Chapter 191: The Absolute Command of the Ming Frontier Army
Liu Shuwen thought that he was concerned about the safety of the Ming Dynasty's border troops, but these soldiers actually thought that he was jealous of Zhao Kuo's talents.
Zhao Kuo won a battle today, but Liu Shuwen knew that Li Fengxian deliberately lost to Zhao Kuo.
The purpose was to make Zhao Kuo, the third prince, and everyone in the Ming Dynasty's border army think that they had truly defeated the Chu army in the south.
Once the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops despise the enemy, they are likely to suffer a devastating blow.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Liu Shuwen shouted into the camp again without arguing with the soldiers.
There was still no response, and Liu Shuwen couldn't help but believe that Chen Changfeng was really sick and resting.
Liu Shuwen didn't know what to do at this moment.
The lives of the two hundred thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army could be lost at the hands of the third prince at any time.
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"Your Highness, Liu Shuwen didn't see the prince, and now he has returned to Nancheng in despair." In the camp, the third prince received news from his own soldiers.
Seeing that Chen Changfeng failed, Liu Shuwen ignored Liu Shuwen himself. At this moment, Liu Shuwen had returned to Dingnancheng.
The third prince looked joking.
I thought that Liu Shuwen, this old guy, obviously didn't want anyone to be better than him, so he came here from Dingnancheng all the way.
Do you really think that because of your prestige in the military, you can do whatever you want?
Looking back now, not only himself, but also Chen Changfeng didn't want to see him.
"Don't worry about him." The third prince said in a disdainful tone, and looked at Zhao Kuo aside: "General Zhao Kuo, our army won a great victory in today's battle, but there are still some voices of doubt in the army."
"If Li Fengxian dares to send people to fight tomorrow, I hope General Zhao Kuo will win again, so that those who don't wink can take a good look."
Zhao Kuo said with a smile on his face, "Of course there is no problem. It's a pity that Li Feng didn't come today. If he dared to come, I would let him escape like a lost dog."
"Haha, with General Zhao Kuo's words, I feel relieved." The third prince looked happy.
One day passed quickly, and early the next morning, the third prince led the army again and came to call for battle outside Yongding City.
I originally thought that Li Fengxian would close the city again, but he didn't expect that the injured general yesterday would lead the army again.
The third prince was overjoyed and thought that Li Fengxian must have no one available, otherwise why would he send an injured general to fight.
Zhao Kuo once again led the army, and the injured candidate had no intention of coming.
The troops commanded by Zhao Kuo were soon defeated and fled. Although not many people died, the third prince saw that many soldiers from Da Chu's southern army returned with injuries.
Another big win.
The third prince looked at Zhao Kuo differently.
There may have been some worries yesterday, but after winning another game today, the third prince has fully recognized Zhao Kuo's ability.
Zhao Kuo is simply a treasure given to him by God.
All the soldiers also looked at Zhao Kuo with admiration.
Winning one game may be a fluke, but winning two games in a row cannot be explained by luck.
In the border camp, Zhao Kuo was sought after by everyone.
Zhao Kuo was also very satisfied with his ambition. He thought that if he had come down from the mountain earlier, he might have been crowned a king and a noble by now.
"Brother Zhao, after today, you and I will become brothers. From now on, what is mine will be yours." The third prince patted Zhao Kuo on the shoulder, his face full of joy.
He wanted to tie Zhao Kuo to himself in this way.
Isn't that what the friendship in Taoyuan was like back then?
Zhao Kuo was naturally overjoyed to be able to treat the third prince as a brother, so he accepted the offer.
"Brother Zhao, I want to personally lead the army to attack Li Fengxian tomorrow. What do you think, Brother Zhao?" The third prince looked at Zhao Kuo expectantly.
The third prince has been here for so long and has never won in person.
He thought that if he personally led the army tomorrow, Li Fengxian would probably fight in person. If it were in the past, the third prince would still be worried that he would not be Li Fengxian's opponent.
But now that I have Zhao Kuo to help me, there should be no problem.
And if he can defeat Li Fengxian, then his reputation as the third prince will surely spread throughout the world.
"Of course there is no problem. His Highness is so ambitious and will definitely be able to defeat Li Fengxian." Zhao Kuo said with a smile, equally confident.
"Okay, then tomorrow, I will personally lead 50,000 troops and fight to the death with Li Fengxian." The third prince smiled, with excitement on his face.
Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile in his eyes.
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The candidate was defeated again and returned, and Li Fengxian was very satisfied.
Now they are waiting to see if the third prince of the Ming Dynasty will personally lead the army tomorrow.
If the third prince of the Ming Dynasty leads the army in person, their subsequent plans can continue.
"Mr. Xu, are you ready for the Bagua array?" Li Fengxian looked at Xu Gongmao standing aside.
"Get ready, as long as the third prince of the Ming Dynasty dares to pursue him, he will be buried in the Bagua array."
"Don't worry, with the blessing of the terrain of Grotto Ridge, no one can break the formation." Xu Gongmao was full of confidence and spoke in a relaxed tone.
The Bagua Array is different from the Eight-Door Golden Lock Array. To exert its full power, the Bagua Array requires special terrain.
If it is on a plain, the Bagua Formation is just an ordinary trapping formation, but if it is blessed by terrain, it is a real killing formation.
This is also the reason why Xu Gongmao did not set up the Bagua Formation after the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation was broken that day.
As for the Bagua array set up in Shiku Ridge, Xu Gongmao believed that even if Chen Changfeng came, he would only die in the array filled with resentment.
Hearing Xu Gongmao's affirmative answer, Li Fengxian's face lit up with joy.
With the Bagua Formation here, if the three princes of the Ming Dynasty dare to come, I can definitely annihilate them all.
The only pity is that Chen Changfeng doesn't know what he is plotting. If he can enter the Bagua array together, who else in this Ming Dynasty can stop him?
"Tomorrow, I will personally lead the army and everything will be carried out as planned." Li Fengxian ordered.
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
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Chen Changfeng is not sick.
He just didn't want to meet Liu Shuwen.
From the perspective of national justice, Liu Shuwen was a very good military advisor, working hard to protect the lives of soldiers.
But for Chen Changfeng personally, Liu Shuwen is the benevolence of women.
Chen Changfeng's purpose was simple. He wanted to gain absolute command of the 200,000 Ming Dynasty border troops.
No matter who comes with the emperor's orders from now on, even if the emperor comes to the front line in person, these 200,000 Ming border troops will only obey their own orders.
And this first step is to make the third prince, the so-called commander-in-chief of the border army, completely lose the support of the army.
So Chen Changfeng will not come forward.
Besides, would the third prince, who had won two games in a row, believe his own words?
I'm afraid that the third prince would think that he wanted to slander Zhao Kuo.
Chen Changfeng still doesn't know how Li Fengxian plans to deal with the third prince, but he is not in a hurry. Anyway, it is his third prince who should be most worried and afraid at that time, not himself.
However, Dachu's southern army had already lost two games in a row. Chen Changfeng guessed that the next time would probably be when Li Fengxian tried his best to defeat the enemy.
"Xue Rengui, send an order to Chen Qingzhi to prepare according to the previous plan." Chen Changfeng's voice was heard outside the camp.
Xue Rengui, who was standing outside the camp as a personal soldier, was stunned for a moment, and then quickly responded: "Yes, Your Highness."
Xue Rengui didn't know what Chen Changfeng had planned.
But he also roughly guessed that there would be some big move next, otherwise he wouldn't have seen Chen Qingzhi in the past two days.
Xue Rengui's figure disappeared, and Chen Changfeng walked out of the camp, looking ahead in the direction of Yongding City, with a strange smile on his face.