482 The prince arrived at the northern theater, and the commander of the northern theater was Chen Hai, with about 500,000 troops, not including the troops trained at the military station.

Because according to the regulations of the empire, the troops trained by the military station belong to the state, and they must be transferred to other places at any time to replenish the troops.

Moreover, the local soldiers cannot exceed half of the local troops, so the troops of these military stations were not originally the troops of the northern theater of operations, but now many parts of the empire have been occupied, and these soldiers are recruited from the people of the northern theater of operations.

Therefore, now it can also be regarded as the troops of the northern theater, if you add the troops of the station, then the total strength of the northern theater will exceed 2 million.

When the prince and Chen Hai entered the headquarters, the prince said to Chen Hai tentatively that the first emperor had ordered Hu Hao to be the general, but the prince was afraid that Chen Hai would have opinions, so he had to test it first.

"Your Highness, I very much agree with Hu Hao as the commander, Hu Hao has the ability to command the troops, and I am also old, so it is the most beneficial for the empire for the general to let Hu Hao be the commander.

However, the disadvantage is that Hu Hao is not on our side, if Hu Hao is on our side, it would be fine, now Hu Hao's troops are thousands of miles away, and we don't know what is going on their side.

Therefore, the effect of Hu Hao being a general may be almost bad, but it doesn't matter, this is the order of the first emperor, we must obey it! Chen Hai said to the prince as he walked,

When the prince heard this, his heart sank, knowing that Chen Hai was not so supportive of Hu Hao as a general, and the prince could understand.

He also knows that the theater commanders below want to be generals, and if other theater commanders are generals, then those theater commanders will not object, but Hu Hao is a general, and they are uncomfortable.

A general who has just risen is about to come up to be a general, the key is that Hu Hao is not interested in the family, on Hu Hao's side, except for Li Jinsong, who controls an army, the other army commanders are not children of the family, so their defensive psychology against Hu Hao is very serious!

"Well, let's go inside!" The prince nodded and said to Chen Hai,

Now the prince is also in a dilemma, he has always wanted to win Hu Hao's support, Hu Hao's troops are the elite troops that can really fight.

If there is Hu Hao's support, then this throne will be stable, and the lessons of his father's past are there, if his father listened to Hu Hao, he would not have ended up like this.

Therefore, the prince's heart is still towards Hu Hao, for the prince, it doesn't matter if he is a general, as long as he can support himself, can help him win the battle, and can recover the country.

Others, the interests of the so-called family, he also didn't want to think too much, the first emperor was abandoned by Hu Hao because he considered the interests of the family too much.

After the prince arrived at a conference room in the headquarters, he sat down, and then asked Chen Hai and the generals of the headquarters to sit down!

"Your Highness, please choose a day to ascend the throne, the empire now needs His Highness to stand up, and now the capital has been lost, Your Highness, your ascension to the throne can quickly stabilize the hearts of the people of the empire!" After Chen Hai sat down, he said to the prince.

"I know, before I came, I asked people to choose a day, just the day after tomorrow, and I will tell the world the day after tomorrow! All rituals are simple, how difficult the empire is now, we need to be as economical as possible,

Because the coalition came too fast, we didn't get the gold from the treasury, and it was cheaper than the coalition side, and our empire will soon have an economic collapse, so in terms of rituals, try to keep it simple! The prince sat there and said.

This time. A major general came to Chen Hai's side and whispered in Chen Hai's ear.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment, there is something on the front line now, I will be back soon!" Chen Hai stood up and said to the prince.

"Oh, then you're busy!" When the prince heard this, he was a little surprised,

But he still let him get busy, and Liu Yuzi, who was standing beside the prince at this time, also sank in his heart, he felt that Chen Hai was not so welcoming to the prince to come, but he did a good job on the surface.

After Chen Hai went out, he went to another room.

"What are you talking about, Mu Zhifu of the Central Plains Theater brought troops from 4 armies to our side, and Luo Bangyou from the Southeast Theater also brought troops from 5 armies.

There are also troops of the 3 corps of the Praetorian Guard, and 8 armies of the Western Front have come to our side, why can we only get news now, damn it! Chen Hai stood there and asked the major general.

"We also just received the news, it was all scattered before, and when we counted, we found that so many troops came! Now there are no satellite phones either, only contact by telegram, so the message is a bit lagging! The major general spoke.

"Made, when they come like this, they want to compete with me for benefits!" Chen Hai stood there and scolded, he actually didn't want to welcome the prince over,

Now that the empire is dead, everyone has a little ambition, but now they dare not show it, the people of the empire still support the royal family, but if the royal family is gone, it will be difficult to say!

Now that he is finally able to be the boss, and suddenly a prince comes, then he is not so comfortable here, originally Chen Hai wanted to set up the prince,

But with so many troops coming, how to overhead them, they will definitely use the prince to expand their strength, and it will be difficult for them to control the prince at that time, so Chen Hai was very dissatisfied when he heard the news,

These troops who are coming over now are all imperial troops, and the total strength is still more than their own troops, not to mention that they can't fight, they have to be given supplies, if they are not given supplies, it will be troublesome.

"Your Highness, I just received news that the commander of the Praetorian Guard has come over with 3 troops of the Praetorian Guard, as well as Mu Zhifu and Luo Bangyou, as well as the defeated troops on the western front have also come here, adding up to more than a dozen army troops!" A staff officer came over and said to the prince.

"Good!" When Liu Yuzi heard it, she was very excited,

He just looked at Chen Hai, and he was not the kind of person who wanted to assist the prince, he was worried that the prince would be overthrown, and now he saw that there were so many troops coming,

Moreover, the Praetorian Guard also came with 3 armies, plus Mu Zhifu and their troops, so the prince's troops have already surpassed Chen Hai, and in the future, the prince will have the final say in the northern theater.

When the prince heard the news, he was also a lot more relaxed, he actually knew that Chen Hai did not welcome him.

"Send a telegram to them, and ask them to deploy a simulated defensive line around the northern theater of operations to prevent the invasion of the coalition forces, and besides, they don't have to rush over now, when I have deployed the troops, they will come over!" The prince sat there and spoke.

"Let the troops of the Praetorian Guard come over, the troops of the Praetorian Guard are following Your Majesty, the crown prince is about to ascend the throne, so the Praetorian Guard is coming here, in addition, Your Highness, order the Praetorian Guard to replenish troops in several nearby military stations!" Liu Yuzi stood there and spoke.

"Do as Mr. Liu says!" The prince nodded and said.

"Mr. Liu, what do you think about Hu Hao becoming a general?" The prince looked at Liu Yuzi and asked.

"Hu Hao must be a general!" Liu Yuzi stood there and said,

The prince heard this, nodded, and soon, Chen Hai came in.

"Your Highness, forgive me, I neglected it, we just had urgent military affairs to deal with, and now we are also worried that the coalition forces will come from the south, so the front line is tight!" Chen Hai came over, bowed to the prince and said.

"Well, I can understand, General Chen is also for the empire, sit down and say!" The prince smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Your Highness, it's very difficult on our side right now, I just received news that a lot of troops are coming, for our northern theater of operations.

Supply is a big problem, and now there are a lot of refugees coming, and we can't ignore it, so can Your Highness give an order to the troops in the Northwest Theater and the Northeast Theater, and also give them an order from the Executive Yuan, so that they can send some weapons, ammunition and food supplies! After Chen Hai sat down, he said to the prince!

"I remember that there was an arsenal in the northern theater of operations, why, there was not enough ammunition?" The prince sat there and spoke.

"Well, didn't this mobilize a lot of people to the south? There isn't much inventory at the root table, and the weapons used by the recruits at the station are also transferred from the arsenal in the northern theater, so the ammunition is a little tight now! Chen Hai said immediately, and he also felt the change in the prince in his heart,

The prince wasn't so tough just now, and now the prince's tone of voice is obviously not as good as just now.

"Hmm. Makes sense, now there is still ammunition for the front-line troops, right? When the prince heard this, he nodded, looked at Chen Hai and asked.

"Also, there must be this, and we have to prepare for war!" Chen Hai immediately nodded and said, this can't be said to be nothing,

Because it had been allocated to them in the war zone before, the prince had managed military affairs in the military department before, he knew it, and Chen Hai didn't dare to hide it.

"That's good, if there is, the other troops, their ammunition, I will transfer it from the northwest and northeast, and the arsenal side, we must also speed up production, and now the coalition forces are pressing our empire very tightly,

So, we need to speed up and make sure our troops have enough ammunition to fight! When the prince heard this, he nodded and said to Chen Hai.

"Yes, yes!" Chen Hai nodded, and then the prince chatted with Chen Hai about the things on the defense line, and about half an hour later, Chen Hai sent the prince to a huge manor.

This was originally from the Chen Hai family, but now that the prince is here, he doesn't dare to arrange it too shabby, but Chen Hai is unhappy in his heart, but he doesn't dare to express this unhappiness.