Time flickered, and it was the first day of February in a blink of an eye.

It has been a month since the imperial examination, and the list has long been released, and those who have passed, some have gone to villages and towns to become officials, and some are continuing to study, and they want to pass the June examination, and then they can go to Dacheng to become officials.

Among them, those with excellent grades can participate in the palace examination, and if they are taken aback, they can directly become court officials, so those poor disciples have worked hard.

Because those who passed the township examination, but were in danger, and had no confidence in passing the examination, all chose to become officials in small places, and the imperial court also arranged for him, so these candidates believed in the imperial court even more, as long as they passed the imperial examination, they could become officials.

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To the west, the Hundred Battles Legion is stationed.

"General, during this period of time, the Chu army has frequently committed border offenses, and it may not be good!"

In a big tent, Ma Wenlai was reporting to Tang Peng.

Tang Peng was also frowning at this time, it had been almost half a year since Xia Ren and the others entered the territory of Chu to carry out the assessment, and these Chu troops had now solved the trouble in that place.

So he began to frequently test the border of Great Xia, trying to find back the field at that time.

"Inform the court of the situation, see how Your Majesty's side decides, and increase the border defense, and must not let the Chu army act recklessly. ”

"Yes. ”

Marven came to answer and went out to give the order.

Alas!

Looking at the sand table in front of him, Tang Peng sighed, this time the Chu army may not give up! Last year, several princes entered the territory of Chu State, not only exterminated the Wuji Demon Palace, but also killed a lot of people from the Yonghui Legion.

Five days later, the news reached the summer capital.

"The state of Chu is starting to get restless?"

Looking at the letter in front of him, Xia Renyou frowned, now he doesn't have much energy to manage the Chu State, and now is the critical juncture of fighting with the family, but he can't let the Chu army enter the country!

After thinking for a while, Xia Ren sent a message to Yue Fei, Meng Tian, Wei Qing, and Chang Yuchun.

Ling Yue Fei and Chang Yuchun led their legions to Sizhou in the west, converged with the Hundred Battles Legion, and prepared to defend the Chu State.

Meng Tian and Wei Qing led their legions to the Southern Dragon Chasing Legion, united with the Southern Legion, and defended the barbarians together.

It just so happens that the basic training of these four legions is almost completed now, and the equipment is basically complete, what is missing now is actual combat, since the Chu State is restless, then it is just enough to let Yue Fei and them fight in real combat.

But as soon as the Chu State in the west moved, the barbarians in the south also had to be guarded, after all, the barbarians had suffered a big loss in Great Xia before, maybe they would take advantage of the Xia Chu battle and invade again.

As soon as Yue Fei and the four of them received the news, they replied, saying that they had already started preparations and would go to the two borders on a later date.

After receiving the reply from Yue Fei and the four of them, Xia Ren also breathed a sigh of relief, Xia Ren still believed in the ability of these four people, especially Yue Fei, and asked him to face the two non-top-ranked legions on the border of Chu State, which was really overkill. It is not necessary to destroy these two legions by accident.

Of course, Xia Ren also told Yue Fei not to beat them too hard for the time being, just if they didn't dare to invade, when he cleared the entire Great Xia, he would teach Chu State how to be a man after that.

"But then again, the trouble on the Chu side was solved a little quickly this time?"

Looking at the letter in front of him, Xia Ren muttered in a low voice.

The overall economy and population of the Chu State may not be as good as that of Great Xia, but its military strength is much stronger than that of Great Xia, but why does the State of Chu only put two low-ranking legions on the border at a time?

The reason is that the state of Chu is in the other direction, in the northwest direction, and there is a great enemy.

That enemy, Xia Ren also knew, and the first emperor also told him, that it was also a country, and of course it could also be called a race, because they were not a human race.

That country is called the Ogre Dynasty, also known as the Ogre Clan, and they are generally taller than the barbarians, and they have green faces and fangs, and they are extremely ugly.

But although this race is ugly, it is strong in combat, and all the people are soldiers, and in the true sense of the word, all the people are soldiers, the kind that is more complete than the barbarians.

The place where this ogre is located is extremely cold, and it is basically winter all year round, so their food is very scarce, but these ogres are tall and very edible, and the food grown in their own country is not enough.

So what should I do? All can only be robbed, it just happens that Da Chu and him are at the junction, and although Da Chu is not as rich as Da Xia, but there will be no shortage of food, the ogre clan saw it, and their eyes suddenly turned red, so every year when there is a shortage of food, they have to attack Da Chu and grab a wave of food.

And Da Chu is not the kind of character that you have to give me if you want to rob me, the two sides disagreed, and they began to fight, this fight, it has been fought for nearly a hundred years, and it has almost formed a tradition.

The reason why Da Xia dared to put the assessment in the territory of Da Chu this time was also because there was a daily fight over there again, and the scale this time was higher than any previous time, so Da Chu was very nervous, so he didn't take care of Da Xia.

Now that the battle over there is over, I don't know who wins and who loses, but since Da Chu dares to start harassing Great Xia, it is estimated that it will be the same as usual.

In fact, Xia Ren seriously doubted that the Ogre Country couldn't grab too much food every time, why did it have to fight every year? It was very likely that the population pressure was too great, and if you sent some to fight the war, you could grab the best, and it didn't matter if you couldn't grab it, if someone died, there would be less food consumed.

This kind of behavior of giving away people's heads, Xia Ren strongly despised.

At this time in Zhongxia Prefecture, in a military camp, this military camp was extremely huge, and there were four legions stationed in it, that is, Yue Fei and his four legions.

"Hurry, act, everybody. ”

Shouts rang out from the side of countless military tents, and all the soldiers quickly dressed up and assembled under the leadership of their own commanders.

"A few generals, do you have any combat missions?"

In a big tent, Yue Fei's four generals and many generals stayed inside.

Among them, Lu Bu couldn't help it, and took the lead in asking.

After asking, he also had a look of fighting spirit, he had long wanted to fight, but there was no enemy, and he was about to suffocate him during this time.

After hearing this, Yue Fei chuckled and said, "General Lu, don't worry, this time I summoned everyone to come here to assign tasks to you." ”

After speaking, Zhengse said: "Just now, a few of us received an order from His Majesty, and the Chu State in the west began to invade the border frequently, so we were ordered to prepare to defend." ”

"Of course, in order to prevent the southern barbarians from also taking the opportunity to rebel, His Majesty ordered the Shengwu Legion and the Mingwu Legion to go to the west to join the Hundred Battles Legion and defend the Chu army together. ”

"As for the Tianwu Legion and the Han Wu Legion, they are going to the southern frontier to defend the barbarians, in case the barbarians invade my Great Xia again. ”

"Guys, what's the problem?"

As soon as Yue Fei finished speaking, the generals below immediately opened their mouths and shouted.

"No problem. ”

"Yes, it's good to be able to fight, we don't ask for so much, as long as we don't be idle. ”

"A group of people who sell their heads, why do you need a few generals to go out, and a certain family can level them. ”

"I'm the same!"

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"Okay, since the generals have no opinions, then everyone go back and start rectifying the soldiers and horses, the faster the better, after all, we don't know when the Chu army will be overwhelmed, and it can't be stopped by the Hundred Battles Army alone. ”

"Yes. ”

After saying that, the group dispersed, and each went back to his barracks to prepare to assemble the men.

At this time, the order of the imperial court also passed to the military department, after all, the army did not go, the grain and grass moved first, and the rule of Daxia is that the grain and grass supply along the way must be provided by the military department, and when it arrives in Sizhou, the military department and the local government will negotiate, anyway, the grain and grass of the army cannot be broken, otherwise it will delay the military aircraft, and the light will be imprisoned, and the heavy will be raided.

"Alas!"

Looking at the holy decree in his hand, Chen Wuming sighed.

Now that the four major legions and nearly two million troops are acting together, the pressure on this logistics is too great, but I have to arrange them well, otherwise I am afraid that I will be in a catastrophe.

Although Great Xia is rich, and most of these two million troops are selected from the second-line army below, this grain and grass is not just here, and it takes time to prepare!

But His Majesty's order is that he does not look at the process, but only at the result, and as long as the army is short of food, then trouble him.

Thinking of this, Chen Wuming sighed again.

Now his life in the court is really sad, the other five Shangshu are all children of the family, and there are a large number of younger brothers under the family, and they will also hold together, he is an outsider.

The family ignored him, and Xia Ren didn't care about him, who let him not stand in line at the beginning, Li Yuande had already introduced him to Xia Ren at that time, but from beginning to end, he didn't say a word for Xia Ren, so now it's strange that Xia Ren can be good to him, and it is already considered Xia Ren's generosity if he doesn't get rid of his position as the secretary of the military department.

"Alas, let's find a way to resign from the post of secretary of the military department. ”

Once the Xia Emperor was a courtier, since he could not get the trust of His Majesty today, sitting in such a high position, and still alone, something would happen sooner or later.

Chen Wuming couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

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South, Dragon-Chaser Legion.

At this time, Qin Qiong also learned the news that the Tianwu Legion and the Han Wu Legion were going to come to the south to station, and asked him to inform Xiao Zhan to prepare as soon as possible.

"General, the last general has just received the news that the Tianwu Legion and the Han Martial Legion have set off from Zhongxia Prefecture and are coming to our side, we may have to prepare early, otherwise they may have nowhere to settle after they arrive. ”

Xiao Zhan was stunned!

The Tianwu Legion and the Han Martial Legion, what are you doing in the south now? They didn't fight.

As for why Qin Qiong knew the news before himself, he didn't dig deeper, after all, he knew who Qin Qiong was.

"Why are these two legions coming south all of a sudden?"

Xiao Zhan asked with some confusion.

Qin Qiong hugged his fists and said: "Because there is news from the Hundred Battles Legion in the west, saying that the Chu army has begun to frequently violate the border, the imperial court is worried that the barbarians will take the opportunity to invade my Great Xia again, so they sent two major legions to prevent it." ”

Xiao Zhan nodded after hearing this, to be honest, he was still very interested in these two legions that were coming to the south, and he didn't know how big the gap between his dragon chasing legion and them was, this was a legion formed by His Majesty himself!