Chapter 20: Between Cats and Mouse
Mazi scratched her head, she really couldn't think of the right words to describe it, so she just said it bluntly.
Zhu Wei asked again: "Do you roughly estimate, how many soldiers and horses did Emperor Lao'er lose this time?" ”
Compared with the confrontation between the two armies, they usually rob homes and houses, which can be regarded as children's play.
After a while, Mazi recovered his thoughts from the shock and answered Zhu Wei's question just now: "We can't hear the situation in Sanyakou, but on the post road to Yuzhou, looking at the remnants of Emperor Lao'er's defeated generals, more than half of them have been lost. According to the speed at which they fled, they should be almost in Yuzhou City at this time. ”
Zhu Wei thinks that he is a scheming figure, and he is not worse than the strategists around the military generals of the imperial court. But he never underestimated the skills of those advisers.
This incident really made him dumbfounded, and he was impressed by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.
The soldiers and horses of Beidi are tired soldiers of a long journey, and on the contrary, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, who are ready to work and energetic, have not survived even a round in the confrontation with Beidi soldiers and horses.
Nearly half of the loss is extremely embarrassing!
He couldn't understand where the harsh taxes collected by the imperial court were used on weekdays? I even want to rush to the emperor Lao'er and ask him, are all these ministers and generals he raises pigs?
Zhu Wei didn't believe in evil and asked again: "Are you sure?" ”
Mazi nodded heavily: "Such a big thing, how dare I make it up." They walked down the post road at the foot of the mountain, winding and winding, and estimated that they should arrive here in the evening. And we were walking directly through the mountains, so we were faster than them. ”
Wu Mo didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, so he took the opportunity to interject: "Big brother, do you think we should pick a team to bully before the emperor arrives?" If we rob it, we will withdraw, and when the emperor Lao'er comes with soldiers and horses, we will have already run away. Besides, they are now unable to protect themselves, and I forgive him for not having time to trouble us. ”
Mazi and the other surrounding brothers all looked at Zhu Wei with a look of hope.
"Don't stare at me like that, I'll always give you the opportunity." Zhu Wei cleared his throat a few times, his eyes swept over the brothers, and he raised his voice and announced: "We will rest in place today, and order the leaders of each team to come over for a meeting!" ”
Dayu's vitality is about to run out, and the rules that used not to go against the government should be appropriately relaxed.
As soon as Mazi and Wu Mo heard the words of the eldest brother, they knew that there was a door to go down the mountain to grab a wave, and the two of them smiled and beckoned their brothers to go to the back team to deliver the message.
......
At the foot of the mountain.
Several masters of the Qianwang Mansion had just received the news that the royal driver was ambushed by Beidi's soldiers and horses at Sanyakou, and more than half of the team was lost.
Xia Jing is quite calm, and the lords of the palace are obviously frightened, they have lived in the splendid pile since they were born, how have they experienced strong winds and waves?
Lost more than half?
Can the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou intercept the army pursued by Beidi?
If they can't stop it, what should they do?
Do they really want to be the ones who have lost their country?
Zeng Yan licked his lips nervously: "That...... What do we do next? Are you waiting for the prince here? ”
The four brothers glanced at each other, and they all found that their hearts were beating a little fast.
Li Chengyi is most concerned about his personal safety: "If the Beidi soldiers and horses are in hot pursuit, what should we do?" I don't know what happened to the women and children in the family? It's really scary! ”
"Butler, you go and call the captain of the guard, let's discuss how to prevent it next?" As the eldest son of the palace, no matter how flustered Li Chengshang was in his heart, he tried his best to control himself from showing his timidity.
It's just that if everyone ignores his trembling hands, it will be more convincing that he is the uncle of the palace!
Xia Jing feels that it is necessary to improve precautions to prevent accidents from happening.
But......
"It is impossible for the Beidi soldiers and horses to be sleepy and tired, and it is impossible to keep biting the royal car, and I estimate that they will stop to rest when they arrive in the capital of Yuzhou."
Li Chengshang swallowed his saliva, although this was not credible, but he felt a little more relaxed after listening to it.
He looked at Xia Jing, his eyes were dark, and he asked, "Why do you think that the Beidi soldiers and horses will not cross Yuzhou City?" The Dayu Dynasty has reached the point of surviving, why don't they wipe out the royal family of the Dayu Dynasty in one go? In this way, don't they become the sole rulers of this country? ”
"It is a fact that the soldiers and horses of Beidi have traveled a long distance, and the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, if they blindly go deep alone, they will wipe out the Li royal family regardless of the consequences. Then, they also have to bear the risk of being counterattacked. Xia Jing talked eloquently and gave you a brief analysis of the current situation in the world.
Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, she continued: "But if Beidi stops at Yuzhou City, even if he robs Yuzhou Mansion City and retreats to the capital." A large area of land north of Gyeonggi is waiting for them to be rebuilt, and the three-year drought in the north has kept them busy. As for the south of the capital, they first managed the north of the capital to make money, and the area south of the capital could be slowly mapped in the future. ”
To put it mildly, now the strength of the Dayu Dynasty, Beidi's army is not in the eyes at all.
Beidi may think that Dayu's world is as simple as finding things for their iron horses!
They have long regarded the world of the Dayu Dynasty as their own.
Everyone present was surprised, no one thought that Xia Jing, a woman in the house, could have such a clear analysis of the current situation?
These words were like an enlightenment, and they had a more accurate understanding of the current situation.
However, whether her judgment is correct or not remains to be discussed.
Li Chengshang pursed his lips, and finally asked the doubts in his heart: "What you just said is just your guess, why do you think that Beidi Tieqi will not go south again?" ”
Xia Jing's mood was not as heavy as everyone present.
She leaned against the trunk of the tree behind her to make herself more comfortable to sit on, and then said calmly: "Why? I know that the official warehouse and the Yicang of Yuzhou Mansion are full, and this is the reserve granary of Gyeonggi, if you are the ruler of Beidi, how will you choose? Can you let the soldiers and horses eat and drink enough food and grass, and go after the emperor of the Yu Dynasty who is still breathing and has his own traps? ”
Who knows if the emperor has left a back hand, if a trick is accidentally suffered, then the gain outweighs the loss!
Li Chengshang wanted to refute that the emperor of their Dayu Dynasty was much more important than the grain in those two warehouses. But he knows more that individuals know their own beauty, and the Beidi people may not think the same as him, and the Beidi people may really value food more.
Thinking that the two warehouses of grain were cheap for the Beidi people, Li Chengshang's face turned pale with distress.
Compared with her panicked sons, Xia Jing prefers to do things calmly.
Since the team could not continue the journey, let the housekeeper arrange for people to make as much dry food as possible. The well water collected in the annex two days ago, even if you use it, don't feel distressed!
The carriage was filled with so many buckets of water, and when the old emperor's team came, I didn't know what else would happen, and this water might be cheaper than others when it didn't come to the time.
The powerful families who received the news were anxiously waiting, and they found out about the movement of the team in the palace, and they also followed suit and arranged for people to make dry food.
And some teams who have no connections and have not received the news, smelling the smell of food in the air, look at these teams curiously.