Speaking of which, Chang'an City had relocated a large number of people because of Dong Zhuo before, and the population even exceeded 700,000 at its peak. Of course, it is naturally impossible for all of these 700,000 people to live in Chang'an City, and most of them are scattered in the cities and lis around Chang'an.

But now, Chang'an no longer has the prosperity it had at that time. First, Zhang Ning took the initiative to give Li Yi 500,000 people, and then because of various reasons such as harsh government and prices, a large number of people fled. Well...... Yesterday, Ma Chao took the initiative to drive away a group of people, which made the people in Chang'an City not even 50,000 now.

"What a Li thief! I really dare to mention it! Tens of thousands of people for a corpse?! He really wanted to come out! Why don't you say that you will use Chang'an City to return it?! Ma Chao gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, as if every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Ma Chao admitted that Huang Si had a lot of credit, and he was also very popular with the military. If he could, Ma Chao would also like to exchange his body back. But Li Yi's conditions are too outrageous, just a corpse, how can it be exchanged for tens of thousands of people?

On the side, Zhang Ning sat silently, but he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't mean to speak at all.

"Mother, what now? Erchen thought that Li Yi had no intention of returning General Huang's body at all. Seeing that Ma Chao didn't seem to have recovered from his anger, Wang Yi had no choice but to ask. However, judging from her tone, it was obvious that she was also very dissatisfied with Li Yi's request.

"Hmm......" Zhang Ning groaned when he heard this, and after a long while, he suddenly opened his mouth and muttered, "Then promise him......" When he said this, Zhang Ning looked at the outside of the palace through Ma Chao and the two of them, which was the east, where the Li military camp was located.

"What?!" Ma Chao looked at Zhang Ning in shock when he heard this, "Queen Mother, how can this be?!" Although General Huang has followed his mother for a long time and has made countless great contributions to his country, he has exchanged tens of thousands of people for ......" In the end, Ma Chao became a little stammered, because he really didn't understand why Zhang Ning would agree to such outrageous conditions.

"Why not?" Zhang Ning showed a smile without any smile when he heard this, "The hearts of those people are no longer with us, even if they stay, they will already find an opportunity to escape to Li Zikang's side, and they may even drag our army back when our army is fighting with Li Jun." ”

"Besides, they are basically people with a solid family, although I promised to send them to Li Zikang's side, but I didn't promise to send them with their family wealth......" Zhang Ning said lightly, "In this way, the money obtained can be used to reward the soldiers, and I believe it will definitely be able to revive the morale of the army." ”

"But ......" Ma Chao looked at Zhang Ning with his mouth open, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Although Zhang Ning's words didn't sound like a problem, he always felt that things shouldn't be like this.

"What does the queen mother already have?" Wang Yi asked with a hint of expectation.

"Clever plan? What is the best way to do this in such a situation? Li Yi has already laid out the carriage and horses, and I believe that no matter what action our army makes, he will steadily expand his own advantages little by little. Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed when he heard this.

Even if Li Yi just showed a hint of eagerness or attitude, Zhang Ning would try his best to turn the tables. But now, Li Yi's strategy of clearly fighting with the Taiping Army for attrition and fighting for soldiers' combat effectiveness made Zhang Ning feel a strong sense of powerlessness. After all, no matter how much the Taiping Army has troops and food stocks, it will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

"Then ......" Wang looked at Zhang Ning in surprise when he heard this, his eyes full of incomprehension. She thought that Zhang Ning had other plans to say this, after all, Zhang Ning's reason just now was actually quite far-fetched.

However, Zhang Ning didn't seem to have any intention of explaining, so he just stood up and instructed a palace maid not far away, "You go and bring two pots of wine in the palace, you want the best one!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Ma Chao and Wang Yi and chuckled, "You go and prepare, I will personally visit Li Zikang and discuss with him about the affairs of tens of thousands of people." ”

"What?!" When Ma Chao and Wang heard this, they were immediately stunned.

"The Queen Mother! For example, today everyone regards the queen mother as a demon girl, the bane of the chaos in the world! If the queen mother goes to the enemy camp to see that Li Yi, isn't it a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?! Ma Chao took Zhang Ning's hand and anxiously persuaded.

It's just that Wang Yi on the side didn't speak, she just looked at Zhang Ning in disbelief, as if she was guessing Zhang Ning's purpose for doing this.

"Don't worry, if the two countries are at war, then Li Zikang's name of benevolence and righteousness is known to the world, will it embarrass me as a woman?" Zhang Ning chuckled and said, "And there are some things that I want to talk to Li Zikang about in person." ”

"What's the matter? Can't you send someone? Even if the matter that the queen mother wants to discuss is a confidential matter, she can write a letter and send it to the dead man! Ma Chao hurriedly asked when he heard this, his expression was anxious and sweating profusely, obviously Zhang Ning's sudden idea made him completely panicked.

It's a pity that in the face of Ma Chao's questioning, Zhang Ning still didn't mean to explain, just pulled out his hand and looked at the two of them and said lightly, "I have made up my mind!" Meng Qi doesn't need to say much! ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the palace maid who was still standing in place and said coldly, "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Hurry up and get ready! ”

Hearing this, the palace maid hurriedly responded and ran out of the palace in a panic. And at this moment, Ma Chao's voice sounded again, "I don't agree!" I absolutely disagree! It's so messy! ”

"That's it! I've decided! Or are you going to disobey me?! Zhang Ning looked at Ma Chao and said undoubtedly, and in the end, his tone was already with a hint of coldness.

"Erchen didn't dare to ...... It's just that...... It's just ......" Hearing this, Ma Chao shook his head in a panic, watching Zhang Ning's lips move slightly, as if he wanted to say something more, but looking at Zhang Ning's cold expression, he couldn't say a word.

At this time, Wang Yi asked again, "The queen mother will have such a decision, it must be the queen mother's own thoughts." It's just that this matter is too dangerous, and I don't know if I can tell my son's mother the purpose. Otherwise, the sons and daughters are really ...... I really don't know what to do! In the end, Wang Yi's tone already carried a hint of pleading.

Zhang Ning can be said to be like a parent to her, and at the same time, Wang Yi is also very aware of Ma Chao's dependence on Zhang Ning, and understands the importance of Zhang Ning to the Taiping Army! Even if she is only the queen mother, and Ma Chao is the emperor. But once Zhang Ning had any accidents, Wang Yi didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.

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