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Chapter 203 Retreating to Dingxiang City
Fourth Prince Li Ze frowned and looked at Ji Sibo, "You think Xiliang might attack?"

Ji Sibo nodded solemnly, "That's right, Your Highness, this year's winter is extremely cold, so we must guard against it."

Li Ze's eyebrows were twisted into a well, and he paced back and forth, "Because it's extremely cold, you asked me and my father to send more soldiers to northern Xinjiang.

It is not an easy task to mobilize troops. In Li Ze's view, it is a stupid decision to send more troops because of the cold.

If he brought up this matter with his father, if Xiliang did not invade the border, wouldn't he be an alarmist in the hearts of his father and the courtiers?

Besides, he is currently fighting fiercely with his elder brother and third brother. He doesn't want to stop when he wants to. It was a complete failure.

"But Your Highness, this year is really different. Look at the snow outside, it has never stopped." Ji Sibo tried to persuade him again, but Li Ze waved his hand to stop the rest of his words.

"Sibo, I understand your worries, but I think you are a bit unfounded. I have a vast land and resources, and a strong military force. Xiliang has not dared to fight against me for more than [-] years. How could he have the courage to invade the border? ?

Don't listen to the fact that the wind is the rain, and think wildly when you see heavy snowfall.This snow falls like this every year, and it didn't just snow this year, and it didn't snow in previous years, and Xiliang violated the border.You, rest assured, I heard that the Ministry of War has given you vacations, and the Chinese New Year is almost here, so rest at home and have a good New Year. "

Li Ze smiled helplessly, and patted him on the shoulder, with the meaning of seeing off the guests in his words.

Ji Sibo sighed slightly in his heart, bowed his hands to Li Ze and saluted, "Your Highness, there is still something to do at Sibo's house, so I will take my leave first."

After walking out of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Ji Sibo sat in the carriage, looked at the snow covered all over the street, and saw that there were few pedestrians on the street, and murmured: "Your Highness, it's really unusual. Auntie is right. Not only did it not stop, but it got bigger and bigger.”

When he got home, he went straight to look for Ji Fushou. Ji Fushou saw that there was a thin layer of snowflakes on his shoulders when he entered the door, and said angrily, "Why don't you hold an umbrella? The snow will melt on the cloak, and it will soak the cloak." , this kind of weather is not good."

Ji Sibo took off his cloak, shook the snow outside the door, and walked in.

Ji Fushou looked at his expression and bent his lips, "Why are you looking for the fourth prince? Look at you, the fourth prince didn't listen to your proposal?"

Ji Sibo shook his head, repeated the fourth prince's words, and finally said, "He thinks my worries are unfounded, and he also thinks this matter is ridiculous, so he doesn't agree with my proposal."

Ji Fushou was not surprised, his expression was still calm, Ji Sibo was stunned, "Auntie, you have already guessed this kind of result?"

Ji Fushou said "hmm", "For no reason, no one would believe that Xiliang committed crimes just because of the cold weather."

Ji Sibo was even more puzzled, "Then you want me to tell the Fourth Prince?"

Ji Fushou looked at him amusedly, "If you mention this matter, you won't lose a piece of meat. Even if Xiliang won't violate the border in the end, it's because you are worried about northern Xinjiang. Is it wrong to worry about border issues? No?"

Ji Sibo was silent, and after a while he asked in a hoarse voice: "Then what if Xiliang violates the border in the end?"

Ji Fushou's tone was very calm, "If Xiliang really violates the border, it depends on whether the frontier defenders can hold it. If they can't hold it, the Xiliang people will go all the way south, and they will leave when they have plundered enough food.

At that time, how many people will die under the hooves of horses, who will care about it?If Daqi's army couldn't resist Xiliang's iron cavalry at all, the people of Xiliang might still go straight to the capital. At that time, this piece of world would have a different owner. "

Ji Sibo pulled the corners of his mouth awkwardly, "Auntie, how did you say it was so serious? Daqi still has millions of troops. For more than two hundred years, Xiliang people have not been able to occupy every city and town in Daqi. This time, Xiliang people want to Going straight to the capital is not that simple."

Ji Fushou fell into a trance, and the chaotic scenes of the Central Plains 200 years ago resurfaced in her mind. At that time, human lives were really worthless. Most people sold their daughters, but more men joined the various princes. Just to be able to have a full mouth to eat and a tile to cover the head in troubled times.

At that time, the Ji family's army was never short of people, they had money and food, even if the commander was a woman, no one would care.If they can eat enough, who cares whether the coach is a man or a woman, they only care about whether the coach can lead them to win battles, plunder supplies, and occupy territory.

Hearing Ji Sibo's words, Ji Fushou woke up from the memories, looked at the young man's resolute face, smiled lightly, "Yes, it's better not to have this kind of thing happen again."

Only then did Ji Sibo let out a long breath. His aunt's tone just now was really scary. He couldn't imagine the scene where Xiliang people became the owners of this land. He remembered that Xiliang people are not taboo about meat and vegetables, and women can warm beds for people they don't know. , This kind of bad habit is really terrible, it simply confuses the blood of the family.

"Auntie, since the Fourth Prince shouldn't do this, what should we do?" Ji Sibo asked in a deep voice.

Ji Fushou glanced at him, and said calmly, "The sky is falling, and there are tall people supporting it, you are not the emperor's old man, don't hold on to this matter anymore, maybe my aunt's guess is wrong? Practice martial arts, practice battle formations, don't neglect martial arts, that's what you have to do."

Ji Sibo obediently responded, and turned around to lead Ji Tong and others to practice battle formation and martial arts, regardless of the court who was fighting more and more fiercely.

The snow always lasts for several days at a time, and the more it falls, the thicker it is. If the snow on the roof cannot be cleared in time, the roof will not be able to withstand it and will collapse.

Several households in the capital were crushed to death because the roof collapsed at night and the beams were broken. After the news spread, Emperor Qi Cheng sent someone to clear the snow on the roof in a snowy day.

Time passed bit by bit, and at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, nothing happened except that the snow piled on the roof and collapsed.

Just when the fourth prince laughed at Ji Sibo's alarmist words, a [-]-mile route was rushed from northern Xinjiang to Emperor Qi Cheng's case.

That night, the small yellow gate in the palace knocked on the mansions of the important ministers, bringing with them an oral order from Emperor Qi Cheng calling them into the palace to discuss important matters.

At noon the next day, Ji Fushou got the news from Chu Lingjun: 20 troops from Xiliang invaded the border, and the defenders of Dingxiang City on the border could not resist and retreated to Mayi City.The guard rushed to the capital for eight hundred miles and asked for more reinforcements.

When Ji Sibo heard the news, his eyes widened, "What about the people in Dingxiang City?"

What Ji Fushou saw was different from him, and his expression was extremely solemn, "If Mayi City retreats, Yanmen Pass will be closed. If Yanmen Pass falls, the first barrier of Daqi will be broken, and the Central Plains will be exposed to the horseshoes of Xiliang people. If even the second barrier, Hangu Pass, is broken, the capital might have to move south."

(End of this chapter)