The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

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"Where is Dugu Ming? What does he do for a living?" King Xiutu couldn't believe it.

Losing a battle is not a big deal, they still have a way to retreat. As long as the Xiutu King City is still there, they can continue to resist the attack from Bingzhou.

But now, the royal city has fallen.

"The enemy is too numerous. We can't stop them at all." The herald cried.

"Didn't I leave 30,000 troops for him? The main forces of Bingzhou are here, where does such a large number come from?" King Xiutu cursed angrily.

They knew how many soldiers the Yulin Guard had.

Even if you give him 30,000 men to attack the city, you also have 30,000 men, and you are the one defending the city.

The interrogator was silent.

The Xiongnu leaders present were also silent.

"Thirty thousand? Where did thirty thousand come from?" The interrogating officer burst into tears.

"When we left the city, the Chanyu left us 30,000 men. But after the vanguard camp was damaged, the Chanyu ordered 20,000 to be withdrawn, and then another 20,000 were transferred from Zhangye. After that, the Chanyu said that we would be able to return victorious soon, so he continued to transfer troops. When the enemy attacked the city, there were less than 3,000 soldiers left in the entire Xiutu, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled."

King Xiutu was stunned as he listened to the hoarse voice of the messenger, and finally he remembered.

They attacked again and again, and each time they were almost successful, so he kept urging Dugu Ming to dispatch troops to support them.

No wonder he said he saw a lot of soldiers along the way.

"But this is not the reason why Dugu Ming lost the city!" King Xiutu said stubbornly.

I have mobilized too many people, not enough to defend the city. You want to tell me, if you don’t tell me, I will be in high spirits, how would I know what I have done.

It’s like, if I said something when I was drunk, you go find me when I was drunk, or you go find me when I was sober, how would I know what I said.

If it really doesn't work, you can buy me a drink, and we can talk when I'm drunk.

As the think tank of the royal court, Dugu Ming is usually very clear-headed. Why did he make the same mistake as himself this time?

"Why didn't Dugu Ming say anything when we were short of troops?" King Xiutu chose to pass the buck.

"The Prime Minister asked Yanqing of Jiuquan to transfer 10,000 people to assist in the defense, but was rejected."

At this point, the herald became even angrier.

King Hunxie has formed an alliance with them, but they still resort to private power and only listen to orders.

"Yan Qing deserves to die." King Xiutu cursed angrily.

He understood that Dugu knew that he could not stop him, so he had no choice but to ask Yan Qing under the command of King Hunxie.

It’s a pity that Yan Qing refused, which led to the destruction of the royal court.

"This is your Yan clan!" King Xiutu turned around and looked at the patriarch of the Yan clan.

If Yanshi wasn't from his maternal clan, he would have wanted to kill her.

The head of the Yan clan did not say a word. This was indeed their fault and they could not wash themselves away.

"The most urgent task is to find a way to take back the royal court." said the head of the Yan clan.

What’s the point of holding people accountable now?

The Yulin Guards are still chasing them from behind, and will catch up with them sooner or later. But where can they escape to in the Qilian Mountains and Helan Mountains?

There are still trees in the Longxi mountains that can serve as moles, but the unique Danxia landform in the south of the desert is all bare and the overly gorgeous colorful stone mountains cannot even serve as moles.

"Why didn't Prime Minister Dugu escape with you?" Yanshi asked thoughtfully.

Dugu Ming is an old fox. If the city cannot be defended, he will definitely escape at the first opportunity.

Serve the country loyally?

Don’t even think about it, they are the Huns, the barbarians.

The Central Plains approach doesn't work here.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, they will not feel the slightest guilt even if they kill their fathers and kings.

It is better to tell them how much pasture and how many cattle and horses they can get than to talk to them about loyalty, righteousness, filial piety and brotherhood.

"Yes, why didn't the Prime Minister leave the city with you?" King Xiu Tu also came to his senses. "The Prime Minister... the Prime Minister, when the city was broken, the whole family fled to Jinchang." said the herald.

If he hadn't come to summon him, he would have planned to escape with Dugu, but his surname was Jin and he didn't get along with Dugu.

In other words, those who fled together were not from the Dugu family.

"..."

King Xiutu and Yanshi looked at each other and realized that this was exactly what they, the Huns, should do.

It was expected and reasonable, but it made people feel very uncomfortable.

"Yes, he clearly has 30,000 troops in Dugu Longcheng, so why doesn't he use them, but goes to Yan Qing for help?" Yan Shi said that she didn't want to bring up the past, but she took the initiative to bring up the past.

"Dugu Longcheng is attacking Jinchang!" King Xiutu explained in a low voice.

This is not a fair thing for them to do.

The main reason is that they didn't know that the Xiongnu and Dayuezhi had already formed an alliance.

The news of the alliance came back a little late, because Dugu Longcheng had already led his troops away.

Then... they forgot to tell Dugu Longcheng, forgot to inform him, their minds were full of killing those thieves from the Yulin Guards.

The silence at this moment was somewhat deafening.

No one expected that as one of the three overlords of the desert, their decision-making this time was totally insane.

"Let's go back to the city of Wangting first and then make plans." King Xiutu rubbed his brows and could only take things one step at a time.

"Stop slaughtering the king!" In Wuwei City, Dugu Ming looked at the captains of the two battalions of the Imperial Guards and shook his head.

"Has he not realized that the Xiutu Royal Court has lost the other two Royal Courts for a long time?"

This was also what Dugu Ming suddenly discovered.

They had actually lost contact with the other two royal courts for nearly a month.

On the battlefield, losing contact for a month, what a disaster that would be.

Either they were surrounded and the news couldn't get in.

Either the friendly forces were defeated and no more news came out.

Dugu Ming didn’t know which situation the Xiutu royal court was in, but no matter which situation it was, King Xiutu was finished.

"Is Bingzhou sending out 500,000 troops this time?" Dugu Ming asked the two captains again.

"It started out at 400,000, then it increased to 500,000, then it increased to 600,000, and now it's probably over 800,000."

The two captains did not hide anything.

The first increase was due to the joining of heroes from the Central Plains, which caused Bingzhou to exceed its budget.

The second time was when the king deceived Qiang Wei and gathered the Qiang and Di people.

The third time was when the Western Regions joined the war.

"What virtue and ability has Da Mo had!" Dugu Ming was glad that he surrendered early.

In this small desert, there was an army of over one million people pouring in and fighting.

Moreover, they seemed to have passed wrong information to King Hunxie and Dayuezhi.

They knew that Bingzhou had raised an army of 500,000.

But he didn't know that Bingzhou had increased its military strength.

So when the Yulin Guards arrived at the city of Wuwei, they estimated that there were nearly 200,000 troops under the city, and then they passed the information to King Hunxie and Dayuezhi.

Bingzhou has 200,000 troops here, and only 300,000 in other places.

This is an error of an army of 100,000.

This was really not something Dugu Ming conveyed intentionally.

At that time, he hadn't thought about voting yet.

(End of this chapter)