Chapter 257: Takeover

After reading the military report, Meng Yuan frowned and said, "How could the high priest be captured?" ”

The Spirit Emperor squinted at Zhong Chenghou, but Zhong Chenghou closed his eyes steadily, looking like he didn't care about himself.

The Spirit Emperor said: "The high priest is not a god, but Gu Du is almost a demigod, Meng Aiqing, are you sure to defeat Gu Du and save the high priest?" ”

Meng Yuan's eyes froze, and then he kowtowed: "The minister is willing to do his best!" ”

The Spirit Emperor didn't answer immediately, because his heart was not steady. Using Meng Yuan as the marshal is a radical strategy, with mixed pros and cons, although Meng Yuan is willing to fight Gu Du, but after all, his reputation is shallow, and it is difficult to convince the public.

The Spirit Emperor said: "I intend to appoint you as the commander, but I am afraid that you are young and impetuous, so I want to send a prison guard. ”

Meng Yuan responded: "It's all up to the emperor's holy judgment." ”

The Spirit Emperor nodded and said, "You go back first and wait for my will." ”

Meng Yuan responded: "Yes, the minister retired." ”

Meng Yuan left, Zhong Chenghou took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, this person is bent on seeking fame, but I am afraid that he will not be able to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, and the Imperial Soul Division is full of talents, why should the emperor be so careful?" ”

The Spirit Emperor replied coldly: "The 180,000 army fled without a fight, and what I want at the moment is not a talent, but a tiger general who can revive morale." ”

Zhong Chenghou was silent, and the Spirit Emperor called: "Someone is coming." ”

The chamberlain came in and responded, "Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Ling said: "Summoning Chu Huaizhong and Shangguan Mingfeng to see him." ”

"Yes." The chamberlain departed.

Zhong Chenghou frowned, since he had already decided to make Meng Yuan the marshal, why did he summon the two divisions? You won't let these two go to the army, right?

Zhong Chenghou asked, "What does the emperor want?" ”

The Spirit Emperor replied: "Zhong Lao has a lot of words today, and it is not as important as in the past, so Zhong Lao might as well guess what I want?" ”

Zhong Chenghou said: "The grass people are dull, and I ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

The Spirit Emperor sighed and said, "I want to unite with the Bear People Kingdom and attack the Zejun Grain Road. ”

Zhong Chenghou sighed in his heart and said: "Forgive the grass people for trespassing, Gu Dushen knows the art of war, and he will not think of the emperor's move, not to mention colluding with foreign clans, which will damage the emperor's reputation." ”

Emperor Ling said: "Zhong Lao's words are serious, only the death of the country will damage the reputation, since the bear country has formed an alliance with our country, it should help our country to defend against the enemy, as for Gu Du, even if he can think of it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of it." ”

Zhong Chenghou sighed in his heart, but he didn't speak anymore, the Spirit Emperor was so stubborn, and the spirit of the country was exhausted, but this battle was probably going to be protracted.

Three days later, Meng Yuan rushed to Lingyao County.

The prison army sent by the Spirit Emperor was Yao Saifeng, Meng Yuan was very disgusted with this Yao Saifeng, who was neither male nor female, and ugly, but he did not dare to slack off, because on the one hand, Yao Saifeng was assigned by the Spirit Emperor, and on the other hand, he was a great soul master.

There are two reasons why Emperor Ling chose Yao Saifeng, first, Yao Saifeng is not a courtier, he has no friendship with anyone, and he can be ruthless and ruthless. Second, Yao Saifeng, like Meng Yuan, has long wanted to compete with Gu Du, so he will not be afraid of Gu Du.

With these two people in command, they can reinvigorate their morale and fight with Gu Du to the end, as for what kind of chaos these two people will cause, or which court forces will be involved, that is a later story, the most important thing in front of me is that someone has to dare to fight with Gu Du.

When he arrived in Lingyao County, he saw Wu Renxiong first, because after Chu Qin was captured, Wu Renxiong was the highest-ranking general in the army, and he was in charge of the command.

After receiving the holy decree, Meng Yuan ascended to the account, and a group of generals went to the account to listen to the order, Meng Yuan said: "This marshal is ordered by the emperor to lead the army to resist the enemy, and to save the high priest as soon as possible, and I hope that you will be loyal and dutiful, and cooperate with this marshal." ”

A group of generals responded in unison: "I wish to take the lead of the handsome horse." ”

Meng Yuan stretched out his hand to Yao Saifeng and said, "This is the prison army appointed by the emperor, Lord Yao." ”

Yao Saifeng clasped his fists with the little fingers of both hands, and said in a flattering voice: "I hope the generals will take care of you." ”

One of the generals couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, but suddenly his body tightened, and he was immediately pulled in front of Yao Saifeng out of thin air.

The general looked at Yao Saifeng with round eyes, and Yao Saifeng said: "Big brother, if you want to laugh, laugh well, don't hide it like this." ”

All the generals looked at Yao Saifeng in shock, Meng Yuanqing coughed, and said: "Although Lord Yao is not in the court, he is a great soul master, and his spiritual power is above this commander. ”

The general swallowed dry foam and said, "Lord Yao, I have offended a lot. ”

Yao Saifeng snorted and said, "Go back and stand up." ”

The general loosened his body, hurriedly retreated to his original position, bowed to Yao Saifeng and hugged his fists, Yao Saifeng said: "That's it, I'm not a stingy person." ”

The general responded: "Thank you, Lord Yao." ”

Meng Yuan asked, "What is the situation of the enemy army?" ”

Wu Renxiong replied: "There has been no movement. ”

Meng Yuan asked, "What does General Wu think?" ”

Wu Renxiong replied: "Gu Du has always been cautious, and he must have intended to fight steadily. ”

Yao Saifeng said: "The army of 300,000, people eat horses and chew, it is not a small number, he captured Lingyi County overnight, it should be a big blow, what does General Wu mean by steady and steady?" ”

Wu Renxiong frowned, thought for a while and said, "Lord Yao is right, the last general can't guess Gu Du's thoughts. ”

Yao Saifeng looked at Meng Yuan and said, "Dashuai, since no one can guess Gu Du's thoughts, then it's better to do what you think." ”

Meng Yuan nodded and said, "Tomorrow in the war, who is willing to make the first contribution?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads and kept silent, although the first merit was good, it was also difficult to build, and against Gu Du, there was no chance of even winning.

Yao Saifeng glanced at the generals, raised his hand to cover his mouth, and laughed ghostly, laughing so that the back of everyone's neck was cold.

Meng Yuan coughed twice in embarrassment, after all, he came with Yao Saifeng, this is a bit ...... Meng Yuan couldn't tell what it was, anyway, he wasn't very happy.

Yao Saifeng stopped laughing and said, "Dashuai, although it ...... The emperor gave me the position of supervising the army, but if no one wants to do this work, why don't you let me try? ”

Meng Yuan responded: "Okay." ”

All the generals looked at Meng Yuan in amazement, but Meng Yuan turned a blind eye because he wanted to find out what kind of character Yao Saifeng was.

Meng Yuan asked, "How many soldiers does Lord Yao want?" ”

Yao Saifeng looked at Wu Renxiong and asked, "General Wu, how many enemy troops are there in Lingyi County?" ”

Wu Renxiong's face was embarrassed, and Yao Saifeng said in surprise: "Oops~ You don't even know this, right?" ”

Wu Renxiong gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Fifty thousand." ”

Wu Renxiong was embarrassed, the 180,000-strong army was driven out of the city by 50,000 people, and he had never been so ashamed since the day he joined the army.

"50,000 ......" Yao Saifeng rolled his eyes and pondered, and then said for a while: "Give me 20,000 people, but you have to give me both the musket battalion and the artillery battalion." ”