Chapter 452 The Visitor
The snow kept falling, and the fierce battle continued.
Zatai and General Baru sat under a simple tent and enjoyed lunch.
Suddenly, someone came in and saluted, saying, "Prince."
Zatai looked up at the visitor, and his face showed some interest.
"What did the princess do?"
"The princess asked the guards to deliver two letters." The man presented it respectfully.
Zatai took it, opened it, and read it with interest.
"Complaining to the mother and suing the king, interesting."
Zatai put down the first letter after reading it, and then read the second one.
"Let Xiao Lin come to pick her up?" Zatai sneered, "How naive."
Baru sneered, "It seems our princess hasn't faced up to the reality yet."
Zatai threw down the letter, took a knife to cut off a piece of golden roasted, tender and plump lamb, put it into his mouth, chewed and said, "I'm too indulgent to her. I should teach her a lesson when I go back."
"Hahaha..." Baru laughed and raised his glass to toast Zatai.
The two were enjoying their meal when someone came to report urgently: "Grand Prince, General, Da Zhao seems to have received reinforcements."
Za Tai's brows sank when he heard this, and he said in a cold voice: "What do you mean by suspected? Explain clearly!"
The general said: "The commander who went into battle this time has never been seen before. The Da Zhao army he led is also uninjured."
The two armies have been fighting for a long time, and they are familiar with the enemy's generals. In addition, the Da Zhao army suffered heavy casualties, and all the lightly injured generals were mixed with normal generals in the battle.
Therefore, the sudden replacement of unfamiliar generals and uninjured generals is very different.
"It must be the garrison troops of Ancheng and Fucheng!" Za Tai concluded.
At last, he said angrily, "What a great prince of Dazhao, I underestimated him!"
After hearing this, Baru realized the seriousness of the situation and said solemnly, "It seems that it will take a lot of effort to break through the border town."
Originally, they thought that with the difference in military strength of twice as much, they could easily capture the border town within a few days. But now that Dazhao has reinforcements, it has become difficult.
"Find a way to find out how many reinforcements Dazhao has." Zatai ordered.
"Yes." The general took the order and left.
Being interrupted by this, Zatai and Baru lost interest in eating and drinking, and asked people to take away the food and bring it to the map for discussion.
The sound of fighting outside the tent was deafening, and the flying snow had accumulated into a layer. Only the battle zone could not accumulate because of people trampling back and forth and the blood spurting.
Frost snowflakes kept flying and hitting Yu Cheng's face, freezing him red and coughing intermittently.
"Your Highness, have a drink of hot soup." Yang Quan handed the water bag to Yu Cheng.
Yu Cheng stared at the battlefield without moving his eyes, took it and drank a sip.
Yang Quan put away the water bag, and seeing that the brazier beside Yu Cheng was not burning well, he quickly added a few pieces of charcoal.
Shen Changze looked at the battle situation and analyzed: "Although the Ancheng garrison is an elite division, it has never been on the battlefield. It is inevitable that it will be a little strenuous in the first battle."
Yu Cheng sighed and said, "I hope they can adapt as soon as possible." It takes
a thousand days to train soldiers and only a day to use them.
When it comes to killing the enemy on the battlefield, thousands of exercises on paper are not as good as one actual combat.
It's just actual combat, training for life.
I believe that after today's battle, the Ancheng garrison will be greatly improved.
Yu Cheng has been watching the battle situation. After noticing that the Ancheng garrison was at a great disadvantage, he immediately ordered them to be replaced.
A moment later, Di Ming climbed up the city wall and met Yu Cheng.
"How is it? Are you afraid?" Yu Cheng asked him.
Di Ming's face and body were covered with blood, and he panted and said, "No."
The fierceness of the Mobei people really exceeded his imagination. They were a strong and difficult opponent. But this also made Di Ming understand what would happen to Ancheng once the border was lost.
If they did not come to the border to reinforce, when the Mobei people broke through the border city and marched to Ancheng, the Ancheng garrison, which had no actual combat experience, would be like lambs and could only be slaughtered due to the huge gap in military strength and power.
"You have courage." Yu Cheng praised Di Ming as he looked at his determined eyes.
Di Ming said with shame: "I am not half as
good as your highness and the generals at the border." Yu Cheng was a prince, and he was highly respected. He could have not personally led the army to the border, nor could he have personally mobilized troops, and could have enjoyed peace and prosperity in Shangjing.
But Yu Cheng did not do that.
Yu Cheng ignored his own illness and weakness, and was not afraid of the harsh and bitter cold on the battlefield. He worked hard to defend the border and never flinched.
Such a prince made people sincerely convinced and willing to submit to him.
"Go and have a rest." Yu Cheng said.
After rushing for several days and then going into battle, Di Ming could not hide his fatigue.
"Yes." Di Ming responded, but did not leave. Instead, he stood by the city wall and watched the two armies facing each other.
Yu Cheng glanced at him and left him alone without saying anything.
A fierce battle was going on under the city. Yu Cheng was watching intently when someone went up to the city wall and said a few words to Yang Quan.
Yang Quan left quickly after hearing this. He came back after a while and brought another person back with him.
He was called down just now to confirm the identity of the visitor.
Upon seeing Yu Cheng, the person behind Yang Quan knelt down and saluted: "Zhuiyun has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Yu Cheng's eyebrows moved when he heard this, and he quickly turned around to look.
It was really Zhuiyun!
Remembering that Yu Zheng mentioned in the letter to him that Zhuiyun went to Mobei to investigate, Yu Cheng understood and said: "But what did you find out?"
Zhuiyun nodded.
Yu Cheng's face froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Get up and tell me."
Zhuiyun stood up and reported the news he had found to Yu Cheng.
"Mobei has indeed colluded with Nanyan, and even married the fifth princess of Nanyan as his queen."
"This time, Mobei dispatched a total of 300,000 troops to the border..."
"Also, the King of Mobei is under house arrest."
Zhuiyun's words were more shocking than the last, and Yu Cheng's expression changed again and again.
"Why is the King of Mobei under house arrest?" Yu Cheng asked in surprise. Zhuiyun
said, "The specific reason is unknown, but I have found out that the King of Mobei favors the fourth prince, Getu, and gave him 100,000 troops in Mobei, and also gave him twelve tribes."
With the military power of 100,000 troops and twelve tribes, the fourth prince, Getu, has at least 200,000 troops. With
such a large army in hand and favored by the King of Mobei, the fourth prince must be a thorn in the eye of the eldest prince.
The eldest prince of Mobei's intentions are obvious, by putting the King of Mobei under house arrest, marrying Nanyan, and leading the army to attack Dazhao.
The eldest prince must be jealous of the fourth prince, and must have done something to displease the King of Mobei, which led to the King of Mobei's inclination to pass the throne to the fourth prince.
So the eldest prince took the initiative and put the King of Mobei under house arrest while the fourth prince was stationed in the twelve tribes and was not in the royal court.
Then he sent troops to Dazhao, hoping to convince the people of Mobei through military achievements and become the new King of Mobei.
After all, the Fourth Prince holds a large army. If they confront each other directly, the First Prince may not have a chance of winning.
Attacking Dazhao can not only make great military achievements and convince people, but also use the war as an excuse to force the Fourth Prince to transfer the army...
Yu Cheng is sure that once the border is broken, the First Prince will immediately force the Fourth Prince to transfer the army.
The Fourth Prince has no choice under the pressure of public opinion. Once handed over, it will be impossible to get it back.
By then, the First Prince can do whatever he wants to the Fourth Prince.
"What a good plan!" Yu Cheng was surprised.
Zhuiyun said, "On my way to the border town, I encountered something."
Yu Cheng felt that it was related to the Great Prince of Mobei, and asked anxiously, "What is it?"