Chapter 409 – Gambling

The North Rejecting City Residence was shrouded in a dull and heavy atmosphere, Dong Zhuo removed the original 140,000 private troops under his command to surround Huaiyang Pass, and even convinced the North Mang Emperor to mobilize 20,000 migrant sinners who had lost their identities in the grassland to take part in the battle of attacking the outer city of Huaiyang Pass, and Dong Zhuo, who had lost his heart and madness, threatened that he wanted to pile up the corpses to create a gentle slope up to the city’s head. Lu Dayuan and Li Yanchao respectively led the left and right cavalry, after a series of skirmishes with the Winter Thunder Elite Riders and the advance cavalry of the Zojiran Iron Horsemen, finally ushered in a big battle successively, two battlefields, Liangmang’s four cavalry armies, investing a total of nearly 40,000 troops, obviously the enemy and we have never poured their nests into action, the Northern Mang Winter Thunder Elite Riders’ strength is surprisingly strong, and the Zojiran Iron Horsemen who reached the scale of 10,000 people are not to be underestimated, and they are much more powerful than the The situation predicted before the refusal of the northern city, the left and right cavalry casualties are slightly larger, which means that once entangled by the two North Mang soldiers and horses holding the order of the festival, it will be difficult to easily get out.

Once the main force of this Beiliang customs field lost the flexibility of a wide range of battlefield transfer, in addition to 10,000 big snow dragon riders can still fight and retreat, two destined to not be able to participate in large-scale battles alone heavy cavalry, but very likely to fall into an embarrassing situation, in contrast to the North Mang middle road army, in the Wang Yong Helian Wuwei jointly created the second front, there is also a crown prince “imperial chariot! “, the North Mang a person under ten thousand people on the side of the nobleman, in addition to rarely appear on the battlefield of the royal court iron horsemen Xuexue army, there are two national name of the two heavy cavalry army named Yelu Murong eyeing, heavy cavalry army is indeed horrific, but is very dependent on a large-scale main cavalry army, which is like the sword god Li Chungang’s two sleeves of the blue serpent, need to be majestic qi to support, or else is the This is the North Liang to a force to resist the North Reckless army of the difficult place, if the North Liang border army can be more than 100,000 cavalry army ……, then the North Reckless surely directly do not choose the North Liang as the path to the south of the Central Plains, turn around and go straight to the border of the two Liao Liliang to go to the Gu Dajiuguo dead, and even still have the strength to split! Soldiers knocking Jizhou, along the grassland cavalry is most familiar with the south invasion channel, straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains, or east turn away from the Yang capital city, soldiers under the city of Tai’an, are not difficult. Only then, the world situation, is not simply the Northern Liang iron horsemen in the North Mang cavalry behind the side of the couch as a cozy sleeping posture, but leisurely watching the fire from the other side of the shore, patience can reap the benefits of the fisherman, when the Central Plains and the grasslands are together with the name of Zhao or the name of Muyong, depending on the mood of the young feudal king to determine, not allowed to simply change the name to Xu, are possible.

The second hall of the signing room next door to the study, midday, the sun shines high, the heat is unbearable, the result of a small study gathered Wang priest, Yang Shenxeng and Bai Yu, including six or seven official big brother, in addition to the deputy section minister Yang Shenxeng to discuss military affairs, the rest of the people, etc. are bright to escape the summer heat, this study is small, after all, only the young king of the feudal lord to deal with official business, the six compartments are large, but piled up more than ten or twenty number of Characters, the key is to make the Lord Li’s ingenuity personally, to help in the study outside the courtyard transplanted over a loquat tree, height moderate, both shade, but not too much blocking the light, so a small study invariably become a great summer resort, Yang Shenxing in the young king of the feudal lords across the table when deliberating, this was relegated to the northwestern frontier of the spring and autumn behind the veteran, Mr. White Lotus sitting by the window! Behind him, Mr. White Lotus is sitting in a chair by the window, shaking a fan lightly, with a gentle breeze, and Priest Wang is shamelessly pulling Li Gongde into a battle, knocking on his opponent’s rowan scales in a game, but also being able to rub himself against the gusts of cool air brought by the fan shaken by White Faber, which is a real pleasure.

The combat experience of the left and right cavalry outside the pass, the young king has long been browsing through the detailed military documents and spies, Yang Shenxeng is not here today to play the same old tune again, but is currently placed in the refusal of the north city or in front of all of the northern Liang border army, there is a big problem, the Qingyuan army Zhenshifu department cavalry, Iron Floaters, White Feather Cavalry, the three cavalry, as a cool state outside the pass, in addition to the first field of battle outside the main force of the important maneuverability, and now has been transferred to war Liuzhou! Crone Mountain, so once the left and right cavalry army failed to eat Murong Baoding’s main force of 60,000 elite cavalry, and was deadlocked by Wang Yong and Helian Wuwei, the two Northern Mang’s soldiers and horses holding orders, what should we do in Rejecting the North City? It can even be said that this risky deployment of troops, very likely to lead to Liang Mang two sides appear a kind of jade and stone burning tragic end, Huang Song Pu Department of the main force of the southern expedition in the Crone Mountain area destroyed, but the North Liang also to lose Huai Yang Pass line.

Yang Shen Xing worried: “At first we did not think in the Yu Luan knife led the army to attack the western capital of the situation, Cao Wei Department of 10,000 cavalry also made a response to the Yu Luan knife Department of the North Raider posture, but the North Mang even just from the two Liao confrontation of the eastern line, draw out the winter press Wang Jing Chong cavalry, there is no movement, as if they simply do not care about the safety and security of the capital of the southern dynasty. Finally, instead of ordering the military towns along the way south to support the crone mountain, it is hard not that old woman out of her mind, really do not care about the whole Gusei state smoke and mirrors? You should know that the two neighboring states north of Gusei Prefecture have always been empty of troops, but the stagecoach route is well developed, once we get a great victory at Crone Mountain, together with the Yu Luan knife Cao Wei two cavalry troops, inside and outside, the North Mang is going to give away half of the southern dynasty?”

Xu Fengyen didn’t dare to jump to conclusions, just smiled bitterly and said, “If it was the feather-loving Emperor Liyang, he would never dare to do so, if it was that old woman, it’s really hard to say.”

Yang Shenxing frowned, “Who would lose and who would gain by switching like this? North Mang isn’t afraid that our iron horsemen will smash the South Dynasty, and won’t be able to recover within ten years and go south to the Central Plains?”

Xu Fengyen shook his head, “If it was in the past, when the Liyang court still had control over the Central Plains, it would have been like this, but now that the three kings have risen up, everything has become variable, and of course, Northern Mang can also make a big gamble on a lone bet.”

Xu Fengyen gently hold a piece of egg-sized white jade seeds, hold in the palm of the hand, slowly rubbing, this piece of seed material slightly with jujube skin red, delicate texture, look clumsy, Xu Fengyen love, in fact, the object itself is not much rare, compared to those who carved and shaped the sheep’s fat jade, the price is the difference between heaven and earth, but the origin of this object is very interesting, is the Jiang Nai and Xu Ying Jia Jia Jia trio, not long ago I don’t know where to sneak carry a Heavy cloth bag back to the refusal of the north city, each person’s clothes are stained with dust and mud flakes, strutting as if to claim credit to this study, open the knot of the cloth bag clattered on the floor, mostly some playful and delightful ordinary pebbles, mixed with some barely sell some copper jade, but also really for the three people picked up the treasure, it is the piece of the final was Xu Fengyin left in the case of the book to play with the top quality of the white jade seed material, Xu Fengyin, how treacherous and oily, crouched down and pretended to play with the jade, but also to the three people to play with it. Squatting down and pretending to make a big fuss about a pass, said this stone is worthless that stone is to decorate the pavement are not too good-looking pebbles, and finally sighed and sighed and picked up that piece of skin color playful especially for people’s seeds, casually thrown, and then from the bag of money out of the five or six copper coins thrown to the dusty little mudman, said that this is the price of friendship. Although the little mud man is suspicious, feel at a loss, but in the end is the business field of the child, then to the young feudal king shamelessly picked up the leakage to go, according to the reason that such a piece of good quality and texture of the seeds, rolling to the Jiangnan Road of the scholarly family, how to have a small twenty taels of silver, if there is a famous jade craftsman carving a bit, even more difficult to say. Finally, when the three women left the study, Jiang Nai’s waist that has been dried up after the refusal of the north of the city’s new money bag finally have some life, Jia Jiajia shouldered back into the heavy bag of stone, intends to go to the yard to pile up a small nest to play, Xu Ying is holding that Jiang Nai to give her copper coins, all are happy.

Yang Shenxing, who wanted to speak again and again, finally lowered his voice after the heavenly battle and asked: ”Dare I ask why His Majesty insisted on winning the battle in Liuzhou? Even going so far as to mobilize the Qingyuan military town’s troops to leave Liangzhou?”

Xu Fengnian fiercely gripped the gradually warmed seed material in his hand, gazed at this Deputy Sectional Envoy who had withered away in the Northern Liang Dao, and coldly joked, “You guess?”

Yang Shenxing was caught off guard, not knowing how to answer. After truly integrating into the officialdom of Northern Liang, this Spring and Autumn veteran also knew some interesting stories about Northern Liang that had not flowed into the Central Plains and the capital, such as the old Liang King Xu Snapdragon’s fondness for saying the word “You Guess” as one of his catchphrases.

Looking at the old man’s unconcealed constraint and helplessness, Xu Fengyen smiled and opened the door, “This involves a lot of insider information, such as the Prince of Northern Mang once sent someone to give me a message, Yelu Dongbed met with me privately before leaving the Central Plains to go to the grasslands, and there is also a long-term plan related to Hongjia’s northward run, and it even involves the commander of the Western Front of Northern Mang, Wang Sui, and that Gu who sits on the town of the two Liao. The Great Pillar State, really want to go into detail, I’m afraid I have to talk to the night, I believe General Yang sure of one thing, in the refusal of the north city north of the Liangzhou Pass outside the battlefield, to the Liang Mang two sides of the military strength, our Northern Liang iron horsemen simply can not win a great victory on the front battlefield, at most a miserable victory, or even a careless all lose is not impossible, right?”

Yang Shenxing nodded without hesitation.

Xu Fengyen gently placed the piece of white jade information on the book case, like a chess board to drop the pieces, “When my master was alive, he has always taken great pains to tell me one thing, the depth of a national player’s power is never outside the chess board. When I was young, I thought that it was my master who always lost to my second sister in chess, and that he was giving himself excuses for his weak chess tendons, but over time, I came to think that all things under the sun, as long as you have to fight to win or lose like in Go, the reasoning is the same.”

Xu Fengnian slowly got up and stretched out his fingers to press the seed, “When Xu Snapdragon was in the toughest situation in Liyang, due to the fact that he had fought many hard battles that others were not willing to take on, he did not have a lot of soldiers under his hand, so why were those bigwigs in the Liyang Ministry of Military Affairs willing to bet on Xu Snapdragon time and time again? It’s simple, Xu Snapdragon is always able to win a battle when almost everyone is not optimistic about him, so as to attract the attention of the temple, so that the old foxes who hold the power of the military symbols feel that it’s worth betting again. I previously said those insiders, those hiding behind heavy curtains of the state, in fact, are very false, and I Beiliang both sides know very well, will only not see the rabbit does not spread the eagle, there is no way, Beiliang can only sword to go on the wrong side of the edge, so that those who are standing in front of the gambling table feel that it is time to sit down, it’s time to gamble on a big one, or else out of the slow, can only fetch some of the remnants of the stuffed teeth.”

Xu Fengnian smiled, “These guys, no one’s appetite is small, so I have to show them sincerity , e.g. ……”

Yang Shenxing subconsciously pursued, “Such as?”

Xu Fengyen softly said, “For example, while the iron horsemen outside the Liangzhou Pass are trying to keep the Rejected North City intact, the Liushu Cavalry won a great victory at Crone Mountain, and then went all the way north to take down the Xijing of the Northern Mang Southern Dynasty.”

Yang Shen almond in the officialdom sand field cultivation are all patriarchal characters, a little bit of a thorough.

Just this experienced the spring and autumn war veteran general, not the slightest ease, but more and more heavy mood.

The young feudal king only said is to defend the refusal of the north city, then located in the refusal of the north city north, and how?

Huaiyang Pass, Willow Bud Poria Heavy Mound three major military towns.

Chu Lushan, Zhou Kang, Li Yanchao, Lu Dayuan, four generals.

I do not know when, in addition to the two people standing across the table in the study, the rest of the people have left.

After Yang Shenxing also out of the study, the young feudal lord held the piece of seed material, walked to the window, looked up at the loquat tree, although to the mid-autumn, the green is still lush.

Spring, summer, fall and winter, the leaves can grow green. Life, old age, sickness and death, people do not live forever.