Chapter 622: Momentum Picks Up (Part II)
Compared with the great prince, the situation of the sixth highness is much better, and he has lost 20,000 horses in the past few days, less than one percent of the loss of the eldest prince. And except for the first time Yu Shuang and Yu Xue rushed to kill for a while, there was no large-scale battle later.
The attitude of the nineteenth princess towards the six highnesses is obvious, that is, to focus on holding each other, if the six highnesses come down, they will give him a round of shelling, and then all kinds of strange defense methods emerge one after another, making it difficult for the six highnesses. His soldiers were also terrified, and immediately crouched in place at the sound of an explosion, looking around, for fear that more shells would fly next!
Therefore, His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness is also very aggrieved in this battle, he has tried his best, but he has achieved nothing. But compared to the eldest prince, His Royal Highness the Sixth is a little secretly happy, even very happy, the greater the loss of the eldest prince, the better it is for himself! But then he thought, why did Duanmu Qi do this?
"There are only two possibilities, one is that the nineteenth princess has a limited number of people and can only focus on one side. The second is that the nineteenth princess deliberately wants to divide the relationship between us and the eldest prince! The current situation makes us very difficult! Yu Changwen, the teacher of the Sixth Highness, saw a little bit of the doorway, and said with a little worry.
"Teacher, where do you say that? Isn't it more beneficial for us now? His Royal Highness the Sixth asked a little puzzled.
"Of course, it's good that the strength of the eldest prince is weakened, but then he asks us for help for food, do you want to help? If you help, we can't afford this million deniers of food! If you don't help, the eldest prince can only retreat to the original three families, and the next nineteen princesses will definitely come back to recover the Huaning County we just occupied, I dare to guarantee that the eldest prince will definitely sit idly by, and even take advantage of the fire to rob is very possible! This Duanmuqi is very powerful! Yu Changwen shook his head and said.
"Humph! If you want to recover this county that we just got our hands on, it seems that the nineteenth sister doesn't have the strength yet, right? His Royal Highness snorted in disbelief, if this county was returned to the Nineteenth Princess, wouldn't it be a waste of work? also hitched a ride on hundreds of thousands of horses. The most important thing is to help the nineteenth princess drive King Ming away and become the new overlord of one side!
"Hey, hey! Don't be careful! We all ignore one of the most important people, that is, Zhu Xiaobao, with his support, the strength of the nineteenth princess is unimaginable, plus this treacherous and cunning Duanmuqi. No one can restrain her anymore! Yu Changwen sighed again and again, and left on crutches!
"This ...... Impossible, right? ”
Sure enough, the messenger of the eldest prince arrived the next day, asking His Royal Highness the Sixth to support 100,000 denier of grain, although it was very polite, but the eldest prince did not plan to buy it at all, but wanted! The two joined forces, and he suffered such a big loss, and His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness deserved to help impermanently!
His Royal Highness the Sixth did not refuse, and immediately allocated 100,000 denier of food, he hoped that the eldest prince could continue to fight with the nineteenth princess, if this food could allow the two sides to consume a large number of men and horses from each other, it would still be very cost-effective! In fact, this kind of thinking is exactly the same as Duanmuqi's plan to provide food to King Ming at the beginning......
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"What now? Consecutive defeats, since the nineteenth sister took office, we have been constantly hit hard, and now there is no fighting spirit in the army, how can this battle be fought? "The eldest prince received 100,000 deniers of grain from His Sixth Highness, and he was finally relieved. But my heart is still extremely depressed! Even in the heyday of King Ming, it wasn't so difficult to deal with! The current situation puts him in a dilemma. He wanted to get a county of King Ming, and he could be satisfied. But the nineteen princesses on the other side didn't plan to stop the war at all, they still wanted to recover this county!
"Withdraw the troops, retreat to the original place, and let the Wufang County back, after all, the foothold here is not stable, if you want to hold it, I am afraid it will cost a lot of manpower, material resources and troops!" Situ Bufan hesitated, but said very rationally.
"What? I've been busy for so long, and I've got so many people, so I'm going to return the Wufang County that I got now? No, I can't say anything, I want to see what else this nineteenth sister is capable of! Situ Bufan, don't say these frustrating words, what I want is how to defeat the nineteenth sister! No matter what, we have an absolute superiority in troops! Hmph, I am millions of horses, and I was beaten back to the same place by her hundreds of thousands of horses, wouldn't I laugh off my big teeth when I said it? The eldest prince shouted angrily, he was not as polite as before!
"This ...... All right! Since Chitose refuses to withdraw his troops, there is another way: we will immediately join forces with Jialanga and let her also send troops from the flank, after all, the Nineteenth Duke has really recovered Wufang County, and it will directly face Jialanga's territory, which she should also know very well! Situ Bufan said helplessly, he was actually not very relieved in his heart, even if Jialanga sent troops, it was likely to be pretending, and she would not really show her elite, she was also preserving her strength!
"Hmmm! This is an idea, Jialanga, a slut, has not been able to work since the beginning, and she is watching the excitement from the sidelines, and now it is time for her to make some efforts, otherwise, Lao Tzu will get angry and occupy her piece of territory! But this is not enough, Mr. Situ, what other schemes, I have to let the nineteenth sister take care of one or the other, otherwise we will be too passive! The eldest prince was still very satisfied with this suggestion, but he was not satisfied, he wanted more means to deal with the nineteenth princess.
"This ...... What's more, it's best to start from within them, burning granaries, assassinating, poisoning, etc., to disturb their morale! Situ Bufan thought about it before reluctantly saying, in fact, none of these things are easy to do! He was forced by the eldest prince to have no choice, so he came up with this idea!
"Chitose, I'll go about this, I know who set the fire, and I know where she's hiding, so let me take someone there!" Unexpectedly, Ao Yang, who was behind the eldest prince, stepped forward at this time and took the initiative to ask for battle. He knew Ye Qinghong's hiding place, and the two also had a grudge, but Ao Yang didn't kill him, but now that Ye Qinghong actually helped Zhu Xiaobao, he didn't want to show mercy to his subordinates anymore, because what he hated the most was Zhu Xiaobao, and his two balls were destroyed by Zhu Xiaobao, and he simply became a eunuch. But there are pros and cons, although Ao Yang has been unable to do personnel in recent years, he has been able to calm down and practice martial arts, so his martial arts have advanced rapidly in recent years, and he has been promoted to the realm of martial arts! He has always wanted to seek revenge on Zhu Xiaobao, and now the opportunity has finally come!
"Good! You'd better catch me alive, I'm going to eat her alive! Giving you six gold-armored guards and twelve silver-armored guards, it should be enough, right? The eldest prince was immediately overjoyed, he had known this Ye Qinghong for a long time, and it was still a slave who escaped from him. At the beginning, the seventh princess defected from the eldest prince and left, Ye Qinghong and others were added later, for the eldest prince's lewd pleasure, but I didn't expect that within a few months, this Ye Qinghong killed the guards and ran away. At that time, the eldest prince was very angry, so he still remembered this woman very clearly......
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In Duanmuqi's big tent, the nineteenth princess was discussing the next battle with several major generals, and although some victories had been achieved now, they could never be regarded as victories. Her goal is very clear, that is, to recover the two counties 'Wufang County' and 'Huaning County' that fell to King Ming, and that can be regarded as a real victory.
There are not only Wu Yue, Yu Li, Yu Shuang and Yu Xue sisters here, but also Princess Ming and several generals under Princess Ming, who have now recognized the Nineteenth Princess. Especially Princess Ming, her concept has changed very quickly, since the nineteenth princess is indeed better than her, then assist her wholeheartedly, after all, she can recover the lost land, and it can be regarded as fulfilling her own wishes, and she can also breathe a bad breath!
"Huh? Xiaobao is not here? Really, he doesn't care about such a big matter, he doesn't care ......about it" The nineteenth princess saw that Zhu Xiaobao was absent again, and whispered with some resentment. Now she unconsciously has a sense of dependence on Zhu Xiaobao, as if Zhu Xiaobao is by her side, everything will become very easy.
"Huh! Princess, Xiaobao has other things to do, and when it comes to wars, he has always cared about it! Let's discuss how to recover the Wufang County next! Duanmu Qi said with a laugh.
"Mr. Duanmu, can we really recover Wufang County? That's really great, my people used to live in Wufang County, and now they are all forced to be displaced and escaped from Wufang County! Princess Ming immediately said excitedly when she heard this, originally she didn't have any hope, but now she has believed that the nineteenth princess really has the ability to regain the lost ground. How could this not excite her!
"Absolutely! What do you think? Mrs. Princess, are you interested in becoming a county guard in Wufang County? It's the same as managing your own turf! Duanmu Qi said confidently, and then planned to let Princess Ming manage and rectify Wufang County.
"Hmmm! I still want to follow Mr. Duanmu to lead the troops to fight, and rectification management is not what I am good at! Princess Ming thought about it, but still refused, she found that she still preferred this feeling of fighting in all directions. Since King Ming went to Princess Island, Princess Ming has lived a very fulfilling life, and she has learned a lot of things, and she has seen a lot of advanced equipment, and she feels that she is beginning to like this kind of life!
"When are we going to start attacking the Five Directions?" The Nineteenth Princess asked a little eagerly, she needed greater results to quickly gain the trust and support of the people! Ranwen
"No hurry! It is estimated that it will take some time, and when the eldest prince and His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness have a dispute, then the time has come for us to make a move! But during this time, we should not take it lightly, we burned the granary of the prince, and we must also prevent our granary from being remembered by others! Duanmuqi said cautiously.
"Please rest assured at this point, I have made careful arrangements, and they will definitely not find the location of our granary!" Princess Ming said very confidently, because the last time she fought with Lingyue Mountain, she had already tasted the bitterness, so the later grain was stored in a very hidden cave, this method has been used until now, and the effect is very good!
"Hehehehe, Princess Ming is also a wise man!"
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Outside the camp of Jialanga, King Ming actually brought people to visit Jialanga in person. But he didn't dare to break into Garanga's camp without permission. But fortunately, Jialanga immediately came out with the men and horses. The eldest prince and Jialanga are also old acquaintances, and they joined forces at the beginning, but later because the eldest prince rebelled, the promised two counties were taken back, which caused the two sides to turn against each other. Now that the two meet, the eldest prince is a little weak-hearted!
"What kind of wind blew the king of Yong'an Chitose here? It makes Jialanga terrified! As soon as Jialanga saw the eldest prince, he said non-yin.
"King Chitose, let's put aside the previous things first. The top priority is that we must join forces to deal with the Nineteen Princesses now, as you can see, the current situation is very unfavorable to us, once Wufang County fails, you will also directly face the threat of the Nineteen Sisters here! Although the eldest prince was a little annoyed, he had to say it with a pleasant face now.
"The nineteenth princess recovered Wufang County, what does it have to do with me, she beats her, I guard mine, and don't interfere with each other! Why, it looks like you can't hold on, you can't beat the nineteenth princess? Hehehehe, it's really interesting, the dignified prince was beaten by a nineteen princess, and it was really unexpected! Garanga laughed mockingly.
"Nonsense, I won't be able to beat them? I'm just negligent in letting them get their hands on it, I'm several times as strong as hers, and I'm not going to be able to beat them? I'm here to give you the opportunity to get some benefits too! The eldest prince suddenly shouted angrily.
"Not uncommon! I'm content to keep my own territory! Don't dare to expect too much! I'm scared of the artillery! Don't even dare to step on those places where missiles are buried! Jialanga waved her hand without interest at all. It seems that she has long known about the terrible fate of the eldest prince. In fact, Jialanga had tasted this kind of suffering earlier, and now she is just a little gloating, and finally someone has made the same mistake again, which makes her heart much more balanced!
"Don't forget, you have attacked Lingyue Mountain, and once that little treasure is free, he will not let you go!" The eldest prince was angry and annoyed, but he still had to be patient to persuade this Jialanga, and now he really felt that he couldn't stand the nineteenth princess. Don't look at the claim that there are four million men and horses, and now they have lost one million, and their fiefdom has to beware of the royal court taking advantage of the fire to rob, recently the royal court has also begun to move, he has to guard against it! If there is a joint effort of Jialanga, plus the Six Highnesses, then it will be a sure victory!
"Yes! I'm so scared, so I also plan to learn from Princess Ming and marry my daughter to Zhu Xiaobao, so that everything will be fine! Bride price, just thirty red-coated cannons are enough! Jialanga patted her chest exaggeratedly and said with a smile, not to mention, her coquettish appearance made the eldest prince a little excited, but now is not the time to flirt!
"Less nonsense, you can't send troops or not? If you don't help me, when I kill the nineteenth sister, I won't have your good fruit to eat! The eldest prince threatened with a little anger.
"Hmmm! If you want me to send troops, you can send 200,000 denier of food first, and 2,000 missiles, well! Also, two thousand super crossbows, and ......" Jialanga actually began to sit on the ground and raise the price with his fingers, and knocked on the bamboo pole in a big way!
"Fart, if I had these things, would I still need to come to you?"
"Then I can't help, I can only cheer for you here!"
"You ......"
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At the same time, Zhu Xiaobao was in Ye Qinghong's unique cave, and was sitting on the ground with Ye Qinghong to share the spoils. It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao personally went to the fiefdom of the eldest prince this time, and inquired about the military situation in the name of it, burned a few granaries, and by the way, he also made a big deal in the fiefdom of the eldest prince, and with their skills, it was not a problem to sneak into the homes of those rich people, the key is that this time Zhu Xiaobao also brought the old apprentice and Zhao Shenbao, these two people are also itching, and they steal treasures on a large scale, what pearls and jade night pearls, what is valuable, what is valuable, those gold ingots don't look at it at all, Just like that, a few people came back with a big bag of treasures.
"It's yours, it's mine, this one is suitable for women, here you go! This is my ......" Zhu Xiaobao is sitting there, sharing the spoils in a serious manner. Ye Qinghong's eyes were full of smiles, and her heart was warm, it was good to have such a younger brother! In fact, she knew that the reason why Zhu Xiaobao came back here was because she was afraid that the eldest prince would send someone to retaliate, after all, Ye Qinghong's reputation had long been famous, and it was easy to think that it was her handiwork to burn down these granaries.
"Okay, I've said it all, I don't need these things, your nineteenth princess is expanding aggressively, it's time to use the money, you can bring it back!" Ye Qinghong said with a chuckle, but she was still a little pantothenic acid in her heart. Zhu Xiaobao worked so hard this time, and went to the mansion of the eldest prince in person, also to add fuel to the fire of the nineteenth princess!
"Sister! I said it, don't live here, although this place is hidden, but after so many years, it's not very safe, you just go back to Xiyuan City with me, I'll build you a separate house and live a quiet and comfortable life, okay? Zhu Xiaobao saw Ye Qinghong's slightly emaciated cheeks, and said with a little heartache.
"When you really control the overall situation, I'll go out of the mountain! You'll have to find me an island then, I don't like to send people under the fence! Ye Qinghong hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.
"It's too easy, there is a separate island next to Princess Island, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and it will be handed over to you when the time comes! In case of any crisis, Princess Island can support you right away! Zhu Xiaobao thought of the small island next to Princess Island, which could accommodate them.
At this moment, Zhao Shenbao ran in and gasped and said, "Someone has touched in, it seems that they are not very familiar with the terrain here, but they are all masters." Luckily, I would have been spotted by them! And the person at the head, you can't think of who it is! ”
"Oh! Who is it? Do I know? ”
"Ao Yang!"