#340 - A chess game with countries as pieces
History proves that anyone who achieves great things will have some very important and capable assistants around them.
Liu Bei had Zhuge Liang, Liu Bang had Zhang Liang, Qin Shi Huang had Li Si, and Jordan had Pippen.
As for Wei Changtian, the people he relied on most before were undoubtedly Chu Xianping and Qin Zhengqiu, and perhaps Du Chang would be added later.
Good heavens, it's like he's gathered the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix!
Of course, it's still too early to say whether Du Chang can be entrusted with important tasks, and he needs to be observed for a while longer.
But based on the current situation, even if he can't be considered a "genius commander of all time", he is at least definitely a "talent".
Wonderful!
Sitting in the swaying carriage, Wei Changtian nodded with a happy mood.
With this setup, wouldn't he be able to avoid having to do everything himself in the future?
Looking at Ning Yongnian, who is now surrounded by people from the Tongzhou Society, what does he have to fight with him?!
Although dealing with an emperor is undoubtedly much more difficult and complicated than dealing with a Liu family, Wei Changtian had not been too worried before.
However, since learning that Bai Youheng had mixed with Ning Yongnian, this ease no longer existed.
At least Wei Changtian found it difficult to be as calm as before.
Alas, I don't know what these two are plotting, and whether the Tongzhou Society has found any information about Bai Youheng...
He thought to himself for a while, then shook his head and lifted the curtain of the carriage, looking at the mountains and fields shrouded in the night.
The distant continuous mountains were like solidified waves, extending all the way to the end of the unreachable sky.
Da Ning, the Imperial Palace.
Just as Wei Changtian and his party were speeding on the road back to Fengyuan, preparing to continue completing the "great cause" of beheading Yama, Ning Yongnian was also planning his great cause.
Wei Changtian was not wrong in what he thought before, Ning Yongnian really doesn't have many useful people around him now, and what's more, he doesn't even know who is "useful" and who is "not useful".
However, perhaps because the process of killing Yun Lian was too easy, Wei Changtian overlooked the most important thing—
No matter what, Ning Yongnian is a "Child of Destiny" who enjoys a great deal of luck.
And it was precisely because he ignored this matter that Wei Changtian failed to notice another anomaly.
Since Ning Yongnian is the Child of Destiny, and the direction of his blessing is the "Way of the Emperor" to rule the world, then why in the two large-scale wars in Jizhou and Yuanzhou did the Da Ning court not only fail to gain the slightest advantage, but even suffer setbacks everywhere?
The Xu family "rebelled" in Jizhou. Although the rebellion has now been quelled, the Xu family in Jizhou city alone stubbornly defended for several months, and finally managed to barely break through the city by relying on the numerical advantage of the imperial army.
Moreover, in the end, the Xu family "remnants", including Wei Yanyu, actually escaped and have not been found to this day.
Then there is the national war that took place in Yuanzhou.
Da Feng entered the country with a large army of 500,000, and Da Ning stubbornly defended Yuanzhou city with reinforcements from all over the country, with a comparable number of troops.
This should have been a contest of equal strength, but the huge Yuanzhou city was only defended for twenty-two days, and even the remnants of the Liangzhou army all surrendered to the enemy.
Although there were no problems with the defense line of Fengxian afterwards, the decision to actively abandon a large city was really confusing.
Moreover, now that the Da Feng army has all retreated to Yuanzhou city and remained stationed there due to the Yama incident, and the Jizhou rebellion has also been quelled, it should be a great opportunity for Da Ning to launch a counterattack.
However, Ning Yongnian still ordered the Da Ning army not to leave Fengxian a single step.
Such a "cowardly" strategic choice seems to be no big problem if viewed in isolation.
After all, Da Ning has successively encountered two major disturbances, "Xu Family Rebellion" and "Liu-Wei Dispute", and it is indeed not advisable to take rash actions.
But if we consider Ning Yongnian's identity as the "Child of Destiny", then all of this becomes meaningful.
Perhaps, Ning Yongnian is not "cowardly", but is playing a big game of chess.
And now, although nothing seems to be happening, the "chess game" is already developing step by step according to his plan.
As for Wei Changtian...
Although he cannot be said to be completely ignorant of this, he can only be regarded as having seen a cloud of fog at most.
But what exactly is in this huge fog that shrouds the two countries of Da Ning and Da Feng... he has not even been able to catch a glimpse of it.
...
"Your Majesty, I hope you can remember your promise."
Zi Shi (11:00 PM - 1:00 AM).
In the Dragon Guard headquarters located in the Da Ning Imperial Palace, Bai Youheng and Ning Yongnian sat facing each other.
"Young Master Bai, rest assured, this matter concerns the great cause of my Da Ning for generations to come, and I will never break my word."
Ning Yongnian looked at Bai Youheng and said calmly: "I hope you are the same."
"That's natural."
Bai Youheng nodded and put a secret letter on the table into his arms: "Your Majesty, do you have any words that you need me to bring to Her Majesty the Queen?"
"No, once she has seen the letter, she will know what to do."
"Good."
...
Bring words to the Queen...
Ning Yongnian and his wife are together all day long, how could they need Bai Youheng to bring words and letters in between.
Therefore, there is only one explanation—
The Queen they are talking about is not the Queen of Da Ning.
"Your Majesty, now that everything is ready, then I will set off."
Standing up, Bai Youheng said in a deep voice: "One month later, you and I will meet in Yuanzhou City."
"Good, it's a deal."
Ning Yongnian also stood up and walked out of the secret room with Bai Youheng.
Outside the house, a full hundred Dragon Guards had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two of them coming out, they immediately knelt down on the ground in unison.
"Your subordinates have seen His Majesty! Greetings, Young Master Bai!"
"Rise, all of you."
Ning Yongnian raised his hand and slowly said: "From this moment on, you must all obey any orders from Young Master Bai, no matter what they are."
"Do you all understand?"
"Your subordinates understand!"
"Mm."
Ning Yongnian nodded and said nothing more, and Bai Youheng was the same.
The latter just cupped his fist slightly towards Ning Yongnian, and then strode forward, walking into the darkness without looking back.
"Shua!"
The black clothes were vast, and a full hundred Dragon Guards silently followed closely behind him, like sharp swords of slaughter, completely disappearing from Ning Yongnian's sight after a few breaths.
"Your Majesty."
A figure swayed, and Li Huaizhong, who did not know where he came from, suddenly appeared beside Ning Yongnian.
"Old Li, what's wrong?"
Ning Yongnian did not look at Li Huaizhong, but continued to look in the direction where Bai Youheng and the others left.
"Is there news from Fengyuan?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, not yet."
Li Huaizhong shook his head and whispered in Ning Yongnian's ear:
"Long Que (Dragon Sparrow) is back."
