Qian Feng choked.

Fang Ruohua patted the city wall beside him, and pointed to the remnants of the soldiers below to show a group of young people from the forbidden army.

"In the battle of Longyuan Valley, it was indeed a victory, but the barbarian soldiers fought back on the verge of death, and they also killed more than 30,000 of us in one go, one for the other, and we suffered a slight loss."

Qian Feng closed his eyes.

Even if he suffered a slight loss, he also knew that this was indeed a big victory, and under normal circumstances, more than 10,000 barbarian cavalry, fighting 50,000 or 60,000 Great Zhou cavalry, it was like a joke.

The physical fitness is worse than others, there are not as many horses as others, and the advantage of weapons is not great, and one person can beat ten of them.

Not to mention that the senior officials of the DPRK and China said that they were barbarians and behaved highly, this war could be easily won.

"There are a total of 60,000 people in the eastern northern army, and so far more than half of them have been lost, the supply of grain and grass is not available, and there are no reinforcements, so please ask His Majesty the Emperor to personally greet the barbarian iron cavalry in the capital."

Yan Zhen and several forbidden soldiers only felt that their tongues were sour, and their heads were buzzing.

"A total of 60,000 people, not an army of 100,000?"

Fang Ruohua shrugged.

None of the others spoke.

After Yan Zhen finished speaking, he also reacted, it turned out that the Northern Army was also paid empty salaries. Eating empty pay is not a new thing, and there are few armies in the world who do not eat empty pay.

Most of the army, known as the 100,000 army, of which 40,000 or 50,000 can be very good, and more than half of these 450,000 can have good combat effectiveness, then even if the generals who lead the troops are in a good way.

If it weren't for this, the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty would not have been like this.

Qian Feng was in a dilemma for a while, the holy decree was clear, and he ordered Bai Shao to return to Beijing to defend himself, but in this situation, did he really dare to take General Bai away?

Fang Ruohua kept a cold face and didn't speak.

Bai Shao sighed and took the initiative to hand Qian Feng the steps: "You can't go at this time." ”

He picked up a bamboo cane from the ground, stood on it, and looked down at the coffins stacked at the base of the city wall.

It's all ordinary sheets, but the coffin is not bad, some of it is covered with straw mats, and some of it is exposed, which looks a little old.

Qian Feng can't tell whether the coffins are good or bad, but he has seen a lot, and he always feels that these coffins are a little thin.

"At the beginning of the year, I found the coffin of the old carpenter in the city, the wood that was exchanged from the Fumin country, and the good materials were given to the Sea King, and the rest of the things that could not be used to build ships were just about to be used."

"The brothers in the barracks, each of them has a tailor-made one, the brothers die on the battlefield, it will not make everyone violent in the wilderness, so it is best to gather it up, and it is naturally best to have the opportunity to send it back to their hometown, if not, it will always be buried in the ground."

"I want to get it, so many people died in one breath a while ago, only to find out that this thing is unreliable."

"There are no people on the battlefield, there are a lot of incomplete bones, I can't see my face, I don't know the origin of my name, and the war doesn't stop, it's really unrealistic to have a corpse, where are you free?"

"It's okay in winter, but in summer, if you don't wait for the burial to be finished, when you clean up and bury it, people will stink, and you sea king still have something to say, saying that it is easy to cause epidemics, so let the corpse be burned into the burial."

Bai Shao sighed and shook his head, "It's difficult! ”

Fang Ruohua listened silently to a few words on the side, and suddenly said: "Lord Qian, as mentioned in this holy decree, there are many charges against Bai Shao's impeachment by the imperial history, and he has to admit it. ”

As he spoke, Fang Ruohua looked at Bai Shao and asked softly, "But?" ”

Bai Shao nodded: "Yes, I have to admit it." ”

He raised his eyebrows and smiled softly: "I am short of money, I am smuggling, I am greedy for money, and I feel that it is not enough for the imperial court to allocate any military salaries, and it will never be enough." ”

Qian Feng: "......"

Fang Ruohua also looked concerned: "Those smugglers, don't mention the bullshit such as deducting military salaries in advance, everyone knows it in their hearts." ”

"There is another point, the imperial court said that Bai Shao lied about the military situation and said that the victory in Longyuan Valley was false, which is not accurate, but it really makes sense."

Bai Shao also nodded: "It makes sense." ”

Qian Fengden was stunned.

Yan Zhen and several forbidden soldiers also shut their mouths suddenly.

They have handled all kinds of big cases before, and they have also won many important ministers of the court, and those people are either stubbornly resistant, or scolded, or shouted wronged, like General Bai, it is really the first time to see such a fresh and refined person.

Could it be that even if the Sea King said that he was a thief, General Bai would nod his head and think it was extremely reasonable?

Fang Ruohua sighed, "In that battle in Longyuan Valley, don't look at the victory of the Northern Army, but if you can, Old General Bai will definitely not want to fight." ”

Two lines of clear tears rolled down from Bai Shao's wrinkled face: "I have killed more than 20,000 brothers, these soldiers are all trained by me, and there is nowhere to tell about the hardships during the period, I feel pain when I die, let alone so much?" ”

"We are not ready to go to war head-on with the Northern Barbarians, but we can't do it if we don't fight, the Northern Barbarians have frequently increased their troops, and the pressure on the northern front is increasing, and in the past six months of this year, the number of Beiban spies found in the east has been three times more than in previous years, obviously, they are already planning to officially start a war and take the Central Plains in one fell swoop."

Bai Shao's expression was cold: "I wrote every time, hoping that the court would pay attention to it, hoping to increase the troops, hoping to let me hoard grain and grass as soon as possible, but the court ignored all of them, and became more and more jealous of me. ”

"But the Northern Barbarians are pressing step by step, Chen Bing is on the side, and the movements are frequent, and the court turns a blind eye, just like being blind."

"Instead of waiting for the Northern Barbarians to be completely prepared and raise troops to the south, it is better for me to take the initiative, so I suddenly attacked, defeated the Northern Barbarians in the Longyuan Valley, caught the other party off guard, and recaptured the important land of Qingxian."

"If according to my assumption at the time, the reinforcements arrive in time, not much, as long as the 30,000 defenders of Shanzuo come to help first, I can capture Jinzhou and capture the Prince of Zhennan alive, and the situation will be very different at that time, at least it can delay the time for the Northern Barbarians to attack the Central Plains, so let's make a little more preparations."

"It's good now, the reinforcements from the Northern Barbarians arrived very quickly and timely, and our reinforcements haven't even seen Mao."

Bai Shao pressed his eyebrows, "If it weren't for the Sea King's thousands of miles to help, now Lord Qian, you don't have to be in a dilemma, I don't know if you should arrest me and go back to Beijing." ”

Qian Feng was speechless.

Fang Ruohua chuckled: "There is no need to be embarrassed now, what if we all admit these sins?" ”

She raised her eyes and pointed to the camp of the barbarians not far away, "If this battle can be won, there will be no regrets, if this battle is defeated and the corpse is buried in the wilderness, even if I am not alone, and the sons and daughters of the island are not soft persimmons that can be kneaded at will, presumably your majesty the emperor will not do anything to my island of the ship." ”

"As for our old general Bai, he is so old, he is not afraid of death if he wants to."