As soon as the soldier came in, he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Yanzhou City has been occupied by Feng Lingtian. King Jin's men resisted stubbornly, fighting and retreating, and still suffered more than 20,000 casualties.
The King of Jin now retreats to the outskirts of the city with 20,000 remaining troops, and Yanzhou City is now occupied by Feng Lingtian's people.
Fengling was born cruel. After he invaded the city, in order to reward his subordinates, he let the barbarians from Tiansheng Kingdom burn, kill, and loot the people. They committed all kinds of evil. The King of Jin couldn't hold on any longer, so he once again asked the Emperor to send troops for reinforcements!"
"How dare you, Feng Lingtian, slaughter my people and occupy my Yanzhou! Eunuch Xu, quickly prepare an imperial edict for me. I want to order King Li to go to war immediately!"
Emperor Hongyuan said angrily.
At this time, Li Jinzhong, who was serving tea nearby, said: "Your Majesty, King Li is not willing to go to war at all. If we force him to go to war, I'm afraid he will be resentful and will not sincerely work for the Emperor.
According to the slave's opinion, His Royal Highness Prince Li's refusal to fight must be because of the anti-poetry case.
I'm afraid we have to clear his name first and clear his name before he is willing to fight!"
"What innocence?
Li Jinzhong, do you mean that I wrongly blamed King Li?"
Emperor Hongyuan said coldly.
Li Jinzhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is not what I mean."
"You think I can only rely on Chu Xuanchen?
Our majestic state of Chu has a population of tens of millions, outstanding people, and talented people. Is it possible that only Chu Xuanchen is available?
Is there not even a brave general who is good at fighting?
I can ask other generals to go."
Emperor Hongyuan was so angry that he slapped his palm on the imperial case and roared angrily.
Li Jinzhong said: "But Your Majesty, the opponent this time is the insidious and cunning Feng Lingtian, and no one else.
We have had several outstanding generals who were defeated miserably by Feng Lingtian when they fought against him. Only His Highness Prince Li can defeat him.
What if I randomly arrange for a general to go there this time and it fails miserably like before?
This battle is of great importance and we cannot afford to lose.
Looking at the Chu State, except for His Royal Highness Prince Li, it seems that no one can compete with Feng Lingtian!"
Li Jinzhong said this, but he was thinking secretly in his heart.
It’s not that the Chu State has no talents, it’s clear that the Chu State has a lot of talents, but they have been buried, resulting in no one available now.
Emperor Hongyuan was stupid and immoral. When he first usurped the throne, in order to eliminate dissidents and consolidate the throne, he killed and belittled many talented people who were loyal to the late emperor, and reused his group of treacherous and sycophantic villains, which led to the decline of Chu's talents!
Officials such as Su Ming and others follow the example of others, practice nepotism, accept benefits and promote treacherous ministers, which makes the court so chaotic that the real talents are buried!
Emperor Hongyuan sighed, "Without outstanding generals, I can win with numbers.
He, Feng Lingtian, has fifty thousand people, right?
I can dispatch 150,000 people to fight, but our troops are three times more than Feng Lingtian, so I don’t believe we can’t kill him!”
"But Your Majesty, the total military strength of our Chu State is only over 400,000, and they are stationed in various places.
Not to mention that we won’t be able to mobilize so many troops for a while. If we really mobilize 150,000 troops, the border will be tight by then, and I’m afraid other surrounding countries will take advantage of it and invade the imperial city.”
Li Jinzhong said.
"Why!"
Emperor Hongyuan sighed heavily.
Then he snorted coldly, "Humph, this won't work, and that won't work either.
If it doesn't work, the worst I can do is put Princess Li and their children under house arrest and threaten Chu Xuanchen to go to war to see if he dares to agree to go to war!"
Emperor Hongyuan said in a dark way.
Li Jinzhong hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. Princess Li and her child are Prince Li's bottom line.
If the emperor does this, he may anger King Li. King Li is aloof and arrogant by nature and can never stand anger.
He cherishes his wife and children so much that if the emperor threatens him with his wife and children, I'm afraid he will be desperate and make a desperate move, which will end up being a dead end."