Liu Xuan chatted with Ji Fang for a long time, and after knowing Li Yuelian, or Li De's intentions, he had to hide.

I don't go to Qingyue Palace anymore, I went to the imperial study every day after the morning court, and now it is a critical juncture, what Li Yuelian is most unaccustomed to should be that he has been running to Qingyue Palace recently.

In this way, more than half a month passed, and princes from all walks of life came from all directions.

What relieved Liu Xuan's heart was that the Western War Report also arrived in time.

On the Taihe Palace, Liu Xuan sat on the throne, and the hundreds of officials below lowered their heads, showing a bitter taste on their faces.

"Urgent report at the border pass, Zhenyuan General Wei Qing led 300,000 troops and Da Luo fought hard at the border for three days and three nights, and finally ended in a fiasco, retreating two hundred miles" Listening to the report of the soldiers in the middle, everyone was shocked and discussed.

Li De's face was a little embarrassed, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he was silent.

Xiao Zhuangzi immediately took the battle report from the herald and presented it to Liu Xuan.

Opening the battle report, Liu Xuan frowned, and looked at it carefully:

Wei Qing led an army of 300,000 from Beizhou to the west with confidence, and when he encountered the 200,000 army of Da Luo in the endoscope, he fought and killed, Da Luo was defeated and retreated, Wei Qing was light, and under the high morale, he chased to the border and crossed to Da Luo Neijing, and pursued for nearly 100 miles, and Da Luo suffered countless casualties.

Unexpectedly, when Wei Qing's army was resting in the middle of the night, Da Luo led an army of 500,000 to encircle his camp, fought desperately, and finally fled back with tens of thousands of remnants.

"Well, it's much richer than Wu Anping's battle report." Liu Xuan put down the battle report, looked at Baiguan and said calmly.

"Emperor Qiqi, this Wei Qing is so happy, he actually pursued a hundred miles across the border, there are brave and unscrupulous people, such reckless actions are not enough to be handsome." At this time, Chen Guang, the commander of the general army, stepped forward and bowed down and said, "The minister, please remove his official position to watch his future life." ”

As soon as Chen Guang's words came out, the other neutral officials nodded and discussed, Wei Qing is indeed a little overjoyed, since he has won a big victory in the endoscope, he should not pursue Baili, isn't it often said in the art of war, don't you chase after the poor.

Liu Xuan's eyes swept at the silent Li De, thinking that he was not in a very good mood at the moment.

Li De's face was a little ashamed, and when he heard Chen Guang's words, he stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Qing's defeat this time is a reckless and unbearable move, and he is also a person recommended by Weichen, and the minister is willing to be punished, demote himself, and hope that the emperor will approve it." ”

Seeing Li De's look of shame, the other ministers had different expressions, at the beginning, Prime Minister Li De confidently recommended Wei Qing to replace Wu Anping, but now he has returned with a fiasco, losing more than 200,000 troops, such a crime is not as simple as dismissal and investigation.

With this defeat, Li De's voice in the DPRK will become smaller and smaller in the future, and he will not be able to interfere in military affairs.

This must have hit him hard.

Liu Xuan pondered for a moment, and said, "Li Aiqing doesn't have to blame himself too much, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, even if Wei Qing is greedy for merit, but the blame is not in you, Wei Qing has outstanding achievements in the past, and he has made outstanding achievements, this defeat will inevitably punish him heavily, let him go back to Beizhou to replace Wu Anping, withdraw his military power, and wait to serve his life." ”

"Aiqing is the prime minister of the Nine Shadows of the former emperor, the oldest in qualifications, no one can stand out, and the matter of surrendering to his position, let it go for the time being." After Liu Xuan said this, under the stunned gaze of everyone, he turned to everyone, "Now that the princes are coming to the court, I hope that the public Aiqing will be entertained, and the post house arrangements and other matters will be handed over to Zhang Aiqing." ”

"Obey." Zhang Xuejin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, bowed slightly and replied.

"Scattered." Liu Xuan got up and said a word and walked towards the apse.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers hurriedly bowed and shouted.

After Liu Xuan left, Li De had not come back to his senses, which was completely different from what he imagined, he originally thought that Liu Xuan would be angry and take the opportunity to criticize him fiercely, and it was understandable that he would even be cut off from his position as prime minister on the spot.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xuan comforted him without any pain, and then didn't take it to heart.

And the other ministers comforted Li De one after another, saying that the emperor was kind and did not blame him, Li De was depressed in his heart, and he had to laugh back embarrassedly

In the imperial study, Liu Xuan sat at the desk, Ji Fang stood respectfully in the middle, holding the battle report given to him by Liu Xuan in his hand, read it for a long time, and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, General Wei is greedy for merit, and it is inevitable that there will be such a defeat. ”

Da Luo is the most populous country among the five countries, and it is also ten times the population of the Nine Hidden Countries, with nearly one billion people.

Therefore, in terms of the strength of the army, even though Da Luo is not the strongest, but the number is the largest, the number of any expeditionary force is not just a simple two or three hundred thousand, Wei Qing first arrived in the west, and the 200,000 troops he encountered were probably just the bait of the Da Luo expeditionary force.

"I have now transferred Wu Anping and Wei Qing again, and Li Defang has just been demoted in the main hall to ask for his life, and I have vaguely covered up the past, what is Ji Aiqing's best plan next?" Liu Xuan looked at Ji Fang and asked.

"I heard that Xizhou Jianwei Hou Song Xue led 8,000 troops to the court, and there should be more than one million troops under his command, which is exactly the good strategy that Weichen wants to make for the emperor." Ji Fang thought for a while and bowed down and said, "The emperor can issue an order now, on the grounds of the fiasco in the west, let Jianwei Hou allocate 500,000 troops to support General Wu, so that the emperor will have 500,000 more troops." ”

"Half a million?" Liu Xuan was stunned.

"This 500,000 yuan, Jianwei Hou Song Xue, if you don't give it, you will disobey the holy order, and if you give it, it will make him lose his vitality, and at this critical moment, he must also give it." Ji Fang said calmly.

"500,000 at most?" Liu Xuan came back to his senses and suddenly asked.

Ji Fang was stunned for a moment, and said, "Of course not, 500,000 is a conservative estimate of Weichen, I'm afraid of you, the emperor."

"Are you afraid of too much?" Liu Xuan laughed and said, "Since he has an army of one million, why do I only need 500,000, and since he brought 8,000 people, then he needs 800,000." ”

Ji Fang's heart was stagnant, the reason why he only said 500,000 was that he was afraid that Liu Xuan would worry about Song Ze's compromise method of disobeying the holy order, and now Song Xue brought more than 8,000 people to the court, which is enough to show that he has more than 800,000 troops in his hands, but he didn't expect that the emperor's ambition and courage were no less than him, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for all Song Ze's soldiers and horses, it seems that the worry in his heart is superfluous.

And in Liu Xuan's mind, he is the emperor, everything in Jiuyou should be his, and he asked Song Xue for 800,000 yuan, he is still too little, if he doesn't give it, he will be directly punished for the crime of rebellion, and someone will clean up Song Xue for him.

After this matter was decided, the next day, the holy decree arrived at the post house, and all the princes knelt down to worship, and after hearing the holy decree, one of the Weifu men who was about fifty years old turned dark