Chapter 561: The Game and the Breaking Point
Although he was very angry about the sudden breakthrough of the Qingjia Army, Mu Hua Li Falcon.
However, the direction in which the Qingjia soldiers broke through was the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu, which still made Muhua Li Falcon not worry too much.
In his opinion, after all, Emperor Yu's ancestral tomb is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and if these Qingjia troops want to escape, they must climb over the surrounding peaks.
And it is basically impossible to take tens of thousands of people over the mountain on this dark night.
Therefore, in Muhua Li Falcon's view, the Qingjia Army is nothing more than a trapped beast.
Their breakthrough this time only delayed the annihilation of their entire army.
And because of the breakthrough of these Qingjia troops, the grassland cavalry was able to draw more manpower to deal with other Dayu troops.
So it's really hard to say whether the Qingjia Army's breakthrough this time is good or bad.
"Lord Teramasa, we are safe for the time being, but once it is dawn, the grassland cavalry will most likely attack us."
When most of the Qingjia soldiers broke through to the ancestral temple of Emperor Yu's ancestral mausoleum, Mu Wenpei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, I think the news of these grassland barbarians wreaking havoc in Jinling City has spread, and the surrounding vassal kings and festival envoys should also start to act."
Mu Xiayan deliberately said to Mu Wenpei in a loud voice.
As soon as Mu Wenpei heard it, he knew that Mu Xiayan was deliberately saying it so loudly in order to stabilize everyone's military morale.
But in fact, this operation was planned by the imperial court.
It's just that it is obvious that these grassland barbarians did not act according to Emperor Shengheng's plan.
Not only were they not able to kill all the people of Zongzheng Temple in the first place, but they also suddenly attacked the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu.
Although the actions of the grassland barbarians were likely to make Emperor Shengheng very angry, as long as Emperor Taizu's underground palace was not blown up, there was actually no loss for Emperor Shengheng.
Even if this matter spreads all over the world in the future, everyone will blame the grassland people for being barbaric and unreasonable.
The imperial court will never admit that these steppe barbarians were deliberately put in.
Even if the grassland people made the matter public to the Emperor Heng afterwards, they could use a sentence: This is a barbarian slander to push things clean.
After all, it is impossible for a normal person to believe that an emperor would deliberately let the enemy into the hinterland of his dynasty, and let these barbarians destroy the mausoleum of his ancestors.
Therefore, Mu Wenpei believed that the imperial court would not send reinforcements to rescue at this time.
As for the surrounding vassal kings, they may not be able to send troops to rescue them at the first time.
First, it was because the grassland army had broken through the three counties of the border fortress before, and the imperial court had issued an order ordering the vassal states to send elites to the northern border fortress to support.
Later, in order to defend the imperial capital, these vassal army were all stationed near the imperial capital, and they were on guard against the grassland army at any time.
Therefore, the current armies of the vassal states are not very manpowered, except for the troops stationed in the vassal states.
Even if they had the heart to come to the rescue now, the strength of one country alone would not be enough to deal with 20,000 steppe cavalry.
And if they want to unite many countries to come to the rescue, it will not be easy.
After all, it also takes a long time for several parties to communicate and coordinate.
Another point is that these vassal kings are actually very afraid that once they send their own troops to Jinling City to rescue, the 20,000 grassland cavalry will suddenly attack their vassal kingdom and turn their heads to attack their vassal country, then they will not have any ability to stop the 20,000 grassland cavalry.
At that time, they will inevitably lose their wives and soldiers.
"What Master Teramasa said is right, as long as we can hold out for one night and wait until reinforcements arrive, these damned steppe barbarians will definitely be completely annihilated by us."
Although he knew that this was unlikely, Mu Wenpei, as the commander of the Qingjia Army, still echoed loudly.
As soon as these words came out, the confidence of these frightened Qingjia soldiers was greatly increased.
Mu Xiayan nodded slightly towards Mu Wenpei.
Obviously, he was very satisfied with Mu Wenpei's cooperation with him.
And just when the Qingjia Army was a little more settled, there was a sudden call for peace from the steppe cavalry in the distance.
"Wen Pei, are these grassland barbarians planning to attack now?"
Mu Xiayan saw that the steppe cavalry in the darkness suddenly stirred, and he asked vigilantly.
"Impossible, at this time, the steppe barbarians should not dare to act rashly."
When Mu Wenpei heard this, he immediately denied it.
"But the voices of these steppe barbarians are clearly that they are preparing for battle!"
The surrounding Qingjia Army generals also said vigilantly.
Just when these Qingjia Army generals were guessing what the grassland cavalry was doing, there was a sudden shout of killing in the distance.
"It seems that those vassal army and Yaowu army also followed after they found out that we had broken through."
After Mu Wenpei heard the shouts of killing, he immediately understood the reason.
"These damn guys are too embarrassed to run away from us, if they weren't scattered by the steppe cavalry, why would we have been forced to flee here!"
A Qingjia army general said angrily.
"That's right, if they follow us like this kind of garbage, sooner or later, they will do bad things."
Another Qingjia Army general also said.
In their minds, these vassal princes' guards are far from being comparable to them in terms of weapons and equipment and their daily military salaries.
But even so, these vassal princes' guards were still defeated by the steppe cavalry.
"That's not the case, although the combat strength of these vassal princes' guards is unbearable, they are also part of our coalition army after all, if they are missing, the steppe cavalry will concentrate all the forces on our side, so we can't hold out until now."
Mu Xiayan saw that the soldiers of the Qingjia Army were angry, so he immediately stood up and said loudly.
In fact, there is another point that Mu Xiayan is not embarrassed to say.
That is, he still needs to unite these vassal kings to fight against the imperial court and against Emperor Shengheng!
Once they really don't help these vassal princes, the entire Zongzheng Temple will inevitably fall apart.
When the time comes, maybe without Emperor Shengheng's action, their Zongzheng Temple itself will be finished.
Therefore, not only do they have to accept these defeated vassal kings' guards now, but they also have to take the initiative to help these vassal kings' guards break through.
"That's right, Lord Teramasa is right, these vassal princes' guards are our compatriots, how can we watch them get killed by those damned steppe barbarians?"
Mu Wenpei then said loudly.
Although the Qingjia soldiers didn't say much when they heard this, they were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts.
But Mu Wenpei directly chose to ignore this.
"Everyone listened to the order and immediately went to assist the vassal king's guards to break through."
With Mu Wenpei's order, those dissatisfied Qingjia Army generals could only endure their dissatisfaction and go to pass the order.
At this time, at the entrance of Emperor Taizu's underground palace in Emperor Yu's ancestral mausoleum, Li Yi and others took a real look at the breakthrough of the Qingjia Army just now.
"Childe, I think these Qingjia soldiers are afraid that they are dizzy, aren't they hiding in this Yu Emperor's ancestral mausoleum?"
Ansu didn't have a good impression of Zongzheng Temple, so there was a bit of schadenfreude in his tone when he said this.
"Anjun, you don't understand, the Qingjia Army chose to break through to the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu and garrison, this is the most correct choice."
Huang Budo smiled and patted An Su's shoulder and said.
However, his movement pulled at the wound on his body, and he immediately grinned and gasped.
"This Emperor Yu's ancestral mausoleum is like a pocket, and the people of Zongzheng Temple hide in this Emperor Yu's ancestral mausoleum, aren't they drilling into the urn by themselves?"
Qi Chao asked with a puzzled frown.
"Things can't be generalized, the topography of this Yuhuang Ancestral Mausoleum is indeed like a pocket, if you change it to someone else, it is indeed self-defeating, but the people of Zongzheng Temple are different."
Guo Li shook his head and said.
"Why is that?"
At this time, even Tang Minghu didn't quite understand why Huang Budo and Guo Lihui said this.
"The reason why I say this is actually very simple, this is because the target of the grassland barbarians' attack this time was originally the Yu Emperor Ancestral Mausoleum, or they originally used the Yu Emperor Ancestral Tomb as a bait to lure the Great Yu coalition army to come and defend!"
Guo Li explained to the two of them.
"Now that the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu as bait has been taken by Zongzheng Temple, how can the grassland barbarians threaten Zongzheng Temple and others?"
"But this is not right, since the grassland barbarians can't take the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu, they can still attack Jinling City!"
Qin Shaojie interjected at this time.
"Yes! Jinling City is the old nest of Zongzheng Temple, what should they do if the grassland barbarians attack Jinling City? ”
When Qi Chao heard this, he immediately followed.
"Since the moment the coalition forces left the city, in fact, the people of Zongzheng Temple have already given up Jinling City by default."
At this time, Mu Junhe said with a sneer.
"Give up Jinling City?"
When several people heard this, they all showed incredible expressions.
"How is this possible? Everyone in the world knows that Jinling City is the place where Zongzheng Temple is located, once the grassland cavalry captures Jinling City, Jinling City is bound to be ruined, and then Zongzheng Temple will inevitably lose its reputation. ”
Qin Shaoyan obviously disagreed with Mu Junhe's statement.
In her opinion, Zongzheng Temple would never give up Jinling City.
"No, Miss Qin's matter is actually the opposite of what you said."
Keiko took over and said.
"First of all, if Jinling City is captured by the grassland barbarians, then it is not only Zongzheng Temple that will lose face, but also the court will face the scolding of the people of the world!"
"But even if you don't consider the opinions of the people in the world, don't they care about the lives of so many people in the north of Jinling City?"
Qin Shaoyan, as the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, still knows something about Zongzheng Temple.
"So far, in addition to the grassland barbarians, the people who want them to attack Jinling City the most are probably the people of Zongzheng Temple."
Keiko said with a sarcastic look on his face.
As soon as these words came out, everyone except Li Yi and Mu Junhe widened their eyes.
Qi Chao even deliberately plucked out his ears, he thought that he had auditory hallucinations just now.
"Don't be surprised, if it were you, you might have the same idea as Zongshoji Temple."
Li Yi said slowly at this time.
"How is this possible!"
Qi Ning was the first to speak.
"You can think about it carefully, why from the beginning, when the people of Zongzheng Temple heard that the grassland cavalry were attacking the Ancestral Tomb of Emperor Yu, they immediately organized a large army to go out of the city to the Ancestral Tomb of Emperor Yu? Didn't they know that when they left the city, the grassland cavalry would turn their heads and attack Jinling City? ”
Li Yi asked without answering.
His question directly confused everyone.
"Isn't it because they think that Emperor Yu's ancestral tomb cannot be lost?"
Tang Minghu said tentatively.
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and they all had the same idea as Tang Minghu.
"Really? Since they felt that Emperor Yu's ancestral tomb could not afford to be lost, why would they abandon Emperor Yu's ancestral tomb when the grassland cavalry turned their heads to attack Jinling City? ”
Li Yi continued to ask.
"Isn't this because they are afraid that Jinling City will be breached by the steppe cavalry?"
Qi Chao frowned and said.
In his opinion, Li Yi's two questions are nonsense.
"Since both Jinling City and Emperor Yu's Ancestral Tomb are so important, why don't they divide their troops and garrison them separately?"
Li Yi continued to ask.
"You must know that these two places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as they divide their forces into two and send people to garrison the steppe cavalry, it is impossible to break through in a short time."
"This ······"
Everyone followed Li Yi's statement and thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.
"But according to what you said, it still doesn't make sense, since the people of your Zongzheng Temple want the grassland barbarians to attack Jinling City, why did they desperately run back to defend in the first place? They can let them attack Jinling City by themselves! ”
As the oldest of the people, the ghost doctor has to think more comprehensively than the others.
"That's right! They had tried their best to drive the steppe barbarians out of Jinling City again! ”
After the ghost doctor said this, Qin Shaojie immediately felt that this was a loophole in Li Yi's statement.
So he said excitedly.
"Do you really think it's because the gang from Zongzheng Temple cares about Jinling City?"
Keiko couldn't help but sneer.
"Isn't it?"
At this time, even Guo Li was a little skeptical.
"Actually, what they care about is not Jinling City at all, what they really care about is just those thunderstorms!"
Mu Junhe hugged the long sword and said coldly.
"Thunder?"
Obviously, no one thought that what Zongzheng Temple really cared about would be this thing.
"That's right, if it weren't for the Tiger Guards of the imperial court who buried a large number of thunderbolts in Jinling City, the people of Zongzheng Temple at that time would never have chosen to go back."
Li Yi said with a sneer.
"I see!"
After Li Yi, Jing Zizheng and Mu Junhe said this, Guo Li finally understood it completely.
"Indeed, if this thunder can not only blast open the underground palace of Emperor Yu's ancestral mausoleum, but also blast open the walls and gates of Jinling City!"
Guo Li muttered to himself.
"Lao Guo, what do you mean by that?"
Huang Budo obviously still didn't understand the truth.
"Li Yi said just now that the people of Zongzheng Temple actually want the grassland barbarians to attack Jinling City, because once they enter Jinling City, it will be like getting into a trap, and then they only need to block all the gates of Jinling City, and the grassland barbarians will not want to rush out again."
"But once this happens, won't those people in Jinling City become the target of the grassland barbarians' anger?"
Qin Shaoyan's eyes widened and she said incredulously.
"Humph! What are the people of the city? Anyway, the people of Zongzheng Temple have already been taken out of the city, and their strength is still there! ”
Keiko said with a sneer.
"At the beginning, the people of Zongzheng Temple must not have known that the Tiger Guards had planted thunderstorms in Jinling City, but later when the grassland barbarians attacked Jinling City, they reacted, and these thunderstorms could directly blast the walls and gates of Jinling City open, so in order to prevent the grassland barbarians from escaping, they had to return to Jinling City."
Guo Li continued.
"That's right, the thunder is the only thing that can help the grassland barbarians break the game, so it is absolutely impossible for the people of Zongzheng Temple to let all these thunderbolts fall into the hands of the grassland cavalry."
Li Yi added.
When everyone heard this, they all fell silent.