After talking about the brisk topic, it is naturally the turn of the heavy topic, like the main course after the appetizer, which is the focus of the whole court discussion.

Humont's army has been assembled at the border!

This is an urgent document handed over to Xiema Town on the Northwest Front, and then forwarded through Caiguan, according to time, even if the highest level of transmission speed during the war is used, it will take four days and three nights from Xiema Town to Yanjing City, so when Jin Ran holds this document in his hand, he doesn't know what the situation is in Xiema Town.

"I received it early this morning, from Xiema Town in the northwest!" Jin Ran shook the document in his hand, and the vermilion word "urgent" on it struck the hearts of all the people present, because that was the meaning of the highest combat readiness.

The official documents of the Yan Kingdom are divided according to the color of the handwriting to divide the priorities of things, and the general documents are written in ordinary ink, so they are black, and this kind of documents will be uniformly transferred through various post stations, and then transported to the capital in a unified manner, and presented uniformly.

At a higher level, the word "urgent" will be written on the cover of the document, and this kind of document will be delivered by the postman specially configured by the post station, but it will not be too urgent, and the postman will still rest and replenish on the way.

As for the most advanced ones, the word "urgent" is changed to red cinnabar, and when the post station receives this kind of paperwork, the postman in the post station will ride the best horse, and the people will not get off the horse, and they will run to the next post station day and night.

Because of such high intensity, people and horses will be unbearable, so the next post station will have another postman riding another horse, carrying the paperwork to repeat the previous postman's affairs, and so on, until the documents are delivered to the imperial case of His Majesty the Emperor Yanjing.

However, because the current government is still handled by An Pingjun, all these documents were sent to him.

Jin Ran respectfully handed the document in his hand to Yan Changfeng, who was in charge of the country, Yan Changfeng, who took the paperwork, opened it and took a look, there were not many words on it, just one glance to see it completely, Yan Changfeng slowly closed the paperwork, and said softly: "Or please ask An Pingjun to listen to everyone." ”

"Obey" Jin Ran responded indifferently, and then glanced at the hundred officials above the main hall, and said in a deep voice: "On the fourth day of the ninth month of the twenty-first year of Jinhui, Hu Meng's 30,000 troops gathered on the border of Yanmeng, and secretly attacked the two sentry posts set up by Dayan on the border, and its intention is self-evident. ”

Although the officials had been mentally prepared, when this moment really came, they couldn't help but gasp.

As soon as Jin Ran's words fell, one person stood up, "The princess of the eunuch country, Yu Anpingjun, the ambition of the Humeng people and the wolf son has been clearly revealed, when Hu Meng surrounded me and killed more than 200 soldiers at the border gate, His Majesty thought of the common people, and did not want to start a war, so that Kelie had an opportunity to take advantage of, who would have thought that this person did not want to repay the favor, but gathered the army again, coveted my great rivers and mountains, such an act, and the venomous snake that will take revenge!"

Therefore, Weichen proposed that we should no longer blindly retreat, but should immediately gather a large army and counterattack Humeng, so that the Humeng people know that my Dayan is still the Dayan of the year, or the Dayan who can drive them to the other side of the Broken Sky Trench. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it was echoed by most of the courtiers, and over the years, Hu Meng's step by step and Yan Guo's concession made them all hold their breath in their hearts, especially the old ministers left over from the period of Emperor Hui, at that time, Hu Meng's people did not dare to touch the tiger whiskers of Dayan like this, that is, Emperor Dayan sneezed, and the surrounding countries had to tremble and send envoys to Yanjing to worship and ask for peace.

Compared with tonight, this gap is not small!

Jin Ran sighed in his heart, knowing that this battle could not be avoided no matter what, but the key was to defend passively, or take the initiative to attack, or defend and counterattack.

These are not things that can be decided by holding a breath, nor are they things that can be decided with a slap on the table, they are related to the future national fortune of Dayan, and also about the future of tens of thousands of people in Dayan.

A war involves too many things, too many things to worry about, and too many things to prepare, and these things are inseparable from one point, that is, "money!" ”

Dayan's treasury has accumulated a little surplus in the years of recuperation, and it is no problem to start a small war, even if it lasts for a year or two, it is not impossible to make careful calculations.

But the premise is that the investment of troops does not exceed 100,000 in a small war, within 200,000 can barely support a year, if more than 200,000 troops are invested, then the whole country will be in overload, there may not be any problems in a short period of time, but I am afraid that it will take a long time, and all kinds of problems and contradictions will break out after a long time, and then it will be really a mess.

"Whether it is offensive or defensive, it has been decided before, Lord Liu will not mention it again, what we want to talk about now is how to defend, and do the biggest thing at the lowest cost."

There was silence in the hall, and the official, known as Lord Liu, only sighed, and then slowly retreated.

"The princess of the eunuch country, the princess of Anping, Weichen thinks that if Hu Meng goes south at this time, it is just to plunder Dingzhou, and the number will not be too much, we only need to order the counties of Dingzhou to do a good job of clearing the wilderness and restrain the people from going out."

It is the Hubu Shangshu who speaks, and he actually has more say in the war than the military Shangshu, because the Hubu is the steward of the Dayan Imperial Court, and every penny invested by the imperial court in the war is reached out to him to ask for it, and he deeply understands that the consumption of money and food in the war is like the water of the Zimu River flowing into the Wufu Sea, and the uproar is gone.

"You can also order the troops to be assembled over there, just in case." The Ministry of War also stood up to speak at this time, and although the finances were tight, the war was not a child's play, and it was not necessary to dispatch what should be dispatched, and it was not sloppy at all, and it was obvious that the Ministry of Household also understood this, so it did not speak out against it.

Jin Ran nodded and concluded: "What you mean is that Dingzhou will be fortified and cleared, and the people will be restrained, and only scouts will be sent between the counties and towns to communicate with each other, and they will hold on, and the food pass will be used as a backup and be on call at any time." ”

"Exactly"

Although Yan Changfeng hadn't taken her turn to express his position at this time, he couldn't help but ask out loud: "How are the people outside the city settled?" ”

At this time, another person came out and said: "The princess of the eunuch state, where the walls are clear, the people outside the city will take refuge in the city under the edict of the government, and in order to settle these people, all counties and counties have provided them with temporary residences. ”

Hearing this, Yan Changfeng put down this time in her heart, before she thought that the so-called strong wall Qingye was to keep the city and abandon the countryside, which was definitely not what she wanted to see.

But what the people above the court did not say was that although the government did have an edict, the result was not as good as Yan Changfeng imagined, and it was impossible for every person outside the city to live in the city to avoid danger, after all, anywhere, the number of people outside the city must be much more than the people in the city, how could there be so many people in the city.

Therefore, the strong walls are clear, and they can live in the county, except for the related households of the rich and noble families in the city, that is, the landlords from all over the city, although they have no relationship in the city, but they have a generous hand, and under the upper and lower points, it doesn't matter if they can also pull out the relationship hard, and finally when these people are settled, if there are vacant seats, they are the ordinary people who run fast.

Therefore, every time the wall is cleared in wartime, it is not so much to protect the people as to preserve property, and human life is not the first priority.

When Yan Changfeng asked this question, many people sighed in their hearts, and then chose to be silent, not knowing if it was for the lives of those who were about to die under Hu Meng's iron horse, or for Dayan's powerlessness at this time.

"In this matter, the household department has drawn up a specific detail, and the sooner the better." Jin Ran glanced at Yan Changfeng, who was in the first position, meaning to ask the other party if there was anything else to say, while the latter shook his head.

"Let's Disperse"

……

A horse galloped from outside the town of Shema, and when it reached a position about a hundred feet away from the city gate, the knight on the horse quickly pulled out a red flag from his belt behind him, and waved it back and forth three times in the air, which was waving the flag to the people on the city tower.

The heavy gate slowly opened a crack that looked like a tiny gap from a distance, but the knight who had returned from his horse did not stop urging his horse forward until it disappeared into the gap.

The sound of messy footsteps sounded behind him, it was the sound of the returning knight running quickly onto the city wall, Yan Wuji turned around and looked, except for the slightly pale face, the returning waiter did not have any scars, and his heart was suddenly relieved.

"Lao Jia, I'm not hurt." As soon as he came up, he didn't ask about the military situation, but asked if he was injured or not, which made the surrounding soldiers and Jia Yu who came to report warm in their hearts.

Jia Yu shook his head and did not answer, but opened his mouth to say a more urgent military situation: "Hu Meng's army has crossed the border last night, and his subordinates are following all the way, because they are all cavalry, so the speed is very fast, and his subordinates estimate that they can be seen on the city wall before sunset." ”

"It's coming!" This was the first thought of the people present when they heard the news, although they did not say anything, but their faces sank, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

"Liu Zhilan" Yan Wuji called out the name of his deputy.

"The last general" Liu Zhilan, who had been following Yan Wuji's side, replied.

"Take Lao Jia to see the battalion commander to convey the situation to him, but there is an arrangement, come back immediately to report."

"Order."

Seeing Liu Zhilan and Jia Yu get down the city tower and run towards the mansion of the battalion commander Qiu Xin, Yan Wuji once again set his eyes on the outside of the city, he didn't think to look at the shadow of the Humeng people, but there were still several teams of scouts outside who had not yet returned.

When Liu Zhilan and Jia Yu came to Qiu Xin's mansion, Qiu Xin had just returned from patrolling the defense areas of the battalions, and since that day when he learned that Hu Meng had gathered troops at the border again, Qiu Xin played a twelve-point spirit every day, arranging defenses, patrolling, boosting morale, communicating with the customs, etc., and after sleeping every night, his mind was still full of what he had done that day, thinking about where there were still places that he had not paid attention to, and where he had not done well enough, etc.

Although it was already past noon, Qiu Xin hadn't had time to eat, so he simply used some food to cope with his hungry stomach, and then went to the map again to study.