Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 118 It's really ridiculous to deal with things...Unfathomable!
In Hechuan County, the Xia army camp.

King Qi Yu Zhaoling looked at the military newspaper in his hand, sighed softly, and said:
"Cheng Bushi! Cheng Buzhi! Such a character, why didn't the slightest reputation come out before?"

King Yu Zhaoli of Jin heard the words and couldn't help asking:
"Yun Jun, what happened again?"

King Qi handed the general report to King Jin, and said in a deep voice:
"The Yun army is marching steadily, and has already stationed tents dozens of miles away from Hechuan County. Now our army has lost tens of thousands, and we are already at a disadvantage in front of the Yun army, and we have to divide our troops to garrison Jianchang Mansion. If I am the commander of the Yun army, Naturally, we must seize this opportunity and press hard!"

King Jin took the military report, glanced at it, frowned, and sighed:

"Hey, the Yun army is pressing every step of the way, our army is stretched, and the situation has collapsed to such an extent overnight! If I had known this, I shouldn't have wasted this god-given opportunity for these southwest generals!"

King Qi laughed lightly when he heard the words, shook his head and said:
"Third brother, you are wrong! Yunguo is a foreign enemy, and it is easy to deal with. If it doesn't work this time, we will find another opportunity next time. But these general families in the southwest are a sore on our Xiaguo. Clean it up, sooner or later it will lead to a big disaster!"

King Jin sighed softly when he heard the words, and said:
"Although Yun Kingdom's background is not as good as my Great Xia's, it is also a powerful country with a vast territory and a large population. This time, the little emperor of Yun Kingdom has resorted to fierce tactics, forcing the frontier soldiers of Yun Kingdom to dare not obey orders, and there are also Buddhist sects who have hidden ghosts. , This is why our army invaded the northern border so easily. Next time, there will be no such good time!"

King Qi raised his head slightly when he heard the words, and said to himself:
"Third Brother, worry too much! My Great Xia dominates the center of the world, sitting on more than half of the world's population, and the fertile land is all in my dynasty. The soldiers are fine and food is sufficient, and talents are coming out in large numbers. As long as the internal troubles are cleared up and the people are united, the Emperor of the Kingdom of Yun will be happy." No matter how great it is, I have to guard the land in the south of the sky and be his southern barbarian monarch!"

Seeing King Qi's confident face, King Jin moved his mouth, and finally just sighed quietly, saying:
"How can it be so easy! Even if the Southwest general is gone, there are still hundreds of schools in the court fighting and attacking each other..."

Although the two of them insisted on their opinions just now, they both have a certain truth.It was only because of their different personalities and ways of handling things that they had such a dispute.

King Qi determined with all his heart that he could sweep away many internal troubles in the country with his own thunderous means.Relying on the background of Xia Kingdom, it is absolutely possible to rely on power to coerce all countries in the world and reproduce the prestige of all nations coming to court.

But King Jin is different from King Qi. He has been working in the court since he was an adult.

He knew the most deeply rooted factions in the court, but they attacked each other all day long. He knew how powerful they were, and he didn't think that King Qi had the ability to eliminate them.

King Qi couldn't see his third brother's timid appearance, he patted the sword on his waist, and said to himself:
"Third brother, trust me once! The necks of these people are no harder than the necks of the northern barbarians..."

"Report!"

At this time, the urgent voice of the messenger interrupted King Qi's words.

King Qi looked at the distressed and anxious messenger, frowned, and said:
"The cloud army attacked?"

"Marshal, it's the domestic military newspaper! The cavalry of the cloud army penetrated into the country, constantly raiding the prefectures and counties, attacking the city and pulling out the villages, and the situation is in chaos! The prefect of Zhufu counties wrote a letter, asking the commander to send troops back!" The messenger was panting road.

King Jin stood up abruptly when he heard the words, with a look of horror on his face, he said:
"What? Yunjun has gone to the country?"

He was stunned for a while, then quickly looked at King Qi who looked calm and even had a smile on his lips, and said anxiously:

"Nineteen, hurry up, quickly withdraw to Jianchang Mansion! Apart from Jianchang Mansion, no other cities are wanted, so send the soldiers back..."

He was halfway through speaking, only then did he notice that the corner of King Qi's mouth was smiling slightly, his expression was calm, without even the slightest change.

When King Qi first talked about how to deal with the Southwest General, King Jin's memory was particularly deep with his wild and complacent but unpredictable appearance.

King Jin froze for a moment, then sized up King Qi suspiciously.

King Qi looked at King Qi, his eyes blinked slightly, and the corner of his mouth revealed a smug smile after doing something bad.

That's right, I did it!

King Jin opened his mouth, looking at the very attractive King Qi, his mood was aroused.

King Qi's expression now is the same as that of King Qi when he was young, after breaking Emperor Xia's beloved, he blamed his brothers who were at odds with them, and finally succeeded.

The messenger raised his head cautiously after not hearing the two talking for a long time.Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was extremely harmonious, they couldn't help but hesitate for a long time, and finally couldn't help interrupting, saying:

"Commander, His Royal Highness King Jin, the cloud army is raging, destroying the city and killing people. Another rebel army took advantage of the situation and burned and transported supplies. The counties in the southwestern states are unbearable, please send troops to rescue quickly!"

King Jin came back to his senses, sat down with peace of mind, nodded and said:

"Understood, it's just that the battlefield of Yunguo is at a critical moment, so don't move lightly. You let the prefects in various places stand firm, and when the situation calms down, the army will immediately return to defense..."

King Qi, who had a calm face just now, was stunned when he heard what the messenger said, then stood up abruptly, and interrupted hastily:

"Wait, what are you talking about, chaos army? Where did the chaos army come from?"

His actions made King Jin, who had already calmed down, his heart skip a beat again. He turned his head and looked at King Qi in disbelief.

Didn't you just wink at me and say it's all right?
King Qi didn't care about other things at this time, he walked quickly to the messenger, grabbed him and said:

"Rebellious soldiers? Burning supplies?"

The messenger was a little flustered and stammered:
"Yes, yes! The rebels burned the supplies that were piled up in Fengzhou City and were going to be sent to Jianchang Mansion."

King Qi's expression instantly became extremely ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Do you know which rebellious army it is? The master will restrain the troops, and it is not good for them, so they should be executed!"

"Forgive me, Marshal, but I haven't been able to find out which soldiers and horses it is... Oh, only the military report from Fengzhou said that it was a rebellion by the rebellious army, and the person at the head usurped himself and proclaimed himself emperor! Others, nothing else." understood!"

Hearing this news, King Jin, who was already a little flustered, suddenly became frightened and furious, and said sharply:
"A person who is so daring and arrogant, dares to presume to be the emperor. This is treason, and his whole family should be punished!"

There are two different concepts between raiding and disturbing states and counties, and arrogating to be the emperor!

No matter how big a mess the former made, when it came to the imperial court, it was just a light sentence to restrain the troops.

But the latter, no matter whether it is just a farce made by a group of ignorant and reckless people, as long as someone stabbed him in front of the imperial court, it would be a great sin!
King Qi had already suffered a major defeat, losing troops and generals.If someone took advantage of this again, it would not be something that Emperor Xia could save!
King Qi also knew the seriousness of the matter, his face was ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"These rebellious troops really don't know how to live or die! Third Brother first go back to Zhenjiangyang County for me, and I will send troops and horses to go back and wipe out the rebellious army!"

King Jin nodded, got up quickly, and said:
"Okay, I'll start now..."

"Report!" There was another sound of hurried footsteps.

Another messenger ran into the tent, knelt down and said loudly:

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, an urgent report from the army! The general of Wuzhou found out that there was a change in the frontier army of Yunguo! Half a month ago, the emperor of Yunguo personally entered the frontier army, subdued the generals of the frontier army, and returned them to the court of Yunguo for dispatch. Now The army of Yun is furious, and Chen Bing is on the frontier, it looks like they are invading our territory!"

Wuzhou, which belongs to the territory of Xia State, just across the river from Yongzhou.Previously, it was a military town to guard against the troops of the Li Dynasty. Now that the border troops of the Kingdom of Yun have settled in Yongzhou, their main duty has become to monitor the border troops of the Kingdom of Yun.

King Jin staggered when he heard the words, almost lost his breath, and said anxiously:

"I can't wait anymore! Cloud Country can't stay anymore! Get back to defense as soon as possible, otherwise Yun Country will raise its troops, and the southwestern territory will be in danger!"

But at this time, King Qi gradually calmed down, and did not immediately order to return to defense, but said in a deep voice:

"There are 10,000 troops stationed in Wuzhou, and there are also large troops in the south that can be used by the imperial court. They are as solid as gold! On the other hand, the frontier army of Yunguo has to guard the newly acquired four states and guard against the Li Dynasty. The [-] Yunjun in the north, It’s not enough, we will definitely need to send troops to rescue. Although the Yun Kingdom’s frontier army is elite, there are only [-]+ soldiers in total, how can it be used? If I were the Yun Army, I only need to send a small group of soldiers..."

King Qi finished speaking, then said in a daze:

"No way...Emperor Yunguo, acting so absurdly?"

"Oh, nineteen, be careful, there is no big mistake. Anyway, what we have to do is almost the same, as you said, the big deal is to retreat first, and then look for a good opportunity to attack Yunguo in the future!"

King Qi waved his hands and said repeatedly:

"Not this! Not this!"

As he spoke, he walked to the map behind him and asked:

"Where did the group of disorderly troops first appear?"

Hearing the words, the messenger in the tent knew that King Qi was asking a question, so he hurriedly said:
"The rebellious soldiers first appeared in Fengzhou, and the garrison did not investigate. They broke into the city, burned the supplies, and took away the prefect Zhong Zizhuo. Within a few days, they successively attacked Powu and Chenzhou..."

King Jin couldn't help but interjected when he heard the words:
"Within a few days? The chaos is so fast?"

"Yes, they are all cavalry, rushing like the wind!"

King Qi looked at him, walked on the map, and said without looking back:
"Even the cavalry, the marching speed is too fast, the chaos army doesn't have such organizational power!"

King Jin was taken aback, and said:
"Nineteen, what do you want to say?"

"Looking at the marching route, it should be that the Yunguo cavalry put on our army's armor and left Juzhou to attack Fengzhou, Wuzhou, and Chenzhou. , Rongzhou, these places are also dangerous!" King Qi said in a deep voice.

"Yun Jun?"

King Jin was stunned at first, then suddenly came back to his senses, and stammered:
"Then, according to what you said, the person at the head is not presumptuously proclaiming himself emperor, but..."

King Qi nodded, a look of excitement flashed in his eyes, and said:
"This Emperor of the Cloud Kingdom is really interesting! Send the masters of the army day and night, hurry up and send orders to Wuzhou, Shaozhou, Yongzhou, and Jizhou to block the border. Be sure to block this cloud army within our territory!"

"Yes!"
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"Report!"

In the camp of Yongzhou, the messenger broke in and said anxiously:
"General Qi, the Wuzhou Xia army suddenly mobilized and blocked the border! Besides, the Xia army in Shaozhou, Yongzhou and other places also moved!"

When Shi An heard this, his face changed slightly, with a hint of worry, he said:
"Originally, I saw that Xia Jun did not respond for a long time, and I was lucky. Alas... I don't know if Xia Jun found out that our army has infiltrated his territory, or his majesty's whereabouts have been exposed!"

In fact, if King Qi hadn't accidentally given an assist, causing chaos in the southwestern states, even if no one had discovered Xiao Cheng's identity, Xia Jun would have reacted long ago and knew that this rebellious army was the army of Yunguo.

All the generals in the tent heard the words and said one after another:

"It shouldn't be, we have blocked the news that His Majesty went deep into the Xia army!"

"Hmph, don't forget the person who did it secretly before!"

"Is it true that someone secretly communicated with Xia Guo? If it is true, don't let me find out, or I will definitely kill him!"

"Okay! Stop arguing!"

A voice sounded, and all the generals in the tent fell silent immediately.

Wang Xiao lifted the curtain, and under the protection of Ju Meng, walked into the tent.

All the generals in the tent, even Shi An, stood up and saluted when they saw Wang Xiao coming.

"Master!"

Wang Xiao glanced at the generals present, and saw that they looked respectful, but when facing him, they always had a trace of unnaturalness, so he couldn't help laughing, and said:

"Even if His Majesty's whereabouts are leaked, it's definitely not from the army. Don't be suspicious of each other!"

Wang Xiao knew very well, not to mention that Xiao Cheng had no intention of hiding his identity.Even if there were, even with those people with evil intentions who followed him, this identity couldn't be hidden at all!

"Your Majesty is invincible, and the dragon's body is safe. In fact, we don't need to worry about it! It's just that we, the courtiers, can't just sit back and watch Your Majesty fall into the enemy's country. At this time, we should mobilize our troops and horses, and take the posture of attacking Xia, so as to contain Xia's soldiers and horses!"

Upon hearing this, Shi An nodded and said:
"That's right, what the grand master said makes sense!"

The frontier army attacked Xia, and its strength was indeed a little stretched.But as long as he made this gesture, the generals of the Xia army would not dare to bear the responsibility of losing ground, nor would they dare to be righteous, and they would definitely be able to restrain some soldiers and horses.

"Besides that, it's not enough! In order to ensure that His Majesty can return to the country, I need to dispatch [-] cavalry to break into the territory of the Xia Kingdom and divide them into five teams. Therefore, we will set up a suspicious formation to confuse the Xia army!" Wang Xiao continued.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly stagnated.

Everyone raised their heads in astonishment and looked at Wang Xiao together.

Wang Xiao looked calm, facing the stares of the generals, there was nothing unusual.

Shi An felt his scalp go numb, gritted his teeth and said:

"I didn't think of the grand master's strategy! It's just that this method is a bit risky, why do you need the grand master to go in person?"

At this time, you should stop making trouble!
I'll dispatch soldiers and horses for you, the ghost knows if you can't afford to lose, and want to take advantage of this moment to come back.If you don't come back, when His Majesty comes back, will my life still be lost?
Wang Xiao took a glance, and saw that all the generals in the tent were silent, and quickly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

Although they have all been supported by Wang Xiao, but in the end they are facing a national crisis, as long as they don't want to be stabbed in the back by the people of the country, they will never have any other thoughts at this time.

Seeing this, Wang Xiao felt inexplicable in his heart, and couldn't help showing a complicated look on his face, shaking his head and saying:

"Before your Majesty left, you told me that you can do things cheaply!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then they all looked at Jumeng behind Wang Xiao.

Ju Meng frowned, thinking about what Xiao Cheng had said before leaving.

Seems like that's what it means.

Thinking of this, Ju Meng slightly hesitated, then nodded.

Seeing Jumeng nod his head, Shi An couldn't help showing a messy look on his face.

Your Majesty, it's really absurd... unfathomable!
　I originally thought that after finally repaying the [-] words I owed on the shelf, I could take a two-day break.

　　As a result, the editor made another recommendation for me, and then sent me a message asking me to add more tomorrow...

　　At this moment, my mood is especially complicated!
　　


(End of this chapter)