Chapter 81 of the final book The combat power shown by Hong Jiajun also made Zhang Situ, Ren Fang and other generals deeply admired.
Bu Ying stood beside Xiao Xiang, looking at the Hongjia army camp that was full of gunsmoke and chaos, and sighed: "Originally, this battle can be completely resolved."
He sighed not only for his own casualties, but also for the Hong family's army, such a strong army, but it was wiped out in internal strife, how could it not be regretted.
Xiao Xiang glanced at him sideways, and said quietly: "My father was deeply jealous of the family army before his death, and thought that the family army was the root of my Sichuan's domestic worries, and he had the intention of banning it. ” As Xiao Xuan's confidant, Bu Ying of course knew that what Xiao Xiang said was true, the first king did have the will to ban the family army, but he never found a suitable opportunity, however, he did not agree with the methods Xiao Xiang is using now, it is too extreme and too bloody, and the family army of the entire Sichuan country is large and small, and there are millions of people together, do they have to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots like dealing with the Hong family army, and kill all those who are not left Their existence is a threat to the imperial court, but they are also Sichuan people, killing each other, how can it not be the internal friction of the Sichuan country, which will only make the enemies of the Sichuan country snicker behind their backs.
Seeing that Bu Ying and the other generals were frowning and silent, Xiao Xiang understood what they were worried about, she smiled slightly, and said: "Generals, don't worry, the reason why this palace uses such tough means to deal with the Hong family army is just to think of the deterrence of killing chickens and monkeys and knocking on mountains and shocking tigers, and in the future, there will be no more such killings." ” Hearing this, the faces of the generals finally softened a little, and everyone bowed their hands and said, "The princess is wise."
After the dawn, the battle finally ended, after this battle, the Hongjia army was annihilated, 150,000 soldiers and horses, the final survivors were less than 5,000, even the eldest prince Xiao Ting and the blood-clothed Hou Hong Yuetian also died tragically in the chaos.
The next thing is to clean up the battlefield, deal with the wounded, and bury the corpses, and Xiao Xiang has no interest in watching these anymore.
When the soldiers carried Xiao Ting's body in front of her, she looked down carefully, then sniffed, didn't say anything, turned around and got into the carriage, and motioned for the surrounding guards to return to the city.
After a fierce battle, the Hong family army was removed from the Sichuan country, and the title only existed in the history books of Sichuan in the future, and Xiao Ting unfortunately became the second victim of the battle for the throne of Sichuan.
He made only two mistakes from start to finish, but two fatal mistakes, one was that he overestimated himself, and the other was that he underestimated his opponent.
On the same day, Xiao Xiang issued a proclamation in the name of the imperial court, listing the crimes of Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian, and characterizing the two as the rebels of the Sichuan State.
None of the ministers in Sichuan dared to raise objections to this notice, including those who originally belonged to Xiao Ting's line.
Now, no one dares to go against Xiao Xiang, it's very simple, whoever has the military power has the right to speak, now, the central army near the capital is almost under Xiao Xiang's control, if anyone is stupid enough to continue to fight against her, it is undoubtedly a joke on their own and their family's lives, who dares to take such a risk, even if they are dissatisfied with Xiao Xiang, they can only swallow it in their stomachs.
Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian are dead, but Xiao Xiang did not let go of their families.
For Hong Yuetian, Xiao Xiang was very resolute, and mercilessly ordered the killing of the nine clans to completely eradicate the Hong family.
As for Xiao Ting, Xiao Xiang still thinks of a little blood kinship, and he is also open to Xiao Ting's family, he did not kill indiscriminately, but he did not make them feel better, all those who have official positions are dismissed, the court will never hire them, all those who have titles are cut down, demoted to concubines, and all the family wealth and assets are returned to the treasury and exiled to remote areas of Sichuan State.
Xiao Xiang's iron and bloody wrist gave Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian a devastating blow to the two major forces, and it was widely implicated, and there were too many people involved, that is, it would never get rid of future troubles, and it also allowed Xiao Xiang to establish prestige in Sichuan, at least no one despised her because she was a woman.
In addition, the fate of Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian did play a role in killing chickens and monkeys, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and now the twelve princes who are still in Zhaoyang City can be said to be in danger of everyone, one by one, like a bird with a frightened bow, the slightest wind and grass will scare the six gods without a master.
The only thing they could count on now was Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan was willing to accept their reliance.
It is not enough for him to have the strength to compete with Xiao Xiang, but it can give him an extra very important bargaining chip in his hand, he can endure it, even if he lets Xiao Xiang sit on the throne first, it will not be too late for him to find an opportunity to rebel in the future.
The biggest difference between Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ting is that he is more forbearing, he doesn't care about momentary gains and losses, everything he does is planned for the future.
Therefore, when Xiao Xiang took advantage of the extermination of Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian to establish prestige, Xiao Yuan was not idle, one was to encircle the princes from all walks of life, and the other was to win over the ministers in the court, but anyone who was dissatisfied with Xiao Xiang would try his best to pull it to his side, and he was very smart not to rush to play the banner of confrontation with Xiao Xiang, but to win the hearts of the people, and to draw as many people as possible who were useful to him or even those who were not there for the time being, and slowly formed a powerful faction.
He thought that he was tolerant and secretive enough, but he still couldn't escape Xiao Xiang's eyes, in Xiao Xiang's opinion, his second brother had no courage and no courage, and could only play some shady tricks in secret, which was difficult to achieve.
On the third day after the battle with the Hong family, Xiao Xiang personally invited Xiao Yuan and the princes of the Twelve Roads to her princess's mansion for a banquet, which was a celebration banquet even if she was grateful for their great help.
Receiving Xiao Xiang's invitation, these twelve marquis all raised their hearts to their throats, feeling that the banquet set up by Xiao Xiang would not be so simple.
They all came to Xiao Yuan and asked for his opinion.
Xiao Yuan made an analysis, the princes' concerns are not wrong, Xiao Xiang will indeed not entertain herself and the princes of all walks of life for no reason, she must have a plan, but what is she planning to say that there is fraud in it, but the central army outside the city has no changes, and she and the princes have no guilt in her hands, she can't kill herself and the princes together for no reason, if she dares to do this, the people of Sichuan all over the world will criticize her, Xiao Xiang is so smart, she will not do such a stupid thing.
Then why did she set up a banquet Xiao Yuan thought about it, and finally came up with only a reasonable reason, that is, Xiao Xiang wanted to persuade herself and the princes to support her to ascend to the throne.
Thinking about this, Xiao Yuan smiled secretly in his heart.
In fact, it doesn't matter if she and the princes support her or not, at present, she has the greatest power and the most support, and her ascension to the throne is a foregone conclusion, but with the support of herself and the princes, it will make her succession more orthodox and more beautiful on her face.
Xiao Xiang, the ghost girl, now wants both face and lining, in this case, what's the harm in selling her a favor According to his own judgment, Xiao Yuan decided to accept Xiao Xiang's invitation, and he made a statement, and the princes were relieved and said that they would go to the banquet with him.
To make a long story short, that night, Xiao Yuan and the princes traveled together and came to Xiao Xiang's princess's mansion together.
As soon as they entered the princess's mansion, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong, the princess's mansion was full of soldiers, and there were guards everywhere, especially in the courtyard that entered the vestibule, there was almost no open space in the huge space, all of them were samurai with bright armor and swords under their ribs.
Seeing this scene, the princes' hearts immediately hung in their throats, and as they walked forward, their legs and stomachs also turned tendons, and cold sweat dripped down from time to time.
Xiao Yi, the Marquis of Changshan, who was walking beside Xiao Yuan, said in a trembling voice: "Second son, something is wrong here."
Seeing such a scene of soldiers and armor, the princes were afraid, but Xiao Yuan was relieved.
He smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Changshan Hou doesn't have to worry, if it is true that there is no good wine and no good banquet, then these soldiers will not be placed in the open, but will be hidden in the dark." ” Oh, when he said this, the princes looked at each other, and if you think about it carefully, it is indeed the truth.
Xiao Yuan said with a confident smile: "It's just a bluff, just this kind of battle will scare everyone, then, Xiangmei will be satisfied." ” "I see, the ministers understand."
The princes breathed a sigh of relief, and the expressions on their faces became much more natural.
Walking into the lobby of the princess's mansion, take a look, it is really lively enough, Xiao Xiang is sitting in the middle, on her right hand, it is already full of generals of the Sichuan Kingdom, including Zhang Situ, Ren Fang, Bu Ying, Yang Zhao, Lu You and other generals, and the seats on her left are empty, which is obviously prepared for Xiao Yuan and the princes.
Seeing them come in, all the generals got up and bowed their hands, Xiao Xiang sat there and didn't move, just waved his hands casually, smiled and said: "Brother Wang and the marquis are finally here, the palace has been waiting for a long time, please sit down."
Xiao Xiang is a sister, Xiao Yuan is a brother, even if Xiao Xiang is a landlord, according to the etiquette of respect and humility, she should also give Xiao Yuan to the upper seat.
But she didn't even get up when she sat there, let alone give up her seat, which made Xiao Yuan frown secretly, Xiao Xiang is such a big shelf now, she really regards herself as a king.
Unhappy, Xiao Yuan didn't show it on his face, he smiled slightly, and said, "I'm really sorry for my brother for making Sister Xiang wait for a long time." ” "Brother Wang is polite."
During the greetings, Xiao Yuan and the princes sat down on the empty seats.
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As soon as they sat down, Xiao Xiang slapped his face and said loudly: "Serve the wine" As she spoke, the maids came in from outside, bringing in pots of wine and plates of delicacies.
After the maid poured the wine, Xiao Xiang first picked up the wine glass, stood up, raised the cup above her head, and then poured it on the ground, and after sprinkling the wine, she said to the people below: "This first cup of wine, should be honored with the eldest brother, even if he is wrong, but he is the royal brother of the palace after all, and his blood is thicker than water":