Chapter Twenty-Four—A Dilemma

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PS: I still have a mind reserved for the stalk of "Liuyun Palace". Why do the two opposing states of Feng and Qi use the same name to refer to the most majestic and symbolic royal palace in their own country? Well, I'll give you a small reminder of this stalk.,The founders of the Feng Kingdom and the Qi State were both important generals of the Nine Domains.,At the moment when the Nine Domains were up and down and disappeared without a trace.,The two of them returned to the Demon Spirit Continent.,Establish the two countries of the Feng Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom.,Hehe.

As soon as this elder said this, not only Yang Pu, the envoy of the Ming clan who was standing at the bottom, was shocked in his heart, but his face was solemn and depressed. Even the Saint Emperor, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but be slightly startled, and he thought about how this elder said was not unreasonable. The state of Qi is not in the country, and the military, economy, and politics are at a disadvantage in every aspect. Especially since the end of the Holy War in Donglinguan, the Qi State has lost the best opportunity. Without this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, without the assistance of the two armies, it would be impossible for the Qi army to have a chance to defeat the feudal state in a short period of time. So the Holy Emperor boldly signed another agreement with the Qi State at this time, concentrating on dealing with the potential deep hidden dangers in his own country.

However, to the Saint Emperor's surprise, the almost crazy development speed of the Qi Kingdom in the past three years was really beyond his expectations. He really couldn't imagine how a country whose central authority was almost supported by Li Dan and two doctors could have such a strong development speed, which was really unacceptable to him. From his inner thoughts, he had already begun to prepare to fight against the development of the Qi State, and was ready to give the Qi State a dismount first through the army in his hands that was still stronger than the Qi State, and delay the speed of their development.

Of course, the Holy Emperor had already realized some time ago that the several dark lines of Qi that he had laid had basically secretly launched the journey of restraining the development of Qi Kingdom. The Yue and Lan in the north, as well as the Ming in the south, will become important pawns against the Qi State. Now, since the Holy Emperor has found this opportunity, he will not continue to be polite to the people of the Ming clan, as long as he can solve the great trouble of the Qi State, which has been closed for more than 300 years, even if the Holy Emperor can't do it, he will be able to create a good prospect for his heir.

As soon as the Holy Emperor had thought and read these words, the Holy Emperor agreed to the proposal of the eight elders. The Holy Emperor stood up and said to Yang Pu who was standing at the bottom of the steps with a smile: "These eight elders are right, I wonder if the Ming clan can provide us with the food, grass and logistical supplies for the feudal army to march into the Qi country? How about assisting the Ming people in attacking Jincheng and replacing you in resisting the army from Jincheng?"

Yang Pu had heard from his uncle Elder Bei that the bottom line for their Ming clan to come to ask for help was that they could not mobilize grain, grass, weapons, and armor, but Elder Bei clearly told his nephew that he could talk about land and cities with the feudal state. This is also a helpless move, and there is really no way to do it. Their Ming uprising itself did not gain much support from the people, and the people did not provide them with much military rations. To tell the truth, these insiders all know that this uprising of the Ming people is not popular, and only a quick solution can be successful. Now the Ming people went south to attack Huicheng, and did not choose to raid Xuancheng, the capital of Qi State, which was only garrisoned by 5,000 guards. This also doomed the Ming clan to a certain extent.

Yang Pu, who was standing at the bottom, calmed down, and he couldn't look at the Holy Emperor with a slight cold gaze. He could only lower his head and think carefully about the current situation, it was true that their Ming clan would never be able to provide the military rations needed by the 100,000 feudal army just by relying on their current ability. He could only continue to make appropriate concessions on the land, just to get the feudal army's army to assist them in their fight against the Qi state.

In desperation, Yang Pu could only respond to the Holy Emperor in a loud voice with a little annoyance: "Your Majesty, on behalf of the Ming clan, I can assure Your Majesty that once we can attack Xuancheng, then Ruocheng and the surrounding twenty-one county towns will also be provided to the feudal army to be stationed Your Majesty."

The Holy Emperor actually knew that it was naturally impossible for the Ming clan to provide them with military rations for their 100,000 troops now, and it was a great gain to be able to obtain supplies from the two cities of Ruocheng and Huicheng and more than 30 county seats. Therefore, the Holy Emperor did not embarrass the envoy of the Ming clan in front of him too much, but instead asked the eight elders to send him out of the Liuyun Palace.

After the eight elders returned, the Holy Emperor announced to the civil and military officials standing on either side of his dragon chair: "Everyone, it seems that we need to go to the troubled waters of the Demon Spirit Continent today."

Most of the civil and military officials on the Liuyun Hall are basically the old members of the original Sealing War Society, among which the eight elders are the heads of the civil officials, and the three deputy sect leaders of the Sealing War Society are the heads of the military attachés. Now there are 200,000 troops in the feudal country, of which 90,000 are personally led by these three deputy sect leaders of the feudal war society. These 90,000 troops are the most elite 100,000 troops of the Fengzhan Society that went to Donglinguan three years ago. Each of the 100,000 soldiers of this army is brave and good at fighting, full of actual combat experience, loyal and not afraid of death. This army is also the most majestic army after careful selection and adjustment when the Feng Zhan Society started from scratch. This army is also a trump card in the hands of the Holy Emperor. However, today he sent troops to aid the Ming people and help them find the most favorable conditions for the feudal country. The Holy Emperor felt that there was no need to mobilize his main force, the elite army of the 100,000 Feng Battle Society. The country now has nearly 250,000 troops, but in fact, it was still far more than this number. In the past three years, the Holy Emperor has realized the importance of the elite army policy, and after the implementation of the reduction and transfer, the remaining 250,000 troops are the remaining mobile elite troops in the feudal country in addition to guarding various places. Among them, in addition to the 100,000 troops personally led by the three deputy sect masters, the remaining 150,000 troops were led by the five hall masters under the jurisdiction of the Feng War Society. This time he went to assist the Ming clan in attacking the Qi State, and after thinking about it, the Holy Emperor still felt that it was enough to mobilize the 150,000 troops.

As a result, the Holy Emperor was facing the five middle-aged men who looked about the same age under the three white-haired and snowy deputy sect leaders, and these five middle-aged men were the five hall masters of the Fengzhan Society, and they were also the henchmen who had followed the Holy Emperor since he started from scratch. Today, the Holy Emperor is going to entrust the important task to one of the five hall masters in front of him to solve it.

"Xue Kang!" the Holy Emperor thought about it, and then called the name of the three hall masters. A black-robed man standing in the center flashed out, knelt down on his knees in front of the Holy Emperor, and saluted respectfully, and everyone could see that this Xue Kang's slightly obese face was full of joy.

"Minister, Xue Kang is here"

The Holy Emperor didn't say anything, he just smiled and said, "I officially appoint you as the general of Zhengxi, and lead your Santang headquarters to attack the East Linguan!"

"Weichen obeys" Xue Kang's face showed a look of danger, but he didn't dare to say a word of rebuttal. I could only silently accept this order that I don't know what the future would be. And only relying on 30,000 troops to take the Donglin Pass, which is still garrisoned by 20,000 elite Qi troops, he really has no bottom in his heart.

The Holy Emperor also sent 30,000 horses from the headquarters of the four halls to assist the Ming army in attacking the southern Qi city of Huicheng, and once captured, it could occupy the capital and more than ten surrounding county seats. This is also a trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, without Huicheng as a backup and retreat, then the Ming people can only continue to attack Jincheng in the north. At that time, they could more justifiably accept Ruocheng and Donglinguan.

The 30,000 soldiers and horses of Wutang are stationed in Shengcheng, a northern city in Ma, and not far from the opposite bank is the northern city of Qi. This army does not need to attack, but only acts as a deterrent. However, the Holy Emperor also instructed the master of the Five Halls that if the defenders of Que City moved south, it would not be impossible to reverse the situation in the north.

The Holy Emperor did not take the Qi army to heart, and the current Qi army has lost its best command, not to mention, although their army has 70,000 troops, it is also quite a lot with the 20,000 remaining defenders in Donglinguan. But in fact, the army of Qi was very scattered, scattered and fighting separately, and the Holy Emperor gave his subordinates a clear order to attack. The 90,000 troops he dispatched, one is positive, one is strange and one is auxiliary, and these three armies are the troops that the Holy Emperor intends to dispatch this time. Coupled with the more than 100,000 people in the rear, it is all the troops sent by the Ming people to assist the Ming people this time.

Whether it is in terms of the number of troops or the fighting path of the army, the army of the feudal country is still stronger than the army of the Qi country. However, the Holy Emperor was not at ease, not only ordered the remaining two classes that had not yet been mobilized, but also ordered them to postpone the dispatch of troops to the east. After the Santang army captured the East Linguan, they immediately sent troops to take Ruocheng.

After the arrangements were made, the Holy Emperor couldn't help but laugh out loud as he thought that his long-cherished wish in his heart was about to come true

Things have shifted a few degrees in autumn, and the Demon Spirit Continent at this time has unconsciously entered an upcoming midsummer season again. The people took off their coats and robes, and it was once impossible to hang a chaise longue in the winter to go out and gaze at the shining stars in the night sky, but now this is gradually warming and hot, and the night is as quiet as the cicadas. It's just that the people in summer like to lean on the recliner outside the door in the middle of the night and enjoy a rare quiet time.

The most popular drink in the summer is the refreshing tea stored in the cool cellar. And this cellar stores herbal tea, which is one of the most distinctive specialties on the Demon Spirit Continent in summer, and the origin of this specialty is the mountain city of Yicheng, which rises from the mountains. Due to the high terrain of Yicheng, the county seats are located on higher ground. These higher terrain areas are cooler, so they are particularly suitable for producing such cold halal teas. (A good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you to take!Follow up ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately follow ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account!)