Chapter 46—The Empress's Scheme
The disastrous defeat on the Weiku Plain two months ago had greatly weakened the current Liguo army at this time, and the troops stationed in various parts of the country were no longer enough to support the frontal army in various places. And at this moment, the combat effectiveness and combat enthusiasm of the soldiers and armies in all aspects of the country are not very strong, even at this time, Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde is bent on launching another battle, she is also in a state of powerlessness, and in desperation, she can only continue to stay in Weicheng and wait for news from the outside. Other than that, she didn't have a better choice.
However, even now being restrained by officials in the imperial court, Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, is under a lot of pressure on her shoulders. But Chen Xinyu's resentment towards the royal Chen family has not weakened at all, but has become more urgent. What she hopes most now is that the current army of the Qi State will defeat the feudal state, the partner of the imperial Chen family, and then directly attack Xiao Guan, a military town in the south of the imperial Chen family's territory, from the south. Once this matter is successful, then she can immediately dispatch troops to assist the Qi State, and maybe she can also destroy the royal Chen family in one fell swoop and end the rule of the imperial Chen family.
As a result, while Chen Xinyu was dealing with the government on a daily basis, he was still anxiously waiting for the news of the current Qi army. In the first five days, Chen Xinyu finally received the latest news that the current Qi army had defeated the feudal army and began to march north, needless to say, their troops must be directed at Xiaoguan, an important southern town of the royal Chen family, not far away.
The first time she heard the news, the excitement in Chen Xinyu's heart was beyond words, what she knew was that the royal Chen family did not have many garrisons in Xiaoguan now, but only 5,000 troops stationed there. Therefore, naturally, the State of Qi used 50,000 troops to launch an offensive, and it was impossible to fail to capture this Xiao Pass. Once Xiao Pass is breached, the royal Chen family will inevitably be shaken. If she had waited until such a time to propose to send troops to take the lead and cross the Weiku Plain from the front to attack the territory of the royal Chen family, presumably the resistance of the officials would not be so obvious. Such a direct manifestation of a sense of victory is bound to be something that all officials and even the common people like to see.
Now that the season was approaching the beginning of spring, Chen Xinyu knew that if they wanted to launch this coordinated campaign in the spring, they had to start preparing now, including raising military rations and logistical materials for the army. Otherwise, once she really decides to send an army to attack the royal Chen family, I'm afraid it will be too late to calculate in time.
Of course, Chen Xinyu is not worried about their side of the matter now, even if the officials oppose her, she can secretly order her henchmen to start raising money in various places. Moreover, the fiasco on the Viku Plain only cost the lives of nearly 50,000 soldiers, and the logistics grain and grass were not transported to the front line in the first place. In the past ten years, the treasury of the country and the people in various places have enough food, and now the only problem is that the military strength at hand is insufficient, except for the defense of the troops in various places and the capital Weicheng, which cannot be dispatched, Chen Xinyu now has only more than 20,000 troops in his hands, and it is impossible to put a lot of pressure on the Chen family of the royal family with only more than 20,000 people. They may not even be able to cross the Viku Plain.
In desperation, all Chen Xinyu could do was secretly order his generals to garrison the north, and Wang Yan, who had 20,000 troops in his hands, was ready to enter the interior of the royal Chen family from the northern flank at any time and capture Xicheng, the important town in the north of the royal Chen family. Once you get the opportunity to occupy this Xicheng, you can directly sweep south to attack Luoxin County, one of the four major county seats, and once Luoxin County is broken in this way, the city will be close at hand. Of course, if that time really comes, I'm afraid it will not be far from the demise of the Chen family of the royal family.
At noon today, Chen Xinyu, who had finished dealing with the government, came to the top of the palace to observe the sky and think carefully about the current situation according to his usual habits. However, today, Chen Xinyu did not take a walk and rest on the top of the Taiji Palace, but directly used light power to jump from the top of the Taiji Hall to the Wanghai Tower, which is closest to the east, and overlooked the east. Now she couldn't wait, she desperately wanted to receive information from the East, or news from Qi State.
Chen Xinyu looked out to the east on the Wanghai Tower for nearly three hours and had not seen a carrier pigeon flying from the open sea, and the time at this time was close to evening, when she reluctantly turned around and prepared to go back to her dormitory, several maids standing at a distance from her suddenly lost their voices and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the carrier pigeon is coming!"
Hearing this, Chen Xinyu hurriedly turned around, she looked directly at the sky in the distance, and sure enough, a carrier pigeon with light blue skin flew over in the sky in the distance. Chen Xinyu had already recognized this carrier pigeon at a glance, which was the tool he used to send messages to Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings. So, Chen Xinyu stretched out his right arm and directly greeted the return of the carrier pigeon in front of him.
Not long after, the light blue carrier pigeon has flown to Chen Xinyu's hand, Chen Xinyu reached out to take the pigeon, and found that the pigeon's feet were already tied to a letter that had already been sealed, so she settled down a little in her heart and took down the letter directly. Sure enough, the sender of this letter was none other than Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters, during the time period when Xiao Guan was broken, Feng Shanshan took the time to take care of Chen Xiao in the Baiyun Mansion and wrote this letter when she had nothing to do, in fact, she directly told Chen Xinyu about their current plans and arrangements, and also explained in this letter that now their Qi State has decided to help each other and help the Chen family to defeat the royal family Chen Family and unify the Xuanling Continent. Of course, Feng Shanshan also wrote that she hoped that she, as the Empress of Shengde, would be able to dispatch an army to help the Qi State, join forces on both sides, and attack the territory controlled by the imperial Chen family. Of course, at the end of this letter, Feng Shanshan also mentioned that now the three of them are going to Qicheng, where there are not many garrisons, neatly driving into the interior of Qicheng, and planting a nail inside Qicheng. When the time is ripe in the future, they can directly implement the strategy of combining inside and outside, and directly dedicate Qicheng.
After Chen Xinyu read the letter with incredible speed, she probably had a conclusion in her heart. She re-rolled the letter and took it back into her hand. At the same time, she turned around and said to the few maids in front of her: "Now, immediately turn back to the Taiji Palace, and at the same time, quickly invite the Prime Minister, the Great General, and the Master of the Sun Hall to come to the Taiji Palace, and say that I have important matters that need to be discussed with them!"
"Yes!" The maids in front of them all knew Chen Xinyu's style of dealing with people very well, and they were known for their vigorous and resolute behavior, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and quickly retreated. At this time, Chen Xinyu's body had already taken off from this Wanghailou directly into the air, jumped straight to the Taiji Palace, the light blue carrier pigeon she was not in a hurry to put it back, she also needed to write a reply to Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, and then consider putting it back.
Half an hour later, when several of the main officials who left the country, Prime Minister Di Shi, General Zhou Yu, and Sun Jun, the master of the Secret Intelligence Hall, got the news and rushed here, Chen Xinyu, who was sitting in the position, had already put aside the red pen in her hand, and she had already written a reply to Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters. But in the reply letter, Chen Xinyu did not give a clear answer, but was vague, first indicating his attitude, they would naturally send troops to attack the royal Chen family. But the specific content was not clarified, but prevaricated. And now, she was trying to order the officials next to her to seal it up and send it back.
At this time, the guards who delivered the message reported the news of the meeting with Prime Minister Di Shi, General Zhou Yu, and Sun Jun, the master of the Secret Intelligence Hall, to Chen Xinyu, who quickly stood up and looked at the situation outside the Taiji Hall.
Prime Minister Di Yan, General Zhou Yu, and Sun Jun, the master of the Secret Intelligence Hall, walked in together, knelt down on their knees and shouted, "See Your Majesty!"
Chen Xinyu smiled slightly, waved his hand and said with a smile: "The three of them are all my ministers, and I naturally believe in the three of them, so I invited the three of them here at the same time." It's really because of one thing that I can't decide, do you know? Now the Qi army not only defeated the feudal army, but even directly captured Chen Xiao, the guard general of Xiao Pass, with the help of internal response, and attacked Xiao Pass. And it is said that now that the Qi army has begun to march into Qicheng, what do the three of you think about this?"
After Chen Xinyu said this, he walked directly down the dragon chair of the Taiji Hall quickly, turned around and came to a huge curtain on the right hand side of the dragon chair, Prime Minister Di Shi, General Zhou Yu and the master of the Secret Intelligence Hall Sun Jun all followed behind Chen Xinyu. Chen Xinyu stretched out his hand and pulled open the huge curtain, and what emerged from behind the curtain turned out to be a huge map covering the entire Xuanling Continent. At the top, it can be clearly seen that the two very different colors clearly represent the departure of the country and the royal Chen family.
Chen Xinyu stretched out his hand and pointed to the Weiku Plain in the center of the Xuanling Continent, and then immediately drew a line and pointed directly at the city of Xicheng in the boundary of the imperial Chen family in the east. Prime Minister Di Yan, General Zhou Yu, and Secret Intelligence Hall Master Sun Jun only heard Chen Xinyu's heavy and serious voice ringing in their ears, "I plan to order Wang Yanzhi's army to go south and directly attack Xicheng, so as to put huge pressure on the imperial Chen family from both directions, and I believe that the imperial Chen family will only be able to choose to shrink the defensive line in a short time." In this way, we can directly advance in one go, until the Chen family of the royal family is destroyed!"