The most beloved princess in the prosperous world

Chapter 237 Garrison Pucheng
In the barracks of the Chen Kingdom army, Wuqi handed a piece of news to Yu Wujue. Yu Wujue opened it, glanced at it, and handed it to Ruan Fu who was put aside.

Ruan Fu took it over and glanced at it, "70 soldiers are recruited, and now Yanjing has recruited all Beiyan's future reserve troops, and it is indeed a costly investment."

Wuqi Dao, "The news came out, and as soon as the battle report from the front was sent back to the capital of Northern Yan, Yan Jing immediately summoned Mr. Meng to the palace to meet him, and then issued a conscription edict. In addition, Yan Jing appointed Mr. Meng as the supervisor of the army. Send Mr. Meng to the front to appease the soldiers."

Ruan Fu nodded lightly, and looked at Yu Wujue, "It will take at least a month for Beiyan's soldiers and horses to go to the front line from the moment of recruitment. How will we fight in the future?"

Yu Wujue took out one of the many battle report folders and gave it to Ruan Fu. Ruan Fu accepted it with some doubts, but he opened it quickly. On the folder was the Zhao family army and the Chen country under the leadership of Zhao Jin. As for the battle situation, it can be seen from the battle report that Zhao Jin decided to lead Nanhua's soldiers and horses all the way into Chen Kingdom when Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu led Chen Kingdom's soldiers and horses to fight Bei Yan to death.

Ruan Fu closed the folder, "However, Zhao Jin will not forget to deploy defenses at the border between Nanhua and Beiyan."

Yu Wujue shook his head, "That's it. If Zhao Jin wants to invade the Kingdom of Chen, let him do it. We will continue to fight in Beiyan."

Ruan Fu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "It seems that His Royal Highness already has a good strategy against the enemy?"

Yu Wujue said, "Zhao Jin knows that this is not the time for us to leave the Beiyan battlefield, and I also don't want to leave the Beiyan battlefield at this moment. Although the Zhao family army is one of the best troops in Nanhua, if we really want to attack The hinterland of Chen Kingdom is not an easy matter. Of course, if he can really attack the Rongzhou area, our war in Beiyan will probably change. At that time, if Zhao Jin wants to escape from Chen Kingdom again , is not an easy task.”

After thinking about it for a while, Ruan Fu understood Yu Wujue's plan, and just smiled with his lips curled up, "You are confident. I don't know what the battle will be like."

Yu Wujue said, "Don't worry, everything is under control."

Hearing what he said, Ruan Fu felt relieved, nodded slightly, and signaled Wuqi to retreat.

Afterwards, the Kingdom of Chen crossed the Wanli Pass and continued to attack the west of Beiyan. The South China Army led by Zhao Jin, with the Zhao family army as the main vanguard, also attacked from the central front to the interior of the Kingdom of Chen. On Zhao Jin's front, Although there are no such existences as Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu, but Zhao Jin is confronted by two veterans of Chen Kingdom, and they have been guarding the cities in the central area for a long time. Although Zhao Jin is a fierce general of Nanhua, if It is not an easy matter to want to attack Chen Country after several years of preparations and reinforcement of the defense line.

After the battle at Wanli Pass, the battles in various parts of the Central Plains became more and more intense.

At the end of September, Beiyan's domestic conscription was completed, and Meng Qian also set off with the recruits to the Qimu Mountain area. At this moment, the Chen Kingdom's army had already invaded the Qimu Mountain area, almost approaching the area in the middle of the Beiyan border. In just two months, Beiyan lost six cities in a row. The loss was so heavy that Yan Jing broke many things in the imperial study. At this moment, Beiyan's army also recruited 20 Thousands of soldiers, these 20 are recruits who have never been trained on the battlefield, and because the battle ahead is urgent, after the recruits arrive at the battlefield, they will face off with the soldiers and horses of the Chen Kingdom in the area of ​​Qi Mu Mountain. , this group of recruits who have just entered the battlefield, coupled with the exhaustion of the journey, and the diseases caused by the acclimatization of Qimu Mountain, have suffered heavy losses without any experience. Less than one hundred thousand.

The news spread back to the capital of Northern Yan, Yan Jing hadn't recovered from the shock of Beiyan's continuous loss of the city, and was hit hard again, making the people in Beiyan's court panic.

Yanjing had no choice but to continue to issue conscription edicts. However, at this time, the Ministry of Finance gave Yanjing another big blow. After repeated calculations, Beiyan can only recruit more than 40 troops in recent years. Ten thousand, and this number has reached the upper limit. If all these more than 40 soldiers and horses are really recruited into the battlefield, it will definitely damage the foundation of Beiyan. The country has no strong men, and the backbone of a country will fall.

As a result, Yan Jing's plan went bankrupt.

Yan Jing was furious, but there was nothing she could do. The battle was tight and hard, and the city was lost one after another. She could only wait for the stalemate after the winter to ease.

As for the western front, the Tianxuan Army, which has undergone more than four years of special training, is no longer just as brave as it used to be.

Beiyan wanted to mobilize troops from the western front to the central front to support the army that was fighting against the soldiers and horses of Chen State led by Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu. It was true that some soldiers and horses had been transferred, but they had not yet followed the original schedule. The plan to mobilize enough soldiers and horses was originally intended to switch from offense to defense, but the plan to stalemate with the troops and horses led by King Yi in the west was shattered by Chen Guo's fierce attack.Because, less than half a month after the stalemate, Chen Guo soldiers and horses broke through the city under the leadership of King Yi, and attacked Beiyan on the western front.Under such circumstances, the Beiyan soldiers and horses along the southeast to the central part of Beiyan thought that King Yi would lead troops along the line to attack the depths of Beiyan, and they were ready to fight against King Yi's soldiers and horses. He fought fiercely, but he didn't expect that King Yi's plan was not like this. He didn't directly attack the interior of Beiyan, but turned to go west, and fought with Yu Wujue's soldiers in Beiyan before the road was blocked by heavy snow in winter. Yancheng and Chipucheng joined forces.

In December, winter had already entered the north, and heavy snow had already fallen in the northern region. The battle in the entire Central Plains battlefield was finally eased due to the bad weather.

At this moment, the two sides are in a stalemate. The army of Chen Kingdom is stationed in Chipu City, Beiyan City, and the armies of Yu Wujue and King Yi have also joined forces in Pucheng. Among them, there is no plan for a large-scale march. In addition, when the food and grass are difficult in winter and supplies are not easy, they don't want to start a war.

After the soldiers and horses of Chen Kingdom moved into Pucheng, the people of Pucheng were panicked because of the arrival of the army, and even fled with their families. They repaired the city that was destroyed due to the war. In times of difficulty, they would open porridge sheds to help the people. More importantly, after the soldiers and horses of the Chen Kingdom settled in the city, the Mu family's business would also settle in. In difficult times, on the contrary, the city occupied by the soldiers and horses of Chen Kingdom can give some comfort and warmth to the people in the war. However, if they fled to the city where the Beiyan soldiers were at this moment, it would be even more difficult. The tension of the war no longer cared about whether the continuous recruitment of soldiers would damage the foundation. Therefore, children who were only eleven or twelve years old were taken away because of the continuous conscription. As a result, the people naturally raised a lot of resistance.After the people in other cities in Beiyan learned that the soldiers and horses of Chen Kingdom were safe, some people fled to the cities occupied by the soldiers and horses of Chen Kingdom before the war came. The prefect in the city was even more troubled, and issued a ban to close the city and prevent the people from going out of the city. As a result, the people in the city were panicked, but there was nothing they could do.

However, Nanhua's army, under the leadership of Zhao Jin, had not yet reached Rongzhou, but was stumbled by the army of Chen Kingdom in the area of ​​Tuofeng Mountain in the middle. The days of heavy snow blocking the mountains, the days of heavy snow blocking the mountains, are longer than other places, and the temperature is lower. The South China Army led by Zhao Jin originally wanted to cross the Tuofeng Mountain before winter, but in the Tuofeng Mountain area, it was not easy. Besieged by soldiers from Chen Kingdom, they were unable to cross Tuofeng Mountain after all. In the end, the mountain was closed by heavy snow, and the army led by Zhao Jin could only stop here. On the days when the mountains were covered by heavy snow, the grain supply of Chen Kingdom also became a problem.

What's more serious is that Zhao Jin's troops are all from the south, and they have rarely experienced the days when heavy snow continued to close the mountains in the north. The adaptation of soldiers has also become a serious problem. From the understanding of the Nanhua army, one can also guess how difficult Zhao Jin's army is at this time. On the other hand, in such bad weather, the army of Chen Kingdom is no different from usual.

After the eight-month war, the Central Plains gradually calmed down like a silent winter day, but everyone knew that this calm was only short-lived, and this harsh winter day was caused by non-human difficulties. test.

The heavy snow has just passed, after two days of heavy snow, at this moment, the streets and alleys of Pucheng have been covered with a thick layer of snow, the snow is half a foot deep, and some people have been crushed Relatively fragile houses, and because it was during the war, and because it was winter, the people were displaced, and many people, especially the people who came in exile, could hardly grow rice for cooking at home.

But Ruan Fu had already planned to build a granary in the north a few years ago. Therefore, for the Chen Kingdom, food supply is not a difficult task. Therefore, when food is difficult in other cities, the Chen Kingdom's army In the city where they lived, the people can still enjoy a normal life.

Ruan Fu was wearing a thick cloak, which was made of the fur of the snow fox in the Northland. He wore it tightly to keep him warm. He walked along the streets of Pucheng with Yu Wujue, looking at the The houses of the common people who were being repaired on both sides nodded with satisfaction, she turned her head and said to Yu Wujue, "Probably due to the region, the houses of the common people in this area are relatively strong, even in such a heavy snow, they are crushed by the heavy snow. There are not many houses, and the disaster is not very serious."

Under the cloak, Yu Wujue tightened Ruan Fu's hand, making sure that her hand was not cold, and then said, "Although Beiyan and Chen Kingdom belong to the north, their locations are different after all. Beiyan is relatively arid, even This kind of heavy snow weather can only last for two or three days at most, and if Chen Kingdom really encounters a heavy snow day, it is common for ten days and a half months to last. Compared with the two, the disaster situation of both sides It is different, if Beiyan is like this, it is already very good."

Ruan Fu lowered his head and smiled, and looked around, "No matter what, it's better to have fewer disasters."

This war in the Central Plains is inevitable, and the losses caused by the war to the people are countless. It would be good if the losses could be reduced in other places.

The two walked on the street like this, although not everyone knew the two, but there were still many people in Pucheng who knew the two, and most of the people in Pucheng were from the original Beiyan. However, the people of Beiyan have no hostility towards the army of Chen Kingdom and Yu Wujue and others. When they saw the two walking on the street, if they knew each other, they just looked at them from afar. The popularity is extraordinary, so take a second look.

After walking forward, there is a porridge shed in the city that is distributing porridge for the people. The porridge shed is not done by soldiers, but by some original merchants. After several years of development, the Mu family is relatively large in the Central Plains. There are businesses in every city, so the place where the porridge is generally distributed is also the place where the Mu family's business is located.

After Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue watched from a distance for a while, they found that the porridge shed was in good order, and there was nothing wrong with it, so they didn't plan to go up to see it, but the people in that porridge shed had already discovered it. The two appeared and were about to come forward, but they were stopped by Ruan Fu's movement. The man didn't come up after seeing this, but Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue's side still attracted people who were queuing up to get the porridge. Attention, seeing this, Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu looked at each other, then turned and left, not intending to cause any commotion here.

It's just that the two of them didn't know that after they left, the people who were queuing up to get the porridge started to have some sensations gradually. These people who were queuing up to get the porridge were almost all the people who came from other places in exile in the capital city. One meal, one meal, and no need to sleep in the cold wind, for them, it is already a gift from heaven, so they are even more grateful to Yu Wujue, and what they said is to express their gratitude to Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu.

After Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue walked for a while, they met King Yi and Princess Yi who also came together. King Yi saw Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue from a distance, raised his eyebrows, and walked towards the two up.

"Fourth brother, Fu." Princess Yi smiled at the two of them.

Yu Wujue nodded lightly, Ruan Fu said, "Why are the emperor and the emperor's wife here?"

King Yi said, "I went to the prefect's mansion of Pucheng." At this point, King Yi sneered and said, "Although the prefect of Napu City abandoned the city and fled, but the man selected by the fourth brother from the army, He has some skills, he has managed Pucheng in an orderly manner, and now the people are very appreciative of the newly appointed prefect."

After the original Pucheng prefect abandoned the city and fled, Chen Kingdom occupied Pucheng, and Yu Wujue chose one of the army to be the local prefect. Although that person joined the army, he was a scholar in the past. , because of the decline of his family, he had to do it. After entering the army, he became a military adviser under the command of a general in the army. During the march and battle, Yu Wujue also noticed this person, so there is an urgent need for a prefect to sit in Pucheng. At that time, Yu Wuju took advantage of the opportunity to promote this person.

And this young man, although he has not yet reached his thirties, has his own ideas in mind, and Pucheng is well-organized by him.

Ruan Fu smiled and said, "Master He is a capable person. Being able to achieve this situation also proves his ability. Although he has a lot of uses in the army, it is a waste of talent."

King Yi nodded in agreement, and said, "Just now I went to the prefect's mansion, Mr. He mentioned something to me, and I just want to go back and discuss it with my fourth brother and younger siblings."

Yu Wujue raised his eyebrows, and King Yi smiled, "It's already the twelfth lunar month, and it will be the Chinese New Year soon. There is a lot of waste in the city, but Governor He wants to do something to increase the atmosphere of the New Year, by the way..."

King Yi smiled when he said this, "Receive the hearts of the people."

Yu Wujue raised his eyebrows, "What do you think, Brother Huang?"

"Since it's Chinese New Year, it's natural to do some good deeds, what does the fourth brother think?"

Yu Wujue raised his eyebrows and remained silent.

King Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhao Jin is trapped in Tuofeng Mountain. At this time, military rations have become a problem. Nanhua should also make plans."

Ruan Fudao, "Brother Huang means...but, the place where Nanhua transports grain is not close to Pucheng, not to mention, the defense at the border between Beiyan and Nanhua came after our battle in Beiyan became smoother. , seems to be tighter.

King Yi looked at Yu Wujue and said with a smile, "It's not far, but it's not impossible. I believe the fourth brother will give us a surprise, right? And... Twelve is coming to Pucheng soon."

(End of this chapter)