Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The Ninth Prince laughed in anger again, knocking on the table and saying in a deep voice: “Duke Zhuang, Le Zhengming should be thanking you, because you sent a genius to him. Zhuang Li has been pretending all these years. He is not stupid at all, but terrifyingly smart! Let’s wait and see what effect this knife will have. Muyun, I want to ask you, if you were to fight Zhuang Li on the battlefield, how confident are you that you can beat him?”
In the past, Zhuang Xu would have smiled disdainfully and waved his hand without answering, because he didn’t take Zhuang Li seriously at all.
But now, he looked at the pile of beans in confusion, and was so choked that he couldn’t speak.
“Duke Zhuang, you strangled the eldest princess in front of Zhuang Li. He and we are irreconcilable enemies. He is too dangerous and must be eliminated as soon as possible!” said the Ninth Prince in a cold voice.
Zhuang Ran was shocked and annoyed and was speechless for a while. He remembered that Zhuang Li was very smart when he was young. He could recite many poems at the age of two. He even learnt to write at a glance without any effort.
The eldest princess often boasted that Zhuang Li was a genius and would surely become an extraordinary person when he grew up.
At that time, Zhuang Ran thought that the eldest princess doted on her youngest son too much, which was simply ridiculous, and he also thought that Zhuang Li might not be a good person when he grew up. Later, Zhuang Li was indulged by Yan Ran in playing, and he really became naughty and unruly, which was in line with his prediction.
Now looking back, he realized that a genius was a genius, and could not be fooled by women’s tricks. Zhuang Li pretended to be cowardly and incompetent, and actually escaped from his hands.
Thinking of the fact that Zhuang Li had witnessed the entire process of him strangling the princess, Zhuang Ran gritted his teeth and said, “He must die!”
“Then let him help Jin to fight against the Mongolian army.” Zhuang Xu, who had calmed down, took out a letter from the pile of letters and spread it out on the table.
This was a letter asking for help from the monarch of Jin State.
Today’s Central Plains had long become a hunting ground for foreign races outside the Great Wall. The Jie, Qiang, Jin, Hu, Mongolian… were all brave and warlike races. They easily led their cavalry to crush the Zhou Kingdom that once unified the Central Plains.
The powerful people in various parts of the Zhou State declared themselves kings and established more than a dozen independent regimes of varying sizes. Wei and Jin were among them.
However, Jin’s luck was not as good as Wei’s. It had been successively conquered by the Mongolian cavalry in Youzhou, Jizhou and Bingzhou, and would soon be completely destroyed.
Among the many foreign races, the Mongolian army was undoubtedly the most terrifying force. They were very good at winning battles with fewer troops, often with hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen they could capture a city, and even with tens of thousands of troops they could wipe out a small country. It was said that they also occupied a very distant continent, with only tens of thousands of troops when they set out, fighting and annexing countries along the way, and now they had established a magnificent country.
The vast grasslands outside the Great Wall and the desolate Gobi desert were now all within their sphere of influence.
Zhuang Li was able to defeat an army of 80,000 Jie people with only 40,000 men. So what would happen if he encountered the Mongolian cavalry, who were also good at defeating a larger force with a smaller one?
So far, Zhuang Xu had never heard of any Central Plains army that could defeat the Mongols.
The Ninth Prince also thought of the Mongols’ invincible strength and immediately agreed, “Yes, let Le Zhengming go to help Jin fight the Mongols! I want to see if they can come back alive this time!”
“Your Highness, when the war between Jin and the Mongols begins, our plan can still be implemented.
“If Zhuang Li can drive the Mongols away, we will arrange for the foreign army to ambush him from behind. He and Le Zhengming will have suffered heavy casualties after a great battle, and he will definitely be no match for the foreigners.
“If they lose, we can take advantage of the fierce battle between the Mongols and the Jin army. If everything goes well, we may even be able to conquer Jin. Your Majesty’s birthday will be in three months. If you present Jin as a birthday gift, your Majesty will surely be very pleased.”
Zhuang Xu described a bright future in a slow voice.
The Ninth Prince was indeed coaxed into laughing out loud by him.
Zhuang Ran then secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave his son a satisfied look.
However, they had no idea that at the same time, Zhuang Li was pointing at a map and saying, “Our next plan is to drive the Mongols away and take over Jin. But we have to find a legitimate reason to send troops to Jin, otherwise our army will not be able to cross the border. The troops stationed there are all the confidants of the Ninth Prince.”
Le Zhengming said confidently: “The Ninth Prince will help us find the reason.”
7480’s hand was broken, so after overhearing these words, he could only use his chubby toes to flip through the script and check the next development line.
Very good, in the script drawn up by the Lord God, the Son of Destiny will suddenly intervene in the battlefield when the Jin State and the Mongols were both defeated and reap the fruits of victory from both sides.
In the end, the son of destiny conquered the State of Jin, made great military achievements, returned to Luoyang to present this great gift, and was immediately named crown prince by the ecstatic Emperor of Wei.
This time, the plot will not deviate too much. When the host and the Mongols are both defeated, the child of destiny will definitely take action in time!
It’s safe this time!
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