Red Heart Survey

Chongxuan and Chuliang refused to surrender the letter three times. Yang Jiande had no choice but to raise troops and ordered the whole country to serve the king.

From the perspective of the world's public opinion, it is righteous and reasonable for Yang Guo to raise troops to crusade against the army that locked the country's borders, and there is nothing to criticize.

But at the same time, in order to maintain order in the Eastern Region, Qi State sent troops to block the black disaster so that it could not continue to spread and cause harm, which also made sense.

In particular, Yang State was originally a genus of Qi State. In terms of etiquette, Yang Jing can also be counted as Qi State.

What's more, Chongxuan and Chu Liang's troops in Suoyang Kingdom were indeed only targeting Wuhuo on the surface, and did not invade Yang Kingdom's land. If he is attacked and killed by the Yang army, it is reasonable to counterattack.

That is to say, on the level of "the world's public discussion", which is the only aspect where Yang Kingdom may have an advantage, both Qi and Yang stand at the same starting point because of the unwavering stability of Xuan Chuliang and Eight Winds.

In the head-to-head confrontation between the two old robes, Yang Jiande had already lost in the first round.

From the time he decided to send troops, he lost the possibility of being sympathetic in the public discussion.

But this is also a choice that has no other choice. It is still limited by the current situation and the general trend. It does not mean that Yang Jiande is not as good as Xuan Chuliang.

It's just that the hole cards in the hands of both sides are too far apart.

Moreover, although "public discussion" has its significance, most of the time, it is impossible to determine the direction of the war.

If Yang Jiande can defeat Chongxuan and Chuliang, the diplomatic leeway will be opened up at once.

If not, then everything will cease.

...

After many years of peace, war suddenly broke out.

A large number of soldiers and horses from the entire Yang Kingdom gathered in the capital, and Yang Jiande was going to worship the ancestors and heaven in the Taimiao, and then personally lead the soldiers of the whole country to fight Chongxuan at the border.

The three counties of Yangguo are Hengyang, Rizhao, and Chiwei.

Hengyang County is where the king's capital is located. Needless to say, almost all the soldiers who can fight have risen up, gathering 150,000 troops in one day. Among them, 50,000 are the royal masters who defended the capital, and the remaining 100,000 are gathered from various cities.

But in Chiwei County, the response from the cities was not so positive. He gathered 50,000 soldiers and rushed to the capital. It is worth mentioning that 20,000 of them are volunteer soldiers, who accompanied them with their own armor and provisions. And at least 10,000 volunteer soldiers came from Cangfeng City.

Then to Rizhao County, the enthusiasm is even lower.

The first reason to bear the brunt is of course the black catastrophe that is raging in Yang Kingdom.

Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, and the soldiers were enough to disperse the evil spirit like Wu Hai. The soldiers themselves are not afraid of being infested by black disasters, but the people in all parts of the Yang Kingdom have not yet obtained a proper protection strategy.

Every soldier is a person of flesh and blood, and has his own relatives and friends. Of course, it can be called great to put the country before the family, but it is human nature to put the family first and then the country.

Some donate their families to the country, and some close their doors to avoid disaster. Everyone is different.

However, the real core reason is actually the evil result of Yang Ting's political chaos and lack of interest in people's livelihood for so many years. Yang Jiande devotes himself to practice and ignores state affairs. And the dead prince Yang Xuanji only cared about grabbing power and suppressing his brothers, which was actually very perfunctory in terms of state affairs.

In this black calamity brewing on the Bone Road, Yangting's administrative inefficiency and incompetence... have been exposed to the fullest, and it can be said that it has lost the hearts of the people.

Of course, in Rizhao County, it was more due to the personal reasons of Song Guang, the governor of the county. Long before Yang Jiande ordered Qin Wang, he had already made a move to gather troops and food.

Although Shi Jing, the new lord of Jiacheng, died unexpectedly, only the remaining six cities in this county gathered 80,000 soldiers for Song Guang. Under his spare no effort to search, the money and food are countless.

However, he only sent 10,000 old, weak, sick, and disabled to Zhaoheng City. Since Chen Rizhao County has a special terrain, recently Qi State wanted to keep "the old man's remaining strength to protect our king", but he was actually supporting his own strength and waiting for the price.

His memorial made Yang Jiande laugh angrily.

On the dragon chair, the twenty-seventh monarch of Yang Kingdom held this memorandum, and laughed at himself, not without disappointment: "I never imagined that my Yang clan had established the country for hundreds of years, and since Chen Qi, it has been lost in just a few generations. All you can hope for."

Liu Huai accompanied him and said with relief: "At least in Hengyang County, where the capital is located, the imperial court is still what the people want. Gathering 100,000 troops is already an all-out force!"

Yang Jiande shook his head and said: "Under the lonely breath, facing the sword's edge, I dare not not come. How many people can truly donate to the country?"

"There are quite a few righteous men who destroy their homes to relieve their difficulties, just to repay the great kindness of your father!"

"Lonely to them, what kindness can there be? It's just their own love for their homeland." Yang Jiande threw away the memorial in his hand, "There is no need to be comforted, I am not unable to face reality. I just want to... "

He sighed: "The hearts of the army and the people are so scattered. Moreover, Qi is a powerful country and has always been dignified. Although this battle is in our own country, our army can't hold it for long. It must be decided quickly. If the battle is slightly defeated, the landslide will be feared. Momentum, in an instant."

He is a soldier who knows all kinds of considerations in war.

Liu Huai bowed and said, "Your Majesty's Sacred Heart is in your hands."

"That's right." Yang Jiande suddenly remembered something, and asked: "This time the whole country is serving the king, apart from the city guards coming out in full force, Cangfeng City will raise another 10,000 volunteer soldiers?"

"yes……"

Yang Jiande nodded: "Cangfeng City has always been a land of abundant food and people's sufficiency."

Speaking of this, he hesitated: "Why does Gu... seem to have a different impression of Cangfeng City?"

Liu Huai knew that Yang Jiande's human emotions were gradually being lost by practicing the blood demon kung fu. Being laughed at by Song Guangqi today and sighing about state affairs is already a rare expression of emotion.

He thought for a while, and then reminded: "The little prince's Tianxia Building is built there."

"Tianxialou?"

"It's the killer organization."

"Oh, it's the incident where Gu reprimanded him...is it still there?"

"The internal treasury has never allocated money. It is the little prince himself who subsidizes it."

"So this time Cangfeng City Rebel Army... Come to think of it, he is also hidden among the rebel army?"

"Should...should be."

There was silence in the hall for a while.

"Liu Huai."

"The slave is here."

"Go find Xuan Ce and take him away."

"The servant will arrange it now."

"It's not an arrangement." Yang Jiande looked up at him: "You have to go in person."

"Your Majesty!" Liu Huai knelt down in front of Yang Jiande all of a sudden, "Your Majesty, please choose someone else, I really don't want to leave at this time!"

Yang Jiande said quietly: "The building is about to fall, and this deep palace, who can I trust?"

He stretched out his hand and patted Liu Huai's shoulder: "Slave dog, if you go alone to die, you have to let the lonely back have no worries. Do you know?"

Liu Huai said with tears: "Slave...take orders!"

"Hmm..." Yang Jiande seemed to be talking to himself: "There should be something left for him."

At this moment, his emotions seemed to have resisted the erosion of the Blood Demon Art of Extermination of Passion and Desire, and there was an imperceptible softness in his eyes.

Liu Huai knelt on the ground, just crying.

Yang Jiande reached out, opened the imperial box, patted and stroked the jade seal in the box.

Finally let go.

He took off the Panlong jade pendant around his waist and put it in Liu Huai's hands.

Compared with the jade seal, although this jade pendant is exquisite, it has neither power nor sacred meaning. It is much more ordinary.

But Liu Huai could understand why Yang Jiande only left this jade pendant to Yang Xuance.

Because a national seal will attract endless pursuit for Yang Xuance. No one would care about this jade pendant.

The jade pendant itself has no other meaning, it is just a thought left by a father to his son.

"Does Your Majesty have any words for the little prince?" Liu Huai asked with tears in his eyes.

Yang Jiande leaned back on the dragon chair, as if he was already very tired, and waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to say anything.

Liu Huai carried the Panlong jade pendant and nothing else, hurried out of the hall and left the palace.

And Yang Jiande sat alone in the main hall, silent for a long, long time, then suddenly thought of something, and said: "Say to Xuan Ce, 'I'm sorry'."

After he finished speaking, he realized that Liu Huai had already left.

"That's all."