Chapter 64: Attack the troops
On the frozen river, a man wrapped in a leather robe knelt on one knee and inserted a wrist-breaking knife into the ice with ease, as if The ice under his feet was not thicker than steel, but like butter. He turned the handle of the knife and drew a regular circle on the ice. The fingers of his other hand were like hooks, and he directly picked off this piece. He picked up the icicles that came down and threw them to another person on the shore, saying: "You go and boil water for His Highness first, and I will bring back some fish."
The man on the shore responded and turned around Then leave.
Under the leeward side of the river embankment, seven or eight tents were dotted here and there, but they surrounded a slightly larger tent in the middle.
The man carried this crystal clear icicle into the middle tent. On the copper stove in the room, fine silver charcoal was burning brightly. A young man was sitting cross-legged on a cashmere blanket. I was reading a book when I saw the man coming in. I put down the book and said with a smile: "Ruch, is Gro still fishing?"
The man named Ruch cut off a section of the icicle and put it in the kettle, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you also know that Guy Grona is addicted to fishing. As long as he has a little time, he must be fishing. I really don’t know what’s so good about fishing. I just like to cast a big net and know immediately whether there are any fish in the net.”
The young man smiled and said, “Gero likes the feeling of waiting for the fish to take the bait. "What I like is the process, not the result."
Ru He shrugged his shoulders, sat opposite the young man, took the small iron chopsticks and carefully fiddled with the silver charcoal, and said: "Your Highness, this trip will end in the end." How sure are you? This subordinate is really upset. We have been fighting each other for many years, and our hatred is very deep. If you go there rashly, what if Yan Sheng turns his back on you? But we're in danger."
"What? I, the mighty commander of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the warrior Lu He, who charged into battle without turning his hammer, actually felt guilty?" The young man laughed.
"If I were alone, I would not hesitate to charge into the Aquarius City with a knife. The great thing would be to die there. But His Highness has a noble status and is different from me. He must not let anything happen. "Yes!" Ruhe pounded the crushed ice with a knife, steam rose up, and the face of the young man opposite looked a little blurry.
This young man is the current second prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Tiele, who led tens of thousands of troops stationed at the most critical Qingtong Gorge and Shazhu Ridge line at the junction of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and Daqin.
He is also one of the most powerful figures in Beiyuan today.
In the past two years, the Beiyuan army was actually divided into three parts.
The absolute main force followed Emperor Yingzhuo to the north and resisted the barbarian tribes of Donghu and Beihu who went south for two years.
The second part is about the army led by Tiele confronting the Qin army.
In the third part, Zuoxian King Astu is sitting in Yandu, but the troops under Astu are now only responsible for suppressing domestic security. There are more than 100,000 in total, but they are scattered throughout the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness is inferior. There are no equals, there are those who are brave and good at fighting like Wutu, and there are also those who are just messing around.
This shows how much Emperor Yingzhuo valued Tiele.
The main force went north to fight against the Hu. If the Qin people took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation, if Tie Le could not defend it, then the Northern Yuan Dynasty would be attacked from both sides and the country would be destroyed.
But in the past two years, Tie Le and Ling Huye, the commander-in-chief of the garrison outside the Great Qin Pass, have been at peace. Although there is Linghuye’s own Xiao Jiujiu here, if Tie Le reveals a big flaw, let Linghuye see it When it reaches its weak point, naturally it will not be polite at all, and it will be swallowed first.
But Tie Le did not leave the slightest chance to Linghuye. In the past two years, Tie Le showed not only his strong ability to lead the army, but also his political skills. Breathtaking.
This is one of the reasons why many people inside and outside the Guan Dynasty regard Tiele as the next generation successor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Most of the political system of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was copied from that of the Qin Dynasty, but it was completely different in terms of the establishment of a governor.
Da Qin determines its heirs early and educates them from an early age. Then after the heirs reach a certain age, they will form their own team to participate in the management of the country. In Da Qin, the line of princes is absolutely A powerful political force that can influence the situation of the government.
In the Northern Yuan Dynasty, there was no crown prince, and the emperor secretly established his heir. It was not until the death of the previous emperor that the posthumous edict was announced and clearly stated who was the successor.
Before this, all princes had a chance.
Therefore, it is conceivable that the battles between the princes were fierce. The emperors of the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not care at all about the bloody competition between the princes, but instead deliberately encouraged it.
Because compared to the Great Qin, the Northern Yuan was really weak. Only the strongest emperor could lead the Northern Yuan to fight against the powerful Qin without destroying the country.
This kind of method of cultivating successors has indeed made the emperors of the Northern Yuan Dynasty the best among men. Those with less ability would have died in the competition long ago. , as for those guys whose abilities are not on the table at all, they will not participate in the fight for the throne at all, they will just receive a salary honestly, and then wait to die.
Tie Le has no shortage of competitors, whether it is the eldest prince Zhebie who is following Emperor Yingzhuo and is currently fighting the barbarians in northern Xinjiang, or the fourth son Akedun who is assisting Zuoxian King Aslan in Yandu. They all have considerable strength in the country. Unlike Tiele, the eldest prince Zhebie and the fourth prince Akedun still had their mother clans to draw on. Their mothers were both from one of the largest tribes in the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Really speaking of noble birth, Tie Le’s mother is the one with the highest status. His mother is Princess Changle of Da Qin, the niece of the current Emperor of Da Qin. In terms of seniority, Tie Le has to give the highest status to Da Qin. The emperor called him grandpa.
However, what this mother clan brought to Tiele was not help, but resistance.
A considerable number of people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not want their emperor to have the blood of the Qin people, so no matter how outstanding Tie Le was, it was not among their options.
The other part does not care about the issue of blood, but political differences make them even more in conflict with Tiele.
Tie Le advocates the establishment of a purely centralized system that completely imitates the system of the Qin Dynasty, rather than the current situation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
This proposition touched on the fundamental interests of a considerable number of nobles in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Naturally, these people could not allow Tie Le to take the throne. Tie Le's succession would mean their end. Tiele is under a lot of pressure now.
The eldest brother, Zhebie, has been by the emperor's side for two years, making suggestions, charging into battle, and making many meritorious deeds. If you stay with him for a long time, your relationship will naturally grow stronger, and the merits can be achieved by everyone. See clearly.
Akedun, the third child, is sitting in Yandu, suppressing the country, and at the same time raising supplies to supply the army. The enemies of the Northern Xinjiang against the Hu are fighting smoothly, and they are about to completely subdue the Eastern Hu and the Northern Hu. Akedun It is natural for Dun to work hard and achieve great results.
But here in Tiele, it has been quiet for two years, with nothing happening. Outsiders cannot see the efforts and hard work Tiele put in to maintain this peace.
Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements, but sometimes, without great achievements, it means that you have no future.
Tie Le knew very well that if he could not make dazzling achievements in a short period of time, he would probably be marginalized when the Battle of Northern Xinjiang was over and the army returned to Yandu to reward him based on his merits.
With the prestige of conquering Erhu, the emperor's military front will definitely be directed at Da Qin in the next step. Those proud soldiers returning from northern Xinjiang need to give them a battlefield to continue fighting. Those who have just surrendered The surrendered generals of Donghu and Beihu in Beiyuan need to show their abilities in front of their new masters and make enough contributions to gain a firm foothold.
So, who is the protagonist of this southern expedition?
Zhebie, the eldest brother who has won thousands of miles in northern Xinjiang?
Or is it Akedun, the third child in Yandu who is strategizing?
Or is he the one who has been confronting Da Qin?
Tie Le calculated over and over again, but he was always at a disadvantage.
With an imperial edict and a change of generals, he could only return to Yandu and sit in an idle clan, eating and waiting to die.
But even if I am willing to be such a person, will the eldest brother and the third child be relieved?
No.
All the princes who participated in the fight for this chair, except for the one who succeeded in the end, were all destined to die.
Yan Sheng’s rebellion against Aquarius State began a year ago.
A drop of water penetrates a stone!
For a whole year, as the domestic situation in Da Qin gradually became serious, and Dayuan was victorious in northern Xinjiang, Yan Sheng finally made a decision.
As long as Yan Sheng is completely surrendered and Aquarius State is captured, Dayuan's army will be able to insert outside the pass like a wedge and divide it into two parts, using Yan Sheng's With the naval fleet as a supplement, Dayuan's army can attack at will, but Linghu Ye will completely ignore the other.
Linghuye was not a loyal minister of Great Qin.
The form is wrong. This guy will have only two options to choose from.
First, surrender to Dayuan.
Second, give up outside the pass and retreat into the pass with his army.
Tie Le guessed that Linghuye would definitely choose the second path. This is the most advantageous choice for a lord. It was also the path that Tiele most wanted him to choose.
Because Linghuye chose this path, it meant that he would inevitably break with Chang'an. Apart from rebellion, he had no other way to survive.
With hundreds of thousands of elites from outside the pass entering the pass, Great Qin will be completely in chaos. For him, this is even more joy than happiness.
Under his planning, he effortlessly obtained thousands of miles of land and millions of people outside the Pass, and caused civil strife in the Qin Dynasty, laying a solid foundation for the next Yuan Dynasty to attack the Qin State. How could such a monumental achievement be compared to that of my eldest brother, the warrior who chopped off thousands of heads? Is it comparable to the third child, that sinister guy who sneaks around and pretends to be a polite corporal all day long?
Are there any risks in this trip?
Of course there are.
But compared to the huge gains, the risks of this idea are really not worth mentioning.
It's not that Tie Le looked down on Yan Sheng, but that under the current situation, Yan Sheng really didn't dare to touch him.
He, Yan Sheng, is not a bachelor who can feed himself and the whole family without hunger. The Yan family has been rooted outside the customs for hundreds of years, and their wealth and life are all in Aquarius State.
On the surface, no one dared to touch Tiele, but secretly, he naturally made some other arrangements to ensure his safety.
Come up and attack!
(End of this chapter)