Chapter four hundred and fiftieth eight: A thousand miles to ride alone
"Master, how many people have you brought?" Cao Yi's wife looked at him and asked worriedly, "If you don't go, what can the emperor do to you? Who hasn't misjudged?"
Cao Yi smiled bitterly, "This time I am indeed responsible. This emperor is not as narrow-minded as the late emperor. I don't untie the bell. Maybe there will be nothing now, but I don't know when it will happen. As long as the situation is right, I'm afraid I will
New and old accounts are settled together.”
"Then you bring more people!"
"What's the use of bringing too much? From here, we all go to Tongzhou, we are under our control. Go forward, cross Jiangzhou, Jingzhou, and Cangjiang. There are 200,000 Su Can conquer Liang's troops in the middle. I'll take you.
It’s not enough for them to eat. This time, I will take Zhixia and Zhiqiu away.” Cao Yi smiled.
Cao Yi said it lightly, but his wife is also a person who is used to the trend. He would not know the great risks. He wanted to give some advice, but he also knew that his master was very knowledgeable and could not use his own.
The woman talks a lot? But the worries in her heart are always unhidden.
"You don't have to worry about me. I'm not a scholar without any power. Although I'm a little older, ordinary three or five military men are really not my opponent." Cao Yi patted his wife's hand and said with a smile.
: "When I was young, I didn't get such an opportunity. I didn't expect that when I was old, I still had the luck of riding alone for thousands of miles. This has fulfilled my dream for decades!"
My wife smiled bitterly: "What's the luck? Master, there are hundreds of people in the Cao Mansion, and many people in the entire Cao clan pointing at the master. If the master has any problems..." At this point, he suddenly covered his face.
He slapped his mouth, looked at Cao Yi apologetically, and vomited a few times. "The master must be having a smooth journey."
Cao Yi laughed: "Zi Buyu blames Dali for being confused. I have never believed in these things. Even if I really can't come back this time, Cao's family can't do anything big, that is, they'll just be silent for decades.
, With the foundation of our Cao family, there will always be a resurgence of the storm."
"Master, you're all ready!" Cao Zhixia and Cao Zhiqiu stepped into the door. Both of them were dressed in vigorous outfits. They were from the Cao family. Whether it was kung fu or the experience in the martial arts world, they were the best choice.
"Let's go!" Cao Yi stood up, "At most one month, you can wait and hear the good news!"
Tongzhou was in chaos. Su Can led a 200,000 army to enter Jiangzhou from Jingzhou. The entire Jiangzhou has been disrupted. In the past few days, the number of defeated soldiers who retreated from Jiangzhou has been successively
A group of people brought back every day was how many miles the rebels advanced.
Xiao Zhongze was already in a hurry. Whether it was the defeated soldiers or the refugees who escaped from Jiangzhou, they all required a lot of energy and money to resettle. What made him even more worried was that Su Can and Congliang were both
The momentum is unstoppable. Jiangzhou's resistance was just exchanged for Tongzhou to prepare for a while. The problem is that even if Tongzhou uses its strength to concentrate all the towns and troops, there are less than 50,000 towns.
The army and the battle formations have been separated for a long time, and some new recruits don’t even know what the war is going on. How can they compare with the tiger and wolf army of Congliang?
"Have Lu Tong been arrested?" Xiao Zhongze asked with a treacherous face.
"Sir, Lutong has been controlled, and the main generals of his subordinates have also been arrested." A general of the town army shouted. Lutong was the general of the Tiger Guard who escorted the Fourth Master Li Xiao back to Beijing.
Later, Li Xiao left alone, and Lu Tong led the Tiger Guard to Tongzhou. Afterwards, he was appointed as the deputy general of the Tongzhou Town Army. This time, the rebels led the rebels to attack, and Xiao Zhongze's first thing was to do.
Lu Tong was arrested. This man was born in the Hu Guard and was a subordinate of Su Can. He could not trust him. Even if he was wronged now, he had to be arrested first.
"Very good. How many prefectures, counties and towns have reported?"
"Report to the Lord, we have gathered 30,000 people to the prefecture city, but the military equipment in the prefecture city is insufficient. Many of the towns and soldiers from the counties below do not even have a decent knife, let alone bows and arrows!"
The general of the town army shook his head and said.
"How come the armed forces are insufficient?" Xiao Zhongze was furious and roared, "Every year you need a lot of military expenditure to supplement the armed forces, how could you not even match a knife or a bow for the soldiers?"
All the generals in the tent lowered their heads awkwardly. Do you still need to ask? A large part of this money naturally fell into their pockets. But at that time, who would have thought that a place like Liantongzhou would have been there.
What about the war? Now Su Can conquers Liang's 200,000 troops are coming, and they only then realize that the towns under their command are not even equipped with combat power, even the most basic weapons, equipment, swords, bows, arrows, and armor.
Those who came to the prefect were decent, and the others were afraid to let Xiao Zhongze see them at all.
"You all deserve to be chopped off!" Xiao Zhongze was extremely painful, but at this moment, how could he hold these generals accountable?
"Master of the State!" The generals changed their colors. Looking at Xiao Zhongze, they said in fear: "Please forgive me, sir."
"What's the use of forgiveness for you? You have to ask if they are willing to spare you from death when the rebels come. Should you ask His Majesty the Emperor, can you spare you from death? Tell me the truth, can you take it?
How many people are there who come out to fight? They must be fully equipped."
Several generals looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, Tongzhou Town will bite the bullet and said, "Mr. Xiao, you can take out 15,000 people."
Xiao Zhongze was speechless. The 50,000-strong army was not even half of the size of the people. The 1990-strong army was so bad.
"Get out, get out!" Xiao Zhongze slapped the table and cursed. When several town generals were about to walk out of the lobby, a clear voice suddenly sounded at the door.
"Mr. Xiao, why did you get such a big temper? Is this not very good-nature like you?"
Xiao Zhongze suddenly raised his head, and a familiar face appeared in front of him. He was shocked and hurried forward, clasped his fists and said, "Oh my God, Master Chief, why are you here in Tongzhou at this time?
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Cao Yi pointed to the chaotic city scene outside, "What else can you do? Are the rebels going to Tongzhou?"
"It's almost there, at most ten days and half a month. I'm afraid their pioneers will arrive in Tongzhou City."
"How are you preparing here?" Cao Yi asked.
Xiao Zhongze glanced at the general under his command and sighed: "Prime Minister, I'm going to say that Tongzhou is afraid that there will be no resistance at that time. I am preparing to ask the center for help!"
"Don't there be 50,000 troops in Tongzhou? Why did Lord Xiao say he had no resistance at all?" Cao Yi smiled.
Xiao Zhongze's old face turned red and he glared at the
Several generals, "The Chief Supervisor has mastered the world, and I don't have to hide it from you, otherwise it will cause a big mistake and the Tongzhou soldiers are no longer able to fight."
Cao Yi nodded, "I know that it will take about ten days for the rebels to arrive in Tongzhou. Can you concentrate all your strength and defend Tongzhou City for about ten days? Before I came, I knew that the court was preparing to send the Tunwei and Waiting Guards,
The three guards of Xuwei came to Tongzhou to fight against the enemy, but it took time to dispatch troops and prepare supplies. I estimate that the nearest guard to Tongzhou will take at least twenty days to arrive in Tongzhou."
"Twenty days!" Xiao Zhongze was surprised and happy. Although it was twenty days, in fact, the other party might not have arrived at the city of Tongzhou in 20 days. Su Can was in charge of Liang's 200,000 troops, and he had almost no attempt to attack quickly.
Perhaps, such a large army, logistics alone is enough to prevent them from moving forward quickly.
"There is absolutely no problem in twenty days!" Xiao Zhongze promised.
Cao Yi smiled and said, "If there is a problem for twenty days, Lord Xiao, you and your generals will move your heads! Tongzhou will become the main place for the imperial court to annihilate the rebels, and there will be a large number of them."
The army will gather in Tongzhou. Lord Xiao, what are you doing next? When I entered the city just now, I saw many town soldiers like beggars. It was really outrageous. Take the time to deal with it.
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"Yes, Master Chief!" Xiao Zhongze sweated coldly, "I wonder what the Prime Minister Chief Chief came to Tongzhou this time?"
Cao Yi smiled, and Xiao Zhongze waved his hand knowingly, "You all go down. Did you hear the words of the Prime Minister just now? Hurry up and clean up the military formation and strictly enforce military discipline. The guards in the capital will soon enter Tongzhou on a large scale.
Your appearance will make the guard brothers laugh out loud at that time."
"Yes, magistrate!" Several town generals were eager to leave quickly, bowed to the two of them, and left in a hurry.
"Sir, Master?" In the empty hall, Xiao Zhongze looked at Cao Yi inquiringly.
"I want to go to Jingzhou, or cross Cangjiang."
Xiao Zhongze was stunned, "You are going to meet Cheng Qun. This is too risky. Not to mention that you have to go through Su Can Congliang's control area first. Cheng Qun alone, since you have made such a decision, I must have
I think carefully, but I am afraid I won’t change my attention easily.”
Cao Yi sighed and said, "This is nothing to do. You know, the situation in the entire Dayue is too dangerous now. Although the White Lotus King Xiang surrendered, the saint Yan Miao was extremely fierce and had occupied Shanzhou and Guizhou.
Xiangzhou was about to fall into her hands, but in the south, Ye Kai and Wang Xiang could not conquer each other again. The foundation of the Fourth Master was becoming more and more stable day by day. The more dangerous one was you, although the court transferred the guards to
Guards, but these three guards are afraid that they will not be able to resist Su Can's momentum of conquest. They are the 200,000 elite troops that have been fought for a long time. So I have to convince Cheng Qun to come back, Guan Pengju is dead, and in this world, I am afraid that it will be too
Only I can make him turn back.”
Xiao Zhongze sighed and said, "The situation collapses, it's up to you!"
Chapter completed!