After a pause, Mr. Fang continued,
"Your Majesty, can we understand that Nie Chen's main force has not been damaged, but our 200,000-strong army has been completely wiped out by them?"
Hearing this, Mingxuan trembled with his body, raised his blood-red eyes, and said,
"You mean to say that Nie Chen had no casualties and annihilated our 200,000-strong army in just a few days?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
That's two hundred thousand people, two hundred thousand people!
Even if he had 200,000 steamed buns, Nie Chen couldn't finish them in a few days.
My army is a warrior capable of hundreds of battles. How can it be compared to those new recruits like Nie Chen? It is absolutely impossible! "
"emperor!"
Mr. Fang shouted,
"The second prince has passed away. If the army is still there, how can we not protect him and break out of the encirclement? Now that the second prince's head has been sent here, there is only one possibility. The two hundred thousand army has been completely wiped out! "
"Impossible! Impossible! You are talking nonsense!"
Mingxuan seemed to have lost his mind and smashed everything on the table.
"I want to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and I want to personally lead the army to fight Nie Chen to the death!"
At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the imperial study room,
"Report! Report to the Emperor! A detailed military report from the north has been sent!"
"Send it up!"
The guard outside hurried in with a letter.
He gave the fold to the eunuch, who in turn handed it to Mingxuan.
Mingxuan opened it and took a look at it, then his pupils tightened, he threw the fold out fiercely, and cursed,
"Traitors! They are all traitors! These rip-offs, I will destroy all nine of their tribes!"
Mr. Fang picked up the folder and read,
"In the battle of Hanzhong County, Nie Chen's troops defeated our army, captured more than 60,000 of our army, and robbed our army of food and grass. More than 45,000 of our army fled back to the camp. The army had no food and grass, and the soldiers died of hunger and resentment everywhere. Not only that, there were frequent conflicts between generals and soldiers. The commander-in-chief beat many soldiers, and at least many soldiers were killed.
Nie Chen's men cooked meat soup to seduce our troops and bewitched our soldiers. All the soldiers rebelled, killed the commander-in-chief, and took refuge with Nie Chen.
Now Nie Chen's troops have recruited our side... One hundred thousand surrendered troops? ! "
Thinking of this, Mr. Fang suddenly felt cold all over his body, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.
Mingxuan didn't know it yet, he was still cursing,
"Yes, look, look, those untouchables, those thieves, eat my food, drink my food, I have raised them for decades, but in the end, just because of a few hungry meals and a few beatings, they turned out He killed my son and turned to the enemy!
ha! Ha ha! What a joke, what a big joke. These untouchables are inferior to nobles. How can untouchables be loyal? Whoever gives them food will be their master. There is no shame at all!
When our army defeats Nie Chen, I will kill all these traitors! Trap and kill! "
Until now, Mingxuan is still daydreaming about defeating the enemy.
Mr. Fang was much more awake than him. He looked at the book in his hand and murmured,
“In other words, Nie Chen’s current military strength has not decreased but increased, and there are already 400,000 troops.
Oops, Ren Junbu is in danger! "
Mr. Fang quickly picked up the map, laid it on the imperial desk, and said,
"Look, Your Majesty, this is Xiangyang Slope. Nie Chen sets out early this morning and will arrive at Nanhe County tomorrow evening.
At that time, the enemy's army of 400,000 will be attacked from both inside and outside. Ren's army will definitely be defeated. Ren's army must be withdrawn immediately, so that he can gather his troops, conserve his strength, and take good defense! "
"What? Withdraw troops?"
Mingxuan's eyes were red, he slammed the table and said,
"Withdraw what troops? Who said we should withdraw our troops? We must not withdraw our troops! Let Ren Jun take the initiative to attack Nanhe County and counterattack Nie Chen!"
"emperor!"
Mr. Fang said anxiously,
"Your Majesty, our army's chances of winning are now slim. Our total army of only 600,000 has been wiped out by 200,000 by the enemy, leaving only 400,000 left.
And Nie Chen still has an army of 400,000 people. He is no longer a small force. He already has the strength to compete with our army.
What's more, Nie Chen is not the only enemy of our army. To the west, there is also King Ping Xi's army of 500,000. It only takes more than half a month to reach the capital! He still has 200,000 troops yet to be dispatched!
There are jackals in the north and tigers in the west. How should we fight against them? How can we fight?
Is it possible that our 400,000 people can resist an army of 1.1 million people? "
Mingxuan sat on the dragon chair, looked at Mr. Fang with bloodthirsty eyes, and said word by word,
"You mean, just after I became emperor, the situation is over?"
"This... is also a fact that has to be admitted."
Mr. Fang murmured.
"That's not your stupid idea!"
Mingxuan picked up a book, hit it hard on Mr. Fang, pointed at him and cursed angrily,
"Years ago, it was you who encouraged me to usurp the throne and proclaim myself emperor. You said that after I proclaimed myself emperor, the other three kings would definitely respond and all of them would proclaim themselves emperor. We can rest easy.
But now? King Andong and King Jingshan were silent and watching the fire from the other side! Nie Chen and Ping Xiwang have brought an army of one million to invade. Our army is like water and fire!
The situation is not at all right as you told me, but you still have the nerve to say that our army is doomed?
Now you say, what should we do? Is it possible that I just sit here and wait for Nie Chen and Chen Wujiang to chop off my head? "
"Your Majesty, there is still a way, there is a way!"
Mr. Fang said quickly,
"We can join forces and ask King Andong and King Jingshan to send troops. We can ask King Andong to attack Weihu County, Nie Chen's home base, to force Nie Chen to retreat. We can ask King Jingshan to attack King Pingxi's territory and force King Pingxi to withdraw his troops. Our The crisis can be resolved, and we can even counterattack and annihilate Nie Chen and Chen Wujiang in one fell swoop."
"King Anton and King Jingshan? Those two weaklings, can they beat Nie Chen and Chen Wujiang? Those two people are short-sighted and cannot send troops. If they could send troops, they would have already sent out. They just want to watch the fire from the other side. Look at our army and Nie Chen fighting, both sides will suffer losses!
What a good fisherman! "
Mr. Fang said immediately,
"No, no, your Majesty, the two of them did have such thoughts in the past, but it is different now.
Now Nie Chen, with 300,000 men, completely annihilated our 200,000 troops in a few days, and also recruited 100,000 men. Such combat effectiveness and such brilliant tactics were enough to make King Andong and King Jingshan feel Crisis.
While we still have a large army and capital to negotiate with them, we can send eloquent people to lobby them and tell them that Nie Chen and Chen Wujiang are loyal ministers of Dafeng. Once our army is defeated, then they will His goal must be to swing his sword at King Anton and King Jingshan! "
