After retreating Jiang Hao and Gao Xun, King Xian asked people to carry ice buckets to the verandah outside the palace, and Princess Lan Yuan had already arrived outside the palace gate at this time. Seeing that his eyes were red and there was a hidden sob, King Xian was puzzled and stepped forward and hurriedly asked:

"Sister Wang, who made you angry."

"What, you don't know yet?"

Lan Yuan asked rhetorically, King Xian was inexplicable:

"What do the widows know?"

"Of course, it's your good nephew and son-in-law, who just got a letter from the maid of Fu'er, Gongzi Yan is in the barbarian land 20,000 miles away in Xianguo, and he is struggling with the barbarians, and I heard that many of them have been killed."

"This ......" Xian Wang Meng was stunned, not knowing whether he was happy or worried: "The news is conclusive?" ”

"It was said by Xu Han, the lord of Guangxin County, that there can be a fake. I heard that the coalition army won a great victory in Qianyue Mountain in May, and captured the letters exchanged by the barbarian king, and learned that not only Gongzi Yan, but also the Gongliangwen of Zhiguo was also in the barbarian land, you say, what now! ”

"What to do! That's 20,000 miles away, and if it's 2,000 miles, the widow will immediately send troops. This is 20,000 miles, how can the widowed General Wei run so far. ”

"You still say, hurry up and find a way!"

"What can the widow do, in the more than 600 years of the Liang Kingdom, there has never been a coalition army to the south, how can the widow take Gongzi Yanbei back to the Central Plains."

"Then you can't watch death without help." Lan Yuan sobbed, tears rolling down his cheeks uncontrollably.

"You have to get it, first call the widow's niece, the county lord of Guangxin and Xu Han into the palace, and wait for the widow to ask clearly."

At dusk, Jiang Rong, Qiao Fu'er, Xu Han and others entered the palace to meet them, and King Xian asked Xu Han alone in the side hall to ask about the ins and outs, and when he learned that Bailiyan had killed two or three hundred thousand Jin Xuedi people in two years in the barbarian land, he couldn't help but be unbelievable.

"Xu Han, is all the news conclusive?"

"Back to the king, it is the royal guest who interprets and deciphers the barbarians' correspondence, and there should be no mistake. It won't take long for the official battle report of the royal guest to be announced to the world, and there should be news of the general. ”

"But the widow really can't believe it, how can Yan Gongzi kill dozens of times the barbarians who are dozens of times his size, and there is no mention of it in the barbarian king's letters?"

"Hui Dawang, it is said that the general gathered the descendants of the Central Plains who were taken away by the Jin Xuedi people in the early years in the barbarian land, and hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war of the coalition army who were taken to the barbarian land after that, in addition to a group of people from the Gongliang clan, after disappearing in the first half of last year, they also appeared in the barbarian land inexplicably, and the three armies joined forces. According to the general's estimate, with the ability of the general and the Gongliang clan, if he can arm two or three hundred thousand people, it should not be a problem to kill two or three hundred thousand enemy troops.

In addition, according to the mutual confirmation of the prisoners and correspondence between the prisoners and the generals of Jin Xuedi, the general used extremely powerful weapons in the barbarian land, which is very similar to the black fire powder, and the Jin Xuedi people also call it the black fire powder, and the power is extremely amazing. It was with the help of this weapon that the general gained a foothold in the brute land. ”

When King Xian heard the news, he suddenly felt the difference, and hurriedly asked:

"Why, Gongzi Yan has black fire powder!"

"Maybe, maybe not. According to Jin Xuediren's letters, the black powder used by the general was more powerful than the black powder used by Changsun Guo, and the method used was very different, and it is not certain whether it was black fire powder. Moreover, before the black fire powder appeared in the Changsun Kingdom, the general had already gone south, and the last general thought that the black powder used by the general might not be the black fire powder of the Changsun Kingdom. ”

"So, is it possible that Gongzi Yan still has the north?"

"It's hard to say. Qianyue Mountain is at least seven or eight thousand miles away from the barbarian land, and it is said that when the general went south, there were only one or two thousand people, and they all robbed and killed Jin Xuedi people along the way to live. The brigade of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses would not be able to walk through these seven or eight thousand miles without baggage support.

And the Jin Xuedi people have countless unicorns, can carry grain and grass fifteen or six stones, very amazing, its grain and grass transportation almost no need for people, and the coalition army for every 100,000 troops, need millions of people, now one hundred and hundreds of thousands of people are stationed on the front line, the princes need tens of millions of people. Last year alone, more than 600,000 people died in various places, and if the general could not raise enough grain and grass, I am afraid that it would be difficult to return to the Central Plains in a short time.

Moreover, the current war is beneficial to the coalition forces, and once the Jinxuedi people withdraw their troops and return to the south, the consequences will be unimaginable under the attack of the north and the south. ”

"Will the coalition pursue south?" King Xian hurriedly asked.

"I'm afraid it's not possible. The coalition forces captured very few unicorns, and after several years of fierce fighting, millions of dead were killed, and it was extremely difficult to hold on to the southern border, and there was no way to go south to rescue. ”

"This ...... After talking about this for a long time, Gongzi Yan still can't return north! ”

"There is no other way unless the general abandons his brigade and carries one or two unicorns alone through the deserted wilderness."

"Wait a minute, the widow remembers that Yongxing City has built a four-wheeled cart of thousands of times, which can be easily pulled by only two horses. If I use this car as a car, can I go south? ”

"I'm afraid not!"

Xu Han is an honest man, and he speaks expressionlessly, and when he heard it again, King Xian immediately became anxious:

"I said earlier that it is difficult to send logistics and help south, and now there are big trucks to transport grain and grass, so why can't it."

"Great King, even if there are a thousand such carts, the grain and grass they can carry are only tens of thousands of stones. The Jinxuedi people have an army of more than a million, and if the coalition army wants to go south, there will be at least more troops than the Jinxuedi people, and it will take a year to walk, and the consumption of grain and grass on the way will be counted in five million stones, not counting other expenses.

If it is counted, all kinds of baggage and sundries amount to tens of millions of stones, which is only a year's one-way consumption, even if it is smooth, the return journey still needs to consume a lot of baggage, there are no hundreds of thousands of such carts, millions of horses, how can the coalition army go south to respond. This is no longer what the power of the Central Plains can carry, and please ask the king to see it. ”

"There's really nothing you can do?"

"There is no way at the moment, unless the coalition forces can capture their barbarian king to threaten them, or trap their hundreds of thousands of people in exchange, they will not be able to rescue the general Beihuan."

"You stand down first, and let the widow be quiet."

"Yes!"

Xu Han withdrew from the side hall, and King Xian's gloomy face was indescribably happy. After a while, he summoned the palace maid and said:

"Someone."

"What does the king command?" The palace maid outside the palace said.

"Set up a banquet in the Liangyue Pavilion, and the widow wants to entertain Mrs. Baili."

"No!"

That night, King Xian held a banquet in Liangyue Pavilion to entertain Jiang Rong and others. At the same time, the news soon reached the Prince's Mansion, and Xihuan was shocked.

"What, he's not dead yet!"

"Your Highness, the news is true, it was said by Xu Han himself, and there is evidence from the royal guest." Ji Jinsheng affirmed.

"How could he have made it to the brute land alive and killed so many people, how could this be." Xihuan is incredible, in his opinion, Bailiyan should be dead.

"Your Highness, the news is like this, most of the time there will be no fakes. Moreover, the news sent from the spring of Qianyue Mountain that the Jin Xuedi people did not increase troops to Qianyue Mountain this year, most of which was also caused by Baili Yan being in the barbarian land. ”

"Then what should I do, the reputation of the dead Bailiyan is still shaking the world, if he comes back alive, he won't turn Beihai upside down."

"It's thousands of miles away, and it's hard to make a difference. Unless ......"

Hearing a hint of the special plane, Xihuan hurriedly asked:

"Unless what?"

"Unless the Jinxuedi people of Qianyue Mountain lead the army to retreat south at this time, in this way, the millions of barbarian troops will all be pressed towards Bailiyan, and it will be doomed."

"What is the similarity and difference between this and a fool's dream, how can the barbarian army withdraw its troops to the south as we want."

"Your Highness, the Jin Kingdom should transport the newly earth-shattering fire to Qianyue Mountain to give the barbarian army a powerful force, and only by making it difficult to retreat can it be possible to retreat. And if the Jin State is an example, other countries must follow suit, otherwise it will not be possible to say it to the royal guests. In this way, all the nations have resisted the enemy with earth-shattering fire, and the Jinxuedi people have tasted great, and they must retreat in the face of difficulties. ”

"The sky-shaking fire is a peerless weapon, how can Brother Wang transport it to the south, it costs 40,000 inches of silver, and all that is burned is silver."

"Your Highness, let's do your best. If you can't convince the king to dispatch the earth-shaking fire, you can only hope that Baili Yanke will die thousands of miles away, otherwise there is no other way. ”

"I don't believe how he can come back 20,000 miles away. Go, tell Gu Chen, step up the infiltration of Yongxing City, these years have passed, and there has been no progress at all, let this palace explain to Brother Wang! ”

"Your Highness."

The rise of Yongxing City, so that Xianguo in just a few years by the power of a place, the national strength can be quickly restored, the financial almost reached the best period in 20 years, and even raised 300,000 soldiers, at the end of the year there is still a balance of gold, silver, grain and grass, which is not counting the income of Bailiyan, Xuantinghou, and Luhou.

After the death of King Ji Wei of Jin, the crown prince Ji Jun ascended the throne, and the Jin State imitated the new land policy of Yongxing City at the same time, secretly stepped up the secret plundering of Yongxing City, and after a large number of binoculars were listed, it became even more intensified, and collaborated with the eldest grandson to blackmail Xianguo, but with little effect, so far to no avail.

In mid-August, the Jinxuedi people built a number of water villages in the lower reaches of Lake Boglath, in the east-west waterway, in an attempt to block the coalition forces layer by layer, and after losing a large number of ships in July, the number increased to more than 500 in August.

Beginning with the confrontation period in June, the coalition forces recuperated and recuperated, successively captured and secretly dealt with more than 600 thieves from the Central Plains, and the population gradually recovered to 410,000, with the exception of women, children, craftsmen, the disabled, prisoners of war, and men who refused to join the army, the strength of the coalition army increased to 240,000, and the weapons were basically sufficient.

In May, Delangi and Chubigong actively opened up the wasteland and planted wheat and barley, with a scale of 110,000 mu, and received more than 40 days of rations in mid-September, which somewhat relieved the pressure on grain and grass.

However, the Jin Xuedi people were not idle, and in addition to the layers of fortifications in the upper reaches of the western waterway, they redeployed their forces. After several months of recovery and reorganization, its strength was restored to more than 800,000 men, which was a great headache for the coalition forces.

Although they are all new recruits and the quality of the battle is declining, the numerical superiority is still the biggest threat to the coalition forces, which undoubtedly confirms Bailiyan's prediction in March this year. Relying on the abundant human resources of their homeland, the Jinxuedi people constantly replenished new soldiers, and eventually exhausted the coalition army.

Of course, this was not without its drawbacks, and the economic pressure and anti-war sentiment caused by the mass killing and wounding of its personnel would further weaken its war potential and severely constrain its use of troops in the Sengaku Mountains, but it would not do much good to the coalition forces behind enemy lines.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, the sun moves from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere, and autumn is about to fall in the south, and the water level of the tidal flats of the Delangi Pass is gradually declining.

After much deliberation, in order to facilitate the battle, Su Fangyi decided to temporarily abandon Delangi and use the naval army to launch a large-scale military operation in the near future to break the deadlock.

While secretly transporting the women back to the valley at night, the coalition forces reinforced two earthen walls in the mountain pass at Derangi. Although it is necessary to give up for the time being in order to shrink the forces and defensive lines, the reinforcement of the earthen wall is still extremely necessary.

At the end of the campaign, the coalition forces can still land on the Derangi in a large way through the naval army, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to reoccupy it, and the remaining earthen wall will be repaired a little, which is an excellent defensive measure.

(End of chapter)