The words were not conducive, Gongchang Hou Guo Xing said a few more words, but he had no choice but to surrender. After galloping dozens of steps, a soldier came to Guo Xing and said: "Master Marquis, is it really okay to ignore these three highnesses? If there is something wrong with them, His Majesty in Beijing will blame it..."
"Hmph, what can I do? That Fifth Highness is someone who dares to kill even Yongjia Hou Shizi with one sword." Guo Xing snorted coldly and looked back at Zhu Su's figure standing under the king's banner. The Marquis of Yongjia, Zhu Liangzu, was stationed in Peiping with him, and the two had a close friendship. Zhu Xian, the son of Zhu Liangzu, was killed by the Fifth Highness. How could he not be saddened by his death?
"They are just a group of naughty boys. They think they can control the situation of the war, so let them do it." A flash of disdain flashed in Guo Xing's eyes. "Your Majesty wants to ennoble various disciples as kings of the fortress to replace us nobles. Don't we know what he is thinking?"
"When his most proud son is also defeated, he will know that this group of yellow-mouthed brats from his Zhu family cannot be relied upon to fight on the battlefield! It has to be us old brothers!"
Hu Weiyong was captured quickly. Of course, they, the nobles of Huaidong, were also dissatisfied. A few days ago, Lao Zhu divided the princes into various lands in the northern border. Among the first batch of princes, except for the frail fifth prince Zhu Su, almost all of them were enfeoffed in the border areas. How can these generals not understand?
Coupled with the rise of the cabinet in Beijing, the Huaixi lineage's control in Beijing was greatly weakened. Lao Zhu repeatedly reprimanded the Huaixi nobles for illegal activities such as occupying people's land and embezzling people's property, which made them feel quite insecure.
But the emperor in the DPRK was particularly powerful. Under the power of Lao Zhu, these people would not dare to act rashly. Although he didn't dare to act rashly, in the face of something like this Naha attack, he could still do it by choosing to protect himself and preserve his strength wisely and not to confront the main force of Naha's headquarters.
Anyway, when Xu Da's large army arrives, Nahachu will definitely retreat. In this case, it would be better to put some effort into compromising strength and wait until General Xu Da's troops arrive to scare Naha Chu and his group away.
Guo Xing felt that his calculations were extremely loud.
As for the moment Nahachu was wreaking havoc here, the Ming Dynasty would suffer another moment. Guo Xing didn't care at all about this.
After all, he is also a veteran, so he can naturally see that the Naha Division does not have the ability to annex the territory of the Ming Dynasty. I'm not going to fight here. To put it bluntly, I just want to get more benefits. As long as you are stuck in the road, don't let him go west to seize Shuntian.
"But..." The guards were still a little worried about the safety of these young princes.
"It doesn't matter." How could Guo Xing not understand what he was thinking: "It's not that easy for a military strategist. If you pass on the order, our army will not be able to leave camp during this period."
"Those young highnesses have so many sergeants and prisoners. If we don't share their rations, how can they get enough military rations? What's more, they want to help civilians..."
"I estimate that within seven days at most, this little highness will come crying and begging, asking us to provide them with food and grass."
Guo Xing smiled confidently.
"At that time, we can legitimately take over this army and transfer the three His Highnesses to Shuntian... As expected of the Marquis, it turns out that everything is under your control." The soldier suddenly realized and praised.
Guo Xing couldn't comment, he just smiled proudly. In this way, His Majesty Ying Tianfu will be able to see the difference between their Huaixi nobles and his sons.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we just want to keep our current glory and wealth... As long as you are willing to share the world with us and not take away the power in our hands, we will naturally be willing to work hard for the Ming Dynasty, life and death...
With this in mind, Guo Xing and his party ignored Zhu Su and others and rode back to his Jianchang camp.
As for Zhu Su, after parting ways with Guo Xing, Zhu Su also returned to Changli County with his people. At this time, the county town has been taken over by Ru Taisu and Chang Mao. Soldiers can be seen patrolling the city. Those gangsters who were looking for trouble have been hung directly on the gate of the square by the grumpy Chang Mao and others to settle down. The hearts of the people in the city.
"Are the number of people in the city more than before?" Zhu Di murmured strangely. Originally, there should not be many people living in this city. I had walked around the city for a long time, and most of what I saw was just a mess, and few people were seen settling down. At this time, I saw a lot of people. Although their clothes were ragged, there were still a lot of people.
"I heard that our army took over the county, and many homeless people came to seek refuge. This is just the first batch, and I'm afraid there will be more in the future." Ru Taisu explained. This tough-tempered old man was actually frowning at this moment. "Naha goes out to rob people everywhere, and there are countless refugees around. These people have been helpless for a long time. When they heard that we were willing to protect this place, they naturally gathered here to beg for food."
Hearing the word "rice", Zhu Su and others looked at each other and unconsciously showed a wry smile. Originally, food was already a big problem for them. They originally wanted to use the food from Ji Town to support them for a while. When Zhang He transported the food from the sea, the food problem would naturally be solved, and he and his party would be able to gain a firm foothold. Unexpectedly, Guo Xing, who was in charge of the military here, was bent on retreating for defense and had no intention of lending them military rations.
Even if he successfully left Liaodong, he still had to give priority to solving his own food problem...
"Naha deliberately did not occupy these counties, it must be to consume the food and grass of our Ming army." Zhu Di said bitterly. "As long as these counties are occupied, they will inevitably have to bear the problem of food rations for the people. Guo Xing must have seen through this, so he turned a blind eye to Naha's troops spreading out to attack the counties and only hunkered down in the Jianchang camp."
"Even if this is the case, we can't do nothing." Zhu Su rubbed his brows. "Sit back and watch Naha come out and prey on my Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a disguised form of swindling the enemy?"
"The top priority is to find a way to save a bite of food." Chang Mao also said with a headache. "Your Highness, why don't we just abandon the group of bird prisoners? Without the group of bird prisoners, our army's rations can be saved for at least a few more days."
"Abandoned the prisoner?" Zhu Su frowned. "Brother Chang, does he mean to send them back to Nahachu?"
"If we can't kill them, we might as well throw them back to Nahachu!" Chang Mao said. "The food roads for the people leaving Naha on the left and right are also cut off. Let them have tens of thousands more people and consume more of their food and grass."
"After all, there are too many people in this group, and there have been signs of restlessness in the past few days. If they continue to be in our hands, I'm afraid there will be riots in the near future."
(End of chapter)
