Chapter 977: The Northern Expedition Crisis

For that look that made his heart flutter, Liu Mingzhi didn't have much time to think about anything.

Throwing out the doubts in his heart, Liu Mingzhi rushed straight to the door.

"Liu Song is coming quickly, this young master is going to enter the palace."

"Young Master, I'll be here soon!"

Liu Mingzhi turned over and got on his horse, and galloped towards the palace.

Father-in-law Fu repeatedly explained that he must not be lazy, and Liu Mingzhi naturally did not dare to hesitate in the slightest!

On the main road, Liu Mingzhi saw many familiar officials also riding horses and rushing towards the palace.

This scene made Liu Mingzhi's heart even more nervous, it seems that there is a big problem in the matter of recovering Heshuo and Shuo, otherwise the emperor would not be so aggressive.

"Grandpa, Your Majesty is waiting in the imperial study, and Grandpa will go by himself!"

"Thank you!"

"Song Shangshu, please move to the imperial study, Your Majesty is waiting in the imperial study!"

"Thank you, I'll be there right away!"

The officials handed over their mounts to the eunuchs waiting at the palace gate, and hurriedly trotted in the direction of the imperial study.

When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the imperial study, Li Zheng was frowning, staring at a delicate sand table with a gloomy face, on the sand table, the location of the northern frontier of the Great Dragon, and the Turkic steppe were recorded clearly.

"Son-in-law Liu Mingzhi see his father!"

"Excuse me!"

Li Zheng waved his hand at Liu Mingzhi casually, and his eyes did not have the slightest intention of leaving the sand table.

Several officials who had already arrived around handed a stack of papers to Liu Mingzhi: "Grandpa, take a look for yourself!" ”

Liu Mingzhi did not hesitate to open the document in his hand and read it carefully.

After a while, Liu Mingzhi suddenly closed the paperwork in his hand, walked to the sand table with an arrow step, and began to observe with a solemn face, especially in Heshuo, the tribes around the two places of Hetao patrolled back and forth.

The army of the two places in Heshuo suffered a sneak attack by an army of unknown origin in the northwest of the Erti tribe in the Heshuo grassland area, and the 5,000-strong forward army under the command of Rongwei Hou Cai Jun lost more than 3,200 people, and the southeast of Heshuo that had been recaptured changed hands again, and more than 3,000 young soldiers were lost.

The remaining more than 1,000 soldiers and the brigade could not tell what the identity of the enemy who attacked them was, and the cavalry that rushed out of the sudden attack did not have any banner or number to represent the identity at all, and they had prepared a countermeasure from the time they attacked the forward battalion under Cai Jun's command.

More than a dozen important ministers of the court and the central government all gathered in the imperial study, and they also looked at the documents that Liu Dashao had read.

The civil and military ministers who had read the documents all stood quietly in front of the sand table, frowning and thinking.

Li Zheng, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly opened his mouth and asked Liu Dashao, "Can you guess which enemy it is?" ”

Liu Mingzhi sighed and shook his head: "It's hard to say, the Tatar Department, the Huali Mu Department, the Tukeli Department, and the Zatun Department......... Eleven divisions are likely to attack the forward battalion of Rong Weihou, including the Zatun division and the Hualimu division..... The four are the most suspicious, but Erchen can't figure it out! ”

"Can't figure out what?"

Li Zheng stared at Liu Mingzhi tightly, and the other dozen or so important ministers of the court also looked at Liu Mingzhi intently, wanting to see what he had to say.

Liu Mingzhi put his finger on the sand table and thought for a moment.

"Father, fellow colleagues, please see, the battle report says that the forward battalion of Rong Weihou was attacked on the northwest side of the Polti Department!"

"But according to our scout's report, the Po'er Ti Department is heading east to start a protracted battle with the Kruha Department of the Huyan Royal Court!"

"After the old prince led the army to the border of Heshuo on May 12 and launched a surprise attack, the two steps of the Keli Tubu under the tent of the royal court of Spis, southeast and southwest of Heshuo, have been beaten by the old Guogong, and the Muhua Li tribe is in one place!"

"Since the old prince dares to divide the army, there must be 100% certainty of winning these eleven parts, and the battle report just proves this, the eleven departments are being beaten by the old country's northern expeditionary army and retreating step by step, so the ministers can't figure out which tribe of these eleven tribes dares to take the initiative to pick up the tiger's beard!"

"Maybe this army of unknown origin is not the people under the command of the Shi Bisi Royal Court who guarded the two places of Heshuo, but it was interspersed from the Huyan Royal Court, but in this way, it makes even more sense! The Huyan Royal Court is not a fool, once they move their troops to attack the forward battalion of Rong Weihou, it means declaring war, and what they are facing is the front and rear attack of Dalong and Spies! ”

"The purpose of this army of unknown origin attacking the forward battalion is clear! Cut off the connection between the Northern Expeditionary Army and Ganzhou, cut off the grain and grass of the Northern Expeditionary Army, once the southeast of Heshuo is recaptured by the people of the Royal Court of Spis, the supply of grain and grass of the Northern Expedition Army will be a big problem, and the grain and grass transported from Ganzhou will not have any cover under the iron cavalry of the Hualimu Division! ”

"The most important thing now is to find out the origin of this army, whether it was the Huyan Royal Court that suddenly attacked my Northern Expeditionary Army, or whether it was a surprise army sent by the Royal Court of Spis!"

Li Zheng stared at the sand table with a gloomy face: "The war is changing rapidly, and it will take three days for the fastest golden eagle to come back, and I don't know what the situation the old prince is facing now, has he figured out who sent this army, and now the documents you see are ....... three days ago."

"Report ............ Border Emergency! ”

"Bring it on!"

"Yes!"

Li Zheng checked the fire paint, couldn't wait to open the battle report, and looked through it, three pages of paper, Li Zheng took two cups of tea to come back to his senses.

"The grain and grass of the Northern Expedition army was intercepted by an unidentified army of about 30,000 people in the first line of the heavenly canyon outside Ganzhou City, this team of unknown origin has no intention of attacking, just to prevent the grain and grass from being transported to the old Guogong!"

"Judging from the situation mentioned in the letter from the old Guogong to Zhang Yan, the situation of the Northern Expedition army is very bad now, not only has it lost the southeast of Heshuo, but the southwest of Heshuo and the eastern part of Hetao that is about to be captured have also become precarious, and they can change hands at any time!"

Liu Mingzhi's face was a little surprised when he heard the content of Li Zheng's letter: "Father, is there any movement on the Jin side?" ”

"The spies reported that the Jin Kingdom is now calm and calm, and there is no appearance of moving troops, this army is deliberately targeting my big dragon, or rather, it is aimed at the two places of Heshuo that my big dragon is about to recover!"

Song Yu fixed his fingers heavily on the sand table: "Your Majesty, this team of unknown origin should come from here!" ”

"Krim steppe? It is the place where the Huyan Royal Court and the Sbith Royal Court will fight, which side will come out of here? ”

Liu Mingzhi shook his head with a gloomy face: "Father, now it's pointless for us to speculate here, even if we know which side of the people and horses it is, what's the use, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, the problem that the old prince is facing now is the crisis of grain and grass, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, it is only a matter of time before he recovers the two places in Heshuo, and he can only make a detour to Suzhou to transport grain and grass to the old Guogong, and it is better to waste a little more food than to have a turbulent army!" ”

"Mingzhi!"

"Erchen is here!"

"You and Song Aiqing go to Honglu Temple to draft a diplomatic document and send it to the Huyan royal court quickly, and say that I want to borrow grain from them, and the rest of you Aiqing stay, I have something to tell you!"

Liu Mingzhi was slightly stunned and understood the emperor's intentions!

"Sons obey orders!"

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