Han Tong glanced at him and said, "There are 600,000 regular troops in Shengguo, plus the soldiers who have been transferred to guard the border passes, it will definitely reach one million." Although there are only 80,000 troops in Dongyang City, it is also because of the long border line, and the enemy army does not know which city we are going to attack, so the troops are relatively scattered. ”

"So, the marshal is worried about ......"

"Yes, if it is not surprising, there must be a large number of Sheng Guo reinforcements coming here now, if we stay longer, we may fight with them and be led by the nose by the Sheng Guo army."

"It turns out that the big handsome wants to take the lead." Gu Fengnan suddenly realized, and arched his hand: "The last general will go to prepare, the army will be mobilized, and arrive at the next city as soon as possible." ”

Han Tong nodded and said, "You can order the soldiers below, just say that the Xuanwu Legion is already behind, and it will arrive soon, so you can rest assured that you can drive straight in." ”

"Yes! The last general commands! ”

Gu Fengnan took the order and left, and after a while, the entire army moved, and under the light of the fire, headed towards the north.

……

At this time, the Shengguo Imperial Palace.

Emperor Min Shanyi of Shengguo sat on the dragon chair, the whole person was a little ownerless, and the Emperor Min Lei was on the other side, also full of sadness.

In normal times, it is already late at night in the palace, except for people with special status in the palace, they are not allowed to move around, and if the minister has no will, he cannot enter the palace.

But at this time, Prime Minister Zhu Lixing and other civil and military ministers gathered in the hall and did not say a word.

Summoning so many ministers is not here to have fun.

It's just that in the face of the powerful Cangguo, who can have any idea?

Whether it is Zhu Lixing or a military general, there is no effective method.

In addition, Deng Zhi, who is the best at fighting, is leading troops on the front line at this time, and most of the generals who remain are a group of old ministers who don't know much about the enemy's situation, and no one can come up with an idea of achievement.

As for Emperor Min Shanyi and Emperor Taishang Min Lei, it is even more interesting.

The two of them stared at each other, and neither of them was afraid to come up with an idea.

Anyone is lucky, in case the Cangguo attacks in the future, it must be the most important person to be responsible, Min Shanyi is looking forward to Min Lei, Min Lei is looking forward to Min Shanyi, and the love between father and son disappears at this moment.

This is the sorrow of the royal family, family affection is as light as water, an emperor has dozens of princes, how can he have dedicated fatherly love?

For Min Lei, he was just sacrificing one of the more than twenty princes, and it was worth it to save a life.

For Min Shanyi, this responsibility should have been borne by his father, and there was nothing that could not be beaten at the expense of an unfamiliar father.

The ministers naturally understood this, and they were silent, and they didn't take the initiative to ask anyone, so as not to touch the mold.

After a long time, Zhu Lixing sighed, stood up and bowed: "Two kings, now that the Cangjun soldiers are coming to the city, my Dasheng 400-year-old foundation is in jeopardy, and it is better to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible." ”

Min Shanyi and Min Lei were silent.

The atmosphere was icy cold.

"Ahem......" Min Lei coughed, and then said: "In times of crisis, everyone also makes ideas together, don't care about any monarchs and ministers, everyone has something to say, and the prime minister has an idea, you might as well speak up." ”

The ministers glanced at each other, and Min Lei's words were equivalent to a disguised shift in focus, which meant that the idea was made by everyone, and it had nothing to do with the two kings, he just referred to it.

"Two kings, the top priority is to recruit soldiers and go to the border to guard the city." A military general took a step forward and bowed: "My Sheng army is short of soldiers, in the face of the powerful Cang army, it has been losing and retreating, if we can recruit more soldiers, at least we can hold the area around the imperial city, so that the entire Cangguo will not fall into the hands of the enemy." ”

"But...... Now the treasury is not sufficient, except for a part of the silver that was prepared to be escorted to Cangguo last time, the rest was used to build the city and encourage the soldiers, and the treasury could not take out this lot of silver to recruit soldiers. ”

Min Shanyi's face was full of sadness, since he took over the throne, there was only a mess of plans, and now there is not only a strong enemy invasion in the country, but also a group of peasants in rebellion, and the two places in the northwest have lost more than a dozen cities under the disturbance of those rebels, and the country is crumbling.

Then, another minister admonished: "Your Majesty, although Cangguo is known as a million army, in order to prevent the Jin State, it can be drawn out of 500,000 people. ”

"What Lord Zhang said is good, what Cangguo is afraid of is nothing more than the Jin State, and now the Jin State is plotting against the Chu State, so the Cangguo dares to use troops against us, but it does not dare to fight for too long, and must seek a quick victory to avoid fighting on the east and west fronts in the future."

"What do you mean?" Min Lei's heart moved.

"We think that we can rely on the Heyi Mountains to defend our Shengguo, and if we can delay it for one more day, and after a long time, Cangguo will naturally withdraw its troops."

Min Lei and Min Shanyi glanced at each other and nodded.

However, when I think about it carefully, this statement is full of loopholes.

This idea is well conceived, but the premise is to withstand the Cang army!

Four or five hundred thousand troops are not fun, especially the 500,000 troops of Cangguo, as Min Lei, who has seen the parade of Cangjun with his own eyes, has a deep experience, not to mention the mighty and majestic army, just say that the catapult, it makes people feel a sense of powerlessness.

Can the walls of Shengguo withstand those catapults?

In Min Lei's mind, he thought of the terrifying scene he had seen that day, and then compared it with the walls of some cities in Shengguo in his impression, and he only felt shuddering.

The catapult, it is estimated that even the walls of the imperial city can collapse, right?

You know, there is no such thing as cement in Shengguo, and some of the main passes were built with glutinous rice juice mixed with clay as a bridging material between masonry and stone, so many city walls need to be repaired, and in the face of those huge stone bullets that fall from the sky, the slightly weaker ones may collapse with a bang.

"Your Majesty, according to the front-line battle report, the Cangguo Vermilion Bird Legion has advanced to Dongyang City, how should we deploy next?" Wu'an Hou Minli asked.

"The next ......" Min Lei just wanted to say, but suddenly he froze, realizing his current identity, so he said: "This matter has to be considered in the long run, everyone is not afraid to brainstorm, let's refer to it together." ”

The ministers looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.

The prosperous country is really over, internal and external troubles, in such a critical moment, the two monarchs are still so prevaricating to each other, what hope is there for such a country?

Not to mention dragging it out until the Cang army withdraws, I'm afraid that before this, the Sheng Kingdom will collapse from the inside.

Zhu Lixing also saw everything in his eyes, and he couldn't help but notice that when several of the ministers bowed their heads, there was a hint of uncertainty.

I'm afraid that a large part of the people here will defect to the enemy......