She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 83 Attack
Xu Shu was not aware of Xu Zhao's mentality problem at all, and even if she was aware of it, she had no time to pay attention to it.

Only Yang Luo knew that Xu Zhao's entrusted task was more important, and one mistake would affect the overall situation.Therefore, Yang Luo not only did ideological work for Xu Zhao, but also ignored the controversy of exceeding his authority, and forced the manpower arranged to monitor the two captains Zhou to report to him in time and listen to his dispatch.

This was the first time that Yang Luo, who had always been gentle, showed a strong side, but Xu Zhao, who was seized from power, did not object.Even if the others were surprised by Yang Luo's side, they wouldn't meddle in other people's business, but let him push the matter forward smoothly.

As expected, Lieutenant Zhou was persuaded to hesitate all night, and Military Advisor Li over there could not sit still. When the city gate was opened the next day, he asked his soldiers to prepare to leave the city with a thin letter in their pockets.

And Colonel Zhou didn't hold on for long, that is, two hours after Li Junshi's personal soldiers were captured, the people sent out by him were also bound and locked up in the Princess Mansion.

Xu Shu didn't have much time to interrogate them at the moment, and the person who was sent to deliver the letter was a person trusted by Zhou and Li, but it was impossible to say that they knew more about the intention behind it.

Xu Shu just took out the letters and documents carried by the two soldiers, and Captain Zhou's letter can be ignored, he just accused Chengyang County of concealing the behavior to Dujun Feng.

The letter from Military Advisor Li also had a similar intention. Xu Shu originally thought that no more information could be obtained from it, but in the end, she found another blank page from the soldiers sent by Military Advisor Li.

If it were just an ordinary white paper, Xu Shu wouldn't have paid much attention to it, but this page was sewn tightly into one side of the clothes. If the attendant Xu Shu sent to look after them hadn't been careful enough, he wouldn't have noticed it.

Xu Shu took the paper and turned it over and over again. There were faint traces of bumps on the paper, but there was no trace of ink on it. She sniffed it closely again, and there was a faint fresh sour smell floating on it, like the smell of fruit. But it's very strange.

Xu Shu was silent. She really didn't know how to decipher the secret book in it, but how could Commander Li have fruits that she had never eaten before?
She vaguely found a new direction of investigation, which was to determine the location of the person behind Junshi Li based on the origin of the fruit, and it was most likely to be near the place where the fruit was produced.

There is another possibility that this kind of fruit is not produced in China, and there is a high probability that it is related to a family with a maritime trade team.

The second possibility is obviously easier to check. After all, the current ship technology is still extremely confidential. Even the Pei royal family has only a dozen craftsmen who can make long-distance ships. I found the information when I thought I didn't have enough money and wanted to build a fleet.

But her mother finally gave up this choice. First, craftsmen are not easy to get, second, the initial cost is huge, and third, nautical charts and experienced sailors are hard to find.

One can imagine what kind of behemoth a family that can build a voyage fleet must be.

Xu Shu didn't want it to be the second possibility, but she had an intuition that the person behind it should be the second possibility, so she had to figure it out slowly.

The soldiers Zhou and Li sent out did not return on the first or second day. When they were anxiously trying to send someone to look for them, luck was not on their side—because the war had already started .

It was the Albanians who struck first.

As nomadic people, they were forced to camp outside the city, enduring hotter weather, mosquito bites, and dry naan that tasted dull and lacked nutrition. Their patience had long been exhausted.

Therefore, when the general Bayin Luke among them, as the general, brandished a heavy weapon with his exposed and vigorous right arm muscles, and his mouth hidden in the unkempt beard gave out the "attack" order in Hu language, these Hu soldiers They all rushed forward with excited expressions. It didn't look like they were rushing to the battlefield of life and death, but rather like they were going to a feast that provided countless delicacies.

Standing on the city wall, Xu Shu just looked at the rolling loess that they brought up, and she felt an uncontrollable fear. She couldn't help clenching her fists, and her voice became hoarse when she opened her mouth:

"Lieutenant Meng, Hu Bing, has always been, has always been this crazy?"

"No."

Xu Shu heaved a sigh of relief, but Captain Meng went on to say:
"Mostly, they're crazier."

"why?"

"Actually, I found it strange that they went south before, because the pastures are at their most lush at this time, and the cattle, sheep and horses can eat enough, and they won't be too hungry, so they hardly risk missing this season. attack us."

Xu Shu thought about it, yes, this is just like how they in the Central Plains try not to arrange military service during the spring plowing season.

Captain Meng continued:

"So they will go south at this time in the most difficult season, cold, lack of food and clothing, and the death of cattle and sheep after snowstorms. And at this time, Princess, can you imagine them? They are hungry, cold and almost alive The wild wolves cannot go down, and we are the fat lambs in their eyes."

Xu Shu suddenly felt a kind of anger, and this anger became more and more intense. In the end, she could only say one sentence:

"Me, we can't be lambs."

Xu Shu also had close contact with Hu people's soldiers. To be honest, their bodies were not as tall and strong as she imagined. It seemed that even the Hu people who lived on herding were not enough for their soldiers to eat How much meat, as for food, I'm afraid there is even less.

But when they rode on horseback and attacked the Han people's cities as easy prey, Xu Shu fully understood why the emperors with only two palms in several dynasties had the courage and conditions to fight against the Hu people on a large scale. .

Because, for such a team that survives by plundering and killing, they attack in a war-supporting style, and their momentum alone is enough to make people frightened.

And when they piled the heads of countless Central Plains soldiers with black hair and eyes into a tall temple in Beijing, people realized that in their eyes, the Han people were no different from cattle and sheep.

Xu Shu thought of the princesses, princesses, and palace maids that Mr. Wu casually mentioned when he was telling the history books of the previous dynasty.

He said that there were actually many more. In the decades when the military strength of the previous dynasty was at its weakest, almost the year after the previous one and his own daughter died of an inexplicable illness, another woman would embark on the destined path of death.

What he didn't say was that although the dynasty was not so humiliating, it also sent the princess to make peace in an attempt to maintain a short-term peace.

Thinking of these things, Xu Shu repeated to herself:
"That's right, I can't be a lamb."

　Thank you for the reward of a small biscuit, and thank you for the monthly pass that I can not know.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)