" What?!"
Zhu Yunwen felt like he was struck by lightning and his dragon face changed drastically.
Fang Xiaoru's smile froze.
He was just boasting that the news of victory had arrived.
Unexpectedly, it was the grievous news of the imperial court's army being completely annihilated!
This slap was too fast.
"Tell me quickly, why did the imperial court's 200,000-strong army fall into the trap?”
However, he was an old fox in the court after all. After a little shock, he calmed down.
"Milord, the rebel Zhu Xianfeng has stationed 500,000 dan of grain at the Heavenly Plain Valley of the entire Ox Mountain!”
"He also used a fake surrender plan to lure Marshal Xu to lead the army to the Heavenly Peace Valley to launch a sneak attack!”
"I didn't expect that after the imperial court's army entered the Heavenly Peace Valley, the rebel army would block the entrance of the valley, preventing our army from leaving. The rebel Zhu Xianfeng would then divide the army with his cavalry and then surround and annihilate them!”
"The two hundred thousand strong army could not look at each other from the front and the back, and they fought to the death several times to break out of the encirclement, but they were all prepared to block it back…The bandits actually shot the crossbows into the valley from above.
Poor soldiers…they were all slaughtered in the end!”
The red-feathered messenger cried as he spoke, causing the ministers in the hall to cry.
"Zhu Xianfeng, the traitor of the Assassins Organization, is actually so brutal!”
Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon throne and trembled. Finally, she could not suppress the anger in her heart and roared.
He had never hated someone so much.
But now, his hatred for Zhu Xianfeng had reached an irrepressible level.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaoru hurriedly bowed and said," Your Majesty, the traitor Zhu Xianfeng is imitating Tu Baiqi from the Warring States Period. We must not let such a person continue to be arrogant. I suggest that we send more troops to Qingzhou to suppress him!"”
"We naturally want to mobilize the army to attack that Rentu, but the soldiers guarding the capital cannot be mobilized!”
At this time, Zhu Yunwen didn't dare to leave the capital empty. If any vassal king took the opportunity to attack, then he would really be doomed.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan that can instantly resolve the current problem of the Imperial Court!”
Qi Tai took a big step forward and walked out of the crowd of officials into the hall.
"Minister Qi, tell me quickly if you have any good ideas!”
"Your Majesty, this is a plan to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf. As long as Your Majesty sends an edict to the King of Yan, who is guarding the northern border, asking him to lead 100,000 northern troops to Qingzhou to suppress the rebel Zhu Xianfeng, there will definitely be injuries in the battle between the two. At that time, the two powerful vassals would be resolved.”
Qi Tai's report was rather smug.
When Hanlin Scholar Huang Zicheng heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly stood up to refute,"Your Majesty, this plan must not be allowed. The King of Yan is ambitious and has been plotting rebellion for a long time. If he is transferred to Qingzhou and colludes with the traitor Zhu Xianfeng, how can our Imperial Court respond?”
"Scholar Huang is really afraid of swallows like a tiger!"
Fang Xiaoru glanced at Huang Zicheng and then bowed to Zhu Yunwen."Your Majesty, I think Scholar Huang's plan to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf is very clever. If the King of Yan really dares to collude with Zhu Xianfeng, we can destroy him together and save the imperial court's army from conquering!”
This time, Zhu Yunwen was in a dilemma.
After all, what Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru said made sense.
However, no matter how reasonable his words were, what was the use?
Because on the battlefield, everything was still based on strength.
If the imperial court's army could completely crush the rebel army, there would be no need for any schemes.
He could just send the army over and suppress them along the way.
It was obvious.
Both Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai believed that the imperial court's army was powerful.
In their opinion, the Yan and Qi armies combined were less than 300,000.
Compared to the illustrious Great Ming Army, he was probably not even as good as his younger brother.
"Your Majesty, it's easy to deal with the tigers and wolves who reveal their true colors. If that Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, really has the intention to rebel, we can use this opportunity to make him reveal his true colors. As Grand Secretary Fang said, we can kill him in one fell swoop!”
Qi Tai struck while the iron was hot and continued to urge Zhu Yunwen to issue the decree.
"Then let's do as the two beloved ministers say and let the King of Yan's 100,000 northern troops go to Qingzhou to quell the rebellion!”
Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment and finally made up her mind.
"Your Majesty, you can't be so foolish!" Huang Zicheng said anxiously.”
"Isn't Scholar Huang being too presumptuous? How dare you scold His Majesty for being muddle-headed?"
"Grand Secretary Fang's words are reasonable. Has Grand Secretary Huang forgotten about Huang Gui's mistake of losing Jinan?”
As the iron triangle of Jianwen Dynasty, now that Fang and Qi were standing on the front line, Huang Zicheng naturally had no say!
"The words of scholars like you that misled the country, my Great Ming Imperial Court will definitely defeat you!”
Huang Zicheng was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him. He was a little speechless.
"Minister Huang, don't say anything more. Zhen has made up his mind!”
Zhu Yunwen's face darkened.
This Huang Zicheng is really arrogant. How dare he say that my Ming Dynasty is defeated?!
And scholars are ruining the country?
Aren't you a scholar?
"Minister Fang, I'll leave the matter of drafting the edict to you!”
"I will obey your orders!"
"Minister Qi, you have made a meritorious contribution. You will be rewarded with a rank of nobility and a hundred gold!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing me with the title!"
"Today's court discussion ends here. Retreat!”
Qi Tai, who had been rewarded, and Fang Xiaoru, who had been put in an important position, showed off in front of Huang Zicheng.
Then, he strode away!
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