Fangzhou is an extremely important state for Zheng Guo in terms of geographical location and food economy, and it is also the state that borders the most other states in Zheng State, which can be said to be the hub of the northwest of Zheng State.

To the north of Fangzhou is Dingzhou Yunzhou, to the west is Yongzhou Banzhou, northeast to Anzhou Jinzhou, due east is Duanzhou, behind Duanzhou is Mingzhou, where the capital of Dazheng is located, to the south can lead to Jianzhou, Dazheng 21 Prefecture Fangzhou is connected to eight states, worthy of the name of the thoroughfare of Kyushu,.

Fangzhou is wide and good has always been a place for grain production, and the folk even say that "Fangzhou is ripe, and the northwest is full". Every year, millions of grains and grass are transported from the treasury of Fangzhou to the northwest of Yongzhou, and there are three mines in Fangzhou, which are the only three, but they are the largest silver mine, the largest copper mine and the largest iron mine in Zhengzhou.

It is no exaggeration to say that the more than 400,000 military states of the Northwest Battalion, the four northwestern states and the five guards of Fangzhou feed at least eighty percent, which shows the wealth of Fangzhou.

Therefore, over the years, since the dynasties, whether it is the history of the Fangzhou Assassin or the general army of the Fangzhou Guard, or the general army of the Pingwu Army specially stationed in Fangzhou, even if it is thousands of miles away from the Pingjing City, it is also a pivotal figure in the court of Zhengguo, and even the history of the Fangzhou Assassin is mostly filled with royal virtues.

Today's Fangzhou Wei General Zhang Pan is also the man of the hour who has turned the tide in Tianshun for ten years, and is the concubine of today's eldest princess, and now he is also the head of the northwest camp, and he is also the ambassador of the five states of Yongding Boyun Fang, and the northwest envoy, hanging the seal of the general of Anxi and enjoying the honorary title of Wenxuange University Scholar and the Ministry of War, the honorary title of General of Zhuguo, and the title of Marquis of Yongwei County, commanding more than 400,000 troops in the northwest, and Cao Ke's uncle in terms of seniority.

And today's Fangzhou is the forefront of the northwest of Zhengguo, although Zhang Pan is the ambassador of the five states, but in fact, Yunzhou Dingzhou is gone, Yongzhou Banzhou is gone, and the whole is Fangzhou, the entire northwest 200,000 armor plus more than 200,000 auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers are more than half gathered in the front line of Fangzhou Jingkou Pass, which has now become the forefront of the northwest of Zhengguo, after a lapse of more than 100 years.

Cao Ke invited himself to the northwest at this time, on the one hand, it was a place of love, on the other hand, it was also Da Zheng after nearly ten years of hard fighting, and finally broke and swollen the fanged wolf eyes except for the northwest.

This decade has hurt Zheng Guo's muscles and bones, and the consumption brought by the war for many years is definitely not only the exhaustion of accumulated grain and grass, but also the shortage of money and food in various places, this kind of long-term tug-of-war is also a big blow to the pride of the people of Zheng Guo, and the most critical time Zheng Guo lost six of the 21 states, and even the voice of moving the capital is not small.

For this reason, Cao Ju had a headache, Cao Ju had a headache, and Cao Ke wanted to get some good medicine.

The current situation Cao Ke feels that it is just right, there is only the northwest left, then all the resources of Zheng Guo will focus on the northwest, whether it is soldiers, food, grass and equipment or policies, which means that in the next Cao Ju thinks that the shame has not been washed away or has not died in this process, most of the manpower, material and financial resources of the entire Zheng State are in the northwest, and although Zhang Pan has saved the building in the general, and now he has also sealed the Hou Ye, the head of the northwest camp is still the Xuanxuan envoy of the five states, and the general of Anxi is sealed, but where is the horse master who has his own son to rest assured, The prince is left with his father, and it is impossible to move, but the emperor and grandson still have a few, whether it is his uncle's son or his brothers, they all want to work hard for the future.

Cao Ju likes Cao Ke, but it doesn't mean that Cao Ke's status is very stable, you know, his father is not the most favored.

That's a bit of a pitfall.

The rest of the emperors and grandsons reacted and hurriedly knelt down behind them, but this kind of thing is always the deepest impression of the first person, plus Cao Ju looked at Cao Ke and was already pleasing to the eye.

"Invite Fangzhou? I am very relieved to have Zhang Pan in me, and I also believe in him. ”

Cao Ju understood the meaning of the words, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa Huang, grandson, please join the army as a pawn." ”

It's a bit of a big game, and the others don't dare to speak out anymore.

Cao Ju's heart was very complicated, he was very pleased that his most beloved grandson could say such a thing, joining the army as a pawn is naturally incognito, after all, no one dares to really let the emperor's eldest grandson go as a pawn, even if Zhang Pan has eighteen heads and thirty-six dares, even if he dares to rebel, he does not dare to let an emperor's eldest grandson who invites himself to fight against foreign enemies be a pawn.

Even if they really go, the other soldiers will definitely protect them, and no one will dare to take the responsibility in case of a mistake.

But compared to the emperor's eldest grandson, a small soldier is no longer there, and the corresponding security is also inferior.

Cao Ju was also a little disappointed, except for Cao Feng and Cao Guan, who liked to dance with knives and sticks, they were silent, and some even had a flash of joy on their faces.

"Cole, do you understand what you're talking about?" Cao Ju tried his best to make his voice sound emotionless and not look so old, but Zhang Xiyang still couldn't bear to hear it, this feeling was familiar to him.

"Back to the emperor's grandfather's words, the grandson thought clearly, the grandson as the emperor's grandson should share the worries of the emperor's grandfather, the grandson doesn't want to say anything beautiful, the grandson just wants to say that the grandson is also the people of Da Zheng, how can anyone who is the people of Da Zheng sit and watch the enemy plunder my territory, now the grandson has been crowned for five years but has not done anything for my Da Zheng, the grandson is ashamed, born in the royal family should be brave first, so as to live up to the blood of the ancestors and the ancestors, the grandson please ask the emperor and grandfather for permission."

Cao Ke's head hit the ground, and he also knocked on Cao Ju's heart, Cao Ju is old, but there is a saying that "being old and not dying is a thief", how can Cao Ju not be able to see clearly in his more than 40 years of kingly cultivation.

"Let's stop here today, make a decision in the coming day, let's step down, Zhang Xiyang will stay first."

The sky is almost dusk, the clouds are as hot as fire, dyeing the sky red, the sunset is infinitely good, and the beautiful scenery can be expected.

In order to support the front line, Cao Ju ordered a large reduction in the cost of the palace a few years ago, so the entire palace is in this kind of seeming light and darkness.

Cao Ju kept looking at the lake until the night was completely covered, the dusk was very short, Zhang Xiyang didn't feel anything, the time for marching and ambushing the enemy army was much longer than this, Zhang Xiyang remembered that his longest record was currently fifteen hours, more than a day.

"Zhang Xiyang, come forward."

"Wechen obeys."

"Su Shuai's secret recital said that although the southeast is calm, it still needs to sit in town for a while, but why is this, you and I will talk about it in detail, and tell the truth. I listen to you. ”

"Wechen dares to ask Your Majesty Rongchen to think about it."

Cao Ju didn't get angry, just sat aside, stretched out his hand to drink tea, and didn't urge, people will basically be very patient when they get old.

Zhang Xiyang sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the three southeastern states of Haizhou and Lingzhou have completely fallen for three years, and Zizhou also has several counties that have been reduced to grass grain fields. If there is not enough money and food, it will be difficult for the society to be safe, so at least within two years, the three states will still need to rely on the imperial court for assistance. ”

"In addition, the three-year fierce battle not only caused great damage to the counties, but also suffered heavy losses to the garrisons of the three states, only the first guard of Zizhou lost two commanders, and the casualties were as high as 40,000, and the situation of the remaining Weiling Weiwei in Haizhou was even more miserable, and the southeast battalion was also lost by more than half, although our army won a disastrous victory."

"If the troops are insufficient, there is not enough deterrence, although there is a large army in Haizhou at present, but all the troops of the southeast battalion cannot be in Haizhou all the time, the troops transferred to the north must be built, and the forbidden army of Su Shuai's division will inevitably follow, so that the existing army of more than 200,000 people in the southeast will go to at least half, and the existing number of people and horses in Sanwei will be less than 40,000 people, and the armor will be even less.

"Moreover, although our army is victorious, it is limited to troops, logistics, food and grass and cannot work on the expedition, so although the losses of Cao, Xu, and Cai are not small, there is still room for strength, if the three countries jointly make up more than 100,000 armor again, it is still completely possible, and it will be difficult to resist with the southeast battalion and the three guards."

"In recent years, I have used troops everywhere in Dazheng, and the Bafang Military Mansion has long been exhausted, and the qualified soldiers are far lower than in the past, taking the Candle Dragon Mansion as an example, there were less than 10,000 qualified soldiers last year, but our army died more than 30,000 people in the first battle of the Red River Beach, and the wounded were countless, so although our army has won consecutive victories, its combat effectiveness is not as good as before."

"The more than 100,000 elite armor under Su Shuai's command has become the cornerstone of stability in the southeast, and it cannot be moved lightly until the recruits are replenished, and it is unpredictable."

"This is all a foolish opinion, if there is anything inappropriate, please ask Your Majesty for forgiveness."

Cao Ju is still tasting tea, or that cup of tea, Mansong tea, Cao Ju used to love Longjing, and since the first year of Tianshun, it has been replaced by this Mansong tea.

The sun has completely set, the stars are shining, the tea leaves are not poured, the fragrance is fragrant, with the sound of birds and insects, the stream is murmuring, and the end is pleasant.

But Cao Ju had no intention of appreciating it.

The tea cools and the fragrance becomes subtle.

For a long time.

The crisis only seems to be alleviated, and the beacon fire only seems to have subsided.

Who knows where the undercurrent whirlpools are accumulating under the calm surface of the lake.

"Have you ever been to school?"

Zhang Xiyang was stunned for a moment, his frightened heart almost broke his throat, and he took a deep breath and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen was enlightened by his mother at the age of three, and entered a private school at the age of five. ”

Cao Ju who said these words was gloomy again: "I just ordered someone to check, there are seven uncles in your family, eight even your father, twenty-six brothers and cousins, a total of thirty-four people, all of whom died in battle, and now such an unspeakable thing has happened, do you hate it in your heart?" ”

Looking at Cao Ju's obviously wet eyes, Zhang Xiyang nodded and said: "Weichen hate, Xixia people, Yu people, as well as Cao Caixu and others, foreign and alien wolves are ambitious, ungrateful, all countries are mortal enemies, and hatred cannot be destroyed!" ”

"Son, don't you hate me? I am the emperor, I have sent countless sons to the battlefield in exchange for a territory built of corpses, the father has no son, the wife has no husband, the child has no father, heaven and man are forever separated, many households have fallen from this, and there are many desperate people, shouldn't you hate it? ”

Chen Zhong next to him secretly wiped his tears when he heard it, maybe he became sentimental when he got old, or maybe he was too tired, more than ten or twenty years of careful walking on thin ice made this old man with the most power in Da Zheng exhausted.

"Back to Your Majesty, Wei Chen was born as a Zheng person and died as a Zheng ghost. The ancestors of the deceased who defended the country laughed, and the people were safe and had no regrets. The ancestors of the surviving were disgraced, and the people were uneasy and shameless. A manly man, born between heaven and earth, there should be those who do not do, and there should be those who are angry about life and death. ”

"Besides, besides, there have always been a few children of the royal family who have died on the battlefield, and even Your Majesty is not ......"

"Bold!" Chen Zhong hurriedly shouted, and was about to scold.

"That's it, that's it. Good! Great goodness!! ”

Cao Ju was obviously very satisfied with Zhang Xiyang's answer, "After Qing Zhongyong, he is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he will be a big Zheng Dongliang for me in the future!" ”

Zhang Xiyang was excited to get the affirmation of the handle, and bowed down to thank him for pushing the gold mountain and pouring the jade pillar, and his mood was slightly relaxed and even a little fluttering.