Xie Ai thought carefully for a moment, looked at Yang An and Zhang Hao, and said: "In order to deal with the threat of the main army of the Yan Kingdom, the charioteers of our army must not only expand their forces and build more chariots, but also greatly increase the attack power of the chariots, only in this way can they calmly confront the elite army of the Yan Kingdom." ”

"What the general said is, however, our army's charioteers are already very strong, how can they increase their attack power?" Yang An asked curiously.

"Yes! General, how can I increase the attack power of my charioteers? Zhang Hao also asked loudly.

Xie Ai looked at the two of them and said: "You should know that each chariot of our army has four soldiers, among them, three combat soldiers, one in the middle is holding a bow and arrow, responsible for long-range attacks, and two soldiers on both sides are holding long weapons and are responsible for melee combat. ”

When Yang An heard this, he hurriedly said: "What does the general mean is to let three combat soldiers, two with bows and one with long weapons?" To increase the ranged attack power of the charioteer? ”

"General, in this way, the charioteer's melee ability is greatly reduced, and it seems that the gains outweigh the losses!. Zhang Hao said loudly.

Xie Ai smiled, and said: "You guessed wrong, Ben Jiang's meaning is to let the three soldiers in charge of the battle on the chariot have more weapons, they not only want to be long-range archbowmen, but also close combat spearmen, and Ben will plan to install a heavy crossbow in front of the chariot, the attack power and range of the crossbow are far more than ordinary bows, and the destructive power is extremely powerful, and the two spearmen behind the chariot." It is also equipped with a bow and crossbow, which can shoot at the enemy with a dense rain of arrows when the enemy approaches, and when the enemy approaches, immediately unload the bow and crossbow and pick up the spear to meet the enemy. At the same time, the soldier in charge of the crossbow also has to pick up the spear, participate in melee combat and protect the driver, so that the three combat soldiers on the chariot can play the attack of six soldiers, and with the giant crossbow. The vehicle's attack range can also be greatly increased, so that it can have an advantage when facing the Yan army. ”

Seeing that Xie Ai had such a plan, Yang An and Zhang Hao both agreed, but the charioteers themselves are a very money-consuming type of troops, and the requirements for logistics are extremely high, and the existing 20,000 charioteers under Yang An's command have a very huge consumption of military salaries. If it is to expand the army and horses, and follow the method of Shay. To buy more equipment for the chariot, the more money is needed, and such a large consumption cannot be borne by Hebei's economic strength, and moreover, to carry out such a big operation. It's not that Xie Ai has the right to do this, he must ask Hua'an for instructions and get Hua'an's permission.

"The general's plan is perfectly feasible, however, with the manpower and financial resources of Hebei. It is not enough to support this qiē, so it is better for the general to write a letter to the king now, and ask the king to allocate enough food and craftsmen, so that the general's plan can be implemented smoothly. Yang An said loudly.

"That's right, General Yang is right, this idea must be reported to the king immediately, and the last general believes that the king will definitely agree." Zhang Hao also said loudly.

Xie Ai nodded, and said with a straight face: "The two generals are right, but the general still needs to calculate carefully to see how many silver taels are needed to build chariots and many weapons, so it is better to report to the king!" ”

Yang An and Zhang Oyster nodded, deeply convinced.

Subsequently, Xie Ai made a plan to expand the 20,000 charioteers according to the information collected by the Yan army, and calculated the silver taels that needed to be consumed according to the equipment required to expand these charioteers.

After calculating a certain amount of money, Xie Ai immediately wrote a letter to Hua'an, in which Xie Ai not only reported to Hua'an the manpower and material resources needed for the expansion, but also explained in detail the necessity and urgency of the army expansion, so that Hua'an had to agree to this plan.

After writing the letter, Xie Ai sent his henchmen to send the letter to the direction of Luoyang City as quickly as possible, so that Hua An could respond.

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The envoys sent by the imperial court to Luoyang City for Hua'an and Jiuxi have returned to Jiankang City and entered the palace.

As soon as they returned to the palace, the ministers in the palace couldn't wait to inquire about the situation in Luoyang City, and asked about Hua'an by the way.

When the envoy told the ministers of the court about the grandeur and prosperity of Luoyang City, all the ministers were stunned in surprise, and when the envoy told them that the North Palace was not as grand as the palace in Jiankang City, they were even more surprised.

The envoy naturally would not tell lies, and in this way, Hua'an made the North Palace so magnificent, and there was a suspicion of trespassing, which was a great disrespect to the current son and an intolerable faux pas.

Of course, Hua'an is now a powerful force that supports the army and respects itself, and they can only be angry in their hearts, and they dare not publicly accuse Hua'an of being rude.

And when the envoy told how heroic and powerful the guards under Hua An were, not only the ministers were surprised, but even the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic was taken aback.

According to the envoy's narration, Hua An is now in Luoyang City, living a life like the Son of Heaven, except for not having the title of the Son of Heaven, he has almost everything, and this will naturally cause Chu Lianzi to be nervous, after all, his son is the emperor, and he wants to protect the interests of the child.

When the envoy and all the ministers withdrew, Chu Lianzi left Danyang Yin Xie An alone, and planned to discuss this matter with Xie An.

"Xie Aiqing, you have heard what the special envoy said just now, what do you think about this matter?" Chu Lianzi looked at Xie An and asked softly.

Xie An thought for a while, and said: "Queen Mother, in the opinion of Wei Chen, there are only two possibilities for the King of the North to behave in such a rude manner. ”

"Which two possibilities, Xie Aiqing might as well say it bluntly." Chu Garlic asked eagerly.

Xie An hugged his fists and said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, the first possibility is that the Northern King has begun to replace the Great Jin Dynasty and establish a new dynasty, and the second possibility is that the Northern King deliberately put on such a rude posture to confuse potential enemies." After speaking, he looked at Chu Garlic.

Chu Lianzi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "In Xie Aiqing's opinion, what is the possibility of this situation now?" After speaking, he looked at Xie An nervously.

Obviously, Chu Lianzi was very scared at this time, he was afraid that Xie An would say that it was the first possibility, because once Hua'an really wanted to replace Da Jin, it would be difficult for anyone to stop him.

Xie An thought about it carefully, and said: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry too much, with the current shape of the world, the King of the South and the King of Yan have formed a flanking attack on the King of the North, and the King of the North will not take the risk of doing something disobedient, so Wei Chen feels that it must be the second situation." ”

When Chu Garlic heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xie An, and said, "Xie Aiqing means that this king did this on purpose, so why did the king of the north act like this?" And who is he trying to confuse? ”

Obviously, Chu Lianzi still didn't understand Hua'an's intentions.

Xie An hugged his fists and said: "Queen Mother, in the opinion of Wei Chen, the reason why the North King did this is to confuse the King of Yan and the King of the South. ”

"Why is this happening, why does the North King confuse the South King and the Yan King, does Xie Aiqing know the reason for this?" Chu Garlic asked curiously.

Xie An replied: "Queen Mother, according to the information that Weichen knows, King Yan and King Nan have formed an alliance, and King Yan also sent his own uncle Murong Khan to Xunyang City in order to discuss with King Nan about the major matter of jointly dealing with King North, and King North seems to have been aware of this matter, so Wei Chen came to such a guess." ”

Chu Lianzi nodded and said softly: "If this is the case, my Great Jin Imperial Court is temporarily worry-free." After saying that, I was relieved a lot.

Xie An said softly: "The Queen Mother, the King of the South, the King of the North, and the King of Yan, the three forces contain each other and have formed a strong momentum, and Yangzhou is guarded by Yin Thorn History, and my Great Jin Dynasty will not be in danger of overturning for the time being, and the Queen Mother can rest assured." ”

"After listening to Xie Aiqing's words, the mourning family was relieved a lot, Xie Qing's family was tired for a day, let's go back first!" Chu Garlic said softly.

"Yes, Queen Mother, Weichen retired." Xie An clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and left the main hall.

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In the direction of Xunyang City, Huan Wen and Murong Khan looked very happy, they had already learned all the things that happened in the direction of Luoyang City, and these things were completely expected by them, they were naturally very happy.

"King of the South, Luoyang City is more prosperous than the capital Jiankang, and the North Palace is more noble and magnificent than the palace of the Great Jin, the King of the North is so rude, the ministers of Jiankang City will definitely be dissatisfied, isn't this a great opportunity for us to take advantage of?" Murong Khan said happily.

Huan Wen nodded hurriedly, and said: "General Murong is right, the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty will definitely report it to the court truthfully, and this king also believes that the ministers of the court will definitely be dissatisfied with Hua'an, and this king only needs to send henchmen to contact these ministers, and all the ministers of the court can be won over to the king's side, so that it will not be long before the king can greatly influence the government." ”

"The king of the south is wise, Murong Khan is here to wish the king of the south to realize his wish as soon as possible, and at the same time, he also wishes that my Dayan and the king of the south can do their best to destroy the king of the north, and then take the Yellow River as the boundary and never invade each other." Murong Khan said loudly.

Huan Wen nodded and said loudly: "Okay, then the king will borrow General Murong's auspicious words to wish us an early victory, hahaha!" He laughed.

Subsequently, Huan Wen immediately sent his henchmen to the direction of Jiankang City, and persuaded these ministers to stand on his side under the pretext that Hua'an was rude to the court and had a great disobedience, so as to isolate Hua'an in the court. (To be continued......)