Chapter 155 I can issue a military order
The summer heat is gradually fading, but the North Camp is still carrying out complex training day after day, but the training volume has become increasingly heavier recently.
According to previous years, this period should have been the time to prepare for the autumn hunting. Unfortunately, this year is a turbulent time. Because of the invasion of the Huns, the spring hunting was cancelled, followed by natural disasters and man-made disasters... Naturally, the autumn hunting will not be held.
Although the imperial court kept the news secret, there were always merchants who went out and brought back the news.
Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and Shengjing City had already fallen into panic.
The Gyeonggi Camp was not isolated from the outside world, so the soldiers naturally heard rumors, but the four camp commanders blocked the news and never revealed it, so they could only guess.
Naturally, some of Xiao Ning's soldiers also asked her about it, but she didn't say anything, but just increased the training tasks.
Li Yuan already had some guesses in his mind, but he was not a talkative person, so he just silently followed everyone in the various trainings.
until……
"General Xiao, someone has come from the palace and said they have an oral message for you!"
General Du's personal guards came to deliver the message.
The soldiers training on the training ground stopped and looked at Xiao Ning.
Xiao Ning frowned and scolded coldly, "You have no determination! I punish you by making you redo the training just now!"
After saying that, he signaled Li Yuan to come up and take over, and he followed the guards to General Du's barracks.
Xiao Ning probably guessed the content of the oral instruction, but she was a little surprised.
She didn't expect that the emperor would speak before she could even open her mouth.
It seems that the situation outside is even more grim than she imagined.
Xiao Ning walked all the way to General Du’s barracks.
The messenger was Li Dezhong. Seeing Xiao Ning, he smiled and said, "General Xiao, the emperor has a message for you."
Xiao Ning waited for him to speak, but after he said this, he looked at her and stopped talking.
General Du said, "General Xiao, you must kneel and listen to His Majesty's orders."
Xiao Ning tilted his head and saw that General Du had already knelt down. He touched his nose, said "Oh", and knelt down as well.
"This is the first time I have received an oral order from Your Majesty. I hope you will not be offended."
Li Dezhong smiled and said, "No wonder, no wonder."
Seeing that Xiao Ning had already knelt down in accordance with the rules, Li Dezhong flicked his whisk and announced the emperor's order: "Marquis Jingyuan Xiao Yanqing, come to the palace immediately. I have something important to discuss with you."
Xiao Ning: "I accept your order."
Xiao Ning followed Li Dezhong into the palace.
This was Xiao Ning's first time entering the Qinzheng Hall. The emperor sat in front of the dragon table, and several important ministers sat on both sides. Since she entered the hall, everyone's eyes were on her.
Xiao Ning seemed a little restrained. As soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor."
The emperor was amused, and his voice was not as majestic as usual: "Okay, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Ning stood up as he was told, not daring to look around.
"Do you know why I came to you?"
Xiao Ning looked up, his expression both anxious and innocent: "I don't know, did I make any mistakes?"
emperor:"……"
Ministers: “…”
Why does he look a bit stupid? Can we win if we send this guy out?
The emperor signaled to Prime Minister Chen to explain the current situation to Xiao Ning. Prime Minister Chen stood up and bowed in response, then turned to look at Xiao Ning and began to explain the current situation in detail.
As Chen Xiang spoke, Xiao Ning's beautiful almond-shaped eyes were filled with worry and anger at times.
The expression is very vivid.
After Prime Minister Shen finished speaking, a minister asked uncertainly, "Marquis Jingyuan, if I ask you to put down the rebellion, is it possible for you to succeed?"
Xiao Ning didn't like what he heard. He glared at him, "Sir, don't look down on me! I've been learning the art of war from my grandfather since I was young. Although I gave up for a few years, I've picked it up again since entering the capital camp. I can't say I'm an expert, but I'm more than capable of defeating a few rebels!"
Ministers: “…”
What do you mean it’s more than enough to defeat a few rebels?
Those thieves were able to quickly gain power, which shows that they have some abilities. How could it be so easy?
They originally just had some doubts about Xiao Ning's ability, but now they are in a state of complete distrust.
Xiao Ning took the opportunity to kneel down and ask for battle: "Your Majesty, you must trust me! I, I can issue a military order..."
"If I cannot successfully suppress the rebellion, I will never set foot in Shengjing in my lifetime!"
The emperor took a deep breath, stroked his beard and looked at her.
Until Xiao Ning's legs were numb and he cursed the dog emperor twice in his heart, he finally spoke out: "Then do as Xiao Qing said. I allow you to lead the troops to quell the rebellion."
A minister looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty..."
The emperor's light gaze fell on his face, "You also want to fight?"
The minister shut up.
The emperor then asked Xiao Ning, "In your opinion, how many troops are needed to accomplish this?"
Xiao Ning thought for a moment and weakly gave a number: "Ten thousand?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was overruled by the minister next to him, "No, the Jingji camp has only 40,000 troops in total. If you take 10,000 with you, what if the rebels attack Shengjing?"
Xiao Ning: "Then let's have 5,000. No less. If it's less, I won't go. There are so many rebels, it will be very difficult to fight."
Everyone: “…”
The minister just casually rejected it, but who would have thought that Xiao Ning would be so easy to talk to and directly cut it in half himself.
Can such a person really defeat the rebels?
Everyone fell into collective doubt.
On the contrary, Chen Xiang took a second look at Xiao Ning. This kid is always good at playing dumb!
Just as annoying as her annoying father.
The emperor agreed and said, "You are used to staying in the North Camp. Later, I will ask Du Rubing to assign you 5,000 men. We will be familiar with each other and it will be easier to dispatch them."
Xiao Ning responded loudly: "Yes!"
The emperor added: "This battle requires victory, not defeat!"
Xiao Ning continued to respond: "Yes! I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!"
The emperor looked at her excited face and said, "I hope so."
But an idea popped up in his mind... It looks really unreliable, can he win?
He quickly rejected this idea. The ancestor of the Xiao family was a butcher, but in the end, didn't he succeed Emperor Taizu?
The emperor consoled himself, saying that Xiao Yanqing looked much more reliable than the butcher...
He also gave Xiao Ning an imperial edict with the national seal on it, which was considered a transit document. If any prefecture did not allow the rebellion to be suppressed, the prefectural officials could be directly executed.
The emperor had long suspected that there was something wrong with those provinces. He issued one decree after another to quell the rebellion, but it was unreasonable that all of them fell on deaf ears and there was no response at all.
Xiao Ning held the imperial edict in his hand, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will definitely recover the Great Yong and restore peace and prosperity to the world!"
The voice was loud and romantic, full of life, and the emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard it. "Okay, okay, I believe Xiao Qing."
He was originally worried that Xiao Ning knew something, but looking at Xiao Ning's appearance, the emperor didn't think she knew anything at all.
He didn't plan to ask any more questions. What if the person who originally knew nothing became suspicious after he tested him?
"Alright, go back and rest for two days. We'll have a farewell banquet for Xiao Qing another day!"
The emperor said.
"yes!"
Xiao Ning nodded and left with the imperial edict.
As soon as she left the palace, she saw the princess standing beside the carriage, as if waiting for her.
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