The Ninth Princess was not angry, but looked at Zhang Liang curiously.
"Your Highness, the Eastern Barbarians have brought so many people here this time. I am sure the lion will ask. Can the imperial court collect enough money to satisfy them?"
Zhang Liang asked: "If we don't get enough, they will definitely not leave."
"That's a problem."
Jin Feng turned to look at the Ninth Princess.
The Ninth Princess said more than once that the Dakang treasury was running out of money.
"Don't worry about this, it's not difficult to raise money."
The Ninth Princess said coldly: "The prince has recruited all his accomplices last night."
"Then pretend I didn't ask." Jin Feng suddenly understood.
Even if the prince's accomplice is not a prince, he is still an important official of the court.
These people don't know how much money they have made from the people. They all have big families and big businesses, but they are all fat pigs.
If you catch one at random, you're probably richer than Jin Feng.
What's more, looking at the meaning of the Ninth Princess, it is obvious that there is more than one.
In fact, at this time, it was entirely up to the Ninth Princess and Qin Zhen to decide who the prince's accomplices were.
Even if he isn't, it doesn't matter. He'll be his accomplice with just a few beatings on the prince's weaklings.
"Brother Liang, go on." Jin Feng motioned to Zhang Liang to continue.
"good!"
Zhang Liang nodded and continued: "The Eastern Barbarians have war horses, but we don't have enough war horses to chase them. If too few people go, even if we defeat them in the north, we won't be able to transport anything back.
If there are too many people going and the supply line is too long, not to mention how much stuff can be brought back in the end, just the food and grass consumed back and forth will be a lot of money.
Secondly, tracking the opponent for thousands of miles will easily be discovered by the Eastern Barbarians. If they send light cavalry to harass the grain road and cut off our supplies, it will be even more troublesome!
Finally, the further north you go, the closer you are to the headquarters of the Eastern Barbarians. If they send out a large number of cavalry to attack, we have no city to defend in the north. Even if we bring all the bodyguards there, it will probably be difficult to win!"
After hearing this, Jin Feng nodded slightly: "Brother Liang is right! The best way is to keep the Eastern Barbarians to fight!"
"It would be great if we could steal their war horses this time."
The Ninth Princess sighed.
The most important turning point in the battle at Damangpo was when the refugees took away Danzhu’s war horse.
"War horse..."
After hearing what the Ninth Princess said, Zhang Liang's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Liang, have you thought of a solution?" Jin Feng asked quickly.
"Yes, His Highness reminded me, we can start with their war horses!"
Zhang Liang said: "If the Eastern Barbarians have no horses, they have no legs. Take care of them when the time comes!"
"Danzhu has already suffered losses in Damanang Slope, so the Eastern Barbarians will definitely be on guard. The Eastern Barbarians did not capture any prisoners this time. The war horses were also placed at the back of the camp and were heavily guarded. Maybe they were just to guard against attacking the war horses.
.”
Ninth Princess said.
"He can't guard against some things!"
Zhang Liang tapped his finger on the map.
Jin Feng, Ninth Princess and Chen Ji all hurried up and looked at where Zhang Liang was pointing.
A few seconds later, Jin Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, he patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder and laughed: "Brother Liang, you still have a way!"
Ninth Princess and Chen Ji were confused: "What are you laughing at?"
"Brother Liang, tell your Majesty your thoughts!"
Jin Feng said with a smile.
"yes!"
Zhang Liang said and began to explain his method.
"No wonder sir keeps praising you as a genius in fighting. You are indeed amazing!"
After hearing this, the Ninth Princess couldn't help but give Zhang Liang a thumbs up.
"Your Highness, you are so complimentary, sir, you taught me well." Zhang Liang quickly waved his hand.
When the Ninth Princess heard this, she raised her head and smiled at Jin Feng.
Just as Jin Feng was about to speak, he heard Chen Ji frowning and saying, "This method is feasible, but... isn't it too disgusting? It's a bit... not worthy of publicity!"
When Jin Feng heard this, he subconsciously wanted to attack Chen Ji, but the Ninth Princess was one step ahead of him.
"Father, sir, I have said that war is a battle of life and death! When you go to the battlefield, you must do whatever it takes to drive away the enemy, and do everything you can to keep your comrades alive!"
The Ninth Princess said: "Is this disgusting? That's because you have never been to a real battlefield!
There were stumps of limbs and broken arms everywhere on the battlefield. If you were not careful, you would trip over the intestines scattered on the ground! The ground was soaked in blood and muddy, and in some low-lying places, the blood could reach up to your knees!
If you have been to the battlefield once, you will know that in the face of life and death, everything is futile. The most important thing is to survive and return to your hometown to see your relatives and children again!"
"I'm just saying casually..."
Chen Ji felt a little guilty after being scolded by the Ninth Princess, so he whispered.
"You are the leader of a country and you have a golden tongue. Can you say what you want?" Ninth Princess said angrily: "If the soldiers knew that you said this, they would be chilled!"
"I know!"
Chen Ji was trained by the Ninth Princess like a child who had done something wrong, lowering his head and not daring to raise his head.
Jin Feng touched his nose and felt that he must never quarrel with the Ninth Princess in the future.
It’s too noisy...
Don't yell if something happens, just start putting on sleeping clothes!
After all, Chen Ji was the emperor, and it was not easy for the Ninth Princess to chase and fight him. Seeing that he didn't even dare to raise his head, he let him go.
Turning to look at Jin Feng: "I think Liang... Brother Liang's plan is feasible. What do you think, sir?"
"I also think it's feasible," Jin Feng nodded and said.
"Then I'm going to prepare things?" Zhang Liang asked.
"Let Da Liu prepare the things. We need to discuss at least one or two backup plans. If something goes wrong with this plan, the backup plans must be put in place immediately!"
Jin Feng called to Zhang Liang to stop him.
"Okay!" Zhang Liang quickly stopped and returned to the map.
The two of them discussed it until mid-afternoon before Zhang Liang left the palace and went out of the city to prepare for the battle.
In the evening, Princess Ninth accompanied Jin Feng and stood at the door of the imperial study, watching the sunset.
Finding that there were no outsiders around, the Ninth Princess leaned her shoulder on Jin Feng's shoulder: "Sir, do you think Brother Liang's plan will work?"
“We will fight if it works, and we will fight if it doesn’t work!”
Jin Feng said firmly: "The people really can't afford more taxes!"
"Yes, this battle must be won and cannot be lost!"
The Ninth Princess said: "It would be better if we could snatch all the horses from the Eastern Barbarians."
Previously at Damang Slope, she bought a lot of war horses from the people.
However, half of those war horses are still training in Sichuan and Sichuan, and the other half have been sent to the northwest battlefield to support Qinghuai, General Fan and King Jin. It will be difficult to transfer them back in the short term.
"Speaking of war horses, I remembered that you can't just give me one cent this time!"
Jin Feng turned to look at the Ninth Princess.
According to the intelligence gathered from the front line, this time the Eastern Barbarians not only rode a war horse but also brought many to carry things, totaling tens of thousands of horses.
It would be false to say that Jin Feng is not greedy.
If these war horses can be kept, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau will never be short of war horses in the future.
"The people are yours, and of course the horses are yours too..."
The Ninth Princess pretended to be angry and pinched Jin Feng's waist.