In the Snow: The Prince of Beiliang Rebelled at the Beginning

Chapter 141 Li Jing Sends Out Troops

When Zhao Piao heard this, he was like a hungry tiger pouncing on its food, and volunteered: "Father, I am willing to lead the charge, to give Li Jing a warning and boost the morale of our army."

Zhao Yi was startled, and quickly shook his head, refusing: "Piao'er, absolutely not!"

Then he explained the reason.

But Zhao Piao was not convinced and argued righteously: "Father, Guangling is facing a crisis now. As the crown prince of Guangling, how can I stand by and watch? If this gets out, people will say that I, Zhao Piao, am a coward!"

Zhao Yi was furious and shouted, "Whoever dares to speak nonsense in Guangling, I will chop off his head and cut off his tongue!"

Inside the hall, everyone was silent and dared not say a word.

Zhao Piao wanted to go to war, on the one hand to achieve merit and on the other hand to take this opportunity to restore his past reputation.

This is the wishful thinking of the Prince of Guangling.

Upon hearing this, the owner of Chunxue Tower hastily dissuaded him, "Your Highness, now is not the time yet!"

"When the time is right, you will naturally have the chance to show your talents."

"The actions of Li Jing's army are like a fog, making them hard to predict. If we attack rashly, it would be like a blind man touching an elephant. The consequences would be disastrous."

After hearing this, Zhao Piu pondered for a long time and said, "Then let's do as the host says and wait a little longer."

He also knew that the owner of Chunxue Tower was Guangling's chief strategist, famous for his extraordinary wisdom.

He admired his talent very much and was naturally willing to follow his advice.

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Li Jing and Zhang Liang sat at the head of the tent. The tent was crowded with people, all of them were generals under Li Jing. They all stared at the two with sharp eyes.

Li Jing was their main general, and Zhang Liang, who sat on one side, was known for his good strategies and was highly respected by everyone.

Li Jing said in a clear voice: "My fellow colleagues, I believe you all know Mr. Zhang Liang, so I will not elaborate on him here."

All the officials bowed to Zhang Liang, then took their seats and waited for Li Jing to give orders.

These people have been stationed in the south for more than half a year without any movement.

The colleagues have long been feeling depressed and impatient.

Seeing Zhang Liang heading south and taking charge of the military camp, everyone guessed that something big must be happening this time, perhaps an offensive against Guangling and southern Xinjiang.

Li Jing went straight to the point: "Everyone, Zifang is in charge of the central army. I'm sure you can guess that we are about to use troops against Southern Xinjiang and Guangling. You must have been feeling very depressed these days, right?"

"Since Zifang has arrived, all of us officials should obey his orders in all our actions."

Zhang Liang heard this and immediately laughed and said, "Please don't tease me. I came here to bring you a new mission to stabilize the situation in the south."

Upon hearing this, all the officials were delighted and looked forward to Zhang Liang's follow-up deployment and Li Jing's orders, and then they could go straight to the battlefield.

Zhang Liang said, "My fellow officers, I know a little bit about what you are thinking. As a general, I can understand your desire to fight."

"Next, it is General Li and I who will make the arrangements. I hope all my colleagues will follow my orders!"

The officials smiled at each other and stared at Zhang Liang, waiting for him to speak.

Zhang Liang continued, "General Li and I have already discussed and decided that we should attack Guangling first. How to attack and who will attack is still subject to General Li's instructions!"

The next moment, all the colleagues turned their eyes to Li Jing.

He wanted to decline, but saw Zhang Liang nod slightly with a smile on his face.

Li Jing no longer refused. He was also feeling a little upset. Seeing two pieces of fat meat within reach, he did not dare to act rashly because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not issued any military orders.

Now that Zifang has brought the military order, it is time to attack southern Xinjiang and Guangling.

After some conspiracy, the two men finally decided to take Guangling first and then attack southern Xinjiang.

Li Jing waved his hand and distributed the documents on the table to everyone.

After reading it, all the colleagues looked delighted.

"I am willing to go..."

"I am willing to go..."

"..."

The mood in the camp was very excited, and all the generals wanted to take the lead and give King Guangling a warning.

Li Jing smiled slightly and asked, "Everyone has read the deployment, do you have anything to add?"

The colleagues answered in unison: "No!"

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled and said, "Since everyone has no objection, then we will follow your orders."

"Former General, listen to my orders!"

"General, listen to my orders!"

"General Zuo, listen to my orders!"

"Right General, listen to my orders!"

Four fully armed generals stepped out and shouted, "Yes, sir!"

Li Jing ordered loudly: "Follow the deployment and act on time without any mistakes."

"Yes, sir!" The colleagues responded loudly.

Li Jing completed his deployment and dismissed all his generals.

He stood side by side with Zhang Liang and asked, "Zifang, are you so sure that King Yanla will not launch a surprise attack?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "King Yanla is too busy taking care of himself to care about us."

Li Jing grinned and said, "But to be honest, Zifang, your trick is really mean."

Zhang Liang didn't take it seriously. Instead, he said solemnly, "This King Yanla is not like Zhao Ying and Zhao Sui. He is a man of hidden talents, with great ideas and plans. He is definitely not an ordinary person."

Li Jing nodded in agreement.

In the past six months, he has not been idle in the south. In addition to training the army, he has also spread out spies and collected intelligence.

Every day, the intelligence about Southern Xinjiang and Guangling piles up on my desk.

Most of them are about King Yanla and King Guangling.

Li Jing frowned and cursed, "Damn it, never mind, let's fight first and see how King Yanla reacts."

Zhang Liang chuckled and said, "General, I'm sure you won't be disappointed in this battle."

Li Jing believed Zhang Liang's words without a doubt, just as the entire army was determined to carry out his orders.

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Li Jing's army was approaching the city, and the people of Guangling were in a panic, with many opinions:

"The Beiliang army is coming fiercely, how should Guangling respond?"

"If we want to fight, Beiliang will go south. He is undoubtedly a traitor and should be killed by everyone."

"These are matters for those in power. As ordinary people, what matters to us is just food, clothing, housing and transportation. Once a war breaks out, it will always be us, the common people, who will suffer."

"..."

The people were outraged, some were worried, and some were furious.

At the same time, there was an uproar in Prince Guangling's palace, and his colleagues were filled with indignation.

"Xu Ping'an, this traitor, actually dared to send troops to my Guangling. He deserves to be put to death."

"We should work together to resist foreign enemies."

"The people of Guangling, the people of the world, and the Liyang court all need someone to stand up and uphold justice!"

"Haha, now that the emperor of Tai'an City has passed away, we in Guangling can just take up the banner."

"..."

The colleagues argued endlessly, each holding their own opinion.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A cough was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Prince of Guangling Zhao Yi coming out, followed closely by Crown Prince Zhao Piao.