Chapter 205: The Source of the War Horse
"The king of the county, I'm afraid that the city will be broken for these two days. "Thorn History Mansion, study, Xu Lianshan, who was covered in smoke and dust, walked into the door with his face wiped indiscriminately, and said in a dumb voice, "All the means that can be used have been used, but the foundation of this ghost place is too thin, and it can only go so far...... Shall we tell our brothers to pack up their things and prepare to retreat?"
Afraid that Rong Sleeping Crane would not retreat, he followed and said, "Although the county king is responsible for defending the land, but the general of the Meng clan, Yunlu, led his troops back to the north without showing his face. Especially the old killers in the imperial court, the urgent documents in Western Xinjiang have already been sent over, and no one of them is allowed to believe it to this day, and the news sent back by our people in Chang'an is making a fuss over there about the death of the little prince of King Guangling and Concubine Meng, as for the war situation in Western Xinjiang, no one has mentioned it at all!"
"What qualifications do you have for such a corpse vegetarian to continue to sacrifice our lives and forget death in Western Xinjiang?!"
"Sit down. Rong Sleeping Crane pointed to a chair not far away noncommittally, "How is Ruru's side now?"
Xu Lianshan said angrily: "What else can I do? Dengchen Liyu was not in the right position back then, who didn't count the big clan leaders on the grassland? Especially since he didn't kill Na Fuzhen before, so that Na Fuzhen became the climate, over the years, although he has not regained the sweat position from him, he is also in an extraordinary position, and he has a group of henchmen available!"
"At this time, Nafu Zhen has not heard any traces for a long time, and we don't seem to know anything here, and the Ruru King tent has already been noisy!"
"Because of this, in order to prove that he did not murder Na Fu Zhen, Dengchen Liyu insisted that Na Fu Zhen was revenge, and when the lone army went deep, he was ambushed by us, in order to instigate their internal discord in Ruru!"
"The latest news: Dengchen Liyu is very dissatisfied with Ruru's progress in Yizhou, and in order to explain to the leaders who are looking for him to ask for the whereabouts of Fuzhen, he decided to send the royal tent guards to help!"
"In about ten days, this batch of reinforcements will arrive!"
He knew about Rong Sleeper's private mobilization of the Southern Xinjiang army, and at this moment, he looked inside and outside, lowered his voice and said, "Although there are only 8,000 people in total, all of them are elite and extraordinary, and they are selected from among the Ruru who are naturally good at riding and archery. It is said that Toshiyo has been persecuted so hard lately that he plans to send at least 3,000 people here!"
"After this group of people arrives, it will be even worse for us!"
"Even if there is an ambush in the rear of the Southern Xinjiang Army, but those are all foot soldiers, and they can't keep up with Ruru at all. β
"Even if it's just for them to defend the city...... But after there are more people, the baggage may not be able to bear it!"
"Although the reserves of the Jishan thieves are abundant, they are not much under the food, drink and chewing of hundreds of thousands of people!"
"The baggage has already started to operate from the south, and it is the same road that the southern Xinjiang army infiltrated into the western frontier. Rong Sleeping Crane said calmly, "But the ambush circle of the Southern Xinjiang Army will not move first, as you said, those are all foot soldiers, and the movement speed cannot keep up with Ru Ru at all, once it moves, it will expose its existence, whether it is the questioning in the court, or the vigilance on Ru Ru's side, it is trouble!"
Xu Lianshan hurriedly said: "What does the king of the county mean, is we leading the main force of Ruru over?"
"Hmm. Rong Sleeping Crane said, "Yizhou has been guarding these days, and it can be regarded as a lonely thorn with great sincerity." Now that things are out of the question, of course, thirty-six strategies are the best policy!"
Xu Lianshan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then who do we bring?" The Western Xinjiang Army has suffered a lot of damage these days, and after the sum of the battle deaths and military law disposal is deducted, there are now at most less than 100,000 people. If we hadn't repeatedly frightened them, it would have been a dead end for us to take refuge in Ruru, and we would often not have died well, but I was afraid that this group of bastards would have already gone to the enemy camp and surrendered! Rao is like this, these days, while guarding at night, there are also many people who go out of the city at night and try to flee to the rear. β
"If it weren't for the Jishan battalion keeping an eye on it and bringing back most of the people's heads in time to deter, I'm afraid that this city will be full of military hearts, and it will be scattered!"
In fact, it can't be blamed on the Western Xinjiang Army, mainly because the documents for the emergency in Western Xinjiang have been sent to Chang'an like snowflakes, but Chang'an is like the huge court is dead, and there has been no movement so far.
Even if it is a well-trained elite in this situation, there must be resentment in their hearts: after all, every day that the rescue is delayed, it is their lives that are consumed to defend the city!
Then it is easy to have similar thoughts: "The bigwigs of the imperial court who live in Chang'an and live a life of drinking and drinking, no matter how fierce Ruru is, they can't toss them and their families for a while, and they don't care if we are born and die here!
If it weren't for the fact that Rong Sleeping Crane himself was not the kind of master who was willing to throw his head and spill his blood for Da Mu, he would have a plan for hard support, Xu Lianshan would have to complain that there was something to defend in this Yizhou, so he should let Ru Ru drive straight into Chang'an and kill him, so that those bastards who saw the emergency documents in Western Xinjiang but didn't move could taste the taste of soldiers coming to the city!
"Who to bring?" Rong Sleeping Crane could understand the mood of his subordinates, and asked rhetorically at this moment, "Of course you brought our people!"
He replied so simply, Xu Lianshan was stunned for a moment before he said: "What does the king of the county mean, just take Jishan, the second battalion of Wuyi, and those people selected from the Western Xinjiang Army these days?"
Rong Sleeping Crane said: "No." Among the dowries left by the princess of the county, those capable stewards and maids were also brought along! Those were all carefully selected by the Sheng family to support the princess of the county's dowry industry. β
Xu Lianshan was embarrassed for a while and said, "The king of the county, what about the people?"
It's not that he feels sorry for the people in Yizhou City, after all, he was born as a bandit, and the status of the people of a good family in his mind is a fat sheep. The main thing is to let the sleeping crane bear the responsibility of defending the land, "If we take the stewards and maids and the army to retreat and transfer, not to mention anything else, I am afraid that those people in the Western Xinjiang Army will refuse to obey orders for the sake of their families? Moreover, it is as if the court is dead, and so far we have not been able to say anything about our urgency! Obviously, we have bad intentions! If we know that we don't care about the lives of the people, eighty percent will attack you again!"
Rong Sleeping Crane asked rhetorically: "With the military power in hand, what is the mere attack?"
Xu Lianshan said: "But these days, although some materials have been selected from the Western Xinjiang Army, there are only less than 10,000 people who are fully selected?"
What can this number do?
Especially these people used to have their own teams, but now they have been suddenly transferred into a separate system, and they are not familiar with the coach Rong Sleeping Crane at all, let alone cooperate seamlessly.
"These people I want to cultivate into serious riders. Rong Mianhe explained, "How many elite horsemen are there in the entire Da Mu? And there are not only these people, on the side of the Southern Xinjiang Army, I will definitely have to discuss with them, let me pick a group of people! According to our current financial resources, we will raise 20,000 elite cavalry ......."
Xu Lianshan exclaimed in surprise and interrupted: "King of the county, 20,000 elite horsemen, can we really afford it?"
Although both Rong Sleeping Crane and Sheng Weiqiao are rich people, the three families of Nanfeng County behind them are also full of money, and they may even be able to pull the sponsorship of the Jiangnan Luo family, but they can gather the power of the country and the serious elite horseman, and they can't afford to raise 100,000!
"One of the biggest expenses for fine riding is the horse, and once this problem is solved, the rest of the things are much simpler. Rong Sleeping Crane said lightly, "And what do you think I'm keeping that Fu Zhen for?"
"Is the county king asking him to supply us with war horses?" Xu Lianshan pondered, "But even if the grassland is rich in horses, the number of 20,000 elite horsemen is not something that can be made up by sneaking?"
Rong Sleeping Crane looked at him strangely: "Why is it sneaking around?"
Xu Lianshan said: "Ruru's Khan Dengchen Liyu doesn't have a grudge against Na Fuzhen? In this case, how can he agree to use the war horse to exchange with us for Na Fuzhen? Even if he agrees, to be honest, the old people of the imperial court are immortal, and they are partial to the Northern Xinjiang Army, and they will intervene in ten out of ten and get a piece of the pie!"
"At that time, I am afraid that half of what can fall into our hands will be good!"
"What does Lone want to do with Dengchen Liyu?" Rong Sleepy Crane said with a smile, "Isn't it okay to let that Fuzhen go back and let that Fuzhen prepare for Lone?"
Xu Lianshan was stunned and said, "Let that Fuzhen go back?......!" When will the war horse be given to us? If you give it in advance, even if that Fu Zhen has a lot of status in Ruru, even if it is calculated according to one person and two horses, 40,000 war horses, it is estimated that his subordinates will not be able to get it. β
"If he gives it afterwards, how can he admit it after he gets out?!"
Rong Sleepy Crane said: "Have you forgotten our old business? He has fallen into our hands, and he dares not to pay the ransom?!"
"It's just an important person in Ruru, and there is Khan Dengchen who has benefited this enemy who killed his mother and ruined his future, is it possible to rely on our debts!"
Xu Lianshan said: "King Jun, kidnapping and ransom is indeed our old business, only 40,000 war horses, even if that Fu Zhen goes back to Ruru, I'm afraid he won't be able to take it out, right? Even if he can take it, how can he hide it from others? At that time, how can he explain it to his companions?!"
"Of course, it's to deal with Dengchen Liyu. Rong Sleeping Crane said lightly, "He gave us war horses, and we also gave him support, and there are some goods that are not produced on the grassland, which can be sold to them at a high price...... It just so happens that the three families in Nanfeng County are all doing business, and they will open up more trade routes, and they will also bring some excitement to our western Xinjiang. Ruru's people who follow that Fuzhen, who wouldn't want that Fuzhen to replace Dengchen Liyu as the Khan, so that their status will also rise?"
"That Fu Zhen's disappearance this time was a sneak attack by an assassin suspected of being a guard of the royal tent, and he was seriously injured, so he had to lurk in the deep mountains and old forests of Damu to recuperate, and only after recovering a little vitality could he return to the grassland. β
"He has a grudge against Dengchen Liyu, and after this incident, he decided to launch a desperate attack on the sweat position, isn't it a matter of course?"
Speaking of this, he smiled, "When Gu persuaded him to surrender before, he said that he would help him replace Dengchen Liyu and become the Khan of Ruru." You see, Lone has always been a man of his word, isn't this just going to help him?"
Xu Lianshan hesitated for a moment before he said, "King Jun, this move is indeed feasible. But Ruru is a foreign race after all, and the so-called non-my race will have different hearts. That Fu Zhen was naΓ―ve when he was young, and after suffering a big loss, he has grown extremely fast over the years, and now he is not only an important person in Ruru, but also has no shortage of vision and means. If we support him to take the position, even if the crisis of today is solved...... I'm afraid it will become a big trouble for my henchmen in the future!"