No one understood the meaning of this word better than Qin Rouniang. After returning from the city tower, she met with the veteran Qin Sheng alone.
"Old General Qin, how sure are you of holding the upper capital?" Qin Rouniang asked directly.
Qin Sheng shook his head of white hair and said, "Please forgive me, the Queen Mother. The old man can only do his best and dare not promise anything to the Queen Mother. I have told the Queen Mother before that if I can hold it for one month, I can hold it for one year. If I can hold it for a year, If we hold on for a year, we can hold on until the day when we run out of food and help."
Qin Rouniang let out a long sigh, "Is there any way to save the crisis?"
"Unless we can allow Su Can's Tiger Guard to enter the capital." Qin Sheng said: "If Su Can's Tiger Guard enters the capital, we will not only be able to defend the city, but also wait for opportunities to counterattack. With the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Guard, we can fight against the Northern Expedition Army and use the city to continue to attack." By consuming the opponent's vitality, there may be a chance of turning a corner."
"But Su Can is blocked in Linfeng. I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through the siege of the Northern Expedition Army and reach the capital." Qin Rouniang sighed.
"If there is an army that can come over to help, it might be able to help Su Can break through the obstacles." Qin Sheng said.
"There is such an army there." Qin Rouniang smiled bitterly, "Didn't the old general also say that if the army in the city leaves the city, it will not be able to withstand a battle?"
"Why did you forget that there is an army stationed in Ningxiang, west of Shangjing!" Qin Sheng reminded.
"Lou Xiang"
"That's right, it's Lou Xiang. He still has 20,000 Luzhou town troops under his command!"
"How can we expect him?" Qin Rouniang shook her head, "When he retreated all the way from Anlu and wanted to enter the capital, we refused and only allowed him to station in Ningxiang. If we weren't worried that he would be rebellious, we would even He won't provide it either. Now that we are in the capital, we are about to be surrounded. How can such a person who has been in the Qin Dynasty and has a bone in the back of his head have such a great responsibility? A wolf will travel a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog will travel a thousand miles to eat shit. This person cannot be expected at all."
"Queen Mother, it is true that we can't count on it, but there is always a glimmer of hope. It doesn't cost us anything. At the moment, the enemy has only come to an infantry battalion. The Queen Mother will transport them another batch of food, grass and ordnance from the West City, and then give it to Lou Xiang." A few levels up, if a person is given an official title, maybe he has a conscience and can do his best for Vietnam."
"Is this treating a dead horse as a living horse?"
¡°Perhaps this dead horse might be blown up!¡± Qin Sheng said with a smile.
Qin Rou Niang's starry eyes were half closed for a while, and she finally opened them, looking at Qin Sheng and saying: "In that case, we might as well be more generous and make him the general of the auxiliary country. Old General Qin, you will take charge of this matter and tell him, as long as To welcome Su Can into the city and ensure the safety of the capital, I will not be stingy even if I grant the title of king to my palace."
"This person is greedy. This is a good wish for the Queen Mother! I will go and make it happen now!"
Ningxiang, Lou Xiang's camp. Ever since he ran all the way from Anlu to Weizhou, and arrived at the outskirts of Shangjing City, before his buttocks were even warm, news of the fall of Anlu came, and Lou Xiang felt heartbroken for his 10,000 yuan. At the same time, I was glad that I ran fast and didn't get stuck in the quagmire of Anlu.
I thought that as soon as I arrived in Beijing, the Queen Mother Qin Rou Niang would definitely welcome her into the capital with great fanfare. However, this woman did not follow common sense at all. She issued an edict, not allowing her to enter the city, and only allowing herself to enter the city. Ningxiang came to station in Ningxiang. This place is nearly a hundred miles away from Shangjing and does not have a large population. All supplies are supplied by Shangjing. Fortunately, Qin Rouniang has not embarrassed herself in this regard.
Although he was angry in his heart, he was helpless. He couldn't just turn against him and send his troops to attack Shangjing City. Let's not talk about whether he could enter the city. In this way, he really had no way out. Play yourself to death.
Depressed, he arrived in Ningxiang and settled down, but the next news made Lou Xiang unable to sit still. Some soldiers who escaped from Anlu came back. From their mouths, he learned about Tu Wenzhuang. If Tu Wenzhuang was really like them As said, that's really not good. This bastard is obviously playing with himself, and he has played with himself until he reaches a dead end.
Because of this matter, Lou Xiang did not dare to mention the matter of garrisoning in Beijing to Qin Rouniang. Obviously, his reputation was ruined. He first sold Zhao Pu and Huang Xuanwu in Luzhou, and then sold Congliang in Anlu. Tu Wenzhuang was his If this guy is really Yun Zhao's powerful adviser, he won't be able to clear himself out even if he jumped into the Cangjiang River. I guess Qin Rouniang must also know these things. If it weren't for the fact that he still has 20,000 soldiers, now his head says Maybe it was hung on the city tower in Shangjing for public display.
Thinking of this, Lou Xiang shuddered. For Shewenzhuang, for a moment, he didn't know whether to hate or thank him. If it weren't for him, he might have been defeated in Luzhou, and maybe the whole army was destroyed in Anlu, but he can still survive until now. There are 20,000 soldiers and horses, and their heads are still standing firmly on their necks. I'm afraid it's all because of Shewenzhuang's strategies.
Lou Xiang was worried about gains and losses, and stayed in Ningxiang, at a loss.
It was at this time that Qin Rouniang¡¯s edict arrived in Ningxiang.
After listening to the reading of the edict by the special envoy and receiving the order, Lou Xiang's heart started to beat again. The last words of the special envoy before leaving made him even more frightened.
"The Queen Mother has said that as long as General Lou does this well, all the past affairs can be wiped out, and the court will not hesitate to reward him. It is not impossible to be crowned king."
Lou Xiang knows that although Qin Rouniang's decree has not left the capital, her throat is still in her hands. She doesn't need anything else. She just needs to stop providing food to him, and his 20,000 people will collapse. , An army without food will have no discipline. If you don¡¯t have food in your hands, you will no longer be able to control this army.
It is not impossible to go to Linfeng and open up a passage for Su Can to Shangjing. There is still a chance. Yun Zhao's army has not yet arrived in Shangjing in large numbers at this time. What they have come is only more than ten thousand cavalry and an infantry battalion. This small amount of troops is not enough to take care of the capital city, and it is beyond the reach of myself in Ningxiang. If I seize this time difference, send troops to attack Linfeng and attack Meng Yao's Lucheng camp, I don't want to defeat him, but just want to be able to defeat him. It is enough to fish out Su Can's Tiger Guard, and Qin Rou Niang only asks herself to do this.
This is not impossible.
Lou Xiang stared at the military map on the table and drew it repeatedly. Maybe he could take another gamble. Throwing away the map, Lou Xiang couldn't help but sigh. Apart from this road, he had another way to go, which was to surrender. Yun Zhao, but until now, Yun Zhao has never paid attention to him. With the ability of his position, it is easy to contact him. There are only two possibilities for him to ignore him. One is that he does not bother to recruit him at all. After all, his reputation has already been It was broken. Secondly, it was because of the Zhao family and the Huang family in Tongzhou. Zhao Huang hated what he deserved, and they were the important chess pieces of the Northern Expedition Army in controlling Tongzhou. Yun Zhao had no need to be at the end of his rope because of himself. guys come to offend these people.
We can only give it a try. Lou Xiang said to himself.
There were footsteps outside the big tent, and the soldiers opened the curtain and came in, "General Lou, someone asked to see you. The person who came said that the chief assistant sent him to see the general."
"Cao Yi, what did he send people to do?" Lou Xiang said in surprise. (To be continued. (.) Vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your support. It is my biggest motivation)