In Nanfeng Mansion, the capital of Tiannan County of the Empire, in the small but very compact Jiedushi Mansion, a thin back figure was standing in a study with a rather elegant environment, facing the blue sky outside the window and thinking, "Sir, we have arrived. We are all here, all I need is you." "Yes, I understand." -
When we came to the meeting hall, there were already seven or eight people sitting inside. When they saw the middle-aged man walking in, everyone stood up and said, "See you, sir." "We are all old brothers, so there is no need to be so polite." Everyone waved their hands. They sat down one by one and saw that neither his son nor daughter had arrived. Lang Yongquan wrinkled his forehead and asked the personal guard next to him, "Where have the eldest son and the second young lady gone?" The guard quickly replied: "The eldest son said that he had something to do, so he would not attend. Well, the second young lady went hunting in the countryside with the people in the house early in the morning, and she will probably be back soon." After snorting, Lang Yongquan stopped talking, but sighed secretly in his heart. The ancients said that giving birth to a child should be like Sun Zhongmou, and now some people say She should have a daughter like Lin Yuexin, but she has a son and a daughter. The son is good at everything, but he doesn't like to be in politics, but loves to study medicine. He wants to become a famous doctor all over the world. No matter how he tries to persuade him, he won't listen. Maybe it’s because he hasn’t grown up yet, so my wife also advised her to wait until he is older. My daughter is already sixteen years old, and she is still like a little girl. She practices martial arts all day long. Whenever she is free, she either goes hunting or practices martial arts. Looking for someone to compete in kung fu, all the famous martial arts sects in the five provinces of Tiannan were tortured by this girl and were about to come to sue for mercy -
Seeing that Lang Yongquan was a little distracted, everyone knew that their boss was worried about his children again. For more than ten years, his boss had always been unfazed by anything he encountered, but he could not do anything about his children. , everyone felt that he was a little too hasty. He himself was in the prime of life, and his son was only twenty years old. It was still a long time, so why should he let the eldest son get involved in complicated government affairs now
He soon realized that he was distracted, smiled bitterly, returned to normal, and signaled to his chief staff member Yang Mubai, who was presiding over the meeting, to start the meeting. "Today I invite you all to come back and hold a meeting. The main topic is to analyze the current increasingly complex international and domestic situation. I also invite you to express your opinions and determine the general direction of our next action." Yang Mubai is a four-year-old. A middle-aged man of about ten years old, he has been following Lang Yongquan for more than ten years. He has always been Lang Yongquan's right-hand man. Tiannan County's strength has gradually grown, and he has contributed a lot -
Those who attended the meeting included Xie Changyang, deputy commander of the Tiannan Army (the army commander was concurrently served by Lang Yongquan himself), the city guards of the five Tiannan Prefectures, the capital Nanfeng City Guards Yu Ren, the Guining City Guards Collins, and the Dandong City Guards McPherson Liu Qingtian, the governor of Qinzhou Prefecture, Qi Feng, the governor of Zhujiang Prefecture, Jiang Zhendong, director of the Tiannan County Intelligence Department, Ma Boping, director of the Tiannan County Finance Department, and Bayan, director of the Tiannan County Internal Affairs Department, were all confidants promoted by Lang Yongquan—
"According to intelligence, the war situation in the northern part of the empire has stabilized. After the empire won the victory in the Qingyang Defense Battle, the threat from the Luobi people has actually been eliminated for now. However, due to changes in the situation, the war situation in the Jerok Principality is estimated to be Kaman will soon change the current offensive posture to a defensive posture. In the south, due to the visit of the Imperial Deputy Foreign Minister to Machi Khan, the relationship between the two countries has undergone surprising changes. The latest intelligence shows that starting from the day before yesterday, the elite of Macchi Khanate Troops, the First Mixed Corps has begun to withdraw from the area bordering the Empire, and other corps originally stationed in the area bordering the Empire have also begun to withdraw. It seems that they really intend to improve relations, which is beneficial to us. The disadvantages remain to be seen. The actions of the Sanjiang Lin family are not unexpected. They just stepped up the training of their second army and reorganized the security divisions of various prefectures. There is also a question that is somewhat suspicious." At this point, Yang Mubai looked up. Sitting Lang Yongquan glanced at him and paused, as if asking for Lang Yongquan's opinion -
"Tell me, we are all our own people here, it's nothing." Lang Yongquan interjected expressionlessly -
"According to insider information, suspicious people have been visiting the Lin family recently. According to insider reports and analysis, it should be the Mao people from Guining Prefecture and the Shahe people from Dandong Prefecture who are in secret contact with the Lin family. This deserves our high attention. Be alert." Yang Mubai's words immediately aroused strong indignation among everyone present, especially the strong indignation of Guining Prefecture City Guard Collins and Dandong Prefecture City Guard McPherson -
The Mao people and the Shahe people are the two largest ethnic minorities in Guibing Prefecture and Dandong Prefecture respectively. Since the establishment of the empire, it sometimes adopts appeasement policies and sometimes high-pressure policies towards ethnic minorities, so the relationship with the ethnic minorities in the southwestern frontier has always been difficult. Very well. Since Lang Yongquan took charge of the military and political power of Tiannan County, he has adopted a policy of combining division and disintegration with high pressure, which has achieved certain results. However, the two largest ethnic minorities, the Mao and Shahe, have never yielded and adopted perfunctory measures against the Lang family. Attitude, Lang Yongquan has always had no good way to deal with them. This has always been a hidden worry in Lang Yongquan's heart. Unexpectedly, the Lin family actually got involved with them -
"This Lin Guoxiong is really vicious. On the one hand, he sent people to establish a good relationship with us, but on the other hand, he secretly resorted to such methods." McPherson was so angry that he cursed. Although Collins was also very angry, he seemed to be restrained. many-
"The other thing is that the Qingyang City Guard in the northwest county has been taken over by Li Wufeng, the former commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Third Division of the Imperial City Guard Corps, who was the commander in the Qingyang Defense War. We don't know anything about this person at the moment. Information, so I'm afraid we have to make relevant arrangements immediately. This is roughly the situation. Now I would like to ask you to share your views and opinions on the current situation." Yang Mubai finished the report while sorting out the information in his hand -
"Everyone can speak freely. If you have any questions, you can raise them for discussion." Lang Yongquan seemed very relaxed, as if he was not worried about the current situation at all -
"Sir, do we have any countermeasures against this despicable means of the Lin family?" The impatient McPherson asked first -
"Yeah, we can't turn a blind eye to their provocative behavior." The personable Collins also echoed -
"I have my own opinion on this." Lang Yongquan replied calmly -
"Sir, what is the purpose of Machi Khan suddenly improving relations with the empire? It deserves our attention." Director of Internal Affairs Bayan also put forward his own opinion -
"I'm afraid we need to pay enough attention to the changes in the situation in the northwest region. The impact on our surrounding areas will also affect our own security situation." Yu Ren, who has always been known for his stability, is very concerned about the changes in the situation in the northwest region -
After listening to the speeches of his subordinates, Lang Yongquan made the final summary. "The Lin family's methods are not surprising. It would be surprising if they did not have these methods. I judge that their purpose at the time was to contain our manager if the negotiations failed, so that we would have no time to worry about anything else. But now Things have changed over time, and their idea of expanding westward may have become a motive in the mirror, but it is a good thing for us. It is better for the problem to be exposed earlier than later. If something goes wrong at a critical moment, , it’s really hard to deal with, now that you know it, it’s much easier to deal with. Of course, it’s rude to come back without reciprocating, so let’s treat him the way he was treated, Zhendong, let’s treat him who has a connection with us in the first place. The people of the Guishan, Lita, and Niudang tribes in the Lin family's territory immediately contacted each other. If he is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. Let's see who has the last laugh." -
He took a sip of tea and said, "As for the improvement of relations between the Macchi Khanate and the Empire, we still can't see what impact it will have on us. We will pay close attention for the time being and remain unchanged in response to any changes. In the northwest region, we must send people to understand the situation immediately. Well, it's best to send someone to Qingyang to congratulate Li Wufeng on his appointment as city guard. There's no harm in contacting him by the way. I heard that the social security situation there is quite chaotic. You need to send someone to thoroughly understand the existence of local forces. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be successful. The battle will be victorious. Finally, we must step up the formation of the Second Army. We have fallen behind the Lin family, and we should work harder. The training and reorganization of the garrison divisions in each prefecture must not be slackened, and the financial department must pay more attention to the funding. Priority protection.”—
Seeing that their coach had already prepared a plan for the future situation, everyone who was a little worried regained their confidence -
After everyone left, Lang Yongquan returned to the study, stood in front of the window holding a teacup, looking at the distant sky, and murmured to himself: "The world is like a new chess game, it's really exciting." -
At the Prime Minister's Office in Budli City, the capital of the Kaman Empire, after listening to the report from the intelligence department, Prime Minister Gomez fell into long thought. The reporter did not dare to disturb his thoughts and stood aside quietly for a long time. Finally, Gomez uttered a sentence, which seemed to be asking the reporter, but also telling himself, "So, the threat from the Tanghe people has been eliminated," and then fell into deep thought again. The next day, the horse rushed to the Kaman army stationed at Jiama City and Fanlin City, bringing the latest order from Prime Minister Gomez, ordering the plan to go south to be cancelled. Duke Maili led an army of 100,000 to garrison Jiama City. To strengthen defense, 50,000 Royal Guards have returned home recently, and nearly 200,000 troops led by Duke Nick under Fanlin City have also retreated to garrison near the border. At the same time, many spies were also ordered to go to Zhongzhou and Qingyang, the capitals of the Tanghe Empire, to collect various intelligence about Li Wufeng together with the local intelligence organization of the Kaman Empire—
In Merrington, the capital of the Principality of Jeroke, in the palace hall of the palace, Grand Duke Allen was sitting on the throne and listening attentively to the report of Duke Lanmeng, the Minister of Military Affairs. "Currently, except for the army stationed in Jiama City, all other armies of the Kaman Empire are It has withdrawn from our country. The Tanghe Empire's Second City Guard Corps has been stationed at the border with our country and is ready to assist our army at any time. The Fourth Division has also been stationed in our southwest to support us." -
"So, the Tanghe Empire achieved a complete victory in the Qingyang Defense War. The Kaman people withdrew their troops when they saw that the situation was not right, but they are still occupying our Jiama City. This needs to be negotiated with the Tanghe Empire. Please They provide support and find ways to help us take back Jiama City. I believe they are not willing to see the Kaman people occupy Jiama City for a long time, which is also a threat to them." Archduke Allen said with confidence, "In addition, prepare Two generous gifts, one to General Fielding of Taixuan Mansion to ask him to give us more support, and the other to Marquis Li Wufeng of Qingyang Mansion to congratulate him on defeating the Luobei people and being promoted to the city guard of Qingyang Mansion. ”—
Duke Lanmeng nodded in agreement, but he disagreed in his heart. Although the Tanghe Empire has now overcome the difficulties, it is probably unrealistic to send troops to help Jielock recover Jiama City in a short period of time. However, Jielock's domestic siege has just been lifted, and the Grand Duke has just He breathed a sigh of relief. He was in high spirits, but he couldn't throw cold water on him, so he had to accept it.