Shangqing Palace, study room,
The empress frowned and stared at the memorial in her hand.
This is the memorial of General Yang Yan.
It seemed to be a greeting, but there was nothing in the words other than asking for food.
But the current food and grass are not enough to relieve Luozhou. How can they be transferred to Pingzhou?
But according to the letter, it seems that Da Qin has made some recent moves?
A hint of fatigue flashed in Empress Feng's eyes, and she gently raised her jade hand to close the memorial.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was entrenched in the Central Plains, its hinterland was relatively safe.
But over the border, things are extremely unfavorable.
Youzhou relies on the terrain and sticks to the northwest. Looking across the river is the mighty Houjin Cavalry.
On the Pingzhou side, although there are generals stationed at the border, the chariots on the Daqin side are powerful siege weapons.
If it weren't for the lack of war horses in Da Qin, Da Qin alone would be able to defeat Hou Jin and Da Zhou.
For a long time, in order to cope with the pressure from Da Qin, Hou Jin and Da Zhou had maintained a semi-alliance attitude.
But since the death of the first emperor, the leader of the Later Jin Dynasty seemed to have changed his diplomatic strategy.
They signed a letter of credence with Da Qin, but they were eyeing Youzhou.
But fortunately, Youzhou, relying on its steep terrain, never gave Houjin's cavalry a chance to go south.
On the other side of Pingzhou, there was General Yang Yan guarding it. After the Qin State suffered several losses, it ceased its activities.
Unexpectedly, this time, Da Qin finally couldn't sit still...
"Grain, grain!"
The empress rubbed her eyebrows worriedly, with a hint of helplessness on her majestic cheeks.
"Someone, go get Xiao Dongzi for me."
Outside the study, there was a rush of footsteps immediately.
After a moment, Yang Dong stepped into the study, bowed to the empress and said:
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
The empress nodded slightly and threw General Yang Yan's memorial in front of his face.
"Xiao Dongzi, what do you think about this matter?"
Yang Dong took the memorial and read the contents carefully.
After a moment, a gloomy look appeared on his face.
"Your Majesty, this matter... I think there is something fishy."
"Is there something fishy?"
The empress' eyes lit up and she asked:
"Why do you think so?"
Yang Dong hesitated for a moment, then considered:
"Your Majesty, although Luozhou is suffering from floods, our food supply in Dazhou is indeed tight."
"But Your Majesty, have you ever thought about a question, why did Da Qin attack Pingzhou?"
As soon as these words came out, a look of thought appeared on the empress's face.
When Yang Dong saw this, he immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I think this attack is most likely a feint."
"Besides, if Da Qin really launches a large-scale attack, with General Yang guarding Pingzhou, he will definitely not be able to capture it for a while."
The empress nodded slightly, but still asked in confusion:
"If that's the case, what is Da Qin's purpose?"
"They can't go to war without any purpose."
Yang Dong pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and walked to the empress' side.
He didn't look away, and suddenly held the empress's wrist with one hand.
The empress's face immediately changed, and she was about to get angry when Yang Dong's serious voice came out from her ears.
"Your Majesty, please look at the paper."
The empress subconsciously looked at the white paper in front of her, and saw Yang Dong holding her wrist and drawing a sketch of the Great Zhou Dynasty and surrounding countries on the white paper.
"Da Qin's attack on Pingzhou won't bring much benefit. But Hou Jin can!"
As he spoke, he grabbed his jade hand and drew a circle on the border between Youzhou and Houjin.
"Hou Jin has been preparing for a long time. The reason why they dare not act rashly is simply because there are still a large number of Zhou soldiers stationed in Youzhou."
"But if the war in Pingzhou becomes tense, a group of soldiers will be transferred from Youzhou."
"Then Hou Jin's cavalry can immediately march south."
As soon as she said this, the empress no longer cared about her wrist being grabbed, and stared at the sketch on the desk with her eyes.
"Wait, I still have a question!"
"Could it be that Da Qin did this to allow Hou Jin to invade Youzhou?"
"What good will this do to Great Qin!"
Yang Dong leaned down and greedily sucked the heart of the empress' hair while peeking at the collar of the empress's dragon robe with his eyes.
Yourong's figure is really amazing!
If she was willing to put on Lin Man'er's black gauze official robe, and then kneel in front of him...
That feeling is simply invincible!
He couldn't help but swallow, which immediately aroused the empress's dissatisfaction.
"Xiao Dongzi, I'm asking you something!"
"Ahem!"
Yang Dong coughed lightly and calmed down his thoughts silently.
Without saying a word, he once again held the empress's soft jade hand tightly and wrote a crooked word "war" on the white paper.
The empress looked at this extremely ugly word "war" and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Yang Dong didn't hide it and said:
"What Da Qin did was just to provoke a war between Da Zhou and Hou Jin."
"In this way, he has the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. Not only that, he can also take advantage of the war to get benefits from both sides, and even sell food, grass, weapons..."
"But this is all under ideal circumstances. The reality is that as soon as the war begins, the battlefield changes rapidly. Da Qin wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but Hou Jin is not a fool. How can he obey his wishes?"
When the empress heard this, she couldn't help but nod her head.
Xiao Dongzi is indeed a wise man, and his thoughts are exactly the same as his own.
Yang Dong took a breath and continued:
"Actually, Your Majesty, we can wait and see about Da Qin's test this time."
"If Da Qin really launches an all-out attack on Pingzhou, it won't be too late for us to mobilize our troops."
"As for Youzhou... Hou Jin's goal may not be for Youzhou, but for this place!"
Yang Dong said, holding the empress' jade hand tightly again, and drew a circle in Youzhou.
But I don't know whether he did it intentionally or not. When he drew a circle this time, his elbow deliberately brushed against the empress' chest.
Hiss ~ so elastic!
He muttered something silently in his mind, and then quietly looked at the empress.
Seeing that the empress' expression was expressionless, a trace of disappointment appeared on her face.
It's strange, doesn't Yourong have a sensitive constitution? Why didn't he react this time?
But he didn't know that when he held the empress's jade hand, the empress had already tightened her jade legs...
"Your Majesty, please look here!"
A trace of confusion flashed in the empress' phoenix eyes, and she immediately looked at the circle on the white paper.
After pondering for a moment, her eyes suddenly lit up!
"Is this the horse farm in Youzhou?"
"good!"
Yang Dong nodded, looking proud.
"If my prediction is correct, Hou Jin has no intention of swallowing up the entire Youzhou."
"If he dares to do this, I, Da Zhou, will definitely not hesitate to fight."
"Therefore, I personally judge that Houjin's target is the horse farm here."
"If we can occupy the horse farm, Houjin will have a monopoly on the supply of war horses from now on."
As soon as these words came out, the empress finally changed her expression.
Although she knew that Yang Dong was just making unfounded conjectures,
But this conjecture is too scary, right?
Yang Dong saw the empress's expression changed drastically. He breathed a sigh of relief and quietly put away the note in his sleeve.
"Your Majesty, please make a decision early!"
