Gao Changgong guessed correctly, now Chen Shubao is anxious, and he gritted his teeth at Xiao Yao! Because with the successive victories of the Chen army's Northern Expedition, one after another good news arrived in Jinling and handed it to Chen Xu's desk, and the name that appeared the most on these good news was Xiao Yao!

The good news of the battle to cross the river: Xiao Yao, the captain of the infantry battalion, led the gunboats of his infantry battalion to take the lead, the first to cross the river, disperse the Qi army ship formation with his own strength, and sank all the five main force of the Qi army, so that our army warships can easily fight against the Qi army's warships, and finally occupy the Qi army's water village! Therefore, the first and first merits of the river-crossing operation were Xiao Yao and his infantry battalion!

The good news of the woods blocking battle: Xiao Yao, the captain of the infantry battalion, proposed a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and went with the forward battalion to ambush the Qi army reinforcements who went south to Qin County, and finally severely damaged the opponent's 5,000 cavalry, and even captured hundreds of war horses, which greatly increased the morale of our army. Therefore, the first and first merits of this blocking battle are Xiao Yao and his infantry battalion!

The good news of the Battle of Shiliang City: Xiao Yao, the captain of the infantry battalion, was a hero and a brave man, with only thirty followers to fight against the elite of the Qi army, and completely annihilated the strong team, and attracted more than 10,000 cavalry of the Qi army to attack, Xiao Yao was in danger, and introduced the cavalry into the large array of our army, and was finally destroyed by all parts of our army! The subordinates of its infantry battalion, scattered in various departments of our army, assisted in the battle against the Qi army, all of which played an outstanding role, among which the projectile artillery team directly bombarded the large array of the Qi army, the huge power of firearms, so that the commander of the Qi army was frightened and fled from the battle, so that the morale of our army was greatly increased, and the Qi army was defeated in one go, beheaded thousands, captured thousands, and captured countless more! Therefore, the first and first merits of the Battle of Shiliang City are all Xiao Yao and his infantry battalion!

In just two months, Xiao Yao has made so many first and first achievements, so that the emperor can't help but be happy, and praise Xiao Yao several times in the court as the future pillar of Chen Guo, so brave at a young age, it is simply Huo Quai's reincarnation!

In addition, there are many officials in Chen Shuling's camp who continue to advocate for Chen Xu, and they also take the credit for exterminating the Julong Gang two years ago, the Salt Gang a year ago, the invention of fireworks and firecrackers, the improvement of paper armor, and even the invention of sauna massage, etc., which makes Chen Xu's opinion of Xiao Yao even more shocking, and he has opened Chrysostom several times to promote Xiao Yao, who is only sixteen years old, to general!

Of course, Chen Xu's idea was strongly opposed by the ministers on Chen Shubao's side! What Xiao Yao is too young, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public to award the title of general! Moreover, the Northern Expedition has only been fought for two months, and it has recovered the Liyang area and the Qinjun area, which is still far from the goal of recovering Huainan and unifying the Central Plains! If you wantonly seal the official and make a wish now, I am afraid that it will lead to the pride and complacency of the soldiers, the mentality of being strong and underestimating the enemy, and finally the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, then this promotion will be self-defeating!

In the end, in the fierce quarrel between the two camps, Chen had to give up on the idea of rewarding Xiao Yao, but his curiosity and love for Xiao Yao in his heart were already on the surface, and he often put the word Xiao Yao on his lips, which made Chen Shubao very dissatisfied!

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"How unreasonable! This Xiao Shilang has made so many contributions in two months after going on the expedition, how can he fight so easily? What did the other generals do, did Xiao Yao fight the entire Northern Expedition alone? Why did Wu Mingche only write Xiao Yao's name on the good news! Chen Shubao said fiercely.

"According to the news from Xiao Shilian, the firearms used by Xiao Yao really made the Qi army unable to resist, before we only focused on the general firm, and the news of the army was tightly sealed by Xiao Yao, so we lacked understanding of these firearms he invented. No one would have imagined that in front of these firearms, the cavalry of the Qi State, which was famous for its battles, would be so vulnerable that it would be wiped out by Xiao Yao's infantry battalion in a few moments! Chen Guo's victory over Qi's cavalry with infantry was of course an exciting news, so Wu Mingche took credit for Xiao Yao's head! Shen Ke analyzed lightly.

"But that's a lot of credit! In just two months, he has made so many contributions, even his father wants to promote him to general, if he is allowed to fight again, if the Northern Expedition lasts for a year and a half, won't he be able to become a general? When the time comes, King Xing will have such a powerful helper, and the position of the East Palace in this palace will be in danger! Chen Shubao said worriedly and angrily.

"Your Highness doesn't have to be as careful, no matter how much credit Xiao Yao makes, with his qualifications, he can't become a general now! However, we really have to take precautions and take precautions against Xiao Yao, and we must not let him develop so smoothly in the army again! Shen Keqing pondered.

"What do you mean?" Chen Shubao asked.

"We underestimated Xiao Yao before, and only supported Xiao Shilian in the army to compete with him, and now it seems that this Xiao Shilian is not Xiao Yao's opponent, so we must borrow the hands of others to get rid of him for us!" Shen Ke said with a fierce light in his eyes.

"Someone else's hand? Could it be? Chen Shubao didn't dare to continue.

"Although it is now a war between the two countries, the situation is critical, and we have to do it! Otherwise, with Xiao Yao's invincible performance on the battlefield, even if he can't be the top of the army now, but a few years later, after Wu Mingche, Huang Faqu and other veterans have retired, the army will be his! Shen Ke said lightly.

"But, but they are Qi after all! If we join forces with them now, won't this become a collaboration with the enemy and treason? Chen Shubao said with a frightened face.

"Your Highness is thinking too much, the matter is not complicated, we just need to inadvertently leak some secrets to the Qi country's side! Or let's start from within Xiao Yao's infantry battalion, provoke a few of his subordinates, and then ask them to contact Qi Guo, and then we can arrange a few more coincidences to get rid of Xiao Yao without knowing it! Shen Ke said in a low voice.

"The one who bought him? Who is it? "Chen Shubao really came to be interested.

"Xiao Yao's infantry battalion is composed of veterans selected from the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army, and the previous leaders of these veterans are Huang Wenyuan, the son of Huang Faqu, and the other is Zhang Dabao, the son of the cavalry general Zhang Zhaoda! According to Xiao Shilian's understanding and observation, this Zhang Dabao was already an infantry captain in the Eastern Route Army, but now he was transferred to Xiao Yao's account, and he was also deprived of military power, and he only served as a deputy company commander, and Xiao Yao's training methods were strange and varied, which was unacceptable to ordinary people, resulting in this Zhang Dabao has always been dissatisfied with Xiao Yao! If His Highness had shown him a favor at this time and had drawn him over to our side, it would have been easy! And recently, General Zhang has been seriously ill, this Zhang Dabao has taken leave from the front line to return to Jinling to visit his father, now is the best time! Shen Keqing explained.

"In that case, you should go and test this Zhang Dabao first! However, this kind of thing must be kept secret, only you and I can know it, and we must not disclose it to a third person! Not even Zhang Dai and Teacher Baoliang! Chen Shubao commanded.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen understands!" Shen Ke replied lightly, and suddenly remembered something again, so he smiled and whispered to Chen Shubao: "There is another matter, Weichen heard that the emperor is preparing to select the appropriate age daughter in the family of the noble and important ministers and wealthy families to ornate the crown princess for His Royal Highness?" ”

"The concubine of this palace unfortunately died a few years ago, and there has been no new concubine, and now we have a good season, and the Northern Expedition has been victorious, and my father Longyan Dayue remembered this!" Chen Shubao looked a little embarrassed.

"Wei Chen heard that Xiao Moke's family has a daughter, twenty-eight years old, born like a fairy, and gentle and elegant, more family-like, hehe-hee, the most important thing is that Xiao Yao also has a soft spot for this woman, if His Royal Highness can take her over, it will also be a bad blow to Xiao Yao!" Shen Ke smiled lightly.

"Well, that sounds like a good idea!" Chen Shubao remembered Xiao Wuhua, who he had seen a few times, and said with a lewd smile.