[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

552 Chapter 75 Behind the Scenes (Part I)

In the afternoon, a light rain hit the tent in the barracks, making a rustling sound, like spring eating leaves.

Almost everyone in the tent was vegetarian.

There are only two exceptions, Shangguan Shiyi and Mo Binwei. They did not have close relatives who died in the city, and their status was equivalent to that of a guest secretary, unlike domestic slaves and descendants, and they did not need to serve the lord and his family. But he also wore a plain robe to show respect for the deceased.

At this moment, everyone was gathered around the sand table, listening attentively to the former's explanation: "...... There are only 200,000 Rong people, and there are important people like the third prince under the knee of their great khan. Although it is still unknown how they infiltrated the imperial capital, it stands to reason that after they broke the city, they should retreat immediately after they plundered the city, instead of occupying the imperial capital in a grand manner and lingering. ”

"This is indeed suspicious." Su Yuwu nodded slightly hoarsely, he described him haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot, but his eyes were surprisingly calm, and he said slowly, "Especially when they raided the imperial capital before, it was beyond everyone's expectations, it can be seen that among the Rong people, there must be people who are deep in the city government and scheming." Not to mention that the fall of the imperial capital is really strange and incomprehensible. Now these 200,000 Rong people know that our army is about to close, and they dare not leave the city, there must be an inside story. ”

The Qingzhou army arrived near Yuzhu Town just before noon today.

Before the camp was set up, Su Xiuming, the main general this time, sent his nephew Su Yuwu to the Xiliang army to discuss with his nephew about retaking the imperial capital and avenging the blood hatred.

And Shen Zangfeng has been intensively preparing for this matter in the past few days, Shangguan Shiyi has been sleepless for several days, thinking about what kind of backhand the Rong people dare to occupy the emperor of Great Wei all this time.

Su Yuwu came by skill, and Shangguan Eleven just got it. Shen Zangfeng simply summoned everyone and listened together.

"That's what Su Gongzi said." Shangguan Shiyi bowed his head slightly, and his delicate index finger nodded a few places on the sand table, and said, "I thought there might be two reasons." ”

"I want to hear about it!"

Shangguan 11 said: "The first is that the Rong people repeat their old tricks and imitate what they did last time. It's just that this time it's not for the siege, but for the annihilation of our soldiers of Great Wei. Everyone, please look at these places on the sand table, there were originally only two barriers to the north of the imperial capital, one was Donghu and the other was Yanzhou. Before Wei Yuanhou was suddenly assassinated, the Donghu army was leaderless and chaotic. At present, although Liu Bozhao, the eldest son of the Marquis of Weiyuan, temporarily presides over the overall situation, Liu Bozhao's prestige and talent are very mediocre, and this time he only reluctantly sent a Donghu army to the imperial capital. According to the distance between Donghu and the imperial capital, this army should have arrived a long time ago, but so far there has been no news, either there is an accident on the road, or the Donghu army has no intention of fighting at the moment, but it is a perfunctory order, so it delays the journey. ”

Shen Zangfeng and Su Yuwu both looked at each other like water, and did not speak: when Weiyuan Hou was assassinated, because Shen Zangfeng was easy to get out of Yanzhou at that time, he was rushing to the west day and night; And Su Yuwu was busy mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people to build a dam, and he only heard about it a few days later.

The bad news made both of them feel heavy to this day.

Weiyuan Marquis Liu Sijing has a very high prestige in Donghu, even if Taiwei Liu Sihuai competes with him for power and profit with the help of the holy opinion, but when resisting the Rong people, the Marquis of Weiyuan, who has guarded the border all his life and has never even been to the imperial capital, is much more confident than the Taiwei who stands on top of the temple and has hardly been in battle.

In addition, Liu Xixun, the next lord of the Burning Quinoa Hall, who was personally designated and cultivated by the Marquis of Weiyuan before his death, has not been heard from so far......

However, even if Liu Xixun has news, Shen Zangfeng and Su Yuwu don't think that he can play much role now. Because the Marquis of Weiyuan was taken advantage of by the Taiwei with the help of the power of the imperial court, in order to prevent Liu Xixun from suffering this kind of loss, the Marquis of Weiyuan arranged for him to enter Yiwei after he tied his hair, so as to make friends with the children of wealthy families in Beijing, so as not to be like the Marquis of Weiyuan, because he had never been to the imperial capital, he did not have a particularly effective arm in the court. In the face of the imperial court, the Marquis of Wei Yuan had a very hard time coping.

…… Because of this, Liu Xixun's roots in Donghu are very shallow, and even many soldiers are very unfamiliar with his name.

Not to mention that in the previous three years of going to the border, Liu Xixun was calculated by the Taiwei and failed to be among them, which made a big loss.

Originally, if Weiyuanhou had been there, with him as his backing, if Liu Xixun could escape this time and return to Donghu, he would have Weiyuanhou to protect him and grow up.

But now that the Marquis of Weiyuan is gone, Liu Xixun ...... And what?

Without Weiyuanhou, how could it be that Liu Xixun had a bleak future? Although Wei Yuanhou has no particularly outstanding descendants except for Liu Jizhao, he has many children and grandchildren, and nephews. There may be people among these people who are truly obedient to Wei Yuanhou's arrangement, but it is impossible for everyone to be willing to watch Burning Quinoa fall into the hands of a distant brother. When Wei Yuanhou was there, they didn't dare to make any changes, and now that Wei Yuanhou was assassinated and Liu Xixun was missing, how could there be few people who couldn't hold back?

This can be seen from the fact that Liu Bozhao presided over the overall situation and that such news came out nearly half a month after the assassination of Weiyuanhou.

Liu Bozhao obviously relied on the identity of the eldest son and the compromise of all parties to get this position, if it were not for the current situation, Liu Bozhao might not have been able to have this opportunity. But even if his brothers and nephews no longer fight now and work together to help him, he really is not a person who has the ability and courage to preside over a Donghu.

Otherwise, why would the Marquis of Weiyuan give up his eldest son and choose Liu Xixun?

Although the three major border armies of the Great Wei did not have the worst-case scenario of the Donghu army - surrendering to the Rong people or even colluding with the Rong people - the combat strength of the Donghu army must have been affected because of the assassination of the veteran general Wei Yuanhou, the infighting in the Burning Qutang Hall and the mediocre talent of the temporarily elected leader.

"What Mr. Shangguan means is that the Rong people think that the current Donghu army cannot stop them from retreating, even if the Xiliang army and our Qingzhou army come, they still have a way to retreat to the north, so they dare to stay in the imperial capital?" Su Yuwu frowned and said, "Even dare to turn around and fight the idea of our two border armies?" Is this unlikely? Even if the Rong people despise the Donghu army after the death of Marquis Weiyuan, whether it is the Xiliang army or our Qingzhou army, they are the elite of the Great Wei, and they also clashed with the barbarians from time to time. The Rong people are not necessarily more powerful than the Di people and Siam. Besides, the Marquis of Weiyuan just went, and the Donghu army was hit by nothing more than morale. The real combat power of his soldiers is unlikely to drop much in such a short period of time. Rong people are not so confident. ”

It's stupidly confident.

"Judging from the last siege of the imperial capital and Yanzhou, the people who came up with this idea among the Rong people are extremely bold, open-minded, and unrestrained." Shangguan Shiyi said calmly, "He may not dare to take this risk." And ......"

Not paying attention to the look of opposition on Su Yuwu's face, Shangguan Shiyi continued, "Moreover, this person's previous practice of sending people to guard the main road and the sky and cut off all alarms also shows that he is thoughtful, and he has made the most of the chaos caused by the Rong people's ability to ride and archery and the chaos caused by the civil uprising of my Great Wei at that time, the illness of the Taishi, and the demotion of Duke Wei. Even if you take risks, you can be sure. Not to mention that the timing of the Rong people's initiative to withdraw last time was just right, and the civil and military forces of our Great Wei and Manchu dynasties were concealed in the past, which shows that the mastermind behind the scenes has a subtle grasp of the battle situation and fighters. ”

"There are such characters in the Rong people, and every move should have a backhand." Shangguan eleven nodded into the sand table and said, "So I initially thought that it might be the Rong people's old tricks." Although it is said that in the past few days, in order to rescue the people who broke through the imperial capital, the spies of the Xiliang army have been scattered within more than 200 miles of the imperial capital, and no trace of the ambush has been found. But it seems that the people who went to the Hanhai Gobi haven't come back yet, right? ”

Cai Qingzhi said on the side: "Counting the days, this way the spies will not be able to return at least the day after tomorrow." ”

"Both men and women of the Rong people are good at riding and shooting, and their men can gallop from ten to sixty years old." Shen Zangfeng said slowly, "This time, 200,000 Rong people attacked the imperial capital and 80,000 besieged Yanzhou, and 300,000 soldiers have not yet used nearly half of their troops. If they use the 200,000 Rong people who occupy the imperial capital as bait to attract our Great Wei army to rush to the imperial capital, and then use ambushes to plot...... From a geographical point of view, it can only pass through the Hanhai Gobi and plot all the way to the East Hu army. But compared with the nearly 300,000 soldiers who now occupy the imperial capital and Yanzhou, and the third prince who has a great khan in the imperial capital, it is not cost-effective. ”

"And although the Hanhai Gobi is vast, how can hundreds of thousands of Rong people have no trace? If the number of soldiers is too small. Shangguan 11 snorted, "This time there are 300,000 Xiliang troops, and the rear army is still in the process of being allocated." The Qingzhou army was 250,000, which together was nearly three times the number of these Rong people who occupied the imperial capital. Even if something goes wrong with the Donghu army, the Rong people in the imperial capital and Yanzhou will not escape the siege and annihilation, after all, this is the territory of my Great Wei. ”

Su Yuwu frowned and said, "Mr. Shangguan, what do you think is the other reason why the Rong people who occupy the imperial capital know that we are waiting for the army to come, but they are delayed?" "Although it is said that the spies of Hanhai Gobi have not come back yet, and there is no news of an accident, but Great Wei has already suffered a loss of the Rong people who pretended to withdraw the army but left the ambush soldiers in Wei Tu, can Shen Zangfeng be more careful this time?

Besides, the last time the Rong people not only hid from the world, but also caught the imperial capital and Yanzhou by surprise - at that time, Lu Haozhi's rebellion was put down, Yanzhou was turbulent, and the army was empty; The court happened to be the first emperor who died and the new monarch ascended the throne, and all kinds of personnel were busy, such as the mutiny of the people in Shinshu, which caused the defeat of the previous Donghu army, and also needed to be liquidated...... There were also urgent documents flying like snowflakes everywhere, and the Wei people's consistent perception of the attitude of the barbarians towards the demon descending grass caused paralysis and carelessness......

The Rong people also caught up with the advantage of Great Wei's internal and external difficulties, so they could take advantage of such a advantage.

After changing the singing and dancing to the level, even if Li Shu can barely wrap up in everyone's hometown, how can these Rong people be so good to lurk? Not to mention the lurking of several armies coming down. Is it true that Da Wei Tanma and Li Shu are dead? This time, the two major border armies converged, and the army pressed the border, which is a real combat force, how can ordinary conspiracies and tricks make a difference?

The sand table was in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't figure out what the way of life and the purpose of these nearly 300,000 Rong people who couldn't occupy the city and couldn't go?

When Shangguan Eleven heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but first looked around at the people in the tent, and saw that they were all important people in the Xiliang Army or the Qingzhou Army, such as Mo Binwei was also sent by the Shen family's in-laws, but he was still not at ease, and arched his hand towards Shen Zangfeng, and said, "This matter can only be said to be with Brother Shen." As for the others, please listen to Brother Shen and decide whether he can tell him or not! ”

"Huh?" The others also stopped, but Su Yuwu couldn't help but be stunned - he was both Shen Zangfeng's cousin and Shen Zangfeng's brother-in-law, and he also had a blood feud with the Rong people, so it wasn't enough to listen to this second speculation? What the hell is this secret?