Three days later, the imperial capital.

The news of the battle of Falling Star City finally reached the imperial court, and under the will of the current saint, the chief administrator of Ouchi read out the recital.

"Qi Song Sheng, three days ago, the Falling Star Border City was raided by millions of Black Armor Army, after a hard battle, the battle situation was already stable, I did not expect the Black Armor Army to be mad, and took advantage of the night to carry fire oil and fire nitrate and other items on the body, using the corpses of fellow friends as fuel, and burned the Falling Star Border City, and finally the Falling Star Border City was forced, and the Falling Star Border City Commander Chen Wuming led 100,000 Falling Star City guards out of the city to meet the enemy, and won the time for the Falling Star City to re-arm。。。。。 ”

"In the end, a total of 220,000 of our Falling Star City Guards were killed, 300,000 of the Falling Star Guards were killed, and several senior generals such as Xing Wuye and Chen Wuming died on the battlefield. The enemy suffered millions of casualties, dozens of high-ranking generals, and the criminal minister Xing was willing to apologize with death, but this time, although His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhang Zhenren, and Li Tianxing, the young city lord of Sifang City, helped to repel the enemy, the enemy's main force was not severely damaged at that time, and it will definitely come back after it is repaired.

As soon as the news was read out, the court suddenly exploded, and many ministers did not believe that such a large-scale war would suddenly break out.

This battle turned the Falling Star Border City into ruins, and more than 500,000 troops were killed in battle, whether it was money, men and horses, it was a huge loss, and it led to the overall strength of Falling Star City falling by half.

Falling Star City has the top elite army of the entire Great Shang, known as the sharpest spear of the Great Shang, and now half of the sharpest spear has been destroyed in three days, and even almost wiped out the entire army, not to mention the ministers, even the current saint is a little unbelievable that such a terrible thing will happen at the first time he receives the news.

When some ordinary officials heard the news, their first reaction was to feel incredulous or panicked.

The first thing that came to the mind of the household department was more than 500,000 military pensions, supplementary soldiers, weapons, armor and other large sums of money, which was not a small amount for the entire big business.

The Ministry of War thought that the strength of Falling Star City would drop a lot, and was considering whether there were serious loopholes in the deployment of Falling Star City.

Responsibilities aside, Falling Star City is one of the eight major cities of Dashang, and the follow-up soldiers must be replenished quickly, where should these soldiers be transferred to replenish, and it is also a big problem to train and run in after determining the candidates.

Although the two Shangshu of the household department and the military department understood the seriousness of the matter, neither of them dared to speak out about the current situation.

After ascending to the supreme throne today, the Holy One asked the chief administrator of Ouchi beside him to read out the news in public, and that time was the case of Lin Jing'an's corruption and bribery, which was the second time.

Hubu Shangshu is an old minister, he is sleek and knows how to judge the situation, and he understands that the one on the supreme position has been angry this time, and I am afraid that there will be no good results for standing up at this time.

The secretary of the military department is just a new appointment recently, and just taking over the affairs of the entire military department has already made him a little busy, and he will definitely not stand up and speak at this time.

As for the other four Shangshu, this matter has little direct relationship with them, and it is impossible for them to stand up and speak at this time.

Above the court, except for these six Shangshu, almost all the other officials were discussing this matter in whispers.

After Prime Minister Zhang Chenglin heard the news, after a little contemplation, he walked out of the rank and bent down and arched his hand: "Qiqi Shengshang, according to the report of General Luoxing, Weichen feels that it is not suitable to be held accountable at the moment, Luoxing City is one of the two major gateways of my big business Yangzhou, if the enemy comes back to attack Luoxing City, the consequences will be unimaginable, for the innocent people of Luoxing City and Yangzhou, the most important thing at present is to send troops to help Luoxing City at the same time, as soon as possible to replenish troops for Luoxing City to restore combat strength." ”

The one on the supreme position kept silent, as if he hadn't heard Zhang Chenglin speak.

Seeing this, Shangshu of the Criminal Department walked out of the rank and said: "Qiqi Sheng, Wei Chen thinks that although what the Prime Minister said is reasonable, but the losses in the first battle of Falling Star City are so great, there may be another hidden reason in this, if you don't find out the reason, you will blindly send troops to help Falling Star City, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be damaged again next time." ”

Therefore, Wechen thinks that for the time being, General Luoxing will be suspended for investigation, and it is not too late for the imperial court to send people and horses to Luoxing City to find out what happened before making a decision, otherwise it will be quite a loss to blindly send troops to help, the so-called three armies have not moved, the grain and grass will go first, and it will cost a lot to transfer and dispatch, I believe that Lord Shangshulin of the household department will also agree with Weichen's opinion. ”

After hearing the words of the Criminal Department Shangshu, Zhang Chenglin frowned slightly, feeling that what the Criminal Department Shangshu said was not reasonable, the battle in Falling Star City was really a bit strange, and the loss was too great, and it was difficult to feel at ease if he didn't personally send someone to find out what happened, even the one in the supreme position.

But General Luoxing's report was stamped with the big seal of the prince of the East Palace and the Taoist master, proving that what he said was true, and the thing happened too suddenly, which made Zhang Chenglin seem to be in a predicament for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

Many ministers were whispering to the people around them discussing whether they should find out the matter first or send troops to help Falling Star City first.

Zhang Lie, the secretary of the military department, was full of anxiety, his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists, staring nervously at his father Zhang Chenglin, hoping that his father would insist on sending troops to help Luoxing City, but seeing that he stopped speaking for a long time.

At this moment, Hubu Shangshu walked out of the rank and said: "Qiqi Sheng, although my big business has been in good weather in recent years, but it has been reducing taxes and reducing taxes and the treasury is not rich, and now that there has been such a serious loss in Luoxing City, it is necessary to allocate a large amount of money and food to compensate the families of the fallen soldiers, plus the need to replenish the soldiers and buy supplies The money and food needed are even more, if you suffer a major loss again, it will damage the foundation of the country, here, Weichen thinks that Lu Shangshu is reasonable. ”

Seeing this, Zhang Lie, the secretary of the military department, let go of his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves, and walked out of the position with a resolute face, knelt on the ground and said: "Qiqi Sheng, Wei Chen thinks that he should immediately dispatch elite troops from the major cities near Falling Star City to help Falling Star City, regardless of the loss of money and food, otherwise once Falling Star City is lost, the enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack the major cities in Yangzhou in my country, and then I am afraid that the war will sweep half of Yangzhou or even the whole of Yangzhou, and I am afraid that the loss will no longer be this money and food at that time."

"Hmph, Lord Zhang, you are a little alarmist, my Dashang still has millions of troops guarding in Falling Star City, how can the enemy break through at any time?"

"Lord Zhang has just been transferred from Youzhou in the north to the court, and I am afraid that he does not know much about the difficulties of the household department, and he is still looking at the household department from the eyes of the border generals who have been stationed abroad all the year round, regardless of the loss of money and grain, and quickly sent troops to aid Luoxing City? Do you know how much money and food you need to spend according to what you mean? Do you know how many people can be fed with this little money and grain in your mouth? Do you know how many victims can be saved in the famine years with this little money and food in your mouth?"