Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and nothing has happened.

On Jia Xu's side, he collected all kinds of crimes and razed the family clans that Zhao Ming didn't like one by one. It is a principle, those who do not unconditionally lay down their arms are the enemy, and they are all killed, and there can only be one armed force in Longxi.

In two months, Jia Xu bulldozed all the nails in the outer four counties, and after returning to hand over the errand, Zhao Ming gave his position as a thief Cao, and ordered Bao Zheng to be the thief Cao and the commander of Longxi County.

And Jia Xu, who only has the name of a master book, is now in full swing to establish an intelligence system.

In the past two months, Concubine Ma has been very attentive, and has recruited hundreds of martial arts masters, although most of them are at the level of 50 or 60 in force, but it is enough to scatter around to find out the intelligence.

Among these people, there is only one husband and wife who are really good, the woman's name is Wang Ruoxia, a good sister when her mother walked the rivers and lakes, and she has to call her an aunt, and the man's name is Zhang Bing, who is extremely bold and rude, but he is very afraid of the inside, and he is notoriously afraid of his wife. Both of them are making knives, walking in the Xiliang area all the year round, known as "Liangzhou Shuangyan", heard the call of their mother, and rushed to Longxi as soon as possible.

When Zhao Ming looked at their data, he was overjoyed.

Wang Ruoxia: Domination 43, Martial Arts 89, Intelligence 52, Politics 27, Charisma 74, Loyalty 100.

Zhang Bing: Domination 34, Martial Arts 91, Intelligence 24, Politics 28, Charisma 31, Loyalty 100.

The two are not only strong in martial arts, but also extremely loyal, and they are worthy of being good sisters of their mother. Isn't it a waste for such a person to let go out and run the information? Since they are good sisters of my mother, let them protect the palace, there are only two masters in the palace, my mother and Zhanzhao, which are indeed a little thin. And Zhao Ming can see that her mother is also very lonely on weekdays, there is no one to accompany her to practice martial arts and relieve boredom, there is a good sister, and her loyalty is high, and it is not bad to put it in the palace.

The framework of the intelligence system has been set up for the time being, and Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao, and Ma Han, the four people who can be completely relieved, have been released to the supervisor side respectively. Zhang Long was in charge of Liangdu, Zhao Hu was in charge of Shuzhong, Wang Dynasty was in charge of Xiliang, and Ma Han was in charge of Jingzhou.

There are still not enough reliable manpower, and there are no candidates for supervisors in Bingzhou, Hebei, Henan, and Jiangdong, only some good people have been put in the past, and no one is in charge, and there will definitely be mistakes and confusion.

But only temporarily.

After finishing the affairs of the intelligence system, Zhao Ming continued to do his daily reading and martial arts, but he heard someone report it. Called to ask, it was news from Shesaihua Adabu.

Sounds like a tricky message.

The various tribes of the Western Qiang were already in contact with each other, preparing to form an alliance to go south, and the envoy of the alliance had informed the Ada tribe that for a small tribe like them, if they did not listen, they would perish.

Sure enough, Dad just returned to heaven, and these guys couldn't bear it anymore, and they were restless from then on.

Zhao Ming didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly summoned everyone to discuss the matter.

Fan Zeng, Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Lin Xiangru, Bao Zheng, Ma Yan, Zhang Rong, Yang Ye, Yue Fei, Mu Yu and others participated in the deliberations.

After the information was circulated to everyone one by one, Fan Zeng spoke first: "In this way, this time the Qiang people go south, and the soldiers and horses are probably not less than 100,000. Relying only on my soldiers in Longxi, it is difficult to resist. ”

Zhao Ming asked: "If you use the secret chess move of She Duwei, what are your chances of winning?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The minister believes that this is not the time to use the dark chess. ”

"Tell me more about it."

"The minister thinks that if the dark chess is activated at this time, even if he wins, what will happen to the Ada Department in the future? We must no longer be able to raise troops in the grassland, we can only return to the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses under our jurisdiction can only unload their armor and return to the field. ”

Yes, the upper limit of 30,000 soldiers and horses is tied to the hands and feet of the Wuwang Mansion, at least for the time being, you can't openly disobey the imperial court's orders, and before the wind and clouds are moved, the Wuwang Mansion is still the Wuwang Mansion of the imperial court.

Zhao Ming said: "In this way, I in Longxi can only ask for help from the Western Army and the imperial court." ”

The imperial court had four major armies, southeast, northwest and northwest.

In the Western Army, the largest official position was the general of the Western Army, leading the Western Army of 100,000.

followed by General Zhenxi, who led the Zhenxi army of 50,000.

Then there was General Anxi, who led the Anxi army of 30,000.

Finally, there was General Pingxi, who led the Pingxi army of 20,000.

A total of 200,000 soldiers and horses, the four major legions are all such a system.

The Western Army was originally stationed in the area of Xiping and Wuwei, but after the Mutiny of the Second Prince, the station of the Western Army was changed to the area of Jingzhao, nominally to defend Gyeonggi.

If the fast horse asks for help from the Western Army, and the Western Army sends troops in time, it can reach Longxi within 20 days.

Lin Xiangru also came out and reported: "Qianghu entered the Kou in a big way, this is the first battle of the king to revitalize the Wuwang Mansion, this battle can only be won and not defeated, and there is no room for a trace of risk, the king should immediately ask for help from the imperial court, borrow the soldiers of the Western Army, and raise the name of the king, and must not hesitate to take risks." ”

Zhao Ming nodded and said, "What the princes said is reasonable, the lonely king has been taught, but it's a pity that those spoils of war are a pity." ”

Thinking of the trophies of war horses, prisoners, and population, Zhao Ming felt a little painful, if the Western Army came to help, I am afraid that most of them would fall into the hands of the Western Army.

When everyone heard this, the king of our family was worried about this. Looking at Zhao Ming's scrooge's painful look, Jia Xu smiled and said: "What Prime Minister Lin said, borrowing the soldiers of the Western Army to promote the name of the king, but not talented, you can add another sentence to the icing on the cake, borrowing the soldiers of the Western Army, raising the name of the king, and seeking the wealth of Longxi." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the north and said, "Didn't the king forget, Ada She Saihua?" After this battle, as long as the planning and cooperation are appropriate, the Ada Department will be able to grow rapidly, isn't this my Longxi wealth? ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

After this battle, it was a great fortune to cooperate with the Ada tribe to quickly annex other tribes, compared to the gains of the Western Army.

After the meeting, Bing Cao Fu instructed Link Zhao to go to the Western Army for help.

From Longxi to Jingzhao, less than 2,000 miles, Frustration and Zhanzhao arrived in five days.

The Western Army Camp is located near Chang'an City, and when he arrived at the gate of the camp, he handed over the post of worship to the Wuwang Mansion and said to the person who reported it: "Emergency military situation, please report it quickly." ”

After a short time, someone came to bring Fu Zhu and Zhan Zhao into the camp.

After waiting for a while, he was passed into the Western Army Tent.

Entering the big tent, I saw more than a dozen people sitting in the tent, presumably the generals of the Western Army, and one person sitting on the main seat, that is, Dou Kuo, the general of the expedition to the west.

Fu Zhu arched his hand and said: "Longxi soldier Cao Fu Zhu, I have seen the generals. ”

Dou Kuo raised his hand and said, "The frustrated soldier Cao Susu said to the general." ”

This Dou Kuo is a standard soldier, and he immediately said: "I got the exact news a few days ago from the Longxi Wu Palace, the Xiqiang tribes have been allied, intending to invade the south, I am afraid that the preliminary integration has been completed in the past few days, and within a month, it will definitely go south." ”

Dou Kuo Zhengse said: "The Hu people have not gathered people to invade the south for more than ten years, I don't know how King Wu knows?" ”

Frustrated: "After the king of my family succeeded to the throne, he did not dare to be careless, knowing that the land of Longxi is the western gateway of the imperial court, and the first king returned to heaven, the Hu people have already recovered their vitality for more than ten years, and they must not be able to resist the heart of the southern invasion of Kou, therefore, after the king returned to Longxi, there were many people who bought Hu Shang and the like, and closely monitored the whereabouts of the Xiqiang tribes. ”

Dou Kuo asked again: "Do you know how many Qiang Hu will come this time?" ”

Frustrated: "As little as 100,000, as much as 200,000, Hu Qi no less than 50,000." ”

Everyone was shocked, so many?

This figure does not dare to guarantee a complete victory even if the Western Army pours out.

Dou Kuo also frowned, and said: "Frustrated soldiers Cao and go down first, this matter cannot be judged lightly, and I will reply after discussing with the generals." ”

He arched his hand and said, "Please discuss as soon as possible and give your resignation." ”

In the evening, Dou Kuo, the general of Zhengxi, had already made a decision, and Fu Zhu came to the tent again, Dou Kuo didn't talk much, and said directly: "Fu Bing Cao, the general has already decided, this battle will be led by Zhenxi General Wang Da Hammer and Pingxi General Chang Sun Sheng to lead the headquarters to support Longxi, and it will be controlled by King Wu for the time being. ”

Fu Zhu immediately said: "General Dou, this time Qianghu is powerful, only 50,000 horses from the Zhenxi Army and 20,000 horses from the Pingxi Army are supported, is it too big?" ”

Dou Kuo said: "Ben will make this decision for two reasons. First, Qianghu invaded the south, I am afraid that not only Longxi was affected by the enemy, Wuwei, Guangwei, Anding and other places also had to defend against Qianghu from the north, so it was impossible for the Western Army to help Longxi, which must be understood by Lord Wuwang; Second, if the 200,000 troops of the Western Army go all out to aid Longxi, then Qianghu will leave without a fight, but attack Jincheng and Xipingdi, what will happen to us? On the grassland, the Hu people's troops moved very fast, and our western army could not be restrained by Qianghu, so the general only sent 70,000 horses and horses from the second army of Zhenxi and Pingxi to Longxi, just not to scare away the Qianghu army, and only hoped that Lord Wuwang could fight a decisive battle with the main force of Qianghu in the land of Longxi. ”

He smiled bitterly: "I only have 30,000 soldiers and horses in Longxi, plus the rebellion of Zhao Hong, the main general of Longxi some time ago, my Longxi army is greatly injured, even if I add the two armies of Zhenxi and Pingxi, how to fight with the main force of Qianghu?" ”

Dou Kuo said: "King Wu believed what a hero he was back then, the son of King Xin must be extraordinary, and the world is rumored to be a tiger father and a dog son, but this general does not believe it." Ben will believe that Lord Wu Wang Ming will definitely be able to annihilate Qianghu in the land of Longxi. ”

Frustrated with doubts in his heart: Does this Dou Kuo really believe that the king can have this ability? Or do you want to harm the king by excuse?

I'm afraid that only Dou Kuo himself knows this answer, of course, if Zhao Ming is here, he can also borrow the system to see if Dou Kuo is hostile to him, but unfortunately Zhao Ming is not here.

Frustrated, no matter what Dou Kuo said, 70,000 horses is too little. After the two had a quarrel, Dou Kuo had to agree, and then transferred 30,000 soldiers from the four counties of Tianshui, Fufeng, Wudu, and Yinping, and gathered 100,000 reinforcements to support Longxi.

After that, Dou Kuo never let go of his mouth, frustrated and helpless, 100,000 is 100,000, but this Dou Kuo did not delay time, or simply did not send reinforcements. 100,000 soldiers and horses plus 30,000 horses in Longxi, with proper planning, may not have no chance of winning.

The military situation was urgent, and on the second day, the two armies of Zhenxi and Pingxi rose out of camp and went to Longxi with the frustration, and the documents for the dispatch of the soldiers of the four counties were also sent to the counties as soon as possible.