Chapter 114 Emergency

"Shangguan Ying!"

Shangguan Yu rubbed his forehead and shouted angrily: "This is a military camp, not a place for you to be jealous!"

He was already full of anger tonight, and when he came home his sister made a fuss about it. Only now did he understand what it meant that only women and villains were difficult to raise.

"Okay, you still treat me like this! I'm going home to tell my parents!"

"The Major General is right, you shouldn't have come to the military camp. You're more suited to being a woman in the harem!"

"Ahhh!! You know that I've been different from ordinary girls since I was a child and that I hate being a woman in the harem the most. Now you want me to return to the harem?!!"

Shangguan Ying was yelling like a madman, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Shangguan Yu's head was about to explode, and he shouted loudly: "Enough! If you want to complain, get out of here immediately!"

At this moment, Namgoong Min returned.

Seeing this scene, he felt awkward and coughed twice before the brother and sister noticed him.

Shangguan Ying screamed "Ah!" and ran away, covering her face. Shangguan Yu's face turned red and he felt uncomfortable all over.

"Major General, please rest here with me!"

"Well, I came back for an emergency."

"What happened?"

"Let's talk inside!"

The two entered the barracks, and Nangong Min stated his purpose straight away.

"Simon Yuji sent news that King Jin of Simon advocated sending troops to attack the Great Zhou. They planned to gather troops in the first month of the year and set out to attack the Great Zhou once the ice and snow melted in March."

"This matter is of great importance and must be reported to the Emperor."

"But the Emperor is probably resting now!"

"It's urgent. I can't care about that anymore. Go ahead."

After the two of them had discussed it, they went out together.

Shangguan Ying was about to come in with a plate of dumplings, but when she saw someone was about to leave, she hurriedly said, "Major General, brother, these are the dumplings I paid the kitchen staff to make. Try them while they're hot."

"No, we have something else to do. You eat."

Nangong Min waved his hand and wanted to leave, but she blocked the door and refused to let him go.

Shangguan Yu frowned and softened his voice, "We really have something to do. You can eat now. You don't have to wait."

"Brother, do you really have to go against me?"

Shangguan Ying stamped her feet and glared at her brother fiercely.

She had waited so long for Nangong Min to come back, but instead of helping her as a brother, he always tried to sabotage her. How could he be such a brother?

What's going on?

Shangguan Yu was confused. His sister was becoming more and more confusing to him.

"I told you, we have urgent matters to attend to. If we delay, neither you, nor I, nor even the entire Shangguan family can afford it!"

"Who are you trying to scare? It's New Year's Day, what could be so serious?"

"Shangguan Yu, I told you last time that your sister is definitely not suitable for the military camp. How do you handle this?"

Nangong Min was annoyed and anxious, but the door was blocked by someone. Anyone would be furious.

When Shangguan Ying heard these cold and ruthless words, she was so shocked that she took a few steps back and almost dropped the dumplings in her hand.

"Brother Nangong, why are you chasing me away?"

"Did I do something wrong? Or did someone say something bad about me?"

"Brother Nangong, you didn't treat me like this before. Someone must have said something to you, right, Bai Li!"

Nangong Min rubbed his brows and said helplessly and irritably: "What are you talking about? We really have an urgent matter and need to go out now. Please, get out of the way!"

Nangong Min spoke each word slowly, as if he was going to grab her and throw her away if she didn't move away.

Shangguan Ying was irritated by his anger and ruthlessness. She threw the dumplings to the ground. With a "bang", the basin broke into pieces and the dumplings flew everywhere. One of them flew to Nangong Min's feet. He shook it off in annoyance, glared at her, and walked away with a flick of his sleeves!

Shangguan Ying just took a few steps back to make room for the door, otherwise he would have thrown the person away.

Shangguan Yu glared at his sister fiercely and said through gritted teeth, "Clean this place up! I don't want to see a mess when I come back, otherwise..."

Without waiting for Shangguan Ying to speak, he went out to chase someone.

Even after walking away, I could hear Shangguan Ying jumping up and down and making a scene behind me, "Ahhh!" like a mad woman.

When Shangguan Yu caught up with Nangong Min, he had already arrived at the door of the tent where the emperor was resting.

"Knock on the door."

"Major General, this..."

"Who's outside? Is it your cousin?"

"Yes, cousin, it's me. I have something urgent to talk to you about. I received a letter from your hometown!"

"Come in."

After a while, someone was allowed in. He must have gotten up and dressed.

The two men lifted the door curtain and went in. Zhou Yu was tidying up his clothes and motioned for them to sit down and talk.

"Is there any news for Simon?"

"Your Majesty is wise. It is Simon who has urgent intelligence."

"What did you say?"

Zhou Yu picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of freshly brewed tea, picked it up and took a sip.

His handsome face and elegant demeanor inadvertently revealed the majesty of the royal family.

Nangong Min repeated the letter and said worriedly: "Simon will send an army of 100,000 to attack. By then, my Great Zhou will be unable to resist. Please, Your Majesty, make arrangements in advance."

Zhou Yu tapped his fingers lightly on the edge of the teacup, remaining silent.

Knowing that the emperor was thinking, the two men dared not breathe and waited quietly.

"Our Great Zhou has only a hundred thousand troops combined. If Laos seizes the opportunity to cause chaos, our Great Zhou will be in great danger. How can we repel the enemy? What suggestions do you two generals have?"

"The ministers in the court are all in favor of a truce. I'm afraid they'll demand compensation and peace before we even send our troops!"

Zhou Yu gets angry when he talks about this. Those old guys in the court only want to enjoy wealth and luxury, and are afraid of death. They are a waste of the emperor's appreciation and trust in them.

"Don't worry, we will quietly gather our forces first. When the time comes, I will directly order the battle. By the time they find out, it will be too late!"

"But the Vice Minister and the Minister of War are not our people..."

"Don't worry, if they don't obey your orders, I'll have reason to remove them from office and replace them with my own people!"

Nangong Min looked at him in surprise. Why was his cousin so tough this time?

"Next, do we need to recruit soldiers?"

"But time is too short. The newly recruited soldiers have no time to train. They will only die on the battlefield!"

"The memorial you submitted earlier mentioned that Bai Li used a certain method to train his soldiers and achieved good results. Let's use that method on the new recruits!"

"Your Majesty, Bai Li's method is a bit radical. I'm worried the new recruits won't be able to handle it!"

"How can you not bear it? Even if you can't bear it, you have to persevere. Think about how many people before my great ancestor built the Zhou Dynasty with their own hands.

Now that the people of the Great Zhou have lived in peace for so long, have they become unable to even lift a sword or a spear?"

Zhou Yu got angry. What he heard most in the court was that they couldn't win the war and that they didn't have as many people as the enemy. In short, there were all kinds of excuses for not going to war.

Nangong Min closed his mouth and thought to himself, "Let's wait until you deal with those old ministers."

As for Bai Li's training method, as long as the nutrition is sufficient, it is not impossible for new recruits to fight on the battlefield in just two or three months.

The prerequisite is to let them eat and drink well and boost their physical strength.