The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

"Okay! I promise you, I can continue to provide ammunition supplies to the Empress."

Ok?

Li Jize finally agreed to the princess's request and was willing to continue providing supplies. To the little princess, these words were like the sound of nature!

"That's great, my husband, I..."

After the little princess got what she wanted, she was so excited and happy that she opened her arms and wanted to hug the King of Qin and give him a big kiss.

But surprisingly...

"Hey!"

Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Li Jize raised his hand again, stopping the little princess. Under the little princess's puzzled gaze, Li Jize said with a sinister smile, "If you want ammunition supplies, you can! But... I need your majesty's army to capture a place!"

"Where?"

……

On the southern battlefield, King Gao Pan of Zhengbei was inspecting his military camp at this moment.

Looking at the soldiers who were listless and dozing off on the ground, he was really depressed and speechless.

why?

It was because before that, he and the Zasantong tribe had been sitting in silence, neither side able to do anything to the other. Although there were constant frictions, big and small, a major war had never broken out...

To put it nicely, both of them are "tactical masters" who have to see the opponent's flaws before launching a fatal blow.

To put it bluntly, it's like two bad chess players playing chess, and the more they play, the worse they get!

They all came from the Qi army, and they all ran away when they encountered barbarians and bandits. Gao Pan was a little better, at least he fought against the bandits, right?

These "veterans" have become rigid in their thinking, afraid of death and afraid to take risks. If they are not sure of winning, or if they are playing in a favorable situation, they will never make a move.

Zuo Santong's sit-in was fine because he was the most powerful person in the court and the emperor was just a puppet supported by him. When to fight? How long to fight? Isn't it his decision?

But it’s different for Gao Pan. He has an empress and a “great and benevolent prime minister” above him.

The empress sent imperial edicts several times, urging Gao Pan to send troops to attack Zuo Santong's tribe immediately.

You can afford it, but the imperial treasury can't. The soldiers fighting on the front line need food, drink, and defecation, which one of them doesn't cost money?

If it was before, Gao Pan might have done this, but now...

This is all the Nan Qi has, and he can't afford to lose. If he wins, it's fine, but what if he loses?

So Gao Pan continued to talk about the difficulties here, asking the empress for money and food, and on the other hand he wrote a letter to the nobleman Ruan Daying. Fortunately, there was a prime minister in the court to support him, so Gao Pan was not dismissed.

But later, Ruan Daying also wrote to him, asking him to send troops quickly! Because some people in the court had already used this as an excuse to attack him and Gao Pan, saying that the two were plotting treason and planning to undermine the empress.

What the hell!

I'm fighting on the front lines, and these bastards in the back are actually spreading rumors that I'm going to rebel? They've even implicated the Prime Minister. How ridiculous! It's simply outrageous!

Only now did Gao Pan understand how difficult it was for Li Jize back then. How could he have managed to hold on in such an environment? No wonder the emperor later became suspicious of him. If you tell a lie ten thousand times, it will eventually become the truth.

but……

If I were to take the initiative to attack, what would I use to attack? What would I rely on to attack?

If he moves rashly here, he might give Zuo Santong the opportunity to discover his loophole, and his entire army might even be wiped out.

How much pressure has Gao Pan been under these days to continue sitting in silence with Zuo Santong?

All of this happened until the arrival of new weapons from Qingzhou!

After the soldiers changed their uniforms, they were all amazed. These weapons were so amazing! No wonder the Qin army was invincible. It turned out to be the advantage of their weapons.

With new weapons and cannons, the next war will be easy.

This is a damn favorable game! The general is a pig, and the soldiers also know how to fight, right?

So, Gao Pan "held his head high" and severely slapped the faces of those people in the court who had been making things difficult for him behind his back. He broke through Zuo Santong's troops head-on and chased them to fight.

Unfortunately, this happiness didn’t last long. It was great, but only halfway. Soon, a message came up saying, “Your internet fee is insufficient. Please remind him to top up.”

Damn it! Damn it!

With no ammunition left, the soldiers fell into a sit-in again and were unable to continue the attack.

The longer this war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be.

On the one hand, the imperial court's supplies were squeezed out like an old man peeing at night, drop by drop. On the other hand, they had captured a large number of prisoners, and they needed to eat! They didn't have enough to eat, and there were still so many prisoners. What should they do?

All the generals and staff members gathered together and discussed what to do now.

There are only two final options!

1. Either kill the prisoners!

We don't have enough food of our own. If we feed these prisoners, I'm afraid the soldiers will have to fight on an empty stomach.

Second, we can either change the original attack route and attack the granary on the territory of Zuo Santong.

It’s the autumn harvest season, there must be a lot of food over there!

However, if the original war plan is modified, I am afraid that the court will gossip again.

Because you mobilized the army without authorization and did not follow the original plan, this is a taboo for the emperor!

Why the hell didn't you follow the plan? Where is your army now?

What? To steal food?

I think you are calling back the army in order to seize the throne!

Both choices were dilemmas, but after thinking for a long time, Gao Pan decided to steal food.

People are starving to death. Instead of stealing food, why not lead the "undead army" to fight?

As for killing the captives, forget it! We are all citizens of the Southern Great Qi. The most important thing is that Gao Pan could do such things before, but now he has been crowned king! He should at least have some dignity and start to protect his reputation.

Just when Gao Pan gritted his teeth and was about to announce his latest order to attack the granary...

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Soon the imperial edict arrived, and everyone was stunned and ran out to greet it.

A eunuch hurried here with the imperial edict. He didn't even let them bathe or burn incense, and started reading the imperial edict directly.

The Emperor, who is entrusted with the mandate of Heaven, is summoned by God and so on. None of that matters!

What’s important is that the content of the imperial edict neither ordered them to continue the attack as originally planned nor to rob the granary.

On the contrary...

Let them attack Rainforest County!

What the hell?

Was this really an imperial decree? Everyone present was stunned. Did the Empress even know how to fight a war? What the hell was Rainforest County? What was there besides black mud?