This prince is going to heaven

Chapter 706 The Beginning of the Great War (Two in One)

The capital of Southern Chu.

Royal Palace.

Mu Xiqiu opened his hands slightly, and Shen Linger carefully helped him tidy up the military uniform beside him, maybe because he was afraid that Mu Xiqiu would be uncomfortable, Shen Linger helped him tidy up several times with her jade hands back and forth
Mu Xiqiu put down his arms after he finished dressing up. He didn't say anything, he just looked down at Shen Linger and wanted to leave, but before he could take two steps, Shen Linger stopped behind him hugged him.

Mu Xiqiu frowned slightly, and wanted to break free directly but seemed to have thought of something, just sighed and stood there without moving.

Shen Linger put her arms around his waist, pressed her cheek tightly against his back, and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you have to go to the front line?"

Mu Xiqiu nodded and said, "We must go."

"The concubine and the child in the concubine's womb are waiting in the palace for His Majesty's triumphant return!"

Mu Xiqiu gently broke away from her embrace, then turned around and supported her shoulders, first looked down at her belly, and then said: "Don't worry, I will return safely."

At this time, Shen Linger's face no longer had a trace of shyness. Instead, she looked up at Mu Xiqiu tightly, and there seemed to be a mist in her eyes, and said: "Chenqie, Chenqiu will wait for you all the time." For Your Majesty."

Mu Xiqiu took another deep look at her, turned around and walked towards the door, but just as he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, and then turned his back to Shen Linger and said: "This time I After you leave, if you need anything, just go to Shen Qing directly."

Leaving these words behind, Mu Xiqiu walked away directly, as if he had nothing to worry about.

Only Shen Linger was left standing alone, stroking her gradually swelling belly with tears in her eyes, and fell into silence for a while.

In late July of the 31st year of Tianyuan.

Outside Qingping Pass, the Huns began to attack the city aggressively. The commander-in-chief Jing Yichuan led his troops to resist on the city wall. The war lasted two days and one night, and the Huns retreated. Less than thirty thousand.

In early August of the same year.

General Sima Zongheng of Southern Chu led a large-scale attack on Pingyang Pass, and General Yang Zhong led his army to resist on the city wall. The battle lasted a day and a night, leaving a lot of corpses under the city wall, and then the army of Southern Chu retreated gradually.

Outside Pingyang Pass.

in the main account.

The Southern Chu General Sima Zongheng, who was at the bottom, first turned his head to look at his subordinates, then stood up and clasped his fists at the young man on the main seat and said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand why you were at the critical moment of the war yesterday. Mingjin withdraws troops!"

In fact, he didn't ask this question for himself, but for the dozens of generals under his command. Yesterday, the siege was in full swing, but at the critical moment, the sound of gold clanging came from the rear of Nanchu, and the army remained in vain. The corpses on the next floor receded slowly like the ebb of the tide.

The order to withdraw troops from Mingjin was naturally issued by the new emperor of Southern Chu, Mu Xiqiu.

In fact, at this time, all the generals in the Southern Chu tent have resentment in their hearts. Among other things, everyone just needs to obey the general's order and attack the city at all costs, but at this critical point, Another military order came out, but they still had to obey, which caused the army's offensive to directly stagnate, wasting the great situation accumulated by the lives of countless soldiers!
How can these generals not be angry?

And what is the most important thing, the most important thing is that this military order was not issued by the general Sima Zongheng, but by their emperor, who was personally conquered by the Royal Army of Southern Chu!

The generals have been in the battlefield for so many years, and they naturally know how to fight and how to attack the city. At that time, they clearly felt that Pingyang Pass was a little exhausted, but at this moment, a layman who had never been in contact with the battlefield suddenly ordered to interrupt their offensive. How can they accept it in their hearts!

It's just that after Mu Xiqiu came to the throne, his methods were too iron-blooded, which made these dozens of generals dare not speak out, so there was this question from the general Sima Zongheng who was in the main account at the moment.

Mu Xiqiu in military uniform glanced indifferently at the generals sitting below the stage, seeing that they were still looking directly at him, so he asked Sima Zongheng: "Does the general also think that Can our army conquer Pingyang Pass in one fell swoop?"

As soon as he uttered this question, Sima Zongheng glanced at the other generals, but fell into silence.

In fact, he also felt that this was a bit weird. Logically speaking, there were nearly 20 soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty stationed in Pingyang Pass at the moment. With Yang Zhong's ability, how could it be possible for them to capture Pingyang Pass in just three hours?
Sima Zongheng has fought Yang Zhong several times over the years, so he naturally understands the opponent's tactics. If Yang Zhong had this ability, the south of Da Zhou would have fallen long ago, so why wait until today?

If Mu Xiqiu didn't make an order yesterday, Sima Zongheng would naturally order Mingjin to withdraw his troops at the right time, interrupting his side's offensive, and then carefully consider the other side's thoughts.

It's just that before he gave the order, the current emperor of Nanchu had already issued Mingjin's order.

Sima Zongheng naturally understood that their emperor also saw the unusualness of this, and all the questions he had right now were not for the sake of these subordinates, but to give this emperor a chance to let He himself said what was wrong with it!
Thus, the new emperor could establish his prestige in the army in one fell swoop!
But at this moment when he heard Mu Xiqiu's question, Sima Zongheng was silent for a moment, then glanced at Mu Xiqiu, and then pretended to be a buffoon and said, "Could it be that there is fraud in this?"

Who is Mu Xiqiu, so he can naturally understand the meaning of Sima Zongheng's words. He first took a deep look at Sima Zongheng, then glanced at the rest of the generals and said, "Generals, can you listen to me?" A word?"

All the generals in the audience immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, and turned their eyes to Sima Zongheng. Sima Zongheng shook his head slightly, then clasped his fists at Mu Xiqiu and said, "Your Majesty, please explain in detail."

Mu Xiqiu took a deep breath, and then described in detail what he had experienced in the Northern Territory of the Great Zhou the year before last.

At that time, under the city of Nianze in the northern border of the Great Zhou, the Xiongnu army also thought that the defenders of the Great Zhou were about to be unable to hold on, and launched four or five large-scale sieges in a row, but who would have thought that the opponent's performance was not good, but the opponent deliberately Just come out.

The opponent's defender deliberately staged a good show in front of them. Every time they felt that they would be able to capture the city next time, the opponent would always grit their teeth and persevere at the critical moment.

Every time the Huns were defeated and retreated, they always thought that the opponent had reached the limit, and they only needed to launch another attack and the opponent would definitely flee in defeat!
But their idea was completely shattered after four or five sieges.

The opponent just showed this appearance on purpose, deliberately luring them to attack the city in a panic again and again, causing them to lose their troops under their city walls time and time again!

Mu Xiqiu will never forget the scene of that day in his life!
And what is the difference between the situation they are facing now and that day?
When the 20 troops of Southern Chu were assembled, no less than 15 soldiers had gathered in Pingyang Pass, and the Emperor of the Great Zhou even transferred the general Yang Zhong back from the northern border to guard Pingyang Pass!

So what if the strength of your own side is higher than that of the opponent?The difference in strength is not too great, why is the opponent so vulnerable?
Then Yang Zhong is a famous general in the world, how could he be so respected by the world if he didn't have some means?
Who doesn't understand the truth that defending a city is easy and attacking a city is difficult. Facing a 15 army attacking a city, 20 defenders only need to stay behind closed doors to be invincible. Capture Qingping Pass within a few days?
This is nothing short of a fantasy
From this, Mu Xiqiu could deduce that this decision was Yang Zhong repeating his old tricks, and wanted to take this opportunity to consume too much of their Southern Chu troops!
Sima Zongheng thought it was a bit weird, but after listening to Mu Xiqiu's words, he immediately understood. The other generals in the audience have been in the field for many years, so it is impossible not to understand the meaning of Mu Xiqiu's words.

Thinking of this, a trace of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

In the final analysis, they were really over the top yesterday. They didn't think carefully about the twists and turns. They thought that the generals of Da Zhou were already timid. No one thought that the other party was just performing a show in front of them!

And at this time, the passion in their hearts had completely cooled down, and now they looked at Mu Xiqiu differently from before.

These veteran generals can't see the conspiracy, but their majesty can see it thoroughly.

Who would have thought that a young emperor who had just ascended the throne for less than two years would be so powerful in the art of war?

Mu Xiqiu, who was sitting in the main seat, saw that they had fallen into silence, so he naturally knew that they had understood the meaning of what he said just now. At this moment, there was an imperceptible smile on his face.

All the generals in the main account got up one after another and walked to the center, bowed to Mu Xiqiu and said in unison: "I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Mu Xiqiu smiled and waved his hands and said: "You don't need to be like this, you are all ministers of my great Chu, and the previous time was just that Yang Zhong took advantage of his enthusiasm, so there is no such thing as forgiveness, in the future I also hope that all the generals will work together to conquer the Great Zhou, and I will give you a satisfactory answer!"

All the generals knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then Mu Xiqiu waved his hand to make them all retreat, and then he turned his attention to Sima Zongheng.

It has to be said that Mu Xiqiu has become a little more cautious at the moment. In the past, he thought highly of himself. Except for Wen Ruyan, he didn't take anyone in the world seriously. But after what happened just now, he found that he was really Some eyes are higher than the top.

This world is so big, talented people will naturally emerge in large numbers, how can this be seen with a pair of eyes?

Do you really think that Sima Zongheng can't see Yang Zhong's tricks?If he really didn't understand, then the world wouldn't let the world talk about him side by side with that Yang Zhong.

Sima Zongheng and Yang Zhong have fought against each other many times, and both sides have their own victories. Who dares to claim that they will definitely beat the other party?

Even though Sima Zongheng didn't say it just now, Mu Xiqiu still understood that even if he didn't order Mingjin to withdraw, Sima Zongheng would order the army to retreat at an appropriate time, and then pour cold water on the generals at the critical moment, and let them That hot blood completely cooled down.

War requires prudence, not blind superiority!

Sima Zongheng understood everything, but still deliberately asked himself in front of everyone, what is the meaning of this, could it be that Mu Xiqiu still couldn't understand?

Sima Zongheng just wants to establish a certain reputation in the army!

Thinking of this, Mu Xiqiu also got up and slightly cupped his hands at Sima Zongheng, saying: "Thank you, General, today."

Dealing with smart people is naturally much easier, and Mu Xiqiu naturally understands why he thanked Sima Zongheng, but as a courtier, he still got up respectfully and returned the salute: "Your Majesty is a little bit of an old minister."

"Please sit down, General."

"Yes."

After the two of them sat down again, Sima Zongheng turned his head and glanced outside the tent, and then asked respectfully to Mu Xiqiu on the stage: "Your Majesty must have thought a lot about this personal expedition, right? I can tell you a little bit, so I can learn a thing or two."

Mu Xiqiu laughed at that time, and while smiling, he lightly nodded Sima Zongheng who was in the audience.

"The general is a wonderful person, I have never discovered it before!"

Sima Zongheng blushed for a while, laughed dryly, and then said: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of the old minister."

Mu Xiqiu didn't make too many jokes with him, and his expression gradually became serious. Looking at Sima Zongheng, he said seriously: "In the next few days, I will not interfere with any plans in the army. What a clever plan, but it doesn't matter if it is used, as long as I have never been to this camp!"

Sima Zongheng suddenly became puzzled, it wasn't fake, but he really couldn't understand what Mu Xiqiu meant.

Others don't know about Mu Xiqiu's methods, so how could he not know about it?
Since Mu Xiqiu was found by the late emperor from the people, he has been in his sight. After watching him for so many years, from an adult prince who has not yet been crowned king to stepping on the dragon chair step by step, Sima Zongheng naturally Know what he has been through!
Coupled with the mutiny in Yangzhou during the Great Zhou Dynasty, the invasion of the Huns in the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the war in Changyue of the Qi State, how could Sima Zongheng not know how powerful Mu Xiqiu is?
After such a formidable character, Yujia personally conquered, he did nothing but let him play by himself?

What kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?

Sima Zongheng couldn't understand for a while.

He clasped his fists at Mu Xiqiu, then frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, why is this?"

Mu Xiqiu shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm waiting for someone!"

"who?"

"Prince Jing of the Great Zhou, Wen Ruyan!"

As soon as Mu Xiqiu said these words, Sima Zongheng frowned.

He didn't know why Wen Ruyan made them so afraid!Prime Minister Shen Yaochen bluntly said that the other party is an unworldly genius, and today's world regards him so important.

Is this guy really that powerful?
Mu Xiqiu could naturally see what Sima Zongheng's expression meant, but he really didn't bother to explain. Sooner or later, he would meet with him. At that moment, he probably understood why he was so afraid of him.

I only heard Mu Xiqiu chuckle and said: "The Northern Territory of Great Zhou is also in trouble now, I'm just waiting to see whether Wen Ruyan is going to the north or the south! Before the other party appears, the general will be the I've never been to the barracks!"

(End of this chapter)