Chapter 304 Sandbox
The emperor paused and said, "The fifth city? I remember that Shi Jiazi was attacking the fourth city of Chen State?"
The Minister of War clapped his hands and said happily, "Your Majesty, this is about the young general Lin Wenpeng. I would like to demonstrate it on the military sand table."
Prime Minister Li felt a twinge of annoyance, thinking that this guy was trying to show off.
The emperor was interested and said, "Okay."
The Minister of War immediately accepted the order in a loud voice, and took the initiative to go to the study to move the military sand table over.
The emperor let him go.
Prime Minister Li looked at the happy back of the Minister of War and increasingly believed that the other party wanted to show his strength to the emperor in order to make money.
As for the national treasury, if we give more to the military, we will give less to other places.
Thinking of this, Prime Minister Li suddenly whispered, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Minister of Revenue has been looking for the Minister of War recently. Would you like to summon the Minister of Revenue?"
The emperor suddenly smiled and said, "My dear, you really enjoy the excitement."
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Prime Minister Li immediately knelt down and pretended to be pitiful, saying, "Your Majesty, I am greatly wronged. I am not here to enjoy the fun. I saw the Minister of War making such a big scene, and I thought he would probably talk about the Ministry of Revenue's appropriation of funds. That's why I mentioned the Minister of Revenue to Your Majesty, and for his sake."
The emperor laughed out loud again.
Prime Minister Li was wondering when he suddenly heard an angry voice behind him.
"You are such a cunning Prime Minister Li. You are thinking about me, but you are obviously holding me back!"
Prime Minister Li's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and saw the furious Minister of War.
Not only the Minister of War, but there are also three little tails following him.
Qi Yue, the Third Prince, and Yuan Ruan.
When Prime Minister Li saw these three little tails, he immediately suppressed his original little thoughts.
Prime Minister Li immediately stood up, regained his serious expression, and said with a folded hand: "Minister of War, what you said is wrong. I just suggested that Your Majesty invite the Minister of Revenue to come and see the power of the Ministry of War. How can this be related to holding back?"
When the Minister of War heard the words "Minister of Revenue", his expression softened.
He coughed lightly and said dryly: "Well... anyway, it's so late, there's no need to disturb the Minister of Revenue, um..."
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The emperor did not notice that Prime Minister Li and the Minister of War were fighting.
He stood up to greet her, passed the Minister of War who was saluting, squatted down and pinched Yuan Ruan's cheek: "It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
He just wanted to pick up Yuanruan, but was gently resisted by her little hand.
Yuan Ruan burped and said, "Father, I'm taking a walk to help digest my food." When she said this, she actually burped repeatedly, "burp, burp~~~" and couldn't stop at all.
The emperor said in a deep voice: "Call the imperial physician."
Yuanruan burped again: "It's nothing, I just ate too much."
The emperor said, "Children are sick because of food accumulation. Why did you eat so much today?"
The Yuanruan card shell is broken.
The system couldn't help but laugh out loud: [Hahaha, because the dog was eating and it smelled so good, I followed suit and showed off, but ended up eating a lot of food, haha...]
Yuan Ruan gritted his teeth: [Tong'er, stop laughing. ]
System: [Good! Well behaved!]
Crowd: …
Yuan Ruan coughed lightly, tugged at the emperor's sleeve and said, "Father didn't eat much, so he came over to have a look. Do you want to play on the sandbox?"
The emperor gently rubbed Yuanruan's belly.
At the same time, the emperor looked at the Minister of War: "What?"
The Minister of War coughed lightly and added weakly, "Your Majesty, we are not playing on the sand table. When I came here, I said that I would use the sand table to show the results of several victories in the northwest region. Your Highnesses are somewhat interested in this, so, we came here together."
The emperor looked at the third prince and Qi Yue.
The third prince nodded desperately with an expressionless face, and Qi Yue nodded calmly.
The emperor retracted his gaze, stood up and said, "Then let's begin."
The Minister of War chose the terrain with confidence, and then neatly planted the small flags of the enemy and our military forces.
The Minister of War pointed to his own red flag and said, "Your Majesty, regarding the acquisition of the last two cities, we have to mention that recently, Wu Yi and General Li led their troops to fight, and each of them encountered a dangerous battle. The moment they turned danger into safety, they also gained great benefits for Daxia. No wonder the art of war says that there is no constant situation for soldiers and no constant shape for water. Those who can win by adapting to the changes of the enemy are called gods."
The Minister of War said this as he began to move the blue chess piece.
As everyone watched, the blue chess pieces first appeared on the map in several times the number, and in a surrounding manner.
The Minister of War said: "General Wu Yi encountered danger the last time when he was inspecting the newly occupied fertile territory. He was attacked head-on by the Musha tribe, which was several times his size. Thanks to the little national teacher's lucky bag, the Musha people found that they could not easily kill our Great Xia soldiers, so they refused to continue to help the Xiongnu and ran away. It was also at that time that General Wu Yi drove these people away and helped Shijiazi, who was attacking the fourth city, to gain a foothold..."
The system nodded with satisfaction: [Not bad, the Great Xia soldiers have foresight and know that this is all thanks to you, Ah Ruan.]
The Minister of War nodded subconsciously: "Of course..."
Yuan Ruan was startled and looked at the Minister of War with some confusion.
The system suddenly became quiet.
Crowd: …
The Minister of War was almost sweating on his back. He felt that his thoughts had never been as calm and clear as they were at this moment.
The Minister of War said calmly: "There are other key factors that helped the smaller army win, such as Lin Wenpeng's rear-end support, which prevented the Musha tribe from surrounding them..."
The Minister of War shifted the topic to Lin Wenpeng, praised him profusely, and successfully diverted the loophole in his own speech.
Only after the system started gossiping with Yuan Ruan again did the Minister of War heave a sigh of relief and take a sip of tea to calm down.
Afterwards, he changed the terrain on the sand table and put out the red and blue flags again.
The number of red flags and blue flags is almost the same, but in terms of geographical location, the red flags are obviously in a place that is difficult to defend and attack.
He continued, "Then there was the crisis that General Li encountered. At that time, he was in the north near the southwest, preparing to occupy the dangerous high ground. But General Li did not realize that the Xiongnu had already joined forces with the Chen State's garrison in the Fifth Town to cut off the food and grass behind General Li. If it were not for General Lin, who went from Beidi County, bypassed the Helan Mountains, and came to the Fifth Town in a roundabout way, attacked the Chen State garrison from behind, and joined forces with the Shi Family to support him from the side, I am afraid that General Li would be in danger."
The Third Prince and Qi Yue had serious expressions, and were clearly analyzing the situation seriously.
System: [Hiss, I actually saved the Li family members in this place. Hmm, I didn’t expect that.]
Everyone was stunned: ...
Why do I sound a bit profound in the system's words?
Yuanruan: [What didn't you think of, Tong'er? ]
System: [Nothing, it just seems a bit of a coincidence. This city, in the previous branch, was the town where the last general of Xia fell. Oh, by the way, the one who killed the general was General Lin who went to rescue General Li... Tsk tsk, the gears of fate are starting to turn.]
Everyone: ???