The sky has just broken, and the morning light is shining.
Golden morning rays shone over the square courtyard, seeming to dispel the cool breeze of late autumn.
The east courtyard of the East Palace.
There are already eunuchs and maids on duty waiting outside the courtyard. They must be guarded from morning to night.
Even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, he would still be waiting in the side hall.
Standby.
In the wing room, Xiao Yi got up from the bed, held his dizzy forehead, and called softly. The eunuch and maid who was outside opened the door of the wing room, with a screen in front of it, and they immediately The door was closed to prevent the cool breeze from blowing in.
While letting the palace maid dress, I thought about the ridiculous things last night.
Last night I was in Xiyuan to comfort Li Qiuya. Yang Yuhuan's mother was named the Crown Princess because of her son's wealth. Li Qiuya, the deposed Crown Princess, must have felt some loss and sadness in her heart. Before night, Concubine Li came, saying she was bringing some clothes she had embroidered herself to express her congratulations. Naturally, she had no intention of returning to the harem.
However, for some reason, Xiao Yi brought the two of them to Dongyuan, looked at Xiao Yan, and then stayed in Dongyuan. Finally, he drank a lot of Lanqiao Fengyue and stayed in Dongyuan. Cai Wenji, the young master of Dongyuan, naturally also participated in the battlefield.
A lingering exchange is actually very different from the past. In the past, either Cai Wenji accompanied Yang Yuhuan or Li Qiuya. Li Guifei always accompanied Li Qiuya.
One can imagine how intense the battle last night was.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi has a golden elixir to protect his body. He can still wake up first in the morning and is still energetic. He doesn't look like an old scalper who fought fiercely until late at night.
Xiao Yi suppressed some of the messy thoughts in his heart. After washing up, he played with a three-pointed two-edged knife again and exercised for a while. Then he got the report from Eunuch Huaiji, went to the study and asked: "I said Why did I hear the magpie’s announcement in the morning? It turns out it’s you who is here.”
As he spoke, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip, his expression as usual.
Yue Hongling's bright eyes flashed. Even if Xiao Yi grew a beard, he still didn't seem to have changed much. However, she didn't pay too much attention to it, but asked: "I heard that Meng Yuan is restless now?"
Xiao Yi put down the tea cup and said softly: "Well, Temujin deliberately held a hunting meeting and arranged for the cavalry of several tribes to be divided into two groups, one going south and one heading east."
Yue Hongling said "Oh", and naturally she had some thoughts in her heart. She blinked her narrow eyes, but couldn't see any clues. She said softly: "Then how are you going to deal with it?"
Xiao Yi played with the tea cup in his hand and said softly: "When water comes, earth will cover it, and when soldiers come, it will be blocked."
"I have already asked Di Qing of the Anbei Protectorate to inform him that if there is any change in Meng Yuan, there is no need to defend him."
"The Anbei Protectorate is too far away and is not suitable as a battlefield."
"Withdraw into the pass, use the four important towns of Anxi Protectorate, Yanzhou, Jinyang, and Datong as the front line, and use defense as offense."
Yue Hongling nodded and said: "Meng Yuan mainly uses iron cavalry, which is not suitable for siege battles. In the early stage, it is feasible to use defense as offense and consume part of their troops."
Xiao Yi asked: "It seems that you also have some ideas?"
Yue Hongling thought for a while and said: "Yes, I have some immature ideas. The Meng Yuan cavalry has always been relatively strong, but now, a hero like Temujin has appeared, making the original two Turks, the Eastern and Western Turks, formed. Unified and established the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty."
"Back then, His Majesty and my father personally conquered the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and there were two deadly battles. Although Temujin was defeated in the end and surrendered, the losses of the Daqian Forbidden Army were not small. The Dragon Guard Army had 20,000 elites, and only six returned in the end. More than a thousand riders.”
"My father has told about those two wars before, and also deduced that there is no other way to fight against Meng Yuan but to fight to the death."
Xiao Yidao: "I understand this truth. I have also read through book records and learned about the war between Daqian and Meng Yuan from the archives."
"It is precisely because of this that Gu initially agreed to Meng Yuan and Bei Yan's invasion of the Jin Kingdom, and has always regarded Meng Yuan as Da Qian's lifelong enemy."
Not to mention anything else, only the names of two people appear in Meng Yuan now.
Temujin.
Kublai Khan.
Xiao Yi knew how strong Meng Yuan was.
Yue Hongling said: "So, I think that just four important towns are not enough. We need more cavalry to ride and fight."
Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "I don't think it's necessarily a battle between cavalry and cavalry."
Yue Hongling looked at Xiao Yi and asked softly: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Yidao: "You know about gunpowder, right?"
Yue Hongling said: "I know that the battle in Jinyang City was a stroke of genius. Originally, I thought that it might take several months to capture Jinyang City. After Jinyang City was completely starved of food and people's hearts were in disarray, it would be a disaster." Break through.”
"Who would have thought that it only took one day."
"The power of gunpowder is indeed very strong."
"However, I have also heard that the cost of gunpowder is very high, and the output is not very high."
"The key is that the gunpowder needs to ignite the fuse, and there needs to be a process and time for the fuse to burn."
"If there are many dead soldiers, one person and one pack, they will still have the opportunity to rush into the Meng Yuan cavalry camp, they will also have the opportunity to light the fuse, and they will have to wait for the fuse to burn."
"This time is not short."
Xiao Yi slightly said mysteriously: "If it were used in the past, it would naturally be used like this, but it's different now."
Yue Hongling's clear eyes flashed under her beautiful eyebrows, and she asked with some curiosity: "You mean, the usage of gunpowder has been improved and it can be used on the battlefield?"
Xiao Yi nodded and said softly: "Yes, you will know after a while."
Chen Gui is truly a top-notch craftsman and a treasure.
Xiao Yi really didn't expect that the ideas and suggestions that came out of his head would actually produce some results after a long period of experiments.
If it weren't for Chen Gui's ordinary behavior, he would undoubtedly be an ancient person. Xiao Yi almost felt that Chen Gui, like him, had traveled through a previous life and was a very homely high-tech person.
"These are some of my thoughts about Meng Yuan. Take a look and you may have some idea. After years of cultivation and training by Temujin, Meng Yuan's cavalry is only strong but not weak. You still have to deal with it carefully. There is one The best strategy can also give the best chance of preventing the Meng Yuan cavalry from entering the pass." Yue Hongling advised, and as she spoke, she took out the memorial from her sleeves.
Xiao Yi heard the words, took the memorial, calmed down, and looked at the content above.
It feels like it was written by Yue Shan rather than Yue Hongling. It contains very detailed views on Meng Yuan's strength, including Meng Yuan's combat methods and so on.
Apart from that, it’s naturally a matter of how to deal with it.
The Meng Yuan cavalry are all cavalry with high riding skills, and their archery skills are also very high. In addition, the Meng Yuan people themselves are very burly, and most of them are also very strong.
In individual combat, the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry can fight against four or five enemy soldiers, or even stronger ones.
After Xiao Yi read the memorial, he looked at the beautiful girl and praised: "I am determined. With this memorial, I have a clearer understanding of Meng Yuan and can better plan the war in the North." .”
"This memorial alone can be used to record great achievements."
Finally, he said solemnly: "Thank you for me."
Yue Hongling pursed her lips and said, "I know."
You know, you can tell at a glance that I did not write this memorial, but there is no need to say it clearly.
If you want to be grateful, thank yourself.
snort.
It's obviously intentional.
Facing those sharp clear eyes, Xiao Yi said softly: "This time, we should be able to fight side by side again."
Yue Hongling raised her eyebrows slightly and said in disbelief: "Is it true?"
Xiao Yi nodded and replied: "Meng Yuan is fierce. In this battle, Daqian must completely conquer the northern grasslands just like Xixia."
"Otherwise, Meng Yuan will always be a serious concern in the Central Plains."
"The world is unified, and it should also look like the world is unified!"
