Chapter 544: Unusual Movements by Various Parties

"Your Highness, the Beidi troops in Ningcheng have reached two royal tents, not counting the Xiliang royal tent established by Beidi after the destruction of Xiliang. In fact, in just half a month, Ningcheng has gathered 400,000 troops. Read М"

"In addition, Beidi scouts have suddenly increased their exploration of Yanguan. My subordinates have also observed that a large number of trees near Ningcheng have been cut down. It is estimated that siege equipment is being made." Xu Ke said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded.

The illusion he created during this period showed that at least half of the people in Yanzhou died of smallpox.

The royal family's personal army almost reached 60%.

In Beidi's eyes, he only had 150,000 troops allowed by the court.

With nearly 60% of the soldiers dead, only more than 60,000 people remained under his command.

These more than 60,000 people will guard Feihu Pass, Bastion, and Yancheng, these important cities.

It will be enough to have 30,000 people left in Yanguan.

"Finally, they are going to take action. If they don't take action, I will not be able to hold on." Beidi was about to attack, but he was not nervous, but relieved.

It is easy to play a play for one day, but it is difficult to play a play for two or three months.

And the longer it is played, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Moreover, creating the illusion of plague is also a waste of money and labor, and it delays production.

It can be said that he spent a lot of money to lure Beidi into the trap this time.

However, it is all worth it.

He and Mulehong really competed this time and the winner would be decided.

In the future, he will not give Beidi the opportunity to hoard heavy troops in Ningjindusi and use poisonous schemes to harm him.

"I just hope that Your Highness can deal with the Beidi people severely." Xu Ke said.

His face was solemn.

In his opinion, the plague created by the King of Yan this time not only confused the Beidi people, but also gave them, the officials, a profound warning.

Fortunately, the plague was discovered in advance.

Fortunately, the King of Yan knew how to vaccinate against smallpox, otherwise the false plague in Yanzhou would be real.

Beidi's southward march would be successful again.

And they would become innocent souls under the butcher's knife of Beidi.

Therefore, this made them more clearly realize that they could only fight Beidi to the death until one side completely fell.

"That's natural." Zhao Xu looked to the north and narrowed his eyes.

From Xu Ke's gnashing expression, he could guess Xu Ke's emotions.

In fact, he was as scared as Xu Ke about the plague.

After all, if they neglected a link, everything they had accumulated would vanish into thin air.

Without Xu Ke's reminder, he would also beat Beidi to death.

After talking about Beidi, Xu Ke's expression suddenly darkened, "Your Highness, I just got the news that the palace has been firmly controlled by the imperial guards led by Xiao Cheng. The news inside the palace cannot be transmitted, and the news outside cannot be transmitted."

"What!" Zhao Xu was surprised, "What's going on, tell me in detail."

Xu Ke then presented him with a document.

He quickly flipped through it and understood the general situation.

After Yang Feng was exiled to Yanzhou, Zhao Heng handed over the Palace Front Department to a general he trusted, Xu Meng.

But seven days ago, Xu Meng suddenly vomited blood and died while drinking with his generals in a restaurant.

Other generals did not escape this misfortune.

Afterwards, Xiao Cheng used the generals he had planted in the Palace Front Department to control the Palace Front Department.

The next day, Dou Wei teamed up with the Han family, the Wang family and other powerful families to force Zhao Heng to issue an order and temporarily set up an institution called the Cabinet.

The Cabinet has the right to refute the emperor's order.

This is equivalent to the Dou family taking the lead, and the seven powerful families jointly undermined Zhao Heng, the emperor of Dasong, and placed him under house arrest in the palace.

From now on, the court will no longer be the court of the Zhao royal family, but the court of the powerful families.

"Like the Northern Di, they must think that this king is finished." Zhao Xu said.

Just when the plague in Yanzhou spread throughout Dasong, such a thing suddenly happened in the capital.

He had to doubt that this was also a side effect of his plan.

The powerful families must have thought that he would never recover from this, so they took such a reckless move.

After thinking for a while, he gradually calmed down.

In his opinion, this was just a matter of time.

Since the beginning of the separatist regime, the powerful families have been unable to hold back.

It was only a few months earlier or later to put Zhao Heng under house arrest and control the government.

This time, Dasong was really going to continue to slide into the abyss.

"The capital is too far away, and the powerful families are holding the emperor hostage to command the princes. I can't reach out, so I can only take care of my own business now." Zhao Xu said to Xu Ke, "But you have to find a way to get in touch with Concubine Mi. It would be best if you can rescue her."

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Ke nodded.

Then, Xu Ke talked about the Liang family again.

After Liang Feng arrived in Lincheng, he was training the navy.

I'm afraid that the attack on Yizhou will only be in these few people.

In this regard, Zhao Xu hoped that the Liang family could take Yizhou.

After all, Yizhou is in the hands of the Liang family, which is better than half in the hands of the Japanese, and half in the hands of the Portuguese.

Of course, it is the same as the changes in the capital.

He can't interfere with this matter now.

For him, the most important thing is to deal with the attack of the Northern Di this time.

Only by severely damaging the Northern Di can he free up his hands to deal with the current chaos in Dasong.

Let Xu Ke go back.

Zhao Xu called Chang Wei over.

In more than two months, the Armory completed the transformation of the flintlock rifle under the high efficiency of the steam engine.

Moreover, 30,000 flintlock rifles, 24 field guns, and 36 mortars were delivered to the Ningjin Army.

His plan to replace the entire army with rifled guns was basically completed.

Now whenever war breaks out, soldiers can pick up rifles and go to the battlefield.

"The Beidi people are finally here."

After Zhao Xu told Chang Wei the information Xu Hark gave him, Chang Wei's eyes immediately released a war-mad light.

After the rifled guns were installed in the royal army, he stared at Ning Jindu Si like a cockfighting cock.

Even if Beidi didn't come to him, he would probably ask to take the initiative.

"Don't get excited yet. This time, I will not only inflict heavy losses on Beidi, but also take the opportunity to capture the Ningjin Dusi. For this reason, this war will be the first all-out war between me and Beidi. I will also use 90% of the troops. We will use our troops to fight this battle," Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he continued: "Go back and tell the generals that this war is very important. Everyone should be very energetic and praise the storm in the country. If we fight this battle well, we can Sit firmly in Yanzhou and deal with the chaos in Dasong, otherwise we will fall into a passive situation of fighting on two fronts. "

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said: "Whoever hinders Your Highness will be the first to be spared."

Zhao Xu nodded and looked at the Ningjin Dusi map on the wall with Chang Wei.

He said: "In addition to the normal confrontation with the enemy at Yanguan this time, the most important thing is to cooperate with Zhou Yi's navy to launch an attack on Ningjin Dusi from the sea. Mulehong really wants to hide in the rear and watch the battle safely. It’s so beautiful.”