eurekapd Chapter 241 Li Jize's Unconventional Path
Chapter 241 Li Jize's Unconventional Path
have no choice……
After being shocked at first, the master and servant naturally had to deal with inquiries from the southern court.
What's the point of mobilizing troops? What's the point of attacking the barbarians?
I don’t know! That’s not happening!
Li Jize: "Your Excellency, we are not aware that our Qin army has been neglecting practice, so we are conducting military exercises!"
"What is a military exercise?"
The eunuch who came to announce the decree looked puzzled.
"It's just drill! The army is drilling!"
Chen Yingyuan pulled the father-in-law aside and secretly stuffed a silver ingot into his pocket. Then the two of them laughed heartily with a tacit understanding.
"Since it's a drill, no problem! No problem, I'll go back and report right away."
"Please wait, eunuch. I will see you off!"
After Chen Yingyuan sent away the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict and returned to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, he saw that the Prince of Qin Li Jize's face had turned ashen and looked quite scary.
Just as Chen Yingyuan was about to speak, he swung the incense table in front of him and it fell to the ground with a clang.
"Damn it! I've been training the Qin army for so long and supplying them with plenty of meat. I'm finally able to launch a night attack! I was planning a surprise attack, but I didn't expect the news to leak out."
Since the news has leaked, it means that the battle for the unification of Qingzhou may be a little difficult to handle.
The war cannot be won. What has Li Jize been planning for all this time?
Turning around, Li Jize looked at Chen Yingyuan with gritted teeth, "There must be a spy in Qingzhou, otherwise the information would not have been conveyed."
Hey! Look how strange that statement is! If everyone were to fight on their own, they would definitely send spies to each other.
"Catch this spy for me! I will tear them into pieces!"
Li Jize was so angry that his plan, which he had worked so hard for for so long, was completely shattered. He gritted his teeth, especially when he said the words "torn into pieces", his fists clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound.
Chen Yingyuan was about to agree when a spy came in again.
The slap in the face moment comes so quickly!
One moment he was about to rip to pieces the spies and traitors, and the next moment his intelligence department came to report that Li Jize had previously ordered them to keep an eye on Zhang Xiaolan and find out her every move in Qingzhou.
Just by chance, they caught the information Zhang Xiaolan gave to the rebels and copied it down.
The transcript that Li Jize saw was also very simple, "The Qin army is mobilizing, there may be war to the north!"
Li Jize: "..."
Chen Yingyuan: “…”
The Empress knew about it, so the whole world knows about it!
Now that Zhang Xiaolan has provided intelligence about the rebel army, it must be that Wang Yuanya is also involved.
Li Jize must have been very angry because his wife had betrayed him and passed information to the rebels, which led to the news leaking out from him and the attack could not be carried out as scheduled.
What to do now? Should I cut him into pieces?
The Qin army is mobilized, there may be war to the north!
It was easy to read just these ten words, but in Li Jize's hands, it seemed as if there was no reaction.
Chen Yingyuan was so smart when he saw this scene. He coughed and said, "Your Highness, actually, leaking information at this moment is a good thing, not a bad thing."
"Oh?"
Li Jize put the note away and looked at his aide Chen Yingyuan, asking in confusion, "Why is information leaking a good thing?"
"Your Highness! Leaking it now will prove we have a loophole! Early discovery can prevent losses, otherwise we will have to pay the price with the lives of our soldiers."
"Um……"
Li Jize touched his chin and nodded, "Ying Yuan is right!"
"Secondly, if you know, you know; if you don't know, you don't know! Knowing isn't necessarily a good thing, and not knowing isn't necessarily a bad thing!"
Ok?
The last words of Chen Yingyuan were the most important, which made Li Jize suddenly realize, "I understand!"
Chen Yingyuan smiled and nodded.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin finally figured it out. He knew your wife was involved, but it was better for you not to know. As human beings, we should turn a blind eye.
Li Jize: "Prepare for a military meeting immediately, continue deploying troops, and launch the attack according to the predetermined plan!"
Ah this...
Chen Yingyuan was confused!
What did I say? How could the King of Qin misunderstand me so much?
When Li Jize returned and announced the attack order of "everything should proceed as usual", not only Chen Yingyuan felt puzzled, but the other generals were also stunned.
What's going on? The secret has been leaked, everyone knows it, so why are they still launching attacks?
But there’s nothing I can do!
It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders. The King of Qin has already issued the order, so they can only follow it.
……
On the battlefield, the two highest messages from the royal capital reached directly to Qingzhou’s highest commander, Babutai.
What are these two pieces of information?
One was from the rebels. The Qin army had begun a large-scale mobilization and was likely to launch a large-scale attack to the north. At that time, they might use this opportunity to launch a war to unify the entire Qingzhou.
One was a strange report from a fisherman who had been caught earlier: a huge, terrifying ship was seen in the thick fog.
Ah this...
What does this information mean? Why would the Sixth Prince give him such information?
There are only two possible answers.
One possibility is that the Sixth Prince is also foolish; he can't figure out the key. But he can't show that he doesn't understand, right? The military situation is urgent, so he simply passes the news to his subordinates, "Go and see for yourself!" Go and cover it up.
Secondly, this information is given to him to alert him to any dangers at sea!
No matter what, Babutai just needs to take steady steps to protect his half of Qingzhou.
Unfortunately, the slap in the face came very, very quickly...
Soon, urgent intelligence arrived from the front line, saying that the Qin army on the opposite side had assembled on a large scale and appeared on the front lines of both sides.
This kind of appearance refers to the appearance visible to the naked eye!
Babutai’s answer was, let these southerners attack, our defense line will be their burial place!
Then, pinch, soon the urgent information came again.
The Qin army attacked, but they did not use men to attack. They fired artillery crazily, destroying many fortifications.
Babutai was getting a little anxious, secretly cursing these people as idiots. "They have artillery, don't we have any? Didn't we seize artillery from the bandits before? Bring it out! Fight back!"
then……
Another soldier came to report that we didn't have enough artillery, not as many as the enemy! Moreover, as soon as we showed our heads and opened fire, we would be covered and hit by the enemy's artillery fire, resulting in heavy losses.
If this continues, not only will there be no cannons available, but the fortifications may even be destroyed.
Babutai only panicked at this moment. What should he do? On the one hand, he quickly asked the court for help, and on the other hand, of course, he quickly mobilized troops from other parts of Qingzhou to provide support.
In Chinese chess, there are linked cannons and linked horses. The two rely on each other so that the opponent can't capture you. But once you move a cannon or a horse, it's over! The whole situation is broken.