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Chapter 4 Situation

When Li Si woke up and looked at the sky, it was already past noon, and he slept for a full two hours!
good smell!

As soon as he got up, he felt more energetic, even his body was full of strength, the previous fatigue was swept away, and he even had an appetite.

However, he was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, he looked around and found that it was very quiet. Most of the soldiers who participated in the battle were resting. Only a small number of soldiers led by Huang Zhong patrolled the outer perimeter. A trooper is grazing a herd of horses.

Craftsmen are dismantling some of the damaged armor and splicing it into usable armor.

Under the command of chef Zhang Da, more than a dozen soldiers smoked horse meat and made jerky.

However, more than a dozen chief escorts and twenty troopers were missing, and they should have gone to investigate for four weeks.

In addition, there are more than 80 women and girls in the team, which were rescued before.

As for the soldiers who died in battle, they had already been buried, and the heads of all the killed enemy soldiers were beheaded for Jingguan, and the bodies were buried on the spot.

Everything is in order, Huang Zhong, a five-star fighter, is really not bragging.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

The eunuch Sun Jin was also dozing off at first, but when he heard the movement, he immediately woke up.

"Why don't you let them go?" Li Si raised his hand and pointed.

"Reporting to Your Highness, General Huang has given food to these women and women, but they are unwilling to leave. They are really homeless." Sun Jin replied cautiously.

Li Si frowned, having more women would be troublesome for his guerrilla tactics, but he really couldn't just ignore them, not to mention, it would also enrich the civilians under his command.

"Ask General Huang to come and see you."

After giving an order, Li Si turned his head, and saw that Lu Zixin, the steward of the palace, had woken up, and was still holding a piece of paper that looked like a ghost drawing talisman.

"Your Highness, I have just drawn up a rough map, and please take a look at it." Although Lu Zixin's face was still pale at this time, he was already somewhat energetic.

Not bad, this guy finally knows what the most important thing is.

"Mr. Lu has worked hard." Li Si said casually, then took the simple map, and at first glance, what is this thing?

After carefully distinguishing and fully associating, it is barely comprehensible.

The main reason is that he found the big river as a reference, and found his own location.

The big river is in the south, flowing from west to east.

On the upper reaches of the Dahe River is Lucheng, separated by Luming Mountain, and to the north of Luming Mountain are four towns. If you go to Lucheng from this road, you have to walk more than 200 miles, but if you take a shortcut, it is only seventy or eighty miles. .

Going north from where you are, there are three peaks, Futou Mountain, Yanhui Mountain, and Qingyuan Mountain.

A hundred miles north from Qingyuan Mountain is Jincheng. There is a famous mountain Liutai Mountain beside Jincheng. There is an ancient temple on the mountain called Dabei Temple. Concubine Song also offered to offer incense.

Three hundred miles further north from Jincheng is the capital of King Yan. The above is the itinerary for this trip.

In addition, there are three thick arrows on the map, all starting from the capital. These should be the army sent by King Black Tooth, intending to annex the important prefectures and counties of the Yan Kingdom north of the river.

The arrow in the west points directly to Anxi Prefecture, which is the most important state in the west of Yan Kingdom, with one prefecture and nine counties.

However, according to Li Si's memory, Anxi Prefecture has been controlled by the powerful Cui family in the past few years. It is said that the Cui family has kept tens of thousands of private soldiers. Anxi Cui's contribution to the country's hatred is indisputable.

Oh, it seems that his cheap prince brother, whose biological mother, the queen who died not long ago, is Cui's daughter.

The second arrow points directly at Jincheng, that is, Jinzhou. This is also one of the great prefectures of the Yan Kingdom. It can barely be regarded as an area that can be controlled by the old emperor, but it is estimated that it will not last long. If Jincheng is taken, The first to suffer was him, the Fourth Prince.

In fact, Li Si was very curious, why did the original body have to run south instead of hiding in Jincheng?
He searched in his memory for a long time before he suddenly realized, oh, it turned out that his cheap biological mother came from another prominent family in Yan Kingdom, the Song family in the south of the Yangtze River, and this kid wanted to cross the river to find a backer.

He was not stupid, if he successfully crossed the river and returned to the Song Clan in the south of the Yangtze River, he might have already ascended the throne as emperor at this moment.

"Fortunately, fortunately!"

Li Si sneered in his heart, because the Jiangnan Song family, like the Anxi Cui family, was also a great contributor to the destruction of the Yan Kingdom.

However, it has only been less than 50 years since the founding of the Yan State. These powerful families are deeply entrenched. Although the two emperors of the Yan State have worked hard to govern, they still have insufficient means. disaster.

Oh, I forgot, he was the Guanlong Li family, who was considered one of the most powerful families in the world 50 years ago. Back then, he joined forces with other families and powerful families to overthrow the last emperor of the Dagan Empire. Although he won the throne, it also caused fatal disasters , so that all the powerful and famous families can't lose their tails.

It's really becoming a Yemeni man, and losing a Yemeni man.

Thinking of this, Li Si became more determined and could not cross the river down the river.

At this time, he looked at the third arrow and headed east, aiming at Dongning Prefecture, which is also a large state in the east of Yan Kingdom. It has a large area and a large population. There are twelve counties. , one is the Wang family of Ningcheng, and the other is the Zhang family of Acropolis.

These are all giants, and they are the six famous families in the Yan Kingdom. Relatively speaking, the Lucheng Lu family behind Lu Zixin can only be regarded as the younger brother.

As for the small powerful families like the Lu family in Lucheng, there are a total of twelve in the Yan Kingdom, so from this point of view, the indestructibility of the Yan Kingdom is not tolerated by heaven.

"Understood, why I only got 9 points of luck in the kingdom, and only 8300 points of initial public support. This is the crux of the matter."

"However, the Black Tooth King now chooses to send troops to the three routes. Is it because he really has an 'expert' to guide him, or is he really pretending to be smart? Or is it that the elite soldiers of the Black Tooth Clan are really that powerful? "

Li Si was very puzzled at this point.

After all, if one understands the internal situation of Yan State, one should understand that the national power that the old emperor of Yan State can control can only be counted as one-seventh, or even less, and the weaker ones can't make other princes become vassals.

Therefore, it is nothing to capture the king of Yan, and it is nothing to destroy the entire emperor's family.

These aristocratic families have existed for thousands of years, and they have a strong background. It's not just a joke. The routine of fighting insiders and outsiders may not apply to them.

"Maybe the army of the Black Tooth Clan is really strong."

Li Si thought about it. After all, the 48 black cavalry barbarians he just captured were all level 4 soldiers.

So this can be a joke. The foreign races outside the Great Wall all have enough kingdom luck to open 4th-level soldiers, while the majestic Great Yan Kingdom only has 3rd-level soldiers.

"I just don't know what level the private soldiers raised by those powerful families are?"

Li Si felt that this was the key to the matter. It was a pity that although he was a prince in his previous life, he was not particularly smart. He usually didn't pay much attention to political affairs, and his birth mother, Concubine Song, was not very favored. The emperor's father was cheap once, and he knew too little.

Thinking of this, Li Si glanced at Lu Zixin. This old man is the steward of the palace, but he is not a steward, but a real official with a fifth rank. In addition to being in charge of the affairs of the palace, he is also one of the teachers of his predecessor.

"Mr. Lu, the situation is gloomy now, how can you teach Gu?"

Li Si straightened his posture and asked solemnly.

And Lu Zixin seemed to have been waiting for him to ask, his tired expression temporarily lifted, he twisted his goatee, and said passionately: "Now that the king's capital has fallen, the first emperor died, the people are dying, and the people are weeping. The country cannot live without a king. At this moment, I implore Your Highness to be more conscientious, to select elite guards, led by General Huang, to take the trail, and rush to Lucheng as soon as possible, to take the throne first, and in the name of the new emperor, order the Quartet to send troops to defeat the black teeth and restore the capital of the king. , to avenge the late emperor and save all the people from suffering!"

The old man's words were better than singing, Li Si sneered in his heart, but his face was very excited, he even squeezed out a drop of saliva, oh, it was tears, and gritted his teeth:
"Black-toothed thief, the lonely king will swear against you! However, Mr. Lu, do you have elite soldiers and strong generals in Lucheng? Now that the black-toothed thief is determined to kill me, he will definitely send an army to hunt him down. It is not a pity to die alone , but I don’t want to harm the people in Lucheng, why don’t we go to Dongning Prefecture, where there are two major envoys with tens of thousands of elite soldiers.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixin did not doubt that he was there, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, although Lucheng is not a state city, it is one of the counties in Yuzhou. The city is three feet high, with sufficient food and grass. In just one day, tens of thousands of dead country warriors should be recruited to protect the country and the country!"

"Are you sure? With the strength of the black cavalry barbarians, it is said that each of them is an enemy of ten people. They attacked the city all the way, from the border to the capital, and never suffered a defeat. That's all, I still don't want to harm the people of Lucheng Mr. Lu doesn't need to persuade me anymore. Although Gu is eager for revenge, he also knows that fighting in battle is extremely dangerous. This matter should be discussed in a long-term way. Let's go to Dongning Prefecture." Li Si waved his hand sadly.

"Your Highness, there is no need to worry! Although the black-toothed barbarians are ferocious, the border troops will waste their training, deduct their salaries, conceal the lack of personnel, and lack of military equipment. Only in this way will they be taken advantage of by the black-toothed barbarians, my minister—"

Lu Zixin hesitated for a while, looked at Li Si's Chicheng expression, and finally decided to give him a reassurance. In fact, this is a semi-public fact of all the famous families, but this Fourth Highness has always been ignorant and obsessed. Wine color, luck is better.

Really, if that secret is true, then the six great families are playing a big game of chess.

The Lu family in Lucheng is not qualified to participate, but the fourth prince who slipped through the net can play a huge role as long as he is in the hands of the Lu family in Lucheng. The routine of coercing the emperor to make the princes is really good.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the black-toothed barbarians are nothing to fear!"

Lu Zixin considered his words carefully. Although he was not a core disciple of the Lu family in Lucheng, he could still know some secrets.

"The soldiers of the border guards have been hungry all year round, their weapons and equipment are insufficient, and their salaries are often deducted, and their morale is even lower. Therefore, in the face of the black-toothed barbarians, five of them are no match for one."

"However, I have a private army of children from the Lu family in Lucheng. Although the number is only a thousand, they have been trained since childhood. They are well-armed and have high morale. When encountering black-toothed barbarians, they can fight two against one. In the face of barbarians, three people can fight against one person."

What Lu Zixin said was already very cautious and reserved, but Li Si was still dumbfounded. The private soldiers of the children of the big and powerful families are legal in the Yan Kingdom. This is the benefit of everyone joining forces to overthrow the Dagan Empire 50 years ago. The Dagan Empire is a giant.

Therefore, Taizu Yan allowed the six great families and twelve small and medium families to retain the power of private soldiers for their children.

Among them, the upper limit of personal soldiers for the six major families is 3000, while that for small and medium families is only 1000.

It is estimated that Yan Taizu who made this decision at the beginning should have tears in his heart, but the fact is that, in order to overthrow the Dagan Empire, since he chose to take a shortcut instead of overthrowing everything, he started all over again and drew on a piece of white paper , then this bitter fruit has to be eaten.

Li Si recalled his poor memories again, and found that in the past 50 years, Taizu Yan and the old emperor who had just died had actually wanted to deal with these powerful families all the time. It's all done.

But without the guarantee of strong force, everything is in vain.

Because when the Dagan Empire was overthrown, Yan Taizu was in an alliance with other powerful families, which was equivalent to the [-]th princes begging for Dong, but at that time the Li family in Guanlong was the strongest and the first to attack.

But other powerful families also controlled soldiers and horses, and the weakest ones had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. The big guys were like hyenas, biting at the huge body of the Dagan Empire, and whoever bit them would be theirs.

This formed the pattern of today.

In fact, the two generations of emperors of the Yan Kingdom are enough. At least Jinzhou, Wangdu, and Suzhou, Lingzhou, and Youzhou in the north have been dealt with. The opportunity for the country to recuperate and recuperate can still be seen in the future.

It's a pity that the Black Tooth Clan rose up in the grassland, gathered an army of 30, broke through the Lingzhou border in nine days, and destroyed the king's capital in five days, which is comparable to a blitzkrieg.

But if there are no other powerful families playing tricks here, Li Si can write his name upside down!

(End of this chapter)