Chapter 297 The Emperor's Plot

"Ah."

The two men sat down one after another. Yan Junling took out a letter with a gold border from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Wei Chengyi: "We just received it this morning. Father and the generals asked me to ask if you want to respond."

"Ok?"

Originally, the gold pigment could only be used by the emperor. Wei Chengyi was puzzled. He took the letter and opened it to read.

"what happened?"

Seeing the undisguised sarcasm between his brows, Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"See for yourself."

Wei Chengyi casually handed him the memorial he had read and asked, "What do you think his purpose is?"

The content of the memorial was very simple. It asked Chenzhou to send 50,000 soldiers to reinforce the Binzhou battlefield. Regardless of the fact that the emperor had long known that the military power of Chenzhou had fallen into his hands, the former Western Border Army alone could not have 50,000 people. Moreover, the court had not allocated any food and military supplies this year. If they had not taken over, the Western Border Army would have been disbanded long ago. How could they obey his orders? What was his purpose in doing this? It couldn't be just to disgust them, right?

"Honestly, we don't understand it either."

Looking at Qingying, Yan Junling shook his head helplessly. In their opinion, the emperor was doing something completely unnecessary, but was he really that idle?

"Ah!"

After reading the contents of the memorial, Shen Xiangwan casually threw it on the table: "Bastard, what else can he do besides these inferior methods?"

She didn't think the emperor would be so idle as to disgust them deliberately, but that didn't stop her from hating him. If he had used the energy he used to harm others on the right things, how could the people be so miserable? There wouldn't be wars in Binzhou and other places.

"He's plotting against us."

Turning his head to look at her, Wei Chengyi reached out and held her hand, motioning her to stay calm before continuing, "If I'm not mistaken, letters asking us to send troops will come one after another. In this way, once the war in Binzhou is settled, he will have a reason to start a war against us. He is already preparing to attack us."

Despite the successive defeats on the Binzhou battlefield, the court's 100,000-strong army is now dwindling to a handful. By March next year at the latest, the emperor will order General Wanqi Shan, the General of the Northern Frontier, to lead 100,000 northern troops to suppress the rebellion. Compared to Xiong Tiancheng mentioned above, Wanqi Shan is a general who can really fight, and his two sons are no ordinary men either. In his previous life, it was he who suppressed the rebellion in Binzhou in one fell swoop.

"If you want to attack us, you must first suppress the rebellion in Binzhou and other places. This is unlikely to happen in the short term at least."

After frowning and thinking for a while, Shen Xiangwan stroked her chin and said that she also agreed with Wei Chengyi's guess, but at present, the court did not have the spare energy, unless the dog emperor was not afraid of causing greater unrest.

"Well, so we have to hurry up. By the end of next year or the beginning of the year after, we must completely solve the problem of the Western Hu people. Otherwise, we will most likely be attacked from both sides by the Western Hu people and the imperial army."

The rebellions in Binzhou and other places are not so easy to suppress. Even in his previous life, it took Wanqi Shan several months. In this life, with his people stirring up trouble, it will only take longer, but it will only be longer, not endless. Therefore, at the latest by the end of next year or the year after, they may face an attack from the imperial army, and Wanqi Shan may be the leader.

"The Western Hu people have been harassing the border for years. Once we get serious, they will hide in the vast grasslands. It will not be easy to deal with them."

Yan Junling could not help but frown. If the Western Hu people were so easy to deal with, the imperial court would not have allowed them to run rampant for decades. Moreover, they only had 10,000 cavalry so far. They couldn't even chase the Western Hu people, so how could they possibly deal with them completely?
"Why not chase to the grassland?"

Looking back and forth at them, Shen Xiangwan asked doubtfully.

"The grassland is vast and endless. Even familiar people will get lost, let alone us. Not to mention that we only have 10,000 cavalry. Even if the existing 100,000 people are all cavalry, we will not be able to enter the grassland. Once we get lost, we will most likely be killed one by one by the Western Hu people, causing unimaginable casualties." Looking up at her, Qingying said helplessly. Since taking over the military power, he has studied the situation of the Western Hu people and both sides in detail, but has not found a solution so far.

"I'm lost."

Shen Xiangwan retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and tapped his hands on the armrests of the chair rhythmically. After a long while, he said, "If I can help you solve the problem of getting lost, can you go deep into the grassland and kill the Western Hu people?"

To deal with the brutal foreign barbarians, we have to kill them and scare them into submission, so that they dare not provoke us again and again. To completely solve the problem of them, we cannot just passively resist, but must take the initiative to attack.

"can."

Before Qingying and Yan Junling could react, Wei Chengyi gave a positive answer. He was absolutely confident about everything on the battlefield.

"Okay, I'll give you something to keep you from getting lost someday."

Turning his head to look at him, Shen Xiangwan said in a deep voice.

"it is good."

Wei Chengyi didn't ask what it was, nor did he doubt the truthfulness of her words. Since she said it was okay, then it must be okay. When the time comes, he will personally lead his troops into the grassland and put his trust into practice with concrete actions.

Seeing that they had already made the decision, Qingying and Yan Junling looked at each other. Even though they were full of doubts, they did not ask. They would know whether it would work or not when the time came.

"How far has the deployment of the three camps progressed?"

After a moment, Shen Xiangwan took the initiative to change the subject. The so-called three camps were actually the three counties closest to the border. Chenzhou had a total of nine counties under its jurisdiction, three of which were in a triangular shape facing the grassland. These three counties were also the hardest-hit areas every year. As early as half a month ago, they had already been evacuating the people and sending troops to these three counties in batches.

"Each county is garrisoned with 30,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, and the remaining soldiers and cavalry remain in the prefectural camp, ready to provide support at any time."

They didn't know when exactly the Western Hu people would break through, so they could only be as prepared as possible. However, this was the only time, and they would never be so passive again.

"Let the city defense forces of each county get ready. The Western Hu people will not only attack the three counties ahead."

Shen Xiangwan didn't understand what was happening on the battlefield. She was worried about the people. She didn't care what happened in the past. Since they came this year and basically took over Chenzhou, she couldn't just watch the Western Hu people continue to run rampant.

"Well, it has been arranged a long time ago."

Patting the back of her hand, Wei Chengyi soothed her softly. He knew she was worried about the people, so how could he not be worried too? No matter how much hatred they had for the emperor, the people were always innocent. Whether now or in the future, they would not disregard the lives of the people.

"Ah."

Looking up and meeting his eyes, Shen Xiangwan nodded, a faint smile blooming at the corner of her lips.

【End of this chapter】

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