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Chapter 207 The Stepping Stone of Death in Vain
The old man seemed to have suppressed these words in his heart for a long time, and after he rarely vented them out, he felt a little more relaxed.

He looked at Ji Fushou embarrassingly, "Master, I'm sorry, talking about these things ruined your interest."

Ji Fushou shook his head, feeling a little heavy indeed, "Old man, my condolences will change, Xiao An will definitely grow into a useful person in the future."

The old man forced a smile, picked up the bowl and chopsticks again, and ate without taste.

When he got back to the West Room, Ji Fushou stood behind the window and watched the old man's family enter the main room carrying a few sticks of firewood, so he knew that their family had finished their work and burned some sticks of firewood in the main room to warm their bodies.

Ji Fushou looked at Xiao An standing by the door of the main room and looked towards the west room several times, holding his wooden knife in his hand, with a look of longing on his face, and sighed with a heavy heart, "Su, let's stay overnight Nighthawks from other families will also try to see if what the old man said is true."

Su Yingnuo made a noise, turned and left.

Xing followed, and hesitantly said, "My lord, when Xiao An mentioned his mother this morning, did the defenders humiliate his mother after they chopped off his father's head?"

Ji Fushou was silent for a moment, then with a cold face, he replied in a low voice, "It should be."

Xing clenched his fists tightly, his anger overflowing his words, "Those bastards are really beasts!"

Ji Fushou pursed her lips and said nothing, she was waiting for the news from Su.

After finishing breakfast the next morning, Ji Fushou took the lodging out of the house.

"My lord, what the old man said is true. It is not a secret that the defenders used the heads of ordinary people as the heads of Xiliang people. In this village, some people have the same situation as the old man's family. Under the saber of mourning."

Su paused, quite puzzled, "Why are these defenders so courageous? If they didn't kill people to silence them, they should know that things will be exposed one day, so they won't worry about it?"

Ji Fushou hooked the corners of his lips, with a sarcastic arc, "What are you worried about? Even if this matter is really exposed, so what? You have evidence to prove that the defenders used the heads of ordinary people as the heads of Xiliang people Is it a mixed martial arts?"

Su was stunned, and finally sighed helplessly, "There is no evidence."

The north wind was howling, and it made her tighten the cloak on her body. She walked all the way, looking at this small village that seemed unusually peaceful at this moment, with dark currents in her eyes,

"You and I both know that military merit is counted by the head. As long as the military clerk reviews the head and it is correct, the head can be destroyed. If it is cremated, it will be ashes. If it is buried, even if the place is dug up now , Those heads have already rotted away."

Without the head as evidence, even if this matter is exposed, the defenders can bite back and say it is slander.

Moreover, the magistrates and the defenders are working hand in hand, and the military recorder is helping the defenders. As long as the three parties have the same caliber, no one can do anything to them.

"These common people on the border not only died in vain, but also became an important stepping stone for those people's careers." Su felt sorry for this.

Ji Fushou folded her hands, and her words seemed extremely cold in the cold wind, "In the eyes of those powerful people, the lives of ordinary people are not as important as a loyal dog in their family. Human life is worthless, and it has always been like this."

The emperor committed the same crime as the common people?
No, don't be naive, it doesn't exist.

As long as he didn't commit a major act of treason, would it be true that Emperor Cheng would let a few princes commit the same crime as the common people?

"Feng Hao, the general of the frontier defenders, was once the most powerful subordinate of Marquis Xuanping, and was later promoted many times. Four years ago, Feng Hao was appointed as the frontier defender and led the Tengxiang Army to guard the frontier. So far, even if Xiliang came The frontier has become as stable as a mountain."

When he said the last sentence, Ji Fushou carried a strong sense of irony.

"As we all know, Marquis Xuan Ping is the grandfather of the third prince. Feng Hao's move was buried by Marquis Xuan Ping early in the morning. The purpose is to increase the power of the third prince in the army."

"I guess, when Xuan Ping Hou sent Feng Hao to the frontier at the beginning, he really wanted Feng Hao to take the head of Xiliang as a stepping stone and train him to be the same commander as the Duke of England and the Duke of Lu."

"However, he must have overlooked the strength of the Xiliang cavalry. Xuan Pinghou himself has never faced Xiliang cavalry before. He felt that the British were able to scare Xiliang people, so he thought Xiliang was not to be feared."

"But Xiliang has been recuperating for nearly 20 years, which is different. Just think of the 50 Xiliang cavalry we saw on the grassland, and you will know how terrible they are."

"The Xiliang cavalry came and went freely, and the Tengxiang army couldn't catch up or fight. In order not to let Emperor Qi Cheng feel that he was incompetent, he was transferred back to the capital. Feng Hao had to kill the people and pretend to be the enemy's leader. Leadership."

"In this way, when Emperor Qi Cheng saw that Tengxiang's army had defended the frontier so well, he was more assured that Feng Hao, the defender, would at least be able to guard the frontier, so that the British would not take advantage of the opportunity to recover."

"It's ridiculous that Emperor Qi Cheng didn't know what was going on behind the scenes of the Tengxiang army. He thought that there was nothing wrong with the Tengxiang army on the frontier. Then when the Xiliang army arrived, the incompetent Tengxiang army abandoned Dingxiang City and retreated to Mayi City."

At this point, she finally understood why the Xiliang people took Dingxiang City down so quickly.

If she is the commander-in-chief of Xiliang this time, seeing that the frontier defenders are so useless, she will definitely occupy the city as a camp, and use Dingxiang City as a defensive barrier, which can not only defend the Daqi army, but also make her soldiers active in this cold weather. Settle down better and wait for work at leisure.

"Dingxiang City once stationed the Tengxiang Army, so there must be a lot of rations. If Feng Hao led his men to retreat, he didn't take away the rations."

Ji Fushou sighed deeply, "This battle must be fought."

Da Qi must want to take Dingxiang City back, otherwise he would be threatened by Xiliang people all the time, and Emperor Qi Cheng might not even be able to sleep soundly.

But this battle was extremely difficult.

Xiliang people use Daqi's city as their base, and Daqi's grain as their military salary, so they don't need to consume themselves.

Feng Hao's behavior of abandoning Dingxiang City is tantamount to fattening up Xiliang's army. To put it bluntly, he is a traitor.

"Fortunately, 20 troops were dispatched, and the consumption of military pay is not a small number. The people of Xiliang don't know how to farm. Once the food in Dingxiang City is exhausted, they will face a big dilemma."

But in the same way, Daqi's 30 troops dispatched will only consume more military pay than Xiliang people, and it is unknown how many sergeants can't adapt to this cold weather.

Can Daqi's treasury and granary support this battle?
Whoever becomes passive in terms of military pay first will lose a step first.

Ji Fushou shook his head, "Simply, the Xiliang people stationed in Dingxiang City is equivalent to throwing away their most powerful weapon."

Su asked puzzledly, "The most powerful weapon in Xiliang?"

"Xiliang cavalry."

(End of this chapter)