Shen Yizhong walked out of Fengxian Hall with his head down.
The only thing in his mind was to be loyal and serve the country, but because of Shen Yuyao, he could never gain Xia Chongwen's trust.
In Fengxian Hall, Xia Chongwen waited for Shen Yizhong to leave before suddenly saying, "I have a good plan. Please listen to it, everyone."
"Now that Xia Yu is going to ask the King of Beilin to borrow troops, I will take this opportunity to order the King of Beilin to attack Xia Yu. If the King of Beilin goes, I will naturally sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight; if he doesn't go, I will have a good reason to reduce the fiefdom of this Seventeenth Uncle!"
It was obvious that Xia Chongwen was quite satisfied with his strategy of killing two birds with one stone.
"If Xia Yu and King Beilin fight, not only will Xia Yu's troops be depleted, but the three Duoyan guards of King Beilin will also be depleted! Your Majesty will be able to reap the benefits of this in the future! Wonderful!"
Ministers such as Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng praised Xia Chongwen's brilliant plan.
However, no matter how much Ren Xia Chongwen planned, he didn't expect that Xia Yu's messenger had already arrived in Beilin very early!
Although the King of Beilin claimed to be ill and had not been seen, the messengers were very patient and delivered visiting cards to the King's Palace every day.
Xia Yu also knew that the current King of Beilin was plotting a fight between him and Xia Chongwen. The King of Beilin did not want to offend anyone, and would not favor either of them.
To the north is the royal palace and the front hall.
"Your Highness, Prince Ning's messenger is here again early in the morning." An official under Prince Ning came to report.
"Tell him that I am still sick and weak, and it is not suitable for me to see guests." Beilin King Xia Shuo was instructing the young master of Beilin Palace in the front hall.
"Father, aren't you fine? Why do you say you are sick and weak?" The young master was only three years old, and he asked Xia Shuo curiously.
"Hush, father is just testing his patience. Fu'er, don't pay any attention to him. Study hard." Xia Shuo made a hushed gesture and patted the young master's head. "Let's go to the study next door and talk."
"yes."
"Your Majesty, if Beilin continues to ignore the emperor's orders, and if the emperor blames him in the future..."
"Just for the rebellion of Prince Ning, the imperial court sent 500,000 troops to quell the rebellion, and Yanjing is not far from me in the north. What should I do if my nephew Xia Chongwen deals with his fourth uncle and then turns around to deal with his seventeenth uncle?" Xia Shuo smiled slightly and said while sitting on the soft chair.
"Although I have no intention of rebellion, I will never be like my other brothers and allow myself to be slaughtered!"
What Xia Shuo was worried about was exactly what Xia Chongwen wanted to do.
On the other side, the cavalry sent by Li Jiujiang finally arrived at Songting Pass.
Unexpectedly, Chen Heng, the general guarding Songting Pass, did not hesitate after learning Li Jiujiang's intention.
He killed the messenger sent by Li Jiujiang with a flick of his sword.
You must know that Chen Heng is an old man in the palace who has followed Xia Yu for more than 20 years and has always been Xia Yu's trusted general.
It was precisely Chen Heng's decisive action that completely disrupted Li Jiujiang's plan.
As early as a day ago, he asked Xia Yu to lead the army to cross Songting Pass smoothly.
At this time, inside the Songting Pass military camp, Chen Heng was shouting to his subordinates, "Come here!"
"arrive!"
"Send someone to report to General Li immediately. The messenger he sent has already arrived in Beilin!"
After a brief pause, Chen Heng's eyes gleamed with brilliance, and he said loudly, "And! We haven't seen a single Northern Army soldier in front of Songting Pass!"
"Yes! I obey your command!"
The next day, when Li Jiujiang heard that Xia Yu did not go to Songting Pass, he was also confused.
Could it be that Xia Yu grew wings and flew?
But what he never expected was that the messenger he sent to Songting Pass had actually been decisively killed by General Chen Heng who was guarding the pass.
Unless, Xia Yu is still in Yanjing City, but is hiding and dare not show up.
Thinking of this, Li Jiujiang jumped up from his chair and shouted, "Climb the city walls like ants!"
"Within ten days, this general will conquer Yanjing!"
"Generals!"
"exist!"
"If you fail to capture Yanjing within ten days, you will be punished according to military law!"
"yes!"
While Li Jiujiang was swearing to capture Yanjing within ten days, Xia Yu had already led his troops to the outskirts of Beilin City.
To the north is the royal palace and Xia Shuo’s study.
"Report!"
"Prince Ning has arrived outside Beilin City and asks to see the prince!" Xia Shuo's subordinates came in to report.
"Hmm?" Xia Shuo raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, could it be that fourth brother has been defeated by Li Jiujiang and now he has come to Beilin with his remaining troops to surrender to him?
"Did Prince Ning lose his army?" Although he thought his guess was 80% correct, he still asked his general to confirm.
"No! Prince Ning personally led a large army to the north! A full 100,000 men!"
Xia Shuo was so shocked when he heard this that he immediately stood up from his chair and said, "Immediately summon all the generals in Beilin to the conference hall to discuss this matter!"
But when they arrived at the conference room, the generals began to feel troubled when they learned that Xia Yu had personally led his troops to Beilin.
Many of the generals here had followed Xia Yu in his battles. For a moment, all the generals who had followed Xia Yu were silent.
Those generals who had never followed Xia Yu began to whisper.
No matter who it is, deep down in their hearts, no one wants to go to war with the God of War of the Great Xia Dynasty!
Just when the generals were at a loss, a leading general finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"The imperial court has ordered our Beilin soldiers to wipe out Prince Ning at all costs. Putting aside the question of whether Prince Ning is someone we can handle, even if we are lucky enough to defeat Prince Ning, the Beilin soldiers will surely be wiped out."
"By then, will our prince be required to return to Kyoto to retire?"
"General Wang is right. Winning doesn't bring any benefits, and losing is even more miserable. Think about it, General Geng only lost a small battle in Zhending, and the emperor not only stripped him of his title but also imprisoned him!"
"You know, the little emperor in Kyoto right now is Chongwen! He's never soft on us military commanders!"
"That's right! Defeating Prince Ning is what we Beilin should do. If we can't defeat Prince Ning, General Geng's current fate will be our future!"
All the generals present could not help but nod their heads frequently.
"Instead of this, I'd rather follow Prince Ning and quell the crisis!" said General Wang.
"But Prince Ning has been raising his army for months. If we surrender now, won't people think we, the Northern Lin soldiers, are fickle?"
"Yes, then not only will we be criticized by the people of the world, but King Ning will also look down on us!"
One or two generals also expressed to General Wang that they disagreed with the idea of surrendering to Prince Ning.
The generals instantly formed two factions, and neither could convince the other.
At this moment, the soldiers outside the door shouted: "Prince Ning has arrived!"
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