Chapter 227: Reaching the Pinnacle! Recovering Tianshui Province!
In the palace hall.
The civil and military officials were completely shocked.
Just ten days? !
The war was over?
And after the war, Your Majesty, did you declare war?
Is Ying Que's army so fierce and sharp?
And the key is, shouldn't Ying Que focus all his attention on Yingzhou recently?
Aren't his main forces in Tiannan Province? Why did he go to Tiannan Road?
And the war ended so quickly, it was obviously premeditated.
Everyone thought he would do his best to recover Tianshui Province, but he unexpectedly attacked Hongtu City and Tiannan Road.
What does this prove? !
It proves that Ying Que had long expected that King Mi would turn against him.
Even, he was waiting for him to turn against him.
Almost as soon as December 19th arrived, King Mi had not announced his turn against him, and Ying Que directly sent troops.
In an instant!
The civil and military officials present had a very strange feeling.
Where is the core of power?
Why can't we see the situation clearly?
Shouldn't all the highest strategies and decisions come from the imperial court?
Especially the war between the two countries.
Why do we have to wait until the war is over before we know? Even until now, many ministers present have not figured out the cause of the war.
Suddenly, everyone had only one thought in their minds.
When the emperor and a top prince join hands, it is really powerful.
The emperor who originally did not rule the country was constrained everywhere, and it was inconvenient to do anything, and it was difficult to bypass the cabinet and the Privy Council.
Even if Ying Que was a top prince, he could not do anything without the righteousness of His Majesty the Emperor.
But the combination of these two is too powerful.
Hopeless and disadvantageous.
In many aspects, the cabinet and the Privy Council can even be directly bypassed.
The emperor said calmly: "This is another great victory for the Great Xia Empire, and it should be announced to the world."
At this time, the Minister of Rites said: "Such a brilliant achievement should indeed be announced to the world. But should the focus be on Li Zhan, or the King of Zhennan?"
The emperor thought for a while and said: "The focus should be on Zhennan King Yingque!"
The Minister of Rites said: "What about Zhenbei King?"
The Minister of War Li Ruhai said: "Zhenbei King will not care, this is the credit of Zhennan King."
Li Ruhai, the younger brother of Zhenbei King Li Rujing, is also the spokesperson of Zhenbei Palace in the court.
Everyone present understood.
His Majesty the Emperor is going to create a god.
Although the Zhenbei Palace actually sent the most troops and suffered the most casualties in this great victory over the Kingdom of Dali.
But concentrating on creating a god will have a better effect.
Besides, Zhenbei King and Zhennan King are now one family.
Princess Li Yang is Yingque's legitimate wife.
So Zhenbei Palace will also push Yingque to the pinnacle of power in the south at all costs.
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The public opinion of the imperial family once again showed its power.
This great victory was directly named a blitzkrieg, also known as the Ten-Day War.
Zhennan Wang Yingque dispatched a large army, and in just ten days, he defeated the 250,000 troops of the Dali Kingdom and recovered three counties and two cities in Tiannan Road.
The elite corps of the Zhennan Palace, 3,000 people, attacked Hongtu City, and won a great victory in just three hours.
Three thousand fought against 20,000, and in three hours, the enemy was annihilated.
After that, without rest, they traveled 300 miles overnight.
Two days later, the Jiumogang Corps under the Zhennan Palace and the Ningdao Corps attacked Huining City in just three and a half hours.
They broke through Huining City and defeated the 130,000 troops of the Dali Kingdom.
Three days later.
Another three hours later, Gaoning County City was broken.
Another three days later.
Four hours later, Shanhai County City was broken, and the main force of the Dali Kingdom was completely eliminated.
Although these battles were fought by Li Zhan’s army, the army of Li Zhan had exerted the greatest efforts.
However, the victory reports announced to the world were almost entirely written about Zhennan Wang Ying Que. All people saw were the Jiumogang Corps and Ningdao Corps, and these two armies all belonged to Ying Que’s Zhennan Wangfu.
Of course, this is not completely bragging.
Because the most difficult battles were all completed by Ying Que’s army.
It was his army that directly attacked the city and built attack positions, and Li Zhan’s army continued to climb the city and capture the city.
Ying Que’s two trump card corps are absolutely indestructible so far.
The imperial court dispatched dozens of flying cavalry to spread this great victory all over the world again.
Although they had just experienced the great victory in Kyoto.
But the people and civil and military officials of the world were once again shocked as never before.
Zhennan Wang Ying Que, is he... so awesome? !
Within ten days, he eliminated more than 200,000 troops of the Kingdom of Dali and recovered three counties and two cities?
It really deserves to be called a blitzkrieg.
I have seen it before, and I have never heard of it before.
Is this the god of war of the Great Xia Empire? !
In a short period of time, the Great Xia Empire won two glorious victories in foreign wars.
His Majesty the Emperor's reputation and prestige once again reached the peak.
Not only that, His Majesty the Emperor also organized officials from the Privy Council and the Cabinet to ride on giant eagles to inspect the battlefield.
Is there any false reporting of the results? !
In Hongtu City, 20,000 heads were piled up into a Jingguan.
Huining City, Gaoning City, Shanhai County City, all Jingguans were made of enemy heads.
There were also densely packed, countless captives.
All of them completely proved that this great victory was real.
One wave after another, officials from the imperial court were sent to the battlefield to observe, allowing them to feel the huge shock and impact.
After returning, these officials showed a lot of awe towards His Majesty the Emperor.
His Majesty the Emperor's reputation and power in the court also increased dramatically.
But...the Cabinet and Privy Council are still a bit strange.
Even if His Majesty the Emperor is trying to increase his prestige or concentrate his power, shouldn't he be in such a hurry?
Such a huge victory cannot be erased.
In order to organize civil and military ministers to go to the battlefield to receive education in such a short period of time?
Are you so eager to improve the reputation of His Majesty the Emperor?
Why? !
In addition, isn’t Tiannan Province the most important thing for winning? Isn't it to regain the winning state?
This is his territory.
Why was he so impatient to fight against the Kingdom of Dali?
Recover Tiannan Road? !
Except for Red Earth City, no place here is the territory of the Ying family. It is all the territory of the empire.
In short, this blitzkrieg was not only shocking but also full of bizarreness.
It's like a fog, I really can't see clearly.
I don’t even know why this battle is so big.
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Yingzhou, Prince Mi’s Mansion!
Fu Jianzhi, Fu Caiwei, Mi Daoyuan, Mi Huan, and King Mi are having a meeting.
"Did you see it? This is our opponent, this is our opponent." King Mi said: "Jianzhi, have you ever thought before that Yingque would be so vicious?"
Fu Jianzhi said: "Before, I only knew that he was bold and unconstrained, especially the time when he pretended to be a rebel from the Dark Academy and planned several major terrorist crimes. But this is the first time I have seen him so decisive, so sharp, and so fierce."
King Mi said: "In the eyes of everyone, the most important thing to him is Tianshui Province and Yingzhou, which has been his family's territory for thousands of years. In the end, he actually used Yingzhou and Tianshui Province as counter-bait to gather everyone With his eyes turned to look at Tiannan Road, what does this prove? "
Fu Caiwei said: "This proves that even though Sky Bookstore recognized the victory of Kyoto, even though the four parties among us signed the "Articles for the Implementation of the Zhenhai Agreement," and even though we have publicly announced that we will return Tianshui Province, Sky Bookstore also promised to supervise the implementation of the agreement. Everything in the world Everyone believes that we will definitely hand over Tianshui Province, but... Yingque has no illusions about us, and instead uses this to implement his other strategies."
"Ten days, just ten days, the war ended." King Mi sighed: "This time is so stuck. Sky Bookstore and us didn't even react. Everything was over."
Fu Caiwei said: "He has prepared for the worst and even told us this."
King Mi said: "No one in the world can understand why he wants to attack Tiannan Road. Only we can understand. He is expressing his absolute determination and will, indicating that he has made the worst plan. Even in the imperial power At the last moment before the overthrow, he also raised the emperor's reputation and majesty to the extreme, and established a territory that was as complete and completely controllable as possible. "
Fu Jianzhi said: "The emperor is organizing court officials to visit the battlefield in waves, in order to give them an unprecedented shock. At the critical moment in the future, let them think carefully before taking sides."
"Awesome, awesome, awesome..." King Mi said with a smile: "Ying Zhu will probably never imagine that he will give birth to several outstanding sons. But he has no expectations for this third son at all. He plans to make him rich and pampered throughout his life. The third son who has been obsessed with life will turn out to be the most outstanding one."
The four extremely smart people present could all understand the meaning of winning the battle.
This determination is so awesome.
At this time, anyone would be full of fantasy.
Because it seemed that Ying Que and the emperor should be extremely proud and heading towards victory.
Tianshui Province placed such a big bait in front of its eyes, but did not pay any attention to it.
Instead, go ahead and prepare for the worst.
Even in order to prepare this worst plan, he risked completely losing Tianshui Province.
Such strategic determination.
Too scary.
Mi Huan said: "The next move we want to make is extremely secretive. How could he figure it out? Does he know something?"
King Mi said: "No, this is not something that can be calculated. He judged it from Sky Bookstore's decisive recognition of the victory in Kyoto, and from our reaction when we agreed to hand over Tianshui Province. He has a thorough understanding of our human nature. No, we have no illusions.”
Mi Huan said: "Ordinary people's judgments are based on seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Once the situation develops in a direction that is favorable to him, he is instinctively willing to believe it, but he does not believe it at all. Instead, he decisively abandons the best possible situation and immediately takes advantage of the possible situation. Worst case scenario?”
King Mi said: "Yes, is it scary?"
Fu Caiwei said: "Now the ball has rolled to Sky Bookstore."
King Mi said: "Yes, Yingque has already told us that he is already prepared for the split of the Great Xia Empire and is also prepared for the worst case of the emperor moving south. Whatever we do next, please feel free to do so. . Please feel free to do whatever you want in Sky Bookstore.”
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December twenty-nine!
Leizhou declared its allegiance to Zhennan King Yingque from now on, and regarded Mi You as a rebel. He immediately gathered his troops and prepared to join the Zhennan King's army to fight against the rebellion at any time.
The second day of the first lunar month!
Nanhai County declared its allegiance to Zhennan King Yingque from now on. He regarded Mi You as a rebel and gathered troops to fight against the rebellion at any time.
The third day of the first lunar month.
The Bailing Marquis Mansion announced that it would be loyal to Zhennan King Yingque from now on. It regarded Mi You as a rebel and assembled all the family's troops to join the counter-rebellion war at any time.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zeng Wendao, who was in charge of military affairs and food and pay in the three southern provinces, declared unconditional obedience to the will of His Majesty the Emperor and to the will of King Yingque of Zhennan. He regarded Mi You as rebellious and assembled his troops to prepare for the war against the rebellion.
In the shortest possible time, 50,000 troops were assembled in the four places, waiting for Ying Que to receive them at any time.
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In a villa one hundred and thirty miles away from Yingzhou.
Ning Dao's nominal sister-in-law, her actual lover Yuwen Lianyi, and her daughter Ning Piaoli were sitting in the room in a daze.
"Didn't father send any message?" Ning Piaoli asked.
Yuwen Lianyi said: "No."
Ning Piaoli said: "Is it because you have offended Ying Que many times before?"
Yuwen Lianyi said: "No, what your father means is that he is completely loyal to Yingque. But the Ning family and the Yuwen family can have their own choices, and he will not interfere in any way."
The Ning family is also a prince of the empire, and the Yuwen family is a naturalized prince of a foreign race.
The two princes combined are a very huge force.
Therefore, even when Ning Daoyi pledged his allegiance to Yingque and slapped Sky Bookstore in the face, neither Yuwen Lianyi nor Ning Piaoli was arrested. Instead, Fu Caiwei came to work as a lobbyist, explaining in a subtle way that Ning Daoyi was Ning Daoyi. They are who they are.
The meaning is obvious.
You are in no hurry to take sides.
Dramatic changes will occur soon, and it will not be too late for your Ning family and Yuwen family to take sides again.
Ning Piaoli said: "Mother, what do you think?"
Yuwen Lianyi said: "I feel ridiculous."
Ning Piaoli said: "What do you mean?"
Yuwen Lianyi said: "Not long ago, I was still laughing at Ying Que for wanting to cling to our family, so I decisively put you under house arrest and prevented him from having anything to do with you. But I didn't expect that he would now become the planner, and where I am position, not even knowing what he is going to do or what will happen in the future.”
The world is like a chess game!
Now there are three chess players in the entire Eastern world.
Win or lose is on the emperor's side, on King Mi's side, or on Sky Bookstore's side.
Not long ago, King Da Li was temporarily expelled from the chessboard.
What's even more sad is that almost most of the nobles and most of the officials in the world don't know what happened.
Only these three parties know it well.
The three parties were playing chess, and everyone left was confused and unable to judge.
If you don’t know what is going to happen, you know something big will happen, but you don’t know what choice to make.
But...you have to make a choice.
Yuwen Lianyi said: "I vaguely feel that this is my last chance to make a choice. Once I make a mistake in my choice, the Ning family and the Yuwen family will be completely destroyed."
Ning Piaoli said: "What about your relationship with your father?"
Yuwen Lianyi said: "If the Ning family and the Yuwen family did not choose to side with the emperor and Yingque, your father and I will sever ties from now on, and even become enemies on the battlefield in the future."
"No, don't..." Ning Piaoli said: "What do you think about? What good choices do you have? Of course you are going back to your father. Why do you care about family interests? What do you want to do so much?"
Yuwen Lianyi said: "This is related to the fate of two families. Can I not be cautious?"
Ning Piaoli said in a cold voice: "Are you smarter than your father? I don't think so. You just have to make your own choice. What do you care about the Ning family? What do you care about the Yuwen family?"
Then, Ning Piaoli said: "No matter what choice you make, I will definitely return to him."
Yuwen Lianyi said tremblingly: "Daughter, he...he already has two princesses. He was really taking advantage of you at that time."
Ning Piaoli said: "I don't have to get married, I just go to Baiguling Academy to teach, but I must fulfill myself."
Then, Ning Piaoli said: "Mother, father is one with you. But since he came back, he has not given you a letter, which has proved everything. It has proved that in his heart, you have changed, maybe you are no longer the same." Worthy of his love."
As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Lianyi's face changed drastically and tears fell from his eyes.
"Come on, let's listen to you, listen to you..."
"Let's go to Bone Collar!"
"I'll go find my man, you go find your man, and I hope he wants you back."
"I will kneel down and confess to Ying Que, and I will be loyal to Ying Que."
"As for the Ning family, the fate of the Yuwen family is left to them to decide."
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The 140,000 troops led by Duke Xia Yan and Duke Shen Wuzhuo continued to move north.
Xu Enzeng led an army of 30,000 people, and Zeng Wendao led an army of 20,000 people, and continued to advance eastward.
The two armies attacked the city and captured territory along the way.
The counties and counties in Tianshui Province showed little resistance and surrendered one by one.
The entire Tianshui Province has nine counties and eighty-three counties.
As Ying Que's army approached the city, they changed their flags one after another.
Lower Mi's flag.
The flag of the Ying family was raised.
The 19th day of the first lunar month!
Ying Que recovered the territories of seven counties in Tianshui Province.
Only Yingzhou and Lianzhou were left.
From beginning to end, the Mi family had almost no resistance.
There was no army deployed except for these two counties.
And in the capital!
Li Ruhui, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, has completed the assembly of 150,000 imperial guards and is about to lead his army south to the three southern provinces to quell the rebellion.
The 25th day of the first lunar month!
Ying Que's 200,000 troops officially surrounded Yingzhou!
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