"Vertical Zi'an dares to deceive me!"

In Jinling City, the newly enthroned Jianwu Emperor couldn't help but be furious after receiving the news that Nanhai and Ninghai had declared independence with Changsha.

"Your Majesty is angry."

Next to him, Li Xian, the secretary of the military department who was on the left and right, hurriedly advised.

"Calm your anger, how do you let me calm my anger?"

Shen Qiu picked up the national letter he had just sent in his hand, waved it and said to Li Xian: "Lu Yuan, Yan Wangqiu, and Su Xuange, the three rebels, have been in a nest of snakes and rats since the pre-Yue period, and they have been together to fight against the imperial court.

Now that the former Yue is dead and the new dynasty is established, these rebels don't know how to restrain themselves, but want to go further, break away from the court, and rebel and stand on their own.

Who do they think they are?

What do they think the imperial court is?

If this matter really makes these three countries break away, then the imperial court will really be swept away, and I, Ningguo, will also laugh at the shame of all countries. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Qiuqi's hands trembled a little.

No wonder this new emperor is so angry.

It was really the actions of Lu Yuan and others that shook the hearts of the new dynasty too much.

Think about it.

You say that there is no way to go beyond the house, tyrannize the world, and make the society fall down. The replacement of the Yue Room by the Ning Room is in line with the hearts of the people and the wish of all the people.

Then why was the Son of Heaven so tyrannical in the former Yue, but those princes in the local area still respected the Son of Heaven and regarded the Yue Room as the right one.

Not only was he willing to obey the orders of the Yue Imperial Court, he sent troops to participate in the Northern Expedition, but he also paid tribute every year.

Can this be said to be unpopular?

Now that you have come to power with the Son of Heaven, the originally obedient princes have jumped out to rebel one by one.

Not only did he not recognize the identity of the son of heaven of the Ning Dynasty, but he didn't even want to pay tribute, and they all said that they wanted to break away and become independent.

Oh, it was no problem for Yue to be so tyrannical, but if you come up with Ning Chaotian, who has won the hearts of the people, everything will not work.

Tell me, you talk about it, let the world know about this matter, what should I think of Ning Guo, how should I look at Shen Qiu, the new son of heaven?

Originally, because of Emperor Hongdao's non-cooperation, Shenqiu had to kill the monarch and usurp the throne, which was already very undignified.

In the end, it also attracted the invasion of the Liang State, which made the Yue Kingdom, which had just taken a breath, once again attract the disaster of soldiers, which caused the common people to suffer and the people complained.

Finally, Shen Qiu led the army to repel the Liang people, which can be regarded as cleaning up the original mess. And by virtue of this great victory, he successfully ascended the throne and became the emperor and successfully established a new dynasty.

Now it is the time for the new dynasty to change the new atmosphere, get rid of the original overstepping the room and make the world stable and prosperous again.

The local vassal states did this again, and they chose to secede from the Ning State one after another.

Doesn't this mean that the newly-born Ningguo and the newly-born Jinling court really killed the monarch and usurped the throne, and the position was not right, and it was not popular with the people of the world at all?

Otherwise, the local princes, why don't they recognize you as the son of heaven?

The above is only internal, and Ning Guo cannot give a reasonable explanation to his subjects in legal theory.

Externally, if Changsha, the South China Sea, and Ninghai are allowed to break away.

Then with the loss of these three kingdoms, the original situation of the Yue Imperial Court as the lord of the five counties and five kingdoms will suddenly collapse.

Not only the previously connected territories, but because of the separation of the Three Kingdoms, the enclave of Xichuan, Hanzhong, and Jiuzhen and one county will be created, so that the Ning Kingdom will be divided into two parts.

Needless to say, how harmful it would be for such a country to be split in half and cut off in the middle.

Xichuan and Hanzhong were blocked from communication with the Jinling court by Changsha State, and there was a lack of communication for a long time.

Who knows if they will have their minds and eventually follow the changes in the situation and go out independently?

Don't even talk about these two countries, just say Jiuzhen County.

This new annex territory was originally established after the Jinghai Kingdom was finally defeated. If it is isolated as an enclave for a long time, who knows if it will become independent again and turn the county into a country?

Yes, the imperial court is in Jiuzhen County, there is a Wuping Marquis Xie Ning watching, and there are 50,000 forbidden troops, which is enough to guard the territory.

But if there are no external enemies, is there no internal thief?

Renwu Ping Hou Xie Ning, after being separated from the outside for a long time, will he really not have the idea of separating the place and establishing himself as the king?

After all, in front of him, Lu Yuan and others had a lot of examples, and they just copied them.

There will be no difficulty or burden at all.

As for saying that he is self-reliant, what about the family in Linhai County?

The family is not without examples of dividing in order to strengthen the family or avoid risks.

As long as Xie Ning and the Xie family of Linhai County are separated and become two families.

At that time, they will not be a family, and they will be relatives of each other, so you can't insist on holding the Xie family responsible for staying in Linhai County, right?

If you really want to implicate the nine clans, then our six surnames and seven clans intermarry with each other, who is not anyone's relative, and you have pursued yourself?

And the Xie family's side.

If there is a chance, I think they are also willing to come up with another one, so that they can be limited to the establishment of a country in Jiuzhen County, and there will be one more royal lineage.

After all, it is indeed very cool to be a family in Linhai County, and it is a prince for generations, but after all, it is difficult to be the emperor.

But if you are the king of Jiuzhen County, this will be different.

The meat is in his own pot, which belongs to the throne that can be passed down from generation to generation, and it is always surnamed Xie.

If these two countries and one county also secede and become independent, then the newly born Ningguo Imperial Court will only be left with the current four counties of Jiangdong.

And from the lord of the five countries and five counties to the lord of the four counties in Jiangdong, this change in identity and status is not a difference of just one name.

This is directly from the overlord of Yangzhou, who originally controlled the land of the ten counties, and even the overlord of the world, and suddenly fell into a regional power within Yangzhou.

Ning Guo went from being on an equal footing with Zhou and Liang to a level similar to that of the two vassal states.

You talk about it.

Can the gap be the same?

This is still a decline in national character, in terms of reputation, soft power, and virtuality.

Let's talk about the practical aspect of strength.

Without the name of the lord of the five counties and five kingdoms, the Jinling court could no longer mobilize the soldiers and horses of the five countries in the name of the Son of Heaven and make them cooperate with their military expeditions.

Like the previous situation in the name of the Son of Heaven, the three kingdoms of Changsha, which were called upon as vassals, to join the northern expedition to the Zhou State will no longer occur.

And the loss of Jiuzhen County, the Jinling Imperial Court is also equivalent to losing a congenital grandmaster, as well as 70,000 soldiers and horses.

All of the above losses are real.

So.

Now that Lu Yuan and others have rebelled, internally, there has been a huge problem in Ningguo's legal rationality, and they have not been able to convince the people of the world, and the gold content of orthodoxy has greatly decreased.

Externally, this is the national character and prestige of Ningguo, and it directly came to a wave of explosions, and suddenly fell to the status of the hegemon of the world and became an ordinary local power.

This is a lot of internal and external losses put together, you say, can you accept it as any emperor?

Not to mention, it was Shen Qiu, the founder of the new dynasty, who encountered these at this time.

"Your Majesty, although the three kingdoms of Changsha, Nanhai, and Ninghai are plotting against each other, these three countries have been connected as one, covering a wide area, more than 4,000 miles from north to south, more than 3,000 miles from east to west, and spanning five counties.

There are tens of millions of people on it.

The soldiers of the Three Kingdoms combined, there are even more than a million people.

If you want to get rid of it now, I am afraid that it will be another rebellion of Hongdao, which cannot be quelled in ten years. ”

Li Xian saw that Shen Qiu was so angry, and even had plans to rejuvenate the teacher because of anger, and he knew that it was not good, so he couldn't help but hurriedly persuade: "Now that I am in Daning, I have inherited the chaos of the previous Yue, and the local people are taxed more and more heavily, and they almost sell their sons and daughters, which can be described as a bitter war for a long time.

If a big war is set off, the ministers are afraid that the foundation of the imperial court will really collapse completely.

At that time, even though the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms was quelled, in addition to the Three Kingdoms, there were also Liang and Zhou, all of whom coveted our country, which can be described as a group of wolves.

It is easy to destroy the three kingdoms, and it is difficult to control the two kingdoms.

Therefore, it is the plan for the present, but to recuperate and accumulate armor.

With the wealth of Linhai and Yuzhang, as long as it takes ten years, the imperial court can have an extra 200,000 soldiers. After 20 years, the court can have 400,000 more soldiers.

At that time, the imperial court will bring 700,000 armor warriors, and the money and grain will be enough, and it will be easy to level the Three Kingdoms. ”

Although the Ministry of War does not directly command the troops, it is in charge of the logistics of a country's military affairs.

So others may not know it very well, but Li Xian knows that the current Ning Kingdom really can't afford to fight a battle for the country.

At this time, the persuasion is also reasonable and well-founded, and it goes straight to the point.

After Shen Qiu heard his words, the anger in his heart couldn't help but decrease slightly, and he regained some reason, and then asked, "Now that I am up and down in Daning, how many soldiers and horses are there?" ”

This is the scope of his duties, Li Xian knew it as well, and immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty." If you remove Jiuzhen County, which is thousands of miles away, there are still 320,000 soldiers and horses in the four counties of Jiangdong and the three prefectures of Xiangyang.

Among them, in the three prefectures of Xiangyang County, there are 10,000 forbidden troops and 10,000 county soldiers stationed there.

Then there is Guangling County, which has 30,000 forbidden troops and 15,000 county soldiers.

Yuzhang County has 100,000 sailors and 20,000 county soldiers.

Jian'an County has 15,000 county soldiers.

Linhai County is the important place of the Beijing Division, and there are 10,000 county soldiers in the local area. In Jinling City, there are 5,000 palace guards, 5,000 Beijing battalions, and 100,000 forbidden troops garrisoned.

In this way, there are still 140,000 forbidden troops, 100,000 sailors, 70,000 county soldiers, 5,000 palace guards, and 5,000 Beijing camps, a total of 320,000 soldiers and horses.

However, among the 320,000 soldiers and horses, those county government soldiers, palace guards, and Beijing battalions could not be mobilized.

It is necessary to guard the place and protect the capital division.

140,000 forbidden troops, if there is no support from the Beijing Division, Guangling County must retain at least 50,000 forbidden troops, a congenital grandmaster, to resist the threat of the Liang people in the north.

The three prefectures of Xiangyang County are also the same, there must be at least 30,000 forbidden troops, with the county soldiers of the county government and a congenital master, before they can be preserved.

Jian'an County is close to the South China Sea.

If there is no war, it is okay, the military strength of the South China Sea State is weak, and it can barely maintain itself close to the county government and county soldiers.

But if a war starts, the county will have to keep at least 10,000 forbidden troops and arrange an innate grandmaster to deal with the threat of the South China Sea Kingdom.

In this case, if there is really a war with the Three Kingdoms of Changsha, then the imperial court can only dispatch a maximum of 50,000 forbidden troops.

In terms of water divisions, the Yangtze River waterway must also be protected, and it is impossible to come out of them all, with the most basic defense, at least 50,000 water divisions must be left, and there is also a congenital master.

Therefore, the most sailors can go out to fight is only 50,000.

As for the innate grandmaster, even if you count Your Majesty, there are only four people on the Jiangdong side. can only barely fill the needs of Guangling County, Xiangyang County, Jian'an County, and Shui Shi.

With 50,000 forbidden troops and 50,000 sailors, without the leadership of the innate grandmaster, they want to wipe out the Three Kingdoms.

Your Majesty, forgive the arrogance, this is just wishful thinking. ”

With this reason, Li first calculated an account, and in the end, he couldn't help but become more and more desperate.

Seriously.

On the side of the Jinling Imperial Court, there are still 320,000 troops, which sounds like a lot.

But near Ningguo, there are all enemy countries. The land of the four counties, there is no rear.

There are so many places to defend.

As soon as the nearly 10,000-mile national border was spread out, and the 320,000 troops filled it, they couldn't even make a sound, and they just disappeared.

Therefore, Li Xiancai said earlier that now the imperial court cannot afford to fight at all, and there are no soldiers to fight.

Otherwise, would it really rely on the 50,000 forbidden troops, 50,000 sailors, and no innate grandmaster commander to pacify Lu Yuan, who is now a new generation of war gods?

It's impossible to think about it.

But if, as he said, a ten-year delay, the imperial court will be able to gather 250,000 forbidden troops and 50,000 sailors to go on the expedition.

And within ten years, with the heritage of the Linhai family, it may be possible to cultivate another innate grandmaster to fill the vacancy left after the death of Marquis Wu'an.

Ten years later, Shen Qiu personally took command, led 300,000 land and water troops, and marched eastward, this situation is not good now?

If you wait another ten years, twenty years later, the number of soldiers and horses that can be dispatched by the imperial court will be as many as 500,000. Even the Innate Grandmaster can draw two or three of them.

This strength is even stronger.

If it was at that time, Wuping Marquis Xie Ning of Jiuzhen County had not rebelled, and Jiuzhen County was still in the hands of the imperial court. Then in the south, the imperial court can also dispatch 100,000 soldiers and horses, as well as a congenital grandmaster.

Xichuan and Hanzhong, if they are still obedient, can also gather fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, as well as two innate masters.

Calculate it this way, twenty years later, when the strength of the imperial court is restored.

Ideally, if you launch a war to extinguish the Three Kingdoms of Changsha, you will have as many as 700,000 troops in your hands. There can be five or six innate grandmasters who can be mobilized.

At that time, Yan Wangqiu of the South China Sea Kingdom had already died of old age, and the Grandmaster of the Three Rebel Kingdoms was one less person, and the South China Sea Kingdom would be even weaker.

Under the situation of eliminating the advantages of the other, isn't it easy for the imperial court to destroy the Three Kingdoms and recover the five counties?

Time is on the side of the imperial court.

With the background of Yuzhang's sea, just give some time to let these two counties breathe, it is really worthy of rebelling against the Three Kingdoms.

"50,000 forbidden troops, 50,000 sailors ......"

After listening to Li Xian's counting and statistics, Shen Qiu couldn't help but be silent when he listened to this cold number.

The anger that had risen in the past was completely extinguished like a basin of water poured down in the face of this cold reality.

Truly.

No matter how angry he is, no matter how unwilling he is, what can he do with the cold reality in front of him?

Is it really relying on these 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no innate grandmaster, to fight a battle to destroy the country?

I'm afraid this is not a war, but in the hands of the imperial court, which has not many bargaining chips to send to death.

So after weighing it in his heart, Shen Qiu couldn't help sighing, and then asked: "Over there in Changsha, I heard that there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

As he spoke, this Jianwu Heavenly Son's tone had loosened.

Seeing that his persuasion had effected, Li Xian was overjoyed, and hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Back to Your Majesty, to be exact, including the county government and county soldiers, there are 240,000.

Moreover, in Changsha, the system of the township warrior group is also implemented, and the folk villagers will also be summoned for intensive training when the farm is slack.

Based on the current territory of Changsha State, the scale of these militia groups should be five or six hundred thousand.

Therefore, in the event of a war to destroy the country, Changsha should be able to send 800,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, in his country, there are two innate grandmasters, the king of Changsha and his queen.

With this kind of strength, if the imperial court wants to destroy it, it is absolutely impossible without more than 500,000 elite soldiers and horses, three or four innate grandmasters. ”

Although the specific scale of a country's soldiers and horses is a secret among secrets for any country, it must not be leaked casually.

But who made Changsha too short of a country?

From the date of the founding of the country on June 20 in the seventh year of Yue Hongdao to December 27 in the first year of the founding of the martial arts, it has not been two and a half years.

In such a short period of time, although Lu Yuan has opened Enke one after another, he has continued to win the hearts of local scholars. At the same time, we will continue to expand the soldiers and horses, absorb those warriors and heroes, and use them for their own use.

But no matter how well these methods are done, it is impossible to bring everyone's hearts together and make everyone truly return to their hearts.

The name of the orthodoxy of the Yue State is still there, and the Ning State inherited the Yue State, which also has the orthodox righteousness.

In this righteous name, it is still very attractive to those who read and martial arts.

Moreover, although Changsha is now on the rise, it is not as strong as Ning.

There is no problem now, but when the court comes to a better breath and leads the soldiers and horses to fight, who knows if it can hold on?

Therefore, driven by this kind of thinking, many people are doing the idea of stepping on two boats and preparing for each other.

He was an official in Changsha, but at the same time he left a way on the side of the Jinling Imperial Court, and reported some news from time to time to make plans for the future.

Therefore, the details of Lu Yuan's soldiers and horses in Changsha, this kind of confidential matter, was also leaked out unexpectedly under the spy of the Ningguo Imperial Court.

Well, it's very much in line with the urine nature of those who are in charge.

"800,000 soldiers and horses ......"

Hearing this number, Shenqiu stagnated again, and his anger was half vented again.

At the same time, they are aware of one terrible reality after another.

The soldiers and horses of Changsha Kingdom, unconsciously, have reached such a scale?

And what's even more terrifying is that even if you don't count those militia groups, there are 240,000 regular troops, and Changsha can afford to raise such a large army.

You must know that the Jinling Imperial Court, which now controls the four counties of Jiangdong, is now only 320,000 soldiers and horses.

Compared with Changsha Kingdom, there are only 80,000 more.

Even though this is only Jiangdong in a weak state, it is already terrible that Changsha can expand its military strength to three-quarters of the imperial court.

Shen Qiu really realized at this time that he wanted to put down the rebellion, and it seemed that he really didn't expect it to be so simple.

The rebellion of the Three Kingdoms, especially Changsha, is by no means something that can be eliminated in a short period of time.

It's going to be a long-term business.