After having a drink with Emperor Chen Xu, Xiao Yao glanced at the crown prince Chen Shubao, who had been sitting on the side and had not made a sound, but found that this Chen Shubao was looking at him with a playful face, which made Xiao Yao feel very uncomfortable, as if he was being calculated by Chen Shubao!

"Although the court of the Zhou State has undergone drastic changes, our Da Chen's policy towards the Zhou State remains unchanged, unite the Zhou State and jointly deal with the Qi State, I believe that even if Yuwenyong is in power, it will not change! However, as Shiro said, Yuwen Yong is now busy stabilizing the situation of the Zhou Dynasty, and will temporarily suspend the troops of the Qi State, so with the strength of our Chen State alone, it will be difficult for the Qi State to continue to launch the Northern Expedition! Chen Xu said with a hint of concern.

"Your Majesty, since the State of Zhou is preparing to suspend the armies of the State of Qi, then we should also suspend the Northern Expedition and let the army recuperate, because Huainan has just been recovered, and the officials we sent to various places in Huainan have just arrived, and it is precisely the time to familiarize themselves with the local customs and stabilize the people's hearts! And the most important thing is that in just half a year, our 100,000 Northern Expedition army has actually lost more than 30,000 people in the confrontation with the Qi army! Although the Qi State lost Huainan, but the main force of their army is still there, the Megatron Baibao Xianbei is still stationed in the Hebei Plain, and this time they won a big victory in the battle with the Zhou army, and the morale is high, but we were in the battle of Linying County, suffered a heavy defeat, General Xiao Yao's forward brigade and his father-in-law General Xiao Moke's cavalry battalion, the loss of these two troops is more than half, but they are the main force of our Northern Expeditionary Army, if there are no these two troops, it will be difficult for us to win the battle with the Qi army, So now we should take the opportunity to make a truce, let the army get rest, and wait for our army to regain its strength, and then continue the Northern Expedition! Cai Jingli, the head of the household, spoke.

Because Cai Jingli, who is the Minister of Finance of Chen State, is a master and faction, as the so-called cannon sounds, after the Northern Expedition of Chen State began, when he saw that the silver of the treasury was continuously spent, all departments of Chen State had to serve the army, and all kinds of resources were concentrated in the army, which led to other departments of Chen Guo's court have been tightening their belts to live, and more and more people are looking for Cai Jingli to complain and complain, which makes him very troubled by the head of the household, so now it is rare for Chen Xu to show the meaning of armistice. Of course, he tried his best to persuade Chen Xu to suspend the Northern Expedition!

"Cai Shangshu, you are growing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige! You must know that the Qi State is no longer the powerful Qi State that can be one enemy and two enemies, the Gao clan of the Qi State is mediocre, which greatly reduces the national strength of the Qi State, and last year it was attacked by our Da Chen and Zhou State, although they did not defeat them, but they also suffered serious losses, and the domestic soldiers and horses at this time are the most empty time! Moreover, last year, their famous general Duan Shao also died of illness, and the morale of the Qi army was greatly reduced, which was the best time for us to attack! Your Majesty, now our army of Chen has taken Huainan in one go, although the soldiers have suffered losses immediately, but our army of Dachen is dominated by naval troops, and the Huaibei region is also a land of lakes, which is suitable for our warships to fight, even if the Qi army's Baibao Xianbei is still there, but what is the role between the rivers and lakes! And General Xiao has also returned to Chen safely, which has also encouraged the morale of our army, as the so-called one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, at this time we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, take advantage of the Qi State has just fought a big war with the Zhou State, it is the time when we are unable to mobilize troops and horses to deal with our army's northern expedition, take Huaibei! Zhang Yi, the secretary of the military department, retorted.

As the main battle faction, of course, he didn't want Chen Xu to suspend the Northern Expedition, after all, since the start of the war, many materials had to be planned by his military department before being distributed to various troops on the front line, which made the military department make a lot of oil and water in the middle! The simplest, in order to let the military department place more orders for paper armor in his general paper workshop, Zu Yuan gave Zhang Yi a VIP card of a general casino, which is completely free to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and can be packed and taken away! So now, of course, he doesn't want the Northern Expedition to be suspended, and if the war is stopped, it means that there is no oil and water to fish!

Sure enough, a group of people in the imperial study immediately quarreled, except for Chen Xu, who looked hesitant, only Xiao Yao and Chen Shubao were the quietest in the entire room, as if two unrelated people were watching the play.

Xiao Yao was silent because it was not his turn to speak out here, and his qualifications and official positions were the lowest, and as Cai Jingli took the opportunity to sarcastically say to him just now, he had just been defeated, and the troops in his hands were already in ruins, and he was taken to the West Route Army by Huang Wenyuan to recuperate, and now Xiao Yao is the commander of the singles! In fact, of course, in his heart, he wanted to continue the Northern Expedition, and then find Gao Changgong for revenge, but he also knew that now his forward brigade could no longer go to the battlefield, and there were no firearms, if he was asked to take a group of infantry with big swords and spears to fight, Xiao Yao's command ability was not as good as that of any veteran, so he didn't have any opinion on whether to continue the Northern Expedition!

And Chen Shubao also changed his normal behavior, and did not participate in the debate about this battle related to Chen Guo in the next few years, but kept silent, and then looked at Xiao Yao playfully, as if he was waiting to see Xiao Yao's joke.

"Don't make any noise!" Chen Xu slapped the table case vigorously and said impatiently!

"Don't think I don't know, while you advocate a truce, you advocate the continuation of the Northern Expedition, saying that you are all for the world and the people, but in fact, you are all for the benefits in your own hands!" Chen Xu glared fiercely at the group of red-faced ministers who were arguing, then looked at Xiao Yao again, and asked with a smile: "Shilang, you fought the Qi army in the Northern Expedition before, and you have the most say here, and Wu Mingche also told me before that in the battle against the Qi army, there are many strategies that you put forward, why don't you make your suggestions now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, how can the generals of the defeated army speak bravely, Shiro has been defeated by Gao Changgong, and even now he doesn't even know whether the soldiers under his command are alive or dead, so how can he speak in vain and interfere with His Majesty's decision-making? And Shiro's troops will only use firearms to fight, and the reason why they were able to beat the Qi army to the ground at that time was mainly because we used all kinds of artillery, but now the artillery of the forward brigade is gone, so Shiro can't continue to fight for Da Chen! Xiao Yao shook his head and said with a wry smile, the purpose of what he said was to shout bitterness to Chen Xu and ask him to pay money to support him to rebuild the forward brigade!

"Shiro doesn't have to mind so much, I have already said that the defeat of Linying County is not yours, so you don't need to blame yourself! Alas, I know that your forward brigade has been hit hard, and even those powerful artillery pieces have been lost, Wu Mingche has suggested to me many times, asking for full support for you to rebuild the forward brigade, and I have been thinking about it, because if as you said, casting these artillery requires a lot of manpower, material and financial support, if I take all the money to cast these weapons, then the other troops will not be able to maintain, after all, in the Northern Expedition, we still need to have enough troops to defeat Qi and recover the Central Plains! Chen Xu said helplessly. China

In fact, in his heart, of course, he wanted to continue the Northern Expedition, then defeat the Qi State in one fell swoop, recover the Central Plains, and finally defeat the Zhou State, unify the world, and compete with the Qin Emperor! But he didn't want to use all the money to support Xiao Yao to rebuild the Forward Brigade, because now if he decided to support Xiao Yao to rebuild his Forward Brigade, just mobilizing materials, preparing gunpowder and casting artillery, it would cost a lot of money!

And although the power of artillery is huge, the battle of Linying County also made Chen Xu see the shortcomings of these firearms, so as an ancient person, he has never seen overheated weapons fighting, and he is unwilling to put all the bets on Xiao Yao alone!

Chen Xu actually refused to support Xiao Yao to rebuild the forward brigade, which made Xiao Yao feel very surprised, because Xiao Yao's plan was to let Chen Xu mobilize all kinds of resources of Chen Guo, and then recast all kinds of more powerful artillery, and then establish a more powerful thermal weapon force, and then he could go north to find Gao Changgong for revenge, and as long as he re-formed a larger army, it would be easy to destroy Qi State, defeat Zhou State, and sweep the world when the time came!

"What Your Majesty said is that the casting of those firearms of the last general does waste a lot of financial and material resources, and the steel required to cast an artillery cannon alone is enough to build hundreds of sharp steel knives, so the last general also supports Your Majesty to spend the money on more useful places!" Xiao Yao said the opposite with a sincere face!

"Shiro can understand my painstaking efforts, and I am very pleased! Forget it, everyone don't quarrel, whether to continue the Northern Expedition is a major national matter, and we must think about it clearly, so we will discuss it another day! Chen Xu also nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, it is really our great Chen's luck that Shiro was able to escape from danger today and return to Chen from Qi Country safely! Erchen suggested that a grand celebration banquet should be held for Shiro to make everyone happy and boost the morale of all of us! Chen Shubao, who had not spoken, actually spoke up, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to hold a celebration banquet for Xiao Yao, which made Xiao Yao feel very surprised, after all, they were mortal enemies!

"Oh, the prince wants to hold a celebration banquet for Shiro?" Chen Xu also felt very surprised, of course he knew that Xiao Yao was Chen Shuling's subordinate, and he was a thorn in the prince's side!

"Exactly! Yu Gong, Shiro has made great achievements for our Da Chen before, although His Majesty has also promoted Shiro to General Weilie, but at that time Shiro was still on the front line, and did not come back to Jinling to confer the title, I am afraid that many ministers in the court have only heard of Shiro's name and have not seen Shiro's true face! Now, when Shiro returns safe and sound, of course we want him to show his face in front of the ministers, so that everyone can know our fierce general! Chen Shubao said with a warm smile.

"Yu private, hehe, now Shiro can be regarded as Erchen's brother-in-law, and we are also a family, for the sake of the crown princess, of course I have to comfort my brother-in-law!" Chen Shubao suddenly changed to a sinister smile, looked at Xiao Yao and said with a smile.

What the? The Crown Princess? Brother-in-law? Family? Xiao Yao's heart chuckled, and he looked at Chen Shubao in horror, the whole person was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and suddenly felt that his scalp was numb, his hands and feet were cold, and a cold cold arose spontaneously, quickly spreading all over his body!

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, when the crown prince was the crown princess, Shiro still didn't hear from him, presumably Shiro doesn't know your sister now, Xiao Moke's concubine Xiao Wuhua has become the prince's new concubine! Haha, Shiro, now your stepfather Xiao Moke is my in-laws, and you are also a relative of the emperor! Chen Xu said with a laugh.

"Dance, dance she... How did she be... Xiao Yao was completely stunned, countless pictures about Xiao Wuhua flashed in his mind, and then looking at Chen Shubao's smug smile, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a sullen breath rush up to his throat, and then involuntarily spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes turned black, and the whole person fainted to the ground!