Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

However, as long as there is a but, there must be a turning point.

Same here.

As soon as Ding Xuanren came ashore and was about to command the defense of the imperial fleet, a group of imperial envoys suddenly arrived and asked Ding Xuanren to return to the capital with them for trial.

It turned out that Luo Chen had an agreement with the Sakura State. As soon as the imperial fleet failed, Luo Chen would immediately go to the palace to meet Zhao Xu.

When Luo Chen came up, he said that the reason for the disastrous defeat of the Imperial Fleet was that Ding Xuanren was corrupt and perverted the law and resold the ammunition of the Imperial Fleet.

At the same time, he is also suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Otherwise, the imperial fleet would not have been defeated so quickly.

And what about Zhao Xu?

At this time, the news that Zhao Xu had been defeated stimulated brain congestion, and he did not consider whether what Luo Chen said was reasonable or not.

If he could calm down and think about it, he would know that no matter how greedy Ding Xuanren is, he should know that he cannot be greedy during war.

If the battle was defeated, wouldn't he be the first to be dealt with?

Would he risk his own life for greed at this time? This doesn't make sense.

In addition, it is even more impossible to say that Ding Xuanren collaborated with the enemy.

Not to mention that at that time, everyone in Daxia generally believed that the Sakura Kingdom was inferior to the Empire. Would Ding Xuanren collaborate with the Sakura Kingdom?

Well, taking a step back, even if Ding Xuanren really collaborates with the Sakura Kingdom, then when the Imperial Fleet is defeated, he should directly surrender to the Sakura Kingdom instead of taking the Imperial Fleet back to Penglai Military Port.

Therefore, it is fundamentally unreasonable to say that Ding Xuanren surrendered.

But Zhao Xu, who was already blinded by anger, didn't think about this at all.

Therefore, he followed Luo Chen's advice and put Ding Xuanren in prison first, and then dealt with it after the war.

But when he came to Luo Chen, he naturally interpreted it as killing Ding Xuanren and his family.

Thus, the following paragraph came about, Luo Chen sent people to Penglai Military Port to arrest people.

Even at that time, the captains of the imperial fleet could not plead for Ding Xuanren one by one.

Ding Xuanren knew that if the stalemate continued, it would be his side that would suffer, so after he ordered the imperial fleet to guard the Penglai military port and rely on the coastal defense artillery around the military port to resist as much as possible, he followed the imperial envoy back to the capital.

However, Ding Xuanren never expected that Luo Chen did not want Ding Xuanren to return to the capital alive.

There was no intention of allowing the Imperial Fleet to continue to exist.

Because Luo Chen knew very well that this imperial fleet, even without Ding Xuanren, was still beyond his control.

Since it can't be controlled, then destroy the imperial fleet.

If Ding Xuanren returns to the capital alive, the inferior artillery shells used in the fleet will be exposed.

At that time, although he had his own way to continue to frame this matter on Ding Xuanren, wouldn't that be troublesome?

Therefore, long before the imperial envoy left the capital, he ordered the imperial envoy to kill Ding Xuanren on the way, causing him to commit suicide out of fear of crime.

As for the Sakura Kingdom, in Luo Chen's opinion, it was just a small problem. Once the empire was completely controlled by him, the Sakura Kingdom would be destroyed in a matter of days.

As a result, Ding Xuanren died in Cangzhou halfway.

After hearing the news that Ding Xuanren committed suicide out of fear of crime, and Luo Chen's instigation, Zhao Xu ordered the imperial fleet to leave the harbor within three days to fight, otherwise they would be considered to be treasonous.

After receiving the order, the Imperial fleet could only grit its teeth and launch a decisive battle against the Sakura Kingdom's fleet.

Although the imperial fleet fought fiercely in this final battle, it did not cause much trouble to Sakura Country.

The final result was that the Imperial fleet was almost completely destroyed, and the Sakura Kingdom Navy won a complete victory.

After that, soldiers from the Sakura Kingdom began to land in Goryeo and forcibly captured Goryeo from the empire.

During the Battle of Goryeo, the Imperial Army fought very bravely. Previously, the Beijing Camp caused huge casualties to the Sakura Kingdom.

However, since it did not have control of the sea, the empire had to supply supplies by land if it wanted to support Goryeo.

At that time, the Sakura Kingdom's army was focused on the railway, leaving the Empire's army very passive.

Finally, it was Luo Chen who stood up again, accusing the imperial army of neglecting the war, and demanding that the Beijing camp should not just passively defend, but should take the initiative.

At that time, the empire had an advantage over the Sakura Kingdom in all aspects of military affairs.

Zhao Xu, who suffered a loss from the navy, also agreed with Luo Chen's suggestion.

He felt that he could only save face by defeating the Sakura Army on land.

Therefore, the army, including the Beijing camp, was forced to abandon the railway and take the initiative under orders.

As a result, their attack gave Sakura Country a chance, and they cut off the supply war in the same Goryeo area.

The Imperial Army, which has lost its supply line, is no match for the Sakura Kingdom.

So far, the imperial army has been defeated again and again.

First they lost Korea, and then they lost the areas outside the customs.

Although later, with the intervention of Western countries, the empire took back the customs, it also lost Yizhou Island and Goryeo, and paid a large sum of war reparations to the Sakura Kingdom.

Sakura Country also used a war indemnity to achieve domestic industrialization.

And the impact of this battle is not just that.

The disastrous defeat of this battle made the West see the weakness of the empire and felt that the empire could not guarantee their interests in East Asia, so they turned their attention to the Sakura Kingdom.

For this reason, Western countries have acquiesced to Sakura Country's rights in Goryeo and Yiju Island, and also allowed Sakura Country, as a powerful country in East Asia, to participate in the huge market of Daxia.

Logically speaking, whether it was the Imperial Navy taking the initiative to attack or having the Army attack, it was Luo Chen who proposed it. During the reckoning afterwards, he would not be able to escape the relationship.

However, Luo Chen used Zhao Xu's character traits to successfully remove the main responsibility for the two incidents.

Of course, Luo Chen would not foolishly say that he had no responsibility at all. In this case, Zhao Xu would only alienate him.

Therefore, when he handed over most of the responsibilities to the military and only shouldered part of the responsibilities, he took the initiative to help Zhao Xu shoulder the responsibilities.

This put light on Zhao Xu's face and relieved Luo Chen of responsibility.

At that time, some people in the military were unconvinced and thought it was Luo Chen who asked them to attack. However, it turned out that Luo Chen did nothing and they were punished instead.

In the end, Zhao Xu let it go and directly blamed the military. As a civilian official, Luo Chen was not the expert in military affairs.

And you people in the military are what you eat. After the defeat, he still wanted to shirk responsibility!

But Luo Chen, a civil servant, could take the initiative to shoulder the responsibility for defeat.

As a result, Zhao Xu became even more disgusted with the imperial military. He also severely punished the military and pardoned Luo Chen's crimes.

After Fang Xiao knew the reasons behind the empire's defeat, he became numb.

He never expected that the reason for the empire's defeat was actually planned by Luo Chen.

At the same time, he also made up his mind. This time, not only for the prince, but also for those who died, he must send Luo Chen to the guillotine!