si-mexico Chapter 815: The Qian Kingdom Faced with Internal and External Troubles
Chapter 815: The Qian Kingdom Faced with Internal and External Troubles
After everything was ready, Shen Changgong and King Nan did not delay any longer and led the cavalry team, heading non-stop towards Lingling City in the west.
At this time, the main force of the Yan army was probably about to reach Lingling City.
The letter sent by Xiao Muzhi reached Yugui faster than theirs.
……
Qian State, Yugui is in the court.
As the Yan army approached, the Qian Kingdom became increasingly nervous and held frequent court meetings to discuss countermeasures to resist the Yan army and study the Yan army's marching routes.
At the morning court that day, Emperor Qian came early again. There was nothing he could do; he couldn't sleep.
He was not a foolish ruler and had always been diligent in his work. Now that he saw that his country was on the verge of collapse and his family was about to be ruined, he became even more diligent.
Above the dragon throne, there is a huge map hanging, which is a map of the entire world.
It was put up recently, and every strategic location is marked on it so that the ministers can visually observe where the Yan army has gone and where their troops are.
After paying their respects, all the ministers stood up.
Emperor Qian took the 800-li express that was delivered this morning and said,
"According to the intelligence sent from the front, the Yan army is almost at Yongzhou. This is an 800-li express message sent two days ago. This means that the Yan army has most likely already passed Yongzhou and will be able to launch an attack on Lingling the day after tomorrow.
In the urgent report, Jin Haoqian said that it was impossible for him to rely on these 400,000 people to defend Lingling City.
Therefore, if you want to win, you must take risky measures.
He gave me a suggestion, saying that he could use his main force to attract the attention of the main force of the Yan army. While the Yan army was attacking Lingling, he would personally lead a special force to the rear to sneak attack the enemy camp, kill through the enemy formation, and capture the Yan emperor alive.
This is the only chance.
Now, the Emperor of Yan is pregnant but has not given birth yet, which means that the emperor and the crown prince of the entire Great Yan are in her arms. As long as we can capture the Emperor of Yan, we can achieve our goal in one fell swoop, force the Yan army to sign a contract and withdraw, and we can also get a large amount of territory.
If you fail, that's okay, you can't win anyway.
My dear ministers, what do you think?"
Hearing this, Dian Ke Wenbo frowned and said,
"Your Majesty, how could we, the great Daqian, a nation of propriety, do such a thing as to ambush and capture a woman alive, especially a pregnant woman?
If this is recorded in history books, it means that our Daqian dynasty was unable to defeat the enemy on the frontal battlefield, and only achieved peace by bullying a pregnant woman. This... will bring shame to our dynasty, and Daqian dynasty will have no backbone left.
We can’t afford to lose face like this.”
Upon hearing this, the general flew into a rage and said,
"Wenbo, if you've lost your country, what's the point of having a face? If you want to be embarrassed, you have to be alive to be embarrassed.
Besides, she was just an ordinary pregnant woman. She was the emperor of Dayan.
When two armies confront each other, capturing the enemy emperor alive is a great honor, so how can it be shameful?
You are speaking in favor of the State of Yan, are you secretly defecting to the State of Yan?"
Wen Bo immediately became furious, his face flushed, and he pointed at the general with trembling fingers and said,
"You are slandering me! You are slandering me! I have devoted my life to the country. I was just sent on a diplomatic mission to Dayan, and yet you have framed me like this.
If you were the envoy, could I also frame you?
Since when did being an envoy for the country become a reason for framing others?
This old minister will die by smashing his head against the throne room today to prove my innocence!"
After saying that, Wen Bo roared angrily, lowered his head and rushed towards the pillar.
The ministers hurriedly stopped him. Prime Minister Gongyang Chun, an old man, was knocked to the ground by him and cried out in pain for a long time.
But fortunately, everyone rescued Wenbo.
When Emperor Qian saw this scene, he was furious and immediately slammed the table and shouted,
"What are you doing? It's already late, and you still think it's not chaotic enough? If you want to fight, I'll give you a knife each. Go out and chop, and whoever you kill counts as one."
All the ministers knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"How is the Prime Minister? Call the imperial physician!"
Gong Yangchun stood up from the ground, holding his chest and waving his hands,
"Your Majesty, I am fine and will not die. Please forgive them both.
Your Majesty also knows that the Yan army is approaching, and everyone has a stone in their heart that has been accumulated for too long and suddenly exploded. It is good to vent.
In recent days, there have been rumors in the court that Lord Wen and Gongyang Zhan are secretly communicating with the State of Yan.
Lord Wen is honest and upright, loyal and devoted, and he has been silently enduring this humiliation.
The Grand Marshal did indeed speak without thinking, so it is normal for Lord Wen to be so sad and angry.
They just have different political views.
Lord Wen is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of foreign affairs. Naturally, he cares most about the reputation of the court and it is normal for him to want to maintain the dignity of the country.
The Grand Marshal was in charge of military affairs and only thought about how to defeat the enemy, so it was normal for him to support the sneak attack on the Emperor of Yan.
Just do your job and fulfill your responsibilities.
Please forgive them, Your Majesty."
Emperor Qian waved his hand and said,
"The Prime Minister is right. I will forgive you two for now. If you continue to quarrel, I will never forgive you again.
Let's talk about whether or not to allow Jin Haoqian to launch a surprise attack on Emperor Yan."
At this time, another minister stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, news of Japanese pirates invading the eastern coast came three days ago. Now that three days have passed, we can't delay any longer. Should we send troops to assist?"
Hearing this, Emperor Qian felt his headache getting worse, so he sat down and said,
"Captain, can you spare some troops to fight the Japanese along the coast?"
The general immediately said,
"Your Majesty, all the troops in the country are now converging on Yugui and the northern front. Even with all our strength, we may not be able to defeat the Yan people. How can we have extra troops to support the coastal areas?
The threat posed by Japanese pirates is not a big deal. What kind of waves can a mere few thousand people cause? They just rob some silver and leave after eating their fill.
Now that we have concentrated our forces, the chieftains in the west and the southwestern Nanyue Kingdom are also ready to make a move.
If we are not successful in the war against Yan State, I am afraid that these two places will take the opportunity to take advantage of us.
The Japanese pirates only want money, not land. Let's ignore them for now. We can deal with them later when we have more strength."
The upright officials in the court immediately stood up to refute the idea.
"The Japanese pirates often massacre cities and kill countless people. Those are the people of Daqian. Are we going to let them die? This will only make the Japanese pirates richer and more rampant!"
"Everything has its priorities. With the Yan army approaching, everything should be focused on resisting Yan!"
The ministers started arguing again.
At this moment, there was a shout from outside the door.
"Report! Urgent, eight hundred miles southeast."
A guard ran in quickly with a memorial.
A clean official snorted coldly,
"Look, the Southeast has asked for help again. It must be because the Japanese pirates are too rampant."