Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

104 Sudden Attack
Discuss the northern army camp.

All the generals of the army gathered in the big tent, no one spoke, and everyone looked very serious.

After they knew that the army rations were burned by a fire, they no longer knew what to do.People are iron, food is steel, and now that soldiers have no food to eat, who can fight with peace of mind.

A person can barely survive without eating for a day.If you don't eat for two days, your physical strength will not be able to keep up. For three or four days, your whole body will quickly collapse.

And when will the next batch of rations arrive?Certainly not for a few days.

Li Shengtian said to the crowd: "This batch of military rations was originally dispatched urgently, and a lot of the capital's rations have been used. It is almost impossible to get another batch."

"General, do you want to force some out from Qingzhou? Those ordinary people should have surplus food at home, right?" a general from the capital asked.

"Even if there is, it's too slow to gather together." Li Shengtian shook his head, "We can't wait that long."

The general of the capital sighed, but he didn't notice that the generals of the Qingzhou faction were secretly glaring at him.

These people were born in Qingzhou, and the people from the capital want to grab food from the people of Qingzhou, so how can we not make them angry.Even if they are out of the category of ordinary people, they still feel very uncomfortable.

A Qingzhou general couldn't help but said: "I heard that many high-ranking officials in the capital have granaries in their homes. Can't they temporarily take out some emergency supplies?"

After this person finished speaking, he was ignored by others, even Li Shengtian didn't want to reply.

Yes, those princes and nobles did have food in their homes.There are even many, many piled up in the warehouse, and they are rotten after a long time.

But what does it matter to others?Borrow it as military rations?Why do people lend you, who do you think you are.

Li Shengtian didn't need to ask, he knew there was no way.Unless the emperor issued an imperial decree to force those people to hand over the grain.But will such an imperial decree really be issued?

When the army was first formed, money was in a hurry.Emperor Qingxiang scolded the Ministry of Accounting all the time, and scolded the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting bloody.But from the beginning to the end, Emperor Qingxiang himself never mentioned the matter of taking money from the clan mansion to subsidize.

Why, it's not because the clan's mansion is the emperor's own small treasury.The status is as high as the emperor, but he is still unwilling to use his own money to subsidize public affairs.

Even if this matter is already very serious, even if this world is his world.

The emperor can't set an example by himself. If he expects his ministers to exchange his family wealth for military rations, it must be hopeless.

If you really want to force it, maybe it will lead to even bigger troubles.

Although Li Shengtian is from a military family, he also knows about these things.

He knew that he would definitely not be able to wait for a new batch of military rations. In fact, not to mention new military rations, it would have been good if he hadn't waited for the imperial decree to abolish military power.

"Everyone." Li Shengtian said, "I want to lead the army back to Qingzhou."

"Withdraw to Qingzhou..."

"Aren't you going to fight Mozhou? General?"

"The Holy Majesty will definitely blame me for this!"

Everyone was talking about it, but Li Shengtian himself took the responsibility: "If the Holy Majesty wants to blame, I will bear it all, so you don't have to worry."

"General, what are you doing..."

The generals breathed a sigh of relief as they said this.

Just withdraw it, whatever they do anyway.

Some people even wanted to withdraw... Especially after Zhao Yun defeated three generals in a row, they were even more afraid that they would become one.

The most horrifying thing was the arrest of Sun Tengwen.

Until now, including Li Shengtian, no one knows how Sun Tengwen was arrested.

Obviously, he was asked to harass him from a long distance, so why did he pay himself for it?

Everyone was puzzled, and now none of the soldiers brought out by Sun Tengwen and him came back, and no one could figure out what was going on.

For this reason, the generals are inevitably frightened.

Now Li Shengtian said that he wants to retreat, which is exactly what they want.

Soon, the generals went out to deal with the retreat, and finally there were only two people left in the tent.

One is Li Shengtian, and the other is a middle-aged man with a hooked nose.

"Ming Qiu, I have something to tell you." Li Shengtian looked at the man and said very seriously.

Jiang Mingqiu said: "General, please give me instructions."

"You should be able to guess it. I suspect that there are spies inserted by Su Yuanan in the army. Not only in the army, but also in Guocheng."

"Yes, General, I think so too."

"So I will entrust you with this matter, because you are the only one I can trust now."

Jiang Mingqiu was a general brought by Li Shengtian from the capital, but unlike other generals in the capital, Jiang Mingqiu had followed him for several years, so he had a better understanding of this person's character in his heart.

Now he suspects that there are Su Yuan spies in the army, so he has no choice but to talk to his most trusted person alone about what he thinks is the most important thing.

"General, please speak."

Jiang Mingqiu has a calm personality, and he was not too excited when facing Li Shengtian's trust in words.

Li Shengtian nodded and said: "It is true that I said just now that we will retreat, but it is not a complete withdrawal."

"It's not all withdrawal..."

"Hundreds of thousands of troops, pull out the camp and retreat. Once Su Yuan dispatches troops to pursue, we will fall into a very passive situation! Don't forget, Su Yuan has an elite cavalry of tens of thousands in his hands!"

"I trained the Modao team before, and it was his cavalry that I wanted to deal with. But..." Li Shengtian sighed, "Now that the army rations are in trouble, there is no time for me to wait."

Jiang Mingqiu listened carefully, and asked: "The general, do you want me to lead an army to end the rear?"

"No. It's not to break the rear, but to attack the city."

Jiang Mingqiu was stunned when he heard the words.

"Siege?"

……

As night fell and the gate of heaven closed, Su Yuan held a piece of information from Taiyuan in his hand.

After reading it, he looked very strange.

"It turned out to be that woman..."

It was stated in the information that the master drug user was the woman who opened a rouge shop in Nancheng, and now the whole city of Taiyuan is blocked, and she is being searched.

Su Yuan thought that he had been to that woman's shop and met her once... Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little scared.

What if that woman attacked him at that time... But Zhao Yun was with him at that time, and she was the only one who was born in the third level of the world, so how could she dare to do it?
"And did she know that I was Su Yuan?"

Su Yuan thought for a while, feeling a little unbearable.

Not for herself, but for Grand Master Zhenmiao.

It seems that Zhen Miao and that woman are still having a good conversation, and they originally made an appointment to meet again.

Later, because of the sudden outbreak of war, in order to protect Su Yuan's safety, Zhen Miao put the matter on hold... If she knew about it now, she might not be happy either.

Su Yuan hesitated for a moment, but decided to inform.

He came to the room where Zhen Miao lived and knocked on the door.

"Da da"

"come in."

Su Yuan pushed the door open and went in. It was a quiet room, and there was nothing in it except futons.

Zhen Miao sits cross-legged and meditates. After she came to Tianmen Pass, except for the first time she went to the city wall to see it, she never came out for the rest of the time.

Su Yuan actually knew that she didn't like that kind of cruel war scene. The blood and death made her feel uncomfortable.

So it's fine at ordinary times, and Su Yuan won't bother her.

"Xiao Yuan, what's the matter with you?"

"Hmm... Grand Master, do you still remember the female owner of the rouge shop? The one with innate cultivation."

"remember."

"She was probably the assassin who was sent to assassinate me, and..." Su Yuan said in a serious tone, "My mother, who is also your apprentice of Grand Master... died early that year, and it may also be related to this person."

Zhen Miao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and his sharp eyes became even more alluring.

"Is there something strange about Xiaoqing's death?"

"Very likely. This is the information I got from the enemy. It seems to be related to slow poison."

"...If that's the case, then I'm really incompetent as a master."

Zhen Miao stood up, the astonishing aura exuding from his body made it difficult for Su Yuan to breathe.

Although he knew that his master was very strong, very strong.But this is the first time I have experienced the astonishing sense of oppression it reveals...

In this moment alone, Zhen Miao gave him a feeling that was even more terrifying than Li Shengtian's thousands of troops.

The next moment, Zhenmiao withdrew her breath, and she said to Su Yuan: "Xiao Yuan, don't worry, I will catch that person. If it is true as you said, Xiaoqing was poisoned to death by her, I will definitely avenge her .”

When Zhen Miao said this, there was no hatred on her face, but Su Yuan knew that she was serious.

"Um……"

That's it.

Su Yuan was very sure that if Zhen Miao made a move to arrest her, that woman would definitely not be able to escape, no matter how far she ran.

"My lord!"

At this time, Chu Changning's shout came from outside, and the tone was very anxious.

Su Yuan said goodbye to Zhen Miao for the time being, and when he came outside the door, Chu Changning looked excited and said, "My lord, Li Shengtian's army has withdrawn! Do you want to pursue now?!"

"Is it all withdrawn?"

"should be!"

"should……"

Su Yuan and Chu Changning went to the city wall, the moon was sparse today, and the viewing conditions were good, and they could see the Beibei army in the distance retreating one by one.

Seeing that Li Shengtian really wanted to withdraw, Su Yuan asked Zhao Yun to carry out the plan.

He handed over [-] cavalry to Zhao Yun, who clasped his fists at Su Yuan and said, "My lord, the last general will fulfill his mission! Defeat the enemy!"

"Okay, I will prepare the celebration banquet!"

Zhao Yun led people out of the city to pursue them. Su Yuan saw that Zhao Yun and others were gradually disappearing into the night, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"The number of people doesn't seem to be right..."

"My lord, what did you say?"

"Number of people!" Su Yuan was startled, "Li Shengtian has hundreds of thousands of troops, but does the legion we saw just now have that many people?"

"This..." Chu Changning thought about it. It is not difficult to estimate the number of large army groups. Those who have been in the army all year round can estimate roughly by looking at the army formation.

When he thought about it now, the number of people seemed to be quite wrong!
"My lord, what do you mean...!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw black silhouettes appearing not far from the Tianmen Pass, and they were moving quickly towards the Tianmen Pass.

Only then did Su Yuan understand.

"They're going to attack!" he yelled. "This army is all in black! Damn it, get ready to fight!!!"

(End of this chapter)