Chapter 105 Slander

  Slander

  The surprise attack on the grain supplies left the enemy badly wounded, but also enraged them. This time, Prince Khawaja of the Jin State was furious in his tent and beheaded those responsible for guarding the military rations with a large knife.

  "Who could it be?" Hawadi asked his men with a serious face.

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and Yin Ruofei's team had just arrived the day before. The people they had ambushed hadn't even sent back a message yet.

  "No matter what, in this grand encampment, there is actually someone who can shoot arrows to burn our grain and fodder from such a distance. This person must not be spared."

  Everyone nodded in agreement. Although this time they were using the attack on Dalin as an excuse to lead troops to besiege the imperial capital and usurp the throne, if Hawadi had never been a man of small ambition, taking down Dalin's city would be the best outcome. Moreover, he had made deals with others, so he could obtain information about Dalin, knowing himself and his enemies, and thus being invincible in battle.

  Among the people present, there was one person who remained silent. If Yin Ruofei saw him, he would definitely frown and glare, because this was Wen Junli, the man who had intercepted him halfway and refused to let go.

  Although Wen Kui Li is also seated, he is not a Jin national, but the prince of the Daxueshi tribe. The Daxueshi tribe has few people, but they are all brave and good at fighting. As a nomadic nation, without a strong physique, what's the point of living?

  Although this Wen Kui Li is a prince, he is also the bravest warrior of the Great Moon Clan. Jin Guo and Da Lin are both great countries, while the Great Moon Clan is just a small gap in between, but they have never truly feared anyone.

  No one knows the steppes better than the Da Yuans, and it's not easy to find and eliminate a brave nation in the vast steppes. Moreover, this vast steppe is not easy to govern, and laborers who are unfamiliar with the terrain will lose more than they gain.

  So for hundreds of years, both countries wanted to include this region in their own territory, but neither has ever really taken action.

  This time, the Jin state brought a lot of grain and cloth to Da Yue Shi in order to take the road, which is considered as compensation. Although Da Yue Shi is not short of water and grass, grain and cloth have always been scarce. The nomadic people are not very familiar with planting, and their living habits also make it difficult for them to stay in one place for a long time. Except for the royal family where Wen Jiaoli is located, the other branches all move around according to certain rules.

  To be honest, Wen Kui Lei's feelings towards Da Jin and Da Lin are about the same, there is no deep affection to speak of. This time Da Jin is willing to lend a helping hand, it's only logical that the Da Yue clan would agree.

  With this transaction, Wen Ronglei also participated in the Great Jin, on the surface saying that he was helping to fight together, but actually preventing the Great Jin from being taken advantage of.

  Wen Kui had been lurking around the military camp for some time, and he had already discovered that the location of the large grain storage was a bit suspicious. Although no one in Daliang could shoot so far for the time being, as for the Great Moon Clan, this distance was not impossible to achieve. Take him, for example, his arm strength shooting range far exceeded this distance.

  By chance, they ran into Yin Ruofei and her two companions. Wen Qianlei followed them with a curious heart.

  These three people are not very old. The one in the middle is obviously very young, and even if the two on either side are a bit older, they're only in their twenties, still younger than him.

  Wen Kui did not think that these three people had the ability to destroy these grains at first, but when the other party's bow was opened for the first time, Wen Kui was shocked.

  One shot and three arrows, directly hitting the grain storage area. What was most unbelievable to him was that such a powerful arrow could be fired consecutively for over ten rounds, which was even better than his own skills.

  If it were someone else, Wen Kui would have thought that Da Lin was stronger than them, but this horseback archery and the like is the foundation of the Da Yue Shi's survival, it is their innate talent. Now an outsider's ability is no worse than theirs, which makes him feel extremely shocked.

  Wen Kui thought it was necessary for him to get in touch with this young general.

  Although they successfully raided the grain depot, due to timely firefighting, some of it was rescued and could not force the Jin army to retreat.

  Of course, Yin Haicheng did not have the absurd idea that he could retreat so easily. The power of Da Jin was stronger than that of Da Lin, and the grain and fodder in the rear were probably almost exhausted. Since it was impossible to retreat at once, at least they had to make things difficult for them.

  For three consecutive days, the two armies clashed, with their generals taking turns to fight. Yin Ruofei, at the age of 14, was brave and skilled in battle, defeating several veteran generals of the enemy side, making his name resound throughout both armies.

  Yin Haicheng laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't close, this son of his may not have been taught by him, but was so brave and heroic, it really made him proud, these past few days people intentionally or unintentionally complimented him making him laugh even in his dreams.

  Although most people highly praise Yin Ruofei, there are also some who despise her.

  Liu General, Long General and Zhao General are all old generals guarding this border. A few days ago, Long General couldn't stand Yin Ruofei and made a few sarcastic remarks, but was instead squeezed by Yin Ruofei until he was speechless.

  Later, because of stealing enemy military grain, he was compared with shooting arrows.

  Although General Long was convinced, Generals Liu and Zhao were not, both harboring resentment that their old comrade and brother had been squeezed out by this young upstart.

  Among the three, General Liu held the highest position, while Generals Long and Zhao were his deputy generals. They had always been in harmony with each other, but this time General Liu secretly ridiculed Yin Ruo Fei behind his back, which triggered General Long's dissatisfaction.

  "Old Liu, what do you mean by this?" General Long stood up, his face extremely unpleasant. "I admit I indeed lost, but that Young General Yin never humiliated me. This old dragon has yielded to him for life!"

  "You! Ungrateful!" General Liu was also furious, he didn't expect that after saying those words to General Long, the other party wasn't grateful at all, instead blaming him.

  "No one can speak ill of General Yin in front of me!" After saying that, General Long turned around and stormed out of the big tent.

  "Who would have thought that Longfeng Mountain is home to such an ungrateful person!" General Liu's face was extremely unpleasant. The words he spoke today were not idle chatter, but rather a reflection of his discontent in his heart.

  Before Yin Haicheng arrived, he was actually in charge of the border affairs. Although he didn't see it as clearly as Ze Wang and Yin Haicheng did, he also knew that the possibility of Hawadi launching a full-scale attack on Dali was extremely slim.

  This is a great opportunity to make achievements, but unexpectedly the emperor sent Yin Haicheng as the commander-in-chief instead of entrusting this general who guards the border with important tasks.

  That's all, Yin Haicheng has his own men, and he also has his own capable left and right arms. Originally mentioning this sneak attack, it was thought to be a show of merit, proving that they were not idle here either, and then giving Yin Haicheng a warning shot. Because as far as he knew, there were no skilled archers under Yin Haicheng's command.

  But what's more, Yin Hai City brought his own son. Young and tender, with red lips and white teeth, he had a flattering expression on his face towards Ze Wang.

  General Liu's face showed a look of disdain, but in fact, he was envious and jealous. If only he could also curry favor with the prince, this prince was quite prestigious after all.

  Yin Ruofei and Ze Wang lived together, General Liu was even more convinced of his own idea, this Yin Haicheng must have abandoned his son to serve the king, in order to curry favor with the emperor. Unfortunately, he is old and no longer has a handsome son who can serve by the king's side.

  Liu General glanced at Zhao General, whose complexion was not much better, and his heart moved. He pretended to sigh, "The Commander-in-Chief is also... his own good son, not a daughter, how could he give him to the Prince as..."

  This sentence is left unfinished, leaving room for imagination. In fact, in the capital city, who doesn't know that Yin Ruofei is Ze Wang's study companion, appointed by the Emperor himself? It's only in remote border areas that people can gossip about them. If this were said in the capital and reached the Emperor's ears, it would be considered a serious crime of disrespect. If the Emperor didn't like this person, he could even sentence him to deceiving the monarch, which is not impossible.

  General Zhao was a straightforward man, and seeing his two old friends making such a fuss over a teenager made him very uncomfortable. They had all risen through the ranks together in the military, and their decades-long friendship was genuine.

  But unexpectedly, this friendship has now appeared cracks. General Liu's remarks about Yin Ruofei just now, in General Zhao's heart, also felt that it was said too much.

  What kind of general paves the way for his son, what kind of flattering is this to General Wang? Zhao thought that these people were already half-old men, and it was too much to speculate about a child. At least this young vanguard officer had astonishing martial arts skills, and although he was not very old, he had already defeated enemy generals one after another, and could be considered a fierce general.

  But there is one thing, they all originated from soldiers, climbed up a little bit, and after decades of hard work in the army, countless battles, and numerous life-and-death struggles, they have achieved their current status.

  And the other party? A young boy, only in his early teens, with a higher official position than them. They were already old, but had to address him as "sir", which made him uncomfortable.

  General Zhao's career path was not smooth, otherwise he would not still be a deputy general until now, and even lower than General Long. Several opportunities for promotion were taken away by others, by those aristocratic sons, those big family members who came to earn military merit.

  So General Zhao had a fire in his heart and was provoked by General Liu at this time, and suddenly he had an opinion about Yin Ruofei.

  Liu General observed Zhao General's expression and knew that the other party had an idea, secretly adding fuel to the fire, and said some things that were neither here nor there, making Zhao General resentful of the aristocratic sons for a while.

  The aristocracy and the common people have never been in contact with each other, and Yin Haicheng is already very good at this. He has never divided his subordinates into different factions based on their background, which is why he has a lot of prestige in the military.

  Liu General Zhao General and the like, down to Long General, although they are already court-appointed officials and frontier generals, but their origins have always been humble, and they don't quite fit in with their colleagues from aristocratic families.

  Furthermore, most of the scholar-officials have their own foundation, and their promotion is naturally faster than others. Many sons of scholar-officials come to the military camp just for show, but in reality, they are not upright and have never achieved any merit. This fact has further intensified this contradiction, so General Liu fabricated some stories about the misdeeds of the sons of scholar-officials, which General Zhao immediately believed.

  Two people shared a pot of old wine and a small dish, the more they talked, the more they hit it off, but little did they know, their conversation had already fallen into someone else's ears.

  Twenty-eight guards of King Ze, except for a few who stayed in the capital, all followed King Ze. However, to avoid drawing too much attention, these people disguised themselves, some dressed as attendants, others pretended to be small soldiers, and even went to the team of partners.

  By the time night fell, everyone else was asleep except for those on night watch. However, this group of night owls couldn't sleep; as martial artists, they were naturally high-spirited and alert at night. So, they simply snuck over to listen in on the various generals' tents.

  This was originally a pastime, but unexpectedly they heard the rumor that slandered Yin Ruofei.

  The author has something to say: Thank you everyone for your concern, since I told you all about my illness, it's been getting better and better. Now the fever is gone, no more dizziness, walking has energy too, going up two floors in one breath doesn't even feel tiring.

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