Chapter 375 The National War Begins.

Wow, this is both a good omen and endorsed by a late great scholar.

Finally, she said that she would marry the national master Li Ang in early spring next year?
This is completely pulling the grandmaster onto his own chariot. As for Ku He, no one mentioned him.

The tragedy that happened more than ten years ago is still vivid in our minds!
His attitude speaks for itself.

Not to mention, Ku He is Zhan Doudou's uncle! No one in this group will favor outsiders.
All the members of the Zhan family's side branches became withered.

Some ambitious people also carefully put away their ambitions and acted harmless.

After all, those who are brave and ambitious have their heads hanging on the city wall!
The news did not bring satisfactory results to Li Chengze, as Northern Qi quickly eliminated most of the impact.

But does this piece of news have no effect at all?
That’s not entirely true.

A woman being an emperor was acceptable in Northern Qi, but in other countries it was nonsense.

Even if all the members of the Zhan family's side branch were dead, it would not be your turn as a woman to take the throne.

They also had an excuse to unite. For the sake of social ethics and the laws of their ancestors, they jointly sent troops to besiege Northern Qi. This time, no one asked to do anything to Northern Qi, but only to defeat the Northern Qi army and gain back decades of stable development!

This is the idea of ​​Li Chengze and Si Gu Jian, but not that of Yelu Xuan. He is still ambitious and full of ambitions.

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Ever since yesterday when he made all-out efforts to cross the river and attack Nanqing, Li An had indeed had some concerns in his heart.

The news did not spread throughout the army so quickly, but within a few days all the soldiers would know about it. By then, people's hearts would be in turmoil, and everyone would think about this question: Is it worth risking their lives for a female emperor?

Their thinking is not very broad. They have a simple idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, but they never include the option of the emperor being a woman.

Ang Lee understands this.

In another dynasty, a ruthless person like Empress Wu Zetian ascended the throne only after killing countless people and even murdering her own flesh and blood.

In this way, the only female emperor in Chinese history appeared. (The others don't count, so don't be stubborn)

For this moment, Wu Zhao fought for more than 50 years, in the palace arena full of open and secret arrows, in the political arena full of power struggles, she cut through thorns and went through life and death. In her later years, she stepped on all of this, and the pearl curtain blocking her was removed. From then on, she could command her ministers with justification, and from then on, she could use her wisdom and talents without any constraints. All this was as she arranged, and no one could reverse it.

It sounds inspiring, but it’s cruel!

At least, Zhan Doudou can't do these things.
To sum up, Li An had to decide the outcome before the news spread throughout the army! At the very least, he had to severely damage the army of Nanqing, while guarding against the army of Dongyi City and waiting for news from Xihu.

Look at it from the map.

This news will first be widely spread in Dongyi City and Northern Qi.

Due to geographical and internal structural reasons, the Western Hu might be a little slower. By the time Yelu Xuan of the Western Hu made up his mind to send troops and then reached the border of Northern Qi, the confrontation on this front might have already ended.

After analyzing the dilemma and digesting the bad news, let’s look at the good news:
After the changes before and after the Battle of Dadongshan, the military power in the Qing Dynasty collapsed. At the beginning, the power headed by Ye Zhong of the Ye family and the power headed by Qin Ye of the Qin family were fighting fiercely.

At that time, Emperor Qing was still there and could still maintain the balance.

The final outcome was that the Ye family was defeated and Ye Chong requested to reduce his military power. As the victor, Qin Ye, on the premise that he was the Minister of War, also took over the duties of the Privy Council and took over the responsibilities of the Kyoto Garrison Division. It can be said that father and son (Qin Heng) served in the same dynasty, how impressive!
But when Emperor Qing died, the situation changed instantly.

The fight between the two princes affected the entire country.

In the end, the Queen Mother died, the eldest princess Li Yunrui died, and the mother of the third prince and the crown prince: Concubine Yi and the former queen, also fell into Li Chengze's hands.

Nearly half of the army was destroyed by the rebellion. Although Li Chengze is now recruiting soldiers on a large scale, they are all new recruits who have never received any training. If they are to be used, it will be impossible without a few years of experience in war.

And the domestic economy can no longer sustain another failure.

The Neiku was nationalized. As the imperial merchant, after Li Yunrui's corruption and Fan Xian's acceptance, the internal treasury had long been unable to bear the burden of expansion and contraction.

After Fan Xian cleaned up the Jiangnan headquarters, he had originally planned to take it step by step, spending several years getting it back on track and functioning, but now he has no chance.

Coupled with the previous disaster in the southwest of Qing State, which left endless troubles, and the smuggling between Dongyi City and Northern Qi was interrupted by the two countries respectively, Li Chengze now took over a mess and was so busy that he was exhausted!

Now there is only Qin Ye in Qing Kingdom who is capable of fighting, and even if the others have the ability, they have not yet come forward.

Therefore, there is no one on the battlefield who can stop Uesugi Tora now.

Li An issued a death order. No matter what the result is, within three days, his side must call off the troops. After the internal forces have digested the news that His Majesty is a woman, they will boost morale and defeat the border troops of Qing in one fell swoop. At the very least, they will use their own tactics to retaliate and occupy Qing's Cangzhou Road, and then advance to Dongshan Road, threatening to semi-encircle Dongyi City!

Originally, Li An did not have high expectations for what Uesugi Tiger could achieve. He just thought that if he could destroy most of the opponent's manpower, he would have achieved his strategic goal.

Unexpectedly, in just one night, Uesugi Tiger gave him a huge surprise!

The Qing army was defeated!

I have to say, the things Li Chengze did before to get the throne were really cool!

Not only did he transfer troops from several provinces, but in order to keep up with the supplies, he withheld the funds allocated from the Ministry of Revenue to the border troops. He was determined to succeed or die. For the throne, he tried his best, and it was far from as easy as he looked in the end!

As the saying goes, a defeat is like a landslide, and the Qing army was routed.

The enemy army has no generals of great prestige to lead the charge and direct the troops, and even supplies and wages are in arrears. Under such circumstances, how can the strongest army win?

The results were greater than expected.

"You are indeed very capable, and you deserve to be called the God of War in the Great Qi Army."

Seeing Uesugi Tora riding back with the blood on his face particularly dry, Li An smiled slightly and congratulated him in a deep voice.

As a general, Uesugi Tora was good in every way. Not only was he powerful in martial arts, but he was also very disciplined (except for the fact that he drank alcohol) and had a good method.

But it was the fact that Li An had to personally participate in every major battle and fight at the front line that made him quite unhappy.

Leading the troops can certainly greatly boost morale, but as the commander of an army, he is not a vanguard officer. If he is hit by a hidden arrow in the midst of such a fierce battle, he will put himself in danger, which will bring a devastating blow to his own side.

In short, Uesugi Tora was too confident in his own martial arts skills!

"I just took the last step."

Shangshan Hu cupped his hands and said, "If the national teacher had not consumed the national strength of Qing, it would not have been so easy to win this battle!"

"Master Imperial Master, how do we deploy this from now on? To what extent do we need to accomplish this?"

(End of this chapter)