Looking at the battle report that was sent over by Sun Ning, Shen Zhou's face also changed for a while, and finally he sighed.

Then, this battle report was looked at by Xiao Changyong and other courtiers one by one, making them either lose their color and exclaim, or their faces turned pale, and many people were ashamed.

Because what Sun Ning said is right, everyone did commit a big problem that should not be ignored, ignoring a person who should not be ignored, and the force he represents - Chang'an Li Wannian.

Just when the army was besieging Xicheng and wanted to besiege Qin Yude and his routed army in this small city, an extremely elite army of fifty or sixty thousand people appeared in their rear to attack.

This army that suddenly came out of the west came from Guanxi, and its main general was Li Wannian, who was known as one of the three main generals of the Pingtian Army along with Zhao Guangxiao and Qin Yude.

As one of the three main generals of the Pingtian Army, Li Wannian really has no sense of existence in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Dayue Dynasty.

This is not because his ability or soldiers and horses are not comparable to the other two, in fact, before he has a head-to-head confrontation with him, no one knows how many abilities he has, and whether the soldiers and horses under his command are strong or weak.

The reason why he was ignored by Sun Ning Junchen was only because his location, the area around Guanlong, happened to deviate from the Central Plains, at least not the target that the imperial court needed to focus on now.

In fact, over the years, Li Wannian has also been quite low-key, as one of the three main generals of the Pingtian Army, he has never taken the initiative to come out since he led the army into the customs ten years ago.

Whether it was the rise and fall of the Guo clan in Liangzhou, or the resurgence of the Dayue court, or the friction between Zhao Guangxiao and Qin Yude, who was also the chief general of the Pingtian Army, and the swords and soldiers met each other, he never really sent a single soldier to get involved.

This naturally left an inherent impression on many people, this Li Wannian is just a little person who has no ambitions and ideas, and only wants to occupy the entire Guanlong and try to divide the territory.

Even in the imperial court, when mentioning his people and their power, some people laughed and said that the imperial court could first pacify the Central Plains, and then attack the remnants of the Liangzhou army and the Guirong people in the north. After the world is restored, and then calmly lead an army to attack the pass, it will be decided in less than half a year.

After all, this Li Wannian is just a short-sighted person who is content with the status quo, and it is expected that under the general trend, he will only have the share of the surrender of the city, which is not worth mentioning at all.

It was precisely under such preconceived preconceptions that Sun Ning, the ministers, including the soldiers and soldiers from all walks of life who were fighting on the front line, also turned a blind eye to this force, and actually besieged the remnants of Qin Yude on a large scale at his doorstep, without the slightest caution.

And the consequences of such negligence are also tragic, not to mention the loss of this defeat on the front line, just letting Li Wannian lead troops to rescue Qin Yude and bring his people back to Guanzhong's lair is a great blow to the imperial court.

The loss of morale of the army, the hearts and minds of the enemy army as a result, and most importantly, the deviation in the judgment of the things around Kaifeng.

You must know that I thought that Kaifeng was not enough to take it was based on the premise that Qin Yude and other thieves were dead, but now that they are still alive and may be put back at any time, the situation is completely different.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is not to investigate anyone's fault, but to make up for possible troubles, and we can no longer let Kaifeng continue to be obtained by thieves." Shen Zhou opened his mouth with a straight face, but it was completely opposite to Xiao Changyong's previous argument.

And this time, Xiao Changyong, who advocated not taking Kaifeng, also spoke out in support: "The minister also thinks that this is at that time, even if there will be some loss, he must take advantage of the opportunity to take Kaifeng first." ”

Sun Ning looked at the other ministers quietly: "What do you think? ”

"The minister also thought that he should take Kaifeng first!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

For a time, everyone expressed their approval of sending troops to Kaifeng. There are some people here who make decisions because they feel the changes in the current situation, and there are also some people who follow the two prime ministers and follow the crowd.

Anyway, Sun Ning's strategy of first south and then north seems to be about to change.

Sun Ning also exhaled a long breath: "Then give the will to Xiao Kedi in Huaibei and let him send troops as soon as possible to capture Kaifeng." In addition, after the beginning of spring next year, I will once again drive to the north and take Luoyang! ”

Now that the original policy has been changed and he plans to take Kaifeng, the key place in the Central Plains, there is nothing to say next, and Luoyang will inevitably be defeated together.

And when the time comes, it is naturally impossible for Sun Ning, the emperor, to continue to stay in Jinling and wait for the results ahead.

After all, he, the emperor, is not an incompetent monarch who will only sit back and enjoy his success, and many cities have been led by him to build down. The capital city of Dayue like Luoyang, a strong city in the Central Plains with great symbolic significance, naturally cannot be missed by him personally.

In this regard, the ministers naturally did not dare to stop it, but there was a helpless sigh in everyone's hearts, it seems that the real war is still inevitable.

And just when the ministers retreated and made corresponding arrangements, Sun Ning left Guo Chong behind.

When there were only two monarchs and ministers and Wei Shen in the hall, Sun Ning did not beat around the bush, and said bluntly: "What do you think of Li Wannian and his army?" ”

Guo Chong was naturally prepared, and when he heard this, his expression followed, and he first bent down and saluted and pleaded guilty: "It was the minister's dereliction of duty that made the imperial army fail to take precautions, and I ask Your Majesty to punish you." ”

As the chief officer of the Wuyi Division who coordinates internal and external supervision, he naturally has the responsibility to help the imperial court grasp the movements of external enemy forces. And it is obvious that he really doesn't know anything about Guan Long's Li Wannian's movements this time.

"I don't mean to hold you accountable, I just ask you what your impression you think of him." Sun Ning just asked emphatically.

Guo Chong straightened his waist at this time, and only after a little muttering did he say slowly: "The minister does not dare to hide it from Your Majesty, because he has only paid attention to the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang and other places before, and has indeed neglected Guanlong Li Wannian and his subordinates.

"However, Wuyisi has also sent some fine works into Guanzhong to investigate the matter. found that compared with the rebellion of the Central Plains cities such as Luoyang and Kaifeng, Li Wannian was much more low-key. In the past few years, except for a few rebellions in Ganlong, there have been few sword soldiers.

"And he is also quite popular in Guanzhong, and he focuses on Tuntian to support the people, but he has only 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he has never been involved in the disputes in the Central Plains......"

Hearing him say this, Sun Ning's expression became more and more solemn, and finally he let out a long sigh: "In this way, we are indeed negligent, and we should not despise this third general of the Pingtian Army." If what I think is good, this person will be bigger and more capable than Qin Yude and Zhao Guangxiao! ”

Some people died, but not completely......