The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Huang Chenming couldn't help but ask: "My Lord, why are you laughing?"

Wan Lianxing restrained his smile and said slowly, "I laugh at the emperor of Dalang Kingdom for being foolish and incompetent, and blindly underestimating the enemy! This place is the border between Dalang Kingdom and Nanfang Yan Kingdom. How can it be defended by 3,500 people? Look at Nanfang Yan Kingdom, which is a big country like Dalang. But in the past hundred years, Nanfang Yan Kingdom has regarded Dalang Kingdom as a weak country. There is only a city tower like ours separating the border between the two countries. They don't have strict defenses like Dalang Kingdom. They think that Dalang Kingdom will never attack Nanfang Yan Kingdom, and they are the only ones who can attack Dalang Kingdom. But we have to admit that Nanfang Yan Kingdom is indeed strong in military and horses, stronger than Dalang Kingdom. The king of Dalang Kingdom is still living in the dream created by those treacherous ministers."

Wan Lianxing took a deep breath and said, "The Southern Yan Kingdom is like a tiger pouncing on its prey. Every five years, it will launch a fierce attack on our Dalang, and the target of each attack is Songchun Pass. If our soldiers and horses are not strong, no matter how well this city tower is built, it will not be able to stop the group of vicious wolves from the Southern Yan Kingdom."

Huang Chenming asked: "My Lord, when do you plan to attack the Southern Yan Kingdom?"

Wan Lianxing's mouth curled up again when he heard this, "You still asked me when, it's the time you said, after five days of rest, we will attack the Southern Yan Kingdom."

Huang Chenming said, "My Lord, if this battle continues, there will be mountains of corpses, countless bones, and rivers of blood."

Wan Lianxing said: "How can there be no deaths in war? Everything should be done according to the plan. We will attack the Southern Yan Kingdom in five days. I want to catch them off guard."

……

In the court, the atmosphere was solemn and silent.

The emperor stared at the secret letter sent back by Cao Bingxian in his hand, furious. His face was grim, and his eyes widened with anger as if they were about to spit fire. He raised his hand and slammed the secret letter to the ground, saying angrily: "What a Cao Bingxian! I sent him to Fengying to investigate Wan Lianxing, but several months have passed and he hasn't sent back any useful information! Not only that, he even praised Wan Lianxing's "political achievements" between the lines. It's really absurd. In my opinion, this man is probably bribed by Wan Lianxing."

At this time, a minister who belonged to the same faction as Cao Bingxian hurriedly stood up and said to the emperor in fear and trepidation: "Your Majesty, please calm down! Lord Cao is loyal to you, as the sun and the moon can attest! I dare to guarantee with my own head that he is absolutely not a traitor!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor pointed at the secret letters on the ground and angrily shouted: "Then explain to me what these secret letters are about. Wan Lianxing..." As soon as he said this, the emperor suddenly slapped the armrest of the dragon chair beside him, making a dull noise. As the king of a country, the emperor, it was really difficult for him to admit in person that Wan Lianxing had gradually slipped out of his control. Now, Wan Lianxing turned a blind eye to any orders he issued to him, and only focused on leading the troops to fight according to his own wishes, and did not take him, the emperor, seriously at all.

Seeing the emperor's rage, the minister was terrified. Despite this, he still gritted his teeth and carefully persuaded him, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, Lord Cao may have been deceived by Wan Lianxing's sweet words. You know, Wan Lianxing is good at winning people's hearts."

However, the emperor snorted coldly with a dark face, saying: "Humph! Doesn't Cao Bingxian even have this little self-control? He went to Fengying and spoke for Wan Lianxing? Then what's the point of me sending him out?"

The minister bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I heard that the people of Fengying highly respect Wan Lianxing, and even worship him as a god, respectfully calling him 'Shuiyong God'. I think that because of this, Wan Lianxing will definitely confuse people."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor slammed the dragon throne with a loud noise. His eyes widened with anger and he shouted, "What nonsense! Those fools believe that he is a god. Could it be that he is really a god? I really shouldn't have believed what you said and weakened the deployment of Fengying's troops. As a result, the Southern Yan Kingdom is now invading our Dalang. This is the key to his Southern Yan Kingdom's attack on our Dalang!"

The minister saw this and sweat dripped down his forehead, but he still bravely said: "Your Majesty, please calm down and listen to me. Although there were some mistakes before, the situation is not completely out of control. Since Wan Lianxing can recapture Songchun Pass, why don't you issue an imperial decree immediately and order him to go to Qunyang County to support Li Duyuan there? Maybe he can still turn the tide of the war and protect our Dalangjiangjiangshan."

The emperor said with a gloomy face: "Do you think I can still dispatch him now? If he really wanted to reinforce, how could the Songchun Pass be lost so easily! His behavior is clearly a blatant attempt to rebel!"

After hearing the emperor's words, Lord Li, the Minister of Rites, stood silently in the court without saying a word. Lord Li was a well-known upright minister. In the past, all his suggestions and memorials to the emperor were not accepted by the emperor. And now, the Great Lang Kingdom can come to this day, in the final analysis, all because of the emperor's partiality to those treacherous villains.

Seeing that the emperor was furious, the treacherous ministers who were usually good at flattery were racking their brains at this moment, but they could not think of a good way to appease the emperor's anger. They knew in their hearts that it would be wrong to say anything at this time, and it might even backfire, so it was better to shut up.

The emperor glared at the ministers who were silent below him, and shouted, "At this moment, you should all come up with a plan to deal with this situation. What's the point of me keeping all of you civil and military officials in the court?"

However, facing the emperor's rebuke, all the ministers lowered their heads, looking at each other with their eyes and noses, and no one dared to stand up and speak. The whole court was dead silent, and only the emperor's angry breathing could be clearly heard.

The emperor's eyes swept through the ministers in the court, and finally fixed on the minister who often gave him advice on weekdays. He slowly said: "Lord Liu, I want to hear your opinion now."

The Lord Liu who was named was a very powerful person in the court, but because most of the strategies he proposed were treacherous, he did not have a very good reputation behind the scenes. However, the emperor loved and respected him, so many ministers who shared his same interests colluded with him and became corrupt.