Chapter Seventy-Two: Becoming Emperor
After thinking about it, Mu Yisi didn't have a safe way, so he had to think sideways: Pull it down, take it one step at a time.
When he arrived at the New Song City, Mu Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional. When he attacked New Song City, if he hadn't accidentally opened up Ren's vein, I am afraid that he would have died here. Even if he wasn't forced by the second prince to attack the city, he must still be a little strategist in the Zhennan Army now, calculating with Yue Ting all day long how to save money and how to make some connections to go back to Anchuan to be a small soldier.
The encounters in life are really mysterious, one thought of heaven, one thought of hell.
The New Song City was already impregnable, and Mu Yitun's soldiers later ordered to continue to raise the city walls, and the city defense was extremely strong. The guards in the city are not civil officials such as the prefect Taishou, but the Tengy General's Mansion in the city is in charge of the affairs of the whole city.
After Mu Yi entered the city, he didn't dare to let the second daughter meet, but just instructed the housekeeper to quietly place Ru Yi in a courtyard, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
This steward was originally a native of Mu Mansion in the capital, and he was Yue Ting's confidant. In the past few years, Yue Ting has gradually sent his trustworthy subordinates to the New Song City to take care of this general's mansion. The steward was an old man in the house, and naturally understood what he meant, and placed Jouy in a courtyard farthest from the princess's residence.
Xia Qinghan learned the news of Mu Yi's arrival, and hurried to meet him, although she was anxious, but the etiquette she had cultivated over the years still made her resist her impulse, and she just stepped forward and gave a salute: "Husband, you are back, Qingqing has been worried about you." ”
Looking at her somewhat emaciated face, Mu Yi was also a little unbearable, if she told her about Ruyi at this time, it would be too cruel, so she had to say: "I'm fine, it's okay to stay in the city these days." ”
"All is well," the little princess replied happily, but two lines of tears could not stop welling up.
"What's the matter," Mu Yi hurriedly helped her, "but it's because I'm not used to staying in this remote place." ”
"No," Xia Qinghan wiped his tears, "Qingqing is used to it, it's just that we escaped from the capital, but the imperial brother will never come back." ”
"Festival mourning changes," Mu Yi wanted to comfort her, but a thought flashed again, "Qingqing, why don't you call me brother, and I will take care of you like your eldest brother in the future, okay?"
Xia Qinghan blinked his eyes wide, obviously not understanding the meaning of the words: "Okay, my father and brother used to be the closest people to me, but now I listen to my husband." ”
Mu Yi's heart sank, and he swallowed the words that had just reached his mouth: "That, you can rest first." I'll take care of the affairs of the army, and you have to take care of yourself. ”
"Then I'll go down first, brother, don't be too tired. Xia Qinghan retreated.
Sending Xia Qinghan away, Mu Yi sighed, let's deal with this matter later, I can't let Xia Qinghan think that Mu Yi is going to abandon her.
At noon on the second day, Su Qi's army drove outside the New Song City, Mu Yi briefly communicated with him, and then rushed to Yushan City with him, taking over the weak Tianjia army to guard the fortress, and let them return to Jintang City to garrison with Yue Ting.
The tactics of the Xuanjia Army were the same as before, smashing Yushan City with flint carts, and then carefully sending troops up to check on it. Mu Yi couldn't find so much gunpowder, so he sent troops to build a high wall behind the city, and once the Xuanjia army came up, he shot fiercely. This lasted for more than ten days, and the Xuanjia army suffered heavy losses, but there was no better way.
On this day, Mu Yi was discussing future countermeasures with Yue Ting, who had rushed over, and suddenly heard a big mess in the camp, he thought it was a surprise attack by the Xuanjia Army, and was about to put on his armor and go out, but saw Liu Fugui running in with some papers.
"My lord, there were a lot of hollow stone balls in the camp just now, and at first we thought that the enemy had transported the flint carts, but we didn't expect that these stone balls were hollow and could not hurt anyone. When it hits the ground, it cracks open and bounces up a lot of paper. The little one was illiterate, so he took it back to the adults to see. ”
"Huh?" Mu Yi frowned, took the paper and looked at it, his brows gradually tightened.
"I didn't expect Xia Wenyuan to know how to attack the heart," Mu Yi shook his head, "It's troublesome now." ”
Yue Ting took the page handed over by Mu Yi, and saw that what was written on it were the words of Mu Yi killing the monarch and usurping the throne and the family members of the Heavenly Hunting Army being detained. He also encouraged the sergeants to surrender, otherwise they would implicate their families and the nine clans.
At this time, Su Qi also rushed over from outside the tent: "General Mu, this is troublesome, if the sergeant of the Tianjia Army sees it, he will inevitably miss his relatives, causing the army to be unstable, and there will even be a mutiny." ”
"I know," Mu Yi pondered for a moment, "I immediately took some of the local soldiers to guard Jintang Town. Big brother, you also made some news of the second prince's murder of the monarch and usurped the throne, and spread it in the army with Lord Su. ”
"These can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Su Qi shook his head.
"Let's avoid mutiny in the army first, and then let's think about the rest in the long run. Mu Yi sighed, this matter is too tricky.
After ordering a cavalry under Su Qi, Mu Yi rushed to the Tianjia Army camp outside Jintang City in the starry night. Sure enough, the army was littered with papers shot by Xiahou Yuan, and on Wednesday he was leading his own soldiers to suppress some restless soldiers.
As soon as Mu Yi arrived, the situation was finally contained, and he ordered more than ten sergeants who took the lead in making trouble to be beheaded on the spot, and summoned the generals and generals into the camp, asking them to walk the news of the rebellion between the second prince and the Xuanjia army to the army, so as to offset the previous adverse effects.
But the soldiers of the Tianjia Army are all from Daxia, and their families are all in the hands of the enemy. Although under Mu Yi's strong pressure, there was no collective mutiny in the battalions, but the morale of the army gradually weakened, and the number of soldiers who defected to the enemy late at night also increased.
Mu Yi knew that this was not a long-term strategy, so he had to recruit Yue Ting and Su Qi and others to discuss countermeasures.
Su Qi is upright and likes to go straight: "The last general thinks that the only way to plan today is to lead the army to fight to the death with the Xuanjia army under the mountain, and then drive straight into the capital." Just like when the general was defeated at the hands of the general, he finished in one battle. ”
Mu Yi could only shake his head when he heard this: "At this time and that time, when I dared to fight against General Su, who was several times stronger than me, it was because the Tianjia Army and the Zhennan Army were strong, and the general's men were all old and weak soldiers. Now that my hunting army is disheartened, as soon as the war starts, there is even a possibility of mutiny before the battle. General Su also has many generals from other countries, and he is not a confidant, so the battle is not good. ”
Yue Ting shook his fan: "Yes, if you want to go to war, you must improve the morale of our army." The Xuanjia Army is the most elite army in Great Xia, and its military strength is no less than ours. Moreover, the movements of the Zhenxi Army in the west, the Zhiwei Army in the north, and Li Baili's Zhennan Army are not clear. In the event of a war, the Zhenxi Army or the Zhennan Army will attack from the side, and our army will be defeated. ”
Mu Yi nodded: "Now that the situation is grim, we must keep abreast of the movements of the other three armies." There is also the military spirit of the Heavenly Hunting Army, and if it is not stable, it will be difficult to control. ”
Yue Ting's eyes rolled around, and he was about to speak, when among the generals standing below, someone suddenly spoke: "My lord, the little one has an idea, maybe it can solve the current situation, but this plan is a bit disrespectful, and the villain doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”
"Just talk about it. Mu Yi raised his eyes and saw that it was Wednesday who offered his advice.
"The villains don't have the skills of the generals, but I know the thoughts of the boys in the battalion. To put it bluntly, they are not only worried about the lives of their children, but also about their own future. Let's fight with the Xuanjia Army and the second prince, some of them are not right, and if we lose, we will naturally finish the game. But what if we win, who will be the emperor? Even if the third prince is the third prince, the soldiers of our Heavenly Hunting Army are not the same as before, and there is nothing worth fighting for. ”
"I didn't expect your kid to have this insight, continue. Yue Ting pointed at Wednesday with a feather fan and laughed.
"Yes, Master Advisor. The little one just thinks that our Tianjia Army is all the soldiers of Master Mu. If Master Mu becomes the emperor, then, hehe. Our position is just rising. ”
"I'll be the emperor!" Mu Yi glared at the boss with beads in his eyes, "You really dare to think about it." ”
"What don't you dare to think about," Su Qi laughed, "General Zhou's idea is good." Isn't it true that the 16 kingdoms in the original 500,000 mountains all set themselves up as emperors? In the current situation, Great Xia can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader, so why can't we set up a country here? Brother Mu, when the time comes, you will have to make me a prince. ”
That's what small means. When General Su becomes the prince, why don't those of us who have been with adults get a Hou Ye or an uncle. The boys who were soldiers had little knowledge, and they had no hope of being named a marquis in their lives. My lord's letter like this will definitely boost the morale of the army. When the time comes, we will find a way to get some women to distribute to them. The little ones dare to guarantee that they have forgotten their wives and children into the ravines one by one. Wednesday squeezed his eyebrows and looked extremely obscene.
"Nonsense, if I rob the people's daughters in the 500,000 mountains, there will be no civil rebellion. I haven't stabilized the morale of the army, and if we mess up the people's morale, we will have nowhere to stay. Mu Yi shouted.
"I think Wednesday's idea is a panacea, and it's all good. Yue Ting straightened up and shook his feather fan, looking like a tall man.
"Big brother, do you think so too?" Mu Yi's head is a little big, aren't these people crazy if they want to be promoted.
"Wednesday is about appearances, but in fact, there are greater benefits to doing so. Yue Ting smiled.
"What's the benefit?" Mu Yi was curious.
"First," Yue Ting stretched out a finger, "if we set up an emperor, we can prevent the second prince from gathering the other three armies." Now Xia Qingmang has become the emperor, and he also controls the other royal families except for the three princes and princesses. Although because of the temporary chaos, the other three armies have not yet pledged their allegiance to the second prince, but the orthodox emperor of Great Xia is Xia Qingmang alone, which is a matter of time. ”
Yue Ting paused and continued: "As long as he traps us here and then gathers the other three armies, then we will be one enemy and four enemies, and it will be a matter of time before we are destroyed." If we erect another mountain, it will be different, and the other three armies will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and see who of these two emperors will take refuge in whoever wins. ”
"Makes sense. Mu Yi nodded.
"Second," Yue Ting stretched out his second finger, "Stabilize the hearts of the people, the 500,000 mountains are all old people of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and they are already dissatisfied with the invasion of Great Xia. Let them have officials to do, and they can restrain each other, wouldn't it be able to lay a stronger foundation for us. ”
"Insightful. Su Qi also gave a thumbs up, he was a former minister of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and he knew how attractive this was to them.
"Third," Yue Ting stretched out his third finger, "that's what Wednesday said about stabilizing the army's heart." As for giving it to the sergeant women, let's just draw cakes to satisfy hunger, there is no need to really get so many women to give to these soldiers, there are so many women in the army who are not messed up. All you have to do is find some willing women to marry officers in the army. ”
"As for the other soldiers, just make an empty promise to give them wives after victory, and they will all work as hard as chickens. If we lose, the promise will be useless. If they win, hehe, when these sergeants return to their wives and children, can they still mention the matter of marrying wives to us? Even if someone mentions it, there are not many, just find some from the family members of the second prince's comrades, and you won't get it. ”
Mu Yi thought for a while and took a long breath: "But I really don't want to be this emperor." ”
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