Section 16 Actions of the Imperial Court

Nanjin City, in the Imperial Palace, Pingzhang Palace, Emperor Qitai sat firmly in a high position, and the usual three-day dynasty was changed to a one-day dynasty every other day, looking at the palace ministers standing under His Royal Highness, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, how long do you think this Guangbin City can resist as a front-line position?" “

Lu Boyuan didn't come out directly to express his opinion as usual, but Jiang Yong, the secretary of the second-grade official department, took the lead, saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Guangbin City would not have fallen into the hands of Chu State if it had not been two months, not to mention this Cheng Feng's brilliant achievements that year, not to mention that the fledgling of this Yuwen little general is enough to surprise the country, the two of them joining forces will definitely make the Chu State suffer some hardships, but after all, war is a very expensive thing, and most of the grain fields in Guangbin City are outside the city, Therefore, we must hurry up and send heavy troops to the battlefield, and escort the grain and grass to the southern battlefield by the way. “

Emperor Qi Tai nodded, "Okay, Jiang Aiqing said so, I know in my heart, so let's do it!" Yuwen Aiqing! “

Yuwen Xuanliang came out of the queue and waited for Emperor Qitai's order.

Emperor Qi Tai said: "Zhongshu Province directly drafted the holy decree, sealed Yuwen Xuanliang as the general of Pingnan, stationed in Guangbin City, and asked Cheng Feng to cooperate with Yuwen Aiqing to defend my Great Qi territory!" “

Yuwen Xuanliang kowtowed and thanked him, and then retreated to the courtiers.

Emperor Qi Tai continued: "Li Fuliang and Long Yinyan listened to the order, and ordered the two of you to be the generals of the West and North Roads, and each brought 50,000 horses and horses from the Xiaohu Army and the Huyu Battalion in Nanjin City to garrison in the northwest. “

Li Long and the two were ordered to retreat.

Emperor Qi Tai gave the order again: "Yang Ping, the secretary of the military department, Tong Yuanji and Zhao Guangsu, the three of you will stay after the court meeting, and the three generals Wang Liangcheng, Ying Yang, and Chen Mutong will move to the military department together with the three generals just now, some things still need to be further discussed by us, by the way, Lu Aiqing, you should also follow!" “

After retiring from the dynasty, a group of people moved to the inner hall of the military department to discuss the use of troops against the Chu State this time.

After Yang Ping nodded to Emperor Qi Tai, he first said, "Your Majesty, the total number of soldiers and horses in Daqi this year is 800,000, and the reserve force is as much as 500,000. ”

Emperor Qi Tai nodded, "I have already read the financial statements submitted by Wang Li, the head of the household department, and this year is also a good harvest, plus this year's income tax in the treasury is only fourteen million taels of silver, plus the silver saved over the years is only more than 18 million, so it can only divide and conquer, first resist the attack of Southern Chu in Guangbin City, and guard against it on both sides in the northwest, even if the northwest sides attack at the same time, it can only be defended, because the state of Chu has no moral advantage, and Wu Yue in the land south of the Yangtze River, is also under the orders of the Chu State, those two countries are very fat! ”

Lu Boyuan immediately understood what Emperor Qi Tai meant, "Your Majesty means to hold Guangbin City first, and make a mistake in its edge, and another general will attack Wu Yue first, occupy favorable terrain, and cut off the second pillar of Chu's economy, after all, these two countries have to give Chu a lot of silver taels every year, so this candidate, Your Majesty has a candidate in your heart?" ”

Emperor Qi Tai smiled slightly, and took out the second battle report from his sleeve: "Hand it to the three great generals and Lu Boyuan."

After reading the battle report, the four of them had their own candidates in their hearts.

Then, in the inner hall of the military headquarters, a group of people pointed at the map.