"Shen Yan, I listened to your words and looked at your expression, I didn't seem surprised that Luo Yuhui was defeated, could it be that you expected Luo Yuhui to lose the battle early on?" Xia Qi saw Shen Yan's calm demeanor, without the slightest surprise, a touch of surprise and suspicion appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Shen Yan slightly, as if waiting for Shen Yan to give a clear answer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, how can Weichen have the ability of that unpredictable prophet." When Shen Yan heard the emperor's words, he suddenly felt a thrill in his heart, and almost forgot that this was the Qinzheng Palace, not his own backyard, and he could speak freely.

"You definitely don't have the ability of an unpredictable prophet, however, I saw something different in your eyes, you seem to have guessed that Luo Yuhui would lose the battle early on, and tell me that even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you, let alone hold you accountable for why you didn't remind Luo Yuhui, or even remind me." Looking at Shen Yan's demeanor, Xia Qi was very confident in his eyes that had been through vicissitudes.

"Your Majesty, when General Luo first arrived in Lingnan, he invited Weichen to join him to attack the White Lotus Sect besieging Xiangzhou Mansion, and also proposed to Weichen the combat concept of completing his work in one battle, however, Weichen was in a hurry to return to Jinling to participate in the actual combat drill with the Jinling infantry army, so he politely refused the warm invitation of Luo Zongbing." When Shen Yan heard the emperor's words, he knew that if he didn't say a single ugly thing, it was estimated that the emperor would not let him go, so he quickly thought of some words to deal with in his mind.

"Oh, Luo Yuhui actually sent you such an invitation?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a hint of surprise appeared in Xia Qi's eyes.

"Wechen fought with the White Lotus Sect, although he won two battles by luck, but both of these battles were Weichen's sneak attack, and he did not confront the enemy head-on, so it can't really reflect the strength of the White Lotus Sect." A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and the emperor seemed to have decided in his heart that he had already known that Luo Yuhui would fail.

"General Luo may think that Weichen can achieve such a big victory with 500 Daxia royal troops, he has 50,000 male soldiers under his command, besides, the strength of the Jinling front army is far better than the Daxia royal army, it should not be difficult to win the White Lotus Sect besieging Xiangzhou Mansion, in fact, Weichen also thinks so."

"However, the White Lotus Sect besieging Xiangzhou Mansion has nearly 200,000 troops, and the strength of the Jinling Front Army is only 50,000, and it is indeed very difficult to complete it in one battle. will contain the Jinling front army, and then attack from both sides, the Jinling front army will encounter the danger of being surrounded, and the last White Lotus Sect troops can even take the opportunity to attack Xiangzhou Mansion. ”

"Wechen also wanted to go over to remind Mr. Luo at that time, however, Mr. Luo was in high spirits at the time, and Wechen was just a hairy guy who had just led the troops, if Wechen said it, it would definitely affect the morale and morale of the army, and Mr. Luo would not believe it, let alone listen to it, plus because of some misunderstandings with Lai Junji, the military people also had some prejudice against Wechen, so Wechen's words of advice came to his throat and were swallowed raw. Afterwards, Weichen also thought that his guess was wrong. ”

"When Weichen returned to Jinling, due to the great ambiguity of this matter, if it was rashly raised, there was no full evidence, and Weichen was busy preparing for an arms war with Jinlingbu, so this matter was forgotten."

"In response to the failure of General Luo, Weichen implored the emperor to surrender." When Shen Yan said this, a deep apology appeared in his eyes, and his handsome face showed a simple demeanor, looking at the emperor, and said earnestly.

"I know that your kid must have guessed that Luo Yuhui would lose the battle, why didn't you tell me earlier, otherwise, there would be no defeat." After listening to Shen Yan's words quietly, a trace of sternness appeared in Xia Qi's eyes, Luo Yuhui's failure invisibly added a lot of burden and negative impact to the imperial court, although this matter was suppressed by himself, but the paper could not contain the fire after all.

"Forget it, I said before, even if you say it, I won't blame you, let alone pursue you, but I didn't expect that Luo Yuhui, who has led the army for thirty years, would not be as good as a fledgling you, which really disappointed me."

"Thank you for the emperor's forgiveness and love, and Weichen is sincerely afraid." Hearing the emperor's words that he did not blame himself, Shen Yan exhaled softly.

"Shen Yan, the courtiers should have the most understanding of the White Lotus Sect, I came to ask you, how should I deal with the imposing White Lotus Sect?" Xia Qi looked at Shen Yancheng's frightened face, and couldn't help but think of the concept of combining suppression and appeasement proposed by Shen Yan at the beginning, and suddenly had a thought in his heart that he wanted to test Shen Yan, or wanted to hear if Shen Yan had any better handling suggestions.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen once said that the White Lotus Sect must be suppressed and appeased, even if the Jinling front army suffered a defeat, but this does not affect the overall situation, and the White Lotus Sect must be suppressed and appeased." Shen Yan seemed to be able to feel the depressed mood in the emperor's heart, and a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly.

"It's just that the Jinling front army has just suffered a defeat, and the morale and momentum must be in a downturn, at this time, Wei Chen feels that it should be to comfort General Luo, not blame, otherwise, the morale of the Jinling front army will be even more sluggish, which is not conducive to the battle with the White Lotus Sect in the future."

"What you mean is that I don't care about the affairs of Huaibei County, as long as the next holy decree secretly appeases Luo Yuhui and the Jinling front army, and then they can show their true level and strength, so as to successfully defeat the White Lotus Sect." A trace of doubt appeared in Xia Qi's eyes, and with a hint of contemplation, he said slowly.

"This is just one of the steps, and it is also a key step in the early stage, with the current strength of the Jinling Front Army, it is not impossible to completely defeat the White Lotus Sect, but this is very difficult. When Wei Chen said this, he didn't want to grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige. An indifferent look flashed in Shen Yan's eyes.

"You mean that I still have to send more troops to Huaibei County before I can defeat the White Lotus Sect, right? Is a small White Lotus Sect really so difficult to defeat? Xia Qi didn't seem to agree with Shen Yan's suggestion, and a trace of doubt and contemplation appeared in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, it is not very difficult to defeat the White Lotus Sect, but Wei Chen feels that he can't ignore it because the strength of the White Lotus Sect is not as good as the imperial court, as the so-called strategic contempt for the enemy, but tactically we must pay attention to the enemy, and the reason why General Luo suffered defeat may be due to his tactical contempt for the enemy." When Shen Yan heard the emperor's words, a helpless wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, knowing that once this chatterbox was opened, he might not be able to take it back.

"Shen Yan, if I let you lead a large army to exterminate the White Lotus Sect, how many troops will you need, and how long will it take?" Xia Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, with a look of expectation, staring into Shen Yan's eyes, as if he wanted to see through Shen Yan's thoughts.

"It's terrible, the emperor's question obviously carries a hint of testing and difficulty, Shen Yan, I hope you don't take the plunge and be greedy, otherwise you will enter the same fate as Luo Yuhui." When Xu Sanyuan heard the emperor raise this question, he secretly sweated for Shen Yan in his heart, although he had not had face-to-face contact with the White Lotus Sect, but from the analysis of the information he heard, the White Lotus Sect was not as easy to deal with as it seemed, and if Shen Yan did not answer well, he would fall behind, and the good impression accumulated in front of the emperor before was likely to come to naught.