Before the founding of the Qin State, there were many bandits, except for the ten major cities each with nine major clans, the villages and towns were managed by other small and medium-sized clansmen.

And the bandits of the Qin State are no more general than the Chu State, they are all people who have fallen into decline or are desperate in other countries, and their weapons are far inferior to the Black Wind Village of the Chu State. Therefore, the clansmen of each clan did not need sophisticated equipment to defend against bandits, and for many years, some of the sturdy men of the clan assembled their own blades or went to nearby cities to buy them.

Over the past few hundred years, there have been fewer and fewer craftsmen in the Qin State, and now among the 2,000 craftsmen, one-third are from Qindao, and there are only a few hundred real veterans.

30,000 sets of armor, 10,000 wooden shields, 12,000 Changge, 10,000 long swords, 8,000 Qin bows, and 100,000 arrows. Such a large batch of orders fell on the head of the Ministry of Industry, and Xi Ziyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, had no choice but to buy more than seventy percent of the new equipment from the clan treasury of the major clans.

After a month, the Changge long sword and wooden shield were finally solved, but there was a large shortage of cowhide and cow tendons for making bowstrings, and the production of arrows was also quite troublesome for the technologically backward Qin State, resulting in the output of less than 1,000 arrows per day.

Armor is the most difficult, requiring a uniform system, which makes it impossible to purchase it from the clans' treasury. The production of armor is even more complicated, and only a few dozen pairs of armor are produced according to the standard every day.

Xi Ziyu poured the bitter water in his stomach to Ying Ke as if he was complaining, and Ying Ke frowned and looked at Xi Ziyu, and also understood that it was not easy, so he did not pursue it.

"Xu Aiqing, the excerpt you handed over half a month ago has already been corrected, how is it now?"

"Your Majesty, the minister said five days ago that the Tang State replied that they were willing to sell us armor and arrows at the lowest price, but those armors were eliminated and replaced by the Tang Dynasty three years ago. The little guy who passed the news brought two pairs over, and the minister saw that there were six or seven layers of new armor, and the quality was no worse than the armor produced by the standard quality of my Ministry of Industry. ”

"Well, you're doing a great job!"

After Ying Ke nodded and praised Xu Xian for a few words, he said, "The armament transportation matter will be taken over by the Ministry of War, Liu Aiqing, how long will it take to transport 30,000 armor and 100,000 arrows at the fastest speed?" ”

"If there is no delay on the road, ten days at most!"

Liu Honglin's fist slammed into his chest, and he looked at Ying Ke with blazing eyes, silent.

As the secretary of the military department, Liu Honglin sent the information of Chen Guo's army to Ying Ke early in the morning, and kept it updated. In a recent military report, the spies wrote in the intelligence that Chen Guo's army had already sent signs, and the troops would be in the city within half a month!

Both Ying Ke and Liu Honglin knew this, and Liu Honglin's eyes were full of fiery faith, which made Ying Ke understand the meaning at once.

Even if you die, you must pull this batch of armaments back before Chen Guo's army waves to attack the city!

In ten days, it will take one day for Tang and Qin to hand over this batch of armaments, and to pull the armaments onto Qin's trucks.

Although it was only 600 miles from Hangu Pass to Xinyang City, which was sent to the front line, it was only three days away at the normal speed of a spy. But this is a team carrying a large amount of armaments, not to mention how slow the team is moving, just staring at this batch of armaments along the way, there are countless mountain bandits!

Although there are many bandits in Qin, after all, there is a serious shortage of weapons, grain and grass, although there is a danger of infringing on the people in villages and towns, but it is not a climate, and it cannot affect the overall situation.

However, with this batch of armaments, it will be different, if they get this batch of armaments this time, even if it is only one-third, not to mention the problem of front-line soldiers, these bandits alone, together can pull up an army of 10,000 people, wearing standard unified armor, holding blades and halberds, and an army with plenty of arrows!

Even if the remaining armaments are sent to Xinyang City, this crisis will be difficult to overcome, but it will be extremely difficult to clean up these mountain bandits in the future.

These bandits are very skilled in mountain warfare, and once they have good equipment, they will be helpless against them even if they have an army three times their size in the mountains and forests.

Therefore, this transportation is extremely difficult, Liu Honglin said that it is almost impossible to do it in ten days!

After the business was over, Ying Ke and the three ministers toasted and drank together, eating meat and chatting freely.

Without waiting for a moment, Chen Yu slowly walked from outside the hall gate to Yingke's voice, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Hearing this, Ying Ke frowned slightly, and smiled bitterly.

Since Ying Hao came back, he has been clamoring to go out for the country and fight back against Chen Guo. Originally, Ying Hao's loyalty to the country did make Ying Ke quite praised, but considering that he had no combat experience and was the eldest son of the Ying family, the Gong clan strongly opposed this matter, so Ying Ke did not agree.

Unexpectedly, Ying Hao ran to Ying Ke's side in three days, and kept asking for a fight. Seeing Ying Hao's frizzy appearance, Ying Ke was even more worried about putting Ying Hao on the battlefield.

At this moment, Ying Hao heard that his father had invited the three ministers to discuss matters in the Ziyang Palace, so he hurried over. Presumably, in front of the three ministers, it is not easy for Yingke to refuse his loyalty to the country.

After the report, Ying Ke was also afraid that Ying Hao would break in, and at that time, a crime of colliding with Wang Jia would be enough to keep him in the Gongguan for half a year.

Helplessly, Ying Ke glanced at Chen Yu. After understanding, Chen Yu made a gesture towards the guards at the entrance of the hall and let him in.

"Son-in-law to meet my father!"

"Get up!"

After Ying Hao got up, he saluted the three ministers one by one, and waited until the little servant finished preparing the table, chair, food and wine.

I thought that Ying Hao would directly ask him to enter the front line after he came in, but he never thought that he would change his usual routine and sit down on the desk to drink wine and eat meat.

Liu Honglin took the lead in resigning and leaving because the matter of transporting armaments was imminent.

After Xi Ziyu and Xu Xian chatted with Ying Ke for half an hour, the banquet ended and left one after another, leaving only Ying Ke and Ying Hao kneeling at the table and not moving.

"Today, the widow and the three Aiqing are discussing the military discussion in the Ziyang Palace, why don't you take this opportunity to ask the front line in front of the widow and Aiqing?"

"Erchen thinks!"

"Think? Why not? Afraid of the wrath of the widow? ”

"No, the son is unwilling to coerce his father, and the son is unwilling to embarrass his father!"

Ying Hao walked to His Royal Highness, knelt down in front of Ying Ke, and said loudly, "Father! I have been fighting for hundreds of years in Great Qin, the king has personally conquered, and there are so many sons in battle! Ying Hao has no talent and no virtue and does not dare to compare with the sages, but at present, the national crisis is at the head, and the Chen State is several times and my Qin State, and the weapons, grain and grass are better than our country. If you fight like this, the morale of the army will be weakened! ”

"As the son of the Qin State, if Ying Hao can take the lead and fight side by side with the strong men of the Qin State of our three armies, firstly, it can boost morale, and secondly, it can also let the Qin State see the determination of the Winning Clan to regain its establishment!"

Ying Hao's voice was like thunder, and his voice echoed in the empty Ziyang Palace, and Ying Ke's fingers kept tapping on the desk, falling into deep thought.

"Who taught you to do that?"

Ying Ke didn't answer Ying Hao's request first, he looked at Ying Hao with a hint of essence in his eyes, and asked in a flat tone.

was asked by Ying Ke, and Ying Hao subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to refute.

"Hao'er, you grew up as a widow, and since you were a child, you have been familiar with military books and historical records, whether it is the art of war or historical insights, you can answer them fluently. But you don't know how to behave in the world, and if these words are from your own heart, you will only feel that this is a great opportunity, and you will inevitably say it in front of the three ministers. You are very reckless, and if you are absolutely right, how can you ever be afraid of being embarrassed? ”

"Son... Erchen..."Ying Hao knelt on the ground, at a loss.

"You stay in the palace these days, Liu Honglin has no chance to teach you this, that is... It's Xuan'er! Did Xuan'er teach you? ”

Ying Hao's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "This matter was caused by the fact that the child was worried that his father would not allow him to allow it before he left the Song Dynasty, so he specially asked the second brother for advice, and the father must not misunderstand the second brother!" ”

Ying Hao knew that Ying Ke, who guessed the reason, would definitely be cranky, thinking that Ying Xuan was borrowing Chen Guo's hand to get rid of him for the throne.

This idea is extremely absurd, but Ying Hao also knows that Ying Ke is now an emperor, and there are many things that can no longer be seen from the previous perspective, even if Ying Ke looks at the two sons who have grown up, even if he is familiar with the temperament of the two of them, he will also speculate on their words and deeds.

This change was already felt by Ying Hao when he first went to ask for Ying Ke.

"Tomorrow, Liu Aiqing will lead the army to escort the armament, and you should go with you. The widow will mention to Liu Aiqing that if you perform well, you can command an army after the armament resists Xinyang City! ”

"Thank you, father!"

"Alas~ It's a widow, it's Qin Guo who wants to thank you!" Ying Ke sighed, waved his hand and said, "The widow is a little tired, you go!" ”

"Father! Son..."

"The widow is tired! Get out! ”

After Ying Hao left the Ziyang Palace, Ying Ke closed his eyes and touched his forehead and thought carefully, and Chen Yu on the side stood next to him and didn't dare to make a sound.

After thinking about it repeatedly, the corner of Yingke's mouth showed a sneer, "This second brother, his mind is really heavy!" In order to suppress the Xu family and the third child, he did not hesitate to push his eldest brother up, and he was not afraid that his eldest brother would have an accident on the battlefield? ”

This matter Ying Xuan is indeed so calculated, but he never thought that Ying Hao would have an accident. Chen Guojun is mediocre, civil and military officials are not talented in the first place, but from a family background, without a good background, it is difficult to seek a high-ranking official in Chen State.

Therefore, Ying Xuan can conclude that Chen Guo can't even take out the generals of the first-class realm, so why hurt Ying Hao? (from then on, the following first-class is changed to a first article)

What's more, although Chen Guo has a large number of people, it has been invaded by Fujian and Han for many years, and there are few victories and many defeats, and the hearts of the upper and lower armies have long been shaken. As long as the Qin State is united, even if it is not victorious, it is easy to hold on to a city!

Such a white achievement, of course Ying Xuan wants to let Ying Hao take possession, only Ying Hao can win the recognition of the nine old clans with his military merits, even if Ying Hao refuses the kindness of the nine old clans when he arrives, Liu Honglin will not watch it.

At that time, Ying Hao's power will be completed, and when Ying Xuan comes back a year later, it will not be a situation where the Xu family and Ying Shengjie have won the Sacred Heart and covered the sky with one hand!