Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 303 I, Murong Fu, am the best judge of the situation!

"Emissary Ju Yi, please rest assured, the Heavenly Soldiers of the Clouds are approaching, and I, Murong Fu, must help!"

Shaoyang County Government Office, Yongzhou Government Office.

Murong Fu first assured Jumeng with a face full of swearing, that he would immediately mobilize troops and horses to respond, attack from east to west, and help the Yun army take down the counties in the southwestern part of Xia Kingdom as soon as possible.

But just after finishing these words, Murong Fu suddenly showed a face of embarrassment, and said in a shy voice:
"It's just that Ju Yiwei envoy may not know. To the north of my Shaoyang County is Anshun County, which has been recruited by Xia Guo, to the west is Dejiang County, where hundreds of thousands of frontier troops are stationed in the southwest. To the south, there are Wuzhou soldiers and horses from Hechi County. To the east The environment is Jiangcheng Mansion, the most important town in the Xia Kingdom. Although I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under my command, but the armor and weapons are insufficient, it is really difficult to resist the Xia army. But if there is negligence, it will be a situation surrounded by enemies on all sides!"

The land of Shaoyang County is the center of connection between the Southwest and Xia Guochaotang, and it can indeed be regarded as surrounded by enemies on all sides.

But using this reason is obviously an excuse!

The soldiers and horses in Rongzhou, Dejiang County, were suppressed by Wu Zixu at this time and could not move.Wuzhou soldiers and horses were also dragged out by Di Qing, unable to get away.In the hinterland of Xia Kingdom in the east, there were no heavy troops deployed.

That is to say, even if Murong Fu raises troops to support him at this time, he doesn't need to worry about anything other than dealing with Anshun County's recruiting troops.

Ju Meng, who was wearing an inconspicuous cloth and holding a long sword, raised his head slightly after hearing Murong Fu's words, took a deep look at him, and asked in a deep voice:

"So General Murong, what do you want to say?"

When Murong Fu heard this, he immediately cupped his fists in the direction of Zhongqing City, and said seriously:

"I would like to say that in order to completely hand over Shaoyang County to Dayun's hands in the future, I, Murong Fu, cannot make a move for the time being... But please don't worry, Juyi Wei, as long as my soldiers and horses are reorganized, when the time comes, I will immediately Raise troops to respond and be loyal to His Majesty!"

Hearing Murong Fu's words, Ju Meng sneered twice, and said in a deep voice:

"Since General Murong has made up his mind, I will repay His Majesty with this!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't bother to pay attention to Murong Fu anymore, turned around and left.

When Murong Fu saw this, his face became anxious, he got up quickly, and asked to stay:

"Hey, Mr. Yiwei, please don't be anxious... I, Murong Fu, am loyal to His Majesty! Please keep your steps and scars..."

Even though these words sounded like he was eager to persuade him to stay, Murong Fu just stood up and put on a show, he didn't even move his feet.

Seeing Ju Meng leave without turning his head, and his figure disappear, Murong Fu put away the eager look on his face, sneered twice, straightened his clothes, and sat back comfortably in his seat again.

He Murong Fu is extremely witty, he is best at weighing pros and cons, judging the situation, how could he be fooled by Ju Meng with just a few words, and be able to support him!

Hehe, the Xia Kingdom has a strong national strength, and it is a well-deserved powerful country in the world.Don't look at Yun Guo's repeated gains now, but it's only because Xia Guo didn't spare his hand.

When Xia Guo reacted and shot with all his strength, could Yun Guo still win?

Around him Shaoyang County, Anshun County and Dejiang County are separated by the army of Yunguo.Is it possible that the soldiers and horses of Yunguo can really fight here?Do not make jokes!It's a good day now, but why don't you stand up and be the consumables of Yunguo?
But at this time, seeing Jumeng walking out of the Yongzhou government office, even if there were several guards at the sticky pole to greet him, he did not shy away from others, bowed his hands to Jumeng Qiqi, and said:
"Master Yiwei Envoy!"

Ju Meng said with a sullen face:
"Quickly report back to Jingzhong, Murong Fu has already had a different heart. Order to go on, except for the people who deliberately revealed to Murong Fu on the surface, the rest of the people will completely clean up the leftovers left over from before, and turn to secretly infiltrate Shaoyang County!"

"Yes!"
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Xia Guo, in Jiangzhou Prefecture.

When the local officials received the news and rushed to the government office, King Qi, who abandoned the guard of honor and came with only his confidants and soldiers, had already sat in the government office, waiting for the local officials expressionlessly. .

All the officials hurriedly saluted and said respectfully:

"Minister and so on, pay homage to His Royal Highness King Qi!"

King Qi received a salute from all the officials, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty's decree to set up the Southwest Recruitment Office in Jiangzhou Prefecture. The local government and garrison are under the control of the king, and the officials from all over the country will fully cooperate and make no mistakes!"

All the officials in the Jiangzhou Mansion also received the imperial court's order a long time ago, so naturally they all bowed down to salute, not daring to delay.

King Qi is famous for his swift and resolute actions. At this time, he immediately arranged for Jiangzhou government officials to preside over it, with the help of the people around him. Together, they counted the grain and grass materials, freed up the warehouse, and organized manpower to prepare for the upcoming imperial reinforcements and military supplies. Prepare.

Swiping away the local officials of Jiangzhou Prefecture, King Qi glanced at the dozens of young scholars who were following him in different outfits and demeanors, and said in a deep voice:
"This king is straight-tempered, and he doesn't hide his words! Now the situation in the southwest is critical, Jiangyang County is empty, Wuzhou can't hold on for a long time, and Rongzhou has a slight advantage. At this time, please don't put your mind on party disputes Come on. If this king finds out, I will definitely not forgive you!"

At this time, King Qi was no longer the prince who was born in the army, and besides Wufu, there was no other prince available for him!
After the general situation of the court became clear, King Qi was only a name away from the position of the crown prince.Now in the court, there are already many talents from Confucianism, Law, Mohism, Taoism and other schools of thought who have joined him.

At this time, the people gathered around King Qi came in this way.That is to say, with their help, King Qi was able to form his own team and send people to supervise the officials of Jiangzhou Prefecture.

Hearing King Qi's words at this time, these young disciples from the Hundred Factions immediately looked at each other.

A moment later, one of the scholars dressed in Confucianism suddenly stood up, bowed his hands to King Qi, and said solemnly:
"To tell you the truth, Your Highness, there are frequent disputes between the ruling and middle parties and mutual attacks, which led to the chaos of the government. Over the past ten years, countless national powers have been consumed, and the country's situation has become more and more decadent. I and other young disciples are also quite dissatisfied with this. It is natural to serve under His Highness's command now. Let's work together to overcome difficulties!"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted the support of hundreds of disciples.All I heard were people saying:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness!"

"We are all dissatisfied with the party struggle. If it weren't for this, we would have already joined others!"

The prince's battle for the heir apparent has been going on for several years, and most of the hundreds of families have already used it to their end, and the party struggle is intensifying.

And the hundreds of disciples around King Qi at this time had never served under any prince before this.They didn't come to serve under his command until the situation became clear, and after knowing that Emperor Xia really wanted King Qi.

Obviously, they were all unwilling to participate in party struggles, so they waited until this time.

The imperial court's party struggles have harmed the country and the family, and almost all of the national power has been lost in this fearless imperial court struggle.

But in a country, no matter how rotten it is, it is impossible for the court to be full of these power beasts who are obsessed with party struggle and only know how to fight for power and profit!
These young scholars from hundreds of schools in front of them are full of enthusiasm and are dissatisfied with so many imperial courts.

Hearing King Qi's warning at this time, these young scholars not only did not feel dissatisfied, but were delighted, and felt that they had not chosen the wrong object of allegiance.

Hearing everyone's promise, King Qi was slightly taken aback, his voice immediately softened, nodded and said:

"This king only looks at the reality, as long as you do your job with all your heart, and once you are rewarded by the official position, this king will personally ask for orders for you!"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately bowed in unison and said loudly:
"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After the explanation, all the scholars immediately left to assist the officials of Jiangzhou government.

King Qi didn't take a rest, he collected all the relevant military newspapers in Jiangzhou Mansion, and read them carefully.

After seeing a military newspaper, King Qi was suddenly a little surprised, and blurted out:
"Hao Yuanhua of Anshun County, has he agreed to send troops under the imperial edict?"

Hao Yuanhua was born in the rebel army, and he has not been recruited for a long time. Didn't expect him to be so obedient?

All of a sudden, a rather absurd idea came into King Qi's mind.

Could it be that Hao Yuanhua really couldn't survive at the beginning, so he was forced to rebel?In fact, he is a person who is loyal to Daxia Chaotang?
Feng Chu who was on the side heard the words, stepped out slowly, and said:
"The embroidered clothes envoy reported that Anshun County is indeed recruiting people to join the army on a large scale and rectifying the troops. And several troops have already started to march towards Jiangyang County to resist the Yunjun Bingfeng!"

When King Qi heard the words, he immediately showed a look of surprise and contemplation.

The more he thought about it, the tighter his frown became.

"Back when Hao Yuanhua was trapped in the county city, isolated and helpless, it was already a battle between trapped beasts, and the emperor suddenly issued an order to recruit security. Could it be that he was sent today to resist the cloud army?"

He couldn't figure it out at the beginning, even if he wanted to transfer troops to Rongzhou, he could still leave an army of [-] to [-] to continue the siege, and it wouldn't have much impact on the overall situation of Rongzhou.

But Emperor Xia issued the most incomprehensible imperial decree to recruit peace.

But King Qi, who has been in contact with many things in Beijing now, has some inexplicable guesses in his heart.

I'm afraid that his father was already determined to abandon the counties in the southwest.The reason why he spent a lot of money to recruit Hao Yuanhua was probably because he wanted Yun Jun to pay a higher price!
Hearing this, Feng Chu spread his hands, shook his head and said:
"Your Majesty's deep meaning, how should I guess?"

Upon hearing this, King Qi slightly raised his head and looked in the direction of Jinling City.

This father of mine is really...

King Qi shook his head, calmed down, and said again:

"If you order the embroidered envoy, you must first submit a copy of the recruiting department for urgent reports in the future!"

Feng Chu immediately cupped his hands and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I have already ordered you to go down!"

Having said that, Feng Chu paused, and continued:
"Just when His Highness was lecturing, the embroiderer sent a secret report!"

Upon hearing this, King Qi asked in a deep voice:
"What secret report?"

"In Rongzhou City, someone called himself Li Chao Li Weining and asked the embroidered clothes envoy to provide shelter."

Hearing this, King Qi immediately raised his eyebrows and said anxiously:
"Have you ever confirmed it?"

"The seal and ceremonial seal in that person's hand are all lost, so I'm not sure if it's true or not... But please rest assured, Your Highness, I have already sent someone to confirm it!" Feng Chu explained.

Upon hearing this, King Qi continued to exhort:

"Li Weining has the key to my defense against the Cloud Army Bingfeng in the future, absolutely not to be missed! Who is the person sent, can they really confirm Li Weining's identity?"

Feng Chu bowed his head and said solemnly:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I know the importance of it! The person who went to confirm it is the son of the late Li Dynasty Taiwei Chen Feng. Chen Liyan, what he said must be credible!"
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In Rongzhou City, Chen Liyan was wearing the armor of Xia Kingdom, holding Qi Wang's seal, and led more than a hundred soldiers, and ran into the city with some disgrace.

Facing the frontier generals who came up to him, Chen Liyan couldn't hold back, and said:

"I made a detour from Hechi County. Along the way, I have seen several thousands of cloud army troops attacking the rear city. Looking at the emptiness in the camp of the cloud army outside the city, I'm afraid it's a suspicious formation. The army. Instead of being trapped, why not go out of the city and fight?"

The generals who came to welcome him heard the words and looked at Chen Liyan, feeling a little embarrassed:

"This general doesn't know that the general of the Yun army outside the city is full of tricks. Back in Shilin County, he deliberately showed his weakness to the enemy. Only at a critical moment did he charge with heavy cavalry, causing our army to be defeated. Looking at this posture now, I am afraid it is an old trick. Do it again!"

Hearing this, Chen Liyan frowned, and continued:
"Since this is the case, you should use a small group of elites to test it out!"

Anyway, he couldn't figure out why the 10,000+ Xia army would be afraid of the cloud army with less than [-] in the sky outside the city!Just because they are afraid of an ambush, wouldn't it be enough for the small group of elites to test it many times?Why are you really trapped in the city, waiting to die!

General Xia Jun heard this, forced a laugh, and said:
"The general doesn't know how brave the Yun army is, even if a small group of elites go out to try out the city, they are absolutely no match for the heavy cavalry of the Yun country!"

This is true. During this period of time, it is naturally impossible for the 10,000+ Xia Jun to do nothing, and they have sent out small groups of elites to test them many times.

But in the face of Guan Ning's iron cavalry blessed by the vision of the army, the number is too small to be an opponent at all, and hundreds of people are enough to kill them.There are too many people.They couldn't even get out of the city, so they were blocked by Guan Ning's iron cavalry at the city gate and killed them randomly.

Under the turbulent current, Xia Jun not only failed to test out the falsehood of the Yunjun, but made the morale weakened even more seriously.The general's momentum was knocked out, and before he went to the battlefield, he felt a little fear in his heart.

Up to now, the 10,000+ Xia troops are actually willing to stay in the city and maintain the status quo...

When Chen Liyan heard the words, he still couldn't bear it, and seemed to want to say something more.

But before he opened his mouth, he was grabbed by the diehards brought out from Li Chao.

Seeing this, the Xia army general quickly changed the subject and said:

"The general came here to confirm the identity of the king of the Li Dynasty. His identity is special and needs to be confirmed as soon as possible. Please come with me!"

When Chen Liyan heard the words, he finally shut up and followed that Xia Jun general.

General Xia Jun sent them to a courtyard, explained a few words to the person on duty, and after checking the seal badge, he opened the courtyard door and let Chen Liyan and the others go in to confirm.

Walking into the courtyard, Xia Jun didn't follow him.Then I heard the loyalist who grabbed Chen Liyan just now lowered his voice and said:
"Young General, General Xia's army is extremely afraid of the Yun army. He only knows that sitting in an isolated city will lead to a big defeat sooner or later. When King Qi has no one under his command, it will be the time for the Major General to come forward!"

When Chen Liyan heard the words, he turned his head and glanced at the loyal confidants beside him, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded slowly.

He is a member of the Li Dynasty, defected to the Xia Kingdom, and has no roots at all.If Xia Guo didn't encounter a big defeat in one or two games, loss of troops, loss of vitality, how could he gain trust and have a bright future?

This method of words and deeds is naturally against his original wish.But in order to gain power as soon as possible and avenge his family, that's all he has to do!
Thinking of this, Chen Liyan sighed heavily, and immediately looked up at the courtyard in front of him, a cold look flashed in his eyes.

If it wasn't for Li Weining being mean and ungrateful, why would he be like this?
In front of the gate of the courtyard house, there were also soldiers of the Li army in tattered armor standing there.After seeing someone coming, someone immediately stepped forward to stop him and asked:

"This general is here, but there are... young, young generals?"

This Li Jun was halfway through speaking, and after seeing Chen Liyan's appearance clearly, he immediately revealed a look of shock, speaking in disbelief.

Chen Liyan heard the words, looked carefully at the person in front of him, narrowed his eyes and said:

"Wu Yong?"

The person in front of him, Chen Liyan remembered, was a subordinate of the imperial guards when he was in the guard palace.

After a short while, Chen Liyan immediately came to his senses, looked at the person in front of him, and said coldly:

"You are here, it seems that the person inside is really Li Weining!"

It is impossible for the imperial guards to accompany Wang Jia not to know Li Weining.In this way, the possibility of a bold person pretending to be Li Weining is naturally ruled out!

That Li Jun named Wu Yong was startled when he saw Chen Liyan's appearance, he subconsciously took a step back, pressed the handle of the knife with his right hand, and guarded the door with all his might.

At this time, he also heard the movement at the door, and Bi Hui opened the door, just in time to look at Chen Liyan.

After Chen Liyan saw Bi Hui, he tilted his head slightly, and he also saw Li Weining who was sitting upright in the room, as if he still wanted to maintain his royal demeanor at this time.

Seeing the king who swore allegiance to the death in the past, what came to Chen Liyan's heart suddenly was not joy or hatred, but rather absurdity, bitterness and a sense of hatred that iron cannot be made into steel.

The country that my father was willing to die, and he was unwilling to abandon, was actually defeated by Li Weining, whom he regarded as a wise and virtuous lord at the beginning, almost in a battle!
That father, myself, the loyal and brave soldiers of the entire army, the loyal courtiers above the court, countless righteous men in the rivers and lakes... all the efforts of these people were in vain in the end.

Thinking of this, Chen Liyan couldn't help trembling all over, staring at Li Weining who was shocked in the room with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said in hatred:

"Why didn't you die!"

(End of this chapter)