After the troops were properly redeployed, Shi Ziling summoned many generals to Mijing City to discuss the next step.

Ma Yu said: "According to the latest news I received, the imperial court suddenly sent an additional army to the central part to support Luo Linhai, and the Tang family was already in a weak position to deal with Luo Linhai, but now it is even worse, and it seems that defeat is imminent." ”

Everyone was a little surprised, and Yin Qi asked, "Why is the imperial court so anxious to destroy Tang Jingtian this time?"

Ma Yu said: "It should be that Tang Jingtian called the emperor too early and made the imperial court very dissatisfied, and the changes in the war situation in the northwest will definitely make the imperial court deeply uneasy, so he will send Hui Yinghong's Yinyan Army to support, hoping to calm down the war in the central part as soon as possible to deal with us." ”

"Although Hui Yinghong is a female general, her Yinyan Legion has always been one of the three major legions in the capital, and her combat power is quite good. With her support, Luo Linhai, who was already in an advantage, should be just around the corner to sweep the Tang family. ”

Yu Wei said: "Military advisor, according to our original plan, it should be to sweep the northwest and immediately move the central part of the army, and once again take advantage of the defeat of Tang Jingtian and Luo Linhai to reap the benefits of the fisherman." But now we don't have enough troops of our own, so what can we do?"

Ma Yu said with a smile: "The news that we defeated Li Yuan's army and unified the northwest land is now estimated to have spread, and the imperial court must have arranged this way to prevent us from repeating our old tricks." Anyway, our current strength is not enough to continue to march into the central part of the country, and it seems that there is only cheap Luo Linhai and them. ”

Yu Wei hurriedly said: "Isn't that a pity? In fact, our Songhu Army still has thirty or forty thousand horses, if we let Nangong Xia send some troops to support us, we should be able to compete with the imperial army." ”

Ma Yu said with a smile: "You are full of confidence now, but there are as many as 200,000 of Luo Linhai's two major legions alone, plus 100,000 people of Hui Yinghong's Yinyan Legion, a total of nearly 300,000 horses." Even if the Tang Army can fight out half of their men, it is still too far from us. What's more, Ziling has already made a new deployment of troops, and obviously does not plan to rush into the army. ”

Shi Ziling smiled and said, "It's still Ma Yu who understands my thoughts." This time, I have readjusted the deployment of troops in the northwest, in addition to further stabilizing the defense of the three major towns in the northwest, I also want to return to Songhu City as soon as possible to continue to strengthen the strength of our Songhu Legion. ”

"The northwest is bigger than I imagined, and the troops we have left now are only enough to maintain the status quo, if we want to expand in a hurry, the country that we have won with great difficulty may be shaken, I think it is better to be stable. ”

Yu Wei sighed: "Then when will you be able to dominate the world?"

Ma Yu said with a smile: "It's impossible to do big things, it's a miracle that our troops can do it to this extent, and then it depends on whether Ziling can further expand the scale of the Songhu Army." Once the time is ripe, it is natural that great things can be accomplished. ”

Shi Ziling said: "We were able to go so smoothly this time, mainly because we were taken by surprise and picked up a big bargain when Li Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were both defeated. With our few men alone, it would be quite difficult to defeat either Li Yuan or Xiahou Yuan. ”

"Now that the vast northwest land is under our control, the purpose of our expedition has been basically achieved, since there are not enough troops to march into the central part of the country, it is naturally better to return to Songhu City as soon as possible to continue recruiting troops. Our Songhu Legion has already made a name for itself, and there should be more people with lofty ideals who come to join us, as long as we can further expand the scale and improve our combat strength, we will naturally be invincible. ”

Ma Yu said: "The current Songhu Legion has not only made a name for itself, it should already be the strongest legion in the Bright Moon Continent." Of course, there will be many people who will come to defect in the future, and the court will also regard us as a thorn in the flesh. I don't think the imperial court will sit idly by and watch us expand our power to become the new Li Yuan or Xiahou Yuan, so there will definitely be a good show to watch next. ”

Yu Wei scolded: "This bullshit court has never done anything good, and it has made the people complain and miserable for many years. In the past, when Li Yuan and Xiahou Yuan dominated one side, the imperial court didn't care, but we took over the northwest, and they had to take care of it?"

Ma Yu said with a smile: "What is there to talk about with the imperial court, they have always bullied the soft and feared the hard." Although the total strength of the imperial court was the largest, its combat power was not as good as either Li Yuan or Xiahou Yuan, and if it wanted to deal with one of them, it would inevitably be taken advantage of by the other, so it had always ignored the northwest and allowed it to develop for many years. This Northwest War was originally what the imperial court was willing to see, but we didn't expect to be the first to pick up the cheap. ”

"Unlike Li Yuan, we have never installed our own cronies in the imperial court, and we cannot have a direct influence on the movements of the imperial court. ”

Yu Wei asked Ma Yu: "Then in your opinion, if the imperial court wants to deal with us, how should we deal with it?"

Ma Yu shook the paper fan and thought for a while: "Now that the imperial court has not exterminated Tang Jingtian, we can take advantage of this time to expand our intelligence network in various parts of the Mingyue Continent and closely monitor every move of the imperial court." Especially near the major towns in the northwest, the scope of activity of the spy outpost must be expanded to prevent a surprise attack by the imperial court. ”

"As far as I know, among the several major legions of the imperial court, Luo Linhai's Yellow Dragon Legion is the most powerful, followed by the Silver Yan Legion and the Royal Guard, and the two newly established legions are relatively mediocre. As long as we keep a close eye on the movements of the three major legions, we should not be caught off guard. If it is a head-to-head confrontation, I believe that as long as Ziling is here, our Songhu Legion will never be afraid of any of them. ”

Shi Ziling said to Ma Yu: "Intelligence collection has always been your responsibility, and now the expansion of the intelligence network is naturally left to you to arrange." If there is a need for human and financial resources, if you ask, I will fully cooperate. As for the defense arrangements for the three major towns in the northwest, I have already taken care of Wei Song and Wei Hu when I redeployed troops this time. Both of them are careful people, and they know my tactical thinking well, so I don't think it will be too bad. ”

"Because of the proximity to the south, there is no need to worry about an enemy raid for the time being, and it should be fine to have Zhao Xiong all here. I'm a little worried about the Songhu City side, since Zhao Xiong and I each led 50,000 horses and horses to leave, it is almost empty, and if Songhu City is attacked, the consequences are really unimaginable. ”

Yu Wei said with some disapproval: "Now that Xiahou Yuan and Li Yuan's army are finished, Nangong Xia is our ally, Tang Jingtian in the middle is too busy to take care of himself, who else in the Mingyue Continent dares to provoke us? Could it be that the imperial court will split a force to raid Songhu City? How can they be so smart?"

Hearing Yu Wei say this, Shi Ziling and Ma Yu glanced at each other, and their bodies shook at the same time. Ma Yu muttered: "According to the information we received before, Luo Linhai's troops are more than enough to deal with Tang Jingtian, and it is only a matter of time before he defeats the Tang army. The imperial court suddenly sent Hui Yinghong's Yinyan army to support, which was really a bit of a problem. Isn't it ?......?"

Shi Ziling said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that there is fraud in it! The central part is not too far from our east, and if Hui Yinghong leads the army to raid, it will be possible to arrive in a month at most." Songhu City now has only 20,000 or 30,000 horses, even if you add the city defenders and auxiliary defense forces, there are only 40,000 people at most, and Songyi's 20,000 horses are on the way back, even if they arrive, the troops are still far from enough. In case the imperial court really let Hui Yinghong lead the army to sneak attack, it is really ......"

Shi Ziling didn't say anything, for him, many beautiful wives are in Songhu City, in case there are three long and two short, it is really unimaginable.

Ma Yu grew up in Songhu City since he was a child, all the foundation of the Ma family is in Songhu City, and his father Ma Dai and many sisters are also in Songhu City.

Yu Wei saw that the two of them looked wrong, and said with a smile: "I'm just saying that, seeing that the two of you are nervous like this, your eyes are about to pop out! Our Songhu City has always been peaceful and self-contained, and Lord Su is obedient to the imperial court, how can the imperial court send an army to raid?"

"Safe?"

Ma Yu scolded: "We attacked Li Yuan's lair, defeated Li Yuan's army in one fell swoop, and also took Xiahou Yuan's territory by chance, is this still a peaceful self-defense? Now the whole world knows that we have great ambitions and want to achieve hegemony! No matter who the emperor is, he will be restless when he hears the news, and it would be strange if he didn't want to deal with us!"

Yu Wei was unconvinced: "This ...... This is just your guess. It hasn't been long since we defeated Li Yuan's army, so the imperial court shouldn't have received the news so quickly, right? Besides, Lord Su has always been quite loyal to the imperial court for so many years, so why does the imperial court want to give Lord Su some face, right? You can't just turn your face, right?"

"Also, Hui Yinghong's Silver Swallow Legion has just set off from the capital, and it shouldn't have reached the central part yet, and it is even farther away from Songhu City, why do you have to worry so much?"

Shi Ziling shook his head and said, "It's been almost a month since we defeated Li Yuan's army in front of Black Dragon City, and the imperial court should have gotten the news for such a sensational event." We don't know exactly what the imperial court intends to do, but Hui Yinghong's sudden arrival in the central part of the country for reinforcements is indeed strange, and we have to guard against it. ”

"As for Hui Yinghong's movements, since we have already received the news far away in the west, even if Hui Yinghong has not yet reached the central part, it should not be far away. Alas, I knew that I should have let Zhao Xiong and Songyi's 50,000 horses go back first, but now ......"

Ma Yu said in a deep voice: "In recent years, with the rise of Ziling, the strength of the east has become stronger and stronger, and the imperial court must know the way, but the imperial court has not found the opportunity and excuse to deal with us. ”

"As soon as the news of our successful sneak attack on Mijing City this time spreads, the imperial court may already have a plan to deal with us, and when we take Yanzhao Pass, it is estimated that Hui Yinghong's Silver Yan Legion is also ready, and maybe it has already set off. Subsequently, the news of Li Yuan's defeat spread all over the world, but it only further strengthened the court's determination to deal with us. ”