Northland.

Pinch the days to count Wu Yuandao and others have been in this foreign capital for almost half a year, because the northerners do not have the custom of the New Year, so Wu Yuandao always feels that something is missing, in addition to the patrolling Liang army on the street, there is no pedestrian, the entire northern capital is full of a murderous atmosphere, at this time, if it is in Daliang, it is estimated that people have already rushed to the market to buy a few catties of good meat, prepare a few jars of good wine, and wait until relatives and friends come to the door to greet guests, as for why the northerners will be patrolled by the Liang army, it can be traced back to the disappearance of the sergeant reported back half a year ago, It is said that after receiving the news, the hundred officials immediately carried out their ancestral skills and stood in line.

The court was instantly divided into three factions: the main battle faction, the main peace faction, and the neutral faction. The main battle faction is mainly based on military generals and nobles, which of these nobles is not a proud soldier and a fierce general, with Emperor Liang's southern expedition to the north to pacify the southern countries, and to the north and beat the northern king to beg for peace, in their eyes, since the northern king is not satisfied and has an excuse to crusade, he should take the initiative to attack, and some people even advocate that there is no need to send someone to review and directly send troops to fight. And those civil officials of the Lord and faction thought that it was nothing more than a few soldiers, and there was no need to mobilize the people so much, and when the time came, it would be enough for the king of the north to find a few people to make amends and then write a letter to make amends.

As for the two generals, they don't stand on either faction, they only obey the emperor's orders, as long as the emperor supports which faction, they will support which faction, for the emperor courtiers to argue is also a good thing, especially the contradiction between the military generals and the civil ministers, the military generals laugh at the civil officials are powerless, the civil officials laugh at the military attachés who don't know a single word, the emperor's art is to weigh, only if there is a contradiction between the courtiers, the emperor can rest assured. The debate over whether to use troops lasted from morning to afternoon, and neither of the two factions could convince the other, so it remained deadlocked.

In fact, Xiao Jing has already made a final decision in his heart, the reason why they quarrel is not only to intensify the contradiction between civil officials and military officials, but also to better observe the hundred officials, some of the hundred officials have no opinions and only know how to echo the voice, some people use this to win over colleagues, some people use this to win the emperor's attention, and some people wait quietly for the emperor's decision without saying a word, because they know what is the use of arguing for a long time, and in the end they still have to make the decision from above. Great loyalty is like treachery, treachery is like loyalty, false and real, real and false, Xiao Jing does not trust any courtiers because he knows that what he sees is always just a mask, which one of them can be in this hall is not a human spirit, those seemingly loyal military attaches may have more eyes than civilian officials, and those seemingly cunning civil officials may sometimes reveal their true feelings.

As the emperor, Xiao Jing sat on the dragon chair and watched and listened patiently, and when he saw that the quarrel was almost over, Xiao Jing knocked on the gong beside him, and the loud and thorough sound echoed in the hall, and the courtiers also sat quietly and waited for the emperor's will, "War is not good for the people, and it is not good for the national prestige, although Yun Shifeng is indeed a little rude to lead the troops to search, but within the duty, I don't like that kind of big country bearing, if you are weak, you should be beaten, and if I am strong, I should beat you." "The hundred officials in the seat have long been accustomed to Xiao Jing's robber logic, otherwise how do you think such a large territory of Daliang came about?

Xiao Jing got up and pulled out the sword next to the dragon chair and said sharply, "If you don't punish the barbarians today, how can you let the four seas be subdued in the future, pass on my will, and order Qing, Su, Dai, Jin, Ning, Yan, and Liao The seven places are all ready to go, and once there is a disturbance in the north, they will send troops immediately." ”

"Do the Holy Commandment!"

"Ten thousand years of beams! Liang Jun wins! ”

.......

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xiao Jing returned to the middle hall and got the news that Xiao Xuan, the general of the Zhenguo, had been waiting for a long time, and the general Xiao Xuan and Xiao Jing were brothers born of the same mother, and they were noble, coupled with their great military exploits, no one in the court was dissatisfied, Xiao Xuan was also the only courtier who could enter the middle hall without notification, Xiao Jing knew what Xiao Xuan was going to say, although he didn't want to see his brother at this time, but he still walked into the hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Jing took the lead in his voice, "Choose, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Big brother, do you really want to go north to attack the barbarians?"

"Of course."

"And who are you going to make the boss?"

"Choose, you know I can't let you ......"

Xiao Xuan naturally knows his brother's good intentions, his own achievements in the past hundred years are too great, it can be said that almost eighty percent of the Liang army has served under his own hands, and there are not a few people who have made trouble in his name since the founding of the country, in the eyes of Wenchen, he is the biggest hidden danger in that country, and it is also a crime to carry a sharp weapon, "Big brother, Li Congyi is too brutal, if he is allowed to lead the army, I am afraid that the north will be ruined." "Xiao Xuan is not necessary to kill innocents, the original massacre in the capital of the northern country was to deter the northerners, and the people killed were all soldiers. And Li Congyi is different, whether it is a soldier or a civilian, he does not let go, except for the troops he leads, everything can be killed, and the soldiers under the commander are naturally not good, for the sake of military merit, he can do anything, not to mention killing innocent people, even killing his own people, and the way Daliang calculates military merit is based on the number of noses cut off, and the identity of the deceased can not be distinguished by the nose alone, which also reduces the risk of being sentenced to kill.

Xiao Xuan's concerns Xiao Jing naturally knew, but in addition to Xiao Xuan, Li Congyi had the highest prestige in the army, and the ghost army under his command was not under Xiao Xuan's Tianwu army, in addition to protecting his brother, Xiao Jing sent Li Congyi to deter the northerners, completely breaking the backbone of the northerners, so that they didn't dare to look south, "Xuan, you just stay in Zhongdu and don't go anywhere, this matter is decided, don't care." Seeing that Xiao Jing's attitude was so resolute, Xiao Xuan had no choice but to obey his orders, and only returned to his mansion after being left by Xiao Jing for dinner.

The next day's court meeting announced that Li Congyi was the governor of the north to lead the general military of the seven places, leading 400,000 troops to the northern expedition barbarians, the northern expedition was launched without warning, and the secret guards around the country moved together to prevent the infiltration of the northern spies, and when the northerners learned the news, the northern army had also been assembled and ready to pull out the camp, for a time the two countries were in a state of tension, and the king of the north was stunned after learning the reason for the use of troops by the Liang State, and sent someone to find that the Liang army was really missing in the capital that day, which was really unclear when jumping into the Yellow River, So he hurriedly sent people to Daliang to prepare to intercede, but the entire capital was controlled by the Liang army in advance, and the king of the north could not go anywhere except the imperial city.

I have to say that Wu Yuandao's bad chess move actually came out of the unexpected effect, and he was caught off guard by the northern country, otherwise if he wanted to occupy the capital, he didn't know how many people would die, when he heard Yun Shifeng say that His Majesty the Emperor specially praised himself, Wu Yuandao's face turned red, what he wanted was to test it, who would have thought that the emperor had just not even notified him directly, and the result was not important to the process, anyway, Wu Yuandao was making a lot of money, I just hope that when the time comes, the war will not affect his own group, as for the northerners? Who cares about him, if you don't beat him and wait for him to recover, it's you, don't talk to me about humanitarianism, who cares about this when you start a war?