"General Cao, this is clearly a delaying strategy that Zhang Liang had to use when he saw that we were in great power. Is it necessary to ask His Majesty for advice?"
The bearded general frowned and said, "The royal city is so far away. Even if you send the fastest horse, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth, which is too time-consuming!"
The veteran ignored the bearded man, but turned to look at Li Lingrui: "Master, I still think it's better to ask for instructions."
Li Lingrui looked at the veteran deeply and nodded and said, "General Cao is right. This matter is of great importance. You should ask Your Majesty to make a decision!"
Once the emperor and the ministers, after Li Jishan was taken away by Tien Niu, the new emperor Li Lingxuan ascended the throne, so he naturally had to cultivate his own team.
The sixth prince Li Lingrui and Li Lingxuan were born to a concubine and had a good relationship since childhood. What is even more rare is that Li Lingrui entered the army at the age of thirteen and was quite like a general. Therefore, after Li Lingxuan ascended the throne, the first person to promote was Li Lingxuan.
In fact, there were other generals in the Nanzheng Army, but the new emperor still transferred Li Lingrui over and replaced the previous Nanzheng Army commander.
The reason why Li Lingrui agreed to the veteran's proposal was because he understood the implicit meaning of the veteran.
The new emperor had just ascended the throne and was when he valued the attitudes of all the court officials. Regardless of whether this matter was necessary or not, he would ask for instructions, which represented Li Lingrui's attitude.
However, Li Lingrui himself did not take this news very seriously, but continued to deploy the army according to the previous plan.
This is his first battle after the new emperor ascended the throne. The entire Dangxiang Court is paying attention to this battle. Li Lingrui must fight beautifully!
So even though 300,000 troops had been summoned, Li Lingrui still did not take action.
He was still waiting, waiting for the catapult cart and heavy crossbow to be sent to the front line.
Since the loss of a catapult cart and heavy crossbow in Qingshuigu, Dangxiang people learned from their mistakes and not only got the drawings that Jin Feng had made for Qinghuai from the Dakang traitor, but also sent someone to sneak into Dakang a few months ago and dressed up as
The bandits robbed two heavy crossbows and catapults from a team of corpses and secretly took them back.
At that time, Li Jishan was the emperor. He immediately secretly summoned a large number of craftsmen to dismantle and study the heavy crossbow catapults he brought back.
The principle of heavy crossbows and catapults is very simple. It is not difficult to dismantle the parts and imitate them one by one.
What's more, Dangxiang craftsmen have references to drawings.
The only problem is that the steel smelted by Dangxiang craftsmen is far inferior to that of Jinfeng in terms of hardness and toughness, so the power and lifespan of heavy crossbows are also greatly reduced.
But I couldn't resist Dangxiang and Li Jishan were willing to spend money in it.
If the quality is not good, it depends on quantity.
According to Li Jishan's plan, he planned to create a large number of heavy crossbows and catapults, and replace them with one broken one.
During that time, Dangxiang had been secretly producing heavy crossbows and catapults.
When Tienniu led his troops to bomb Dangxiang Wangcheng, the minister who knew the inside story suggested that Li Jishan use a heavy crossbow to fight back, but Li Jishan rejected it.
Because he knew that in front of the ace combination of airships and grenades, heavy crossbows were completely targets. Not only could it not change the outcome of the war, it would expose himself to produce heavy crossbows and catapults, so he did not agree.
After Li Jishan was taken away, the new emperor Li Lingxuan felt that Jin Feng had airships, so it was unnecessary to continue to invest a lot of money to make heavy crossbows and catapults. It was a waste of financial resources, so he temporarily stopped the project.
But who knew that some time ago, Dongman suddenly sent someone to tell him that he had found a way to restrain the airship and hot air balloons and wanted to join forces with Dangxiang to attack Jin Feng.
When the Dongbarbarians discovered that the method was to use Hai Dongqing, the new emperor immediately realized that the opportunity for revenge had come.
Although Dangxiang does not have Haidongqing, there are other hawks, falcons, and raptors that can also restrain airships.
The new emperor immediately ordered the restart of the heavy crossbow project, and the intensity was greater than that of Li Jishan when he was in power.
Now Li Lingrui is waiting for his brother to bring the heavy crossbow and catapult cart, annihilate the main force under Jin Feng in one fell swoop, and then the army goes straight to Huanglong and takes Guangyuan.
Only in this way can Li Lingrui's ability be proved, and his brother Li Lingxuan's throne will be more stable.
Before this, even though the army had already been in place, even if the corpses hang Li Jishan onto the pillar, Li Lingrui did not act rashly.
In fact, Li Lingrui also understood that asking for instructions was useless.
Dangxiang Royal City is thousands of miles away from Yuguan City. Now it is snowing heavily in the north. Even if there is any news about Yuguan City, the new emperor in the royal city will not know so quickly.
But it is always right to go through the program you should go through.
Anyway, I am idle, so I can ask the emperor for instructions and not delay anything. Not only do I express my position and respect for the new emperor, but I can also find out where the heavy crossbow was transported. Why not do it?
So in the afternoon of the same day, the messenger set off with Li Lingrui's letter and headed straight to Dangxiang Royal City.
Unfortunately, the speed and endurance of the war horse are not as good as that of the steam engine after all.
A few days later, Li Lingrui's messenger was still far away from Dangxiang King City, and the speedboat sent by the Ninth Princess to deliver the letter to Jin Feng had already stopped at the Yuguan City Wharf.
It was already noon and Jin Feng was having lunch. When he learned that Guan Huaishu had returned, he immediately asked Tiehai to bring the person over.
Seeing that Guan Huaishu had ice on her hair and eyebrows, Jin Feng quickly asked Runniang to pour a bowl of hot tea.
"Brother Huaishu, thank you all the way! Let's drink some hot tea to warm your body."
"Sir, where can you bring me water?"
Guan Huaishu quickly took the tea bowl with both hands and read the book
He is from Guanjia Village and is considered Guan Xiaorou's cousin from the far sidelines. He joined the escort early, so Jin Feng kept calling him Brother Huaishu after Guan Xiaorou.
In the past, Guan Huaishu thought that Jin Feng knew etiquette, but when Jin Feng called him brother, he felt that his face was shining.
Later, as Jin Feng's status grew higher and higher, Guan Huaishu did not dare to agree when he called him Brother Huaishu again.
Fortunately, as the escort team gradually expanded, he had fewer and fewer opportunities to meet with Jin Feng. After joining the Northern Expedition Army, he had not seen Jin Feng for several months.
I thought he and Jin Feng would become people from two worlds from then on, but who knew that Jin Feng brought people to Yuguan City and sent him back to deliver the letter.
Once again, he had a close contact with Jin Feng, and Jin Feng's attitude did not change due to the improvement of his status. He was still casual and enthusiastic when he saw him, but Guan Huaishu couldn't help but feel nervous.
Although Jin Feng was not good at observing his expressions, he still found that Guan Huaishu was uncomfortable all over.
I originally wanted to keep Guan Huaishu for dinner in the tent, but when he saw him like this, Jin Feng stopped mentioning this matter, but began to ask about the situation in the village.
After Guan Huaishu returned, he stayed at home for only one night and came again. He didn't know what was going on, so he could only hand over the Ninth Princess' reply to Jin Feng.
Jin Feng habitually checked the hot paint, then opened the envelope and read it quickly.
Runniang sat aside and found that Jin Feng's face was getting more and more serious. She finally waited until Jin Feng put down the letter paper and asked quickly: "What's wrong, what's wrong? Something happened in the village?"