Chapter 298: Each according to his ability (2)
"In other words, on this map, Chudi, Youzhou, and Minzhou are all right? But Fuzhou, Toyosu is still not sure? Ming Chenyuan asked.
"That's right," Nie Xingji stared at the half of the anti-layout map, and his slender fingers pointed over several places in turn, "You see, nearly half of the terrain of Ning Country has been mastered by us, I think we can take a gamble." ”
"No wonder you're in a hurry to go to war, this thing is really exciting." Ming Chenyuan was full of emotion.
Nie Xingji smiled: "Let's take Youzhou and Minzhou with this map first." ”
At this point, Ming Chenyuan could only nod and say: "That Weichen will lead the army to set off tomorrow." ”
Nie Xingji let out a "hmm", and then cautiously admonished: "I heard that King Ning has reused Yunchen again, it must be to deal with us, you must remember not to act rashly." ”
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In fact, there is an inside story about Yunchen being reused again. More than a year ago, Yuan Che entered the palace to complain, insisting that Wang Tuo was a spy sent by Qi Zhan, so King Ning was furious and thoroughly investigated the palace attendants, which eventually spread into a purge that affected the court and the family.
This purge lasted for more than half a year, affecting the palace, the court, and the people, almost shaking the foundation of the country. Some pedantic and powerful ministers were not spared, either their homes were raided or dismissed, and the lightest of them was also made to take the initiative to return to their hometowns. All of a sudden, everyone was old and confused, and the imperial historians even cried and shouted "the country is going to die".
In this matter, the most wronged was Qi Zhan, who had just been in power for less than two months before he was kicked down by King Ning; The most surprising thing was Yuan Che, he originally only wanted to deal with Qi Zhan, but he didn't expect that in the end, it would cause endless suspicion and killing; The one who was most happy to see it happen was Yunchen, laughing at Ningguo's chaos into a puddle of troubled water, causing panic in people's hearts.
However, at the same time, news came from Yan Kingdom, saying that the regent Nie Xingji had secretly gone to Jiang Kingdom, aiming to negotiate peace with King Jiang and promote the reconciliation of Yan Jiang Baishi. This news was like a thunderbolt, and it suddenly woke up King Ning's chaotic mind, making him realize what Nie Xingji planned to do next.
And the group of dead soldiers in the Chu State all thought that Yunchen was going to make a move at this time and take the opportunity to add another fire. Yunchen did exactly that, and after the bamboo wind and tassels returned, he sent a small team of men to find the treasure, and quietly transported back a lot of gold and silver treasures. Everyone thought that he was going to use this treasure to recruit troops and take advantage of the chaos to rebel, but he didn't, he actually came forward to speak for the wronged courtiers, took the initiative to appease the family, and entered the palace to have a secret conversation with King Ning.
King Ning and his old man are worried about how to end this purge, stabilize people's hearts and gather troops to prepare for war in the fastest time. Yunchen's move coincided with King Ning's intentions, and in the end, he was entrusted with a heavy task by King Ning, and re-entered the court with a strong attitude, ending this mighty catastrophe and stabilizing the foundation of the country.
All of a sudden, no one in the court was grateful for leaving the Hou, and the historians spoke particularly highly of this move, saying that "leaving the Hou and returning to the court".
Most people were glad that Yunchen was reused, but people like Qi Zhan and Yuan Che who knew his true identity were extremely puzzled. Since King Ning already knew that Yunchen was a descendant of the Chu royal family, why did he still need to be important? Shouldn't we continue to restrain him?
It was also a staff member of the Marquis of Wei's Mansion who broke the heavens, which made Yuan Che suddenly realize: "Since Yunchen is a member of the Chu royal family, then he must hate the Yan Kingdom, and he used Yunchen at this juncture, making it clear that he made a special trip to deal with Nie Xingji." And the others are the king's ecstasy soup. ”
However, for Yunchen's regaining power, Yuan Che is still supportive for the time being, after all, he and Yunchen have already reached an alliance to deal with Qi Zhan together, so they have to spread some beautiful words for Yunchen in private.
Judging from the current situation, Yuan Che is slightly superior, Qi Zhan was implicated in Wang Tuo's death, and the turmoil has not completely subsided after Yunchen came to power. Naturally, Momen was annoyed by this, and even issued a hunt and kill order, claiming to eradicate Yuan Che at all costs.
On the contrary, it was Qi Zhan who stopped Momen's actions in time, because he knew that Yuan Che must not die at this time, and once he died, no matter who the murderer was, this account would definitely be counted on his head. At that time, once the charge of killing his siblings is falling, he will never have a chance to turn over!
Fortunately, Ning Yan was about to start a war, but Qi Zhan saw a little hope, and he took the opportunity to ask King Ning to fight, in order to win back a game.
didn't want anyone to be one step ahead of him, and when he entered the palace to ask for battle, Yuan Che was already here.
The thoughts of the two grandsons coincide, they both want to deal with Nie Xingji and win prestige with their achievements. King Ning on the Danqi thought for a long time, but rejected the two of them together, and he didn't even have a word, only said: "In this battle, Gu plans to send Yunchen to oversee the army." The two of you stay in Li Du first, and don't act rashly. ”
As soon as Yuan Che heard this, he hurriedly said: "You are right to send Yunchen to oversee the army, he will not show mercy to the Yan army's subordinates." But the grandson is going to ask Ying to fight, and it doesn't conflict with the Yunchen Overseers! ”
King Ning sighed: "What if you make a mistake on the battlefield?" Nie Xingji is known as the "God of War of the Yan Kingdom", and Yunchen's brother Chu Li was still defeated at his hands back then, do you two have a way to win? ”
As soon as Yuan Che heard the word "Chu Li", his heart was filled with sourness, and he snorted coldly: "It's just a prince of the dead country, the land of the Chu country, how capable can he be?" Presumably, it is in vain. ”
King Ning was silent for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "You have all seen Yunchen's methods, it is said that Yunchen's talent is under his brother, do you dare to say that Chu Li has a false name?" ”
Yuan Che was choked by these words for a moment, and was still unconvinced: "Maybe Chu Li has a talent for governing the country, but his ability to lead troops is too poor!" ”
"Now you are so unconvinced, once you go to the battlefield, you lead the army, Yunchen Overseer, you two must not make a fuss?" King Ning saw it thoroughly.
Yuan Che couldn't refute it for a while.
Qi Zhan listened for a long time, and then asked at the right time, "Grandfather Wang, why do you have to let Yunchen oversee the army?" Even if he and Yan Guo have a common enmity, do you know that he will do his best to help us? ”
"That's why Lone ordered him to 'oversee the army' instead of 'lead the army.'" King Ning pointed at the two of them and refused again: "You don't even think about it, there are so many generals in the court, it will not be the turn of the two of you to go to the battlefield anyway." ”
"But! Yan Guo is the marquis of Zhenguo to lead the troops, if we don't have a strong commander, our morale will be greatly reduced! Qi Zhan was still not at ease.
"No, you're wrong, Yan Guo is not Ming Chenyuan leading the troops," King Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with fine light, "If Gu guessed correctly, this battle should be led by Nie Xingji in person." ”
"Pro-conscription?" Yuan Che and Qi Zhan were both taken aback.
"Yes, the battle of Yanning is so important, how can he not go out of the horse? It must be a quick solution, and it is best to me off this old bone. When King Ning said this, he actually laughed.
Yuan Che and Qi Zhan both attracted attention to the word "pro-Zheng", both of them were worried, where did they still have the heart to joke. Both of them are wondering, I don't know what is ridiculous about this matter, or is King Ning really confused? Can't tell the priorities?
"Since Yan Guo is the regent himself, then we should have someone of the same status sitting in the army! Otherwise, morale will be lost. Yuan Che hurriedly persuaded again.
Qi Zhan nodded repeatedly.
King Ning smiled for a long time, and then looked at his two grandsons with satisfaction: "Okay, good, you fought hard in the past, and you can think in the same way on family and national affairs, and loneliness can be regarded as comforting." ”
Yuan Che and Qi Zhan glanced at each other, but neither of them spoke.
King Ning also smiled at this point and regained his solemnity: "This matter has been decided, you two don't need to say it anymore, just stay in Lidu honestly and make suggestions!" ”
"Grandfather Wang, grandson knows that you love us, but the battle of Ning Yan is related to the situation in the world, you must not take Nie Xingji lightly!" Qi Zhan persuaded unrelentingly: "You and your grandson have seen his methods, when he set up a plot to assassinate Nie Xingyi, the means were ruthless and the scheming was deep, but others could never do it!" We are in the middle of the court, and there are not many people who can compete with him! ”
Unexpectedly, when King Ning heard this, he seemed to be very excited: "Okay, good, such an opponent is interesting." Let Yunchen go to fight the front battle first, and the rest of the things will be up to you. ”
"Grandfather Wang!" Yuan Che and Qi Zhan spoke out against it together.
"Stand down!" King Ning didn't mean to say any more, his face had already sunk, and he waved his hand at the two of them and retreated.
Yuan Che and Qi Zhan saw that his displeasure was thick, and they also knew that today was not the time to persuade again, so they had to leave the palace together. Along the way, the two of them were vindictive and refused to speak, but when they thought of Nie Xingji leading the army to fight in person, and King Ning was still so light on the enemy, they were both a little worried.
In the end, it was Yuan Che who asked first: "You just said that Nie Xingji set up a plot to assassinate Nie Xingyi, what is going on?" ”
Qi Zhan didn't hide it, and told the truth about Nie Xingji's finding of King Ning, King Ning's finding of Momen, and Momen's sending him to assassinate Nie Xingyi.
Yuan Che said "hey" after hearing this, and there was praise and disdain in his words: "This Nie Xingji has fallen behind, and he knows that he borrowed the hand of another country, it's really ...... What a ......."
He was "really" for a long time, and he didn't say why, but sighed again: "Alas! The old man was also confused back then, it was too late for such a person to suppress, how could he help him? You see, now he controls the Yan Kingdom, right? It's not going to work, is it? If it was replaced by Nie Xingyi's straw bag, I'm afraid the old man would have unified the world a long time ago! ”
"Who knew that he would have such ambitions," Qi Zhan said expressionlessly, "Grandfather Wang was thinking that he had half of the Ningguo blood, and if he could become the king of Yan, it would be beneficial for the two countries to have diplomatic relations." ”
Yuan Che had also heard of Nie Xingji's life experience, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the old man also miscalculated, this Nie Xingji really doesn't know how to be grateful!" ”
"Between countries, it is also the first word." Qi Zhan had already seen through it.