I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 269 Frozen Three Feet
In the Great Buddha's hut, Tuoba Chide stayed there for three full days before he came out and called all the people to patrol the camp with him.

He walked in front and kept asking questions to the people behind.Only then did he remember to ask about the battle situation that day and how many iron guard cavalry were injured.Only then did I know the news that Tuoba Hao had been captured.

"My eldest son was not captured, he died in battle."

Tuoba Chide "corrected" his remarks after hearing the commander of the personal guard, Qihu Fudian, finished speaking.

After hearing this, Qihu Fudian immediately bowed his head to show his understanding.

Tuoba Qian and Tuoba Ge at the side felt a little rejoiced after listening to it, and also felt a little inexplicable pity.

On weekdays, Maharaja's favorite is the eldest son, their elder brother Tuobahao.Now that the eldest brother is captured, the maharaja will directly treat him as dead in battle.

It was obvious that he didn't want to make any deal with Jin people for the eldest son, and he didn't want to be coerced by this matter before the war.

In fact, if this choice itself must be said, there is actually nothing to criticize, although it lacks some warmth.

Even the state of Jin has similar laws and regulations. No matter whether you are a king, grandson or court minister, if you are threatened by a thief, the officers and soldiers must not attack the thief because of the identity of the person who was threatened.

The Qingtang people did not have such perfect regulations, but Tuoba Chide knew very well that he must not show that he cared about this son in front of the Jin people at this moment, otherwise the Jin people would definitely make a fuss about it.

Although Tuoba Ge and Tuoba Hao have been vying for the position of the Maharaja's successor, and they are not on good terms with Tuoba Qian, and they often insult Tuoba Qian's background, but now that the Maharaja is so downplaying, it is inevitable that there is something hurt in his heart kind.

After all, the death of a rabbit and a fox is sad.

"How long are the reinforcements left?"

Tuoba Chide asked after recovering his eyes.

"It will arrive within three days."

"How long will the barley, cattle and sheep be enough for us?"

"January."

"it is good."

After finishing speaking, Tuoba Chide looked at the direction of the Jin army's camp in the distance, then waved his hand to signal that everyone could leave, and then took the lead to return to his Great Buddha House.

Everyone bowed their heads and waited for him to leave before dispersing.

Renduo and Yeli, two rich patriarchs, went together to Renduo's camp, while the two young patriarchs of Liuzhi Township and Ximo went together.

Tuoba Ge and Tuoba Jian, who would never walk together in the past, walked together for a while.

Lun Zanpo took his two grandsons back to the camp, sat on the blanket, and asked Lun Rixu to bring over the map.

A picture that Lun Rixu took out was a map of the layout of the Jin army's camps, with the approximate location of the Jin army's camps and textual annotations on the deployment.

"It's no longer necessary to use the aggressive method to provoke the Jin army. The letter that urged him to fight has disappeared. Ten layers of antlers have been arranged in the Jin army's camp. If you want to attack it head-on, it will cost tens of thousands of lives."

Lun Zanpo was very clear that Qingtang, who had already missed the best opportunity, could only attack the Jin army's line of defense that had been built for more than a month, even if the Qingyi Festival Guizhang army arrived.

The entire fortification can almost be called impenetrable.

The Jin army also has the advantage of cavalry, and tens of thousands of cavalry can be dispatched to wander outside, while the main force of the infantry sticks to the camp and goes up the river, and the Jin army can continuously come from Yizhou for food and grass.

If it goes on like this, Qingtang must be the loser.

Because at this time, there is no such force that can compare with the other party in the land of Dajin with a stronger family and logistical supplies.

Therefore, Lun Zanpo, who had always been quite skeptical about the Maharaja's thoughts, had to pin his hopes on that ally in Sichuan.

With the composure shown by Fu Jinchuan, unless there is a fire in the backyard, it is impossible to go out of the camp to take the initiative to fight the Qingtang Army.

Thinking of this, Lun Zanpo had no choice but to get up, leave the tent, and head towards the Great Buddha House.

He didn't want to go to Maharaja's Great Buddha House, but came to a nearby tent. After opening the curtain, he saw that it was full of various cloth scrolls and book pages.

A middle-aged man was sitting at his desk in a leather robe, but he didn't know what he was looking at.

"Put the crispy tea here and go out. I said why are you here, Prime Minister?"

The middle-aged man was very surprised when he looked up and saw Lun Zan Po. He was Tuoba Shiqi, the leader of Nu Yalang, and the Maharaja's confidant.

However, Lun Zanpo's prestige in Qingtang is too high. He is called "the maharaja's most loyal mastiff". bared teeth.

"Seventeen, I want to know the recent situation in Sichuan."

After Lun Zanpo sat down, he went straight to the point and directly explained his purpose for coming.

After being stunned for a moment, Tuoba Shiqi got up without any hesitation, went to the shelf next to him and found a large pile of cloth scrolls.

"It's all here. Our people in Chengdu and Yizhou take ten days to deliver the news, so the latest news you see is also ten days ago."

Lun Zanpo nodded after hearing this, and looked at it in front of Tuoba Shiqi.

He directly took the crisp tea that was brought for Tuoba Shiqi and drank it, and he didn't care if the crisp tea spilled on his gray beard.

"Is there a picture of Xichuan?"

"Have."

After Shi Qi finished listening, he immediately took another picture and hung it on a shelf.

He knew very well that the old military god was combining intelligence to see the current confrontation between the Red Lotus Army and the Imperial Army.

And the current situation in Sichuan.

As for Lun Zanpo, after reading the information about the distribution of troops left behind in Shuzhong and the battle between the Red Lotus Army and the official army in the past month, he finally came up with an answer that he wanted to know, although it was not the answer he wanted.

When he left, he left only a long sigh.

Tuoba Shiqi, who is well aware of the current situation, knows what this means, but as the leader of Nu Yalang, he is also powerless to do anything about it.

It is true that he is the Maharaja's confidant, but there are some things that the advice of the old military god who has the absolute right to speak is useless, and he, a confidant, has little room to speak.

"Come on, go and tell the majesty what happened in my tent just now."

Then he asked someone to bring up a bowl of crisp tea, looked at the mountain of information in front of him, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

At this time, Tuoba Chide, who was sitting in the Great Buddha House and drinking the highland barley wine, was also staring at the map.

There are some things that he can't see clearly.

The current situation is actually very clear.

Because of hesitation, he gave up launching an attack when the Jin army was not firmly established, and gave the Jin people time to set up camp. There is almost no chance of winning the battle against them.

But he still wants to fight this battle.

Withdrawing the army now, although the whole army can retreat, it will be a very big blow to his reputation.

Of course he couldn't allow this to happen.

The royal family, noble family, army and princes are already ready to move.

If he has no merits in this battle he insisted on, and returns to Qingtang, will he be able to secure his position as a maharaja?

Even just for the sake of face, he refused to withdraw.

Therefore, the Prime Minister of the State, Zan Po also returned, Tuoba Seventeen, and even the leaders of the noble clan Ye Lirong and Ren Duo alone who were at odds with the royal family, these people could see the current situation.

But no one was willing to come out and persuade him to withdraw.

Thinking of this, Tuoba Chide suddenly felt a little displeased, even if I don't know how to listen, but as ministers, don't you all persuade me?
Don't even try?
Could it be that I am so unpopular in Qingtang?
At this time, he was quite resentful, but he completely forgot those people whom he dealt with because of disagreements with him over the years.

Some of them were killed, some were demoted, and some were even exterminated directly.

Some people are lonely because of their xinxing.

And some are lonely, it is true.

However, subordinates have only fear of superiors, but no admiration and respect. For a regime or force, problems are likely to arise.

Once things reach a certain breaking point, something seemingly sudden happens.

But these things are by no means accidental.

Just like, freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

(End of this chapter)