Not in a hurry to talk to Sikong Nan in detail, Bailiyan (Wei Xian) instructed Liu Zao and Yang Dun to stay in the department store for the time being, and hurried back to the mansion alone.

Things changed suddenly, I am afraid that Luo Songting did not expect that it was agreed not to expand the army for the time being, but now that King Qin's order has arrived, even if Guangxin Gong does not send troops to the south to King Qin, it is no longer possible.

When I arrived at the study, there were only Jiang Rong and Xu Han in the study, and everyone else was not there.

"His Royal Highness." Baili Yan bowed slightly and said, "Where is the lord?" ”

"My father and eldest brother went to the camp in the south of the city, and asked me to wait here, so I won't be back until later."

"Seongnam Daying?!"

Bailiyan was surprised, whether he didn't meet someone on the road to give the order, or Jiang Min deliberately didn't notify him.

While pondering, Jiang Rong said:

"Presumably Mr. Wei has heard about it, General Lu Ji was killed in battle, the 80,000 army was wiped out, the thief army of 500,000 is attacking Wuliao, and the King of Xian has issued an edict to King Qin, ordering all places to rush to King Qinling."

"Yes, I heard about it just now, so I rushed back to the mansion and waited for the summons of the lord."

Jiang Rong couldn't tell whether she was happy or worried on her face, or that when life reached a crossroads and saw that the goal was close at hand, many people would begin to be confused.

The thieves entered the capital county, for Guangxin Gong Jiang Min may be a golden opportunity, at this time, the army, is both the king of Qin, but also the palace, if you can repel the black turban army, Guangxin Gong's prestige will also be unmatched, at this time someone in the court proposed the Xianwang Zen position, opponents may not be full of confidence.

At this time, Jiang Rong said again:

"The thieves are fierce, I don't know if Mr. Wei has a strategy to break the enemy?"

Bai Liyan smiled bitterly:

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the county lord, if the 500,000 people are all village husbands, it would be easy to deal with, but now the thieves have fought fiercely for two months, and their combat strength is even more fierce than that day, and with the strength of the Xian army, I am afraid it will be difficult to parry.

Even the vast majority of the soldiers in the Xian army were poor tenants, and the Black Turban Army regarded itself as a providential and exempted tyranny, and once instigated by it, the Xian army would also mutiny. Sun Guo and the mandala are a lesson from the past. In the event of a mutiny by the Xian army in Chenling, the consequences may be unimaginable. ”

Jiang Rong's face suddenly darkened, and she said:

"How can the situation be so bad?!"

"Most of Lu Ji's army was a veteran of the Jiangdong War that year, and his combat strength was very good, more than 30,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 10,000 people still did not surrender.

In order to annihilate Lu Ji, the Black Turban Army concentrated more than 400,000 men and horses to attack in front and back, which was also afraid of the combat strength of the Xian Army. Now that Lu Ji has died in battle, tens of thousands of Xian troops have defected, and more than half of the Xian army's combat strength has been lost, how can we ensure that the conscripts will not repeat the mistakes of the mandala. ”

The most encouraging thing about the Black Turban Army is the spiritual sustenance of the cult, which is to ascend to heaven in battle and enjoy glory. And as long as there is oppression, there must be resistance. Under the instigation of cults, even people who are not oppressed at all can be clamoured to commit rebellion.

The soldiers of the army are all from the civilian class without exception, and it is the big soldiers instigated by the Black Turban Army, it is difficult to say that the new conscripts will not defect to the battle, let alone the menacing Black Turban Army.

The total strength of the Xianguo garrison, the county soldiers, and the private soldiers who were enshrined in various places will not exceed 200,000 after the death of Lu Ji in battle, and at least 300,000 conscripts need to be recruited in order to barely fight to the death in the field of the Black Turban Army. The Black Turban Army's attack on Xianguo is undoubtedly a brilliant move.

As for the Jin State, at this time, the main force of the Northern Army was still in Qiguo, and only transported hundreds of thousands of recruits with no combat experience to rush to the aid of Chenling, which was just a drop in the bucket in the war.

It would even be more cost-effective to sit and watch the tomb being broken, the Xian State is full of teeth, and the Jin State will be the state of the upper state, send troops to quell the rebellion, and openly annex the entire Xian State.

The suzerain's country is still like this, how can a big country such as Zhiguo and Changsun be the first bird, and fight to the death with the imposing black turban army, let the black turban army and the Xian country consume each other, and even involve the Jin State in it, and it is the best policy to take advantage of the fisherman.

It can be seen from this that the subtle relationship between the various forces in the Central Plains was extremely exquisite, and its grasp of the situation was extremely sophisticated, far from something that a few peasants could do.

Jiang Rong didn't understand military affairs, but she saw political affairs thoroughly, and when she learned that Bai Liyan thought like this, she became more and more pessimistic.

"If the tomb is broken, can Guangxin hold it?"

"It depends on how to defend it, if you guard Beihai County, with the population near Beihai, it should not be a problem to raise an army of 100,000. If you only keep the general trust, there is no possibility of self-protection. ”

Beihai County is located in the plains, there is almost no danger to defend, even if there are hills, it does not occupy the canal land, and it can be completely bypassed.

However, the cities of Beihai have a great advantage, the land is very large, the distance between the cities and between the counties is less than 50 or 60 miles, and the more than 100 miles, the infantry can reach it in one day, and the cavalry can only attack in two hours. The city is a horn between the city, and if you win, you will fight, and if you can't win, you will hide in the city, and you will retreat.

Although the Black Turban Army has a large number of troops, it is inevitable to divide troops to defend the capital and conquer the Lingling, and even return to Sun Guo to defend the old nest, and the strength of the attack on Beihai County is bound to decrease sharply. The Black Turban Army's grain and grass next year is also a problem, and it is impossible to blindly rely on plunder and external imports, and self-sufficiency is a real problem.

As long as the Jinling can hold out until the autumn, the main force of the Jin State will withdraw from the Qi State, even if the Lingling is lost, presumably the Jin army should come to pick up the bargain in winter. At that time, Guangxin would support the army and divide the feudal town, and the king of Liangxian would not have the face to accuse Guangxin of what the prince had done.

waited in the study until the end of the day, and Jiang Min and the others did not return to the house, but Jiang Rong's personal general Xu Han waited for Bailiyan with stunned eyes.

He doesn't talk much, and he speaks in a tone from beginning to end, he doesn't know what the tone is, and he doesn't know how Jiang Rong can tolerate such a family with him.

About a little later, the footsteps outside the study were clear, I thought it was Jiang Min, Jiang Rong went out to see that it was Luo Songting who came to the study alone, Jiang Rong asked in surprise:

"Mr. Luo, where is my father?"

Luo Songting gave a slight salute and said:

"Back to the county lord, the lord is busy with military affairs, I'm afraid he won't go back to the house tonight, presumably Wei Gongzi has arrived at the study at this time."

The words fell, and Bai Liyan stepped out of the study and gave a slight salute:

"Senior Luo, I don't know what the lord has to order?"

"There are some things that you must know, this time King Qin had to do it as a last resort, and the thief army was able to gather 500,000 troops in a short period of time, which is also a miscalculation."

"When is the lord going to go south to King Qin?"

"Three days later, three days later, he went south to King Qin. The lord ordered me to go back to the house and send an order to Yu Wei Gongzi, order all the people of the headquarters to be incorporated into the vanguard army, and follow the lord south to King Qin. ”

The war is imminent, Jiang Min and Luo Songting and others decided to expand the army and recruit troops after discussion, three days later, go south to Qinwang, the scale of the army is tentatively set at 30,000, Taishoufu will also recruit 10,000 county soldiers, 20,000 people will continue to stay in Guangxin to prepare for war, and the other 20,000 will be led by Jiang Min to go south to Qinwang.

"Mr. Luo, is my father going south too?" Jiang Rong frowned and asked anxiously.

Luo Songting nodded and said calmly:

"The lord and the prince will personally lead the army south, Yunfeng, Song Ping, and Xu Han left the town to guard Guangxin, and the burden on the shoulders of the county lord is not light. After the lord goes south, the county lord should take on the daily life of the government and must not slack off. ”

Jiang Rong's eyes flashed with tears, thinking that her father and brother were going to go out of the battle, what was the difference between her and the wives and daughters of millions of ordinary people at this moment.

At this time, Bai Liyan asked:

"Mr. Luo, can you allow me to go back to the deserted village first to arrange everything."

"The lord also has this intention, but he must assemble in the camp south of the city in three days, and if it is over, it should be dealt with according to the military order. In addition, Wei Gongzi knew why General Lü Ji was defeated. ”

As soon as Luo Songting asked, Bai Liyan only regarded him as a military test, and he replied:

"Don't you venture into the enemy?"

"Lu Ji is old-fashioned, and it is inevitably biased to say that he ventures into the enemy. It is rumored that Lu Ji's army will be defeated by the order of heaven. ”

"Heaven's will? Calling? ”

Luo Songting nodded, and Jiang Rong and Xu Han were shocked. At this time, Luo Songting said again:

"However, in my humble opinion, Lu Ji is very likely to have fallen for the unknown magic of the thief army, and then ventured into the enemy. Wei Gongzi is a pioneer this time, so he should be careful. ”

"No."

Jiang Min let himself be the vanguard, obviously worried about repeating Lu Ji's mistake and falling for the black turban army's witchcraft.

The so-called witchcraft, at least from a scientific point of view, is nothing more than a variety of natural phenomena that cannot be explained by the common sense of today's people, and when people are ignorant, they are born with the nature of fear of mutations, and people with ulterior motives take advantage of the fear caused by this natural phenomenon to launch a sneak attack, annihilating 80,000 people in Lu Ji's department in one fell swoop.

Ruo'an Luo Songting speculated that some of the Black Turban troops who invaded Xian regularly mastered a certain amount of natural common sense, and then used the knowledge that people were generally unaware of, causing the Lü Ji army to fall into chaos, causing great panic and taking the lead in disintegrating morale.

If this is the case, in the face of the 500,000 Black Turban Army that is overwhelming this time, if there are one or two more moves, it is difficult to ensure that the remnants of the main force of the Xian Army will not be shocked and attacked by the so-called witchcraft, and their morale will suddenly collapse.

It's not good, the main force of Sun Guo was defeated before, and this so-called "demon magic" should have been used.

At dusk, the department store was hastily closed, and Xiao Er, Liu Zao, Yang Dun, Sikong Nan and others rode back to the deserted village overnight.

There are now more than 2,000 people living in the deserted village, and in addition to the local homeless tenants and bandits who moved in in the early days to rescue the good people, they have successively resettled the displaced people who have fled the famine and taken refuge from other places in the past two months.

It is inevitable that there will be a mixture of fish and eyes among these people, and even it cannot be ruled out that there are the ears and eyes of the Black Turban Army, and screening them one by one can only make people panic, and the taxes of the deserted villages are extremely light, and since the suppression of bandits, they have obtained a large amount of gold, silver, and craftsmen, and the main source of funds for the deserted villages has gradually shifted from agriculture to handicrafts, industry and commerce.

In particular, the income from textiles, porcelain burning, oil extraction, metallurgy, etc., was quite abundant, enough to raise sufficient gold, silver and copper coins, and to buy a large amount of surplus grain from the peasants, and the meat expenses of poultry and livestock also greatly met the daily needs of the villagers.

Even if there are women in the family who work in spinning and textile workshops, they still have extra money every month for grain, oil and salt, and they can get cloth every quarter, and the life of the family is more than three grades higher than anywhere else, where can they expect more, let alone rebel.

People's hearts are exchanged for people's hearts, no one is a pariah who is born to rebel, if it is not for the fact that life cannot go on, why should the common people rebel with their heads.