After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Chapter 236: Soldiers are powerful and fast

Shen Yizhong walked out of Fengxian Hall with his head down.

The only thing in his mind was to serve his country with loyalty, but because of Shen Yuyao, he could never gain Xia Chongwen's trust.

In Fengxian Hall, Xia Chongwen waited for Shen Yizhong to leave, then suddenly said, "I have a good plan, please listen to it."

"Now that Xia Yu is going to ask the King of Beilin to borrow troops, I will take this opportunity to order the King of Beilin to attack Xia Yu. If the King of Beilin goes, I will be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight; if he doesn't go, I will have a good reason to reduce the fiefdom of this Seventeenth Uncle!"

It was obvious that Xia Chongwen was quite satisfied with his strategy of killing two birds with one stone.

"If Xia Yu fights with the King of Beilin, it will not only consume Xia Yu's troops, but also the three Duoyan guards of the King of Beilin! Your Majesty will be able to reap the benefits in the future! Wonderful!"

Ministers such as Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng praised Xia Chongwen for his brilliant plan.

However, Ren Xia Chongwen had planned everything, but he had not expected that Xia Yu's messenger had already arrived in Beilin very early!

Although the King of Beilin claimed to be ill and had not been in contact, the messengers were very patient and delivered visiting cards to the King's Palace every day.

Xia Yu also knew that the current King of Beilin was plotting against him and Xia Chongwen. The King of Beilin did not want to offend anyone, and would not favor either of them.

To the north is the royal palace and the front hall.

"Your Highness, Prince Ning's messenger is here again early in the morning." An official under Prince Ning came to report.

"Tell him that I am still sick and weak, and it is not suitable for me to see guests." Beilin King Xia Shuo was instructing the young master of Beilin Palace in the front hall.

"Father, aren't you fine? Why do you say you are sick and weak?" The young master was only three years old, and he asked Xia Shuo curiously.

"Hush, father is just testing his patience. Fu'er, ignore him and study hard." Xia Shuo made a gesture to silence him, then patted the young master's head, "Let's go, let's talk in the study next door."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, if Beilin continues to ignore His Majesty's orders, and if His Majesty blames him in the future..."

"Just for the Prince of Ning, the imperial court sent an army of 500,000 to quell the rebellion, and Yanjing is not far from me in the north. What should I do if this nephew Xia Chongwen, after dealing with his fourth uncle, turns around and wants to deal with his seventeenth uncle?" Xia Shuo said with a slight smile, sitting on the soft chair.

"Although I have no intention of rebellion, I will never be like my other brothers and allow myself to be slaughtered!"

What Xia Shuo was worried about was exactly what Xia Chongwen wanted to do.

On the other side, the cavalry sent by Li Jiujiang finally arrived at Songting Pass.

Unexpectedly, the general Chen Heng, who was guarding Songting Pass, was also unambiguous after learning Li Jiujiang's intention.

He killed the messenger sent by Li Jiujiang with a single blow of his sword.

You have to know that Chen Heng is an old man in the palace who has followed Xia Yu for more than 20 years and has always been Xia Yu's trusted general.

It was Chen Heng's prompt decision that completely disrupted Li Jiujiang's plan.

As early as a day ago, he asked Xia Yu to lead the army to pass through Songting Pass smoothly.

At this time, in the Songting Pass military camp, Chen Heng was giving orders to his subordinates: "Come here!"

"To!"

"Send someone to report to General Li immediately. The messenger he sent has already arrived in Beilin!"

After a brief pause, Chen Heng's eyes shone with brilliance, and he said loudly: "And! We haven't seen a single soldier from the Northern Army in front of Songting Pass!"

"Yes! I will obey your orders!"

The next day, when Li Jiujiang heard that Xia Yu did not go to Songting Pass, he was also confused.

Could it be that Xia Yu grew wings and flew?

But what he never expected was that the messenger he sent to Songting Pass had actually been decisively chopped down by General Chen Heng who was guarding the pass.

Unless, Xia Yu is still in Yanjing City, but is hiding and dare not show up.

Thinking of this, Li Jiujiang stood up from his chair and shouted, "Climb the city walls like ants!"

"Within ten days, this general will conquer Yanjing!"

"Generals!"

"exist!"

"If you fail to capture Yanjing within ten days, you will be punished according to military tactics!"

"Yes!"

While Li Jiujiang was swearing to capture Yanjing within ten days, Xia Yu had already led his troops to the outskirts of Beilin City.

To the north is the royal palace and Xia Shuo’s study.

"Report!"

"Prince Ning has arrived outside Beilin City and asks to see Your Majesty!" Xia Shuo's subordinates came in to report.

"Hmm?" Xia Shuo raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, could it be that fourth brother has been defeated by Li Jiujiang and now he is coming to Beilin with his remaining troops to surrender to me?

"Did Prince Ning lose his army?" Although he thought his guess was 80% correct, he still asked his general to confirm.

"No! King Ning personally led the army to the north! There are a total of 100,000 people!"

When Xia Shuo heard this, he was so shocked that he immediately stood up from his chair and said, "Call all the generals of Beilin to the meeting room to discuss this matter immediately!"

But when they arrived at the conference room, the generals began to feel troubled when they learned that Xia Yu had personally led his troops to Beilin.

Many of these generals had followed Xia Yu in his battles. For a moment, all the generals who had followed Xia Yu were silent.

Those generals who had never followed Xia Yu began to whisper.

No matter who it is, deep down in their hearts, no one wants to go to war with the God of War of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Just when the generals were at a loss, a leading general finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Now the court has asked us, the soldiers of Beilin, to wipe out King Ning at all costs. Let's not talk about whether King Ning is someone we can deal with or not. Even if we are lucky enough to defeat King Ning, the soldiers of Beilin will definitely be wiped out."

"By then, will our prince be required to return to Kyoto to retire?"

"General Wang is right. If you win, you won't get anything good. If you lose, it will be even more miserable. Think about it, General Geng only lost a small battle in Zhending, but the emperor stripped him of his title and even put him in prison!"

"You know, the little emperor in Kyoto right now is Chongwen! He will never show mercy to us military commanders!"

"That's right! Defeating Prince Ning is what we in Beilin should do. If we can't defeat Prince Ning, General Geng's current fate will be our future!"

All the generals present could not help but nod their heads frequently.

"Instead of this, I'd better follow Prince Ning and calm down!" said General Wang.

"But Prince Ning has already raised his army for several months. If we surrender now, won't people say that our Beilin soldiers are fickle?"

"Yes, then not only will we be criticized by the people of the world, but King Ning will also look down on us!"

There were also one or two generals who told General Wang that they disagreed with the idea of ​​surrendering to Prince Ning.

The generals instantly formed two factions, and neither could convince the other.

At this moment, the soldiers outside the door shouted: "Prince Ning has arrived!"