Yang Wenyuan's idea is very simple. Since he cannot have the upper hand on other matters, he should immediately change the topic to something where he can take the initiative.
Liu Qi was not surprised at all by what Yang Wenyuan said.
This time he didn't speak. After Wood glanced at Liu Qi, he immediately walked up to Yang Wenyuan.
"Master Yang, I dare to ask, how do you know about the situation in Beiping Pass?"
Yang Wenyuan scratched his neck and sneered.
"What are you saying, General?"
"Obviously, the information about the old minister was obtained from the scouts at the front, and it was investigated by many parties. Can it be false?"
As a big shot in the imperial court, with hands and eyes as wide as the sky, and a powerful official of the Daqing generation, almost all the civil and military officials in the imperial court were afraid of Yang Wenyuan.
But for Wood, this senior minister, he didn't take Yang Wenyuan seriously at all.
joke!
In the Northern Territory, it is not an exaggeration to say that he, Wood, is the "king" of the place. Even the emperor has to give him some face. No matter how powerful Yang Wenyuan is, he is not involved in the affairs of the Northern Territory. How can Wood be afraid of him?
Just listen to Wood snort coldly.
"Scout? I have personally experienced war, how can I not understand better than a scout? Old man, do you know military affairs?"
Yang Wenyuan was so angry that his face turned red.
At this time, Wood spoke again.
"I joined the army at the age of sixteen. I have been fighting for several years. The prince commanded me. Is it a support? How can I still tell? What the scout said is simply nonsense."
"The situation at that time was that General Yu led his troops to go deep alone, and the Xiongnu Zhamuhe almost led the entire army to pursue them. There was a chance in the middle, and Prince Su led his troops to escape, but who knew that General Yu was falsely set up by the enemy? Confused by the trap, he re-led his troops to fight back in an attempt to reverse the declining battle situation."
"If Prince Su had not led the troops to rescue in time, General Feiyu and other generals would not have been able to escape, and even the fourth prince might have died."
"It is precisely because of General Yu's stupid command this time that not only did our army suffer heavy losses, but Prince Su was seriously injured! The situation was very critical at that time. If it weren't for General Qin Wei, with less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it was him, Yu Pengji, Prince Su who went to support him, but he was already besieged by the Xiongnu army and died on the battlefield."
At this time, a minister from the Ministry of War stepped forward.
"Hmph, even if what you said is true, what does it have to do with the prince? It still can't be explained. It was because the prince was incompetent in commanding the rescue, which resulted in heavy losses to the army. If it hadn't happened, Prince Su would not have been seriously injured. In this case, he failed to receive medical treatment and died.”
Another minister followed suit.
"That is, if the crown prince's lack of timely support, mistakes in command, and eagerness to perform meritorious deeds for his own selfish interests, the number of soldiers left in Daqing would only be more. Maybe even Prince Su would not die on the battlefield!"
But what the minister didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Wood yell!
"You fart!"
Laifu immediately scolded him when he saw this.
"General Wood, the Emperor is here, please don't be rude!"
Wood suppressed the anger in his heart, turned to face Emperor Qing, and bowed his hands.
"Your Majesty, you don't know something."
"In fact, the old minister was also very confused about the situation at that time. The prince did not let us send troops to support him. Instead, he asked us to divide our troops into one group. I would directly attack the enemy's Chinese camp, and General Han Zhong would lead a surprise force to surprise the enemy. A warehouse of grain and grass can be used to defeat the enemy..."
But before Wood finished speaking, Li Shouting, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up.
"Wait! What did you say?! Raid the enemy's grain and grass depot, General Wood. You still said that you have been fighting for many years. How could it be so easy to find the Huns' grain and grass camp? Even if you make it up, make it up. A solid lie, right?”
Another minister followed suit.
"Yes, General Wood, you are somewhat self-justifying. Do you mean to say that the Huns took the initiative to tell the prince the location of the grain and grass camp? It is really ridiculous."
"So and so, doesn't it mean that the prince is eager for quick success and chooses not to support my army in order to directly seize the opponent's coach and make achievements?"
At this time.
Emperor Qing, who had been sitting on the table, finally spoke.
He looked around at the ministers below, and finally set his sights on Liu Qi.
During the process of everyone's argument, Liu Qi had been watching quietly without any panic.
Emperor Qing knew that Liu Qi must be so calm and confident.
So he asked.
"Liu Qi, what is your explanation for what the ministers just said?"
Liu Qi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, stepped forward, and first bowed to Emperor Qing.
"Father, I really don't know the location of the Huns' food camp!"
As soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, all the officials were in an uproar.
Not to mention all the officials in the dynasty, even Emperor Qing who was sitting in the seat couldn't help but tremble.
Did you guess wrong? Emperor Qing couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Just when the courtiers, Yang Wenyuan and his party were preparing to ridicule.
"but……"
As soon as Liu Qi opened his mouth, everyone's hearts were in suspense.
"However, I learned from a guard next to me that the place where the cold birds often gather is most likely the place where the Huns' grain and grass camp is located."
"So, my instruction to General Han Zhong is to find a place with a lot of cold birds near the Xiongnu camp! Don't worry about anything else, just head there."
A military general couldn't help but ask at this time.
"Your Highness, you mean you guessed?"
Liu Qi nodded.
"Yes, I guessed it. But what does it matter? Just ask, did I guess it right?"
A minister spoke in anger at this time.
"Your Highness," this is military affairs, how can it be such a child's play! "
Liu Qi sneered.
"Child's play? As the saying goes, a black cat or a white cat is a good cat if it catches mice. No matter what, the result is good."
As he said this, the prince stepped forward and approached the minister who had just questioned him.
"Tell me, did the Huns recall the army that was pursuing Prince Su, General Yu and others because the Chinese army camp was attacked and the grain and grass camp was burned?"
The minister was stunned for a moment.
"Uh...yes!"
"Also, please tell me, after General Wood successfully attacked the Chinese army camp in Zhamuhe, did the Huns no longer intend to continue fighting with our army?!"
Not only did Liu Qi ask loudly, but the coercive aura exuded from his body made the minister in front of him straighten his eyes and tremble all over.
He seemed to have forgotten how to think and nodded subconsciously.
"Yes, it is."
As soon as the minister finished speaking, Liu Qi immediately faced Emperor Qing who was sitting there.
"Father, in this way, what's wrong with my son and me? Is this because my son and I are greedy for success and rush forward for their own selfish interests?"
Emperor Qing shook his head.
"no!"
Seeing that the situation was not developing towards the outcome they had expected, people in Yang Wenyuan's party began to become anxious.
"Your Highness, you are thoughtful and meticulous in your military use. I admire you. I am here to apologize to Your Highness for what I said before."
But when Yang Wenyuan said this, he immediately changed his mind.
"But what I still have a question about is why Prince Su didn't receive timely medical treatment when he returned to Beiping Pass."
"Also, His Highness privately killed an official of the imperial court without the permission of the emperor. He was also the leader appointed by the emperor. Does this comply with the laws of the imperial court? Also, by doing this, are you not putting the emperor in your eyes too much? !”
Everyone was sighing.
After all, it was Yang Wenyuan who hit the nail on the head and pointed out the key point.
Not saving Prince Su, leading to his own death, is truly disloyal!
Failure to obey the laws of the imperial court is an act of immodesty!
He killed General Yu privately because he did not take the emperor seriously. Take sole power.
In this way, the prince was really forced into a corner.
But Yang Wenyuan wasn't finished speaking yet, he spoke again.
"Also, I want to know. I also heard from the scouts that the Huns were coming from behind and approaching Beiping Pass. At that time, you ordered the entire army to retreat to Yongcheng. You only left less than a hundred soldiers and more than a hundred soldiers. , how did you make the Huns’ 200,000-strong army retreat?”
"If the prince hadn't signed some kind of treaty with the Xiongnu in private, how could the Xiongnu retreat so easily. Your Highness, I hope you can give the ministers and the emperor a reasonable explanation for this!"
Yang Wenyuan's words are Zhuji.
Especially the last thing said, this is simply impossible. Everyone also wants to know what kind of reason the prince will find.
However, Liu Qi smiled slightly and showed a very indifferent look.
"Master Yang, I will explain the first question to you first."
"When Prince Su arrived at Beiping Pass, he was seriously injured and difficult to treat. He was hanging on to his last breath. Even if the doctors from the whole north were able to arrive in time, they would be unable to save his life."
"Moreover, it was Prince Su who refused to be treated at that time. Many generals in Beiping Pass can testify to this, including the deceased General Yu. Why don't you ask him, Mr. Yang?"
This joke made Yang Wenyuan so angry that his face suddenly turned red.
"Your Highness, you..."
But Liu Qi didn't give him a chance to continue talking. It was enough to make him angry.
"As for the second thing, I think it is correct!"
"Father, when you called General Yu to support Beiping Pass, did you give him the right to take the initiative to attack the Xiongnu?"
Emperor Qing didn't hesitate at all.
"I have never made such a decree!"
Liu Qi nodded and spoke again.
"In this case, he, General Yu, used the army privately without the emperor's order. He thought it was an opportunity and wanted to annihilate the Huns. So if you want to talk about it, General Yu, he is truly dedicated and dedicated to his own selfish interests. Regardless of the life or death of my Daqing soldiers."
"It is precisely because of his stupid behavior that tens of thousands of our Daqing soldiers died, and even Prince Su died innocently. A general who does not take our Daqing laws and the lives of our Daqing officers and soldiers seriously should not As the prince, shouldn't the king kill him directly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the generals behind him shouting in unison!
"Deserves to be killed!"
