With a bang, Chen Gui angrily smashed the cup on the coffee table next to him.

In front of the emperor.

This is already considered a huge breach of etiquette and rude.

The emperor's face twitched a few times, but there was no attack.

"Since we have known the news for a long time, why didn't we take action in advance? As long as we capture King Jing, Tao Dayong and the other first offenders, everything will be nipped in the bud." Chen Gui's slightly changed voice sounded in the palace.

They clashed back and forth in the palace: "Xia Zhiyan, what do you want to do?"

"I only knew about it three days before you." Xia Jie said coldly. He knew that Chen Gui was angry because he didn't know about it at the first time: "Moreover, Xia immediately reported it to the officials.

Privy Council, it is better to be patient and arrest people in advance? Privy Council, once you take action, is it possible to kill all these thousands of border troops? If the news is leaked and these people are allowed to flee, will the world still be peaceful in the future?

Will there be peace in Bianliang in the future? No one knows the combat effectiveness of the frontier army better than you, right?"

"Okay, Privy Council Chen!" Zhao Suo knocked on the table impatiently: "That traitor is about to be launched. The top priority is what we can do to catch him all at once."

Chen Gui slowly sat down, his expression extremely ugly.

Five thousand border troops!

Tao Dayong and Qin Min are all warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles. King Jing has also been in war for a long time and has rich experience. In this Bianliang City, where can they find someone who can rival them in a short time?

?

Although he is a privy envoy, his actual military experience is very poor, and he has never experienced any serious battles.

"There are currently more than 50,000 Japanese troops, Tianwu Army, Dragon Guard Army, and Divine Guard Army in Beijing. In terms of military strength, it far exceeds the border army." Chen Gui said: "But when it comes to organizational strength and combat effectiveness,

It’s hard to say.”

"Fifty thousand people, still can't deal with five thousand rebels?" Zhao Suo said.

"Officials, this is a war, not a group fight. After reaching a certain order of magnitude, quantity has lost its meaning." Chen Gui shook his head and said: "If I ask you, the 50,000 people in the capital right now are really not

The opponents of the five thousand border troops. Not to mention that the Fourth Army is still stationed in various parts of Bianliang. King Jing is a veteran of war, and his subordinates Tao Dayong and Qin Min are veteran generals on the battlefield. I am afraid that one day

Once the fight starts, they will fight quickly and defeat each one."

Zhao Suo's face changed color: "Privy Minister, I don't want you to tell me about the difficulties now, but I want you to give me a solution."

Chen Gui pondered for a moment, "In the official family, the ultimate target of King Jing's rebellion is undoubtedly you. Therefore, as long as you are safe and sound, his rebellion will not succeed. The first thing is that you can't stay in the Long Live Palace anymore.

This place is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Once the rebels attack, they will be impossible to resist. You have to go back to the Forbidden Palace, and you have to go back secretly, so that the rebels mistakenly think you are still here. At the moment, it is good to buy a little time.

of."

Zhao Suo nodded.

"The second is defense. The palace is too big and requires too many troops to guard, and it is easy for loopholes to be taken advantage of by the enemy. Therefore, the focus of our defense is the inner palace. The inner palace has high walls and solid walls, so we do not need too many troops.

All it takes is a capable general and a sufficient number of weapons."

"There are all kinds of weapons in the craftsman camp, and we are in the Forbidden Palace, so we don't have to worry about all kinds of weapons, but who will command them?" Zhao Suo couldn't help but frowned, Huang Chun, An Wei or Xiang Hai

, or Xu Tai?

"I recommend Zhang Chao's son Zhang Cheng." Chen Gui said decisively: "Although this son is young, he followed his father on the battlefields of Hebei and saw many big battles. He also fought against the Liao people. He is more ambitious than these veteran generals.

Son."

"He is only in his twenties, how can he compare with these veterans?" Zhao Suo was puzzled.

"In the official family, isn't Xiao Ding only in his twenties?" Chen Gui retorted. "And at the moment, it is Zhang Cheng's subordinate who is in charge of the imperial city and summons them into the inner palace. They can arrange the arrangements calmly and calmly, while Huang

Chun and others were ordered by the officials to wait for the rebels to launch, and then they would lead their troops to besiege the rebels from the outside inward."

"What do you think, Chief Assistant?"

"The old minister thinks Privy Chen's words are reasonable." Xia Jie said: "Zhang Cheng is indeed more suitable. Once the other departments in Bianliang are no longer opponents of the rebels, in the end they can only rely on Zhang Cheng's troops to hold on to the inner city and wait for reinforcements. Zhang Cheng

Cheng's department must have fought in Hebei, so it is different from other departments."

Zhao Suo felt a little irritated after hearing this. The two ministers in front of him basically judged that the tens of thousands of troops in the city could not be the opponent of the five thousand border troops.

army to completely solve the problem.

To put it bluntly, it was just a matter of using absolute numerical superiority to eliminate these border troops.

"Is my Fourth Army so unbearable?" He looked angrily at the two ministers in front of him, one civil and one military. "If it is really so unbearable, what have the two governments been doing all these years?"

Facing Zhao Suo's anger, Xia Jie dealt with it calmly. He has been on the road to Hebei for these years.

Although Chen Gui is annoyed, it is not as cold as a day, and the Fourth Army is weak. He is responsible, but this is not a problem that he can solve alone!

The strategy of round battle is to solve this problem, but what is the final implementation like?

Chen Gui felt bitter for a while.

Wasn't it because he was worried that King Jing's confidant border troops had arrived in Bianliang, and then the Fourth Army went to Hebei, and after being polished by King Jing, he became King Jing's man again, so he transferred King Jing back to Bianliang.

It seems that once Cui Ang left, things got out of hand?

"Officials, according to what the chief assistant said, although these border troops have sneaked into Bianliang, they can't bring full armor to Beijing, right? So their first step must be to attack the arsenal and seize armor and the like.

Armed, the most urgent task at the moment is to defend the two large arsenals in the north and south cities and never let them fall into the hands of the rebels." Chen Gui put those annoying thoughts aside and said: "As long as the rebels do not have a full set of armor and weapons, the rebels will

The force of force will be greatly reduced."

"The incident happened suddenly. I have already issued an edict. The Divine Guards will quickly dispatch two additional battalions of troops to the two arsenals. Counting the time, they should be in place today!" Zhao Suo said.

Chen Gui was a little worried. The two arsenals in the north and south could only accommodate two battalions of manpower at most. The question was, could they hold it?

The emperor is gone.

However, Xia Jie and Chen Gui continued to stay here, creating the illusion that the emperor was still in the Long Live Palace.

Now no one knows whether there will be spies of King Jing in the palace.

I think there must be some.

Chen Gui looked at Xia Jie with sharp eyes. Even Xia Jie, whose city was as deep as the sea, felt a little unbearable at this moment.

"If this matter is over, I will resign from my position as Privy Councilor and go home to retire. You can do whatever you want with the Song Dynasty!" Chen Gui suddenly said.

"Jing Sheng, what are you talking about?" Xia Jie said in surprise: "After this matter is over, the court is hiring people, how can it be without you? The two of us should work together."

Chen Gui smiled: "Zhi Yan, if you really think so, you shouldn't hide this matter from me. And I dare to assert that you didn't tell the truth to the officials, and you concealed a lot of things."

Xia Jie couldn't help but remain silent.

"I misjudged you. You are not the same Xia Zhiyan you were fifteen years ago." Chen Gui sighed: "At the beginning, the official family had no intention of calling you back. Instead, they planned to let Luo Song take over as the chief minister and then call Ma

The reason why you are excited to return to the capital is that I felt that Luo Song could not control the situation at that time, so I urged Luo Song to give in. Then I, Li Guang, Luo Song, Xiao Yu and others submitted a letter together, which forced the officials to summon you back.

.Now, I regret it.”

"Jingsheng, I have my own reasons, but you have to believe me. I am still the same Xia Zhiyan I was fifteen years ago. I am not just superior, but practical. I will never do anything harmful to the court."

The commandments are sincere and sincere.

Chen Gui shook his head slowly: "The question is, is what you think is right, necessarily right? Zhiyan, this time you dare to trick even King Jing. I'm afraid that I will fall into your trap at some point.

It’s better to go home early.”

"I didn't trick King Jing!" Xia Jie said angrily.

"You can stop him." Chen Gui sighed: "You can definitely stop him. But you didn't do it. Instead, you added insult to injury and pushed him from behind. You didn't tell me because you were afraid that I would go.

Stop him, right?"

"Why should I do this?" Xia Jie said with a gloomy face, "Do you think I am the same as Cui Ang?"

"Of course it's different!" Chen Gui said: "Cui Ang is just a treacherous person, not worth mentioning. But you, Xia Zhiyan, don't want to leave any chance for King Jing to rise to power. This time, you can treat Jing Jing

Wang Che was completely tricked. More than a month ago, when you had to transfer Zhang Chao back to the capital, you already knew these things, right? Xia Zhiyan, is the King of Chu really better than King Jing when he takes the throne? "

Xia Jie was silent for a long time before saying: "Why does it have to be the King of Chu? The official's health is still very good, and the remaining princes are also smart and eager to learn. As long as there are ten years left, anything can happen!"

Chen Gui looked at the other party in surprise, and couldn't help but laugh for a while: "I still underestimated you, Xia Zhiyan. Come on, I want to see how far you are going to go. But Xia Zhiyan,

You tricked King Jing, how are you going to deal with Xiao Changqing! He won't let it go!"

"Is a King Jing who has no hope of ascending to the throne really important to Xiao Changqing?"

I still understand."

"This time King Jing rebels, Xiao Yu will definitely be involved." Chen Gui pointed at the other party and said: "You should immediately send someone to summon Xiao Yu into the palace and take care of him."

"We have sent people! But with Xiao Yu's bad temper, he may not be willing to come!" Xia Jie said: "But it doesn't matter, even if he stands by King Jing's side then, as long as His Majesty says he is not guilty, I

If you say he is not guilty, then he is not guilty!"

Chen Gui shook his head: "The national law has become a toy in your hands. Those who play with fire will burn themselves. Xia Zhiyan, you..."

Just as he said this, the night sky suddenly became brighter. The two of them stood up in unison and walked to the window. In the direction of Nancheng, a red firework exploded in the air, and then another one flew up. Then, it was

The third flower.

"It is indeed the Nancheng Arsenal!" Chen Gui raised his head and sighed: "Let's go to the Forbidden Palace. If we don't leave, we might become prisoners of the rebels!"

Chaos breaks out in Nancheng.
To be continued...