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Chapter 461: Righteousness is heavy and life is light

The empress's soft fingers gently caressed the blade of the knife, feeling the cold chill on the blade, her eyes narrowed slightly, it turned out that the horizontal knife was more powerful than described in the secret report.

Swinging the knife into the sheath, she reluctantly returned the horizontal knife to Qin Yi, and the empress flicked Qin Yi's plate armor with her fingers, feeling the rebound on the plate armor even more surprised.

Such a tenacity rebound shows that the lightness and strength of the plate armor are the best choice, which is comparable to the chain mail that has been tempered for thousands of years.

And judging by its appearance, it can protect the body of soldiers better than chain mail.

The empress looked enviously at the light horizontal knives and bright plate armor in the hands of the twenty guards, and inexplicably glanced at Liu Dashao on the side, thinking of something only she knew.

Liu Mingzhi was looking around, and suddenly saw a place in the south of the city where thick smoke was billowing and rising into the sky, and he was a little unclear.

Bending down to look at the map and comparing the approximate location, it seemed to understand something.

The soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass went first, according to the time of the capital's drumming and gathering of generals, the traitor's army was not far away, so this position is probably the location of the traitor's army of grain and grass.

Such a thick smoke can only mean one thing, the traitor's grain and grass have been burned.

With the grain and grass of an army of 400,000, it is not surprising that such a formation was created.

The empress, who had been observing Liu Dashao, saw that he suddenly looked in one direction and was motionless, and she also looked at the situation, and her face was happy when she saw the billowing smoke.

"Got it!"

Compared with Empress Liu Mingzhi, who knew the reason for this situation better, Yeluhu and Jin Kezheng made a risky move.

The empress's expression can be described as overjoyed, without the grain and grass, the military spirit of the traitor will be in chaos, and it may be self-defeating at that time.

The capital is worry-free.

Song Qing walked to Liu Dashao's side: "Third brother, His Majesty Emperor Jin's courage is really big enough, in the face of an army of 400,000, he can still take the initiative to attack the grain and grass of the rebels, maybe this war will not need our army and Turkic reinforcements to arrive and win without a fight." ”

Liu Mingzhi frowned, and his eyes showed a hint of panic in the direction of the smoke.

"Big brother, it's over, not only will it not be easy this time, but it will be an unprecedented grim situation."

"Third brother, are you saying the opposite, the army without food and grass will definitely mess up, what's going on in a grim situation?"

Liu Mingzhi swallowed his saliva: "What will happen to the 400,000 victims who can't eat?" ”

"Gathering crowds to make trouble, civil turmoil is everywhere, when the drought in Qingzhou was the beginning, the eldest brother followed your uncle to the disaster relief of 230,000 victims, if it was not for strong suppression, it would definitely impact the disaster relief camp, even so, it almost made your uncle panic."

"That's right, the victims are still like this, and the 400,000 fully armored and undefeated army will have no food, you know? It will overturn the capital, and at all costs, put it to death and come back to life, and attack the city frantically. ”

Song Qing thought for a moment and thought of a terrifying possibility: "Are you saying that you shouldn't burn the grain and grass of the rebels?" ”

"It's not that it shouldn't be burned, but it shouldn't be burned all, if they are given a glimmer of life, they will curb the desire in their hearts, and now they can only pray that there are still a few days left of the rebels' food and grass."

"Do you want to tell Emperor Jin about this?"

glanced at Song Qing angrily, isn't this nonsense.

Liu Mingzhi did not hesitate, and walked to the empress who was looking at the map: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to report to you. ”

The empress didn't raise her head: "Lord Liu, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Liu Mingzhi did not procrastinate, and told the empress the matter simply and clearly.

The empress listened to Liu Dashao's worries, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, obviously thinking of the negative impact of the matter.

As Liu Dashao said, the rebels have not yet fought with the defenders of the capital, and they have not tasted defeat, and if they burn the grain and grass of the rebels when the army's morale is unstable, it will naturally make their troops feel in turmoil.

However, before the siege of the city, there will be no food and grass, not only will it not disturb the morale of the rebels, but it will make them fierce and attack the city regardless of the cost.

There will be a period of panic when the food and grass are gone, but as long as the commander calms down a little, these rebels who will die without a fight will desperately attack the city.

This will not delay their attack, but will speed up their siege.

Without him, because there is food in the capital, they will have food when they take the city.

The empress naturally figured out the key to this, and her expression couldn't help but be a little flustered, she didn't expect that her self-righteous behavior would be self-defeating.

"Lord Liu, you wait here, I will go and discuss this matter with the ministers."

"Your Majesty, slow down."

"What's the matter with Lord Liu?"

"The minister wants to ask His Majesty for a token to leave the city."

The empress was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Dashao hesitantly: "Lord Liu, does it have to take Dalong's delegation out of the city?" ”

"Naturally not, the empress can rest assured, the ministers will not leave, the official road to the dragon must have been occupied by the rebels, and the ministers are still afraid that those rebels will do something crazy."

"In that case, what's the use of Lord Liu's exit token?"

"Naturally, it is to help His Majesty defend the city, and the safety of the envoys of the state is already tied to the Jin country, so naturally he has to make some small contributions."

The empress looked at Liu Mingzhi's eyes carefully, and saw that his eyes did not take his eyes off and his expression remained unchanged, and after thinking for a moment, she untied a token from her waist and handed it to Liu Dashao: "This is my waist card, seeing Ling is like seeing you." ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, Your Majesty, please take your convenience."

The empress frequently turned around and rushed towards the east gate, and the ministers of the Jin Kingdom were all arranging various matters at the east gate.

"Third brother, there is the token of Emperor Jin, there is no need for us to wait for death here, just go out of the city and return to China."

Song Qing looked at Liu Dashao with a serious expression.

Liu Mingzhi shook his head: "No, it is not an exaggeration to say that the rebels without food and grass are crazy, in case we are treated as spies, these two thousand people can be explained, and there is a way out if you defend the city, this is the safest arrangement, you can't use the lives of two thousand people to test the humanity of the rebels of the Jin Kingdom." ”

"But even if you add the 1,500 soldiers of our mission, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the 400,000 army, and you can't even make a splash when you put it on the battlefield."

"There's no way, now I can only pray that the reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom can arrive in time, otherwise we will be finished."

"Third brother, why don't you go in a hot air balloon, you are the chief military officer, you can't have an accident no matter what, otherwise the eldest brother will not be able to explain to His Majesty, and there will be no way to explain to his uncle."

"I'm gone, where are you? Big brother, although Liu Mingzhi spares his life, he is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, and he can't leave two thousand brothers to run for his life alone. ”

"But you still have .......... on your shoulders"

"No, big brother, do you remember what you said to me to Ling Yang when I was seven years old? Brothers share blessings and hardships. ”

Song Qingyi's eyes turned red, and he smiled lightly and looked at Liu Mingzhi, who had a determined expression in front of him, and stretched out his palm.

"Brothers work together to break the gold, not to seek the same way, but to seek the same return."

Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and stretched out his palm and clasped it tightly with Song Qing.

"A manly man, with the sky above his head and his feet on the thick soil, righteousness is heavy and life and death are light."