Chapter 262 If, then.
The capital of Tiaoguo, the imperial palace.
The eunuch went in and sent medicine to the emperor again, and then the sound of throwing bowls and the emperor's angry curses came from inside. Shi Dongcheng, who was standing at the door, raised his hand and took out his ears, as if he was a little bored. He turned his head and looked around. There were a row of eunuchs holding medicine bowls standing beside him. He pointed in. The second eunuch took the medicine bowl in. Shi Dongcheng seemed to have lost patience and waved to his subordinates not far away. So the few confidants he arranged to replace with the emperor's guard and rushed in, and the emperor's angry curses became louder and louder.
A group of court officials stood a little further and looked at each other. Shi Dongcheng smiled embarrassedly: "As long as my father saw that it was me who gave me medicine, he would fall. No matter what, I am also his son, but I didn't expect to hate me to this point."
He turned around and picked up the medicine bowl from an eunuch holding a wooden plate, looked at the dark green medicine juice, and slurped it for a moment before drinking it all.
"I will drink a bowl of medicine. If someone is willing to try it on me, I can't show up here in the future."
What else can adults say? But the medicine he sent in is really the same as the medicine he drank?
Several guards came out from inside, Shi Dongcheng asked His Majesty if he had taken the medicine. The guards nodded, and Shi Dongcheng let out a long sigh: "How can you not take medicine? All the civil and military officials in the court are waiting for His Majesty."
He took his men away, and the courtiers dispersed immediately.
General Wu Lie ran in from outside and caught up with Shi Dongcheng: "Your Highness, something went wrong."
"What's up?"
"Yanning County quickly sent a message, saying that Ningguo's fleet had arrived seven or eight days ago, but it didn't dock and no one got off the boat. Our people couldn't help but go over and ask what the situation was. Ning people's answer was that they were just walking fast and waiting for someone."
"You're going quickly?"
Shi Dongcheng stopped: "What is the reason for walking fast?!"
Wu Lie said: "I don't understand, do you want me to go and see it in person?"
Shi Dongcheng frowned and pondered: "If Daning's people don't log in, how can I kill Shen Leng?"
Wu Lie asked tentatively: "Will there be... many people?"
Shi Dongcheng shook his head: "That's unreasonable. Zhuang Yong's navy should be wary of the revenge of seeking a man. Don't forget to stand there, but there were no less than 100,000 naval troops. Zhuang Yong really dared to abandon Pingyue Dao? Even if Shen Leng had a good personal relationship with him, think about it, Zhuang Yong had no right to lead his troops away from Pingyue Dao privately, and crossed the ocean to our side. There were tens of thousands of troops and thousands of warships. Even if he was the admiral of the navy, he could only ask for an order. It would take one or two months to go back and forth from Pingyue Dao to Chang'an City."
Shi Dongcheng thought for a while and continued, "Will Emperor Daning do this for a mere fifth-rank naval general? There is no reason to say that we have always been kind to Daning, especially at this time, Daning needs us to restrain ourselves and seek establishment."
Wu Lie always felt something was wrong, but Shi Dongcheng's analysis was not wrong.
"just in case......"
He looked at Shi Dongcheng: "What if all the navy troops of Zhuang Yong come?"
Shi Dongcheng's face changed: "If... if... if there is really this, it means that you will break up. You can immediately send someone to Huangwu, Yucheng, Luoshui and other places and transfer our navy to Yanning County immediately. Our navy is not weaker than Qiuli, but there is no naval battle for many years, but the momentum cannot be lost. If Daning really sends the navy to come, Shen Leng is afraid that he will not be able to kill him."
Wu Lie asked: "But your highness, does it have anything to do with killing Chen Leng or not? We just follow the previous plan and pretend to hand over Chen Leng, and then arrange for the imperial guards to chase Chen Leng, and then push this matter to Your Majesty..."
Shi Dongcheng glared at him: "You don't know Daning too much. How many troops do we have?"
"The whole country is in an emergency to recruit young and strong men to join the army in an extraordinary period, and within one month, one million should be."
"Then do you believe it or not? Can the 50,000 soldiers from Daning fight from Yanning County to outside the capital?"
"I don't think Daning's soldiers are so outrageous. They are all seven-foot men, all of them are soldiers, and they are all men fighting on the battlefield. How much difference can they be?"
Shi Dongcheng was in a daze and looked up at Yuankong: "I was afraid that the people of Nanyue thought so at that time."
He continued to move forward: "But don't worry too much. Even if Zhuang Yong brought the navy army to the scene, it would be at least a month later. He did not dare to leave Pingyue Road privately without the will of Emperor Daning. This month is enough for us to gather the navy. In addition, you can immediately send someone to mobilize troops from all over the country to the capital to take advantage of the accident."
Wu Lie felt that Shi Dongcheng was too careful and was too renowned for Daning's soldiers. He still had the same idea, and they all joined the army. The country here is still not Daning, what can 30,000 to 50,000 people come?
Wu Lie felt a little unhappy when His Highness felt that his soldiers were not as good as other people's soldiers, but he could not neglect the matters that Shi Dongcheng told him, so he turned around and arranged for people to send orders from various places.
Over the years, Shi Dongcheng has won over military generals from the country, which can be considered useful at this time.
At this moment, someone came in quickly outside. It was Meng Fancheng, the Minister of War. He was jogging all the way with an expedited military newspaper in his hand. When he saw Shi Dongcheng, he immediately shouted: "Your Highness, something happened, something big happened!"
Shi Dongcheng turned around: "Mr. Meng, why are you so anxious?"
"Ning Jun, you've landed!"
"What!"
Shi Dongcheng immediately looked at Wu Lie: "Information before, how many people did Ning Jun come?"
"Fifteen ships, absolutely no more than three thousand."
"Three thousand people?"
Meng Fancheng's general's report with a pale face was handed to Shi Dongcheng: "Where are three thousand people? Your Highness has seen it. This military newspaper clearly states that there are at least one hundred thousand troops!"
"Hundreds of thousands!"
Shi Dongcheng pulled a general over and said, "I'm sure it's right?"
"How could it be wrong?"
"How could it be so fast?"
After reading it, Shi Dongcheng's face was no longer bloody. One hundred thousand warriors were Daning's 100,000 warriors. He kept spinning around in place, his face was so ugly that he was trembling violently. The hand holding the military newspaper was trembling violently.
"I ask for orders to fight!"
"Fight a fight!"
Shi Dongcheng took a deep breath: "Come here, please General Chen, go and invite General Chen. Now, please invite General Chen immediately!"
Pukou County.
It is less than a hundred miles away from Yanning County. The fifteen warships in Yanning County are still floating on the sea. No one expected that the Navy in Daning would dock and land in another place. Pukou County is a small county with a population of only more than 200,000, and there are only more than 1,000 local people stationed in the local people. The nearest Navy camp is in Huangwu, but it will take at least four days to get here.
When Zhuang Yong came down from the flagship Shenwei, the vanguard army had already defeated Pukou County. It was only one hour from the beginning to the end. Half of the hour was the magistrate of Pukou County and others who were considering whether to surrender or close the city gate. As a result, Ningren only waited half an hour before starting to attack the city. More than a thousand people bravely resisted for one incense stick of time and the city gate was broken. Ningjun entered the city, and two incense sticks of time, the entire county town was completely under the hands of Ningjun.
Shi Podang came back from the front with his personal soldiers on a horse. After seeing Zhuang Yong, he dismounted and clasped his fists: "General Zhuang, Shi Podang was ordered to capture Pukou County."
Zhuang Yong nodded. It was nothing for ten thousand wolf apes to break through a small county town, and it was not worth even a few words of praise. He looked at the map handed over by Shi Po. The map that could be found in Pukou County was a little rougher, but it was probably possible to see clearly from here to the capital of Tiaoguo.
"Did you send someone to the capital of Tiaoguo and force them to release them?"
Ishipodao asked.
“No need.”
Zhuang Yong was silent for a moment: "Since you have already taken action, there is no need to talk about anything, continue to fight."
"How far?"
"It's enough to fight."
When Shipo heard these five words, he immediately laughed. It seemed like a child who had just gotten a piece of candy. It was so beautiful. He clasped his fists and took the order: "Then I will continue to fight!"
After saying that, he couldn't help but ask Zhuang Yong: "General Zhuang, there is something that is humble and a little curious."
"you say."
"I heard that the general has always been calm and cautious. This time, he ordered the siege without even considering it. The country and Daning have always had a good relationship with each other, and they send gifts on time every year, which is quite generous. All countries know the attitude of the country towards Daning. If we do this, the adults in the court will not scold you and me to death before His Highness?"
The adults in the cabinet and the adults in the Censorate may be angry. The navy's unreasonable attack on the country seemed to be a little bit unnamed. When the countries heard about it, they would also scold Daning for being unreasonable.
"I brought tens of thousands of troops without waiting for the decree, and brought your ten thousand wolf apes."
Zhuang Yong looked at Shi Po and said, "It's certain that you're scolding, but it depends on who scolds you... the adults will scold you, and you can't really scold you and me to death, but what I'm afraid of is Your Majesty's scolding... Although I'm here to save Shen Leng, nearly 100,000 troops and thousands of warships mobilized troops. If you only take Shen Leng back, Your Majesty will feel that you have lost. If you don't do anything, Your Majesty will really scold you."
Shi Podang burst out laughing: "Sure enough, the general understands Your Majesty."
Shi Po thought that the adults were jumping and cursing in the streets, and they didn't think there was anything scary, but when he thought of His Majesty's temper, his back became cold. Zhuang Yong seemed to make a lot of sense. He came and it was unreasonable not to fight.
No matter how other countries think, even if they think that Daning is unreasonable, what if they think that Daning is unreasonable? In fact, Daning has been sent troops all the time and is too lazy to put it out, because if you put it out, those small countries still think that Daning is unreasonable. But if Daning is really unreasonable, how many places bordering the land of Daning can be at ease? Except for the black martial artist in the north, His Majesty will not care about the attitudes of other countries.
"The general's memorial should have arrived in Chang'an, and I don't know what His Majesty will arrange it."
"Most of the time of Pingyue Road has begun to gather combat soldiers now."
When Zhuang Yong answered, he thought about His Majesty's personality. No matter whether he was reasonable or ignored, he would not act. Since he had taken action, he would finish the fight. Besides, this is not just a matter of fighting against the country of Tiao. If he took over the country of Tiao and marched towards Qiuli, what is the point of no matter how powerful the navy of Qiuli was?
The same thing is true, Your Majesty may not be angry about the mobilizing of the troops. If the mobilizing of the troops but gain nothing is something that Your Majesty cannot tolerate.
"The general decided from the beginning, right?"
"yes."
"What's wrong with Chen Leng?"
"Then destroy the country."
"What if they send Chen Leng back obediently?"
Chapter completed!