Chapter 1713: There’s No More?

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Your people can also take action when the time comes.”

“I heard that Xia Houzheng is starting to not listen to any of his retainers.” Xue Yan continued, “He’s already been acting willfully for a long time. He’s also been domineering, beating and scolding whoever he wants. Sometimes, he punishes people without reason. People are starting to hate him. As long as he dies, not only will they celebrate, but they will also turn to be loyal to you when they see that you’re the rightful Emperor. As long as you are a wise ruler, they will not betray you. Normally, people end up becoming loyal to the monarch because they love their country. There are some exceptions, like some monarchs seeking their destruction, so there’s no need to mention them.”@@novelbin@@

After a few more discussions, Qu Xiao came to find that the person in front of him was also extremely good at planning, he was good at subduing the enemy without fighting!

During this period, the person in front of him had taught him a lot.

He would remember it and not seek his destruction.

…

On the 20th of June, Xia Houzheng received another secret letter from the Minister of Rites. He was overjoyed when he saw that Qu Xiao was in a hopeless state.

He immediately set up a banquet and gathered his family for a celebration.

While they were celebrating, someone suddenly came to report. “Your Highness, nearly a million troops from the Da Ling have suddenly appeared at the border of Dongxiao. We need to act fast!

The retainers were shocked.

Xia Houzheng was also shocked. “Why are they at the border? Why didn’t we hear about this sooner?!”

“I don’t know,” the person who reported said.

“Send six hundred thousand men to defend against the enemy,” Xia Houzheng ordered. “Send them all if you must.”

A retainer hurriedly stood up and said, “Your Highness, you can’t. Da Ling has many soldiers. Even if one million soldiers were stationed at the border of Dongxiao, they would still have one or two million soldiers at their disposal. Dongxiao was different. Dongxiao only has one million soldiers to use. After sending six hundred thousand soldiers, the main capital and the surrounding places won’t have enough soldiers to protect us. If anything happens, how will these soldiers protect you? It’s best to send two to three hundred thousand men first to investigate the situation.”

In the past, Xia Houzheng was more or less willing to listen to him. Now, Xia Houzheng refused to listen to what he said. He immediately raised his voice, “Have you become old and muddle-headed?! The enemy has a million soldiers there, yet you only want to send two to three hundred thousand over. Are you trying to send our men to their doom with that amount? With Da Ling’s stance, if they wanted to attack Dongxiao, only the six hundred thousand men could resist! Didn’t you say before that if Da Ling sent troops to attack Dongxiao, it would be completely unreasonable and would make the other countries ally with us? If that’s the case, then once Da Ling attacks Dongxiao, we can immediately send out a letter of credence and unite with the other countries to fight against Da Ling. As long as we can hold on to the fighting, Dongxiao will not be destroyed and we can wait for reinforcements from other countries to fight Da Ling together. Otherwise, before the other countries can come and bring their aid…. We… We might not even survive… We have to send more of our men to protect our land! Besides, I’m in the capital and have great power. What can happen to me? As long as the border is defended, the capital’s twenty to thirty thousand men would be more than enough to protect me! You! I command you never to speak ever again!”

“Your Highness!” Unknowingly, after one retainer spoke, the other retainers also spoke up and knelt, wanting to object to his plan.