"There's nothing that can't be counted. You came here early in the morning, there must be something urgent, apart from Baili Xi's march, what urgent matter can make you refuse Fang Quan's challenge and rush home to come back? ”

Li Gengyun held his head, and then sighed: "Hey, Ah Jin, why don't you let me rest first?" ”

"Brother Yun, are you still resting? Everyone else is going to hit the door! ”

"It's just that tens of thousands of Northern Yuan soldiers are at the Luomapo Ferry, what are you nervous about? Baili Xi will not do anything to Xiangzhou! ”

"This ...... You guessed it too?! ”

He Jin was surprised to find that Li Gengyun had already guessed everything he was nervous about, and he didn't look nervous at all, as if he had known all this before.

"Brother Yun, did you say that Baili Xi wouldn't do anything to Xiangzhou? But Guo Junshi has now hurried to the army, and the general has also come. The queen also knew the news, and the edict of the whole state to prepare for war would soon come down. Brother Yun, what do you think I should do? ”

He Jin also learned that Guo Feng and Fang Tong had rushed to the army, and at the same time learned from Guo Feng that he had written to the queen and prepared for war in Quanzhou.

"It's okay, it's okay! I said that a month is free time, and I have calculated the speed of Baili Xi to the fastest. Ah, on such a cold day, of course you have to go back to sleep! ”

Saying that, Li Gengyun lay down on the bed, and then said casually: "Ah Jin, you will continue to return to the army and continue to compete with Fang Quan." Don't disturb my rest, close the door when you go. ”

"Well, well! Brother Yun, you really sit back and relax, forget it, I'm leaving! You go back to sleep! ”

As soon as He Jin walked on the front foot, Zhao Ziyi broke in again, and then said loudly to him: "Mr. Li! Baili Xi has already taken Lizhou! The queen ordered me to invite you to the palace to discuss matters! ”

"Here we go again, don't go! You tell the queen that there is nothing wrong with Xiangzhou! ”

"Xiangzhou is really fine?!"

It was not Zhao Ziyi who spoke at this time, but Bai Luojun, after she came to Xiangzhou, Li Gengyun originally wanted to give her the position of Princess Taiping, but Bai Luojun refused, so Zhao Zhen arranged a mansion for Bai Luojun and let her live alone. Li Gengyun and Bai Luojun's residences are far apart, one in the south and the other in the north, and people with good foot strength have to come and go for half an hour.

Bai Luojun rushed over at this time, and also learned the news that Baili Xi had taken Lizhou, and at the same time, she already knew about the landing of the troops at the Mapo Ferry. So she also hurried over to ask Li Gengyun what to do next.

As a result, I didn't expect to meet He Jin, who was leaving, on the road, and learned that Li Gengyun had a hangover last night and didn't wake up, and he had just looked for him, and he heard what he said that Xiangzhou was fine. At this time, Bai Luojun personally stepped forward to ask, and happened to meet Zhao Ziyi and Li Gengyun talking again, and the answer he got was still that Xiangzhou was fine.

"Hey, don't you believe me!"

Li Gengyun still has a headache at this time, he really drank too much wine yesterday, and now he came to ask him the same thing one by one, and his head was even bigger.

"Baili Xi is in a hurry to go down to Lizhou and draw out a large number of troops, then Dongzhou and Sizhou, the Northern Yuan side will definitely encounter pressure, plus Chaozhou is still under the Great Song Dynasty, Baili Xi wants to take the Central Plains region before winter, and it is impossible to continue to use troops in the south. So, these questions you ask are all in vain. ”

"Do you know how many soldiers of Baili Xitun are at the Luomapo Ferry?"

"I heard the queen say it's 100,000!"

"That's true, I learned from Ah Import that the 100,000 troops of Baili Xi are stationed at the Luomapo Ferry."

Zhao Ziyi and Bai Luojun's answer to him was the same, Baili Xi left 100,000 troops at the Luomapo Ferry, which was all the troops that Baili Xi brought to Lizhou.

"Hahaha! You can divide his strength by ten, and at most there will be 10,000 troops! ”

"Ten thousand? How is it possible, listening to the report of the spies, the Luomapo ferry is waving the flag, and there is a steady stream of grain and grass from Xianyang Pass to Luomapo every day. You say they only have an army of 10,000, so why do they want to transport grain and grass to where? ”

Zhao Ziyi looked at Li Gengyun suspiciously and asked, "Also, I heard that Baili Xi is still presiding over the overall situation at the Luomapo Ferry!" ”

"Huh!"

Li Gengyun shook his head helplessly, lay on the bed and continued: "It's about to be winter!" From Xianyangguan to Xima City, it is one of the important production areas of grain and grass in Lizhou. The other place is Yangcheng. When I was in Xianyang Pass, I killed the 50,000 Northern Yuan army, and all the grain and grass in Xianyang Pass were emptied. Moreover, at the time of the autumn harvest in Xima City, it happened to meet Qian Yuan's Yuan army, and the two sides fought a battle, and as a result, all the grain and grass were burned out. Only the grain and grass in Yangcheng are still intact. ”

"Even if the people of Yangcheng don't eat or drink, all their grain and grass are only enough for an army of 100,000 for a month. You said that the grain and grass were transported from Xianyang Pass to Luomapo? Either it is the illusion created by Baili Xi, or our spies are spies of the Northern Yuan. Therefore, I expected that the army left by Baili Xi at the Luomapo Ferry was no more than 10,000 at most. He wanted to use the illusion to mobilize Xiangzhou's armaments, and at the same time put pressure on us not to act rashly. ”

Li Gengyun's analysis is based on evidence, if Baili Xi really left an army of 100,000, then how huge the daily consumption of grain and grass by the army is, not to mention that the military food requirements of the Northern Yuan soldiers are very different from those of the Song army, and the Northern Yuan soldiers like to drink wine and eat meat, so in addition to grain and grass, those animal water and wine are all necessary for daily life. In this way, there is an army of 100,000 people, and the amount of grain and grass that needs to be consumed every day is simply astronomical.

The grain and grass in Xianyang Pass had already been emptied by Song Qing and them, and the grain and grass in Xima City were all burned down when Lin Bei fought Gusuteng at the beginning. Relying on the grain and grass of Yangcheng alone, it is impossible to support such a large supply of grain and grass. 、

Bailixi's practice is to easlate people's eyes and ears, and send soldiers to leave the Luomapo Ferry every night with empty sacks and wheelbarrows, so that those soldiers can fill the grain and grass sacks no matter what method they use, and transport them to the Luomapo Ferry every morning, so that it seems that there is grain and grass transported to the Luomapo every day, and it can also give people a false impression, it looks like there are really 100,000 troops stationed at the Luomapo Ferry, and there is enough grain and grass.

"Also, it is impossible for Baili Xi to be in Luomapo now! The war in Dongzhou was tight, and Yeluqi's strategic plan was to capture a city and slaughter the people. Just by virtue of him, it will also stimulate the anti-Yuan enthusiasm of the people, and it cannot be so smooth. As for Sizhou and Chaozhou, I don't know who Baili Xi left, but he must have made arrangements. According to his strategy, he wanted to take the Central Plains before winter, so that the Northern Yuan could achieve the first step of dominating the world! ”

(End of chapter)