People sometimes have to believe in fate.
In other words, fate is the only force that determines the trajectory of life.
There is a well-known saying: People plan things, and God makes things happen. This is the truth.
What you do and how you do it are up to you; but whether it succeeds or not depends on God and fate.
Comparatively speaking, Concubine Shu Ma Yunfang and Concubine Hui Murong Ling belong to the category of people with better fortunes.
It was clear that a conspiracy related to personal life and death and the safety of the family was secretly approaching the two of them. However, due to the mysterious push of the hand of fate, many unexpected factors suddenly got involved, and the conspiracy was blown away in one fell swoop.
The two empresses did not know that the danger was coming, nor did they know how to survive safely. They could only follow their original destiny and live a peaceful life of caring for their husbands and raising their children, leisurely and contentedly.
On the other hand, the life of Rui Ji, the key figure in this conspiracy, is not so good.
Carrying the important mission entrusted to her by Lao Jianhua, Rui Ji trudged hard all the way, smuggling across the river and changing disguises. She finally managed to sneak into the imperial capital. She didn't even take a hot bath before she was killed by the Living King of Hell. .
After narrowly escaping from death, she would encounter government soldiers on curfew patrol at any time. In order to avoid exposing her identity and causing complications, Ruiji decided to use people from the palace who happened to be passing by to temporarily help her out of trouble.
According to Ruiji's opinion, a lonely and weak woman like her does not look like a criminal, so as long as she pretends to be pitiful, I believe she will be able to leave smoothly soon and resume her mission in the imperial capital.
However, she never expected that God would play a joke on her again.
Inexplicably, he was put under house arrest by Hubaoqi. When asked why, the other party was vague and even gave a ridiculous reason for the whole city to be under martial law to catch fugitives, which almost made Rui Ji laugh out loud.
However, after she calmed down, she quickly realized that something was wrong.
This is a forbidden garden, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the emperor's personal soldiers. Regardless of their status or responsibilities, the other party has no reason to make things difficult for a girl like him, let alone force outsiders to stay in the palace.
No reason is the scariest reason.
If there is no reason, it means that the reason is no longer important.
Was I exposed? Ruiji thought silently.
There were no special identification marks on his body, and the other party did not regard him as a rebel and punish him. This shows that they just suspected something, so they left her here to check it secretly.
Ruiji was suddenly startled and secretly cursed herself for being negligent and stupid: Could someone on the other side recognize me?
Although when he accompanied Murong Xue in Luoyi, the eastern capital, he deliberately kept a low profile and rarely appeared in public. But after all, if you want to live a normal life, you will inevitably have to deal with the neighbors, and officials and chamberlains from the East Palace will occasionally visit you on official business.
If someone cares about it, there is no guarantee that it will not leave an impression on you.
Rui Ji secretly regretted it and blamed herself for underestimating her enemy and trusting her too much. However, there is no way around it. Normally, after settling in Lao Chang's secret stronghold, she would continue to disguise herself before going out to take action, but damn Shen Lie actually launched a surprise attack without any warning, so that she didn't even have time to make any preparations, and just Fleeed outside.
In the imperial palace, many are from the prince's period. Maybe this is where the problem lies.
To be honest, Rui Ji was also a little panicked at the moment.
Of course ordinary people have no way of knowing that he is Lao Jianhua's subordinate, but for the Beiya Nilin Department and the Zhenjiang Intelligence Department, it is not even a secret.
If he really falls into the hands of those people, there is only one way left: death.
Even if you want to die, you can't die.
Rui Ji reached out and touched the poison pill hidden in her sleeve, and for a moment she lost all hope.
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"Your Majesty, the total number of warships delivered by Jinhe Prefecture this time is 603, which can fully make up for the previous losses of Yiling Navy. Please take a look."
Dong Tianxing presented the volume with both hands and continued: "The only trouble right now is how to hand it over to Yang Li and the others. The Ministry of War has repeatedly studied several waterways, but there is still no way to transport ships to the fleet."
The smile that just appeared on Li Bing's face was instantly wiped out by what Lao Dong said later. He frowned and threw the volume aside: "The navy can't get the newly built ship, so what's the use of it?"
Yin Chengyi said in a deep voice: "Recently, Bao Yuchun's fleet has been expanding and has completely blocked the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. New ships coming from Jinhe must pass through their territory before they can go to Yiling upstream. It is indeed very difficult. Difficult to handle.”
Dong Tianxing coughed and said, "For today's plan, there is one more trick."
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Li Bing raised his eyebrows and asked.
"The old minister suggested that these ships can be temporarily allocated to the Tenth Army of Zhenjiang." Dong Tianxing responded: "They are located in the Wuwei waters of Luzhou, with several important tributaries of the Huaihe River behind them, and can be connected with the Jinhe River. The transshipment is safe. It is fully guaranteed.”
Hearing this, Yin Chengyi immediately shouted: "What a joke! How can the imperial court's new warships be distributed to them?!"
Dong Tianxing had already guessed that he would object, so he was not in a hurry and said slowly and leisurely: "Master Yin, Li Jiangyao is still serving as the commander of the navy, and the navy of the Zhenjiang Army is also our Shengtang Army. Since If the warships can’t reach Yiling, what’s wrong with leaving it to them temporarily? Aren’t they going to fight the rebels?”
Yin Chengyi was speechless for a moment because of the old Dong's rebuke, and even after holding it in for a long time, he couldn't come up with a solid reason. To be honest, if we objectively evaluate the results of the fight against the rebels, the Zhenjiang Army would be ranked second, and no one would dare to be ranked first. In comparison, the other imperial legions were more like just messing around.
Li Bing thought for a moment and suddenly said: "In my opinion, there is actually no need to allocate it to the Phoenix Legion. Wouldn't it be better to organize another fleet in the lower reaches of the river? In this way, Yang Li will be on the upper reaches, and Li Jiang will be on the middle reaches. Kunpeng's army is far away, and a new fleet is set up downstream. The three groups of people support each other, and they can also contain and disperse Bao Yuchun's forces to the maximum extent."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Yin Chengyi's eyes lit up and he praised loudly: "This strategy is both offensive and defensive, killing two birds with one stone. It is really a brilliant move."
Dong Tianxing was stunned for a moment, but then he thought about it and realized that this would indeed be beneficial to the battle, so he raised his hands and said, "I also agree with your Majesty's idea. However, who should command the new naval fleet?"
Li Bing asked in return: "Does your Ministry of War have any suitable candidates?"
Dong Tianxing kept talking: "When it comes to land warfare, all legions are full of talents, and the martial arts hall has also cultivated many good talents, and they can be selected at any time. But as for water warfare, those who can fight are all in Yiling right now. He Wuwei, here at the Ministry of War...tsk, it's really a bit difficult to handle."
Li Bing glared at him angrily, then turned to look at Yin Chengyi: "Isn't the Governor's Mansion also responsible for selecting generals? The martial arts hall is under your direct control. Is there anyone available?"
Yin Chengyi looked at Dong Tianxing and tried to say: "How about selecting some officers from Yiling?"
"Don't even think about it." Dong Tianxing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Two days ago, Yang Li sent a letter to the Ministry of War, requesting to send more qualified officers to supplement his combat losses. Now you are deploying people from Yiling? Yang Li can jump right up. Swearing."
"Where is the direction of Jinhe?" Li Bing asked: "Don't Jinhe also have naval forces? Isn't it possible to select suitable people?"
Dong Tianxing cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is aware of this. The command system of the Yiling Fleet was actually started by the old team of the Jinhe Navy. Almost all those they could transfer were transferred to the Dajiang front line. In the past two years, dozens of battles, large and small, were still carried out. Many were killed in battle.”
Li Bing nodded helplessly: "Well, that's true. It was my personal order to mobilize the Jinhe navy to help the river. In the blink of an eye, two years have passed."
Yin Chengyi rolled his eyes and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I... would like to recommend myself."
"Recommend yourself?" Li Bing was slightly stunned: "Yin Qing, do you want to lead a new fleet?"
"It's not just the new fleet," Yin Chengyi said impassionedly: "The key to the crusade against the rebellion in the south is to seize control of the river. I am willing to go out for your majesty and take the opportunity of commanding the new fleet to work with all the surface forces in the upper and middle reaches to completely Defeat Bao Yuchun and clear the way for the army to cross the river!"
Dong Tianxing was dumbfounded and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Master Yin, do you know the art of water warfare?"
Yin Chengyi smiled disdainfully: "What's so difficult about this? Yin has studied military science since he was a child, and later served in the Governor's Mansion for a long time. He knows everything about the selection, training, equipment, and tactics of the navy."
Dong Tianxing couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "The Governor's Mansion is indeed in charge of the strategy and coordination of navy operations, but training exercises and actual combat are completely different things..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yin Chengyi interrupted directly: "Master Dong, Yang Li, or Nie Xianzang all have only studied naval martial arts, but have no actual combat experience. Why don't you question them, but you have to question Yin?" certain?"
Dong Tianxing was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to respond. If you say it lightly, it will have no effect; if you say it too harshly, it will not give Yin Chengyi any face at all, and it will also have no basis.
Seeing that they were about to argue again, Li Bing quickly stopped him: "Yin Qing, you said you wanted to fight Bao Yuchun decisively, but do you have any mature countermeasures?"
"Reporting to your majesty, I have been thinking and planning for a long time about the battle against the rebellion, which of course also includes the battle on the river." Seeing that he could finally show his strategy to the emperor, Yin Chengyi quickly seized the opportunity and talked eloquently: "The battlefield on the river, The key to the battle for waterway nodes is the downstream. Since ancient times, people have only known that the upstream is beneficial to the downstream, but in fact, capturing the downstream is the key to breaking the blockade of the river! As the saying goes: Seizing Bashu , it is better to seize Jingxiang; it is better to seize Yangzhou than to seize Jingxiang. As long as Jinling, Jingkou, Yangzhou, and Jiangyin are under our control, an army of millions can cross south!"
