Yun Qing looked at the marks made by several other generals on the map. "Words * love * first * hair

Tongyu County is located to the west of the Great Swamp, and a small part of the east belongs to the Great Swamp.

And Tongyu County is also relatively rich, if the other party captures Tongyu County, you can get quite a lot of material supplies.

Although the focus of the opponent's attack is on the swamp, there are very few places in the swamp area where people can walk, and most of the places have Tianhua garrisons, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, capturing Tongyu County and obtaining sufficient supplies will also help them attack the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp in the south.

"Although I can understand their intentions," Yun Qing still felt incomprehensible, "There are very few areas that can be entered by people in this Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, plus our garrison is there in the first place. It was obviously not cost-effective for them to enter the hinterland of the empire from here. In that case, why did they choose this place?"

"Even so, it's just as you said in your letter last time. If they have a way to cross the Swamp, they can easily avoid our garrison and appear directly south of the Swamp, and then we will be caught off guard. He Tongdao: "Judging from the overall battle situation, the benefits that can be obtained by doing this are too great, even if there are many casualties, it is worth it." ”

"That's right, if it were me, even if it cost 100,000 troops to die in the swamp, I would do it." Fu Zhen sighed: "Lord Duke, this is the difference between our thinking and yours. You are an imperial nobleman, and as a lord, you are naturally responsible for your people. In everything, the lives of the people were considered. But we are different, those of us who are generals have to look at the big picture. Sometimes, in order to achieve a complete victory, even some land and even the lives of some people had to be sacrificed. ”

Although Yun Qing did not agree with Fu Zhen's words, he also had to admit that from this aspect, the irrational action of the Steppe Wolf Court was indisputable.

If it could really be attacked from the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, it would definitely deal an unpredictable heavy blow to Tianhua.

Troops including the Zhenbei Army and the Holy Dragon Army will be in a dilemma at that time.

If you return, you will let the other tribes of the Steppe Wolf Court go south, and if you don't return, the elite of the Steppe Wolf Court will burn and plunder in the hinterland of Tianhua.

"But fortunately, you have come up with an effective countermeasure to this possible problem. The area hundreds of miles to the extreme south of the Black Imperial City has already begun to implement the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls. In this way, even if the elite of the Steppe Wolf Court really went south out of the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, then they would fall into a situation of supply cut off if they went deep into the hinterland of our country. Then will be their time of death. Ling Yue'er said with a smile: "So what we should think about now is how to deal with the enemies under the city." ”

Yun Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quietly listened to the others.

He is not optimistic about the strategy of defending these cities in the north, although he has already asked Lin Yanhui and Li Qiaozhi to arrange the matter of clearing the northern walls of the entire empire, but this is not easy to say.

Speaking out will affect the morale of these soldiers, after all, the outcome is still unclear, and Yunqing is tossing these behind his back, and he can't be honest.

"Regarding the arrangement of the defense, I don't know what the Lord Protector has," Fu Zhen asked.

"This is not a high opinion, now the enemy is outnumbered, the only advantage is that the other party is mainly cavalry, not good at attacking the city, so we can still stand in the city and defend." Yun Qing shrugged his shoulders: "So I want to ask Your Majesty to give me a holy decree to let me temporarily move the people in the north to the south, so as not to directly cross the city and plunder the people when the troops of the Steppe Wolf Court are unable to attack the city." ”

"If they can't get supplies, then they should be in a hurry." Yun Qing's eyes rolled, and he took this opportunity to ask Ling Yue'er for the holy decree of the strong wall and clear the wilderness.

With this holy decree, it would be much more convenient for Yunqing to do anything, even if there were nobles who opposed it, they could justifiably drive them to the south, so as not to be truthful.

Even if Yun Qing was not afraid, he had to consider Ling Yue'er's situation.

If he didn't even tell Ling Yue'er about such a big matter, then Ling Yue'er wouldn't be able to speak to him.

After all, with such a big move, I don't know how many people have to migrate.

Ling Yue'er's eyes flashed, she stared at Yun Qing tightly, and only after a while did she say, "I'm approved." Bring a pen. ”

Immediately, she wrote the holy decree and handed it to Yun Qing: "Then this matter will be handed over to you." If the troops of the Steppe Wolf Court grab a grain of grain, I will ask you. ”

Yun Qing took the holy decree and immediately retreated.

That night, Yun Qing asked his subordinates to bring the holy decree to Lin Yanhui and Li Qiaozhi, while he sat in the room and closed his eyes to recuperate.

In fact, he used Xiao Zi's eyes to investigate the movements of the Steppe Wolf Court.

I saw that the villages and towns along the border between the two countries had all been occupied by the troops of the Steppe Wolf Court at this time.

The remaining houses in those villages and towns were not enough for the soldiers of the steppe wolf court to live in, and tents were erected one after another around these villages and towns, stretching for thousands of miles.

"Alas, it seems that this steppe wolf court poured out of the nest, and it is indeed true. What the hell is it that makes them so crazy" Yun Qing couldn't figure it out.

They didn't do it when Tianhua was at its weakest, and they didn't do it when the Steppe Wolf Court was at its strongest.

At this time, they poured out of the nest, and all the tribes went south, which really made Yun Qing puzzled.

Knock knock

There was a knock on the door, interrupting Yun Qing's train of thought.

"Come in."

Looking at the person who came, Yun Qing hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty." ”

"Sit down." The person who came was Ling Yue'er.

She brought a maid with her, and she didn't bring many people.

"Yun Qing, are you already preparing for the entire northern fortified wall clearing" Ling Yue'er looked at him with blazing eyes.

Yun Qing was stunned, he couldn't figure out Ling Yue'er's attitude.

But he had no choice but to reply: "It's not preparing, it's already started when I came." I have already asked my infantry to carry out the plan of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness under the command of Lin Yanhui and Li Qiaozhi. ”

Ling Yue'er sighed, with a bitter expression on her face: "Sometimes I really envy you. ”

"Sitting in this position, there are some things that you know are impossible, and there are some things that you can't do even though you think of countermeasures."

"But fortunately, you didn't make me too passive. I will fully support you in the matter of the fortified wall. This defense line in the north is bound to be unbearable, and it will depend on the implementation of your strategy at that time. ”

"If it is carried out thoroughly, we will still be able to resist the southward march of the Steppe Wolf Court, and we can hold out until the time of the counterattack. If the execution is not thorough, and enough supplies are found by the Steppe Wolf Court, then we will be greeted by the most terrible ruin. ”

"It seems that His Majesty has already seen through the battle situation." As soon as Yun Qing heard this, she didn't know that Ling Yue'er had already understood the situation of this battle, and even Jianbi Qingye had already thought about it.

It's a pity that with her identity, she can't say that she will give up the northern defense line and affect morale, nor can she say that she wants to clear the wall when the situation is not clear.

But when the situation is clear, the effect of clearing the wilderness will not be much, and there will not be much time for the people to migrate.

But these things that gave her a headache were all solved because of Yunqing's arrival.

"It's not that you can't do anything if you see it through," Ling Yue'er sighed: "It's just that I have to wronged you." ”

Of course, Yun Qing knew what she meant: "It's nothing, anyway, those nobles and ministers don't know how many times they have scolded me." They have a lot of charges on my head, and it doesn't matter if they have a few more charges. ”

Ling Yue'er was speechless for a while, although she knew it was all the truth.

"Hehe, when the time comes, they will probably accuse me of going too far" Yun Qing pouted and said: "Your Majesty, when they look for you to cure me drunk, you have to raise your noble hand and leave me a small life." ”

Ling Yue'er glared at him angrily: "Hmph." When the time comes, I will punish you for cleaning the palace 10,000 times by yourself. ”

Yun Qing was dumbfounded, it would take him a long time to sweep the palace alone, ten thousand times, so he could simply live in the palace.

Two days after Yun Qing arrived, the Steppe Wolf Court troops stationed on the border finally made a move.

After receiving Xiao Zi's warning, Yun Qing immediately rushed out and dragged several generals out overnight.

Except for An Longming, who was in charge of guarding that night, several other generals were all dragged out of the bed by Yun Qing.

"I said Lord Duke, they really attacked" Fu Zhen followed Yun Qing while putting on armor: "How do you know that our exploration horses haven't returned yet." ”

"When the prospect returns, it's already too late. With a day or two to go before they arrived, we had to have all the means of defense ready. Yun Qing rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that when our Tanma noticed the other party's movement and rushed back, how much time would there be

I'm afraid that it didn't take long for the Tanma to come back, and the pioneers had already killed the city.

As the orders of several generals were delivered, all the cities of the entire northern defense line were busy.

All kinds of equipment for defending the city were quickly prepared.

Oil pans, rolling stones, arrows, crossbows

Late at night the next day, the horses sent out before reported that all the troops of the Steppe Wolf Court were dispatched.

By the time the third day was about to dawn, there was a rumbling tremor in the distance.

"Alas, fortunately, there is a reminder from the Lord Protector, otherwise, if we just wait for the return of the Tanma, I am afraid that we will not have time to prepare so much." Luo Hui said with some admiration: "I just don't know how the Duke found out."

Although the things to defend the city have been prepared for a long time, after all, those things like boiling oil pots and giant trees can't be piled up on the city wall every day, and that would be too much of a hindrance. Therefore, it is generally necessary to prepare for the hostile situation. That's why Luo Hui felt how necessary Yunqing's reminder was, otherwise, when the horse came back from Tanma, he would transport all these things to the city wall, I was afraid that the Steppe Wolf Court had already begun to attack the city, and it would be difficult to cut off the supply directly halfway