The reorganization of the army directly under the capital is nothing more than a means for the imperial court to protect itself.

But for the princes, the formation of a direct army by the imperial court was a threat to themselves.

Because no one can resist the imperial power, the Son of Heaven is the master of this world, and the Son of Heaven says that whoever is guilty is guilty, and whoever he says to crusade against is to crusade against whom.

However, due to the recruitment from the capital, the time to recruit and train new soldiers would be very long, and the expenses were not affordable for the imperial court.

That's why we had the next policy of wanting to draw troops from the vassal states.

In this way, not only does it save time, but also has the vassal states to support their own armies, and there is no need for the imperial court to pay for it, killing two birds with one stone.

The army directly under the Son of Heaven has long been unable to support it because of the non-tribute of the vassal states, and the number of troops is getting smaller and smaller.

Now, all that is left are the 200,000 Praetorian Guards stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion and the 200,000 directly subordinate troops in Lucheng.

The 400,000 army may be okay if it is placed in the vassal states, but it is a pitiful little in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

The policy is undoubtedly a good policy, the vassal states send troops to raise troops, but the command is in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

It weakened the rights of the vassal states, and at the same time increased the rights of the Son of Heaven.

But who would be stupid enough to agree to such a policy?

At the imperial court meeting, Ji Hao once again proposed this policy, but the response was still the same.

Of the ten princes and kings, four are willing, and four are unwilling......

Now, the king of Wu Yue and the king of Chu are on both sides, and if they can stand on the same side, no matter which side they are, they will be the victorious side.

But it is destined that there can only be one overlord in this world, whether it is Yin Lun, the king of Wuyue, or Zhai Jiang, the king of Western Chu, they all want to be the overlord.

But this time, Emperor Ji Hao of Zhengyang did not pretend to be angry as usual, and immediately withdrew from the court, saying that he would discuss it another day.

This time was different from the past, because of Chu Yujia and Pu Chengshuang's visits, he had confidence.

Ji Hao looked at Wuyang, the king of Shu, and asked in a cold voice: "His Royal Highness the king of Shu, are you still unwilling to send troops?"

Wu Yang still looked indifferent, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to send troops, but that my Shu Kingdom really doesn't have this ability." ”

"Hehe......"

Niu Zhi, the prime minister of the imperial court, smiled coldly and said: "As far as I know, even after the war with Ye State, there are still more than 400,000 remaining troops in Qianshu, counting the new soldiers is close to 500,000, even if Qianshu is now in some small turmoil, but Qianshu now only has four counties left, isn't 500,000 garrisons enough?"

The land of the four counties, this is definitely a big mockery for Wuyang.

Isn't this just saying that he was robbed of his fiefdoms in two counties?

Wu Yang looked at Niu Zhi with a cold face and said, "Prime Minister, it's a bit too much for you to talk like this......

"Is it excessive?"

Niu Zhi raised his head, faced Ji Hao, and said: "Your Majesty, there are no foreign enemies in the former Shu, and the two places are in the center of the empire, and there are 300,000 garrisons that are enough, and there is no need for 500,000 troops at all, so I implore Your Majesty to send an edict to the King of Shu to send 100,000 elite soldiers into the capital, and Your Majesty will personally govern and command." ”

"Niuji!"

Wu Yang raised his hand and pointed at Niu Zhi and scolded angrily: "You old horseman, did you see that I was a bully in Qianshu, so you came to me?"

Niu Zhi's face was fearless, and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, it is better for you to obey the order, otherwise when the time comes, it will be no wonder that Your Majesty is ruthless." ”

Obviously, Wu Yang also has his own confidence, after all, he only stood with Xi Chu some time ago.

Besides, even if Emperor Zhengyang Ji Hao surrendered his crimes?

It's a big deal for him to run back to Shu, and if he doesn't come to the imperial court in the future, can he really send his imperial court direct army to destroy himself?

If the army directly under the imperial court goes out of the territory of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be wiped out by the alliance of the princes, and the imperial court will be useless.

Therefore, Wu Yang sneered: "Although there are no foreign enemies in Qianshu, it also needs to be consolidated with elite soldiers, and there are only 300,000 troops left to talk about and consolidate the country, so there are no soldiers and no money." ”

"Since His Royal Highness the King of Shu is obsessed, then please ask Your Majesty to issue a decree. ”

Niu Zhi knelt on his knees facing Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao, kowtowed, and said: "The minister implores Your Majesty to condemn the king of Shu and raise troops to attack ......him."

Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao's face was not good, and he stared at Wuyang and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, do you have to force me to make trouble to this point before I am willing to give up?"

Raise your ......

To put it lightly.

Where did he get the soldiers from the imperial court?

Wu Yang disdained this, and sneered: "Your Majesty, I absolutely respect the imperial court, but I have no soldiers, let alone money to support the imperial court. ”

This sentence is almost unclear, if you dare to yell at me again, then I will not give you money to spend in the future.

This is obviously threatening Emperor Zhengyang.

Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao narrowed his eyes and said in a shocking voice: "Since this is the case, then it is no wonder that His Royal Highness the King of Shu does not miss the old feelings." ”

When the words fell, Emperor Ji Hao of Zhengyang raised his head and continued: "Spread my will, order Chu Yujia, commander of the Northwest Army of Yedi, and Pu Chengshuang, commander of Yuyun Army of Tang Land, to immediately send troops to Qianshu, do not break the royal capital, and come to see you!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.

Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao, what is this trying to do?

Took the wrong medicine in the morning.

Or was he beaten stupid by his own concubine last night?

Do you even dare to say this kind of will?

These two armies, whether it is the Northwest Army or the Yu Yun Army, are the elite of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Ye Kingdom, and Chu Yujia and Pu Chengshuang are the henchmen of the King of Ye and the King of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

This kind of person, could he be transferred when Emperor Ji Hao of Zhengyang said that he would be transferred?

How could he mobilize this kind of army?

also let people come to see you, if you don't get angry, you can calm down the capital.

Among the ten kings, eight of them looked at Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao with the expression of a fool.

Only Wang Dantian, the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuan, the king of Ye, tacitly understood that they still had that demeanor and did not speak.

In fact, Zhengyang Emperor Ji Hao was also gambling, he bet that Chu Yujia and Pu Chengshuang would listen to his own dispatch and go to crusade against Qianshu.

Once won, the opposition presented by the four vassal states is bound to collapse.

To put it bluntly, the princes and kings are united for their own interests, and once an external force intervenes, their alliance will not be strong.

That's why he chose Qianshu, the weakest among them, and also the closest to the Northwest Army and Yu Yunjun.

But he also knew that once he lost the bet, the prestige of the royal court would be completely gone.

Originally, he was hesitant to trust these two people.

But it was the words that Niu Zhi said to him last night that woke him up, and the imperial court had nothing to lose, so it was better to give it a go.

In the next ten days, the imperial court did not ask the ten princes to go to court.

And in Wu Yang's eyes, this has become the biggest irony.

Just because he still wants to command the two most elite armies in the southwest and northwest to crusade against him, isn't this taking the wrong medicine, what is this?

He was thinking that Ji Hao must have gone out that morning without a brain, otherwise he wouldn't have said such brainless words.

Thinking of Ji Hao's embarrassment at that time, Wu Yang couldn't help but laugh, picked up the teacup and took a slow sip.

But at this time, someone suddenly ran in from outside and said: "Report to the king, the Northwest Army of Ye Kingdom, the Yuyun Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty has left the garrison yesterday, one south and the other north, and the dynamics are unknown." ”

Wu Yang squirted out a mouthful of tea, and said with a surprised face: "What?"