Wang Ting, the high-level officials of the Xia Kingdom gathered together. Even Sima Xuande on the side platform, Nangong Qingyan in Caro City, and Huo Qubing on Taiming Mountain all used witchcraft to project and listen to the main hall together.

In the center of the main hall stands a screen.

This screen is the magic weapon refined by Fang Xiandao, called "Tenglong Land Map". On the front is the map of the Xia Kingdom, with the scenery of mountains and rivers, and on the back is the majestic golden dragon pattern, which is composed of pieces of totems.

The two shrine maidens knelt on both sides of the screen, infusing the screen with spiritual power, and projecting a map of the Xia Kingdom over the main hall.

Ji Le and Yang Ke sat at the top. The officials of the Yongle Hall and the royal court were divided on the left and right.

This time, it was not Yang Ke who went to Yongle Palace, but Ji Le rushed to the royal court, which shows the seriousness of the matter.

Everyone present could feel the crisis and urgency of the coming storm.

Yang Ke was unrelenting, his right hand kept turning the brush, and he looked at the map in a daze.

Ji Le clenched Ruyi and stared at Liu Sheng in the center of the hall.

Liu Sheng held a wooden whip in his hand and was gesturing on the screen to explain the current situation to everyone.

"At present, there are five thousand demons gathered on the side platform. ”

The bronze mirror in the right corner reflects Sima Xuande's image. Suddenly, he received a report and interrupted Liu Sheng's words: "Supplement, there are five more demon birds flying from the sky." ”

Liu Sheng wrote down Sima Xuande's news and said in a deep voice: "There are 5,500 demon clans on the side platform, and their strength is between one and three tripods. It is conservatively estimated that it will take 8,000 soldiers or 30,000 slave troops to blockade the demons. ”

Uncle Bao: "How about sticking to the side platform? The side platform is good at guarding, and there is Sima Xuande's army formation, so it should be no problem to support it for a few days?"

Sima Xuande shook his head and said: "Not to mention a few days, as long as the domestic supplies continue, it will not be a problem for me to support it for three years." But the key lies in the safety of countries such as Vinland in the west. ”

Not long ago, the Xia Kingdom received many vassal states, and there are currently fourteen vassal states of the Xia State. Most of these vassal states were in the west, at the junction of the two kingdoms of Damu and Bactria.

"If you stick to the border, the demon clan will wreak havoc in the west, and Wenlan, Yushuang and other countries will not be spared. ”

Wu Min said: "Not long ago, Senior Brother Taibu calculated the situation, and these two countries will suffer from demonic disasters. This shows that the demons gathered in the West are definitely not just the five thousand counted in front of them. And the White River Country. I'm afraid there is also some trouble on the other side of Nanyu Mountain. ”

Of the fourteen vassals of the Xia Kingdom, there are currently nine in the west and five in the south. According to the custom of the high-level Xia State, the western vassal states were called the "Nine Kingdoms of the Western Regions", and the five southern countries were called the "Five Southern Barbarian Tribes".

As for the east and north...... There is Lingshan in the north, and there are several ruins such as Tianjiao City, resulting in a blank territory in the Xia Kingdom. In the east, except for Caro City, which has been included in the country, Tianzhou City is still nominally an independent and autonomous country, although it has been indirectly controlled by the Xia Kingdom. It's just that the army, officials, and economy are all controlled by the Xia State.

The results of Taibu's divination declare that "there are demonic disasters in the three kingdoms of Wenlan, Yushuang, and Baihe", which means that the demons will attack from the west and south. In particular, the side platform was surrounded, which blocked the passage for Xia to send troops to rescue Wenlan and other countries.

"What's even more troublesome is that the royal court is preparing a plan for the garrison of the subject country. We intend to incorporate the armies of the vassal states and station them with the Xia troops. If protection could not be provided, the treaty of the subject states could not be completed. Yang Ke sighed and said: "With our country's current strength, it is difficult to complete a two-sided, no, three-sided war. At the same time, it is necessary to rescue the goddess Yuanxi. ”

Not only the surrounding vassals, but also the establishment of Nataiyue and the search for Yuanxi required a large number of manpower.

Thinking of this, Ji Le gradually felt remorse in his heart, and secretly blamed himself for not rushing for quick success and quick profit, and forcibly taking the nearby countries as dependents. Although the momentum of the Xia Kingdom has been strengthened, the Xia Kingdom is too large, and it is difficult to defend it at present.

Seeing Yang Ke's sad face, the officials of the royal court took the initiative to share their worries: "Your Highness, why don't we give up a front for the time being? ”

"No!" Uncle Bao frowned, got up and shouted: "Those vassal countries must be preserved, if not, who will dare to take refuge in us in the future? To be a great power and a hegemon, we must show our military strength to all countries and protect our vassal countries." Therefore, we must not only send troops to the sidelines, but also sweep away the demonic atmosphere of the cities in the Western Regions in one breath, and set our general trend in one breath. Well...... I have looked through the history books of later generations and have seen a lot of policies on this. Protectorate of the Western Regions, what do you think?"

"Gong Bao, you're thinking too far, aren't you?" Xun An said helplessly: "You are going to establish a capital protectorate? Let's protect these countries first! And to the south, the Baihe country is in the southernmost part, and we will also send people to rescue." ”

Not to mention the disappearance of the goddess Yuanxi, and the establishment of Mount Tai...... This is clearly premeditated by the enemy.

Everyone fell silent, and the woman glanced at everyone in the hall, and calculated in her heart: At present, there are demons on the east, west, and south, and there are no less than tens of thousands of demons in the east, which are obviously the main force of the enemy, and I am afraid that the elite armies of the demons in the eastern countries are gathered here.

Although the West is better, the current number of five thousand is only around the side platform, and the number of demons in the entire Nine Kingdoms of the Western Regions is definitely not less than 30,000.

As for the south...... There is a trouble with messaging here, and there is no specific military information yet.

But the woman is a rough calculation based on the current number of enemy troops. Even if she counted herself as a demigod, she would need at least 50,000 regular troops plus 300,000 slave troops.

It must be known that Ji Le has worked hard for more than ten years, and the official number of citizens of Xia is only in the early hundreds of thousands. The newborns who Ji Le personally helped deliver after crossing were only twelve years old and couldn't fight at all. Earlier, because of the problem of national sterilization, there were few young and strong people, and it was difficult to replenish the regular army of the army. With the retirement of generations of veterans, the number of regular soldiers in Xia is still smaller than ten years ago.

This is the consequence of the sterilization of the Xia people.

At that time, Yang Ke was a young man, and he led the army out to fight. The soldiers were about his age, if not older, and were born in the days of his father and grandfather.

At that time, the two previous kings sacrificed their children in exchange for the fertility of the people. Perhaps they will not see the growth of the newborn, the growth of the generation born by their grace.

But after the next generation of kings grew up, the men joined the army, which greatly supplemented the combat power of the Xia Kingdom.

However, Yang Ke's era was different, and he was reluctant to give his child to his life for a period of time after he ascended the throne, resulting in several intermittent sterilizations in China.

This incident has made the current Xia army sluggish, and the group of young people in Yang Ke's initial reign has not really grown up.

So it caused today's embarrassing situation. Veterans have been unable to retire for a long time, and new recruits have been unable to enlist for a long time, and at present, most of them are fighting with slave troops instead of regular troops.

The woman smiled bitterly: "Our country is good at small-scale battles, and with the Spirit Palace Witch and us demigod heroes, we can wipe out the coalition forces of the surrounding countries." But in the face of a large-scale demonic catastrophe......"

Especially if there are mass casualties, this is the most taboo thing for Ji Le.

In the end, Uncle Bao broke the deadlock.

He pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "Although there are many enemies, our Xia Kingdom is not incapable of enemies. It is nothing more than the power of the people, and the generals from all walks of life join forces. First resist but not attack, and then surround a point to seek a breakthrough. As long as you defeat one side first, and after getting the turnaround, you can eat these demons one by one. What's more, we also have the backing of the gods, and we won't let the demons mess around. ”

Ji Le: "Sounds like Bao Gong has a plan?"

Uncle Bao stood up: "Please give me great power, and I will arrange major national affairs within a month." I'll find a way to deal with the plague of the vassal nations. Of course—" He turned his head to Li Jing, Huo Quzhi, Nu Hao, Bai Qi, Wei Yizi, Meng Tian and others, and said, "You must also listen to my dispatch and jointly resist the demonic disasters in the southeast, south, and west of Great Xia." ”

"Please give His Royal Highness the power of military orders, if the general refuses to accept the order, the military law will deal with it!"

Several generals looked at this white and chubby old gentleman with awe-inspiring expressions.

Huo Quzhi was noncommittal: "As long as Dongyue Taishan can be successfully built, I don't care." ”

Bai Qi was calm and calm: "I won't participate, I will lead the Yin Si ghost pawn to find the traces of His Royal Highness Yuan Xi." ”

Nu Hao, Meng Tian, Li Jing and others looked at each other, and nodded their heads in response to Uncle Bao's words. Then everyone looked up at Ji Le and Yang Ke together.

Ji Le said to Yang Ke: "I intend to delegate power, what about you?"

"I want to go to the border station to guard and clean up the chaos. Let Bao Gong be the master of all domestic affairs. ”

"Then ask Bao Gong to take Wei Xuanzi, Meng Tian, and Nu Hao to prepare to meet the enemy. As for Li Jing, he has other arrangements. Ji Le said: "This turmoil in all directions, does His Highness really think that he can't guess who did it?"

can mobilize so many demons to attack at the same time, except for the goddess of the ghost, he doesn't think secondly.

"General Li, you led people to clean up the spies of the Night City Church in the country. Even if it is the royal court and the important place of the Spirit Palace, you will search it!"

Huo Qubing took people to build Taiyue, and only Ji Le himself told Zhao Gao and Huo Qubing about this matter, and then he directly began to arrange it. Time is short, where did the goddess get the news?

This shows that there are definitely people in the Spirit Palace!

"As for Wu Anjun, I will go with Gu to rescue Yuan Xi later. ”

"Don't you think about it anymore?" Emperor Shi couldn't help asking: "The son of a daughter can't sit down, how can you go abroad without permission?"

"If the gods are behind this incident, then one of its purposes is to provoke us and Moto-hee. Therefore, we must not only save, but also strike with a righteous and bright light, and I myself will come forward to show our country's attitude towards the patron gods. ”

Emperor Shi was about to speak, but Yi Zhi next to him preemptively said: "Yes, it is most appropriate for His Highness to come forward in this matter." In addition, the boss also has a task. You need to become a god as soon as possible to add chips to my Xia Kingdom. ”

was robbed of by Yi Zhi, and Emperor Shi was not good at talking.

After a while of discussion, everyone took action, and the military group led by Bao Shuya began to actively prepare for the three-sided demon disaster.

And Shi Huang and Yi Yin left together. In a no-man's road, the Divine Domain erupted from the two of them, shielding out the perception of the outside world.

Cangjie: "What other plans do you have for your words?"

"Your Highness is right. He came forward to save people, firstly, to save manpower, secondly, to show our country's attitude towards the Western Sage, and it was also convenient to ask the wind gods for help. ”

"After all, even if this incident is caused by the Goddess of Darkness, what is her purpose? Attacking a small dependent country can damage our reputation, and seizing Taiyue can stop us from marching into the Eastern Territory, but what about preventing us from rescuing the Goddess Yuanxi?"

Yi Zhi said: "After all, Goddess Yuanxi is a god, does she dare to kill casually? What if she is only imprisoned for a period of time and then takes the initiative to release people?"

"At that time, because we didn't send people to help, we even ignored it. Wouldn't you let the goddess Yuanxi be separated from us?"

Think about it, how much Yuan Xi helped Xia Guo at the beginning. At this time, Xia Guo sat idly by, what did the other gods think?

Although some people can understand that this is Xia Guo taking care of himself and unable to save people, outsiders don't see it that way.

After a pause, Yi Yin whispered, "Actually, the best result of this matter is that His Royal Highness of the West Holy Temple will die. ”

Shi Huang's face changed drastically, but he immediately understood what he meant.

On the one hand, Ji Le's thoughts are gone, and he no longer has to worry about the issue of divine marriage. On the other hand, lest someone hinder the Xia Kingdom, and he can easily get rid of the burden of the protector god.

But—

Emperor Shi was silent for a while, but still said quietly: "Although I don't agree with the divine marriage between His Royal Highness Yuan Xi and the national spirit, I don't expect to kill her." I just hope she quickly turns her attention to someone else. When she gets married, I can wrap her in a big red envelope. ”

Yi Zhi shook his head and smiled, and the two returned to the Spirit Palace. But when Emperor Shi saw Yi Zhi walking in the direction of the Lingtai, he wondered: "What are you going to do over there? Li Jing is going to come to search the Linggong later, aren't you going to prepare?"

"I'm going to do something else. Have you forgotten that the god of aging, Divus, and the others will soon be sent to the sun god for trial. I need to make sure it's safe and avoid some people trying to save people. ”

Emperor Shi's heart was shocked.

Yes, the goddess of Youmeng took great pains to come up with this matter and smashed down nearly 100,000 demon elites. Is it just to provoke the relationship between Yuan Xi and Xia Guo? Could it be that her fundamental purpose is to rescue the god of aging?