Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 300
With a muffled sound of "Zheng", the feathered arrows shot out from the Yunjun's position, and a piece of darkness was pressed above the sky, like a dark cloud cover, pouring into the Xia Army's barracks on the opposite bank.

"Enemy attack!" A hoarse shout sounded from the other side of the Yongjiang River.

Xia Guo's Leizhou Navy, which was moored on the Yongjiang River, moved accordingly and returned fire with arrows.

The number of warships of the Leizhou Navy is not large enough to completely block the entire Yongjiang River.But they couldn't stand Yunguo's side, so they didn't even have a warship.

So now the situation has become a stalemate.

Yunguo's military strength and combat power are superior, but because there is no navy to help, Xia's defense is cautious and tight, so it is unable to occupy the opposite bank.As for the State of Xia, even though the Leizhou navy was assisting in the battle, the army of the State of Yun had the upper hand, so naturally it was unable to counterattack the army of Yun.

In the past few days, the two sides have been coming and going, and they just attacked each other with arrows every day, and then they stopped fighting and went back to the camp to recuperate.

The Yongzhou-Wuzhou battle line, which has the most troops and attracts the world's attention the most, has become the place where the battle situation is the most peaceful among the current Three Kingdoms battlefields, and there is no such fierce battle situation at the beginning.

In the camp of Wuzhou, Xia Guozhu's general Qi Mo held the secret decree from Jinling City, his face was extremely dignified.

Seeing this, the deputy general at the side hurried forward and said:
"General Empress, do you have any arrangements for the imperial court?"

For this battle, Xia Guo's court, military, and embroidered clothes envoys secretly planned and arranged for a long time.

It was originally thought that there was chaos in the camp of Yongzhou, and Xia and Li joined forces, and suddenly sent troops, they would destroy the elite cloud army in the camp of Yongzhou like a rotten one, and then swallow the four states of Yongzhou together.

Yunguo's vitality was severely injured, and in the end he could only seek peace after defeat.

But never expected that as soon as this battle started, many plans would come to nothing.

The plan to besiege and kill the general of the Yun Kingdom failed, and the military rebellion in Yongzhou subsided before it really broke out, and even the navy army that Li Chao responded to was completely wiped out on the Nanpan River.

A battle of quick victory is about to be dragged into a protracted war.

The next step is war or peace, the court of the Kingdom of Xia will always give an attitude!
Hearing the deputy general's inquiry, Zimmer sighed heavily, and said worriedly:

"The army from the north of Yunguo invaded Jiangyang County more than a month ago. There was also a battle in Shicheng County a few days ago. The army suffered tens of thousands of casualties and retreated to Rongzhou!"

As soon as the words came out, the deputy general's face changed immediately, and he exclaimed:
"Why did Yunguo Jianchang Mansion and Shicheng County respond so quickly?"

It is true that Xia Guochaotang wanted to abandon the southwestern counties, but he did not think that Yun Kingdom would be completely taken over so easily, and even planned to use this reason to create suspicion.

The Southwest Frontier Army, which was originally stationed in the counties of Jiangyang County in the southwest, was secretly transferred to Rongzhou long ago.But before leaving, there were many plans to use local county soldiers as elite frontier troops to confuse the northern army of Yun Kingdom.

Jiangyang County is deployed with suspicious troops, relying on the tall and solid city defenses that have been in operation for a long time, trying to delay the Yunjun of Jianchang Prefecture.On the Rongzhou side, tens of thousands of southwestern frontier troops attacked with all their strength, intending to take down Shicheng County in one fell swoop!

But now, Jiangyang County was directly captured by the Yun Army without any delay.

On the other side of Shicheng County, the Yun army also secretly gathered heavy troops to defend, directly defeating the thunderous offensive of Xia Guo's southwest frontier army.

Thinking of this, the lieutenant could not help but feel a slight chill in his heart.

Among other things, how could it be so easy for the tens of thousands of troops in the northern border to move out suddenly?The heavy troops in Shicheng County cannot be arranged in just a few days!
Combined with the many failed plans since the start of the war, Yunguo probably knew the layout of his side a long time ago, prepared in advance, arranged everything, and just waited for his own army to sneak in.

Zimmer had a cold face at this time and did not speak.

He also had doubts about this matter.Looking at the current situation of the battle, his guess is even more affirmed.

Yunguo's intelligence organization has obviously infiltrated Daxia to an extremely powerful level!
The lieutenant swallowed, and said a little uneasy:

"General Empress, how did the imperial court arrange it?"

Zimmer heard the words, his expression eased slightly, and he said:

"Your Majesty has a decree to set up a new Southwest Recruitment Department to coordinate the armies of the Southwest. His Royal Highness, King Qi, is entrusted with the Southwest Recruitment Envoy to exercise restraint in civil and military affairs!"

"His Royal Highness King Qi?" The lieutenant general's eyes lit up.

King Qi has been training in the northern army since he became an adult.Zimmer and his lieutenants were all from the northern army, so they naturally felt close to King Qi.

Although King Qi is no better than a famous general in the army, and has never had any outstanding achievements, he can also be called a good general.

In the beginning, King Qi forced to attack the city because he wanted to use the Cloud Kingdom to weaken the power of the generals in the southwest.In the end, accidentally, he was directly defeated by Yun Guocheng's ignorance, which caused Xia Guo to humiliate and sue for peace, and paid tens of millions of taels of silver in compensation.

At that time, Xia Guo's ruling and opposition parties all resented him for sending troops without authorization, which led to his defeat.

But in just one year, under the guidance of caring people, public opinion has quietly changed.

It was the insects of the Southwest General Gate, in order to protect their position and power, they colluded with Yun Kingdom and leaked military information, which led to the defeat of His Royal Highness King Qi.

If not, why did the southwestern frontier army that had captured most of the counties and cities in the northern border of Yunguo suddenly take a turn for the worse, losing troops and generals?
The tragic image of the ruined ministers and the failure of the great cause is the most sympathetic and lamentable.

After he came back with the army, he saw the private soldiers looting the people, finally couldn't bear it anymore, he was willing to bear the crime, and decisively sent troops to slaughter the generals, which made his image even taller and more three-dimensional.

At this time, when he heard that King Qi was coming, the deputy general couldn't help showing excitement, and said:
"His Royal Highness King Qi was granted the Southwest Edict to ask for an envoy, and he came to sit in the town in person and make arrangements for the operation. The situation will not be too bad!"

With King Qi sitting in the middle, leading the army to deploy defenses, collecting and dispatching supplies, food and grass, there will be no worries for these soldiers.

But with Zimmer's current status, he is obviously thinking about something deeper!
Prior to this, there were many rumors circulating in Jinling City, saying that His Majesty belongs to His Royal Highness King Yiqi.Now it seems that this is obviously not just a rumor.If it wasn't really intentional, how could it be possible to give an adult prince the power to lead the civil and military affairs in the Southwest?
However, Zimmer is obviously happy to see King Qi, who was born in the army and behaves like a soldier, takes the position.

Up to now, even the current Emperor Xia has already stated his position, so he, Zimmer, naturally doesn't need to be twitchy, for fear that he will be accidentally involved in the battle for the heir apparent!
For this established new monarch, it is natural to make a gesture and offer loyalty early!
He pondered for a moment, then immediately looked up at the lieutenant general, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness ordered us to search for the whereabouts of Li Chao and Li Weining with all our strength. Go and order the troops of Wuzhou and Rongzhou to search with all your strength. If anyone is lazy, they will be punished by military law!"

The lieutenant straightened his back and immediately cupped his fists and said:

"Yes!"
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In the barren mountains and mountains, a dozen or so soldiers of the Li Army with torn armor and scars all over their bodies carefully guarded Li Weining, and walked towards the territory of Xia Kingdom with difficulty along the path in the mountains.

At this time, Li Weining had already taken off the eye-catching ornate armor, his jade crown fell off, his hair was messy, and he staggered forward, being supported by Pi Hui beside him.

His scraggly face no longer had the energetic look it had before.Even when he heard the slightest movement, he couldn't help but show an expression of vigilance and fear, and subconsciously hid behind Pi Hui, as if he was a soldier.

"How long? How long!" Li Weining's voice was filled with uncontrollable impatience and fear.

This is already his journey, and he doesn't know how many times he has asked this question.

When Bi Hui heard the words, he carefully supported Li Weining's arm, and comforted him:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, if you cross this mountain, you will be at the border of Rongzhou in Xia Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Li Weining took a few deep breaths, and managed to calm down his anxiety.

He raised his head slightly, and scanned the loyal guards around him very seriously, as if he wanted to keep everyone's appearance in his heart.

"Now you are all the humerus of the solitary, the pillars of the dynasty. As long as the solitary escapes from danger, I will never forget your loyalty!"

Hearing the words, all the soldiers around them cheered up their sluggish morale, and hurriedly said in unison:

"Thank you my lord, the last general will wait...!"

Seeing this, Li Weining felt anxious again, quickly lowered his voice, interrupted everyone's oath, and said:
"Don't shout, don't shout! Be careful to attract Yunjun!"

His own kings are always so fearful of clouds and tigers, if it was before, it must have been an act that damaged morale extremely.

But now, all the soldiers didn't feel anything wrong with Li Weining's performance.

The Yunguo army is brave and good at fighting, shouldn't it be right to be afraid?
Seeing this, Pi Hui who was supporting Li Weining couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Whether it is the defenders of Anpei County or the naval forces of Megatron, they are all so afraid of Yun Guo.The backbone of Guochao is really broken this time!Even if the country is not subjugated this time, in the next few decades, or even a hundred years, the country will never dare to rebel against Yun Kingdom again.

Even if Bi Hui was loyal enough, at this moment, he couldn't help but have a treasonous thought in his heart.

If I had known this before, it would be better to let Li Xing, the patriarch of the Li family, continue to be the master...

The mountain road is rugged and difficult, but it is precisely because of this that the cloud army has not set a checkpoint on this road.

The crowd supported Li Weining, just walked and stopped like this, turned over the hill with great difficulty, just now they found a relatively flat platform, and planned to take a little rest.

But at this time, a sound of shouting for killing was suddenly heard from a distance, making everyone immediately vigilant.

Li Weining was like a frightened bird or beast, with an expression of fear that couldn't be concealed.

A soldier of the Li army suddenly pointed to the front and said:
"Look, Your Majesty, Rongzhou City!"

Hearing the words, everyone subconsciously looked in the direction the man pointed.

In Rongzhou City not far away, several bursts of wolf smoke rose, and the sound of shouting and killing resounded all around.

The soldiers of the Yun army, who could not see the end at a glance, had already gathered under Rongzhou City, forming a square formation, with flags fluttering, shouting and killing, with murderous aura rising to the sky.

A few days ago, the Yun Army, who could only defend Shilin County, had already counterattacked to the territory of Xia Kingdom.

Seeing the red cloud dragon flag fluttering in the distance, Li Weining and the others felt a lump in their chests for a moment, and an uncontrollable sense of panic and despair arose in their hearts.

Yun Jun, is he really so unstoppable?Even the Great Xia Kingdom, which oppresses all countries in the world, has been invaded into its borders!

And at this moment, a deafening sound of ringing gold was heard.

The pace of the cloud army attacking the city in the distance suddenly stagnated, and then receded like a tide.

Pi Hui's eyes lit up, and he was pleasantly surprised and said:
"Your Majesty, the Yun Army has retreated, Rongzhou City is fine, nothing is wrong!"

Hearing this, Li Weining immediately stood up straight and looked into the distance.

After seeing the Yun Army retreating in front of Rongzhou City, Li Weining finally breathed a sigh of relief, regained his spirits, and said:
"Okay, take this opportunity and enter the city as soon as possible!"

He insisted that his identity was important, and Xia Jun would never sit idly by and let him fall into the hands of Yun Jun.

As long as he entered Rongzhou City and was protected by the Xia Army, Li Weining would be able to return to the Li Dynasty, and everything would still have a chance!

Thinking of this, Li Weining could no longer suppress the urgency in his heart, and hurriedly urged his subordinates to rush to Rongzhou City as soon as possible.
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In the middle of the night, the entire Shenglong Mansion was plunged into darkness, and the silence was a little disturbing.

The gate of Aohou's Mansion was opened, and hundreds of elite guards came out in a file, each of them armed with sharp knives, surrounded by Li Hu's carriage, heading towards the palace in a mighty manner.

In the frame, Li Hu raised his head slightly, looked closely at Dongchang Fanzi beside him, and said in a low voice:
"These hundreds of guards are all the manpower that the Marquis can come up with. How to capture the palace depends on your Dongchang's methods!"

The Dongchang Fanzi on the opposite side laughed lightly when he heard this, and said:
"Don't worry about other things, Lord Hou, just go directly to the palace!"

Hearing this, Li Hu took a deep look at the Dongchang Fanzi, and said nothing more.

And at this moment, the royal palace of the Li Dynasty, in front of the Yongding Gate.

Only a strange sound of "buzzing buzzing" came suddenly, and the soldiers of the Li army who were on duty were slightly startled and looked around.

But before he could see what it was, he suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and there was a sharp pain in his neck, and he fell powerlessly to the ground without even groaning.

With the sound of the iron chain shaking, the blood droplet, the signature weapon of Dongchang, was immediately taken back, leaving only dozens of headless corpses lying on the ground.

With the help of weapons, dozens of Dongchang fanzi climbed up the city wall immediately, and before the patrolling soldiers on the palace wall could react, they slaughtered them all.

In order to avoid disturbing others by too much movement, the door hinge of Yongding Gate was poured with oil and pushed carefully.

A moment later, Li Hujia drove up.

He pushed open the car door from a distance, saw the Yongding Gate open in front of him, his heart skipped a beat, he pointed forward, couldn't hide his excitement, and said in a low voice:

"Hurry up and take over the palace gate!"

"Yes!" The loyal confidant around him immediately led dozens of palace guards, hurried forward, and easily took over the palace gate!
Li Hu looked at Dongchang Fanzi beside him, his eyes were full of fear, and said:
"Good trick!"

Hearing this, the Dongchang Fanzi smiled slightly and said:
"Fortunately, Lord Guangluxun Dingxiu of your country is not good at guarding palace gates and deploying troops."

However, relying on his sister and nephew, he gained Li Weining's trust, and he was awarded Guang Lu Xun before he left Beijing, and he didn't have much talent.Coupled with the fact that his tenure is still short, the generals under his command may not have recognized it all.

In the eyes of Dongchang fanzi, the defense in the palace is simply a mess!
Speaking of this, Dongchang Fanzi suddenly laughed and said:
"The gate of the palace has been broken, Master Hou has no intention of calculating, and he will be able to ascend the throne after tonight. I congratulate Lord Hou, ah, no, it should be said that I congratulate the king!"

Li Hu heard this, snorted coldly, and said:
"If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid we won't meet too often in the future. Could you tell me your name?"

Hearing this, Dongchang fanzi chuckled lightly, cupped his hands and said:
"In the sinking refinery, Tian is the third head of the East Factory!"

(End of this chapter)