Chen Guochuan, looking northwest.

Since the day when Jingkang and Dongxia joined forces to destroy Chen, the passage to the northwest was suddenly opened in front of the Jingkang court. The entire Chen State was operated by Tuoba Weiwei and his son, and annexed the Qingtang Dynasty, the Liang State, and even the Gaofeng Province of Cotton, and the rapid stabilization of the entire Chen State not only enabled Jingkang to cut down Cotton directly, but also provided a stable source of cavalry, and even helped solve a series of crises in Jingkang's country.

The thriving national strength makes Damian shudder.

Within five years, Jingkang launched three expeditions to the west.

The results are clear.

Every time he went west, he had to dig a piece of meat from Da Mian, and then Jingkang controlled the scale of the war, step by step, and resettled.

Although it is full of Yongmin's blood and tears, Da Mian has been taught by Jingkang to survive. In the spring of this day, Chen Saxin, the crown prince of Damian who converted to Muslimism, killed his weak and compromised father, and used the appeal of Muism to gather 250,000 troops for a last-ditch fight, in a vain attempt to recapture the three eastern provinces, Zhang Huaiyu, the newly appointed general of Jingkang Anxi Prefecture, Fagua Prefecture, Gaoyue Mansion, Liangzhou Ma Mengfu Division, Chenzhou Tuoba General Tuoba Ming Xi Department 63,000 people, Gaoyuewan defeated the main force of Damian in the first battle, and Chen Saxin wolf bèi fled back to Damian Shizhong City.

The battle was unexpected.

At the beginning of the month, he began to receive news that he hoped that the new provinces in the west would be able to hold on to help and send troops from Zhizhou, but he did not expect that Zhang Huaiyu would defeat the 250,000 Cotton army with 63,000 troops. You must know that in the impression of the vast majority of Yong people, Zhang Huaiyu is a general who has been repeatedly defeated and bullied by the king of Dongxia for a long time. But he didn't expect that after half a year in office, this person suddenly shone brightly and fought a victory that Jingkang had never won.

Many courtiers questioned his record and fought a verbal lawsuit at the court for nearly two months.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Huaiyu was rested, replenished part of his troops, and began to move westward again, all the way to Jishi Mountain, Tuyuhun, Fuluochuan, and a total of 100,000 beheadings, making everyone stunned.

No one would have thought that there was such a famous general hidden in China, comparable to Wei, Huo, and Ban Dingyuan.

At this time, it was already possible to look at the Tibetan tribes of Xiqing Damian, and if the Tibetan tribes were defeated, they would be able to attack Shizhongcheng in Daqingchuan, so the imperial court took advantage of the situation to start the fourth westward expedition.

The veteran Jianbu, who is over 60 years old, left a sentence: "When a man dies in the border field, and his body is buried in horse leather, how can he lie in bed and be evil in the hands of his children?" "As the main general again, lead the troops to the west.

In September, Jingkang's soldiers came to Shizhong City, Chen Satin lost confidence, abandoned the city and fled westward, and was killed by his generals in Golmud, and Xiqing was about to destroy the country.

When the news came back to Changyue, the palace was lit up, but there was no joy on the faces of the important ministers around the emperor. The emperor, who had been ill from overwork, suddenly fainted and vomited blood after waking up, and the imperial doctors came to the conclusion that it would be difficult to eat next year's new wheat. In this way, the emperor still gathered his important ministers in the Xuan room and asked a sharp question: "Destroy the enemies of Xiqing and complete my filial piety." But what about after the destruction of Xiqing? ”

Yang Du had already been relieved of his position in the ministry, and he was not old, but he was sometimes half-awake, sometimes half-asleep, shocked by the emperor's words, peeked at everyone, and lowered his head again.

The minister's own important ministers spoke loudly: "The national army has exceeded two million, and it must be cut next, otherwise the burden will be too heavy for the country." ”

The ministers spoke.

Disarmament must be cut, but how?

How to place?

The placement of these soldiers is also a test for the country.

The emperor coughed, his two eyes suddenly lit up, extremely stinging, he curled up, stretched out his fingers, peaceful and powerful as if he was sick, and asked lightly: "Although Xiqing is destroyed, do you Aiqing think the country is peaceful?" ”

Isn't the country at peace yet?

Finally, someone did what he liked, got up and shouted: "The king of Eastern Xia, Dia Bird, has hundreds of thousands of troops, and he has given up the land of Huangxi to Gao Xian, and he has colluded to go north to the fierce plain, and almost wants to dominate the grassland." ”

All the ministers looked at him in astonishment.

The king of Dongxia is already a sensitive figure in the Jingkang court, including the current Western Expeditionary Army, with his 10,000 help, he has made great contributions to Jingkang, and he is the emperor's son-in-law, for several years, no one has thought of touching this hot potato.

The emperor was stunned and said, "He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers?" ”

No one knows if he really doesn't know or if he doesn't know.

Whether he knew it or not, many ministers knew in their hearts that hundreds of thousands of troops were a false finger, and the number of troops in Eastern Xia was no more than 100,000.

The king of Dongxia has never been a poor soldier, he went north to the fierce plain, spent five or six years, just to recuperate, a barren country of grassland, and now cattle, sheep and horses are all over the mountains, fine workshops all over Huangxi, the North Plain and Yuyang, and the utensils produced are full of Jingkang all over the country.

The minister who shocked the ears of the ministers knelt down and said: "The king of Eastern Xia occupies the Northern Plain, goes to Weibo, goes to the Daimyo's mansion, and has nothing to defend. The soldiers under his command are wide. In Chenzhou, Xilong and other places, there are operations, and in those places, in addition to the officials of the imperial court, they are also subject to the protectors appointed by him. If something happens to his caravan in those places, the governor will resign, and his people will be good at using troops, and the day he will dominate the desert will be the time to invade the south. ”

The ministers were shocked.

This assumption is not unreasonable, now that he is heading north to the Fierce Plains to fight against the Tuhuts, will he be quiet if he completes the unification of the desert?

What if he goes south?

The minister said with a dark face: "Who can compete with him on the battlefield?" ”

The emperor panicked and said blankly: "Then what should I do?" ”

Yang Du opened his eyes again, wanted to speak and stopped, but immediately closed his eyes.

The emperor refused to give up and asked him: "Yang Aiqing is a person who knows the soldiers, why did he tell me?" ”

Yang Du sighed and said: "The king of Dongxia dominates the desert, that is the trend of the times, as for whether it will go south, the minister does not know, but he knows a sentence, called the teacher out of the name." ”

The emperor was like a child who didn't understand anything today, and immediately turned his tone and feigned anger: "Yes." Hugh is going to talk nonsense. The king of Dongxia has made great contributions to Sheji, and he is fighting for the Yongjia grassland, how can he fight each other, and the division is unknown. ”

Yang Du was already slandering in his heart.

Isn't this an acting?

Immediately, someone remembered something and said, "Majesty." Then it's time for us to change the Northern Plains. The whole grassland is almost his, and he still wants to occupy our part of the place? ”

The emperor said, "But I gave this soil to He'er back then." He'er is his wife again......"

As he was talking, a person came from behind the tent, and the prince Qin Li was also.

He was righteous and stern, and shouted: "Father." On the day you were seriously ill, as a daughter and son-in-law, why didn't you come to serve by your side? ”

The emperor coughed a few times, as if he was angry, and said slowly, "The road is far away." I haven't heard from you yet. ”

Qin Li didn't let it go at all.

He stretched his hem, knelt down in front of the emperor, and said, "Those who violate filial piety do not deserve to enjoy the reward of their father." The emperor thought for a moment and said, "You see that is good. I am afraid that I will not be able to afford to be sick, so I will write a letter and send it to Dongxia, calling my daughter and son-in-law to do their filial piety, so as not to be criticized. I have to give people a chance. You are the elder brother, be tolerant of your younger brothers and sisters, and do not take the fief at every turn. ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Yang Du's mouth.

Although the emperor has more than 2 million troops, if he really wants to fight with Dongxia, will Gao Xian, who has a cold lips and teeth, join forces with Dongxia? Dia Bird is no longer the previous Dia Bird, Dongxia is not the previous Dongxia, before the Eastern Xia occupied the North Plain, Yuyang, although the Huangxi was captured, the power reached the north, but it can be regarded as a small country without depth, and now he went north to the desert, and the Tuhu Special Department hid in Tibet, he is the king of the desert, the war is unfavorable, he retreats to the desert north, and invades every year, what can two million troops do? The state cannot afford it now, let alone in the future.

The king of Dongxia was not immoral, he was popular, and he also had a broad base in the country.

Yang Du was worried about letting himself lead the troops.

It is not a question of whether or not we can win the war, because the war is unjust, and the army has no will to win the enemy.

As for the emperor to give Dia Bird a chance, Yang Du had already sneered in his heart, if Dia Bird came to Jingkang, would he be able to go back? Dia Bird is not destined to come, what if Qin He comes back? Once you hold on to your married daughter and don't let you go back to Dongxia, you will make a fool of yourself in front of the world, giving Dongxia people an excuse.

As soon as the emperor saw him, he immediately hooked his head down and dozed off.

The emperor sighed in his heart, he knew that this was a sign for the generals to avoid war, but it was enough to stage these in the Xuan Room today, his time was short, and he wanted to pull out a thorn for his son, so what did he do with justice or not? How can you not understand.

He made a tired appearance, scattered the ministers, and left Qin Li by his side.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "Now that there are more than one million armor in the country, Diao is a smart man, he will not resist, at least when his father is here, he will not, he is afraid of losing his morality, and he will definitely make concessions." It's up to him how much he can make. Northern Plains, I will take it back for you, if you don't take it back, you will definitely not be the opponent of his Dia Bird in the future, I have fought with him for many years, just like Yang Du said, he is very evil, and I am also losing more and winning less. What's more, you have no experience in governing the country and the army? I will take back the Northern Plains for you, there is a boundary to defend around it, you will guard the pass, consume with him, and if you want to punish him, start from the forbidden border, the desert is barren, but the army is strong, and if you use the forbidden border to consume him, you will be able to consume his national strength. ”

Qin Li was stunned and said, "Why did my father say this? ”

The emperor said, "I talked to your third brother about his Dia bird, and said that he had no tail, but he grew a tail, and the king has become a king, and he has penetrated deep into the country, and my son is invincible." ”

Qin Li didn't dare to say anything.

The Emperor said, "There is a man who should be killed." Your princess's father, I hid it from you back then, and I didn't let Diao be alert, I didn't kill him, but only gave his head to someone. Destroy her Yang clan, and you can get a big help. ”