Chapter 332 A chess game with the country as the piece
History has proven that anyone who can achieve great things will have some very important right-hand assistants around him.
Liu Bei had Zhuge Liang, Liu Bang had Zhang Liang, Qin Shihuang had Li Si, Jordan had Pippen...
As for Wei Changtian, the people he relied on most before were undoubtedly Chu Xianping and Qin Zhengqiu, and there might be another Du Chang in the future.
Good guy, I have all the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks together, so it’s not bad.
Of course, it is difficult to say whether Du Chang is worthy of the important task at present, and it will take some time to examine.
However, judging from the current situation, even if he is not an "eternally handsome man", he is definitely a "talent" at the very least.
What a pleasure!
Sitting in the rickety carriage, Wei Changtian nodded happily.
With this configuration, wouldn’t I have to do everything myself in the future?
On the other hand, Ning Yongnian is surrounded by people from the same boat club. What can he use to fight against himself?
etc......
Thinking of Ning Yongnian, the smile on Wei Changtian's face slowly froze.
Since the former actually ordered You Jia to assassinate him, Wei Changtian has officially regarded the Daning Emperor as his most important enemy at this stage.
Although dealing with an emperor is undoubtedly far more difficult and complicated than dealing with a Liu family, Wei Changtian didn't actually have too many worries before.
But ever since he learned that Bai Youheng and Ning Yongnian were mixed up, this kind of relaxation no longer existed.
At the very least, it would be difficult for Wei Changtian to be as calm as before.
Alas, I don’t know what these two people are plotting, and whether the Tongzhou Association has found any information about Bai Youheng...
He thought to himself for a while, then shook his head and opened the car curtain, looking at the mountains and fields on the side of the road shrouded in night.
The mountains in the distance are like solid waves, extending all the way to the end of the sky that is out of sight.
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Daning, Imperial Palace.
Just as Wei Changtian and his party were speeding back to Fengyuan, preparing to continue to complete the "great cause" of killing Yama Luo, Ning Yongnian was also planning his great cause.
What Wei Changtian thought before was correct. Ning Yongnian does not have many useful people around him now, not to mention that he doesn't even know who is "available" and who is "unavailable".
However, perhaps because the previous process of killing Yunlian was too easy, Wei Changtian ignored one of the most important things -
No matter what, Ning Yongnian is a "son of heaven" who enjoys great blessings of luck.
And precisely because of ignoring this matter, Wei Changtian did not notice another anomaly.
Since Ning Yongnian is the son of Heaven, the direction of blessing is still the "Emperor's Way" that governs the world... Then why in the two large-scale wars in Jizhou and Yuanzhou, not only did the Daning court not take any advantage
Cheap, or even frustrated at every turn?
The Xu family "conspired to rebel" in Jizhou. Although the rebellion has now been put down, the Xu family held on to a mere Jizhou city for several months. In the end, they were able to barely break through the city solely by relying on the numerical superiority of the imperial army.
And in the end, the "remnants" of the Xu family, including Wei Yanyu, escaped, and no trace has been found so far.
Let’s talk about the national war that took place in Wonju.
Dafeng entered the country in large numbers with an army of 500,000, while Daning defended Yuanzhou City with a similar number of reinforcements from various places.
This was supposed to be an evenly matched battle, but the huge Yuanzhou City was only defended for twenty-two days. In the end, all the remaining Liangzhou Army surrendered to the enemy.
Although there were no problems with the frontline defense of the county after that, the decision to voluntarily abandon a big city was really confusing.
And now that Dafeng's army has all returned to Yuanzhou City and stayed put due to the Yama incident, and the rebellion in Jizhou has also subsided, it should be a great opportunity for Daning to launch a counterattack.
But Ning Yongnian still ordered Daning's troops not to leave the county.
Such a "cowardly" strategic choice does not seem to be a big problem if viewed in isolation.
After all, Daning has been experiencing two major chaos in the country, namely the "Xu Family Rebellion" and the "Liu-Wei Conflict", so it is really not appropriate to make a rash move.
But if you take into account Ning Yongnian's status as "the Son of Heaven", then all this becomes more meaningful.
Perhaps Ning Yongnian is not "cowardly" but playing a big game of chess.
Now it seems like nothing is happening, but the "chess game" is already developing step by step according to his plan.
As for Wei Changtian...
Although he couldn't say that he knew nothing about it, at most he could only see a fog.
But what was in this huge fog that shrouded the two countries of Daning and Dafeng... He couldn't even get a glimpse of it.
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"..."
"Your Majesty, I hope you can remember your promise."
Zi Shi.
Bai Youheng and Ning Yongnian were sitting opposite each other at the Longwei Commandery Headquarters in the Daning Palace.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bai, this matter is related to my great cause of Daning. I will never break my promise."
Ning Yongnian looked at Bai Youheng and said calmly: "I hope you do the same."
"It's natural."
Bai Youheng nodded and put a secret letter on the table into his arms: "Your Majesty, do you have anything else you would like me to bring to Your Highness the Queen?"
"No, just show her the letter and she will know what to do."
"good."
"..."
Bring a message to the Queen...
Ning Yongnian and his wife stay together all day, how could they need Bai Youheng to carry messages and messages in between.
Therefore, there is only one explanation -
The queen they mentioned was not the queen of Daning.
"Your Majesty, since everything is ready, I will set off now."
Standing up, Bai Youheng said in a deep voice: "I will meet you in Yuanzhou City in one month."
"Okay, it's settled."
Ning Yongnian also stood up and walked out of the darkroom with Bai Youheng.
Outside the house, a hundred dragon guards had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two people coming out, they all knelt down on the ground.
"I have met the emperor! I have met Mr. Bai!"
"Everyone, get up."
Ning Yongnian raised his hand to support him and said slowly: "From now on, you all must obey Mr. Bai's orders, no matter what they are."
"Do you understand everything?"
"My subordinate understands!"
"Um."
Ning Yongnian nodded and said nothing, as did Bai Youheng.
The latter just slightly arched his hand towards Ning Yongnian, then took a step forward and walked into the night without looking back.
"Wow!"
A hundred dragon guards in black clothes followed him without saying a word, like a killing sword. After a few breaths, they completely disappeared from Ning Yongnian's sight.
"emperor."
The figure shook, and out of nowhere, Li Huaizhong suddenly appeared next to Ning Yongnian.
"Lao Li, what's wrong?"
Ning Yongnian did not look at Li Huaizhong, but still looked in the direction where Bai Youheng and others left.
"Is there any news from Fengyuan?"
"Back to the Emperor, not yet."
Li Huaizhong shook his head, bent down and whispered in Ning Yongnian's ear: