mesbooks Chapter 620 The Lu Family’s Plan
Chapter 620 The Lu Family’s Plan
Shen Shuyi turned back to the table, spread out the map of Daqian's territory, and analyzed it carefully.
Today, Daqian's two biggest rivals are Luo State and Yuanxia. Yuanxia is known as a country on horseback, with strong soldiers and horses, and is surrounded by small countries such as Wei State and Yan State that have surrendered to it.
In recent years, the Tiger Army of the Wolf King has been guarding the border between Daqian and Yuanxia. Although Yuanxia often caused trouble secretly, it was defeated in several major battles.
However, although Yuanxia surrendered to Daqian on the surface, it has been gathering its strength secretly. It is believed that if the time comes, it will invade Daqian again.
Another strong enemy of Daqian is Luo State, which is adjacent to Yancheng, and is surrounded by Xiling, Jin State and other countries.
If Yuanxia was a country on horseback, with soldiers who were tall and strong and good at fighting, then Luo was a country with elite soldiers and generals, excellent weapons, and far superior to Daqian.
Shen Shuyi stared at the territory map with a frown on his face. Daqian had lush mountains and rivers, and fertile land, which was conducive to farming. Yuanxia had many grasslands and food was in short supply. Luo State was short of money and had to fight to support itself. The officers and soldiers were very jealous of Daqian's soldiers.
Many other small countries are like fence-sitters, trying to survive in the cracks for their own interests.
In recent years, Lu Xiao's Xuan Ce Army replaced Jiang Yanhu in guarding the border between Daqian and Luo State. After the tragic death of "hundreds of thousands" of soldiers in Lushan, they won several victories in succession, which greatly boosted morale and inspired the people.
It was for this reason that Lu Xiao was named the Great General Guarding the Country, and later he was promoted to the Duke of Guarding the Country.
Now that something has happened to the Lu family, the Luo State has immediately started a war. I think most people will only think that it was the Luo State's spies who sent the news back, making the Luo State think that something has happened to the commander-in-chief, which will affect the prestige of the Lu family and then cause internal strife in the Xuan Ce army, which is a good time to launch an attack.
But Shen Shuyi thought that things would not be that simple.
Xiao Heyu and the Lu family have been secretly colluding with the Luo State. This move is probably the way the Lu family is thinking of to break the impasse.
After all, although Daqian has many military generals, they are either too young or have never fought against the Luo State.
Only Lu Xiao and his many cronies had fought against the Luo Kingdom for many years and were evenly matched with them.
To take a step back, even if Daqian has a general to accept the challenge, as long as there are people in Xuan Ce's army who collude with Luo State to provide support, they will not be able to win, and will only repeat the tragic situation of the Lushan Battle that year.
In this way, after a series of defeats, Emperor Qianwu will have to send Lu Xiao to lead troops to fight again.
But after Lu Xiao won several victories, how did Emperor Qianwu punish him severely again because of the case of official silver for disaster relief in Jiangnan?
To punish a general who fought in bloody battles, survived many life-threatening situations, and made great contributions to Daqian at this time would be tantamount to chilling the hearts of the soldiers and the people living in the border areas!
Moreover, if the war drags on for a year or two and Lu Xiao is fighting on the front line, how can Your Majesty punish his family?
Shen Shuyi just felt suffocated in his heart.
"What a Roufei! What a Lu Xiao..."
No wonder the Lu family could climb to their current position. She and Xie Jingchi had worked hard for months and had survived many life-threatening situations, but this plan was going to be ruined by them like this.
Relying on foreign enemies to contain Emperor Qianwu, relying on border wars to contain the court, and relying on the lives and deaths of countless soldiers to contain her and Xie Jingchi.
Shen Shuyi was a little confused. He sat back on the couch, closed his eyes, and searched in his mind.
In today's Daqian, who can suppress the Xuan Ce Army and serve as its main general?
Young generals are definitely not qualified because they lack experience and are not qualified to be the commander of an army.
Although the Wolf King is cruel, the army he leads is stationed in Yuanxia. Yuanxia and Luo Kingdom are located in the south and north respectively, and it is not realistic to transfer troops thousands of miles away, not to mention that Yuanxia has been eyeing them covetously.
Although King Chu Chen was a famous general with sufficient qualifications, he was seriously injured after risking his life to save Emperor Qianwu, and could no longer take on the responsibility of leading troops to fight.
There was also a mighty general, the father of King Canglang, who once defeated the State of Chen and even sent his son to the State of Chen as a hostage. Later, King Canglang destroyed the State of Chen and returned to the capital to be conferred a title. The general then handed over his military power and went out to wander. Now no one knows where he is.
In addition, there were General Zhen'an Huo Yuanlang, Marquis Dingbei Dai Jingyuan, and General Yunhui Pan Yong.
In this way, all the best generals of Daqian are here.
However, compared with experienced veterans like Lu Xiao and King Chu Chen, generals like Huo Yuanlang and Dai Jingyuan are still a little younger. They have no problem leading troops in battle, but they are still a little young to serve as the main generals in the battle against the Luo State.
What's more, the most difficult thing right now is that most of the Xuan Ce Army are Lu family's confidants, and the one who is now in charge of the Xuan Ce Army and guarding Yancheng is Lu Xiao's son Lu Zhuo!
Even if Lu Xiao, Lu He and others were detained temporarily, Lu Zhuo was at the front of the battle with a large number of troops under his command, and Emperor Qianwu would not do anything to the Lu family.
"Miss, it's getting late, you should go to bed early." Yuping said with concern.
Shen Shuyi opened his eyes, with a hint of fatigue in his eyes.
She still thought this fierce battle was too easy, thinking that as long as the evidence was conclusive and announced to the world, even Emperor Qianwu would not be able to protect her.
"Send someone to Shuhanyuan to see if my brother is asleep?" Shen Shuyi was full of things on his mind and couldn't sleep, so he thought about finding his brother to talk.
"Yes."
Not long after, Yuping came back: "Miss, the young master is reviewing his lessons."
"I'll come over and sit down." Shen Shuyi stood up immediately.
After changing clothes, Shen Shuyi walked all the way to Shuhan Garden, and saw his brother reading at night by candlelight, with a lot of freshly written articles on hand.
"But are you unable to sleep because of Luo Guo's invasion?" Shen Shuhan poured her a cup of hot tea and gave her a hand warmer.
"It turns out that nothing can be hidden from brother." Shen Shuyi responded.
"I don't know if Lord Xie's plan will change. If he still impeaches the Lu family for drawing empty salaries tomorrow, it would be really ungrateful." Shen Shuyi was worried.
Rather than saying that he doesn't know how to appreciate a favor, it's better to say that he doesn't know the overall situation.
The Luo Kingdom was invading, and at this time he was still trying to impeach the Lu family. If she were the emperor, she would probably want to throw the memorial in Xie Jingchi's face.
However, Xie Jingchi was not such a pedantic person. Although he was a civil official, he also knew the importance of war.
If he were to still stubbornly impeach the Lu family at this time, causing the war in Daqian to become more serious and leading to the deaths of countless soldiers and civilians, I'm afraid he would be drowned in the people's spit.
"If Xie Jingchi continues to impeach, we must come up with a response. Otherwise, if he just impeaches without caring about the follow-up, he will become a laughing stock." Shen Shuhan said in a gentle voice.
"Yes, it's good to be scolded by His Majesty." Shen Shuyi frowned.
The Lu family's move was really...
Shen Shuyi sighed softly: "The main reason is that there is no one in the court, and the Xuan Ce Army is in a special situation."
The Lu family and the Luo state have been colluding for many years. Most of the people in the Yancheng area are Lu family's spies and confidants, not to mention the Xuan Ce army. It is unknown how many spies and traitors there are.
With such a large army, wouldn't it be just sending their heads flying when facing the powerful Luo soldiers?
If we send someone from the Lu family, it would mean another tragedy for the Jiang family. If someone from the Lu family goes, it would be a good opportunity for the Lu family to gain merit and escape punishment.
This is not a conspiracy, but an open plot.
She knew it was impossible, but she had no way out...