Realm of Power

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The rain hit the white jade stone dragon's mouth on the steps of the palace pavilion, and rolled down the dragon on the steps. The Zhongbia Guards on both sides stood motionless, and Li Long in a bright red robe appeared. At the entrance of the main hall, the face that should have been full of high spirits was filled with desolation. He smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, raised his head and looked at the sky, Surabaya was defeated! It is not only the situation of the Battle of Imperial Capital that is fluctuating, but also the Central and Asian courts. In the palace meeting just now, the military generals looked indifferent and said that although Yang Zi was arrogant, he probably did not have the courage to deliberately Lost Surabaya, and he is also a warrior who really dares to fight a tough battle with the prairie army. It’s just the prairie people. The one who pressed on Surabaya was the 50,000 most elite grassland front army. The 60,000 Luzhou Army who was almost forced to starve to death in Shangjing in Yanzhou, naturally their combat power was not too bad, and Yang Zi only had 30,000 in his hands. Even if Even with the Surabaya River, we cannot hold on to Surabaya for a long time. If necessary, we should give up Surabaya. This result is still acceptable.

Compared with the poorly defended Surabaya Beach, the Wuling Slope with hundreds of miles of mountains is more suitable for the defensive tactics of the Central Asian army. Moreover, the 100,000 flattering troops who came from Hanglin in the south are currently located five miles away. The hill slope is less than fifty miles away, so we should be able to arrive soon. Even if Yang Zi does not block the grassland army, he can still set up defenses in the imperial capital in time. The fall of Surabaya will have far less impact!

After hearing the explanations of the military generals, the young emperor's face became a little better. The imperial capital had become the most painful weakness in his heart. He woke up from his dreams several times, sweating profusely. For the first time, the imperial capital was breached, at least by the Central Asian army. They still held on for three or four months, but finally gave up because the war situation was unfavorable. Hundreds of thousands of people in the imperial capital were massacred, and the bustling city was burned to the ground. It has been regarded as a great shame and humiliation by the whole country of China and Bia. Both myself and the court have also been scolded bloody.

He is the emperor, but the emperor can't control others not to speak. He finally diluted some of the influence and cheered up the morale of the military and the people who had been severely damaged. This time, Dijing would be attacked by the prairie people again. That was a slap in the face. As an emperor, he would definitely be nailed to the shameful shelf of history. For an ambitious emperor, this was a humiliation. How can I accept it!

"Yang Zi is responsible for the defeat of Surabaya, but don't others have the responsibility?" The young emperor's cold eyes swept across, and the temperature of the entire palace became several degrees colder. The generals lowered their heads one by one. Thirty thousand infantry fighting 50,000 cavalry, it would be great if they could not be defeated, not to mention that Yang Zi retreated to Wulingpo with all his strength, but who dares to say this? The flattering army leader Chen Dongyang had just been dismissed, and the emperor defeated I decided to pay attention and use this battle of the Imperial Capital to forge a new flattery army.

"I believe that the defeat of Surabaya, in addition to General Yang Zi's incompetence in combat, was mainly due to the lack of powerful equipment!" A general wearing red and green robes stood out from the queue with a solemn face. He glanced hard at the back of Li Long standing in front of him and said coldly,

"The important ordnance that the court spent 500,000 taels of silver on purchased turned out to be so useless! Is there something wrong here that can be investigated?

"Although the purchase of Thor this time is an agreement between Zhongbia and the Falcon Empire, the people in charge are all the Li family! It's Mr. Li Long on the Military Cabinet side, and Li Yuehua on the Falcon Empire side. There's something fishy about it. None, I’m afraid it’s hard to believe!”

The general's words seemed a little uncertain. But like a stone smashed into the dead water, like a groundbreaking arrow, the arrow pointed directly at the Li family, the leader of the four families.

"Really?" The young emperor's eyes narrowed slightly,

The person who spoke was the third person in the military cabinet. Hanglin garrison, Zhangwu Army Chief Luo Wuyang, dressed in red and green robes, is already a first-level military leader among military generals, a level higher than Li Long's all-red, logically speaking. He should be standing in front of Li Long, but this military leader stood behind Li Long. It seems a bit eye-catching,

This is because the emperor appointed Li Long to be the temporary head of the military cabinet some time ago. Li Long was immediately promoted from the fourth to the second position, second only to the still vacant first place. Therefore, everyone thought that Luo Wuyang said such a thing , is dissatisfaction with Li Long

The Flattery Army was ordered to march north to reinforce the Imperial Capital. The 60,000 Zhangwu Army remaining in Hanglin are now. Although they suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Imperial Capital, the Zhangwu Army and the Prairie Army fought several times in the field and almost lost all their belongings. Lord Luo Wuyang When he went south with the imperial court, he had less than 15,000 troops. It took him a few months to recover to 60,000. But everyone knows that the Zhangwu Army is almost synonymous with the new military camp, and it was sent to the Imperial Capital Plain. Go and die,

"Yeah, five hundred thousand taels of silver bought something like that. No wonder General Yang Zi on the front line was defeated miserably!" The palace was suddenly filled with discussions, and the loudest one turned out to be the one who always looked at the Li family's face. Civil servants, this time they collectively turned their guns and attacked the Li family at the same time.

"A bunch of white-eyed wolves." All Li Long can do now is lower his head, pretending that he saw nothing and heard nothing. Today is different from the past, and the Li family is also not as good as before. The old prime minister Mrs. Li has resigned from the position, and the Li family's Even if the big sunshade umbrella is gone,

If it were in the past, these idiots would not dare to snort. Since Zhang Clan died in the Imperial Capital, the power of the wealthy family was also uprooted in that war, leaving less than a quarter. The family has been around for hundreds of years. has been weakened to its weakest level in hundreds of years.

The emperor changed his ways and wanted to rectify the power of the family to establish his true royal power. The Li clan lost power and the position of the imperial prime minister was vacant. Naturally, the civil servants were working hard to express themselves. Everyone could see it. Tai resigned, not entirely on his own initiative, but because the emperor's patience was about to reach its bottom line.

The emperor is about to take action. The era of Li clan ruling the civil servants is over. All the civil servants are eagerly looking forward to it.

Of the four great clans, the Li clan and the Zhang clan control the civil and military parties. The Tang clan is basically the emperor's lackey. The Song clan is far away in the south and has always lived its life behind closed doors. It has no say in the court. It's just a symbolic first-class family member. It turns out that When the empire was stable, the emperor still needed to rely on the Li and Zhang clans to support the court, so he was polite to both clans. But now in the troubled times of the empire, the emperor is a rather ambitious hero, and the Zhang clan has died. After leaving the imperial capital, military power fell into the hands of the emperor.

As the leader of the clan, the Li clan was too much of an eyesore. If Prime Minister Mrs. Li did not resign herself, she would force the emperor to take action against the Li clan. Originally, many people wanted to see how the Li clan would be treated. The emperor was uprooted. Watching this huge thing that was weighing on everyone's heads collapse suddenly

Who would have known that Mrs. Li was indeed a ruthless veteran who had fought through countless storms. She never hesitated when it was time to let go. She had a very precise grasp of the emperor's thoughts. The imperial power had been firmly controlled by the emperor since the tragic defeat in the imperial capital. Now that the emperor wanted to ask for power, the Li family retreated and gave up the position of prime minister. They even took the initiative to draw a clear line with the civil servants and hand over control of the civil servants. He said that he would never interfere in court affairs again in exchange for Li Long's promotion in the military cabinet.

The military power was originally in the hands of the emperor, so no matter how Li Long was promoted, he was actually in the palm of the emperor's hand. This was the genius of Mrs. Li. He suddenly stood in the queue of the emperor's loyal subordinates from the opposite side of the emperor.

The defeat of Surabaya was an accident. The emperor will not embarrass the Li family because of this influence, otherwise no aristocratic family will be willing to sincerely seek refuge in the future, but the appropriate punishment is certain. If possible, just pretend to be deaf and dumb! Li Long immediately reported the situation to the patriarch Mrs. Li, and also got the guidance of the old patriarch Mrs. Li.

"Pretending to be deaf and dumb?"

Li Long nodded understandingly. As expected of the old patriarch, at this time, no matter how much he said, it was useless. The facts are there. It was the emperor's wish to purchase ten Thors at will when signing the contract, but the executor was himself, and the Falcon Empire's side was Li Yuehua. If you don't carry it yourself, how can you let the emperor do it? Moreover, this is not the era when the Li clan was in power. The grassland army has already reached the Imperial Capital. Although reinforcements have been mobilized from all over and it seems that a dragnet has been laid, in fact, Li Long is not optimistic about this battle for the Imperial Capital.

The Long family of the Western Army went to the rescue, but was appointed by the emperor to guard Yanzhou. However, the control of the Western Army was handed over to the Song people in the south. They also hoped that the Western Army in Yanzhou would fight tooth and nail to join the war. Isn't this an international joke!

The Luzhou Army's combat capabilities and equipment are all good. The problem is that they have just withdrawn from Yanzhou in the north and are exhausted. Li Long, on behalf of the Military Department, even went to express his condolences. The scene was like a beggar. I really don't know how he got out of it. They had come back alive from the blades of the prairie people, and they had only been repaired for less than ten days. An order was issued to force the Luzhou Army, which had just dispersed into various armies, to march north again. How to advance? The army is mobilized and supplies are prepared. How can it be possible in less than ten days!

The 100,000-strong Flattery Army arrived at the Imperial Capital as scheduled, seemingly stabilizing the war situation.

But Li Long knew that half of the new recruits of the Flattery Army were not fully equipped with weapons and equipment. Many soldiers still had wooden spears and spears. How could such an army fight against the Prairie Army?

It was too short a time, the imperial capital was catastrophic, and the entire city was reduced to ashes. Not only the civilians died, but also the more than 100,000 weapons craftsmen and talents from all walks of life accumulated by the Central Asian Empire over the past century. It is the heaviest price for the empire,

The military forging system that took hundreds of years to establish in Central Asia was destroyed by the prairie people in World War I. The court moved to the south. Most of the things moved were literary and historical books. I never thought about the life and death of the military craftsmen. The result was It was only in the south that they discovered that the number of craftsmen here was very small, and almost all of the skilled military craftsmen were monopolized by the Luzhou Army. If the Military Cabinet had not forcibly borrowed 5,000 craftsmen from Luzhou, the empire would not even be able to guarantee the supply of weapons and equipment, let alone arm an army of 100,000 people in a short period of time. Therefore, the battle in the imperial capital would not be possible. Even though it looks impressive on the surface, when it comes to fighting to the death, except for Yang Zi's 30,000 imperial troops, no one can be relied upon!

Li Long felt that his thoughts were a little distracted. The voices around him were still loud. The civil servants were still arguing. The military attachés had an angry look on their faces. The emperor was more like a theatergoer on the throne. He, the Li family, was now The only spokesperson in the court was now pushed to the forefront.

In the report sent by Yang Zi, in addition to mentioning the forced crossing by the grassland army, a large part of it was said that the Imperial Thunder God was useless.

In fact, even Li Long himself felt that spending half a million taels of silver to buy the Imperial Thor was a bit too hasty. If he hadn't heard Li Yuehua's recommendation and watched the Thor test launch, he probably wouldn't have bought it. Bar! The Thor thing just looks powerful, but in actual use it's probably useless!

"The Military Council is to blame for the defeat of Surabaya. Lord Li Long has asked for a one-month ban. At the same time, Li Clan has given out one hundred thousand taels of silver as compensation for the soldiers who died in the battle!"

After the court meeting, Li Long, who had just been promoted to the temporary leader of the Military Department, returned to the fourth position. At the same time, the news that the Li family was punished spread throughout Hanglin. Li Long was under house arrest, and the Li family was no longer glorious. It was the time for our gang to rise up. After the court was over, the first cup of wine filled with wine was put into the river in the most luxurious forest garden in Hanglin City by the civil officials. In the past, these wines needed to be tiptoed and delivered to Li Xiang respectfully. Today, the civil officials congratulated each other and regarded this palace meeting as a major victory against the aristocratic families.

The military officials paid more attention to the position of the head of the Military Department after Li Long was banned. Luo Wuyang, the third person, presided over a military meeting in the military hall of the Ministry of Justice as soon as possible to show that he was the real master of the Military Department. At the military meeting, Luo Wuyang bluntly said

"You are not the head of the civil officials, but you come to wade into the muddy water of our military people. Do you really think that you have been watching the wind and snow in the north of Yanzhou for more than ten years? Do you think you have got the essence and think you can make plans to win a thousand miles? What a joke. If it is so simple, then I, Luo Wuyang, have fought for my whole life, and I can stare the enemy to death with my eyes. "

The spring rain in April cut off the full waves of the lake in Hanglin, and sprinkled the cold and sad spring rain on the ground.

Walking on the carriage waiting outside the door, Li Yuehua took a last look at the direction of the Li family's mansion. She was going back to the southwest. The Thunder God that she spent a lot of effort to get was completely regarded as waste by the Central and Asian military, which implicated the Li family. As a result, the progress that the Li family had gained with the prime minister was beaten back to its original form. For a leading family, decades of hard work were destroyed in an instant. Li Long was banned. Even if the ban was lifted, I am afraid that he would not be able to make any progress in the military department.

The Li family said nothing, but when I stood in front of the Li family's gate, the closed attitude of the gate had already explained everything. If I don't leave now, will I continue to be humiliated here? (To be continued.)

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