In mid-June, the soldiers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion went to Luoyang one after another, and then the war in the north worsened.

The Xianbei people's two large-scale attacks on Beichuan City, the capital of Beiwangfu, ended in failure, which was mainly related to the fact that the Xianbei people were not good at siege wars. The troops of the Xianbei left were mainly responsible for attacking Beichuan, but behind them were the people from the lower tribes and plundering other counties of Beiwangfu. Behind them were the Xianbei king's tribe and the Bohai people were responsible for the dispatch of food, grass and troops, with clear division of labor.

The vassal areas of the Beiwang Mansion were gradually eroded by the Xianbei and Bohai people. From the beginning, the Beiwang Mansion occupied the main rivers and mountains in the north, by the end of June, there were less than ten counties and counties. The more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left on the front line of the Great Wall were also eroded. The entire northwest and east sides of Beichuan City were almost in a state of unprepared defense, and the Xianbei people could come and go freely. Only on the south side of Beichuan City, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed by the imperial court Su Tingxia.

By the end of June, the number of troops in Su Tingxia's troops dropped sharply to 70,000. Before the war began, Su Tingxia's troops were already in a state of collapse. The main reason was the shortage of food and supplies.

The court was helpless in the embarrassment of the frontline.

There is no soldier to recruit, and even if it cannot be recruited, it can even be captured and robbed. However, without grain and supplies, it cannot fall from the sky. Even if the court collected grain from the local area twice, the results were very little. Judging from Han Jian's report from Luoyang, the court was not careless about the grain collection this time, and even robbed it openly. But in the end, the grain was basically not robbed, ww⊥w. If it was transferred, the court would have to support those who continued to collect grain.

The newly appointed chief minister of the court, Ning Yuan, was also controversial at this point. Originally, Ning Yuan was confident that he could help the court and the Eastern Prince's Mansion solve the difficulties, but in the end he did not solve the trouble, but became a cause of trouble. Yang Rui often asked Ning Yuan to go to the palace to speak.

Yang Rui had a lot of opinions about Ning Yuan, but now he was looking at the opportunity, except to pull Ning Yuan off the horse, almost saying everything. He forced Ning Yuan to solve the problem of food before the Xianbei people passed the Beichuan City, so as to give Luoyang City more buffering opportunity. When Han Jian knew what Yang Rui told Ning Yuan, he probably understood that in addition to Ning Yuan, he was the one Yang Rui had been preparing to sacrifice, even Su Tingxia was listed on the "Success Squad" list by Yang Rui. Before Su Tingxia's existing army of 70,000 had been officially launched with the Xianbei people, he had been listed as the cannon fodder for Luoyang to drag down time. Han Jianxin said that if Su Tingxia knew that he had been "sacrificed" by the court, would he really rebel?

The court was also in the recruitment of troops. The problem of shortage of troops and grain is not solved now, so it is necessary to recruit troops first. The court felt that the defense of Luoyang City is empty and could not stop the fierce Xianbei people at all, so it had to strengthen their vigilance first. Conscription is one of the methods.

There are many difficulties in recruiting troops, but under the premise that the people around Luoyang City are unable to feed themselves, the recruitment is unexpectedly smooth. Many desperate men simply chose to join the army to save their lives. After the imperial court opened up the route for recruitment, more than 10,000 men had been recruited one after another after more than ten days.

This is much smoother than the recruitment of more than 20,000 people from Su Tingxia's troops more than half a year ago. Many of the strong men were local group training and had a certain foundation. Now these are all ordinary people, and they can still recruit more than 10,000 people so smoothly. It can also show that the lives of the people around Luoyang are indeed not good.

With people, they need weapons and equipment, and generals need to come out to be responsible for training and dispatch. Obviously, these are all lacking in the court. Yang Rui finally recruited more than 10,000 people of her own, but there was nothing but people. In the end, he came to beg Han Jian for "help".

This made Han Jian helpless.

The Dongwang Mansion itself could not transfer grain to the north to meet the huge needs of Su Tingxia's troops and Lin Zhan's troops, let alone the "hard currency" of weapons. When Han Jian expressed his current difficult situation, Yang Rui expressed his "understanding". Just after Han Jian thought Yang Rui had changed his character, the next day, Yang Rui issued an order to go to the yamen around Luoyang to let local people out iron to cast weapons. And each household stipulated the quantity of iron supplied.

For this reason, the court also had some rhetoric. According to Han Jian's understanding, the general meaning is that it is difficult for everyone to protect themselves and why they want to have a small family. It seems that they are so righteous, but at the right time, they use the production tools that ordinary people rely on to survive to transform into war resources. Han Jian knew very well that even if the court won the final victory, these irons would not be returned to the people. How many things would be filled with personal pockets or even wasted is another matter.

Although Han Jian disagreed in his heart, it was Yang Rui's order after all. Han Jian finally resisted and said nothing.

Ning Yuan, who was already in a state of trouble in collecting grain, was forced to get the iron-fighting matter by Yang Rui forcibly, and he was even busier. He was shot several times and went to the Shangshutai to discuss matters with Ning Yuan, but he didn't see him. In order not to be investigated by Yang Rui and the Dongwang Mansion, Ning Yuan simply did everything himself and went to the grassroots level alone. So the Shangshutai was in a state of being headless.

Han Jian couldn't help but sigh that the Xianbei people had not come, Luoyang was in chaos first. The house was leaking and raining all night. If the internal wars of the Wei Dynasty had not dragged down the people's livelihood in the past two years, why would the Xianbei people make such a fool?

Then the first batch of soldiers from the Eastern Prince's Mansion arrived in Luoyang, and they were also the most exquisite soldiers and were affiliated with Lin Zhan. These soldiers passed through Luoyang but did not enter and were directly transferred to the north of the Yellow River to return to Lin Zhan's troops. Then the first batch of grain transported from Jiangdu was also heading north. With the grain and resources allocated from Jiangdu, the pressure in the army suddenly reduced a lot. However, this only made Lin Zhan's troops better, and Su Tingxia's troops were still living a life with their fingers.

When Yang Rui learned that there was food and grass on the east palace to go north, he was furious and called Han Jian to the palace and said a lot of words "consider the future". He seemed to be complaining that Han Jian did not transport the food to Su Tingxia's troops in the north. After all, he was complaining that Han Jian did not transfer the food to the newly recruited recruits from the court.

"Your Majesty has filtered out, and the northern soldiers have their own ways to solve the current difficulties." Han Jian retorted directly.

Yang Rui frowned and said, "Oh? You mean, just like before, let your 100,000 troops burn, kill, plunder and do that shameful act, and then you can support yourself?"

Han Jian knew that Yang Rui was still blaming him for allowing Su Tingxia to support the past of fighting.

Yang Ruiben stayed a little bit of entertainment and sarcasm, but he didn't expect that Han Jian would nod at the end.

"You won't really give the Su surname so privileges to let him disturb the people?" Yang Rui almost burst into pieces, and she was also a little angry. In her opinion, Han Jian's "bad tricks" were a bit harmful to the people.

Han Jian spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty doesn't think about it. Now the north is being plundered by the Xianbei and the Bohai people. How can we give us a chance? Just go and rob it. The people have lost their lives, and there are still some robs?"

Yang Rui fell silent for a moment.

She has also heard a lot of things in the north these days. Now there is a sense of being deserted in the Northern Palace. After two troubles between Su Tingxia and the Xianbei people, the Northern Palace has only given birth to a few lonely cities and is still surviving. Su Tingxia's troops have been holding on to the army, and the Northern Palace has also defended the lonely city to the end. In the end, the only ones are the Xianbei people.

"Then what are you going to do?" Yang Rui thought for a while, but didn't understand, so he had to ask Han Jian.

"I want to rob it, but this time I'm not robbing my own people, but to rob Hu Yi!" Han Jian clenched his fists and said.

Yang Rui scoffed at this: "The Xianbei people are brave and good at fighting, and are good at making a living by horseback. Now their strong soldiers and horses are strong, so they can be said to be invincible. With the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of Su Tingxia, there is also a chance to steal the Xianbei people?"

"Hu Yi does not mean he is a Xianbei person." Han Jian smiled.

Yang Rui thought about it for a while, but immediately understood, frowned and said, "Are you talking about Bohai people?"

"Yeah." Han Jian nodded and said seriously, "The Xianbei and the Bohai people have been in a collusion for a long time, and it is just a military alliance. However, both sides have their own covetousness. This time, the Xianbei people marched south in large numbers, and it seems that the Bohai people are all helping, and the Bohai people are doing diligently. But the Bohai people can see the situation clearly after all. If the Xianbei people occupy the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, how could he have done anything to the Bohai people? Without the ties of the Central Plains dynasty, the Xianbei people turned their heads and destroyed the Bohai people?"

Yang Rui thought about it and it was indeed the case.

"Then you are going to steal the Bohai people?" Yang Rui frowned.

"Otherwise, how? Go and cooperate with the Bohai people in private? I think the Bohai people are now in harmony? They saw that the Central Plains are in chaos, and even if they choose, they would not choose to cooperate with our North Korea. Instead, it would be better to shock the mountains and shake the tigers and ask Su Tingxia to send troops and warn the Bohai people, and also open up the opportunity to break the Xianbei camp from the side." Han Jian said.

Yang Rui was completely silent this time.

The strategy Han Jian said was feasible, but it sounded unreliable.

Now Su Tingxia's troops are in danger of self-protection. After only two months of stationing, half of them have been stationed alive. The desertion is still getting worse. I hope that such a group of people will be around the Northern King's Mansion and march towards the Bohai people and march at least six or seven hundred miles to harass the Bohai people's territory. In the end, it can only be a lack of people's hearts and a waste of water.

"...Are you thinking too simple?" Finally, Yang Rui looked up and asked Han Jian.

"That's for example, just make a bet?" Han Jian smiled, "If Su Tingxia's men win, I will win, otherwise I will lose."

Yang Rui smiled coldly and said, "As a minister, how can you bet with me?... Let's talk about it, what is the bet?"

Han Jian smiled and said, "If Your Majesty wins, your minister will decide on the matters of marching and dispatching in the future. But if Ruier loses, you will marry the Eastern Prince's Mansion after this battle and ask less about the court from now on."

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Chapter completed!