Beauty and the Bodyguard

It would be great if a concubine like Sima Zhongyi could become the consort.

It will not affect the fight for the crown prince in Hongshang County, but it can also use the identity of the consort of the Longbang title kingdom to provide assistance!

Whether there are jujubes or not, let’s decide whether to shoot them or not. When the time comes, let’s send them out to give them a try!

Sima Yunfei was thinking in his mind and said it directly: "Of course, Zhongda's nephew is going to Longbang to claim the kingdom. I, the king, asked Zhongyi to go with him to see things, and we can be each other's companions."

Sima Yunqi suddenly had nothing to say. The boss's son was also going, so it would be hard to shirk it!

The problem is that when it comes to recruiting a prince-in-law, how could the old man be a match for his own son?

Sima Yun was very irritable from the beginning, but for a while he couldn't think of any reason to refute.

At this moment, a soldier rushed outside the main hall, knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly: "Emergency military situation! There are invaders from Heimei County! The exact number is unknown, and the border is in emergency!"

The hall suddenly fell into silence.

Everyone was confused for a moment as to why Heimei Commandery was so crazy that they actually chose this time to start a war with Hongshang Commandery!

When it comes to selenium and copper commandery sending troops, Heimei commandery will attack Hongshang commandery in another direction at the same time, which has the best effect and can force Hongshang commandery to divide its troops to fight.

Now that the troops are being sent out, the country of Hongshang has won a great victory over the country of Setong and captured five cities in northern Xinjiang. The morale of the whole country is high.

Moreover, the direction of Northern Xinjiang is not strained at all, and it will not be particularly difficult to deal with Heimei County.

Therefore, although many senior officials of Hongshang County in the main hall were a little surprised, they did not panic.

There was even some leisurely speculation in the mind about the reason why Black Charm County chose this time to launch the attack?

"Father, the Black Charm Kingdom invaded. Zhongda, as the general who controls the country, really cannot leave easily. My son believes that Zhongda did a good job in pacifying the war in Northern Xinjiang and repelling the Selenium and Tong Kingdom. This time, the Black Charm Kingdom If Zhongda is still in charge of the military and border areas, we will be able to succeed immediately!"

Sima Yunqi found a reason to prevent Lin Yi from attending the Nao Shizi's young master meeting in Longbang's title kingdom. He was sparing no effort to push Lin Yi to take command and go on the expedition.

"Heimei Commandery has sophisticated equipment that is not comparable to that of Selenium Copper Commandery. Although Zhongda's nephew has outstanding military exploits, it is obviously impossible to replicate his record against Selenium Copper Commandery."

Sima Yunfei will definitely object. Regardless of anything else, he will object to whatever Sima Yunqi proposes.

Sima Zhengxin pinched his brows, feeling like his brain was hurting!

This time the military intelligence report was really urgent. It was circulated directly in front of all the civil and military officials. Sima Zhengxin did not have time to convene a family meeting in advance in Qiushi Hall to unify the message.

Now that the two brothers Sima Yunfei and Sima Yunqi hold different opinions, Sima Zhengxin is in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, I also believe that the general of the country should not act lightly and just stay in the capital to take charge. After all, he is one of the top generals in our army. If Heimei County only sends a small force to harass the border, If we just send out the general to control the country, we will become a laughing stock!"

Taiwei Feng Ruoting, who had been silent for a while, suddenly came out to express his opinion: "From the perspective of my veteran, it is unlikely that Heimei County can easily break through the border, so the war will not be too urgent."

"The plan for now is to first ascertain the reality of Heimei County, and then make an appropriate response. Before that, you can send a partial general to lead a supporting army to the border first. How to respond depends on the situation. Certainly."

"In this way, we can easily resolve the threat from the Black Charm Commandery's bandits! I wonder if the king thinks what the old minister said has some truth to it?"

Originally, Feng Ruoting wanted to see more of the two brothers Sima Yunfei and Sima Yunqi competing against each other.

It's just that letting Lin Yi lead the army is not in the interests of the Feng family. He has no choice but to come forward to support Sima Yunfei.

Lin Yi is now the general who governs the country. If he continues to lead troops on expeditions and then returns with a great victory, what reward should he give?

There is no chance of promotion at such a young age. If it had been anyone else, they might have been jealous of the Lord and suffered a bad death.

But Lin Yi was different. He was the grandson of the king. Sima Zhengxin had already thought of abdicating, but he was still wavering between Sima Yunfei and Sima Yunqi.

If Lin Yi rises strongly at this time and his contribution is too great to be rewarded, Sima Zhengxin might just skip his son and designate Lin Yi as the grandson of Wang Taisun!

Once such a young and powerful Wang Taisun succeeds to the throne, the Feng family will not have the opportunity to occupy the throne of Hongshang County for dozens or hundreds of years!

Therefore, Lin Yi must not be allowed to lead the army. If possible, it is best to get him to participate in the Young Masters Association and find a way to let Long Bang Title Kingdom recruit him as the consort!

At this point, Feng Ruoting and Sima Yunfei are natural allies, and they can reach a consensus without communication!

"Of course what the Lieutenant said are old words for seeking the country! Pass the order and quickly investigate the reasons, scale, strategic objectives and other information of Heimei County's troops. Be sure to send it to the king for review today!"

Sima Zhengxin gave an order to the eunuchs beside him, and then turned to the ministers below: "Until the situation is unclear, we will not send troops from the royal capital to support for the time being. We will order the cities around the war zone to rush to the front line to support."

As for whether doing so would result in the Black Charm Commandery surrounding them for reinforcements and defeating them one by one, Sima Zhengxin could not care about it for the time being.

Anyway, with the Royal Capital's elite in hand, it won't be a big problem to suffer a slight loss in the early stage.

Sima Yunfei and Feng Ruoting had almost achieved their goals, so they said no more.

The triumphal rewards naturally turned into discussions about new wars.

People in the main hall are generally optimistic. After all, the national strength of Selenium Copper County is not worse than that of Heimei County. Isn't it better to be beaten to pieces and have to cede territory to pay compensation?

The discussion lasted for a long time, but no new opinions came out, and the discussion finally broke up.

At the court meeting the next day, new information was delivered back by the trust eagle. Sima Zhengxin sat on the throne and asked the eunuch next to him to read the information.

"...Selenium Copper County, knowing full well that it was outmatched, ceded all the disputed territory adjacent to Heimei County to Heimei County, and added two more cities as a price to negotiate peace with Heimei County!"

"On the surface, this contract is for the Selenium Copper County to cede land unconditionally, but in fact it has a secret additional clause, which is to allow the Heimei County to continue the previous alliance and send troops to attack our Hongshang County!"

"Heimei Commandery believed that Selenium Copper Commandery took the initiative to show weakness and shrink its defense line. While its strength was still preserved, there was no need to fight to the death. So after getting enough benefits, it turned around and attacked our border, hoping to take advantage of us. When digesting the results of the battle in Northern Xinjiang, we will also plunder some benefits here."

"To sum up, it can be analyzed that the strategic goal of Heimei County is not to penetrate deeply into our country, but to obtain some benefits. It is unlikely to develop into a large-scale national war."