Chapter Seventy-Two: Losing Ground
"Smack......
The teacup in his hand was slammed to the ground, if it weren't for the thick felt, this teacup would have been shattered.
After Zheng Fengdu dropped the teacup in his hand, he panted heavily, trying to calm his heart.
The battle on the front line has been unprecedentedly smooth, and the various corps have entered the pre-determined battlefield one after another. Just when he fantasized about defeating the last reliance of the Black Pupil Empire in one fell swoop, such a big change happened in his rear.
An entire county has fallen, and such a big thing has not been discovered until now.
The empire only had ten counties in total plus one imperial capital, and now an entire county was out of control. Just thinking about it made him feel a surge of rage.
What made him even more unable to suppress his anger was that the imperial court actually discovered the clues of such a serious incident almost a month after the incident.
Could it be that the Imperial Court is already so deaf!?
Is it going to develop any further, there are accidents in the counties below one after another, and the princes of Gon who are eating in the court are still singing and dancing!
Thinking of this, Zheng Fengdu's eyes could not hide the murderous intent.
Could it be that I haven't used iron-blooded means for a long time, so that these guys don't take me seriously anymore and don't take state affairs to heart?!
"What did Zhuge Qingnan say?" suppressed his anger, Zheng Fengdu asked in a deep voice.
The group of civil and military officers who followed the army below knelt on the ground at this time, and they had already expected that something would happen when the military report came up.
"Prime Minister Zhuge has ordered Chujiang County and Yanluo County to be under martial law, and asked the two counties to strictly investigate the followers of the Holy Lord Cult and kill them!"
Hmph, this Zhuge light man is also old and confused. Under normal circumstances, this arrangement is of course fine. However, since this Holy Bishop has the ability to occupy a county and can also block the news, his strength is not at all comparable to the local defenders of each county. In this way, it is to startle the snake, I am afraid that the situation in the two counties of Chujiang and Yanluo, which are close to Qinguang County, is critical!
sighed in his heart, although he was very dissatisfied with Zhuge Qingnan, Zheng Feng was still ready to leave him a trace of face after thinking about the old prime minister's self-serving career for so many years. At the same time, for the Holy Bishop who dared to touch the tiger's whiskers, the killing intent in his heart became stronger and stronger.
This holy bishop is truly abominable!
He had just laid out the army, and at this time, there were no soldiers available in the empire except for the legions that were preparing for the divine war. However, if you want to be transferred from the Black Pupil Battlefield, you are really unwilling.
It is possible that just because of his own troops, the Black Pupil Empire will get a chance to breathe, and then this war is likely to be protracted. Although he didn't know when the military order of the Divine War would arrive, it was impossible for him to take the risk and leave a mess behind to fight the Divine War. Therefore, the forces of the Black Pupil Front must not be transferred.
It seems that there is only one choice left for me!
Ha, it's been a long time since I've felt this out of control, this Holy Bishop really damns it!
"Passing the decree, I hereby order Xie Wu'an to lead the Royal Knights to immediately carry Qin Guangjun on their backs and exterminate the Holy Lord Cult. With a decision in his heart, Zheng Fengdu showed the courage of a generation of heroes at this time.
After thinking about it, he continued: "Sue Xie Wu'an, all cult members do not need to be interrogated, and they will be killed! I would rather kill 3,000 by mistake than let go of a single fish that slips through the net!"
The words carried a chill on their faces, making the people kneeling below tremble.
"Get up! You are now on the front line of the black pupil, you don't need to think about domestic affairs, just help me fight the war well!" Seeing them kneeling in front of him, Zheng Feng forced a smile and shouted to them to get up.
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"Your Excellency, Your Majesty's will has come!" Xiao Huangmen shouted loudly as he walked to the front of the cabinet with the will brought from the communication office.
Zhuge Qingnan, who was sitting in the room, laughed miserably in his heart, thinking that his time had come, and stood up tremblingly. He pushed away Hanlin who wanted to help him, opened the curtain, strode out, and knelt on the ground waiting for the verdict.
He only discovered the clues about Qin Guangjun's matter three days ago, because, since Qin Guangjun last reported the news of the bandits, except for the official report, it seems that all other news has been cut off from the center.
Generally speaking, like the imperial capital, it is the exchange center of intelligence information of the entire empire. In addition to the official reports of the local officials, the general big forces or high-ranking officials will always have their own channels to obtain local information.
However, since Qin Guangjun reported the cult incident, the official report has been reported on time every time, but all other information channels have been interrupted.
No one cared about this. However, after Zhuge Qingnan heard it at a private party, with his years of experience in governing and Qin Guangjunshou's last report, he always felt a little uneasy.
So, he asked the neighboring Yanluo County and Chujiang County to quickly send people to investigate whether there was anything abnormal in Qinguang County. As a result, Chujiang County reported that there was nothing abnormal, but Yanluo County found that there was something unusual in Qin Guang County, and Qin Guang County had not shown up for a month.
In this way, as long as Zhuge Qingnan is not a fool, he will know that Qin Guangjun has undergone drastic changes. And the reason, of course, is the underestimated Holy Bishop. Perhaps, Chujiang County has also been attacked, otherwise why would it be reported to be normal.
Thinking about it this way, even the calm that he had exercised for many years as prime minister began to shake his mind.
At this time, it was the time of His Majesty's personal expedition, and most of the military strength of the empire had already been put into the battlefield of the Black Pupil Empire. At this time, there was a drastic change in a county in the country, and I could think of it with my buttocks, what kind of stimulation would my majesty become.
This is a big thing, and Zhuge Qingnan will never dare to suppress it and not report it. Therefore, on the one hand, he sent people to order Yanluo County and Chujiang County to be on guard and strictly investigate in the county. Even if he guessed that there were bad changes in Chujiang County, he couldn't care about it. On the other hand, it is to quickly report the situation to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to judge. Even if he will be questioned for this, he will not hesitate.
Therefore, at this time, when Xiao Huangmen came to announce the decree, he would laugh miserably and wait for death.
“...... On the occasion of the Royal Knights' northern expedition, Zhuge Qingnan was ordered to stay in the imperial capital, and it was necessary to ensure the preparation of logistics materials for the Holy Knights and other armies and the transportation of grain and grass on the front line of the Black Pupil. Chin!"
After Xiao Huangmen announced his will, Zhuge Qingnan raised his head and looked at him in disbelief.
"Lord Zhuge , Lord Zhuge , you still haven't received the order to thank you!" Xiao Huangmen saw that he didn't react, and hurriedly reminded him.
This is not in line with His Majesty's character! There is such a big mistake, and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet does not come out to cover the bag, when did His Majesty be so tolerant!
"Oh, ah, well, the minister Zhuge Qingnan is thankful!" Although there were many questions in his heart, Xiao Huangmen's reminder still made him wake up quickly and hurriedly kowtow to thank him.
"This father-in-law, didn't say anything else when His Majesty came to the news?" After receiving the holy decree, he quietly handed over a golden ticket from his sleeve, and Zhuge Qingnan asked softly.
This little yellow door looked down at the denomination of the golden ticket, smiled happily at that time, and quietly took it, and said: "Your Majesty didn't say anything else, but sent a letter to Lord Xie Wu'an Xie to send troops, asking him to go north immediately to suppress the rebellion. ”
"Oh, oh, hehe, thank you father-in-law!" This is not the time to think about other things, although he didn't ask anything, Zhuge Qingnan still bowed his hand and thanked him.
"Hehe, where, the miscellaneous family didn't help much, the prime minister is too polite! So, please be busy, the miscellaneous family has to go back to restore their lives, don't pass it away!" Xiao Huangmen unexpectedly got a floating fortune, and his heart was happy, seeing that Zhuge Qingnan had something in his heart, he didn't want to stay longer, so he said goodbye.
"Hehe, that's good, my father-in-law will go slowly, and I will send it not far away!"
"Hehe, your lordship is polite, stay!"
Zhuge Qingnan stood in the courtyard, and saw that the figure of Xiao Huangmen gradually disappeared in front of him, and he roughly guessed a little bit of Zheng Fengdu's meaning in his heart.
Hehe, I didn't think about it, but now His Majesty has begun to think about the love between the monarch and the minister! However, it is one thing for His Majesty to give face, and we as courtiers can't ignore things.
After his plan was decided, he turned around and went back to the public house, spread out a blank fold, wrote a fold asking for guilt, and took the blame for Qin Guangjun's guilt on his head. After it was written, I hurriedly sent it to the imperial camp.
Zheng Fengdu received the prime minister's request for guilt, smiled indifferently, and the dissatisfaction with him in his heart disappeared. I, the emperor, don't blame you for mentioning that matter, but to give you face as an old minister. But after all, with such a big change, no one should come out to take responsibility! The officials up and down in Qin Guang County should have asked all of them. But since Qin Guangjun has changed hands, presumably those criminal officials will not end well. Therefore, no matter what the cabinet says, it should still bear part of the responsibility, and at least one oversight will not be able to escape.
Fortunately, Zhuge Qingnan has been the prime minister for many years, and this sensitivity is still there. For his own intentions, this Prime Minister Zhuge can still understand a few points, and he will not give him face in vain. Therefore, Zheng Fengdu didn't care about himself, and casually approved a fine for Zhuge Qingnan for one year, and then closed the matter.
It was only at this time that Zhuge Qingnan breathed a sigh of relief.
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Since he had already arranged for the Royal Knights to go out to fight against the thieves, Zheng Fengdu, who believed in Xie Wu'an's command ability very much, and at the same time trusted the strength of the Royal Knights, left this matter behind.
Perhaps, in his opinion, the Royal Knights' army of more than 200,000 knights is enough to eradicate the thieves in Qin Guangjun.
Xie Wu'an is a paladin, among the 200,000 knights, there are more than 5,000 chief knights alone, more than 45,000 of the remaining great knights, and the rest are high-level knights. With such strength, even if it is placed on the battlefield of the Black Pupil Empire, it can easily defeat three or four legions. Even the vanguard legion composed of the four directly subordinate forces of Zou Qi at the beginning was not the opponent of the Royal Knights.
With this Holy Bishop who occupies Qin Guangjun, how can he be an opponent.
The reason why Zheng Fengdu wanted the Royal Knights to go out was to extinguish Qin Guangjun's rebellion with the power of thunder, so as to deter those unscrupulous forces in their hearts.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the Holy Bishop had an army of powerful angels numbering as many as 30,000. The strength of an angel is equivalent to a great knight. The Legion of Angels of such a scale, against the Royal Knights, although there is a huge disparity in numbers, but the overall strength is enough to crush the Royal Knights.
Of course, Zheng Feng couldn't even know about such a thing. If he could know so many things, Zhou Yi should also wash and sleep.