Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 277 Xia Kingdom's northern elites appear in Tiannan, and the war will start

Xia Guo, Jinling City Imperial Palace.

When the old eunuch Sixi saw Emperor Xia who was lightly asleep leaning on the dragon chair, he immediately flinched, turned around and was about to walk out of the hall.

At this moment, Emperor Xia closed his eyes and said in a slightly tired voice:

"Has Ling'er set off to return to the capital?"

The old eunuch hesitated slightly when he heard the words.

After reacting for a long time, he finally realized that the Ling'er that Emperor Xia was calling was the king of Qi, Yu Zhaoling.

The old eunuch bowed slightly and replied softly:

"Your Majesty, Your Highness has set off the day before yesterday!"

Hearing Sixi's words, Emperor Xia opened his red eyes, nodded and said:
"Fortunately, I didn't commit any stubbornness! The hearts of the people in the six counties in the southwest have been lost, and it is no longer possible to keep them. If he stays there, the responsibility for losing the country cannot be escaped... Now is the right time to get out!"

When Sixi heard the words, the smile froze on his face.

Can't keep the six counties in the southwest?
After froze for a long time, Sixi finally squeezed out a smile, changed the subject and said:
"If Your Highness knows that His Majesty cares so much, I don't know how to be grateful!"

Emperor Xia glanced at the old eunuch, and hummed softly:
"Hmph, you are so smooth..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia sat up slightly, looked at the map of the territory of the world placed on the imperial case, and said in a deep voice:

"The little Emperor Yunguo was so lucky that I ran into this plague when the hearts of the people in the southwest were unstable. Afterwards, he dispatched doctors and transported supplies well enough, and he took advantage of all the benefits of his reputation. The embroidered clothes envoy came to report , the hearts of the people in the six counties in the southwest have already turned to Yun Country. In this way, there is no way to keep the land of the six counties!"

The old eunuch Sixi lowered his head slightly, not daring to answer a word.

Emperor Xia was not surprised by his cautiousness, but his eyes sharpened, and he said coldly:
"The hearts of the people in the Southwest are not stable, the plague has not been completely cured, there are still rebels rebelling, and the villagers are self-governing. It takes a lot of effort to continue to maintain the system! Since the little emperor of Yunguo wants such a hot potato, what if I give it to him? But, As for Yongzhou and other places, I will not be polite. In addition, there is an army of tens of thousands from Yunguo to be the leader!"

Just hearing this, I feel that Emperor Xia is very calculating!
For the current Xia Kingdom, the six counties in the Southwest would be thankless if they continued to maintain their rule.

That being the case, why not change to Yongzhou!
The land of the four prefectures of Yongzhou is the fertile land in the north of the Li Dynasty, and it is also a land of prosperity.Although it was a bit of a disadvantage to change this way, if you add the Yunguo frontier army, it is not a loss-making deal.

After all, [-]% of the top and bottom elites of this cloud country are among the frontier army of this cloud country!
Hearing Emperor Xia's words, Sixi immediately squeezed out a smile on his old face, and complimented:

"Your Majesty can illuminate thousands of miles and plan to rule the world. Throughout the ages, there have been few wise emperors like you."

Emperor Xia was used to the compliments from his old buddy who had been with him for many years, he waved his hand casually, and said:
"By the way, what did you just come here for?"

As soon as he said this, Sixi suddenly remembered that he came here to report something, so he said quickly:

"Return to Your Majesty, the fourteenth princess ordered someone to send something to the palace!"

When Emperor Xia heard that it was Yu Yingyao's daughter, he frowned slightly, and said:
"Send something from the palace? In what name and to whom?"

Sixi's face was slightly weird, and she said softly:

"The fourteenth princess only said that it was handed over to His Majesty, and did not explain the rest!"

After finishing speaking, Sixi raised her hand slightly, and when a little eunuch walked in with a red sandalwood box in her hand, she knelt down on the ground and presented the thing in her hand in front of Emperor Xia.

Inside the wooden box, a jewel lay quietly in it.

When Emperor Xia saw this thing, he was visibly stunned by the naked eye.

A moment later, a flash of reminiscence flashed in Emperor Xia's eyes, and he said:
"I gave it to her when she was ten years old. Speaking of which, her mother and concubine were still there at that time..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia suddenly burst out laughing and said:
"She's telling me that she knows that I'm paying attention to her!"

Sixi heard the words, lowered her eyes, and replied:

"Perhaps the fourteenth princess felt that the process of mastering the embroiderer was too easy, so she noticed something strange!"

As I said before, Yu Yingyao had been in the palace in her early years, and because of her status, she didn't have many available people.

But since returning to Jinling City, the power under her has inflated like a balloon.In just half a year, he secretly controlled almost all of the Embroidery Envoy's power.

And this embroidered clothes envoy is a sharp knife in the hands of successive emperors of the Xia Kingdom.Even if Feng Chu, a high-level embroiderer, came to join her first, it is quite suspicious that she was allowed to control this secret service so easily in such a short period of time!
And the dialogue between Emperor Xia and his confidants around him solved this mystery.Behind all of this, Emperor Xia was secretly assisting her, allowing her to take charge of the entire Embroidery Envoy!
Hearing the old eunuch's words, Emperor Xia suddenly felt sad, shook his head and sighed softly:

"This daughter who hasn't paid much attention to her since she was a child, I've lost my sight! After giving birth to so many sons, none of them can compare to her..."

Compared to her elder brother King Qi, her methods and strategies are not so high.

Rao Xiahuang had already determined the candidate for the throne in his heart, and started to make many plans for this, so he couldn't help thinking at this time:
If she was a man, why did I bother so much?
The old eunuch lowered his head and put on a wooden clay sculpture. Although he was old, his mind was not confused.

At this time, no matter what the emperor said, he couldn't answer the words!

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment, and said to himself:
"Actually, it's good. Ling'er has more than enough courage, but she is inevitably lacking in other aspects. It's also great to have her secretly check and make up for the omissions!"

In fact, if Yu Yingyao hadn't shown a strategy to help King Qi after going to Yun Country, it would be impossible for Emperor Xia to let her come back and secretly control the entire Embroidered Clothes Envoy!
Losing her princess status, even if she thought about it, it was impossible for her to be a chicken!She is also the younger sister of King Qi's mother and compatriots, and she is a good tool who secretly escorts King Qi!

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia put the jewels back in his hands, and said casually:

"Send it back..."

Emperor Xia paused slightly, his eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice:
"What I gave her, unless I personally want it back, otherwise it can only be hers forever!"

Hearing this, the old eunuch Sixi quickly closed the red sandalwood box, bowed and was about to leave.

At this moment, Emperor Xia spoke again.

"Yongzhou is paying attention, there must be a result soon!"

"Yes!"
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At this time, the place where Yunxia meets the south.

At the border of Xia Kingdom in the distance, there was also the sound of iron hoofs stamping on the ground like the muffled thunder, booming.

Thousands of cavalry in black armor galloped forward.

The sound of iron hooves hit people's hearts.The spirit of killing comes from the front.Arranged in an army formation, the forbidden cavalry formation, as long as Mount Tai is overwhelmed, it is the elite of the elite at first glance!

At the same time, behind the cavalry led by Di Qing, hundreds of people dressed as caravans suddenly appeared, using the convoy loaded with goods as a shield, drew out their weapons and lined up to block the retreating path of the Yunguo cavalry.

Just looking at the skillful movements and tight military formations of these people dressed as merchants, one can know that the identity of the merchants is just a cover-up, obviously they are all well-trained elite soldiers in disguise.The reason is to delay for a moment for the cavalry army at this time!

Seeing this, the lieutenant general next to Di Qing, his expression froze, rode his horse to Di Qing's side, and said in a deep voice:

"Master..."

At this time, Di Qing, seeing the sudden appearance of the Xia Guo cavalry, not only did not show surprise and panic, but showed a playful smile, and said:

"Sure enough! I just found out that the horse bandits and merchants I met today are a little strange... Hehe, if you keep practicing like this, I don't know what you will scold me in private!"

When the deputy general heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange on his face.

Although it is autumn now, the temperature in Yongzhou has never dropped.It coincides with the autumn tiger, and the weather is comparable to the scorching heat.Although Di Qing shared joys and sorrows with the soldiers as a general, some people couldn't help but complain when he was exhausted.

But just as Di Qing said, the appearance of these Xia cavalrymen in front of them means that they finally don't have to practice endlessly like this!
Di Qing hung the long bow in his hand on the horse, put on the blue sword on his waist, turned the horse's head, pointed at the soldiers pretending to be merchants, and shouted loudly:

"rush!"

Although there are only a hundred cavalry around Di Qing.But seeing Xia Guo cavalry suddenly appearing dozens of times their number, none of them panicked at all.

When the military order was issued, everyone's momentum suddenly changed, and each of them straightened their spears.

"kill!"

Hearing a shout, more than a hundred cavalry immediately followed behind Di Qing and rushed forward.

The horseshoe moved, and the cavalry charged suddenly.But the murderous aura spread out in all directions, and the momentum of the army formation shocked people's hearts.However, there are more than a hundred cavalry, but there are thousands of troops in the state of changing, which is amazing!

The person in front of him dressed as a merchant is in charge of the road.The vehicles loaded with goods were pushed forward, revealing the frame made of fine iron, blocking the not-so-wide road.

Although there were only a few hundred of these people, and they were all unarmored soldiers, but the carriage frame made of fine iron, blocking the road and occupying a good location was enough to withstand the charge of hundreds of cavalry.

But it's a pity that Di Qing led the third-tier unit "Youzhou Tuqi"!
Di Qing's eyes sharpened, he pointed his sword upwards, and shouted violently:

"Charge! Charge!"

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【precondition--……】

【Equipment Required——…】

[Characteristics - Rush into the formation: when attacking the enemy's formation, the movement speed increases by 2, and the attack power increases by 2 (in effect)]

[Attributes - individual combat power: 29, attack: 14 (+2), defense: 4, blood volume: 9, movement: 6 (+2)]

"kill!"

The boundless killing spirit condensed in an instant.

The cavalry rushed into the formation, and the heaven and the earth echoed in an instant, and the vision of luck suddenly condensed into entities.

Billowing wolf smoke soared into the sky, and the blood color coiled and circled upwards, condensing in the sky above.

The huge black iron wings stretched out, casting shadows covering several miles.The fierce red eyes make people shudder, and the sharp eagle beak seems to be shining coldly.Under the vigorous and powerful iron claws, blood fell.

Youzhou suddenly rides a vision, a bleeding eagle.

After the change of heaven and earth, the vision of the condensed army was revealed to the world for the first time.

More than a hundred cavalry charged forward, and the hundreds of disguised Xia soldiers who faced the sharp edge showed horror on their faces, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.

"what is that?"

"Monster, it's a monster..."

"Ahhh!"

When Xiao Cheng and Monk Hui Qi were at the Dharma Discussion Conference, their luck condensed and revealed a vision, and they were recognized by the people in Zhongqing City as the real dragon emperor and the Buddha who came to the world.

But now, the Xia soldiers who saw such a vision for the first time felt awe and fear.

The vision of the bleeding eagle swooped down, and the sharp iron claws crossed the limit between reality and reality.

There was only a loud "bang", and the frame made of refined iron, which was used to block the way of the Yunguo cavalry, exploded suddenly.

Di Qing arrived first, jumped on his horse, and swung the long knife in his hand violently. The blue true energy surged out, turning into the true form of a water dragon, and circling ragingly in the Xia army's formation.

Bursts of dragon chants, accompanied by the sound of explosions, can be heard endlessly.The generals and soldiers of the Xia army, who were blocked by blood, were torn to pieces in an instant when they faced it directly!

More than a hundred cavalry entered with their guns straightened, just like wolves entering a herd of sheep, only the sound of sharp blades piercing through flesh and blood could be heard continuously. In Xia Jun's position, there was no resistance or resistance. There was a scream.

Not long after, a group of soldiers of the Xia army standing in front of them were either dead or injured, or their courage was lost, and they fled in a hurry.The entire Xia army's position was not even able to hold on for a quarter of an hour, and it was completely destroyed.

That frightening anomaly, in Xia Jun's eyes, was like the vision of a blood-dripping eagle protecting the body from ghosts and gods, and it slowly dissipated.

Di Qing stopped at the same spot, rearranged his formation, turned his horse's head to look at the chasing cavalry of Xia's brigade, and stood proudly.

At this time, the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom seemed to be shocked by the vision of the army just now, and the horse slowed down, stopped a few miles away, and confronted Di Qing vigilantly.

All I could hear was Di Qing's solemn expression, and he scolded loudly:
"This is my territory of Dayun. You Xia Guo soldiers entered without permission, but you want to tear up the peace treaty and challenge it again?"

Among Xia Guo's army, there was silence at first, only the panting and neighing of war horses could be heard.After a while, it dispersed like a tide.

A middle-aged general with a vicissitudes of life and a strong figure, riding on a war horse, slowly stepped out of the army formation.Looking at Di Qing on the opposite side, there was a hint of fear on his face, and he immediately shouted:

"The Empress General of Great Xia, Qi Mo, the Marquis of Deyang, has met General Wu Xiang!"

Hearing the name of the visitor, Di Qing frowned subconsciously.

The so-called know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.Before Di Qing was ordered to take over the Yongzhou camp, he had already recorded all the generals in the southwestern frontier army of Xia Kingdom in his heart in the archives of Dongchang.

But the person in front of him has never found his name on the list!

Hearing the words, the lieutenant at the side quietly stepped forward, lowered his voice, and said to Di Qing:
"General, Qi Mo, Marquis of Deyang, is a mighty general who was born in the northern frontier army of the Xia Kingdom. He became famous in the first battle ten years ago, and slaughtered [-] people from the Turkic Gurha tribe. He became famous in Mobei and was named Marquis of Deyang! , it has been intimidating the Turks in the north, so I rarely heard of it in the south of the world. In the files of Dongchang, there are only these..."

"Northern frontier army background?" Di Qing frowned slightly upon hearing this.

At this time, take a closer look at the cavalry on the opposite side. They all have superb riding skills and excellent horses. Such elite cavalry are by no means comparable to the cavalry of the Southwest Frontier Army of Xia Kingdom!
Thinking of this, a trace of vigilance flashed in Di Qing's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Xia Guo actually dispatched elite soldiers from the northern border.It seems that this time, as His Majesty has explained, Xia Guo has already prepared for it!
　Surprised or not, is it unexpected?Is it too early to update today!
　　There is also this chapter, half of which is explaining why the Xia Guo princess you complained about has such great influence, there should have been a few more chapters to clarify.But everyone has a lot of opinions, so I will expose it directly.

　　Some book friends said that it was outrageous that she had mastered the embroidered clothes, just like someone mastered the Jinyiwei under Zhu Yuanzhang.But the situation I wrote can be understood as Ming Taizu making way for Zhu Biao.

　　In fact, I have always had a foreshadowing of this, but it was all described by Feng Chu, that he was a stunned young man who took refuge in King Qi, somewhat helpless and unwilling, and was driven by others...

　　At this time, I think there must be some book friends who want to ask, why does Emperor Xia insist on King Qi?You might as well wait patiently, or let's diverge your thinking and guess.

　　Anyway, I will never write any inexplicable and illogical plot drops!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)