Chapter 233

Gu Qingcheng didn't immediately send troops to Heyan County as she said, but before leaving, he once again transferred 400 people from Fengxiang yunqi to serve in the 12000 troops. In this way, there were 1000 Fengxiang yunqi in Zhuge Ya's troops stationed in Xihe County, plus 12000 people who had previously surrendered, Enough for Zhuge ya to defend Xihe county and deal with emergencies.

September 21 is the day when the Chongyang test is released in Daqian's routine. However, although this year's Chongyang test is still grand and rigorous, there is less attention compared with previous years. Daqian's eyes are attracted by the war in southern Xinjiang. Even the twelve Dingjia people who can go straight to the Imperial Academy are less bright and glorious compared with previous years.

Just today, Gu Qingcheng left Xihe County, where she had stayed for 11 days, and led 9000 fengxiangyun to Heyan county. She would meet zhaining, who arrived there one day earlier than her at the junction of Xihe county and Heyan county.

At the same time, the news that Fengxiang army broke the Guangji River defense line and Tianxing Xihe County fell was also sent back to China by secret spies carrying bird messengers. Among them, not only Nanli Kingdom, which was extremely concerned about the situation of Tianxing war, but also some countries with a population of more than 300000 in the sand sea, and even the northern and southern Qingyang, which was only a mountain away from the sand sea, got the news.

Nanli, who is confronting Daqian, Shahai, who respects Daqian as the suzerain state, and Qingyang, who has a feud against Daqian, are all shocked by Daqian's sharp military front and sharp surprise. We should know that Tianxing is not a small country in Qingmu. The population of Tianxing is larger than the total population of the 36 countries in Shahai, Three or four times more, and Tianxing, the only country in the east of Aoki that could face the three legions of Da Qian at the same time, could still maintain the front line.

No one thought that such a Star Kingdom would be beaten by Da Qian and lost its city and land in just one year. Even the Guangji River defense line, which Qiu Xu painstakingly arranged, was defeated by Fengxiang army overnight. Today's Star Kingdom has really come to the time of ups and downs. The national fortune that has lasted for five or six hundred years is now like a residual candle in the wind that may go out at any time.

No matter how stupid people are, they can see that they have lost the Danshui defense line and the two counties to the north of Huangyanjiang River, and the seven counties to the south of Guangji river. Now Xihe county has fallen into the hands of Da Qian's Tianxing. It's really a dead end. You know, Tianxing has only 18 counties in total, and now 10 counties have been occupied by Daqian. Although Tianxing now controls the most brilliant and fertile land of Tianxing, and there are still 200000 troops led by Yan Tuohai, the Duke of Wucheng, on the Bank of Huangyan river.

But in the south, because of the loss of the barracks in Xihe county and Heyan County, Tianxing no longer has the advantage of geographical advantage except for the city. Now, Daqian has the advantage of geographical advantage and human harmony. Both Daqian and Tianxing have half of the advantages, and Fengxiang army has the initiative in the whole battlefield. As long as Gu Qingcheng and Yu Tianxiang can successfully capture Heyan County, Then, with the main forces led by Gu Jieyun and Su Leyi, they will join forces to annihilate Qiu Xu's 100000 troops, and there will be no chance for Tianxing kingdom to turn over.

Because as long as Qiu Xu's 100000 troops are defeated, Fengxiang army can directly threaten Tianxing capital from either Guangji Hekou or Heyan county. Now Tianxing capital has only 50000 recruits, even though Zhongxing city has been operated by Tianxing for hundreds of years, but relying on these recruits can not stop Fengxiang army.

Now, everyone knows where Fengxiang army will point its troops in the south line of Tianxing. But even if they know, they can't stop them. In this battle, Da Qian uses the combination of yin and Yang and the combination of right and strange in the art of war to the extreme, and by this way, he gets the initiative and victory in the battlefield, So now, even if Daqian doesn't use any tricks and tricks, but only uses the right way to defend his troops, he can't resist it. This is not only the general trend, but also the plot. In such a situation, it is too difficult to reverse the war.

It never occurred to all the countries that the Tianxing war had evolved into such a situation in just a few months. In these months, Daqian first attacked Nanli Kingdom and took the lead in provoking war. In the first battle of Ning'an County, he forced down the leiying Legion and took the two counties north of Ning'an River in his pocket.

Then Daqian took the Yulin and benlei armies to the north of Huangyanjiang River as the main forces, and attracted Tianxing's attention. He sent out a surprise force to attack Nanhai County by sea, and then Fengxiang's 150000 troops swept the empty seven counties of Tianxing's southern Xinjiang in a short period of one month. As a result, Tianxing lost half of its territory. After that, the Fengxiang army did the same trick again. The main forces of Fengxiang, led by Gu Jieyun and Su Leyi, attracted Qiu Xu's attention. Gu Qingcheng bypassed the mountain road to attack Xihe county. Ye Zhiqiu took advantage of the fog on the river and led the highly mobile scouts and Fengqi battalions to cross the Guangji River, which won time for Yu Tianxiang to cross the river, and indirectly forced Chai Yuanjian to give up the Shuizhai camp, Retreat to Heyan county.

In this battle of Southern Xinjiang, the overall strategy of Daqian was extremely clear. Each layout had its purpose, and this purpose was extremely difficult to be discovered in advance. Moreover, each time Daqian's division was extremely clear. Each army appeared in a place that others could hardly think of, but it was the place where it should appear. This was the case with Fengxiang army who had gone south by sea before, So did ye Zhiqiu's two battalions, Gu Qingcheng and Zhai Ning's 20000 troops, who crossed the river lightly. Such a coherent plan and such a precise strategic layout are extremely rare in the whole history of war.

The eyes of all the countries turned to the capital of Daqian, because they all knew that although the Duke of Daqian Wei joined the cabinet to worship his prime minister, he became the first person in the real army of Daqian when Yu Yuanpu and Gu Huairen, the other two military officers, and even in southern Xinjiang, as time went on, more and more people knew that he had really completed all the strategic layout and pushed the Tianxing kingdom to such an impasse, But he was less than 17 years old. That was Lu que, the youngest military commander of Da Qian, who was known as the first person of the younger generation of Da Qian.

The world seems to see a shining general rising. This general star is even more dazzling than Lu Chun, who is known as the most famous marshal in the past two hundred years in Qingmu mainland. Because even Lu Chun, at the age of 15 or 16, has no such achievements as his son Lu que.

At this time, Lu que, in the imperial garden of the emperor's palace, shook his head and grinned bitterly at an angry girl, Yu Piaoxiang, the youngest daughter of the emperor.

Princess Piaoxiang and Princess Tianxiang are both named after counties. Princess Tianxiang's food town is Tianxiang County, so it is named after Tianxiang. Princess Piaoxiang's food town is Piaoxiang County, so Qian Huang Yu Yuanxu named her Yu Piaoxiang. At this time, Yu Piaoxiang is sitting at a stone table in the Royal Garden, complaining to Lu que with an unhappy face to vent his dissatisfaction. However, Lu que is sitting quietly on the other side of the stone table, with a bitter smile on his face from time to time.

"Cousin, today is the day when the Chongyang exam is released. I'm in the top three of Dingjia, but my father sent only a few servants to send me some gifts. I went to Ziji hall to find my father, but my father let Ziji Yuwei keep me out. After that, Wang Zan told me that the emperor had already asked the imperial dining room to prepare a banquet. At noon, he would come to the imperial concubine's place to celebrate with us. However, the imperial concubine and I had been waiting for more than an hour, and the meal had been hot three times. Is it too much for the emperor to come yet? " Yu Piaoxiang is not angry and wronged said.

Lu can only shake his head and smile bitterly. He knew in his heart that Yu Piaoxiang, the little princess, was not born by Empress Lu Qin, but by Lady Shufei. Although she was the respect of the princess, she was only born a concubine. And because I have a strange disease since childhood, I can only eat flower leaves and porridge, so I am always more sensitive than others in my heart.

Yu Piaoxiang had been taking medicine since he was a child because of his previous illness. He had been dealing with bitter and difficult medicine soup every day since he could remember, but his illness did not improve at all. This situation lasted for ten years on Yu Piaoxiang. It was not until Yu Tianxiang entered the mountain of no return three years ago that he picked nine petals of red deer flower, Although we still can't eat meat now, we don't need to avoid eating fruits and vegetables any more.

After ten years of suffering, little princess Yu Piaoxiang is far more mature and tough than her peers. She is also more stable and can stand loneliness. However, no matter what Yu Piaoxiang's nature is, she is still a 15-year-old girl. In this year's Chongyang test, she is the second best in Ding, one higher than Lu que two years ago, and Lu que knows that if yu Piaoxiang is not a Royal Princess, then Jin Qiukui's position is likely to be hers. But also because of this, after today's announcement, Yu Piaoxiang wants to report her father's good news.

This is a girl who has been suffering from illness for ten years. For the first time, with her own strength, she won the position of Ding Jia, which she did not even dare to think of before. Naturally, she wants to share such joy with her father and his wife. However, her father and his wife broke the appointment on the happiest day of her life, which makes Yu Piaoxiang feel very aggrieved.

However, Lu que knew that the battle of Tianxing in southern Xinjiang had reached the critical moment. At this time, he could not make a single mistake in every aspect, especially in the supply of grain and grass for nearly a million troops on the front line. Although his father Lu Chun was in the middle of the matter, he had to submit it to Ziji hall for seal.

Moreover, this is not the most important thing. Lu que knew that his Majesty was discussing with the ministers of the inner and outer pavilions at that time. The content of the discussion was exactly the specific matter of the 18 counties of Tianxing after the annexation of Tianxing kingdom. These include the identification of population, the re measurement of arable land, and the appointment list of the most important 18 counties.

We should know that Tianxing's 18 counties, more than 100 counties, hundreds of townships, more than 1000 villages, not to mention natural villages, need to be governed by officials who are familiar with the law of Da Qian. Among them are not only the candidates of prefects, county magistrates and township leaders, but also the local bureaucrats of various ministries of the cabinet, as well as the local school leaders. And this is only the cabinet side. For the military of the outer cabinet, there are also the troops that are set up to defend the city and maintain the local public order in the counties. Both the county soldiers and the county soldiers need to send new county and county captains.

That is to say, after Tianxing was incorporated into the territory of Daqian, at least 3000 civil and military officials needed to be mobilized to govern the newly developed land. After Nanli was conquered, at least 3000 officials at all levels were needed. Such a large number of officials, coupled with the fact that the land was newly acquired and the people's hearts were not yet fully attached, and the Daqian law system had to be implemented, Therefore, even if it is a Qipin county magistrate, the emperor and the cabinet need to work out a suitable candidate.

As the largest country in the territory of Qingmu, Daqian now has 108 counties, while Tianxing and Nanli together have 36 counties, which is exactly one third of Daqian's. in a short time, it is necessary to solve one third of the official gap. It can be seen that this is a huge workload, which is also the reason why Qianhuang Yu Yuanxu broke his appointment.

"Fragrance, your majesty is discussing with the inner and outer chambers and ministers. What they are discussing is very important to us. Your majesty didn't mean to break your promise." Looking at Yu Piaoxiang's discontented expression, Lu que took out a jade carving of palm size from his arms, put it on the stone table beside Yu Piaoxiang's hand, and said, "this is my cousin's gift for you. Congratulations on your ranking second in the Ding class in this exam. Let's see if you like it or not."

Lu que began to carve this jade carving yesterday when he overheard his father talking about the people who took the imperial examination of Ding Jia. The jade material used is the warm jade seed material from Yushan County, the ancestral hall of Lu family in Wei country. The whole jade is as white as sheep's fat, warm and greasy. It's a very rare top-grade jade material. In order not to hurt such a precious jade material, It took a whole night to carve this jade sculpture into a statue.

The statue is carved by Yu Piaoxiang, the little princess. The girl on the jade carving is sitting upright, her eyebrows are picturesque, her eyes are cunning, her lips are smiling, but her face is green and tender. It is exactly what Lu que looked like when Yu Piaoxiang got better and saw her for the first time.

"Ah Yu Piaoxiang looked at the jade carving on the stone table and was stunned. Then she gently held the jade carving in her hands, inch by inch looking at the sculptor on the jade carving. Then she touched the mark that had just been carved but had not been polished. She blinked and looked at Lu que with a moving face. It's not because of how precious the materials are. As a Royal Princess, she has seen even better materials.

Yu Piaoxiang is more because of Lu Que's intention. She knows that Lu family of Yushan before Lu Fu of Wei state was a master of jade carving, while Lu que, her cousin, has a unique style in carving. Even Mei changju, who is worshipped by her father and the imperial city for carving Suxi, is full of praise. It is obvious that this jade carving was recently carved by Lu que, and because of the time, it was only carved out of jade without further polishing.

If we can say who is the busiest person in Daqian now, it is definitely not his father who is discussing business in Ziji Palace at this time, nor the chief Zhuge Xingzhi who is in charge of Daqian's government, or even Lu Chun, the Duke of Wei, who is in charge of the imperial capital's outer court, who is just the cousin in front of us.

Yu Piaoxiang knows very well that at this time, Da Qian's future national fortune and the safety of millions of soldiers and soldiers in southern Xinjiang are all on his cousin Lu que. Because the Zhaowu hall where the outer Pavilion is located is within the Imperial City, she often takes Wenhua hall not far from the Zhaowu hall to ask her teacher, Ya Xiang Liu, questions, She knew that her cousin Lu que had never left the imperial city since the beginning of the battle in southern Xinjiang and stayed in the outer pavilion every day.

But in this way, he still took the time to carve such a statue as a gift to celebrate her ranking in the exam. Yu, who was always sensitive in heart, was full of emotion, because in this world, no one except his mother's wife remembered that today was a very important day for her. Looking at her face as like as two peas in the jade carving, though the last working procedure was not finished, it is the best jade carving in the world.

"Thank you, cousin. I like it very much." Yu Piaoxiang lowered her eyelashes, sucked her nose, and said in a soft voice that there was no more grievance in her voice, but joy and shyness.

"Just like it, but I was in a hurry when I carved this statue. The final process has not been completed yet, but as a whole, I have finished carving. You can find a skilled jade craftsman to finish the final process." Lu que scratched his head with embarrassment. He also wanted to finish the jade carving and give it to Yu Piaoxiang, but he didn't have much time.

At this time, the war in southern Xinjiang is in full swing. Although he has completed the overall strategy, the rest depends on the play of the front-line leaders. However, the intelligence of the Department of foreign affairs and the Department of military intelligence is continuously collected from the external cabinet every day, and the war reports of Southern Xinjiang are also sent from time to time. All these need to be deduced after he looks at them. In addition, he had to arrange a line of defense from zhennanguan to Qingquan City, in case that the animal tide might rush into Daqian's heart, and even constantly deduce the place where the animal tide might break out, and the direction of the animal tide after it rushes out of xiyuanze.

"I know, but I think that's good." Yu Piaoxiang looked at Lu que with a smile and said, "cousin, you've been in Zhaowu hall for several months. It's better to have dinner in my palace at night. I heard that my cousin once went to Baizhen building to learn cooking skills. It happens that I also like to make some food myself. Why don't I make a table of dishes for my cousin to taste."

"This ~" Lu que hesitated and said, "I'm afraid not. I'm a foreign minister. I can't enter the inner palace after sunset. And there are still some things to be busy with today. I may not be able to have dinner with you. "