Chapter Seventy-One: War
"The fourth prince will live well. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Su Yuzhu couldn't hear these words, so he spoke, "If you can make a meritorious contribution on this expedition, Your Majesty will reward you, and the prince will not refuse." Just hide in everything, you may not be able to hide and settle down, as long as Your Majesty does not doubt you, what is the son afraid of? ”
Cong Shixing was still lying on the wine jar, and when he heard Su Yuzhu's words, he smiled: "When I said this, I became a child again." Jun's heart is unpredictable, the eldest sister will not be in the customs in the future, but in Beijing, this kind of speculation about the emperor's heart, don't say it again. ”
Su Yuzhu nodded, for Cong is Xing's situation, she was reborn this time, and she figured out some things.
An emperor with a thin body and a lingering sickbed, no matter how capable he is, the world is unstable.
Everyone is wondering when this emperor will die of illness, and they are all thinking about their own way out, and how many people can do things wholeheartedly?
This was the heart knot that Emperor Zhaoming could not knot, and the Beihu people took advantage of this kind of knot.
But when it comes to the battle for the throne and the infighting in the palace, even her father Su Shu doesn't dare to say a word, what can she say?
Since this assassination, she has thought a lot more than before, and even wonders if her father will stay on the frontier because he doesn't want to get involved in this battle for the throne.
However, Su Yuzhu still smiled at Cong Shixing: "This time to fight the Northern Falcon, the fourth prince invited to fight, right?" ”
Although it was a question, the tone seemed to be sure that Cong was going to fight.
Cong Shixing raised his head and said, "Naturally, please fight, otherwise wouldn't it really become the fish on the chopping board, and anyone would dare to chop me up?" ”
Seeing him like this, Su Yuzhu knew that he naturally had a plan in his heart, so he was slightly relieved, and asked with a smile: "In that case, the fourth prince is not afraid of being more jealous?" ”
Cong Shixing said with a smile: "Don't worry, this expedition is the Marquis of Wu'an, and the prince is in charge of the army, so even if there is merit, it is all the prince's, I just go to the throne and come back, just show loyalty." ”
Su Yuzhu heard about the prince's prison army for the first time, nodded, and said, "Yes...... Your Majesty, this is also going to support the power of the crown prince. ”
When Su Yuzhu began to speak, Cong Shixing coughed lightly, overshadowing Su Yuzhu's voice: "This girl, just said about you, and then she committed it again." He smiled, wanting to poke her forehead like when he was a child, but when he thought of the words of the third master of the Zhan family, he still withdrew his hand.
Even in this seemingly isolated place, I don't know how many eyes and ears there are.
He smiled, "Also, that Shangguan asked Ying to be a pioneer, and my father allowed it." As he spoke, he looked at Su Yuzhu and asked, "This is also your idea?" ”
Su Yuzhu nodded: "Yes." ”
Cong Shixing smiled: "I think Shangguan has some skills, and once he goes, he will be promoted." ”
Su Yuzhu smiled lightly: "Speaking of which, after knowing about the fourth son, I still thought about how to meet the son." ”
Cong is line heard this, a little strange: "Oh? What's the matter? ”
Su Yuzhu smiled slightly: "I thought about the method of breaking the northern enemy, I don't know if it can be used." Lord Shangguan has never been on the battlefield, and if he has an idea, those generals may not be willing to believe it all, but the identity of the fourth prince is here, and he has been honed in the army all year round, so I want the prince to hear whether it is available. ”
Cong Shixing didn't expect Su Yuzhu to think of such an idea, but after thinking about Su Shu and his wife's many years of defending against the enemy on the frontier, he didn't think that Su Yuzhu's move was abrupt, but it was a pity.
It's a pity that Su Yuzhu is now an orphan girl, and she can only live here, and she can't go into battle to kill the enemy, which is a pity.
But think again...... Well, it seems that this girl didn't rely on others to survive, but made others very uneasy.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Cong Shixing's mouth.
Su Yuzhu pretended to be strange: "The fourth prince is laughing at the little girl and talking about military politics? ”
Cong Shixing knew that she was joking, but smiled seriously: "No, I'm happy, I am really happy to know that you will not suffer, but you can make others suffer." As he spoke, Cong Shixing poured the last bit of wine in the altar on the tombstone: "In the end, it is the daughter of the master and the mother, let's talk about it, what is the plan?" I'll first mention Su Xiao's strategist to consider one or two. ”
Su Yuzhu smiled.
If others listen to her words, I am afraid that they will laugh at her for not measuring herself, or reprimand her for being a filial woman, who does not prioritize the quiet of the virtuous lady, but thinks of interfering in the affairs of the military.
I'm afraid that even Qu Enshan and Zheng Xu, who had a comradeship with Su Shu, would not take her words to heart. However, Cong is Xing's attitude is like she should come up with a plan.
Su Yuzhu smiled slightly, and immediately took out a booklet and a piece of silk cloth from her arms, she spread the square silk cloth on the ground, and said to Cong is line: "The fourth prince has been in northern Xinjiang, can you recognize this picture?" ”
Cong is line only recognized at a glance, it turned out to be a topographic map of the northern frontier of the Yong Dynasty, although small, but the painting is very delicate and detailed, passes, cities, ancient roads, and even the quicksand or oasis above the desert are marked.
Cong is walking in the army all the year round, knowing the importance of this kind of map, he looked at it carefully, and praised: "This picture is really good, was it drawn by the master?" ”
Su Yuzhu smiled, and did not answer the question of who drew this picture, but drew a circle around a place marked with the Qingzhou Ancient Road on the map with his fingertips, and said: "There are three cities on the border, and the north is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is necessary to detour; Yancheng is a big city in northern Xinjiang, the city is strong, and there are three small cities around each other to rely on each other, and it is not a day's work to conquer it; Qingzhou is located at the edge of the desert, is the place where the merchants rest, there are 40,000 soldiers guarding the city all the year round, as far as I know, the fourth year of Wude, the first year of Zhaoming, and the third year of Zhaoming, all of them have strengthened the city, and the three cities are horns of each other, and it is difficult to capture. Fourth son, do you say it? ”
Cong Shixing pinched his chin and nodded: "Yes." ”
"The cavalry of the northern enemy is familiar with the desert, and this thousand-mile attack will definitely be the first to hit with its elite and the fastest to cut off the trade road garrison. Then surround the three cities, cut off the connection with each other, and break through one by one, the four princes are familiar with the war, am I right? ”
Cong Shixing nodded: "Yes, if it is according to the intention of the northern enemy, it should be to catch us off guard, and the cavalry of the northern enemy is powerful, so even if the two armies face each other, we may not be completely sure that we can win." ”
Su Yuzhu heard Cong is words to affirm himself, and his heart was more confident, and he continued: "We are on the defensive, the other party is on the offensive, and after a long-distance attack, grain and grass have become the top priority. I pondered, what the Northern enemy wanted was to cut off the trade route and rob the merchants along the way to make military salaries, so that the grain and grass of the Northern Falcons could be transported from far and wide through the trade routes, so if we defend the city, although it will be consumed, it will also be greatly damaged, Fourth Prince, am I right? Su Yuzhu asked again.
Cong Shixing still touched his chin and said: "Yes, but the 160,000 town border army, or Zheng Hou is in command, according to the city and guarded, to wait for work, if the dispatch is appropriate, the Beihu people can also return in vain." ”
Su Yuzhu smiled: "Yes, but in that case, the border army of the town will also break many horses, the people outside the three border cities, and the caravans of trade will also suffer, and if the Beihu really cut off the trade routes, we will lose contact with the countries on the edge of the sky, and we will suffer in the end, right?" ”
Cong Shixing was silent for a while and nodded.