On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Han Jian got up early as usual. After he washed up and had breakfast, he would handle the matter.

As the Eastern King, although he can be born to enjoy wealth and glory, he must also assume his own responsibility, which is to take on the main responsibilities of the Eastern King's Mansion.

After breakfast, military information from the north came, saying that Luoyang had sent troops to attack Luozhou, an important northern city in Jiangdu. Judging from the news from various channels, Luoyang sent 70,000 to 80,000 troops this time, which was almost all the troops that Luoyang could call out except for normal garrison.

The emergency military meeting was held in the Eastern Palace. Attendance of this military meeting was all the powerful figures of the Jiangdu military. Among them were Zhang Xing, the newly promoted general. After Han Jian left the military camp and entered the city, Zhang Xing was responsible for the dispatch of the 100,000 troops outside the city. With the dispatch of these days, some of the 100,000 troops had returned home, and the main force was still stationed outside the Jiangdu city and was ready to be dispatched at any time.

During this meeting, Han Jian intended to not allow the Luoyang faction of the imperial court to attend, but it seemed to be a closed-door meeting of the Eastern Prince's Mansion.

At the beginning of the meeting, Han Jian informed the frontline war report and explained the general situation clearly.

"...In addition to the soldiers from Luoyang, the 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers stationed in the North Prince's Mansion north of the Yellow River will also set off to head south at any time and arrive in Luozhou, less than three days..."

The seventy or eighty thousand soldiers in Luoyang, plus the four or fifty thousand soldiers in the Northern King's Mansion, suddenly there were 120,000 to 130,000 soldiers and horses.

The regular army in Jiangdu is only 70,000 to 80,000, and there are nearly 100,000 garrison troops. Although the garrison troops will be called during wartime, they are not regular troops after all. The weapons are backward and training cannot keep up, so their combat effectiveness is low. In some places, the garrison troops are mostly elderly, weak and disabled. Even looking at the city gate is burdensome, and it is not useful to transfer to the front line.

At this time, the Eastern Prince's Mansion had garrisons in Luozhou on the front line. They were all transferred from the prefectures around Luozhou at the end of the year to fight, but these 7,000 troops were completely local garrison troops. Among them, there may be only 3,000 or 4,000 combat capabilities, and it will be difficult to defend the city.

"...Everyone, the situation is urgent now. If you have anything, just say it out loud." Han Jian finally looked at everyone present and said.

Han Jian finished the situation on the front line. People present also felt pressure. When describing the garrison in Luozhou, Han Jian intended to increase his troops to 20,000, one to give confidence to the soldiers, and the other to prevent Luoyang from mixing with these generals and leaking military information.

Han Jian finished speaking. No one was present.

In general military meetings, unless there are particularly insightful people, they will not take the lead in expressing opinions. This requires responsibility. Only when others express their opinions and discuss them based on them is what ordinary experienced military generals do, so even if they have to take responsibility, it will be very light.

Seeing that the people present did not speak, Han Jian sat back on the chair.

Han Song stood up and said with a little angrily: "Now the Dongwang King is in charge of the Dongwang Mansion. You are all loyal ministers and generals of the Dongwang Mansion. Could it be that you are going to stop talking at this time?"

"I am sorry for the princess of the county, but I don't say anything, because there is no good plan." A military general said, "The best way to do this is to send more reinforcements. But we don't know much about the situation in the Dongwang Mansion. This decision should be made by the Dongwang."

Han Jian smiled and said that this was shirking responsibility.

He also knew that these military generals shirking responsibility was related to the fluctuations in the grain prices in Jiangdu over the past few days. After all, the local merchants and wealthy families in Jiangdu were not only administrative officials in Jiangdu, but also these military generals.

Behind these people, there may be many wealthy families to support them. This time, the wealthy families suffered heavy losses, and even these military generals would suffer losses. After all, they had a certain degree of resentment towards the Eastern Prince's Mansion, and blamed Han Jian and Nan Qi for using the city to exchange for food, which instead harmed their interests.

In their opinion, Han Jian was arbitrary and did not need their help in anything. This was what Han Jian thought of when he first proposed the idea of ​​borrowing grain.

"Since that's the case, today's meeting ends here." Han Jian stood up and said.

"End? Jianer, you..." Han Song looked at Han Jian in surprise.

Now the troops of Luoyang and Beiwang Army have sent troops to attack the military centers of the Dongwang Mansion, and it is imminent. The meeting ends, it should be time to send troops to fight. But Han Jian said so easily that the meeting ends.

"Everyone, please come back." Han Jian said loudly.

Although the generals present had some opinions about Han Jian, they did not expect Han Jian to be so direct. They looked at each other in a glance and had to bow and retreat first.

After everyone left, Han Jian sat down and picked up the teacup and drank tea. Han Song said, "Jian'er, what's the matter?"

"Er Niang, you didn't realize that these people are wary, and even if you continue to talk about it, it would be futile?" Han Jian said suddenly.

"They all think that you exchanged the city of Jiangdu for food. As long as they know you are wronged in the future, they will naturally change their prejudices. You won't even ignore the major issues involving my Dongwang Mansion just because you are concerned about this with them, right?"

"Second mother, listen to me." Han Jian saw that Han Song was a little anxious and said, "Actually, I have already talked to some generals about this matter in the past few days. Luozhou's defense is also prepared. Even if the bandit army sends 200,000 troops, it will not conquer Luozhou in a moment or three moments."

"How could you be so confident?" Han Songshi said in surprise.

"Er Niang seems to have forgotten that it is late winter now and the weather is extremely cold. Forcibly siegeing the city at this time is not a good idea. I guess even if Luoyang sends troops, it will be a bluff and want to take the opportunity to defeat the Luozhou military and civilians without fighting. The best way at this time is to support the troops and horses and food, so that the military and civilians in the city will work together..."

"How can we work together?" Han Songshi felt that it was not very good when he heard Han Jian's words.

"Of course I want me, the Eastern King, to go to the front line to supervise the war myself." Han Jian said with a smile.

"What did you say?" Han Song was surprised first, then angry, and said, "Jian'er, don't say that you have decided again, don't let Er Niang say it! This time, you can't leave Jiangdu no matter what you say."

Han Jian comforted, "My second mother is thinking too much. I mean to go to the front line to supervise the war, but I didn't say it's now. Now that Your Majesty is not in Jiangdu, I know that Jiangdu is bound to be without me."

"What do you mean?" Han Song was completely confused now.

Han Jian thought about the words and said, "I just said I wouldn't go right away, but no matter how I say it, I still have to go. Because Luoyang and Beiwang Mansion have only lasted for two months. After passing Luozhou, if we want to organize effective defense, it will be difficult to climb to the sky when the morale of the army is disintegrating."

Han Song thought for a while and insisted: "My second mother doesn't want what you are going to do, but you just can't leave now. If you leave, the East Prince's Mansion will be completely collapsed! You have to think twice about it."

Han Jian nodded with a smile, and Han Song was a little relieved. After all, Han Jian said that he had discussed with the military general a few days ago, and that was nothing big.

"Er Niang, I'm already raising the vanguard. There are about two thousand cavalrymen who will go directly from the east road to the north and from Jiangzhou to form a support for Luozhou. Is that okay?"

Han Song nodded and said, "No problem. You can make your own decisions about these things. But someone around you must help you. Er Niang really can't find a military general who can trust you. It's so sad!"

Han Song was worried because Han Jian's borrowing of grain almost offended all the gentry in Jiangdu. Even if those military generals were willing to help Han Jian, they would look at the faces of the gentry and naturally did not dare to stand out too much.

Han Jian smiled and said, "I have a good helper around me, so I'm afraid that Ernie will not dare to use it."

"Who?" Han Songshi frowned and looked at Han Jian.

"It's Cin'er, my wife. She is in the Nanwang Mansion and has good military management. Over the years, all the military affairs of the Nanwang Mansion have been passed by her. Do you think she has the ability to help me?"

Han Song nodded first, then shook his head, and said, "She is your concubine, and you can't show up. Moreover, she is also a member of the Nanwang Mansion, do you trust her so much?"

"Er Niang, you are also a concubine of the Dongwang Mansion, so you won't show up in public? Besides, Er Niang, are you thinking about your family more, or are you the Dongwang Mansion?"

Han Song looked at Han Jian with a cold eyebrows and said, "Jian'er, you are not allowed to joke with your second wife and your aunts again! How can such words be said?"

Han Jian smiled and stopped talking.

"Since you believe in Jimbun, it's okay to ask her to help you. I have really done my duty these days. But you have to deal with it with the Southern Prince's Mansion. Seeing that we are going to send troops north, the troops in the Southern Prince's Mansion are still called outside my Jiangdu City, which is always a hidden danger."

Han Jian said: "With Cistan's help, I believe that the Nanwang Mansion will be easy to mediate."

Han Song didn't say much, and took the excuse to discuss things with Han Cui, so he left first.

Han Jian first went to the next yard and informed Yang Ronger of the news.

Originally, Han Jian thought Yang Xun'er should be very happy to hear the news, but when he saw Yang Xun'er's cold reaction, he knew that he had guessed wrong.

"Xin'er, are you not happy?" Han Jian asked.

Yang Ronger said a little annoyed: "Let me help you? Do you think I have the ability?"

Han Jian smiled. He knew that Yang Ronger should still be worried about the frustration she encountered along the way when they came back from Luoyang together.

Han Jian had already shown on the way that he was not completely ignorant of marching and fighting.

"Xin'er, what you said is wrong. My abilities are all wild ways after all. If I encounter a serious battle, how can I win with those wild ways? I really can't do it without you."

Yang Ronger squinted at Han Jian, as if she wanted to read from Han Jian's gaze whether this sentence was sincere.

"Are you serious?" Yang Ronger asked with a suspicious look on her face.

"It's true and true." Han Jian said with confidence.
Chapter completed!