Chapter 242 The situation is not good
Liang Cheng's expression grew serious. He looked at Sheng Ze and said, "I was initially confused about who the Tuo Yu people were hunting down a while ago, but now the answer speaks for itself."
"General, what you said does not mean that the people of the Tuoyu tribe came here last time to hunt down Chengji of the Jiayu tribe?" Ling Yun widened his eyes.
Sheng Ze frowned slightly when he heard this. He felt as if something had been overlooked by him, but he couldn't remember what it was.
The current Jiayu clan leader, Chengji, is related to him in terms of blood relationship, but he has never seen him and does not know what he looks like or his name.
Now that Chengji's life or death is uncertain, it seems to be a good thing for Dajin on the surface, but it may not be so if you think about it carefully.
Chengji's biological mother is the princess of Dajin. As long as he is around, Dajin and the areas outside the Great Wall can still coexist peacefully. Once the Jiayu tribe is seized, given the ambitions of the Tuoyu tribe and others, the border of Dajin will be in danger.
What is even more worrying is that the internal troubles of the Jin Dynasty have not yet been resolved. Once the foreign tribes attack, the Hubei North Army will be in the most difficult situation.
"Yes, the Tuo Yu people we captured last time confessed that they entered Linshuigou to chase someone. If that person is Chengji from the Jiayu tribe, everything makes sense." Liang Cheng nodded heavily.
Although the Tuo Yu people are arrogant, they are not stupid. They know that coming here will result in certain death. They attach great importance to military strength and will not easily sacrifice their own people. But they still chased after them. This can only mean that the identity of the person they are chasing is very special, so they would rather risk losing their troops and generals to kill him.
Unfortunately, no specific information could be obtained from the captives, but now it is certain that the person they are chasing is Chengji of the Jiayu tribe.
As for the reason behind this, Liang Cheng still can't guess it.
Liang Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Sheng Ze, "Yesterday, this general received urgent news that King Zhao is preparing to attack Chenzhou."
As soon as these words were spoken, Sheng Ze's brows suddenly frowned.
The current situation is not good.
Although the Hubei Northern Army is powerful, its current situation is not optimistic.
The situation was under pressure from King Zhao inside, and foreign ethnic groups were eyeing them covetously outside. The most frustrating thing was that the Jin court could not get any help at all.
"What the hell are we going to do?"
"Yes, the imperial court has been half a year late in paying the military this year. All the food supplies from the prefectures and counties near northern Hubei have been requisitioned. If the imperial court doesn't do something about it, the army will be starving!"
"If you ask me, let's just ignore everything and focus on fighting those barbarians outside the pass first."
Everyone was talking about it, and most of them were in favor of war.
Liang Cheng felt a headache from hearing his men's discussions. He glared at the loudest one and said, "Niu Manzi, you only know how to fight all day long. Do you know that if it weren't for Mr. Shan's 500,000 taels of silver, we would be broke right now? What can you use to fight the people outside the pass?"
I can't even eat enough, what's the point of fighting!
Moreover, even if they had money, they would not be able to raise much military rations in a short time. A war cannot be started just by saying so.
Any so-called "blitzkrieg" in history must have been preceded by sufficient preparation, but outsiders are unaware of it.
Niu Manzi choked and grunted for a long time without saying anything.
A calmer person stood up and said, "General, I don't think the tribes outside the Great Wall will attack so soon. The Zhao army is not good at fighting on the water. It will not be easy to cross the Lan River. We still have time to prepare."
Some people agreed with his words, while others disagreed. "We can indeed fight, but if the imperial court does nothing, will our Hubei Northern Army have to bear all the consequences?"
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