Chapter 346: Shi Heng Arrives in Liao, the Son of Heaven Plots!
"You mean, the Jianzhou woman directly told the aid that was fraudulent?" Hearing Wang Ao's words, Cao Yi's face instantly became gloomy. Thinking of what Wang Ao said, if he really led three or five thousand soldiers to Jianzhou to help, if those Jianzhou women deliberately set up ambushes in those mountains and valleys, I am afraid that these soldiers and horses of their own will not even be able to run out.
At that time, if the female straight is pretending to be a wild man with seven surnames and taking Fushun, at that time, the northern end of Liaodong Town will be in danger...... Thinking of these possible surnames, Cao Yi couldn't help but take a deep breath. "How dare they do that?"
"Why don't you dare, they have plundered tens of thousands of people in the eastern part of my Liaodong in the past few years, if it was Emperor Taizong, they would have been flattened and wiped out, although there is a strategy on the ground today, but it is too benevolent, even the tile spur and other strong enemies of my Ming Dynasty, still have the upper hand, after the majestic grassland, but also let the tribes continue to multiply, return to the division of Beijing, only lead a few men and horses, although in exchange for the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, but lack of the decision of Emperor Taizong." Wang Ao stroked the long beard under his chin and sighed lightly.
Wang Ao didn't understand Zhu Qizhen's overall layout, nor did he understand the major events that Zhu Qizhen was plotting, let alone that Zhu Qizhen only wanted to deal with foreign enemies with knives and didn't want to shed too much blood at this time.
Wang Ao only understands the great tomorrow who was raised in the deep palace in the past and was fooled by the eunuch Wang Zhen all day long, although in the past two years, he has heard a lot of legendary deeds about Zhu Qizhen, but in Wang Ao's eyes, it is just a story that is too outrageous. Didn't take it all for granted. In other words, Wang Ao is very suspicious of his real surname.
Although Cao Yi went to the grassland and followed Zhu Qizhen to fight on the prairie for several months, after all, he did not have much contact with Zhu Qizhen by leading his own army, so although he felt that Zhu Qizhen was much more decisive than in the past, he still stood on Wang Ao's side and agreed with his views.
What's more, a few days ago, he once passed a book into Beijing and asked Zhu Qizhen to break the matter of the Jianzhou woman directly plundering the border people of Liaodong Town, but later, he only received a decree not to allow Liaodong Town to use troops without authorization.
"That's right...... According to this, no matter what, Cao Mou finally had to lead the army to Shenyang Zhongwei and his party, while investigating the intelligence in the Jianzhou area, while ...... "Cao Yi's words were just halfway through, and he saw a personal soldier of Wang Ao rushing in outside the hall. "Lord Yu, General Zhenshuo and Prince Shaobao Shiheng have arrived outside the mansion."
-------------------- "What?!" Hearing this, everyone in the hall stood up, their faces stunned. Shi Heng, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty who was trusted by both Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, actually came to Liaoyang quietly.
Liaodong Town's civil and military forces rushed towards the gate of the mansion, and after a lot of effort, they came to the door of the mansion, and saw Shi Heng, who was wearing iron armor and was full of dust and a tired face, standing on the top of the steps, looking at the stone lion next to the door, and behind him, the thousand elite horsemen who came with him were also full of dust, but they were all standing next to the mounts, standing straight, more than a thousand soldiers, and none of them were talking to each other.
Seeing this scene, Cao Yi couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, such a military posture and military appearance, he Cao Yi had seen it once, that is, on the prairie, and it was an elite pro-army belonging to Zhu Qizhen.
"Xiaguan Wang Ao, see the general." Wang Ao first bowed respectfully to Shi Heng, who was standing in a bundle of armor, and all the civil and military officials behind him also saluted respectfully.
"Don't dare to be, Shi has seen your colleagues, Lord Wang, Cao Zongbing, Shi Mou was ordered by His Majesty to lead the army to aid the eastern border town of Liao, because the military situation is urgent, so Your Majesty Xu Shi rushed first, and the army is afraid that there will be ten more days, and it should be able to reach Liaoyang." Shi Heng also clenched his fists and replied with a smile.
Hearing this, whether it was Wang Ao, Cao Yi, or the civil and military forces present, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the troubles of Fang Cai were now all empty, after all, General Shi, who represented the will of the Son of Heaven, arrived here, and the right to make a decision was naturally in the hands of this general.
Wang Ao couldn't help but unload all the big stones in his heart, and laughed loudly. "Your Majesty Shengming, send the general to my Liaodong, then Liaodong will have no worries." With a turn of his gaze, he fell on those elite iron horsemen who were silently killing, and Wang Ao's eyebrows couldn't help but raise and praise lightly. "The general's personal guard is really extraordinary."
Hearing this, Shi Heng couldn't help but smile a little proudly. "Lord Wang laughed, in addition to Shi's dozens of personal guards, these are the Son of Heaven's pro-army, this time Shi Mou went forward, His Majesty was worried about Shi's safety, so he sent thousands of his pro-army to guard Shi."
"Your Majesty's pro-army ......" Wang Ao couldn't help but take a cool breath and turned his face. Cao Yi, who was standing beside him, nodded. "Although Cao didn't dare to say that he had read all the soldiers and horses in the world, but on the grassland, he had also seen the majestic might of the Son of Heaven's army.
"Yes, hehe, only today can we have such a brave and forbidden steel army." Shi Heng turned his head, looked at this pro-army of the Son of Heaven who had eaten and slept with him for more than ten days, and then thought about the dozens of guards around him, well, the difference is indeed a bit big.
And his own personal guards were also dyed by the momentum and behavior of this Son of Heaven's pro-army, and these tens of days were also like the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and they were no longer as tired as in the past, at least at this time, they didn't embarrass themselves.
After a cold noise at the gate of the house, Wang Ao led the way and invited Shi Heng into the front hall, after entering the house, Shi Heng whispered in Wang Ao's ear, and received Wang Ao's signal, many civil and military officers in the hall said goodbye to each other and went back to the palace to do business, and only Cao Yi was stayed.
When the hall was suspended, Shi Heng stood in the hall, took out a yellow silk from his arms, and solemnly spread it out. "Your Majesty has a decree, Wang Ao and Cao Yi will receive the decree......"
Wang Ao and Cao Yi immediately fell to the ground, and when they heard the content of the holy decree, Wang Ao and Cao Yi couldn't help but widen their eyes and look stunned. It wasn't until Shi Heng handed over the yellow silk decree that Wang Ao woke up and respectfully raised his arms to receive the decree.
Looking at this holy decree blankly, Wang Ao, who felt that his head had just been split into a mess by more than a dozen heavenly thunders, really didn't know what kind of language to use to describe his mood at the moment, just before Fang Cai Zhuxiang's kung fu, he was here to give Zhu Qizhen a very positive evaluation of being too benevolent and benevolent, and he was still a little dissatisfied, thinking that Zhu Qizhen had not been disposed of for a long time, and he really lacked the strength and decisiveness of Emperor Taizong.
But now, looking at the spread out decree in his hand, the words on it seemed to have turned into a series of deadly snakes winding and circling, opening their mouths, spitting out sizzling red letters, revealing their sharp and vicious deadly fangs.
-------------------- the sweat on Wang Ao's forehead involuntarily dripped down his cheeks, but the face of Cao Yi next to him was different. ”
"General, Your Majesty, this is ......" Wang Ao took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, poisonous, too poisonous, too vicious, so poisonous that his hand holding this holy decree felt like holding a slippery and greasy poisonous snake.
"Your Majesty came to the eastern border town of Liaodong, and the person who did it was not a mere Jianzhou woman. Liaodong Zhuhu, in the eyes of His Majesty, is just a little young, as far as His Majesty can see, it is the old soil ......of Yuanmeng in the past" Shi Heng saw Wang Ao's expression, and couldn't help but smile secretly, this old guy's expression and mood are not much better than when he is said by His Majesty the most.
"Your Majesty's big stroke, if you can restore the old land of Mongolia, then I will ...... Ming" Wang Ao couldn't help but snort a few breaths, but soon, he calmed down again, raised his eyes and looked at Shi Hengyan and said: "General, Your Majesty has such ambitions, which is really admired by our subordinates, but it is not easy to achieve a long-cherished wish, not to mention, in the past, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong have already promised North Korea, if Your Majesty does this, will it ......?"
"Will it be attacked by the courtiers, will it be despised by the vassals of the world?" Shi Heng took a sip of the tea, moistened his throat, which had not been dripping from morning to this time, and then said in a deep voice: "Therefore, Your Majesty wants us to come up with a careful plan, and we need a reason and excuse that can be put on the table." ”
"Excuses and justifications?" Cao Yi couldn't help but be stunned. Go to the siege of the city and plunder the land, kill people and set fires, and make excuses and justifications.
"Yes, if it weren't for that, not to mention how the vassals would think of me Daming, even Your Majesty would be reproached by so many ministers." Wang Ao gritted his teeth, although he was born as a civil official, but these years have been spent in this town, although he still understands the Four Books and Five Classics, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, but he understands more that in such a place, who has a hard fist, who is the boss.
What's more, Wang Ao has experienced the Taizong period and seen how Taizong cleaned up those foreign vassal states, so Zhu Qizhen may be in the eyes of those younger generation of officials, it is a vain sword soldier and the image of my Ming Sect Master, but those old ministers who are old and have experienced the Yongle Dynasty know better than them that this is the way to survive an empire.
(To be continued)