Regarding the two requests made by the King of Guilin, Situ Zhaoshuang did not say anything. Just nodded calmly, and said lightly: "I'm tired and want to rest." As for the secret letter between you and the King of Shu, I will continue to help you track it down. However, those secret letter Shu kings may not stay in the other courtyard. With your shrewdness, you won't think that the King of Shu is really dead. ”

"If the King of Shu really escaped, then this batch of secret letters must be taken away. He wouldn't leave it behind, because the secret letters would still work for him at the moment. At least when necessary, it is enough to knock you off. However, as long as these secret letters are still in the capital, what I promised you will naturally be done. ”

After that, he left without looking back. And behind him, looking at Situ Zhaoshuang's beautiful back when he left, the face of the King of Guilin, who was calm just now, suddenly became gloomy like water, and his eyes were full of murderous intent: "She has known that King Ying before, and she dares to hide such a big thing from me, she is really tired." ”

It's just that although the anger in his heart rose, the king of Guilin didn't show it. When he turned his head to look at Shizi, his expression had turned flat, and he said in a rather flat tone: "That Liang King of Northern Liao, where has he gone now?" How many days are left to arrive in the capital? Xiao Sui actually sent such a person to negotiate with this king, and this king saw that she was perfunctory to this king. ”

Hearing his father's question, this son, who has always been afraid of his father like a tiger, hurriedly bowed down and said, "Back to my father, King Liang and his party have already passed Xiangzhou." It's just that the father, when the king of Liang set out from Northern Liao, only the concubines around him brought dozens of people, and as long as they entered the state capital along the way, they had to go to the Qinglou tile lane to pick up flowers and live in willows. Judging by this person's style, should you reconsider? ”

"What do you know? Although Xiao Sui is a woman, she is wise, talented, courageous and resolute, and her sexual strength is far better than that of ordinary men, far beyond the reach of others. Otherwise, how could he use the young emperor to come to the court, but sweep away the civil strife, and clean up the princes and nobles of Northern Liao who are like wolves and tigers, and they don't even dare to let go of a fart when the military power in their hands is taken away, and firmly grasp the power of Northern Liao? ”

"If you can do this, how can you look at it from the eyes of ordinary people? This woman is not simple, and she can even be said to be a good hand of power. For many years, the Northern Liao never gave up the attempt to release the Central Plains, but it did not succeed. Now that this king has given her such an opportunity, she will definitely not fail to grasp it with her personality. ”

"We have worked hard over the years, although our strength has developed rapidly in secret, but there are still some shortcomings, and we still lack the certainty of winning or losing in one fell swoop. If we can reach cooperation with Northern Liao this time and get Northern Liao's troops to respond, then the certainty will be much greater. It's a pity that the idiot of the King of Shu has been exposed now, so we have to prepare in advance. ”

"Otherwise, in giving us five years, it will be enough to create an elite army that can compete with the four major battalions. It's a pity that there is still one step left at the last moment. But we still have to try to get three years as much as possible, so that we can grasp it in a sufficient way. Remember to do anything, although you can't be 100% sure, but 67% still have to do it as much as possible. ”

Hearing his father's reprimand, the son of the world, who had grown up under his father's authority for many years, did not dare to refute, and hurriedly said respectfully: "My son knows that he is wrong. It's just that the father and the king, the son doesn't understand something very well, and he asks the father to make it clear. Now the rule of the court officials has been corrupted to the extreme, and the clan is even more wanton to prey on the people. The whole world is already struggling with the people, plus the displaced people are everywhere, and the people are complaining. ”

It can be said that the Huang family has lost the hearts of the people. Now the general trend of the world is like dry firewood, and the difference is just the spark that ignites this pile of dry firewood. With our Guilin County Palace, the people's hearts and hopes accumulated over the past hundred years, as long as the army is raised, it will definitely return to the hearts of the world. What's more, in this world's financial resources, our Guilin County Royal Mansion dares to say second, I'm afraid even his Huang family doesn't dare to say first. ”

"In terms of military strength, the 200,000 troops you have secretly gathered and trained over the years in the name of recruiting displaced people to reclaim the famine are enough to compete with the four major battalions of the imperial court. And the border army and the guards on the west road of Guangnan have all taken refuge with me. And under your painstaking management, although it is not as strong as the northern border army, it is not comparable to the inland road guards. Why do you have to form an alliance with Northern Liao? ”

"Northern Liao proposed to cede Shanxi and Hebei Second Roads this time, and asked for 2 million taels of money for sending troops. After the completion of the matter, they agreed to be in the country of the monarch and the minister, and paid 300,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk as a condition for sending troops every year, isn't this obviously extortion? The two million dollars are given, and we are not short of that money. Hebei Road is a flat river, once the first line of Yanshan Mansion is lost, it can't be guarded. ”

"But this Shanxi Road is a river and a mountain, and it has always been the gateway to the Central Plains. Henan Road, where Gyeonggi is located, is only separated by the Yellow River. Once Shanxi is lost, the entire Central Plains will be directly exposed to the troops of the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry. As long as the Northern Liao wants, he can cross the river and go south at any time. Northern Liao took Shanxi Road as one of the conditions for sending troops, what is it if it is not coercion? ”

Hearing the words of the prince, there was some opposition to his alliance with Northern Liao. In particular, he was very dissatisfied with the lion of Beiliao who opened his mouth and asked for the strategic Shanxi Road. The King of Guilin shook his head and said, "Childish, do you really think that we are hidden in the 100,000 mountains, and the 200,000 army can compete with the elite soldiers of the four battalions?" Can you set the world? That's what this king has taught you all these years? ”

"Are you really your father and me, and you are willing to form an alliance with the tiger and wolf nature of Northern Liao? With an alliance with it, how could this king not know that he was luring wolves into the house? This king will tell you today that there are only half of the 200,000 men available. That's right, over the years, your father and I, in the name of recruiting people to reclaim the famine and immigrate to the border, have taken the ancestors' training notes and trained 200,000 troops in the 100,000 mountains. ”

"But there are only 80,000 elite among them, and the rest of the troops guarding the city may be able to fight. But if you encounter an elite like the four battalions, it may not be possible to collapse at the first touch, but it is definitely not a usable soldier. In addition to the 80,000 elites, the rest are not even as good as the local guards on the northern roads. Not to mention that the imperial court is in Xijing, and there are 50,000 troops specially designed to deal with the situation in the northwest. ”

"When we recruit troops, we can't do it with the same fanfare as the imperial court, we can only recruit in the name of Mu Min's reclamation. Since ancient times, Quang Nam West Road has been regarded as a barbarian land full of miasma. Ordinary people would rather go out and be homeless than come. Even if there are barely 200,000 people at the moment, there are only more than 100,000 of them. ”

"The rest can only be used as soldiers in Tuntian, and cannot be used to siege cities and plunder land. As for the 5,000 border troops and more than 10,000 guards on the Guangnan West Road, although after many years of painstaking efforts by this king, most of the middle and lower-level military attaches are in our hands. But how much of it can be used by me, even the king does not know. Loyalty bought by money may not be so reliable. ”

"Besides, we only control the middle and lower military attachés. Relying on the location and climate of Guangnan West Road, foreign military attaches may not be able to adapt to it, and they cannot transfer military horses from other places to garrison it. Most of the middle and lower-ranking officers in the armies were selected from the local area, and the soldiers were even recruited as local natives. Otherwise, we may not be able to win over these things. ”

"Those real core defense envoys, capital commanders, and soldiers and horses, because the imperial court deliberately rotates too frequently, it is difficult for us to buy them. Although the imperial court said that it owed civil officials a salary, it never owed a debt to military attachés, and the treatment had always been generous. According to the practice of the imperial court, military attachés at all levels on Guangnan West Road were not allowed to bring their family members. ”

"Since we are not short of money, and we have family members in the hands of the imperial court as hostages, how can those high-ranking military attaches easily submit to us? At most, when my army goes on a northern expedition, I will just do a response. It is very difficult for these people to be bought into obedience, which makes it even more scarce for us to lead the military attachés who can lead the army on their own. This is the most fatal point for us compared to the lack of troops. ”

"When the ancestors formulated the military system of this dynasty, they ensured that they would not specialize in the army. As a result, the situation of separating feudal towns after the rebellion of the former Tang Dynasty and Anshi was able to avoid the recurrence of this dynasty. Now I didn't think that it would become an obstacle for future generations. Moreover, even the 80,000 troops used for the survey could not be dispatched. ”

"Guangnan West Road is our foundation, and it is connected with the mountains and rivers of Dali and Annan. Although Dali has always been very respectful to the imperial court, it has always been good for our Guilin County Palace. But that's all on the surface, once we really raise troops, if Dali turns its face at that time, we are helpless. If you don't leave some back, once Dali takes advantage of the opportunity of our army to attack. ”

"We are not only faced with the enemy on our backs, but also with all the embattled and all the sources of food and pay cut off, and the army is even in danger of not being captured. What's more, Dali has always been peeping at the three roads of Liangchuan and Qianzhong for a long time. At present, the Gao family of Dali has been Buxie for generations, and there are many talents, especially now that the family is a hero. ”

"If my army comes out, with the vision and ambition of the Gao family, it may not be able to see it, and it can be taken advantage of. Just by marrying your eleventh aunt and your fourth sister who are currently the marquis of Yue, you may not really be able to convince Gao to be neutral. If it weren't for the Gao family, this king would not rather be resented by your fourth sister for a lifetime, and he would also allow her to be a concubine to the head of his family, and make up the matter of an aunt and nephew working together. ”

"Just because of your fourth sister, her appearance is somewhat similar to the princess Yunxiao who has been remembered by her current head of the family, and although she has repeatedly put pressure on the Dali royal family, she has always been rejected for marriage. A man in his thirties dared to peep at the king's in-law and county lord. He was not satisfied with becoming the brother-in-law of this king, and even used this king to ask for something for him, and forcibly asked for his daughter as a concubine. ”

But every time the king bought horses from their high families, they were either shoddy or could not buy enough horses at a high price. He really didn't know that he was under pressure from the imperial court to sell more than 100 horses to the Guilin County Mansion every year. became the son-in-law of this king, and he still turned to the court in his heart. Such a person, do you think that once the opportunity is available, he will stay honestly? ”

"And Annan behind us, although under the conquest of the previous kings, the national strength has been greatly weakened. Under the efforts of this king, the country also fell into civil strife. But their ambition to peek into Quang Nam West Road may not decline with the decline of national strength. On weekdays, although it is said that serving the royal palace of Guilin County is very obedient, if there is really something, the people of Annam will inevitably raise troops and rebel. ”

"Once we come out of the nest, the Annan people who have always claimed that there is kapok open are the land of Annam, and it would be strange if they didn't take advantage of it. There are also Zhuyi on Guangnan West Road, and their hearts will be different if they are not of our race. Over the years, we have relied on superior forces to suppress them. If we come out of the nest, these people will also rebel when they see an opportunity. ”

"Even on the day of the uprising, we will have to leave at least 20,000 troops and horses behind in the fundamental place of Quang Nam West Road. Excluding these 20,000 troops and horses, how many people do you think we have left? Even if the guards of the Jiangnan Zhulu Army are rotten at the moment, our army can be like a bamboo. But with such a small number of people, it would be good to be able to hit the Yangtze River. ”