Xie Ming

Chapter 157: One Says Nothing
Xiao Lang was discussing possible changes in the capital in front of the fire. Suddenly, he stopped talking, bent over and picked up a knife that was stuck beside the firewood.

On it, the dry biscuits have been baked to perfect golden brown on both sides.

Xiao Jingchuan took the pancake off his hands and handed it to the prince.

Zhu Cilang had been listening carefully nearby. When he suddenly saw the baked pancake being handed to him, he was startled and quickly waved his hand to refuse.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang smiled and threw it to Li Huchen.

Hu Chen was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He accepted everything that came his way. He raised his arm, grabbed the food with his big hand, chuckled, and immediately took a few big bites and started chewing.

Xiao Jingchuan took advantage of the opportunity to insert another piece of the knife tip, then poked it back to the firewood and continued speaking.

"The commotion in the capital this time is bound to be quite big!"

"According to my analysis, Wu Sangui, the general of Liaodong, may be the culprit of this change!"

"The emperor is in danger and urgently summons this person back to the pass."

"Can"

"Alas, after the fall of the capital, the 50,000 Guanning cavalry were trapped in Luanzhou!"

"I think the rebel Li Zicheng will not let it go!"

When Xiao Lang said this, Peizhong suddenly became confused.

"General, do you mean that Wu Sangui intends to attack the capital with only 50,000 elite cavalry?!"

"This, isn't possible?" Peizhong frowned.

"Haha, Wu Sangui alone would definitely not have the courage to attack the capital directly!"

"Moreover, given Li Zicheng's habits, he might even try to persuade him to surrender!"

"It's just that things change."

"If this surrender is successful, then he will have no reason to recklessly transfer troops from the capital to the north!"

"So I thought, it should be Wu Sangui waiting for a higher price, and in the end the two sides did not reach an agreement!"

"Perhaps in the next few days, the two sides will start a big war and start a fight!" Xiao Langyan.

"what?"

"General, Gang Peizhong also said that Wu Sangui has 50,000 cavalrymen."

"But right now, the rebel Dashun army is so powerful that they have taken over the entire area north of the Yellow River and Huai River!"

"Wu Sangui is now isolated in a corner of the northeast, with no depth and no reinforcements. Does he really dare to fight?!"

Hu Chen chewed a piece of biscuit and argued carelessly.

"Well, haha, what Hu Chen said makes a lot of sense!"

"So, I think Wu Sangui must have found some helpers to gain the courage to do this!"

"Helper? Who?!" Chuanwu Yi came in.

"Build slave soldiers!" Xiao Jingchuan said shockingly!

When the generals heard this, they were all stunned and looked at each other!

"Damn it, isn't that chaotic enough? He even dared to invite the barbarians from outside the Great Wall to enter the Great Wall!"

"You bastard! What a bastard!" Peizhong was quite angry when he heard this.

"Alas, that is probably the case!"

"This thief led the foreign invaders into the pass in order to save himself from danger."

"With this disturbance, there will definitely be a major war east of the capital!"

"Everyone!"

"According to my prediction, Li Zicheng will definitely lose this battle!"

"Soon, this old fellow will abandon the capital and retreat from Northern Zhili all the way to the southwest, pretending to hide back in the northwest!"

As soon as this inference was made, it immediately caused an uproar among the generals!
"Um, Xiao, General Xiao!" At this moment, Zhu Cilang, who had been listening, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan quickly agreed.

"Oh? Your Highness."

"Your Highness, please speak!" Xiao Lang said respectfully.

"Oh, my lady. Haha, I was listening to your words, but when I got to this point, I suddenly felt something else!"

"What happened near the capital? Whether the general's guess is right or not, let's not discuss it for now!"

"But I am quite curious."

"General, at least half a month ago, decided to gather the troops and march south to Baoding Prefecture at this point!"

"But you just said that this news was delivered by one of your men recently!"

"Haha, General Xiao, you made such a decision. Could it be that you foresaw this opportunity in advance?!"

Zhu Cilang was smart and could tell something was up.

"Haha, Your Highness may not believe it!"

"The laws of heaven and earth have their own rules to follow!"

"No matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same. This is the truth!"

"I, a humble general, have a basic understanding of magic."

"I read the divination before I left, and I figured out the situation!"

"I was lucky enough to confirm my plan. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Xiao Jingchuan's words were like those of a charlatan, and his answers were extremely mysterious.

After hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang was greatly shocked. He never thought that this young general, who was only in his early twenties, had such a skill.

If this matter happened under normal circumstances, he would not take it to heart, but now, it was truly a stroke of genius, and it really took the situation into consideration!

He was dismissive of seeking advice from immortals, but what if the general in front of him could predict the general situation of the world?

Well, this is definitely not an ordinary matter!

After thinking about this, Zhu Cilang was deeply shocked, and his opinion of Xiao Jingchuan changed several times.

"Oh, the general is indeed a master!" The prince couldn't help but admire.

"Haha, Your Highness, you are so kind! You are so kind!"

Xiao Lang declined modestly.

He then leaned over, grabbed the baked biscuits again, and threw them directly in front of Gong Yonggu who was staring blankly.

Although Prince Consort Gong is a royal relative and has a bad temper, he is also straightforward and unpretentious.

Xiao Lang saw that he had been staring at the baked pancakes for a long time, so he waited until they were done and then gave them to him.

Gong Yonggu raised his hand to take it, without any hesitation, and buried his head in eating, as if it was a matter of course.

Xiao Lang had no choice but to smile.

"The Jiannu are foreign invaders!"

"These people are different from the bandits!"

"It has been said since ancient times that those who are not of our race must have different hearts!"

"I am afraid that in the future, if the Jiannu army gains power, the people in the northern part of Ming Dynasty who are trapped behind enemy lines will be in great trouble!"

"The barbarians are inhumane!"

"For many years, they have repeatedly invaded our borders, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil!"

"And we have built slave soldiers, most of whom are brave and strong!"

“So I thought!”

"This time we will lead the troops to attack Baoding Prefecture!"

"If you can get the city, you can get it!"

"Then in my opinion, we can have a good fight here, close to Baoding City, with the Jiannu troops coming from the north to pursue Li Zicheng in the near future!"

"Li Zicheng, this old fellow, can't bear to be beaten. He keeps his tail between his legs and lets the dog Jian Nu chase and bite him!"

"We can't let these barbarians take advantage of us!"

"This battle!"

"First, to seize the thousands of Ming Dynasty surrendered bandits in Baoding City!"

"If we don't take these soldiers, they will all belong to Jian Nu in the future!"

"As one side gains, the other loses. The situation will be even more difficult to handle!"

"Secondly, the bandit forces should withdraw from Northern Zhili and Shandong by then!"

"Then from now on, our main opponent in this area will become the Jiannu!"

"Take advantage of this moment, the Jiannu soldiers are not yet firmly established, we will occupy the city and wait for them to tire themselves out!"

"If he dares to come, let's fight him!"

"It will also help the soldiers to get familiar with these foreign enemies as soon as possible!"

"It will also be helpful for the Crown Prince who I have protected to return to the south and raise troops to conquer the north!"

Tonight, Xiao Jingchuan had been talking for a long time but had not yet mentioned the latest intelligence obtained by Zhizhong.

But even the preparations made by Xiao Lang before the meeting were shocking in every way!
If Xiao Lang hadn't told the generals under his command, who would have thought of all this?

So the current situation is really like this, no one says a word when someone says something!

It seems that none of them followed Xiao Lang's plan!

(End of this chapter)