Mingshi

Chapter 567

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"You must know that we have brought back all the food and grass they robbed in the past few months, and they have brought out all the food stored in their grassland this time. If they return to the grassland like this, they will starve to death. .

So they have only one way, to attack the capital.They are also forced by the situation, this is a war of death and death.There is no third way to go. "

The hearts of the two admirals, Zhang and Li, also sank, and Luo Xin looked around and said:

"I once told you that when the prairie coalition forces attack the city, they will use rockets. Are you ready to set fire? Are fire-fighting equipment and specially organized fire-fighting teams on call at any time?"

"Don't worry, my lord, everything is ready."

"That's good!" Luo Xin nodded, and said with a worried expression on his face: "Admiral Zhang, you once participated in the war where Alatan Khan attacked the capital, did the grassland coalition forces force the people of Ming Dynasty to climb the city in that war? ?”

Admiral Zhang's complexion changed, and he said with trembling lips: "Yes! The grassland tartars drove out our Daming people to attack the city with ladders, and they were sandwiched between the Daming people."

"Then... how do you deal with it?"

"We..." Admiral Zhang's face turned pale: "We... in order to protect the capital, we have no choice but to be ruthless and kill the people of Ming Dynasty..."

Luo Xin closed his eyes in pain, and the two admirals, Zhang and Li, were also full of pain at this time.There was silence on the walls.After a while, Luo Xinchang sighed and said:

"This is the tragedy of being broken into by the prairie coalition forces. If the Datong is not lost, such a thing will not happen. But..." Luo Xin frowned even tighter:
"This is not what I am most worried about. What I am most worried about is that the grassland will not be able to attack the capital for a long time, and the food and grass will be exhausted. Not only will they not retreat to the grassland, but they will bypass the capital and go deep into the hinterland of Ming Dynasty to attack other state capitals. In that case, Daming will be corrupted. The situation at that time will make us very embarrassed. If we don’t send troops, we will watch the hinterland of Daming fall into the flames of war, and the people of Daming will be looted and burned on the grassland. It is difficult to be the opponent of the steppe cavalry."

"No way?" The admirals Zhang and Li turned pale with shock.

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "This kind of situation is very likely to happen. The prairie coalition army has no way to retreat. We have snatched all their food and grass back. If we don't snatch some back, they will starve to death. So, if we can't attack If they are in the capital, they will definitely take a detour and enter the hinterland of Daming."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin looked at the two men solemnly and said, "Do you think the strength of the Ming army is worthy of a battle?"

There was a trace of despair in the eyes of the two admirals, Zhang and Li. This was an unsolvable problem for them, and each of them couldn't help muttering:

"How can this be good?"

Luo Xin said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, the grassland coalition forces will pass by. If Your Majesty orders me to hold out, Your Majesty will be insulted. If you order me to send troops, on the plains, with the strength of my Ming army and 10,000 troops + The prairie cavalry collided head-on, and the entire army was almost doomed, so most of the defenders in the capital died, and the prairie allied forces turned back to attack the capital, can the capital survive?"

"My lord!" Admiral Zhang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said awkwardly, "Does your lord have a good plan?"

Luo Xin said solemnly: "It's very difficult, almost an unsolvable situation."

Seeing the expressions of the two admirals, Zhang and Li, being weighed, Luo Xin eased his expression slightly and said: "What we discussed today must not be disclosed."

"Yes, my lord, I will understand in the end."

"You two should also put more thought into it. Let's brainstorm and see if we can come up with a relatively safe solution."

"Yes, my lord!"

The three of them stopped talking, and the two admirals, Zhang and Li, no longer felt the joy of having just won the big victory.While thinking of a solution, he looked out of the city, hoping that this battle would defeat all the grassland coalition forces, so that there was no need to worry anymore.

Time passed in silence, and more than an hour later, tens of thousands of defenders of the capital had cleaned up the battlefield and withdrew into the city.About half an hour later, I heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes.Immediately afterwards, a cavalry soldier was seen galloping towards the capital like a torrent of steel, and the banner of the Shenshu Camp was waving in the wind.

"Admiral Yu and the others are back."

Admiral Zhang raised his eyebrows, his eyes showed envy, he knew that Shenshuying had done a great job this time.

"Come on, let's go down to meet the triumphant soldiers!"

Luo Xin led the crowd towards the city gate. Not long after arriving at the city gate, he saw Admiral Yu leading the Shenshu camp cavalry galloping, entered the city gate, and was about 50 meters away from Luo Xin. Staying on the horse, jumped off the horse, strode to Luo Xin, saluted excitedly:
"Reporting to my lord, my Shenshu camp wiped out more than 120 enemies, and the Shenshu camp had only [-] casualties."

Luo Xin nodded. It is normal to have such a result in the panic of the grassland coalition forces. I am afraid that most of the 120 people who were killed or injured were not killed by the grassland coalition forces, but were hit by groups of frightened horses.

"Are there any prisoners?"

"No!" There was a murderous look in Admiral Yu's tone.

As soon as Luo Xin heard it, he understood that Shenshuying had never thought of having any prisoners at all, and they killed all the herbalists they met.

"Admiral Yu!"

A majestic voice sounded, Luo Xin turned his head to look, and saw Xu Jie leading a group of civil servants coming over, their faces were still pale at this time.Xu Jie had already seen Luo Xin's victory, and the 17 troops besieged outside the city were completely defeated. In his heart, he believed that the siege of the capital had been completely broken, and he let go of his suspended heart.At the same time, he also saw that Luo Xin's prestige had risen to a level that made him very afraid.

It can't be like this!
Luo Xin must be suppressed, or his relationship with the three camps must be destroyed.Therefore, Xu Jie stepped out decisively and shouted:
"I don't believe that when the grassland coalition forces fled in a hurry and were hunted down by you, there would be no one who surrendered, but you said that there were no prisoners, but you killed all the prisoners?
Do you know that killing prisoners is inauspicious? "

Having said that, he turned his head to look at Luo Xin, and said with a righteous face:

"No, although Admiral Yu has meritorious service, but killing prisoners is a big mistake. As a privy secretary, you must clearly reward and punish."

After the words fell, he stared at Luo Xin with burning eyes.

If Luo Xin punishes Shenshuying, it will cause a rift between Luo Xin and Shenshuying.At that time, if he operates it himself, Luo Xin will be able to completely lose his prestige among the three camps.

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