Dahan first prince

Chapter 236 Fight! ! !

Among the tens of thousands of young and strong teams led by Zhang Ao, similar situations also appeared in different places.

The officers in the ranks, or like Zhang Duomi, made a bet with a subordinate who was unwilling to eat rations and had a poor family: behead one level, and get something in return;
Or remembering the respectful teachings of his father and grandfather when he was about to leave the house, he offered a reward: For anyone who kills a thief, in addition to the rewards from His Majesty and the court, I will give you another reward!
There are all kinds of promises made, and the ways of making them are also very different, but the core is nothing more than one sentence.

——Kill as many Huainan thieves as possible and come back alive!

For such a situation, Zhang Ao was very happy to see the results, and even made a bet with several senior officers under his command that something like 'achieve a certain goal, and return you with a certain object'.

But Liu Ying, who lives in the western suburbs of Qi County, knows nothing about all of this...

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"Your Highness."

A low salutation made Liu Ying lift her gaze from the table in front of her, and she got up from her seat when she saw the face of the person coming.

"The country on the right."

She bowed her hands to Li Shang with a smile on her face, Liu Ying did not forget to turn her side slightly, and bowed slightly to Jin She who was beside Li Shang.

"Jin Cheqi."

After greeting the two generals of the Zhu Kingdom, and taking their seats in the military tent, Liu Ying didn't make many detours and went straight to the topic.

"Hongxian garrison, how about the battle preparation?"

"And the Huainan bandit army, what's the difference?"

Seeing that Liu Ying asked about the business without any hesitation, Li Shang and Jin She did not dare to neglect, and their expressions were all straightened up.

Then, it was Jin She who bowed to Liu Ying first under Li Shang's eyes, and then told all he knew about the situation.

"Your Majesty."

"Today's Hong County, the Marquis of Pingyang personally led more than [-] Qi soldiers to garrison, and they have enough food, grass, and military equipment."

"The day before yesterday, I also followed His Royal Highness's military order to go to Shihong County for garrison."

"According to my opinion: If the bandits want to take Hong County, even if the Marquis of Pingyang is isolated and helpless, they should be able to stop the enemy for [-] days."

After finishing speaking, Jin She pondered for a while, and added with some deep meaning: "If when the battle starts, His Highness sends troops to help, and together with the [-] princes under the command of General Jipu Hou, the first year of the year before the winter tenth , Hong County, there is no risk of the city being destroyed..."

Hearing Jin She's barely concealed reminder, Liu Ying nodded naturally, and immediately shifted her gaze to Li Shang in front of her.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing that Li Shang also bowed his hand to Liu Ying, and subconsciously cast a glance at Jin She, he said solemnly, "Your Highness."

"Since the arrival of [-] soldiers at Huaiyang Pass, I have sent out scouts to investigate; now the movement of the Huainan bandits is generally known to me."

"—Three days ago, the leader of the bandits, Yingbu, personally led an army across the Huaihe River, and arrived at Hong County [-] miles south of Hong County the next day and set up camp. However, until now, it has not been heard that Hong County has been attacked by the enemy."

"Yesterday night, the bandit camp was suddenly heated up, and it seemed that [-] soldiers were newly recruited..."

As he said that, Li Shang's complexion gradually darkened, his eyebrows darkened for a moment of thought, and finally he bowed his hands heavily.

"Your Highness."

"I believe that the Huainan bandits' barracks suddenly added [-] soldiers to Huozao yesterday. Although it seems that a large army is assembled and they will take Hongxian by force; , Thieves may backfire!"

Hearing Li Shang's words, before Liu Ying could react, Jin She, who was beside Li Shang, quietly showed a thoughtful look on his face.

"Um······"

"What Qu Zhouhou said hits the nail on the head."

Seeing that Jin She showed an expression of "I understand" in a short while, Liu Ying didn't hold it anymore, but gave Jin She a friendly smile and signaled Jin She to continue talking.

Seeing what Liu Ying meant, Jin She looked hesitantly at Li Shang next to him, and when Li Shang also looked at him with a smile, Jin She smiled shyly and looked at Liu Ying and Li Shang respectively. hand over.

"The thief Yingbu always likes to take risks in his troops, and there are many deceitful ones and few scheming ones."

"The rebel army has reached Hong County today, but if Hong County is broken, the rebels can go straight to the hinterland of Chu State, or defile the rich and prosperous Longxing, or point at Pengcheng, the capital of Chu, and endanger the King of Chu;"

"What's more, if the thieves break through Hong County and go west, they can enter the hinterland of Huaiyang from the east, and it will be very difficult to block it; but the thieves pass through Huaiyang, and the front of the soldiers will definitely be Liang Guo."

"Again, in Liang State today, there are no princes sitting in town, and no veteran generals in charge of the army. Even Liang State's original soldiers have also moved to Nanyang and Nanjun."

"When the thieves arrive at Liang, they should arrive at Xingyang and even Luoyang without a fight!"

"Once there is danger in Luoyang and the fear of Guanzhong, people's hearts will be greatly stimulated, and the Liu Han Sheji established by His Majesty will also have doubts about instability..."

Speaking in a low tone, Jin She's face was full of solemnity.

And from Jin She's brief deduction, Liu Ying also understood very easily: If Yingbo really chooses the offensive route Jin She said, then this disaster is really not easy to deal with.

Take a very simple example.

Before the chaos broke out, Yingbo was trapped in Huainan, and there were barriers on all sides; if the risks of Nanyue, Minyue, and Changsha were eliminated, Yingbo in Huainan was very much like Bi Maweng who was suppressed by the Tathagata Buddha.

But after Yingbo occupied Jingdi, the big bowl that pressed Yingbo was broken.

But now, Yingbu has drilled out of the big bowl from the broken part, and climbed up the upside-down bowl, and is about to climb to the base of the bowl.

If according to Jin She's deduction just now, then next, Bi Ma Weng, Yingbu, can easily climb outside the bowl to the other end of the bowl.

And at that end, there is another place where Yingbo can completely change the situation.

——The Tathagata is pressing the palm of the bowl!
In other words, the Liu Han regime must not lose, and must not even allow the strategic point of 'the enemy appears nearby': outside the Hangu Pass!
But regarding this possibility, neither Liu Ying nor Li Shang, nor Jin She himself, who raised this possibility, were actually not very worried.

As for the reason...
"However, since His Highness proposed the policy of 'luting thieves with his body', Yingbo has no reason to take Hong County by force and then go west."

With a single word, Jin She explained the reason why Yingbu could not choose to go west.

——Hangu Pass is just a gateway to Guanzhong, a strategic point that can pose a threat to Guanzhong, and it is nearly two thousand miles away from where Yingbu is now!
Such a distance, for future generations, is naturally not that far away, it takes only two hours by plane, or three or four hours by train.

Even for ordinary people or caravans today, the distance of two thousand miles is not close, but if you walk a little faster, it will take about ten days.

If it is the most famous method of information transmission in the feudal era-eight hundred li expedited, let alone, the distance of two thousand li can be delivered within five days at most!

But the crux of the problem is: in the feudal era, it is absolutely impossible to guarantee the speed for the infantry in the cold weapon era to perform such a maneuver of thousands of kilometers...

This is also easy to understand.

——As a bandit army, you can't walk the right path swaggeringly, right?
Even if there are really a lot of people, you have to take it easy, it's normal to be out at night or something.

——As a bandit army, you can't just hurry and ignore the surrounding situation, right?
But anyone who has served in the army, even if it is just a groom or a cook, must know what "ambush" is.

These two points alone are enough to make an army of 10 people have to slow down the speed of the new army to seventy miles a day, or even sixty miles!

Counting 10,000+ people moving together, keeping the formation, keeping the distance between the front and the back, taking care of the front and back, etc., Yingbu wants to take the 10,000+ bandit army under his command, starting from Hong County, rushing to Xingyang, Luoyang and even outside Hangu Pass , If you don’t have two or 30 days, don’t even think about it!

Compared with the option of "staying up at night and going out at night, walking in fear all the way for a month before reaching the gate that can pose a threat to Guanzhong", Yingbo obviously has a better option in front of him...
"His Highness wants to lure the enemy with his body, and spread rumors to the south and north of the Huai River. Now the thief should know that His Highness is in the west of Qi."

With a soft voice, Liu Ying's thoughts were brought back to her eyes. Seeing Jin She looking at Li Shang again, she said in a low tone, "Yesterday again, the camp of thieves increased fire."

"According to the minister's opinion: This may be exactly as You Xiangguo said, but the bandits intend to use this to confuse Marquis Pingyang and attack Hong County."

"In fact, the terrorists have reduced their troops and increased their number, and the elite have already taken advantage of the night to go around Hong County in order to get to the location of Your Highness's Central Army!"

Hearing Jin She finally uttered his guess, Li Shang couldn't help but stroked his beard with a gloomy expression, and nodded slowly with a solemn expression.

And beside Li Shang, Jin She finally couldn't hold back his impulse anymore, and suddenly bowed to Liu Ying.

"Your Highness!"

Suddenly raising her voice, she said hello, causing Liu Ying to straighten her back immediately, and immediately cast her kind eyes on Jin She's slightly worried face.

Seeing that Jin She struggled secretly for a moment, she finally raised her head with a frown.

"His Royal Highness lured the enemy here with his body, although it can make the thief go west without thinking, and stay in Chu for a long time, but His Highness's safety may be at stake!"

Speaking with a slightly urgent tone, Jin She did not forget to look at Li Shang again, and added as if encouraging: "In the past, the family knew how to lure the enemy with their own words, so as not to spread the war too far; but the enemy was lured After coming here, the family never made it clear."

"It will only take a few days for the thief to arrive today. Please ask the family to show you: wait for the thief to come, how should I deal with it?"

"War? Go?"

"Or stick to one place and wait for foreign aid?"

Hearing Jin She's question, Li Shang slowly raised his head, and looked at Liu Ying's slightly embarrassed face with the same confused eyes.

"What Jin Cheqi said is true."

"If the family doesn't know the countermeasures and waits for the enemy to approach, the ministers and others may be suspected of making a mistake..."

As he spoke, Li Shang quietly paused, then shook his head with a meaningful smile.

"There is one more thing that I should not ask."

"However, if His Highness wishes to speak to my ministers, I would like to listen attentively..."

Hearing Li Shang's words, Liu Ying put on a stiff smile on top of his already embarrassed face.

Turning her head to the side, seeing that Jin She also had the appearance of "Your Highness doesn't have to say anything, I'd like to listen if I want to say something", Liu Ying just shook her head and smiled, and slowly got up from her seat, raised her head with her hands behind her back, and let out a long and leisurely sigh.

"Ugh······"

"You Xiangguo, Jin Cheqi, there are many people who don't know about this..."

Full of sentimental exclamation, Liu Ying's face was immediately filled with a sense of intimacy.

It's just that being so close doesn't mean showing goodwill or wanting to enhance the relationship, but a pure trust without hesitation or shyness.

"Today, although it is generally safe, in fact, it can be said that there is an undercurrent."

"In the east of the Guandong, there is Chen Xi's rebellion in the north, and the king of Yan may support the bandits, and even be judged to be in danger of surrendering to the enemy."

"During this crisis, the Marquis of Wuyang is the noble of the left Xiangguo, but Gu Chenxi and the King of Yan are too busy, and there is a sudden rumor in Chang'an court, saying: Marquis Wuyang wants to join forces with Chen Xi and the King of Yan to rebel..."

After telling the news that Li Shang and Jin She were dumbfounded at the same time, Liu Ying just smiled wryly and shook her head.

"According to the letter I got, I'm afraid this matter may not end well."

"——Father has already started to change the commander. He wants to send Taiwei Jianghou to replace Wuyanghou of Zuo Xiangguo, and he also ordered Qu Nihou to accompany him to detain Wuyanghou and return to Beijing."

"In this way, there may be many changes in the convenience of the north of the Kanto and the imperial court; Chen Xi's rebellion is not smooth, Yan Wang's rebellion may arise, Wuyang Hou is treacherous and slanderous, and he thinks he is rebellious, and there are Huns in the north watching..."

"What's more, the father, the emperor, is sick, and he can't pay attention to the affairs of the court for a long time..."

Then he added meaningfully, 'Father has been ill for a long time', Liu Ying finally had a serious look on his face.

"Although the people in Guanzhong are at peace, there are undercurrents in the court and the emperor's illness. Guanzhong cannot be said to be 'stable';"

"North of the Kanto, it is even more intricate and involved. A little carelessness may cause the shrine and ancestral temple to be overthrown!"

"Again, Yingbu set up Huainan and disrupted Jing and Chu..."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying looked at Li Shang and Jin She with a look of haggard heart and soul.

"At such a delicate time, Qu Zhouhou and Xin Wuhou thought, what should I do alone?"

Just this question made the two of them freeze in place, not knowing whether to speak or not!
But Liu Ying smiled wryly to herself, stepped forward full of sincerity, and patted the two of them lightly on the shoulder, with endless bitterness in her eyes.

"For the current plan, the only way is to quickly quell the war, and then drive to Chang'an in the starry night to suppress the court!"

"In this way, there may still be room for turning around the matter of Marquis Wuyang; there may also be a chance of turning back the king of Yan's rebellion."

"No matter what happens..."

"With lonely relatives, it should be possible to make the country free of major troubles..."

Hearing Liu Ying's extremely serious, yet sincere and calm confession, there was a trace of solemnity on the faces of Li Shang and Jin She.

——The two of them never thought of it anyway: in the impression, Liu Ying, who should concentrate on dealing with the war, actually puts his perspective at a very high angle.

And such a height, not only did Li Shang and Jin She not think of it, they never dared to think about it...
"Since that's the case..."

They looked at each other with uncertain expressions, and when Li Shang was about to speak, he saw the sound of Chengyong's hooves coming from outside the tent.

In a short while, a figure in ragged clothes, with mud and dust all over his face, and his shoulders were even bandaged with cloth strips, but still faintly bleeding, fell into the military tent rolling and crawling.

"General, General!"

"Huai, the Huainan thief!!!"

"Whew...wheeze..."

"Last night, the Huainan thieves left the old and the weak in the camp, and the rest of the elite troops left the camp, bypassed Hong County, and headed straight for this place!!!!!!"

(End of this chapter)