"How many men do you need to take the Red Flame Pass?"

"I only need to lead the five commanders of the city defense headquarters and my own soldiers, and I can easily defeat Zhang Jun."

"Okay, this king is allocating two million men and horses for you, and I hope you will return victoriously as soon as possible, hahaha......" The Eight Kings laughed wildly.

"Don't send troops easily," Wei Ao stepped forward and shouted to stop him.

"Why did Wei Aiqing want to stop it? Didn't the five million pro-soldiers in Chiyan Pass also have your Wei clansmen? Don't you want to take them back? I can't do it if I send Zhang Jun five million troops for nothing?" The Eight Kings were a little unhappy.

"Eight kings, just now we analyzed that this should be a trick by Emperor Zeng and Zhang Jun. If this is true. That Emperor Zeng is to provoke you to make a move with Zhang Jun, don't forget that Emperor Zeng's 30 million army is stationed in Jun'an City, a key place for soldiers. I'm afraid that these people of Han Shuai will be eaten by Emperor Zeng and Zhang Jun before they can reach the Red Flame Pass, right?" Wei Ao said this, but it startled the eight kings and the ministers.

"What Lord Wei said is reasonable, I was also analyzing the situation just now, since Emperor Zeng had Zhang Jun as a helper, and annexed the Yunyang Kingdom is tens of millions of troops, and now the power is getting bigger and bigger, it is definitely the biggest threat to us, we have lost nearly seven million troops in Chiyan Pass, we can't miss anything, how we go in the future, we still need to think in the long run. Chu Yan also echoed Wei Ao's statement.

"That'...... Those two Aiqing, in your opinion, what should we do next?"

"I don't think Zhang Jun can become a climate for the time being, and the 20 million Cold Emperor soldiers and horses outside the Red Flame Pass are enough for Zhang Jun to drink a pot. Since Emperor Zeng and Zhang Jun conspired to trap us, we will retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, take advantage of Emperor Zeng's absence, take the Red Blood City in one fell swoop, and wipe out Emperor Zeng's forces. Conform to the will of the people, serve the eight kings as the emperor, and at the same time cooperate with the ghost king to contain Emperor Zeng, so that Emperor Zeng will become a rootless tree, and it will not be long before it will decay. ”

Wei Ao's suggestion made the ministers fall into deep thought.

"Lord Wei, isn't it a bit hasty! Although most of the old ministers support us now, and more than half of the garrisons in Red Blood City support us, even then the garrisons we can mobilize are only about 30 million at most, and we have to count the five million of the private armies and Lingshan City,"

"But Emperor Zeng is now stationed in Jun'an City, there are more than 30 million, plus some of the troops in Guiyun City, Huaiyang City, and Red Blood City, at least 50 million troops can be mobilized, and this is not counting Zhang Jun's army. ”

"We are completely inferior to Emperor Zeng in terms of military strength, and if we act rashly at this time, we are afraid that it will not be good for us, right? Not to mention that Emperor Zeng has also received the support of six of the ten major forces, and Zhang Jun has also received the support of the other four, we are only afraid that it will be difficult to speak alone, right?"

"Finally, I'm talking about a little bit of Emperor Zeng's terrible place, you all know that Emperor Zeng's General Hall and Iron Blood Guard are invincible in the world, but Emperor Zeng's elite knights, do you know? This is the biggest trump card in Emperor Zeng's hands. ”

"Although there are only more than 1,000 people, the lowest ones are all masters above Huang Wujing. It is said that there are also many masters of the basalt mirror. I'm afraid that the only ones who can deal with the elite knights are the masters in the Five Great Family Elder Hall and the Imperial Family Elder's Hall of Ascetic Cultivation Forest. ”

"It's just that these Qing cultivators can really be used by us? I'm afraid it may not be. ”

"That's why I said, now that there is a huge disparity between the enemy and us, let's take a long-term view of this matter!"

Chu Yan's analysis completely made the Eight Kings lose their momentum, and they suddenly wilted.

"Then Chu Aiqing, what do you say?"

"In my opinion, we should take three steps,"

"First, seize the time to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world, you can spend a lot of money to recruit troops in third-class cities or villages and towns, I estimate that at least 30 million troops will be needed to fight a decisive battle with Emperor Zeng. ”

"The second is to use inducement to win Guiyun City and Huaiyang City. If the lure fails, in the name of the imperial court, they will transfer their army to attack the Red Flame Pass. If they do not obey the orders of the imperial court, they will be considered treason, and we will forcibly remove them from their military power for treason."

"The third is the ghost king who unites the ghost gate, the ghost king must be sitting on pins and needles now, Emperor Zeng's army of 30 million is eyeing the tiger, and he Chen Ming is powerful to cooperate with the two benefits, and the division is a powerful relationship between the two evils, I think the ghost king will definitely form an alliance with us. ”

Chu Yan's three suggestions were crazy enough, recruiting 30 million soldiers, which was simply the largest recruitment in history.

"Do you really want to recruit 30 million troops at a time?" the Eight Kings asked movingly.

"If we want to win Emperor Zeng in one fell swoop, in addition to the above three points, we must also be recognized by the Elder Hall and the Royal Elder Hall of the Five Great Families, after all, it is those who really control the situation behind it. ”

"Lord Chu, I think we still need to secretly cooperate with Emperor Leng of Yunyang Kingdom, if we have a decisive battle with Emperor Zeng, I hope that Emperor Leng can contain Zhang Jun, so that we will be more sure. Shangshu Chen Yu said.

"Isn't that right?Emperor Leng is the old enemy of our Red Blood Country," another Shang Shuwei Li said.

"There is nothing bad, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, our common enemy is Zhang Jun and Emperor Zeng, as long as we promise them, after taking Emperor Zeng, we will send troops to Chiyan Pass, attack inside and outside, capture Zhang Jun alive and give it to him, do you think Emperor Leng will agree" Chen Yu retorted Wei Lidao.

"In this way, let's go separately, a few of you go to various places to recruit soldiers, three million each, no one is missing, this time it is related to the fate of all of us, pay double the salary to recruit soldiers. ”

"And the Eight Kings, Wei Ao, Han Lie, and I, first go to persuade the respective family elder halls, and when these two things are done, we are going to talk to the Ghost King. In the end, he was dealing with Guiyun City and Huaiyang City. Don't let the news go. ”

The turbulent internal tide of the imperial court did not escape the eyes of Emperor Zeng.

How can the practice of large-scale recruitment not reveal the slightest rumor, not to mention that there is an eyeliner installed by Emperor Zeng among the old ministers?

Seeing that his provocative plan did not work, Emperor Zeng then recalled King Song, who was looking for Zhang Jun's arsenal outside, to discuss countermeasures with him.

"You know all these things, and now we are really on the back of the enemy,"

"Zhang Jun has been in charge of the Red Flame Pass for more than half a month, the change of the Red Flame Pass is even greater than expected, just in the past few days, the south city wall facing us has increased by several zhang, and outside the city wall, an outer city has been reinforced, and it is under construction. The outer city is now full of troops, and food and grass are being continuously delivered to the Red Flame Pass, which is obviously preparing for war."

"And the eight kings in the court are even more blatant enemies with me, and they were originally designed to let the two sides fight a war of attrition first, but the eight kings were not fooled at all, and they did not have the slightest intention of sending troops to recruit Zhang Jun. The eyes of the court have been closely monitored these days, and it was not until six days ago that the news of the Eight Kings' conscription of 30 million troops came out,"

"The letter also said that the three families of Chu, Wei, and Han have reached an agreement with the Great Elder of the Imperial Family, but I am afraid that they have sent people to discuss the alliance with the Ghost King in the past few days, what should we do now?"

"Brother Huang, it is indeed much more difficult than expected now, Zhang Jun's early withdrawal of the people from the arsenal and the oil refining valley was something we did not expect, and it also put us in a passive position from the root, and now Zhang Jun is a hedgehog, no one dares to move. ”

"Now the situation is three around one, we move any one, the other two are likely to start from behind, I thought about it for a few days before I came, so I came up with a surprise force"

"What do you mean? Tell me, what kind of strange soldier?"

"Zhang Jun of the Red Flame Pass in the north has both the containment of Emperor Leng and the reward of your high-ranking officials, I estimate that Zhang Jun will not be able to risk the world's greatness and attack the imperial brother behind your back. At least not yet, his roots are not yet ripe. ”

"The ghost king of the Ghost Gate Pass in the west has always had the desire to stand on his own, and there have been several rebellions in the past few years, but they have been restrained by your garrison army, and it is difficult to make a difference, especially the Kunyu Empire is very dissatisfied with his actions, which makes him even more disadvantaged. ”

"Lingshan City in the east has been controlled by the Eight Kings and the Chu, Wei, and Han families all these years, but its strength is the weakest of the five major cities. ”

"Guiyun City and Huaiyang City in the south are flat and flat, and they are a large plain with a flat river. The population under the jurisdiction of the two cities is close to half of the country's population, and the resource strength is also the two strongest among the five major cities, but there has been no war for many years, and the combat power of the generals is much lower than that of other regions. Fortunately, these two cities have your back, but now they are in danger of being swallowed up by the Eight Kings. ”

"Now we are talking about going back to the Red Blood City, the largest city in the Red Blood Country, before the Cold Emperor did not send troops to the Red Flame Pass, he had more than 20 million troops, and he had the support of the General Hall, the Iron Blood Guard, the Elite Knights, and the six major sects. Your strength in the capital is definitely the strongest. ”

"But now that the situation in Red Blood City has reversed, we only have less than three million troops in the city, and it is difficult to resist the siege of the Eight Kings, not to mention that even the Great Elder of the Royal Family has expressed his support for the Eight Kings, if he wants to stand on his own, it is a matter of one sentence. Therefore, the current Red Blood City is no longer yours as the imperial brother. ”

"The appearance of Zhang Jun's firearms army not only brought you the opportunity to absorb the tens of millions of troops of Yunyang Kingdom, but also set up a strong enemy that was difficult to control. ”

"So, what I want to say is to unite Zhang Jun and let Zhang Jun take on the great task of resisting the Cold Emperor in the north, rejecting the ghost king in the west, and fighting the eight kings in the south. The specific strategy is a two-step process,"

"The first step is to the north of Red Blood City, Yanzhou City 3,000 miles away, and Jun'an City 8,000 miles away to the west, these land and cities are all allocated to Zhang Jun, that is, Zhang Jun's forces are dispersed, and Zhang Jun is dragged to the middle of the Ghost King and the Eight Kings, making Zhang Jun the number one enemy of the two of them. ”

"Even if I assign these to Zhang Jun, he is not stupid, how can he fight with the Eight Kings and the Ghost King with his current strength? I guess he will definitely see through our scheme. Zeng Huang said.

"If you assign this area to Zhang Jun, he will definitely want it, and he will send heavy troops to guard it. Because several of the oil refining valleys in the entire Red Blood Country are within the jurisdiction you have assigned to Zhang Jun, this is what he needs the most, how can he give it up? Even if he knows that it is a trap, he will not hesitate. ”

"In fact, although this area is large, most of it is mountainous, and there are not many people living there. It is estimated that all the people together will not exceed 500 million, and it will not affect us much. ”