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Empress Tao held back her anger and returned to Weiyang Palace in silence.

Up and down the Weiyang Palace, all the palace people did not dare to gasp, for fear of becoming an unlucky ghost who was angry.

Even the most sluggish person can feel a storm of tension.

After a long time, Empress Tao finally broke the silence, "What about the Third Highness?" Why didn't you see him? ”

Young Eunuch Mei hurriedly replied: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the Third Highness will still be in Xingqing Palace." ”

Empress Tao was surprised, "Didn't Your Majesty drive him away?" ”

Young Eunuch Mei hesitated for a moment before saying, "His Royal Highness didn't enter the palace, so His Majesty didn't drive him away and acquiesced in him staying in the side hall. ”

When Queen Tao heard this, she sneered.

"In the past, Hongu always thought that Saburo was still young, had not experienced anything, and did not understand the dangers of the world. All things, dirty things, ugly things, this palace does it for him. He just needs to be a wise and motivated prince.

As everyone knows, he has grown up a long time ago, although he has not experienced many things, he has seen and heard them, he knows how to deal with them, and he also knows how to seize opportunities. In the final analysis, it was the fault of Bengong, who always treated him as a child, but forgot that Bengong had long been in charge at his age. Hey......"

The queen sighed, quite unpleasant.

A little lost, a little melancholy.

The baby son who cares for him in the palm of his hand has grown up, not only is he quite assertive, but he has also learned to seize opportunities and know how to make trade-offs.

She has always overlooked one point, Saburo is already a mature prince who can take charge of himself.

She laughed at herself, "Just let him stay in Xingqing Palace and be close to His Majesty." Go and invite Liu Baoping, the concubine, and ask him if the palace has something to ask. ”

"No!"

Young Eunuch Mei bowed down to receive the order, and quickly sent someone out of the palace to invite Liu Baoping.

……

Xirong invaded south, and Liu Baoping got the news before anyone else.

After all, his father is the Liangzhou Thorn Shi, and his brother is the general of Liangzhou.

The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou are all controlled by the Liu family.

Xirong went south, and naturally couldn't escape the eyes of the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou.

Knowing that Empress Tao invited him into the palace, he knew in his heart that the news of Xirong's southward movement must have been sent to the palace.

He was dressed neatly and rushed to Weiyang Palace as soon as possible.

Seeing Queen Tao, he bowed and saluted, "Wechen has seen the queen's mother, and the queen's mother is healthy." ”

He called himself a courtier, not a son-in-law and a mother-in-law.

The palace has always been like this.

Only the monarch and the minister are respectful and inferior, and there is no blood relationship or in-law relationship.

Empress Tao motioned for him to sit down and speak, and then got straight to the point, "Xirong went south, burning, killing and looting, and it was extremely ferocious. Is there a way for the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou to drive Xirong out of the pass? Can the soldiers and horses of Xijon be stopped from continuing southward? ”

Sure enough, it was for the south of Xirong.

Liu Baoping, the concubine, straightened his back and said solemnly: "Queen Qiyu, Xirong went south this time, and deliberately chose to take the moment when the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou were ordered to quell the chaos, and avoided the various passes of the Liangzhou territory, and took the Fengkou Pass with the weakest defense between Liangzhou and Youzhou, and drove straight in.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou had begun to retreat and pursue, but whether they could catch up and whether they could drive Xirong out of the pass depended on whether Hou Yan of Guangning could cooperate well in the battle. ”

Empress Tao frowned, "You mean, the Hou Yan of Guangning will not cooperate with the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou?" ”

Liu Baoping, the concubine, flatly denied it, "Niangniang misunderstood, Weichen didn't mean that." The Marquis of Guangning Yan has limited troops and horses in his hands, and he has to disperse his forces to quell the rebellious people and thieves, perhaps the Marquis of Guangning is not so effective in resisting Xirong.

The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou wanted to catch up with Xirong, and the soldiers and horses of Hou Yan of Guangning had to hold back the soldiers and horses of Xirong for at least a month. One month, I am afraid that it will make Hou Yan of Guangning feel a lot of pressure to defend the war. Of course, if he can afford to lose a lot, anything is possible. ”

Empress Tao narrowed her eyes slightly.

She understood the meaning of Liu Baoping's words.

Yan Shouzhan has the ability to drag down the soldiers and horses of Xirong, wait for the arrival of the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, and the two sides will encircle and suppress Xirong together.

The premise is that Yan Shou has to pay a huge price for the war.

The cost of losing soldiers and losing more than 50 percent of the battle casualties is terrifyingly high.

The price of fifty percent of the soldiers and horses is equivalent to directly crippling the army defending Yan.

Fifty percent of the soldiers and horses have been lost, and it seems that there are still fifty percent of the soldiers and horses left, but the combat effectiveness of the army is probably less than one percent.

Why?

Because of the loss of fifty percent of the soldiers and horses, the direct consequence is that the confidence of the army is lost.

Fear, panic, looms over everyone's heart.

There was pessimism and despair on everyone's face.

An army without confidence, an army of despair, how can it be combative?

Normally, an army's battle losses reach 30%, which is equivalent to standing on the edge of the precipice of rout, and the army may mutiniate and be defeated at any time.

A hundred enemy troops can run a hundred miles after a defeated army of thousands of men.

It is impossible to let Yan Shouzhan pay the price of fifty percent of the battle losses and drag down Xirong's soldiers and horses.

He's not so fearless, and he's not so high-spirited.

If it is forced by the holy decree, Yan Shouzhan will definitely disobey the yin and yang, and listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

He would rather watch the soldiers and horses of Xijon leave from under his nose, and would not choose to send troops.

Because he wants to preserve his strength.

Xirong went south, the pot was in Liangzhou, in the imperial court, and in God......

The drought of last year was a whole year, regardless of land and national borders.

The Great Wei Dynasty had a difficult time, and the grassland tribes had an equally difficult time.

No one should try to survive alone.

In short, the pot is not in the Yan Shouzhan.

Yan Shouzhan will definitely not take the responsibility of the Liangzhou Assassin on himself.

Even if the two families are in-laws, Yan Yun married Liu Baozhu together, and Yan Shouzhan would not change any decision.

Empress Tao frowned and asked, "According to your intentions, there is no way to deal with Xirong?" Could it be that he watched Xijon go south and go straight to the capital? ”

Liu Bao hesitated, and said after a long time: "Is there another way?" ”

"What's the solution?"

"Let the Northern Army prepare to go out of Beijing to face the battle."

The local garrison is by no means the opponent of Xirong's soldiers and horses.

The only thing that can really hold down the soldiers and horses of Xijon and drive them out is the army of size.

For example, Liangzhou soldiers and horses, such as Youzhou soldiers and horses of Yan Shouzhan......

The soldiers and horses of the local government are not enough to give away people's heads.

Of course, troops and horses can also be mobilized from other places to resist Xirong.

The premise is that it is in time.

The closest to the closest, the ones who dealt with Xirong the most were the Liangzhou soldiers and horses, followed by the Youzhou soldiers and horses under Yan Shouzhan.

The Northern Army is a special existence.

It was the premier iron army of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The northern army is dispatched to meet the battle, and it will definitely be able to compete with the soldiers and horses of Xirong.

But......

Empress Tao shook her head slightly, "The southern army left Beijing to quell the chaos, and the northern army was stationed in the capital to defend the palace. If the Northern Army is sent out to meet Xirong, who will guard the capital? The huge capital can't be defended by Jin Wuwei alone. ”

Liu Baoping, the concubine, said: "Without the Northern Army, there are still two guards on the left and right in the capital. The total number of soldiers and horses of the two guards is about 20,000 people, which is enough to defend the palace and garrison the capital. ”

Empress Tao sneered, "The left and right guards are negligent in training, and their combat effectiveness is only worthy of bullying the small people in the market, and letting them defend the palace is simply a big joke in the world." ”

The two guards on the left and right are the two soldiers and horses that are ignored by everyone.

Because the left and right guards are fighting too much.

The reason why these two guards are still retained is that one is the ancestral rules, and the other is to solve the employment problem.

You have to find a place for young people to eat!

When I went to the left and right guards to serve as a soldier, I could finally solve the problem of three meals a day and two sets of clothes a year.

If the year is good, there will be three percent of it.

In Jingchengjing, it is not easy for young men to find jobs, employment pressure is high, and they eat a lot. If you have nothing to do all day, you will know that you are in trouble.

It has caused great hidden dangers to the security of the capital.

The embroidered guards were deeply touched by this.

These young guys, it's better to roll to the left and right guards, and let the soldier master take care of it.

The family can also save one person's rations, and there is no need to go to the government to fish for people in three days.

I don't expect them to be able to fight, so they can learn some rules and don't add to the burden of security in the capital.

As a result, the combat effectiveness is only worthy of the left and right guards who oppress the small people, and they have survived to this day.

Liu Baoping, the concubine, proposed to let the left and right guards guard the palace, and she laughed angrily.

It's just a crazy idea that can't be rancid.

Liu Baoping, the concubine, said: "If the northern army can't leave Beijing to face the battle, it can only issue an order to mobilize local generals to go north to resist Xirong's southward pace." As long as there are enough soldiers and horses to drag Xirong, as soon as the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou arrive, the soldiers and horses of Xirong will be fish on the cutting board, to be slaughtered. ”

Liu Baoping's tone was a pride that could not be concealed.

He has reason to be proud.

Liangzhou soldiers and horses, except for the Northern Army, the first in the world.

Even against the Northern Army, it may not necessarily lose.

The reason why Xirong avoided the boundary of Liangzhou was not because he was afraid of the Liangzhou soldiers.

Once it confronts the Liangzhou soldiers and horses, it is bound to fall into a long-term bitter war and a war of attrition.

The Xijon royal court has no resources to consume, and there are not enough soldiers and horses to consume.

There can be no bitter war, and there can be no war of attrition.

They need to be restocked, as much as they can.

Avoid Liangzhou, go south from the weakest Fengkou Pass, burn, kill and plunder, and do all kinds of evil, in order to get the most supplies in the shortest time.

Of course, it is also related to the ferocious nature of Xirong, they kill people when they see them, many times just to vent or to reduce the burden.

Sometimes, in order to alleviate food consumption, they even killed all the captives in one go.

If the Liangzhou army wants to encircle and suppress this force of Xirong soldiers and horses heading south, the premise is that someone must take the initiative to sacrifice and drag this force of Xirong soldiers and horses for them, and it is best to trap them somewhere and continue to consume their combat power and food reserves.

It's just that......

Who will sacrifice?

Yan Shouzhan's Youzhou soldiers are the best candidates.

However, Yan Shouzhan will only let others be cannon fodder, and he will never be cannon fodder.

Whoever dares to force him to be cannon fodder, he will dare to get out of the way and send Xirong's soldiers and horses south.

That's how domineering he is!

Empress Tao frowned, "Is there any way to force Yan Shou to surrender?" ”

Liu Baoping thought about it carefully, "Maybe you can use his eldest son Yan Yunquan to give it a try." It's just that it doesn't necessarily work. ”

Queen Tao laughed, "Don't care if it's useful or not, you have to give it a try." ”

Yan Yunquan, the eldest son of Hou Yan Shouzhan in Guangning, is time to come in handy.

She called Young Eunuch Mei and whispered, "You go to Xingqing Palace, tell him the content of the conversation between the palace and the horse just now, and let him find an opportunity to speak to His Majesty." Yan Yunquan, as an official of the imperial court, should share the worries of the imperial court and His Majesty. ”