Regarding those rumors in Beijun, Lu Chen, who was in the palace, naturally heard about it.

After such a large convoy of the palace went south, it was impossible for the people to see it without rumors.

Lu Chen didn't pay too much attention to the rumors, he was already preparing to defend against the barbarians.

A few days later.

In order to allow the people in the north of Beijun to cooperate with the Jianbi Qingye and transfer the population, the Beiwangfu directly issued a notice, telling the people that the barbarians were about to gather 300,000 cavalry to go south, capture Beijun, and establish a state in Beijun.

As soon as the announcement came out, it caused an uproar in less than half a month.

Not only did the people of Beijun know about this, but the entire Great Xia, and even the other countries surrounding Great Xia, knew that the barbarians were about to go south.

Originally, when the convoy of the North Wangfu went south, the common people had already heard the rumors that the barbarians were going south, and now the North Wangfu directly issued a notice, which proved that the barbarians were indeed going south.

Some of the common people thought that even their king had fled, and that they would only be able to die if they stayed in the northern county, so they fled to the south.

Of course, there are also some ordinary people who are reluctant to leave the place where they have lived for generations.

In order to enable the common people to cooperate with the policy of clearing the wilderness, the Beiwang Mansion soon issued a decree again, and all the common people who cooperated with the clearing of the wilderness were exempted from agricultural taxes for two years when they returned to their original land when the war was over.

Originally, the policy of exempting agricultural taxes was intended to be used to promote the planting of new crops, but there was no way, and some ordinary people in the north refused to leave, so they could only take out this policy in advance.

If this is the case, those ordinary people still refuse to leave, and Lu Chen doesn't plan to take care of it.

He was still busy training the new army, and he couldn't put all his mind on the solid wall.

Early morning.

After Lu Chen got up, he glanced at the iceberg beauty in his arms.

It just so happened that Bai Qingqing was also watching him, and Bai Qingqing always woke up before him.

Seeing Lu Chen staring at her, a flush appeared on Bai Qingqing's cold face, and she immediately turned her head to look to the side.

After Lu Chen's wife and concubine left, Lu Chen came to her bed every night, her body and mind belonged to Lu Chen, but she still didn't dare to look directly into Lu Chen's eyes.

Seeing Bai Qingqing's shy appearance, Lu Chen smiled slightly, after these days of exploration, he had already understood how the Dragon and Phoenix Yin and Yang Sutra was used.

The function of the Dragon and Phoenix Yin Yang Sutra is to accelerate one's own cultivation, improve one's speed of absorbing spiritual energy, and at the same time, it can also allow the woman to embark on the path of cultivation.

In other words, the Dragon and Phoenix Yin-Yang Sutra is a dual cultivation method.

Lu Chen planned to wait for the barbarian war to end, take Mu Zixuan and the others back, and cultivate the Dragon and Phoenix Yin and Yang Sutra with them.

Although it is unlikely that they will become immortals in this world with thin aura, it is still possible to let them live a little longer or maintain their youthful beauty.

At this time, Lu Chen got up from the bed, he didn't plan to say good morning greetings to Bai Qingqing today, he still had important things to do today.

After getting up, Lu Chen simply ate something and rode to the New Army camp.

When the people of Yancheng saw Lu Chen riding a horse, they were extremely shocked and talked about it.

"Didn't you say that the Northern King had already fled?"

"Yes, I saw with my own eyes the princess and their carriage heading south."

"Then why is the King of the North still in Yancheng?"

"This can't be a stand-in for the North King, right?"

"How can it be a stand-in, I've seen Beiwang several times, this is Beiwang himself."

"In this way, the king of the north should have just let his wife and concubine go south to take refuge, and he himself did not run away."

"I didn't expect the North King to be so backbone!"

……

Listening to the discussion of the people, Lu Chen didn't care too much, he deliberately rode to the new army camp, just to let the people of Yancheng know that he had not left Yancheng.

Soon, Lu Chen came to the camp of the new army.

The new army camp is located outside the city, in order to facilitate the test of artillery, Lu Chen deliberately asked people to build the new army camp far away from Yancheng.

After Lu Chen arrived at the new army camp, Mu Changtian and several of his important generals immediately came to Lu Chen's year, "See the prince." ”

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and then asked, "The number of new troops has been recruited, right?" ”

Mu Changtian replied: "Back to the prince, all of them have been recruited, just 10,000 people." ”

As soon as Mu Changtian's words fell, Li Feng spoke: "Lord Wang, I heard that the imperial court issued an order to expand the army in Beijun, and now Beijun can have a maximum of 150,000 soldiers, why don't we take the opportunity to recruit more soldiers?" ”

When they reported the situation of the barbarians going south to the imperial court, the imperial court immediately issued an order to the Northern Prince's Mansion to expand the army, but after so long, Lu Chen did not continue to recruit soldiers, and he did not seem to have the idea of continuing to recruit soldiers, which made Li Feng and the others feel a little incomprehensible.

It is an easy task to get the imperial court to issue an order to expand the army, everyone knows that Emperor Xia has always weakened the strength of the vassal king, and it is not bad to be able to make this place in Beijun have an army of 100,000.

This time, if it weren't for the turbulent situation in Great Xia, he couldn't easily mobilize the army, and Emperor Xia would not have agreed to issue an order to expand the army to Beijun.

This military expansion order is an opportunity for the North County and the North King to quickly increase their strength.

But the Northern King did not act immediately.

Although the population of North County is sparse, it is not much of a problem to recruit 150,000 soldiers.

Moreover, they are about to start a war with the barbarians, and if they can recruit another 100,000 new soldiers in a short time, they will have a better chance of defeating the barbarians at that time.

After hearing Li Feng's question, Lu Chen smiled faintly, "There are not many soldiers, but fine." ”

"Even if another 100,000 recruits are recruited now, can you train these 100,000 recruits in a short period of time?"

"If they go to the battlefield, I'm afraid that the barbarian cavalry will scatter them with a charge."

"Not to mention the recruits, even the army of the imperial court is often scattered by the barbarian cavalry when facing the barbarian cavalry, you say yes, General Mu."

Speaking of which, Lu Chen's eyes fell on Mu Changtian, now is the time to discuss official affairs, so Lu Chen did not call Mu Changtian's father-in-law, but directly called him General Mu.

The reason why Lu Chen looked at him and said this was because Mu Changtian had fought with the barbarians many times, and he was experienced.

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Changtian said: "The prince is right, if you let the recruits fight the barbarians head-on, there is a high probability that the barbarian cavalry will be gone with one charge." ”

Speaking of this, Mu Changtian's words changed sharply, "But Lord Wang, these recruits don't necessarily have to fight the barbarian soldiers head-on, they can still defend the city." ”

They were originally the defenders, there was no need to rush up and fight the barbarian cavalry, and soldiers were also needed to defend the city, even if these recruits were not as effective as the cavalry, but the defense of the city could still play a great role.

Therefore, Mu Changtian is inclined to recruit more soldiers.

Lu Chen said at this time: "This king understands what you mean, but don't worry, since the imperial court has issued an order to expand the army to this king, this king naturally wants to expand the army, but not now." ”

"And in a few days, this king will surprise you."

Hearing this, Mu Changtian and the others looked at each other, and they were all curious about what the surprise Lu Chen said.

Lu Chen continued at this time: "By the way, did you dig the cave that this king asked you to dig? ”

Li Feng replied: "Back to the prince, it has been dug up." ”

Lu Chen then said: "Bring this king over." ”

Immediately, Li Feng and the others took Lu Chen to the cave of the artillery barracks.

Seeing the cave in front of him, Li Feng wanted to ask Lu Chen what they were doing digging the cave, but in the end Li Feng held back.

Since the North King asked them to dig a cave, it must have an effect, and it is estimated that the North King will tell them what the cave is for.

Lu Chen did not hesitate, and walked directly towards the cave, saying as he walked: "You are all waiting outside, no one is allowed to come in without the order of this king." ”

Hearing Lu Chen's words, everyone immediately stopped.

After Lu Chen entered the cave, he directly opened the system backpack and took out a 122mm towed howitzer from it.

Then Lu Chen glanced at the data of the howitzer.

[Caliber 122 mm, range 18,000 meters, muzzle velocity 690 meters / s, projectile weight 33.4 kg, total weight 3,400 kg, fragmentation grenade kill half a catty 15~30 meters. 】

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