The queen must start from the head

Chapter 120
In the King's Palace of Northern Qi, after receiving the urgent letter from the border, King Li Tianming summoned several ministers to the palace overnight for discussion.What is strange is that among this group of important ministers, there is no prime minister Bi Ying, the leader of civil servants.

In the study room, the monarch distributed the urgent letter that had been transcribed in multiple copies to several people present.

After reading the letter, these people all looked solemn and remained silent.

The monarch looked at the reactions of these people, and said first, "Your family has already read this urgent letter. The great Qin wolf is ambitious, and quietly took down the four kingdoms of Chu, Xia, Qing, and Liang, and even at our border The purpose of gathering an army of one million is known to all passers-by! What do you think, how should I, Northern Qi, deal with it?"

Wu Konghou was also one of those present tonight.

After he pondered for a moment, he said, "The Qin Dynasty has been fighting hard for many years and has millions of troops. But I, the Northern Qi Dynasty, only have 30 soldiers guarding the borders, plus the 20 troops who returned from the armistice with the Song Dynasty, and the troops stationed around the imperial city. Of the 60 black-armored troops, there are only 60 troops in total. It is impossible for our country to put these [-] troops on the front line in one fell swoop. As a result, there is really a disparity in strength between the enemy and us."

The Minister of the Ministry of War followed up and said, "What Wu Konghou said is true. Besides, the Qin soldiers are brave and good at fighting. They are known as the "Tiger and Wolf Division".

Li Tianming naturally knew what the two said, but he summoned them not to listen to them telling him that this battle could not be won, but how to fight it, or to come up with a solution quickly!
So he turned his attention to the oldest elder present.

"I don't know my grandpa, but is there any good strategy?"

This person has white hair and a childlike face, and a beautiful beard. He is Qian Taigong, who ranks first among the three princes in the court.

Of the two parallel with it, one had passed away years ago, and the other was the ancestor of the Lin family.When the latter knew that he could not protect the Lin family, he begged for the bones and returned home.

Although the Sangong is a vacant post, he still has a very high status in the court.

This Mr. Qian was once a minister of the former Supreme Emperor.That's why Li Tianming invited him here and asked him about the strategy.

Although Taigong Qian is nearly ninety years old, his eyes are still clear, and he said slowly, "Since the strength of the enemy and us is very different, we can't fight recklessly. For the current plan, we should use the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal. The Great Qin Iron Cavalry went south , not for our country of Northern Qi. The Song and Zhao countries must also be the goals of the Great Qin. Therefore, we can unite these two countries and fight against the Great Qin together!"

Hearing this, Marquis Wu Kong nodded in agreement, "Grandpa Qian is right. If the armies of the three kingdoms are combined, the strength must exceed one million divisions. In this way, Great Qin can be deterred and forced to retreat! "

Several other officials also nodded, thinking that this is a good strategy.

After listening to everyone's discussion, Li Tianming also approved of this method in his heart.

After all, hard work is not enough, and this is the only way right now.

Next, what he has to do is to find suitable candidates for envoys to Song and Zhao countries to complete this joint vertical and horizontal mission.

At this time, on the south bank of the Tongtian River, thousands of miles away from the Northern Qi Palace, Daqin's army had already stationed outside Luoyan Pass.

At night, fires were lit in one after another of the military tents, and the dense fire points converged into a large expanse of ocean.

In the commander's camp, the commander-in-chief of this southern expedition, General Feng Guangda, was sitting in the commander's position with a flourish.Below him, a group of civil and military officials were sitting around.

The coach did not speak, and no one dared to speak first.

Feng Guang said in his thick voice, "We will be stationed outside Luoyan Pass tonight. The army will rest overnight, and we will be able to pass through this pass tomorrow and reach the border of Northern Qi Kingdom. I want to take this country in a month, but I don't know What have you taught me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a military officer answered, "The general once estimated that the number of troops that can be suppressed by the Northern Qi State at the border is only about 50 at most, and most of them are infantry. Our Great Qin soldiers are strong and strong, and the cavalry is brave. If the two armies go to war , our army will definitely win a complete victory!"

After this person finished speaking, the military officers present all agreed.

"General Meng is right. Northern Qi is not a big country, nor is its army strong. If they fight head-on with our army, it will be like an egg hitting a rock, and we can easily destroy them."

"That's right, how can the light of fireflies compete with the bright moon?" Some civil servants also nodded in recognition of the judgment of the military officers.

After all, the disparity in military strength is here, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

As for winning more with less, the folk customs in Qin land are strong. Since the founding of the Great Qin State and the founding of the army, there has been no example of being defeated by more with less in hundreds of years.

Now it is even more serious, preparing for many years, and going south in one fell swoop, there is absolutely no reason to lose to a group of southerners.

Hearing this, Feng Guang waved his hand, and the army tent immediately fell silent.

He turned his head to look at a middle-aged scribe sitting on the lower right of him, and asked, "Dare to ask the Road Supervisor, Mr. An, do you have any instructions for the upcoming battle?"

This road inspector got a feather fan from somewhere.

Now that spring has just started and the night is cold, he said while waving his feather fan, "Mr. An said that Northern Qi knows that its military strength is too far behind our Great Qin, so it will not sit still. Therefore, Northern Qi will definitely send envoys , went to Song State and Zhao State, formed a vertical alliance, gathered millions of troops, and deterred our Great Qin from going south."

As soon as this statement came out, the faces of many people present changed.

That's right, since they all know the disparity in military strength between the two sides, how could the monarch of Northern Qi not know?If the Three Kingdoms Alliance is really established, then Daqin will have to prepare for a tough battle.

Seeing the presence of an old god on the road supervisor's face, Feng Guang continued to ask, "Mr. An, do you have any countermeasures left?"

Lu Jianjun continued to shake the feather fan in his hand, and said with a light smile, "Don't worry, Commander, our people have already reached Song and Zhao. It is impossible for Song, Zhao, and Northern Qi to form a vertical alliance." Mr. An asked me to tell the commander-in-chief that you just go south with peace of mind. But regarding the specific battle plan, Mr. An has a tip for me to pass on to you."

As he spoke, he put down the feather fan in his hand, took out a black brocade bag from his sleeve, asked the attendant on the side to take it, and handed it to Feng Guang.

The latter opened the brochure in front of everyone, then took out a letter and read it from beginning to end.

After reading it, his tiger eyes suddenly shone, and he couldn't help but slapped the table heavily and said, "A clever plan, it's really a clever plan! Mr. An is really a genius!"

In the military tent, everyone except the Lu Jianjun looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment, wondering what was written in the letter that made the commander so excited?
But Feng Guang obviously did not tell everyone what was written in the letter. Instead, he asked everyone to go back and rest first. He would break camp and continue southward tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)