The Sixth Prince was sitting at the head of the conference table, listening to the opinions of his subordinates.
"Your Highness, you summoned us here to provoke a war?" Bai Chengzong took the lead in attacking. "We, Daxia, finally signed a peace agreement with the Zhou Dynasty, why should we break it?"
"We, Daxia, and the Zhou Dynasty are feuding, General Bai, please remember this!" Lingnan Governor Ding Xiangdong responded. "One more thing, sending troops to the Zhou Dynasty is His Majesty's order. Could it be that General Bai wants to resist the order?"
Damn it, Liu Mo cursed secretly.
It turned out that when he arrived in Shuzhong, he had to receive news, news that surprised everyone.
The sixth prince actually wanted to respond to the orders of the new emperor Wei Changjun of Daxia and send troops to attack the Zhou Dynasty.
That's right, this time he broke the peace treaty and took the initiative to attack the Zhou Dynasty!
At this moment, Liu Mo really wanted to rush to the Sixth Prince and question him loudly, "Are you crazy?"
The Chief of Guards is stupid enough to ask you to send troops, so why don't you call us to be the vanguard? Brother, Mr. Wei Chang is our enemy! Not a special teammate!
"Resist the decree? That bastard who killed his father to seize the throne is not worthy of being my Emperor of Great Xia!" Zhu Min simply cursed.
"Can you say such treacherous words?" Ding Xiangdong scolded with a red face.
"Why, is Governor Ding the bastard, or is he one of His Highness?" Zhu Min asked again.
"Brother Zhu, shut up first!" Liu Mo reminded.
There are some things that everyone knows very well, but you can't bring them to the table.
"Your Highness, I think that your Majesty is going to attack the Zhou Dynasty, and as ministers we can't resist," Liu Mo also put forward his own opinion, "But we can refuse to send troops because of insufficient food and grass!
When His Majesty's army passes through the fiefdom, it is also necessary to host banquets and provide food and fodder! "
To put it simply, we provide money and food to support you in the war, and the rest, haha!
"If your majesty wins and returns to the court, he will be blamed..."
"He must have this ability!" Liu Mo interrupted, "Wouldn't it be nice to let them fight to the bitter end and let us reap the benefits?"
If Wei Changjun loses the fight, it would be better to take advantage of his illness and kill him.
"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold!" Ding Xiangdong said, "If we cannot work together with Your Majesty, the Great Xia will be in danger."
"That's right!" Another governor agreed, "Even if your Majesty has made mistakes, you are still the Emperor of Daxia. As a minister of Daxia, you should first eliminate your prejudices, share the same hatred with the enemy, and destroy the Zhou Dynasty."
Are the guns unanimously facing the outside world first? This is their opinion.
In their eyes, the eldest prince has always been a hawk, bent on destroying the Zhou Dynasty. But what they didn't know was that rather than destroying the Zhou Dynasty, the two eldest princes wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the sixth prince.
"What if His Majesty's original intention was not to send troops to the Zhou Dynasty?" Liu Mo grinned.
"Governor Liu, what do you mean? Is it possible that His Majesty colluded with the Zhou Dynasty to harm His Highness?"
Liu Mo really wanted to answer him yes, but he couldn't.
The news was told to me by Yang Yizhi, but he was a prince of the Zhou Dynasty. This kind of news would be fine if told to the Sixth Prince, but it would not be convincing if told to others.
Maybe someone will accuse me of colluding with Yang Yizhi!
Hearing this, the Sixth Prince frowned, "I have already made up my mind about sending troops." He said, "I have called you here to discuss how to defeat the enemy, not anything else!"
As he said that, he looked at Liu Mo meaningfully and said, "Liu Mo, do you have any good ideas?"
I...do we have to send troops, or is it winter?
Now that things have come to this, what else can I say?
After adjusting his breathing and suppressing his emotions, Liu Mo asked: "May I ask, Your Highness, what is the mission I am waiting for?"
The Sixth Prince stood up and said, "Here comes the map!"
The generals under his command immediately obeyed. The Sixth Prince unfolded the leather map and flattened it.
"My imperial brother's combat policy is: target Xuzhou, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, attack separately, and attack in three directions to encircle and annihilate the Zhou Dynasty army in one fell swoop." He said slowly.
"After the army left the Ningxi Corridor, the eldest prince led an army of 120,000 people and headed south, leaving Yajiu Pass. Your Majesty, he led an army of 90,000 people to Qinghe and Kuandingkou.
The king needs to first capture the important city of the Zhou Dynasty to the north of the Ningxi Corridor: Hetu City. "
Hetu City was one of the most important cities in the north of the Zhou Dynasty. Its strategic significance was very similar to that of the nine-sided city of Daxia.
In addition to resisting the Great Xia Dynasty, it also had another purpose, guarding the far north of the Zhou Dynasty.
As for the Far North, first of all, strictly speaking, it belongs to the territory of the Zhou Dynasty. But the problem is that there is an area called Jingze between the northern border and the Zhou Dynasty, which is covered by wetlands and swamps.
In the Neck, you can find ridiculously large swamp flowers, lizards, and lots of snakes. The dense bushes are soaked in rotting swamps all year round, with curtains of fungi hanging between the branches. The only thing I couldn't find was the town.
It is said that two hundred years ago, there was a coup in the Zhou Dynasty. The defeated Laughing King led his men through the Neck, defeated the northern aborigines, and then settled in the north.
After that, the descendants of the Laughing King, who were also descendants of the Xiao family, sent some "warriors" to cross the Ningze again and surrendered to the Zhou emperor. But the exchanges between the two places are limited to this.
For two hundred years, there have always been many Jingze people coming out of the swamps and plundering the borders.
For this reason, the Zhou Dynasty had to send manpower to help defend the north.
On the other hand, Daxia wanted the Sixth Prince to attack Hetu.
First of all, the source of the Qinghe River in the Zhou Dynasty was in the north. Capturing Hetu City would ensure that the water source would not be poisoned and polluted.
Second, prevent the back road from being cut off. The Ningxi Corridor is hilly and dangerous, and it is the only passage across the two countries. If Hetu in the north cannot be captured, the supply line and retreat will most likely be cut off.
Finally, this place can also be used as the first supply point for the Xia army in the Zhou Dynasty. It can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
But the problem also arises. This place is important, but it is far away from the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is not a big city. Even if the Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, there would be no merit at all.
To explain simply, Wei Changjun has given you a hard nut to crack, and there is no benefit or credit for winning it.
Before Liu Mo could speak, the Sixth Prince said again: "Liu Mo, my mission for you is to capture Yongxing City."
Yongxing City: Strictly speaking, it was the first metropolis on the border of the Zhou Dynasty.
"You will not encounter the main force of the Zhou Dynasty." The sixth prince said again, "The two hundred thousand troops of my two royal brothers will go south after passing through the Ningxi Corridor. The Zhou Dynasty will not be stupid enough to deploy a large army in Yongxi. prosper."
Indeed, the geographical location of Yongxing City was not enough for the Zhou Dynasty to waste its troops.
Over the past hundred years, Daxia's several expeditions to the Zhou Dynasty always first captured Yongxing as a stronghold.
There seems to be a tacit understanding between the two sides. Whenever Daxia invades, the Zhou Dynasty always abandons Yongxing and retreats to Xuzhou Prefecture.
The reason for this is also simple: to stretch the supply line in Daxia and use the natural dangers of Xuzhou to resist the enemy.
After listening to the Sixth Prince's order, Liu Mo couldn't help but sigh, "In other words, you want us to take down two useless places?"
