Chapter 185 The situation of the battle is unknown
In the blink of an eye, winter has already entered. The people on the border of Loucheng in early winter are hesitant to pack up their belongings and flee here due to the war. These days, the people have become even more entangled.
It was originally learned that Yangli and Gaoqiu had sent troops together to invade. No matter how fierce the war was with the emperor's son King Ji, he probably could not resist for long.
However, I didn't expect that the battle this time sounded scary, but when it started, it didn't seem to be as tragic as imagined.
It's been more than a month, and the people over there come over from time to time to flirt, but the troops here really pass by, and before they can fight, they sound the gong and withdraw the troops.
Among the common people, there were those who had seen a little bit of the market. They speculated that this was the enemy's tactic, just to wear down the patience of our generals. When they were paralyzed, they would charge again and hit the target with one blow.
There is another possibility, that is, the enemy country is also testing.
People who are on tenterhooks can't decide whether to escape or not.
The older man said that this time the two countries are joining forces to attack us. If Loucheng is lost, then no matter where you go, it will be in vain.
Because since it is rare for two countries to join forces, they definitely don't just want to conquer a small Loucheng. There is no big deal in conquering the two countries.
Regarding matters of life and death, it all depends on how the enemy troops are. If they are not ruthless and cruel, their purpose is just to capture cities and territories. They will embarrass local officials, but they will not kill the people in the lost areas.
On the contrary, wherever you attack, you will kill wherever you go.
So, why run away after all the trouble? It is better to stay at home and let nature take its course.
After listening to the old man's words, I was hesitant at first, but I felt that it was indeed the case, so I resigned myself to my fate and gave up escaping my home.
Although most of them are ordinary people who are not rich, no matter how dilapidated the house is or how small the family fortune is, it is still home.
In fact, it is not just the people of Loucheng who are troubled. The father and son generals in the big tent, the younger one is a little calmer, baking rice dumplings on the fire, which were sent from Xuzhou City and arrived this morning.
Xiao An didn't even look carefully to see what kind of filling the mark on it was, so he grabbed two and baked them.
After a while, the aroma of roasted rice dumplings came out.
"Dad, do you want to eat? If you don't, your son will eat them all." Xiao An, who had his back to the table, reached out and carefully picked up a baked rice dumpling while asking, and gently peeled off the crispy leaves.
, I could already see the browned glutinous rice inside, and I couldn’t help but swallow before I even started eating it.
Most of it was peeled off, and when he was about to take a big bite, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of him, and he accurately snatched the delicious food from his hand.
Looking at his empty hands after working carefully for a long time, Xiao An felt helpless and turned to look at the man with a stubble on his face who ate half of the rice dumpling.
"What are you looking at? Aren't sons supposed to be filial to me first?" He used his fingers to pull out the bones in his mouth and vaguely taught his aggrieved son.
Xiao An was scolded and sighed: "Dad, my son asked you before, but there was no response, so my son was thinking that dad was in a bad mood and didn't want to eat."
"Well, I might not be in the mood to eat anything else. Your mother brought this to Bao. How could your father and I not be in the mood to eat it? We are so young and so smart." After saying that, he skillfully peeled off the remaining rice dumpling leaves.
Three or two mouthfuls of rice dumplings were eaten in one go.
Seeing his father eating one and looking at his hand again, Xiao An hesitated for a moment and handed it over honestly.
"Well, that's pretty much it. There's not much more. I just baked two of them because I was stingy. Why are you aggrieved?" After taking the second baked rice dumpling, I was actually in the mood to break it open to see what the fillings were, and by the way, I was educated.
He's so big at once.
After receiving a somewhat unreasonable scolding from me, Xiao An didn't really feel dissatisfied, just because he understood his father so well.
I had no choice but to separate from my mother and younger brothers and sisters, and came to the border with murderous intent and anger. As a result, the enemy troops from the two countries came unexpectedly, and the battle was too hard.
If it weren't for the huge disparity in the number of soldiers and horses between the enemy and ours, my father would have led his troops to kill him long ago.
The current situation is like this. We can't fight happily. If we don't fight, we can't safely leave and go back to Xuzhou City to reunite with our family.
Xiao An and the other soldiers around him felt that the God of War, King Ji, was getting more and more irritable every day and was about to lose his mind and attack the enemy's country at any time.
Among the border soldiers and horses, from top to bottom, the supreme commander was the most haggard. Even though the war situation was not that bad, he was not even in the mood to shave.
Xiao An wrote to his brother privately and told his father's situation. Not long after he received a reply, his brother told him to calm down. He was not the only one who was suffering when facing his father. His mother in Xuzhou City was not much better than his father.
My mother didn't lose her temper and looked quite normal and calm. However, Xiao Le said that she couldn't find the right words to describe her current mother.
Let's put it this way, ever since they were sensible, they have never seen their mother behave like this.
Xiao Le used a very inappropriate word and said that she felt that her mother was a bit "wilted and bad" now. When she managed the five cities of the Three Kingdoms and reached the next seven cities, she did not use any strategies against the countries that were eyeing her.
Always upright.
Now, I spend all day long thinking about how to create trouble for Gaoqiu and Yangli Kingdom.
They even arranged for people to travel far away to spread rumors in other countries.
He said that the ancient Yan State had made it clear that if the Lord of the Seven Cities wanted to use troops, he would lend them to her unconditionally.
It is also said that the emperor of Gaoqiu secretly sent people to negotiate with Anyu State to destroy Yangli, and afterwards the two countries divided Yangli's territory equally.
What else is there? The prince of Gaoqiu wants to ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so he is waiting for the failure of his father and Yangli's joint attack on Anyu State, so that he can use the opportunity to force me to abdicate in favor of someone better.
These are only a few of them, which Xiao Le chose to write in the letter.
These rumors were spread in the capitals of the two countries. Although they were all false, one can imagine what effect they would have if they reached the ears of the person on the throne in the palace.
Their mother's main purpose for doing this is not to make me feel better? Well, I will also make you upset.
In fact, Xiao Le is not fully aware of all the things that her mother has arranged to go out with recently.
In particular, Emperor Gaoqiu accidentally bumped into his queen one day and slept with the Taoist priest who gave him the elixir of immortality. It is said that Emperor Gaoqiu fainted on the spot and had to take the elixir every day after waking up.
I don’t dare to continue taking it.
Gaoqiu's military talisman was in the hands of the queen's brother. The emperor wanted to take back the military talisman but did not dare, let alone depose the queen who planted grass on his head. One can imagine what the scene was like in Gaoqiu Palace.
Don't ask little Lewei why he doesn't know about this matter. Just ask because of maternal love. His mother-in-law told him that this matter must not be known to the children.
Xiao An, who received the letter from his brother, felt much more mentally balanced after reading it.
"Dad, if not, my son is here to watch, can you go back?" Xiao An, who resigned himself to his fate and continued to bake rice dumplings for himself, made a tentative suggestion.
Let dad go back and see mom, and the two of them can comfort each other, and maybe they can become normal when they come back?
"Go back? It doesn't seem impossible." He Zexu said to himself.
After hearing this, Xiao An thought that he had failed to obey. After seeing his father's expression clearly, he was sure that his father really planned to do this.
"No, your son just said it casually, and you take it seriously? You can rest assured that your son is here?"
I saw a strange smile on my father's face: "Maybe once dad leaves, the situation of the war will change?"
Xiao An immediately understood that his father did not really leave, but...