He sent someone to send Jia Xu's memorial back. Liu Xie lost his sleep for a while and asked Ding Chong to rest, leaving Yang Xiu to talk.
Yang Xiu was still aggrieved and repeatedly said that Liangzhou's human nature was the same as that of the Qiang and Hu, capricious and untrustworthy.
Liu Xie couldn't laugh or cry.
Does this bookish, incompetent rage really mean anything?
"Shut up!" After several attempts to no avail, Liu Xie grabbed a pillow and threw it at him.
Yang Xiu then closed his mouth and sat aside sadly.
"It is the nature of ordinary people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. You cannot ask everyone to be a gentleman, let alone a saint." Liu Xie sneered: "Ask yourself, who is the Yuan family of the Four Generations and Three Dukes or the Liangzhou people?
evil?"
Yang Xiu grinned awkwardly, his face getting a little hot.
He could hear the emperor's anger, and also knew that the emperor had saved him face by not scolding the Hongnong Yang family.
Although the Yuan family was disloyal, how could the Yang family be unreservedly loyal to the imperial court?
It’s just a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps.
"What do you think of Jia Xu's analysis?" Liu Xie took the initiative to return to the topic.
He didn't keep Yang Xiu here just to listen to his complaints.
The battle is not over yet and will continue tomorrow. Will Li Jue leave the main force and still send Li Ying to attack as Jia Xu said? This is a question he needs to consider.
Li should have more than 10,000 men. Yesterday, he lost more than 1,000 people. Including the injured, the total number is no less than 3,000.
Logically speaking, it no longer has the ability to defeat Yang Feng's camp.
Unless he really wanted to trade lives for lives and consume Yang Feng's troops.
Do Li Ying's men really have such a will to fight?
He expressed doubts.
"Your Majesty, what Jia Xu said is just a possibility." When it came to business, Yang Xiu calmed down a lot. "I think that Li Jue's more likely choice is to send Li Ying to attack, but he is not in a hurry to break the formation, but maintains a stalemate until
Our army is out of food."
Liu Xieshen feels the same way.
He was also worried about this, so he tried every means to stimulate Li Jue so as not to delay it for too long and cause him to run out of food and grass.
Li Jue was fooled yesterday and received a slap in the face. Will he calm down, change his strategy, and continue to waste money?
If so, there is no solution.
If he wants to fight hard and take the initiative, he will only play into Li Jue's hands.
The Xiliang cavalry, represented by the Flying Bear Army, will teach him what real war is.
"If so, how to crack it?"
"No solution." Yang Xiu smiled bitterly. He thought for a while and then said: "It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen."
Liu Xie was silent.
At this moment, he could not use the summoning technique, so he could only hope that Jia Xu's great prophecy technique would be effective.
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Zhang Ji turned over and held his young wife Zou in his arms.
"What are you thinking about again?" Zou murmured, opened his eyes, was startled, and almost rolled off the bed.
In the darkness, Zhang Ji's eyes were wide open and he was not sleepy at all.
"Tomorrow is the fifth day." Zhang Ji said quietly.
"What's the fifth day?" Ms. Zou breathed a sigh of relief and lightly punched Zhang Ji's chest. "I stayed up most of the night and stared like a cow. I wanted to scare people to death."
Zhang Ji ignored her and said to himself: "I made an agreement with Duan Xuan to give him five days. After five days, if the young emperor and Li Jue still haven't decided the winner, I will send troops to attack."
"You want to help Li Jue?" Ms. Zou frowned.
"It's not to help Li Jue, but to help myself." Zhang Ji laughed silently. "The little emperor has a rare talent. If I can bring him to Hongnong, I won't have to look at people's faces in the future. If you want to be a general, just do it
General. If you want to be a great Sima, then be a great Sima. Those who look down on me, all the officials and ministers, must stand back..."
"what about me?"
"Of course you are the wife of the great general and the great lady of Sima. You can get as many imperial edicts as you want. Even if you want the queen's phoenix crown, I can get it."
Zou was fascinated for a moment. After a while, she said with regret: "I'm so useless, I didn't even give you a son."
When mentioning the heir, Zhang Ji's mood suddenly dropped by three points.
"Isn't there Axiu?" Zhang Ji patted Zou on the back.
He could not always be cruel to this lovely wife who was thirty years younger than him.
Zou lay in Zhang Ji's arms, crying.
As a woman, of course she still hopes to have a biological child.
No matter how good a son is, he is not a son after all.
What's more, Zhang Xiu is about the same age as her, so it's really awkward to be an aunt. Xiliang people are accustomed to the Yi style. If Zhang Ji dies in battle one day, and she has to rely on Zhang Xiu for survival, who knows whether Zhang Xiu will be like the Xianbei people or the Huns.
They forced her to become a wife just like anyone else.
She had always felt that the way Zhang Xiu looked at her was not like a concubine should.
After thinking about it over and over, Zou felt that she should advise Zhang Ji not to start a war with Duan Xuan easily.
Duan Xuan is not a fool like Yang Ding or Guo Si. The Duan family is a famous general with military power and a very methodical approach to military affairs.
But she also knew that Zhang Ji had always been dissatisfied with Duan Xuan, and direct advice might add fuel to the fire.
"Axiu has been away for the past few days, is there any news?"
"Of course there is." Zhang Ji thought for a while and felt strange.
Zhang Xiu used to receive news every day, but there was none today.
Wasn't there an accident?
But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Ji felt that it was impossible.
The emperor had no cavalry and could not catch up with Zhang Xiu. Li Jue did have cavalry, such as the Flying Bear Army, but no matter how crazy Li Jue was, he would not conflict with Zhang Xiu at this time.
Could it be Duan Xuan?
It's unlikely. Even if Duan Xuan attacks Zhang Xiu, it's impossible to annihilate them all. Zhang Xiu's chance of escaping is still very high.
What's the reason?
The more Zhang Ji thought about it, the more uneasy he became.
He has no biological son and has always regarded Zhang Xiu as his heir. If something happens to Zhang Xiu, he will really be inexhaustible. Even if he brings the emperor to Hongnong, what is the point?
Seeing that Zhang Ji was uneasy, Zou asked quietly: "General, do you think Axiu was defeated by the emperor?"
"How is that possible?" Zhang Ji said angrily and funny: "Do you think Axiu is a fool like Li Shi? He is my disciple of Zhang Ji. He is smart and heroic. He is a famous young hero in Liangzhou."
"But I heard from the soldiers that the emperor is smarter and more heroic. Even God likes him."
"Who is spreading rumors?" Zhang Ji became angry and his voice became harsh.
Rumors are the most taboo in the military. They disturb the morale of the troops, affect morale, and in severe cases may even lead to rebellion.
"It's not what I said. What are you doing to me?" Zou was startled, and then turned around angrily, turning her back to Zhang Ji. "No matter how smart and brave Axiu is, he dares to face Li Li like the emperor.
Jue?"
Seeing Zou's anger, Zhang Ji suddenly became short of breath. He tried to coax him a few words, but Zou ignored him and snored on purpose.
Zhang Ji had no choice but to turn over and lie down, but inexplicably thinking about Zou's words in his mind.
Does Zhang Xiu dare to face Li Jue like the emperor?
Don't dare.
Not to mention Zhang Xiu, even Zhang Ji did not dare to compete with Li Jue head-on.
However, the emperor dares.
The emperor not only dared, but persisted until now.
Perhaps, he was really destined to be the one he was destined to be, so much so that he had a vision from the sky?