No one wants to take the initiative to ask for help, so they will be forcibly dispatched.

But at this time, Sima Zhen once again felt that there were really no generals under his command who could fight, and he had not fought for decades, and the army was lax and sloppy, and it had become a major place of corruption. There are also many children of wealthy people who are in the army, in order to retire in the future, and then seek to be local officials by virtue of their status as having joined the army.

Can such an army still fight, and can it compete with the Liang army that fought in the south and the north?

Sima Zhen was even worried that his regular army would not be able to defeat even the recruits of the Liang Dynasty, because what he lacked now was generals, not soldiers.

Just when Sima Zhen was about to forcibly apportion the apportionment, he suddenly received a table from Jingnan, saying that after Jingnan Jiedu observed and stayed, Yue Ting was willing to lead troops to the Northern Expedition.

Yue Ting can be regarded as one of the few famous generals in the Southern Jin Dynasty, and he once recruited the Southern Kingdom.

That damn country, the most restless thing he brewed, every few decades if he didn't clean him up, he was ready to move, Sima Zhen was too lazy to fight a big battle with him, so he set up the local protectorate, split the local forces, and if he found any signs, let the general of the metropolitan protectorate quickly exterminate and strangle in the cradle.

And Yue Ting, who has been stationed in the south for more than 20 years, has not fought a major battle in the past 20 years, but has not broken a small battle, and he can be regarded as a general with combat experience.

Later, when his term of office expired, he was transferred to Jingnan by the eighth prince, Sima Wuci, and looked across the river from the Flying Tiger Army of the Liang Dynasty.

When Yue Ting entered Beijing, he didn't drag his feet and came directly to the emperor.

"Xuan——, Jingnan Jiedu will observe and make Yue Ting meet after staying——"

"Minister, Yue Ting knocks to see Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

"I can't live to be ninety years old, how old am I? Yue Ting, let me ask you, let you lead the troops across the river, do you have any certainty of victory? Sima Zhen said with a low emotion.

"If the minister is not victorious, come and see you!" Yue Ting was emotional.

"After crossing the river, how will you fight against the Liang army, let's hear it." The first auxiliary minister of the Southern Jin Dynasty cabinet, Yan Songling Road.

Yue Ting did not look at Yan Songling, but said to the emperor: "According to the observation of the ministers, the main force of the Liang army, the Flying Tiger Army, has withdrawn from Jingzhou, and now Jingbei is empty, which is an excellent time to cross the river, and this is also an excellent time for my Great Jin Dynasty to subdue Jiangbei and eliminate the Liang Dynasty." I will gather all the millions of troops to Jingzhou, and after crossing the river, I will drive straight to Luoyang! "Chasing the text

"Presumptuous!" Xin Wuxian, the deputy auxiliary minister of the cabinet, said: "You have taken all the soldiers away, have you considered the safety of His Majesty the Emperor?" To the north of Jinling City is the Liang Dynasty Tiger Army, 110,000 horses and horses are waiting for the Dan, if Jinling has no soldiers, wouldn't Jinling be handed over? If you cross the river, others will also cross the river, what should you do? ”

Yue Ting said: "Could it be that in the face of such a big war, we won't increase our troops?" The population of the Liang Dynasty is only 20 million, but they can gather 1 million people, while my Great Jin Dynasty has a population of more than 50 million, can't it gather 2 million? Even if you can't, 1.5 million can always do, right? ”

"General Yue, you are too optimistic." Sima Zhen waved his hand and said, "Do you think there are millions of people in the Southern Jin Dynasty now?" Now 800,000 would be nice. I'm telling you, there will never be more than 500,000 that can be taken away from you now. In addition, do you say increase the number of troops, and when you say increase the number of troops, you will increase the number of troops? Do you know what needs to be done before you can increase your troops? First of all, we must build up public opinion and raise the emotions of the people, and then the people will join the army, and after joining the army, we will pay a large amount of military salaries. It's okay to talk about money, but whether the people of the Southern Jin Dynasty are willing to join the army or not is a big problem. The people of the Southern Jin Dynasty have lived and worked in peace and contentment for decades, extravagance prevails, all of them are dressed in strange clothes, men don't dress like men, women don't look like women, among such people, there can be a few heroes, it really worries me. ”

Yue Ting said: "It's all a stinky problem, let's just imitate the Liang Dynasty and forcibly recruit soldiers, and those who don't come to join the army will be killed!" ”

"Nonsense." The first minister, Yan Songling, said: "If a country does not have a law, what will it become? Governing the country according to law is not just empty talk! ”

"Oh, when is this all this, you're still talking about this here!" Yue Ting was a little anxious: "The top priority, fighting is the king's way!" If we don't hurry up to attack Daliang at this time, and wait for Zhao Ce to take Liu Xun, how can we resist the Liang Dynasty, I am even worried that Zhao Ce will make a detour from Sichuan and Shu non-stop, and directly come to fight the western part of the Jin Dynasty. ”

"Why did General Yue talk some nonsense? Don't we think about what you're talking about? Xin Wuxi said indignantly: "Give you 500,000, do you dare to fight?" Can you win? Do you dare to make a military order! ”

Yue Ting thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, listen to the minister's words, our soldiers can't be kept. Chen led 500,000 troops to cross the river from Jingzhou, and the 300,000 troops in Jinling City did not want to defend, but to take the initiative to attack. Our Jin Dynasty's sailors have been trained for decades, and countless military salaries are consumed every year, is it an ornament? If you don't use it at this time, how long will you wait? When the minister crossed the Jingzhou line, the Jinling side attacked the Liang Dynasty Huben army, and the two armies responded to each other, which would make the pressure on the minister to attack much less. ”

Yan Songling scolded angrily: "Yue Ting, can you do it? How the hell did you become a general? Cheng Tian knows that it is whimsical, if the 300,000 troops of Jinling participate in the war and win, they can go straight to Luoyang, what do you want to do in Jingzhou? If the battle is lost and the enemy army counterattacks, what will happen to Jinling City? Don't you think about these questions? You put the emperor in danger, what are your intentions? ”

Yue Ting was displeased in his heart, and asked rhetorically: "Yan Xiangke has heard of attacking as defense?" ”

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Sima Zhen had a headache for a while, rubbed his head and said: "Just do what Yue Ting said, let him lead 500,000 troops to cross the river from Jingzhou, go straight into the hinterland of Jingbei, deter Luoyang, and at the same time plan to respond to the 300,000 troops of Jinling and make a feint to cross the river." In addition, hurry up and recruit troops, and in a short period of time, at least 500,000 new soldiers will be called out, as well as those retired veterans, all of them will be found and come to Jinling to defend Kyoto! Go, go! ”

Sima Zhen made the final decision and asked Yue Pu again, "Give you 500,000 yuan, are you really sure to take Luoyang?" ”

"As long as the 300,000 troops in Jinling City fight firmly enough, the Tiger Ben Army that supported Cao Sheng will not return to Luoyang, and the minister will be sure to destroy the 100,000 Flying Tiger Army." Yue Ting Road.

"What's that called?" Sima Zhen said: "As far as I know, at this time, the Liang Dynasty was guarding Kyoto, but there were 400,000 troops. ”

"300,000 recruits, that is, to support the façade, the guard is still insufficient in combat power, and only the Flying Tiger Army can resist our army."

"Okay, since General Yue dares to fight, I'll let you go! Go, I wish you a victorious return, and when the time comes, I will make you the Great Pillar Kingdom! ”