Chen Liu looked at the data sent by all parties, and his face had become very sad.
"I must tell the prince that this battle can only be won, not lost!"
Baiyue sat opposite him and sighed helplessly after hearing this, "How can I say this well? There has been no news from the prince for almost ten days. According to the intelligence we received half a month ago, Da Rong's counterattack
, it should be within the next few days."
Seeing the wrinkles between Chen Liu's eyebrows, Bai Yue immediately said: "But don't worry, the prince never fails to keep his words.
He said that if he comes back the next day, he will definitely be able to come back. The situation in Da Rong is also a bit complicated now. The hidden nails we planted many years ago are the only ones that can be found."
Chen Liu nodded casually, "I know, but... I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long."
Chen Liu unfolded the map and pointed at a few places, "In these places, the peach blossoms have flooded again, and the rice seedlings have just been planted. Half of them have been flooded.
Moreover, according to the expenditure account books sent over the past two days, we don't have much food and grass left, and the fields in more than a dozen nearby cities are completely barren.
The newly planted potato seedlings are still small, and there is no space left for planting. If we can't win the championship in one battle, there will really be trouble."
The more Chen Liu talked, the more excited he became, "There is also this place. Due to the natural disaster last year, bandits are now rampant here, almost half of the people and half of the bandits.
Once something unexpected happens, I'm afraid there will be a risk of a massive revolt, and then it will be really troublesome."
Hearing Chen Liu's words, Baiyue's face didn't look good, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh.
Baiyue initially disliked Chen Liu's arrival.
After all, there had been some messy rumors between this man and the princess before, so I always felt that it was a bit strange for him to stay with the prince.
What I dislike the most is the bookish air about him.
The girls in the capital liked this kind of pretty boy the most, not to mention that it was the princess who introduced her here.
But what surprised Baiyue was that the prince had no grudge at all and actually threw him into the military aircraft department.
What Baiyue didn't expect was that in a short period of time, he gained the attention of the military advisor and directly allowed him to participate in deployment and decision-making.
Then, because the military advisor was old and in poor health, the task of following closely fell on him.
Something like this would make people jealous, especially being with the prince.
But it was quiet at the Military Aircraft Department, and no one had any objections.
This made Baiyue puzzled, and after looking at his performance in several battles, many of the views he put forward were consistent with the prince's thoughts.
Gradually, when Xiao Yu was away and he was unsure of his decision, he would subconsciously ask Chen Liu for his opinion.
After going back and forth, he formed a habit.
In fact, the advice Chen Liu gave many times was the most correct.
Baiyue didn't know how he could know so many things at such a young age, but the decisions he got from Chen Liu almost never made mistakes.
Even though he originally had some distrust, he subconsciously came to look for him when he had no idea.
"Is there any news from the palace?" Chen Liu spoke again, awakening Baiyue from his meditation.
He shook his head helplessly, "Although there are guards patrolling the palace, the important places are watched by the prince's people, and the guards are also not trusted, and almost all of them are watched secretly."
Chen Liu also came in and found out that the prince had been wary of Xiao Yu.
This was very different from what he originally thought.
Although he entered Daqi's officialdom not long ago, the Gao family really valued him very much at the beginning, even if he did not deliberately come forward to please him.
The Gao family also took the initiative to give him a lot of resources.
What's more, Chen Liu is not that pedantic.
In the officialdom, you rely on connections. No matter how good your policies or ideas are, if you don't have good relationships with everyone, you are bound to be unable to realize your ambitions.
So after agreeing to the Gao family's marriage, Mr. Gao taught him everything he could, and he has been actively learning. Even if he couldn't swallow everything 100%, he still had a rough idea.
For the officialdom of Daqi, when many things happen, we often cannot just look at the issue itself, but through this incident we must look at the people involved behind the incident and the various interests among these people.
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In this way, many things will be relatively clear, and the decisions he made will all be solved based on this idea.
It was precisely for this reason that he also discovered that Xiao Yu, a prince who seemed to have little contact with civil and military officials, actually knew the relationships between those officials in the imperial court.
In a sense, this is a very dangerous signal.
He holds a large number of troops, has a high status, and is well aware of all the ups and downs in the court.
Chen Liu subconsciously believed that this was the credit of the Jin Yiwei, and the Jin Yiwei was specially assigned by Emperor Yufeng to Xiao Yu's command.
Therefore, it has to be said that Emperor Yufeng really trusted this King Chen a little too much, and even put the trust in the entire Daqi into an unsafe situation.
However, current discoveries quickly overturned this idea.
Although Jinyiwei is powerful, he is still in the open, especially when there is Dongchang.
Chen Liu didn't know whether Emperor Yufeng really trusted Jin Yiwei completely in the past and whether he let them do what he did like the previous emperor.
But now it is obvious that the prince has many restrictions on Jin Yiwei.
Coupled with Dongchang's restraint, the role that Jinyiwei can play at this time is actually much smaller.
So……
What other sources of information does Xiao Yu have that can allow him to accurately grasp the trends of the court and the pulse of the government?
Chen Liu would naturally not ask such a question.
He was able to gain a foothold in this place and let Xiao Yu trust him and even reuse him. The most important thing, besides his own ability, was his taciturn temperament.
Apart from official business, he had almost no social interactions, and he had no intention of making friends even with generals who were loyal to Xiao Yu.
On weekdays, apart from being a waiter next to Xiao Yu, he would study in his own residence.
But now he had to think a little more.
It's actually because the situation is too tense.
Even if he thought he was a person who could withstand the pressure, he was still a little breathless at this time.
"What is Mr. Chen thinking?"
Baiyue asked, calling Chen Liu back from his thoughts.
The exhaustion of the past few days has made him a little dazed, and he has not had a full night's sleep for several days.
"I'm thinking about the big battle in a few days, and whether there are any areas where I'm not prepared enough."
Baiyue nodded lightly, "We have discussed other aspects too many times now, and we can't come up with any results for a while. There is another matter that needs to be handed over to Mr. Chen."