While Zhou Jing was on his way, the news of the defeat of the bandits and the defeat of the front line was hurriedly passed on by the courier and finally delivered to the capital.
Learning that Tianwangzhai was defeated, almost the entire army was wiped out, there was an uproar in the capital, and the civil and military people of the whole dynasty were shaken, and they were shocked.
On this day, the courtiers had heated discussions and criticized Lu Longchuan for being unfavorable.
“Lu Longchuan is a mediocre person and extremely incompetent. He has been defeated so simply. Bandits are bandits. It’s really unbearable!”
“If I had known this earlier, when I took over this person’s military power and sent a general of the court to command the troops and horses, it would not have been wiped out in the first battle!”
The courtiers were excited, criticized, and indignant, all excited as if they wanted to play in person.
Although they have never brought soldiers or seen a battlefield, it does not prevent them from feeling that they are experts, and they scolded Lu Longchuan for being incompetent in commanding soldiers, which fully reflects what it means to stand and talk without back pain.
In their predictions on paper, the most ideal outcome is that both sides will lose both sides, not only successfully suppressing the bandits, but also weakening Lu Longchuan’s troops, killing two birds with one stone.
Once the two sides didn’t continue the standoff according to their ideas, and the situation was out of control, they were furious.
Lu Longchuan’s defeat was too complete, which ruined the layout of the court. The court wanted to take advantage of the fisherman, but now it not only failed, but also lost a handful of rice, allowing the confidant to grow stronger.
Thinking of this, the courtiers were dissatisfied with Lu Longchuan and at the same time uneasy about the situation.
Pang Hong, the privy envoy, didn’t speak. He looked coldly at the ugly ministers, and couldn’t help but gloat.
He has always supported sending troops early, but these courtiers don’t care, they feel that the situation is still under control, and they want to please the emperor’s preference for saving military expenses, so they always refute him, thinking that they can continue to watch the fire and take advantage.
And the war is changing rapidly, and the current trend has taken a sharp turn. As he predicted at the beginning, the end of the lack of greed is a complete failure.
Pang Hong from the bottom of his heart disliked this group of civil servants in the same palace who were savage and liked to point the country, but the emperor supported each other at the beginning, so he didn’t dare to show his mockery, just bowed his head and said nothing.
On the dragon chair, the emperor listened to the remarks of the ministers.
Qin Song coughed and said:
“Lu Longchuan is naturally to blame for the loss of the war, but he doesn’t know his life or death at the moment, and it is useless to say that the Tianwangzhai is just a bandit recruited by An, even if he loses, it will not hurt the court. According to the priorities, what should be discussed now is how to deal with this Chen Feng.”
The emperor’s expression softened a little, and he nodded, “What Qin Aiqing said is true, then Chen Feng will bring disaster to the country and the people, can you all have a plan to break it?”
The ministers immediately shut their mouths, lowered their necks and bowed their heads, looking at the nose, nose, heart and heart, the second child, as if they were all silent wood and clay sculptures.
“Manchu civil and military, no one has a good plan?”
The emperor’s tone was displeased.
He immediately looked at Pang Hong and said solemnly, “Pang Aiqing, you are a person who knows soldiers, do you have any ideas?”
Hearing the emperor personally call his name, Pang Hongcai opened his mouth and said the already typed belly draft:
“Reporting to the sage, the thieves used war to support the war, seized the legacy of Tianwangzhai, and their power became stronger and stronger. If they were allowed to digest the gains, it would be even more difficult to deal with in the future. According to the minister’s opinion, the elites of the border troops should be dispatched immediately, and then from various states. The government has drawn combatable soldiers, marched from several routes, and fought together to suppress the bandits… Now that the bandits have just gone through a major battle and have not yet fully recovered, they should take this opportunity to attack them with thunder and not give the bandits a chance to breathe.”
The emperor frowned and pondered when he heard the words.
Seeing this, Pang Hong paused, continued speaking, and said loudly:
“The commander-in-chief of the three armies, the minister recommends one person, who is the descendant of Yiguo Gongmacheng, called Ma Zhen, currently the defense envoy of Puzhou, and the governor of Yi and Luzhou. Excellent, well-mannered, and a commander.”
The emperor’s eyes lit up: “As a descendant of a famous founding general, he must have extraordinary skills!”
The ministers suddenly whispered and discussed in a low voice.
This Ma Cheng was the founding general of Daxia. He was also famous for his martial arts and daring tactics. The Ma family has always been a general of Daxia for generations, a noble family.
Pang Hong bowed, struck while the iron was hot, and continued: “The minister recommends two people to assist the commander, one of them is Huang Ping, and the descendants of Jiyang Hou, who are in charge of Qizhou’s military and horses, are extremely strict in governing the army, and have extraordinary military skills. His name is Yu Wenyan, he is a descendant of good deeds, he is an envoy of the Hongwu Army, he is good at odd tactics, and he knows yin and yang. Both of them are famous generals of the dynasty, and they are not comparable to those of Lu Longchuan.”
The emperor stroked his beard and nodded. He was relieved to hear that there were generals in the dynasty.
But he immediately reacted. He hadn’t agreed to send troops, so why did he talk about the candidate for the commander-in-chief?
“I haven’t decided on the issue of sending troops, and I’ll discuss it again…”
The cost of sending Tianwangzhai to suppress the bandits was still within the acceptable range, so the emperor did not object, but the court personally sent troops to attack the bandits, and the military expenditure was astronomical, which made him hesitant.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Pang Hong knelt down and said excitedly:
“Chen Feng, this man has wolf ambitions, does not respect the law of the king, and will endanger the society one day, and must not be allowed to let him go. Now that Lulongchuan has been defeated, only the imperial court can send troops to conquer it, and this harm will be eliminated once and for all! Coercing the hearts of the people will shake the country’s foundation and the world will be in chaos!”
Hearing this, a minister immediately jumped out and scolded:
“Bold, you are alarming in front of the Holy Spirit?! The Holy God is good at governing the country. How could Chen Feng’s short-lived ringworm and scabies endanger the society? Are you implying that the Holy God is unpopular, what is your motive?”
The emperor frowned, scolded the minister to shut up, and comforted Pang Hongdao:
“Pang Aiqing, get up, I know that you are devoted to the country and loyal to the country.”
Pang Hong thanked him for getting up, but still bowed deeply.
The emperor pondered for a while, but still endured the pain, nodded and said: “Pang Aiqing is right, this Chen Feng is a serious problem for the court, and it cannot be let go. It is time to send troops to suppress it. I have agreed to this matter.”
“Your Majesty!”
Pang Hong hurriedly saluted and breathed a sigh of relief.
If you don’t fight, you won’t have military merits and military expenses. After so long, the emperor finally let go of his willingness to send troops, and finally it was his turn to make money.
He couldn’t help but secretly slandered… Now that he knew about sending troops, why did he go earlier? It is better to join the expedition with Tianwangzhai, the odds of winning are better.
Only when teammates were destroyed did they know to shoot. This is the result of greed and shortsightedness!
Manchu civil and military, in his eyes are all incompetent!
Of course, Pang Hong knows that he is not a loyal minister who cares about the country and the people, but at least he knows that he will win the war if he makes money.
Therefore, Pang Hong spoke again and said seriously:
“Then Chen Feng’s bravery is astonishing, and if the imperial court sends troops to win, it needs another person to help him.”
“Who?”
“Nature is the real person of Shenxiao Fengling.”
Pang Hong answered honestly.
He has seen so many battle reports from Chen Feng, but he still can’t figure out how to break it. He is not confident enough to use the famous generals to command the army, and he can solve this very rational world’s number one master.
So logically, Pang Hong took aim at the real Yufeng who performed shockingly in this war, thinking that only by bringing this “weapon” can he contain Chen Feng’s point and prevent the opponent from using the powerful beheading tactics.
The voice fell, and the men and women looked at each other in dismay.
The emperor’s face also sank.
Seeing this, Qin Song observed the monarch’s heart, and quickly showed a worried look, as if sympathizing with the monarch, and said helplessly:
“Lu Longchuan was defeated, the entire army fled, and the whereabouts of Shenxiao Fengling were also unknown. It’s too early to say.
The emperor could not help but sigh when he heard the words, but also looked worried.
Before the expedition, Master Yufeng assured him that no matter what the battle, he would have the ability to retreat.
But if the current line was really defeated, the emperor was still worried, afraid that the alchemy master would not be able to come back, and subconsciously refused to let the real Yufeng take risks.
It would be nice if the real person was a woman, he would go straight to the harem and everything would be solved.
At this time, Ning Zhongjun suddenly came out and frowned:
“Initiating the recitation of Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is strange.”
The emperor was startled: “What do you mean by Aiqing?”
Ning Zhongjun’s tone was puzzled, and he threw a question: “Then Chen Feng turned evil into a human being, and Shenxiao Fengling used immortal methods to fight against him all the time, which made the two armies stalemate, but why suddenly Lost?”
The ministers frowned and whispered.
The scene of Yufeng Zhenren and Chen Feng fighting, they have already heard from the battle report, and their hearts are naturally shocked.
In fact, they believed that one of the factors that could keep the two sides at a stalemate for a long time was the immortal methods of Master Yufeng, which would prevent Tianwangzhai from being quickly conquered by the enemy.
But I didn’t expect that Lu Longchuan was suddenly defeated, and Master Yufeng suddenly fell silent for some unknown reason.
Because the battle report has not been sent back, everyone in the court did not know the details, and they all had doubts in their hearts.
At this time, a Qingliu said in a cold voice: “This matter must be investigated strictly. If Shenxiao Fengling has neglected the war and caused the frontline soldiers to lose, then he will be responsible for the failure of the war.”
The emperor frowned and scolded:
“The nonsense, the real person has repeatedly defeated Chen Feng, I feel that I have merit and no fault, how can I be blamed?”
Seeing the emperor’s clear-cut support for others, the Qingliu immediately died down, and no longer spoke ill of people behind their backs and maliciously targeted them.
Ning Zhongjun heard the words and immediately echoed:
“Although Shenxiao Fengling was unable to suppress this evil dragon during his trip, he did not break the calamity, but he also made great contributions and deserves a reward.”
The emperor’s face looked better now.
Leave this topic aside for a while, the ministers discussed the issue of sending troops to the imperial court for a while, and then retreated from the imperial court.
Ning Zhongjun followed the courtiers out of the hall, thinking secretly in his heart.
Although he didn’t see the battle report, he was basically certain that there must be something wrong with Lingfengzi, which led to Lu Longchuan’s sudden defeat~IndoMTL.com~ Most of the people who bought it successfully poisoned it.
It would be best to poison Lingfengzi directly. Even if it doesn’t work, Lingfengzi may be defeated by Longwangzhai and murdered by himself.
No matter how bad it is, I also sent a group of dead soldiers as my back-up, and I don’t know if they have done anything.
In Ning Zhongjun’s opinion, the chances of Lingfengzi returning to Beijing alive are already very low, so he doesn’t mind taking the credit of Lingfengzi in court and doing some cover up.
“Oh, Lingfengzi is absolutely unlucky, the enemy has been eliminated.”
The corner of Ning Zhongjun’s mouth was slightly hooked, and his heart was happy.
However, he wasn’t happy for long at all.
After just over half a month, the real Yufeng returned to the capital unscathed, and immediately alerted the court and the opposition.
And that Lu Longchuan, with the only remaining brother, trekked all the way, back to Beijing.
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