Just when Princess Anya and Nangong Yi tore their faces and the husband and wife broke up.

In the Southern Chu Palace, Emperor Tianyao and the grandsons of the emperor were also discussing the matter of raising troops in the Northern Jin Dynasty proposed by Pang Yidian.

Emperor Tianyao's dormitory

The old emperor was dressed in a Taoist robe, sitting on a jade futon, facing the alchemy furnace, lightly holding a banana fan to help the wind and fire.

The blazing fire in the alchemy furnace reflected the firelight, shining on the well-maintained old face of Emperor Tianyao, and when the firelight swayed, his face also flickered, accompanied by the quiet atmosphere in the hall, it was terrifying for a moment.

The imperial grandson, who was kneeling on the futon next to him, couldn't help the oppressive atmosphere, twisted his neck unnaturally, looked at his imperial grandfather, and asked him what the old man thought about the Western Zhou Dynasty's invitation to Southern Chu to send troops to the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Emperor Tianyao didn't answer, but asked the imperial grandson's opinion, and seeing his grandfather's eyes blazing at him, the imperial grandson swallowed and spit, and cautiously tentatively said.

"Sun Er secretly thinks that now the two countries of Jin and Zhou are fighting, each is in a stalemate, and the main force of the Jin army is almost in the Beiling area of Yongzhou, which is a good opportunity for me to make contributions to the great Chu.

As long as we negotiate with the Western Zhou Dynasty and let them stumble the main force of the Jin army in Beiling, our Great Chu will send troops from Jiangzhou to take Gyeongju directly.

At that time, the Northern Jin Dynasty was tense and could not take care of each other, and even if our army entered Qingnan, even if it could not win a big victory, it was still not a big problem to seize one or two prefectures in Qingnan.

After that, our Great Chu took this Qingnan Prefecture as the foundation, backed by Jiang and Yangzhou, and continued to grow and expand our power and influence in the north, slowly plotting against Gyeongju, and laying the foundation for our Great Chu hegemony. ”

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The imperial grandson spoke passionately and emotionally, and even his neck turned red with excitement at the climax.

But Emperor Tianyao listened expressionlessly, and continued to play with his banana fan without saying a word, not even bothering to look at the imperial grandson.

Feeling his grandfather's coldness, the imperial grandson's excited mood froze slightly, and he asked with some disappointment and nervousness.

"Does the imperial grandfather disapprove of what his grandson said?"

"I don't approve of it."

Emperor Tianyao shook his head at first, but before the imperial grandson could show a smile, he followed up and added.

"What you're saying is too bullshit, whimsical, and speechless."

The old emperor's words are too poisonous.

The imperial grandson was directly speechless, his face changed wildly, but he didn't dare to refute with Emperor Tianyao, he held back for a while, and could only bow his head sullenly and be silent.

Seeing that the emperor's grandson was honest, Emperor Tianyao stopped playing with the fan anymore and waved at the mulberry festival waiting at the door of the dormitory.

"Show the emperor the grandson the information you have newly discovered."

"The old slave obeys."

Sang Jie answered, took out a secret letter from his arms, and sent it to the imperial grandson.

"Your Highness, this is the information that the shadow supervisor just got from the dark line of the Northern Jin Dynasty a few days ago, and it records the latest battle situation of the Beiling Jin Zhou."

"Oh."

Huang Tai Sui listened, groaned lightly, reached out and took the secret letter from Sang Jie's hand, and after carefully browsing it, his face changed greatly, and he was a little incredulous.

"But in one year's time, the Zhou army was defeated and retreated to this point, and the 400,000 army was trapped in the corner, what did Ji Linbing eat? Wasn't it quite fierce before, and even the general of the Northern Jin Dynasty let him die. ”

"Hmph, if you don't learn and don't have skills, defeat Cai Hua, who is only a golden jade and a foreign defeat, do you really think that this King Li of the Western Zhou Dynasty is a peerless general, a general of the Northern Jin Dynasty, which one is inferior to him."

Emperor Tianyao was a little dissatisfied with the fuss of the imperial grandson, and reprimanded him, but Sang Jie saw that the imperial grandson was trained so badly, and took the initiative to stand up and explain it.

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It turned out that Cai Hua, the general of the Northern Jin Dynasty who committed suicide in the defeat of Caishi Mountain, was originally the former minister of the current Northern Jin Dynasty Emperor Liyang Emperor in the Qiandi, and most of the reason why he was able to become the general of the Northern Jin Dynasty was because he was a confidant of Emperor Liyang.

As for its specific level of command in fighting wars and the accumulation of military merits, well, it can only be said that the benevolent will see the wise and the wise will see the wise.

ability, there must be, but it is by no means top-notch, the battle of Caishi Mountain has proven everything.

On the contrary, the former general Di Yi, like Cai Hua, had never had a good campaign and resume, and it was all thanks to the trust of Emperor Liyang that he was able to take charge of the important post of Gyeonggi Town.

This time, he served as the deputy commander of the front line of the Jin army, and he made many military exploits and performed well, and now after the poisoning of the coach Peng Kuohai, he took on a heavy responsibility and led the Jin army to block the Ji Lin soldiers to death, and he was crowned a god in a perfect battle.

In the Northern Jin Dynasty, the military, the imperial court and the people's prestige soared, becoming the number one favorite for the next Northern Jin Dynasty general.

After listening to Sang Jie's explanation, the imperial grandson also understood that Ji Linbing's previous battle against Cai Hua was somewhat watery, but it was still the case, and he still doubted the current predicament of Zhou Jun.

No way, Zhou Jun's advantage was too big before.

Don't talk about anything else, just talk about troops and morale.

Although the Northern Jin Dynasty had an army of 400,000, a large part of it was second-line troops drawn from various places, with weak combat strength and mediocre morale.

And the most important thing is that the 200,000 border army, the most elite of the Jin army, suffered heavy losses in the previous war, and the number of elite combat forces is very small.

On the other hand, the Zhou army, the 600,000-strong army, most of which were front-line troops assembled in advance, were well-trained, had good combat effectiveness, and after the previous victory, the morale was booming.

Moreover, Ji Linbing also has 100,000 white-feathered flying horses under him, which can be called the top elite in the world.

There are many troops, morale is strong, elite forces are crushing, and the gap between the two sides is so obvious, no matter how you look at it, the Zhou army has a big chance of winning.

The imperial grandson still remembers that he and some of the advisers and staff of the East Palace carefully compared the strength of the two armies, and then conducted a war deduction, and the result was that eight out of ten times were Jin defeated and Zhou Sheng.

Even if a small number of Northern Jin Dynasty won, they only pushed back the Zhou army and kept the second government of Guangqing, but the Zhou army still had vitality and planned to move.

As the prince of a country, the emperor's grandson has not read the book of war, and he also knows what it means to be impermanent, and victory or defeat is determined, but the defeat of the Zhou army is too aggrieved.

Dominate and ruin.

The emperor's grandson began to have a disdain for Ji Linbing in his heart, with such a means of using soldiers, it is not as good as a Wupin general under his lone hand............

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However, at this time, for the imperial grandson, despising Ji Linbing was secondary, and the important thing was that he saw from this secret letter that the Western Zhou Dynasty sent people to invite Southern Chu to send troops.

"Grandfather Huang, Western Zhou is trying to take advantage of our momentum to save their army trapped in Beiling, hmph, it's a good idea, no wonder even the Pang family kid was sent."

Seeing the imperial grandson see the crux of the problem so quickly, Emperor Tianyao's eyes flashed with relief, it seems that this grandson is not stupid yet.

The old emperor threw down the banana fan in his hand, asked the boy kneeling next to him to add silver silk carbon to the alchemy furnace, turned to look at the imperial grandson, and took the initiative to ask.

"What do you think about this?"

Seeing Emperor Tianyao like this, the imperial grandson knew that his grandfather was going to test himself, so he involuntarily straightened up, pondered for a moment, and replied respectfully.

"The Zhou army is now in danger, the Northern Jin Dynasty is powerful, and it is not appropriate for me to be an enemy of Dachu at this time.

In addition, the purpose of the Western Zhou Dynasty is not pure, and he intends to lead my Dachu into the fire pit, which is very evil, even if it is to prevent it from harming our army, his grandson also thinks that he should not help Zhou. ”

Emperor Tianyao nodded, and couldn't help frowning, and the imperial grandson saw this, and his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.

"But what my grandson said is not right?"

Emperor Tianyao shook his head and said with some embarrassment: "On the surface, what you said is right, the Zhou army is embarrassed, and our Great Chu can't offend the Northern Jin Dynasty to save them, however, when considering things, we can't just consider the surface, we must look deep and long-term." ”

The imperial grandson knelt on the ground: "The grandson is stupid, and he forgets the guidance of the emperor's grandfather." ”

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Emperor Tianyao asked the imperial grandson to get up, and then asked Sangjie to get a map of Kyushu that recorded the land of the Three Kingdoms.

Ordered a few little eunuchs to spread out on the floor of the dormitory, and the old emperor got up and walked to the map with the support of Mulberry, and the little eunuch presented a long bamboo stick of gold wire and taught his grandson hand in hand.

Bang......

Tap the map.

Emperor Tianyao looked at the imperial grandson, and said in a somewhat low tone: "Today's Three Kingdoms, Zhou and Jin are competing in the north, and the two heroes stand side by side, but I am the only big Chu, living alone in the south, claiming to be a small country, and living in secret, do you know why." ”

The emperor's grandson's face was a little unsightly, but he still popped out four words: "The country is small and the people are weak." ”

"That's right."

Emperor Tianyao nodded: "It is because the country is small and the people are weak, the Western Zhou Dynasty has four states, the territory is thousands of miles, and the area and population are more than several times that of my Great Chu, and the Northern Jin Dynasty has Yong, Hebei, and Qing three states, with vast personnel and rich products, although the land is not as large as the Western Zhou Dynasty, but relying on the prosperity of the territory, the national strength is not weak at all."

On the other hand, I am Dachu, Jiangzhou and Yangzhou are few and thin, although the resources are not small, but they are not as prosperous as Yongjiqing, and more importantly, there are Nanban Baiyue in the south.

If it weren't for the two countries to contain each other, and there were Tianjiang and natural dangers, even if I could keep the country, this Great Chu world would not be so peaceful as it is now.

Therefore, the emperor's grandfather wants to teach you how to keep my Great Chu today, that is, to let the two countries of Jin and Zhou keep fighting, only if they fight inextricably, our Great Chu can enjoy peace in peace. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Tianyao turned his head to look at the thoughtful imperial grandson: "The Zhou army is weak now, once it is defeated, it will be difficult to recover for several years, and it will not be able to resist the strong Northern Jin Dynasty. ”

"What do you mean...... Sending troops to the Northern Jin Dynasty? The imperial grandson asked uncertainly.

Emperor Tianyao nodded: "The Zhou army cannot be defeated, we need him to block the Northern Jin Dynasty in front, and I decided to temporarily form an alliance with the Western Zhou Dynasty to send troops to Gyeongju to rescue the Zhou army in Beiling." ”

The emperor's grandson bowed his head: "My grandson understands, so I will order to start preparing soldiers and horses, and start negotiations with the Western Zhou." ”

"Good."

Emperor Tianyao stroked his white beard and showed a smile: "You remember, when negotiating with the envoys of the Western Zhou Dynasty, you have to take some words, this time it was the Western Zhou Dynasty who asked us, and took the initiative to be in me, which can be exchanged for a lot of benefits." ”

"Grandchildren remember."

The imperial grandson bowed slightly, and asked Emperor Tianyao if he had any candidates for the commander of the troops this time.

"General Nangong Xin, General Zuo Mu Li, and Later General Fan Weizhong, these three people can be handsome, and the specific candidates can be agreed upon by yourself and the courtiers."

Emperor Tianyao threw out three names, all of them were important generals of Nanchu, and the imperial grandson nodded again and again, but in his heart, he directly crossed out the name of Nangong Xin.

Joke, as soon as he killed someone's son, he sent someone to fight, and the imperial grandson was afraid that Nangong Xin would directly lead the troops against Nanchu............