Chapter Seventy-Four: The Two Countries Protest
When the siege of Limang here, Dawu's 500,000 Wuzhou army finally arrived at the western border pass, and the king of Wu joined forces, and the number of the army instantly surpassed the combined forces of the two southwest, which made Aji a little uncomfortable, although the war did not start, but should also be fully prepared, so he repaired a book, sent to the two kings, whether to continue to increase troops or retreat, or tenacious to the end, there should always be a saying.
When the two emperors received Aji's letter, they were furious, not why, because of the agreement between the two countries and Daxing. The reason why the two countries dared to send troops to invade the Dawu border was precisely because Daxing promised to involve most of the troops in the Dawu Kingdom, and now Daxing suddenly withdrew its troops without giving a message, which plunged the allied forces of the two countries into a deep crisis, so it was natural to ask for an explanation.
"Come, order the envoy to set off immediately, go to Daxing, and ask me for an explanation, if he thinks that we are a bully, we will withdraw the army immediately, there is no second word," the emperor of Tianfu State ordered.
On the other side, the Southern Li Kingdom generally said the same, and the envoys of the two countries kept marching towards the capital of the Daxing Emperor day and night.
In half a month, the envoys of the two countries came in the dust, and without a moment of stay and rest, they confronted Liu Jing, the emperor of Daxing, and passed the original words of the two emperors to him intact.
Although Liu Jing was angry, he couldn't be furious at this time, he could only say that he would definitely give an explanation to the two countries, and then ordered the second envoy to go down to rest, and then summoned a few humerus for urgent deliberations.
"Zhang Cang, what do you think about the envoys of the two countries" Liu Jing asked Prime Minister Xiang first.
Zhang Cang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the time to turn your face, if possible, you can increase the southern front, so that King Xian can free up his hands to attack Xingzhou again."
"You mean, I still need to rely on them?" Liu Jing asked indifferently.
"Yes, Your Majesty, if you turn your face at this time and the two countries withdraw their troops, not to mention that the 900,000 troops on the Dawu border can support Xingzhou at any time, that is, if the Dawu Emperor promises to use the two countries to benefit from the two countries, I can't say that these two countries will dare to bite us back, and then the ministers will not be able to stop the Xian King" Zhang Cang bowed and replied.
"Hmm..." Liu Jing nodded, then leaned back on the dragon chair and thought for a long time, and asked again: "If reinforcements are sent at this time, what supplies may be supplied?"
Zhang Cang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you send a large army to be elected to the Haozhou Army, and the Bingzhou Army will be in the south at this time, the Yanzhou Army has just experienced a major war and has not yet recovered, although the border army in the north and west is fine, but it cannot be moved lightly, the east and south... Not to mention. Hozhou is rich in products, and this year is another bumper harvest, and it is enough to supply the army to the south."
It was understandable for Prime Minister Zhang Cang to say this, but Liu Jing's face changed greatly when he heard this, and then he didn't know what he thought of and slowly closed his eyes and pondered, Zhang Cang naturally knew what the emperor was worried about, and he didn't speak anymore, just waited for the following.
The Haozhou Army, also known as the Northern Army, is the most elite army in Daxing, just like the Wuzhou Army of Dawu, and it is a unit directly under the royal family. Liu Jing's original intention was to let the Yanzhou army go south, but Zhang Cang said it bluntly, but what he said was very reasonable.
After a long time, Liu Jing seemed to have made up his mind, opened his eyes again, sat up straight and said, "Call my imperial uncle."
The internal officer bowed in response, and trotted out, and after a while, a burly middle-aged man walked in with a sword.
Without waiting for the middle-aged man Liu Jun to salute, Liu Jing got up and said, "Uncle Huang, I want to send you south, what do you think?"
Liu Jun was stunned for a moment, and the hand raised in the air was slowly lowered, and he said with a deep groan: "Do you have confidence?"
Liu Jun asked about the western border army and the northern border army in the hands of the big clan, Liu Jing hesitated for a moment, and said: "I don't know, I want to gamble and see how they stand in line this time."
"I have no opinion, you still have a lot of royal blood when you die, my Liu family will naturally not be cut off, it's a big deal that I will fight back, they still can't snatch away the Daxing of my Liu family, but are you sure you want to gamble?" As soon as Liu Jun said this, Zhang Cang and other ministers hurriedly bowed down, pretending not to hear, while Liu Jing was quite embarrassed.
"Uncle Huang, can you not talk like this, I feel uncomfortable listening to it," Liu Jing said helplessly.
But this king is telling the truth: "Liu Jun is the hereditary king of the north of Daxing, the eternal marquis of the northern army."
"Uncle Huang, are you going or not" Liu Jing seemed to be very reluctant to say more to this Liu Jun, and said directly.
"Go, why don't you go if there is a battle, then the virtuous king listens to this king, or this king listens to him?" Liu Jun said bluntly again.
"This..."Liu Jing didn't know how to speak for a while.
"Okay, understood, this king will set off now, you can do it yourself" Liu Jun waved his hand and blocked Liu Jing's words back into his abdomen, and then turned around and left.
Liu Jing sighed helplessly, and then said to Zhang Cang again: "Order, transfer the Yanzhou army back to the imperial capital, and station it outside the imperial capital, and you go to tell the envoys of the two southwestern countries that I have sent troops south to support, and if Dayi is solved, I will enter Xingzhou again, let them hold on a little longer, at most half a month, no, one month, this situation will be solved."
"Yes," Zhang Cang replied, bowing down.
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For five days, Macheng was surrounded for five days, at this time the grain and grass were cut off, and even the soldiers were secretly killing horses to eat their stomachs, Wang Xinbo, a military captain on the southern border of Dayi, listened to the report of his subordinates at this time, and sighed helplessly.
After all, he still underestimated Li Mang's determination, and wanted to take the people as a hostage, forcing the Daxingnan Expeditionary Army to confront him, and buy some time for Dawu, which not only completed His Majesty's explanation, but also did not cost a single soldier. Unexpectedly, the 40,000 defenders were slaughtered overnight, which was really a waste.
"Order, reorganize the army, open the east gate, and forcibly break through" This is the best way Wang Xinbo can think of, as long as he can escape, it doesn't hurt to go back and be punished, just die.
As soon as the Dayi border army made a move, the spies of the heavenly army who infiltrated the city noticed the abnormality and hurriedly spread the news.
After Li Mang got the news, he thought about it carefully, and then ordered: "Liu Lang, you lead 100,000 troops to block outside the east city gate, after the city gate is wide open, after a little resistance, you will pretend to be invincible and retreat, let the Dayi border army leave, and then you will reorganize the army in place and wait for my news."
Liu Lang was puzzled and was about to ask, when he heard Li Mang speak again: "Liu Ming, you set off immediately, lead an army of 500,000 to the east, be sure to rush to the Sky Mountain in half an hour to ambush, bring more bows and arrows, and never let a border army cross the border, understand?
Liu Ming responded and hurriedly left, time was tight, so he naturally didn't dare to delay.
Liu Lang only understood at this time, and then asked, "King Xian, why don't you block them at the East City Gate, you have to go to the Sky Mountain in the distance?"
Li Mang glanced at him and said: "The trapped beast is still fighting, and before a person dies, it will inspire infinite fighting spirit, and it will exert several times its usual strength, and if you fight it head-on, you will hurt the enemy by a thousand or lose yourself by eight hundred." I arranged it this way, so that after they had fully exploded, I thought that I had escaped, and then ran away for a long time, and after repeating it, I gave them this ruthlessness, and then gave them a head-on blow. And the terrain is very good, and if you fight, the damage can be minimized."
"Oh... I understand, King Xian is King Xian, I still have peace of mind to fight, this brain-using thing has to be you" Liu Lang sent a sycophant at the right time.
"Okay, okay, hurry up, when the time comes, you will suppress the loss for me, it can't be too fake, and you can't play a real fire, understand?"
"Understood, I'll go now, see," Liu Lang bowed and turned away.
"Sanbao, gather the heavenly army, after the Dayi border army breaks through, we will take Liu Lang to follow all the way, not only to create a sense of urgency for them, but also to attack them from behind, I must let them all stay, not a single one can run" Li Mang said hatefully.
"Yes, Master" Sambo also went.
After everyone left, Li Mang looked at the map carefully, thinking about everything in his mind, until he felt that there was nothing left behind, and then got up and walked out.
"Li Mang, take us this time" Fenghua took the thirteen women to guard the door, and when he saw Li Mang coming out, he spoke first.
"What are you messing about, stay in the city with peace of mind," Li Mang flatly refused.
"Oh, we're all grandmasters, what are you afraid of?" Fenghua stomped his feet and said coquettishly.
"Yes, yes, lord, you just let us go, otherwise my sisters and I will leave today, staying here will not help you, what is the use of us, it is better to go back and open our restaurant and tea shop" Yi Yi also stepped forward and said.
"It's okay to follow, but you must listen to my orders, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless" Li Mang looked at the expectant eyes of the women, and finally compromised.
"Yay..."