The second prince rode a high-headed horse and roamed freely.
"This is the Nanshan county seat of Shangyu County? It doesn't look so good, it's not as prosperous as the small tribes in the northern Xinjiang."
The houses on both sides of the street are depressed and dilapidated, and there are hardly any traces of merchants.
"It is said that Shangyu County was also a good place back then, with prosperous merchants and trade, but now things are different."
The second prince's staff was a step behind on horseback, and while looking around, he sighed with emotion.
"Hahaha - it's just a small town on the frontier of the Central Plains. How can it be prosperous again?"
The second prince laughed disdainfully. The 20,000 private soldiers he brought were stationed outside the city, and he himself brought thousands of elite soldiers into the city.
The 20,000 elites were cultivated by him when his family went bankrupt, and he loved them like eyeballs on weekdays.
In order to take advantage of himself, he gritted his teeth, and his heart was swayed, and he directly pulled out all his belongings.
He took the initiative to invite the King of Northern Xinjiang to take over the three cities of Shangyu, and the original guard was sent to another place.
The second prince was seated with a golden sword, and the clerk of Nanshan County stood in front of him tremblingly, waiting for the order.
"Can you report how many soldiers are in the city?"
The chief clerk trembled and said, "There are 6,700 guards in the city."
The second prince turned his head and sneered at his staff, "There are only 6,700 people in Nanshan County, what can such a small number of guards do? Chongzhou Liu Xi is also a helpless lonely king. I heard that those sour and rotten scholars in Dongqing have been talking about taking it back. Their territory. The defense of Nanshan County is so weak that Liu Xi didn't send troops to fight back? It seems that the cowards of Dongqing are just shouting slogans to take back their territory."
The aide smiled and flattered the second prince, and he said a lot of good things, which made the second prince feel at ease.
The second prince, with a confident expression of scolding Fang Qiu and pointing at Jiangshan, said eloquently, "Although Liu Xinuo has grown a bit, but she is a daughter's family after all, and it is normal that her courage is not as good as a man's. Although Nanshan County has only six thousand seven guards. Hundreds of people, but all of them are elites from the northern border, and they can be one out of ten on the battlefield. Liu Xi is touted as powerful by the outside world, but in the end, he is still a timid daughter, and it is difficult to become a master."
The smile on the staff's face seemed a bit embarrassing, but on the surface, he still catered to the second prince and praised him comfortably.
Compared with the blind arrogance of the second prince, the aides are still somewhat sober.
If nothing else, he could understand why Jiang Pengji did not send troops to retake the three cities of Shangyu.
First of all, fighting is not just about fighting.
No matter how resentful the people of Dongqing are, the three cities of Shangyu have been ceded to Northern Xinjiang by Dongqing. This is the territory of Northern Xinjiang!
If they rashly send troops to fight back, it means that they have to completely tear up their face with Northern Xinjiang and officially declare war on Northern Xinjiang.
Second, the war is too expensive, and the preparatory work is extraordinarily long.
What is the difference between going to war without any preparation and self-destruction
Thirdly, anyway, the three cities of Shangyu have been devastated by the Northern Xinjiang, and there is little difference between recovering them two years earlier or two years later.
He didn't dare to say these words to the second prince, so as not to spoil the other party's interest.
"What the Second Highness said is."
The second prince laughed and said to the staff, "You still know the heart of the lonely king best."
Overjoyed, the second prince feasted for two days, and wooed the local nobles.
Don't look at these northern Xinjiang nobles staying in the three cities of Shangyu, as if they were exiled, but they are also local snakes who have been in business for many years.
The Three Cities of Shangyu are regarded as the buffer zone of the border between the Northern Xinjiang and Dongqing, and are also the most smuggling areas in the three areas.
Most of these items are war resources, and the profits are huge. Even the second prince can't help but be jealous.
However, it didn't take long for the happy time to pass, and an urgent message came into his ears.
"Report-"
The messenger's high-pitched voice came from outside the house.
The second prince was holding a wine bottle and drinking with others, and when he heard the sound, the two swordsmen frowned in displeasure.
"What happened, dare to disturb Gu's interest?"
The messenger was short of breath, and spoke with a bit of anxiety and tension.
"Reporting to the Second Highness, the patrol cavalry found the bodies of our soldiers outside Nanshan County, a total of twenty-five people."
"what?"
The rich smell of alcohol was sprayed out from the nostrils, and the second prince slammed the wine bottle over the wine table, making a loud bang that was deafening.
The staff on the side restrained their smiles and asked the messenger before the second prince got angry.
"Who killed it? How did the twenty-five people die?"
The messengers spoke one by one.
When the patrol was handed over last night, it was found that a group of cavalry had not returned.
On the second day, the cavalry patrol found the body of the missing person not far from the post, and there were traces of fighting near the body.
When the aide heard this, his heart skipped a beat—not good!
"Where is the body now?"
"It's outside the hall."
"Come up!" The second prince's chest was full of violence, and he kicked the wine table with his feet, "I just want to see, who would dare to do this."
There was a loud noise, and the singer and dancer in the hall were so shocked that they dared not move, and shivered like a quail.
After a burst of small footsteps, Beijiang soldiers carried the corpse into the hall.
In addition to these corpses, there are many clues found at the scene, the most important of which is a token.
This token is nothing but the token of Chongzhou soldiers.
The weapon left behind and the handwriting engraved on the weapon all point to Chongzhou.
After seeing these hard evidence, the second prince clenched his fists angrily and gritted his teeth.
"What a Liu Xi, the solitary king hasn't troubled her yet, but she has come to provoke her first."
The anger of the second prince soared, and the staff on the side complained secretly.
"Second Highness, further investigation is needed at this time. So hastily concluded that it was Liu Xi's provocation from Chongzhou, in case it wasn't."
Before the aide had finished speaking, the second prince interrupted him, "What's so sloppy? Who else can do this besides Liu Xi? Besides, even if Liu Xi did not do it, then How? Gu and Liu Xi, sooner or later, there will always be a battle."
The second prince took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Shangyu Sancheng. Originally, he wanted to use Shangyu Sancheng as a springboard to sneak attack on Jiang Pengji's granary.
Originally, I wanted to cultivate for two days before starting, but now Chongzhou can't sit still and test them, how can the second prince tolerate it
The staff was speechless.
For some reason, he thought it was unreliable.
The second prince said, "Liu Xi killed twenty-five Gu Gu, and Gu must pay back ten times as much."
The staff's eyelids jumped fiercely, watching the second prince send someone to ask the soldiers to discuss the military.
"When Gu takes her granary, Liu Xi will have no food in her hands, let's see how arrogant she is!"
According to the map, there are three granaries.
In these three places, the second prince has sent someone to confirm, and almost every place has two million stone of military rations.
What is this concept
300,000 stones are enough to feed a hundred thousand troops for more than a month.
The military ration Liu Xi has accumulated over the years is enough for a hundred thousand troops to fight for two years!
It's a pity that Liu Xi's vision of employing people is not good, so he leaked such an important distribution map of grain depots.
Once there is no food, she is dead!
The second prince looked in the direction of Chongzhou and gritted his teeth.
"If Gu can't transport these grains away, Gu will not leave you a meter or a drop!"
If you can move it, move it, and if you can't move it, it will burn!