Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 296
Xia Kingdom Jinling City, King Qi Mansion.

Yu Yingyao's complexion was unusually serious, and she walked quickly into the study of King Qi's Mansion.

At this time, King Qi was frowning, concentrating on reading the military newspaper sent by the Southwest, and didn't even notice Yu Yingyao's arrival.

Just looking at his frown and headache, it can be seen that the battle in the southwest is obviously not optimistic for Xia Guo!
Yu Yingyao came here at this time, she had something urgent to do, and she didn't care whether to disturb or not, so she said immediately:
"Brother Emperor!"

King Qi raised his head abruptly, seeing that it was Yu Yingyao coming, his brows loosened, his expression relaxed, and he said:

"It's not that I don't want to see you. It's really different now. There are too many eyes staring at me outside my house. You..."

At this time, Yu Yingyao didn't care about waiting for King Qi to finish speaking, so she interrupted immediately:

"Brother Emperor, urgent report from the Southwest! Five days ago, Li Chao's navy was defeated in a battle on the Nanpan River, and [-] elites either died or surrendered. Li Weining, who was personally in the army, was lost among the rebellious army, and his life and death are unknown!"

When King Qi heard the words, his words froze for a moment, and he immediately showed a half-believing expression, and asked after a long time:
"The news from the embroiderer? Have you ever confirmed the credibility of the news?"

King Qi has been in the army for many years, and he knows that during a war, spreading some true and false news, either to confuse the enemy, or to shake the morale of the opponent, or to stabilize his own heart, is quite effective.

So when he heard the news at this time, he only thought it was fake news from Yunguo.

However, don't blame King Qi's first reaction, it's because the news is too unbelievable!

Ordinary people may think that in recent years, the Li Dynasty has faced Yun Kingdom's defeat in several battles in a row, and it seems that it is not unusual for the entire army to be wiped out this time.

But in fact, the courts of all countries know that the 10,000+ army of the Li Dynasty stationed in Anpei County is not comparable to the East and West Navy of the Li Dynasty.

With the strength of Yunguo's Inland River Navy, it is impossible for anyone to destroy Li Chaodong Road Navy in one battle!
When Yu Yingyao heard the words, she shook her head with a heavy expression, and said:

"The Embroidered Clothes Officer used all the remaining eyeliner in the territory of Yunguo, checked it several times, and then reported... The Li Dynasty navy that invaded Yunguo this time was indeed defeated in one battle!"

If the embroidered clothes envoys were not sure about such news, they would not have dared to report it to Jinling City.

Seeing Yu Yingyao's extremely solemn expression, King Qi's face gradually became heavy.

Previously, the Xia Kingdom's plan was to cooperate with the Li Dynasty, advance the waterways, capture Shicheng County, block the waterway of the Yongjiang River, cut off the connection between the Yunguo and the four states of Yongzhou, and calmly kill the Yongzhou Camp of the Yunguo Hundreds of thousands of elites, and then swallowed the land of the four states.

The failure of planning the Yongzhou Daying Mutiny at the beginning was harmless.After all, the generals of Yongzhou, who had lost the military supplies supplied by Yunguo, obviously couldn't make any tricks.

But if they lost the help of Li Chao's navy, then the previous plan would really have failed completely!
King Qi frowned, and after pondering for a long time, he rubbed the center of his brows and said:
"Earlier, my father signaled that Li Dynasty was allowed to use the Xijiang River and then transfer to the Yongjiang River. However, the Li Dynasty resolutely refused, and instead entered the Yongjiang River through the Red River and Nanpanjiang waterways. This time, only I'm afraid it has something to do with the dangerous and complicated two water veins..."

The water vein of the Xijiang River is connected to the sea, and it can also be transferred to the Yongjiang River. The hydrological situation is much better than that of the dangerous Red River and Nanpan River. This should have been the best choice for the Li Dynasty Navy.

However, although Li Chao and Xia Guo joined forces to deal with Yun Guo, it was also due to their own interests. They only wanted to jointly seize the four states of Yongzhou, and they did not really work together. Naturally, it was impossible for Li Weining to entrust his future to Xia Guo.

And in order to divide the land of the four states with more confidence after the war, take the opportunity to win people's hearts and completely control the East Road Navy, gather the vision of the army to frighten Xia and Yun, and many other factors, Li Weining decided to do this. Xia Guo's proposal was rejected.

But at this moment, Yu Yingyao shook her head when she heard the words:

"I'm afraid it's slightly different from what Brother Huang thinks!"

Having said that, she paused slightly, and handed the military report in her hand to King Qi.

In the military newspaper, the cause and effect of the battle of Nanpanjiang was recorded in great detail.Apart from the slightly absurd process, there is nothing else...

King Qi quickly glanced at it, and was stunned immediately, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing this, Yu Yingyao changed the subject and asked:

"Brother Huang, do you still remember that the Wuzhou camp handed over the military report about why the three thousand Beisai Jingqi were destroyed in World War I?"

When King Qi heard the words, his eyes froze immediately, he looked at Yu Yingyao, and said in a deep voice:
"That one too?"

Previously, Qimo, Marquis of Deyang in Xia State, after he returned to the Wuzhou camp, had already written the details of the battle where he personally led the troops to attack Di Qing, and sent it to Jinling City.

The generals of the Yun State drove the divine vision, causing Xia State's elite Beisai cavalry to face off against each other.

Deyang Hou Zimmer's temperament is well known in the court, and it is absolutely impossible for him to fabricate lies at will in order to shirk responsibility.So even though the military report seemed extremely absurd, King Qi never had any doubts.

Hearing Yu Yingyao's sudden mention of this matter at this time, King Qi immediately raised his head, looked closely at Yu Yingyao, and asked again:
"The Battle of Nanpanjiang this time is also related to that vision?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yingyao nodded with a deep expression, and said:

"It is indeed related! The military report in the hands of the emperor is for the courtiers. Another secret report came from the embroiderer. It was not handed over to the court because it was too absurd..."

While speaking, Yu Yingyao handed over a secret letter again, and said in a deep voice:
"On the day of the battle of Nanpanjiang, the flames on the surface of the river were soaring into the sky, and many visions such as dragons, flying tigers, and basalt appeared in the sky, fighting with each other endlessly, each showing their own magic. The embroidered clothes envoy repeatedly confirmed this news to the nearby people. After many times, I just submitted it..."

After reading the two secret military reports in his hand, King Qi frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice:

"That's right, if it's because the waterways are dangerous, it wouldn't happen until we reached Nanpanjiang..."

At this time, King Qi's face was more worried than before.

It would be fine if Li Chao himself was incompetent, but...

"If this is the case, the Li Chao navy was able to overcome the extremely dangerous Red River and the Nanpan River with unknown water patterns because of those phenomena? It was also because of these things that the Yun Kingdom was able to defeat the Li Chao navy?"

Yu Yingyao's complexion was heavy, she just nodded slightly, and didn't say anything more.

King Qi looked extremely ugly, gritted his teeth and said:

"Yun Guo and Li Chao, this is a method that everyone knows how to drive the vision!"

In the military report of Deyang Hou Zimmer, it is only guessed that the vision of the army's gathering is not just a superficial appearance, which will have a blow to the morale of the enemy, but can really bring positive blessings to the army.

Judging from the battle of Nanpanjiang now, it is obvious that Zimmer guessed it right.The army blessed by this vision is obviously able to exert power that ordinary people can't imagine!
Using such an army to deal with an ordinary army is obviously a dimensionality reduction blow!And among Xia, Yun, and Li Three Kingdoms, only his strongest country, Xia Kingdom, has no clue about this.

This is, what a terrible thing!
Thinking of this, King Qi suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

And at this moment, outside the study, there was a soldier of King Qi's personal voice saying loudly:

"Your Highness, there are people from the palace, summon Your Highness and the important officials of the court, quickly enter the palace to meet His Majesty!"

Hearing this, King Qi took a deep breath, suppressed his restlessness, and said in a deep voice:
"Father's summoning should be for this matter. Now that the Li Dynasty has been defeated, and all the previous plans have failed, I'm afraid it's time to make other preparations!"

Now the southwestern frontier army has reached Rongzhou and is attacking Shicheng County with all its strength. Only the local county soldiers are left in the southwestern counties, completely ignoring the army stationed in Jianchang Mansion in the north of Yunguo.

Obviously, they have made up their minds to abandon several counties in the southwest in exchange for the fertile land of the four prefectures of Yongzhou.

But according to the current situation, don't even think about it.Even the Wuzhou front line is in a state of being unable to hold on!

Thinking of this, the huge sense of crisis made King Qi feel tight in his chest and restless.

Fortunately, the situation at this time has not yet reached the most difficult and hopeless time.

No matter how powerful Yun Guo is, it is only one-fifth of Xia Guo's size after all.No matter what, he couldn't swallow the entire Xia Kingdom all at once.As long as Xia Guo keeps his footing, relying on his strong foundation, it will be a big deal to trade space for time, lose first and then win.

Since Yun and Li were able to quietly grasp the method of the vision of the army, it proves that as long as Xia Guo finds a way, he can quickly master it!
Hearing this, Yu Yingyao nodded heavily and said:

"I don't understand the matter of marching and fighting, so I can't give advice to the emperor..."

King Qi nodded, turned around and was about to leave.

And at this moment, Yu Yingyao suddenly reminded:
"Brother Huang, Li Weining is very important. The Embroidered Clothes Envoy is already searching with all his strength. Brother Huang must also remember to tell him not to let him fall into the hands of Yun Guo!"

King Qi paused when he heard the words, and immediately understood the deep meaning of Yu Yingyao's words.

Since Li Chao can grasp the method of gathering the vision of the army, he must be able to obtain this method from Li Weining!In addition, as long as Li Weining does not fall into the hands of Yun Guo, Li Chao will not give up resistance easily...

"I see!"
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"When the weather is in order, and by this order, Emperor Dayun ordered:
Ten thousand husbands are the best, so it is appropriate to watch teachers and government.The four directions are in Xuan, so it is important to send the capital of the country.Pingman General Yang Dayan, who destroyed the puppet naval forces in World War I, shocked the world and raised my Dayun national prestige. Because of his meritorious service, he was promoted to the third-rank General Anton, and he was appointed by Xi's imperial edict.

Li Weining of the puppet dynasty surrendered first and then rebelled, repeatedly without reason, tearing up the peace treaty, destroying the imperial seal and guard of honor, the crime is unforgivable!Order Anton General Yang Dayan to lead [-] soldiers under his command to attack Li immediately!
Chin Zai. "

In the tent, Yang's big eyes and mouth were grinning up to the ears, and the joy and excitement on his face were undisguised.

From the miscellaneous general to the third-rank general Anton, he has been promoted several ranks in succession, and he is in charge of a large army.This third-rank general position was acquired by him, Yang Dayan, by virtue of his military exploits.From now on, in the court, who would dare to say behind his back that he got the high position because of Zhaoyi's relationship?
Yang Dayan suddenly leaned over and bowed, and shouted loudly:

"Minister Yang Dayan, thank you Your Majesty!"

The palace eunuch who was in charge of delivering the decree quickly delivered the decree to Yang Dayan, and flattered:

"Congratulations, General!"

Yang Dayan laughed twice, and said:
"Elder-in-law, you're being polite. You've worked hard all the way to pass the order. The army has already prepared tents, food and drinks. Please rest well, Eunuch!"

The eunuch who delivered the decree flattered him a few more words, and then went to the army camp to rest.

The generals in the tent saw the eunuch leaving at this time, they hurried forward, surrounded Yang Dayan, congratulating constantly:

"Congratulations, General!"

"General Jian is in the emperor's heart, and he will definitely have the position of prince in the future!"

"The last general is waiting, congratulations to the general!"

"Congratulations to the general!"

Hearing the words, Yang Dayan was immediately relieved, raised his head and laughed loudly.

After laughing for a while, he suddenly remembered something, pushed away the people around him, came to Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu who were standing in the corner, pulled them close, and said:

"This battle is all due to the merits of Zhuge Canjun and Xu Canjun! The army's military rewards should be first-class, do you have any objections?"

When the generals heard the words, they quickly bowed their heads and said:
"The last general is waiting, no objection!"

Yang Dayan nodded in satisfaction, then pulled the two of them together and said:

"His Majesty has already approved the military report I submitted earlier. Although the two soldiers have not been in the army for a long time, they have outstanding talents and meritorious service. It is obviously not suitable for mere rank eight to join the army!"

"Your Majesty has a decree. Zhuge joins the army and is promoted to the governor's office of the seventh-rank Chinese army. He will lead the cabinet and go to Beijing to serve as an errand! Xu Canjun will be promoted to the governor's office after the seventh-rank army, and he will serve under the general's command for the time being!"

The Dushi of the Dudu Mansion, the seventh-rank subordinate official who handles the daily affairs of the Dudu Mansion.

It's just that the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was first established, but it was only a shelf, and it has not yet been able to operate.This official position is just to let Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu go too far.

After today, Zhuge Liang went to the capital to work in the cabinet.Xu Shu, on the other hand, is still under Yang Dayan's command, advising him and controlling the army!
At this time, Yang Dayan said with some regret:
"Zhuge Du is valued by His Majesty, so he wants to enter the cabinet. This is a good thing. It's a pity that Zhuge Du is not able to go to the Shenglong Mansion in Li Dynasty with me..."

I'm afraid that for a long time in the future, Yang Dayan will miss the feeling of being led away by the boss during this period of time.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was slightly in a daze, he didn't know what was going on in his mind, and he didn't answer immediately.

Seeing this, Xu Shu on the side quickly took over the conversation and said:

"Hahaha, attacking the enemy's capital is a rare honor in the past and present. If Kong Ming misses this opportunity, I'm afraid the next time it will be!"

When Yang Dayan heard the words, he couldn't help laughing again.

He has been stationed in Xiushan County for a long time, and he knows best what kind of army is stationed in Anpei County in Li Dynasty.What can Li Chao do to stop those soldiers who are so frightened when they see the flag of Yunqi?

But at this time, many generals on the side also saw the needles at this time, and continued to come forward to compliment.

At this time, Zhuge Liang just came back to his senses.

Looking at Yang Dayan, who was surrounded by all the generals and complimented him, with a proud face, Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Xu Shu, and lowered his voice:
"Yuan Zhi followed General An Dong into the territory of the Li Dynasty this time, remember to advise General An Dong not to enter rashly!"

Hearing this, Xu Shu frowned, lowered his voice, and said:
"What do you mean? Do you think Li Chao still has the power to resist?"

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and said:
"In the Li Dynasty, there were two naval divisions in the east and west, but the ones that perished on the Nanpan River were only the west divisions."

Having said that, Zhuge Liang paused slightly, and continued:
"And that day, I saw that Li Dynasty's national destiny was not completely decayed..."

On that day, Yunguo got Xiao Cheng's permission, and Zhuge Liang was able to use the power of Yunguo's national destiny.Originally, he thought that with a thunderous blow, he would directly defeat the power of Li Chao's national destiny.

But I didn't expect that the Li Dynasty was also a separatist force for 600 years, with a strong accumulation of prestige.Even until the end, the vision of the Li Dynasty's national destiny manifested, but it was only damaged and disappeared, and there was no sign of complete collapse.

What Zhuge Liang said, I am afraid that others may find it a little inexplicable.

But Xu Shu never doubted his words.

Hearing this, Xu Shu's face immediately revealed a solemn expression, he nodded solemnly, and said:
"okay, I get it!"

(End of this chapter)