Above the Yingguo court, all the Gonggun princes remained silent.

The prince Jiang Gao and the second prince Jiang Yuan were both speechless and silent at this moment. Grand Master Jiang Su had his hands wrapped in his sleeves and his expression was quiet. Jiang Wanxiang looked at the battle report and saw that it read, Qilin Army invaded the border pass and broke through. Our army invaded and attacked several cities.

The world is so big that people are divided into prefectures and counties. There are 200 and 500 large and small states under Yingguo, and each county has several counties. It is extremely vast. At this moment, the Qilin Army has entered. For Yingguo's area of ​​thousands of miles, , it’s not a big loss.

But this is like a beginning sign, often piercing the bones with a sword.

Furthermore, the empire had been defeated in all the battles. Judah was defeated at the head of the force, and its rapid growth had been interrupted. Many bureaucrats were extremely frightened.

Why did Emperor Yingguo not pay much attention to Jiangnan before? It was just because of this.

The south of the Yangtze River has a radius of thousands of miles, but there are only eighteen states and more than fifty cities and towns. Compared with the empire, which covers a vast land of thousands of miles and has hundreds of counties, it is just a separatist force. That is why they can so easily made the decision to invade.

And in just over ten days, it almost penetrated the eighteen states in Jiangnan.

However, it took a full two years to deal with Chen Guo. They only fought in more than a dozen border states and never made a long march.

This is the difference between big countries and princes. But now, the little princes who originally thought they could just overthrow them with a backhand and lay on the ground and ravage them at will, have suddenly changed and turned into a brave beast sitting on the ground and a unicorn with its head raised.

He bit Ying Guo's palm hard.

Moreover, this counterattack was so violent and painful. Jiangnan's defeat was still within the acceptable range.

But what frightened the Gonggun princes above the imperial court was the future development.

The defeat of Jiangnan means that there is no way to stop the rise of Qin Wuhou. Once it surges down and takes down the part of the city in the southwest of the Western Region and around the waterway, it will not be a city with a radius of thousands of miles, but it will also be the foundation of a great country.

Prime Minister Wei Yiwen announced: "Your Majesty, the bandits are on the rise. However, the land south of the Yangtze River is still far away from my heart. Given the background of the south of the Yangtze River, it is impossible to march straight into it. Otherwise, if our army is cut off, it will be the end of the Wolf King."

"However, we need to be on guard from all sides, and the city cannot be defended."

"When Jiangnan goes out, there are so many troops. They eat people and chew horses, which is a waste. It only takes two months for them to be able to hold on."

"Just stick to it."

Jiang Wanxiang said: "What do you mean, sir, if the enemy enters our country, we can't counterattack, and we have to guard the city like a coward to avoid fighting with it?"

Wei Yiwen said: "Exactly."

Jiang Wanxiang's chest rose and fell violently, but the old emperor looked hard for a long time and said: "Yes!"

Wei Yiwen said again: "Please also ask the grand master to lead the tiger and barbarian cavalry to come back for reinforcements."

"In the past, the Grand Master's military advance was only because he was deep into the Western Regions alone, and the Wolf King attacked our city, so he had to return reinforcements. Now that the Grand Master is in the country, he has his own luck, and Qin Wuhou is deeply alone. The situation is indeed It has changed."

After the court meeting of the Ying Kingdom ended, Jiang Wanxiang returned to the palace alone. On the Star-Zhaing Tower, holding the file and looking at the battle report, he heard footsteps behind him and looked sideways, only to see Grand Master Jiang Su coming.

Jiang Wanxiang held back the sting in his heart and could still laugh at himself: "I underestimated this kid, but he was beaten to such a mess."

"The defeat in this battle will probably not cause any damage to my muscles and bones, but it will also completely eliminate the possibility of competing for the world within ten years. Which heir do you think I should use as the crown prince?"

Jiang Su replied: "The general trend of the country is not for me to say." Jiang Wanxiang said: "At this moment, it is just you and me, let's try to say it." Jiang Su remained silent, and then replied:

"In today's world, it is no longer possible for Daying and Chen to compete for the world. Daying has the opportunity to recuperate and occupy the north. If so, the world will not develop into complete chaos."

"If you want to recuperate with the people, Prince Jiang Gao is more suitable." Jiang Wanxiang was surprised, coughed several times, and said with a smile: "I thought you would say that it is my second son Jiang Yuan who is in line with the way of a king in troubled times. "

Even though Jiang Su was sitting down, dressed in black robe, he still looked very majestic and said:

"If the world is in the future, I should be strong and invincible, swallowing thousands of miles, and surrounded by powerful enemies. That is His Highness Jiang Yuan's opportunity. But now that the world is uncertain, I should be frustrated many times and need to rest and recuperate."

"If this continues, this country thousands of miles away will collapse on its own."

"It is also necessary to unite Chen Guo and Chen Dingye to fight against Qin Wu. In this way, there must be no disputes for more than ten years. The foundation of Da Ying is still there, and the foundation of the imperial court is still there. This cannot be shaken by just a few local battlefield victories. of."

"There are still ministers in the army, including Qin Yulong, He Ruo Qinhu, and Yu Wenlie. However, the only one in Li Guanyi's army who can be called a famous general is himself. Although Xue Guogong is here, he cannot fight."

"Given the prince's benevolence, I should be able to cultivate it for several years; but given the nature of His Highness, who is brave and powerful but always vengeful, there will still be a big war a few years after he ascends the throne."

"At that time, it will be destroyed even more."

Jiang Wanxiang was surprised, coughed several times, and said silently: "Let's talk about it then." ES

"I'm an old guy, but I still have some strength left."

Grand Master Jiang Su and Jiang Wanxiang played a game of chess, got up and left. Jiang Wanxiang had been watching Grand Master Jiang Su leave the palace until this time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. Looking at the battle report over there, his face turned pale. Down, suddenly opened his mouth.

A mouthful of blood spurted out and fell to the ground.

After a moment of shaking, Emperor Ying, who had swallowed up thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in anger just a few years ago, knelt on the ground. His eyes turned black and his heart throbbed. When he raised his head, he saw the portrait of the young woman.

Suddenly, I felt that the portrait of my wife was becoming more and more vivid and real. If I wanted to see the scarlet dazzling eyes, the ever-burning lantern in the Star Building suddenly shook violently.

Li Guanyi led his army to attack the border of Yingguo. This time, he felt that the large corps was far away from the rear and that the army was going deep alone. The attacking corps led 70,000 elite soldiers, but the corresponding logistics had to increase every hundred miles.

At this moment, the logistics corps has reached the level of 100,000.

When Li Guanyi didn't understand battle formations before, he didn't understand why the logistical pressure was so huge. Now that he has become the master of a place, he gradually understands that as the army moves forward, people eat and horses chew, and the daily consumption is intense.

Transporting food and supplies from the rear requires a third-line army.

These soldiers usually cultivate their own fields and train frequently, and the food they store is enough for daily consumption. Once the army is dispatched and the war is mobilized, these soldiers will become full-time logistics soldiers, and all consumption will need to be borne by Tiance Mansion.

To transport the food needed by 70,000 people to a place thousands of miles away, these logistics troops would have to eat more than half of it on the way.

The more food you transport, the more people you need.

The more logistics troops needed, the more food will be lost on the road.

The more food is lost on the road, it means that more food must be carried when setting off. This is a snowballing situation. The deeper the army goes deeper into the enemy's territory, the greater the consumption.

Therefore, the battlefield is just an extension of the temple, and gold and silver are consumed every moment.

Unless Li Guanyi's Tiance Mansion is also like the normal army of this era.

Every time they arrived at a place, they raided the villages and towns that invaded the people, forcibly confiscated military and food supplies, and killed anyone who refused to comply. Otherwise, they would not be able to support themselves very far just in the south of the Yangtze River.

But if Tiance Mansion did such a thing.

Not to mention the changes in the world, not to mention Li Guanyi's own mental collapse.

Even this extremely brave and powerful army in the world will collapse from within. Li Guan looked at the food consumption in the daily battle report, and his forehead was beating wildly——

This expedition was different from the Western Regions.

When he was in the Western Regions, Li Guanyi always tried to impress Li Guogong, and defrauded a lot of supplies from Li Guogong's eldest son. Later, he had more than 60 cities, and the main location of the battlefield was in the Western Regions.

Li Guanyi didn't need to bear the expense of moving an army thousands of miles away. It was completely different from this time. Li Guanyi looked at the words drawn with cinnabar on the battle report and murmured: "It's over..."

"This military ration is used up too quickly."

Li Guanyi spent at least 40% of the food that Yan Daiqing had accumulated in the grain depot for two years, and as the expedition continued, the consumption would increase.

It is possible to transport one hundred thousand troops' food for one day from the south of the Yangtze River, but seven days' worth of food for one hundred thousand troops will be consumed on the way.

This was when Changfeng Tower was fighting here and gave its own food to Li Guanyi for free, and only asked Li Guanyi to sign a financial report.

A woman from the Xue family joked:

"The poster said that every time the prince signs a contract, he will spend one day with my eldest lady." "I don't know how long it will take for the prince to be bought day and night, for the rest of his life." Li Guanyi grinned.

This female businesswoman was very good at talking, and Li Guanyi was no match for her. She originally wanted to refute harshly, what does it mean to buy days and nights.

He doesn't need gold or silver to accompany the eldest lady.

However, the daily loss of food was too much. Li Guanyi could almost feel with the naked eye that Yan Daiqing's anger level was rising invisibly. If he had worked hard for two years for him to enrich the people and strengthen the army like a hamster, If all the food reserves accumulated bit by bit are used up.

Yan Daiqing's eyes darkened and he fainted.

No matter what, my brothers need to start eating.

The king was powerful in the world, but he was extremely poor and had no choice but to sell himself. Li Guanyi signed the order boldly, took the food and left, feeling very proud.

The businesswoman's laughing voice came from behind. But she was even more heroic than this monarch!

But even so, it's not a long-term solution.

At this time, he had entered the country of Ying for more than 200 miles. With the defense of the city and the withdrawal of wounded soldiers from the battle, the number of the army he brought out had also been reduced from 70,000 elites to 40,000.

Li Guanyi said to himself: "It's almost over." "It's a good thing to just stop when you're done."

However, Feng Xiao, the military advisor accompanying the army, told him that the food supply could no longer keep up, and the situation had reached a level where Feng Xiao did not even drink. Moreover, if the logistics could not keep up, he could not move forward rashly.

Feng Xiao bit a dry tea leaf and said, "Your Majesty, we have conquered all the cities and we have to think of a way to get the army rations."

All the people under Qin Wuhou's command have given up the idea of ​​plundering the people. Qiu has done nothing wrong, and even has a faint sense of pride.

Keren wants to eat.

Li Guanyi asked: "Where is the aristocratic family?"

Feng Xiao sighed: "Then everything has run away." Li Guanyi said in shock: "Run away?"

Feng Xiao grinned: "Well, Wen Qingyu's methods are too ruthless. Even when he did it, he couldn't leave any trace, but those aristocratic families are not stupid. In recent years, they have discovered that in Jiangnan Almost all the aristocratic families were destroyed."

"Every old case has been uncovered and turned upside down." "They can't understand Wen Qingyu and Xiaozhi's methods."

"But they know the fate of everyone in the family." "These people can run faster than anyone else."

"There is nothing left. It's just that before I left, I took some debts and the like away from the people, and then gave those shops to ordinary people at high prices. I actually withdrew and made a lot of money. The bowl is full."

There are many smart people.

Li Guanyi sighed and said, "It's a pity that Nangong Wumeng couldn't follow. Otherwise, we might be able to dig inside the walls of the family and find something."
To be continued...