Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 273
The scorching sun was in the sky, releasing scorching light, scorching the earth.

Countless soldiers in black battle armor lined up below the city, standing like a forest of spears, standing motionless even under the scorching sun.

The tens of thousands of troops were silent and did not conceal their murderous aura.On the entire battlefield, only the golden king's flag fluttered with the wind, making a sound of hunting.

A solemn and murderous aura of conquest on the battlefield spread towards the city ahead.

Such a dignified and stern aura made the rebel soldiers on the city wall shudder, as if a huge boulder was pressing on their chests, and they subconsciously felt afraid and retreated.

"Quick! The officers and soldiers are about to attack the city, what are you still doing!"

The roar of the rebel general barely brought the rebels on the city wall back to their senses, and began to move the rolling logs and stones, which were the defenders of the city.

And at this moment, the Xia Kingdom's army in the distance was in the formation.

King Qi got off his horse, and all the generals immediately bowed their heads and cupped their fists, shouting:

"See Master!"

King Qi nodded slightly, glanced at the arrangement of the army, and said:

"The city ahead is the battleground for entering Anshun County. It is also the first battle for our army to attack the rebels in Anshun County. There are countless eyes watching! This king personally came to sit in the town, and you must not have any accident!"

The princes and princes in Jinling City who regarded him as a thorn in the side, all the officials in the court, Yun Guo, even expelled Xia Guo officials, and the Xiangzhou County Rebel Army who still refused to obey Xia Guo's rule.

The attitude of these forces towards King Qi in the future is largely determined by today's battle.

When the generals heard the words, they immediately shouted:

"Please don't worry, Commander, the last general will wait for his death!"

King Qi raised his hand slightly upon hearing this.

The soldiers behind him immediately walked to King Qi with command arrows in their hands.

King Qi drew out a command arrow and said in a deep voice:
"A military order is issued, and the army will go straight to the south gate. This king will be stationed in the city tonight!"

"Yes!"

All the generals shouted violently, turned around and left quickly, and went to their respective camps to rectify the soldiers and horses.

The messenger held the command arrow and rode on the horse, shuttled back and forth, shouting:
"The commander-in-chief has an order to attack the south gate! Attack the south gate!"

The next moment, the military formation, which was extremely tight before, slowly dispersed under the sound of military drums.

The "squeak" sound of the bowstring being pulled up rang out.

"shoot!"

When the military order was issued, there was only a sound of "swish", and the rain of arrows shot out like a dark cloud, and soon it would pour down like a gust of rain.

"Officers and soldiers are attacking the city!"

"Officers and soldiers are attacking the city!"

Facing Xia Jun's siege, some rebel soldiers couldn't bear it, and immediately uttered a few shrill shouts, stood up in a panic, and were about to rush under the tower.

But before these people took a few steps, the rain of arrows poured down, and the sound of screams came suddenly.

The rebel general on the city wall bent down, holding up his shield, and shouted:

"Archer, where is the archer?"

Under the shout of the rebel general, some brave rebel soldiers hid under the battlements, raised their bows and arrows, and shot feather arrows.

But after a while, I heard someone say in a crying voice:
"General, it's useless!"

"General, our bows and arrows can't hit the officer's side!"

The weapons in the hands of these rebels are nothing more than local county soldiers and servants in Anshun County.

Nearly half of the so-called bows and arrows in the rebel army came from the bows and arrows that Orion brought with him when he joined the army. How could it compare to the standard weapons of the Daxia frontier army?

When the rebel general heard this, he was furious, and subconsciously wanted to get up and curse.But the rain of arrows raining down on his head like a torrential rain forced him to keep his unknown fire in his heart and continue to hide under the battlements.

"Da da da……"

The soldiers of the Xia army came at a neat pace, armed with spears and shields, protecting the ladder behind them, rushing to the chariot.

Accompanied by the bitter murderous aura, every sound of footsteps seemed to be stepping heavily on the hearts of the rebels.

Some rebels resisted the rain of arrows, Wei Wei stood up and looked down the city, her pupils opened suddenly.

The officers and soldiers of the Xia Army in black armor, like a black tide, took a picture of the towering city with an unstoppable momentum, as if they wanted to smash the entire city blocking the way of the army to pieces.

Rao was some bandits from the old battalion, when they saw the power of the officers and soldiers at this time, their vision was slightly blurred when they were in a trance, as if they caught a glimpse of a bloody beast roaring upwards above the army.

With just a glance, those veteran rebels who were known as fierce soldiers lost their courage at this moment, and exclaimed:
"It's not good, I can't keep it!"

"If you can't hold it, you can't hold it!"

"Run, if you don't run and stay here, you will die!"

The noise of the rebel soldiers caused the morale of the army to visibly dissipate.No matter how the generals abused and punished them, another group of rebel soldiers dropped their weapons and ran under the city wall without looking back.

Looking at the chaotic image on the city wall in the distance, next to King Qi, a man in Taoist robes had a milky white light shining between his brows.

For the soldiers of the rebel army, even if they saw the blood-colored beast above Xia Jun's head, waving its claws and roaring upwards, they thought it was just a hallucination under their nervousness.

But under the secret technique of the Taoist Heavenly Eye to understand luck, the blood-colored beast is obviously not an illusion.

The battle formations converged, the breath of tens of thousands of troops was connected, and the blood was surging up, rushing straight into the sky, and a strange beast emerged.

Resembling a raccoon, but with a white head and tiger claws, the murderous bloody aura wrapped around his whole body, raised his head and roared fiercely.

Alien Beast Liang Qu, in mythology, is a fierce beast that symbolizes war.

The Taoist looked up at the sky, his eyes were burning hot, and he seemed to be muttering:

"Sure enough, sure enough! The world has changed, and the world of great conflict has arrived..."

After a while, the Taoist slowly restrained his mood, and the white light between his brows slowly dissipated.He tidied up his clothes, and hurriedly bowed to King Qi beside him, saying:
"Congratulations, Your Highness, the city has already fallen!"

Before the words fell, another voice was heard, saying:
"Congratulations, Your Highness, the battle has been won!"

Hearing this, the Taoist raised his head slightly, and saw a scholar wearing a Confucian robe opposite him, also congratulating King Qi.

In the Jixia Academy in Yunguo, although there are academic disputes among various schools of thought, because the students of each school study at the same place, they often interact with each other, and the relationship is quite relaxed.

But in Xia Guochaotang, hundreds of families have disciples who have become officials.In order to expand the influence of various theories, the struggle among them became more and more intense.It also happened that the princes were vying for the throne, and each family took advantage of this opportunity to choose the prince they would support, and the fight was even more fierce.

Between each other, it can't be said that they love each other, but it can also be said that they are at odds.

Since Taoism and Confucianism both decided to serve King Qi at the same time, they naturally had to fight in private.

So even congratulating King Qi, there was a bit of a sense of tension.

King Qi turned his head slightly, looked at the two Confucian and Taoist people beside him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly said:

"It's just a city, it's nothing! At this time, I want to ask you two, how should the battle of Anshun County be arranged?"

Hearing this, the two immediately looked at each other.

The courtiers have to choose the loyalty of the king, and the king also has to test whether the courtiers can be reused.

Both of them knew that this was King Qi's test for the two of them!

When the Taoist heard the words, he said nothing:

"The rebel army only occupies one county, and your Highness, with the power of the Great Xia and one country, has tens of thousands of troops moving. The situation is irreversible! Your Highness just needs to let nature take its course and leave a glimmer of life for the rebel soldiers, so that they If you don’t have the heart to kill the fish and break the net, Anshun County will be as short as one month. If it is as long as three months, it will be pacified!"

Having said that, the Taoist paused slightly, and continued:
"In my Taoist school, there are also leaders who are willing to serve His Highness!"

King Qi nodded slightly when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice:
"What Mr. Chong said is true, this king has been taught!"

Taoist disciple Chong Leyou heard the words, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he bowed his head slightly.

"The order is that the soldiers of each battalion attack the city, and they should besiege three towers and one. Surrender to the rebels, and let the past be forgotten!" King Qi continued.

The subordinate soldiers immediately responded:

"Yes!"

Seeing this, the Confucian disciples on the side hurriedly said:
"His Royal Highness leads the army to put down the rebellion, and righteousness is in hand. Most of the rebels are trying to survive, but they are agitating for the bandit leader. Now that Your Highness is acting kingly, I, the Confucianist, are willing to help, so that the people in the county know the kindness of the court and surrender!"

King Qi frowned when he heard this, and said:

"Oh? This king has always only known war, but he has never thought of such things. If Mr. Zhou Shun can help this king put down the rebellion as soon as possible, this king will definitely write a letter to the court in person to ask for credit for him!"

Hearing this, Zhou Shun quickly bowed his head and saluted, saying:
"I don't seek fame and title, I just want to help His Highness solve problems!"

King Qi smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said:
"In that case, please both of you take care of yourself!"

When Chong Leyou and Zhou Shun heard the words, they all bowed and saluted, then turned and left without even looking at each other to share the worries of King Qi.

Looking at the backs of the two going away, King Qi suddenly said:

"Hundred schools of thought, there are many fights, but as long as they are well-guided, the benefits to the country will definitely outweigh the disadvantages!"

Having said that, King Qi sighed slightly, and said:
"If the emperor had stopped it at the beginning, the situation in the court would never have been so chaotic. How much national power was wasted in court party struggles..."

In the court of the Xia Kingdom, officials from hundreds of families were fighting endlessly, and the prince vying for the heir apparent, it was chaos and chaos. I don't know how much national power the Xia Kingdom wasted for nothing!
If nothing else, just talk about the Southwest plague.If it weren't for someone in the court to hold back, how could the situation have deteriorated to this point!

Thinking of this, King Qi couldn't help sighing heavily again.

At this time, Feng Chu, who was standing behind King Qi, lowered his head slightly when he heard the words, and said:
"Your Majesty, there may be reasons for His Majesty... But if Your Majesty wants to change, all he needs to do is win the throne!"

King Qi couldn't help looking at Feng Chu when he heard the words, frowned slightly and said:

"I always feel that you want me to be in that position more than I do!"

Hearing the words, Feng Chu hesitated for a moment, then lowered his brows and eyes, and said quietly:

"Whether your Highness can ascend to the throne of God is related to the life of the minister, and the minister has to be nervous..."

King Qi curled his lips slightly, and said:

"Don't be so exaggerated, even if the battle for the position fails, this king can still protect you!"

Hearing this, Feng Chu sneered, noncommittal...
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In the city of Anshun County, Hao Yuanhua's beard blew up, and he exclaimed:
"Can you say that again!"

The generals under his command were immediately taken aback by Hao Yuanhua's appearance, and tremblingly said:

"Big, big general, officers and soldiers are attacking!"

In the government office, the main generals of the rebel army are all sitting here.

Hearing the report, all of them immediately looked at Hao Yuanhua, with worried and uneasy expressions on their faces.

Before this, the rebel army in Anshun County was quite powerful.But after a closer look, it was only due to the plague in the southwest that Xia Guo couldn't take care of it, which made it smooth for them since they raised their troops.

The most difficult battle the rebels fought before was when the frontier army sent more than [-] soldiers to suppress it.

In front of these elite frontier soldiers of the Xia Kingdom, the performance of the rebels was called a hip pull, which deeply made the rebels realize the gap between themselves and the officers and soldiers.

In the end, it was because of Murong Fu who sneaked into the army and beheaded the general, that he saved the situation.

But now, tens of thousands of Xia Kingdom's southwestern frontier troops are coming in full force. Just thinking about it will make everyone present despair!

Hao Yuanhua took a deep breath, sat back slowly, gritted his teeth and said:

"Why did you attack me in Anshun County? This, this is completely different from what was agreed at the beginning..."

The people behind the scenes, had clearly explained to Hao Yuanhua before that letting Murong Fu capture Huang'an County would definitely attract the attention of Xia Guo's army.

At that time, Hao Yuanhua will not only be able to get rid of the situation of being besieged by the army, but also use this to get rid of Murong Fu who is quite ambitious but has made great contributions!
But why is the current development of the situation completely different from the previous design and planning?
At this time, Hao Yuanhua couldn't help showing panic in his eyes.

However, he is a reckless hero. Although he doesn't know much about stabilizing the morale of the army, he also knows that he must not show panic in front of his subordinates at this time.

He moved his throat, with a look of disdain on his face, and proudly said:
"It doesn't matter, if the government army is coming, just eat them! Anyway, it's not like we haven't been defeated by us before!"

The generals saw Hao Yuanhua like this, regardless of what they thought in their hearts, in short, there was a smile on their faces, and they cooperated:
"That's right! How many of the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers escaped from us alive in the end?"

"If we can win once, we can win the second time!"

"The second general's martial arts skills are world-class, and then let him go to the enemy's barracks to take the head of that king Qi and present it to the general as a bench!"

"Hahaha!"

"..."

All the generals burst out laughing immediately, and they didn't see Jun Xia in the slightest.

It's just that this fearlessness, how many people are real and how many people are fake, is not very clear!

When the generals retreated, Hao Yuanhua couldn't pretend to be calm, so he immediately called his confidants and said eagerly:
"Go, go to the backyard, and invite Li Junshi!"

I don't know Li Junshi's real name, but he is only called Junshi.But the real identity was actually sent by someone behind the scenes.

Hearing the words, the confidant immediately withdrew.

Not long after, the confidant hurried back and said in a panic:

"It's not good, General, Li Junshi is dead!"

Hao Yuanhua stared and said angrily:

"Dead? How did you die?"

"Someone wiped his neck..." his confidant stammered.

"Impossible, my government office is heavily guarded, how could it be..."

In the middle of speaking, Hao Yuanhua suddenly paused, turned to look at his subordinates, and asked:

"What else was found?"

The subordinates froze for a while, then suddenly remembered, and said:
"Back to the general, I remembered that in Li Junshi's hand, he was holding a colorful embroidered silk ribbon=...but it looked a bit like it was stuffed into his hand."

Hao Yuanhua heard the words and murmured:

"Colorful embroidered ribbon?"

After a while, Hao Yuanhua's face suddenly turned pale.

"The embroiderer..."

(End of this chapter)