, lifted him up heavily, and forced three gold bars into his hands!Looking intently at him, "If you have trouble with anything, don't have trouble with money!"

The general's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, and he stood numbly watching the generals beside him being lifted up one by one, and at the same time they were forcibly stuffed with the same three gold bars.

"These are just the meeting ceremony of this king. I will follow this king in the future, and this king will not treat you badly."

The [-] Dingyuan iron cavalry placed in the southwest are northern barbarians hired by the imperial court, and they have been supported by the imperial court's salary. Although the salary is not low, it is definitely incomparable with the gold bars in their hands.This group of Dingyuan iron cavalry betrayed their own race, the northern barbarians, for money. They came to join the imperial court and became imperial mercenaries. In their eyes, there was no loyalty at all, only "money" and "life".

And Gao Yan, as a majestic prince, bribed generals for no reason. Gao Yan's purpose is obvious - intending to rebel!So what these generals are thinking now is that Gao Yan can take the money, but the risk after taking it.This is also the most fundamental reason why they have been hesitating and unable to make a decision.

A group of generals held heavy gold bars in their hands, with mixed emotions in their hearts.After a long time, a general knelt on one knee and said, "Thank you for your reward, Your Highness!"

Gao Yan immediately laughed out loud, then stopped smiling, and looked at the other generals coldly, "What about you?"

The generals immediately knelt down on one knee, "Thank you for your reward, Your Highness!"

"Very good! Go back and rest."

"Retire from humble position!"

Outside the tent, Tan Zhen stood not far away, watching the group of Dingyuan cavalry come out of Gao Yan's tent, and then disappear into the night.

Tan Zhen wandered outside the tent for a long time, but finally decided not to go in.When he just turned around and was about to go back to his camp, a voice came from behind, "Tan Zhen~"

Tan Zhen froze, turned around after a while, and smiled slightly at Gao Yan.

"Since we've reached the door, why are you planning to go back? Come in." Gao Yan opened the curtain of the tent as he spoke.

Seeing Gao Yan say this, Tan Zhen walked towards Gao Yan's tent, met Li Zheng's unfriendly gaze at the entrance of the tent, Tan Zhen reluctantly twitched the corners of his mouth and maintained an awkward smile, and said hello to Li Zheng, Li Zheng He turned his head away.Gao Yan whispered a few words to Li Zheng, Li Zheng nodded, and planned to leave, before he left, he did not forget to give Tan Zhen a hard look.

"Have you seen it all?" Gao Yan asked Tan Zhen directly in the tent.Tan Zhen froze for a moment, then nodded to Gao Yan.

Gao Yan took Tanzhen into his arms, scattered Tanzhen's hair in front of him with his hands, and pulled it behind his ears, "I don't want to hide it from you, just now I was buying Dingyuan iron cavalry in the camp. leader."

"Tan Zhen, you know, in the current situation in the world, the court's cutting of the vassals is imperative. It's not that the king is not greedy enough, it's just that the emperor doesn't give the king a way out at all!"

Tan Zhen hugged Gao Yan tightly with both arms. "Your Highness, what are your plans?"

"For this class teacher, bad luck is uncertain, the so-called strike first is the best!"

Tan Zhen raised his head and looked directly into Gao Yan's eyes, "Tan Zhen is willing to follow His Highness for the rest of his life! He will obey His Highness' orders!"

Seeing Tanzhen's tone and attitude so resolute, Gao Yan was overjoyed, and the hand around Tanzhen's waist unconsciously tightened, bringing Tanzhen closer to his body, and at the same time raised Tanzhen's chin with one hand, affectionately Looking into Tan Zhen's eyes, "I believe in you."

The tenderness in the tone made Tan Zhen's cheeks flush.The next moment, Gao Yan kissed Tan Zhen's lips, easily put his tongue into Tan Zhen's mouth, and gently sucked Tan Zhen's tongue.This kiss lasted for a long time, when they let go of each other, Tan Zhen kept panting, and his whole body limply fell into Gao Yan's arms.

Gao Yan hugged Tan Zhen by the waist, and walked towards the bed.

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Hearing Gao Yan's instructions, Li Zheng returned to his camp, edited a letter overnight, and sent someone to the capital to inform the emperor of the war in the southwest, and said that the army would leave immediately to return to the court.

Unexpectedly, before the letter was delivered to the capital, an unexpected person from Gao Yan came to the barracks at dawn the next day, and brought the emperor's imperial edict.

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