Chapter 488 This and that

The imperial army left a small number of troops to guard Xiangcheng. When the 400,000 brave marching with a rainbow of morale, they were all full of energy. People who are still alive until the war feel that they have cleared the fog and gradually saw their brilliant future. They are just ordinary people, and they are thinking about how to make contributions and survive on the battlefield every day. They cannot consider any conspiracies or tricks, nor do they consider the country.

They only knew that Xiangcheng had been broken, and Li Yuanshan retreated with more than 100,000 soldiers. At this time, there was no reason not to pursue him. They only saw victory in sight, but could not see any deep pits.

There was a lot of food and grass in Xiangcheng because Li Yuanshan was worried that if he transported all the food and grass away, he would attract the emperor's suspicion. After replenishing supplies, the 400,000 army divided into three groups and continued to drive westward.

The emperor sat on the tall and magnificent imperial chariot and specifically ordered people to open the window to look at the still depressing scenery outside. This imperial chariot is also called the walking hall, which requires hundreds of horses and manpower to pull it. Jin Shixiong sat next to the emperor nervously, lowering his head to look at his toes.

The emperor slowly took his gaze back from the window. He felt that the temperature of the hand stove was slightly cool but he was too lazy to hand it to Su Buwei to change the charcoal fire. He stuffed the hand stove into his cuffs, not knowing whether he wanted to warm himself or to maintain the temperature of the hand stove for a while.

"Do you know why I took you?"

The emperor asked.

Jin Shixiong nodded first, then immediately shook his head: "I don't know."

The emperor sighed slightly, "I took Su Buwei with me, so that he would follow me to the end. I took you but not to let you die, but to have an important task left to you. I will not tell you where the knife I hid in this battle is, but I can tell you that I can't lose this battle. After the rebellion, the endgame in the northwest is too messy and too bad, and there must be someone with more powerful skills to suppress it... After the final battle, I will ask you to sit in the northwest and help the prince clean up the mess."

"minister……"

Jin Shixiong stood up and knelt down: "I ask Your Majesty to consider again. Since Your Majesty is sure to win this battle, why should you take risks yourself... I am willing to lead 400,000 bravely to pursue Li Ni, and will never let down Your Majesty's trust."

“Nothing is that easy.”

The emperor smiled, as if a little bitter.

"If I didn't chase him personally, Li Yuanshan would not fight for the last battle. The most important thing is not this, but the knife I hid in advance. I have to go there in person to show it out. I can't tell you now, and you don't need to ask. There is no room for replacing this matter, you just need to remember what I told you."

"I... obey the order."

Jin Shixiong bowed his head.

The emperor said, "Get up, you, I, the king and the minister, have been for more than ten years, and have never been restrained like this. Don't cry and quell. It's just around the corner. I've already cut off most of the borers and tumors in the court, so there's nothing unhappy or unhappy. If you think I did this because of my unyielding determination, then you're wrong... Now I don't plan to hide anything anymore. I can't carry my body for long, so I'm dead. It's better to go grandly than to curl up on the sickbed and moan. I'm really happy."

He asked Jin Shixiong to sit down: "The northwest is especially difficult to govern after the chaos. You are a military general, but you are meticulous and steady. I will be at ease to hand over the stalls in the northwest to you. You must remember that although the people in the northwest follow countless thieves, they should not be strict with the law and do more kindness. What a country exists is not to kill the people until they are obedient, but to support them and let them live and work in peace. Only when the people are stable can the country be stable. For Li Niyu's evil, kill, and support the people. Do you understand?"

"I understand"

"Um"

The emperor seemed a little tired and shrank his body into the wide seat: "Looking at your uneasy look, I know what you are thinking. I have already told you how to manage chaos, but you can't make yourself full of confidence in victory, right?"

"minister……"

Jin Shixiong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Look at it."

The emperor waved his hand lazily: "I have made such a big bet, and I know what I have exchanged for with my life. I think that if my body still allows me after I pacified Li Ni, I will go and see Langru Mountain. When I met with Coke Taimeng, I came and went in a hurry and didn't take a good look at the scenery of the westernmost part of my country. Or if I walk around more, I might be able to get better if my body is nourished by the beautiful world?"

He smiled and said, "I used to look at things, and always looked at the disadvantages. Now my mind has changed a little, and I want to look at the benefits."

"Your Majesty is sure to be safe!"

Jin Shixiong said like a swearing.

"Ha ha"

The emperor smiled very happily: "I hope so... By the way, there is another thing you may not know yet. If you don't know Fang Jie, you have heard his name."

"I know the first name in the martial arts academy to be tested."

"Well, now he is with your team."

The emperor turned his gaze outside the window again and said in a natural and gentle tone: "I will ask him to return the military power after the war... I always have a feeling."

The following words were too light and Jin Shixiong didn't hear them.

"You can't let him lead the troops for too long..."

The emperor said.

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Two hundred and seventy miles southwest of Xiangcheng

Sipan Town is the center, with a camp within a radius of more than ten miles. Hundreds of thousands of spiritual armor have been stationed here for more than ten days. In order to avoid the disaster of war, the people nearby have avoided them from afar. At first glance, there are soldiers with murderous aura everywhere, so the weather has become more colder.

Patrol soldiers wearing thick leather armor walked by in neat rows, and the ice on the spear tips could make people feel cold.

A general in iron armor walked quickly, ran to the highest military tent in the camp and shouted, then lifted the thick curtain and crawled in.

"General, Xiangcheng has been broken!"

The person who came in was a man in his twenties. When he clasped his fists, the armor made a dull sound. Just like the sound of his speech, it was low and slightly hoarse.

His name is Luo Xiaotu.

A cold and arrogant man who rarely speaks, but today, his face cannot hide his joy.

The middle-aged man sitting behind the table stopped his hands and looked at the half-written words. Three thick ink words were written on the rice paper, but these three words did not seem to be coherent.

Allow

Take it

Expand

Hearing the news that Xiangcheng had broken, he paused for a moment before finishing the last word.

Certainly

Luo Xiaotu looked at the four words on the rice paper, and the joy on his face gradually calmed down.

"Xiao Tu...you are still not calm enough."

The middle-aged man who was writing hung the wolf hair on the pen holder, turned around and walked to the map and looked: "You look very happy, so tell me where is it worth being happy?"

Luo Xiaotu pondered for a while and said, "Return to the general, Xiangcheng has been broken. The emperor led a 400,000 army to pursue the remnants of Li Yuanshan. He has entered the ambush of Li Yuanshan. Things are going smoothly, so my subordinates feel more relaxed. It is beyond words that my subordinates are not practicing enough."

"Four hundred thousand?"

Luo Yao was slightly stunned: "According to calculations, the number of people left in the court is far more than this."

"According to the general, according to the news from the spies, the emperor led a army of 200,000 to garrison in Qinchuan. The emperor brought more than 400,000 troops across Xiangcheng and headed westward."

Luo Yao was silent for a while and couldn't help but smile: "The emperor is still worried about me. Gao Kaitai is calm in his troops. The emperor asked him to lead 200,000 people to guard Qinchuan, and I was guarding me... The emperor was worried that he would lead his troops to pursue Li Yuanshan, and I led his troops to seize the retreat of the imperial army. Haha... The king does not believe in ministers, and the ministers do not respect the king. The great Sui Dynasty is really about to end."

"General, what should we do?"

Luo Xiaotu asked a question.

"Do you think Li Yuanshan's plan is really so easy to succeed?"

Luo Yao looked back at Luo Xiaotu and said calmly: "I told you that the emperor is a wise monarch who is rare. For the first time, Li Yuanshan killed the 700,000 imperial army in Mandu Banner. The emperor took him as if it was right. But the emperor is not the kind of person who would trip over the same stone twice. If he couldn't see through Li Yuanshan's arrangement, it would be a joke. Moreover, Li Yuanshan set up an ambush circle so large, with a range of 270 miles. With the people in his hands now, he could not trap the emperor to death... He placed his hope on me and on the people of the Mongols. In fact, Li Yuanshan had already lost."

He said in an understatement that he kicked an opponent out of the game: "He is no longer qualified to stay in the chessboard because he is too arrogant. The Mongols will not be willing to only make swords. Although the temptation of killing the emperor cannot be resisted, and Kuoke Tai Mengge has been waiting for more than ten years, the Mongols' minds are not only on the emperor. As long as the emperor dies, the Mongols will also get rid of Li Yuanshan before returning to the grassland."

"Why?"

Luo Xiaotu asked.

"Because Kok Taimongo doesn't want a strong neighbor."

Luo Xiaotu was silent and asked, "Then will we advance or not?"

"Enter"

Luo Yao smiled and said, "Of course I have to advance, otherwise what should I do to the northwest? Whether Li Yuanshan plots against the emperor or the emperor plots against Li Yuanshan, I am still an outsider until now. Only by advancing can I really enter the game. No matter what the emperor has, he only has those troops left. No matter how Li Yuanshan plots, he doesn't have many people in his hands. Gao Kaitai... I haven't taken it seriously yet."

"Send someone to tell Kok Taimonlie and ask him to fight Gao Kaitai. The scene should be spectacular, with more than 200,000 wolf cavalry fighting 200,000 infantry."

"Then where will we advance?"

"Another bureau"

Luo Yao smiled indifferently and said, "The situation I set up... I have ordered that the troops in Yongzhou be all gone, and at this time I should have crossed the Yishui River. As long as I cross the Yangtze River again, 700,000 troops will be in the Central Plains. I will lead my troops to the east and then join the troops in Yongzhou. I have never focused on the tired place in the northwest, but on the city called Chang'an."

Luo Xiaotu was stunned and then clasped his fists: "I am willing to follow the general and create great achievements!"

Luo Yao smiled and didn't say anything.

He picked up his pen again and wrote a line of small words on rice paper.

The west becomes the east becomes the ethereal, the south becomes the north, and there will be a beginning but no end.
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