In the early Yan Dynasty, the emperor may have a very good face because of the victory of the Yan army, and the faces of the ministers of the court, especially the Han faction officials, all had smug smiles.

For a while, the Yan Kingdom court was not calm.

In less than half a month, Xiao Taishi was assassinated first, and before the so-called murderer was found, Xiao Mingtang assassinated the Han family on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Han family quickly made a ruthless counterattack, and finally even Xiao Huaijin was involved, and the father and son were actually sent to the gallows together.

Compared with the family that was destroyed before, Xiao Huaijin and his son also kept a whole corpse.

After Xiao Huaijin's father and son were killed, several major families led by the Han family had already taken full action against the Xiao family, using Dali Temple as the main weapon to set off a thorough investigation of the officials of the Xiao faction.

In just a few days, many Xiao faction officials were dug up countless old things, such as bullying men and women, such as deprivation of property, such as corruption and perversion of the law, such as fake public and private interests, countless charges were poured down on the heads of Xiao faction officials, and Xiao faction officials without a protective umbrella were taken to Dali Temple for interrogation one after another.

Moreover, for the officials of the Xiao family, Dali Temple used dividing methods, first interrogating those ordinary officials of the Xiao faction, coercing and inducing, and letting them personally testify against those high-level officials of the Xiao faction.

In fact, at this point, the officials of the Xiao faction have realized that a catastrophe is coming, and many officials have explained everything in three or two times, and ruthlessly bite out their own officials.

It's just that in just a few days, countless Xiao faction officials have fallen from power, but the Xiao family has no power to fight back, and Xiao Wanchang, the strongest backbone, is powerless to deal with it at all, and it is difficult to protect himself.

Xiao Wanchang remained silent from beginning to end, watching the officials in the clan fall off the horse, he watched coldly, he knew very well that without Xiao Taishi, without Xiao Huaiyu, the Xiao family was facing such a strong suppression, without any protective umbrella, it could not fight at all.

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The military situation in the northwest came over, and the military department received Han Mo's excerpt and asked the imperial court what to do next, and this morning is naturally to discuss the next countermeasures.

In the hearts of most officials, since the main force of the Wei army has been defeated, this golden opportunity is naturally to continue to march into the army, even if it cannot destroy the Wei state, at least it is necessary to occupy a large area of land.

But the Cabinet did not dare to be hasty about this.

The first problem, of course, is the problem of troops, Han Mo sent 60,000 troops, and used half of the Northwest Army, but to attack the Wei mainland, the area is huge, there are many cities, 60,000 troops are far from enough, and although the main force of the Wei army has suffered heavy losses, it does not mean that Wei has completely lost its combat effectiveness, such a martial country, if it enters its own territory to fight, it must be difficult, there is no strong enough corps, and it is naturally not easy to sweep the Wei State.

Secondly, it is naturally a logistical problem, although Han Mo got 250,000 stone grain from the hands of the people of Qingguo, and unexpectedly got a large number of heavy armor and tiger shields, but to enter the Wei State to fight on the mainland, these materials are of course far from enough, maybe after conquering the city, a large number of materials can be captured, but the victory or defeat of the soldiers is unpredictable, before that, Yan itself has to provide a large amount of grain and grass.

In fact, Han Xuandao's household department has been methodically mobilizing grain and grass from various counties in Yan Kingdom, and although the Ministry of Industry does not have Xiao Huaijin, the project of building weapons has not stopped.

In addition, the most important thing is the communication with Qingguo.

Before the Wei State was defeated, the Yan State was naturally unwilling to have a dispute with the Qing State at this time, in fact, the Yan State people were also very clear in their hearts, and the feelings of the Qing people at this time must be very complicated.

They need the help of Yan State, but they are very jealous of Yan State, and this kind of ambivalence will inevitably have a lot of trouble in the next military attack.

If the two sides join forces to attack Wei, they will definitely try their best to preserve their own strength and consume the strength of the other party, if so, they will not be able to form a powerful blow to Wei.

In fact, this is also the biggest drawback of the coalition forces.

There was a lot of discussion in the court, most of the courtiers proposed to continue the march, when the Wei people were defeated, the whole country panicked, and it was time to take this opportunity to continue the march, if it was delayed again, wait until the Wei State redeployed before launching an attack, I was afraid that there would be greater casualties in the subsequent attack.

Before entering the Wei State, he must plan carefully, and he must consider how to deal with the Yan State if it is attacked and injured.

The radicals and the old factions were arguing in the court.

This is already a major national affair, and it is inseparable from the family, and for a while, there was a situation in which the officials of the Han faction quarreled with each other and the officials of the Fan faction quarreled with each other.

The emperor looked calm, sat on the dragon chair, watched the courtiers arguing passionately, and finally looked at Fan Yunao and asked, "Fan Aiqing, according to your opinion, should my army advance immediately, or postpone the next move?" ”

Fan Yun was proud of the ranks, and he groaned slightly, and then said: "Shengshang, with the power of victory, continue to advance, or you may be able to achieve a lot of results, but if you attack the Wei State itself, if you don't plan carefully and prepare well, if there is an accident, it will be a bad thing." After a pause, Zhengse said: "The most important thing is the alliance with Qingguo, if we can't discuss it with Qingguo in advance, once there is a conflict with Qingguo in the future in the attack, it will not be a good thing for us." ”

Emperor Yan smiled coldly and said, "Qingguo people...... I'll have to clean it up when I go back! ”

"But not now!" Fan Yunao said solemnly: "If Qingguo does not send troops, we must not attack ...... alone!" ”

Emperor Yan nodded and said, "Fan Aiqing is worried that my Yan army will attack Wei alone, and the people of Qingguo will be unfavorable to us?" ”

Fan Yunao immediately said: "Exactly." Shengshang, although the Qing army has a huge consumption, but there is still the main force, if our army rushes forward, no matter whether it wins or loses, the Qing people may attack us from behind. If it wins, the people of Qingguo naturally don't want to see our army strong, and if it is defeated, the people of Qingguo will fall into the ground, which must be guarded against! ”

Emperor Yan nodded slightly, looked at Han Xuandao, and asked, "Han Aiqing, what do you think about this?" ”

Han Xuandao stepped out and said calmly: "Playing the Holy Lord, what Fan Shang said is extremely true. Although our army is loud and its morale is strong, it has not fought in any of these years, and the great victory in the early war this year will inevitably give birth to the heart of underestimating the enemy, and it may not be a good thing to be proud of the army. And Fan Shang is very worried, the heart of the people, it is difficult to guard, if I negotiate with them, there will be trouble! ”

"What should I do?" The emperor asked, touching his beard under his chin.

Han Xuandao immediately said: "Immediately send envoys to discuss with Shangjing City to determine the battle plan after entering Wei." In addition, gather conscripts and replenish troops to the front! ”

Han Mo nodded slightly and asked, "According to Han Aiqing's opinion, who should be sent to Qingguo to negotiate?" ”

"Back to the saint, the previous Changdehou envoy to Qingguo, it was very smooth, and he was quite familiar with Qingguo, and the minister thought that Changdehou could take on this responsibility!" Han Xuandao arched his hand and said solemnly.

The emperor frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Other than that, there are no other candidates?" ”

Han Xuandao said: "The battle into Wei is inevitable, and the cabinet has to prepare and plan, and each has its own duties. However, this envoy is a major event, and it is necessary to send heavy personnel to go, so the minister thinks that if it is a candidate, it is Changdehou who is the most suitable. ”

Fan Yunao also said: "Holy Lord, Hou Ye is a member of the royal family, his status is noble, and he has been an envoy, it is most suitable for him to go to negotiate!" ”

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally said: "In this case, Changdehou will go to Qingguo to discuss the attack on Wei by the two countries." ”

The ministers immediately said in unison: "Holy Wisdom! ”

The emperor said again: "This time Han Mo led the army to victory, and I am very relieved. However, it is not trivial to fight in Wei, I have thought about it again and again, this battle can only be won and not defeated, so I decided to send another fierce general to the northwest to assist Han Mo in attacking Wei! ”

The ministers immediately set their eyes on the emperor.

Many people have sensitively felt that the emperor sent the general to restrain Han Mo, right?

It's just that Han Mo is now in the limelight in the Northwest Army, and if he wants to find a military general to restrain him, it will be even more difficult, and Han Mo will not easily share power with others.

Han Xuandao's expression was calm, but an imperceptible cold light crossed his eyes.

The emperor's gaze seemed to pass over Han Xuandao's body, and he said slowly: "I look at the Manchu Dynasty, if we talk about unifying the army, Han Xuanling, the governor of the Donghai Zhenfu Army, is a general who can fight well. At the beginning, he defeated the strong with the weak, and broke the Qingguo Naval Division, such a general, it is a pity not to use it, I decided to temporarily transfer Han Xuanling to the front line to assist Han Mo, and prepare to enter the Wei war, what do you Aiqing see? ”

Many of the courtiers were slightly surprised.

"Holy Lord, what Governor Han has always led is a naval army......!" Fan Yunao frowned slightly, but before he finished speaking, the emperor had already smiled and said: "Being good at commanding the navy does not necessarily mean that you are not good at commanding the army." Although Han Mo is an extraordinary soldier, he is younger after all, and he always has to be more impulsive, and Han Xuanling is old and serious, and having him to help him will be of great benefit to my Yan army! ”

The court was silent for a while.

Just when it was quiet in the morning, a voice suddenly heard a little startled and said, "Holy Lord, you ......!" ”

Everyone was stunned, but they saw that the eunuch was looking at the emperor, his face was very frightened, and all the ministers followed his gaze, only to see Emperor Dayan, who was sitting on the throne of Jinluan, was bleeding outwards from his nose, and two red blood stains flowed from his nostrils, and the emperor looked calm, and he was still caressing his beard under his chin, as if he didn't know that his nostrils were bleeding.

The courtiers were shocked.

The emperor was bleeding from his nose, but he didn't realize it, this scene was really weird.

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