Chapter 4 Section 4: Small boat (4)

"How many troops does the royal family have at hand?" Lei Bicheng asked. "Forty thousand. Originally, the Habayashi Heavenly Army had a total of 30,000 cavalry armored to guard the imperial capital. Ying Wuyi reduced it to 20,000 without authorization, and moved the main battalion of the Habayashi Heavenly Army to Cheng'en Town, seventy miles outside the city. So I persuaded the emperor to The money from the royal treasury has raised a family of children as Jinwu Guards. Over the years, the number of Jinwu Guards has increased year by year, and now there are about 20,000 people. I think Mr. Bicheng’s master Li Guogong also It can be seen in his eyes, but he did not threaten the emperor to abolish the army. I think the threat of the Jinwu Guard is not in his eyes. The children of these aristocratic families are spoiled and spoiled. Maybe three thousand red brigades can annihilate their entire army." The eldest princess said angrily, "Sometimes I also hate that iron can't be made into steel, and I feel that I fell into Li Guogong's design and spent a lot of money in the internal treasury. Got only a semblance of an army."

"It's exactly as I expected." Lei Bicheng nodded slightly, "However, it's not necessarily impossible for a mere army to fight." "Fight?" The Eldest Princess said doubts in her voice, "Who are you fighting with?" "Who does the eldest princess think that the 20,000 Yulin Tianjun and the 20,000 Jinwu Guards can fight against?" The eldest princess hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "With the current scale and training, not to mention contending with Li Guo's powerful army, even the lower Tang, Chu Wei, Jinbei, and Chun Kingdoms among the princes can easily defeat them. "

"That's right. With all due respect," Lei Bicheng said, "the eldest princess can persuade the emperor to use the royal army, but compared with the strength of the princes, this army is like a thin wolf and a pack of tigers. If it suddenly charged into the tiger On the battlefield where they fought, they might be torn to pieces in an instant." "Although this is not pleasant to say, we must admit that it is the truth." After all, there was frustration in the eldest princess' voice. "However," Lei Bicheng changed the topic, "if the tigers have fallen into an unstoppable fight, and the thin wolf is watching, they may easily kill the winning tiger. This tiger has been seriously injured, while the others The tiger has already died in its mouth. This is like the eldest princess setting up a huge plan, triggering a decisive battle between Ying Wuyi and the princes' coalition forces, hoping to profit from it. How about using this trick again?"

Lei Bicheng's eyes suddenly shone like torches, as if they could penetrate everything.Through the veil, the princess could still be seen shaking, as if shocked by these words. "Use...again?" She hesitated. "The tigers have already fought a battle, and now they are all injured. But the victory has not been completely determined between them. The eldest princess only needs to force them to fight again. When the time comes, they will definitely fight again." One of them died, even if there is one left, it is not enough to compete with the princess's troops in the imperial capital." Lei Bicheng said quietly, his voice was erratic and unpredictable.

"How to force?" "No one is allowed to step on the land of God! And Bai Yi asked to see the emperor's seal, I think he is already on his way." "So what if he is not allowed to step on God?" "Soon, the second war will begin. No! This war is far from over!" "Which tiger... will die?" The eldest princess' voice trembled with uncontrollable excitement. "Bai Yi." "Bai Yi?" "Bai Yi, Xi Yan, Gang Wuwei, Fei An, Cheng Kui, and Gu Yueyi. The famous generals of the princes will be buried with their army! Shangyang Pass will become a prison in front of them. Going in but not coming out, that's what I prepared for them, the land of no return." Lei Bicheng narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his head, and his eyes flew over the veil, as if he had seen the battle until the end of the world At the end of the day, the heads of the famous generals were hung on the old withered trees, and there were no corpses around.

The eldest princess was silent for a long time, and took a long breath of relief: "Mr. Bicheng, are you really sure?" "In Donglu, no one dares to say that they are sure of killing people like Bai Yi and Xi Yan. All I can do is just try it out, and see if the eldest princess is willing to make this attempt with me "Lei Bicheng smiled faintly," and since I am the one who started this war, I will stay here as a hostage until the end of the war. If the eldest princess thinks it is necessary, she can take me away at any time head." A gust of wind came, like Xiao Zhan's air suddenly came here from the battlefield, it was so cold that one couldn't help shivering.The veil was flying, and Lei Bicheng's black robe was also blowing in the wind, outlining his bony figure. He held the handles on both sides of the bamboo couch with his hands in his sleeves, and sat upright with his back straight.A hand suddenly came out from the veil, and the veil was lifted, revealing the still beautiful face of the eldest princess in her old age. She stared at Leibicheng closely with her black and white eyes. Say something.