"Lord Wang, even if it's true, Daqi is not necessarily not the opponent of Xirong and Beidi." Leng Yue continued to comfort Guo Qi and said: "The Imperial Forbidden Army, the Imperial Forest Army, and the Tiger Ben Army add up to 200,000 troops, plus the 300,000 border troops in the north, the 100,000 Western Army transferred from the past, and the 150,000 Zhao Army under the command of King Zhao, a total of 750,000 troops, can't the 600,000 Beidi cavalry be blocked from the pass?" ”

"The seventy-five armies you said are just numbers on paper." Guo Qi explained to Leng Yue: "Among them, the 50,000 Imperial Forest Army of the Father Emperor did not go to the north, but stayed in Gyeonggi to protect Luodu;

In addition, although there are 300,000 people in the northern border army, the actual number is far from reaching, and the gap is very serious, and 200,000 is not bad, but what is the training level of these 200,000 border troops and what is the weaponry and equipment? These are not easy to say, the real elite may not even reach 50,000;

As for the 150,000 Zhao army, it is estimated that it will not be much better, and the 30,000 Youyan army that has been guarding Youzhou all the year round still has the strength to fight, and the others are basically here to make up the numbers. ”

"Is Daqi's army really rotten to this extent?" Leng Yue questioned; "Didn't the prince lead the Western Army to a victory a few months ago?"

"If you don't fight that battle, this king really doesn't know that the border army is rotten to the bone." Guo Qi said angrily: "Originally, the king still had confidence in An Guogong to defend the northern border, after all, the Beidi cavalry was not good at attacking the city, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the north were defending in danger, and the counterattack was not successful, but the defense was more than enough, as long as the war dragged on, Beidi would eventually collapse;

But now it's different, Beidi and Xirong have formed an alliance, Beidi will not attack the city and lack siege equipment, but Xirong has! Once Beidi learned to siege the city from Xirong, as long as 400,000 of the 600,000 troops were concentrated in one point, and the remaining 200,000 were divided into several units to constantly harass each pass, so that it could not be rescued in time, do you think the northern border could still hold it? ”

"So the loss of the North is inevitable?" Leng Yue was surprised.

"Not necessarily, after all, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, if An Guogong can seize the advantageous fighter plane and fight an ambush or something, it is not impossible to win, but this possibility is very small."

"Then the prince, if the northern border is lost, will you really think about it, as rumored, Daqi will die from now on." Leng Yue said with some fear.

"Rumors? What rumors? "Because Guo Qi has been in the army for a long time, he can't hear rumors from the people at all; Besides, even if someone in the army heard it, they didn't dare to tell Guo Qi, after all, Guo Qi was the son of the current emperor, the King of Yong of Daqi, and he said in front of him that he was not looking for death!

In the past two months, many children have been singing: "'The northern wolf, cross the wall, drink Ma Heluo, sit on the golden bed.'" It is said that this rumor first came from Luodu. ”

"Heh, heh, he......" Guo Qi said with a smile: "It's really appropriate, who made this up, this king really admires him." ”

"Your dynasty's dynasty is almost over, and you are still in the mood to laugh." Leng Yue looked at Guo Qi's appearance and said helplessly.

"What's the matter if you don't laugh, do you still make this king cry! If crying can solve the problem, let this king cry to death. ”

"Then what are you going to do next, prince?" Leng Yue asked very concernedly.

"As the son of his father, the king of Yong of Daqi; This king naturally wants He Daqi to live and die together. Guo Qi said in a very resolute tone.

"Then the concubine will accompany you to die, anyway, no matter what, the prince can't leave the concubine." Leng Yue took the initiative to throw herself into Guo Qi's arms and said.

"Don't worry! This king is a general in the sky, and the sword that can kill this king has not yet been made! Guo Qi said very confidently; What's more, there are more than 100,000 troops in the hands of this king, if he really fights hard, it will be enough for Xirong and Beidi to drink a pot. ”

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A few days later, in the middle of the night in the mountains and forests north of the Great Earthquake Pass, a Xirong army of more than 300 people was marching, which was a mountain force composed of elite Xirong infantry soldiers, whose task was to infiltrate the rear of the Yong army to sabotage.

"Here they are, Brigadier General."

"How many are there?"

"About three hundred people."

"Get the rat traps ready and wait for them to take the bait."

"It's already been laid out."

The marching Xirong army did not know that the Yong army in front of them had already laid an ambush; In a skirmish like this, the two sides have not won or lost each other once or twice; And this elite force of Xirong was actually targeted by the White Tiger Army two days ago, and this brigade of the White Tiger Army has been waiting for an opportunity, and their current location is an excellent ambush point.

The unknown Xirong army is walking towards the grave step by step, when they stepped into the ambush circle, hundreds of crossbow arrows suddenly shot out around them, and they were caught off guard, under the full preparation of the White Tiger Army, this Xirong squad of more than 300 people finally did not escape the fate of being completely annihilated.

After completing the mission, the brigade of the White Tiger Army began to want to evacuate eastward, and as soon as they climbed a hill, they saw a red light suddenly appear in the east, illuminating the night sky.

"Brigade Marshal, what's going on over there? How can there be a red light? One of them asked inexplicably.

The brigade commander looked at the direction of the red light and realized something: "It's not good, it's the direction of the Qinting camp, it looks like it's on fire." ”

"The Qin Pavilion camp is on fire?" The brigade commander was surprised: "Where is the grain and grass of our White Tiger Army stored hundreds of thousands of stones, doesn't this fire mean that our grain and grass have been burned out, so what will we eat in the future?" ”

"The situation hasn't been clarified yet, so don't talk nonsense." The brigade commander reprimanded Du Tong and said, "Order everyone to march to the Qinting camp in a hurry." ”

"No! Everyone marched in a hurry to the camp of Qinting; Hurry up, hurry up......"

As the brigade commander said, it was indeed the Qinting battalion that caught fire, and the 300,000 stone of grain and grass (Note 1) that the White Tiger Army had hoarded here was all burned by a fire.

The news of the fire in the Qinting camp was sent to Hu Qiong, the commander of the White Tiger Army, as soon as possible, and Hu Qiong blocked the news as soon as possible, so as not to cause panic in the whole army; But it was impossible to hide such a big fire, and the next day the entire White Tiger Army was in a uproar.

While ordering the news to be blocked, Hu Qiong sent someone to report to Guo Qi as soon as possible, and took the initiative to bear all the responsibility; Guo Qi, who received the news, was furious and dismissed Hu Qiong from all positions, but considering that it was the time to employ people, he still let him temporarily replace the White Tiger Army.

At the same time, Guo Qi ordered a batch of grain and grass to be transported from Guanshan Daying to Dazhenguan, and Guo Qi ordered Song Yiming and Ling Jing to purchase grain and grass in Yongdi in order to make up for the loss.

After Song Yiming and Ling Jing received the decree, they immediately began to quietly purchase grain, which did not have much impact on the grain price in Yongdi, but because there was less and less grain in the market, the grain price in Yongcheng also began to rise on a small scale, but it was still within the range that the people could afford.