Empress with no Virtue Chapter 48: Point troops

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After the New Year and the beginning of spring, the Ministry of War indeed received a military report from the barbarians knocking at the pass. Turpan Khan assembled a ragtag group to invade Dunhuang, while the Tatar tribe led troops to directly attack Datong. Everything was as expected by Ji Wu Jiu, as if it had been rehearsed in advance. Landmines have been successfully tested and are being manufactured in large quantities and shipped to the border one batch after another. In addition, Ji Wu Jiu followed Ye Zhenzhen’s suggestion and ordered many more thunderbolts and large cannons to be built and transported to the front line in three routes. Since ancient times, the people of the Central Plains have paid more attention to strategies and tactics than weapons in war, but Ye Zhenzhen believes that the role of firearms in war is far from being maximized.

At the same time, the Jurchen Ministry has made no move.

Ji Wu Jiu is very confident in his judgment. He discussed with officials from the Ministry of War and important cabinet ministers, and concluded that the Jurchen tribe had not yet launched an attack on Da Qi because they wanted to wait for Da Qi to transfer its troops to Dunhuang and Datong, and then take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, it is better for Da Qi to mobilize troops to the Liaodong front line as soon as possible to prepare for a rainy day. This idea gained unanimous approval from everyone.

However, they had differences on the issue of who could serve as the supreme commander of this military operation. The current commander-in-chief of Liaodong Army is in a difficult position. Tan Fengxiang, the commander-in-chief of the three major battalions that are about to move northward, is Fang Xiuqing’s brother-in-law. However, although this man has a way of managing the army, he is not good at fighting, so even if he is Fang Xiuqing, he is not good at fighting. Xiuqing himself had little hope that Tan Fengxiang would serve as the supervisor. In fact, the most suitable candidate is now in Ningxia: Ye Leiting, the commander-in-chief of the first three battalions. This man was brave, resourceful, and prestigious. He had fought against pirates and barbarians. Although the scale was not large – there had been no large-scale wars in Daqi in recent years, he was considered the leading general among his peers.

Of course, considering Ye Tingting’s relationship with the Ye family, I don’t know if Ji Wu Jiu will feel comfortable using him.

Ji Wu Jiu does plan to use Ye Tingting, but he doesn’t plan to let him be the supervisor because… he wants to be the one himself.

“What, Your Majesty, you want to lead the expedition yourself?” When Ye Xiu Ming heard what Ji Wu Jiu said, he immediately blew his beard and glared, with a look of disapproval on his face.

Yes, the imperial commander personally conquered. Ji Wu Jiu had actually been planning this day for a long time. He is the emperor, but first of all he is a subject of Da Qi. As a twenty-year-old man, he was full of enthusiasm. If a foreigner dared to invade his home country, he should naturally go to the battlefield and fight the enemy bravely. Moreover, he is both civil and military, full of strategies, scheming, and not arbitrary. To be fair, such a person is beyond ordinary people in terms of intelligence and force. In the military camp, he is definitely a rare all-rounder who can strategize and be able to Going into battle to kill the enemy, given time, it is not difficult to become a powerful general. But it’s useless to say a thousand things, because he is an emperor, not only an emperor, but also the only child of the royal family. If he has any shortcomings, the whole court will be in chaos, and maybe Jiangshan will change his surname from now on.

Therefore, when Ji Wu Jiu looked at Fang Xiuqing, hoping that his die-hard ally could help him, Fang Xiuqing was also blowing his beard and glaring.

Others are equally worried.

“Your Majesty, please think twice!” A group of court officials knelt on the ground and said in unison.

Ji Wu Jiu knew this outcome a long time ago, “I have made up my mind, all my dear friends, please step aside first.”

“Your Majesty, please think twice!”

“If you don’t leave, I will leave.” Ji Wu Jiu said and left the Heart Cultivation Hall. He knew these people’s concerns, but he didn’t take them seriously. Even if he goes to the front line, he may not necessarily go to the battlefield. Even if he goes to the battlefield, with his martial arts skills and the care of the people around him, unless he is unlucky to a certain level, the chance of something going wrong is really very small, so small that it can be ignored.

However, no one except Ji Wu Jiu himself dared to agree with him on this point.

After watching Ji Wu Jiu leave, the ministers in the Yangxin Palace knelt on the spot with determination and refused to leave, hoping that Ji Wu Jiu would change his mind.

When Ye Zhenzhen came to the Yangxin Hall, she didn’t find Ji Wu Jiu, but only saw people kneeling on the ground. Her grandfather was discussing things with Fang Xiuqing, and the two of them looked harmonious.

Ye Zhenzhen was a little surprised, not knowing which song she was singing.

When Ye Xiu Ming saw his granddaughter, he immediately told the truth and sincerely asked the Queen to persuade the Emperor. Maybe he would be able to listen to some of the pillow talk.

So, when Ji Wu Jiu came to Kunning Palace in the evening, Ye Zhen Zhen asked him, “I heard that you want to lead the expedition yourself?”

Ji Wu Jiu’s eyebrows drooped, “Does the Queen also want to dissuade me?”

“No.”

“Does that mean you support my decision?”

“Your Majesty, I want to go too.”

What Ye Zhenzhen said is true. She felt that as long as Ji Wu Jiu didn’t go to the battlefield, with his cunning and cunning, he could still shine in making suggestions at the rear, and his life would basically not be in danger. And she really wanted to go.

“No, you can’t go.” Ji Wu Jiu refused simply.

“Why?!”

“No reason.” There are many reasons. After all, we are going to fight, there must be dangers, and the military camp is full of men, and she is a daughter…

“If you go, I will go.”

This sentence was very lethal, and Ji Wu Jiu was helpless. He believed that even if he didn’t let her go now, when he left for Liaodong, she would probably have to find a way to follow him. This was something that others wouldn’t dare to do, but she, Ye Zhenzhen, would definitely be able to do it.

He wanted Ye Zhenzhen to stay in the palace honestly unless he personally controlled her.

Ji Wu Jiu was speechless, “Why do you have to go?”

Ye Zhenzhen also learned how to flatter, instead of directly saying that she looked forward to going to the battlefield to fight in person, she said softly, “I’m worried about you.”

This sentence was really helpful to Ji Wu Jiu. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her, sighing and saying, “I know you are fooling me, but… I am still very happy that you can say this. ”

“Can I go then?”

“Go ahead and dream.”

“…”

In the morning of the next day, Ji Wu Jiu encountered the most bizarre and spectacular moment in the entire Da Qi Dynasty in the hundreds of years since its founding.

Every one of the officials who come to court, no matter whether they are civil servants or generals, no matter their position, no matter their age, are doing the same thing——

Cry!

As the saying goes, men don’t shed tears easily. It’s really scary to have so many men crying together!

This group of people cried in all kinds of ways. The more unrestrained ones beat their chests and stamped their feet; the more graceful ones sobbed and choked; and some informal ones cried until their noses bubbled with tears… The whole court was like a pot of boiling water, without any reason at all.

Ji Wu Jiu had a headache, stomachache, liver pain, and even kidney pain from them crying. There was no way to get angry in such a situation, and his words were immediately drowned out by the cries. He endured and endured, and in the end, he lost control and said loudly, “Don’t cry, I’m not going! I’m not going!”

When Ye Xiu Ming, who was standing at the front, heard Ji Wu Jiu’s words, he immediately turned towards the crowd, raised his hands in a gesture of relief, “Okay, okay, don’t cry, the Emperor is not leaving. ”

So everyone stopped crying.

Ji Wu Jiu sat powerlessly on the dragon chair, looking at the group of monsters below with an expressionless face, and kept comforting himself in his mind by saying, “This way Zhen Zhen won’t go, so that’s good.” His expression softened slightly.

“Retreat from the court.” Ji Wu Jiu really didn’t want to see these unappetizing guys.

However, these guys refused to leave, staring straight at Ji Wu Jiu with wide eyes.

Ji Wu Jiu had no choice but to issue an imperial edict on the spot, moving Ningxia Commander-in-Chief Ye Leiting to be the Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong, promoting him to be the Commander of the Liaodong Capital, and adding him as the Economic and Strategic Envoy of Jiliao to take over the military power of the war against the Jurchens, and ordered him to immediately go to Liaodong. After taking office, the three battalions were divided into three groups three days later, with 20,000 going to Xuanfu, 10,000 going to Datong, 100,000 going to Liaodong, and the remaining 40,000 staying in the capital. The defenders in other places are well prepared and ready to be dispatched at any time.

The ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

***

The day before the departure of the third camp, the female family members of the Ye family entered the palace to pay their respects to Ye Zhenzhen again. This time they brought Ye Zhenzhen’s aunt, Lu Li’s mother.

My aunt’s face was not very good. Ye Zhenzhen greeted her, but she suddenly fell to her knees and shed tears.

Ye Zhenzhen was startled and hurriedly helped her up, “Auntie, what do you mean? Tell me if you have anything to say.”

“Empress, can you please beg the Emperor? For the sake of the loyalty of the Lu family for generations, please don’t touch Li’er’s soldiers this time. There are only three generations of the Lu family, and this is the only concubine. Son. Now that his father is in the northwest, if anything happens to Li’er…”

Before she said any more, Ye Zhenzhen already understood what she meant. Although Lu Li had not been investigated in detail since the last assassination incident, he was still accused of negligence, so he was sent to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division by Ji Wu Jiu. During this war, he was renamed as Chief Qian of the Shenji Battalion and will march to Liaodong with the army tomorrow.

Not going to Liaodong may not be Lu Li’s personal intention, but he is the only son in the family, and his father is already on the battlefield. It is understandable that his mother goes through all kinds of troubles to keep him in the capital. Ye Zhenzhen understood a little, but was also a little confused, “If my aunt really doesn’t want my cousin to go to war, just ask him to ask Shangguan for a convenience. My uncle also has some prestige in the army, and he is a single person. What’s the point of this request? It’s not too much.” Why try every means to get into the palace to beg Ji Wu Jiu?

When my aunt heard what she said, she cried even more aggrievedly, “The Queen doesn’t know something. This time, Li’er has been appointed by the Emperor to follow!”

“…” What does Ji Wu Jiu mean by this?

Ye Zhenzhen comforted her aunt and promised to tell the emperor about it. After the Ye family and her aunt left, she went to the Yangxin Hall.

“Zhen Zhen, are you here? Sit down and talk.” Ji Wu Jiu was in a good mood.

Ye Zhenzhen stood in the Yangxin Hall, leaning against the door, and asked, “Your Majesty, was it you who ordered Lu Li to go to Shenji Camp?”

When Ji Wu Jiu heard the word Lu Li, the corner of his mouth that had just been raised dropped again. He put down the ink pen and looked at Ye Zhen Zhen, “You came to me just for him?”

“Why do you do this?”

“What do you think? Lu Li is a guilty minister, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make meritorious deeds. He is your relative. If something good happens, I will naturally think of him.” Ji Wu Jiu replied. He also figured it out. Anyway, as long as Lu Li was driven out of the palace, Ye Zhenzhen would not be able to see Lu Li, and slowly her heart came back. In this case, he doesn’t need to do anything too extreme. This time, Lu Li was thrown into the military camp, and Ye Leiting was there to support him, ensuring that there would be only benefits and no harm. The boy’s martial arts skills were better than his own, and there was no way he would suffer a disadvantage on the battlefield. After the war, he will be promoted to a higher rank, and a matchmaker will be found for him. Everyone will be happy. How wonderful.

“But he is General Lu’s only son. It would be awkward for both father and son to go to the battlefield at the same time, right?” Ye Zhenzhen frowned.

Seeing that Ye Zhenzhen was worried about Lu Li, Ji Wu Jiu felt a surge of anger in his heart. He said in a deep voice, “‘We will die in admonishment, and we will die in battle’. As a family of military generals, it is their duty to be loyal to the country. What’s bad?”

“Although this is true, the emperor’s words are too unkind.”

“Queen, don’t be angry with me anymore, you go back first.”

Ye Zhenzhen bent her knees and knelt on the ground. She raised her head and looked straight at him, “Please take back your order, Your Majesty.”

Ji Wu Jiu clenched his fists tightly and looked at the people on the ground with a calm face. Husband and wife were equals, and Ye Zhenzhen never had to kneel to him. This was the first time she knelt down to him, for Lu Li.

Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li again!

“Your Majesty, please take back your order.” Ye Zhenzhen said again.

Bang! Ji Wu Jiu punched the case. His eyes were tinged with madness due to anger, and veins appeared on his forehead. He was a person who kept his emotions and anger secret, but when facing Ye Zhenzhen, he could not control his emotions.

“Please, Your Majesty——”

“Get out!” Ji Wu Jiu interrupted her.

Ye Zhenzhen knelt on the ground without moving.

“Go out, I don’t want to see you.”

“Your Majesty…”

“Zhen Zhen, if you feel that I am going too far this time, then I want to tell you that I still have many excessive methods, it just depends on which one you want.” Ji Wu Jiu smiled coldly, and there was a surge in his smile. With a hint of bitterness.

“According to the order.” Ye Zhenzhen stood up, bowed her head and retreated.

Seeing her figure disappear at the door, Ji Wu Jiu unconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his heart, looking lonely.

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