Chapter 255 Military Token
When Wei Changtian arrived at the General's Mansion, Xu Qingwan and the other two were already waiting at the door. It was obvious that Yuan'er had come to report the news.
After not seeing him for more than half a month, the three girls were still the same as before, but their first words after seeing him were different.
Liang Qin: "Brother Changtian, why don't you see Miss You?"
Yang Liushi: "Sir, is this trip going well? Have you finished your business?"
Xu Qingwan: "Changtian, are you all okay?"
"fine."
After answering the three girls one by one, Wei Changtian turned his gaze to Liang Qin and asked with a smile: "Why? I heard that you also want to go to Yuanzhou?"
"Um!"
Liang Qin was a little excited: "Yes! Brother Changtian, you support me, right?"
"I'll tell you later whether I support it or not."
After taking a look at Xu Qingwan and Yang Liushi, who both looked worried, Wei Changtian asked again, "Where's Uncle Liang?"
"My father is discussing matters with several deputy generals."
Liang Qin explained: "We will set off for Yuanzhou the day after tomorrow."
"Are you leaving the day after tomorrow?"
Wei Changtian thought about it and nodded.
"I have something to discuss with Uncle Liang about Wan'er and Liu Shi, you two should go back first."
"good."
Xu Qingwan and Yang Liushi looked at each other, as if they had something to say, but they held it back for the time being.
The two women quickly turned around and left, while Wei Changtian and Liang Qin walked through the general's mansion and arrived in front of Liang Zhen's study.
The door was closed and several soldiers in green armor were standing outside.
"Miss, Master Wei, the general is in the room discussing matters."
"Well, please go in and let me know that I'm back."
Wei Changtian gave an order, and while the soldiers were entering the house to report, he looked up at the night sky.
The sky is covered with dark clouds and a rainstorm is coming.
Suddenly, he asked casually:
"Qin'er, why do you have to go to Yuanzhou?"
"Hmm? As a cultivator, I naturally have to defend my country and drive away the enemies at this time."
"Then do you know that I don't get along with the imperial court?"
"Dad talked about this a little bit before."
Liang Qin looked at Wei Changtian seriously: "Brother Changtian, but I think these are two different things."
"Two different things?"
Wei Changtian retracted his gaze and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"Well, this time I went to Yuanzhou with my father to defend the territory of Daning and protect the people of Daning, not for the court and the emperor."
Liang Qin explained seriously: "If the imperial court and the Wei family fight in the future, my father and I will definitely stand on your side, Brother Changtian."
"Hahaha, you guys really know what's going on."
Wei Changtian laughed twice and said nothing more.
In the eyes of the people in such a feudal society, the emperor is the supreme ruler, the Son of Heaven, and the true "spokesperson" of heaven.
Therefore, unless they are forced to the point like the Xu family, few people would openly oppose the royal family.
This is also the reason why most rebellions in ancient times used the excuse of "clearing the court of corrupt officials".
The purpose is to at least avoid direct conflict with the royal family in name.
Based on this, Wei Changtian could actually understand Liang Zhen and Liang Qin's thoughts.
The country was in trouble and the emperor issued an edict. They could not refuse Ning Yongnian's order to dispatch troops to reinforce Yuanzhou, neither emotionally nor logically.
And Liang Qin also said that they were only fighting for the territory and people of Daning.
But Daning, Daning.
After all, my surname is Ning.
In the study.
Several deputy generals of the Shuzhou Army had already taken their leave. Although Liang Zhen still looked generous, it was difficult to hide the fatigue between his brows.
"Hahaha, Changtian, when did you come back?"
"Did your trip to Jizhou go smoothly?"
Liang Zhen accidentally let the cat out of the bag, and the key point of his words was immediately caught by Liang Qin.
"Brother Changtian! Did you go to Jizhou before?!"
"Ahem, yes."
Wei Changtian coughed and skipped the topic directly.
"Uncle Liang, I just got back at noon, and then I heard the news that the court was going to send more troops to Yuanzhou."
"I just heard from Qin'er that you will leave the day after tomorrow. I guess all matters have been arranged?"
"Yeah, almost."
Liang Zhen rubbed his forehead and said casually: "Time is a bit tight, but the war in Yuanzhou can't wait, so we can only keep everything simple."
"Uncle Liang, how many people will the Shuzhou army send this time?"
Wei Changtian got straight to the point and asked, "I heard before that Dafeng's vanguard only had 100,000 soldiers. Is this number true?"
"Haha, Changtian, you are well-informed."
Liang Zhen smiled and replied: "Dafeng's vanguard is indeed only 100,000, but once the battle starts, they will definitely send more troops."
"As for the Shuzhou Army, they will send 30,000 soldiers this time."
Thirty thousand.
Compared with other border states, the number of troops stationed in Shuzhou is not large, but it is still enough to be about 70,000 to 80,000 people.
However, this time they only planned to reinforce Yuanzhou with 30,000 troops, which was less than half of the total. This undoubtedly showed that Liang Zhen was also intending to retain his strength.
“.”
"Uncle Liang, now that things have come to this, I won't hide anything anymore. I'll just say whatever I want to say."
After thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian simply said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the Liu family should also be labeled as traitors within five days."
"As long as the Liu family is destroyed, then only the Wei family will be left among the three clans of Liu, Wei and Xu."
"Once the three-way confrontation and mutual restraint are broken, the imperial court will sooner or later turn against my Wei family."
"Of course, Ning Yongnian is busy dealing with Dafeng right now, so he won't do it openly for the time being."
"But it is very possible to do something secretly."
“.”
The doors and windows of the study were closed, a cold wind was blowing hard outside, and raindrops were falling with a "patter" sound.
Liang Qin sat aside and looked at Wei Changtian with a serious expression, her mouth opening wider and wider.
She didn't know these secrets before. She only knew that Wei Changtian was busy all day, but she didn't know what he was busy with.
And now, I heard that, I don't know when, Brother Changtian has been able to influence the survival of a huge family like the Liu family! He even calls the emperor by his real name without hesitation every time he mentions him! This, this Liang Qin suddenly felt that Wei Changtian was like a chess player who used the world as a chessboard. She was surprised and felt a little moved. Her admiration for the latter also rose from "good swordsmanship and handsome" to "great talent and strategy, and powerful and decisive".
However, Liang Zhen had no time to think about these trivial things. The more he listened, the deeper his frown became.
"Changtian, do you mean that the emperor will target our Shuzhou Army?"
"Uncle Liang, this is just my guess."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "After all, the Liang and Wei families are too close. Ning Yongnian might take this opportunity to plot something else."
"So you must be more careful this time."
".Okay, I understand."
Liang Zhen took a deep breath, then suddenly stood up and walked to a bookshelf against the wall. After fiddling with it for a while, he took out a small wooden box from the secret compartment.
"Changtian, keep this."
"This is."
Wei Changtian opened the wooden box and was stunned for a moment when he saw the golden crouching tiger inside.
"Weapon talisman?"
"Yes, it is indeed the military token of the Shuzhou Army."
Liang Zhen nodded: "Changtian, I was originally going to give this military token to the deputy general who stayed in Shuzhou."
"But after listening to what you said just now, I'm a little worried. It would be better to just leave it with you. This way it's always safer."
"Uh, sure."
Wei Changtian didn't know much about the function of ancient military talismans. He touched his nose and asked, "But what is this thing used for? To mobilize the army?"
"Um."
Liang Zhen's expression was somewhat serious.
"As long as you hold this military token, you can mobilize all the troops remaining in Shuzhou at will."
"All? How many?"
"fifty thousand."
(End of this chapter)
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