Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

"Your Highness, think twice!"

When Prince Qing received the news that Qiushui County had been destroyed, he was furious and wanted to send the remaining troops of the King of the Northwest to Qiushui County.

Rejected,

"We are not good people, but we have a bottom line. We will not help the Northern Barbarians harm the people."

A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, a good minister chooses a master to serve.

The King of the Northwest is dead, and they can't live in the past forever. But King Qing wants to sell the people to the Northern Barbarians, and they can't accept it.

Cooperating with the Northern Barbarians is for the greater good. It doesn't matter if a few people die, but such unscrupulous things as selling out the people should not be done.

They still have consciences, but not many.

Want to send new soldiers,

Students from the colleges in the capital took the lead in marching in the streets.

The power of the big-character posters was very strong. The people in the city all knew that Prince Qing was colluding with the Northern Barbarians. Although they didn't know whether it was true or not, if Prince Qing sent new soldiers to Qiushui County,

It might backfire.

Pretending to be a Northern Barbarian, after all, it was fake and could not be real. The new recruit had not been brainwashed and accidentally leaked the news. His collusion with the Northern Barbarians was confirmed.

Not only will it arouse public anger, but the court will also deal with Prince Qing. Zhao En is very loyal and stands up to stop Prince Qing's irrational behavior.

Zhu Guangxiao, an aide to Prince Qing's palace, glanced at him. This guy was stealing his job!

He stood up and bowed to Prince Qing.

"Your Highness, the situation is not favorable to us right now. The troops in the capital city must not be moved. Otherwise, if the plan is exposed, we will be doomed. I suggest asking the Northern Barbarians to send troops."

It would be difficult to conceal the fact if we sent troops at this time, so it would be most appropriate to let the northern barbarians take action.

...

Tiger Head Cliff,

The Northern Barbarian Camp was gathering tribal leaders for a meeting. Altan received the news and came uninvited.

"The captives from Qiushui County are our spoils of war. The Khan wants to split them in half with Prince Qing, calling it cooperation. I have no words to say. Prince Qing lost our captives, and not only does he not want compensation, he also wants us to send troops. What kind of logic is this?"

The leaders of the major tribes nodded in agreement. It was true that they were the ones giving out the benefits while doing all the hard work. It didn't make sense.

Sukhbaru explained:

"There are many benefits to sending troops. Not only can we recapture the captives from Qiushui County, but also the civilians who escaped from the north, numbering nearly 20. They will all be our spoils of war!"

Altan sneered:

"What you said and what I said are two different things... Qiushui County's spoils were stolen. How will Prince Qing compensate us?"

"He promised to give us an additional 1 men."

Altan refused to give in:

"When will it be fulfilled? He said he would provide us with food, but so far he has only given us 3% of it. How can we trust him? When we occupied the area north of Hutou Cliff, we were delayed and had very little population, food, or gold and silver. When we occupied the southern region, all the benefits went to Prince Qing, but we saw nothing... Now he wants us to make a long-distance attack, facing over 2 Jinwu Guards. Does he want us to die and settle the accounts?"

Sukhbaatar's face fell.

The original plan was for King Qing to fulfill his promise, for the Northern Barbarians to have a decisive battle with Daxia, to consume the strength of other tribes, and then to focus on taking care of the Tumed tribe.

The war of public opinion in the capital city, Qiushui County was broken, and King Qing was broken. The plan needs to be changed. It is necessary to consume the Northern Barbarians in advance, otherwise the situation is likely to get out of control.

As time goes by, problems are exposed.

The benefits promised by King Qing have not been delivered, the food has been delayed, and the prisoners have been robbed. Now is the time to write a blank check and ask the Northern Barbarians to send troops. The other tribes will definitely not be willing to do so.

"Altan, this is the chief's meeting. You are not qualified to participate. Please leave immediately."

"hehe."

Altan left the tent with a sarcastic smile and did not expose the relationship between Sukhbaru and Prince Qing.

After returning to his tent, a man came in.

If his eldest son were here, he would definitely be terrified. This man is a captain of the heavy cavalry and his confidant. How could he have contact with Altan?

The person you thought was your confidant may have already become someone else's pawn.

Sukhbaru and his son joined forces to bring Altan down. Was he really powerless to fight back?

Not,

I feel that there is no need to fight to the death, causing our own people to get beaten to a pulp and letting outsiders take advantage, so I choose to retreat temporarily.

I don’t know how Sukhbaru persuaded other tribes to agree to send troops, but it was a foregone conclusion that the Northern Barbarians would send troops, and Tumed was the vanguard this time.

Altan's last bit of luck was gone.

The eldest son joined forces with outsiders and snatched his position as leader. Although Altan was angry, he would be pleased if his son could do better.

Not only will he not use his trump card, but he will support his son.

The results were disappointing.

It is extremely foolish to use the lives of Tumed warriors to consolidate Sukhbaru's position. It is time to set things right.

Empires are never conquered from without.

Altan lost his position as Khan because his eldest son was assassinated. The same thing happened to Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin took four days to recapture eight counties and rescue more than 50,000 people, most of whom were young and strong. The old and weak could not withstand the torture, hunger, and disease.

His plan went smoothly and he wanted to turn the passive situation around, but someone at home held him back.

In the camp,

Dabao is helping to evacuate people on Tuesday.

They adopted a segmented transportation method, transferring the first batch of people to Qiushui County, and then heading south from Qiushui County to the second county town.

The advantage of transferring in batches is that it reduces the probability of encountering the enemy in the wild.

Dabao will leave when the last group of people leave. The Jinwu Guards protecting him are like holding the line. It is a very reasonable use of the Jinwu Guards.

Hu Fugui never showed up. Just when Zhou Yu thought he had settled down, he led his men to surround Dabao's tent.

"Your Highness, please return to the capital."

Zhou Yu's face was black,

"What are you doing! Get out of here right now!"

Hu Fugui was unmoved and retorted bluntly:

"My Lord, I'm sorry I can't obey your order."

Zhou Jin and Xiao Yunxi were fighting outside, the Zhou family's private army was not there, Zhu Ming's new army was not there, and even Xue Yanze was in Qiushui County.

Dabao was protected by a team of secret guards led by Zhou Er. No one could have imagined that the Jinwu Guards would suddenly attack.

"Commander Hu, I have the final say over the troops. Are you trying to disobey me?"

Zhang Jianren stood up and said loudly:

"His Majesty has sent a secret order to protect the Crown Prince and return to the capital immediately. If there are any special circumstances, the Marquis of Zhenbei, the Minister of Rites, and Commander Hu will discuss and decide... According to Commander Hu's intelligence, the Northern Barbarians are gathering and their target is Qiushui County. I support Commander Hu's order. Your Highness must leave!"

Commander Hu had no expression on his face:

"Master Hou, do you have anything else to say?"

Damn it!

Zhou Yu's temper was instantly ignited.

He naturally hoped that Dabao would go first, but he also supported Dabao's decision to stand with the people, so that he could gain the recognition of the people.

Now if Hu Fugui forcibly takes Dabao away, the people will not think that Dabao was taken away by force.

They will think that the Crown Prince abandoned them and fled alone, and that the Crown Prince is afraid of death. The trust and public support that had been established before will collapse in an instant, causing a backlash.

This will be a stain on Dabao, and such a crown prince will not be able to become the crown prince or the emperor.

The emperor's move is to break Dabao's spine and future!

He would never agree to it!