Three days later.

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Xia Mansion, in the study.

Just as Xia Wanyi and Xia Yongmei were chatting about family life, they suddenly received an urgent report.

-- The Japanese state seized the envoys of the Xia and the country of Sha a year ago, and only Liang Hu and one envoy of the state of Sha escaped.

The people from Shenzhou who brought out the news were the people of Shenzhou who came back from doing business in the Wa Kingdom, and the matter spread in the Wa Kingdom.

The Emperor of the Wa Kingdom instigated public opinion, especially the turtle head who fled back to the Wa Kingdom some time ago, took the opportunity to distort the facts and smear the Xia Kingdom and the Ye Kingdom of Shenzhou, and finally the people of the Wa Kingdom angrily demanded the detention of the envoys of the two countries in order to force the two countries to look at the Wa Kingdom squarely.

For a long time, the Wa Kingdom has been subservient to Shenzhou, and now it wants to break through this situation, and if it wants to break through, there will be conflicts.

Therefore, the Wa Kingdom made a lot of preliminary preparations, including Gu Xiaotou and others going to Shenzhou to carry out various espionage activities.

After Xia Yongmei received the express report, in anger, she slapped her palm on the coffee table, and the teacup on it was shaken and rolled down to the bottom of the table and shattered.

"The Wa Kingdom wants to take advantage of the civil strife in Daxia and the opportunity of the Shenzhou Gathering to get a handful of oil and water!"

It was Xuanyuan who relayed the news to Xia Yongmei, and he took out an excerpt and said, "Dad, Li Fanxing, who has been running Dongzhou for more than half a year, wrote a letter to ask for a war. ”

Li Fanxing was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites during the Shengjing Dynasty, but because Xia Yongxu usurped the throne and changed the Yuan, the Shengjing Dynasty collapsed, so he didn't want to be an official in Xia Yongxu's Heavenly Providence Dynasty. And some of the old ministers of the Shengjing Dynasty who did not want to surrender to Xia Yongxu either fled or were killed by Xia Yongxu's dogs.

Li Fanxing escaped by chance, and after several twists and turns, he did not cause a killing disaster and arrived in Dongzhou, east of White Tiger City.

Dongzhou is coastal, and the geographical location is important, holding the Xia Kingdom, and it is also the state that guards the east gate of China.

Remembering that Li Fanxing and his late cousin Li Fanchen did their best for the Xia Kingdom, Xia Yongmei promoted him to Guanglu Doctor, and concurrently served as the county guard of Dongzhou, sitting in the east gate of Xia and even Shenzhou! Therefore, it has also been upgraded from the third grade to the second grade.

Xia Yongmei took the fold, looked at it, and then asked, "How is the water master?" ”

Xia Wanyi replied: "There are already thirty warships, and the entire naval division has 120,000 people. ”

Strengthening coastal defense and training sailors on the original basis was Xia Wanyi's proposal at that time, and it was implemented, so Xia Wanyi had a better understanding of the situation of the sailors.

"Hmm." Nodding, Xia Yongmei asked, "What do you guys think about the war?" ”

The people present plus Xia Wanyi and Xuanyuan Yu, there are six, and the other four are now Xia Yongmei's henchmen. Even if his previous official rank was not high, he could only be entrusted with important responsibilities if he had withstood the test, so these four people were basically above the third grade.

Zhou Xin said: "Third master, now most of the southern regions and the remaining three big cities except Qinglong City are still in the hands of the puppet dynasty rebel party, and the rest are controlled by our dynasty, and the territory of Dongzhou is vast, there are many people, and taxes are abundant, so when the puppet dynasty provokes and the puppet dynasty has a trend of civil strife, it is a good time to cut down the widows, otherwise once the puppet dynasty takes a breath and colludes with the Japanese state, Dongzhou may not be able to protect it at that time!" ”

Zhou Xin's words are very reasonable, Xia Yongmei asked other people.

"I second." Xia Wanyi was the first to agree.

"I second." Then came the Xuanyuan language.

“……”

The rest of the people also seconded it!

"Then who do you think can be qualified for the position of commander of the war?" Xia Yongmei asked.

Zhou Xin replied: "Back to the third master, in the early years, Li Fanxing led soldiers in the army, fought in battles, and was quite talented in military affairs, but later there was almost no war, so he wrote to the third master and transferred out of the army, and it happened that there was a vacancy in the Ministry of Rites, so the third master promoted him two levels in a row and became the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so I recommend Li Fanxing." ”

Xia Yongmei smiled and said, "You are talking about more than thirty years ago, when I succeeded to the throne not long ago, right?" You are the belly of the imperial history, but you have a lot of things in the ministry, and you really deserve to have been in the ministry. ”

"The third master has won the award."

"You five have objections."

Several people said: "No objection." ”

Xia Wanyi added: "Li Fanxing is sincere to my dynasty, he is reliable, he has literary talents, he is a very good candidate, and he has only been in Dongzhou for half a year, and he has governed it better than before, so he has also won the hearts of the people, not only the people's love, but also the officials there, whether they are civil officials or military attachés, support him." ”

"Hmm." Xia Yongmei stood up and said solemnly: "Six hundred miles to pass on my will, worship Li Fanxing as the general of the war, command the Dongzhou Naval Division, and order him to search and rescue Liang Hu and the envoys of the Sha Kingdom who escaped from the Wa State, and let him wait for the opportunity to send troops to attack the Wa State!" ”

"Yes!"

"Xuanyuan!" Xia Yongmei shouted.

"In!" Xuanyuan Yu stepped forward and replied.

Xia Yongmei walked to the map, and his hand stopped on the east side of White Tiger City: "You will go to Pingchuan City in the west of Dongzhou, which is adjacent to White Tiger City, on the eighth day of the first month, to strengthen the defense, so as not to use the White Tiger City as a starting point to attack Pingchuan City." ”

Xuanyuan Yu glanced at the map, and suddenly became enlightened about the task given to him by Xia Yongmei, so he gladly accepted the order, after all, he knew that the reason why Pingchuan City was called Pingchuan City was because once Pingchuan City was breached, then Dongzhou, which was in the eastern plain, would be broken like a bamboo, and it could really be described as a horse Pingchuan! There is a good saying, those who get Pingchuan have to get Dongzhou!

However, Pingchuan City is not flat, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, just like the Qin State in the Warring States Period Hangu Pass. This is also the reason why Xia Yongxu squeezed his head and wanted to take Pingchuan City and occupy Dongzhou, but he failed to do so.

However, Xuanyuan was puzzled, why did he want to be the eighth day of junior high school? The sooner the better. So he asked, "Dad, why did you go on the eighth day of junior high school?" ”

Xia Yongmei said: "Give you three days to get along with Ruyi." After all, this is the first time you've been separated since you got married. ”

Xuanyuan pursed his lips, hugged his fists and said: "Dad, my son-in-law went to Pingchuan City this time to do it for the country and the people, I think Ruyi will understand......"

Xia Yongmei waved his hand: "Okay, okay, just do what I say, this is an order!" It's getting late, so go down, all of you. ”

Xuanyuan Yu wanted to say something, but was unexpectedly dragged by Xia Wanyi before he spoke.

Xia Wanyi dragged him out of the study and said with a smile: "You just obediently take the order, don't worry." ”

"This ......"

Xia Wanyi interrupted him: "Don't do this, Pingchuan City has long been heavily guarded, and White Tiger City will not dare to act rashly against Pingchuan City for a while, then there is a lack of reliable people to supervise, Dad is afraid that those people can't help but sugar-coated cannonballs and descend the puppet dynasty, so I will send you." ”

"Hmm." Xuanyuan had no choice but to admit it.

patted Xuanyuan Yu's shoulder, Xia Wan said earnestly: "Don't patronize the country's major affairs, as a man, you have to be able to take care of the overall situation and strategize, so you and Ruyi have to enjoy the case, you and Ruyi raised their eyebrows, you didn't get married at the beginning, she quietly followed to Jinxian, it can be seen that she has her heart for you, not to mention now?" ”

After hearing Xuanyuan's words, he replied with admiration: "Childe, what you said is very true, Xuanyuan knows." ”

"It's good to know!"