Heavenly Dao Formula

Wu Yueyao took his hands down to carry the supplies.

Ning Wanjun convened a new meeting in the villa. Except for the Yama people, the participants were basically the original members of the previous three parties, the Bureau of Affairs, the Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, and the army.

The subject of the meeting was the reaction of Gyeonggi.

"The humble official believes that war is inevitable." Xu Sanzhong was the first to speak, "Removing the government and taking back power is no different from treason in the eyes of the imperial court. It will be a matter of time before the army suppresses the situation, and the key is time."

This is the first time that the word "rebellion" has been blatantly spoken at a high-level meeting.

Needless to say, the military are all natural supporters of Ning Wanjun, and they knew what they were going to do from the moment they followed her to leave the frontier army.

Mo Yun has the final say in the Jizao Bureau, and most of the backbone are elves, who don't care about the power disputes in Qiguo. For them, Jinxia City, which can make the New Machine Construction Bureau develop steadily and vigorously, is obviously more important than Shangyuan City, which they have never heard of.

The only thing that is more complicated is the bureau that Xia Fan founded alone.

In addition to himself, the participants included Xue Zhigeng, chief of the Privy Council, Li Gonggong, chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Hong Siqi, chief of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Xia Fan is one of the masterminds... But anyone who has worked with him can hardly tell whether it is the princess who is more rebellious or him who is more rebellious.

Eunuch Li is the princess's man.

Xue Zhigeng and Hong Siqi instantly felt the focused eyes of the crowd.

It is no surprise that such a day will come.

When Ning Wanjun led his army to sweep the Shenzhou border, they all knew it well.

It's just that on the day when the window paper was broken, the two still felt the pressure.

Once this point is clicked, there is no going back.

"I will always be loyal to Her Royal Highness Princess Guangping!" Hong Siqi replied decisively without hesitation for too long.

To be honest, his sense of guilt is relatively light.

The news of the Qixing Privy Council's Mansion has not spread in Shenzhou due to the heavy snow and road closures, but everyone in Jinxia's senior management knows it. And the sophisticated Hong Siqi realized that the imperial court that he had been elusive in the past had already existed in name only. Since the Privy Council can backstab the imperial court, why can't he?

What's more, Xia Fan is quite an interesting person. The exclusion he received here is actually much less than all the official experience in the past.

While making money, Hong Siqi had a slight illusion that he was making a big splash.

Xue Zhigeng felt completely different.

The alliance and expansion of the Privy Council was originally good news for him, but now he wants to cut off his relationship with the General Palace, and to be honest, he is a bit entangled.

However, under the roof, he chose to take refuge in Xia Fan at that time, and this "stain" will always be remembered by the Privy Council. It can be said that there are hidden dangers on both sides. What's more, no matter what you think in your heart, you still have to express your attitude now. "The Privy Council has made preparations and is ready to cooperate with Master Xia's instructions at any time."

Their eyes diverged one after another, and the two of them suddenly felt a little lighter on their shoulders.

"When do you think Gyeonggi will strike?" Ning Wanjun asked.

"The army has not moved, and the food and grass are first. It depends on their logistics preparation speed. Since they are fighting in the territory, they can completely use the towns around Shenzhou as camps, and usually they can handle it properly in a month or two." Xu Sanzhong analyzed. "In addition, there will be a round of spring plowing after the snow melts. Recruiting soldiers at this time will easily affect the harvest, so they should choose to start in April or May. At that time, the weather has already warmed up, and a lot of cold-proof materials can be saved."

"The lower official agrees with Xu Gueran's judgment, but it is difficult to have an exact start and end time for a war, and the enemy should also know the reason for winning by surprise, so we still have to be prepared for a surprise attack." He Guicai added, "I suggest His Highness strengthened the protection of the villa, and at the same time set up checkpoints on several main roads in Shenzhou to monitor the movement of people in the surrounding towns."

"The villa also needs to be protected?" Ning Wanjun frowned.

"Your Highness, the opponent is the Privy Council, and the possibility of the enemy using high-level alchemists to assassinate cannot be ruled out." At this point, He Gui glanced at Xia Fan, "If possible, I hope that all the high-level alchemists in Jinxia City will also be stationed in the villa. , in case of accidents.”

Then everyone discussed the issue of "if Qi Guo's army is approaching Shenzhou, how should Jinxia meet the enemy?"

Compared with the conservative and cautious two or three months ago, the military at this time seems to be full of confidence.

The game with the West Pole Empire allowed them to see another level of three-dimensional combat, and at the same time conquering the entire territory of Shenzhou seemed to be like a broken bamboo, which greatly boosted the confidence of the generals.

Now that the Yama Kingdom has come full of money and refilled the treasury, this last trace of worry has dissipated. There are people, money, and weapons... plus the home game, everyone is full of expectations for victory.

In addition to Shenzhou, Qiguo has additional nine states, namely Leizhou, Suzhou, Youzhou, Lingzhou, Ganzhou, Yazhou, Jinzhou, Liuzhou and Qingzhou.

Among them, Ganzhou, Liuzhou, and Qingzhou border Shenzhou, not to mention Ganzhou in the west. The junction of the two places is a mountainous area, which is not suitable for the passage of large troops. Liuzhou and Gyeongju are just sandwiched between Gyeonggi and Shenzhou, and are two of the three states in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many large towns, well-developed transportation, and a lot of food and money stored in the city. They are very suitable as the forward garrison of the army.

The generals and staff of the army also judged unanimously that if Ning Qianshi wanted to do something, the army would leave from these two states in all likelihood. Among them, Liuzhou is the most likely - after all, this state has the most developed water system, which is suitable for transporting luggage by boat.

Send eyeliners to these two states to be stationed, and you will be able to know the enemy's movements at the first time.

After all, the dispatch of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be done quietly, and troops that have traveled long distances will definitely be seen on the official roads.

At the end of the meeting, a warning plan with Liuzhou as the main and Gyeongju as the supplement was determined.

Xia Fan did not raise any objections.

But compared to this war, he cares more about what the Seven Stars Privy Council will do before.

The second prince also just took control of Gyeonggi not long ago, and it really takes time to consolidate his power, but this doesn't mean that he will do nothing in the next one or two months and just sit back and watch Jinxia swallow Shenzhou bit by bit.

Compared with a battle of tens of thousands of people who set up formations and head-to-head to determine the outcome, those unexpected back arrows are the most important thing to be wary of.

At least he agrees with strengthening the defense of Fengyang Villa.

As for other threats, we can only rely on impromptu means, and each depends on his ability.

...

Shenzhou, White River City.

Under the heavy rain, a carriage drove into a dark alley. Rainwater poured down the eaves and gathered on both sides of the ground to form rapid streams.

The first heavy rain after the beginning of spring cast a gray shadow over the whole city, and turned the roads that were not paved with flagstones into mud.

The wheels turned slowly in the dirt road, and the ruts were deep enough to see the weight of the goods it carried.

Walking to the door of an inconspicuous one-story house, the coachman let out a cry, stopped the horse, and immediately four or five people came out of the house, lifted the oil-straw mat covering the car, and moved heavy wooden boxes into the house. .

One of them took out a dagger and pried open the lid of the box, revealing the neatly arranged silver ingots in the box.

Then he pried open several other boxes.

Almost every box contains thousands of taels of silver.

As long as ordinary people take one piece, they can guarantee food and clothing for a year.

But the crowd did not lose their eyes because of these white silver ingots. They took out a few pieces in their arms in an orderly manner, put on bamboo hats and coir raincoats, walked out of the bungalow, turned around and disappeared into the rain.