Qianyi.

Feng Rong's Tanma had already come to the city, and Yingkang and all the people in Qianyi knew that winter was coming, and the Qin people's storm was coming.

As soon as Feng Rong's team left, Yingzhao, Zhao Boyu and others came to Yingkang's mansion.

"Lord Sima, Feng Rong's team has already gone south, what should we do?" Yingzhao asked.

"What can we do today? Just fight them. Without waiting for Yingkang to speak, Zhao Boyu said very directly.

Beat?

After listening to Zhao Boyu's words, Ying Kang raised his head and looked at him, "In your opinion, can we deal with Feng Rong with more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Qianyi City at this moment?" ”

Originally, the Qin people brought about 1,000 soldiers and horses from Inuqiu, plus the people of Sanguo who stayed behind when building the city, adding up to a total of 12,300 people. Use this bit of soldiers and horses to deal with Feng Rong's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

No need to fight, everyone knows the outcome.

What's more, this time Feng Rong is preparing to go south and stay for a long time, even if people don't fight, just use tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to besiege Qianyi for a few months, and the Qin people's city will be self-defeating.

Facing Yingkang's questioning, Zhao Boyu was stunned and said: "If we want to fight alone, of course we can't beat Fengrong, but we have the protection of the city, and Rong Di is not good at siege warfare, I believe we will be able to win." When Rong Di attacked Inuqiu City, weren't we still able to achieve victory? ”

After listening to Zhao Boyu's words, Ying Kang said lightly: "At the beginning, we had 3,000 soldiers and horses, and we were able to cooperate internally and externally, plus we all worked together to make suggestions, and finally reluctantly made Feng Rong withdraw from Inuqiu. It can't be said that it is really a victory, it can only be said that people will no longer attack us. ”

Then Yingkang said: "Bo Yuan, third brother, the situation we are facing today is not as good as it was at the beginning. At present, the Qianyi we are defending is a lonely city, and there is no other city within a radius of 100 miles except Qianyi. Besides, apart from our Qin people's more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, there is no one around who can pick us up. We have to be prepared. ”

"Even if there is no one to answer us, but we still have Qianyi City in our hands, I don't believe that he Feng Rong can conquer our city." Zhao Boyuan said disdainfully.

"Hmph---" Ying Kang smiled faintly and said: "If I were Fengrong, I would never send troops to attack Qianyi, I just need to surround it without fighting, and after three months, Qianyi will be self-defeating." ”

Surround but not fight?

When Zhao Boyuan heard this, he immediately felt a chill in his front and back.

Oh, yes!

Feng Rong went south, originally regarded this place as his base, why did he send troops to attack Qianyi? As long as you send troops to besiege Qianyi, it's fine.

Besides, Qianyi was originally a newly built city, and the food and various reserves in the city were very scarce, and if there was no outside support, it would be difficult to support it for three months or a month.

"This?" Zhao Boyu was speechless, and he didn't know how to answer Yingkang's question at the moment, "Feng Rong won't be so smart, right?" ”

After saying this, Zhao Boyu himself felt a little funny, and Yingzhao laughed after hearing it: "Boyu, Boyu, you can't help but think of Feng Rong simply, can't an army of tens of thousands of people think of a simple strategy that can no longer be simply besieged without attacking." You know, when they go south, they want to make this place their pasture. At that time, people will be the masters here, there will be plenty of food, and the cattle and sheep will be abundant, and they will slowly follow us. ”

"So what can I do? It's not easy to have another city in Guanzhong, is it really going to be lost? "Now Zhao Boyu is indeed a little panicked, he is not afraid of war, but he is most afraid of the kind of consumption that is not in a hurry or slow, although the war has not yet been fought, but from the perspective of the development trend, I am afraid it will be consumed for a long time. In the end, the city will definitely not be able to be saved.

"Who says we're going to lose the city?" Ying Kang listened and said, "Since I proposed to develop eastward, of course, I must protect this city well and use it as a base for the Qin people to advance eastward in the future." I never said I was going to lose the city. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Boyu knew that Yingkang had already paid attention, so he asked happily: "So you have an idea?" ”

"Uh-huh---"

"Say it, let's listen together." Zhao Boyu said happily: "I won't tell you, I don't want to lose this city." Who wants to lose the city that was built with great difficulty? ”

"My thinking is this, if we want to keep this city on the land of Longchuan, in addition to our own soldiers and horses fighting to protect the city, we must also rely on the surrounding countries. In other words, when Phongjung attacks, we will seek a country that can support us. ”

"Yes, fifth brother, you are right, judging from the current situation, Inuqiu is too far away from us, and when the enemy attacks us, even if he has the heart, he will not be able to support us from such a distance. It seems that it will also have to rely on the surrounding countries. Yingzhao said.

"Then, in the opinion of the third brother, among the surrounding countries, which country should we seek to echo with us from afar?" Since Ying Zhao also agreed to Ying Kang's suggestion to seek support, Ying Kang asked Ying Zhao Dao.

Ying Zhao thought for a while and said, "If you want to seek support in Guanzhong, I think we should first choose the royal family as our foreign aid." After all, are the Qin people also subjects of the royal family? In addition, there is a precedent for the royal family to support us, so I think we should first seek the support of the royal family. ”

Royal support?

Ying Kang shook his head slightly after hearing this, "In the past, the royal family was able to support us, but this time I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

Ying Zhao looked at Ying Kang suspiciously, "Fifth brother means that the royal family will not support us?" Why? ”

"There are two reasons, one is that we built Qianyi in Longchuan without the consent of the royal family, and many ministers will definitely use this to speak ill of us Qin people in front of the Son of Heaven, making it difficult for the Son of Heaven to make a decision for a while. This second, in view of the lesson of the last time, this time Feng Rong has long been prepared for the royal family, even if the royal family wants to send troops to rescue us, it will definitely be blocked by Feng Rong, and in the end it will be in vain. ”

"Hey---" After listening to Yingkang's analysis, Yingzhao let out a long sigh and said: "If there is no support from the royal family, which of the surrounding countries in this Guanzhong still has the strength to support us?" Can we still wait for the scattered countries to send troops to rescue us at a critical time? ”

"Don't count on the scattered country, once Feng Rong calls, they will not be able to protect themselves, maybe they will be scared long ago, where is the strength to rescue us?" Hearing this, Zhao Boyu said angrily, "If you weren't frightened by Rong Di, how could you invite us to help them garrison the northern border?" ”

Although they occupied other people's places, Zhao Boyu and others still looked down on the country of Sanguo from their bones.

Since the royal family can't come to support, and the scattered countries don't have the strength to help the Qin people, is there really only a dead end for these thousands of Qin people to come to Guanzhong?

Ying Kang thought about it and said to Ying Zhao and Zhao Boyuan: "In fact, there is a country that can help us at a critical time. ”

Yes?

At this time, there is still a country that has the strength to help the Qin people?

Ying Zhao and Zhao Boyu both looked at Ying Kang with wide eyes, "Which country?" ”

"The Kingdom of Qiu." Ying Kang said firmly.