Chapter 439: Tough Bones
Pennsylvania.
In the government, the main seat has changed hands three times in a few months, and now the one sitting on the main seat is Daqi Zhongyigong, Li Dingxing.
"Yue Shuai, I wonder how many soldiers and horses are available in the city?" Li Dingxing asked with a smile on his face.
Hearing Li Dingxing's question, Yue Qian was ashamed on the same face: "Back to the words of the loyal prince, in the city... To tell the truth, the criminal minister Yue did not make friends and cultivate power when he was in Xigui, and the soldiers and horses in this city fled every day or one or two hundred, or eight or nine hundred, since Yue surrendered the city, and there is no credible person..."
"If the grandfather needs it, turn back to the guilty minister... I tried to raise some for my grandfather..."
Li Dingxing waved his hand and comforted: "The more handsome you dedicate the city, where does the sin come from?" When he returns to the capital, his father will make contributions to Yue Shuai's table and become an official! As for the time of this soldier and horse, if you can't believe it, forget it, the more handsome you don't have to worry about it. ”
"Dad, you were still hesitant at the beginning, I think I'm right, right? The people of the court are good people! Yue Xiong sat next to Yue Qiantong and did not forget to embarrass his own Lao Tzu.
"You...!" Yue Qiantong's face couldn't hold back.
Li Dingxing laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, oh? Could this dedication of the city still be brought up by Xiao Yue Shuai? Let's play it together in the coming days! ”
"This city is true for my father, but he was not sure of his idea, so he came to me to discuss, and I thought it was feasible, so he persuaded my father. There is no need to perform, can my official position be above my father? My father can be an official, it's best for my father to finish it and pass it on to me directly..."Yue Xiong smiled evilly and said his careful thoughts.
"Hahahaha, Xiao Yue Shuai's thinking is not ordinary!" The room was full of laughter.
After a while, everyone stopped laughing, and Li Dingxing said: "Yue Shuai, back to business, I have received news that the second son of King Xigui has set off from Rongcheng with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and has driven here. It's going to take back Pennsylvand! The more handsome knows more about Xigui than we do, please give us advice! ”
When it came to business, Yue Qiantong stood up directly from the chair, ignoring Li Dingxing's gesture to sit down, and arched his hand: "Grandpa, this time in Sichuan, the king of the West is determined to win, not only led 100,000 soldiers and horses of the West Gui, but also has the Five Immortal Sect, the Holy Worm Valley, the Fog Hidden Sect and other sects, which can be said to be poured out!" ”
"Oh? 100,000 soldiers? How many people are left in Rongcheng now? ”
"Since leaving Kuncheng, until the defeat of Rongcheng, Xigui has lost thousands of men and horses, and this Bincheng has also left thousands of soldiers and horses and more than 10,000 barbarian soldiers. Counting the 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by Shi Buddha Zun and Lan Cui, after conversion, there are about 10,000 soldiers and horses left in Rongcheng now! ”
"Well, there are still 10,000 left, then I'll be relieved. Feng Nan and Chu Zhou have a total of 40,000, so they don't think they will suffer a loss. Li Dingxing nodded.
Yi Xiaoling couldn't help but say aloud on the side: "Then what should we do here?" ”
A word asked the point, and everyone fell silent, now the soldiers and horses in Bincheng are counted as wounded soldiers, and there are not many people. The Nanhuai army plus the Xigui army in the city survived only 10,000, and against 50,000 people, there was really no chance of victory.
"Dao Chief, what do you think?" won Bincheng, thanks to Guanchenzi's back-and-forth for a day, and from it, Li Dingxing now relies on Guanchenzi a lot.
"If you want to defend Bincheng with the current soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky... Dare to ask Yue Shuai, Xigui transferred these 100,000 soldiers and horses, is Kuncheng empty? Guan Chenzi asked.
“!”
How ruthless is this monk? Just because these 10,000 people still want to go to Kuncheng, can they smash Xigui's lair?
"Queenstown... According to my conservative estimates, I'm afraid there are still 200,000 soldiers and horses..."Yue Qiantong said slowly: "And... Xigui is not without masters, over the years, there have been frequent people who want to enter the palace to assassinate, but in the end, they only see it, but they don't come out, and they don't even see the corpse..."
Everyone gasped, 200,000! How does this work? As for the assassination of King Xigui, everyone didn't think about it, and no one was proficient in the way of assassination.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll have to abandon the city and leave." Guan Chenzi said with regret. Although they disrupted the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Xigui army, they may not be able to defeat the 50,000 army, not to mention that Zou Tao personally led the army, which is not the same.
Everyone was silent, thinking about their own thoughts, and suddenly a small colonel of the Nanhuai Army outside the city rushed to report: "Report to the grandfather, the spies sent to Xigui have found out the news, and the king of Xigui has sent the eldest prince Zou Wen to lead 100,000 troops, out of Kuncheng, and is coming to Bincheng!" ”
When Li Dingxing was already in Lucheng, he had already sent people around to inquire about the news, and now was the time to report back.
"Another hundred thousand!"
Everyone hesitated, and Guan Chenzi noticed that Yue Qiantong and Yue Xiong's father and son glanced at each other, and the two were also full of doubts. Guan Chenzi swallowed the words that came to his mouth back into his stomach and didn't say anything.
Li Dingxing shook his head and smiled: "Hahahaha, if this news had come earlier, we would have discussed something, and we would have abandoned the city a long time ago." ”
Everyone has no objection, a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses are surrounded, even a madman should know to abandon the city and flee for his life.
"I just hope that we are here, and we will attract the soldiers and horses of the second son, Feng Nan, Chen Guang, and they can gain something..."Yi Xiaoling sat on the side and heard the regret in Li Dingxing's words.
"Okay, let's everyone clean up, Rongcheng and Kuncheng are here, if the march is fast, it will only be a few days. Let's not let people make dumplings. The situation is stronger than people, and Li Dingxing also gave up the plan and said in a decisive voice.
Out of the hall, everyone left, and when Yue Qiantong was about to leave, he was stopped by Guan Chenzi: "Yue Shuai, please take a step to speak." ”
Yue Qian was puzzled, but he didn't think much about it, and followed Guan Chenzi to wander around the city.
"I don't know what happened to Yue?" After walking for a while, Yue Qiantong couldn't help but ask.
Seeing that Yue Qiantong took the initiative, Guan Chenzi said: "Yue Shuai, just now in the hall, I heard that the eldest prince of Xigui Wang led 100,000 troops to come, and the poor Dao saw that you and Ling Lang were suspicious, and dared to ask why?" ”
Yue Qiantong was stunned when he heard this, and it took a while to soothe his smile: "Ahahahaha, the Taoist is really observant." It's just that for such a trivial matter, the Taoist chief asked earlier, why did he take Yue around in this city? ”
Guan Chenzi stopped: "Poor Dao is afraid that Yue Shuai will have unspeakable secrets, so leave some time so that Yue Shuai can think of some excuses." ”
Yue Qiantong smiled and waved his hand repeatedly: "The Taoist is too worried." Oh, Zhenyang Mountain has such a delicate character as the Taoist, what a blessing... Anyway, since the Taoist chief wants to know, Yue Mou doesn't hide it, in fact, it's not a big deal. ”
"Yue once mentioned to the Taoist that King Xigui had six sons, and the son died young, and the first four sons happened to take the name of Wen Taowu Liu. The character of the four sons even alludes to this name. The second son is strategic and calculating; The third son was obsessed with martial arts and worshiped the Fog Hidden Sect early; The four sons are quite shallow in their martial arts and worship Mr. Wu as their teacher. As for this eldest prince..."
"How is the eldest prince?" Guan Chenzi asked curiously.
"The eldest prince is gentle and courteous, courteous, and loves the people. In this wild Xigui, he can really be called an elegant person! Yue Qiantong praised, and then sighed a little: "It's a pity that the eldest prince often disagrees with the prince's political opinions, and has been locked up in the palace by the prince for several years." At this time, I heard that the eldest prince led the troops to the battle, and it was hard to believe. ”
Guan Chenzi nodded, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "Well, this eldest prince does seem to be a good person... But since the king of the West wants to confuse the military situation, why does he use the news that the eldest prince leads the troops to know the truth and falsehood at a glance? ”
Yue Qiantong thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "This... Yue didn't know either. ”
"Since Yue Shuai doesn't know, then I don't care about it for now. By the way, Yue Shuai just mentioned a 'Mr. Wu', dare to ask who this is? Guan Chenzi asked.
Yue Qiantong glanced at Guanchenzi and said with a smile: "The Taoist is so old, and he is a monk, so it is normal not to know. ”
"Six hundred years ago, the land of Sichuan Shu and Xigui still belonged to Southern Shu, and the monarchs of Southern Shu were mediocre, and the major affairs of the court and China were controlled by two optimus pillars. This military general is known to the world, and he won ten games in a row in three days, and Qi Taizu was also embarrassed to flee east. It's a pity that the lord of Nanshu fell for Zhou Yu's discordant plan, recalled Zhan Wuwu to prison, and was finally killed... It's a pity..."
"The world will not know about this minister. He is a prime minister, but he is only in the Nanshu court all the year round, overseeing the affairs of the country, so he has never shown his reputation in the Central Plains. His name is Wu Yuqing. ”
Guan Chenzi suddenly said: "I seem to have heard, is this Mr. Wu his descendant?" ”
"Well, who knows? After the general Zhan Wuwu was imprisoned, Prime Minister Wu Yuqing interceded for him, but was demoted to Kuncheng by the lord of Nanshu. After the destruction of the country in Nanshu, the whereabouts of this Wu Yuqing are also unknown. Thirty years ago, Mr. Wu was destitute and almost starved to death on the street, but the eldest prince saw him and rescued him. At first, he didn't say it, but later he was grateful for the kindness of the eldest prince, and then he said that he was a descendant of Wu Yuqing. ”
"Did King Xi believe it? Didn't identify yourself? ”
"Who is the king of the West? Naturally, it was tested. From the Wu family token to the genealogy he treasured, he has checked it all over. Even this Mr. Wu took out the recital of his ancestor to write to the lord of Nanshu. ”
Guan Chenzi nodded: "That shouldn't be wrong." ”
At that time, there were ministers in Xigui who advocated that he be escorted to the capital and handed over to the imperial court for distribution. It's also the eldest prince who has survived, it's been six hundred years, the past is like smoke, and he still cares about what to do with this. King Xigui didn't know if he had the idea of rebellion since then, so he left him in the palace and made him the teacher of the fourth prince. ”
"This Mr. Wu also has some skills, he knows some martial arts, and he teaches the fourth prince well. Three years ago, King Xigui sent him to the capital to inquire about the news, and the fourth prince also followed. As a result, he came back, the fourth son..."
Guan Chenzi speculated: "I'm afraid I can't be spared." ”
Yue Qiantong nodded: "Who said it wasn't?" King Xigui broke one of his arms alive. ”
"Didn't kill him?" Watching the dust was surprised. It's not that Guan Chenzi is ruthless, it's just that she treats it with earthly reason, and it must be a capital crime to lose the prince's son.
A trace of worry flashed in Yue Qiantong's eyes: "No, I also heard about it." This Mr. Wu has the Wu formation left by his ancestors in his hands, and the formation is arranged according to the formation in the book. Spirits and ghosts are hard to destroy..."
"I'm just afraid it's bluffing..."Guan Chenzi was a little unconvinced.
"Hahahaha, no one can tell if it's true or not, I'm afraid only he knows. King Xi should have believed it, otherwise he would not have kept him in the palace for so many years..."
"Xigui also seems to be a difficult bone to gnaw..."Guan Chenzi said worriedly.