Astral Apostle - Chapter 260

[Two hundred and forty-eight negotiations and sending troops]

While Zhou Jing was on his way, the news of the defeat of the bandits and the defeat of the front line was sent to the capital by the courier.

Knowing that Tianwangzhai was defeated, almost the entire army was wiped out, there was an uproar in the capital, and the civil and military people of the whole dynasty were shaken, and they were shocked.

On this day, the courtiers had heated discussions and criticized Lu Longchuan for the disadvantage of unifying his troops.

“Lu Longchuan is a mediocre person and extremely incompetent, yet he was defeated so plainly. Bandits

are bandits. They are really unbearable!”

It won’t be wiped out in the first battle!” The

courtiers were excited, criticized, and indignant, as if they wished to play in person.

Although they have never brought soldiers or seen the battlefield, it does not prevent them from feeling that they are experts, and they scolded Lu Longchuan for being incompetent in commanding the army, which fully reflects what it means to stand and talk without back pain.

In their on-paper predictions, the most ideal outcome is that both sides will lose both sides, not only successfully suppressing the bandits, but also weakening Lu Longchuan’s men and horses, killing two birds with one stone.

Once the two sides did not continue the stalemate according to their ideas, and the situation became out of control, they became furious.

Lu Longchuan’s defeat was too complete, which ruined the layout of the court. The court wanted to take advantage of the fisherman, but now not only did the calculus fail, but also lost a handful of rice to make the confidant’s enemy grow stronger.

With this in mind, the courtiers were dissatisfied with Lu Longchuan and at the same time uneasy about the situation.

The privy envoy Pang Hong did not speak, and looked coldly at the ugly ministers, and couldn’t help but gloat over the misfortune.

He has always supported sending troops early, but these courtiers didn’t care, they felt that the situation was still under control, and they wanted to please the emperor’s preference for saving military expenses, so they always refuted him, thinking that they could continue to watch the fire and take advantage of it.

And the war is changing rapidly, and the current trend has turned sharply down. As he predicted at the beginning, the end of greed and lack of greed will be a complete mess.

From the bottom of his heart, Pang Hong despised this group of civil servants in the same hall who were savage and liked to point the country, but the emperor supported each other at the beginning, so he didn’t dare to show his ridicule, just bowed his head and said nothing.

On the dragon chair, the emperor listened to the remarks of the ministers, how could he not know that this group of things were throwing the blame, his face was extremely ugly.

Qin Song coughed and went out:

“If the battle is lost, then Lu Longchuan can’t escape the blame. It’s just that he doesn’t know his life or death. It

‘s useless to say that the Tianwangzhai is just a bandit recruited by An. Even if he loses, it doesn’t count for the court. It hurts my bones. Things are prioritized, and what should be discussed now is how to deal with this Chen Feng.” The

emperor’s face softened a little, and he nodded: “Qin Aiqing said it is true, then Chen Feng is a disaster for the country and the people, do you have a plan to solve it? “The

ministers shut up immediately, lowered their necks and bowed their heads, looking at the nose, nose, heart, heart, and second child, as if they were all silent wood and clay sculptures.

“In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, no one has a good plan?” The

emperor’s tone was dissatisfied.

He immediately looked at Pang Hong and said solemnly: “Pang Aiqing, you are a man who knows the military, do you have any ideas?”

Hearing the emperor calling his name, Pang Hong only opened his mouth and said the already-formed draft:

“Report to the sage, The thieves and bandits use warfare to support the war and seize the legacy of Tianwangzhai, and their forces are growing stronger and stronger. If they are allowed to digest their gains, it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future. According to the minister’s opinion, the elites of the frontier army should be dispatched immediately, and then the combatable soldiers should be drawn from various prefectures. We have marched from several routes and fought together to suppress the bandits… Now that the bandits have just gone through a major battle and have not fully recovered, they should take this opportunity to attack them with thunder and not give the bandits a chance to breathe.” The

emperor heard this, his brows furrowed, and he pondered. Do not speak.

Upon seeing this, Pang Hong paused, continued speaking, and said loudly:

“The commander-in-chief of the three armies, the minister recommends one person, who is the descendant of Yiguo Gong Macheng, called Ma Zhen, the current defense envoy of Puzhou, the town of Yi and Luzhou. Fu envoy, who has read military books since childhood, is skilled in bowing and horses, has excellent strategy, and is well-mannered.

The emperor’s eyes lit up: “Since he is a descendant of a famous founding general, he must have extraordinary skills!” The

ministers suddenly whispered and discussed in a low voice.

This Ma Cheng was the founding general of Daxia, and he was also famous for his martial arts and bravery.

Pang Hong bowed, struck the iron while the iron was hot, and continued: “I recommend two people to assist the commander, one of them is Huang Ping, and the descendants of Jiyang Hou, who are in charge of Qizhou’s military and horses, are extremely strict in governing the army, and have extraordinary martial skills. The other is Yu Yu. Wen Yan, the descendant of Shandehou, served as the envoy of the Hongwu Army, good at odd tactics, and good at yin and yang. These two are both famous generals of the dynasty, and they are not comparable to those of Lu Longchuan.” The

emperor nodded his head and heard the dynasty .

There are generals, quite pleased.

But he immediately reacted, he hadn’t agreed to send troops, why did he talk about the candidate for the commander-in-chief?

“I haven’t decided on the issue of sending troops, and I’ll discuss it again…”

The cost of sending Tianwangzhai to suppress the bandits is still within the acceptable range, so the emperor did not object, but the court personally sent troops to crusade, and the military expenditure was astronomical. He hesitated.

However, as soon as the words fell, Pang Hong immediately knelt down and said excitedly:

“Chen Feng, this man is ambitious, does not respect the law of the king, and will endanger the society one day, and must not be left to him. Now that Lulongchuan has been defeated, only the imperial court can send troops to conquer it. Get rid of this harm once and for all! Otherwise, the bandit chaos spreads all over the world and ensnares the hearts of the people, it will shake the country and the world will be in chaos!”

Hearing this, some ministers jumped out and angered:

“Bold, you are alarming in front of the saint?! The saint rules the country. You Fang, how could Chen Feng’s short-lived scabies and scabies endanger the society? Are you implying that you are not popular with the people, what is your motive?” The

emperor frowned, scolded the minister for shutting his mouth,

and comforted Pang Hong: “Pang Aiqing, get up .

, I know that you are devoted to the country, and that you are loyal.”

Pang Hong thanked him and got up, but still bowed deeply.

The emperor pondered for a while, but still endured the pain, nodded and said: “Pang Aiqing is right, this Chen Feng is a serious problem for the court and cannot be let go. It is time to send troops to suppress it. This matter is accepted.”

“Your Majesty Shengming!”

Pang Hong hurriedly saluted, I breathed a sigh of relief.

If you don’t fight, you won’t have military merits and military expenses. After so long, the emperor finally let go of his willingness to send troops, and finally it was his turn to make money.

He couldn’t help slandering secretly… Now that he knew about sending troops, why did he go earlier?

It is better to join the expedition with Tianwangzhai, the odds of winning are better.

Only when teammates were killed did they know to shoot. This is the result of greed and shortsightedness!

Manchu civil and military, in his eyes are all incompetent!

Of course, Pang Hong knew that he was not a loyal minister who cared about the country and the people, but at least he knew that he would win the war if he made money.

Therefore, Pang Hong spoke again and said sternly:

”

Then Chen Feng’s bravery is amazing. If the imperial court is to send troops to win, there needs to be someone to help him.”

“Who?

”

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He has seen so many battle reports from Chen Feng, but he still can’t think of how to break it. He is not confident enough to rely on a famous general to lead the army, and he can solve this unreasonable number one expert in the world.

Therefore, it is logical that Pang Hong took aim at the real Yufeng who performed astoundingly in this war, and believed that only by bringing this “weapon” could he contain Chen Feng’s point and prevent the opponent from using the powerful beheading tactics.

When the voice fell, Manchao Wenwu looked at each other in dismay.

The emperor’s face also sank.

Seeing this, Qin Song observed the monarch’s heart, and quickly made a look of worry, as if he was sympathetic to the monarch, and said helplessly:

“Lu Longchuan was defeated, the entire army fled, and the whereabouts of Shenxiao Fengling Renren are also unknown. It is too early to say this. However, the real person is highly skilled, and Jiren have their own celestial appearance, so they should be able to save the day.” The

emperor heard the words and couldn’t help sighing. Tone, but also worried.

Before the expedition, Zhenren Yufeng had assured him that no matter what the battle was, he would have the ability to retreat.

But when the front line was really defeated, the emperor was still worried, afraid that the master of alchemy would not come back, and subconsciously rejected the risk of letting Master Yufeng take a risk, wishing to keep him in the capital forever, as a bird in a cage.

It would be great if the real person was a woman, he would directly enter the harem, and everything would be solved.

At this time, Ning Zhongjun suddenly came out and frowned:

“Your Majesty, I think this matter is strange.” The

emperor was startled: “What do you mean by Aiqing?

” Chen Feng turned evil into a human, and Shenxiao Fengling used immortal methods to fight against him all the time, which made the two armies stalemate, but why did they suddenly lose?” The

ministers frowned and whispered.

They had already heard from the battle report that Yufeng Zhenren fought against Chen Feng, and their hearts were naturally shocked.

In fact, they believed that one of the factors in the long-term stalemate between the two sides was that the immortal methods of Yufeng Zhenren could prevent Tianwangzhai from being quickly conquered by the enemy.

Unexpectedly, Lu Longchuan was suddenly defeated, and Master Yufeng suddenly fell silent for some unknown reason.

Because the battle report has not been sent back, everyone in the court did not know the details, and they all had doubts in their hearts.

At this time, a Qingliu said in a cold voice: “This matter must be investigated strictly. If the real person Shenxiao Fengling neglects the war and causes the frontline soldiers to lose, then he will be responsible for the failure of the war.” The

emperor frowned and scolded:

“Nonsense, the real person has repeatedly rivaled Chen Feng, I feel that I have no fault, how can I be blamed?”

Seeing that the emperor had a clear-cut stand to support others, the Qingliu immediately died down and stopped talking bad about people behind their backs and maliciously targeting them.

Hearing this, Ning Zhongjun immediately echoed:

“Shenxiao Fengling, although the real person failed to suppress this evil dragon during his trip and never broke the calamity, but he has also made great contributions and deserves a reward.” The

emperor’s face changed.

Looks a little better.

Leaving this topic aside for a while, the ministers discussed the issue of sending troops to the imperial court for a while, and then retreated from the imperial court.

Ning Zhongjun followed the courtiers out of the hall, thinking secretly in his heart.

Although he didn’t see the battle report, he was basically certain that there must be something wrong with Lingfengzi, which caused Lu Longchuan’s sudden defeat.

Most of sonicmtl.com is the person who bought it and successfully poisoned it.

If he directly poisoned Lingfengzi to death, it would be the best. Even if it didn’t work, Lingfengzi might be defeated in the hands of Longwangzhai and murdered by himself.

No matter how bad it is, he also dispatched a group of dead soldiers as his back-up, and I don’t know if they have done anything.

In Ning Zhongjun’s opinion, the chances of Lingfengzi returning to Beijing alive are already very low, so he doesn’t mind taking the credit of Lingfengzi in court and doing some cover up.

“Oh, Lingfengzi is absolutely unlucky, the enemy has been eliminated.”

Ning Zhongjun’s mouth curled slightly, and his heart was happy.

However, he was not happy for long at all.

After just over half a month, the real Yufeng returned to the capital unscathed, and immediately alerted the court and the opposition.

And that Lu Longchuan, with the only remaining brother, trekked all the way, back to Beijing.

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