Chapter 5: The Assassin in the Shadows (No. 5) 3

"Then what do you want to do, do you want to attack directly when you are sure, or do you want to monitor them so that they don't dare to make too many moves?"

"Of course, I want to kill them, keep them in my house to do reconnaissance, how can there be a reason not to kill the worker bees who see the enemy's reconnaissance, not to mention that this is an infiltrator who sneaks into my house, and if you don't pay attention, you will hit us. www.biquge.info"It seems that the game that Ye Kexin often plays is called StarCraft, but Feng Fengxiang doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with using such a metaphor in this one. After all, everyone is a veteran.

"Then wait for the scout team to get the message." Feng Fengxiang let out a sigh of relief, and stood up from the sofa with his hands and legs, "I'll go back first, remember to inform me if there is a result." ”

Ye Kexin did not respond.

"Huh? What happened to you? Feng Fengxiang didn't hear Ye Kexin's response, he was a little puzzled, and looked at Ye Kexin who was lying on the table. His chest was evenly heaving, his eyes were slightly closed, and his face was slightly pale, and it was obvious that he was asleep.

"Little girl, really." Feng Fengxiang smiled helplessly and shook his head, walked to Ye Kexin's side, took off the Admiralty Fleet uniform that Ye Kexin was on the transfer back, covered Ye Kexin's body, and then turned to leave.

As soon as the door opened, a soft call came from behind him, "Xiao Fengfeng・・・・・・"

Listening to Ye Kexin's soft dream, Feng Fengxiang bowed his head and left Ye Kexin's office.

Nearly an hour passed, and Ye Zifeng was already a little impatient. Although most of the nobles were present, the remaining three dukes who could make the final decision were still not present. Duke Kulun, the marshal who supported the defense of the city, could understand if he didn't come to Ye Zifeng, but after listening to Pandes, there were only two dukes left who had the best attitude before, one said that he had some housework to deal with, and the other said that he had an important guest and needed to come later, so these two people didn't want to hear how they were persuaded by the emperor? Ye Zifeng was a little puzzled.

"Pendes, what's the matter, why haven't the three dukes come yet?" Ye Zifeng frowned and looked at Pendes standing next to him, although Pendes also had the title of earl, but in this meeting, Ye Zifeng needed him to express the battle he had told him before, so Pendes did not sit at the conference table like other earls.

"This, Your Majesty, there may have been some accident, don't worry, just wait a little longer." Penders broke out in a cold sweat, how could he not know that the remaining three dukes did not appear, just hoping that Ye Zifeng's proposal to meet the attack would not take effect, relying on the fortified walls of the imperial capital with a height of twenty-five meters to resist the enemy who was currently on the northern plain of Moss, of course they could not imagine the momentum and despair when the enemy soldiers approached the city, they were just complacent at home for their own interests now. In fact, the nobles sitting next to the conference table at this time were not originally in the imperial capital, everyone had their own territory, who would come to this imperial capital that made them uncomfortable, but the enemy's iron hooves had already passed their territory, and all they could rely on now was Ye Zifeng, the emperor, relying on the 100,000 grassland legions in Ye Zifeng's hands to help them regain their territory.

However, at this time, the important people were not present, even the emperor was not good to send out the ones in his hands directly, these nobles who had lost their territory only stared dryly, drank cup after cup of condensed milk tea here, ate pieces of pastries, looked at Ye Zifeng's uncertain and unpredictable face, anxiously waiting for the appearance of the remaining dukes, and kept cursing in his heart.

The people who sent the letter sent out wave after wave, wave after wave of running back, each time they could bring back different news, either the Duke was getting up, or the Duke was having breakfast, and Ye Zifeng wanted to pull out a "Viper" individual anti-aircraft missile Once the mural painted on the ceiling that seemed to be the Greek god of war Ares was blown into rubble, but in the face of these nobles who were also full of anxiety, Ye Zifeng was really embarrassed to be angry.

"Let's just wait here, it seems that our other three dukes are very busy." Ye Zifeng frowned and patted the conference table, then turned his head to look at Pendes beside him, "Count Pendes, go and grasp the first step of the battle plan you told you before and mark it on the map." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pendes bowed respectfully, took the long stick from Ye Zifeng's hand, walked to the map drawn on the wall, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and then looked at the nobles who were here, and set his eyes on his nobles, "Gentlemen, let me tell you about the first step of the battle plan personally customized by His Majesty." ”

The nobles were really curious, they wanted to know where the confidence made His Majesty so confident in the battle plan he had personally made, and they were also curious about what the battle plan made by His Majesty himself looked like.

"First of all, Your Majesty has analyzed the remaining combat forces outside the imperial capital now, 100,000 grassland corps, stationed in twenty large battalions, these 100,000 soldiers are the main combat force of this operation, and the local garrison troops in each city will not participate in the battle, at most to provide logistical support." As Penders spoke, he clicked on each battalion with the long stick in his hand, twenty battalions were distributed in a standard fan shape, surrounding the central imperial capital, and the distance between each battalion was equal, which could ensure that when one of the battalions was attacked, the reinforcements of the three surrounding battalions could arrive at the same time.

"First of all, all the ten large battalions in the center were mobilized, and they advanced to the rear of the town of Moss, set up camp, built permanent fortifications, and built stone forts, and within a limited time of five days, a thousand cannons were pointed directly at the other side of the river."

"Wait a minute, Lord Penders." One of the marquis who was doing raised his hand and spoke, "The enemy will cross the river in five days at most, we don't have much time to complete such a large project, a thousand cannons, excluding our stocks, there are still two hundred of these cannons, even if we mobilize the blacksmiths for the whole journey, it will take ten days to complete, I think such a strategy is somewhat unreasonable." ”

"That's right, what Master Cook said makes sense, the battle plan made by His Majesty in terms of time will not work." A viscount spoke.

"Wait a minute, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not done yet." Penders tapped the map with the stick in his hand, loudly stopping the nobles from continuing the discussion, "I'm not done yet. There are also five hundred brave and skilled Holes people in the town of Moss, who can help slow down the enemy's advance. ”

"However, there are only five hundred people in Holais, and it is estimated that they will all die by the time they reach the middle of the river." A viscount said with some disdain, and the nobles were a little disappointed with the plan Ye Zifeng had made.

"Who said that these five hundred Holais people were going to cross the river to fight?" Pendes looked at the expressions on the faces of the nobles, and muttered joy in his heart, it seemed that he had played them a lot this time, "Five hundred Horles can take advantage of the night to take advantage of the darkness of the night to destroy the keel and pontoon bridge of the ferry made by the enemy in one fell swoop, which will greatly delay the pace of the enemy's attack." ”

Looking at the speechless nobles below, Pendes's heart blossomed.

After that, the remaining ten large battalions, with a total of 50,000 troops, were divided into two groups to form the two wings of the Central Army. However, the two wings need to cross the river in advance, first destroy the opponent's shore defense facilities with cannons, and then force the river crossing, before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, establish permanent fortifications, and engage the enemy on the north bank of the Moss River, and because the enemy will divide the army into three ways, and the enemy in the middle will reach a certain number, while continuously putting pressure on the ferry of Moss Town, therefore, there will not be many enemies attacking the left and right flanks, with 25,000 men and a strong defensive stone fort battery, it is enough to hold on, Moreover, the troops on the left and right flanks have the support of the fleet, so it is not difficult to hold on. This is the first step in the battle plan formulated by His Majesty, which will form an encirclement posture for the enemy, and will disperse the enemy's forces, because the range of our cannon is much higher than that of the enemy's howitzers, so we can use the cannon to destroy the enemy first when we build fortifications, and then build will reduce a lot of pressure. ”

The nobles at the conference table were talking, and many of them were obviously convinced after listening to the battle plan formulated by Ye Zifeng, and they kept nodding their heads while saying something to the people next to them.

"Good work, Earl Pendes." Ye Zifeng, who wanted to return the long stick, nodded, and while taking the long stick, he stood up, "Please be quiet, gentlemen, I will personally explain the future additions." ”

"While fighting on the front, the towns in the rear naturally had to operate, and conscription was carried out in the remaining towns, and the standard for conscription was set at 1,000 in cities and 300 in villages and towns. But in the villages where the cultivation was to be cultivated, not only were conscription banned, but all taxes were to be reduced by 50 percent. The Imperial Capital Ordnance Factory and the local manufacturing offices in various towns are fully engaged in the production of feather arrows, armor, gunpowder, guns, shells, cannonballs, muskets, long swords, crossbows, and equipped with newly recruited militiamen, the recruitment time is limited to ten days, once the recruitment is completed, the soldiers will be sent to the vacated battalion for intensive training, and when I begin to mobilize the central corps, the recruits will be sent to the battlefield immediately, and the two wings will be advanced in depth. In addition to these recruits, all the young and middle-aged men over the age of 15 and under the age of 55 who fled back were integrated into the army and trained together with the recruited recruits, and the remaining elderly and children were settled by the governors of each town. ”

The nobles listened to Ye Zifeng's series of orders in a daze, some didn't know what to do, some people's hands were swinging uneasily, and some people's foreheads were sweating.

"Your Majesty, you are wise!" The first to come back to his senses, before Pendes just listened to Ye Zifeng talk about the movement of the army, and then he didn't know, it was only at this time that Pendes understood all the content of the first step of Ye Zifeng's plan, and saw that his monarch was not only a general, but also an extremely good manager, and it can be seen from the halving of taxes that he did not immediately reduce all taxes, but left himself a financial revenue and expenditure road, And this move will also be a loud compliment of the taxpayer monarch, which can be said to be that you are taking other people's money, while listening to others say hello, killing two birds with one stone, and did not blindly send all the refugees to be soldiers but divided to deal with it, which Pendes can be said to admire so much. To sum up, Pendes's admiration for Ye Zifeng has reached a fanatical state.

"Your Majesty, your plan is very comprehensive and specific, and we all admire it." Duke Scolin stood up and bowed to Ye Zifeng, "Marshal Cullen will definitely approve of such a plan, which may turn their concept around in one fell swoop." ”

Everyone loves to listen to compliments, and Ye Zifeng is no exception.

"It is really wonderful to strike later, and Your Majesty's intelligence can be called the top of the emperors of the past dynasties." Duke Allen stood up and bowed. Driven by the emotions of the two dukes, the other nobles got up and saluted, and for a while the compliments came and went, and Ye Zifeng, who listened, was full of joy, and made such a decision when he was in the fleet, and the officers under his command at most said "yes, sir" to him and then led the door out, without saying a word, and he would definitely perform his duties with due diligence and complete success.

But some people just don't want to let Ye Zifeng enjoy the feeling of fluttering for even a second, a burst of light and dreamlike applause resounded in this somewhat chaotic military affairs hall, the applause was not big, but every nobleman in the military affairs hall heard it clearly, the compliments gradually decreased, and everyone looked at the door of the military affairs hall, and a figure stood there.

A delicate dress, almost every side is rolled with gold thread, and the white fabric is embroidered with gold thread sparse patterns, so that the whole person looks golden and silver, young and handsome face smeared with a faint smile, such a face is absolutely lethal, has absolute lethality to adolescent girls. There are two strands of smooth golden hair on his shoulders, making his whole person look like a stunning girl, but the aura exuded from his body makes people feel a little oppressive, and it can even be said that it is majestic.

"Well said, Your Majesty." The handsome young man smiled and bowed, "I'm a little late because of something, but I've already consulted with the other two dukes, and I can represent their wishes, that is, if I agree, it means that they agree too, and vice versa." ”

"Sit down when you're here." Ye Zifeng pointed to an empty seat on the side, motioned for Marshal Kulun to take a seat, and then continued, "Since I have been praised by Lord Marshal, I don't think there is any need to repeat it to Lord Marshal." Ye Zifeng also smiled at Kulun, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and the cold light in his eyes flowed, "Does the marshal agree or disagree?" ”

Straight to the point and concise. Ye Zifeng's attitude was very clear, although it seemed like he was asking on the surface, but in fact, his eyes had already expressed the connotation of "you have to agree even if you agree, and you have to agree if you don't agree" to Duke Kulun. Ye Zifeng believes that the other party is not a fool, and this meaning can still be understood.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, didn't I tell you before about the dangers of sending troops to meet the enemy, once the follow-up is weak, tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line are likely to die on the battlefield, Your Majesty can't bear to watch his people die tragically on the battlefield? I am saying that the formation of the large battalion arranged by my father outside the imperial capital is enough to deal with all enemy attacks, so what His Majesty said before, I raised my hands in favor of what I said in the second half, but in the first half, I said that I could not nod my head. ”

The same straightforward judgment, the same conciseness, and not like Ye Zifeng, he used his eyes to hint at his meaning, but directly rejected Ye Zifeng's proposal verbally, without giving any face, leaving no room at all, and after saying the following words, Cullen even picked up the teacup and teacup holder, took a sip of the condensed milk tea that was already a little cold in the teacup, and let out a long breath, full of comfort. This is a naked provocation, Ye Zifeng can't bear it, but when he is angry in front of this kind of nobleman, this is not ancient China, the emperor is angry and the ministers kneel, and someone will lose his head at every turn, so Ye Zifeng can only have better words to refute in the face of Kulun's provocation, and the words cannot be excessive, focusing on ingenuity. Ye Zifeng is not good at the aspect, but some bad words and phrases still have some skill in his heart. Under the gaze of the middle nobles, Ye Zifeng pondered for a moment, took a speech, and said Kan Kan.

"It seems that Marshal Cullen is really filial to his elders, and he is reluctant to destroy the camp set up by his father." Ye Zifeng gave a thumbs up and gestured towards Duke Cullen, expressing his affirmation of Duke Cullen's filial piety. Being praised by His Majesty the Emperor in front of all the nobles, even if it was just a gesture, Cullen couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't help but be proud.

"Where, where, it's just that I feel that I can't compare to my father in this insignificant measure." Cullen doesn't mind betraying his personal favor in the case of the emperor's compromise, no matter how tough he is, after all, the other party is also the king of a country, and he has no benefit from falling out with him, such common sense Cullen still heard from his father.

(To be continued)