"I know." Ye Xuemei rejoined the two halves of the pearl that had been split before, and the gap was slightly invisible, "That person just understood the difficulty, so he used the pearl to send a message and asked me to find a way." ”

Rong Xiang pouted and said: "This is a way, it is clearly difficult for a strong man." ”

Ye Xuemei didn't say anything, she took the brocade box that was sitting next to her hand, and there was a pair of white jade luan pattern pendants with excellent texture carving, and she handed them over to the prisoner, "You go to the palace and give this to Manager Cai, just say that I congratulate the prince on his great joy." ”

"Princess, the princess's wedding, you are already very sad, why do you want to give another gift?" Rong Xiang was very dissatisfied, she accompanied the princess to buy this pair of Luan Wenpei, and the price was very expensive. I thought it was the princess herself, but I didn't expect it to be given to Gongliangyu.

"No matter what, marrying is a great joy, and I have been taken care of by the prince for so long, how can I not say anything at all." With that, she said to the prisoner, "Go quickly! In addition, if you have the opportunity to meet King Mu, try to ask about the loss of Minyang Valley to see if he knows. ”

The prisoner agreed, and left with the brocade box in his hand. When he arrived at the palace, he was just in time for the newcomer to salute. Looking at the righteous words of the husband and wife worshipping from afar, he couldn't help but feel sad. Although I didn't like Ye Xuemei very much before, I have been in contact with her for so long and know her affection for the prince. I thought they would be a couple, but I don't know......

"Prisoner, why are you here?" Cai He's voice woke up the prisoner, he suppressed his thoughts, and handed over the brocade box in his hand, "This is the princess's wedding gift to the prince, I wish him and the two princesses a hundred years of happiness." ”

"The princess has a heart." Cai He took it in his hand and said with concern: "Is the princess still used to living after she moved over?" What's missing? ”

"It's a habit, and it's not lacking anything."

"That's good, if there is anything less, just tell me, the prince has explained, although the princess moved out of the palace, the palace is still responsible for all expenses."

"I see." After speaking, the prisoner noticed that the newlyweds in the main hall had already finished their salutes and sent them to the cave room. At the same time, Gong Liangrongruo, who was the officiant, did not return to the palace, but went to the side hall with the king of Pingyang, the household department, and the military department.

After leaving Cai He, the prisoner quietly came to Gongliang Yanqing's side, and when he asked about the loss of Minyang Valley, Gongliang Yanqing was full of surprise. Then he pulled the prisoner to a secluded place and said eagerly, "Where did you get this news?" ”

After listening to the prisoner tell what happened, Gongliang Yanqing suddenly said: "After I said how to salute, His Majesty immediately summoned the King of Pingyang and them to the side hall. Something so big happened. ”

"So, the Seven Kings don't know about Minyang Valley either?"

Gongliang Yanqing frowned and shook his head, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known that such a big thing had happened in Minyang Valley." In the military report sent two days ago, Minyang Valley was fine, why did it suddenly fall away? ”

"So what now?"

Gongliang Yanqing rolled his eyes and said softly: "You come with me!" ”

In the side hall, the king of Pingyang arched his hand and said: "I don't know what Your Majesty has to call the ministers here, what are your orders?" ”

"See for yourself." Gongliang Rongruo took out the bloodstained military information fold from his sleeve, and King Pingyang hurriedly took it with both hands. After seeing it, he handed it over to the other two important ministers. After all three of them finished reading it, their faces changed color.

Hubu Shangshu said in a deep voice: "It seems that Wu Guo must have made sufficient preparations for this attack. ”

"Zheng Qing, how much silver is stored in the household now, and how much grain is stored?"

When Zheng Yuan heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury now has 30 million taels of silver and about 10,000 stones. ”

His answer made Gongliang Rongruo's brows furrow tighter and tighter, "Why is there only 10,000 stones so little?" ”

"If you go back to Your Majesty, most of the grain and grass are stored in the official warehouses in various places, and if you want to use it, you need to transfer it from all over the country. Taken together, it is about 70,000 stones. ”

"How long does it take to get around?"

"Need ...... Need to ......" Zheng Yuan said hesitantly: "About a month." ”

"What?" Gongliang Rongruo slapped the red sandalwood hard, and said coldly: "Wu Guo is about to fight, but you said that it will take another month." Do you think that Minyang Valley can be held for another month, or do you think that Wu Guo can delay for a month before attacking? ”

Seeing that he was angry, Zheng Yuan hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty is angry, minister...... If you think about it again, you should ...... It can be shortened by a few more days. ”

Gongliang Rongruo snorted coldly, and turned his eyes to look at Meng Tang, the secretary of the military department, "How is Meng Qing here?" ”

Meng Tang said: "Your Majesty, within ten days, you can gather about 80,000 soldiers, plus the military defense camp outside the city, there are almost 180,000. It should be able to withstand Wu's early attack, giving us enough time to continue to deploy troops. But ......" he glanced at Zheng Yuan and said unceremoniously: "But all this needs to be supported by enough grain and grass, otherwise you will have to wait for a month as Zheng Shangshu said." ”

His words made Gongliang Rongruo more and more dissatisfied with Zheng Yuan, "Within ten days, we must send troops!" ”

Zheng Yuan didn't dare to speak out with a bitter face, it takes time to transmit the message, and it takes even more time to deliver it, even if he peels off his skin, it is impossible to raise enough food and grass in just ten days.

The king of Pingyang pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, from Kaifeng to Minyang Valley, you will pass through several large state capitals along the way, so you might as well let the soldiers take food from there." It may not be much, but it can last a while. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yuan hurriedly said: "What the King of Pingyang said is very true, the minister remembers that there are granaries in Baoding and Heyang, and they add up to almost 5,000 stones. ”

After thinking about it in his heart for a moment, Meng Tang said, "180,000 soldiers, plus the people who are responsible for transporting grain, 15,000 stones can't last long. ”

Zheng Yuan was afraid that Gongliang Rong would blame him, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister will transfer grain from the nearby state capital and transport it as soon as possible before the grain and grass are interrupted." ”

"As soon as possible?" Gongliang Rongruo said indifferently: "Are you perfunctory? ”

"Don't dare!" Zheng Yuan's voice fell, and Gong Liangrong said coldly: "Do you know how much impact it will have on morale once the grain and grass are cut off?" We don't have to fight with the Wu army, we will be defeated first. When Wu Guojun hits outside Kaifeng City, can you afford this responsibility? ”

Zheng Yuan was so frightened that he didn't know how to answer, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from outside, "Who?" ”

With a rush of footsteps, as well as a faint sound of fists and feet, Gongliang Rongruo glanced at Xiao Shunzi, and he walked out knowingly. After a while, he returned to the side hall and whispered a few words in Gongliang Rongruo's ear, only to see Gongliang Rongruo said in surprise: "Seventh? ”