Yunjing.

After Ashina Huqin captured Youzhou, he renamed the largest city in Youzhou as the capital, because most of the young and strong were forcibly requisitioned into the soldiers of the Xia Liang battalion, so that there was no spare energy to implement the palace construction plan.

The current imperial palace is just to tear down the walls of the houses left by a small large family in the city, including the former Youwang Mansion.

The Khan went out on an expedition, and there were constantly small forces attacking and harassing, and the four gates of Yunjing, which had few soldiers left, were closed. It stands to reason that this is enough, but right now, the city is full of people, one by one, as if facing a great enemy.

Outside the city, an army of nearly 70,000 people was stationed, and the sudden arrival of the enemy army directly made Yunjing very confused, and the enemy army was very vigilant, and Yunjing had no way to send any military information at all.

In the camp, Li Xiuning looked at the book of war with a faint expression, Yang Miaozhen and Qin Liangyu were pushing each other with a grin, in addition to Qiu Mingyuan and Zhou Zaixing playing chess with a serious face, and the remaining one was Ning Shenqin, a general under the account of King You. The man over forty years old was obviously a little unable to sit still.

On the same day, he launched a general attack on Zhou Shaoyu's camp, and he hit it for four consecutive days, and Zhou Shaoyu really couldn't hold out, and he had always been a passive defense by taking advantage of the geographical advantage, which made Zhou Shaoyu even more sure that Zhou Shaoyu was just bluffing.

On the fifth day, Zhou Shaoyu's outer camp was broken through, and the whole army retreated to the rear camp. Well, it's all a routine, the so-called rear camp, the terrain is higher, which is more conducive to defense, and it is also a little more motivation to further lose friction.

As a result, he tried to make more efforts to win down Zhou Shaoyu in one fell swoop to avenge the old khan, and in this way, he lost his stubbornness in order to achieve the great prestige of the grassland, and directly lost his previous caution.

Qiu Mingyuan's thousands of backup troops plus more than 5,000 people who originally transported grain and grass arrived in the ambush early, and at the same time, Yang Miaozhen, who was still ravaging on the grassland, also turned around and arrived in time with 20,000 cavalry.

Not only that, but the 30,000 troops sent by the Youwang to attack and harass from outside also gathered and arrived.

A total of 80,000 troops surrounded and raided, and what did the stubborn force that broke through the outer camp located halfway up the mountain to resist?

Originally, the army of King Youwang was just a tentative contact, and he never thought that Ning Shenqin really had the courage to lead the troops to come, otherwise, although this battle would be won, it would not have won so cleanly.

It stands to reason that the movement of an army of this magnitude would have been detected, but who let them constantly harass and cause all the cities occupied by the Turks to be held behind closed doors. There is no choice, after all, there are no extra troops to encircle and suppress, and even the spies sent are pitiful, and they may not be dedicated. Because since the invasion, the death rate of spies on the Turkic side has been a bit high.

In short, according to Ning Shenqin's statement afterwards, Zhou Shaoyu's benevolent and righteous life was too shiny, and it was also the reason why he was willing to obey the dispatch to help.

You must know that the Turkic attack on Youzhou and Jizhou has nothing to do with Zhou Shaoyu, but the people are here, which already explains a lot of problems. Compared with the Liang Imperial Court that watched the fire from the other side and even calculated in private, Zhou Shaoyu was much better.

See, this is the benefit of walking the path of benevolence.

Of course, help is help, but it's not a defection or anything, people are loyal to King You, from a depressed chief to the chief of the first army, and he was entrusted with a heavy task to directly delegate power, which has long made Ning Shenqin's liver and brain ruined.

According to Ning Shenqin's meaning, it is best to be able to relieve the siege of Youwang, but Li Xiuning directly proposed a strategy to encircle Yunjing, and the reason is sufficient, Yunjing is besieged, and the Turks can not retreat? Once the army is withdrawn, the crisis will naturally be resolved, and there is a special need to go to the rescue.

It's just that he arrived outside Yunjing City in a hurry, but Li Xiuning didn't move! There was no intention of even a tentative siege.

This makes Ning Shenqin incomprehensible, if Zhou Shaoyu is leading the troops, there is nothing to say, Ning Shenqin is willing to believe it, but Li Xiuning, Ning Shenqin doesn't understand, it is a single woman, it makes him a little unable to sit still.

"What's the panic? This move is just a strategy of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', what is the difference between attacking and not attacking, when the Turkic troops are returned, we will naturally disperse. Yang Miaozhen couldn't see it, and waved her hand and said.

Like, what's wrong with it?

I'm sorry, actually, it's still a pit.

If you really want to fight, Yunjing can't take it, but that one must either? When the Turks return to the division, it is not a good choice to either defend or give up, so why bother to attack the city with that attrition.

Don't forget, this is Youzhou, not Zhou Shaoyu's territory, and Youwang is still there.

Defeating the Turks with such dedication, for Zhou Shaoyu's side, in addition to brushing up a wave of prestige, it is not much benefit, and it is also a waste of his own troops, why bother.

Even Zhou Shaoyu never thought of becoming the main force against the Turks, and the gains outweighed the losses. I really tried my best to fight, and when the time came, my strength would be weakened greatly, and the strength of the Youwang would even be intact, so I would have a wool yarn.

Once the Turks are driven away, while the Youwang is recuperating, a spearhead must still be aimed at Jizhou, and whose territory is Jizhou? Empress Huofeng's.

Although people are still independent, Zhou Shaoyu has basically regarded it as his own territory, but all kinds of factors, even if they can be taken back to themselves immediately, will be dragged down as a buffer. Otherwise, Zhou Shaoyu's territory will be too big, and all the spearheads will be aimed at him at that time.

Of course, the current Huofeng must be unwilling to give it up like this, and the friendship that should be brushed still has to be brushed, which is also the reason why Zhou Shaoyu did not come to Yunjing, but rushed south to where Huofeng is.

It is foreseeable that the soldiers will surround Yunjing, Ashina Huqin will inevitably return to most of the army, and when the siege of Youwang will be lifted, it will naturally be Youwang's turn to continue to do things, and it is only right to let Youwang become the main force and fight against the Turks.

As for stopping and not releasing any news, you must always try to make some benefits.

On the other side, Ashina Huqin hurriedly retreated, not daring to stay too close because he was not sure if there was an ambush elsewhere. In the end, the situation reported by the spies was indeed that the Fire Phoenix army was retreating rapidly, and even many supplies in the camp were abandoned.

As for the Suzaku Army of Zhou Shaoyu who arrived suddenly, there were only 10,000 on the clear side.

Fraud? Lure the enemy? The suspicious Ashina hesitated again.

"Revisit! Be careful and find out if there is an ambush. Ashina Huqin decided to endure it any longer.

Waiting left and right, I didn't see a spy come to report for a while, it was easy to wait for one, but he was still seriously injured, obviously encountered the enemy's scouts, no, it should be said that Zhou Shaoyu was killing these Turkic spies in a targeted manner.

"No ambush!?" Ashina's eyes suddenly bulged, and he went straight away, and he actually killed the spy without hesitation to vent his anger, reason? You incompetents, you found out earlier, Ben Khan was so badly fooled?

Chasing all the way, seeing the gradually closing city gate in the distance, Ashina's lungs were about to explode, and he saw that the beauty was about to arrive, but what was the result?

"Zhou Shaoyu, Ben Khan will not kill you, and you will not be a man!" Ashina Huqin gritted his teeth.

Of course Zhou Shaoyu can't hear it, and if he hears it, he will only not care, kill me? Who wouldn't be ruthless, first ask our sisters if they agree, I really think I'm the king of soft rice...... Ahem, cough, in short, we're not vegetarians.

Huofeng's losses are not small, aside from the discarded materials, there are more than 20,000 dead and wounded and deserters these days, and the impact on morale is also quite large, and there is even that kind of stupidity.

thinks that it was so easy when he fought Ashina Falcon, but now it is not good, it is all the reason for the improper command of Huofeng.

Fog grass, don't look at what you're capable of! Where did the confidence come from?

But of course these Zhou Shaoyu will not ask, if he is really asked to take over Huofeng's territory and army, the first thing to do must be disarmament, no matter how many there are, what can he do if he can't fight a tough battle.

It's also that Huofeng doesn't have much of an army to get now, so she can only bluff people by relying on the number of arrangements, otherwise, if the strength is halved and can be exchanged for an elite, you see if she can change it.

"Thank you Zhou ...... Zhou Lang helps, otherwise the slave will be in danger. After a pause, Ye Xiaozhu still decided to call Zhou Lang, anyway, there was no one around at the moment, and there was some distance, but he was not afraid of being heard.

"It's easy to say, but how are you going to express your gratitude?" Zhou Shaoyu is in a good mood, and he can successfully bluff Ashina Huqin, which is crooked. Laughing evilly, her eyes were dripping and she kept looking up and down, anyway, this Nizi was still blindfolded, what were you afraid of.

At such a glance, it seems that you have lost a little weight? Fortunately, the place where it shouldn't be thin is that I didn't find a lack of meat.

At this moment, did Zhou Shaoyu go to the performance, with Huofeng's perception, where could he not hear that this was a joke. But because of this, it also shows that Zhou Shaoyu did not take the risk to rescue for any other reason, nor did he expect benefits, which does not mean that it was purely for her?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but blush.

Quickly lowered his head to cover up, and said, "I will have my own thanks in the future." ”

"In the future? Hmmm, wouldn't that be too straightforward? Zhou Shaoyu pretended to twist.

Well, of course Huo Feng didn't understand this stalk, and was a little confused: "Directly? No, no, gratitude is well deserved. ”

"But isn't it a big sacrifice to thank you like this?" Zhou Shaoyu thought it was a little funny.

"Great sacrifice?" The more Huo Feng listened, the more confused he became.

"No, it's not called sacrifice, after all, the two of us have also been married, and even if some things are done, they are due." Zhou Shaoyu is serious.

Huofeng was even more confused, what is this, but I haven't seen it for a while, has it changed so much? Can't communicate normally?

frowned and thought about it carefully, smack, his face was on fire, but even if he understood, he couldn't spread it out and say it, how embarrassing it was, and then the empress, wouldn't she be a woman? Still not thin-skinned?

coughed lightly, as if he didn't understand, and decisively ordered a banquet to entertain, never mentioning this stubble.

This is definitely the most boring banquet Zhou Shaoyu has ever attended, and he is not familiar with the military generals under Huofeng, but he has to politely push the cup and change the lamp, which is fine, there is not even a dance program, it is too simple, it is better to go back to rest and sleep, after all, it is impossible not to be tired after such a long journey.

I was just about to pretend to be drunk, but I was told that the wine was finished and gone!

It's not a joke, it's really gone, Huofeng just ordered wine here, and after asking carefully, I found out that now food is precious, although it is still abundant for the time being, but Huofeng has already ordered that people and officials are prohibited from making wine privately, so as to reduce food consumption.

And Huofeng, as a woman, is not good at taking such a bite, so it is enough to order someone to brew a loss and occasionally take it out for a banquet and reward.

Okay, as soon as you hear this, you're almost drunk if you're not drunk, that's okay?

Set up a banquet to entertain, but as a result, the wine is gone, as the host's family, don't you feel embarrassed?

Of course, it can't be denied that Huofeng is pragmatic, but this regulation, you don't have to guess to know, there must be someone who violates it in private, and it is forbidden to drink? Unless the real food has been scarce to a certain level, such as Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, he has banned alcohol, otherwise, this order is basically a joke.

Think about the rice country in later generations, people once had a history of banning alcohol, and the process and ending made people laugh to death. For example, it is illegal to manufacture, sell or even transport beverages with an alcohol content of more than 0.5%, so there is a light beer under the legal limit of 0.5%, which seems to be fine, but people also come with a manual.

The instructions tell you that you must not do what to do, otherwise it will become more than 0.5% alcoholic beer......

Cow P! And so on.

Zhou Shaoyu couldn't laugh or cry, you can't deny Huofeng's ability in all aspects, otherwise you wouldn't be able to start from scratch and stand firm for so long. But I have to say that in some aspects, some of Huofeng's ideas are really naïve.

For example, she introduced the equalization system. If it weren't for Zhou Shaoyu's suggestion at the beginning, I'm afraid it would have been messed up a long time ago.

As the saying goes, blocking is better than sparse, and the starting point for wanting to solve the problem of food is naturally good, but a complete ban is a bit whimsical, which is impossible at all. It is better to raise the threshold for liquor and sales, raise the tax on liquor, and force the price of liquor to rise. And it can also add a lot of income.

This is not a secret that cannot be said, Zhou Shaoyu naturally put forward a suggestion.

Huofeng's face was complicated, and he sighed in his heart that Zhou Shaoyu was not his subordinate, if there was such a talent to help, he must have been a lot easier. Thinking of this, Huofeng couldn't help but regret, if the character Zhou Shaoyu pretended to be was not fake, how good would it be, if it was not good now, there are all the children?

After the banquet was over, there were no outsiders, Huo Feng hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Zhou Lang thinks, is the slave suitable to be this empress?" ”

Zhou Shaoyu was stunned, what he said...... What do you mean? Test? Don't you want to do it to me?

"At present, he is naturally qualified and fully qualified to sit firmly on the throne." Zhou Shaoyu patted a sycophant first. "However, if I don't say it, the emperor doesn't necessarily need to have much ability, the main thing is how to appoint talented people, it's just ......"

This means that under the command of Huofeng, few people can be regarded as talented.

(End of chapter)