They all say I'm a puppet

In the autumn of the third year of Chunxi, Xili, Nanxia's southwest neighbor, suddenly raised troops to attack Nanxia. Nanxia fought in a hurry and lost three cities in a row within half a month, shocking the government and the public.Xili was originally a small country in the southwest. The last time the two countries fought was in the sixth year of Yuanping. Xili, who had been dormant for many years, deceived the new lord of Nanxia to take the throne when he was young, and sent troops to invade the important town in the southwest of Nanxia. With an army of [-], they sent troops to the southwest to fight against Xili, and won a complete victory in only one month. They not only recovered the lost land, but also went down to the five cities of Xili. In exchange for Nanxia's retreat.

Since the death of the first emperor, Fuyu's ascension to the throne, and the decline of the Nanxia royal family, He Hongyi retreated to the northwest to compete with the capital.The Xili Kingdom was no longer peaceful, and refused to pay tribute for two consecutive years. After nearly three years, it finally couldn't hold back anymore, exposed its ambition, and moved against Nanxia.

This move of the Xili Kingdom shocked the Nanxia government and the public. After all, Xili has been a vassal to Nanxia since the Yuanping period.Even though the situation in Nanxia has become so chaotic, the government is controlled by Chen Yuan, and the emperor's power falls to the side.But the Xili Kingdom is a foreigner after all, and the once small country on the border is now so ambitious that it dares to attack Nanxia. The most important thing is that this small country that they once ignored won three cities within half a month. , is simply an insult.

The southwestern defenders’ petitions for help were sent to the capital one after another. Even in the early morning, when Fu Yu was playing with his fingers carelessly, he actually listened to the quarrels of the courtiers below. When I was in the middle of distinguishing a little bit about the situation in the southwest, a herald rushed directly into the Hall of Martial Arts: "Your Majesty, the Southwest urgently reports that the Xili Kingdom has captured our Canglan City, and is currently resting in Canglan City, intending to continue eastward."

There was an uproar in the court hall, Fu Yu couldn't help sitting up straight, first glanced at Cang Lin, then turned to the courtiers with different expressions in front of him, and interrupted their argument: "Misters, What do you think, why don't you speak freely?" After speaking, his eyes stayed on Chen Yuan's face for a while.

Chen Yuan seemed not aware of it, and sat comfortably in his seat.But the courtiers behind him were far less calm than him.

Although everyone knows that today's Nanxia is not as invincible as it was during the years of Emperor Yuanping and Jianping, but there are [-] defenders in the southwest after all, and four cities have been taken down by the small country of Xili. , which is intolerable in any case.

After a moment of silence, a young man finally stood up and cupped his hands towards Fuyu: "Xili is just a small country on the border. Since Yuanping, it has paid tribute to my Nanxia, ​​but now it has a different heart to invade our border and disturb my border. My people, I think, we should send a large army to the southwest to teach Xili a lesson."

Fu Yu raised his eyes, his eyes fell on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.In fact, since the Southwest War, the DPRK and China have no objection to sending troops to the Southwest, but the reason for the delay in action is, who will lead the troops?

When Emperor Yuankang was in power, He Hongyi worshiped Qin Guogong as an official, holding nearly half of the military power in Nanxia, ​​and fought for Nanxia in the south and north, with outstanding military exploits.At that time, he was stationed in the northwest, deterring all the small countries in the northwest, and made the northwest stable and war-free for many years.After he failed to capture the capital and occupied the northwest, Nanxia lost a large part of its troops, including those experienced generals who had been following He Hongyi for many years and were already loyal to him, so they went with him. To the northwest, so that it is difficult to find generals who can fight in the court.

Xili has already gone to the four cities of Nanxia. The reinforcements sent this time must be victorious.It is precisely because of this that it has become a difficult problem who to send to the expedition.

After the young man finished speaking, someone immediately echoed: "I also think that we should immediately send a large army to help the southwest."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Fu Yu almost burst out laughing, he glanced at Chen Yuan's face, and asked softly, "What do you think, Uncle?"

Chen Yuan raised his eyes to look at him, smiled slightly, stood up, smoothed his clothes, and turned to look at the courtiers behind him who were agitating for the expedition: "It is necessary to rush to help the Southwest. It should be very easy for the army to go to the southwest, and it should be easy to pacify the mere Xili country, but," he raised his tone slightly, his eyes swept over the faces of those people one by one, "who wants to lead the army out?"

It is not that there are no military generals in the court, and there are also some who are highly skilled in martial arts, but daily martial arts competitions are always different from fighting the enemy in battle. Moreover, leading an army at such a time, if you can win, it is natural to turn the tide, but if you lose, I am afraid So he became Nan Xia's sinner.

Chen Yuan's words fell, all turned up and down in complete silence, Chen Yuan slowly raised the corners of his lips, and turned his gaze to the face of the young man who just asked for the battle: "I heard that General Li is familiar with military books and has superb martial arts skills, how about, General Lee try?"

General Li was taken aback, and hastily said, "Your junior officer doesn't do anything, and his qualifications are shallow. Although he has read a few military books, he is only talking about military affairs on paper. He definitely dare not accept this important task."

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Why is General Li so modest?" After finishing speaking, he smiled, "Then General Li is so active in taking on the challenge, but he already has a suitable candidate in mind, why not mention it as a reference for His Majesty? "

General Li bit his lower lip, glanced over the court hall, thought for a while, and said: "I think General Zhao Ying is the most suitable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the silent hall suddenly became noisy again, and someone echoed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, why did you forget about General Zhao? If General Zhao leads the army to go out, this battle will definitely be won."

Fu Yu lowered his head, and his eyes fell on Chen Yuan's face. Although there was still a smile on his lips, there was no obvious pleasure.Fu Yu knew that he was not very satisfied with this proposal.

This Zhao Ying is the General Zhao who led the army to drive He Hongyi out of the capital that day. He is loyal to Chen Yuan and is now stationed in the east of the river, facing He Hongyi's defenders in the northwest. A barrier against He Hongyi.And if this barrier is removed now, it is inevitable that He Hongyi will not take advantage of it. After all, he has been dormant in the Northwest for three years, except that the previous assassination in the palace was a small move. Neither Fu Yu nor Chen Yuan believed him. I can still hold back.

Even Fuyu couldn't help but suspect that the outbreak of war in the southwest and the overwhelming momentum in Xili might not be without the help of He Hongyi.He could see it, and Chen Yuan could see it too.Although Chen Yuan cleaned up the court, but there is no guarantee that there will be no more people from He Hongyi. Maybe He Hongyi has a clear understanding of the current situation in the court in Nanxia, ​​so he sent people to deliberately incite Xili, And he was eyeing covetously in the northwest, he was forcing Chen Yuan to make a choice.

For Chen Yuan, the Southwest cannot be lost, and the Northwest cannot be ignored.

Chen Yuan's gaze stayed on General Li's face for a moment: "General Zhao is stationed in Hedong, how can he go to the southwest?"

Then General Li choked, thought for a while, and still felt that Zhao Ying was the best choice, and couldn't help but said: "General Zhao has been stationed in Hedong for three years, and everything in Hedong is safe and sound. Besides, if General Zhao personally leads the army to go south, Recover the southwest as quickly as possible. Even if there is a temporary change in Hedong, the defenders in Hedong were trained by General Zhao himself, and they should be able to last until General Zhao returns to help. By then, the war in the southwest will be calmed down, and the northwest will be safe. good thing."

When Fu Yu heard what General Li said, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He felt that General Li was right, but he was indeed a good talker.He calmed down the smile on his lips, and looked at Chen Yuan with ignorance in his eyes: "What do you think, uncle?"

Chen Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, seemed to think for a while, and then said for a long time: "General Zhao can't leave Hedong." Having said that, he raised his head, "If there is no other suitable candidate, let's come here this morning."

"Then, in the southwest..." Fu Yu couldn't help but said.

Chen Yuan raised his eyes and looked at him: "First order people to prepare food and grass, and send [-] former troops to the southwest to support the local defenders to ease the Xili offensive. After the marshal is selected, he will lead the army to set off to regain the lost ground."

Fu Yu nodded: "Then follow Uncle's arrangement." After speaking, he stood up, "Then let's go."

Fu Yu took Cang Lin all the way back to Changle Palace. He took off his court clothes and put on a lighter ordinary clothes. He poured himself a cup of tea and looked up at Cang Lin: "You have been worried all the way. look, is there something on your mind?"

Cang Lin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I was just thinking about what the war in the Southwest would be like." He bit his lip, "Sili is a foreign race after all, they went down to the four cities in the Southwest, and the people in those four cities... what to do?"

Fu Yu lowered his eyes slightly, this is also his concern, no matter how much he doesn't want to be the emperor, now after all, on the surface, he is sitting in this position, if the country that the ancestors of the Southern Xia conquered in the Southern and Northern Wars is in his hands Li changed hands, he was just sorry to his ancestors, but if the people were slaughtered by aliens, that was something he couldn't accept no matter what.

He licked his lower lip and sighed softly: "Based on Chen Yuan's state today, no matter what, he will not let Zhao Ying leave Hedong and lead the army to the southwest, so who else in the court can fight? "

Cang Lin was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Actually, there is another person."

Fu Yu looked up at him, with a little expectation in his eyes: "Who is it?"

"Chen Yuan."