"Third brother, you have been in Ningzhou for a long time, I don't know what Lu Dao thinks about leaving the country?" Ji Qingchen asked, seeing that Ji Hongchang was a little confused, he explained, "If the third brother is allowed to lead a large army to attack the country, how many men and horses will be needed, and how much time will it take to capture the country?" ”

"Leaving the country?" Speaking of leaving the country, Ji Hongchang's eyes flashed, and he pondered for a moment before he spoke, "If you take the current departure from the country as an example, the 600,000 army may not be able to attack and leave the country in ten years." ”

This answer was already in Ji Qingchen's heart, so when he saw that Ji Hongchang also said the same, he didn't ask what Wei Lu was, but quietly waited for Ji Hongchang's next words.

"Because our enemies are not only leaving the country, but also Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness, as well as the Lingnan Yi tribe." Ji Hongchang said, "Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness seem to be small countries, and they do not pose a threat to our Dayan, and the current Lingnan Yi clan is a threat to Dayan, and it is difficult to fight against our Dayan with their current capabilities, but one day when Dayan officially starts a war with the country, their three kingdoms are our real threat, not to mention that they can give us a fatal blow as strong as leaving the country, but they will make trouble for us at the stage when we are holding on to the country, so that we can fight on four fronts, resulting in a shortage of troops and food, and this aspect is still done." ”

"As long as we have problems in terms of troop resources and food salaries, let the departure country seize the opportunity, then there will be no problem of defeat, and we may be hit by the departure of the country!" Ji Hongchang said with certainty, "Therefore, if you want to destroy the country, you must first solve the Western Shu and Eastern Wilderness and the Lingnan Yi tribe." ”

"Why does the ninth brother ask such a question?" Suddenly, at this moment, Ji Hongchang asked Ji Qingchen, he felt that Ji Qingchen didn't just want to ask him, there must be another purpose in it.

"The third brother is now in charge of the Privy Council, and he has the support of Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, I mean, have you ever thought about Dayan using troops against Western Shu or Eastern Wilderness?" Ji Qingchen asked in a low voice.

"Troops to the Western Shu or the Eastern Wilderness? I'm afraid it's not right now, right? Ji Hongchang was shocked, he also wanted to use troops against Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness, but with the current situation of Dayan, Emperor Yan is still seriously ill, and the situation in the court is very unstable.

"Third brother thinks that to destroy the Western Shu and the Eastern Wilderness, how many people do we need?" Ji Qingchen ignored Ji Hongchang's exclamation, and still asked Ji Hongchang very seriously.

"To destroy the Eastern Wilderness, 100,000 troops are enough, and to destroy Western Shu, I'm afraid it will take 200,000 elite soldiers." Ji Hongchang thought for a while before he spit out this sentence heavily.

"So it takes a total of 300,000 troops?" Ji Qingchen still said quietly, and saw him groaning for a while, and continued to ask, "Third brother, you serve in the Privy Council, and now you must have some understanding of Dayan's army, I don't know how many soldiers Da Yan still has available now?" ”

"Six hundred thousand." Ji Hongchang said without hesitation.

Seeing that Ji Qingchen was a little puzzled, he continued, "The Ningzhou army can't move, and it needs to defend the elite cavalry of Ningwu Pass, Yizhou is now short of troops, and if you want to start a war against Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness, you must stabilize Yizhou, and you need to mobilize 60,000 elite soldiers to defend the defense of Yizhou, so that the old eight cavalry guards in King's Landing City cannot participate in the great battle of the Eastern Wilderness and Western Shu, and only the army of the Northern Liao Governor's Mansion and the Beirong Governor's Mansion are left." ”

"Let's not talk about the Beirong Governor's Mansion, it is too far away from Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness, and the long-distance march to attack them is probably a big problem in terms of grain and grass, as for the 400,000 elite cavalry of Northern Liao, do they dare to let this army leave Northern Liao?" Ji Qingchen asked rhetorically.

Regarding Ji Qingchen's question, Ji Hongchang could only shake his head and reply no.

Because the 400,000 army of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion wants to attack Western Shu or the Eastern Wilderness, the marching route of the army must pass through King's Landing, and if anything happens to this army in the process, the combat effectiveness of the 400,000 army is not something that anyone can stop, and no one can imagine what will happen.

Therefore, no one dares to take this risk.

"Then we can only recruit troops, and then form two elite cavalry, one to attack Xishu and the other to attack the Eastern Wilderness." Ji Qingchen said.

"Assemble two elite cavalry?" Rao is Ji Hongchang is calm, he was still taken aback when he heard Ji Qingchen say this. Because the formation of a new army does not talk about the problem of money and food, even the war horses and weapons and armor are also a large amount of expenses, with the current situation of the Dayan treasury, it is not difficult to form a new army, but after the formation of the new army, to attack Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness, I am afraid that the treasury will be a little tight, because it has consumed too much silver money in the war against Beirong before, and now the treasury is not too abundant.

"If you want to use the money in the treasury to form a new army, I'm afraid that with the third brother's current ability, it is not enough to do it, because Tang Jian, the head of the household department, is the fourth brother's person, and the fourth brother is a shrewd person." Ji Qingchen smiled, "What if the third brother formed such a new army by himself? I'm afraid there won't be any way to stop it, right? ”

"This-" Ji Hongchang was stunned, forming a new army in the name of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and paying for food and horse equipment by himself, this army will be his own private army in the future, which Ji Hongchang can't even think of!

"Of course, in order to prevent the third brother from becoming the target of the public, the third brother can divide the cake of the formation of Xishu to the second and fourth brothers, presumably they will not refuse, and when the time comes, with the strength of the three of us, even if the eighth brother and Cui Jingsheng want to oppose it, they can't do anything!" Ji Qingchen suggested.

"Lao Jiu, do you have any purpose/" Seeing that Ji Qingchen gave himself such a big benefit, even Ji Hongchang was a little suspicious of Ji Qingchen's ulterior motives.

"The purpose is naturally there, that is, to let the second brother and the third brother, and the fourth brother stop fighting my idea of the Northern Liao Army, of course, this is not the main purpose, the main reason is the eighth brother." Ji Qingchen said in a calm tone, "This time, my father is critically ill, and the eighth child used the identity of the queen to urge himself to supervise the country, and used 80,000 Xiao cavalry guards and Yulin cavalry to force Pei Wenju to give up the power to handle government affairs, and handed over the power to handle government affairs to Cui Jingsheng, just by virtue of this, his strength is enough to be above all of us, even if he does not get benefits because of the struggle for power in the political affairs hall now, but as long as the queen is in one day, his strength cannot be underestimated, plus the Yulin cavalry that has been subdued by him and the 80,000 elite cavalry in his hands, Now that the father is alive, they can still restrain a little, if one day they ...... I'm afraid that even if the third brother joins forces with the second brother and the fourth brother, it will be difficult to deal with him, right? ”

"Therefore, my purpose is very simple, that is, I want to curb the eighth child by increasing your power, because I dare not dare to get the position of the East Palace among the three of you, at least I will not die too miserably, but the eighth person lives in the East Palace, and I fall into his hands, I am afraid it will be more than life and death." Ji Qingchen said word by word.

After listening to Ji Qingchen's answer, Ji Hongchang on the side was already half awake, he didn't say anything, but stared at Ji Qingchen quietly.

And Ji Qingchen said another word, which completely dispelled Ji Hongchang's doubts.

"Did the third brother forget Shu'er?"

Hearing Ji Qingchen's words, Rao is no matter how stupid Ji Hongchang is, he also understands why Ji Qingchen wants to target Ji Qian, because if there is no Ji Qingchen's departure from the north, it is estimated that Shu'er has become Ji Qingchen's wife, and now Ji Qingchen has married Shu'er, although it is the will of Emperor Yan, can Ji Qian endure this breath? may be able to endure it now, it is estimated that as long as he gains power in the future, the earliest person to die may be Ji Qingchen, and Shu'er's fate may be even more bleak.

Thinking about it this way, Ji Hongchang can understand why Ji Qingchen set up such a plan to deal with Ji Qian.

"We want to form this army, and the cost is too huge, I don't know if the ninth brother of Lu Dao can fund one or two?" Ji Hongchang thought for a moment and then asked Ji Qingchen.

"This is no problem, I have promised the second brother to give him 50,000 war horses, and I also promised the third brother to give you 50,000 war horses, which is given to you for free. Of course, you'll have to pay for the rest, but it's definitely a lot cheaper than usual. Ji Qingchen said frankly, "Of course, if the fourth brother comes to me and asks me for a war horse, I will also treat them equally." ”

"Is that all?" Ji Hongchang asked, for the formation of a fine horse, Yi Ji Qingchen is really not a lot of help to them now.

"Of course, it's more than that, because the formation of a new army is not a matter of one or two days, and a group of generals with war experience may be needed, if you can trust me, third brother, I will transfer a part of the elite cavalry from the Northern Liao Metropolitan Mansion and the Beirong Governor's Mansion to you to enrich the combat effectiveness of the new army." Ji Qingchen said, "But there can't be too many people in this part, if there are too many, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Liao Elite Cavalry and the Beirong Elite Cavalry will also drop a lot." ”

"This-" Ji Hongchang thought for a while and said, "Brother Wei can't be the master alone, and I have to discuss it with the second and fourth children." ”

"No problem, if it's convenient, the third brother will invite them to my house, and the four of us can discuss it." Ji Qingchen suggested.

"Well, this, with the ability of the three of us, I'm afraid it's okay." Ji Hongchang, who was silent for a moment, nodded in agreement.

said that with the ability of the three of them, there was no problem, which meant that the three of them came to Ji Qingchen's mansion to discuss the problem, because he also felt that with Ji Qingchen, a rich man, he might go a little smoother if he discussed it with Ji Ping and Ji Wen.

"Then it's decided, I'll wait for a few brothers in the mansion!" Ji Qingchen said with a hearty smile.

"Good!" Ji Hongchang also laughed.

The two of them toasted at the same time, and drank it all at once.

After Ji Qingchen and Ji Hongchang drank almost, Ji Hongchang said goodbye to Ji Qingchen and left. Zhang Rang appeared beside Ji Qingchen, "Your Highness, why do we want to strengthen the strength of several Highnesses?" What's in it for us? ”

"What else can there be besides dealing with Ji Qian." Ji Qingchen said in a low voice, "If we want to solve the game in front of us, we can only get rid of one of the four of them first, so this king will choose Ji Qian, because he is too arrogant, and the queen mother, this woman is too domineering." ”

Seeing that Zhang Rang was a little puzzled, Ji Qingchen, who was still sneering, continued, "Of course, we also have to add Ji Zhao and the crown princess, we will force the crown princess and Ji Zhao to Ji Qian's side, and as long as Ji Qian falls, they will also be in danger!" ”