The Invincible Sixth Prince

Soon, Xu Shifu and three other regent ministers were also urgently summoned to the Prince's Palace.

"I will immediately dispatch troops to attack Minzhou and take it back! We must not let Minzhou fall into Yun Zheng's hands!"

After being beaten by Emperor Wen, Xiao Wanchou learned his lesson. When he learned about what happened in Minzhou, he immediately shouted for a fight.

Looking at Xiao Wanchou's appearance, Xu Shifu and others felt both angry and amused.

Lian Yunli was almost laughed out of anger.

beat?

What can the court use to fight?

The troops of Minzhou will inevitably fall into Yun Zheng's hands.

The garrison in Muzhou is no more than 6,000 troops, plus the soldiers from each county, even if the yamen runners from each county are included, at most there are 10,000 people.

Muzhou can hardly protect itself, can it still dispatch troops to attack Minzhou?

In the direction of Juzhou and Liangzhou, Yun Zheng also stockpiled a large army!

Emperor Wen had used tricks to sabotage Yun Zheng's scheme to purge the court, and now he is clamoring for a fight. Why did the court send Meng Ruowang to Yun Zheng before?

Why did they announce to the public that Tang Shu and others were dismissed from their posts?

Isn't this just pure nonsense?

"Cough cough..."

Yun Li coughed lightly and raised his hand to stop Xiao Wanchou who was yelling about deploying troops. "Duke Yu, everyone knows that this fight is definitely impossible! I also know that you are loyal to the court, so don't make trouble at this time..."

He knew that he couldn't fight, so how could Xiao Wanchou, the Minister of War, not know that?

It was obvious that Xiao Wanchou had learned to protect himself after being warned by his father.

"Your Highness, I am really not causing trouble."

Xiao Wanchou shook his head and said solemnly: "Whether to fight or not is up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to decide, but the Ministry of War must formulate an attack plan! This is the Ministry of War's responsibility!"

"No, no, no!"

Yun Li sighed softly, "Fighting is definitely impossible! The Ministry of War should stop bothering! Duke Yu, please help me think about how to respond to Old Six!"

Beat the crap out of you!

The huge amount of silver we got from the house raiding was just enough to be used to build up a large army.

If we have to fight, we have to wait until the army is fully prepared!

Fighting that bastard Lao Liu now is just asking for trouble!

Xiao Wanchou smiled bitterly and sighed, "If Your Highness decides not to fight, then you should listen to their opinions first!"

Xiao Wanchou decisively threw the question to the other three people.

The three of them cursed the old fox in their hearts again, but they all started to have headaches.

You definitely can’t fight!

But if Minzhou was given to Yun Zheng, neither they nor Yun Li would be willing to accept it.

They don't want to fight, but they don't want to hand over Minzhou to Yun Zheng. This is the crux of the problem.

After a moment of silence, Tang Shu spoke first: "Your Highness, I do have some humble opinions, but I am afraid that they will pollute your ears."

Yun Li: "Master Tang, just go ahead and say it."

Tang Shu: "I think Yun Zheng may not really want Minzhou. He may just want to get benefits from the court!"

Yun Li thought for a moment and nodded.

Tang Shu’s opinion is indeed possible!

This bastard Lao Liu is definitely a person who will not do anything without benefits!

After a moment, Yun Li asked, "Master Tang, do you mean to ask the court to give him benefits in the hope of getting him to withdraw from Minzhou?"

"Correct!"

Tang Shu nodded gently, "However, I am worried that even if the court gives him benefits, he will not withdraw from Minzhou! Moreover, even if he withdraws from Minzhou, the court should not have too many troops stationed in Minzhou at present. In this way, Minzhou will fall into his hands again sooner or later!"

After listening to Tang Shu's words, several people showed expressions of approval.

Tang Shu’s worries are completely justified!

At this moment, Xiao Wanchou suddenly spoke again: "If Yun Zheng withdraws from Minzhou, the court can send more troops to Minzhou! At present, Dengzhou and Yuzhou have gradually stabilized. We can draw troops from these two places, and then draw tens of thousands of people from other places to station in Minzhou together, and deploy defenses on the frontiers of Minzhou and Muzhou!"

Withdraw troops?

After listening to Xiao Wanchou's words, several people fell into deep thought again.

It is not impossible to withdraw troops.

If the imperial court made up its mind, even if it did not mobilize the troops in Juzhou and Suizhou, it could at least mobilize 200,000 troops.

But once this withdrawal happens, the South will become very empty.

The South is the granary of Daqian.

The taxes from the six southern states accounted for almost half of Daqian’s taxes.

Once there was any change in the south, the imperial court would not be able to withdraw its troops in time to support the south.

By then, they probably won’t even have a place to cry.

Previously, when Yun Zheng raised the banner of clearing the court of evil officials, Yun Li had thought about drawing troops from the south and adding them to the troops from Juzhou and Suizhou to fight Yun Zheng to the death.

But now, isn’t Yun Zheng not making any big moves?

Under such circumstances, it would be inappropriate to withdraw troops from the south.

Moreover, with so many troops sent to Minzhou and Muzhou, the supply line would be too long.

“The troops in the south should not be moved if they can be!” Yun Li frowned and said, “I have been attacking the aristocratic families and clans one after another. Those aristocratic families and clans in the south must be dissatisfied with the court. The court still has to be wary of those aristocratic families and clans…”

Yun Li's opinion was also supported by Xu Shifu and others.

We have to guard against Yun Zheng, and also against those aristocratic families and clans who are dissatisfied with the imperial court!

Listening to what several people said, Xiao Wanchou couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed weakly.

Xu Shifu and the other three looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

For a moment, everyone fell into silence, only the occasional sigh made the atmosphere in the hall extremely depressing.

After a long silence, Gu Xiu tentatively said, "How about you ask His Majesty what he thinks?"

"This……"

Yun Li hesitated.

After the incident with Concubine Jing, Emperor Wen did not fall ill.

But any discerning person could see that Emperor Wen was deeply traumatized by the case of Concubine Jing.

Yun Li could clearly see that Emperor Wen had a lot more white hair on his head.

He was really afraid that Emperor Wen's body could not hold on.

If it wasn't absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to trouble Emperor Wen.

Moreover, if he asked Emperor Wen about everything, what kind of country was he supposed to oversee?

Yun Li thought for a moment and replied, "I'd better discuss a general plan with you first, and then see whether I should trouble my father!"

Xu Shifu hesitated for a moment and was about to speak, but then he seemed to have thought of something and quickly swallowed the words back.

Yun Li noticed that Xu Shifu was hesitant to speak, and said calmly: "Uncle, just say it! This is a discussion, not an immediate decision, so don't worry too much!"

Xu Shifu glanced at Yun Li, then slowly spoke: "Sometimes, cutting off one's own arm is also a wise choice!"

The strong man broke his wrist?

Hearing Xu Shifu's words, several people's eyelids suddenly jumped.

Could it be that Xu Shifu thought that the court should grant Yun Zheng's request and hand over Minzhou to him as well?

Facing the astonished gazes of several people, Xu Shifu looked at Xiao Wanchou again, "Old Xiao, don't hide it anymore. Today, you should tell His Highness and us the truth. How should the court arrange to most effectively prevent Yun Zheng from going south?"

Xiao Wanchou narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean? Why don't I understand?"

Xu Shifu sighed, "Old Xiao, it's already this time, don't hide it! You are the Minister of War! Even my Yun Gong can see it, I don't believe you can't see it!"