"A major disaster for the empire? A source of disaster for the people? Sister, I can't understand this. The people live and work in peace and contentment under Li Wufeng's rule. How can it be called a source of disaster for the people? As for a major disaster for the empire, my little sister also has a different view on this. If he says A separatist regime is a serious problem for the empire. What about the Sixth Highness, the First Highness, the Seventh Highness, and the Third Highness? Is it because their surname is Situ that it is not a serious problem, but a matter of justice? If my sister thinks so, I think your sister His mind is too narrow-minded. This world does not belong to that family. There is a saying among the people in Tanghe that the emperor takes turns and will come to my house next year. Although it is childish, it also tells a truth, that is, there is no thousand years. The unbreakable dynasty, I remember that the Situ Dynasty also grew up from a local prince in the previous dynasty, so why doesn’t anyone say that the Situ Dynasty is the source of disaster for the people? Otherwise, it is also because the Situ Dynasty won the hearts and minds of the people at that time Public opinion is in line with the trend of historical development."
Although Sophia's tone was gentle, her arguments were extremely sharp, which made Situ Yushuang's face dimple and feel pain in her heart. She was also a little surprised. Although she had not communicated with this girl about these things for some time, Sophia's words suddenly became so sharp, which indeed made Situ Yushuang feel that she was looking at him with admiration after three days apart, but the other party's The remarks indeed touched on Situ Yushuang's pain points. Why do you say that the Situ Dynasty will be passed down forever for generations to come? The phrase "Princes, generals and prime ministers should rather be kind" was originally a slogan put forward by the rebels before the previous dynasty was overthrown. As expected, the title of emperor finally fell to the Situ family. Who can say clearly about this change of dynasty? I don't know what it is. The truth is that they subconsciously don’t want to accept this reality.
Seeing Situ Yushuang's gloomy face with a hint of sadness and a dazed expression, Sophia also knew that her words had a great impact on the other party. She stood up and put on a coat for the other party and said softly: "Sister, sister's." Although the words are a bit harsh, they are indeed words from the bottom of my heart. My sister is a person who understands everything very well. Why bother to embarrass yourself for impossible things? No one can change things in this world. What should come will always come. Sister, it’s better to calm down, face reality, and find a strategy that is more beneficial to the Situ family."
Quietly closing the door for the other party, Sophia sighed slightly, and then left sadly. She could imagine that tonight in the study across the street, the lights would be on all night again, and some people would stay awake all night.
The endless plains look extremely isolated under the clear blue sky. The sky is high and the clouds are clear. The autumn sunshine shines golden and dazzling on the northern plains. But if you take a deep breath of fresh air, it seems that you can feel the devastation zone in the whole air. The bitter smell came. Encountering the worst drought in many years, the entire northern plain fell into a food shortage. Some wealthy farmers with savings had to use the rice they had saved, while the poor families seemed to have no other choice but to sell their sons and daughters to escape the famine. The only way out.
A dark team, like a long dragon with no end in sight, was winding forward. The scouts on both sides had already been searching along both sides of the road for several miles. There was a kite among the flames embroidered on the blue-gray armor and uniforms of the same color. They are regular army soldiers of the Kaman Empire. Judging from the size, they should be at least 30,000 or more. A light cavalry of 10,000 people is advancing rapidly along both sides of the advancing infantry team. In the center are densely packed baggage vehicles, many Although the thousands of carts were tightly covered with tarpaulins, judging from the deep wheel marks on the dry ground, the carts should be filled with grain.
A stocky infantry officer was standing on the side of the road urging the transport vehicles to speed up so that the convoy could reach a market town sixty miles ahead before camping at night. However, the vehicles were overloaded and the roads were in poor condition. , from time to time, vehicles stopped due to damage to wheels or shafts, and the troops had to slow down.
"Damn it, let's follow this food transport team to the north. Isn't this deliberately torturing people? At this speed, if we want to reach Fanlin, we don't know how long it will take to reach the year of the monkey? The hundreds of miles around here are under our control. Now, could it be said that there will be someone who eats the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard to stroke the beard of a tiger?" The stocky officer complained impatiently to his companion who had just rode over from the flank, cursing in his mouth with an angry look on his face, "I don't know who it is. It was a bad idea to let our corps take on the escort mission, as did the corps commander. It would be great if we marched alone. We can reach Fanlin in a week. Now it’s great. Taking on this task, this snail’s crawling speed is not even half a month. I’m afraid if it’s hard to get to Fanlin, people will be tortured crazy.”
Somewhat envious smacking his lips, the armored officer riding on the horse took off his helmet and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He lamented: "You can't blame the regiment commander. I heard that this is an order from Marshal Nick. This must be done." A batch of food has been safely delivered to Fanlin. I heard that Fanlin has to rely on the Tanghe people for supplies, and all domestic supplies have stopped. Maybe we will still have this kind of work in the future, and we can only blame everyone. You and I are unlucky. Who asked you to draw this lot? Every time you escort this food transport team, you need to dispatch five thousand cavalry teams, and you have to have a team of 10,000 people to guard the formation. They have to take turns. I think they all ran away. Except for those guys in the Royal Guards, they can't do this kind of job."
"Hmph, I think it's unnecessary. Mr. Nick is becoming more and more careful. Although the Xijiang people are making big moves on Nanjie Locke, aren't they targeting Jia Ma and Fan Lin? Why don't we recruit reinforcements from our corps? What are the horses doing? This grain transport convoy has to go to Yulin City first, and then change its route from Yulin to the west to Fanlin. This is as timid as a woman's family. It is at least five hundred miles away from Nanjie Locke. I don't believe that the Tanghe people dare to go so far in. If we cut off their return, wouldn't they just die?!" The stocky officer snorted disdainfully from his nose and said angrily: "This is terrible! Okay, if we mobilize so many troops to escort, then doesn’t it have to be like this every time in the future? We have become a food transportation team, and you and I have become food transportation officers."
"Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. It's better to be more cautious." Perhaps due to the influence of his commander's emotions and the long period of slow march, the formation of the infantry responsible for guarding the formation on the front and rear wings seemed a bit loose, and the officers on horseback were slightly He frowned and reminded the other party with good words: "You'd better give me some advice. I see that your team is a little lax. Don't let the superiors see it. You won't be able to walk around without food."
"Hehe, don't worry, the regiment commander and the others have already walked to the front. I'm afraid they have already entered Yulin City by now. Who can suffer here like us? Come down and rest for a while. Anyway, this time We can only help the food transport team at this speed. It will be good if we can take a break at the market town ahead before dark tonight." The stocky officer shook his head disapprovingly and asked his companions to dismount.
After hesitating for a moment, seeing the displeased look on the other party's face, the mounted officer finally dismounted and looked around to see that no one was paying attention. Then he took out the cigarette case from his pocket, threw one to the other party, and lit a fire. After taking a breath, green smoke slowly spewed out from their nostrils, "Brother, there is also a severe drought in the country this year. There is a shortage of food everywhere. The authorities are very careful about this batch of food. Brother, I don't dare to take it lightly. Fortunately, We can enter Yulin City tomorrow, and once we enter Yulin City, we can also have a good rest."
"Well, of course you are good. We still have four legs under our butts to move around. We infantry have a hard life, so we have to move forward step by step. We are not afraid of marching, but this speed will kill everyone. You have to maintain a defensive formation at all times. Who can bear this mental tension?" The stocky officer looked tired, obviously hating this kind of march: "Damn it, the logistics department doesn't know what to do for food, either. We can't find more vehicles to avoid being overloaded and crushing the vehicles, and our speed can be improved a lot."
"Hey, don't blame the logistics department. We have collected all the vehicles in Longquan and Montenegro. We have used all the vehicles that can be used. The refugees also took away a lot of vehicles when they fled. We didn't think of this at the time. , Just drive these people away, who knows that there will be a sudden call for vehicles later?" Shaking his head, the cavalry officer threw away the cigarette butts he had smoked and jumped on his horse, "Okay, it's almost done, I still have to go take a look around. "
As the strong horse under the opponent's body raised a cloud of yellow dust, the stocky officer muttered with contempt: "Bah, a little Qianqi Commander is playing with me, you will be serious, when I am a soldier I don’t know what I’m doing yet.”
Then he took a deep breath and roared: "Hurry up, damn it, speed up, what's wrong with you guys if you don't have food, rush to the town ahead and let you eat enough!"
It has been two days since Bayinzhuo and his men sneaked into the boundary of Yulin, but he did not dare to let the main force go too deep. It was not because he was afraid of being blocked by the enemy. With the three thousand cavalry of the First Ranger Regiment, Bayinzhuo Zhuo can confidently boast to anyone that in this northern plain, no one can stop him as long as he wants to escape. The scout team has not returned yet. It seems that the enemy's march is slower than expected. Otherwise, the scouts should have discovered this grain transport team long ago. It has 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. Two teams of ten thousand people fought in the front line. It seemed that the Kaman people also valued this batch of food. In this way, this goal was worth holding on to. It's just that I don't know whether the information sent back from the inside line in Qinghe is accurate, but even if there are some discrepancies, as long as it is food, it is worth a try.