Chapter Seventy-Five—Leaving the Civil War (Meeting)
In the middle of the Xuanling Continent is a vast and vast plain, and in this plain known as "Veku", there are not many people living here due to the relatively barren land. However, just ten years ago, it was discovered that there was a deep reservoir of fire oil in the ground of the Zoviku Plain. Fire oil was a new type of siege weapon for them, and after finding out that this news was accurate, the Imperial Chen family and Kagura Emperor sent an army at the same time to occupy the Viku Plain at once. It's just that since the forces of the two sides have not officially torn their faces, the armies of these two sides are just looking at each other. They each occupied the Viku Plain on one side, mining enough oil for them to smelt their firearms. Although the research on this kind of firearms in all aspects of the country is still in the preliminary stage, whether it is the Chen family of the imperial family or the Kagura Emperor, they are naturally unwilling to give up the interests that belong to them in the first place. Thus, in the various treaties, both sides naturally refused to take a step back in this matter.
It's just that there are unforeseen circumstances, and the Kagura Emperor has already planned to take advantage of the opportunity of the change of the head of the Chen family of the imperial family to seize the entire Viku Plain and seize the most important oil resources, which is why he did not hesitate to go on patrol in person. It's a pity that before he finished his inspection, he encountered an illness that happened for unknown reasons, and this illness was so menacing that Emperor Kagura had to abandon this plan to go on patrol and return to Weicheng. But even after returning to Weicheng, he still did not cure his illness at all, but became more and more serious. After a short time, he died, and the matter was put on hold for the time being, and the originally planned plan was declared bankrupt.
After Chen Xinyu ascended the throne, due to the instability of their internal forces, Chen Xinyu had no choice but to give up the Weiku Plain as a condition for the royal Chen family to no longer support their internal strife. Therefore, for nearly ten years, this Weiku Plain has been within the sphere of influence of the royal Chen family, and the royal Chen family has not let go of the precious fire oil resources, and sent a group of soldiers and people to the Wei Ku Plain to start mining this precious fire oil resources. But now, Chen Xinyu is sending troops in a big way, and one of her goals is to get the most out of it, which is to regain control of the Veku Plain. This is not only because the Weiku Plain is an important strategic resource area, but also because the dividing line of the power of the Chen family, which originally drank the royal family, was located around the Weiku Plain, including Lichen County. Occupy the Viku Plains, which means that the originally neutral territory around it is completely under their command. This was the main purpose of Chen Xinyu's southern army.
Now, due to the rapid marching speed of this southern army, it has arrived in this Viku Plain in less than half a month. Due to the insufficient number of the imperial Chen family's army, the temporarily recruited army was naturally unable to form an army without the support of weapons and armor. Therefore, in order to protect the main cities, Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the imperial family, ordered the withdrawal of the troops and people originally stationed on the Weiku Plain, and surrendered a fire oil production area that had basically been completely exploited to the Zhou Yu army, which was advancing eastward.
Zhou Yu was ordered to come to the Weiku Plain mainly for the purpose of seizing the most critical oil production area here, and secondly, to occupy the most critical area here to carry out the next strategic plan. Before Zhou Yu left, Chen Xinyu had personally sent him a flying pigeon message, informing him that there were still two right-hand men who would appear by his side to assist him, so let him be stationed on the Weiku Plain first to carry out exploration operations, and there was no need to rush eastward. Zhou Yu naturally believed in Chen Xinyu's words, and besides, he needed to wait for the war situation in the north to become clear before making a choice. So, after more than half a month of marching, the 50,000 elite infantry and cavalry mixed troops led by Zhou Yu have come to the already empty Viku Plain.
The Viku Plain has been uninhabitable for many years, so even after ten years of development of thermal oil production, the plain is still almost devoid of grass. Zhou Yu ordered the whole army to camp on the spot and send scouts to investigate the reply of the general's intelligence, and there were three main reasons for this: one is that the current battle situation is very stalemate, although the royal Chen family may not have enough troops to counterattack the Weiku Plain, but it is better to be cautious. This is the first of these.
The second reason is that Zhou Yu wants to use the power of scouts as soon as possible to obtain how many reserves of fire oil are still left on this Weiku Plain, and what is left here after nearly ten years of development by the royal Chen family. This is a very urgent question for Zhou Yu to clarify.
And the third reason is mainly Chen Xinyu's flying pigeon biography when he sent out the army, if it is really as Her Majesty the Empress Shengde said in the letter, then it is very likely that those two masters have come to help him in the last two days, which he also wants to understand quickly.
After sending a team of 500 scouts to patrol around, Zhou Yu began to command the army to set up camp step by step, and for a while, the originally silent Viku Plain suddenly began to appear with busy figures and noisy sounds. Those who don't know seem to think that this plain, which was originally full of life, has come to life again.
After about an hour and a half, all 50,000 men of the army had completed the task of setting up camp, and after several days of urgent marching, the soldiers were a little tired, and they returned to their tents to rest. Only Zhou Yu sat alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, thinking about the next strategic plan. In his tent hung a very conspicuous folded map, on which he drew this entire map with very simple pen and ink, which could represent the geographical locations of the entire Xuanling Continent. Now, Zhou Yu is observing the colors on this map. Originally, red represented their sphere of influence, while white represented the boundaries of the Chen family, the original royal family. Zhou Yu stepped forward and officially included the Viku Plain, which had been marked as a neutral territory, into their red sphere of influence. Zhou Yu raised a red pen in his hand and painted a red sphere of influence on the map. There was already a hint of joy on his face. Now, they have the military power and land in their hands, which is very good news for them.
At this moment, the two guards standing in front of the big tent of the Chinese army suddenly turned around and walked in, and one of them said respectfully: "General Reports, there are two rumors that two young people who look very young and look less than twenty years old who have come here from Chen County, I wonder if the general wants to meet them? It is said that they also have a piece of Her Majesty's jade pendant." Both guards were very cautious when they spoke, because they knew their general Zhou Yu, and he was most disgusted by being interrupted while he was thinking about a strategic plan. Therefore, these two guards spoke cautiously, for fear that if they said the wrong word, they would directly attract Zhou Yu's anger.
Zhou Yu's expression was slightly stunned at first, and then a wave of anger appeared, if the two young people who appeared here rashly were according to his original character, it was very likely that they would directly drive this young man out. It's just that at this time, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered the flying pigeon that Chen Xinyu gave him when he sent out the army. In this pigeon biography, Chen Xinyu told him that there would be two young people who would come to help him, could it be them?
Zhou Yu's heart moved, and the unhappy look on his face caused by being disturbed was hidden, and it was replaced by a very relieved smile. Since there is Empress Shengde's jade pendant, these two young people must be the two young people mentioned in Chen Xinyu's letter. "In that case, let them in. Remember, treat them with the best attitude and not neglect them in the slightest. Zhou Yu continued to talk like this.
The two guards at the gate really didn't expect that their current General Zhou Yu would not directly drive them out of the camp gate as usual, but would entertain them with the best attitude, which really caught them by surprise. However, as subordinates, they naturally understand that they should not ask their bosses what they think at will, and complete the tasks assigned to them by their superiors with the best attitude, which is the most important duty of a subordinate.
In a short time, the two guards who were rushing away had already summoned the two young men who had just come here, and these two young men were none other than Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters who had hurried to the Weiku Plain from Chen County. The two brothers and sisters are not in a hurry now, the situation has basically been controlled by them, and Xu Hao, the county magistrate who left Chen County, can't make any waves. So, after handing over Lichen County to Wu Yue, the two siblings immediately came to the Weiku Plain to find traces of Zhou Yu and his 50,000 troops. It wasn't a difficult thing to do, and it didn't take long for the two siblings to appear on the Viku Plains.
The camp of the departing army was in front of them, and the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, quickened their pace again. After a while, the two siblings had already arrived at the gate of the camp, and they showed the white jade pendant. This white jade-colored jade pendant directly proved the identity of their two siblings. Not long after, when the two guards guarding the gate of the camp went in to report, the two brothers and sisters had been officially reported, and the general Zhou Yu invited them in.
At this moment, the hearts of the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, were full of very confident emotions, and they believed that with their abilities, they would definitely be able to persuade Zhou Yu to continue the plan according to the plan originally formulated by Chen Xinyu.