Chapter 297 The Emperor's Plot
"Um."
The two men took their seats one after another. Yan Junling pulled out a gold-edged letter from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Wei Chengyi: "We just received it this morning. Father and the generals asked me to ask if you want to respond."
"Um?"
Originally, the gold pigment could only be used by the emperor. Wei Chengyi was puzzled and took the memorial and opened it to read.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing the undisguised sarcasm between his brows, Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"See for yourself."
Wei Chengyi casually handed him the memorial he had read and asked, "What do you think his purpose is?"
The content of the memorial was simple: it requested that Chenzhou send 50,000 troops to reinforce the Binzhou battlefield. Setting aside the fact that the emperor already knew Chenzhou's military power had fallen into his hands, the former Western Frontier Army alone couldn't possibly have 50,000 men. Furthermore, the imperial court had already stopped allocating any food and military supplies this year. If it weren't for them taking over, the Western Frontier Army would have disbanded long ago. How could they possibly obey his orders? What was his purpose in this? It couldn't be simply to annoy them, could it?
"Honestly, we don't understand it either."
Looking at Qingying, Yan Junling shook his head helplessly. In their opinion, the emperor was doing something completely unnecessary, but was he really that idle?
"Oh!"
After reading the contents of the memorial, Shen Xiangwan casually threw it on the table: "Bastard, besides these low-level methods, what else can he do?"
She didn't think the emperor would be so idle as to deliberately disgust them, but that didn't stop her from hating him. If he had used the energy he used to harm others on legitimate matters, how could the people be so miserable? There wouldn't have been wars in places like Binzhou.
"He's plotting against us."
Turning his head to look at her, Wei Chengyi reached out and held her hand, motioning her to calm down before continuing, "If I'm not mistaken, letters asking us to send troops will continue to arrive. That way, once the war in Binzhou is pacified, he'll have a reason to wage war against us. He's already preparing to attack us."
Despite the successive defeats on the Binzhou battlefield, the court's 100,000-strong army is almost gone. By March next year at the latest, the emperor will order General Wanqi Shan, the Great North Guardian, to lead 100,000 northern troops to suppress the rebellion. Compared with Xiong Tiancheng mentioned above, Wanqi Shan is a general who can really fight, and his two sons are no ordinary people either. In his previous life, it was he who suppressed the rebellion in Binzhou in one fell swoop.
"To attack us, they must first suppress the rebellion in Binzhou and other places. This is unlikely to happen in the short term, at least."
After frowning and thinking for a while, Shen Xiangwan stroked her chin and said that she also agreed with Wei Chengyi's guess, but at present, the court did not have the spare capacity, unless the dog emperor was not afraid of causing greater unrest.
"Well, so we have to hurry up. By the end of next year or the beginning of the year after, we must completely resolve the issue of the Western Hu people. Otherwise, we will most likely be attacked from both the Western Hu people and the imperial army."
The rebellion in Binzhou and other places is not so easy to suppress. Even in his previous life, Wanqi Shan took several months. In this life, with his people involved, it will only take longer, but it is just longer, not endless. Therefore, at the latest by the end of next year or the year after, they may face a crusade from the imperial army, and the leader of the troops may very likely be Wanqi Shan.
"The Western Hu people have been harassing the border for years. If we get serious, they will hide in the vast grasslands. It will not be easy to deal with them."
Yan Junling couldn't help but frown. If the Western Hu people were so easy to deal with, the imperial court would not have allowed them to run rampant for decades. Moreover, they only had 10,000 cavalry so far. They couldn't even chase the Western Hu people, so how could they possibly get rid of them completely?
"Why don't you chase to the grassland?"
Looking back and forth at them, Shen Xiangwan asked doubtfully.
"The grassland is vast and boundless. Even familiar people would get lost, let alone us. Not to mention that we only have 10,000 cavalry. Even if all 100,000 of us were cavalry, we wouldn't be able to spread out into the grassland. If we get lost, we'll most likely be killed one by one by the Western Hu people, causing unimaginable casualties."
Looking up at her, Qingying said helplessly that since he took over the military power, he has studied the situation of the Western Hu people and both the enemy and us in detail, but has not found a way to break it.
"I'm lost."
Retracting his gaze, Shen Xiangwan lowered his eyes, and his hands on the armrest of the chair tapped rhythmically. After a long while, he said: "If I can help solve the problem of getting lost, can you go deep into the grassland and kill the Western Hu people?"
To deal with the brutal foreign barbarians, we must kill them and scare them into submission so that they dare not provoke us again and again. To completely solve the problem of them, we cannot just passively resist, but must take the initiative to attack.
"Can."
Before Qingying and Yan Junling could react, Wei Chengyi gave a positive answer. He was absolutely confident in everything on the battlefield.
"Okay, I'll give you something to keep you from getting lost someday."
Turning his head to look at him, Shen Xiangwan said in a deep voice.
"good."
Wei Chengyi didn't ask what it was, nor did he doubt the truthfulness of her words. Since she said it was okay, then it must be okay. When the time comes, he will personally lead his troops into the grassland and put his trust into practice with concrete actions.
Seeing that they had already made the decision, Qingying and Yan Junling looked at each other. Even though they were full of doubts, they did not ask. They would know whether it would work or not when the time came.
"How far have the three battalions' defenses progressed?"
After a moment, Shen Xiangwan took the initiative to change the subject. The so-called three camps were actually the three counties closest to the border. Chenzhou had a total of nine counties under its jurisdiction, three of which were in a herringbone shape facing the grassland. These three counties were also severely affected areas every year. As early as half a month ago, they had already been evacuating the people and sending troops to these three counties in batches.
"Each county has been garrisoned with 30,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. The remaining soldiers and cavalry will remain in the main camp in the prefectural capital, ready to provide support at any time."
They didn't know exactly when the Western Hu people would break through, so they could only be as prepared as possible. However, this was only the first time, and they would never be so passive again.
"Let the city defense forces of each county prepare as well. The Western Hu people will not only attack the three counties ahead."
Shen Xiangwan didn't understand what was happening on the battlefield. She was worried about the people. She didn't care what happened in the past. Since they came this year and basically took over Chenzhou, she couldn't just watch the Western Hu people continue to be rampant.
"Well, it has been arranged long ago."
Patting the back of her hand, Wei Chengyi soothed her softly. He knew she was worried about the people, and how could he not be worried too? No matter how much hatred they harbored towards the emperor, the people were always innocent. Whether now or in the future, they would not disregard the lives of the people.
"Um."
Looking up into his eyes, Shen Xiangwan nodded, a faint smile spreading at the corner of her lips.
[End of this chapter]
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