allonlinenovel Chapter 135 Changes in the sky
Chapter 135 Changes in the sky
In the Taiqing Palace and the Golden Palace, all the ministers had serious expressions as they discussed the matter of the Chao Dynasty sending troops to occupy the Yandong region.
In the face of major national affairs, even the previously opposing Li Yong faction and Huang Chan faction stood together in great unity.
Faced with a powerful enemy, infighting will only lead to death.
After a while, the young master and the Queen Mother walked into the hall. Before they took their seats, Wang Ziyin asked the ministers:
"The Yandong region has been seized by the Chao Kingdom. They are so blatant that it is obvious that they do not take our Great Ying seriously."
Wang Ziyan came to the dragon throne, and after the young master sat on it, she sat next to him, and the two shared the same seat.
Li Yong and others all twitched their lips slightly when they saw this scene, although Daying stipulated that the empress dowager would assist the emperor in government affairs before the emperor performed the ceremony of coming of age.
But that was just assisting, not presiding over the government, not to mention sitting on the chair that only the emperor could sit on...
The Queen Mother's move showed that she wanted to become the Empress, but now with foreign enemies invading, the ministers could only complain in their hearts and dared not speak out.
Wang Ziyin slapped the armrest of the dragon throne and said sternly: "My lords, tell me, how should we deal with the Chao Kingdom?"
Huang Chan was the first to stand up. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, in my opinion, if we do not send troops to punish Chaoguo for being so presumptuous, it will not reflect the majesty of our great country at all!"
"Since the Yandong region has already fallen, let me lead 500,000 troops to attack the Chao Kingdom!" Huang Chan then said loudly:
"Let the people of Chao know what will happen if they provoke us, Daying! The Yandong region is not so easy to take!"
Huang Chan's words were shocking, and his followers all responded well to them. Even Li Yong's followers agreed with his approach.
However, Grand Marshal Wang Yi had a solemn expression and Wang Ziyan also looked indifferent, which surprised the ministers.
Although Chao State has extremely strong iron-making technology, its number of soldiers is not large and cannot pose any threat to Daying. Why do the Queen Mother and the Grand Marshal have solemn expressions?
Wang Ziyin rubbed his temple, sighed, and whispered, "Let the Grand Marshal tell you about this matter."
Wang Yi held the rice paper in his hand. He walked forward a few steps and came to the steps. Then he opened the rice paper and turned around.
"The envoys from the Chao Kingdom sent a letter saying that they had no choice but to send troops to the Yandong region because... our Great Ying army attacked the border of their Chao Kingdom and killed 30,000 defenders!"
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present were shocked. The border of Chao State was attacked by their Great Ying army? And 30,000 defenders were killed?
Huang Chan was also confused. He immediately turned around and asked a follower behind him: "What's going on? Did Wu Fei take the initiative to attack?"
"How is it possible, General! Although Wu Fei hates the Chao Kingdom, he only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, while there are 30,000 defenders!"
"If we want to wipe out all 30,000 defenders, we need at least twice as many troops. Our army is currently on the edge of the Yandong area. How can we bypass Yandong and attack Chaoguo?"
Wang Yi spoke again: "The Chao Kingdom said that the area that was attacked this time was the area bordering the Pasu grassland and the Chao Kingdom border, and the soldiers who died in the attack were all mixed-race people of our Han and Hu people."
After hearing what Wang Yi said, Huang Chan and the gang member behind him changed their expressions suddenly.
"Is it really Wu Fei? How did he do it?"
Wang Yi looked at Huang Chan, whose face was covered in sweat. He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "General Huang, I remember that there was a garrison of ours. The general named Wu Fei and his men were all mixed-race people."
Huang Chan hurriedly bowed and said, "Replying to the Grand Marshal, it was indeed Wu Fei and his troops. Because of their childhood experiences, Wu Fei and his subordinates have great resentment towards the Hu people and the people of Chaoguo."
"But please ask the Grand Marshal to look carefully. How can Wu Fei, with only more than 10,000 people, destroy the 30,000 Chaoguo defenders? I think there must be something fishy going on!"
Wang Yi frowned, put away the rice paper and returned to his original position. Wang Ziyan, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke at this time.
"Now that things have come to this, there is no point in investigating who the murderer is..." Wang Ziyi glanced at the ministers below and finally set his eyes on Huang Chan.
"Since Chaoguo wants to start a war with us, then Daying will accept the challenge! Huang Chan, you will go into battle in person."
Huang Chan was overjoyed. He immediately bowed and said, "I will live up to the Queen Mother's expectations! This time I will definitely slaughter the Chao Kingdom with blood, so that their descendants will remember the power of Daying! Never dare to commit a crime again!"
Wang Ziyin said "hmm" softly, and then she asked again, "One more thing. Your son led 100,000 Yinglong troops to the grassland. It's been so long. How is the war going?"
She asked this because neither she nor her brother Wang Yi had received any news about the grassland.
There were also spies planted by their Wang family among the 100,000 Yinglong troops. The last message sent out was that they had encountered Ying Xuanze's troops.
The letter said that Ying Xuanze had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, probably the old subordinates left by Ying Tianqian.
When they heard the news, they were angry and shocked. They were angry that Ying Tiangan actually left a way out for Ying Xuanze, and they were shocked that this way out was much bigger than they thought.
It is no wonder that after arriving in Xiliang, Ying Xuanze was able to annihilate tens of thousands of bandits in a very short time, and then went north to the grassland to destroy the Tu tribe.
The Tiger Guards were once the ace military force of Daying. Even if there were only tens of thousands of them, they were enough to rival hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers.
Otherwise, why would their Wang family pay such a huge price to reach an agreement with the Baiyue tribe just to destroy the 300,000 Tiger Guards?
After learning the news, Wang Ziyi and Wang Yi deeply realized that Ying Xuanze and those tens of thousands of Tiger Guards would die!
Only when they die, can the Wang family rest assured and enjoy the entire Daying kingdom!
Fortunately, these 100,000 Yinglong troops were sent with the mission of strangling Ying Xuanze from the very beginning, so they only needed to wait for news.
As a result, they waited for more than ten days and received no news. The two suspected that Huang Chan had withheld the information, so they wanted to ask him directly in the court.
Li Yong and his followers also looked at Huang Chan. They were also eager to know the situation of Ying Xuanze and his army.
However, Huang Chan sighed a few times and said, "To your Majesty, to be honest, I haven't received any letters from my son for a long time."
"Perhaps the grassland is too unfamiliar to us, and the sender is afraid of getting lost on the grassland, so he wants to wait until the war is over before reporting?"
"But Queen Mother, don't worry. The 100,000 Yinglong troops are elite troops, and with capable people like Cao Mengyi, it won't be difficult to annihilate the Hu people."
"What's more, we have the Marquis of Zhenxi, right? The two armies joining forces will only make them even more powerful!"
The Queen Mother pondered for a while and felt that what Huang Chan said made sense, so she stopped thinking about it.
"All major military camps begin to dispatch troops. Three days later, General Huang Chan will lead his troops to Yandong! In this battle, I will make most of the land of Chao disappear from the map!"
"May God bless our Daying! I wish General Huang a triumphant return!" all the ministers shouted in unison.