Chapter 400: Attacking Its Edge
That night, King Hong couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and he was extremely panicked, and he was always in a cold sweat on his head. He realized that something was going on, so he simply stopped sleeping, dressed up and sat outside drinking tea. But until the third watch passed, the troubled mood was not alleviated. King Hong secretly said if he was too suspicious, after thinking about it, he felt that he would not, his feelings have always been right, he has always had a natural sensitivity to danger, and this time he will never be too careful.
Just when King Hong was hesitating in his heart, suddenly the door of the mansion was knocked open, and a guard ran in in a panic. King Hong "chuckled" in his heart, it seemed that something was really wrong. He restrained himself from putting on an understatement look, and reprimanded: "What do you look like in a panic? If you have something to say, speak slowly! ”
Who knew that this time the guard completely ignored King Hong's reproach, and he didn't care about saluting, and shouted directly at King Hong: "Lord Wang! The big thing was bad, the navy was ambushed, and the warship was burned. ”
King Hong was also shocked in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged, and he asked slowly: "Where was the warship burned, and how many were lost?" Immediately bring in the nearest fleet to support, and the arsonist must not be allowed to escape. ”
The guards saw that King Hong hadn't realized the seriousness yet, and hurriedly said, "Return to the prince!" It wasn't just one fleet that was attacked, but all of our fleets were attacked at about the same time, and now wherever there were ships, the fire could be seen. Please think of countermeasures, or in the evening, our warships will all be burned down!" ”
This time, King Hong's body was violently shaken, and his brain was buzzing, and he glared at the guards and said in disbelief: "What you said is true? Isn't that wrong? Say what you just said to the king again. ”
The guard hurriedly repeated what he had just said. These news were reported as soon as they were discovered by the defenders on the shore, and there would certainly be no mistake.
"Impossible! That's impossible! King Hong muttered to himself.
At this time, Shen Caijie also hurried over, and he also received the news that the fleet was attacked. Seeing that King Hong was a little stunned under his anger, he didn't dare to stimulate him too much, so he directly ordered the guards: "Immediately let the soldiers on the shore board the boat to put out the fire, and send people to guard the shore to the death, and if any suspicious characters are found, they will be taken down, and those who disobey will be killed on the spot." Just go! ”
The guard hurriedly took the order and ran out.
Only then did Shen Caijie dare to help King Hong sit down and comfort him softly. King Hong was in a trance for a while, but he quickly recovered, he heard Shen Caijie's arrangement, and said bitterly: "I didn't calculate that Sima Hongyan, a little girl, would actually fight my naval fleet's idea, and I was conceited that I was a hero all my life, and when I got old, I suffered such a big loss in the hands of a little girl, and I was really angry." ”
Not to mention that King Hong didn't expect it, even Shen Caijie, the First Army Division, didn't expect that this Sima Hongyan really didn't follow common sense.
King Hong and Shen Caijie both relied heavily on the strength of the Dongning Navy and were also very confident. Unexpectedly, Sima Hongyan would be willing to spend so much effort to directly attack the strongest military force in Dongning, precisely because the navy is the strongest, it is the easiest to neglect precautions, and their strength has become a weakness exposed.
At this point, King Hong and Shen Caijie both knew that sending someone to rescue them could only be regarded as a useless remedy, and since Sima Hongyan had made a move, he would definitely not leave any room. It seems that Dongning's sea power has been completely destroyed tonight, and the loss suffered by Dongning this time is like being cut off by someone, which greatly hurts his vitality!
King Hong quickly calmed himself down, and ordered to immediately increase the troops for the other three gates, without the support of sea forces, the defenders alone may not be able to deal with the Yanling army.
Shen Caijie asked King Hong if the increase in troops everywhere was too scattered, so that there would be too few troops available for deployment. King Hong said that there was no way to do this, the army of Yanling had not been found, and any city gate could be attacked immediately, and as soon as the city gate was broken, Dongning would be in danger.
Thinking about it, Shen Caijie no longer persuaded him. At this moment, he still had a lot of doubts in his heart, so he called a guard and asked him to find out how so many warships were attacked at the same time, and they were also set on fire, how the other party did it, and what kind of person did it, and he must find out and reply.
The guards took the order, Shen Caijie stood in front of the window and looked into the distance, thinking in his heart: "Sima Hongyan! You're really good, but it's worth putting me and you up for a good fight! ”
After King Hong arranged the increase of troops, he still felt that he was not safe enough. After pondering for a long time, he decided to write a letter to the imperial brother asking for assistance.
Although King Hong didn't tell the military advisor what to write in the letter, Shen Caijie could guess that King Hong was asking the emperor to send the Six Dao Hades to assassinate Sima Hongyan. This Sima Hongyan behaves strangely and often surprises people, and perhaps only these professional killers can find her traces.
The Six Dao Yama King is the top killer cultivated by Emperor Lan Shengwen, and he is also the most powerful close guard of Emperor Dongning. During the day, they were all low-voiced eunuchs, taking care of Lan Shengwen's daily life. Once ordered to kill, they become the most ruthless killers, cruel and bloodthirsty. In the world, they only obey the orders of one person, and that is the Dongning Emperor.
But now there are only four of the Six Dao Hades left, the living animal Hades died in the hands of Xiao Hongying, and the hungry ghost Hades died in the hands of Nan Guying.
That time to chase and kill Sima Hongyan, the Heavenly Dao Hades went to perform other tasks, and only three of the five who went came back, and all of them were injured, among which the Hell Hades were the most injured, and their entire faces were ruined, resulting in no longer being able to serve the emperor in the near future, which was the most shameful thing in the life of the Six Dao Hades.
King Hong thought that if he asked the imperial brother to send the remaining four people to kill Sima Hongyan, they would definitely be very willing, and they would do their best.
The last mistake was that they were too light on the enemy, and they also ignored Sima Hongyan's cunning, which led to such a tragic lesson. This time the assassination of Sima Hongyan's four Hades should be extra cautious, although Sima Hongyan has thousands of troops to protect him this time, but the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, especially this time the most powerful Heavenly Dao Hades is also there, and he should not miss again.
There is no morality in war, as long as it can be won, no one cares what means are used. King Hong made up his mind, as long as he could kill Sima Hongyan and solve the crisis in Dongning, he immediately led his troops to counterattack back and take Yanling in one fell swoop.
As long as he can take the land of Yanling, King Hong plans to destroy the snow-capped mountains and cause a catastrophe, completely blocking the northern spirit in the snow-capped mountains and leaving it to fend for itself. Then restore the Xiyue Kingdom, stabilize the Xiahou clan, and let him free up the opportunity to attack Nanyi with all his might. As long as the southern alienation falls into his own hands again, there is no need to worry about the west.
A set of plans to dominate the world was quietly generated in King Hong's heart, if the plan can be realized, then his name King Hong will be famous all over the world, and then who will be the lord of the world, I am afraid that no one in the world will dare to fight with him, including his imperial brother.
No one knows the earth-shattering ambitions in King Hong's heart, because King Hong has never revealed any ambitions. Even when his father died, King Hong did not fight with his brother, and he also supported Lan Shengwen to sit on the dragon chair smoothly and became the new emperor.
King Hong was not interested in the emperor of Dongning, because a mere Dongning could not satisfy his ambitions at all, and his eyes were the entire Central Plains Continent. Therefore, it doesn't matter if you are the emperor of Dongning, there is only one thing that matters: military power!
Only with soldiers can we have the capital to conquer the world!
King Hong knew that when he became the emperor, he would become the target of the public, and there would be many constraints, and he would not be able to do many things he wanted to do. Instead of being the Dongning Emperor who is busy day and night, it is better to be a free prince who holds military power and plots the world. Once given the opportunity, he was able to achieve his ambitions.
Therefore, King Hong wanted his daughter Lan Shuang to disturb Yanling, and instigated the sixth princess Lan Aoxin to deal with Yanling. Because Yanling is the first and most important step of King Hong's plan, as long as you get Yanling, almost half of the world will be taken.
But Sima Hongyan appeared out of thin air and became the new empress of Yanling, which disrupted King Hong's plan at once. In particular, the changes brought by Sima Hongyan made King Hong's hope of seizing Yanling more and more slim, and now they have reached the point where they dare to take the initiative to attack Dongning, and King Hong simply hates Sima Hongyan to the bone.
King Hong's greatest wish now is to make Sima Hongyan disappear, as long as Sima Hongyan is dead, there will be no one who can stop him, because other people are simply vulnerable in his eyes.
As King Hong's military advisor, Shen Caijie could somewhat guess some of King Hong's ambitions, but he always buried them in his heart and did his best to help King Hong achieve his goals. He doesn't have such great ambition as King Hong, but if he can help King Hong win the world, then he will also be famous through the ages and become King Hong's minister of the dragon, and it is enough to get these.
His Shen family can change from a commoner to a famous family, and his descendants will have a noble identity and status, and from then on, Shen Caijie wants this. Maybe Shen Caijie, who was born in white, still retains a sense of subservience, so he doesn't dare to think about the world's affairs at all.
At dusk that day, the guards sent by Shen Caijie came back to resume their lives. He asked the sailors who had escaped from the warship, and they all said that at some point there was a masked man in black on the ship, and as if it had been discussed in advance, in the middle of the night they poured oil on the bottom compartment of all the warships and set them on fire, which surprised everyone on board. And when the soldiers found the flames, they were almost impossible to extinguish, because while setting the fire, they also scuttled the bottom of the boat.
The sinking speed of the ship could not keep up with the speed of the fire, so it was too late to save anyone, and they could only watch as the warship either burned or sank to the bottom of the sea, and there was no way at all. It seems that the destruction of the warship this time was a precisely calculated sabotage, and it cut off the crew's chance to save the ship, and the thing was done very well.
Shen Caijie asked the guards what the origin of the people who destroyed the ship, and the guards said that the other party was all dressed in black, and they couldn't see their identities, but judging by the body size, there should be many women, and they all jumped into the sea and fled after setting fire to the boat.
Shen Caijie was surprised, and said that those crew members were wrong. The guard said he had questioned many people and confirmed that most of the men in black were women.
"Could it be that these women are the rumored female soldiers personally trained by Sima Hongyan?" Shen Caijie thought to himself.
Don't look at the red-faced women's army as famous in Yanling, but it is only limited to the army, and the people of Yanling basically don't know anything about the red-faced women's army, let alone the people of Dongning. Shen Caijie knew a little about the female soldiers in Yanling, and the amount of information was very little, and there was no detailed information at all.
However, this time the Yanling female soldiers attracted Shen Caijie's attention, and he realized that these female soldiers with secret identities were by no means simple, and maybe it was a secret weapon of Sima Hongyan.