Chapter 616: The Number One Scholar Seeks to See You
After leaving the imperial capital of Wu State, Xu Ming flew straight towards the Northern Wilderness.
The journey will pass through Qi State.
According to Xu Ming's plan, he intended to stay in Qi for a few days to see if there was anyone he could help with on the front line, and then fly to the Northern Wilderness.
Lin Xingluo, who had always been following Xu Ming, had no objection.
For Lin Xingluo, wherever her master goes, she will follow him. She is just his maid.
However, Lin Xingluo felt that he needed to work harder in his practice.
Although she was a maid, the young master had reached the Jade Pu realm, but she was still a cultivator in the late Jindan realm. This was really unacceptable.
Half a month later, Xu Ming brought Lin Xingluo to Nanyue City, the capital of Liuyun Prefecture in Qi State.
When Xu Ming flew over the outskirts of Nanyue City, what came into view were the large camps outside Nanyue City.
Nanyue City is an important military city of Qi State.
If Nanyue City was breached, the entire southern part of Qi State would be wide open to Wu State.
The army of Wu will have many choices, and the entire Qi will become very passive.
Not to mention that after Qi lost Nanyue City, the entire Qi State would be abandoned.
At least the Wu State can advance and retreat freely and can also take a breath.
Because Nanyue City is also the largest granary in the south of Qi State.
According to Xu Ming's understanding, the State of Qi naturally knew the importance of Nanyue City, so it sent a King of Ningnan to take charge of Nanyue City.
The title of King of Ningnan was actually obtained when he was guarding the southern border.
It’s just because King Ningnan is too old and has too much influence in the south of Qi State.
The court wanted to weaken the influence of Prince Ningnan and regain control of the Southern Xinjiang army, so they allowed Prince Ningnan to return to Beijing to retire.
When the Wu State attacked, the most suitable general was King Ningnan, who was allowed to go to the battlefield again.
But the King of Qi was not willing at all.
The King of Ningnan had already made great contributions.
This time the Wu State is invading, if the King of Ningnan makes another great military achievement, then there will really be no more titles to be given to him.
The last person who was unable to be given a title was Zhu Cici’s father Zhu Xi.
Although Zhu Xi did not cause any trouble, he seemed very well behaved.
But the person the emperor of Qi was most wary of was him.
If there were another King of Ningnan, the monarch of Qi believed that he would not be able to withstand it.
Moreover, the Ningnan King was not very popular in the court.
The King of Ningnan had offended many ministers. Many of them hated the king to the core, but they definitely did not want to see him gain power.
However, no one else could stop Wu's attack.
When the Wu army captured city after city, the Emperor of Qi realized that something was wrong.
At this time, even if the Emperor of Qi did not want to use the King of Ningnan, he had to use him.
As for the so-called high achievements that shock the master.
Compared to the loss of Nanyue City, this is nothing.
As expected, when King Ningnan arrived in Nanyue City, he quickly consolidated the morale of the army, deployed the troops in moderation, and adopted the strategy of "holding firm and harassing frequently".
The army of Wu State felt very uncomfortable for a while.
If the two sides were to engage in a head-on conflict, even if the enemy's military strength was two or three times greater than theirs, they would be confident that they could crush the enemy.
But the other side held their ground and refused to come out, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Especially now that we are in late autumn and winter is about to begin.
Although the Wu army captured many cities and had a lot of food and grass, it was not enough, and they still needed to transport some food and grass from within the Wu territory.
Moreover, in winter, the transportation of food and fodder will become more difficult.
Therefore, the army of Wu State that was attacking Qi State needed a large granary like Nanyue City very much.
It’s not that they didn’t think about a strong attack, the problem was that as a military stronghold, Nanyue City was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Not to mention that the enemy's military strength is two or three times that of our own.
If we use a forceful attack, even if we take Nanyue City, we will suffer heavy losses, which will be very disadvantageous for subsequent operations.
The best way is to use a strategy to lure the enemy out, launch a wave of attacks, destroy the enemy's morale, and annihilate a wave of their manpower. At this time, it is safest to attack the city yourself.
But the other party is not a fool, and the King of Ningnan is even more cowardly than an old turtle.
At the same time, in the Wu State’s camp, General Wu Zejiu was discussing countermeasures with his deputy generals.
"General, we don't have much time. The weather is getting colder and colder, and winter will definitely come earlier. We must take over Nanyue City as soon as possible." Left General Ding Xi said.
"General Ding, everyone knows what you said, but the other party is like a turtle hiding its head. No matter how we challenge them, they just won't come out. What should we do?"
"Damn it! How did the monarch of Qi suddenly come to his senses? He actually sent out an old fellow like the King of Ningnan."
"Look at what you said. Even if the Lord of Qi is afraid of that old general, it's already this time. How could he still hide the Prince of Ningnan?"
"Forget it, there's no point in saying this."
General Wu Zejiu, who was conquering Qi, sighed.
"Among the nine countries on the battle line, our Qi country is the slowest and may not even be able to conquer it. This is really too embarrassing.
Not to mention that His Majesty did not call us back at such a critical time in order to ensure that we had enough troops.
Hearing about the battle outside Wudu City, even the guards of ordinary families, even the hooligans, even the waiters in the inn, rushed out of the city with kitchen knives.
If we fail this time, how can we face the elders of Wu State? I think it would be better for us to die in battle outside Nanyue City."
"."Listening to Wu Zejiu's words, everyone was silent.
You know what, it is indeed like that.
Everything was going well on the other eight fronts, but my own front was in such a state that I would be too embarrassed to meet my colleagues in the future.
"Go back and think about it. Tomorrow morning, everyone must give me a plan! Did you hear that clearly?" Wu Zejiu shouted to his colleagues.
"It's the General!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Just as everyone was about to pack up and return to their tents, a soldier ran in: "Report! Generals, the top scholar wants to see you!"
"Number one scholar? Which number one scholar?"
Wu Zejiu was stunned for a moment.
There are too many top scholars in the Wu Kingdom.
But then again.
No matter which top scholar it was, what was he doing at the front line? "General," the soldier said with excitement, "this top scholar is Xu Ming, the governor of Xu State."
(End of this chapter)
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