nashuaworldcup Chapter 127 This Xiling King! Too Arrogant
Chapter 127 This Xiling King! Too Arrogant
Prince Jing's Mansion.
After breakfast early in the morning, Xia Taoyuan said to Chu Xingluo with a smile: "The day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and the Lantern Festival will be over in a few days. Why don't we go to see the lanterns tonight, otherwise we will have to wait until next year."
"Yeah." Chu Xingluo responded.
"Why don't we let the maids and servants go and have a look, so that they can have some fun too." Xia Taoyuan looked at Chu Xingluo. Dai'er, who was cleaning the table nearby, brightened up when she heard this.
"Okay, I'll go find the butler and ask him to arrange it." After saying that, Chu Xingluo got up and walked out of the room.
"Miss, I heard that the Lantern Festival is very beautiful. I have wanted to go for a long time." Dai'er said excitedly.
Caiyun smiled and said, "Look how happy you are."
Xia Taoyuan opened his own treasury, took out three hundred taels of silver, and asked Qingyun to deliver it to housekeeper Xu. He asked the housekeeper to give two taels of silver to each of the more than one hundred servants and maids in the mansion, so that they could buy some things they liked when visiting the Lantern Festival.
There was peace throughout the palace.
Chu Xingluo was summoned to the palace after 5 pm. Xia Taoyuan was a little surprised. It was already this late. What was the matter with the emperor?
Inside the palace.
Emperor Ying had a serious expression on his face, and all the civil and military officials and princes were present, and they also had serious expressions.
"How many troops can be mobilized now?" Emperor Ying asked coldly.
"Forty thousand. We can set off tonight at the latest." General Anguo Cheng Lang stepped forward and said. He is the son of the late general Cheng Jiao.
"General Lu Ting received the news an hour ago and set off with 80 elite soldiers. Young General Lu Feiyu will lead 40,000 troops to Lucheng later." Chen Wenqiao, a former subordinate of General Cheng Jiao and known as General Yongsheng, said.
"This King of Xiling! He is too arrogant!" Emperor Ying's voice was filled with anger.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. With General Lu leading the expedition, we will definitely defend Lucheng, Hecheng and Shicheng." Grand Secretary Feng Bi comforted.
"Fei Yu sets out tonight. How many days will it take to arrive?" Emperor Ying's tone softened slightly.
"Your Majesty, Yunjun City is eight hundred miles away from Lucheng. General Lu will set out tonight and arrive in three or four days if he is fast." General Changwei Shan Tingfang said.
Emperor Ying did not speak any more but closed his eyes.
More than an hour ago, General Lu Ting's mansion received a letter from Han Zhui, the border garrison commander of the North Vietnam and Xiling Kingdom. The letter said that Xiling Kingdom suddenly attacked two villages on the border of the North Vietnam last night, Shilong Village and Yufeng Village, and more than 5,000 people in the two villages were massacred. In addition, a large number of officers and soldiers occupied the two villages, and they were afraid that they would launch an attack on the North Vietnam. Half an hour later, another letter was received, saying that the Xiling Kingdom had launched an attack on Lucheng Shicheng.
Han Zhui also said in the letter that he would send a letter every half an hour to report the battle situation in a timely manner.
After receiving the first letter, Lu Ting led 80 elite soldiers to Lucheng. Lu Feiyu took the letter into the palace, and Emperor Ying hurriedly summoned all the ministers.
"This King of Xiling massacred the people of our North Vietnam for no reason and provoked disputes. This is really intolerable." said Jiang Cheng, the Minister of Works.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone delivered another letter from Han Zhui by carrier pigeon, saying that Lucheng and Hecheng each had 30,000 soldiers and generals in addition to the civilians, while Shicheng was relatively small, with only a little over 5,000 civilians in total. Lucheng and Hecheng could still hold out for a few days, but Shicheng might not be able to hold out for much longer.
They also said that they had captured a wounded soldier from Xiling State. The wounded soldier said that Xiling King Ye Mengtian was arrogant and looked down on everyone. In recent years, the country has become stronger and stronger, with more soldiers and more horses, and his ambitions have also grown. He felt that he could compete with the powerful North Vietnam, so he wanted to annex North Vietnam. However, Ye Mengtian still had some concerns, fearing that he could not conquer North Vietnam, so he went to lobby Dongxia State and Nanzhu State, which had been defeated by North Vietnam, and thought that the combined strength of the countries would easily defeat North Vietnam.
But Nanzhu King Nangong Jin refused. But Dongxia King Gong Yezhi thought it was a good idea. Beiyue was a rich country with abundant resources. They could plunder some resources and avenge their previous humiliation. So he promised Ye Mengtian that he would send troops to support them. That's why Shilong Village and Yufeng Village were massacred.
After reading the letter, Emperor Ying's anger rose again. Although the North Vietnam Kingdom has become increasingly powerful over the years, it has never thought of invading other countries. It only wants its people to have enough food and clothing and live and work in peace. However, it never occurred to me that several small countries around it have never stopped their ambition to divide up the North Vietnam. First, it was the Dongxia Kingdom and the Nanzhu Kingdom more than a decade ago, and now there is the Xiling Kingdom.
Emperor Ying took a deep breath. He hated war. There would be casualties and destruction in war. He did not want the people in the country he governed to be displaced and live in poverty. He never invaded others, but if others bullied him, he would teach them a lesson.
"I heard that Xiling Kingdom and Dongxia Kingdom have an army of one million. Feiyu's 40,000 troops are far from enough." Emperor Ying said slowly.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops there." Xiao Feng stood up, not only because of his identities as the Duke of Zhenguo and the General of Tiance, but also because of his hatred for the Kingdom of Dongxia. All the scars on his body were left by the Kingdom of Dongxia.
"No. You are the Duke of Zhenguo, you cannot leave me, you have to stay in Yunjun City." Emperor Ying pinched his brows, he could only say this. He didn't want Xiao Feng to have any more accidents, not to mention that the family had finally reunited, and Madam Xiao was pregnant, he could not let Xiao Feng go to the battlefield again.
Xiao Feng understood Emperor Ying's painstaking efforts and did not insist.
"Your Majesty, I think this is an opportunity for several princes to gain experience..." Mu Huairen was interrupted by Grand Secretary Feng Bi before he could finish his words.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. The princes have many opportunities to gain experience, and they don't have to go to the battlefield. What if something goes wrong on the battlefield? What should we do?" Grand Secretary Feng Bi objected. Although he was a bit pedantic and agreed to support King Xuan under Mu Huairen's sweet talk, it did not mean that he did not cherish the lives of other princes. He was a loyal minister, loyal to the Kingdom of Beiyue, loyal to Emperor Ying, and loyal to the royal family.
Mu Huairen glared at Feng Bi fiercely and cursed inwardly: What a pedantic old thing!
What was Mu Huairen thinking? This time Xiling's invasion of Beiyue was a perfect opportunity to instigate the King of Xiang and the King of Jing to the battlefield. Of course, the King of Xuan would also go. If the King of Xiang and the King of Jing could not come back, the position of the crown prince would belong to the King of Xuan. He was sure that he could prevent the King of Xiang and the King of Jing from coming back forever!