Chapter 20: The Essay on the Thief

While others prepared things, Xia Yan did not have the slightest preparation.

After all, he has been locked in the palace by Grandpa Luo.

If he could, Xia Yan would like to be able to drive in person.

Just yesterday, Xia Yan discussed this matter with Father-in-law Luo in advance.

It's just that yesterday's Xia Yan was useless even if he said it.

Grandpa Luo is like a steel plate that can't be kicked alive or dead, hard to death.

But it's okay, after all, my overall plan is still going according to the route I imagined.

Today's army is also gathering in a hurry, and all the soldiers must be complaining.

Half a day is fleeting, and soon it is the second day (9~11 a.m.).

In the martial arts arena of the imperial city, tens of thousands of troops are ready to go.

Xia Yan, under the leadership of Gonggong Luo, slowly came to a high platform on the side of the martial arts arena, where he wanted to mobilize the mobilized soldiers.

An army of 10,000 people didn't sound like a lot in his previous life, because in those TV series, there were often an army of millions of heroes, but when Xia Yan really saw tens of thousands of people standing together, he was still shocked.

On the outside of the martial arts arena was a large group of onlookers, and their excitement at this moment was no less than that of the soldiers in the center.

The Great Xia Dynasty has not fought for hundreds of years, but not fighting does not mean that the life of the Great Xia Dynasty is very good.

For a hundred years, the Great Xia Dynasty has always had to pay a lot of tribute to the two giant empires, Xi and Yu, in exchange for a year of peace.

Although this can be exchanged for peace, it is also a bit humiliating for the people.

Now, some time ago, the Emperor chose to start a war just after the birth of the National Sword of Rizhen, which shows that this is the will of God

In Great Xia, where God believes in the Heavens, this is the best encouragement!

At this moment, Mo said that it was Xia Yan's previous request for a ninety percent and fifty taxes, even if he ordered the entire city's grain to be levied, this group of people would not refuse!

Below, Huo Quzhi looked heroic in a military uniform, and his eyes looked bright in the direction of Yu Guo.

On the side, Zhuge Liang gently waved the feather fan with a smile on his face, and began to report to Xia Yan when he came to the high platform.

This campaign has been determined, Huo Qubing is the commander of this time, and Zhuge Liang is the military advisor.

Under everyone's gaze, Zhuge Liang took out a scroll, on which was the "Essay on Asking for Thieves" that Zhuge Liang had just written yesterday. ”

In this essay on thieves, Zhuge Liang directly described Yu Guo as a group of robbers and bandits with unpardonable crimes.

A hundred years of humiliation have caused Bactria to lose immeasurable resources.

And Great Xia's declaration of war now is purely forced and helpless.

Because of Zhuge Liang's writing skills, coupled with his affectionate and eloquent speech, he quickly mobilized the emotions of the people.

"Long live Great Xia!!"

"Long live Your Majesty!!"

A large group of people were excited, and they simply regarded Xia Yan as a savior.

And Xia Yan was also slightly embarrassed after hearing these compliments.

This self is actually sending the country to a dead end......

But helplessly, Xia Yan at this moment could only smirk and accept the worship of the people, and continued to look at Zhuge Liang below.

After a speech, Zhuge Liang began to talk about the current military situation in Great Xia.

"High Heaven blessed Great Xia, I have the honor to lead an army of 80,000 to be ordered to fight for thieves, and I will live up to the emperor!"

As soon as these words came out, the people below were boiling, shouting long live Daxia.

But unlike them, Xia Yan is 10,000 question marks at the moment.

What's that? Eighty thousand? Is this playing mahjong?

Where did your own army come from 80,000 people?

Feeling that he wanted to spray, Gonggong Luo on the side came up and said softly: "Your Majesty, when you go out to fight, you usually have to falsely report the army. ”

As for the specific number of troops, Xia Yan didn't know, and of course, it was impossible for Grandpa Luo to know.

It's just that it definitely won't be the extremely terrifying number of 80,000, and it's easy to say what happened when you know the reason for it.

The next time is relatively normal to cheer up the soldiers.

It's just that Xia Yan has never been able to be too confident when he said these words.

This is a bit of a trick.

Xia Yan really wanted to tell the soldiers that if he was not defeated, he would run away by himself, etc.

But he understood that if he said that, it would be a foul, and a small target would be gone.

There is no way, I can only wait for this group of people to be smarter.

After everything was completed, the army finally drove out of the city, and Zhuge Liang and Huo Qubing were in the position of the Chinese army and were responsible for commanding the overall situation.

Xia Yan looked at the army, his heart was full of emotion, and he couldn't help but speak to Yuan Liyang who was not far away.

"I must be fully supplied with all the supplies needed in the army, and I must not be neglected in the slightest."

Yuan Liyang was very moved when he heard it, and he was really a good emperor, and then replied.

"It's all well prepared, all the Huazi and poker are supplied to the best of their ability, and the 20,000 bows will be finished in about three or four days, and we will send them all, and then the 20,000 people can each be equipped with one."

"Uh-huh." As soon as Xia Yan finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"How many of us do you say?"

"Twenty thousand."

“??? Where did the people come from?? ”

Xia Yan was a little stunned, he knew what kind of dynasty his Great Xia Dynasty was, there were 120,000 people in total, and there were still more women than men.

In other words, there are only about 50,000 men in total.

Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are more than 20,000 men of appropriate age.

Could it be that this is all recruited by himself?

When Yuan Liyang saw Xia Yan like this, he also understood that he must have misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained.

"There was no forced recruitment, these people came by themselves!"

Hearing this, Xia Yan covered his head and was a little speechless, "Then you can't recruit them all, aren't you exterminating all the labor......"

"No, the thousands of new people added later were all from other countries."

"Other countries?"

Xia Yan's brows immediately furrowed when he heard this, what the hell is this?

When did your Daxia have the ability to attract talents? And is it still to attract the army?

Then Yuan Liyang also scratched his head, lit a Huazi and said: "The situation is more complicated, and I don't know who spread the news that our army can draw Huazi for free." ”

"Your Majesty, you think, Huazi, who can't pull this thing, after circulating a part of it, many foreigners have also tasted our Huazi, but our production capacity is temporarily insufficient, so the army is not open to the outside world, which leads to many people can only choose to join our army for Huazi, so the number of our army has increased every day in the past few days, and now it is 20,000!"

"Unexpectedly...... And this kind of thing? ……”