The capital of the country, the imperial palace.

The waiter went in to give the emperor another medicine, and then there was the sound of the bowl and the emperor's angry scolding, Shi Dongcheng, who was standing at the door, raised his hand and plucked his ears, as if he was a little bored, he looked sideways, and there was a row of waiters with medicine bowls standing next to him, he pointed in, and the second waiter went in with the medicine bowl, Shi Dongcheng seemed to lose patience and beckoned to his subordinates not far away, so he arranged for several cronies to replace the emperor's guards and rushed in, and the emperor's angry scolding became louder and louder.

A group of courtiers stood a little farther away and looked at each other, Shi Dongcheng smiled a little embarrassed: "As long as my father sees that I am giving medicine, he will fall, no matter what, I am also his son, but I didn't expect to hate me to this extent." ”

He picked up the bowl from a wooden plate held by an attendant, looked at the dark green potion, and drank it after a moment of silence.

"I'll drink a bowl of medicine, and if anyone is willing to try it for me, then it's okay if I don't show up here in the future."

What else can the adults say? Is the medicine that can be sent in the same as the medicine he drank?

A few guards came out of it, Shi Dongcheng asked His Majesty if he drank the medicine, the guards nodded, and Shi Dongcheng let out a long breath: "How can you do it without taking medicine, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting for Your Majesty." ”

He took the men with him, and the courtiers dispersed.

General Wu Lie ran in quickly from outside to catch up with Shi Dongcheng: "Your Highness, something is wrong." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Yanning County sent a message from the fast horse, saying that Ningguo's fleet had arrived seven or eight days ago, but it didn't dock, and no one got off the boat, our people couldn't help but go over and ask what the situation was, and Ningren's answer was that they were just going fast and waiting for someone."

"Going fast?"

Shi Dongcheng's footsteps stopped: "What kind of nonsense reason is it to go fast?!" ”

Wu Lie said: "The minister doesn't understand, do you want the minister to go and see it in person?" ”

Shi Dongcheng frowned and pondered: "If Daning's people don't land, how can I kill Shen Leng?" ”

Wu Lie asked tentatively, "Will it be ...... A lot of people? ”

Shi Dongcheng shook his head: "That's unreasonable, Zhuang Yong's sailor should beware of Qiu Liren's revenge, how dare he act rashly, don't forget to ask for Li over there, but there are no less than 100,000 sailors, Zhuang Yong really dares to abandon Pingyue Dao?" Even if Shen Leng has a very good personal relationship with him, if you think about it, Zhuang Yong has no right to leave Pingyue Road with troops privately, and he also crossed the ocean to our side, tens of thousands of troops, thousands of warships, even if he is a naval commander, he can only ask for an order, and it will take a month or two to walk back and forth from Pingyue Road to Chang'an City. ”

Shi Dongcheng thought for a while and continued: "For the sake of a mere five-rank sailor general, Emperor Daning would do this? There is no reason at all, we have always been friendly with Daning, especially at this time, Daning needs us to contain and seek to stand. ”

Wu Lie always felt that something was wrong, but Shi Dongcheng's analysis would not be wrong.

"In case ......"

He looked at Shi Dongcheng: "What if Zhuang Yong's army of sailors is all here?" ”

Shi Dongcheng's face changed: "What if...... If there is really this case, it means that you are going to tear your face, you immediately send people to Huangwu, Yucheng, Luoshui and other places, and immediately transfer our sailors to Yanning County, our sailors are not weaker than Qiu Li, but there is no naval battle all year round, but the momentum cannot be lost, if Daning really sends the sailors to come, Shen Leng is afraid that he will not be able to kill. ”

Wu Lie asked: "But Your Highness, does it matter how many people come to kill Shen Leng or not?" We just need to follow the previous plan, pretend to hand over Shen Leng, and then arrange for the forbidden army to hunt down Shen Leng, and then push this matter to Your Majesty......"

Shi Dongcheng glared at him: "You don't know Daning too well, how many troops do we have?" ”

"With the strength of the whole country, we urgently recruit young and strong people to join the army in extraordinary times, and within a month, one million should be available."

"Then do you believe it or not, 50,000 soldiers in Daning can fight from Yanning County all the way to the outside of the capital?"

"Minister, don't you think Daning's soldiers will be so outrageously strong, they are all seven-foot men, they are all soldiers, they are all men who fought on the battlefield, how much worse can they be?"

Shi Dongcheng was in a trance for a moment, and looked up at the sky: "At that time, the South Vietnamese people were afraid that they thought the same way." ”

He continued to walk forward: "But don't worry too much, even if Zhuang Yong comes with the army of the water division, it will be at least a month later, he does not dare to leave Pingyue Dao without the will of Emperor Daning, this month is enough time for us to gather the water division, in addition, you immediately send people to mobilize troops from all over the city to come to the capital, in case of emergency." ”

Wu Lie felt that Shi Dongcheng was too careful, and he had too much reputation for Daning's soldiers, he still had that idea, they were all soldiers, and this was still a country of Miao, not Daning, what could 350,000 people do when they came?

His Royal Highness felt that his soldiers were not as good as other people's soldiers, and Wu Lie felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't neglect Shi Dongcheng's explanation, so he turned around and arranged for people to send orders to various places.

Over the years, Shi Dongcheng has attracted the military generals of the Qiang Kingdom, and it can be regarded as handy at this time.

At this time, someone from outside walked in quickly, it was Meng Fancheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who trotted over all the way with an urgent military report in his hand, and immediately shouted when he saw Shi Dongcheng: "Your Highness, something has happened, something has happened!" ”

Shi Dongcheng turned around: "Lord Meng, what is so urgent?" ”

"Ning Jun, landed!"

"What!"

Shi Dongcheng immediately looked at Wu Lie: "Before, how many people did the Ning army come?" ”

"Fifteen ships, absolutely no more than three thousand people."

"Three thousand?"

Meng Fancheng's pale face handed the general report to Shi Dongcheng: "Where are there 3,000 people, Your Highness has seen it, this military newspaper clearly says that there are at least 100,000 troops!" ”

"One hundred thousand!"

Shi Dongcheng dragged the general's newspaper over: "Are you sure?" ”

"How could you be wrong."

"How could it come so quickly?"

After Shi Dongcheng finished reading it, there was no blood on his face, 100,000 soldiers, that was Daning's 100,000 soldiers, he kept spinning in place, his face was ugly, and the hand holding the military report was trembling violently.

"Please go to war!"

"Fight a fart!"

Shi Dongcheng took a deep breath: "Someone, please General Shen, go and invite General Shen, now, immediately invite General Shen to me!" ”

Pukou County.

This is less than 100 miles away from Yanning County, the fifteen warships in Yanning County are still floating on the sea, no one expected that Daning's sailors would land on the shore in another place, Pukou County is a small county, the population is only more than 200,000, and there are only more than 1,000 local people stationed there, and the nearest sailor battalion is in Huangwu, but it will take at least four days to rush over.

When Zhuang Yong came down from the flagship Shenwei, the vanguard army had already beaten down Pukou County, from the beginning to the end of an hour, half of which was Pukou County Commander and others were considering whether to surrender or close the city gate, as a result, the Ning people only waited for half an hour to start attacking the city, more than 1,000 people bravely resisted a stick of incense after the city gate was broken, the Ning army entered the city, and two sticks of incense time, the entire county was completely in the hands of the Ning army.

Shi Podang rode a horse and came back from the front with his own soldiers, and after seeing Zhuang Yong, he dismounted and hugged his fists: "General Zhuang, Shi Podang was ordered to attack Pukou County." ”

Zhuang Yong nodded, for 10,000 wolf apes to break through a small county town is nothing, not even a few words of praise is not worth it, he looked at the map handed over by Shi Podang, the map that can be found in Pukou County is a little rougher, but probably from here to the capital of the country can also be seen clearly.

"Did you send someone to the capital of the country and force them to release them?"

Shi Podang asked.

"Not necessarily."

Zhuang Yong was silent for a moment: "Since you have already moved, you don't have to talk about anything, continue to fight." ”

"To what extent?"

"I don't have to fight."

Shi Po immediately laughed when he heard these five words, like a child who had just gotten a piece of candy, it was so beautiful, he clenched his fists and took the order: "Then I'll continue to fight!" ”

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but ask Zhuang Yong: "General Zhuang, there is something that I am a little curious about. ”

"You say."

"I've heard that the general has always been calm and cautious, why did he order the siege of the city without even thinking about it this time? The country and Daning have always been good friends, every year will be sent on time to pay tribute, but also quite rich, all countries know the attitude of the country to Daning, we did this, if those adults in the court know about it, they must not scold you and me to death in front of His Majesty? ”

Those adults in the cabinet, those adults in the Imperial Historical Tower, I don't know what they will become, the sailor is attacking the country for such an unreasonable reason, it seems that there is a little bit of a division out of the name, and when the countries hear about it, they will also scold Daning for being unreasonable.

"I didn't wait for the will to come with tens of thousands of troops, and I also brought your 10,000 wolf apes."

Zhuang Yong glanced at Shi Podang: "It's certain to be scolded, but it depends on who scolds ...... The adults scolded and scolded, and they couldn't really scold you and me, but what I was afraid of was Your Majesty's scolding...... Although he came to save Shen Leng, but nearly 100,000 troops and thousands of warships worked hard to mobilize the people, if he only took Shen Leng back, His Majesty would feel that he was at a loss, and if he didn't do anything, His Majesty would really scold. ”

Shi Podang burst out laughing: "Sure enough, the general understands Your Majesty." ”

Shi Po saw those adults jumping on their feet and scolding the street in his mind, and he didn't think there was anything terrible, but when he thought of His Majesty losing his temper, he felt a chill in his back, Zhuang Yong seemed to be very reasonable, he came here, and it was not like saying anything if he didn't fight.

No matter what the countries think, even if they think that Daning is unreasonable, in fact, Daning has been reasonable in the past, but he is too lazy to show the reason, because if you put the reason out, those small countries still think that Daning is unreasonable, but if Daning is really unreasonable, there are a few lands bordering Daning that can be steady, except for the black martial arts in the north, the attitude of other countries, Your Majesty will not care at all.

"The general's twists and turns should have arrived in Chang'an, and I don't know how Your Majesty will arrange it."

"Most of the Pingyue Road has begun to gather soldiers now."

When Zhuang Yong answered, he thought about His Majesty's character, whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, if you don't do it, you won't do it, since you have done it, then you will talk about it after the fight, and this is not just a matter of fighting against the country, if you take the country of Qiao, and march to Qiuli in this place, what is the point of the sailor who wants to be strong?

Again, His Majesty may not be angry with the laborers, but if the laborers mobilize the people but get nothing, it is something that Your Majesty cannot tolerate.

"The general decided from the beginning, right?"

"Yes."

"What if something happens to Shen Leng?"

"Then destroy the country."

"What if they send Shen Leng back obediently?"

"Then destroy the country."