Dahan first prince

Chapter 247 The thief has no future, why does he need a 'long-term plan'?
Liu Ying knew nothing about the slander in Li Shang's heart.

If she knows, Liu Ying will definitely explain in an all-round way without any dead ends: what exactly is "all fear comes from insufficient firepower".

Of course, under the current situation, Liu Ying could only linger on the spectacular scene created by the crossbow on the bed for a while.

"Ok?"

Lu Shizhi on the side couldn't help but wink, and Liu Ying finally came to his senses.

"Well, it's Qu Zhouhou..."

Seeing that it was Li Shang who came, Liu Ying could only look away from the bed crossbow not far away with a little reluctance, then turned around and nodded to Li Shang with a serious face.

"How's the battle going?"

"Soldiers in the city, are there any signs of low morale, or signs of fear in the face of the enemy?"

Hearing that Liu Ying asked about the morale of the soldiers in the city, Li Shang looked sad and gave Liu Ying a small bow.

"Your Highness, don't worry."

"The soldiers stationed in Yongcheng today are all selected by the Prime Minister after the autumn of last year, and the sons of Liang's family in Guanzhong are selected in order to prepare for His Majesty's use of the powerful soldiers to put down Zhao on behalf of Zhao."

After speaking in a steady tone, Li Shang turned sideways and looked at the phalanx of bows and crossbows in the city that were constantly drawing their bows and throwing them.

"In this battle, there is no risk of protractedness, and there is no risk of absolute rescue. Moreover, we have the barriers of the Yongcheng City to rely on, and His Highness personally climbed the walls to boost the army's might."

"What's more, His Highness promised heavy rewards and generous gifts before the battle, and clearly stated that all soldiers killed or disabled in battle will be rewarded heavily."

"If this is the case, the morale of the army is still unstable, and the ministers believe in Marquis Wu, and they will have no face to be used by His Majesty to be handsome..."

Hearing Li Shang's somewhat proud words, Liu Ying felt relieved and nodded slightly with a smile on her face.

But soon, Liu Ying realized that he was clearly saying something with a Versailles flavor, but Li Shang was faintly worried, both in his tone and expression.

Seeing Li Shang's attitude, Liu Ying thought for a while, then turned sideways thoughtfully, and nodded slightly to Lu Shizhi beside him.

Soon, on the Yunju turret, the guards of the Southern Army surrounded Liu Ying, and under Lu Shizhi's signal, they gave up an open space within ten steps.

Only then did Liu Ying step forward with a gloomy expression, gently took Li Shang's arm, and came to the corner of the turret near the inner side of the city.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Liu Ying reacting so quickly, Li Shang didn't care to marvel at Liu Ying's keen sense of smell. He lowered his head slightly and whispered his worries.

"Your Highness."

"It's already Haishi (21:23-5:7), and it's only four hours at most. When it reaches Maoshi ([-]:[-]-[-]:[-]), the sky will be bright!"

"It's only four hours, and even though there are many bandits, the thieves can only attack the city for three rounds at most."

"Yongcheng has tens of thousands of soldiers in Guanzhong, and His Royal Highness is here. No matter what, there is no reason why tomorrow will not come, and Yongcheng will be destroyed by thieves..."

Hearing Li Shang's words, Liu Ying only nodded subconsciously, but she was even more puzzled in her heart.

Four hours, eight hours, is indeed not a short period of time for ordinary people.

Even for some lucky migrant workers in later generations, eight hours is all working hours in a day.

But for wars, especially wars in the cold weapon era, four hours is really not such a time interval that cannot be ignored, nor is it so important.

Take a very simple example.

In the film and television works of later generations, such a scene often appears in plots related to war.

——Report~~~
——A certain place, eight hundred miles, hurry up!
But it is different from the stereotypes of most people in later generations: the "eight hundred li rush" in the cold weapon era, the actual speed is not eight hundred miles a day.

It is said that in the Han Dynasty today, battle reports of the scale of "Eight Hundred Miles Expedited" basically appeared when the side walls were invaded by the Huns.

The distance from Yunzhong City, which was at the forefront of the Han Dynasty's northern front, to Chang'an City, where the Han Dynasty's political center was located, was about [-] miles.

If calculated according to "eight hundred miles per day", it seems that it only takes three days to send an "urgent eight hundred miles" from the cloud to Chang'an.

But in fact, it took about seven days for the battle report of "Eight Hundred Li Expedited" sent back from the flying horse in the cloud to cover such a distance and send the battle report back to Chang'an.

On the contrary, the beacon fires lit in order can send the message of "emergency at the border" back to Chang'an within one to two days.

In other words, in today's Han Dynasty, the actual speed of the "Eight Hundred Li Expedited" relay transmission day and night, changing people and horses, is only about four hundred miles a day.

And four hours, even for the fastest information transmission method in the world today, it only means that the message is sent more than 100 miles away.

Even the urgent military report of 100 miles can only be sent more than [-] miles in four hours, not to mention that in these four hours, a city offensive and defensive battle where the enemy and us both have more than [-] troops can win What critical progress has been made.

Li Shang also said just now: In four hours, there are at most Huainan rebels outside the city, and they can only launch three rounds of attacks.

And for a military town like Yongcheng, the three rounds of attacks were even within the scope of 'mutual testing'.

This is why Liu Ying became more and more confused.

"Since that's the case, why is You Xiangguo frowning?"

Asking without concealing her thoughts, Liu Ying just looked at Li Shang in confusion, and her eyes were filled with confusion.

—— Yongcheng is not in danger, isn't it a good thing?

But when Li Shang heard the words, his worried expression only became more serious.

Subconsciously opening his mouth, he turned around mysteriously and looked around. After making sure that no one could hear his words, Li Shang turned around and lowered his upper body even lower.

"Your Highness!"

"Just before the battle, His Highness clearly stated to the generals in the city: Qi and Chu reinforcements will arrive tomorrow; the Guanzhong army led by Marquis Xuan Ping will arrive in just three days!"

When he said this with an anxious expression, Li Shang did not forget to lower the volume to the point where even Liu Ying, who was listening with his ears, could not hear clearly.

"However, the Qi army led by the Marquis of Pingyang is still seeking an opportunity to set up camp a hundred miles outside the city. It will take at least three days for them to leave the camp!"

"The Chu army led by the general does not know when it will come, but no matter what, it will not be able to resist within five days!"

"More reinforcements from Guanzhong under the command of Marquis Xuan Ping!"

In desperation, Li Shang's voice suddenly turned up, making Lu Shizhi beside him break out in a cold sweat!
Realizing his gaffe, Li Shang hurriedly lowered the volume, and continued, "The Marquis of Xuan Ping's troops will go out of Hangu in a few days, and the distance is nearly a thousand miles away. Even in ten days, I'm afraid we won't be able to come to help~"

After saying that, Li Shang did not forget to grit his teeth with anxiety, and finally put the worries in his heart directly in front of Liu Ying.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it: If the reinforcements from Qi and Chu haven't arrived at noon tomorrow, what will the generals in the city think?"

"Three days later, the reinforcements from Xuan Pinghou's troops will not arrive. Will the morale of the generals in the city still be as it is today?"

"If that's the case, it's fine; if after five days, none of the reinforcements His Highness said arrives, and Yongcheng is besieged by bandits instead, and it's going to be a hard battle..."

Having said that, Li Shang finally stopped talking quietly, and shook his head with a gloomy expression.

"Your Highness's strategy, although it can temporarily boost the morale of the soldiers in the city, and keep the army's might within three or two days, it is by no means a long-term solution..."

Seeing Li Shang shaking his head and sighing full of worry, Liu Ying was only slightly taken aback, but finally couldn't help shaking her head and smiling.

"Ah······"

"Long-term solution..."

Squeezing out these words meaningfully, Liu Ying turned her head and looked outside the city, where the Huainan rebels were still attacking Yongcheng endlessly.

"A long-term plan is to prepare for future use."

"However, the thief army, I fear there will be no 'future' at all..."

There was another murmur, which finally made Li Shang's face stagnate, and soon his eyes full of surprise were cast on Liu Ying's face full of winning cards.

"Your Highness's intention...?"

But Liu Yingman shook her head with a relaxed smile, then reached out and patted Li Shang's shoulder which was half a head taller than her.

"There is no need for You Xiangguo to worry about what will happen in the future."

"Just wait until tomorrow morning, and the gate of Yongcheng City is closed, and there are no Huainan thieves in the city. There will be no changes in this battle!"

Putting this sentence down with a relaxed expression, Liu Ying turned around with a smile, and returned to the position where she was standing before.

But what Li Shang didn't know was that although Liu Ying seemed to be looking out of the city at this moment, in fact, Liu Ying's attention had already flown to the capital of Huainan hundreds of miles away: Liuyi... ··

　After staying in the hospital for two days, the mobile phone assistant couldn't turn it on, and couldn't tell everyone.

　　I will make up for the missing updates in the past few days, and there will be two updates today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)