Chapter 51 I, Murong Fu, are the best at judging the situation!
"Please rest assured, Juyi Guardsman, the Great Cloud Heavenly Army is coming, and I, Murong Fu, will definitely lend a helping hand!"
Shaoyang County Government Office, Yongzhou Prefectural Government Office.
Murong Fu first swore to Ju Meng and assured him that he would immediately mobilize his troops and horses to respond, attack from the east and west, and help the Yun army capture the southwest counties of Xia Kingdom as soon as possible.
But as soon as he finished saying this, Murong Fu suddenly showed a look of embarrassment on his face and said in a harsh voice:
"It's just that the Juyi Guards may not know something. To the north of our Shaoyang County is Anshun County, which has been recruited by the Xia Kingdom. To the west is Dejiang County, where hundreds of thousands of southwest border troops are stationed. To the south, there are Hechi County and Wuzhou troops. To the east, there are soldiers and horses from Wuzhou in Hechi County.
The environment is Jiangcheng Mansion, the important town of Xia Kingdom. Although I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under my command now, but the armor is incomplete and the weapons are insufficient, it is really difficult to resist the Xia army. But if I am negligent, I will be surrounded by enemies on all sides!"
The land of Shaoyang County is the center of the connection between the southwest and the Xia Kingdom. It can indeed be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
But using this reason is obviously an excuse!
The soldiers and horses of Rongzhou in Dejiang County were suppressed by Wu Zixu and could not move. The soldiers and horses of Wuzhou were also dragged out by Di Qing and were unable to escape. To the east, there were no heavy troops deployed in the hinterland of Xia Kingdom.
In other words, even if Murong Fu mobilizes troops to respond at this time, there is no need to worry about anything other than recruiting troops from Anshun County.
Ju Meng, who was wearing an inconspicuous commoner and holding a long sword in his arms, raised his head slightly after hearing Murong Fu's words, looked at him deeply, and asked in a deep voice:
"So General Murong, what do you want to say?"
Upon hearing this, Murong Fu immediately raised his fists in the direction of Zhongqing City and said seriously:
"I would like to say that in order to completely hand over Shaoyang County to Dayun in the future, I, Murong Fu, cannot take action for the time being... But please rest assured, Commander Ju Yi, I will wait until the troops and horses under my command are reorganized. When the time comes, I will immediately
Raise troops to respond and be loyal to His Majesty!"
Hearing Murong Fu's words, Ju Meng Hehe sneered twice and said in a deep voice:
"Since General Murong has made up his mind, I will report this to Your Majesty!"
After saying that, he no longer bothered to pay attention to Murong Fu, turned around and left.
When Murong Fu saw this, his face became anxious. He stood up quickly and said in a pleading way:
"Hey, hey, Master Yiwei, please don't be anxious...Please tell me clearly that I, Murong Fu, am loyal to Your Majesty! If I stay, I will leave a scar..."
Although his words sounded like he was eager to stay, Murong Fu just stood up and showed off, not even moving his feet.
Seeing Ju Meng leaving without looking back and disappearing, Murong Fu put away the eager look on his face, sneered twice, straightened his clothes, and sat back comfortably in his seat again.
He, Murong Fu, was extremely witty and was best at weighing the pros and cons and sizing up the situation. How could he be fooled into planning a military response by just a few words from a play?
Haha, the Xia State has strong national strength and is a well-deserved powerful country in the world. Although the Yun State has repeatedly gained the upper hand now, it is just because the Xia State has not spared its hands.
When Xia Guo reacts and takes action with all his strength, will Yun Guo still be able to get it?
On his left and right are Shaoyang County, Anshun County, and Dejiang County, separated by the Yun Kingdom's army. Is it possible that the Yun Kingdom's soldiers and horses can really hit here? Don't be kidding! You can only live a good life now, stand up and become the Yun Kingdom's consumables
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At this time, when he saw Ju Meng walking out of the Yongzhou Mansion Office, even though several guards from the sticky pole came to greet him, they did not shy away from others. They bowed their hands to Ju Meng and said:
"Master Yiwei!"
Ju Meng said with a sullen face:
"Hurry back to the capital and report that Murong Fu has a different intention. If you continue to order, except for the manpower that was deliberately revealed to Murong Fu openly, the rest of the people will completely clean up the leftovers and turn to covertly infiltrate Shaoyang County!"
"yes!"
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Xia Kingdom, in Jiangzhou Prefecture.
When the local officials received the news and hurried to the government office, King Qi, who abandoned the ceremonial guards and horses and only came with his own personal soldiers, was already sitting in the government office, waiting for the local officials expressionlessly.
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All the officials quickly saluted and said respectfully:
"I'm waiting for you, please pay homage to His Highness King Qi!"
King Qi received the courtesy from all the officials and said in a deep voice:
"His Majesty's imperial decree establishes the Southwest Recruitment Bureau in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Local government offices and garrisons are all under the control of the king. Officials from all regions will fully cooperate and make sure there is no mistake!"
All the officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture had already received the imperial decree long ago, so naturally they all bowed down and saluted, not daring to cause any delay.
King Qi was famous for his vigorous and resolute actions. At this time, he immediately arranged for the officials of Jiangzhou Prefecture to take charge, and the people he brought with him to assist him. Together they counted the grain and materials, vacated the warehouse, organized the manpower, and made preparations for the upcoming reinforcements and military supplies.
Prepare.
After shooing away the local officials of Jiangzhou Prefecture, King Qi glanced at the dozens of young scholars following him who were dressed in different styles and had different looks, and said in a deep voice:
"I have an upright temperament, and I don't hide anything I say! The situation in the southwest is critical now, Jiangyang County is empty, Wuzhou can't hold on for a long time, and Rongzhou has a slight disadvantage. At this time of year, please don't put your mind on the party struggle.
Go up. If I, the king, find out, I will not forgive you!"
At this time, King Qi was no longer the prince who was born in the military and had no other available personnel besides martial arts!
After the general situation of the court became clear, King Qi was only a name away from the position of crown prince. Now in the court, many talents from Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, Taoism and other schools have joined his command.
This is how the people gathered around King Qi came. With their help, King Qi was able to form his own team and send people to supervise the actions of the officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Upon hearing King Qi's words, these young disciples from hundreds of schools immediately looked at each other.
After a while, one of the Confucian-dressed scholars suddenly stood up, bowed his hands to King Qi, and said solemnly:
"To be honest with you, Your Highness, there have been frequent disputes between the DPRK and China, and they have criticized each other, which has led to chaos in the government. In the past ten years, it has wasted countless national resources, and the country has become increasingly decadent. We, the young disciples, are also quite dissatisfied with this. Now that I have surrendered to His Highness, it is natural for me to do so.
Let’s work together to overcome the difficulties!”
As soon as this statement came out, it was immediately echoed by hundreds of disciples. Everyone was heard saying:
"Your Highness, please rest assured!"
"We are all dissatisfied with the party struggle. If not, we would have surrendered to others long ago!"
The fight for the crown prince has been going on for several years, and most people in the hundreds of families have already ended up taking advantage of it, and the party struggle has become more and more intense.
The hundreds of disciples around King Qi at this time had never served under any prince before. They only came to serve under him after the situation became clear and they knew that the current Xia Emperor truly belonged to King Qi.
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It is obvious that they are unwilling to participate in the party struggle and have only waited until this time.
The imperial court's party disputes ruined the country and the family. Seventy-eight percent of the national power was wasted in this fearless court battle.
But no matter how corrupt a country is, the court cannot be filled with these beasts of power who are obsessed with party fighting and only know how to fight for power!
These young scholars from hundreds of families in front of them have hot-blooded hearts and are dissatisfied with the imperial court.
At this time, hearing King Qi's warning, these young scholars not only did not feel dissatisfied, but felt happy in their hearts, and felt that they and others had not chosen the wrong person to be loyal to.
After hearing everyone's promise, King Qi was slightly startled, his voice immediately softened, and he nodded:
"I only look at reality. As long as you work hard and receive official rewards, I will personally request orders for you!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately bowed in unison and said loudly:
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After the explanation was completed, all the scholars immediately left to assist the officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture.
King Qi did not take a break either. He collected all relevant military reports in Jiangzhou Prefecture and read them carefully.
After seeing a military report, King Qi was suddenly surprised and blurted out:
"Hao Yuanhua of Anshun County agreed to send troops according to the imperial edict?"
Hao Yuanhua was born in the rebel army and had only been recruited for a short period of time. Who expected him to be so obedient?
Suddenly, a rather absurd thought came into King Qi's mind.
Could it be that Hao Yuanhua really couldn't survive and was forced to rebel? In fact, he was a loyal person to the Daxia court?
Feng Chu, who was on the side, heard this and slowly walked out of the queue, saying:
"Envoy Xiuyi reported that Anshun County is indeed recruiting people to join the army and reorganize the troops. And several troops have already begun to march towards Jiangyang County to resist the Yun Army's military peak!"
When King Qi heard this, he immediately looked surprised and thoughtful.
The more he thought about it, the tighter his brows became.
"When Hao Yuanhua was trapped in the county, isolated and helpless, and it was already a battle between trapped beasts, my father suddenly issued an order to recruit troops. Is it just to send him today to resist the Yun army?"
He couldn't figure it out at the beginning. Even if he had to mobilize troops to Rongzhou, he could still leave 20,000 to 30,000 troops to continue the siege, and it would not have much impact on the overall situation of Rongzhou.
However, Emperor Xia issued the most incomprehensible edict of recruiting people to peace.
But now, King Qi, who had been exposed to many things in the capital, had some inexplicable guesses in his mind.
I'm afraid that his father had already decided to abandon several counties in the southwest. The reason why he spent a lot of money to recruit Hao Yuanhua was because he wanted to make Yun Jun pay a greater price!
Hearing this, Feng Chu spread his hands, shook his head and said:
"How can I guess His Majesty's profound intentions?"
Upon hearing this, King Qi slightly raised his head and looked in the direction of Jinling City.
This father of mine is really...
King Qi shook his head, gathered his thoughts, and spoke again:
"The envoy who delivers the order to embroider clothes must first submit a report to the Si Yamen!"
Feng Chu immediately raised his hands and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I have already given the order!"
Having said this, Feng Chu paused and then said:
"Just as His Highness was giving the lecture, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy presented a secret report!"
When King Qi heard this, he asked in a deep voice:
"What secret?"
"In Rongzhou City, someone called himself Li Chao Li Weining and asked the embroidered clothes envoy to provide shelter."
Upon hearing this, King Qi immediately raised his brows and said anxiously:
"Have you confirmed it?"
"All the seals and seals in that man's hands have been lost, so I can't be sure whether they are authentic or not...but please rest assured, Your Highness, I have already sent someone to confirm it!" Feng Chu explained.
After hearing this, King Qi continued to exhort:
"Li Weining holds the key to my defense against Yunjun's Bingfeng after the Great Summer. We must not let anything go wrong! Who is the person sent? Can he really confirm Li Weining's identity?"
Feng Chu lowered his head and saluted, and said seriously:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I know the seriousness of this! The person who went to confirm is the son of Chen Feng, the late Lieutenant of the Li Dynasty. Chen Liyan, what he said must be credible!"
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In Rongzhou City, Chen Liyan wore Xia Kingdom armor, held King Qi's seal, and ran into the city with more than a hundred soldiers, some disgraced.
Facing the approaching border generals, Chen Liyan couldn't hold it back any longer and said:
"I took a detour from Hechi County. Along the way, I saw several thousands-man troops of the Yun Army attacking the city in the rear. I looked at the signs of emptiness in the Yun Army's camp outside the city. I'm afraid it was because of the suspicion formation.
The army. Instead of being trapped, why not go out of the city and fight?"
When the general who came to greet him heard this, he looked at Chen Liyan and felt a little confused:
"What this general doesn't know is that the commander of the Yun army outside the city has many tricks. Back in Shilin County, he deliberately showed the enemy weakness. At the critical moment, he charged with heavy cavalry, causing our army to be defeated. Looking at this posture now, I am afraid it is a trick.
Repeat!"
After hearing this, Chen Liyan frowned and continued:
"In this case, let's test it with a small group of elites!"
He just couldn't figure out why the hundreds of thousands of Xia troops were afraid of the Yun army, which was less than 20,000 strong outside the city! They were just afraid of an ambush, so wouldn't it be enough for a small group of elites to test it several times? How could they really do that?
They were trapped in the city, waiting to be killed!
When the Xia army general heard this, he forced a smile and said:
"The general doesn't know how brave the Yun army is. Even if a small group of elite soldiers go out to test the city, they will definitely be no match for Yun Guo's heavy cavalry!"
This is indeed true. During this period, it was naturally impossible for these hundreds of thousands of Xia troops to do nothing, and they also sent out small groups of elites many times to test.
But facing the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, which was blessed with a large army of visions, the number was too small and they were no match. A few hundred people were enough to kill them. When the number was too large, they could not even leave the city, so they were blocked at the city gate and killed randomly by the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry.
One pass.
Under the rolling madness, the Xia army not only failed to test the strength of the Yun army, but also caused the morale to weaken even more seriously. The generals were defeated and felt a bit of fear in their hearts before they even went to the battlefield.
Now, hundreds of thousands of Xia troops are actually willing to stay in the city and maintain the status quo...
When Chen Liyan heard this, he still couldn't bear it and seemed to want to say something else.
But before he could open his mouth, he was pulled away by the loyalist who brought him from the Li Dynasty.
Upon seeing this, the Xia Army general quickly changed the subject and said:
"General, I'm here to confirm the identity of the king of Li Dynasty. His identity is special and needs to be confirmed as soon as possible. Please come with me!"
After Chen Liyan heard this, he finally shut up and followed the Xia army general.
General Xia Jun sent them to a courtyard, explained a few words to the person on duty, and after verifying the seal and waistband, he opened the courtyard door and allowed Chen Liyan and the others to go in and confirm on their own.
Walking into the courtyard, Xia Jun did not follow him in. He heard the loyalist who just held Chen Liyan lower his voice and said:
"Young General, the generals of the Xia Army are extremely afraid of the Yun Army. They only know that if they are trapped in a lonely city, sooner or later there will be a big defeat. When King Qi has no one under his command, it will be the time for the Young General to take the lead!"
When Chen Liyan heard this, he turned to look at the loyal confidants beside him. After pondering for a moment, he slowly nodded.
He was from the Li Dynasty, and he defected to the Xia Kingdom without any foundation. If the Xia Kingdom did not suffer one or two major defeats, losing its troops and generals, and severely weakening its vitality, how could he gain trust and have a chance to succeed?
This method of words and deeds goes against his original wishes. But in order to gain power as soon as possible and avenge his family, he has no choice but to do this!
Thinking of this, Chen Liyan sighed heavily, then looked up at the courtyard in front of him, a cold look flashing in his eyes.
If Li Weining wasn't mean and ungrateful, why would he be like this?
In front of the door of the courtyard house, there were also Li army soldiers wearing tattered armor. After seeing someone coming, someone immediately stepped forward to stop them and asked:
"This general is here, but there is... a young, young general?"
Halfway through what Li Jun said, when he saw Chen Liyan's appearance clearly, he suddenly showed a look of shock and said in disbelief.
When Chen Liyan heard this, he looked carefully at the person in front of him, narrowed his eyes and said:
"Wu Yong?"
Chen Liyan remembered that the person in front of him was a subordinate of the imperial guard when he used to stay in the palace.
In just a moment, Chen Liyan reacted immediately, looked at the person in front of him, and said coldly:
"You are here. It seems that the person here is really Li Weining!"
The imperial guards were accompanying the king, so it was impossible not to know Li Weining. In this way, the possibility of someone who was bold enough to impersonate Li Weining was ruled out!
Li Jun, named Wu Yong, was shocked when he saw Chen Liyan's appearance. He subconsciously took a step back, pressed the handle of the knife with his right hand, and guarded the door.
At this time, he also heard the movement at the door. Pi Hui opened the door and happened to look at Chen Liyan.
After Chen Liyan saw Pi Hui, he tilted his head slightly and saw clearly Li Weining, who was sitting in the room with a serious attitude, as if he still wanted to maintain his royal demeanor at this time.
Seeing the king who had sworn allegiance to him in the past, what filled Chen Liyan's heart for a moment was not joy or hatred, but a feeling of incomparable absurdity, bitterness and a hint of hatred that iron could not be transformed into steel.
The country that his father was willing to die rather than abandon was actually defeated in a single battle by Li Weining, whom he regarded as a wise king and sage!
That father, myself, the loyal and brave soldiers in the army, the loyal ministers in the court, and countless righteous people in the world...the efforts made by these people all ended in vain.
Thinking of this, Chen Liyan couldn't help but tremble all over. His red eyes stared at the shocked Li Weining in the room, and he gritted his teeth and said bitterly: