"Your Majesty, the Qichang Prefecture Camp on the front line has come to report that the Yun Army of Jiangzhou County has raised troops to invade Panlong Water Village. Liao Gu, the Marquis of Hanchuan, personally led three thousand troops and horses to rush to the rescue to scare off the Yun Army."
"Your Majesty, Daxing County is 800 miles away and urgent! Xiangzhou County Yunjun has mobilized various departments in recent days to get closer to our territory in Daxia!"
"The Yuzhang County camp came to report that there was no abnormal movement in Yun Jiang Yang's eyes."
Dong Wei, the cavalry general of Xia State, came out at this time and said:
"Your Majesty, it is summer now and the scorching heat is approaching. This is not the time to use troops. The mobilization of the frontline troops should be just a test move to mobilize the frontline soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion!"
Emperor Xia Yu Zhaoling looked serious. Hearing this, he nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, the commanders of all the Yun Army's front-line units are all famous generals. Emperor Yun is not a man who doesn't know how to use troops. He will not use troops at this time."
In the hot summer season, using troops hastily will increase the casualties of non-combat casualties of the army's officers and soldiers, and will also hinder the morale of the army. Therefore, even if troops are needed, they will not be used at this time!
Cavalry General Yuan Feizhang answered at this time:
"Although this is just a test, it can be seen that the various units of the Yun Army are ready to fight with troops! It will probably take a few months for the war to resume. Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to immediately order the army to prepare for war!"
Just one trial was able to mobilize frontline soldiers and horses on such a large scale, which shows that the Yun Kingdom's frontline units have sufficient supplies and soldiers, and are ready for a big war.
Xia Kingdom also needs to make more arrangements.
After Xia Emperor Yu Zhaoling heard this, he nodded and said:
"Two years of preparation, more than 600,000 elite soldiers were stationed in Yuzhang, Xunyang, Daxing, Nanyang and other counties on the front line. They were all well-trained and well-equipped with weapons. The local county soldiers and civilians were young and strong.
We have mobilized 1.5 million people and are already ready for war!"
In the battle on the grassland, the power of the Turkic royal court was greatly damaged. It was no longer able to order the various Turkic tribes, causing the grassland to fall into chaos, and it was no longer able to look south. This allowed the Xia Kingdom to mobilize nearly 200,000 elites from the north to the southwest.
Moreover, in the past two years, Xia Guochaotang has focused almost all of its efforts and knowledge on building the southwest defense line.
After all, the Xia Kingdom now occupies most of the precious land in the world, and its national power is formidable. In just a short period of time, it relied on selling iron and looting the treasury to create these 600,000 elites!
On the Yun Kingdom side, even though the army is extremely powerful, on paper the military strength stationed at the border between the two countries is only 300,000.
This is also the reason why Xia Kingdom has the confidence to regain its homeland now!
Zhu Feiang, Yu Zhaoling's confidant, quickly stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and said again:
"There are many frontline troops, but they are divided into three divisions. They are commanded by Raoyang Marquis Wu Zhengping, Hanchuan Marquis Liao Gu, and Lieutenant General Sun Qianfang. They are stationed in Daxing County, Nanyang County, Xunyang County, and Yuzhang County and Rong County respectively.
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"If a war breaks out, the frontline armies will fight independently and will not be able to coordinate and command to achieve maximum results. Therefore, Your Majesty should follow the example of Yun State and set up an organization such as the 'Military Aircraft Department', appoint senior generals in the army, plan the layout, dispatch and command the frontline
Army!"
Compared to the elite troops of the Yun Kingdom, among the 600,000 soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom, except for the 200,000 northern elites, the rest are not necessarily as brave and good at fighting as the Yun Army.
Since the advantage lies in large numbers, it is necessary to coordinate the dispatch and command to maximize the advantage. An organization like the Military Aircraft Department that coordinates military affairs, counsels military aircraft, and centrally dispatches is indispensable!
Yu Zhaoling was also a general in the army at that time, so he naturally knew the key to this, and without any hesitation, he immediately said:
"When war is about to break out on the front line, the Prime Minister's Military Affairs Office is set up next to Jinshen Palace."
"Chariot general Dong Wei, hussar general Yuan Feizhang, Yipin embroidered envoy Feng Chu, Wuxiang Hou Zhong Zizhuo, Zhaode general Wu Tianyu, regular servant general Yang Liwei, casual knight general Zhu Feiang..."
A large group of Xia army generals and high-level embroidery envoys in the capital were read out one by one by Yu Zhaoling.
"All of them will be transferred to the Prime Minister's Military Affairs Office to serve as counselors for military aircraft and coordinate military strategy!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall immediately bowed and saluted, and said loudly:
"My lord, please obey your order!"
At this time, Feng Chu, who was in charge of the embroidery envoy, quickly walked out of the queue, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy reported that Emperor Yun was intercepted by the people of Yun State on his way to Jiangling, the capital of the country. He sued He Shao, the envoy of the Guizhou and Guizhou Provincial Department of Punishment, for taking bribes, perverting the law, and oppressing the people."
"The Emperor Yun was furious after hearing this and ordered a thorough investigation. At the court of Yun State, the Qingliu Ren Party took this opportunity to impeach each other, which made Emperor Yun even more angry and ordered the three departments of punishment, imperial and temple of Yun State to investigate the court.
Corruption."
Yu Zhaoling and other ministers in the palace suddenly raised their heads after hearing Feng Chu's words.
The Xia Kingdom's court knew the dangers of this party struggle best!
Now that the war between the two countries is imminent, but they heard that a corruption case may cause a party dispute in the Yun Kingdom court, everyone in the Jin Shen Hall couldn't help but feel moved.
"I'm thinking that I might be able to make a fuss about this matter!" Feng Chu continued.
Obviously, he had the same thoughts as everyone in the palace.
Yu Zhaoling was a little moved. After thinking about it for a moment, he nodded and said:
"This matter is feasible! If it can cause a party struggle in Yun Kingdom and consume strength, it will have a better chance of winning..."
But at this point, Yu Zhaoling subconsciously shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying:
"Actually, I'm just thinking about it. After all, Xiao Cheng is so powerful now. If he suppresses it with all his strength, what kind of trouble can the party struggle cause?"
Yu Zhaoling regarded Xiao Cheng as his rival and had been paying close attention to him for several years. Naturally, he knew Xiao Cheng's prestige among the government and the public in Yun State.
The Xia Kingdom was causing so much trouble back then, but his father's prestige and power were not as good as those of Xiao Cheng, and he could still barely suppress all the officials in the court.
For Xiao Cheng, the Emperor of Dayun, who holds the power, controls the sun and the moon, and speaks out in the court, no matter how fierce the dispute between the DPRK and the Central Party is, it can only be resolved with one sentence...
When Feng Chu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly and said with a wry smile:
"No matter how little energy the Yun Kingdom court has, it can't be done..."
Feng Chu, a first-class embroiderer, is really difficult to do!
Although the responsibilities of Yun State's Dongchang and Sticky Branch overlap and they are in competition with each other, there is still pressure from Xiao Cheng above, but there is still some restraint.
With the development up to now, the East Factory has become responsible for supervising the internal affairs of Yun Kingdom, and the Sticky Branch is responsible for overseas affairs. The cooperation is not perfect, but it is considered a suitable tacit understanding.
Coupled with the fact that there is a high-level spy like Zhong Zizuo among the senior officials of the Xiuyi Envoy, the Xiuyi Envoy has been unable to develop enough power in the Yun Kingdom, which has made Feng Chu shrink back and find no room for development.
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Now that the war between the two countries is about to begin, the Yun Kingdom has obtained almost all the defense plans of the Xia Kingdom's front line, but the Embroidered Clothes Envoy has turned a blind eye to the Yun army on the front line and has not sent any information.
Therefore, Feng Chu can only work hard in this area now, even if he can restrain the Yun Kingdom court a little...
Although Yu Zhaoling didn't like the incompetence of the embroiderer, he also knew that this was a helpless move and said in a deep voice:
"It's okay to try, it's better than doing nothing..."
As soon as he said this, Feng Chu's face turned red and he lowered his head in shame.
At this time, Zhong Zizuo, who was also in the hall, raised his head slightly, and then quickly lowered his head, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
At the end of the daily court meeting, all the important officials of the Xia Kingdom dispersed in Jinshen Hall.
Zhong Zizuo also followed a group of important officials and walked out of the palace pretending to be normal.
Outside the palace gate, the servants and personal guards of the ministers have been waiting in carriages for a long time.
Zhong Zizuo calmly walked onto the carriage, then asked his bodyguard to approach the carriage window, and said in a low voice:
"Feng Chu wants to use the imperial court to thoroughly investigate the structure of the corruption case, provoke party strife, and contain the imperial court's spirit."
When the guard at Yun Guo's sticky pole, who was pretending to be the embroiderer's personal guard, heard this, he immediately frowned and said:
"Sir, do you know the specific layout?"
Hearing this, Zhong Zizuo shook his head slightly and whispered:
"I don't know... In the past two years, Feng Chu has entrusted the power of embroidery envoys within the Xia Kingdom to my hands, and has also taken over the embroidery envoys in various parts of the Yun Kingdom. The manpower I had previously deployed has not been transferred.
They are just being squeezed out and don’t know Feng Chu’s layout at all.”
The factional dispute within the Xiuyi Order provoked by Zhong Zizuo came to an end after Feng Chu backed down.
The power of the embroidery envoys within the Xia Kingdom is held by Zhong Zizuo. The middle-level embroidery envoys in the remaining counties of the Xia Kingdom have even been gradually replaced by people from the sticky pole.
But on the contrary, Zhong Zizuo could only hand over the right to embroider clothes overseas, and it was not easy to ask what it was.
Compared with before, it is more convenient to collect internal intelligence of Xia Kingdom, but it is not so clear about Feng Chu's various layouts...
When the guard at Sticky Rod heard this, he could only nod silently and said in a deep voice:
"Yes, my subordinates will report back to the country right now, so that the Du Yi guards and those in Dongchang will be on guard!"
Although I don’t know what Feng Chu’s plan is, since it is centered on the corruption case and it is within the territory of Yun Kingdom, with the strength of Dongchang and Niangan Chu, I will be determined to investigate, and I will not be able to find out anything!
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By the time Yun Guo received the warning from Zhong Zizuo, it was already mid-May.
At this time, officials from the Third Division of the Xingyu Temple, headed by Di Renjie, Hai Rui, and Song Ci, were ordered to thoroughly investigate the corruption case and had already left Beijing for more than a month.
Because there were many people involved this time, not just the officials in the capital, so after the thunderous investigation in the capital, in order to thoroughly investigate the local officials, Di Renjie, Hai Rui, and Song Ci left the capital and went to the local areas.
Xiao Cheng looked at the secret report from Zhong Zizuo, snorted disdainfully, threw the secret report down, and sneered:
"Haha, it seems that in the past two years, the Xia Kingdom's first-grade embroidery envoy has been suppressed and depressed. Otherwise, he would not have bothered to do this thing that is destined to be fruitless!"
As long as he can cause some other troubles, he will not put his hope in causing a party conflict in Yun Kingdom.
With Xiao Cheng's current prestige and strength, as well as the die-hard imperialists who are spread throughout the key positions in the court, any party dispute can be settled with just a thought!
Lu Bing bowed and stood in the Chui Gong Hall, and asked cautiously:
"Your Majesty, after all, you are the embroidery envoy of the Xia Kingdom, so you still have to take precautions!"
Although Feng Chu has been frustrated in the past two years, his ability and ability can be seen from the fact that he was still able to take root in the Yun Kingdom under such harsh conditions.
Lu Bing still feels that such a layout should be handled with caution.
Although Xiao Cheng felt a little contemptuous in his heart, he did not take it seriously and said:
"Let Wang Zhi's Dongchang investigate. Your Shangyu Preparatory Office should also pay attention to the personnel who are following you on errands!"
"yes."
Xiao Cheng nodded, indicating that Lu Bing could leave, and then continued to lower his head and read the memorial.
Lu Bing bowed and carefully exited the hall.
When Lu Bing stepped out of the palace door, he suddenly noticed that His Majesty was holding a memorial. He snorted and cursed softly:
"This Yang Big Eye is really fooling around..."
But before he finished speaking, Xiao Cheng suddenly frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
Lu Bing didn't dare to stay here for a long time to spy, so he continued to leave. When he reached the steps, his outstanding hearing heard the voice of His Majesty coming from the Chui Gong Hall.
"Quickly, summon Zhuge Liang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Jiang Ziya, the bachelor of Jixia Academy, Liu Bowen, the sincerity uncle, Sun Bin, the counselor of the Military Aircraft Department, Wu Qi, Wei Liao, Zhao She... to come to see you immediately!"
"According to the order!"
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Xia Kingdom, in the capital city of Yongzhou.
Song Ci, who was the Minister of Punishment of the dynasty and was ordered to thoroughly investigate the corruption case of the Yongzhou Prefect, was standing in the morgue, looking at the Yongzhou Prefect who had been dead for many days in front of him, and looked at him carefully.
The judge from Yongzhou on the side looked trembling and said in panic:
"Sir Song, before you arrived in Yongzhou, the governor suddenly died suddenly in front of all the officials in the government office. Everyone in the government office knew about this matter, and the lower officials did not hide it at all..."
Before he finished speaking, Song Ci suddenly raised his hand to interrupt and said to the attendant beside him:
"Get ready for the autopsy!"
The general magistrate of Yongzhou heard this and said quickly:
"Yes, I will go and call you right away..."
The judge from Yongzhou suddenly stopped talking. He looked at the Minister of Punishment in astonishment, who was being served by his entourage and put on an autopsy suit, and stammered:
"Sir, sir, do you want to do it yourself?"
Song Ci didn't even raise an eyebrow. After putting on his uniform, he went straight to inspecting it carefully.
Song Ci examined the face, facial features, neck, limbs, and even the hair on the head very carefully and patiently.
After finding no abnormalities on the surface of the corpse, Song Ci suddenly shifted his gaze to the deceased's abdomen, which seemed to be somewhat shriveled, and then said in a deep voice:
"Caesarean section!"
The attendant beside Song Ci took out a sharp knife from his luggage and handed it directly to Song Ci's hand.
Song Ci did not hesitate and slashed the deceased's abdomen directly.
Suddenly, a faint buzzing sound of insects was heard coming from the belly of the deceased.
The next moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the deceased's belly and rushed towards Song Ci.
Song Ci, who had a lot of experience in autopsy, was suddenly startled at this time and took two steps back in panic.
The accompanying master guards were all outside the autopsy room at this time. There were only two assistants beside Song Ci. At this time, they encountered a sudden change, but they had not yet reacted, and they stared blankly at the strange black shadow.
, rushed towards Song Ci.
Seeing that this black shadow was about to pounce on Song Ci, at the critical moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed and groaning softly.
Outside the house, the Shang Fang sword given by His Majesty and held in both hands by the escort suddenly popped out of the scabbard, revealing the sword body engraved with the patterns of divine beasts.
A white sword light appeared, rushed into the room, and stood directly in front of Song Ci.
The black shadow, illuminated by the white sword light, immediately melted away like snow meeting the sun, turning into tiny black insects, losing their vitality and falling to the ground.
[Fourth grade treasure, evil-proofing sword
Introduction: One of the six swords of Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu. It has a tough edge and is engraved with the pattern of "evil beast". It also has supernatural powers. It can ward off all evils and evil spells cannot be added together.
Effect: After wearing it, the force value is 5, and the skill "Advocating Righteousness and Avoiding Evil" is obtained]
[Skill "Advocating Righteousness and Warning Out Evil" was activated successfully! 】
Song Ci was in shock, her chest heaving up and down, and then she suddenly reacted and turned to look at the evil sword outside the room, the evil sword given by His Majesty...
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Yun State, Jianchang Prefecture.
Di Renjie, who threw away the imperial guards and went to inspect the city incognito, was unexpectedly surrounded by a group of assassins at some point.
At this moment, the hundred-mile sword that Di Renjie was wearing on his waist suddenly popped out.
It's summer, and the weather is getting hotter.
But when the hundred-mile sword was unsheathed, the surrounding temperature immediately dropped.
Above the sky, there were actually white snowflakes fluttering and falling, covering the sky.
Underneath that strange beauty lies the sharpness of the sword.
But when Li Yuanfang, who was accompanying him, noticed something strange and arrived with a group of guards, he was shocked to see that a group of assassins had been killed by sword energy. Their bodies fell to the ground, with blood flowing all over the ground.
It stands out against the snowflakes on the ground.
[Fourth grade treasure, Baili Sword
Introduction: One of the six swords of Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu. A sword is not a hundred-mile sword, and a man is not a hundred-mile talent.
Effect: After wearing it, the force value is 5, and the skill "Baili Suxue" is obtained]
[Skill "Baili Suxue" was activated successfully! 】
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In Yun State and Jiangyang County, the imperial guards rushed in quickly with swords in the command offices and surrounded them.
"Let me go!"
The commander of Jiangyang County, who was wearing armor, was holding a long knife, threatening Hai Rui's neck, and shouted with a ferocious expression.
"Master Hai, you are the censor of Zuodu and a high official in the dynasty. You have a bright future. Why do you need to die here with me?"
Even though Hai Rui was being held hostage, his expression remained unchanged at this moment and he snorted coldly:
"The great rat of the country is corrupt and preys on the people! At this time, he doesn't want to be captured without mercy. He dares to hold his official hostage, resists punishment, and refuses to repent. He deserves to die!"
"Commanders, don't worry about me, just take this man down!"
Hai Rui's awe-inspiring shout made the commander of Jiangyang County even more panicked.
Seeing Hai Rui's appearance, he suddenly looked at the officers, soldiers, and imperial guards, and shouted:
"You get out of the way quickly, otherwise he will be killed in an accident, and you will all be held accountable by the court!"
In fact, the imperial guards and all the officers and soldiers were concerned about Hai Rui's life, so it was impossible for them to come forward and kill him just because of Hai Rui's words.
At this time, seeing that the commander of Jiangyang County was on the verge of madness, they immediately dispersed and did not dare to stop them.
When the commander of Jiangyang County saw this, he was immediately overjoyed and took Hai Rui hostage and broke out of the commander's office.
Seeing that there was no one blocking him in front of him, he felt that he would be able to escape with his own martial arts. He felt ecstatic, pushed Hai Rui far away, and ran forward quickly.
Hai Rui was pushed away a few steps, turned around and saw him running away, and immediately shouted:
"Stop him quickly!"
However, all the officers and soldiers did not dare to approach because of the threat just now. For a while, it was difficult to step forward to intercept.
Hai Rui was so anxious that he subconsciously pulled out the sword from his waist and threw it towards the man.
Suddenly, the long sword was thrown out and turned into a white light, shooting straight away.
There was only a "puff" sound, and the commander of Jiangyang County, who had a particularly happy face, pierced his chest with his long sword and fell to the ground suddenly.
[Fourth grade treasure, White Rainbow Sword
Introduction: One of the six swords of Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu. The sword is as bright and clean as a white rainbow. When it is unsheathed, the silver light shines cleanly and cuts through the wind and rain, making people dare not look at it.
Effect: After wearing it, the force value is 5, and the skill "White Rainbow Penetrating the Sun" is obtained]
[The skill "White Rainbow Penetrating the Sun" was activated successfully! 】