V4.Chapter 49

The emperor can't be calm this night.

Thousands of families murmur, or fear or doubt, or pray or sigh after the curtain is heavy

No matter how high or low a man is, he can hardly sleep all night.

In the city of Yanzhou hundreds of miles away, Su Xiuming and Shen zangfeng would be crazy if they didn't have the soldiers watching them!

They are all in the capital!

Su Xiuming was sent back to Sangzi Qingzhou by his grandfather because one of his two sons happened to be released, and his only grandson was not in the imperial capital with his parents. It would be a real pain if something happened to his father, his first wife and his brother. There was also the comfort of his son's safety.

But Shen zangfeng - parents, brothers and sisters, first wife and two sons It can be said that everything about him is in the capital!

Even though he was cultivated as the future lord since he was a child because of his brother's lack of morale, he always stresses that happiness and anger do not form in color. At this moment, he tries his best to keep calm and self-contained in the scene!

The gentle exhortation of my mother when I was young, the strict instruction of my father when I was young, the getting along with my brothers and sisters in the middle, the sweet words and coquetry of my wife Chang Ying, and two naive children Since knowing the purpose of Rongren's troop, these scenes alternate before his eyes, and there is no time or break at all!

…… At dawn, Shangguan 11 entered the meeting hall.

At the sight of him, the hearts of all the people were relaxed, and then they mentioned that Shen Zang Feng opened his eyes, which were closed for a rest because of the long night's discussion. He was as bloodshot as Su Xiuming and other generals, but he still had bright eyes when he looked up at Shangguan 11, with a strong expectation: "11, but there is a clue?"

After these days of military career, the shyness of Shangguan 11 has eased to some extent.

At the moment, although he still speaks little, he doesn't want others to coax him for a long time.

He simply said, "I'm glad I didn't disgrace my life." Then he took a large stack of rice paper under his armpit and quickly walked to the wide long case beside the sand table to unfold.

Su Xiuming and other people are busy around.

Shangguan's eleven rice paper was spread out, but it was a map drawn by hand. Looking at the terrain, it is the states in the northern part of the great Wei Dynasty, mainly Donghu, Yanzhou and the capital of the emperor. The nearby places are only sketched. There are traces of red pen circles in several places in the picture, which is the result of his independent reflection on this night.

"When the soldiers were in a hurry to retreat in order to hold a ceremony of sacrifice to the heaven, the plan had already begun." Shangguan eleven was not good at talking about the scene. At this moment, he didn't need to speak about the scene. He spread out the rice paper and saw that people were surrounded. He went straight to the point and said, "at that time, although the army defeated the Liu family like a mountain, in fact, it only accounted for nearly 2/3 of Donghu until they withdrew. At this time, they retired. Otherwise, I guess, they would have been very hard to fight any longer. At least, they could not be as unstoppable as before. After all, all in one go, all in one go, and all in three go down. Besides, many soldiers in the army have plundered countless people. Many of them are satisfied with their wealth and have no desire to continue fighting. "

"But the people in the army who set up the plan for this time were holding on to it. Before they showed their weakness, they found an excuse to retreat. So that we all thought that they were in a hurry to return to open that big ceremony for heaven worship. Not only did they not want many looted things, but they were even killed by us in the end, regardless of their defeat. They only wanted to return to the king's tent. "

Last officer Xi pointed to several places on the map that he had marked with a red pen and said, "because of the defeat of Liu family before, when the soldiers withdrew, the army did not immediately follow up, and there were not many soldiers who dared to pursue and kill. In addition, after the path is trampled to a certain extent, it is difficult to estimate the exact number of people passing through it. So in fact, we can't judge whether 300, 000 soldiers withdrew from the territory of the Wei Dynasty at that time. "

At last, they understood what he meant, and they were all shocked: "the last time I left the army, it was to let these soldiers hide in the territory of my Wei Dynasty?!"

Su Xiuming was surprised and said, "but now there are about 100000 soldiers and horses around Yanzhou who don't attack. After Yanzhou, they go straight to the capital of the emperor, and we get at least 100000 people from overlooking the city! How can many of these people hide without any trace? And the soldiers gathered together the king's account, and the spies had seen the number of people from afar, and it was impossible to miss more than 100000! "

The superior officer nodded at 11:00, and said: "we will talk about the hidden things later. Let's talk about the number first. Because of the previous defeat, when the soldiers retreated, our spies must have followed. They arrived at the king's tent later. When they counted, it was estimated that the soldiers would not start until they were all back together. And it must be counting from a distance. In this case, how do you know that these people were all soldiers at that time? Don't forget that Donghu was also abducted at that time. This is one of them. "

"Wait!" Shen zangfeng raised his hand and said, "the number of people can be fake. It's impossible for a spy to look closely. It's possible for him to read wrong. It's just that we didn't really think that Rong people didn't retreat at all Say how they hid most of their troops in the territory of my great Wei Dynasty, and made us know nothing! "

The last officer nodded: "it's OK. In fact, I can't be sure how to hide. This is speculation: one possibility is that they didn't leave most of their troops in the territory of the Wei Dynasty. After all, the appearance of the Rong people is quite different from that of the Wei people. Once they are met, they will be found out. However, if they only take the opportunity to send people to bury a large number of baggage in the vast Gobi, unless it is heaven's will, even if Liu Jia will send people to pay attention not to let Rong people pass through the Gobi, will they dig up the huge Gobi one by one and check the bottom?"After all, after the army retreated, Donghu was in a mess. It was too late to build fortifications, heighten the walls and dig deep trenches. The spies were scattered to stare at Hanhai Gobi. Most of the time, they were also careful not to let the army sneak in there. They were afraid that the most difficult thing when the Hanhai Gobi crossed would be solved by the army. With the supplement of supplies, even if there is any accident, which is blocked by our Wei army, the city cannot be built on the Gobi, so to speak, there is no danger to defend. The bravery of the Rong people can be brought into full play. In that case, we Wei people will definitely suffer from the loss when we fight with them. For the Rong people, it is better than fighting against the city. "

There was no sound in the meeting hall, but Shangguan 11 continued, "the second possibility is that these places I circled on the map are all places where people are rarely seen. And it's mostly mountains or valleys. According to the two years of success, these places can't be too empty. The soldiers scattered and hid in. Even if they met the common people of the great Wei Dynasty, they all cut them off. I'm afraid that they haven't responded to the present official rule. "

Shen zangfeng said to himself, "what is the most likely one?"

"I think both are possible." Shangguan 11 said, "it's very easy to find out that the army is lying in wait for the chance of sneaking attack in the Wei Dynasty. At that time, when the East Hu army stopped, the royal forest army and us here in Yanzhou surrounded, and the soldiers were in trouble! It's because they may only have a small number of people lurking down, for one thing, it's easy to hide. For another, even if they are found with little loss, they're lucky or even able to escape. For another, they're less, they're easy to move, and they can even cover their faces and other features that are easy to expose their identities as soldiers. In turn, they can detect our movements!

"And they also hid a large number of supplies for the army to pass through. In these two days, because of the 100000 troops left by the Rong people who didn't attack the surrounding area of Yanzhou, our scouts couldn't rush through the surrounding area to report, and the pigeon letters sent out were shot down one after another, so that no feather could fly over the camp of the Rong people! "

Shangguan 11 points to the map and says, "so I suspect that there must be Rong people in these places where Zhu Bi circles two roads! Because this is the only way for Yanzhou, Donghu pigeon letter and messenger! Although the homing pigeons are domesticated, their wisdom is limited. Generally speaking, their flight route will not be changed. The Rong people are good at riding and shooting, but also domesticate hawks and falcons, and naturally catch homing pigeons. In addition, guard the key roads and kill the messenger. Oh, and here, surrounded by three, are the beacon. So cut off the means of warning ahead, the Rong people who infiltrated the heart of the great Wei Dynasty can seize the city as this time, with the potential that the thunder can't cover their ears. Otherwise, the Liu family should have heard the warning for a long time, how could Yanzhou almost fall into the hands of the soldiers? "

…… In fact, the situation in Yanzhou was more dangerous than that in the capital.

Yanzhou is not as lucky as the capital. Before Rongren arrived at the city, they were found and sent to the city in time to report the letter. The grand master who presided over the government affairs thought it was better to be steady. He would rather find an excuse for the sudden closure of the four gates later, and then close it first. This is equivalent to saving the whole city.

On that day, when the army suddenly appeared outside the city of Yanzhou, several of the chief officers of Yanzhou were checking the official documents in the general's office, and there were only soldiers and low-ranking officers at the gate of the city. However, the time when the soldiers arrived was almost the same as the time when the cavalry in the city practiced. Therefore, the soldiers under the city gate thought that the earth shaking was due to the special efforts of cavalry training today.

They also joked and speculated with each other, whether Su Xiuming or Shen zangfeng personally urged them?

As a result, without a word of joking, we saw the flag blocking the sun in the distance. As we didn't receive any warning from Donghu, the first reaction of Chengtou and Chengmen was not to close the gate and send out a warning, but to ask each other if there was any reinforcements coming to Yanzhou to garrison recently?

Such a delay, when they saw clearly under the flag was a face with deep eyes and high nose and then hurriedly closed the door, it was too late.

By the time Su Xiuming and Shen zangfeng got the news and got on the horse without a red pen, 20000 Rong people had already entered the city, and more Rong people were still pushing in.

The two brothers and nephews fought with their relatives. Su Xiuming began to lose strength because of his age, and his arm was cut It was not easy to close the gate of the city, and then search out and kill the soldiers in the city. Several officers thought that they could not keep the soldiers in the city. They abandoned their subordinates in fear and asked to open other gates to escape. As a result, the whole city was in chaos, and even a few soldiers touched the warehouse where the baggage was stored and ignited a fire.

The loss was discovered in time, which did not cause great loss.

But in a day and night of bloody war, I dragged my tired body to appease the army and the people in the city So easy to stabilize the overall situation, the person in charge of the interrogation of Rong people left behind to make tongues reported a terrible news: this time Rong people made a big invasion, the goal is the capital!

Those who took the lead in invading the city of Yanzhou were the brave and fearless generation among the soldiers. The interrogators used all their means to pry open one's mouth. However, the interrogator broke his temper without confessing a few words. So there are so many to report.

However, most of the Rong people appeared in Yanzhou, but there was no news about the direction of Donghu. Moreover, since the defeat of seizing the city, the Rong people no longer attacked the city, but only set up camp outside the city, and set up villages. Obviously, it's to attack the surrounding area of Yanzhou instead of attacking it. But there are more rear army, mighty, to the direction of the capital!

This is enough to prove the last words of the captives.Because of the defeat of the Liu family, in order to resist the Rong people, the elite soldiers who can be drawn will be drawn out. The Shen family all supported 20000 Xiliang troops. Later, the soldiers withdrew suddenly. Donghu had to hurry up to repair the fortifications to prevent the soldiers from rolling up the soil and cleaning up the soldiers, so as to prevent the Xinzhou soldiers from happening again.

So now the troops in Yanzhou are only enough to defend the city. If you want to rush out of the city, you can't leave Yanzhou City and the baggage in the city - it will certainly pay a huge and even tragic price.

It's not enough. The key is that there are so many soldiers and more soldiers going to attack the imperial capital. What's the meaning of coming to the capital city if they rush out of Yanzhou at a heavy price?

Even if the last twenty thousand Xiliang troops in the capital city were added, they would not have much to look at in front of the more than one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers.

Especially after leaving Yanzhou, where did the baggage come from?

Previously, the royal family and other families restricted the supplies of Xiliang army in order to prevent the Shen family from making trouble!

Even if the capital of the emperor is surrounded this time, the leader of the 20000 Xiliang army will have a headache for the next food and grass If they are smart and fast and haven't been killed by the soldiers.

Now the problem is that the Rongren didn't mean to attack the city, and there is no danger in Yanzhou for the time being. But how can they help God and care for their little relatives in the capital???