The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

After Ye Xiaohan told everyone about the itinerary of King Di and his men returning to the capital, he changed the topic and talked about the latest news in the capital in the past two days. In addition, several personal guard leaders were responsible for supplementing the news that Ye Xiaohan had said.

Of course, Ye Xiaohan would not explain all the details in detail, as there was no need and no requirement to do so.

The work of reporting specific matters was naturally done by a dedicated person, so several personal guard leaders, Wei Bai and Du Ziheng occasionally followed Ye Xiaohan's general statement and continued to talk about the details.

That day, after the court received the military reports from the eastern and western borders, the emperor convened a meeting with his ministers. After a fierce and chaotic discussion, the ministers finally reached an agreement...

While the Zhongyue Dynasty was planning to adopt a wait-and-see attitude, it also had to make preparations to deal with the enemy.

After the chaotic meeting at the morning court, Zhongyue made new moves the next day.

At the suggestion of his ministers, the emperor selected two generals to lead an army respectively to station near the eastern and western borders of Zhongyue to prevent the Western Yi and the Eastern Yang from triggering a war against Zhongyue, which would catch Zhongyue off guard.

Of course, the emperor and his faction originally wanted to support a group of people headed by Dong Cun, among whom there were civil officials like Dong Cun, as well as many military generals. The emperor wanted to pick two of his generals to lead the team.

After all, it seems that stationing at the border is not a bad thing. They guard against neighboring countries for their own country without any effort or fighting on the battlefield. Moreover, they can win the hearts of the people and the military. Isn't it a good job?

Haolian Di thought: How can I give such a good opportunity to perform to others?

What's more, the Night King finally stepped down, but his influence on the military and the people has not completely faded.

Not to mention Emperor Haolian, even many people from other factions wanted to eliminate the Night King's deep-rooted influence and appeal in the Zhongyue Dynasty.

But who is the Night King? The Night King certainly won't let anyone attack him, let alone dare to replace him and suppress his followers and subordinates.

So at the end of the morning court meeting that day, and later when the ministers submitted their petitions to the emperor, people from the Night King's faction, Duke Meng's old subordinates, some people who had a slight tendency to lean towards the Night King, such as General Bai, Su Xueshi from the Hanlin Academy, and some people from neutral factions, such as the Right Prime Minister, all expressed their wishes for the selection, either strongly or implicitly.

The emperor was extremely angry, but under pressure from various sides, he could only make a compromise and give in.

He made some adjustments to the two generals he had originally wanted to appoint, and could only replace one of his subordinate generals with another general who was nominated by everyone.

And that general was none other than the Marquis of Changping, a man nearly forty years old with considerable combat experience. He was also a rather calm and simple veteran in the court.

As for the selection of deputy general?

Seeing that he could not influence the main general, Emperor Haolian wanted to send his men to the left and right of Marquis Changping so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to control the situation in the army.

Unfortunately, even though Haoliandi has reached the highest position, he will always have a powerful enemy who can restrain him. He is destined to be defeated by a legendary figure in his lifetime...

Just now, King Ye sent a memorial to the palace, praising his subordinate General Yang Wu highly, who had received his order some time ago and successfully suppressed the bandits in the south.

The emperor was constrained by practical factors and couldn't show too much partiality on the surface. In the past few months, he had lost some of the people's support because of Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu...

He considered the reality and weighed everything.

Now he can’t let the people of the world think that he is targeting the Night King, nor can he let everyone think that he is too selfish and doesn’t treat his meritorious generals well!

The emperor had no choice but to reward General Yang Wu and ordered him to lead the army to war together with Marquis Changping.

What’s even worse is that the Night King’s irritating behavior isn’t over yet.

The emperor had made all the calculations and could not tolerate the Night King, and the Night King never tolerated or gave in to his vicious and sinister brother.

The Night King also gave the Emperor some wrong hints in the memorial, causing the Emperor to think that the situation in the East Asian Empire was not serious and there was no need to worry too much.

When the emperor heard about this good thing, he would of course let his people do this prestigious task, while other irrelevant personnel and Ye Xiaohan's people would of course have to do the thankless work.

Thus, under the plan of the Night King, Emperor Haolian fell into a trap that had been set long ago. He ordered Marquis Changping and General Yang Wu to go to the western border, and sent his subordinate, Marquis Xixiang, to the eastern border, which was close to the Dongyang Empire, and garrisoning there was a lucrative job.

In the end, under the close arrangements of the Night King, everything went smoothly according to his plan, and the Emperor also took some corresponding actions as he expected.

Why did he ask the emperor to transfer his men to the border of Western Yi?

This is because the safety of the western border is the most important.

The Dongyang Empire will not attack Zhongyue immediately, but the Xiyi will immediately provoke a war against Zhongyue. Once a war with the Xiyi breaks out, he will definitely lead his subordinates back to the battlefield.

Therefore, he had to have some of his subordinates stay behind near the border of Western Yi in advance. In the future, when he could not go to the battlefield immediately, some of his subordinates would be able to infiltrate the imperial army and properly block the enemy. The emperor wanted to use the Golden Guards as consumables for the casualties in the vanguard.

As for why the situation in the West is more critical and important than that in the East?

This is because after analyzing the actual situation, the Night King did not think that the Eastern Empire had the intention or courage to attack Zhongyue immediately!

Zhongyue, as a big country in the central part of Xingyue Continent, covers a vast area. It has Beihan in the north, Xiyi in the west, and Nantai in the south. Zhongyue is a large and medium-sized country sandwiched between the Three Kingdoms and the Oriental Empire.

It can be said that if Zhong Yue had not been facing the head-on pressure from the Oriental Empire, the Oriental Empire would have sent out its expeditionary army long ago and easily annexed the three small countries in succession.

You can swallow one in one bite. It's as small as a fruit, crispy, chewy and easy to bite. You can swallow it into your stomach without any effort.

But it was precisely because Zhongyue, as the eldest of the four countries, was the first to resist the Oriental Empire's desire to continuously annex territory from the interior of the Star-Moon Continent that the other three countries were able to have a safe place to live. It was not because they were relying on Zhongyue's help. As the saying goes, it's nice to sit under a big tree and enjoy the shade.

If the Dongyang Empire wants to attack Zhongyue directly, Zhongyue can no longer sit idly by, but will encourage the other three countries to unite and work together to fight against the Dongyang Empire.

If Zhongyue was destroyed by the Dongyang Empire, none of the other three countries would be immune, and the next unlucky targets would be the other three small countries. Without the relatively powerful Zhongyue, the Dongyang Empire had no more cares. In its eyes, destroying the other three small countries was as easy as pulling carrots out of the mud. What was there to be afraid of?