Chapter 344: The Great Army Pressed the Realm
After the military department left, Xiao Yilin didn't bother to review the chapter, and walked back and forth in the Zichen Palace, thinking about what his daughter-in-law was doing now and what his son looked like.
Thinking that his daughter-in-law now occupies Meizhou Mansion and will be discovered by the Emperor of Yiguo sooner or later, he feels that in addition to sending troops to the border to contain the soldiers and horses of Yiguo, he also has to help his daughter-in-law's Apocalypse Army become stronger.
An army of cavalry is much more effective than infantry, but horses are rare. Because of the shortage of war horses, it is not easy to expand the cavalry.
Xiao Yilin decided to secretly provide some war horses for his daughter-in-law's Apocalypse Army.
At the beginning, his daughter-in-law got tens of thousands of war horses from Xi Yan, and in the past two years, the Jin Kingdom has cultivated a lot of war horses, which are just for his daughter-in-law's Tianqi Army to build cavalry.
Xiao Yilin found a trustworthy person and asked him to go to Meizhou Mansion disguised as a horse dealer, and wanted to sell the war horse to the Apocalypse Army.
Although Jingyi tried his best to block the news, the news that Meizhou Mansion was occupied by the Apocalypse Army still reached the capital.
The one who came to the capital to deliver the news was an official from the original Meizhou Mansion. This person's name is Ma Kun, and because his official position is not high, he is not conspicuous in Meizhou Mansion. When Jingyi and them raided the Meizhou Mansion, Ma Kun happened to have something to do and returned to his hometown, and he was not in the Meizhou Mansion, so he escaped the fate of being caught.
When he returned from his hometown, he found that Meizhou Mansion had been occupied by a group of people, and all the officials of Meizhou Mansion were arrested.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Ma Kun disguised himself as a disaster victim to inquire about the news in Meizhou, and found that the Apocalypse Army was outnumbered and disciplined, and its leader turned out to be a young woman.
He didn't dare to inquire any further, so he walked out of the boundary of Meizhou Mansion from a mountain path and then went all the way to the capital.
Ma Kun first looked for Jing Zhaoyin, Jing Zhaoyin heard that the news brought back by Ma Kun was too important, and went directly to the palace to see the emperor, and then Ma Kun was also summoned into the palace. At the same time, several ministers were also summoned to the palace.
Emperor Yongguang looked at Ma Kun, who was kneeling below, and asked in a deep voice: "You said that Meizhou Mansion was occupied, and all the officials were also arrested, is it true?" ”
Ma Kun put his forehead against the ground and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is true. That day, the Qijun army now has a lot of people, and it is still recruiting troops and horses, and if it grows stronger over time, I am afraid it will pose a huge threat to the imperial court.
Weichen also found out that the leader of the Tianqi Army turned out to be a woman, and now she has become the ruler of Meizhou Mansion, and it is said that the people of Meizhou Mansion support her very much. ”
Emperor Yongguang frowned, "Do you know who that woman is?"
Ma Kun said: "Weichen heard that the female leader's surname is Liu, and the others can't be found. Weichen was afraid that he would not be able to come to the capital to report the news, so he did not dare to investigate too deeply. Your Majesty, the Tianqi Army is growing, and we must send troops to attack the Tianqi Army as soon as possible and take back Meizhou Mansion. ”
Shangshu of the military department next to him stood up at this time, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, now that there is a peasant rebellion in Xuzhou and a rebellion in Gyeongju, the army we sent to quell the rebellion has not yet yielded results, and if you want to send troops to Meizhou to quell the rebellion, you have to transfer troops from other places."
It's just that Wechen thinks that Meizhou Mansion is remote after all, and the threat to the capital is not as serious as Xuzhou and Gyeongju, and Wechen feels that it is the top priority to resolve the rebellion in Xuzhou and Gyeongju as soon as possible. ”
Emperor Yongguang was in an irritable mood, his brows furrowed and he walked back and forth in the main hall, he suddenly stood still and said to the military department: "Isn't there still hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the northwest border pass? They were transferred to Meizhou Prefecture to quell the rebellion. ”
The military department Shangshu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. The garrison of the northwest border pass had to defend against the attack of the Northern Yan and the Jin State from taking advantage of the fire to loot.
Whether it is Beiyan or Jin, it is more dangerous than Meizhou Mansion, Your Majesty. Please think twice, Your Majesty. ”
Emperor Yongguang said: "First transfer 200,000 troops from the border pass to Meizhou Mansion to quell the rebellion, and at the same time expand the conscription, and use the newly recruited soldiers to go to the border pass first to fill the number." Now that the new emperor of the Jin Kingdom has just ascended the throne for less than two years, he will not raise troops easily. Beiyan was greatly injured by the Jin State two years ago, so there is no need to worry about the war at the border pass, so first transfer troops to get Meizhou Mansion back. ”
The emperor had made up his mind, and several ministers could not persuade him to do what he wanted.
Soon, Yiguo mobilized 200,000 troops from the northwest border pass and went straight to Meizhou Mansion.
As soon as there was movement at the border of Yiguo, Xiao Yilin quickly got the news. Xiao Yilin knew that the Emperor of the Wing Kingdom had transferred eighty percent of his troops to attack his daughter-in-law's Apocalypse Army, which was not good.
Xiao Yilin immediately summoned the 200,000 troops who were already halfway through the military department to march immediately, rush to the border pass as soon as possible, and press directly on the border of the Wing Kingdom.
Xiao Yilin ordered Shangshu of the Military Department to send another 50,000 cavalry to the border area of the Wing Kingdom.
If the 200,000 troops transferred from the border pass of Yiguo do not come back to help, then the 250,000 troops transferred by their Jin State plus the 100,000 troops stationed at the original border pass will make a total of 350,000 troops directly attack Yiguo, and it is necessary to force Yiguo to increase troops at the border pass.
Jing Yi has planted spies in the capital, and Jing Yi will soon get the news if there is any movement in the capital.
Soon, Jing Yi also got the news that the Wing Kingdom had sent 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress the Apocalypse Army.
This news put a lot of pressure on Jingyi. Because she knew that although the Apocalypse Army now had more than 200,000 people, most of the Apocalypse Army were new recruits and had never been on the battlefield at all. The combat effectiveness of recruits who have not been baptized by war cannot be compared with veterans at all, and if the Apocalypse Army really matches the 200,000 army of the Wing Country, even if they win in the end, they will suffer heavy losses, which is not what she wants to see.
But either way, she had to be ready for the fight.
The quality of the soldiers is not as strong as the others, so look for weapons.
Jingyi improved the bow and crossbow designed before, and designed a large bow crossbow, which can fire multiple crossbow arrows at a time, and the range is also longer, which is a sharp weapon for long-range attacks.
Jingyi also had people collect a lot of sulfur and other materials, and then she made a lot of bombs herself. This bomb Jingyi is all stored in a lucky bag, and she will not take it out and use it unless she has to.
No one in this ancient world has yet invented black powder, and no one knows the power of this bomb, and Jing Yi doesn't want to release this monster easily.
While Emperor Yongguang was waiting for the 200,000 troops mobilized from the border pass to annihilate the rebels in Meizhou Mansion in one fell swoop, the military department Shangshu hurriedly entered the palace to ask for a meeting.
As soon as the military department Shangshu entered the main hall, he knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the border pass has come to report, the Jin State has frequently mobilized troops to the border pass, and now the Jin State has 300,000 soldiers on the border, and it is possible to attack our Yiguo at any time." ”
As he spoke, the secretary of the military department submitted the urgent report from the border pass.
Emperor Yongguang was shocked when he took the report and read it, "How could this Jin State suddenly transfer troops to the border, didn't they learn that there was a rebellion in our country, and they wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob?" ”
The military department Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, no matter what the Jin State plans, we must be ready for battle. At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent Beiyan from taking advantage of the fire to rob. Therefore, the soldiers and horses transferred from the northwest border pass had to go back quickly. Not only must the 200,000 troops return to the border pass as soon as possible, but they must also try to increase the troops at the border pass, otherwise I am afraid that the Jin Kingdom will really attack us. ”
(End of chapter)