Chapter 540: Mysterious Forces
Regarding this strange murder incident in the Futures Pavilion, Li Yi and others analyzed it for a long time, and they didn't figure out who the mastermind behind this was.
But after discussion, they came to a consensus.
That is this strange murder incident, it is definitely not the temple of Zongzheng Temple.
Of course, it is unknown whether the vassal kings of the imperial court and Zongzheng Temple are murderers.
"Now that these people have been killed, then the thunder will inevitably be taken away by others, and the clue of the thunder is broken, what should we do next?"
Keiko asked as she looked at the four corpses lying on the ground with an unwilling expression.
"Now that Jinling City is in danger, let's hurry up and leave!"
An Su came up with his own idea at this time.
Qi Chao agrees with this.
"That's right, although it's rare for the imperial court and Zongzheng Temple to join forces this time, I still don't feel like they can win, so we should retreat immediately now."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, now that the Qingjia Army of Zongzheng Temple has strengthened the Tiger Guard Army of the Imperial Court, the number of the martial army is more than 10,000 people, not counting the personal guards of those vassal kings, so many people, the grassland people may not be able to win steadily!"
Tang Minghu had successfully raided the steppe people before, so he had always been suspicious of the combat power of the steppe cavalry.
"There is still a big gap between the combat effectiveness of cavalry and foot soldiers."
Mi Yiren, who hadn't spoken much, spoke.
When he was in the grass army, he fought against those vassal kings.
And the cavalry in the army of the vassal kings left a deep impression on him.
At that time, the most elite group of the grass army were killed under the impact of the cavalry.
"But we also saw it when we left just now, and the coalition side easily resisted the onslaught of the steppe cavalry!"
Tang Minghu continued.
"Is it really easy?"
Li Yi sneered, then patted Tang Minghu on the shoulder and said.
"Isn't it?"
"In fact, it is not easy for the coalition army to resist, because the grassland army consumes the strength of the war horses, while the coalition army consumes the strength of the soldiers."
Li Yi was actually very clear about the intentions of the coalition forces.
They lined up and retreated just to consume the strength of the steppe army.
They wanted to drag the steppe cavalry to the point where they were sleepy and tired, and then counterattack.
But they forgot that most of the strength of the war horses consumed by the steppe cavalry, and the cavalry that drove the war horses actually did not consume much strength.
If the number of grassland cavalry is less than that of the Dayu coalition army, then perhaps the Dayu coalition army still has hope of victory.
But the actual situation now is that the number of steppe cavalry is more than that of the Dayu coalition army.
In this way, even if the steppe cavalry did not have war horses, it would be difficult for the Dayu coalition army to guarantee that they would win.
However, the Dayu coalition is not necessarily without a way to win.
In fact, as long as they can kill all the commanders of the Dayu cavalry, there may be a glimmer of hope for victory.
And this is the reason why Li Yi led people to raid before.
"In this way, in fact, the longer the Dayu coalition holds on, the less likely they are to win?"
Tang Minghu asked with a worried look on his face.
"That's right, today's coalition forces are like a tight rope, and after a long time, it is likely to be completely broken all at once."
Keiko said slowly.
"Isn't there a glimmer of hope for victory for the coalition now?"
Tang Minghu still said a little unwillingly.
"Of course!"
Li Yi said affirmatively
"Oh? What's the solution? ”
When everyone heard this, they all turned their eyes to Li Yi.
"We have already handed over a few thunderbolts to Huang Budo and them before, if they can use those thunderbolts to severely damage those grassland generals this time, maybe the Dayu coalition army will still have a chance to win."
"In this case, the probability of the coalition winning is still very high!"
Mu Junhe thought of the power of the thunder, and he couldn't help but look expectant.
"My opinion is actually just the opposite of you, senior brother."
Li Yi shook his head and said what he thought.
"Senior brother, do you think that the old Huainan King and Lu He, with thousands of people, with the cooperation of the thunder, can't hit those grassland generals hard?"
Jing Zizheng felt that Li Yi was too pessimistic.
No matter how you look at the old Huainan King, as the party of the raid, the initiative has always been in their hands.
"I don't doubt the combat effectiveness of the city guard camp and the Huainan Wang's personal guards, the only thing I'm worried about is that those grassland barbarians are too cunning."
"Senior brother, do you doubt that those grassland barbarians will use the golden cicada to get out of their shells?"
Mu Junhe listened, and his brows tightened more and more.
"That's right, as the saying goes, eat a trench and grow wise, although our previous raid didn't cause them much damage, but it must have had a certain impact on them."
"So why didn't you make it clear to Huang Budo and Guo Li before?"
Keiko asked with some confusion.
"I actually wanted to say it, but I'm sure even if I voice my worries, the old Huainan King will not listen."
Li Yi shook his head and said.
In fact, since the first time Li Yi came into contact with the old Huainan King, he found out that the other party felt that he was a stubborn person.
And judging from the attitude of the old Huainan King towards himself, the other party has never paid attention to them.
Even if Mu Jun's cooperation is in the Mu family's lineage, and the old Huainan Wang Ming has a humble attitude towards him, Li Yi still sees his disdain for Mu Junhe from his eyes.
It's just that he made some superficial articles because of the face of Zongzheng Temple and the reason why he can disgust the royal family.
This may be because Mu Junhe is a lineage of Nanyu, and the old King Huainan thinks that he is the orthodox of Dayu.
And Li Yi is not a saint.
For people like the old King Huainan, he has no obligation and no need to dig out his heart and lungs for him.
After all, it's not a good thing to talk about it in a shallow way.
"Senior brother, you are right, that old Huainan King is indeed a stubborn donkey who goes all the way to the black, and his stubborn reputation is well-known in Zongzheng Temple."
Mu Junhe said with a wry smile.
"Senior brother, King Huainan, may be stubborn in doing things, but he is definitely not the kind of person you said who goes all the way to the dark."
Li Yi shook his head and said.
"Okay, now that the thunder we need to find has been robbed, we have no clues, as for the old Huainan King, whether they can successfully sneak attack and turn the tide for the frontal battlefield can only be left to fate, we should hurry up and find a way to leave the city!"
Keiko was pondering for a moment and proposed.
"Jing Gongzi is right, whether it is the victory of the Dayu coalition or the victory of the grassland barbarians, this Jinling City is not a place for me to live for a long time."
An Su nodded.
"But if we leave like this now, what should these people in Jinling City do?"
At this time, Qin Shaoyan said with some concern.
According to Li Yi, the probability of the grassland army winning this time is very high.
Once the steppe army wins, they will inevitably turn around and start plundering Jinling City.
At that time, the people in the city will inevitably be plundered by the steppe barbarians, and I don't know how many people will be ruined by then!
"Before, because of the old Jin King and Shi Wensheng, the city has long been in chaos, and many people in the city have fled from the city, and this time the grassland army needs to return to the grassland quickly after looting Jinling City, so they should not loot the population on a large scale."
Li Yi saw that Qin Shaoyan couldn't bear the people in the city, so he opened his mouth to explain.
"But now most of the people who have escaped from the city are those rich merchants, and not many of the poor people have left Jinling City!"
Qin Shaoyan continued.
"Sister Shaoyan, you are too worried, think about it, now the news of the grassland army going south has already spread throughout Dayu, and now I don't know how many vassal army are coming to Jinling City to prepare for rescue, do you think those grassland barbarians will carefully plunder in Jinling City over and over again?"
Qi Ning took Li Yi's words and explained to Qin Shaoyan.
"That's right, sister, no matter how stupid those grassland barbarians are, they can't waste time on those mud-legged people, and those mud-legged people can blow up a few taels of oil!"
Qin Shaojie also said with disdain.
Although Jinling City is the first city in the southeast of the Dayu Dynasty, the city is also full of flowers.
But the world knows very well that these prosperity has nothing to do with ordinary people at all.
The only people who can really enjoy this prosperity are the dignitaries and those rich businessmen.
There is no essential difference between the poor people in the city and the other ordinary people in Dayu.
"That's right, even if the grassland people really want to bloody Jinling City, we have no way to stop it, after all, we are weak and have no way to deal with those grassland people."
Although Mu Junhe was also sympathetic to the people in the city, he also knew that there were some things that they could not change.
Immediately, everyone left the Qiyi Pavilion and hurried out of the city.
And just after they left the Pavilion, in a courtyard next to the Pavilion, several servants dressed up looked at the black balls with indifferent faces.
"Ah Liu, have you arranged for someone to restore the scene?"
An older man asked.
"Someone has already been arranged, these damn guys have nothing to do to make a mess and turn the corpses out, so we have to clean them up."
The man known as Ah Roku is a middle-aged man with a goatee.
"I should have sent someone to kill them just now."
The other said with a fierce face.
"Now is not the time to make extraneous branches, we have been planning for so long, if there is any mistake, we will not be able to eat and walk around."
The older man immediately shook his head and said.
"Humph! If you do send someone to kill those people, I can guarantee that it will be your people! ”
Just as a few people were talking, a man in a nursing home costume sneered and spoke.
What do you mean by that? Do you look down on us? ”
As soon as the words of the man in the nursing home clothes fell, they immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of several other people.
"Do you really think that those people under your command who can kill a few Tiger Guards and Qingjia Army are really strong in martial arts? If we hadn't given them sweat medicine, I'm afraid you would have been wiped out, and there would have been a few people! ”
The man in the nursing home costume said with a disdainful expression.
"What are you so proud of surnamed Chen, let me tell you that even if you have your sweat medicine, we can completely kill those guys!"
The man known as Ah Liu said angrily.
"When it comes to fighting, I really don't have the qualifications to be proud in front of you!"
The man surnamed Chen looked at Ah Liu with a smile on his face, and then said slowly.
Ah Liu couldn't help but be even more angry when he saw him with such an attitude.
"Alright, you two don't quarrel!"
Just when the two wanted to continue arguing, the older man immediately stopped in the middle of the two and said loudly.
The two glanced at each other disdainfully when they heard this, and then let out a cold snort from their noses.
"Ah Liu, what Xiao Chen said just now is not wrong, if we really send people to attack those people, our people are likely to be wiped out."
The older man turned his head to Ah Liu and said solemnly.
"How is this possible? We have hundreds of people here, and each of them is a master, can't they deal with a few people? ”
Ah Liu was still very unconvinced.
"What do you know, didn't you see that Mu Junhe's killing god was among those people?"
The person next to him saw that Ah Liu was still so confident, so he couldn't help but remind in a whisper.
"Humph! What can Mu Junhe do, can he still be invulnerable? Dozens of us attacked him together, and I don't believe he can get away! ”
"How do you think he escaped Nanji in the first place?"
Seeing that Ah Liu still had an inexplicable confidence, the person next to him continued to remind in a whisper.
"Humph!"
Ah Liu just snorted coldly at this, and then turned his head to look at the person surnamed Chen.
When Ah Liu looked at him like this, the face of the person surnamed Chen immediately became not very good-looking.
"The most important thing for us now is not to care about Mu Junhe and them, what we have to think about is how to get these thunderbolts out of the city."
The older man spoke at this point.
"It's not simple, let's arrange for someone to directly transport these thunderbolts out of the city."
Ah Liu said casually.
In his opinion, now that they have secretly killed all the guys who guarded the thunder, the soldiers guarding the city should not know that the thunderbolt has been stolen.
"Humph! I don't know why your boss sent this guy? ”
The man surnamed Chen looked at Ah Liu with disdain and said.
"What do you mean by that, surnamed Chen?"
When Ah Liu heard this, the anger in his chest suddenly rushed up.
In the face of the angry Ah Liu, the person surnamed Chen directly ignored him.
"It is definitely not possible to take the Thunder out directly, just now Mu Junhe and they have already discovered that the Thunder has been stolen, and they are likely to secretly observe the people out of the city."
The older man then patted Ah Liu's shoulder and signaled him not to be angry.
"What then? The coalition army and the steppe barbarians will definitely not be in a stalemate for long, and when the time comes, whether the coalition forces come back or the steppe barbarians enter the city, we may be exposed. ”
Another person next to him said with some concern.
"Why don't we find a place to see these thunderbolts and bury them first, and then we can come back and get them when the matter is completely over?"
Ah Liu immediately put forward his own idea.
"No, these thunderbolts are still useful, we must transport them out of the city as soon as possible."
The older man shook his head and said.