Chapter 105 Xiao Pengtian's Intuition

The barbarians have no fixed residence all year round. They live by following the water and grass and lead a pastoral life.

Now they are asked to find a place to settle down, to establish a country, and to farm. How can they get used to it?

Therefore, the people of Daxia are crucial. Yelu Nanyan's idea is to ease the relationship between the people of Daxia and the barbarians, and then let the barbarians integrate into the farming culture of Daxia.

As a result, when the people of Daxia heard that the barbarians were coming, they all ran away. What's the use of the barbarians occupying the Beijun area?

Without the people of Daxia, can they let these people who graze all year round to farm?

How can they farm well? They have no experience at all. If they can't integrate into the farming culture, even if they occupy the land of Beijun, they will still go south to plunder in the future.

And the southward plunder will directly conflict with the core interests of Daxia. Those vassal kings and aristocratic families who originally cooperated with the barbarians will inevitably unite and send a large army to the north. By that time, it is hard to say whether the barbarians can defend Beijun.

The barbarians are good at cavalry and have high mobility. If they attack the city, they are fine, but they have no experience in defending the city.

This is very disadvantageous for them.

At this time, Xiao Hongbo was riding on a horse, standing on a high slope of the grassland, looking at the direction of Yancheng.

After a while, a cavalry in the distance was approaching their large army quickly.

It was Xiao Pengtian and his men who came back.

Xiao Hongbo quickly turned his head to look at the army led by Xiao Pengtian. Xiao Pengtian came to Xiao Hongbo at this time, his face was a little solemn.

"My king, there are no people in the cities we went to. Most of the people in Daxia have moved to the south."

"We captured several people in Daxia. According to their account, the King of the North issued an order a long time ago to let all the people move to the south. He will lead 30,000 soldiers from the North County to fight us to the death in Yancheng."

Hearing this, Xiao Hongbo was stunned.

Then he asked in disbelief: "The King of the North is going to fight us to the death in Yancheng?"

Although Xiao Hongbo had never seen the King of the North, he had heard about what kind of person the King of the North was from the caravan of Daxia. The King of the North was a useless prince who was unlearned and greedy for pleasure.

After the King of the North came to Beijun, he spent every day in the palace and never managed Beijun.

And the King of the North seemed to be only 17 years old this year. Although 17 years old is considered an adult in this era, most 17-year-old teenagers are still children in the eyes of others.

The King of the North was no exception in Xiao Hongbo's eyes. In his eyes, the King of the North was just a little brat.

He always thought that as long as the King of the North heard the news that he was going south, the yellow-mouthed child would be scared and run away.

Now Xiao Pengtian actually told him that the King of the North not only did not run away, but was waiting in Yancheng to fight him to the death.

This waste actually dared to fight him to the death?

For the barbarian cavalry, 30,000 soldiers are nothing, just a group of two-legged sheep with weapons.

Xiao Pengtian said at this time: "My king, the people we caught all said so. It is said that the court issued an order to the King of the North, asking the King of the North to defend the North County and not to escape."

The people certainly did not know that the court had issued an order to the King of the North to defend the North County. These were all guessed by the people themselves.

After all, the King of the North gave people the impression of being a useless prince. He suddenly said that he would fight to the death with the barbarians in the North County. This was impossible no matter how he thought about it, so the people thought that this was actually an order from the court, forcing the King of the North to defend Yancheng.

After hearing what Xiao Pengtian said, Xiao Hongbo laughed and said, "Hahahaha, that's right, how could that little brat dare to confront my cavalry?"

"Emperor Xia is planning to completely abandon this useless prince."

Xiao Hongbo accepted Xiao Pengtian's statement. He also felt that this was a death order from the Great Xia court to the Northern King not to retreat, so the Northern King had to bite the bullet and stay in Yancheng.

To occupy the entire Northern County in a short period of time, it is necessary to pass through the Wanning River Valley, and Yancheng is just below the Wanning River Valley, so they must capture Yancheng.

Perhaps in the eyes of Great Xia, Yancheng has a better geographical location, and letting the Northern King stay in Yancheng can keep the barbarians north of Yancheng.

In fact, this idea is not wrong. If it was in the past, the barbarians would most likely not attack Yancheng directly.

Because in the past, the barbarians mainly went south to rob food and women, and other cities north of Yancheng could meet the needs of the barbarians.

In addition, in the past, they were mainly cavalry and had no siege equipment. It would take several months to capture a city like Yancheng with tens of thousands of soldiers.

But this time is different. This time they want to take over the entire Beijun, and they have prepared siege equipment from the beginning.

It is not difficult to capture Yancheng.

Then Xiao Hongbo said loudly: "Send the order immediately and rush to Yancheng as quickly as possible. I want to capture the yellow-mouthed boy of the Northern King! Don't let him run away!"

After hearing Xiao Hongbo's words, the soldiers behind him immediately blew the horn.

At this time, Xiao Pengtian reminded: "My king, it is better to be careful. There are only 30,000 soldiers in Yancheng. How could the Northern King say that he would fight to the death with us?"

"In my opinion, we should send a vanguard to investigate the situation first, and then let the army go south."

Xiao Pengtian always felt something was wrong, and this matter was full of weirdness.

If the King of the North really wanted to resist the barbarians from going south, it would be impossible for him to withdraw all the defenses north of Yancheng.

Although the cities north of Yancheng were not as strong as the walls of Yancheng, it would still take time for the barbarians to take down those cities.

If the barbarians took the time to attack those cities, they would buy enough time for Yancheng.

In this way, some vassal kings in Daxia would have time to dispatch troops to the north to assist the King of the North in resisting the barbarians.

Although the court of Daxia did not dare to send troops at will at this time, the court of Daxia would certainly let those vassal kings send troops, but the vassal kings were more procrastinating in sending troops.

In theory, the longer Beijun dragged on, the greater the possibility that the King of the North would be able to defend Beijun.

Even if the King of the North did not understand anything, the soldiers around him should understand the importance of those cities in the north, right?

As a result, the King of the North withdrew all the soldiers and civilians from those cities.

This made Xiao Pengtian smell the smell of conspiracy.

Hearing what Xiao Pengtian said, Xiao Hongbo burst into laughter, and then said: "Xiao Pengtian, you are too cautious."

"Do you know why you were not chosen as the Heavenly Wolf King by the elders? It's because you are too indecisive and not decisive enough."

After the voice fell, Xiao Hongbo rode his horse directly towards Yancheng, leaving Xiao Pengtian alone.

Looking at Xiao Hongbo's back, Xiao Pengtian just sighed.

For some reason, he always felt uneasy in his heart, as if something bad was about to happen.