Protect Our Patriarch Chapter 46: Shou Zhe’s decisive victory thousands of miles away (please vote for me)

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While the Wang family was noisy and busy dealing with many complicated matters, on the other side of the Daqian border, the distance between the two armies and Daqian was also rapidly shortening.

The war is approaching.

In the buffer area between Daqian and Nanqin, there is a vast area called "Youmen Ridge".

Compared with other areas, this area has sparse vegetation, stacks of strange-shaped mountains, and an extremely complex geographical environment. Numerous boiling hot springs gather here, and a large amount of thick fog evaporates and disperses with the wind, forming thick clouds that connect the sky and the ground. Under each other, lightning strikes and continuous heavy rains have become commonplace.

Such a harsh environment is like the entrance to the netherworld. Therefore, this place is called "Youmen Ridge".

Whether it is Daqian attacking Southern Qin, or Southern Qin advancing toward Daqian, this "Youmen Ridge" is a natural checkpoint that cannot be bypassed.

At this time.

Inside Youmen Ridge.

In several hidden valleys, there are faintly shining inscriptions in the hidden places of the undulating rocks, and formations have been arranged at some point. The thick mist that surrounded the formation covered up the traces of the formation, and also made the effect of the concealment formation a little stronger.

Under the formation, countless figures in black armor were quietly dormant.

These people behaved in a controlled manner and had strict discipline. Even when eating and drinking, they did not make much noise. The heavy weight of words.

Obviously, these are three well-trained armies.

They are like three peerless ferocious beasts, dormant quietly, as if waiting for the best opportunity to strike head-on at the enemy.

The army in the middle, designated as the "Three Canglong Regiments", is one of the nine top ace battle groups in Daqian.

The Nine Canglong Battle Group is one of the life-long efforts of Emperor Longchang, a militant, and one of his most proud "works" in this life.

It can be said that these nine war groups have contributed indispensably to Daqian's territory reaching its current scale.

Because there are three Canglong battle groups stationed on the battlefield outside the territory, there are actually only six Canglong battle groups permanently stationed in Daqian.

The "Third Canglong Regiment" just returned from overseas battlefields five years ago. After five years of rest and replenishment, they are now highly motivated and full of energy, and can fight at any time and anywhere.

Assisting the Third Canglong Regiment in the ambush mission were the two main battle groups of Daqian - the White Tiger Chapter and the Xiqu Chapter.

Emperor Longchang was very warlike when he was young, and he himself had a serious phobia of military shortages. Therefore, he vigorously built the army, and even launched the military family system and the military ruling system criticized by Wang Shouzhe.

From the town to the guard and then to the county, they are all controlled by the military system. The highest executive is also held by people from the military system, that is, the town guard, the city guard and the county guard.

The advantage of doing this is that a considerable part of the city tax, county tax and national tax will be given priority to the construction of the army to ensure that the army can have strong combat effectiveness, and can replace the national tax to support ordinary legions, greatly reducing the national tax expenditures on military weapons.

The disadvantage is that the military controls political affairs and is often quite sluggish in local construction. Even if they are willing to build, the remaining tax revenue is stretched because they have to support the army, so they are powerless to carry out local construction.

This is also the reason why Taishi Ankang was willing to let Wang Shouzhe let go.

The county's finances are tight and it cannot afford construction. If someone is willing to help, he will naturally be happy to see it happen. Anyway, with the military force of the legion at hand, he is not afraid of rebellion from his family.

In addition, Emperor Longchang was afraid that the military system would have too much power, which would lead to local military separatism, and he also stipulated that an acropolis must be on duty for twenty or thirty years.

Without long-term benefits, it is difficult for people to calm down and develop and build the local area.

It is also because of this that the development of each county and ward in Daqian is uneven. Whether it develops well or not basically depends on the consciousness of the local aristocratic families. For those like the Wang family who are willing to invest in infrastructure development, the local area will develop well. If they encounter those aristocratic families who do not do anything, the lives of the local people will be more difficult.

Thanks to the relatively complete cabinet functions of Daqian and the relatively strict supervision of the Supervision Department, even if local aristocratic families want to make money through monopoly, they will have scruples and not dare to cause public dissatisfaction, such as the Qing'an Zuoqiu Shi, a dignified fourth-grade family, immediately gave up after discovering that he had caused public dissatisfaction.

Any national policy will have its pros and cons.

The military national policy of Emperor Longchang made Daqian's overall force value quite high.

Although nothing can be seen in peacetime, in the event of a full-scale national war, forty official battle groups, fourteen main battle groups, and six ace battle groups can be called upon at any time, even if the garrison on the extraterritorial battlefield is not counted. .

If all Daqian troops are mobilized regardless of life and death on the battlefield outside the territory, the overall combat strength can be increased by an additional 50%. If it was a one-on-one fight, whether it was against Southern Qin or Western Jin, Daqian could hang the opponent up and beat him.

That's why.

The Western Jin Dynasty and the Southern Qin Dynasty often acted jointly. Once there is a military conflict between one party and Daqian, the other party will also join the war with a desperate attitude.

At this moment.

Among the ace battle group Canglong Three Regiments, a bunch of big guys were crowded in a seemingly ordinary large camp.

The reason why the Canglong Chapter is called the "ace" is that on the one hand, it is the one with the highest resource allocation, the best equipment, the best quality of soldiers, and the strongest combat effectiveness among all the legions in Daqian. On the one hand, it is also because the skeleton of the war group is mostly held by the royal children.

Moreover, the leader and two deputy generals of the battle group are both served by monks from the Purple Mansion Realm.

Among them, the generals are usually held by the princes of the royal family who have excellent war literacy. The leader of the third regiment is Wu Yingjun, Prince Ning of the royal family.

Prince Ningjun is nearly five hundred years old, and his cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Zifu realm. Even among the many princes of the Purple Mansion Realm in the royal family, his strength is considered to be extremely outstanding, and he has won good results in the same-level exchange competitions within the royal family many times.

Not considered a genius, his strength is ranked among the best in the entire royal family. He is not the same as the idle princes such as Prince Rong and Prince Fu.

In the tent, Prince Ning, who still looks like a middle-aged man, is tall and burly, with a sinister face. When he sits upright, he exudes a sense of domineering majesty, which is extremely intimidating.

He is a typical battlefield warrior, even in foreign battlefields, he has a good reputation.

As for the requirements for deputy generals, they are not that high. They can be held by the children of the royal family, or by the masters of the Zi family from a military family or a local family.

As for the two lieutenants of the Canglong Third Regiment, one is from the royal family and the other is from the Daqian Chen family.

The deputy general of the royal family is called "Wu Zhixing", and he is the newly appointed prince of Daqian - [Prince Hongjun].

Although he was defeated by Wang Liyao back then, Wu Zhixing, the prince of Hongjun, is a great talent of the royal family and has unlimited potential in the future. Over the years, he has devoted himself to training and has successfully been promoted to the Purple Mansion Realm, officially becoming a key member of the royal family.

Putting him in the Third Canglong Regiment and being personally taught by the veteran Ningjun Wang shows that Emperor Zi'an values ​​him very much and is trying his best to train him.

In this camp, except for the three members of the Canglong Third Regiment, one master, two auxiliaries, and three Zifu.

There was also a middle-aged man wearing a black armor sitting on the main seat.

His face was majestic and his expression was serious, and he had the aura of a big shot as he looked around.

Compared to Ningjun Wang Wu Yingjun and Hongjun Wang Wu Zhixing, his aura was much stronger, and he easily subdued everyone present.

This person.

It is the newly promoted prince of the Daqian royal family - [Prince Yongheng], Wu Hanheng.

Prince Yongheng was already famous during his reign as a county king.

At that time, he was still called "King Hengjun" and opened a [Baiyun Tower] in Guilong City. In recent years, relying on gimmicks such as [Big Stomach Competition] and [Battle of Prodigies], Baiyun Tower's business has changed. Extremely hot.

Because of this, even though Prince Yongheng is just a newly promoted prince, he is still a wealthy boss among the princes in Daqian, and his equipment can be considered luxurious.

This time Emperor Zian sent him to the front line. On the one hand, he served as the royal governor to supervise frontline operations. On the other hand, he could also serve as a high-end combat force.

"Everyone, according to the reconnaissance reports we deployed on the front line, the Southern Qin army has arrived at the outskirts of Youmen Ridge, and its leader is the old Southern Qin Marshal Murong Kaifeng." Prince Yongheng said solemnly, "Murong Kaifeng is here He fought countless battles throughout his life as a soldier, and his status and reputation in Southern Qin were extremely high."

"The important thing is that this person is thoughtful and has a steady style, so we must not expose any flaws."

"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is absolutely true."

Hearing this, the man sitting in the second seat next to Prince Yongheng nodded in agreement.

This man has a face like a crown jewel and handsome appearance. He looks like a young man, but he has a beard on his face, which adds a sense of vicissitude and weight. Paired with the wide robe and wide sleeves, he looks like a young man. He is really elegant, calm and graceful.

The handsome man who spoke was Wang Guangzhao, the current young patriarch of the Wang family in Changning, and the eldest grandson of Wang Shouzhe.

Nowadays, although he is only the fourth-rank commander of Daqian, he is a popular person around Di Zian. He has been assisting Di Zian in handling various national affairs for a long time in the capital, which is equivalent to holding the position of Secretary-General of Di Zian.

Although he is only over a hundred years old and his cultivation is still far away from the Zifu realm, everyone present, not even Prince Yongheng, dared to underestimate Wang Guangzhao.

He is not only the representative of Emperor Zi'an's will, but also the representative of the Changning Wang family's will. The direction of growth arranged for him by the Changning Wang family was to take the court route.

Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew that sooner or later, he would take over the position of Dingguo Gong Yinda and become the new "chief minister of the cabinet."

Agreeing with Prince Wan Yongheng's words, Wang Guangzhao added: "Murong Kaifeng won the trust of Emperor Yuanyou and was fully granted military power. This invasion of our Daqian is just the trump card of the Southern Qin royal family. Two of the Kirin Chapter came. In addition, there were five main legions, ten ordinary legions, and thirty zombie legions. Their strength should not be underestimated."

Southern Qin is generally much weaker than Dagan. There are only four ace war groups in the country, and there are only nine main legions. Some of them are also assigned to assist in defense and garrison battlefields outside the territory.

This time so many legions were dispatched, it could be said that they were all deployed.

But they also have an advantage, that is, the Corpse Puppet Legion made from [Dead Criminals]. The combat power of ordinary corpse puppets is weaker than that of ordinary soldiers, but they are not afraid of death. Their morale has no effect on them. They can fight to the last soldier without retreating. They also have corpse poison in their bodies. Even if they die, It's also a problem.

And what they call "dead criminals" is just a layer of skin.

In the final analysis, the laws of Southern Qin still serve the great nobles. Where are there so many criminals who have committed the death penalty? In order to make up the number of corpse puppets, they often gather slaves who have no human rights and refine them into corpse puppets in large quantities.

This kind of zombie battle group has always been a headache for everyone in Da Gan.

Fortunately, refining corpse puppets is also expensive. It not only consumes people, but also requires a lot of materials. Although the materials used by ordinary corpse puppets are relatively common and not expensive, when the quantity increases, it still costs a very huge amount of money.

Moreover, materials will not appear out of thin air. The growth of Yinkui wood takes time, and the excavation and preliminary forging of Yin mineral materials also takes time. The consumption of large quantities of materials in the short term will also lead to price increases and even refining. Good corpse puppets will gradually decay over time, resulting in a decrease in combat effectiveness... Due to various factors, even the corpse puppet army cannot have unlimited troops.

Otherwise, if millions and tens of millions can be used to refine the corpse puppet army, even Daqian will be unable to retreat.

"Shi Zhao, you and Di Zian have been engaging in mysterious tactics." Prince Yongheng asked, "Can you tell me the specific requirements for this ambush? Although Youmen Ridge has a steep terrain, with the help of us vanguards, With the strength of the ambush troops, it may be difficult to gain anything in the face of such a large number of Southern Qin troops."

Prince Yongheng understood that this time the supreme commander of the vanguard was nominally the governor prince, but in fact it was Wang Wangzhao. It's just that Emperor Zi'an was afraid that the royal family Zhao's age, cultivation, qualifications, etc. were insufficient and he would not be able to control the people below, so he asked him, the newly promoted prince, to come to control the situation.

Wang Wang Zhaolai is still responsible for the specific tactical arrangements.

"Everyone, this battle is of great importance, and the principles of the specific combat plan are also relatively complicated, and must not be leaked. Therefore, the tactics and tactics have always been kept secret." Wang Guangzhao stood up, cupped his hands and apologized Said, "This is a helpless move, I hope you will understand."

"There is no need to worry about the king's order." Prince Ning, commander of the Canglong Third Regiment, stood up immediately and said in return, "The responsibilities of our soldiers are, first, to obey orders, and second, to keep secrets. No matter how many it is, It’s a ridiculous order. As long as the order is legal, even if there is a dead end ahead, our soldiers will move forward without hesitation.”

"Prince Ningjun is a real warrior on the battlefield." Wang Guangzhao raised his voice before sitting down again and said solemnly, "Based on the overall interests, we, the Canglong Third Regiment, the White Tiger Regiment, and the Xiqu Battle Regiment Regiment, three war groups, they are hunters in name, but in reality they are baits."

"Bait?" Prince Ning's face darkened, "A trump card battle group and two main battle groups were actually used as bait?"

"If this were not the case, how could it make Murong Kaifeng greedy?" Wang Guangzhao said calmly.

"If the three major battle groups serve as bait, then who will be the hunter?" Prince Yongheng frowned slightly, "Our Jianling Pass in Daqian is 600 miles away from Youmen Ridge in a straight line, and the mountain road is winding and difficult to navigate. , marching is not easy, the actual distance is more than a thousand miles, so it is too late to mobilize troops from Jianling Pass to hunt, right?"

"Your Highnesses, please be patient." Wang Guangzhao said, "This Youmen Ridge itself is a huge 'hunter'."

"Where did we start talking about this?" Prince Yongheng became interested, "Could this be Shouzhe's idea again?"

During the battle between the emperor and his son, Prince Dexin and Prince Deshun fought fiercely, but in fact most of the royal princes and the big guys in the capital did not end up at all, but watched the whole process. Yongheng The same goes for the prince.

It's not that they don't want to, but that national policy and Emperor Longchang don't allow it.

The princes are better off. Princes and great talents like Prince Yongheng are secretly watched by Emperor Longchang's people and are not allowed to openly intervene in the dispute between emperors and sons.

To put it bluntly, they are voters and reviewers. In principle, they should be neutral. Once they come out in person and take a position, they cannot be fair and impartial.

But even if they did not personally participate, many bigwigs still have fresh memories of what happened at that time.

After Wang Shouzhe entered the capital, he plunged into the Four Seasons Garden of Duke Dingguo, and turned the entire imperial capital upside down. His methods were truly astonishing.

Even onlookers like Prince Yongheng were horrified to see the posture of turning his hands to make clouds and rain.

If possible, no one in Daqian would want to confront Wang Shouzhe.

"Your Highness, to elaborate on this matter, we have to start with the battle between the emperor and his son." Wang Guangzhao cupped his hands and said eloquently, "The battle between the emperor and his son represents the alternation of old and new power. When Da Qian is at its most chaotic and weak."

"In order to prevent the Southern Qin and Western Jin from taking advantage of the situation, our Wang family began to study how to resist the Southern Qin and the Western Jin from that time, and made some preparations for this. The buffer zone between the Southern Qin and Daqian borders, the Western Jin and We have drawn detailed maps of the buffer zone at the Daqian border and studied the geographical environment of each location."

"Youmen Ridge has countless high-temperature hot springs and numerous geysers. My grandfather speculated that there should be an active mantle thermal plume beneath it. Therefore, as early as decades ago, we commissioned the Longzuo Wang Family and Monan Wang's clan members conducted an in-depth and detailed survey of the depths of Youmen Ridge and calculated several weak points of the thermal column..."

The royal family talked a lot eloquently.

Prince Yongheng found that he understood every word Wang Wangzhao said, but when they were connected together, he didn't understand.

"In short, our Wang family has made arrangements to detonate Youmen Ridge at any time and turn this place into a sea of ​​​​purgatory fire."

Prince Yongheng understood this sentence clearly.

At this point, he and others present finally understood the tactics and Wang's arrangements this time.

Prince Yongheng's eyes were a little complicated: "I didn't expect that Wang Shouzhe had been prepared for the joint attack of Southern Qin and Western Jin as early as the battle between emperors and sons. No wonder Prince Kang was far from his opponent."

He originally thought that Shouzhe's method of dealing with Prince Kang was sophisticated enough, but to his surprise, what he saw was only the tip of the iceberg.

But Prince Ning frowned and said: "It's just luck. It happens that there is Youmen Ridge between us and Southern Qin. But on the Western Jin side, it is difficult to stop them."

"Now that things have reached the current stage, there is nothing to hide." Wang Wangzhao put his hands in his sleeves and said lightly, "There is indeed no Youmen Ridge in the Western Jin Dynasty, but don't forget, my father Wang Zongan Since the beginning of the struggle between the emperor and his son, a huge canal has been excavated from the Western Sea to the imperial capital and the Dara Desert."

“Due to the high and low terrain of this canal, it is necessary to build multiple large-scale reservoirs and the West Bay Water Storage Dam. These dams and reservoirs not only allow the Grand Canal to operate smoothly, but also serve as defense against enemies. ”

“It’s just that this plan can only work once, so it is also done in secret. Everyone thinks that the Grand Canal plan is just a livelihood project.”

Prince Yongheng looked astonished when he heard this: "I am also one of the shareholders of the 'Dala Reclamation Joint Division', but I don't know about this?"

“Very few people know about this matter, and even His Majesty doesn’t know much about it.” Wang Guangzhao explained, “My grandfather said that His Majesty is suspected of having a great success. If His Majesty knows that we have a trump card, he will not be at ease. If you don't get enough points, you will cause trouble before you abdicate."

Good guy!

Prince Yongheng was full of admiration and said: "This is what I admire most about the head of the Shouzhe family. Even His Majesty dares to kill him at any time. Unlike us juniors in the royal family, seeing him is like a mouse meeting a cat. ”

"This is called being strong without desire." Wang Guangzhao said, "I, the Wang family, just want to develop the family in a down-to-earth way and live a stable and peaceful life. I have no ambition to dominate the world, and I don't need any rewards from your majesty." Qian is also loyal and follows every law and regulation. The advice he gives is also out of consideration for the overall interests of the country. Even if His Majesty is unhappy and wants to cause trouble, he can't find any fault."

"Furthermore, there is no Daqian law that stipulates that even if the emperor makes a mistake, no one is allowed to talk about it, and his ministers are not allowed to discuss the national affairs and policies he promulgates. If this is the case, the Wu family of Daqian took a What are you doing to help your family build a country? It’s better to start a family yourself.”

Of course, to say so, Wang Shouzhe dared to do this was actually related to the character of Emperor Longchang.

Although Wang Shouzhe eliminated him, Emperor Longchang was furious every time and threatened to give Wang Shouzhe little shoes. But in fact, Emperor Longchang just shouted fiercely, but in fact he never relied on his status as the emperor to use his power. Pressuring people, or relying on force to intimidate, even if you are really angry, just let go of your momentum.

Emperor Longchang seemed willful and had many shortcomings, but when it came to national affairs, he actually had a very strong bottom line.

The Daqian Wang family is a good example. Although the Daqian Wang family did not side with Emperor Longchang in the last battle between emperors and sons, and Emperor Longchang had always been unhappy with the Daqian Wang family, in fact, when the Daqian Wang family was declining, Emperor Longchang still secretly He protected her twice, otherwise, under the pressure of the Zhao family, the Daqian Wang family would have fallen out of the third level long ago.

Prince Yongheng rolled his eyes and said: "That sounds nice. Shi Zhao, aren't you running for the position of chief minister of the cabinet? Do you know what the powerful people in Guilong City call you now? Mr. Xiao Ge , yes, you are the 'Xiao Ge Lao'."

As soon as he heard this, Wang Wangzhao's expression suddenly turned a bit resentful: "Your Highness, please don't think that I am very willing. That was because Emperor Anfei wanted my grandfather to assist the government, but my grandfather's temper... He I would rather stay at home and farm, but I am also determined not to go to the center of the power whirlpool and suffer.”

"Later, Di Zi'an saw that he could not be persuaded, so he had to retreat and ask my father to go. But my father refused Di Zi'an's solicitation on the pretext that the construction of the Dala Desert could not be abandoned halfway... Later, when he saw Di Zi An They kept pestering me all the time, and my grandfather made many calculations. He felt that I was the most useless at home among his direct descendants, so he threw me away to the imperial capital."

Speaking of this.

Wang Wangzhao was still a little angry.

It doesn’t matter that his role in the family cannot be compared to that of his grandfather and father. He can’t even compare to his eldest son Wang Anye, so he was directly sent to the imperial capital by his grandfather to prevaricate his son An.

Yes.

Prevarication.

That’s what grandpa said at the time...

Alas~ My royal family is pitiful for the young patriarch of the Wang family, who has average qualifications, is just an ordinary genius, and has average abilities. He is the least promising among the direct descendants of the family, and he will never be the same in this life. All he could do was play the role of chief minister of the cabinet in a careless way.

Hey~ He really failed~~

"The plan is a good one. The head of the Shouzhe family is indeed very calculating." Prince Ning still said a little unconvinced, "But no matter which country's generalissimo he is, he guards the battlefields outside the territory and has fought a lot of wars. Experience."

"Youmen Ridge has a very steep terrain and is a suitable place for an ambush. With the calm and cautious character of the Southern Qin Grand Marshal Murong Kaifeng, he will definitely choose the strategy of advancing step by step. Haha ~ Head of Shouzhe Family He is indeed powerful in the battle of power, but the battlefield has its own rules. If you want to stay at home and win thousands of miles away, hahaha~"

Ning Junwang’s few hehes also showed the sense of superiority of a veteran soldier.

No wonder, Emperor Zian asked Prince Yongheng to come to calm things down.

However, although Wang Wangzhao is inconspicuous in the direct lineage, he is not a simple master.

He immediately smiled and saluted and said: "As a soldier, Prince Ning has to obey orders and keep them secret. No matter how ridiculous the order is, just obey it."

"Don't worry, my grandfather will find a way to make Murong Kaifeng lose his calm and prudent combat policy. Don't forget, you are a soldier, and so is Murong Kaifeng."

King Ning hesitated and snorted coldly: "As a soldier, I will obey Prince Yongheng's legal military orders, but I still don't believe that Murong Kaifeng will give up his usual cautious combat strategy."

"Let's wait and see."

"If this is true, I, Prince Ning, will personally go to Chang Ning Guard to apologize to the head of the Shouzhe family."

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A few days later.

Wang Shouzhe returned to the small courtyard with a somewhat arrogant step.

Liu Ruoling is really becoming more and more domineering and unreasonable. He, Wang Shouzhe, has never thought about taking a concubine from the beginning to the end, right?

From Wang Shouzhe's point of view, she just hasn't shown up for a long time and is deliberately looking for an opportunity to make up for herself...

With such a hidden domineering wife who is even jealous of her other personality, wouldn't it be a waste of time to get a concubine back?

As for the loud noise during the fight that day... the tribesmen have long been accustomed to such battles. Didn't you see that Wang Lixian was hiding?

"Grandpa Grandpa..."

Wang Shouzhe returned to the courtyard, but before his **** was still hot, Wang Ningxi, the culprit last time, ran to the door: "Grandpa, you have to save me, Master Tianhuo is pestering me to the point that I can't bear it anymore. ."

"I said Wang Ningxi..." Wang Shouzhe looked at his troubled great-great-grandson and said earnestly, "Do you really want to experience a different kind of life? For example, being kicked out of the house like the protagonists in the manuscript , met a strange encounter when you were down and out, and from then on lived a peak life where you stepped on the emperor, beat the real immortal, and had countless fairies and witches crying and wanting to marry you?"

"..." Wang Ningxi.

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