The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Halfway through the burning of the incense, the hesitant Xiao Rui picked up his pen and scribbled down his strategy on the rice paper. The pen was picked up quickly, the pen was written down quickly, and the pen was finished gracefully. It seemed that it was over after writing only thirty or so characters.

Xiao Rui, is your name Kuainan?

No, call me a shooter, because I hit one shot.

And his actions also made Xiao Jing, who was writing hard and always paying attention to both sides, pause. The ink directly spread a black mark on the white paper, and he was so angry that he cursed bad luck secretly. Turning his head slightly, he saw Xiao Rui put down his pen.

"How many words can I write so quickly? It seems that I feel sorry for myself. The emperor hates this kind of behavior the most. It seems that this seventh brother is going forward in the direction of giving up on himself. Seventh brother is so kind, he always sets off my talent " Xiao Jing said contemptuously, and then continued to write, and his happy mood made him write faster.

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Rui who was calm and composed, his heart was like a cat scratching, he was too curious about what he wrote.

Brother Seven? Can I take a peek? Not cheating.

Seventh brother, are you despising me? Why do you roll your eyes?

The performance of the three of them was noticed by Emperor Xia. He drank a cup of tea and glanced at Eunuch Hai.

Eunuch Hai has served Emperor Xia for many years, and he can guess the holy will with every move and look. He came behind and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness entered the palace, he kept looking at the map again. He must have guessed His Majesty's prompt."

Emperor Xia blew on the leaves in the bowl expressionlessly, and took another sip of tea.

Eunuch Hai stepped back and stood up.

At this time, the incense burnt out.

Xiao Jing's face turned pale, and he finally finished writing the strategy when the ashes fell.

Xiao Yan pouted aggrievedly, obviously he couldn't finish writing.

Eunuch Hai came to collect the answer sheets in person, and when he picked up Xiao Rui's answer sheet and saw the few thirty words, he couldn't help frowning with an expression as steady as an old dog.

Xiao Rui gave him a smile. I don't know if he frowned because of the lack of words or the content of the strategy.

Eunuch Hai put away Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan's answer sheets again, and took advantage of the opportunity to put their answer sheets on the top, and then presented them to Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia read Xiao Yan's answer sheet first, scanned the full text, and asked, "Xiao Jiu, according to the strategy you wrote, is the Muye Ranch between our Great Xia Kingdom and Daqi Kingdom divided and ruled?"

"That's right, people have to die in war. When the time comes, when the soldiers will die in battle, when will the survivors return? How about dividing the pasture into two according to the border, our Daxia Kingdom is in charge of the south, and they are in charge of the north. Each raises its own horses. No one provokes anyone, so why not do it." Xiao Yan sneaked a glance at Emperor Xia, but still expressed his true thoughts.

Emperor Xia nodded and smiled: "Xiao Jiu is kind and cares about the common people, that's very good. What do you two elder brothers think of his ideas?"

Xiao Jing looked at Xiao Rui and asked his brother to answer first.

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "Ninth Brother's idea is very good, why didn't I think of it?"

"Really?" Xiao Yan was overjoyed, he felt very happy to be recognized by his seventh brother.

"Of course it's true, but it's not easy to convince Da Qi." Xiao Rui laughed.

"It's not just easy!" Xiao Jing said directly: "According to the boundary division, the Daqi Kingdom only occupies three-tenths of the area of ​​Muye Ranch, can it satisfy his appetite? What's more, the Muye Ranch is hundreds of miles long. The only gap between the mountains, such an important military location, it is even more impossible for Daqi to agree to divide and rule."

Xiao Yan looked frustrated.

Emperor Xia picked up Xiao Jing's answer sheet and said, "So Jing'er's strategy is to fight!"

"Yes, father!" There are three necessary reasons for Xiao Jing's strategy to surround the battle, one is that Daxia has many plains and hills, and there is a lack of horses. The cavalry is the most mobile of all arms, and must take down the Muye Ranch. The second is the important military site of Muye Ranch. Once this place is controlled, with 100,000 troops stationed, they can control the border of four to five hundred miles, and entering the Daqi Kingdom is like entering the land of no one. Third, suppress the arrogance of the new ruler of Daqi, affect his new coup law, and promote the prestige of Daxia.

Emperor Xia put down the answer sheet and asked Xiao Jing, "I have explained the intention and importance of the war in great detail, but the war is not written on paper, so the Great Xia Kingdom will definitely win?"

Xiao Jing was stunned.

"What comes on paper is always shallow..." Emperor Xia smiled.

There is another sentence below, which is of course a warning to him.

Xiao Jing's face darkened, he pursed his lips and cupped his fists: "I understand."

Finally, Emperor Xia picked up Xiao Rui's answer sheet.

On the white answer sheet, there were only thirty or so words, but Xia Huang frowned, showing a rare deep thought, and even forgot to ask for a moment.

Xiao Jing was secretly happy, compared with the troublesome Seventh Brother, even if his answer sheet was flawed, he was still the best among the three, could he be rated as "top" by his father this time?

Emperor Xia looked at the answer sheet, and silently recited these thirty-two words in his heart:

"Sell the wild in Qi, dig the road along the veins."

"Connect Kunlun and divert water to the east."

"Push stones to build embankments, and accumulated water forms rivers."

"Lead the army into the urn and flood the Qi army."

This answer sheet made Emperor Xia feel strange, because he found that Xiao Rui's idea was similar to the urgent military report sent today.

The urgent military report comes from the Muye Ranch. After collecting the terrain and terrain, many people studied the strategy, so it is reasonable to propose this strategy, but what about my seventh son?

Just rely on the mountains and rivers on a map?

Emperor Xia put down the answer sheet and asked, "Rui'er, what is the basis for you to write down these strategies?"

Xiao Rui replied: "Father, my son is based on the topographic map hanging on the wall of the hall, please punish me, my son just wrote up the strategy randomly based on the topographic map, without inspection, it is not rigorous, my son knows crime."

really!

Emperor Xia was shocked.

"Tell me about your strategy in detail," Xia Huang said.

"Yes!" Xiao Rui said respectfully: "Rent the fields in Qi and dig roads along the veins. My son suggested negotiating with the Great Qi State and leasing the pastures occupied by our Great Xia State to the Great Qi State. They don't need money and let them use it. The horses are used as rent, first to earn a fortune, and in exchange for the illusion that the two countries are living in peace.”

"Then secretly sent soldiers to excavate along the valley between the mountains to the northwest, connecting to the Kunshan Mountains hundreds of miles away. Every spring, the ice and snow in the Kunlun Mountains melted and converged into the choppy Waves River. Slowly, the excavated canyon channel and the Bolan River can be opened up to divert water to the east."

"Finally, build a river embankment in the canyon on the west side of the Muye Ranch. When the ice and snow melt in the spring tomorrow, the river will surge, and the embankment will be flooded with raging water. Then our Great Xia Kingdom sent troops to try to occupy the Muye Ranch. The newborn horses are thriving, and the Great Qi Kingdom will definitely send troops south to protect the pastures against our army."

"At that time, we will dig the river and flood the pasture. The pasture is in the basin between the mountains. The terrain is low, and the people and horses inside are doomed."

Xiao Rui's voice was very calm, but it made the faces of the two brothers Xiao Yan and Xiao Jing change drastically.

"Father, whether this strategy is feasible or not still needs to be investigated on the spot. After all, talking about war on paper is just fantasy." Xiao Rui replied.

This is the method he can think of. It is not a matter of ten days and a half months, nor three or five months. It may take a year or two, or even longer.

Although it takes a long time, the effect is long-lasting.

Once the embankment is cast, it will be a permanent weapon, and the Muye Ranch will always be in the hands of the Daxia Kingdom, and the Daqi Kingdom will never dare to invade from here, because their troops cannot stop the raging river that broke the embankment.

Emperor Xia didn't ask Xiao Rui, but looked at Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan, and asked, "What do you two think of this plan?"

"It's too cruel." Xiao Yan muttered.

However, Xiao Jing said: "It will take a lot of manpower and material resources to excavate a river channel to the northwest along the canyon. Even if the terrain permits, there is no guarantee that Da Qi will not know about it. Once it is known, the success will fall short."

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "How to operate it depends on the terrain. As for whether it will be discovered by Da Qi, it depends on the concealment."

Xiao Jing argued: "I feel that this plan is fantastic, and I ask Father to make a decision."

Emperor Xia took a sip of tea, and said leisurely: "Leading troops in battle, we all know that the right time, place and people are in harmony. If we occupy two of them, we will be invincible. When we compete with Da Qi for Muye pastures, our Da Xia Kingdom does not occupy three points. Therefore, the war Not the best choice."

"But at the same time, and, for the Great Xia Kingdom, there will be greater potential danger."

"There must be another trick."

After a pause, Emperor Xia said fairly to Hai Gong: "Go and get the memorial of Champion Hou."