Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 254 Prepare for a rainy day

General Wei sent someone to convey the message.

Notify Song Yuan to go to Zhenbei City to discuss important matters there.

It is imperative to arrive before dark. Any delay will be dealt with according to military orders.

Upon hearing this news, Song Yuan frowned slightly.

What is this old guy planning to do?

However, thinking of the other party's identity, Song Yuan finally decided to go and take a look.

He immediately packed up and led everyone to march north.

After rushing all the way, we finally arrived at Zhenbei City before dark.

Before everyone could rest, Song Yuan and Situ Jing were brought into the hall.

After the two appeared, they looked around and saw that the arrivals from other places had already arrived.

It seems that the two of them are late!

In the crowd, Song Yuan saw Wei Da at a glance, but when he looked again, he still couldn't see General Zhao.

While Song Yuan was observing his surroundings, pairs of eyes had already fallen on him.

Today, Song Yuan's outfit for traveling was particularly flamboyant. In order to show his identity, he and Situ Jing both wore golden armor.

Such a glorious scene caused a lot of fear in the eyes of outsiders, especially General Wei, whose eyes clearly showed some dissatisfaction.

Logically speaking, given Song Yuan's rank, wearing golden armor is simply outrageous!

What's more, the princess next to Song Yuan is not a member of the court at all.

If Song Yuan had any idea what he was doing, he probably wouldn't dress like this.

It is obvious that he is doing this on purpose, wanting to use his appearance to overwhelm others.

However, thinking of the identities of the two, General Wei had no choice but to suppress the matter. He suppressed his impatience and waved to the people outside the door.

"Everyone come in, all irrelevant people leave!"

"The prince and princess are already here. Next, we will discuss the important part of the meeting!"

As he was talking, the servants in the room went away one after another, and the noisy scene stopped after a moment.

Song Yuan took a quick look and saw that there were only about twenty people present.

In the middle of the hall, there is a map hanging, with the entire border, including the areas bordering the barbarians, all marked on it.

General Wei coughed lightly, which instantly attracted the attention of the entire audience, and then he slowly walked forward.

Holding a long wooden stick, pointing to one side of the map.

"Everyone knows that the Great Qin and the barbarians have always had a blood feud. Once the two sides meet, they will fight to the death!"

"In order to prevent the enemy from being caught off guard in the event of a war, I have already sent out patrols to keep a close eye on the barbarians' movements."

"Fortunately, hard work pays off. Just yesterday, the troops I sent out finally got intelligence. The barbarians on the other side of the Peacock River have already made some moves and are gathering a large army towards the Peacock River. I think they may have a big plan this time!"

The Peacock River is like a dividing line, separating the two forces while also dividing peace.

If any one of them crosses the boundary of Peacock River, it will completely disrupt the balanced environment.

By then, the other party will inevitably cause unrest.

It was clear that the barbarians were now planning to take over the Peacock River. Upon hearing this, everyone's faces darkened, and they all sensed that something bad was about to happen.

However, according to General Wei's judgment.

Those barbarians are just putting on airs!

The surface of the Peacock River has not yet frozen. If they move forward rashly and encounter an ambush, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses!

Normally, barbarians would not take this risk, after all, they are not fools!

What’s more crucial is that judging from the direction of the barbarians’ attack, it is impossible for them to go straight to Zhenbei City!

The soldiers of Zhenbei City have gathered, and even outsiders can see that this is definitely a tough nut to crack!

In the view of General Wei, if Manchukuo makes any move, it will definitely attack the two wings and will never attack Zhenbei City!

Although there is no guarantee that the other party intends to capture the king first, but after all, given the current situation, even if General Wei is in trouble, the anger of the Qin Dynasty will never subside.

In this case, why would the other party do such useless work?

What's more, the left wing of the border is an important place for storing food. No matter from a strategic point of view or in terms of significance, it is safest to attack there!

However, although the other party is only threatening everyone, now that the border side knows the specific situation, they have to be on guard!

But the more crucial point is that the Qin Dynasty now has a limited amount of strength. Where should the focus of defense be placed?

Whether it is the left wing or the right wing, General Wei cannot afford to lose.

In this way, understanding the thoughts of the barbarians and being able to guess their actions became the top priority.

For a moment, as General Wei remained silent, everyone frowned and thought.

Finally, Wei Da spoke first, "I believe that if the barbarians attack, they will definitely attack the left wing! Simply because Your Highness is in that direction!"

"What's more, there's a granary on the left wing, which is of paramount importance. They can feint an attack on His Highness to draw out the troops, and then turn to attack the granary. No matter which side succeeds, it will definitely be a great victory for them!"

If Song Yuan could be captured, it would be equivalent to completely suppressing the momentum of the Qin Dynasty.

When two armies face off, sometimes what matters most is morale!

In this way, the barbarians can naturally gain the upper hand.

Even if Song Yuan cannot be captured, the next best thing is to set fire to the city where grain is stored and burn it to ashes.

Without food support, it is a big problem whether these people on the border can survive the winter!

Even if it is the beginning of next spring, due to the lack of supplies, the combat effectiveness of so many soldiers on the border will drop by three points.

It’s definitely the best of both worlds!

"General Wei, we dare not agree with what you say!"

Wei Da originally thought that his analysis made sense, but he didn't expect that as soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately raised questions.

"How could they not know how cunning the barbarians are? We can't help but think of the hatred between His Highness and the barbarians!"

"I think that with the wisdom of that High Priest Bulma, he might do the opposite!"

"Yes, I agree with this!" Another general stood up and nodded in agreement.

"I think we're placing too much importance on His Highness. In my eyes, His Highness has only offended those barbarians. It's not necessarily true that he has suffered any actual loss!"

"War is about victory or defeat, not personal gains or losses. Compared to the ultimate victory, trivial grudges are nothing."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded in agreement, and soon someone expressed a different opinion.

"I think the barbarians are likely to attack the right side. After all, there are horse farms and trees there. Compared to food, horse farms are also very important!"

"I think we should actively defend the right wing and focus most of our energy there!"

After statistics, only a small number of people thought that Ant would go head-to-head with Zhenbei City.

In addition, a small number of people thought that the barbarians would go straight to Songyuan.

Most of the remaining people thought that the barbarians would make friendship the focus of their attack.

The main reason is because of those people under Song Yuan!

After all, Song Yuan claimed to the outside world that he had 100,000 soldiers stationed in the fields, although most of them were logistics soldiers and retired veterans.

But regardless of the quality, such a quantity is definitely huge.

By then, even if there were piles of lives, the barbarians might not be able to achieve victory.

As long as a large army comes to support us, we will be surrounded from both inside and outside. Isn't that courting death?

More importantly, although the barbarians have a large number of cavalry, the area south of the Peacock River is still the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

Although they are brave, they will never send out too many people. Otherwise, if they are discovered, all their plans will be ruined.

If we can't mobilize a large number of troops and then go to cause trouble for Song Yuan, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

There is no way the barbarians could be that stupid!

For a while, both sides expressed their own opinions, and neither of them was convinced by the other, and they all thought that what they said was right.

When debating with each other, they can block the other party's retreat with just a few words.

As time went by, this topic became a stalemate.

It was not until General Wei raised his hands that everyone fell silent.

Following the silence at the scene, General Wei turned around and looked at Song Yuan. In the end, he actually threw this difficult problem onto Song Yuan!

"Your Majesty, since this topic involves you, I wonder what you think?"

Old man, you ask me?

It's obvious that they want me to take the blame!

Facing General Wei's seemingly sincere eyes, Song Yuan sneered in his heart.

It was obvious that the guy in front of him knew that the responsibility was heavy, so he threw the matter onto himself.

In this case, if Song Yuan is right, it would be fine. At that time, all the credit for resisting the barbarians will naturally go to him, General Wei!

But if Song Yuan was wrong, and His Majesty blamed him, General Wei could easily push Song Yuan out as a scapegoat.

No matter how you calculate it, this guy is sure to make money!

But even though he knew what the other person was thinking, Song Yuan had to respond to this topic.

However, Song Yuan naturally had his own ideas. Faced with such a difficult trouble in front of him, he frowned slightly and asked softly.

"General Wei, may I ask you a question before I answer?"

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I really don't understand. From the beginning to the end, all your speculations pointed to one thing: the barbarians would definitely choose to attack the city!"

"What conditions made you come up with such an idea?"

Is not this nonsensical?

Faced with Song Yuan's words, everyone present showed a hint of disappointment on their faces.

I thought this prince could give me some wise advice, but I didn't expect him to be a fool in the end.

What are the barbarians doing here if they are not attacking the city?

It's freezing and snowy here. Are we going to just wander around in the Qin territory and then turn back?

Even General Wei couldn't help but look at Song Yuan with a hint of anger.

Does this guy really not understand or is he just pretending?

Taking Song Yuan's identity into consideration, General Wei finally responded patiently: "Your Highness, didn't we discuss this issue when we met in Mohai City?"

"You might as well think about it again, maybe you can remember it!"

"That was not what I meant!"

Song Yuan shook his head and said, "I just think that everyone knows that the main force of the barbarians is cavalry. With such a force, they are not good at attacking cities."

"If we act rashly now, using their weakness as our strength, wouldn't that be equivalent to exposing our weakness?"

"Your Highness, your thoughts are correct under normal circumstances, but you must remember that this is the frontier, and it is still deep winter!"

General Wei smiled and responded, "The barbarians crossed the Peacock River and waited for you to enter enemy territory. To avoid our patrols, they will definitely maintain mobility!"

"This way, they can't carry a lot of food. When they can't meet their own needs, the only way for them to survive for a long time is to attack the city!"

General Wei's words caused everyone around him to nod their heads repeatedly.

In everyone's view, in addition to food, the biggest purpose of siege is to gain a foothold.

With the city as their support, they can attack or defend, this is the best strategy!

But when Song Yuan heard this, he just shook his head lightly.

"You just said that the barbarians' ideas cannot be judged by common sense. Then can I also say that everyone can imagine the barbarians attacking the city, and they may also do the opposite in this matter?"

"I actually think that perhaps the scene detected by General Wei was just a deception. They deliberately exposed it so that we can deploy troops in advance!"

"The barbarians are only trying to deplete our military strength this time. After all, military strength is the foundation of defending the city!"

"If we can significantly reduce the Qin army's strength, then implementing the project would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"

"So I think everyone needs to be more cautious. There's no need to rush this matter. It's better to wait and see. If the barbarians really make a move, it won't be too late to mobilize troops then!"

"Otherwise, once we are led away by the enemy and fall into their trap, it will be too late to turn back!"