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Just as Zhao Zhe was about to go back to the yamen with the female catcher, two gorgeously dressed brocade guards rushed in at the door. He took out the embroidered spring knife and reprimanded angrily: "Bold, a few little catchers, dare to take our brother to the yamen?" ”

It is normal for the Jinyi Guards to call the imperial guards brothers, after all, the one hundred and eighty imperial guards have the same system as the Jinyi Guards, and the vast majority of the Imperial Guards are masters selected from the Jinyi Guards.

As soon as the catchers saw the brocade guards appear, they couldn't help but turn pale. Although they are both eating public meals, Jin Yiwei not only has a personal strength far beyond the ordinary catcher, but also has a lot of power and arrogance. Even some officials in the court may not be able to provoke them, let alone a small catch. I really didn't expect these two people to have a relationship with Jinyiwei, and they all cast their eyes on their head Yan Zhutou. Their swallows are upright, and their origins are not small, and they don't sell anyone's accounts. ，

The Yan Hunting Head did not move, but he stared deeply at the faces of the two brocade guards, and looked at Zhao Zhe very strangely. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let them go, let's go." As he spoke, he directly led several subordinates to leave together.

After walking a few streets, her subordinates were a little unconvinced: "Boss, why do you want to let them go?" Jinyiwei is amazing? Last time, the right servant of the Ministry committed a crime, didn't you just arrest him without giving face? ”

"Those two, although they are wearing the clothes of ordinary brocade guards." The Yan Zhutou still said indifferently: "But I have seen their faces, and one of them is Qianhu." ”

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu?" The catchers gasped, although it was said that the Jinyi Wei Qianhu was not as good as the servants of the ministry. But in fact, the arrogance of Jinyi Wei Qianhu is far more awe-inspiring than that of a squire.

"The other one is also a thousand households, but he is also the commander of the Jinyi Guard."

"The right commander of the Jinyi Guard, isn't that high?" The catchers were almost about to faint, and one thousand households were just returned, and now there are two thousand households, one of which is still the identity of a commander. But the two of them were full of food and support, and they all dressed up as ordinary brocade guards to save people. Do they think it's fun? Unless the man is ...... At the thought of this, the swift catchers' footsteps and movements stopped, and they looked at each other.

"Shh~~~~~~h Seeing that they had finally turned the corner, Yan Zhutou said in a silent voice: "Everyone knows this matter in their hearts, and bury it in their stomachs from now on, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

After a few quick catches, no one would have thought that they would go out for breakfast with the chief, but they could meet the emperor, and almost detain the emperor to the yamen. For a moment, I was excited and panicked.

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Besides, Zhao Zhe, after the sassy Yan Zhutou finally cast a meaningful glance, she understood that she saw through the identities of the two of Jinyi Wei and guessed her identity with insight. It seems that if I want to play games with her again, I'm afraid I won't have a chance. I snorted coldly and walked out.

"Childe, Childe." Gao Qi shouted in a low voice and chased after him, half a step behind and said with a smirk: "You don't know anything, it's not that the villain deliberately disturbed you Yaxing." It was the National Teacher who personally ordered his subordinates to come in quickly and help you get out. Gao Qi looked around, and after seeing that no one dared to approach, he almost leaned into Zhao Zhe's ear and whispered: "The National Teacher said that Lord Yan of the Cabinet is looking for the emperor, and it seems that there are some urgent matters on the front line that need to be discussed with the emperor." ”

Things to do at the front? Zhao Zhe thought for a while, then said: "In this case, then go back." "Although I said that I was going to only go out to play with Shen Jiabao and the two of us last night, how could the guards and the national teacher rest assured, and according to the usual practice, they were secretly hung far away from the void, just in case.

Back to the palace, Zhao Zhe took a bath, changed into a dragon robe, and met Yan Yu and a cabinet staff in the study of the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation on the Liaodong front." Na Yan Yu said with a grim expression: "The 50,000 cavalry troops of the Houjin Barbarian Clan gathered and attacked the blocking defense line composed of 150,000 troops of Liu Pojun's army, and the two armies fought for a long time. Forty thousand of the 50,000 cavalry of Houjin broke through. But on the way back, he was sniped by more than 40,000 iron cavalry and cavalry under the command of Yang Dingshan. ”

"How is the damage of the hussars and cavalry?" Zhao Zhe was also taken aback, he didn't expect the Houjin cavalry to be so sensitive and powerful, and immediately assembled to break through after smelling something wrong. Moreover, the positive combat effectiveness displayed is also shocking. Liu Pojun's 150,000-strong army belonged to the border guards, and neither the training nor the training of the army was far from being comparable to the status of the guards in the peaceful areas of the interior. But the 150,000 army could not stop the breakthrough of the 50,000 cavalry. The hussars belonged to the emperor's direct pro-army, and the cavalry belonged to the pro-army directly under the Chinese military governor's office, and the equipment supply and personnel selection were extremely strict. In addition to special armies such as the Jinyi Guard, the two cavalry armies can be regarded as the top armies that can represent the Great Zhao Empire.

But these two top cavalry armies of Da Zhao, when they sniped almost the same number of Houjin cavalry troops and fought and fled for a long time, they even let people run more than half. Moreover, there is a vicious war word used in the military intelligence. No wonder Zhao Zhe was worried about the damage of the two armies.

"The military intelligence only reported a preliminary estimate, and among the 150,000 border troops of Liu Pojun's army, there were 30,000 casualties. The hussars suffered 5,000 casualties, and the cavalry suffered 7,000 casualties. A total of 42,000 casualties were imposed. When Yan Yu said this, his face was also extremely ugly. Whether it is the border army or the two cavalry armies, they are the elite troops of the Great Zhao Empire. However, when they had the upper hand, they engaged the enemy, and the total losses were even greater than the enemy's. It's just that he was also deeply afraid of Zhao Zhe's anger, so he added: "However, since our army is the winning side, most of the injured can still recover and rejoin the army if they are carefully adjusted." However, captives and minor wounded in the Houjin Cavalry will be treated as slaves. The actual battle damage is still much smaller than ours. ”

Having said that, Zhao Zhe was still taken aback by the combat effectiveness of the Houjin cavalry. A mere 50,000 cavalry troops can escape 25,000 people under the encirclement and suppression of such a powerful force. The most important thing is the hussar army that Zhao Zhe is proud of, and the most combat-ready cavalry army in the Chinese army. The two cavalry armies sniped the same number of enemy cavalry with all kinds of advantages, and the battle losses of the two sides were not too different.

It can also be inferred from various data that even if Zhao Zhe's personal hussar army is slightly inferior to the elite cavalry of the Jin State later. And the cavalry army is probably half a step worse than the hussar army. The rest of the governors are directly subordinate to the cavalry, and the number is about the same as that of the cavalry.

That is, including the hussars. The country belongs to the elite level of professional cavalry, with a total of about 130,000. The cavalry guards, cavalry thousands, cavalry teams and other miscellaneous cavalry in the rest of the armies are added together, and it is estimated that there are about 300,000.

But in the post-Jin country, the population is only a few million. But the number of their cavalry was as high as more than 200,000. And the more than 200,000 cavalry, although not necessarily as elite and powerful as the 50,000 cavalry, I am afraid that it will not be much worse. And their population is mostly nomadic people, even women or children can go on horses and fight.

If the Great Zhao Empire wants to storm the Houjin Kingdom, it may be able to defeat it if it exerts all the strength of the whole country. But the damage will be very large, and the whole country is very likely to be dragged down. This is still an estimate in the absence of other countries. If some countries jump out while the war between the two countries is raging, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for them to deal with themselves.

But if you don't attack other countries, you're just in a passive defense all the time. With the vast strategic depth and the large number of infantry, it can barely be maintained. It's just that if this is the case, what is the meaning of Zhao Zhe, the emperor. What's more, it's just barely able to sustain it, and if there is an unexpected situation or something, it will be a national rout.

At present, I am afraid that it is necessary to develop the combat effectiveness of all armies.

Seeing that Zhao Zhe was in deep thought, Yan Yu couldn't help but snort lightly with some worry: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Zhe let out a long sigh and said, "Yan Aiqing, you can also see it in comparison." The current military strength of my Great Zhao Empire is really worrying. Fight the rebels without any training, because the difference in strength between the two sides is too big to see. However, as soon as he fought with the elite cavalry of the Later Jin Kingdom, he saw the shortcomings. "But I secretly thought in my heart, our Great Zhao Empire is a dynasty established by the Taizu of Buyi to destroy the Song Dynasty and retreat from Mongolia, and it has been more than 400 years ago. In other words, it is at least about 1,700 A.D. now. The European powers, continuing the great voyage of plundered resources, are vigorously developing themselves. If they were to fight, the army of the Great Zhao Empire would probably be even more incompetent.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that according to the combat power shown by my Great Zhao army now." It was precisely because of this that Yan Yu was anxious to discuss with Zhao Zhe. I saw that his face was heavy and said: "I'm afraid that sooner or later there will be a big problem, just a small Houjin country is enough for our Da Zhao to drink a pot." Therefore, the top priority at the moment is to properly reorganize the armament and train the soldiers. ”

"Wechen proposes to expand the army." He Hongqing, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, proposed: "My Great Zhao Empire has a large population, and if we expand our army by three percent, we should be able to solve this situation." ”

"Scholar He, now that my Great Zhao Empire is short of treasury, if I expand the army by another three percent? How to feed? Some people put forward different opinions: "The more than 3 million troops of my Great Zhao Empire are already redundant, if the army is not combative, what is the use of expanding the army?" ”

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(To be continued)