In the last two days of July, the imperial court issued several notices one after another. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, the 50,000 Western Army that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, had set up two years ago to support the Wei clan in Longxi to the Second Army of the Northern Xinjiang Expedition, referred to as the Northern Second Army, which was continued to be commanded by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and rushed to the northern Xinjiang to participate in the war after the rectification.

Secondly, the Wei clan in Longxi prepared to build the Third Army of the Northern Xinjiang Expedition, referred to as the Northern Third Army, with an establishment of 50,000 people, with Lintao Jun Wei Ji as the commander and Jiang Wei as the deputy general, and rushed to the north to participate in the war after the rectification.

These two passages have really caused a lot of shock in the government and the opposition.

In the eyes of the common people, what they saw was that the imperial court attached great importance to the war in northern Xinjiang, and once again invested two 50,000-strong armies to contend with the Korean army.

After all, the target of the war in Northern Xinjiang was South Korea, which made Wei taste the defeat of Shangdang decades ago, so those young people in China hoped that this war with South Korea could wash away the shame of defeat that year, and they did not hesitate to join the army for this purpose.

However, in the eyes of some court officials and some celebrities in the wild, they saw something unusual in it.

But in general, these two announcements from the imperial court still had a positive effect, especially when the news spread, many people in Wei had great confidence in this war in northern Xinjiang.

Think about it, after all, at this time in the northern Xinjiang, a lot of troops have been gathered, the Northern Xinjiang Zhengyuan (First) Army led by Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, and Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, the Shanyang Army led by Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, the Southern Yan army led by Wei Mu, the general of Southern Yan, and the second generation of the Great Wei Wu Army (Wei Wushu) led by Shaohu, the head of the Zongwei of Zhao Yuantong, the king of Yu, totaling about 200,000 troops.

And now, with the Northern Second Army led by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and the Northern Third Army led by Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, the army deployed by Wei in northern Xinjiang, that is, Shangdang County and Hedong County, has reached 300,000 troops.

It is no wonder that the people of the whole country are excited, it is really that the actions of the imperial court this time are too big, and there is a great shame before the snow, and the majestic momentum of recovering the shame of defeat in the war from South Korea back then.

Of course, when the vast majority of the whole country is singing praises to the imperial court and Wei Tianzi, it is inevitable that there will be some dissatisfied voices: Where is King Su?

It is undeniable that the army lineup deployed by the imperial court in northern Xinjiang is already quite strong, but the "greedy" Wei people will not mind adding a famous commander with outstanding military exploits to this luxurious lineup, that is, Zhao Run, the king of Su who returned from the triumphant crusade against Chu this year.

…… Coupled with the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, this is applauded!

Many Wei people generally hold this view, after all, their desire is not only to repel the invading Korean army, let the latter taste the taste of defeat, and wash away the defeat of Wei Chu Shangdang, which is the long-cherished wish of the vast majority of Wei people.

Even, it's better to hit the king capital of South Korea!

Because of this, when the imperial court issued a notice, some young students and scholars spontaneously formed a team, set off from the Hanlin Bureau, bypassed the Su Wang's Mansion, and finally arrived at the square outside the palace observation deck, and petitioned Wei Tianzi, hoping that Zhao Run, the king of Su, and the Shang Shui Army and Yan Ling Army under his command would join the luxurious lineup in Northern Xinjiang.

Because of this incident, Zhao Hongrun has not been able to leave the house for the past two days, for fear of being blocked by those young and blind students and scholars.

He was really helpless.

Because in his opinion, those young and blind students and scholars did not understand the interests of the various forces in the DPRK and China at all, and they were simply fooling up.

At this time, he Zhao Hongrun went to Northern Xinjiang?

What are you kidding, isn't the situation in northern Xinjiang complicated enough?

The party of Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, the party of Yongwang Hongyu, the party of Yanwang Hongjiang, and the party of Qingwang Hongxin will be added soon.

What's more important is that the northern frontier is the battlefield of the wrestling between the East Palace and the King of Yong, the King of Yan and the general Wei Mu of the Southern Yan are a faction of their own, and now with the forces of the Wei clan in Longxi and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, how can they get a messy word? At this time, he Zhao Hongrun led his troops to Northern Xinjiang again, isn't this plain and disliked?

Don't expect the above-mentioned factions to cooperate sincerely, it is undeniable that they do want to defeat the South Korean army, but they also have contradictions and disputes with each other, and Zhao Hongrun does not want to get involved in the war in the north at this time.

Therefore, regardless of whether those young students and scholars petitioned or marched, Zhao Hongrun had no intention of intervening in northern Xinjiang, because in his opinion, the army in northern Xinjiang was saturated, and as long as the war was stable, not to mention defeating the South Korean army, at least there was no problem in repelling the South Korean army.

After all, it is nearly 300,000 troops, and how many troops did South Korea send? It's only 200,000, although at least 100,000 of these 200,000 troops are cavalry.

But no matter what, the current situation of the enemy and our forces in the northern Xinjiang is much better than the enemy and our forces in the original crusade against Chu by the four kingdoms of Qi, Qi, Wei and Yue. At that time, the combined army of the four countries, excluding the incorporation of troops, had a total strength of more than 400,000, while the state of Chu dispatched more than 1.5 million troops, a difference of four times.

And now in the northern Xinjiang, the strength of the Wei army exceeds that of the South Korean army, and there are Li Cheng, the president of the Three Guards, Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan Army, Yan Wang Hongjiang, Lintao Jun Wei Ji, the famous general Jiang Wei of Longxi, and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and other figures who are enough to control the situation, if such a luxurious lineup is defeated in the hands of the Korean army, it can really be said that the Great Wei is exhausted, even if Zhao Hongrun is added, most of them will be difficult to recover the situation.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun is still very confident in this national war between Wei and South Korea, especially after the three famous marshals Wei Ji, Jiang Confu, and Zhao Yuanzuo participated in the war.

In the next few days, Zhao Hongrun hid in the palace for a few days, closed all day long, accompanied the female dependents at home, and waited until the beginning of August, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, led the Northern Second Army from Daliang, and Lintao Jun Wei Ji led the Northern Third Army to set off from the Yanxian area, almost at the same time after rushing to the northern Xinjiang, the Wei people of Daliang, especially those blind young students and scholars, the enthusiasm in their hearts gradually faded.

In the final analysis, civil forces cannot affect the deployment of the imperial court after all.

But having said that, in this regard, the people also had some controversy about Zhao Hongrun, who asked Zhao Hongrun to transfer the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to the Daliang area, but did not participate in the war in Northern Xinjiang, which will inevitably make people suspicious.

Therefore, the imperial court came forward to explain: the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army went north to Daliang and were prepared to replace the equipment.

One sentence dispelled the suspicions of the people and concealed the real reason why Zhao Hongrun mobilized these two armies.

However, Zhao Hongrun thought about it afterwards and felt that the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army really needed to update their equipment.

You must know, don't look at the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army have won many battles one after another, but their weapons and equipment are miserable, some of them are the equipment that the Jun Shui Army eliminated a year ago, and more of them are the military equipment of the Chu State Army, if the six battalions of the garrison will replace their weapons and equipment again this year and next year, the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army will at least lag behind the six battalions of the garrison at least five years in terms of weapons and equipment.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun was also a little embarrassed: he was obviously in charge of the Smelting Bureau, a ministry with the highest technology in the Wei State, but the army under his command was so miserable that it was really unreasonable.

Therefore, he reported to the Vertical Arch Palace, and prepared to let the Smelting Bureau and the Military Casting Bureau make every effort to build the equipment of the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, after all, although the vast majority of these two armies were composed of Chu people, they also won the victory of the Four Kingdoms Invasion of Chu for the Wei State, not to mention that the Shang Shui Army also had one more Sanchuan Campaign, and there was no problem in terms of loyalty.

Moreover, if the equipment of these two armies is not changed now, and after some time, the imperial court will have to replace the equipment of the six battalions of the garrison again, and the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army will definitely have no chance at that time.

After all, in terms of security, the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army did not have the six battalions of the Junshui Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fencheng Army to be trusted by the imperial court. Well, it doesn't include Nangong Yao's Suiyang Army.

And this time, the instructions of the Vertical Arch Hall came faster, and only an hour after Zhao Hongrun handed over the invitation, his father Wei Tianzi sent someone to deliver the news, not only agreed to his son's request, but also asked the household department to cooperate.

Cooperate? With what?

It is nothing more than a credit debt, after all, it takes a huge amount of money to replace the new equipment of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, Zhao Hongrun can't come up with such a sum of money now, and the money he collected from the Chu State has long been invested in the construction of Shangshui County.

However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun the most was his father's promotion of the generals of the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, to put it simply, Wu Ji and Qu Cheng were finally promoted to generals, and since then they have been on an equal footing with the generals of the six battalions of the garrison.

Although the explanation made by the Vertical Arch Hall and the imperial court is to commend Wu Ji and Qu Cheng for their meritorious achievements in the campaign against the Chu State.

This is also true, after all, after Zhao Hongrun returned from the crusade against Chu last time, the imperial court has not yet issued a specific reward, so there is no problem for Wei Tianzi to promote Qu Cheng and Wu Ji to generals.

The problem is that the establishment of the Shang Shui Army was 30,000 at the beginning, and the establishment of the Yan Ling Army was 20,000, but today Wei Tianzi suddenly spread the number of the two armies to 50,000, which is a bit interesting.

After all, the Northern Second Army and the Northern Third Army under the command of the Wei clan of Longxi and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, had an army establishment of exactly 50,000 people.

Therefore, there is a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China.

However, in this regard, Zhao Hongrun is happy to see it, after all, he has collected more than 100,000 Chu troops in Chu State, which are all trained regular troops, but he is reluctant to let these soldiers unload their armor and return to the field, and now Wei Tianzi has expanded the establishment of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to 50,000 people, which is exactly what he wants.

And just when Zhao Hongrun was in full swing to rectify the Shang Naval Army and the Yanling Army, the Qin State to the west of the Wei State sent a team of envoys to the Great Liang of the Wei State. (To be continued.) )