Chapter 148 Monarchs and ministers are jealous
The battle between the Moyun Kingdom and the Jade Snow Country affected the attention of all parties in the world, so every move was transmitted everywhere at the fastest speed. And so far, the outcome of each battle has made the world feel unbelievable.
Many generals have been talking about the ghost king tactics the most, in fact, from the perspective of outsiders, it doesn't seem to be very clever, mostly surprises, fishing in troubled waters, capturing thieves and capturing the king first, etc., written in books, taught in schools, and often talked about storytellers in teahouses, ordinary people don't think it's unusual, but how can Yuxue, as the first military power, retreat again and again under such a strategy?
Mo Lingyu gathered his generals in the study to discuss the matter, and there was a battle report in his hand, which was the recent battle report of Laocheng and Huacheng.
A red-faced general said: "This ghost king is really evil, more than 100,000 troops let Yuxue's 500,000 troops fold in, this Yuxue doesn't know what she is thinking, the Jiang family and the Cao family are not vegetarians, I don't believe it, their two 400,000 troops are swarmed up, and they can't destroy these 100,000 people."
Mo Lingyu sighed: "You understand this truth, many people understand it, but Yuxue Guojun doesn't understand." The reason why the ghost king put Jiang Rui's array back intact was to let Yuxue Guojun have a pimple in the Jiang family's heart, so that Yuxue Guojun would not let the Jiang family make a move unless he had to. ”
Everyone nodded, in fact, what they were most afraid of as courtiers was the king's suspicion, even if you were loyal and powerful, but the king abandoned you, what could you do?
Mo Lingyu continued: "The ghost king has been playing a big game of chess from the beginning, and she also used a trick: the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. No matter how weak Mo Yun is, it will not let her take only 100,000 people to expedition to the powerful country Yuxue, she has been making Yuxue have an illusion that these 100,000 people are here to die, and he Yuxue can kill them as long as he moves casually, so they don't care, from the monarch to the generals, they all underestimate the enemy, thinking that she only has 100,000 people, and it is enough for you to dispatch 200,000, then use 400,000, 500,000. So at first, he thought that the ghost king did not dare to attack and was negligent, then he thought that he was strong and did not take them to heart, and then the queen thought that Mo would be defeated and did not send the most powerful force. And the ghost king relied on this kind of "light enemy" and "arrogance" to eat Yuxue step by step. ”
The red-faced general nodded again and again, slapped his thigh and said, "The ghost king has made such a move, it's too cunning."
Another general said: "Not only cunning, but also have enough courage, not everyone has the courage to rush into Yuxue, which has a million male soldiers, with 100,000 people." At least I wouldn't dare. ”
Mo Lingyu smiled and nodded, but he was very irritable in his heart, the ghost king is a fierce enemy, and now she is busy with Yuxue, which is a good opportunity for him to enter the army Moyun, but unfortunately, now that the emperor is in a coma, the battle for the throne is fierce, he can't get out, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity from now on.
The atmosphere in the Moyun court was solemn, and the ghost king's victories in Yuxue were like a loud slap in the face of the lord and faction again and again. But this did not make them shut up, but wrote to Qianzong again and again: victory is only temporary, it is a fluke, and it will definitely fail in the long run. Bai Ziyu and Qianzong and a few others were already tired of coping.
In the early court today, Yu Shangshu said as soon as he came up: "The treasury is empty, and there is no money, grain, and grass to supply the ghost king with troops, so please ask the ghost king to withdraw his troops."
Qianzong was so frightened that he jumped up from his chair, "How is it possible, it's only been two months." ”
Yu Shangshu said heavily: "Last year's flood, the treasury itself was not abundant, and the tax revenue was less than thirty percent. Now that the three countries are at war at the same time, the cost of grain, grass and military salaries has increased several times, and it is already very difficult to use it for two months. Now there is really nothing the minister can do. ”
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy, and all the ministers looked at Qianzong without speaking, and Qianzong sat down and thought for a while, and looked at Bai Ziyu.
Bai Ziyu also felt that it was tricky, but he knew that Yun Yuhong had a lot of money in her hands, and she had not been less in Shangshu recently, and the matter of grain and grass should be difficult for her. But knowing is knowing, thinking that it is an army of more than 100,000 people, and more than 100,000 mouths, it is impossible to say that you are not worried. Of course, the top priority is to deal with this Manchu army.
Bai Ziyu's face was still calm, and he said lightly: "There is no need for the emperor and the ministers to worry about this matter, the ghost king did not send anyone to urge food, so there is no need to worry, and it is mentioned in the ghost king's family book that she has won several battles and received a lot of grain and grass from Yuxue, and it will not be a problem to cope with it for a while."
"How long can you deal with it, if you can't defeat Yuxue before the grain and grass run out, then won't the result be the same?" Zhou University Shidao.
In fact, Zhou Dashi and Yu Shangshu have the same views on this matter of master and matter, they are not optimistic that the ghost king can win, and they don't want her to win. The ghost king brings them a deep sense of crisis, the ghost king is the pillar of the Qianzong, and the ghost king's power will be consolidated if he gains power. But they had gone too far in front of Qianzong before, and once the power of the Ghost King overpowered them, the fate of their families could be imagined. So the best result is that the ghost king collects his troops, the two countries negotiate peace, and everything returns to the way it was.
Although Bai Ziyu was angry in his heart, he still had to answer: "Doesn't Scholar Zhou want the Ghost King to win, how can you be sure that my country won't be able to win?"
"That Yuxue has an army of millions, and we are short of food and grass now, how can we win." Another minister said.
Bai Ziyu sighed, here it is again, such a scene will be repeated every day, and he can memorize it, but he can only repeat it again, and he can only repeat it until his Hong'er returns victoriously.
Yun Yuhong is also well aware of the situation in the DPRK and China. However, she can only leave all this to Bai Ziyu to deal with, what she has to do is to keep attacking the city and seizing the land until she takes Yuxue. Therefore, after a short repair of the army, she integrated the two armies of Huacheng and Laocheng and went to the city of Wangcheng.
Looking at the city, Hou Ye Cao regretted that his intestines were green, and the 100,000 army he had worked so hard to train was so ruined by these two bastards, why didn't he stop it at that time? And now he has the remaining 100,000 Cao family troops, he will not let go of anything, even if the fifth prince is the main general, but if you want to move his soldiers, you must ask for his consent. Of course, his actions made the five princes furious, and they hated him even more.
Wangcheng was reinforced by Cao Hou Ye, and Yun Yuhong didn't think that her tactics would work against a battlefield veteran like Cao Hou Ye. So she honestly set up her camp and fought seriously, as if everything was as usual, but was it really that normal?
There has been a lot of gossip in Qiongcheng in recent days, such as the miraculous flood in Huacheng, the proverb of a generation of worldly masters Tianshu Dao Chang who is destined to return, the strange news that 10,000 Moyun troops in Laocheng captured 30,000 Yuxue army captives, and the legend that eight children destroyed 50,000 Cao family troops. These all stimulated the sensitive spirit of Emperor Yuxue, especially the words of the Heavenly Death Yuxue, which had been spread, this was something that an emperor could not bear no matter what, but it was obvious that the originally powerful Yuxue had been retreating, which was also a fact. After Emperor Yuxue smashed the imperial study, he called Prime Minister Zhang Cheng and asked: "What's the matter with the five princes, 200,000 elite soldiers can't repel the ghost king, but they have failed one after another. What does he do. ”
Prime Minister Zhang Cheng bowed down and said: "The minister has heard about the reason for this incident, but I don't know if I should talk about it?"
"You know? What to say quickly. Emperor Yuxue said suspiciously. He felt that this matter was not simple, and there was indeed a problem.
Prime Minister Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "The 200,000 army has always been under the control of the Cao family, and the Marquis of Cao is listening to the Marquis Cao, and the five princes may not be able to command it." The last time the troops were divided between Huacheng and Laocheng, the five princes also said that it was inappropriate, but Marquis Cao thought very highly of himself, did not listen to persuasion, and insisted on going his own way, and in the end he would be defeated so ugly. ”
"Hou Ye Cao has always been modest, not like that kind of person, if he didn't listen to the dispatch of the five princes, why didn't he say it earlier?"
"The fifth prince thinks that Marquis Cao is a veteran, and maybe he has his own rules for doing things. In addition, now is the time to employ people, and such veterans still need to be more respectful. "Prime Minister Zhang Cheng said it well, but a prince is so afraid of an old minister, he can't say anywhere.
Emperor Yuxue is extremely angry, Marquis Cao usually looks honest, but he didn't expect to dare to use him, even the prince dared not to put it in his eyes, is there still him as an emperor in his eyes? Emperor Yuxue nodded and asked Prime Minister Zhang Cheng to step down, and sent someone to call Master Shangshuwu of the Ministry of War to come in.
Wangcheng, Cao Hou Ye and the Ghost King just fought a battle and retreated from the battlefield, this battle was just a temptation on both sides and did not do their best, and the result was not a winner, but Cao Hou Ye felt very tired, in the face of the five princes of yin and yang, he really wanted to return to the battlefield to fight with the ghost king again, and he didn't want to see this prince who didn't know how to pretend to understand, causing hundreds of thousands of troops to die and die.
Entering the hall, Hou Ye Cao was stunned, when did Lord Shangshuwu of the Ministry of War come?
The fifth prince sat on the upper seat, smiling gently, and when he saw Hou Ye Cao come in, he got up and said, "Hou Ye Cao has worked hard, please take a seat."
Hou Ye Cao's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly said: "The fifth prince is polite, but the old minister doesn't dare." How did Wu Shangshu come? ”
Wu Shangshu looked at Hou Ye Cao and sneered: "Hou Ye's battle is not beautiful, the 200,000 army can't take the 100,000 ghost king army for a long time, the saint is in a hurry, let me come to supervise the army to urge Hou Ye to win as soon as possible."
Hou Ye Cao was stunned for a moment, and a deeper sense of exhaustion hit him, he didn't know what the fifth prince said, but obviously he pushed everything onto him, and he didn't even have a chance to argue. The Holy Lord sent an overseer, that is, to urge him to fight quickly, but how did they know the power of the Ghost King and the Ghost King's army. Another person who doesn't know how to fight comes to point fingers, that is, he puts a shackle on him, making him even more restrained and unable to perform. The emperor didn't believe that these old ministers who had been with him for decades, but at the critical moment, the monarch and the ministers were jealous of each other, which made him feel sad, Yuxue was in danger!