Immediately after the death of the master

"I won't lose without your help."

Faced with my stubbornness, the Ninth Prince shrugged his shoulders and did not refute me, but there was always a hint of ridicule in the corners of his eyes and brows.

I gouged out the Ninth Prince's eyes, and walked away.

Wei Kexin patted his horse and followed me, and said to me with a smile beside me:

"Boss, the look in your eyes just now looks like a little daughter-in-law~"

"..."

I hit back with a whip.

Sure enough, it was gone.

76,

In Dayu State, there were a total of 30 standing troops, 20 were stationed in the endlessly fighting frontier fortresses, and the remaining 20 were distributed in the remaining twelve states and counties as government soldiers. These government soldiers seemed to be many, but they were actually just paper tigers. The big family has been arbitrarily arbitrarily for a long time, and the food and military equipment for maintaining the army has passed through the hands of the big family. It is good to keep half of it, and how can this little money really run a standing army? The so-called [-] army is nothing more than In name only.

This situation has been maintained for nearly a hundred years, and there are countless people who want to change. The final end is either to die without knowing why, or to be in collusion with the big families. The former is like the master who died early, and the latter is like a master. Now Prime Minister Ji Zuo of Ji's family.

Yu's army is poor and weak. It's no secret among other countries. Zhongshan, Yu's neighbor, is obviously far inferior to Yu's small country. Constantly encroaching on the territory of the State of Yu, so that only the thirteen states of Dayu's fifteen states a hundred years ago remained.

Many years ago, the old prince accepted the frontier fortress army under such circumstances. Facing the frontier fortress army lacking in food and clothing, disorganized military equipment, and low morale, facing the difficulties of the family and the cold eyes of the old emperor, the old prince started from scratch and revived Dayu Military prestige.After taking over the frontier fortress army, the old prince relied on the geographical advantages of the frontier fortress to make private business routes. On the surface, he used war to support the war. Reorganize the unusable frontier army into a division of tigers and wolves.

From then on, the Zhongshan Kingdom could not advance an inch. Not only could it not invade the territory of the Yu Kingdom, but it began to slowly spit out the land plundered in the previous hundred years.

With his own strength, the old prince led a hundred thousand troops, and forged an insurmountable natural moat on the frontier of Yu Kingdom.

In the eyes of the people in the frontier states, the old prince is their patron saint. Since the old prince came to the frontier, the people don't have to worry about the enemy country that will come at any time, the shadow of war that follows everywhere, and the loss of their wives and children. Who doesn't know that the old prince employs people in an eclectic manner. In his army, even ordinary people can gain military merit and be continuously promoted as long as they fight the enemy bravely.In the frontier fortress army, more than half of the soldiers came from the frontier states. They joined the battlefield because of the old prince. They trusted the old prince and followed him.

And now, the old prince is dead.

Just like that, he died for no apparent reason.

The atmosphere in the army changed from fearless and cheerful to gloomy and oppressive in an instant.

I am riding on a tall horse, looking back at this silent and hasty army, sometimes I even feel that this is not an army, but a dagger, a dagger that abandons conscience and loyalty, and exists only for revenge.

77,

Just as the master expected, Jing, Yi, and Qing Sanzhou near Youzhou were easily captured. When we entered Jingzhou, the government soldiers were vulnerable, and the powerful families couldn't work together to defeat them one by one. For fear.In some cities, when the common people heard that the frontier fortress army was coming, they punched the gates of the city and greeted us near the city. In less than half a month, the loss of less than a thousand people, the huge Jingzhou was successfully included in their hands.

Jingzhou is just an appetizer. The real difficulty is that after entering Yizhou, the highest chief executive of Yizhou is Yizhou governor Xun Kuang. He was reused, his official career was smooth, and he climbed steadily to such a high position as the governor.Governor and prefect are well-known vacancies. Because they are in charge of the military, political and military power in a place, they are highly operable to bend the law for personal gain, and they are more popular positions than Beijing officials.However, Xun Kuang is a rare flower in the history of governors, a rare clear stream in the mud, he does not hide dirt, does not form cliques, is loyal to the old emperor, and cares for the people of the state and county. A person's loyalty to the monarch is not stupid loyalty, and this person's love for the people is not doting.Under his rule, Yizhou was the most developed state and county among the thirteen states.

Before entering Yizhou, we knew that this battle was difficult to fight. After entering Yizhou, I felt that I was still too naive.

This is not a question of whether it is difficult to fight, but it means that it is impossible to fight at all.

The old man Xun Kuang started preparations when we were still in Youzhou. He bought a large amount of grain from other states and counties at high prices, filled the granaries in each city, and brought people from the villages around the city into the city. , All kinds of defensive equipment were prepared in the city, trenches were dug around the city, and fortifications were cast, waiting for our arrival.

When I was attacking the first city in Yizhou, I was shocked to see the battle like an iron barrel.

Whether Yizhou is a frontier fortress or Youzhou is a frontier fortress. The cities of Youzhou are not well guarded. Fortunately, a county in the hinterland has done so well.

If it’s just for defending the city, that’s fine. The old guy Xun Kuang even brought the government army and private soldiers from powerful families to fight guerrillas with us. Relying on his knowledge of the terrain, he came to harass us from time to time, determined to make us eat well and sleep well. fragrant.

On the third day after I came to Yizhou, I watched the battle report of our army with more than [-] casualties and scratched my head in pain.

"How to fight this battle?"

The Ninth Prince, who was looking at the map, turned his head and gave me a bright smile, showing a mouthful of big white teeth.

"There must be a way for a car to reach the mountain, and the boat will naturally sink when it reaches the bridge."

"That makes sense..." I rubbed my temples and then realized something was wrong, "Wait, what is natural sinking!"

"It's just that there's no way to save it," the Ninth Prince happily said in frustration, "It's really impossible to fight this battle."

Usually, the Ninth Prince would cheer me up when I was in war, but now facing the Ninth Prince who looks like Shi Lezhi, I feel that I have to give him a hand.

"No matter what, we still have [-] troops, and Xun Cishi estimates that there are only [-] soldiers. As long as we have the opportunity to face-to-face confrontation..." I considered the words and said the vision that was impossible to realize.

"Why do you think that Xun Jieshi only has 1 soldiers?" Ninth Prince asked, "If you count the government army alone, Xun Jieshi has only 1 soldiers, but don't forget that Xun Jieshi also has private soldiers from powerful families under his command." According to my estimate, Xun Cishi's army has at least 3 to [-] people, which is similar to our number."

The Ninth Prince spoke clearly and logically, and I was speechless, so I could only continue to struggle in another place.

"But our soldiers are fully equipped and have several years of experience in the battlefield. Xun Cishi's army is just a group of brats who have never seen a big scene, and their equipment is probably not comparable to ours."

"No, no, you are wrong on both points. First of all, the equipment of the private army of the aristocratic family must not be bad, and Yizhou is the richest of the thirteen prefectures. secondly, in the past two years, the state of Yu has not been peaceful, there have been floods and droughts, and refugee uprisings are not uncommon. Xun Cishi took his army back and forth to sweep Yizhou several times. Only now has Yizhou been peaceful and stable, and if we really want to compare it, the combat experience of Xun Cishi's army is comparable to ours."

The Ninth Prince hit the nail on the head and pointed out all the fallacies in my words.

Now, I, who was already very desperate, was completely despaired by him. I pushed away the military affairs I was dealing with, and collapsed on the chair.

"Don't fight, just wait to die—"

The Ninth Prince actually smiled and seconded the proposal.

"We are not wronged to die at the hands of this assassin."

Hearing the words of Ninth Prince, I frowned, feeling something was wrong, I was too lazy to move my body below the neck, I just raised my neck and looked at him.

"No, my little lord," I looked at him for a long time, and I was finally sure, "How do I feel, facing the current situation... Are you really happy?"

"Well," the Ninth Prince actually nodded, with a proud look on his face, "Of course I'm happy, I can imagine that in the next few days, our battle - will be very exciting."

In the dim tent, the eyes of the Ninth Prince were shining brightly.

"I've been very happy these days. I haven't been this happy for many years."

One of my feet was unsteady, and the chair almost fell backwards, causing me to fall directly to the ground.

How could I have forgotten that under the appearance of the crying girl, the Ninth Prince still hides the heart of a fighting lunatic. During the years when we fought side by side, the Ninth Prince told me many times that he was born for the battlefield .

But thinking of the hopeless future, I secretly sighed and couldn't help asking him:

"Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Ninth Prince's eyes are still shining brightly, as if they are bearing the stars all over the sky, they are extremely beautiful.

"If you accept an order and don't say goodbye, if the enemy is defeated and then return, it will be a courtesy."

"Therefore, on the day a teacher is born, there is the glory of death, but no disgrace of life."

This is a passage in the military book "Wu Zi", which is the favorite passage of the Ninth Prince. This sentence was once hung in the study of Prince Gong's mansion as his motto.

Ninth Prince had a smile on his face, without any fear in his tone, he told me.

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