The war broke out at the northern border, and the news naturally would not have been transmitted back to Kyoto so quickly.

Xiao Rui was a little busy last night, so he slept until he woke up naturally in the morning, and the two girls who woke up didn't dare to look at each other, so they could only hide in Xiao Rui's arms honestly, and their pretty faces were still red with shame.

Subsequently, the three of them went to serve tea, as well as ceremonies such as ancestor worship, and Xiao Rui had another busy day. And at night, the two women didn't want to mess around anymore, and they both had discomfort on their bodies, so Xiao Rui didn't mess around anymore and forgave them, in order to avoid igniting his own small universe when they slept together, Xiao Rui chose to rest alone.

Lu Pheasant sent the soaked sparrow tongue and praised: "Your Highness will really be sympathetic to the two princesses!" ”

Xiao Rui smiled: "This king knows that you are showing off my courage on the side!" ”

Lu Pheasant blinked, although she was very smart, but after all, she didn't understand Xiao Rui's speed of one hundred and two at that time.

After a while, Lu Pheasant snorted secretly, he really wanted to scold Xiao Rui for being shameless, but he didn't dare, so he could only hold back.

"Do you miss your sister, if you want to, I will leave the palace tomorrow and take the princess back to the door, and I can take you out for a walk." Xiao Rui asked.

Lu Pheasant smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Your Highness." ”

Xiao Rui looked at Lu Pheasant and found that she looked very beautiful when she smiled, so he asked, "You look so good when you smile, but why do you always like to keep a cold look?" ”

Lu Pheasant's smile suddenly retracted, and he bowed and said, "Your Highness, the slave and maid will retreat first." ”

Xiao Rui shook his head, he always felt that this woman was full of stories, but unfortunately he couldn't see through it.

The next day, Xiao Rui took Zhuge Liuying and Li Ruoxue back to the door, and according to customs and rules, he had to return to the palace before noon.

When Xiao Rui returned to the East Palace, he saw that the inner eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Hall had been waiting for a long time, he was surprised and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is urgently summoned. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, immediately changed his clothes and went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after entering, he saw that the hall was full of people.

The governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Shoshu of the Military Department and the left and right attendants, and the five cabinet scholars.

What's going on?

Xiao Rui stepped forward to salute, but saw Emperor Xia wave his hand and said, "No courtesy!" Check it out! ”

General Hai Dafu reported it to Xiao Rui, and after Xiao Rui opened it, he immediately showed a surprised expression.

I saw that the official document reads:

"My emperor is above: the humble Zhuge Yuan Xiong respects! On the third night of the first month of March, 40,000 Qi troops suddenly moved south to feint and attack China's territory. Its real behavior is to use the Yuan army to cover up the fact that the 30,000 thousand army iron cavalry invaded Great Xia! Fortunately, His Majesty had reminded the humble officer, and the humble official learned of the conspiracy of both sides, and deterred the Qi army with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two roads to inspect the east and west, and Zhou Xiao's general soldiers successfully intercepted the 30,000 yuan army iron cavalry going south on the official road one hundred and fifty miles east of the military town, and started a fierce battle in the early morning! Stop the Yuan army from driving straight in! Seeing that the deeds were revealed, the Yuan army took the initiative to retreat to Qi for fear of fraud. Yours sincerely. ”

Xiao Rui's surprised look had not yet dissipated, and then he suddenly understood that this was what his father had been worried about before!

Qi and Yuan fought so fiercely, the Yuan army burned and robbed, Qi should hate them, and even lent them the way to let them attack Xia State, what kind of psychology is this?

And Qi Guo is so bold to lend the way to the Yuan army, isn't he afraid that they will be like wolves into the flock?

Seeing is not necessarily believing!

At this time, Emperor Xia took out another military newspaper and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Look at this again!" ”

Xiao Rui took a look and immediately raised his eyebrows.

In the Canglan Pass, the 800,000 army of Zhao State actually took the initiative to attack, and it was a fierce attack! The Zhao army in the direction of Xiangzhou also attacked in an all-out way, and the secret agents in Zhao reported that Zhao had gathered 200,000 troops and was rushing towards Canglan Pass, and it seemed that they had decided to use overwhelming forces to defeat Chang Shenghou!

"Father, what a conspiracy between Zhao and Qi! It seems that after robbing the Qi State from the Yuan State, these two countries conspired to lay out this game of chess! Xiao Rui sighed.

Xia Huang smiled and nodded.

Zhao State now wants to deploy a million soldiers in Canglan Pass, completely dragging down the 700,000 army of Great Xia, and the soldiers and horses of Great Xia in Xiangzhou need to support Yan State, and they must not let Xifeng Pass be lost, so they cannot transfer troops and draw generals. Now, the Qi State has suddenly sent troops, coupled with the Yuan army that borrowed the way, this is a conspiracy to Yin Daxia!

I really treat Daxia as a cake, ready to eat it.

Fortunately, His Majesty had foresight, and the champion Hou was worthy of being the champion Hou, and in the face of the feint attack of the Qi army, he sensed the conspiracy of the other party, and immediately divided his troops into two ways to intercept the Yuan army that might go south. And as expected, they stopped each other!

Obviously, the direction of the Yuan army's attack was going straight to Yanjing, and although Yanjing had 20,000 soldiers and soldiers, it was impossible to assemble to form an effective combat force in a short time. And once the Yuan army breaks through Yanjing and defeats Yanjing, which is known as one of the "Three Capitals of Great Xia", then this shame will be great!

For today's plan, the Great Xia Kingdom can only gather the soldiers of the guards from all over the country to form a large army to go north against the Qi State and the Yuan State, I believe that the Qi Army and the Yuan Army that invaded the south this time are only the vanguard troops, and there are more armies behind!

At this time, in the Heart Cultivation Palace, all the high-ranking officials looked worried.

His Majesty had already predicted and guessed, and he expected it, so there was nothing unusual in his expression.

"I have to admit that I underestimated this newly succeeded Emperor Qi. He can endure hatred and cooperate with Yuanguo, and this ruthlessness and courage are really not to be underestimated. Xia Huang smiled.

The Yuan State plundered south for the sake of food, so as long as the Qi Emperor could swallow his anger and take the initiative to propose cooperation conditions, how could the Khan of the Yuan State disagree?

Emperor Qi first became a grandson, and sent envoys to lobby the Khan of the Yuan State: "Khan, the Great Xia in the south is richer and has more food, I am willing to give you food funding, let's stop the war, you send troops, I also send troops and give way, while the Xia army is greatly contained by the Zhao State and is unable to take care of the north, we will beat him hard and rob him, how?" In case of destroying the Xia Kingdom, our Qi Kingdom is willing to move three thousand miles south and cede the land to your Yuan Kingdom, okay? ”

Yuanguo Khan thought about it and nodded again and again: "Okay, good!" ”

There is no great hatred in the world, only the greatest interests, and those who kill their fathers and enemies can become sworn brothers. If you can really destroy Great Xia, the Qi State will move its capital south, occupy the rich land of Great Xia, and then give up most of the northern territory to the Yuan State!

And once the Yuan Kingdom gets the land, it can be self-sufficient, and it also prevents them from looting when they have nothing to do!

This is indeed a good calculation.

Xiao Rui also sighed: "Father, the son is too stupid, I never thought that Emperor Qi would play this hand. Father, what should I do now? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were on Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia smiled: "We seem to be enemies on both sides and are at a disadvantage, but is this really the case? The situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly, and the emperor and your Aiqing don't have to worry. Since the Qi State and the Yuan State are coming, then we will fight it. Huo Aiqing, the Ministry of War will issue an order, and the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army will cooperate to arrange for all the guards of the northern state capital to assemble, and form an army of 200,000 to go north to join the champion Hou! Let the armies of Qi and Yuan not want to step into Great Xia! ”

"Obey the order!" Huo Xingye and Ye Xiu immediately responded.

The Great Xia State adopted the guard system, except for the champion marquis, Changsheng marquis, Xiaoyong marquis and Zhenyuan marquis stationed at the border pass, and the military town of Tuntian and the soldiers, other military marquis and soldiers and horses were scattered in various places of the guard system, and the farmers were busy guarding in their spare time, and they only gathered a large army to go out in wartime.

Great Xia has been recuperating over the years, coupled with the adoption of the tuntian system, and the training of soldiers has been affected and restricted by many influences, which has caused the overall strength of Great Xia to fluctuate, and it has also caused great trouble to the spies of the enemy country, and they don't even know how many soldiers there are in the Xia country!

And like Zhao State, they are a conscription system, soldiers are soldiers, only responsible for drills and wars, it is a profession, and with Emperor Zhao's large number of troops, more than 1.5 million elite men and horses are flawless. Moreover, Emperor Zhao believed that Great Xia was affected by the Tuntian system, and if the crooked melons and cracked dates and the combat ability was not proficient, the superb troops that could be mobilized were at most 1.23 million.

So even if the territory of Great Xia exceeds that of Zhao and the population of Zhao surpasses that of Zhao, so what? The shortcomings of the system are fatal, so Emperor Zhao is not afraid of Great Xia, and has the courage to fight it.

But what about the truth?

How could the current Xia Emperor not know the disadvantages of the tuntian system.

According to the Tuntian system of the Great Xia Kingdom, the soldiers in various places are in charge of the guards, and the guards are under the responsibility of the command and envoys, and their responsibilities include training, governors, Caoyun, tuntian, governors, military prisons and even assisting in public security, etc., it seems that it is indeed very busy, and the cumbersome things make the soldiers unable to practice wholeheartedly, and the combat effectiveness is naturally weak, so the Great Xia claims to the outside world and the exploration and speculation of the enemy country that the superb troops available in Daxia are only 1.23 million.

But they didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were in the Great Xia Kingdom!

Not only did the enemy army not know, but even Huo Xingye, the military department of Great Xia, didn't know it!

Don't doubt it, it's true!

Although the Ministry of War is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, the current Xia Emperor has issued an order that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is responsible for the military registration of the soldiers in the world, and has not reported to the Ministry of War to summarize. Therefore, the Ministry of War does not know, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies only knows the soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction, and does not know the total number, so how many soldiers there are in the entire Great Xia, only His Majesty and the cabinet know now!

Xiao Rui didn't know, but Xiao Rui had someone like Jia Xu, and the three of them had guessed that the soldiers registered in the Great Xia Kingdom should be more than 2.5 million, and if you add the forbidden army in the Northwest Camp and Kyoto, it will be more than 3 million!

Three million troops, what a huge number!

Over the years, Emperor Xia has long known the disadvantages of the tuntian system, in order to let more soldiers dare to kill the enemy, and their own training to make up for the shortcomings of the lack of combat effectiveness, the imperial court has repeatedly promulgated policies that are beneficial to the soldiers, such as sending fields, repaying salaries and silver, improving military merits, etc., these policies are imperceptibly improving the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

It's just that Great Xia has been too calm over the years and has not fought any wars, which will make the enemy country think that although Xia has many soldiers, they are all soft-footed shrimp, and there are very few elite soldiers available.

With a total strength of more than three million, less than one million soldiers have only now been dispatched to conquer the Zhao State, so will His Majesty be worried about the attack of the Qi State and the Yuan State today?

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, after Emperor Xia's arrangement, several ministers retreated one after another and quickly went to arrange.

And Xiao Rui sat there, quietly distracted, and he thought about what Zhang Liang had said to him.

When the time comes, the situation in the world will naturally change.

Now that Zhao State has pressed eighty percent of its elite troops to the Canglan Pass, it has caused the hinterland of Zhao State to be empty, at such a time, should Qin State have a move?