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, there was a soft call 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 Cullen, the marshal who supported the defense of the city, could not understand Ye Zifeng, but listening to Pendes, there were two dukes left with ambiguous attitudes 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 could not directly send the soldiers in his hands out, these nobles who had lost their territory only stared dryly, drank cup after cup of condensed milk 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 used the long stick in his hand to point at each battalion, and the twenty battalions were not divided into a standard fan, 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 raised his hand to speak, "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 stockpile, there are still two hundred less left, 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, Liangyi needs to cross the river in advance, first destroy the opponent's shore defense facilities with cannons, and then forcibly cross the river, 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 his troops 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 made every effort to produce feather arrows, armor, gunpowder, guns, shells, cannonballs, muskets, swords, and crossbows, which were used to equip the newly recruited militia, and the recruitment was first ten days, and once the recruitment was completed, the soldiers were immediately sent to the vacated battalion for intensive training, and when I began to mobilize the central corps, the recruits were immediately sent to the battlefield to cooperate with the two wings to advance 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 remake of Ye Zifeng has reached a state of frenzy.

"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, making this person look golden and silver, young and handsome face smeared with a faint smile, such a face is absolutely lethal, absolutely lethal to adolescent girls. There are two strands of smooth long golden hair on his shoulders, but his whole person looks 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 had been somewhat cooled 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 in front of this kind of nobleman, he can't be angry, 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.

"Then it's better to do this, I will withdraw the Holais people from the ferry of Moss Town, and let's use the camp under Ling Zunbu to defend the city together, what do you think?" Ye Zifeng had a smile on his face, ignoring the fact that he was holding back his anger now, and pretended to be kind and pretended to have a consultative attitude. At this time, Cullen felt that something was wrong, and there was no problem in using the strength of the large battalion to naturally protect the imperial capital, but the problem was that his own territory was not within the circle of the large battalion, and withdrawing the Horles was equivalent to opening the door to the Mosnan Plain to the enemy, and there was no possibility of survival in his own territory. As soon as he thought about this, the problem arose, after several generations of his family's business, the most fertile land on the Mosnan Plain had accumulated a huge amount of wealth for his family, all accumulated in the family domain, and once his own territory fell, these wealth would be looted by the enemy, and the family's centuries-old business would be ruined. Cullen didn't want that result.

(To be continued)