Chapter 69: Borrowing Soldiers
Fu Qinglian has not been able to feel at ease since Hua Shenyue was captured by Luo Chen. He always thought that the target of the Southern Turks was him, but he didn't expect that Hua Shenyue was actually taken away by Luo Chen.
Fu Qinglian didn't know what their idea was, and he didn't know if Hua Shenyue would be safe in the Southern Turks. Although he was lying in bed, his eyes were open until dawn.
Fu Qinglian sighed, since he can't sleep, then just get up, maybe he still has what he wants to do after he gets up, and he doesn't have to be so anxious in his heart, he is always worried about Hua Shenyue.
Fu Qinglian pushed open the door and came to the courtyard. Although the corpses left by the fighting in the courtyard were cleaned up by the reinforcements brought by General Li Yue, there was still a smell of blood in the air, and blood stains on the ground could still be seen everywhere.
Everything that happened here was a reminder to him of how tragic what had happened, and he smelled the air, and he felt even more difficult to sleep, but a little more energetic.
"Lord Wang." In a daze, Chen Shi didn't know when he had walked to Fu Qinglian's side. He noticed that Fu Qinglian's eyes were dark, obviously after Hua Shenyue was arrested last night, the prince had not fallen asleep again.
I don't know how many times I've worried about the matter of the moon in the past few days, and the weight of this girl in the prince's heart can be seen.
"What?" Fu Qinglian raised his head, looked at the gloomy sky, and asked, although he was asking now, he seemed to be very careless, he was worried about someone else, but he didn't take this matter to heart at all.
"The Dark Guard has come to report that three armies are approaching the Western Protectorate, and it seems that they are here to support us." Chen Shi explained.
"How long will it take?" Fu Qinglian's eyes lit up, and he knew it in his heart. These 30,000 troops must have been transferred from nearby by the imperial brother who was worried about his safety. Originally, I didn't know how to rescue Hua Shenyue, but now it seems that it is only a matter of time before Hua Shenyue is rescued.
"About half an hour." Chen Shi replied.
"The king knows." Fu Qinglian put his hands behind his back, as if he was thinking about something, he didn't expect that these people would actually rush over while waiting for the task, it seems that he has to be ready now, and he can't continue to delay here.
"Lord Wang, that flower Shenyue ......" Chen Shi hesitated for a while, and finally spoke. Although he admired Hua Shenyue's courage and affection to block Fu Qinglian's arrows, if the prince was in danger because of saving her, this was something Chen Shi did not want to see.
Although it seems that he is ruthless and unrighteous to say, in Chen Shi's opinion, the safety of the prince is always the first.
If the prince is in danger because of other people, Chen Shi will definitely not let that person go. In his heart, there is only one person on the top of his heart forever, and he will only be loyal to such a person in his life, and I am afraid that he will never be able to pretend to be other masters.
Fu Qinglian naturally knew what Chen Shi meant, and he also knew that Chen Shi was worried about his safety, but Hua Shenyue was obviously arrested because of him, Chen Shi not only did not appreciate her, but also wanted to give up on her, which made Fu Qinglian's heart burn with anger.
"I brought the person, so I will naturally bring her back to the capital safely." Fu Qinglian turned around and glanced at Chen Shi before leaving.
Chen Shi only felt that he was cold, because Fu Qinglian's eyes were also cold as if they were frozen, the previous prince had never shown such an expression to himself, no matter what he did, the prince always trusted himself, but this time he said the wrong thing.
The coldness on the prince's face directly pierced the bottom of his heart, Chen Shi crossed his hands and touched his arm, it was he who underestimated Hua Shenyue's status in the prince's heart.
That's it, it's because he is too indifferent, obviously Hua Shenyue is to save the injury of the prince, and because the prince was arrested, he wants to leave Hua Shenyue. Chen Shi suddenly felt that he was a wicked person, and he didn't know what the prince would think of him.
This time he really did something wrong, he was too worried about the safety of the prince, but stabbed the softest position in the prince's heart.
When you have the opportunity, find a chance to forgive your sins to the prince, Chen Shi thought in his heart, so he picked up the sword in his hand and walked over slowly.
Half an hour later, the three armies were one after the other, and they stepped into the jurisdiction of the Western Protectorate.
Li Yue got Fu Qinglian's order and took the three armies to the camp stationed outside. Due to the large number of troops, entering the Western Frontier Protectorate would inevitably cause unnecessary panic, so simply leave the Western Frontier Protectorate and go to the camp to discuss countermeasures.
In the tent, Fu Qinglian took Chen Shi with him to discuss countermeasures with General Li Yue, as well as Liu Bo, Zhou Yi and Shen Qi, the generals of the three support armies of Lanzhou, Xining and Yizhou.
The Southern Turks led troops to attack Fu Qinglian, at best, it was to assassinate King Qi, and at worst, it was to raise troops to rebel. Therefore, at present, it is necessary to convict the Southern Turks before making plans, and they do not know what to do with the Turks.
"What does the prince think, what is the intention of the Southern Turks?" Liu Bo asked. Nowadays, Fu Qinglian is the biggest official, so everything is decided by Fu Qinglian.
They don't have much say here, and they can only say what they think, but the final decision is still in the hands of Fu Qinglian.
"Hmph, they pretended to come to the audience, but in fact they led troops to assassinate my own king, their intention is probably to break away from the rule of my Qiguo."
Fu Qinglian snorted coldly, his tone was full of mockery and disdain, what these people wanted to do, he had always seen it, he didn't do it before because he didn't grasp enough of them in his hands, but now he didn't have to continue to be patient.
Whatever the purpose of the Southern Turks, whatever they were, he wanted the Southern Turks to pay for their actions.
"Then according to the meaning of the prince, he is going to encircle and suppress the Southern Turks?" Zhou Yi asked.
"It's time to teach the Southern Turks a lesson, otherwise they will be so blind to no one, today is to assassinate the king, and tomorrow, it will be the assassination of the emperor's brother."
Everyone nodded. Fu Qinglian's words are not unreasonable, I thought that the Northern Turks were more barbaric, and the Southern Turks were easier to control, but now it seems that I am afraid that it is not like that, these people are much more complicated than they imagined, if they relax their vigilance so easily, I am afraid that the emperor will be in danger.
"General Li Yue, how many troops do we have now?" Fu Qinglian asked.
Li Yue, as the garrison general of the Western Frontier Protectorate, knows best how many troops he has, so Fu Qinglian trusts him so much.
"Back to the prince, there were originally 30,000 troops in the Western Protectorate, but after last night's battle, there are still more than 20,000 left, plus the 30,000 reinforcements brought by the three generals, and now, there are more than 50,000 troops." Li Yue explained.
Fu Qinglian nodded, more than 50,000 troops, I don't know if it is enough, but now in addition to these 50,000 troops, they don't have time to transfer more troops and horses from other places.
"Then how many troops are there in the Southern Turks?" Fu Qinglian asked again, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles, I don't know how many men and horses they have to attack them.
"According to the understanding of his subordinates, the Southern Turks should have 80,000 troops at their disposal." Li Yue thought for a while and replied.
In this way, more than 50,000 troops against 80,000 troops are probably not enough, and they are still in a disadvantageous position in this war, and if they really fight, I am afraid that the number of people is not enough. You have to use other strategies to win.
"Lord Wang, why don't you borrow troops from the Northern Turks? The Northern Turks and the Southern Turks already have many contradictions and complicated relations, and now we are going to send troops to attack the Southern Turks, and the Northern Turk Khan should be willing to help us. Shen Qi proposed.
Listening to Shen Qi's words, Fu Qinglian fell into deep thought. What Shen Qi said is unreasonable, if he really wants to attack the Southern Turks, then 50,000 troops will definitely not be enough, so he can only borrow troops.
As for who to borrow troops, the Northern Turks and the Southern Turks have always been at odds, and if they were to borrow troops from the Northern Turks, they should not be refused. Fu Qinglian thought about it again and again and felt that this plan was feasible.
"The three generals trekked through mountains and rivers, day and night, it was really hard, you take your soldiers to have a good rest, General Li Yue, please go with this king to the Northern Turks, this king is going to borrow troops."
Fu Qinglian had already arranged the tasks of the four generals in a word, and of course the four generals knew what they should do in their pockets now, so there was no need to say more.
He originally wanted to only take Chen Shi to the Northern Turks to borrow troops, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was better to take Li Yue with him, after all, Li Yue had guarded the western border for many years, and he had a certain understanding of the form and place of this border.
If it was just him and Chen Shi, it would take a certain amount of time to find the Northern Turkic royal court, and he could delay it, but Hua Shenyue couldn't delay it, he had to catch up with them as soon as possible. Win this victory, and then rescue Hua Shenyue.
"Yes." The four generals said in unison that they were very confident that this war could only succeed and not fail.
In the court of the Northern Turks, an attendant was hurrying towards the palace.
"Khan, someone asks to see you."
"Oh? In such a panic, who asks to see? The Northern Turkic Khan shook the glass in his hand slightly, took a sip of the wine, and looked very calm, as if everything was under his control.
"Hui Khan, is General Li Yue of the Western Frontier Protectorate, and His Royal Highness King Jing of the Central Plains." The squire replied.
The attendant was so panicked because for many years, no one from the Central Plains had ever come to visit, let alone King Fu Qinglian, who held great power. I don't know why they came suddenly, but of course the attendants panicked.
"Invite them in." The Northern Turkic Khan had a playful smile on his lips, and put the wine glass in his hand on the table, he knew that Fu Qinglian would definitely come to him in the end, he didn't expect them to be so fast, which was a bit unexpected for him.