Wang Xiaolai scratched his head in embarrassment: "I understand the reason, but this matter is too abrupt, and I didn't prepare in advance." ”

The Eight Sages King and Liu Maolin both looked at Wang Xiaolai: "What else do you need to prepare?" It is Your Majesty who has to prepare, you just have to wait. ”

Wang Xiaolai: "···"

The three of them walked out, and happened to meet the narcissus who led the return of the Yuankong monk, and the three of them stood in place to greet the Yuankong monk.

The latter smiled and looked unshaped, but when he saw Wang Xiaolai, he suddenly smiled.

The smile was weird, so Wang Xiaolai just felt that something on his back gently scratched him.

Everyone separated, and the monk Yuankong went to the imperial study, saluted the empress directly, and hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

The empress didn't understand: "Zen master, how can I be happy?" ”

Monk Yuankong blinked: "Your Majesty and Taifu..."

Without waiting for Monk Yuankong to finish speaking, the empress interrupted him directly: "Enough!" ”

Narcissus looked at the two curiously.

Then, the empress smiled and said, "The Zen master's good intentions, I will accept it." ”

Narcissus: "??? What's the situation? ”

"Narcissus, you go down first." Empress Dao.

Narcissus nodded.

After she left, the empress looked at Monk Yuankong and said, "Zen master, I invite you to come this time because I have something to discuss..."

Monk Yuankong asked, "Is it the matter of those strangers in Daxing City?" ”

The empress was stunned: "How does the Zen master know about the alien?" ”

Monk Yuankong said: "The old sword immortal once told the poor monk about this, and asked the poor monk to calculate the results of Sui Yang's battle with the aliens in the future. ”

The empress's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked, "What is the result of the Zen master's calculation?" ”

Monk Yuankong opened his mouth to speak, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the heavenly secret must not be revealed, but what happened ten thousand years ago will eventually repeat itself, this point, Your Majesty, you can rest assured." ”

The empress wondered: "What happened 10,000 years ago, what did you say, Zen master?" ”

Monk Yuankong shook his head: "Then again, Your Majesty, you called the poor monk this time, I don't know what happened?" ”

Seeing that Monk Yuankong asked about the matter, the empress also took a deep breath and said, "I want to ask the Zen master to hold a water and land dojo in Daxing City. ”

Yuan Kong is such a smart person, just a little thought about it and understood: "Your Majesty is for those strangers who disturb the people's mood?" ”

The Empress nodded.

Monk Yuankong said: "That is the case, the poor monk is duty-bound, the poor monk will hold a water and land dojo in Daxing City for a month, Your Majesty only needs to prepare what the dojo needs, and the best thing is to prepare a place that can accommodate three thousand people as a dojo." ”

The empress didn't understand: "What does the Zen master mean?" ”

Yuan Kong smiled and said: "There are three thousand warrior monks in a Zen Temple, and the poor monks want them to work together with the poor monks to do this water and land dojo." ”

The empress was shocked when she heard this.

Yuan Kong continued: "Your Majesty, Daxing City has already touched the Inhumans, then, everywhere in Suiyang, there must also be Inhumans, doesn't Your Majesty want to do something?" ”

The empress was deeply impressed and arched her hand at Yuankong: "Zen master is a god, I am deeply admired." ”

The old monk just smiled and stroked his beard.

···

Beginning on August 10 of the fifth year of the Sui Yang Apocalypse, the Buddha Yuankong monk sat and once again held a water and land dojo in Daxing City.

All 3,000 monks of a Zen temple came to protect the Dharma.

Where the place is located, the water is impassable.

Taifu Wang Xiaolai, after returning to the court, took people to Echo Valley, got in and couldn't get out, and devoted himself to the production of gunpowder.

The Eight Sages King was even ordered to recruit new soldiers throughout the territory of Suiyang.

A group of civil servants led by Liu Maolin also went around collecting heavy equipment needed during the war.

Because of the relationship that had begun to prepare earlier, in just about a month, Sui Yang's armament had skyrocketed unprecedentedly.

If the previous conscription process was unhurried and drifting with the tide, then now, Sui Yang is moving like a rewound machine.

Before August, in addition to the garrison, Suiyang had only more than 400,000 regular troops, but in a month, the regular army strength of Suiyang increased to more than 600,000.

Excluding the 300,000 veterans in the north, the 150,000 royal city guards guarding Daxing City, nearly 200,000 new troops were added.

With so many troops raised, it costs the empire money and food, and every day is a huge amount.

Many courtiers had already asked the empress for disarmament in the temple.

After all, Sui Yang has no great enemies now, so why do you need to continue to recruit soldiers?

The 450,000 regular troops before the conscription were already a bit too much, but now there are 200,000 new troops? What's to be done?

The empress turned a deaf ear to the opposition in the temple, and based on the 50,000 royal city guards, plus 200,000 recruits, a new legion was created, called the Protector Army, with Taifu Wang Xiaolai as the commander.

Shen Xiping, Liu Mianyi, Ning Xi, Jia Kang, Pei Fang, Lei Chong and other young generals of the empire were a legion formed by the main force.

This legion has just been formed, and its combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the Northern Legion that has been conquered for many years.

It's not that these recruits are physically fit and have a strong sense of combat.

It's their equipment, which is luxurious and extravagant to the point that it makes all the court officials sad.

The 30,000 crossbows and 20,000 crossbows made from the Valley of Echoes were all given to this legion, and in addition, the 30,000 war horses obtained when they supported the western frontier were also given to this legion to form a cavalry.

In addition, the empress used Sui Yang's annual harvest to create 50,000 heavy armor and gave it to this legion, which was also the first legion with large-scale hoplites in Sui Yang's previous armies.

Of course, the money spent was all from the Chamber of Commerce under Wang Xiaolai's account, and outsiders didn't know about it.

The most important thing, as the most mysterious and highest combat effectiveness of the 30,000 air force in Suiyang, is also subordinate to this so-called Protector Army.

50,000 charging crossbowmen equipped with advanced crossbows, 30,000 cavalry riding horses across the western border, 30,000 air regiments, 50,000 heavy armored infantry, and 120,000 common bow and spear infantry in Suiyang, forming the most combat-effective legion in the history of Suiyang, and even unprecedented.

Unlike other troops, this legion is no more than thirty years old from top to bottom, compared to the previous Northern Territory Legion with the highest combat effectiveness in Sui Yang.

Someone has budgeted that such an army, just to form it, will cost Sui Yang no less than ten years of taxes, and the annual consumption of this army will probably occupy one-third of Sui Yang's annual tax revenue.

As if she was afraid that others would not know that this army was her own son, the empress even increased the monthly salary of the Protector Army to twice that of ordinary troops.

All kinds of treatment are also the best among the various armies in Suiyang.

Looking at the appearance of the empress, I can't wait to transfer the Thunder Fire Iron Cavalry, which is known as invincible in the world, under the command of the Eight Sages King, to this army as a subordinate party before I am willing.

Under all kinds of suspicions, this national protection army was born.

Because the army is full of young and strong men, ordinary people also call them the Young Tiger Army.

There is a deserted city to the east of Daxing City, which is the site left after the relocation of a county named Jian'an earlier, and the empress waved her hand and directly approved the city, which became the garrison and training ground of the Tiger Cub Legion.

At the same time, the old land of Jian'an was renamed Xingyang.

Meaning, revitalize Sui Yang.

No matter how the courtiers refuted, this army was still successfully established.

There is only one point, which has been opposed by the old royal clan headed by Zhao Lei, the king of Dong'a.

Such an elite army that Sui Yang has invested a lot of effort should be served by the Zhao family, and the most suitable candidate is none other than Zhao Jue, the king of the eight sages.

Thousands of people shouldn't, they shouldn't, give the position of commander of this army to outsiders, that is, Taifu Wang Xiaolai.

If His Majesty really values Taifu, let him be the commander of this legion, why let this legion be stationed in Xingyang, which is only a hundred miles away from Daxing City?

Isn't this putting your life in the hands of outsiders?

These opposing voices, the empress did not have the time to deal with them at all, and what made these court officials feel excessive was that it was a court in mid-August, and the empress even ordered that Ji, Qing, You, and the four states, each state and county, can form their own escort army, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War to protect the family and defend the country.

As soon as this order came out, coupled with the events in the new army city twenty days later, Sui Yang was even more boiling.

It's just that how did they know that the purpose of this escort army ordered by the empress was to eliminate the aliens who infiltrated into Sui Yang.

Just about ten days after the water and land conference was held, the three thousand warrior monks who guarded it disappeared, and some insiders said that these warrior monks had gone to the four northern states.

Also, the empress's personal guard, alias the Women's Royal Forest, also known as the secret guard of the flower garden, also went to the north...