Qi Qi did not send out his message first. It would be too abnormal for him to be following the rebels and revealing this matter. Even if the Ninth Prince did not care, it would be bad if others who did not like him in the first place seized on it.
The Seventh Prince... I've known him for so many years. He's straightforward, but one should always be wary of others. The Emperor still has a few brothers he hasn't killed yet. The youngest one is only in his early twenties this year, in the prime of his youth.
The situation in the capital is not good either.
Huangfu Yi wanted the city defense map, and so did Gu Siyan. As for who would ultimately get the map, Qi Qi already had a plan in mind. In the original owner's memories, Gu Siyan at this time treated these small cities like beating up his younger brother...
"Qi Qi".
"Qi Qi?"
Qi Qi snapped out of his daze and saw Gu Siyan calling him again: "Master."
"Why are you spacing out while eating breakfast? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Qi Qi: "I was just thinking about you. Is there any progress on what Master wants?"
Gu Siyan: "I've got it. Now we need to see what the court does."
Qi Qi said, "Oh? What does Master mean..."
Gu Siyan raised his eyes and glanced at Qi Qi: "Just stay here and relax, I'll be fine."
Qi Qi: "..." Big brother, who asked this? What happened to you?
The next day, news came from outside Gu Siyan's residence that fighting had broken out on the northwestern border. As if receiving some signal, various small kingdoms in the Western Regions began to harass the border of the Great Xia one after another. Judging from this, they were not small forces. As for the imperial court, the Seventh Prince had already requested to go there.
Meanwhile, the Xiongnu in the east and the Xianbei in the north were also beginning to stir, intending to send tribute memorials, the implications of which are worth pondering...
These grassland overlords were indeed subordinate to the Xia Dynasty many years ago, but with the decline of the Great Xia in recent years, these two large tribes have developed into a state, and they have not sent any delegations to the Great Xia for a full ten years.
The territory developed by these two tribes encompassed the three northern regions of the Great Xia Dynasty: East, West, and North China. They were more troublesome than smaller states like Kucha, Yanqi, and Loulan in the Western Regions, and were known as the "nation on horseback"...
Although they came under the guise of making friends, at this critical juncture, it's hard to say whether they just want to watch the chaos in Great Xia and then bring their troops back to carve up this land together.
The Seventh Prince is a real man.
But what's going on with the Xiongnu? Qi Qi didn't hear about this in the original owner's mind.
Just as he was wondering if something had gone wrong, Gu Siyan immediately got up and walked out. Qi Qi hurriedly asked, "Master, where are you going?"
Gu Siyan: "Go to Yuelai Restaurant."
Qi Qi thought that his expression didn't seem like a trivial matter, so he immediately said, "Can I go too, sir? I'll just say we're going shopping!"
Gu Siyan glanced at him, then pulled Qi Qi and walked out: "Let's go."
On the way, they met Huangfu Yi, who was also going out. The two greeted each other: "Brother Gu, is something the matter?"
Gu Siyan laughed and said, "Let's take Madam out for a stroll. She's been cooped up in the mansion all the time, and she's getting really bored."
Huangfu Yi: "...Then we should take a good look around."
His gaze shifted downwards, revealing a grim expression. Taking advantage of his height, which prevented Gu Siyan from seeing him, Qi Qi secretly winked at Huangfu Yi. Huangfu Yi paused for a moment, then walked away with an air of aloofness.
When the two arrived at Yuelai Restaurant, a group of talented people had already gathered together to wait for Gu Siyan.
It was about the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and these two places were close to Youdu, which is why Gu Siyan was the first to receive the news.
Qi Qi sat in the back and listened quietly. He could see that these people had gone from calmly suppressing their anger to standing up and lashing out. Everyone spoke with red faces, uneasy and anxious, yet determined.
Qi Qi also stood up, his face filled with extreme astonishment. He knew why Qi Laibao didn't have this memory: Gu Siyan's purpose in holding the meeting was to intercept the message and refuse or directly force the arrival of the envoy group.
These two countries cannot come to Great Xia. Once they do, and experience Great Xia firsthand, they will definitely send troops to Great Xia immediately upon their return.
However, whether it was the 200,000 troops of the Marquis of Ding'an, the 100,000 Imperial Guards of the capital, or other scattered troops, they were all greatly underutilized and simply could not withstand the simultaneous attacks of these countries.
The Zhenbei Army, which currently only has 30,000 troops capable of participating in actual combat, is even less so. The new army has not yet been trained, and there is no food. All of this is nonsense.
Therefore, he had to use a strategy to defeat these two countries. In any case, he needed to get the internal affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty in order before he could fight with peace of mind.
Otherwise, the Zhenbei Army would be working hard to fight foreign invaders while being threatened by the imperial court from within, which is absolutely unacceptable.
Even Qi Qi, a non-native, could understand how important what he was doing was to the Great Xia.
If someone like Gu Siyan doesn't become emperor, who will?
Now, compared to the poetry gathering and the Four Directions City, the matter of the Xiongnu is definitely more important. Gu Siyan sat on an ordinary wooden stool as if it were the emperor's throne, gesturing wildly and pointing out the flaws in the country.
He needed to return to Youzhou quickly to expedite the work at the City Lord's Mansion, starting with the city defense map.
Qi Qi felt a sense of foreboding.
Huangfu Yi's point is that the operation is about to close in the next couple of days, and if Gu Siyan also comes, wouldn't it... lead to a collision?
After the meeting, Gu Siyan even told Qi Qi that he didn't need to go to the city lord's mansion with him, but to wait outside the city for him to get the map and go directly to Youdu.
Qi Qi swallowed hard: "General, are you going to kill Lord Wu?"
Gu Siyan's eyes were deep: "He can't die yet. The court must take his head."
He was not a hot-tempered youth. The Zhenbei Army already had many enemies and could not afford to be treated specially by the imperial court.
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