The emperor listened quietly, and when he heard the words, he looked thoughtful, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the captain and asked,

"How many troops can be drawn from the Beijing Division and the surrounding areas",

The captain paused, looked at the emperor at random and replied,

"A few months ago, the passes around the Beijing division such as Kunshan and Pizhou responded to the call of the imperial court, actively recruited troops, expanded armaments, and Tongguan, where His Royal Highness King Enwang coordinated military affairs, has now completed the formation of a new army, and the standing army in the surrounding areas has reached more than 100,000."

The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked the captain,

"100,000 troops plus the imperial forest guards of Chang'an City, as well as the government soldiers and local armies in Zhongzhou along the way, can form a dynasty army of 200,000, can this scale send troops to conquer the Tiger Prison Pass and exterminate the old department of the winner's army",

The courtiers could see that the emperor did not want to send troops to the west, on the contrary, the emperor had been haunted by the threat of the winning army full of variables for many years, and wanted to completely solve the remnants of the old army and avoid future troubles.

However, after Cao Zhang and the Third Division of the East Palace successively proposed to send troops to the west, the emperor fell silent, and the most important reason was nothing more than the limitation of the dynasty's current military reserves.

Therefore, when he heard the Taiwei say that there were 100,000 troops in the area around the Beijing Division, he couldn't wait to ask about the formation of an army to conquer the western territory and send troops to the Tiger Pass.

As everyone knows, the current armament situation of the dynasty is far from being as optimistic as the emperor thought, in the face of the emperor's inquiry, the captain slowly shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the latter and replied,

"Emperor, although the number of standing armies in the Jingshi region has reached 100,000, these armies are distributed in important passes around the Jingshi, and they are responsible for the important task of preventing enemy troops and protecting the capital.

The 100,000 army seems to be not small, but if you look at the vast border front, such a combat readiness force is not sufficient.

The northern Xiongnu side is also eyeing the enemy, harassing the borders of our dynasty from time to time, and the defenders of each town are already too busy to deal with the enemies in all directions on weekdays.

Under such circumstances, how could it be possible to send troops to conquer the western frontiers?"

Taiwei analyzed earnestly, the emperor's face was ugly, and he looked at Nan Nan in front of him,

"It's so difficult that in the face of the rebel forces, we can only watch that there is nothing left and there is no way?"

Taiwei's face was solemn, and he comforted the latter,

"The emperor, at least according to the current state of the dynasty, there is really no way to form a conquest army and send troops to the west",

The emperor sighed when he heard this, his face was full of helplessness that could not be concealed, he could understand what Taiwei said, and also understood the current situation of the dynasty, the Tianbao Rebellion, the ten years of catastrophe,

Directly shook the foundation of the Ziwei Dynasty, the dynasty has a strong source of soldiers, the people's livelihood and national strength have been greatly consumed, even if the war has ended for more than ten years, the imperial court still has not been able to recover from the last turmoil,

Just like the Taiwei said, in the face of the huge border defense, the standing army in the dynasty is overstretched, and it is too busy to take care of itself, if the army is sent to the west, it will lead to the already weak war preparation of the Beijing division garrison is more empty, at that time, the Xiongnu and the towns will take advantage of the weakness, and the dynasty rule will become precarious.

But now the wanted criminal of the imperial court, the nightmare that the emperor has lingered for many years, has escaped to the Tiger Prison Pass, if he ignores the forces of the winner army in the west,

Once the Qinglong Star in this life becomes the climate, what kind of disasters and catastrophes will the dynasty fall into, the emperor has been silent for a long time, without saying a word, at this moment he can be said to have fallen into a situation of all difficulties that he has never had.

His Royal Highness understood the emperor's thoughts at this moment, one by one lowered his head, no one said anything more, the atmosphere of the court became depressed for a while, at this moment, the majestic sound outside the hall that had not appeared for a long time sounded, like the ancient bell roaring, shaking the entire Xuanzheng Hall,

"Rebellion is rampant, so it is so frightened that you and others cower, but it is ridiculous that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have now become such a ridiculous appearance",

With an angry rebuke, a tall figure stepped into the main hall, and the courtiers looked back in surprise,

I saw a person wearing battle armor and carrying a robe, appearing in front of everyone's eyes with an irreversible posture like a king, and the person who came slowly paced to the top of the main hall.

His appearance shocked the entire court, no one expected that this person would return to the court at this time, and even the emperor's eyes were full of surprise that could not be concealed,

But everyone reacted immediately after a short period of shock, and knelt down to worship in unison.

"The ministers welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back to the court",

The latter's face was gloomy, and his majestic gaze swept over the ministers one by one, and everyone could feel the prince's anger, and it was obvious that he was extremely dissatisfied with the scene when he entered the main hall and saw the ministers looking forward and backward and cowering,

After a while, the corners of the prince's mouth moved slightly, and he said coldly to His Royal Highness's ministers,

"Let's go flat",

And they all got up as they were told,

"I've seen the royal brother",

King Ya, King Yi hugged his fist at the prince and worshipped, the latter bowed slightly, and did not say anything more, but turned his head to look at King En, who was next to the prime minister,

"I've seen the royal brother",

The latter respectfully worshipped,

The prince was silent for a moment, and then slowly said to the latter,

"If I'm not mistaken, the son of Win Wuxian should have been a member of the Martial Arts League at first, and I heard that you had a good relationship with him, right?"

King En's face was ugly, and after a moment of silence, he hugged his fist at the prince and said,

"Brother Huihuang, he is a disciple of the Huashan faction of the first sword sect in China, he came when the martial arts alliance was held, we used to have a good relationship, but I didn't know his life experience at that time",

In the face of the prince's questioning, King En's reply truthfully,

The latter's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly when he heard the words,

"This little thing can't be done, how did you act as the leader of the martial arts alliance, you were responsible for finding the winner's son from the beginning, and the thief didn't notice it for so long by your side, if it wasn't for your negligence, why did it cause the current situation",

The prince rebuked sharply, King En's face was ugly, but the elders and young were orderly, and the latter's words were reasonable, not groundless accusations, so he could only look at the latter helplessly and reply,

"I was really careless in this matter at the beginning, and I asked the imperial brother to punish him",

The prince closed his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, with a trace of disappointment on his face,

"That's it, I originally thought that you should be very safe in Chang'an City to assist the emperor in presiding over state affairs, but now it seems that I was wrong."

King En was speechless, he could only bow his head and let the latter accuse, the ministers were solemn one by one, bowing their heads and saying nothing, the military power of the Ziwei Dynasty, as soon as the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty appeared, everyone felt a huge oppression, such a power suppressed the power in the weekday, and the prestige of the court King Enwang was not only one,

The prince no longer looked at King En, but knelt on one knee and bowed to the emperor above the main hall.

"Sons visit the emperor",

When the prince was in the court, he entered the main hall and began to count the civil and military officials and the current prince, and did not salute the emperor until this moment, which was somewhat out of order.

But in the face of the powerful crown prince, the future emperor of the Ziwei Dynasty, no one dared to say anything at this time,

The emperor put away his face full of surprise, and asked the latter,

"How is the situation at the border, how did you suddenly return to Chang'an City",

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