After hearing the words of the right minister Zhao Wenhan, the left minister Lin Gaoyuan laughed and said: "The king of the frontier domain does have the duty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, but there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in the northern county, could it be that Zhao Xiang thinks that the king of the north can use these 30,000 soldiers and horses to repel the invasion of the barbarians?" ”

Zhao Wenhan immediately said: "The old man didn't say this. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Wenhan looked at Emperor Xia on the dragon chair again, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Beijun is the first line to resist the barbarians, and the conventional 30,000 soldiers and horses are no longer enough to resist the barbarian invasion, so the minister thinks that it is time to issue an order for the expansion of the army to Beijun." ”

As soon as Zhao Wenhan's words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, in order to prevent the feudal king from rebelling, he issued an order to limit the number of troops.

The maximum number of soldiers in a feudal lord's fiefdom is based on the size of the land.

The upper limit of the number of troops in Beijun is 50,000, which is why when Lu Chen said that he wanted to recruit a new army, he only recruited 10,000 soldiers.

Zhao Wenhan's words seem to be no problem, after all, Beijun is on the front line of resisting the barbarians, and it is also appropriate to give Beiwang more soldiers.

But......

Once this is done, the other vassal kings of the frontier will use the same excuse to expand their armies.

Defending against barbarians is to defend against foreign invasions, so how many dynasties are there in other directions of the Great Xia Dynasty, although there has been no war for many years, but who said what to do if a dynasty comes over one day.

The northern counties have all expanded their armies, and other frontier vassal kings will definitely ask for the expansion of their armies.

This will obviously have a ripple effect.

Moreover, once the Northern County expands its army, it is not clear that other dynasties will suddenly attack Great Xia.

It is not impossible for vassal kings to collude with foreign enemies and then use this as a bargaining chip to demand that the imperial court issue an order to expand the army.

Emperor Xia is not a fool, and he also knows the consequences of issuing an order to expand the army to Beijun.

However, at this time, Emperor Xia still spoke: "Proposed decree, Beijun is the first line to resist the barbarian invasion, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Beijun are no longer enough to resist the needs of the barbarian invasion, from now on, the upper limit of the number of soldiers in Beijun will be increased to 150,000, and in addition, the Beiwang is the vassal king of the Beijun fiefdom, no matter what happens, the Beiwang must not escape from the battle, and must stick to the Beijun!" ”

After hearing Emperor Xia's words, Zhao Wenhan immediately bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise! ”

Emperor Xia glanced at Zhao Wenhan coldly, and then continued: "Wang Shangshu, Chu Shangshu, Lin Xiang, Zhao Xiang, the four of you stay and retreat." ”

After speaking, Emperor Xia got up from the dragon chair, waved the long sleeves of the dragon robe, and turned around and left directly.

Obviously, the expansion of the North County army made Emperor Xia very uncomfortable, but he had to do it.

Now that there is an undercurrent surging within Great Xia, it is impossible for Great Xia to send hundreds of thousands of troops north to defend against the barbarians.

If the Zhen faction sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the north, it would be shaking the country's foundation.

Emperor Xia also saw that the barbarian invasion this time was most likely related to the family, and as for whether the prince was involved, it was unknown.

Now is not the time to care about that.

Behind the war is politics, if it is really as the king of the north said in the letter, the barbarians want to establish a state in the north county, it is absolutely not allowed.

Beijun is the gateway to Great Xia, and once Beijun is occupied by the barbarians, the barbarian troops will be directed to the capital in the future.

Emperor Xia knew that to solve this crisis, he had to compromise not only with the barbarians, but also with the family.

This made Emperor Xia feel very aggrieved, and since he ascended the throne, this was the most aggrieved he felt.

The main reason is that he has just reorganized the army of Great Xia, and the barbarian tribe came south too suddenly, and he didn't give him time to breathe at all.

If you wait another year, after the Great Xia army is reorganized, he sends troops north, those barbarian cavalry are nothing at all.

It's a pity that there aren't so many ifs.

It is imperative to discuss how to resolve the crisis in North County.

After Emperor Xia brought the four people he had just called to the study, he seriously discussed the matter of the barbarian going south this time.

In the end, the result of their discussions was to promote peace talks, and they would definitely send troops if they sent troops, but they would not send hundreds of thousands of troops north.

As for ceding the entire Northern County, it was impossible, but it was not completely unnegotiable, and part of the land of the Northern County could be ceded to the barbarians.

Anyway, Beijun is the fief of the North King, and the North King is just a waste prince, and he can't manage so much land.

After discussing the specific things to do, Lin Gaoyuan left Emperor Xia's study directly.

His face was not good-looking, and he was clearly not satisfied with the outcome of their discussions.

Emperor Xia gathered a total of four people, and as a result, one of the household department was a family member, a military department was also a family member, and a right minister was a big traitor who only knew how to fight for power and profit.

When the three of them get together, what can they come up with?

It's nothing more than cutting the land for glory.

After Lin Gaoyuan returned to the mansion, he sulked and did not speak for a long time.

At this moment, a man in armor entered the hall.

As soon as the man entered the hall, he asked, "Dad, I heard that the 300,000 barbarian army is heading south, is this true or false?" ”

It was a big deal for the barbarians to go south, and as soon as they retreated from the court, those ministers couldn't help but say it everywhere, and soon Lin Xiuming, who was in the army, also heard it.

Lin Xiuming is now the commander of the Qilin Army, and he is very concerned about things like war.

After hearing his son's question, Lin Gaoyuan came back to his senses, sighed and said, "It's not sure if it's true or not, but the Northern King used the Red Silk Messenger, and there is a high probability that it is true." ”

Lin Xiuming continued to ask, "Then what is Your Majesty's plan?" ”

Hearing this question, Lin Gaoyuan laughed, "Plans?" Heh, he wants you to take 70,000 elite soldiers to the north to help the Northern King fight with the 300,000 army of the barbarians. ”

What?

Hearing his father's words, Lin Xiuming was stunned.

Fight with 70,000 elite soldiers and 300,000 barbarian troops?

What kind of joke is this?

Since it is said that they are elite soldiers, they must all be combat soldiers, but 70,000 combat soldiers, plus 30,000 soldiers in Beijun, are only 100,000 soldiers.

100,000 soldiers want to resist the 300,000 iron cavalry of the barbarians?

Lin Xiuming frowned, obviously there were about 500,000 soldiers that the Great Xia Dynasty could use now, how could he send 70,000 soldiers to the north?

Lin Xiuming immediately asked, "Dad, after Your Majesty reorganizes the barracks, isn't there 500,000 soldiers who can be mobilized?" ”

Hearing his son's innocent question, Lin Gaoyuan snorted again, and then said, "500,000? Does His Majesty dare to move these 500,000 soldiers, if these 500,000 soldiers move, it will be chaotic if Great Xia doesn't do well. ”

Lin Gaoyuan didn't say too much about the deep-seated reasons, he said directly to Lin Xiuming: "The old man doesn't want to say anything more, when His Majesty's edict comes down, you will immediately lead the troops to Beijun to meet the Beiwang." ”

"When fighting, you just try to hold back the barbarian cavalry, there is no need to fight to the death with them, the real battlefield is not in Beijun, but in the court."

Hearing Lin Gaoyuan's reminder, Lin Xiuming seemed to understand something, and then said, "Okay, Dad, I understand what you mean." ”

……

North County, Yancheng.

A woman in a black robe and holding a long sword walked slowly through the streets of Yancheng.

The woman's face was as cold as ice, but it was extremely beautiful, like a goddess who does not eat the fireworks of the world.

At this moment, a speeding carriage passed by her.

The wind blew the curtains of the carriage open, and a beautiful woman in white came into view.

The woman in black on the side of the road happened to meet the eyes of the woman in white.

But it was only for a moment.

The carriage continued to move forward, leaving only the woman in black standing in place, indifferently looking at the back of the carriage in the distance.

(End of chapter)