"Your Majesty, Baoding City is lost!"
"Report——Your Majesty, Yongping Mansion is lost!"
In Prince Yan's palace, a famous soldier rushed in.
After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi just nodded lightly, indicating that he understood.
Baoding Mansion and Yongping Mansion were lost. This was in their plan, so they didn't think it was any surprise.
Monk Dao Yan stroked his beard and said solemnly: "What we are going to face next will be the most dangerous battle!"
"Once Baoding Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture are lost, the Southern Army can march straight in. Moreover, General Gu Cheng and General Chen Heng abandoned the city one after another and fled. I guess the news that His Highness King Yan is not in Peiping cannot be hidden from Li Jinglong and the others."
"As expected, Li Jinglong will lead an elite army of 500,000 people to attack Peiping without giving our army any chance to breathe!"
Jin Zhong, Yuan Gong, Zhang Bing, Guo Zi and others all nodded. They also understood this truth.
In fact, things like abandoning the city and fleeing don't happen very often. What's more, Gu Cheng and Chen Heng are both famous generals in the world, but they just abandoned the city and fled. It's not like the Southern Army is all fools. How could they not guess this? The trick.
But even so, the Yan Army's goal was at least achieved, delaying the Southern Army for more than half a month.
Calculating the time, King Zhu Di of Yan should have made some gains at this moment. The next battle will determine the ownership of Beiping City and the life and death of the Yan army!
Zhu Gaochi sighed and asked, "How are you preparing the food, grass and baggage?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Zhang Bing gave the answer, "All the grain and grass supplies from the three prefectures have been transferred to Beiping City, which is enough for the soldiers and civilians of Beiping to eat and drink for three months!"
"Well, you did a good job!" Zhu Gaochi nodded.
"In terms of military strength, it's still a bit insufficient!"
This is also something that can't be helped.
Zhu Di took away the main force of the Yan army, leaving Zhu Gaochi with 40,000 surrendered troops to defend the city.
Previously, Chen Heng and Gu Cheng led 10,000 troops to garrison Yongping City and Baoding City respectively. They held on for more than half a month. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties and only about 10,000 people were left in the 20,000-strong army.
Calculating this way, there are only 30,000 soldiers in Beiping City, who will face Li Jinglong's 500,000 army.
Thirty thousand versus half a million, even if he was holding on to the city, Zhu Gaochi felt a little unsure now.
The gap in military strength is too big!
If Li Jinglong is determined to capture Beiping City, then they will definitely not be able to defend it!
"Gentlemen, do you have any good ideas?"
Zhu Gaochi asked for advice again, hoping that these wise men could give them strategies to defend against the enemy.
But it was obvious that he was going to be disappointed. Daoyan Jinzhong and others all smiled bitterly and shook their heads.
In the face of the absolute strength gap, any conspiracy and conspiracy are empty talk!
If 30,000 people fight against 100,000 people, Monk Daoyan asks himself that even if he cannot win the battle, he can still save himself.
But now, the Yan army is facing an army of half a million people, and they are elite soldiers drawn from all over the country!
There was no way to fight this battle, so they could only huddle in Beiping City and wait until King Zhu Di of Yan led his army to return for reinforcements.
Zhu Gaochi was a little frustrated, but he also understood that this was the truth.
As the saying goes, "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice." He couldn't let Jin Zhong Doyan conjure an army of four to five million for him!
After this discussion ended, Zhu Gaochi still felt a little uneasy.
The main reason is that the pressure brought to him by the 500,000-strong army is simply too great.
Before Zhu Di left, he handed over the city of Beiping to Zhu Gaochi, and also gave him the final bottom line, as long as the city of Beiping was defended.
Zhu Gaochi didn't want to disappoint his father, nor did he want Yan Jun to become a lost dog, so he must defend the city of Beiping.
After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi's head became hot and he rushed straight to the west mountain.
When in doubt, just ask Su Yang.
When he arrived at Suyang's courtyard, he happened to see a room full of glass products. Zhu Gaochi was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.
"Brother-in-law, you..."
"Just some gadgets that can improve the quality of life!"
Su Yang smiled lightly.
After the personal guidance of Technician Su, Xishan Glass Workshop has successfully mastered the glass firing process. However, some details are not yet in place and they need to continue to experiment and accumulate experience. However, it is not a problem to produce some glass products.
Zhu Gaochi looked at those crystal clear glasses and could hardly move his eyes away.
"Ahem, brother-in-law, can you give me a few..."
“Just pick whichever one you like and then bake it.”
Su Yang shrugged indifferently.
"But one thing is, these things can only be used by yourself and must not be spread to the market!"
Su Yang warned solemnly, which made Zhu Gaochi very puzzled.
"Why?"
"This glass is crystal clear and can definitely be hung as glass."
"Once glass is introduced into the market, it will be a mountain of gold and silver!"
Big Fatty wasn't greedy for money, but he was puzzled by Su Yang's behavior.
Su Yang chuckled lightly and explained, "What's the point?"
"Xiaowan and I can already afford to eat and drink just by relying on anthracite coal. No matter how much money we make, it's meaningless."
"Moreover, promoting glass is just to make money for my family. But when the Jingnan War is over and the court resumes paying tribute, the meaning will be completely different!"
That's right, make money from overseas vassals!
From the beginning, Su Yang was not prepared to promote glass in Daming.
First, there is no need, because too many will always lead to saturation.
Second, making money from one's own family is not as comfortable as making money from outsiders.
Zheng He took these glass products with him on his voyages to the West. At least, he would have made huge profits thousands of times, otherwise he would not be able to afford Technician Su's hard guidance during this period.
Big Fatty was stunned when he heard this, and then slapped his forehead.
"If you don't tell me, I really forgot."
"The imperial army has already arrived. Baoding Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture have been lost one after another, leaving only Beiping!"
"Brother-in-law, what should we do now? The imperial court's 500,000 troops are marching straight towards Huanglong. I'm afraid Beiping City will not be able to defend it!"
Big Fatty came to Xishan in a hurry just to ask Su Yang for advice.
For some reason, he now trusts Su Yang more than anyone else.
When Su Yang heard the news, his expression changed slightly.
The imperial army came and besieged Beiping Fucheng. This happened in history.
It was because of Su Yang's arrival that there were some deviations.
But what was supposed to come came.
"What else can we do? Just defend!"
Su Yang sighed helplessly.
"The disparity in military strength is so great that any conspiracy is meaningless."
"The only solution for now is to stick to Peiping and wait for King Yan to lead his army to come back for reinforcements. Only then will we have a chance!"
"Of course, defending a city is also a science. Ask Prince Yan to ask Dao Yan and Jin Zhong for advice."
Zhu Gaochi could only nod his head when he heard this.
He was not disappointed at all. After all, the gap in military strength was here. Even if Su Yang was a banished immortal, he couldn't spread the word and become an army, right?
"Brother-in-law, you two come with me to Beiping City!"
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