Northern Dynasties

As the army marched southward, Jinyang City and its surroundings suddenly became deserted, and there was a sense of depression where people left the city.

Of course Jinyang City will not be empty, and the left-behind personnel of the Prime Minister's Mansion come and go, and the busy places are not much more busy than usual.The life in the mansions and mansions of the dignitaries in the south of the city has not been greatly affected. There are many slaves traveling in groups from their masters.

The servants and servants in the Jinyang Palace worked day and night, turning materials into various weapons and utensils for the army to consume. At the same time, various other handicrafts were continuously produced and then sent to the warehouse, or used as rewards. Or for commerce.

Every autumn is the peak season for business and trade. Hu merchants traveled through the Gobi Desert and the Monan Grassland, and finally arrived in Jinyang before winter. They had no time to beat the dust all over their bodies, so they had to be busy cashing in the goods they brought. Or in exchange for other goods and materials.

It's just that this year's large-scale use of troops has also implicated the smooth trading of these Hu merchants.

They traveled thousands of miles to Jinyang, and what they brought with them were of course rare goods with extremely high profits, which were definitely not affordable for ordinary people.And the most purchasing power inside and outside of Jinyang City is those generals and chieftains. These people went south with the King of Bohai and did not return, so that the Hu merchants could not see the largest customer group.

But these Hu merchants were not idle either. While silently praying in their hearts that the army would return victorious, and that the King of Bohai rewarded the ministers so as to increase the purchasing power of these people, they carried their precious luxury goods among the noble families. Show it to the family members who stay behind to stimulate their desire to buy.

Among them, the most popular one is the newly promoted Princess Zhuzhu of Bohai Sea. The former status is already extremely noble, but the latter status is even more remarkable.

Monan is an important business channel for communication between east and west, and Rouran, as the overlord on the grassland, is not an exaggeration to say that these Hu merchants are the reborn parents. Two losses!
Princess Zhuzhu lives deep in the inner mansion of Jinyang, and these Hu merchants can't see her, but her uncle Tu Tujia still stays in Jinyang City, so she naturally becomes the object of these Hu merchants' pursuit of flattery. There are so many people in the market, and when you travel, you will be greeted by the front and the back. It is really beautiful.

But no matter how active these personnel are, after all, only the 10,000+ Jinyang soldiers under Gao Wanggong’s command are the real protagonists of Jinyang.

On this day, She Digan, who was stationed in the northern city of Jinyang, led a group of soldiers, and went straight into the prime minister's mansion with a serious expression.On the way, someone shouted out greetings, but She Di Gan completely ignored them, showing that he was in a bad mood.

Gao Yue, who stayed in the prime minister's mansion, was in charge of maintaining the administrative affairs of the overlord's mansion, while She Digan, the governor, stayed behind for military affairs.

The two had a clear division of labor and cooperated tacitly. Knowing that She Diqian entered the mansion from Beicheng, Gao Yue secretly felt bad, and immediately retreated from the people talking in the hall, and stood up and went out to the corridor to wait for Shedi. Come dry.

Soon She Digan strode over, the eyes of the two met for a while, both of them became a little heavy, and they went back to the hall together without saying a word, leaving only a few important staff members of the Tyrant Mansion present, She Then Di Gan said: "The guards of Wutu City reported that the city was attacked by thieves..."

"Wutu City? Could it be that the thieves from the other side are making noise again?"

After Gao Yue heard the words, he asked, he naturally knew what kind of virtue the situation in the west was, and when he heard the name, he subconsciously suspected Jihu.

It wasn't news at all to gossip, and he had suffered a tragic blow just before, and his strength had been severely weakened, so he was a little puzzled why She Digan looked so serious.

She Diqian sighed and shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not just a thief from the other side..."

While speaking, he raised his hand and ordered the two soldiers who fled back from Wutu City to be brought into the hall, and ordered them to tell Gao Yue the specific situation again.

Gao Yue frowned after listening, and quickly summed up two important messages from the two people's narration.

The first is that although the combat power of the Jihu army is not strong, there are a lot of them. Thousands of them have never been seen in the territory before, and they came straight to Wutu City without warning. It's like coming in from somewhere else.

The second is that in addition to these Jihu tribesmen, there is another team working together. This team is much stronger than Jihu's fighting power. Jinghe was captured alive.

"Pi's son is a brave young man in the country. The master praised him for his intelligence and bravery, so he was accepted as a confidant. The thieves were able to capture him right away. I'm afraid he is not an ordinary thief!"

Gao Yue said thoughtfully, after pondering for a while, he raised his eyes to look at She Digan opposite, and muttered in his mouth: "Could it be Xi..."

She Digan nodded slightly at first, but then slowly shook his head and said: "Now the Lord is attacking from the army, the bandit army in Kansai must be busy preparing for the enemy, how can they have any spare time to manage elsewhere? Or He border town general has made his own claim and intends to plan my way out of Jinyang? Li Munai, the governor of Dongxia Prefecture, is the chief of Gaoping town, and there are a group of capable troops under his command. If it is true that he crosses the river and enters the country, he must be careful!"

While speaking, he glared at the two defeated soldiers slumped kneeling in the hall, and said angrily: "It's a serious crime for you fools to lose in battle, but you don't even know the exact origin of the bandit army. You really deserve to die!" !"

Aside from the two soldiers who repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, Gao Yue looked at She Diqian again and said in a deep voice, "How does the Grand Master plan to deal with this incident?"

"It's precisely because we don't know what the plan will be, that's why we went to the government to discuss it with the governor. We don't know the strength of the bandits' army and their intentions, so it is really difficult to deal with it."

She Digan sighed again, and said helplessly to Gao Yue: "The lord ordered me to stay behind together, and when faced with such a sinister accident, I dare not make a decision alone."

After Gao Yue heard this, he felt very upset. Are you here to discuss?It is clear that they want to find someone to share the responsibility!

If you don't know the thief's situation, you can just explore it again, and no matter what your intentions are, you always need to fight to suppress them.There was no doubt about it, but She Digan looked sad and didn't know what to do. Isn't this a lie?

However, he also understood She Diqian's helplessness in his heart. Although both of them are Gao Wang's cronies, it is obvious that Gao Wang has become more lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside in recent years, and everything pushes his son Gao Cheng away. In front of the stage, there is less and less tolerance for the old.

For example, She Diqian went to Yedu to see the eldest son, but was refused for three days before being allowed to see him. This is to establish his own authority by trampling and humiliating the prestige accumulated by Shediqian over the years of work and his status as an elder.

So if these old people think that they can behave like they used to, they are really wrong.Gao's father and son are growing in prestige and authority, and it is normal for these confidants to have a lack of responsibility in the face of affairs.

Now King Gao is leading the army to fight abroad. Their most important task is to stabilize the situation in Jinyang, and everything else is not important.But it’s not enough to shrink back like this. If the bandit army really made any big disturbances, making the rear unstable and affecting the battle ahead, it would also be a serious crime.

She Digan was cautious, Gao Yue didn't want to be dragged into the water, this is not something within his responsibility, even if he discussed with Shedigan and mobilized people to respond properly, the prince would teach him to abuse his power in the future, even if he didn't suffer Heavy punishment, self-esteem can't stand it, it's really better to have less than more.

But She Digan was sitting in the straight hall, and it would be impossible if he didn't come up with a countermeasure. If things really got serious, neither of them would have any good fruit to eat.

Therefore, after pondering for a while, Gao Yue patted his legs and said in a loud voice: "The thieves have been spotted in the wild, but the princess is still living in the west mountain. How can this be done? The princess should be sent back to the mansion immediately, so as not to be disturbed by the thieves." !"

She Digan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he was not good at resourcefulness, he was really helpless in this situation, he only realized it after Gao Yue reminded him, he nodded and said: "Yes, I am very Lead the troops to Xishan to welcome the princess back, and then ask the princess for instructions on how to deal with it!"

"Let's go together!"

If the matter could not be resolved, Gao Yue felt uneasy, so he simply got up and went with him.

Soon the two led the army to Xishan Bieye, and they had to worship in front of the princess. They only thought that the weather was getting colder as autumn deepened, so they asked the princess to return to the mansion to recuperate.

Mrs. Lou shook her head and refused after pondering for a moment. No matter what the relationship between her and Gao Wang was, after Princess Zhuzhu entered the mansion, she had to avoid it. Nothing at all, returning to the mansion like this will undoubtedly be ridiculed.

The purpose of marrying Rouran is to ease the pressure on the frontier defense and unite with Rouran to deal with the thief. As long as the thief is surrendered, naturally there is no need to treat Rouran with such humility.Lou is still waiting for the triumphant return of the husband master's army to fulfill his promise and take him back in person. He really doesn't want to be invited back to the mansion by these two people casually.

"The two of you are supposed to stay behind and have important responsibilities. How can you spend your spare time on the welcome and see-off interview? I don't need you to ask me to stay here. If you feel that I am tired of living here and you are distracted, then I will go to Yecheng to vote. My son Ah Hui!"

When the two of them heard this, they laughed wryly in their hearts again. There is no one in this family who is easy to serve!

In the end, it was She Digan who bit the bullet and bowed: "Princess, please retreat from the mess in the room, I have something to report."

After listening to She Digan's report, Lou's face also became serious, and she no longer was obsessed with the issue of face. When she ordered the palace servants to pack their luggage, she looked at the two and asked: "The thieves It’s so rampant, how do you two plan to severely punish it?”

"The lord has led the troops outside, and the road ahead is safe and secure. The ministers did not dare to make a decision. They are planning to welcome the concubine back to the mansion, and then send people to play the lord quickly!"

This time it was Gao Yue who answered.

"Nonsense! Your Majesty's army is outside, and you don't have time to look back. You will only disturb the Lord's heart if you tell the story, and you will not be able to concentrate on supervising the battle. Looking forward and backward, you will be exhausted!"

Mrs. Lou directly rejected Gao Yue's words, then looked at the two of them and said angrily: "You two are noble ministers in the country, and brothers and sisters in the household, that's why the king entrusted the family and the country. Disturbance is out of place, worthy of the Lord's trust and entrustment? A thief comes to kill him, so why doubt it? Even though I can't beat a female stream, I understand this truth, why do you have any doubts?"

The two of them didn't dare to speak frankly, they nodded and admitted their mistake after hearing the words, and when the palace people packed up, they escorted Lou and his party back to Fucheng.

When the procession was about to enter the mansion, a strange procession came in front of them. All kinds of colorfully dressed barbarians led camels and swaggered in the street. The humps of the camels were covered with colorful silk decorations. Among the most is the soft and bald Tujia.

The whole team was blocked in front of the prime minister's mansion, seeing the armored soldiers coming and still not dispersing, Gao Yue hurried forward, after some negotiation, he persuaded Tu Tujia to leave here, allowing Lou's chariot to enter the mansion , and Lou's face became even more gloomy after getting out of the car.

After looking at each other, She Diqian and Gao Yue couldn't help sighing secretly, they dared not talk casually about the internal affairs of Gao Wangwei's family, but although Rouran has gradually shown signs of decline and her power is declining, she is still The overlord of the north, under the situation of confrontation between east and west, still has to hold his breath.

The two entrusted Mrs. Lou to the other hall first, and then returned to the straight hall to gather the important staff of the Ba Mansion to discuss the signal to meet the enemy.

The overlord cavalry cavalry Cao Canjun Bai Jian and foreign soldiers Cao Canjun Tang Yong played successively. At the moment when the army is on the march, there are still more than [-] troops stationed in Jinyang City. Although the number sounds like a lot, the scale of Jinyang City is really too large , After the troops were scattered across the cities, there was some tension.

There are still more than 3 people in Sibingfen and other prefectures with a wider range who are still staying behind and not participating in the war, including prefectures, counties and townships.However, these troops are distributed among the counties and cities of Zhuzhou, and it will take some time to mobilize them.

Both Shedigan and Gao Yue were well-informed soldiers, and with Lou's endorsement for them, they quickly made a plan, that is, to send some mobile forces to attack to find out the specific strength of the thieves. The solution is of course the best, if you can't, keep an eye on the main force of the thieves, and then mobilize the surrounding city defense forces to form an encirclement circle, and eat them all!
After the plan was finalized, although Mrs. Lou once said that he would not interfere with their decision, they still went to another hall to report.

Mrs. Lou was not a person who was obsessed with power, after listening to their reports, he just nodded to show that he knew, but after a moment of pondering, he opened his mouth and said: "Women don't know about military affairs, so they don't dare to speak boldly. But knowing how many people there are, of course, the more people and horses, the better.

The king's army is away, and there are not many people in the country. It is not appropriate to transfer anywhere, but there are often barbarians and merchants detained between the four. force.Even if these merchants are invincible in battle, they will always consume the thieves' arrogance, and it will be easier to defeat them in battle, what do you think? "

The two of them knew the elegant meaning after listening to the string song, and of course they understood that the old sister-in-law wanted to take revenge on those barbarian merchants who were close to Rouran, and this was indeed a way to increase defensive strength, and after a little thought, they both nodded.