The fleet rode the wind and waves on the sea, and the eastern capital was boiling. Generals from all walks of life wrote to Emperor Chu one after another, asking for troops to pacify the northern frontier, but Emperor Chu suppressed those angry war letters one by one, and sat back and watched King Yan swallow Anton into his hands.

Anton's garrison retreated into the interior separately, Li Hunu with his wolf tooth troops was the fastest group, Yan Wang's soldiers and horses had just stepped into Andong, Li Hunu had already run out of Anzhou for 200 miles. The whole of Anton was empty, there was no city defense, no army, no food, only a large number of ordinary people with their families ready to flee.

Emperor Chu's strategy is very clear, the land of Anton is already very barren, I will give it to you. Although the soldiers and horses of King Yan were very strong in combat, they suffered from insufficient numbers, and if more than 100,000 horses were to be stationed in various parts of Andong, they would be easily broken by the assembled army of Chu. Besides, there is nothing left on this land. Included in his own bag, and also took care of the eating, drinking, and Lazar of millions of people, such a loss-making business, Yan Wang naturally would not do it.

The brothers are like playing a big game of chess, Emperor Chu abandoned his son, and King Yan didn't intend to occupy the corner at all, his goal was to go straight to the center and eat the big dragon.

None of the generals who escaped were punished, and those who ran fast were even commended...... This is also something unprecedented since the state of Chu. You must know that the state of Chu attaches great importance to military merits, and in the past, those who retreated first before the battle had to wipe out the three tribes.

The officials in the imperial court were not much easier than Emperor Chu, and the military department moved generals everywhere to gather troops. The household department raised funds and prepared military salaries. The Ministry of Works inspected the city defenses and built fortifications everywhere. The Ministry of Rites quarreled all day long, quoting scriptures and classics, to find a reason to convince the people of the world, so as to send the army to slap King Yan...... The Penal Department was even busier, and the prisoners who had been held were pardoned and replenished into the understaffed troops. As a result, desertion and crime rates have doubled everywhere.

The only surprise is the Ministry of Officials, as the department with the heaviest authority, the Ministry of Officials seems to be idle at this time. Their job is nothing more than to settle the officials who have fled back from Anton first, and then select a group of reserve officials from among them, and prepare to take over the official positions there after pacifying the northern frontier!

Guan Zaide sat in a small sedan chair, returned home, and walked straight to the backyard.

Guan Lingsi was laughing at Yingying and Chen Xiaojiu didn't know what to say, when they suddenly saw their grandfather coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Little Jiu!" Guan Zaide's expression was very serious: "There is no one around, right?" ”

Chen Xiaojiu intently probed, nodded, and then walked towards the outside of the courtyard. He knew that the old man must have some confidential things to say to Guan Lingsi, otherwise he would not be so cautious. After so many years in the government, Chen Xiaojiu did not have many opportunities to personally watch the door for the old man, and this time, it was the first time in about five years.

Guan Lingsi sent the chair on the verandah to his grandfather and asked softly, "Something happened to Chaozhong?" ”

"What I said to you, you listen, keep it in your heart, if you have the opportunity, tell Qin Fei at a safe time and place." Guan Zaide sat down and said in a low voice: "Qin Fei did things unexpectedly, perhaps, the vitality is not necessarily in him." ”

"Ling'er knows."

Guan Zaide hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your aunt was very unhappy with the family back then, but she is my daughter after all, and she is the housekeeper. Moreover, she is the queen and gave birth to the eldest son, and according to the etiquette law, the crown prince is the heir to the empire. His Majesty has no special preference for women, there are not many harem concubines, and there are no particularly favored concubines. So, I've always thought that the position of the queen is very secure. ”

"The crown prince has been appointed as the heir when he was a teenager, and the selected East Palace companion and teacher of the prince to read, either the important ministers of the imperial court or the first candidate in the imperial examination. Although I have been in officialdom for so many years, I have experienced many turmoil. However, at that time, it seemed that His Majesty was also preparing for the prince to form his own team in the future! According to the usual practice, the crown prince ascended the throne, and the companions and masters of the year were all important ministers in the first few times out of ten. ”

Guan Zaide's speech gradually accelerated, and his old face flushed red: "The housekeeper's favor has never been broken. Your father wanted to abandon literature and martial arts, but His Majesty gave him the Jiangnan camp without saying a word. You must know that the sailors of the Jiangnan battalion are weak, but after all, there are 80,000 sailors and 5,000 iron cavalry. Even if the navy army is all pigs, 80,000 pigs can trample many people to death. In the eyes of outsiders, they all feel that the glory of the butler will continue. ”

"What's the problem?" Guan Lingsi asked softly, she subconsciously bit her little finger between her lips, thinking about her grandfather's words.

Guan Zaide sighed: "I woke up too late, until King Yan rebelled, I didn't know how terrible Your Majesty was." It is precisely because he has strong confidence in himself and can absolutely grasp the situation that he has created today's scene. Everyone knows that when the sons won the heir, His Majesty won with the help of Tang Yinpang, in fact, our housekeeper also contributed a lot. The housekeeper tree has deep roots, there are high-ranking officials from generation to generation, and the children of protégés are all over the place, and they are descendants. It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that two percent of the country of Da Chu is in the hands of the housekeeper. Moreover, at that time, your aunt was already married to Your Majesty, so how could we not help? ”

"Your Majesty is a wise and martial monarch, and after he gains power, it will not be too difficult to kill King Yan. However, if the King of Yan was exterminated at that time, the internal instability of the Chu State would be unstable, and after a battle, there would be absolutely no strength to defeat Wei. In order to defeat Wei, he chose to endure, let the Northern Xinjiang Demon Clan contain King Yan, and concentrate his strength to destroy Wei successfully. Since then, his prestige has reached its peak, and King Yan's exploits in resisting the demons have been a great credit to any generation of Chu royal families in the past, but they collided with His Majesty to destroy Wei. The Wei Kingdom is destroyed, what is it to resist the demons? ”

After the destruction of Wei, he only had Wu in his eyes, and unless he unified the world, he would not be able to complete his great achievements. Everything is based on this premise, so he can recuperate for twenty years, or he can laugh at King Yan jumping in the northern frontier. Now, King Yan has made a move, and His Majesty has given up Anton without thinking about it, and threw this hot potato to King Yan. And the latest news, King Yan's army has been evacuated from Andong. In the end, King Yan's rebellion became a fact, he didn't get any cheapness, and a son died. No matter how you calculate it, it is all King Yan who is suffering. ”

"King Yan is not Your Majesty's opponent, if Your Majesty stabilizes the Wu Kingdom, I dare to say that Your Majesty must have a way to prepare for many years to clear the northern frontier as quickly as possible. After that, his goal was to ......"

"Wu Guo?" Guan Lingsi asked.

"No!" Guan Zaide smiled bitterly: "It's our housekeeper!" ”