Of course, Ren Ji is not a fool, as soon as he heard this, he knew that Yingkai was going to make himself bad again.

The others went to ask the Kingdom of Yu to send troops to help the Qin people fight against Rong Di, who could this person be?

The Qin people will definitely not be able to do it, as long as the Qin people come forward, the crown prince Zhao will definitely make a hindrance and say bad things about the Qin people and even the Xiangguo Liu Tong. Since the Qin people can't come forward, who will this person be?

Needless to say, it must be yourself.

Hmph--, want me to come forward and ask the country to send troops, it's impossible, I have to think of a way.

After thinking of this, Ren Ji immediately said: "Although Qianyi is nominally a scattered country, it is mainly managed by the Qin people themselves, and I am also sent by Lord Xiangguo to follow. This fight against Rong Di is also a matter of military affairs, how can I express my position? Don't look at it, okay? ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Now there are quite a few people in Qianyi, at least more than 10,000 people, or we will select one out of every ten people to serve as a soldier. In this way, a team of 1,000 people was quickly formed. After this team was formed, it intensified its training, and in the autumn and winter it was enough to resist the invasion of Rongdi. I don't know what Sima thinks? ”

It's a hit, it's definitely a hit.

This is actually Yingkai's purpose, and he knows very well that it is impossible to ask for help from Yu Guo at this time. What he needs most at the moment is soldiers and horses, but if he raises soldiers and horses himself, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the scattered countries.

In order not to make the scattered country vigilant, but also to recruit soldiers and horses among the people, it is best to let Ren Ji say this.

Sure enough, Ren was in the middle of the plan.

After listening to Ren Ji's words, Yingkai pondered for a while and said: "It's good to be so good, but it's a big taboo to expand the army badly." The kings and the ministers of the court will not say that we have other intentions because of this! ”

"How can it? You have expanded your army and protected the safety of Longchuan, which is equivalent to protecting the safety of the scattered country, and it is too late for the monarch and the ministers of the court to be happy? How can they speak ill of you? Ren said confidently.

After listening to Ren's words, Ying Kai took the opportunity to say: "In this case, then the trouble will be to go to the city to explain our thoughts to Dr. Qianyi, so as to dispel Lord Liu's doubts about us." ”

When Ren Ji heard this, he said unhappily, "Isn't it just such a big thing, is it worth running back and forth?" ”

Ying Kai said with a smile: "Since we are now officials of the scattered country, we should be loyal to the king and repay more." I think Sangkook-sama also enjoyed hearing about Cheon-eup. Go, and when I come back, I will have a feast to entertain the adults. ”

Since Yingkai repeatedly asked to report the matter of Qianyi to Liu Tong, Ren Ji was helpless: "Since you are so concerned about this matter, then I have to go back to Sancheng." ”

"Go ahead, I'll wait for your good news." Ying Kai said with a smile.

Only a few days later, Ren Ji returned to Sancheng, which made Liu Tong a little surprised, "Why did you come back after only a few days?" ”

"Don't be surprised, I have something important to report to the master." Ren Ji said with a smile.

"Tell me about it." As soon as he heard that there was something important to report, Liu Tong immediately became interested.

Later, Ren Ji told Liu Tong about Yingkai's preparation to raise soldiers and horses.

Liu Tong listened and said: "I know this matter clearly, but I still have to remind you that once the strength of the Qin people is strong enough to ignore the scattered country, we will be very dangerous." ”

"The villain understands."

"I'll go to the king and report this to you."

Scattered King's Palace.

Expanding the army to protect itself?

After listening to Liu Tong's report, he was very surprised.

After listening to this, he was silent for a while and said: "It seems easy to expand the army, but it is really not easy to do, the royal family has control over the number of armies in each country. ”

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou royal family did have regulations on the armies of various countries, and the "Zhou Li" stipulated that "where the army is controlled, there are 2,500 people as the army, the sixth army of the king, the third army of the big country, the second army of the second country, the first army of the small country, and the generals are all ordained." There are 500 people in 2,000 as teachers, and all the teachers and commanders are middle doctors. Five hundred people are the brigade, and the brigade commanders are all doctors. Hundreds of people are pawns, and the captains are all sergeants. Twenty-five people were two, and both Sima were sergeants. Five people are in a team, and they all have strengths. ”

Therefore, if the Qin people want to expand their army in Qianyi, it is really a big problem, and it is not that if you want them to expand their army, they can expand it casually.

The words of the loose plate reminded Liu Tong at once. That is, ah! In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the armies of various countries had a fixed number, and it was not possible to expand as much as you wanted.

But since Liu Tong thought of this idea, he was easily unwilling to give up. Besides, there is nothing left to do other than this idea at the moment.

"Your Majesty, although the royal family stipulates the number of troops in each country, the Qin people are not a country, they are just a doctor under the royal family, and the number of their army expansion is not subject to the royal regulations." Liu Tong said.

There are policies and countermeasures, and there are principles in ancient and modern times.

The Qin people are not a country?

Liu Tong's words suddenly reminded the scattered plates, "You are right, the current Qin people are not a country, and of course they are not subject to the amount of troops stipulated by the royal family." After that, Sanpanzi said: "But let's talk about it in the front, this Qin people can't blindly expand the army, once the number is too large for us to control, it will eventually affect our scattered country." ”

Liu Tong smiled and said, "The king is worry-free, and the minister has also thought of this." The grain and grass of the Qin people are still in our hands, and the amount of grain and grass we give them is the amount of the Qin people's army expansion, and they will never be able to jump out of our control. ”

Since ancient times, marching and fighting wars have been carried out by soldiers and horses before moving grain and grass, and the quantity of grain and grass is actually the number of troops.

After listening to Liu Tong's words, Sanpanzi nodded slightly, "Well--, what you said makes sense, so how many troops should the Qin people be allowed to expand according to your opinion?" ”

Liu Tong stretched out five fingers, "Five hundred at most." ”

"Five hundred?"

"Yes, it's just five hundred, we're adding five hundred people to them, and we'll leave the rest alone."

After hearing this, Sanpan said: "Isn't five hundred soldiers and horses a little less, with 1,500 people to resist Fengrong's tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult for the Qin people to win." Once they are defeated, Feng Rong's army will come to the foot of Sancheng in the morning and night. At that time, it will be us who will suffer. ”

Although Liu Tong advocated uniting the Qin people to fight against Rong Di, of course, as the prime minister of the scattered country, he still had to think about his own country, and after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, the tens of thousands of troops who use 1,500 people to resist Feng Rong will definitely hit the stone with an egg and bring about their own destruction; But the king did not forget that the Qin people at this time still had tens of thousands of Longchuan people in their hands, and I thought that at the critical moment, the Qin people would definitely use these people. ”

After listening to Liu Tong's words, he scattered the plate and said: "The widow understands, you actually still want to use the Qin people's own strength to deal with Rong Di from the north. ”

Liu Tong smiled faintly: "The gentleman is wise, the current people of Longchuan are still the original manpower, when we mobilized them to go to the south bank of Weishui, they were restless and guarded themselves, since they are willing to return to Longchuan, then let them deal with Rong Di in the north by themselves, we also have no worries." What do you think? ”

For these people in Longchuan, Sanpan has always been a headache, and it was to settle these people in the territory of Sanguo that caused a lot of commotion, and now these are back in Longchuan again, so let them fend for themselves!

"Okay--, according to your wishes, increase the army establishment and grain and grass of 500 people to the Qin people." Loose plate finally said.

"Your Ministers obey." Liu Tongxin left satisfied.