Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 124
At dawn the next day, the Dynasty Army launched an attack on the Xingtu Army again, but under the strict defense of the Xingtu Army, the Dynasty Army could not move forward.

After a night of rush repairs and reinforcements, on the north bank of the Sanggan River, countless trench parapets stretched for several miles, wooden pile fences were erected, and barbed wire fences were erected. It was undoubtedly more difficult for the attacking dynasty army.

The successive defeats have caused complaints among the dynasty army. Except for the central army directly under Lanyu who is still fighting, the local garrison and noble armed forces refuse to participate in the battle under various excuses.

Although Lan Yugui is the Marshal of the Central Army and has a high position and authority, the governor of the province is only one level lower than him. The nobles who participated in the war even had viscounts and marquises, which made Lan Yu want to drive their troops to fight. Powerless.

The central army has always been the main force in the battle, and suffered a lot of losses in Donghuang Town, but now it is exhausted and unable to fight continuously.

Lin Nuoyan, the general of the Xingtu army, saw the end of the dynasty's army, so he was not worried that the dynasty's army would break through the Sangan River defense line again.

The battle reached a stalemate on the fifth day. Due to the huge losses, Sapphire had to order to stop the attack. The Central Army troops, which had been fighting continuously, were finally able to stop and rest.

On the north bank, the Xingtu army also ushered in a short period of peace after several weeks.

However, Lin Nuoyan didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, so he sent additional sentries and scouts, and every disturbance in the surrounding area around the Sanggan River defense line would be discovered.

On September [-]th, at ten o'clock in the morning, a troop of imperial troops rushed into the imperial army's camp on the south bank of the Sanggan River.

Soon, more than a dozen nobles, including the governor of Nanchuan Province, and generals at all levels of the participating troops were summoned to the commander's tent.

Everyone was called up early in the morning. Although they were in a bad mood, after all, Lan Yu was the commander of the entire army, and they dared not disobey.

When they arrived at the commander's tent, they found that the soldiers of the central army who had been guarding the commander's tent had been replaced by soldiers of the imperial guards wearing dragon emblems. The governor of Nanchuan Province saw the soldiers of the imperial guards with a smile on his face.

After entering the marshal's tent, it was no longer Marshal Lan Yu who took the lead, but a middle-aged man wearing a civil official's uniform, and Lan Yu sat beside him with a blank expression.

The nobles and generals saw the civil servant sitting in the main seat. Although they didn’t know each other, they made a guess. The nobles were waiting to see Lan Yu’s joke, and the generals who belonged to the Central Army had some Some apprehension, do not know the purpose of the civil servants.

"Is everyone here?" The middle-aged civil servant asked Lan Yu impatiently.

Marshal Lan Yu, who was majestic and murderous on the battlefield, completely lost his former prestige at this moment, and laughed dryly, "Master Liu, please wait a moment."

The middle-aged civil servant snorted coldly, turned his head away, and said nothing, while Sapphire looked helpless.

For hundreds of years in the Far East Dynasty, the military hall and the cabinet have been fighting endlessly. With the consolidation of the dynasty and the peace of the world, the cabinet has been pressing down on the military hall. Even the dignified army commander has to let this little sixth-rank civil servant .

After a while, the entire tent was full of nobles and officers, and it looked a little crowded.

"Master Liu, everyone is here." Lan Yu glanced at her, then turned her head and said respectfully to the middle-aged civil servant.

The middle-aged civil servant ignored Lan Yu, straightened his official uniform, stood up from his seat, and raised his head to the sky.

Seeing the arrogance of the middle-aged civil servant, all the generals were dissatisfied and wanted to explode, but they were stopped by Lan Yu's eyes.

The Governor of Nanchuan Province sighed in his heart, why did the cabinet choose such a waste to pass the decree? .

"Everyone accept the order—" the middle-aged civil servant took out a roll of yellow cloth from his arms, moistened his throat, and said loudly.

Although all the generals were dissatisfied, the moment they saw the imperial decree, their expressions immediately shivered, and they restrained their dissatisfaction. They all knelt down on the ground and prepared to receive the imperial decree. The majesty of the emperor was evident.

Seeing these marquises, viscounts, generals and marshals knelt down in front of him, a smug flash of satisfaction flashed across the face of the middle-aged civil servant, and then he slowly opened the yellow imperial edict.

"Follow the heavens, the emperor said, I heard..."

The voice of the middle-aged civil servant echoed in the commander's tent, reading the emperor's will, mainly because he was dissatisfied with the progress of suppressing the Xingren rebels and the new personnel adjustments to the conquest army.

"Restrict Marshal Lan Yu to return to Wangjing within half a month to explain the disadvantages of pursuing the rebels. All troops are stationed in place, waiting for the appointment of the new commander of the military hall."

Hundreds of words were eloquent, and the middle-aged civil servant finished reading in one breath. Lan Yu sighed inwardly when she heard the end. She still couldn't hide what should come, but she didn't know if she could survive the struggle between the cabinet and the military hall this time.

When the middle-aged civil servant saw Lan Yu kneeling on the ground, he sneered: "Marshal Lan Yu, accept the order—"

When Lan Yu heard the reminder from the middle-aged civil servant, she withdrew her mind and raised her hands: "I accept the order."

The bright yellow imperial decree seemed to have the weight of a thousand pieces of gold, and Sapphire's hands drooped slightly, as if she couldn't support it.

"Marshal Sapphire, hold on tight," the middle-aged civil servant reminded.

Everyone stood up, Lan Yu invited the middle-aged civil servant to take a break, but the middle-aged civil servant waved him down.

The middle-aged civil servant urged: "Marshal Lan Yu, the imperial decree has been announced, it is better to set off earlier, Your Majesty is waiting for your explanation."

Lan Yu's face darkened, but she still said: "Master Liu, can you give me some time to arrange defense."

The middle-aged civil servant said impatiently: "I'll give you two hours, and I'll set off after two hours. Before Lan Yu could speak, I flicked my sleeves and walked out."

The Governor of Nanchuan Province changed his mind sharply, and followed without comprehension, and the rest of the nobles also filed out.

"Too arrogant!" Haotian said dissatisfiedly when he saw their leaving backs.

"Isn't it just a little civil servant! Commander, if you say a word, I'll chop off his head and use it as a chamber pot for you—"

"That's right, let's kill him!"

The generals were furious, expressing their inner dissatisfaction.

"Presumptuous." The sapphire export stopped the generals' presumptuous remarks.

Seeing Sapphire's complexion, all the generals were as quiet as shabby, and no longer spoke.

Lan Yu saw that the generals were photographed by her majesty, she dared not speak, and her face softened.

"Misfortune comes out of your mouth, and it can't be like this in the future."

"Follow the order of the commander in chief!" All the generals suddenly agreed.

Lan Yu felt a little powerless at the moment, returned to her seat and sat down, waved her hands: "Haotian, Minglong, Xue Wuman stay here, the others should leave."

Everyone knew that Lan Yu was going to explain something, so they withdrew.

All three of them are Lan Yu's direct confidantes, and at this moment they are also fighting for Lan Yu's injustice.

"Going to Wang Jing now, the cabinet can't do anything about me. After all, I am also a member of the military hall, so you don't need to worry." Lan Yu dispelled the worries of the three of them with one sentence.

Haotian asked: "What about the war here?"

Sapphire replied: "Keep going on the offensive. Be sure not to give the rebels a chance to breathe. Even if they can't break through their defense line, they must maintain enough pressure."

Minglong said: "Marshal..."

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Two hours later, Lan Yu and her daughter Lan Yu left the camp under the escort of a troop of cavalry, and followed the middle-aged civil servant back to Wang Jing.

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