Chapter 2060 No Matter How Tragic It Is

Zhao Yuanjing also tried his best to raise a large amount of food and grass for them to take with them.

But Jiuli was really difficult to deal with. The many previous defeats had caused the subjects of Zhou Dynasty to lose some confidence. This made them feel that after losing King Qin, the God of War, Zhou would never be able to win any more battles.

It would be a terrible thing if this decadent mood spread and eventually spread to the army.

In war, the most important thing is military morale.

If the army's morale is in chaos, there will be no need to fight this battle.

By the time the reinforcements arrived in Saibei, it was already early autumn weather.

The birthdays of the emperors, princesses and princes were mostly concentrated in July and August, so they didn't think much about the war.

Everyone is anxiously looking forward to good news from the front.

But that's all for others. The second prince's first birthday gift still needs to be simple.

The day after the second prince's first birthday ceremony, the battle report finally came from the front.

But it's not good news.

When the reinforcements entered the northern part of the Great Wall, they were ambushed by the Jiuli army.

More than half damaged.

The leader Luo Jizu's head was missing, and his staff general Zhou was seriously injured and his life was in danger. King Yi, the supervisor of the army, disappeared without a trace. No one was seen when he was alive, and no body was found after he died.

The result is too tragic.

The news spread and the whole country was shocked.

For a time, an atmosphere of depression, sadness and decadence pervaded the entire Zhou Kingdom.

The people had no intention of working and producing, and were in panic all day long, frantically grabbing rice, flour, grains and oils, causing the price of rice and oil to soar.

In some places, there were even trampling accidents caused by grabbing rice.

The casualties were serious.

Officials from various prefectures and counties wrote poems one after another crying about the chaos in various places and asking the court to find some solution.

On Zhao Yuanjing's table, the number of discounts piled up every day is higher than the number of people.

In the five years since he took the throne, he has worked hard and worked hard to achieve a great situation, but it was almost destroyed in one day.

Tang Yuan Yuan was kneeling on the ground, her palms were sweaty.

Zhao Yuanjing stood in front of the table with a tall folding book in his hand.

He looked at Tang Yuan Yuan and said in a deep voice: "Why didn't your intelligence network detect this ambush in time, so that Luo Jizu's army was almost wiped out?"

"The humble minister is guilty, and I beg the emperor to punish me!"

Tangyuanyuan also wanted to cry a little bit.

His intelligence network has worked very hard.

But he really didn't detect the movements of the Jiuli team at all, and had no idea where they were ambushing them.

Zhao Yuanjing said in a deep voice: "I have seen the map. The terrain in that place is complex and there is not only one road. I know Luo Jizu's marching habits and will never leak them in advance. So, how did the Jiuli people know their route? , and then ambush in advance?”

Tangyuan Yuan's head was covered with sweat: "I deserve to die, I really... don't know the reason."

"Go and check." Zhao Yuanjing's eyes were filled with anger, "I must know the reason!"

Successive defeats not only resulted in the loss of soldiers, but also the wastage of military money and food, which also had a great impact on the subjects.

Don't forget that if Jiuli is not defeated by then, your own country will be in chaos first.

Zhao Yuanjing worked until late at night before returning to Chengqian Hall, looking tired.

After I came back, I still had a lot of discounts sent by officials from various places to read.

He sat down at the table, lowered his head and rubbed his brows.

After Yun Dai coaxed the second prince to sleep, she asked Bao Xing to carry the lantern while she came over with refreshments.

When she walked in, she saw Zhao Yuanjing sitting alone under the lamp, with his eyes closed and his brows furrowed.

Under the dim candlelight, his figure looked a little lonely.