Chapter 212

Lu que looks at Gu Qianxue, Su duo and Yun Xiansi leaving excitedly and shakes his head with a smile. The reason why he used them at this time is not only because the Gu family, the Su family and the Yun family are the top nobility on the side of the Lu family in Wei country, but also because their abilities are indeed the best of the young generation, but also to build a new balance of power.

In addition to the royal family, there are three major forces in the Daqian Dynasty: xungui, aristocratic family, and humble family. The three forces are just like the tripod to support this huge empire. When the humble family rises, the balance of power between the DPRK and the central government will be broken, so the first thing is to build a new balance. In the new balance, both the humble family and xungui aristocratic family are indispensable, This is why Lu que sent Ye Zhiqiu, Meng Cang and Li Chang to southern Xinjiang, and then transferred Gu Qianxue, Su duo and Yun Xiansi to southern Xinjiang.

And in Lu Que's mind, the layout of the future court hall is not only that, in addition to xungui and humble family, but also aristocratic family. He has transferred Yanzheng, lemiaoer, wuyunshang, Qu Xinran, muguorang and Shi Wenxian from the top ten aristocratic families to waige, and these people are the leaders of the future aristocratic family.

The reason why Lu que brings so many people from different factions together is not only that he values their talents and learning, but also that they have a common character, whether they are Yun Xiansi, mu guorang, or Ye Zhiqiu, That is, they all have a true heart of serving the country and the people, and they may become pure ministers in the future.

Throughout history, the more pure ministers there were, the less power and intrigue there were; The less power there is, the lower internal friction there will be. This is Lu Que's idea of the whole court structure of the future Daqian, and his idea is supported by the Emperor Yu Yuanxu and his mother Yu Chuqing. In Lu Que's mind, the younger generation of xungui made xungui compromise at all levels, and the younger generation of aristocratic family suppressed the ambitious middle and small aristocratic families, so that the poor family gained the right to speak in the court and became a decisive force in the court.

After thinking for a while, Lu que went back to the map on the table, looked at the arrows on the map, and murmured, "all I can do is this. Now that the layout has been completed, the rest can only see the soldiers in southern Xinjiang."

At this point, Lu que rolled up the map and put it on his desk. Looking at the empty palace, he took a deep breath. The emperor and his father gave him all the power of the war. It was impossible to say that he was not nervous. Every decision he made was related to many people's lives. If he made a wrong judgment, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers might be killed, Under such heavy pressure, he can only examine his strategic plan over and over again and think of all the possibilities. Now, Lu que can finally feel a little relieved.

Because in the whole strategic plan of Lu que, the Yulin army and the thunder army in the north of Huangyan River, at the very beginning, just feint to attract the attention of Yan Tuohai, the Duke of Wucheng, as long as they can contain Tianxing's xiyuanze army in the front line of Huangyan River, so that they can't go south to reinforce. And because the Yulin and benlei armies together have 450000 troops, the lack of land does not limit their follow-up actions, giving the two armies greater autonomy. Whether it's feint attack or crossing the river is decided by the generals of the two armies. What he wants is to keep the Tianxing army on the Huangyanjiang line.

Lu Que's real main attack direction was on the Guangji River in the south. He divided the Daqian army in Guangji Henan into four branches and three routes. In the west, 20000 cavalry led by Gu Qingcheng and Zhai Ning circled Jieshan and raided Xihe county. In the East, 100000 Fengxiang troops led by Gu Jieyun and Su Leyi, assisted by Jinghai and Hanhai armies, Break through the Guangji River Estuary blocked by Tianxing Navy and land by sea.

In the middle, five thousand five hundred elite soldiers led by Ye Zhiqiu, Meng Cang and Li Chang broke through the Huangyanjiang defense line in the front, followed by the 35000 Fengxiang left camp led by Yu Tianxiang. This arrangement will greatly affect the forces of Qiu Xu and his newly formed Tianxing Southern Xinjiang army, making it impossible for them to take both ends into account. Moreover, without the long river natural danger, the new army will never be able to compete with the elite. Lu que has absolute confidence in this.

Thinking of this, Lu que got up and walked out of the palace, looked at the stars all over the sky, breathed out a long breath, and murmured, "Qiu Shuai, I promised you that I would be kind to the people of Tianxing. This battle is the time for me to fulfill my promise. If you are not far away, please have a look with your own eyes. The map of Tianxing and the mountains and rivers of the thirty-six counties in the South drawn by you is not human. The history of the qingmuyan people will prove that you are not a traitor to your country, but a truly talented person with the world in mind. "

At this point, Lu que looked to the southwest sky and said, "that should be the location of Jieshan, sister Qingcheng. I know you are trudging in the mountains, but you are the only one I can trust. Among the nine counties left by Tianxing, Xihe county has the weakest defense because it is close to Nanli. As long as Xihe is broken, Tianxing's defeat will be irreversible. No matter you go east or North, no one can stop you. Let this war prove that there is another female military commander rising in Daqian, and let time know the name of Gu Qingcheng. "

In a twinkling of an eye, September has come. There are only more than 20 hours left before the date of Chongyang, which was set by Lu que. There is a lot of bustle in the imperial capital of Daqian. After two years, the Chongyang exam is opened again. The guest houses and restaurants in the Imperial capital are filled with students from all counties in the country. Only some people want to enroll in the nine university palace, Some people are for the Imperial College, while others set their goal at the top of the twelve tripods, or even the top of the golden autumn.

At this time, in the boundary mountain between Tianxing and Nanli, and in a mountain depression 20 miles away from Xihe County, there were 20000 troops resting here quietly. They could only have the arrival of the Chongyang war. They did not camp or make a fire to make a meal. Everyone was lying or standing on the grass in the forest silently. When they were thirsty, they took out water bags to drink, When they were hungry, they took out dry food to pad their stomachs. The whole mountain forest was affected by the atmosphere of extermination before the war. Even the birds in the mountains stopped because of this atmosphere. Except for the sound of the wind passing over the treetops, there was no sound in the whole mountain forest, as if there was no one here at all.

No matter Fengxiang yunqi, who has been trudging in Fangshan and Jieshan for more than half a month, or Qingqi, the former army of crazy lion Legion who followed Zhai Ning to join Daqian, are new soldiers. They know that they are close to Xihe County, and the movement of 20000 people camping is likely to be noticed by the enemy, The smoke generated by burying the pot to make a fire is an obvious target, so even if eating dry food and drinking cold water, no one has any complaints.

Among these wolves, there are forest black wolves, grassland wild wolves, shadow wolves at the level of exotic animals, wild wolves at the level of fierce animals, and even dozens of pure white moon wolves at the inner circle closest to the rest place of the army. In terms of scale, the scale of this wolf pack is a little larger than that when it broke the three mountain fortress outside Ning'an county more than three months ago. If someone enters the mountain at this time, even the army of ten thousand people will be torn to pieces by this wolf pack relying on its geographical advantages, and the leader of this big wolf pack is Bai Xia, the top spirit beast of the xuanjie stage.

"Gu Shuai, it's past noon. Have something to eat." Zhai Ning went to Gu Qingcheng, who was leaning on the soft belly of the white wolf king and was keeping his eyes closed. He looked at the white giant wolf, who was squinting and sleeping. He carefully handed Gu Qingcheng a pocket wrapped in oil paper.

"Have the soldiers eaten yet?" Gu Qingcheng opened his eyes, sat up straight and asked.

"We've already eaten them. Three days ago, we specially made many more cakes and meat preserves, just for today's preparation." At this point, Zhai Ning took another look at the white wolf king.

Seven days ago, more than 100 miles away from here, Gu Qingcheng ordered the whole army to repair on the spot and send wolves to hunt in the mountains after learning that he could go out of Jieshan and enter Tianxing Xihe county more than 100 miles north. Zhai Ning will never forget the scene when the wolves returned the next morning. More than 10000 wolves killed their prey in one night almost filled the whole camp. Among the prey, there were pheasants and rabbits, goats and bison, and wild boars and bears. They looked at the mountain like meat, Even Zhai Ning, a Veteran General in the army, was cold in his heart.

Zhai Ning can be sure that even the former army of the wild lion army, which was fully organized a year ago, is definitely not the opponent of this huge wolf pack, whether it is a frontal attack or a sneak attack. The shadow wolves, bloodthirsty and cruel wolves, and the moon wolves with abnormal intelligence in this wolf pack are simply natural killing machines.

On top of them is the white wolf king, who has almost reached the ground level. His huge size is almost two feet. Even the thunder beasts of the thunder corps are dwarfed by him, which makes people feel scared. No matter how elite cavalry can't play their original fighting power in the face of the White Wolf king, this wolf pack is the enemy of cavalry.

During the five days, Zhai Ning saw the fighting power of the wolf pack more than once. The meat brought back by the wolf pack was eaten by 20000 troops for five days. There was still a large amount of surplus. Finally, it could only be made into meat jerky.

Gu Qingcheng took the paper bag, took out a piece of meat from it, tore off a piece and chewed it in his mouth for a while. He said, "I've sent wolves around the mountain depression to let the soldiers rest at ease. Two nights and one day later is the time of the war. This war is related to the future strategy of Daqian, and none of us can slack off."

"No Zhai Ning rushed to answer the promise, but his heart was a little complicated. At first, he didn't have much burden on abandoning Tianxing to join Daqian. But when it came to an end, he was not as calm as he had expected. Tianxing kingdom was his home country, and he had an inseparable relationship with this country for the first half of his life. Now Daqian has made the final preparations to fight together, Hundreds of years of Tianxing kingdom will disappear in Qingmu land and become a historical term. After decades and hundreds of years, people can only see him in historical books, and no one will miss him or pay attention to him. This feeling makes Zhai Ning's whole heart sad.

"General Zhai ~" Gu Qingcheng saw that Zhai Ning's face was different. She naturally understood the tangle in Zhai Ning's heart. She could not help saying that "after the three dynasties of ancient times, the civil war of qingmuyan people continued. Neither Dali in that year nor Daxuan after that had not restored the native land of the Yan people and reunited the Yan people. Now the general trend has come. After thousands of years of division, our Yan people can finally return to one, which is of great significance to the whole Yan people. Whether it's Daqian or Tianxing Nanli, it's just the name of a country. What we need to do is to restore the glory of the whole Yan people. "

"Zhai Ning understood." Zhai Ning took a deep breath, calmed down for a moment, and said that although his voice was still a little low, his heart felt much better. Compared with the whole qingmuyan people, whether it was Daqian, who was in great prosperity, or Tianxing, who was in danger now, or Nanli, who was just a part of him, since he had the same root and blood, he had the same pulse, Why tangle in the loyalty of a surname.

Gu Qingcheng nodded slightly and said, "general Zhai, the day after tomorrow is the time to attack. At that time, you will lead the troops to clean up the counties of Xihe. I will lead Fengxiang yunqi and Baixia's wolves to attack Xihe county city. In three days, I will take the whole county of Xihe and defeat Qiu Xu with his confidence."

"At the end of the general's command, I will live up to Gu Shuai's trust." Zhai Ning's eyes flashed a glimmer of light. He thought Gu Qingcheng would let him follow the army, but he didn't expect that Gu Qingcheng would send a task to him alone. At this time, he remembered that when the white feather jackdaw came back that day, the letter that Gu Qingcheng received directly in his arms warmed his heart, because it was probably the meaning of Lu que, who was in the capital of the emperor. It was too rare for him to trust him.

"You should understand in your heart that this is not what I mean. Lu que is in the imperial capital and he has a lot of pressure to use you. It doesn't matter if you fail me. But if you fail Lu que, I will be the first one to settle with you."

Zhai Ning looks at Gu Qingcheng with a look of surprise. He doesn't think that Gu Qingcheng would say such a thing, but he understands it when he thinks of Gu Qingcheng's engagement with Lu que. Gu Qingcheng's greatest concern for the war was whether it could be carried out according to Lu Que's strategic will. Anyone who obstructed Lu Que's strategy would become Gu Qingcheng's enemy. This person included the generals of Daqian and Nanjiang, and even Princess Tianxiang in Guangji County, and zhaining was no exception.

Thinking of this, Zhai Ning looks solemn, and once again clasps his fist. "Gu Shuai, don't worry. Although Zhai Ning is not talented, if Gu Shuai can restrain the Xihe Garrison and I can't win the rest of the counties, I won't have the face to go to Beijing to see Lu Shuai. I'm willing to make a military order. If I don't win the rest of the counties within three days, I'm willing to sacrifice my head to rectify the military law."

"I don't need the military order. I'm not interested in your head. What I want is the whole Xihe county. You don't have to worry about the county city. As long as you win the rest of the counties, I'll ask for credit for you."

Speaking of this, Gu Qingcheng's voice softened down and said, "general Zhai, Lu que trusts you, and I also trust you. Since ancient times, the general has won the military exploits immediately. If you don't wait, we will let you lead the army alone just because we trust you. I just hope you don't betray this trust. The generals in Da Qian's army are like clouds. What position can you get in the future, It depends on how you fight for it. "

"Zhai Ning understands. Thanks for the trust of Lu Shuai and Gu Shuai. I'll go back to the whole army to make sure there is no mistake." Zhai Ning nodded heavily and turned to leave.

Although Gu Qingcheng's words are not pleasant to hear, Zhai Ning knows that she really thinks he is one of her own. What Zhai Ning fears most when he joins Daqian is that he will be looked down upon by others. Gu Qingcheng's words have aroused his worries. What Gu Qingcheng said is right. As a general in Daqian's army, he still wants to take his own position.

Seeing Zhai Ning leave, Gu Qingcheng shows a smile at the corner of his mouth. Please be more enthusiastic than general. For people like Zhai Ning who just joined the army, they need to be more worried. She knew that Zhai Ning had been in Xihe County for a period of time when he was young. He was very familiar with the topography, city defense, local conditions and customs. It was the most suitable person for him to capture the surrounding counties.

As for the Xihe County town with the largest number of defenders, Gu Qingcheng never worried. Even if she didn't have the 10000 Fengxiang cloud riders around her, the wolves of the white wolf king could easily win the Xihe County town. With Bai Xia's current accomplishments, the door of the county town that hasn't been repaired for many years could be smashed by the force of a collision, After entering the street battle, the original 5000 soldiers in Xihe county and the 2000 veterans and 18000 recruits of Wangdu Legion just sent by Qiu Xu can't be the opponents of wolves.

Although the war has not yet begun, the Star Kingdom has lost in Lu Que's mind and Gu Qingcheng's mind. Without the long and dangerous Qiu Xu's army, only the remaining veterans of the army after the war can really rely on them. However, Qiu Xu separated these veterans into recruits in order to ensure the stability of the whole defense line, In order to make the recruits form combat power more quickly, it's a pity that the overall situation of Lu's shortage will not give Qiu Xu enough time.

The reason why Lu que chose this time to launch an attack is that most of Qiu Xu's veterans are scattered among the recruits, and the training of the recruits has not yet been completed. That is to say, this time point is when Qiu Xu's nearly 200000 troops have the lowest combat effectiveness. If the veterans are not dispersed earlier, the recruits will form a certain combat effectiveness later, Only now is the time when Qiu Xu is the weakest. It's a pity that Qiu Xu hasn't realized this problem. This is also the gap between Qiu Xu, a general and Lu que.