Chapter 280

Li Lisong, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom, flew to Lequan City, the imperial capital of the Jin Kingdom.

Looking at the incomparably majestic and majestic palace in front of him, Li Lisong was a little afraid to take a step; the army was defeated, and he himself was defeated, defeated by the dilapidated Xia Kingdom that everyone looked down upon, and an army of 300,000 marched northward, returning alone— — Not only was he defeated, but he also seemed to be a deserter.

Li Lisong stood blankly at the door, but the guards on both sides of the palace knew Li Lisong. A captain of the guards "ignored" Li Lisong's embarrassment, but kindly reminded: "Marshal, Your Majesty has been listening to the government in the Imperial Garden for the past few days."

"The imperial garden is in charge of politics?" Li Lisong was taken aback, not knowing what it meant.

The captain of the guard team sighed and said, "It's not Anyang's trouble. Five ironclad warships appeared on the east coast of our state of Jin and bombarded Baize Town, Dongguan Town and other military fortresses, causing tens of thousands of casualties."

When Li Lisong heard this, he didn't hesitate anymore, and rushed into the palace. After several inspections, he met His Majesty the Emperor of Jin in the imperial garden.

His Majesty's complexion is not very good; Li Lisong's complexion is not very good either.

"The army has been defeated?" These three words were the first words the emperor of Jin met when they met.

Li Lisong knelt down with a thud: "The three hundred thousand troops are all lost, and the guilty ministers ask your majesty to come down."

The emperor of Jin looked up at the sky filled with clouds and clouds, sighed a few times in a low voice, and finally gave orders to the surrounding guards, "All ministers and generals are invited to discuss the state affairs."

Li Lisong knelt on the ground without looking up; His Majesty stood like a sculpture; only the beautiful and lively birds in the imperial garden were jubilant. These ordinary birds and beasts enjoyed the tranquility and abundance of the imperial garden; some birds even Possessing the blood of monsters, intelligent and gorgeous.

Soon, hundreds of officials from the Jin Kingdom gathered, and everyone suddenly understood what had happened after seeing Li Lisong kneeling on the ground, in a mess, with dried blood on his clothes. Everyone didn't speak, but quietly lined up on the left and right sides of the emperor, surrounding Li Lisong in the center.

When all the officials arrived, the Emperor of Jin looked at Li Lisong, "Li Lisong, tell me everything, from the moment you lead the troops to the moment you return, without missing a single word."

Li Lisong began to make a statement. As expected of the commander in chief, he actually told the whole process exactly, until the final thing of lighting the beacon and sending the message. Only the novelist's rhetoric and ups and downs are missing, which makes the story a little flat; but the surrounding officials can feel the tragedy of the battlefield from this calm narration.

The planes that bombed continuously, the artillery that can shoot ten miles, and the tens of thousands of fully armed masters in the foundation stage in Anyang; the machine gun that can kill 200,000 people in half a day, and the machine gun that is as fragile as melons and fruits in the foundation stage...

Listening to what Li Lisong said, everyone fell silent. More than 200,000 people were killed and injured in half a day, and 30,000 people died in one charge. Such a tragic war situation has completely exceeded everyone's expectations. In the end, Nanyang County and Dongyuan County stood by and even rebelled, completely burying the 300,000 troops of Jin State.

"Sinner, please forgive me." After speaking, Li Lisong lay on the ground, his voice choked up. The Jin State sent troops to fight for the first time after a hundred years, and as a result, 300,000 troops fell into the sand.

All the surrounding officials were speechless, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.

The Emperor of Jin was silent for a long time, "Get up, you are not guilty. Not only are you not guilty, but you have merit. It is I who was at fault, because I did not listen to advice and was blinded by greed. Now, it is indeed not the best way to attack Daxia. If there is no chance, it will take a period of time for the various separatist regimes to fight each other. Attacking the Great Xia Kingdom now will only arouse the common hatred of the Great Xia Kingdom.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect the power of industry and commerce to be so powerful, I didn't expect the power of machinery to be so terrifying. "

After pondering for a while, the emperor said again: "Li Lisong, you immediately get up and go to the north to support Zhenwei General Chen Zhongping; after you left, Zhenwei General Chen Zhongping has led an army of 500,000 troops northward, and should have entered Nanyang County at this moment.

Chen Zhongping fought bravely, but he lacked the ability to adapt to the situation, so please help him.

In addition, you will be rewarded with two hundred-year-old purple ginseng for consumption. "

Immediately, a guard sent two fresh century-old purple ginseng. The spiritual energy and medicinal power contained in this century-old purple ginseng can well supplement the consumption of the body, especially the consumption of true energy.

Speaking of which, no matter how bad Li Lisong was, he was still a Nascent Soul master, and His Majesty the Emperor of Jin would not be willing to blame him too much—as long as he didn't rebel.

As for Li Lisong, when he heard that there was such a change, he didn't care too much. After absorbing the spiritual ginseng, he rushed north without stopping, preparing to support Chen Zhongping. It is inappropriate to say that it is support or help, it should be said to be "fire fighting". Li Lisong knew without any deliberation that the current Chen Zhongping might have fallen into a hard fight and even surrounded by heavy siege.

As soon as Li Lisong left, the monarch and his subjects began to discuss. Killing 30,000 in one charge and 200,000 in a half-day confrontation, these two figures shocked everyone greatly.

Suddenly, the grand master and Cai Chaoyang, one of the three princes of the Jin Kingdom, came out, "Your Majesty, maybe we can take a step back."

"Take a step back?" The Jin Emperor frowned.

"No!" Jin Guotai Lieutenant Zhao Youde came out, "Your Majesty, you can't back down. If we can't even defeat a small Anyang, or even a fragmented Great Xia Kingdom, what will others think of us? Maybe the Qi Kingdom in the west, the South Liu Guo will send troops to attack us.

The best way is to wipe out Anyang in one fell swoop, and make me great Jin Xiongwei! "

"Your Majesty, take a step back."

"Your Majesty, you can't retreat, one step back is a cliff."

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The officials immediately quarreled, each with their own reasons.

The military generals headed by Taiwei Zhao Youde believed that we must not retreat. If we retreat, it means that the Jin Dynasty is weak and can be bullied, and then the surrounding Qi and Liu countries may attack. Taking a step back is indeed a bright future, because we retreated to the cliff.

Headed by Taishi Cai Chaoyang, he believes that taking a step back opens up the sky, and that failure is the mother of success. The current failure is still a good thing.

The quarrel became more and more intense, each had its own reasons, and no one could convince the other; finally, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Prime Minister Sima Xuan who had not spoken. Sima Xuan had been sent to Anyang as an envoy, and when he came back, he neither objected nor agreed to Jin sending troops to attack Anyang. It should be said that many people agreed to send troops at that time, so Sima Xuan did not speak.

Now, when everyone was discussing, Sima Xuan still didn't speak.

Until now, after seeing His Majesty looking over, Sima Xuan finally came out, "Your Majesty, I think, take a step back and open up the sky."

Afterwards, Sima Xuan explained little by little: "I have four considerations.

First, the state of Jin has always been a big country in the east. From the top to the bottom of the officials, the people are very high-spirited; this situation is very dangerous, and a proper failure will allow the people to re-understand themselves and help the Jin state to reflect.

Only failure can dispel the current impetuousness. Only by failing can the state of Jin undergo a new transformation, climb to a higher peak, and welcome the upcoming chaos.

Second, with the demise of the Great Xia Kingdom, the balance in the east will be broken; the east of Yingzhou will fall into chaos unprecedented in a thousand years. Under such a chaotic situation, the overly powerful Jin Dynasty will become the target of public criticism. Therefore, proper failure is beneficial for us to hide.

Only by obliterating everyone can we protect ourselves.

Third, we have failed, but our foundations are intact. Instead, they saw the strength of industry and commerce, and saw the future war model and development direction. If it fails, it will allow us to see the direction and make the whole country catch up.

As the saying goes: Know your shame and be brave. Today's failure is for tomorrow's more brilliant victory.

Fourth, because of our meddling, the separatist regimes in Daxia are fighting against each other. This situation is quite dangerous for us. As long as we take a step back and let those separatist regimes feel no pressure, their alliance will naturally dissolve.

Now that we have continuously lost troops and lost generals, our defense in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty is empty, and it is not suitable to fight again. "

After Sima Xuan finished speaking, Taiwei Zhao Youde objected, "What if Anyang County, Nanyang County, and Dongyuan County join forces to invade the north of our Great Jin?"

Sima Xuan calmly said, "As long as we give in to Anyang and pay compensation, Anyang will naturally withdraw. As long as Anyang retreats, with Nanyang and Dongyuan counties alone, how dare we invade our Great Jin Dynasty!

We are giving in to Anyang, not Nanyang and Dongwon. Through such a negotiation, the relationship between Nanyang County, Dongyuan County and Anyang County can be separated by the way. "

What Sima Xuan said made sense, but not everyone was willing to give in. After the Dajin country stabilized, it has always been one of the great eastern countries, and this situation has continued for thousands of years. The arrogance caused by thousands of years cannot be suppressed by Sima Xuan alone.

Especially the generals, no matter what, they will not admit this defeat.

Zhao Youde even roared angrily at the end: "Anyang bombarded our Dajin East Coast, and even caused civilian casualties, let's forget about it! Then how do we explain to the people? Do you know how many families are crying!"

This question is a bit harsh. But Sima Xuan remained unhurried, "Lord Zhao, as far as I know, the places where Anyang was bombed were either military towns or barracks, or the city lord's mansion. Although a fire at the city gate would inevitably affect Chiyu, there was not a single bomb that was thrown directly at Anyang. where the people are.

Moreover, as far as the past is concerned, many wars on our side have resulted in the massacre of cities; it is really unnecessary to get entangled in this matter. "

The crowd was still arguing endlessly for half a day; in the evening, the spies of the State of Jin lurking in Anyang sent back several newspapers, in which certain information was circled with red pens.

Prime Minister Sima Xuan picked up the newspaper and read aloud: "Anyang, Minister of Commerce, and Fang Shijing, President of Brilliant Star Group, made a public speech:

Thanks to the hard work of the group staff day and night, Anyang's industrial technology has made another breakthrough. The first phase of the supersonic aircraft program, the subsonic aircraft was successfully tested, with an average flight speed of 830 kilometers per hour...

The distance from Anyang to Lequan City, the imperial capital of the Jin Kingdom, is only more than 4,000 miles, 2,000 kilometers, and it takes up to six hours to fly back and forth...

King Xian said that the bomb will be thrown into the Jin Palace, and it can be thrown four times a day..."

After Sima Xuan finished reading the thousand-character manifesto, everyone fell silent.

Finally, Grand Master Cai Chaoyang spoke, "Anyang cannot be allowed to throw bombs into the palace, otherwise...the royal family will lose face!"

The emperor of Jin finally made up his mind: "Prime Minister Sima, I beg you to go to Anyang again. Also, try to...strive for...cooperation!"

The emperor of Jin almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence.

(Do you think three is better or four is better today?\(^o^)/~)