The Heavens: From the Long Moon Ember

Chapter 41

As time went by, the news that King Sheng was killed and the capital was breached gradually spread.

When the news reached Mohe, Xiao Lin's first reaction was not to believe it, but after repeated confirmation by the scouts, he also had to accept this amazing fact.

"Tantai Jin went to Shengjing!"

In the big tent, the lieutenant next to Xiao Lin took the letter paper in Xiao Lin's hand with a look of disbelief.

But he also knew that His Highness would not make fun of him with this matter, he frowned and closed the letter paper, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, if this matter is true, we will definitely not be able to hide it. Right now, the families of our tens of thousands of troops are all here. Capital, if this matter spreads, the morale of the army will be turbulent, and the consequences will be unimaginable, we need to think of a perfect plan to deal with the possible difficulties."

Sitting behind the table, Xiao Lin frowned, his mind was in a mess.

The king's father was assassinated, the capital was destroyed, and their tens of thousands of troops suddenly turned into a rootless duckweed. A few days ago, they were evenly matched with Tantai Jin.

In just a few days, the changes were so great that he felt that he was still in a dream for a while.

In a short time, he couldn't think of any good solution. Now that his father was assassinated, Shengjing was destroyed, and the whole world was shaken.

Even if he brought this tens of thousands of troops back to Beijing immediately to suppress the rebellion, how many people would be willing to follow him, not to mention that there were tens of thousands of Jing Guo troops in the Jiaguan camp across the river, would they give him this chance?

King Sheng was killed and the capital was destroyed. This is almost a sign of the country's subjugation. It has been like this in all dynasties. It has never been heard that the emperor was killed and the capital was taken back after it was destroyed.

Because the hearts of the people in Shengguo were scattered the moment King Sheng was killed and Shengjing was destroyed. Now how many people are willing to follow him to rebuild Dasheng, he doesn't know.

In the past few years, his father has been jealous of the virtuous and capable in the court, and there are few people in Shengguo who are truly loyal to the king's affairs. Now that their family is in decline, it is really uncertain how those who follow the power will choose.

Some things are supported by the breath, if the breath is not released, it will be fine, if it is released, it will be like a mountain, and it will never be recovered.

This is how their prosperous country is now.

If there is someone in their Shengguo, it is not his turn to be the prince to lead the army.

So the lieutenant general asked him what to do next, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Because he doesn't even have a military adviser around him who can help him with his advice.

"Comfort the army first, don't send troops casually these few days, let the generals below lead their troops well, and don't go out of the camp." Xiao Lin finally said with a frown.

"That's the only way to go first."

The lieutenant general frowned, and couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so he could only follow Xiao Lin's order to appease the army first.

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Gaguan Camp.

In the commander's tent, all the generals of Jingguo are gathered here at the moment.

They were wearing armor, with big arms and round waists, looking at the Moon Shadow Guard soldier who was delivering the message in front of them.

"Your Majesty ordered that General Liu immediately lead [-] troops to Shengjing from the day he received the order. There must be no mistakes." A strong middle-aged man.

"The minister takes the order." The middle-aged man stepped forward respectfully, then bowed and raised his hands over his head to receive the imperial edict, then opened the imperial edict, and found that there was indeed a private seal stamped by Li Yu.

"Your Majesty has really entered Shengjing and killed King Sheng." A general beside him looked at the messenger soldier curiously and asked.

"Returning to General, His Majesty has indeed entered Shengjing and killed King Sheng. Now Shengjing is under His Majesty's control, but His Majesty only has two thousand cavalry from General Wang and Old General. So please, generals, set off as soon as possible."

"Since this is the case, I need to set off immediately, and I'm afraid something will change if it's too late." The leading general surnamed Liu pondered for a while, then closed the imperial edict and said to the generals behind him.

The general surnamed Liu first ordered the guards to take the messenger Moon Shadow Guard down to rest, and then came to the sand table in the center of the big tent.

"General Wang, follow me to lead the left-wing army to help His Majesty." General Liu glanced at the sand table, and then said to the general beside him who was already eager to try.

"The last will obey."

"En." General Liu nodded, and then looked at the other two generals.

"General Ye, General Li, His Majesty's order is for the two of you to stay at the Jiaguan camp and watch the enemy army across the Mo River. I hope you will not get emotional."

"General Liu is worrying too much. Your Majesty let us stay in Jiaguan because he thinks of us. We should be dedicated to our duties." Ye Qingyu clasped his hands and obeyed without any dissatisfaction.

Ye Qingyu was not emotional at all, and the former generals of the Sheng Kingdom who surrendered with him were even more emotional.

"Ah."

"When Shengguo is destroyed, I will definitely report your achievements truthfully in front of Your Majesty, and I won't let you be wronged." Seeing that Ye Qingyu didn't get angry, General Liu nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, General." Ye Qingyu cupped his fists in thanks.

"Well, you guys go down." General Liu said after glancing at the two of them.

Ye Qingyu took the order to turn around and leave the big tent with another general from Shengguo.

After Ye Qingyu and the others left, several mid-level generals with left-behind missions withdrew from the tent.

"General Liu, why did His Majesty let him stay at the Jiaguan camp? If they repeat themselves and vote for the Sheng Kingdom, then our success will fall short." The general surnamed Wang asked, frowning.

"Who made him have a good sister? His Majesty's wife, Ye Xiwu, is his sister. Why don't you just take care of him?"

"But the duty of staying in Jiaguan is very important. Is Your Majesty confused if you just hand it over to a newcomer like this? If he repeats it, it will be extremely dangerous for me to wait in Shengjing."

"Don't talk nonsense, I don't want to hear such outrageous and outrageous words a second time, otherwise I will not be forgiven lightly." Seeing that the discussions in the account were becoming more and more unreliable, the general surnamed Liu yelled loudly.

When the general surnamed Liu scolded him like this, the several generals who were talking about just now shut up.

And the one who didn't speak has opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty's arrangement makes sense. Even though Ye Qingyu is a newcomer, he is still His Majesty's wife. Perhaps letting him stay in Jiaguan this time is a test for him by His Majesty."

"How do you say that?" asked someone who didn't understand.

"If he can keep his own place, it means that he has really surrendered, and he will be entrusted with important tasks after he returns. If he has evil intentions, then His Majesty will no longer have to care about the second lady's affection."

"No matter how powerful Ye Qingyu is, how could he be able to defeat tens of thousands of troops with his bare hands? Now his soldiers are from our Jing country. It is so easy for him to surrender. We don't need to do it. Those mid-level generals staying in Jiaguan will do it. Just because they didn't participate in the battle of Jin and Mie Sheng, they lack credit, if they can put down Ye Qingyu's chaos, it will be regarded as a meritorious service."

"So Ye Qingyu has nothing to fear. What we should consider now is how to help His Majesty as quickly as possible."

"General Qin is right."

The general surnamed Liu nodded, and stopped entangled in this matter, but looked at the group of generals in front of him and gave instructions.

"After you go back, immediately reorganize the army and set off in half an hour."

(End of this chapter)