Just when the dog Rong was about to make a move on the Qin people, the Qin people were not idle.

Ho Kyo.

At this time, Hou Yingkang of Guanxi had already invited the prime ministers Yingzhao and Sima Boyu, as well as Chen Xing, the general of Haojing, and He Youshou, the general of Qianyi, who were far away in Yucheng, to Haojing.

After everyone sat down, Prime Minister Yingzhao asked, "I don't know what important thing the king asked me to come to Hojing?" ”

Ying Kang looked around at everyone present, smiled and said, "When we were in Qianyi, we stayed together all day to discuss things, so to speak, we didn't separate all day; Later, we had two cities, Chenyi and Qianyi, but the two were not far away, and we would soon be able to stay together; Later, it will be a little difficult for us Qin people to get together in the cities such as Yucheng and Sancheng, and it will take at least a day to bring everyone together. Now that we have all the castles of Hokyung, Yaseong, and Jungkook in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to bring everyone together in a few days. It seems that there are small benefits and big difficulties! ”

After listening to Yingkang's exclamation, Prime Minister Yingzhao said: "What the king said is so right, it is really difficult to bring everyone together now. Sometimes, the minister really misses the way we were when we first came to Guanzhong. At that time, we Qin people were really difficult! Several times I thought about going back to Inugaoka. ”

"Yes, yes, according to the situation at that time, we really can't imagine that our Qin people will have such great achievements today." Sima Boyu said.

"How? Now this Sima has achieved something in front of him? Ying Kang said to the friend with a smile.

"Of course, now the entire army in Guanzhong is under my control, can it not be majestic?" Zhao Boyu also smiled outside.

"Sima Mo is going to say that he is wrong, the army of the country is the army of the king, how can you say that it is under your own management? You're just managing for you. Zhao Boyu said, and Prime Minister Yingzhao immediately corrected.

"Hahaha, hahaha, Bo Yu's true temperament is also, and the widow will not be surprised." How many years has Zhao Boyu spoken like this, and Yingkang has long been used to it. Then Ying Kang said to Zhao Boyu: "Sima Boyu, today my Qin people have made great achievements, if someone wants to take away the existing land or population from us, are you willing to take the initiative to hand it over to them?" ”

"What? Someone wants to take the land away from our Qin people? His grandmother 0, isn't this looking for death? I, Zhao Boyu, was the first not to agree. Zhao Boyu immediately expressed his attitude.

To be honest, among all the generals of the Qin army, there are many generals with a higher level of ability than Zhao Boyuan, for example, Chen Xing's level is much higher than that of Zhao Boyuan, but over the years, Yingkang has never taken Zhao Boyan's position as Sima, but let him continue to hold the position of Sima.

relies on Zhao Boyu's loyalty to himself, as well as his straightness.

Under normal circumstances, there will not be too many twists and turns in the hearts of straight people, one is one and two is two, and there will never be the idea of dividing into two.

"Good --, widow likes Sima's straightforward character." Then Ying Kang said to everyone: "Everyone, I really have something important to discuss with you when I invite you to Hojing today. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Now I, the Qin people, have all the places in Guanzhong outside the Rui Kingdom, but the development of our Qin people has also caused dissatisfaction among many countries and tribes, especially the dissatisfaction of the northern dogs. A few days ago, Inu Rong once instigated Lishan Rong in the east to make harm to our Qin people, and then sent people to infiltrate Haojing to prepare for a sneak attack on Haojing from inside and outside. All kinds of signs have shown that Dog Rong will definitely not be willing to fail, and will definitely attack us Qin people. And the time is just in the near future, and today the widow summoned you to Hojing to discuss how to fight the dogs. Chen Xing, you can first tell you what we have done recently. Ying Kang said to Chen Xing, the guard of Hojing.

Then Chen Xing told everyone about the recent incident after Yingkang came to Haojing, and then Ji Zhao also told everyone about how he persuaded Yaguo to join the Qin people.

After listening to the words of these people, Prime Minister Yingzhao said: "Your Majesty, everyone, after listening to everyone's words just now, the minister understands that our Qin people have indeed grown rapidly over the years. But at the moment, we don't know how many military ministers we Qin people have. Only after we have the strength of both sides can we make a decision. Your Majesty, why don't you let everyone talk about the number of our Qin army before making a decision. ”

Yingzhao's words really hit the nail on the head.

Ying Kang listened and said, "Sima Boyu told me about the recovery of our army since the last war. ”

Zhao Boyu then said: "Your Excellency, since the last war, our army has indeed suffered a lot of damage, but after these months of rest and my requisition, the current army that can be taken out by the Yucheng side is about 15,000 people. ”

"Fifteen thousand? Are you talking about all the troops stationed in the western part of Guanzhong, or the army that can be used to fight directly? Yingkang knew that when he left Yucheng, the Qin people had about 20,000 troops, but these 20,000 troops were not only used to fight but also to garrison the Qin cities in the central and western parts of Guanzhong, such as Yucheng, Sancheng, Qianyi, and Chenyi, and each of these cities had at least two or three thousand garrison troops, and the four cities were about 10,000 people.

So the army that can really be used to fight is about 10,000 people.

Of course, Zhao Boyu knew the meaning of Yingkang's words, so he said with a smile: "Your Excellency, although rest assured, in addition to the 15,000 people who have been stationed in the city, we still have at least 15,000 living forces to fight. ”

Ying Kang nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, you can come up with fifteen thousand people, and the widow is very happy." Then Ying Kang asked Chen Xing again: "Tell me how many soldiers and horses are there in the army inherited from the cities of Hojing, Yacheng and Zheng Guo?" ”

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, at the moment we have obtained about 5,000 troops from the Hojing Guard, and the army inherited from Yaguo is not much that is, about 2,000 people, since Zheng Guo handed over their land in Guanzhong to our Qin people, we have collected nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses from Zheng Guo's land, and all the soldiers and horses add up to about 12,000 people." Chen Xing replied.

After listening to Chen Xing's words, everyone was very happy, and Yingzhao said: "I can't imagine that my Qin people now have fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, and these soldiers and horses together are definitely a big country among all the subject countries of the royal family." ”

Although there were many countries in the Western Zhou Dynasty, they were not large, and they were often a city, even if they were a country, they were also called city-states. There are really not many countries like the Qin people who own the entire Guanzhong and also have a big city like Hojing.

"Well--, after listening to the words of the two of you, the widow has a basic understanding of the details of his country, since he has such strength, I think even if he doesn't fight with us, we will have a decisive battle with them." Ying Kang continued, "Although we have a lot of soldiers and horses now, their combat effectiveness is uneven. ”

"Well--, the monarch is right, the combat effectiveness of these newly taken over soldiers and horses is really not good. It's okay to use it for defense, but if it's used for combat, the strength is a little weak. Chen Xing said.

Ying Kang nodded and began to arrange his troops.