Chapter 56: The sons never say things that they are not sure of
Everyone knows that the crown prince was a hawk among hawks, extremely belligerent, and the word 'and' never existed in his dictionary.
Therefore, the question asked by the emperor does not need the prince to speak, everyone already knows the answer.
Mo Shiyuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at the ministers who were thinking about him, and said lightly: "Please ask my father to give his son 30,000 elite soldiers, and his son is willing to ask Ying to fight, and he will definitely win Chongchang Pass within the year." β
As soon as this remark came out, the ministers were in an uproar!
They expected that Mo Shiyuan would suggest sending troops, but they didn't expect that he would offer to lead troops to recruit in person.
Taifu immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Please think twice, Your Highness!" You are a daughter, what a chaotic place Chongchang Pass is, and you finally returned to Kyoto, how can you risk yourself again to go to that kind of Longtan Tiger's Den? β
Several auxiliary officials related to the East Palace also stepped forward one after another, asking Mo Shiyuan and the emperor to think twice.
The civil officials who were shouting just now that they couldn't fight have all shut up now.
The emperor shook his head, "Crown prince, what they said makes sense, you are the crown prince, there is no need to risk your life." β
"Erchen never says something that he is not sure of, please rest assured."
Mo Shiyuan's eyes were cold, even in the face of the Ninety-Five Venerable, there was still an irrefutable cold momentum.
The emperor was speechless for a long time, and said: "But Chongchang Pass has 200,000 troops, and you only need 30,000, isn't this hitting a stone with an egg??" β
"The soldiers are not expensive, 30,000 is enough." Mo Shiyuan's face was expressionless, "No matter how much there is, the imperial court can't send it." β
Emperor: "......"
There is a pain point that has been poked, thank you.
As Mo Shiyuan said, the Great Zhou Dynasty has long been a strong foreign force in the middle, and it is close to the limit to send 30,000 elite soldiers to attack Chongchang Pass.
"Okay, we'll talk about it later." The emperor held his forehead, as if he had a headache.
Mo Shiyuan stepped aside.
Didn't speak again.
"Retreatβ"
After the ministers walked out of the Jinluan Palace, they gathered together and chattered like sparrows.
"Does the prince really want to lead his troops to the battle?"
"Heh, are you kidding him? Although our highness has not received much education since he was a child, he only has a little benefit, he does what he says, he is ruthless enough, and he can do what he says. β
"He's too arrogant! Cai Shang personally led an army of 200,000 troops to garrison Chongchang Pass, which was impregnable, he really thought that he could defeat it with 30,000 elite soldiers?! β
"Xiangye, look at this......"
Everyone gathered around Prime Minister Xiao Cheng with their clothes on their shoulders, waiting for him to give an explanation.
Prime Minister Xiao stroked his beard with a deep expression: "The prince has such ambitions, so let him try it." On a cloudy day, you played with the prime minister, and you all changed your tone and changed to support the prince to lead the army to the battle. β
All the ministers nodded one after another.
It's rare that the prince took the initiative to send a knife over, and if he doesn't use it well, wouldn't it be in vain.
30,000 against 200,000, no matter how you look at it, you can't win.
After the defeat of the crown prince, his momentum will inevitably plummet, and it will be much easier to remove him from the position of prince when the time comes.
If the prince is unlucky, he will be disabled on the battlefield, ruined, and even endanger his life......
It's not that they're vicious.
After all, no one wants a king who grew up in the desert and developed a wolf-like sinister temperament.
The Imperial Study.
The father and son talked alone.
The emperor stood by the window with his hands in his hands, with his back to his son, and sighed: "A-Yuan, it's not that I won't let you fight, I just don't want to see the events of the past repeated. β