It was late at night when Song Luo returned to the mansion from the palace. He saw the lights in the courtyard were on and knew that his unusual behavior would worry his family. As expected, Song Qingming was waiting for him in the courtyard.

Before he could ask questions, Song Luo walked directly into the study. The talkative parrot had already been taken away. Song Luo said: "The southwest is occupied. Your Majesty is deploying troops to the southwest. This battle is inevitable."

"The southwest is occupied?" Song Qingming took some time to digest this fact. Thinking of his wild thoughts when dealing with disasters in the southwest, he estimated that the territory occupied by Qin Feng should be near the southwest. Judging from the geographical advantages,

, there is evidence to follow to occupy the southwest first.

Song Qingming, who had concealed this matter, felt his heart skip a beat: "Your Majesty has already made a conclusion?"

"How can the country's territory be reduced by an inch? The Ministry of War has begun to mobilize troops. As for how to deploy, my father did not participate." Song Luo smiled bitterly and said: "My father took the initiative to leave first and did not listen to any details."

To put it bluntly, it was because Song Qingming and Qin Feng had known each other before, and Emperor Yuan did not try to persuade them to stay, which shows that he also had a grudge in his heart.

"According to my father's guess, Your Majesty will definitely cut through the trouble quickly and retake the southwest as soon as possible. The next step will definitely be a fierce battle." Song Luo said: "For the current plan, we must mobilize troops from the place closest to the southwest.

They come from Wu'an and Guiyuan."

"Following them are Wusong and Anshan. These four places are closest to the southwest and have innate advantages. However, they also have disadvantages. In addition to the serious banditry in the southwest, the invincible country is adjacent. These four places are not like Beiguan, southeast, and southeast.

The navy is well trained."

Years of laziness have made their military discipline loose and their marching ability has been greatly reduced. Why did the third prince have to go out to suppress the bandits before? It was their incompetence that forced the court to take action.

Now they are asked to fight against Kun's army without knowing the strength and defense capabilities of the other side. It is like fighting an unprepared battle. If we really talk about it, East Vietnam does not have a 100% chance of winning.

Naturally, Song Luo couldn't say a word in front of Emperor Yuan, otherwise he would destroy his prestige. Now in Emperor Yuan's eyes, Da Kun was just hitting an egg against a rock, too fragile to be worth mentioning, but is this really the case?

"My son knows Qin Feng, and he will never take this step if he is not 100% sure." Song Qingming's tone was determined: "The victory of this battle is uncertain, but what my father said is true, our Song family should avoid suspicion and go to war anyway.

The Ministry of War will mediate and arrange the matter."

"There are soldiers below who are advancing to meet the enemy. We can only wait for news. It's just a pity that the father-in-law and his son-in-law finally reached this point." Song Luo recalled the past and could only sigh: "Now it is a life and death situation.

"

Song Qingming was stunned, and suddenly said: "Father, King Rui and Emperor Shang Chen Hai are still in Dakun?!"

Song Luo was startled, and then said helplessly: "That's all, they won't be able to come back for a while. If they want to use them as hostages, I'm afraid it's impossible. A prince who has no military power and an imperial businessman can

How's that?"

"That's not the case, father." Song Qingming said: "Even if he is only in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the prince is a member of the royal family after all, and the emperor's merchants hold many of the economic lifeblood of East Vietnam, and they are all capable figures. This move,

It’s obviously Da Kun who is showing strength.”

"Even if Your Majesty can ignore them, what will the soldiers think when this news comes out?" Song Qingming said: "The outside world does not know much about the relationship between the Prince and Your Majesty. They only know that he is Your Majesty's brother!"

Song Luo didn't expect his son to have such understanding now, and finally fell silent, and then heard Song Qingming say: "This matter has been exposed, and my son has a bold idea - maybe Qin Feng did it intentionally, so he is

Fighting a prepared battle."

In the next month, Song Qingming's idea was completely verified. The troops stationed in Wu'an, Guiyuan, Wusong, and Anshan allocated military forces to march together to the southwest. However, on the way out, they found that the road was destroyed and they had to be

Forced to take a private road.

However, four troops were attacked on the private road. Before they reached the southwest, they were blown up and turned upside down, causing numerous casualties!

The generals stationed in these four places were afraid that the news would reach the capital and be punished, so they concealed the matter. Therefore, the number of troops and horses that finally arrived in Wu'an was less than half of the number allocated by the Ministry of War. Not only that, they also lost a lot of food and fodder for the troops and horses!

There was a shortage of manpower and insufficient material reserves. Such news spread to the southwest. Lin Guogong stroked his beard and laughed. For this sniper mission, the musketry team he established was in the front line, and the army under the supervision of Wu'an Hou was behind. They cooperated tacitly.

Kill all around!

If it weren't for the purpose of reducing the casualties on one's own side, we could have wiped them all out on the road, but since we had to raise the flag to the east, in Qin Feng's words, there had to be a more formal occasion, and a formal confrontation was inevitable!

Hearing at the rest stop that no military reports had reached the capital, Qin Feng knew what their intentions were. They had suffered a huge defeat before the war officially started, so he could only deceive them and not report them.

They underestimated Da Kun and expected to take back the southwest. They had suffered a lot but did not cheer up. Instead, they wanted to take a gamble. If they captured the southwest later and defeated them, they would be able to claim credit and the previous mistakes would naturally be included.

cover up.

It has to be said that although the generals stationed in these four places are not the same person, they all think of the same thing.

Qin Feng and Xiao Lingyao both dressed up and came to the station on the southwest border in person. This station, which was transformed from an original village, has become a genuine military camp.

When Lin Ruzhi came in, he was startled by the momentum and appearance of the two people. After a brief moment of surprise, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lin Ruzhi has met your Majesty and the empress."

As smart as Lin Ruzhi, regardless of his identity as the governor of the southwest, Long Qi, who was standing next to Qin Feng, had recently become a father, with a much softer expression. Long Qi said: "Master Lin's cooperation is very important. We are all stationed in the southwest now."

You are a great person, and you are indispensable."

"It's just a secret betrayal. I have to thank Brother Long Qi for their previous guidance." Lin Ru is worthy of being the one who truly switched sides: "Wu'an Prefect Lou Yi asked someone to bring a letter to me, and he wants to confirm my position."

Lou Yi wrote to question Lin Ruzhi, but Lin Ruzhi had not yet written it. It was not difficult to intercept the letter, but the people below let the letter be delivered to Lin Ruzhi. From this, it can be seen that Lou Yi became the emperor.

A pawn on the horse.

All in all, I feel that retaking the Southwest is just a matter of a snap. The more active we are in this matter, the more opportunities we will have for success and promotion in the future. This is true for the four generals, and the same is true for Lou Yi!
Chapter completed!